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Breakdown looks too good. Looks like his
shoulders are half the front cab and will probably
have the same deal as FE bulk reversed; arms half
the body.

Both Breakdown and Wheeljack seem out of place in
the RID line. Holdovers from the First Edition line?
Wheeljack is huge compared to the current RID deluxes
and he has the gorilla arms...

Breakdown has no powerizer clear crap nor the molded
ports. Looks like they just molded a new micron for
where his normal hammer would be and of course the
gorilla arms.

It's hasbro so expect an inferior mold with clear crap
and wacky weapons when they release breakdown
domestically. Glad I've already preordered him.

pfcparts wrote:Both Breakdown and Wheeljack seem out of place in
the RID line. Holdovers from the First Edition line?
Wheeljack is huge compared to the current RID deluxes
and he has the gorilla arms...

I have all the Wave 1 and 2 RID deluxes, and I can verify that Wheeljack is the same size as all of them. Actually he's a little more squat than some of them. And the gorilla arms are fairly accurate to his show model.

Breakdown has no powerizer clear crap nor the molded
ports. Looks like they just molded a new micron for
where his normal hammer would be and of course the
gorilla arms.

I'm pretty sure I see clear plastic in the elbows. The micron ports on his forearms are probably covering some clear plastic as well.

It's hasbro so expect an inferior mold with clear crap
and wacky weapons when they release breakdown
domestically. Glad I've already preordered him.

The mold will be identical, save the lack of micron ports and the presence of more paint apps instead of stickers. Whatever glowy weapon they give him can easily be left off and I have no doubt Dr. Wu or someone on Shapeways will concoct a more accurate hammer for him. And that's assuming the micron isn't made available on its own.

I preordered Breakdown after I saw this gallery. I just don't want to take the chance of not seeing a Hasbro release. Really looking forward to getting him.

WJ doesn't have hollow legs or arms, doesn't have
the pull the arms or backpack back to release his
head gimmick, and his alt mode is huge. I don't
have a second thought displaying him and soundwave
with the first editions. Every other RID figure
has some sort of cheapness or does not feel like
a worthy deluxe figure. The other figures don't
have the same quality.

If there has to be clear plastic, I hope it is
like bulkheads and not to invasive. Not being
able to see it from the pics is a good sign.

I do see the ports after a retake. The horror...

I don't think I'd ever be ok in buying 3rd party
upgrades that would cost half (or more) of what
the figure would cost. I'd rather have
something decent come with the figure.

I suppose we are stuck with paint apps with wacky
weapons(if he releases domestically) or
stickers with the slightly less wacky microns.

pfcparts wrote:WJ doesn't have hollow legs or arms,

Nor does Soundwave.

pfcparts wrote:doesn't have
the pull the arms or backpack back to release his
head gimmick,

His head revealing gimmick is that his head pops up with the torso panel it's attached to is slid into place.

pfcparts wrote:and his alt mode is huge.

Not really.

pfcparts wrote:I don't
have a second thought displaying him and soundwave
with the first editions. Every other RID figure
has some sort of cheapness or does not feel like
a worthy deluxe figure. The other figures don't
have the same quality.

That just means WJ and SW were given special treatment in the design process. They're still RID figures regardless.

pfcparts wrote:I do see the ports after a retake. The horror...

He does have Micron ports. You can see at least one in vehicle mode.

pfcparts wrote:WJ doesn't have hollow legs or arms

Unlike FE Cliffjumper

doesn't have the pull the arms or backpack back to release his
head gimmick

Because his head reveal gimmick is pushing the chest panel up.

and his alt mode is huge

Same size as the other RID cars.

I don't have a second thought displaying him and soundwave
with the first editions.

Nor should you. My Prime shelf is a mix of RID and FE figures, I'm sure most people's are.

Every other RID figure has some sort of cheapness or does not feel like a worthy deluxe figure. The other figures don't have the same quality.

And that's an opinion.

I don't think I'd ever be ok in buying 3rd party
upgrades that would cost half (or more) of what
the figure would cost. I'd rather have
something decent come with the figure.

I don't like it either, but Hasbro's priorities are different from ours. Their goal is to make toys for kids that look like the show characters, not to make slavish reproductions for notoriously picky adult fans.