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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:00 pm

Our fellow Transformers fans on TFW2005 have posted a clearer image of Transformers Generations Voyager Brawn, a reuse of Transformers Prime First Edition Bulkhead with a newly sculpted head. The image comes from the cross sell on Transformers Generations Voyager Hot Spot's packaging and gives us a much better look at the figure's new head.

Last month during SDCC 2012 we learned that most of the Asian Exclusive Transformers Generations figures would be making their way Stateside later this years as Toys"R"Us exclusives, however this figure was noticeably absent from the displays and official images. For the moment Brawn seems to be in limbo in terms of a domestic release.

by **Doubledealer93** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:03 pm

he has a cool head thats just about it. the TF:prime molds definitely do not work for classics molds.
inb4 shitstorm

News Credits: 5 · by **dedcat** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:09 pm

no... more... pie... (burp)

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:49 pm

The head really screams "Brawn". But that body is comically oversized.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:05 pm

thats pretty bad, the head sculpt is good but that body is just way to big. Reminds me of pinhead from puppet master, please some one kitbash this to look like that.

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:25 pm

Seriously, who approved this?

by **UltraMason** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:44 pm

are they serious or is this some sort of fake thread?

Assuming this is real. Wow. This is why I lost interest in Hasbro. Well not this. But ugly **** crap jokes like this. What happened to Transformers man? I swear it's like Hasbro said " eff it guys, this junk is for kids so let's just pump out a bunch of garbage, and sell real toys to adults under 3rd party flags"

I mean. Look at this piece of ****. Then look at a pic of Hench. I'm done. No Im not. Still ranting. This is the kind of ugly crap that makes me suprememly happy to have grown up in the Gobots, G1, Robotech era.

Transformers is (the toys lately) a joke. I'm sure there will be a white knight to shoot down my opinion and scold me for having an opinion. Enjoy your 'brawn'... I'm gonna go buy a Jeeper Creeper or some ****, I need a dose of robot action figure after looking at this ****.

end rant.

by **Cobalt Prime** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:52 pm

Ok, I'm going to be the odd guy out here.

Now THAT'S a Brawn!

Sure, he's all big and Bulkheady and whatnot, but come on, does the original normally proportioned mini-bot Brawn really scream STRENGTH like this body form does? I think not!

The only issue I really see here is the coloring. Yellow and silver are really needed to drive home the G1 Brawn feel and thus compliment the G1-esque head mold. With colors not much different from the original mold's, it actually draws attention to the fact that this is simply a new head slapped on Prime Bulkhead's body.

Why don't they like to fully think these things through at Hasbro?

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:00 pm

His head is too damn small

News Credits: 3 · by **metaphorge** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:05 pm

I'm beginning to think this mold could have promise as Unicron with a new head and a repaint, or maybe as a Sharkticon with a repaint..

That said, I might pick be up if it makes it stateside, as I adore the FE Bulkhead mold. Probably not be arsed to pay import prices if not.

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:13 pm

so um no. brawn's head on bulkhead's body just doesn't work.

by **MGrotusque** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:25 pm

Laughable indeed.
That mold is soooo out of context to Brawn in every form and fashion.
Piss poor Classics release if you ask me. Lazy.

by **ShadowBlaze** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:37 pm

I usually snap up any Neo-G1 stuff that Hasbro releases, but I can't pull the trigger on this one. As far as I'm concerned, movie scout Firetrap fills the Brawn role perfectly.

by **orangeitis** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:39 pm

dedcat wrote:no... more... pie... (burp)

I lol'd heartily from that.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:The head really screams "Brawn". But that body is comically oversized.

There's gotta be a novelty to that. An episode where Brawn grows oversized and he one-mans the entire 'con army? That time when the attributes of every character get reversed? SG Brawn, where he's really HUEG, but a total pussy? A robo-genie comes to him and Wheelie and grants them a bigger size? :lol:

So many strange things can come from this figure. It's just so absurd.

by **griftimus prime** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:43 pm

horrible

News Credits: 3 · by **FracturedKoi** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:45 pm

I'm somehow reminded of the G1 Unicron toy by this. He's just been eating way too many Moon Pie's!

