Hasbro Indiana Jones Kingdom of The Crystal Skull Jungle Cutter

[THR4WN]

Has anyone got this? I’m thinking of getting one soon looks awesome.

 

[Coreworld]

It's a shade too small but you can get a few decent action scenes out of it. Inexplicably, the peg holes on the Russian commander figure will not fit the pegs on the vehicle.

 

[IndyMike]

Nice. A little more action with the cutter would've been cool.

 

[MysterioMaximus]

Great diorama posts. I've often argued that that's exactly what should have happened because, let's be honest here, when basically any Indiana Jones fan saw this thing for the first time, it's hard for me to believe that their mind didn't immediately go to "Someone's going into those blades!" It's almost baffling how that didn't happen. Some might say it was too predictable or cliche, but this is a franchise designed to echo old serial adventures that are in and of themselves cliches now. What an utterly missed opportunity. Sadly, much of the film was.

 

[Coreworld]

Great diorama posts. I've often argued that that's exactly what should have happened because, let's be honest here, when basically any Indiana Jones fan saw this thing for the first time, it's hard for me to believe that their mind didn't immediately go to "Someone's going into those blades!" It's almost baffling how that didn't happen. Some might say it was too predictable or cliche, but this is a franchise designed to echo old serial adventures that are in and of themselves cliches now. What an utterly missed opportunity. Sadly, much of the film was.

I couldn't agree more! I thought that would be a major set piece, virtually turning the flying wing sequence from 'Raiders' on its side but we ended up with the ducks being the main chase vehicles and they didn't even get any toy representation!

 

[THR4WN]

It's a shade too small but you can get a few decent action scenes out of it. Inexplicably, the peg holes on the Russian commander figure will not fit the pegs on the vehicle.
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Wow looks awesome still!

it would have been perfect if that scene was actually in the movie as well. I don’t know why they didn’t add it?

any way I have just ordered one off Amazon

 

[gijigsaw]

I loved the design of that vehicle even if it wasn't used to its full potential. I saw someone paint one brown and make it a scavenging vehicle for Jawas. Pretty cool.

 

[comicalUser]

I couldn't agree more! I thought that would be a major set piece, virtually turning the flying wing sequence from 'Raiders' on its side but we ended up with the ducks being the main chase vehicles and they didn't even get any toy representation!

The Flying Wing, the rock crusher in ToD . . . was there something like it in TLC, cannot think of anything?

 

[comicalUser]

<snip> Inexplicably, the peg holes on the Russian commander figure will not fit the pegs on the vehicle.

Hasbro is really good at this! There are great variations with all of the figures (that I know of, I do not collect Ghostbusters, JOEs, or others and only select Transformers): The Black Series, Marvel Legends and TVC! Some TBS, Legends and TVC figures work vintage Kenner figure stands, some do not.

 

[Coreworld]

The Flying Wing, the rock crusher in ToD . . . was there something like it in TLC, cannot think of anything?

The propellers on the freighter that tear through the speedboat in Venice.

 

[comicalUser]

Ah, yes, indeed. No-one succumbed to it, though.

 

[Lance_Quazar]

I bought everything in the 2008 Indy line EXCEPT this. Dopey look and it does absolutely jack in the movie (which was terrible anyway...) So, it was an easy pass.

 

[Lance_Quazar]

It's a shade too small but you can get a few decent action scenes out of it. Inexplicably, the peg holes on the Russian commander figure will not fit the pegs on the vehicle.

More exciting than the actual movie! Great pics!

 

[MysterioMaximus]

The propellers on the freighter that tear through the speedboat in Venice.

Don't forget the entire tank chase and fight. The tank crushes at least one guy too. I've often argued that the jungle cutter could have been a combo of the Raiders chase scene and Flying Wing fight, the rock crusher from Doom, and the boat and tank sequences from Crusade. If they wanted to make a tribute film, they could have used this vehicle to honor ALL of those. Have a chase to reach the vehicle, have a big, burly guy fight on top, and have people get chopped up and run over. Some much potential there...none of it utilized.

 

[Kevin83]

I bought everything in the 2008 Indy line EXCEPT this. Dopey look and it does absolutely jack in the movie (which was terrible anyway...) So, it was an easy pass.

So did you buy jacketless Mutt? I skipped him on principle, and the jungle cutter for the same reasons you mentioned. I would have skipped hatless Indy too, but he was great for customs.

