Longcoats are fancy.

Like Drift, I was supposed to get the regular retail version of Drift but I got the Platinum Edition one by mistake. No complaints here.

I always thought longcoats and dusters were awesome but I never once considered putting one on a Tramsformer. So seeing Crosshairs in action in Age Of Extinction was a great treat to watch. Let’s see if his figure is as great!

Vehicle mode

Crosshairs is a green Corvette with black tiger stripes. I’m sorry but those are tiger stripes. Also, he has them on both sides of the car unlike the regular retail version.

Premium paint is awesome.

It’s not just that Crosshairs got both sides of his car mode painted. He got a lot of his car mode details picked out with paint. His rims, logos, lights and exhaust pipes are all painted in very nicely.

For playability, Crosshairs rolls on all four wheels and can store all his accessories in car mode. Same as Drift.

Transformation

Now, I said Drift was simple to transform right? Well, Crosshairs is simpler than Drift.

You unwrap all the car mode bits and rearrange his limbs. Also, you arrange his longcoat properly.

Now you have Crosshairs in robot mode.

Robot mode

Welp, we’ve got ourselves a green robot cowboy. The fact that Crosshairs has rubber bits that connect the longcoat parts to his chest is a stroke of genius. Crosshairs has a longcoat and it’s as ridiculous as it is awesome.

Yes, I’m aware it makes Crosshairs an egregious shellformer.

No, I don’t care.

His painted detail is also top notch since this is a Platinum Edition release. He’s got everything that needs to be painted done in and it’s beautiful. His chest and longcoat bits in particular are nicely done.

For posability, Crosshairs has a decent amount. He’s got a ball-jointed head. He has ball-jointed shoulders, bicep swivels and elbow bends. He rotates at the wrists. Unlike Drift. He has ball-jointed hips, thigh swivels and knee bends. His feet move forward.

Gimmicks

Like Drift, Crosshairs has no gimmicks. Only accessories. He’s got a machine gun and two sticky bombs.

The sticky bombs can also be held like pistols. If you look inside the sticky bombs, they have molded countdown timers in them. Nice touch.

Oh yeah, Crosshairs also has light-piping in his head. That’s a gimmick.

Toy or collectible?

Both.

Crosshairs is simple to transform and has two great modes. He’s also a ton of fun to mess around with. Kids would love a robot cowboy as much as a robot samurai, if you ask me.

Adult collectors that need to complete their AOE casts have no better option than Platinum Edition Crosshairs. The regular version of Crosshairs was already a good Transformer with a nice likeness to his on-screen character. The extra paint here makes it so much better.

Closing

Crosshairs is a very unique Transformer that people will either hate or love. Some people absolutely loathe shellformers like Crosshairs. I for one love him and I think you should too.

Give him a shot! Especially if you can get him cheap like I did!