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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:17 am

From the weibo page of Jeffyzhong we have the first color images of the last two members of TFC Toys Hercules team, Mad Blender (aka Mixmaster) and Neckbreaker (aka Bonecrusher). Interestingly, Mad Blender now appears to have a purple mixer barrel and Neckbreaker has a black dozer blade, and these do appear to be fully painted figures.
Both are due out in the first quarter of 2012. Images mirrored below.

by **Rated X** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:26 am

Damn I hate those pistons on Bonecrushers shoulders. But I still want them for Devastator.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:28 am

Purple mixing drum for Mixmaster? Sure, I'll take that.

News Credits: 2 · by **Requiem Prime** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:29 am

Wow, the system works I guess. Good choices all around. I'm liking bone crusher better with color.

News Credits: 8 · by **Forgotten** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:42 am

beautiful. I'm loving these robot modes & the combined mode so much. I may just skip the MT crew & get seconds of these guys. Wonder if they'll make them in yellow? That was what made me want the MT versions. My first Devastator was the yellow G2 version. It's nostalgic, plus I like the CAT yellow on construction vehicles anyways.

Well done TFC, you have come a long way from the floppy mess that is my Shadow Rollar.

by **wilcosu35** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:55 am

i second that. i'm really impressed with these guys. i'm seriously thinking about getting a second set, sometime next year. their combined mode alone doesn't do full justice to their awesomeness

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:14 am

I very much prefer the purple barrel on Mixy.

I'd rather see a Green blade on Breaker, but the black still looks OK.

Of the 6 of them, Breaker is probably my least favorite, but that said, he's still pretty good.

by **Grimlock1985** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:49 am

Regarding the black shovel: I believe that the recently released pictures of the fully combined Hercules with color test versions of Neck Breaker and Mad Blender showed a green shovel folded under Herc's left forearm. Of course, those pics also showed a green mixing drum for Mad Blender.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:45 pm

The black shovel makes Neckbreaker stick out like a sore thumb when he's with the rest of the group. Guess it's a good thing he'll spend the majority of his time in combined form. Does make me wish NB was last or that there's only a small time in between the last two because be doesn't need any display time in bot form now...unless maybe I try my shot at painting. Wonder how close a match the purple Testors paint I have is...I could just paint the chest side.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:25 pm

Kibble wrote:The black shovel makes Neckbreaker stick out like a sore thumb when he's with the rest of the group.

You took the words right out of my mouth. It looks out of place in 'dozer mode, but in robot mode that's multiplied ten-fold. With the other five members having purple chests I seriously can't imagine this being the final colours. Very happy they gave Blender a purple drum in the end. Thanks TFC.

Given how finished these look, does anyone think that these two will be out a lot sooner than they were originally intended to be?

News Credits: 3 · by **metaphorge** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:11 pm

Mad Blender is shaping up pretty nicely with the purple barrel, though I'm still not a fan of the stolen-from-a-city-bus extremely boxy truck cab he sports.

A yellow shovel would be nice on Neck Breaker, though no great loss if they don't change it; I've never been much of a Bonecrusher fan, though Neck Breaker still looks a bit nicer than Exgraver.

C'mon TFSource, ship me my Structor and Dr. Crunk Crank! I'm Constructijonesing here!

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:20 pm

I have to agree about Breaker. The black on the wedge doesn't mesh near as well as the black on Exgraver's shovel.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:42 pm

For those happy about the barrel being purple, word on the street is the outer color will be green...sorry to piss in your Wheaties. Although assuming it's going to be painted, I suppose you might be able to remove the green paint.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:31 pm

Kibble wrote:For those happy about the barrel being purple, word on the street is the outer color will be green...sorry to piss in your Wheaties. Although assuming it's going to be painted, I suppose you might be able to remove the green paint.

Eight purple weapons with a bright green outer shell? You know what, I think I quite like the sounds of that.

News Credits: 2 · by **Requiem Prime** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:17 pm

I don't mind Neckbreaker's blade (shovel? plate?) being black any more than in Exgraver and Dr Crank's vehicle modes. I draw issue with robot mode only because it becomes his chest. That makes him stand out awkwardly from the others. Unfortunately, since the base colors are molded that way, making the whole thing purple wouldn't really work and painting the backside purple is unlikely.