 

[DarthMickeyMoose]

Wow looks awesome still!

it would have been perfect if that scene was actually in the movie as well. I don’t know why they didn’t add it?

any way I have just ordered one off Amazon

If you don't have one, I would have nabbed the Indiana Jones Cargo Truck with Real Fabric Canopy first.​

 

[DarthMickeyMoose]

So did you buy jacketless Mutt? I skipped him on principle, and the jungle cutter for the same reasons you mentioned.

Funny as hell comment. I did the same, but when these showed up at Marshalls and TJ Maxx for $12.00 I bought one. Should have at least come with monkeys (joke). Man do I hate those Jungle scenes in Crystal skull.

 

[DarthMickeyMoose]

Don't forget the entire tank chase and fight. The tank crushes at least one guy too. I've often argued that the jungle cutter could have been a combo of the Raiders chase scene and Flying Wing fight, the rock crusher from Doom, and the boat and tank sequences from Crusade. If they wanted to make a tribute film, they could have used this vehicle to honor ALL of those. Have a chase to reach the vehicle, have a big, burly guy fight on top, and have people get chopped up and run over. Some much potential there...none of it utilized.

Indy didn't even fire his Gun in Crystal Skull. They neutered him all the way. I wanted him to shoot Mack about 12 different times when I first watched the movie in the theater. 24 Times the second time I watched it.

 

[Lance_Quazar]

So did you buy jacketless Mutt? I skipped him on principle, and the jungle cutter for the same reasons you mentioned. I would have skipped hatless Indy too, but he was great for customs.

I bought 2-3 jacketless Mutts and have made a few customs from them figure. I also wanted the relic (even though a massive Eye of Horus isn't super useful with 1:18 scale Indy figures. But I did put it in a glass case in my "museum" diorama.) And I wanted the snake, too.

 

[MysterioMaximus]

Indy didn't even fire his Gun in Crystal Skull. They neutered him all the way. I wanted him to shoot Mack about 12 different times when I first watched the movie in the theater. 24 Times the second time I watched it.

Mac is the most utterly bizarre character in Indy history, IMO. He's introduced as a former war partner of Indiana Jones, who quickly betrays him. They tell us, but they don't show us, so the betrayal has little to no meaning here. That would be fine if he died soon after, like, say, Satipo. However, he doesn't. He returns to carry on the most convoluted arch I've seen in a long time. This guy flip-flops back and forth more often than a freaking sandal. It's so confusing that the fact that it is confusing is even brought up within the context of the film. The entire time, it just comes off as scatterbrained. How do they want us to feel about this character? Are we supposed to like him? Are we supposed to hate him? And then, perhaps most bizarre of all, they play the emotional sympathy card during his death scene. Huh? It's way too late to make me care now, and it's certainly too late to make Indiana Jones give a damn. Why would he try to save him?

In my rewrite, I'd never used a double or triple agent. Simply put, I would have introduced him as a Satipo-like character who only survived the prologue but was steadily on the side of the Russians after the initial betrayal. I'd then have Spalko kill him fairly early on once he'd served his purpose. Put that sword to actual use! There is none of that convoluted Mac subplot nonsense that dragged the film down. Use him as a tool to establish that the Russians are a credible threat. Instead, we got bumbling idiots. Have them be as tough as nails and not play around, and I felt a great way to show that was to display Irena straight up ruthlessly murdering him. He's just a pawn. And I mean, ultimately, did Mac actually serve any purpose in the narrative? You can remove him entirely, and nothing changes. If he had one use for existing in the plot, it was to boost the Russians' ruthlessness, and they didn't do that.

I've rewritten the entire film, and while I'm sure I'll sound like an arrogant jackass patting myself on the back for saying it, I'm convinced that most Indy fans would prefer what I wrote. And I don't mean that in a conceited way; far from it. That's because it wasn't all that difficult. The basic framework for a great film is there; somewhere along the lines, both Lucas and Spielberg lost their spark and nullified the character.

 

[Coreworld]

Mac is the most utterly bizarre character in Indy history, IMO. He's introduced as a former war partner of Indiana Jones, who quickly betrays him. They tell us, but they don't show us, so the betrayal has little to no meaning here. That would be fine if he died soon after, like, say, Satipo. However, he doesn't. He returns to carry on the most convoluted arch I've seen in a long time. This guy flip-flops back and forth more often than a freaking sandal. It's so confusing that the fact that it is confusing is even brought up within the context of the film. The entire time, it just comes off as scatterbrained. How do they want us to feel about this character? Are we supposed to like him? Are we supposed to hate him? And then, perhaps most bizarre of all, they play the emotional sympathy card during his death scene. Huh? It's way too late to make me care now, and it's certainly too late to make Indiana Jones give a damn. Why would he try to save him?

