It'll come full circle. Legacy Skids was riding the coattail of MP Skids, followed up with the Burnout redecos next. Crosscuts will not be far behind. It's all for good old "marketing synergy".... and milking molds as dry as possible. HasTak gonna HasTak, no surprise there. Same w/ 3P/4P/KO companies too btw.
The more I see of the cannon crossover, the worst it gets. I feel like this awful mold has got more press time then some of the gems released in the past year.
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