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News Credits: 6 · Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:13 am

I just pulled the trigger on Arms Micron Silas Breakdown, Thew and Thirst, plus not ever owning a Takara exclusive and it being Breakdown made me buy it almost instantaneously.

Around 40 bucks, free shipping, not bad IMO.

I was wondering, does he come with a fuster cluck of stickers? How hard are they to apply? Do they stay stuck once sticked? If not, what can I do to keep them stuck?

News Credits: 60 · Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:19 am

Based on my experience with Arms Micron Soundwave, well the freakin' decals won't stay stuck (especially on Soundwave's knee caps) so just hang with it.

Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:35 am

I have the Arms Micron Takara Series Frenzy, Rumble, Silas Breakdown, Final Battle Megatron, and Nemesis Prime. For me these were my first non-Hasbro TF toys. I didnt find any issues with getting the stickers onto Silas at all. They have stayed pretty well. I think it depends on how you put them on, what kind of environment you keep them in, how is the room climate controlled, that has an effect on the glue that the stickers have on the backing. But overall I havent seen any issues. Some of them i didnt even apply because i didnt care for where they were or how they looked.

Biggest thing is use tweezers to place them easier and more accurate. Something I learned building models, not really a secret or anything but it helps with the smaller shaped stickers and tight corners they are meant to fit in precise.

Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:38 am

I have arms microns breakdown and swerve.

both have a lot of stickers, but I have not had a problem with any of them staying in place. not hard to apply but some on the knees can be a little tricky to line up just right.

News Credits: 241 · Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:41 am

The stickers are a hit and miss, really. You need to be wary when they have to go around edges or curved surfaces. They're easy enough, however in some areas I like using tweezers to put them in place first, then press them so they stick.

The Arms Micron are easy to assemble if one follows the instructions. I've found it more convenient to apply the stickers during the assembly instead of after, more room to move you know? The only consistent annoyance is the Crystal and its sticker. For the Hexagon and Circle ones you need to think about orientation of the sticker, which can be a pain to apply with no room for error by the way. Finally, you never know when the cover is properly slotted on the thing. O, stress marks are quite common.

Nemesis Prime and Silas Breakdown have stickers that are not numbered, those are optional and serve as extra deco.

Overall, I love the little guys, I want... no, I need more! :BOOM:

Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:06 am

I agree now that I have 5 of these AM guys in my collection, I feel a need to add quite a few more. Probably the AM-01 with Shield Prime. Maybe a few others.

News Credits: 10 · Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:12 pm

I own the regular breakdown. Stickers tend to stick decently. They don't peel off like my soundwave.

News Credits: 15 · Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:46 pm

I'm running on a year owning War Breakdown and the stickers are still holding strong. The tips of the knee caps have peeled ever so slightly, however. There are 45 or 46 stickers for Zamu alone, which is War Breakdown's hammer micron. I could imagine the multitude of stickers for Cylas Breakdown. They're not all that hard to apply aside from the rear bumper sticker (which I dont know whether or not is included for Cylas). Congratulations on your first imported figure (coincidentally, War Breakdown was mine

)! I hope you enjoy the mold; I know I have.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Jun 09, 2013 6:34 am

These may help:

It's an awesome figure IMO. I have both versions and for the Silas version, I think the only stickers I actually applied were the silver ones on the knees.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Jun 09, 2013 6:49 am

xyl360 wrote:These may help:

V-Build of regular Breakdown (similar sticker configuration)
Video review of Silas Breakdown
Another video review of Silas Breakdown

It's an awesome figure IMO. I have both versions and for the Silas version, I think the only stickers I actually applied were the silver ones on the knees.

Never mind, I was thinking of the original Breakdown. Silas Breakdown's knees are actually painted

.

Sun Jun 09, 2013 8:29 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:I'm running on a year owning War Breakdown and the stickers are still holding strong. The tips of the knee caps have peeled ever so slightly, however. There are 45 or 46 stickers for Zamu alone, which is War Breakdown's hammer micron. I could imagine the multitude of stickers for Cylas Breakdown. They're not all that hard to apply aside from the rear bumper sticker (which I dont know whether or not is included for Cylas). Congratulations on your first imported figure (coincidentally, War Breakdown was mine )! I hope you enjoy the mold; I know I have.

I pretty much had the same exact experience PrymeStriker had. He was my first import as well and he is holding up very well. I only had one sticker peel off. It was the eye for Breackdown's micron. To fix it all I did was fill in the spot for sticker with a red sharpie.