In my rewrite, I'd never used a double or triple agent. Simply put, I would have introduced him as a Satipo-like character who only survived the prologue but was steadily on the side of the Russians after the initial betrayal. I'd then have Spalko kill him fairly early on once he'd served his purpose. Put that sword to actual use! There is none of that convoluted Mac subplot nonsense that dragged the film down. Use him as a tool to establish that the Russians are a credible threat. Instead, we got bumbling idiots. Have them be as tough as nails and not play around, and I felt a great way to show that was to display Irena straight up ruthlessly murdering him. He's just a pawn. And I mean, ultimately, did Mac actually serve any purpose in the narrative? You can remove him entirely, and nothing changes. If he had one use for existing in the plot, it was to boost the Russians' ruthlessness, and they didn't do that.

I've rewritten the entire film, and while I'm sure I'll sound like an arrogant jackass patting myself on the back for saying it, I'm convinced that most Indy fans would prefer what I wrote. And I don't mean that in a conceited way; far from it. That's because it wasn't all that difficult. The basic framework for a great film is there; somewhere along the lines, both Lucas and Spielberg lost their spark and nullified the character.

Have you ever read the Frank Darabont script that everyone was raving about? If I remember correctly it was George who nixed it for whatever reason and Frank was left pretty upset about it.

 

[MysterioMaximus]

Have you ever read the Frank Darabont script that everyone was raving about? If I remember correctly it was George who nixed it for whatever reason and Frank was left pretty upset about it.

You know, I have not actually read it. I'd like to get around to it someday. I am familiar with how much worse it could have been. That may not even seem possible, but apparently the original plan was Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men from Mars. I actually enjoy the nods to 1950s cultural tropes in the final product. Greasers, diners, the A-bomb, the Red Scare, Commie villains, Roswell references, etc. I thought that was kind of interesting to utilize, in concept, to solidify what era he's now in. The problem is that it's not often done successfully. Lucas originally wanted to roll a bit too heavily into that by making it literally a 1950s sci-fi B-movie. It wouldn't be the background but the focal point. It'd be like "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" or "War of the Worlds" meets Indiana Jones. More UFO subculture, atomic age nuclear phobias, and communist metaphors; zero archeology; almost zero globetrotting adventures. Steven was apparently very opposed to this idea, and thus the film was put on the backburner for ages. Lucas eventually condensed a lot of this into the script for Crystal Skull. Everything is still there, just less obvious and mingled with the character's more traditional (attempt) serial adventure. I want to say the original script even had a draft with gigantic ants. Not the ones that made it into the movie, I mean literally gigantic, as in traditional 1950s giant-monster ants like that from the movie "Them." I absolutely adore that movie, but... in Indiana Jones?! Wut?! I guess Lucas took all these themes and ideas and boiled them down to the bare minimum that Speilburg would agree to actually making. Realistically, however, I think Steven basically just got sick of Geroge nagging him about making it and gave up. 1990: "No way, George." 1995: "Indiana Jones isn't science fiction, George!" 2000: "I'm not doing aliens, George!" 2007: "FINE...but no aliens," "Don't worry, they're not aliens." "Good!" "They're interdimensional beings!" "Sigh...so they're aliens..." It's comical to say, but I'm actually kind of not joking. According to Steven on the making-of, this is almost exactly what happened.

 

[Lance_Quazar]

Mac is the most utterly bizarre character in Indy history, IMO. He's introduced as a former war partner of Indiana Jones, who quickly betrays him. They tell us, but they don't show us, so the betrayal has little to no meaning here. That would be fine if he died soon after, like, say, Satipo. However, he doesn't. He returns to carry on the most convoluted arch I've seen in a long time. This guy flip-flops back and forth more often than a freaking sandal. It's so confusing that the fact that it is confusing is even brought up within the context of the film. The entire time, it just comes off as scatterbrained. How do they want us to feel about this character? Are we supposed to like him? Are we supposed to hate him? And then, perhaps most bizarre of all, they play the emotional sympathy card during his death scene. Huh? It's way too late to make me care now, and it's certainly too late to make Indiana Jones give a damn. Why would he try to save him?

100% agree. To make matters worse, Mac's death scene is one of the worst directed scenes in Spielberg's entire career. Just awful.

 

[hemble]

I have it and it's a great piece and could be even better with a repaint and weathering.