News Credits: 3 · by **metaphorge** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:05 pm

This does little to undermine my belief that the entire GDO subline is being produced to buttress Hasbro's intellectual property in Asia and relating to what it considers "counterfeits". Almost every character that is appearing in it has, or will have, a third-party doppelgänger.

I can hardly wait to see what sort of outlandish repaint they try to pass off as Assaulter, erm, I mean Broadside.

by **Micronautsdeep** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:46 pm

Doubledealer93 wrote:he has a cool head thats just about it. the TF:prime molds definitely do not work for classics molds.

Great head, but this mold is a one-time use.

by **Rated X** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:04 pm

UltraMason wrote:are they serious or is this some sort of fake thread?

Assuming this is real. Wow. This is why I lost interest in Hasbro. Well not this. But ugly **** crap jokes like this. What happened to Transformers man? I swear it's like Hasbro said " eff it guys, this junk is for kids so let's just pump out a bunch of garbage, and sell real toys to adults under 3rd party flags"

I mean. Look at this piece of ****. Then look at a pic of Hench. I'm done. No Im not. Still ranting. This is the kind of ugly crap that makes me suprememly happy to have grown up in the Gobots, G1, Robotech era.

Transformers is (the toys lately) a joke. I'm sure there will be a white knight to shoot down my opinion and scold me for having an opinion. Enjoy your 'brawn'... I'm gonna go buy a Jeeper Creeper or some ****, I need a dose of robot action figure after looking at this ****.

end rant.

Thank you for speaking the truth my brother.

Now everyone who has "Hench" on pre-order can I get a HELL YEAH ???

by **Hotrodimust** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:08 pm

I'm gonna buy him and take the head and find it a better body

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:57 am

Oh lol, the fanrage... anyway, this one's a pass for me. The size of him or his body in relation to his head isn't even that bad, I just feel the Prime aesthetic really doesn't work in a Neo G1 application.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:04 am

That is a really large slice of horrible pie.

by **Breakdown 2099** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:13 am

Why does this figure remind me of Lou Ferrigno?

by **Krok** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:00 am

monstergrotusque wrote:Piss poor Classics release if you ask me. Lazy.

I’m not sure why you consider a new head sculpt to be lazy.
A straight repaint would be lazy, calling the character a name that has a weaker visual identity could arguably be considered lazy (Powerdive, while lovely, contained very little Powerdive for instance and few people minded).

Sure, Brawn may not work as Brawn (I’ll reserve my opinion until in hand photos surface) but to call it lazy is incredibly unfair.

But honestly, call this the straw, because to hell with this forum.

I’m honestly not sure how everyone summons such vehement hatred for anything produced post circa 1988 on a daily basis and I’m honestly not sure why the loudest and more obnoxious fans feel quite so entitled and deserving of Hasbros undivided attention, especially considering just how loud and obnoxious they are but the bile that comes from this forum is inexcusable.
Not everything Hasbro produce is pure gold but the way this forum reacts is just embarrassing when you consider that behind the keyboards are not 12 year olds but chaps in their middle ages with 12 year olds.

Yes, you have opinions and I’m sure it’s a lovely and unique snowflake of a thing but take a deep breath before posting, considers maybe, that this limited release retool is not the worst thing to happen to your family, that Hasbro is not threating to drown a loved one unless you make the purchase and show an ounce of **** class before responding.

But like I say, my toys have long exited the pram, so carry on.

by **orangeitis** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:46 am

Krok wrote:Not everything Hasbro produce is pure gold but the way this forum reacts is just embarrassing when you consider that behind the keyboards are not 12 year olds but chaps in their middle ages with 12 year olds.

I have a mind of a 12-year-old, for what it's worth. :KREMZEEK: