The Energon Pub

News Credits: 5749 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:41 am

The Transformers facebook page has released an official image of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron's Bruticus. While this isn't anything we haven't seen before (check out our Toy Fair 2012 Fall of Cybertron gallery) this does seem to confirm that Blast Off and Vortex will be released in in the colors that were shown at Toy Fair 2012 rather than their traditional G1 colors. Image mirrored below.

News Credits: 4 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:46 am

I'm still getting it,just wished he had his dual cannon backpack

News Credits: 1 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:49 am

Better picture, IMO. I'm sorta stoked now.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:50 am

Something tells me a 3rd party Onslaught will show up by 4th quarter 2012. Something Voyager-sized.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Not quite what I was hoping for, even after the Toy Fair pics.

I'm still gonna get him though

News Credits: 2 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:06 am

I agree...I'm a little disappointed that Onslaught is not Voyager sized. Did anyone see the rear view pictures from Toy Fair? It looked like his entire chest cavity is hollow and you can see Onslaught's head from behind. It looks horrifically flimsy. THe way they created and connected the combiners in Energon seems like an improvement over this (not the figures themselves, but the scale of the limbs and torso).

News Credits: 2 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:08 am

To be fair, the only one that seems REALLY off is Vortex (who should be grey and not red). Onslaught, Brawl and Swindle look pretty close to their G1 colors. Blast off was always black or a really dark brown, the dark blue/purple is close enough for me.

I'm curious though, the screenshots we've seen for the game show Blast Off as a gold/silver spaceship, and Vortex as more of a gold/red. I wonder if they plan to change them in-game as well, or if Hasbro just decided to do their own thing.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:10 am

Well, 4 of them are essentially in their G1 color schemes, while Vortex has taken on Swindle's G2 color scheme. I was there for G2, so it's close enough for my tastes...but just far enough off that I'll probably end up double dipping for a potential Japanese version that's totally G1 accurate.

Ah well, as the first proper gestalt team since Energon, they're molds well worth milking. Think FunPub will do them in full-on G2 colors to represent the Shattered Glass Combaticons? Do they have bios yet?

Let's see: SG Onslaught can't plan ahead but stays mellow when his meager plans fall through, SG Brawl is a master of stealth, SG Blast Off likes to get up close and personal with his targets, SG Vortex maintains complete stability even in the stormiest conditions, SG Swindle spends all his free time doing charity work, and SG Bruticus just plain won't follow orders, unlike SG Fangry.

News Credits: 4 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:21 am

Vortex and Blades are just having an identity crisis right now

News Credits: 2 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:22 am

Still looks like i'm saving money on this one. The actual pictures from the event show some serious gorilla arms. It's not doing the concept art justice.

That said, I do kinda want Brawl.

News Credits: 5 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:32 am

Cover your eyes it's the return of G2 Bruticus

News Credits: 226 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:41 am

Would have thought Hasbro would have learnt their lesson with PCC's ... guess not.

Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:05 am

It looks pretty good to me, it's not perfect but it's a step in the right direction. I am wondering what the articulation is going to be like. Will Bruticus at least have elbows that bend the right way?

News Credits: 8 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:07 am

Well, good enough to be cybertronian combaticon. so, not a total lost

News Credits: 1452 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:24 am

It's growin on me...

News Credits: 8 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:35 am

Blurrz wrote:It's growin on me...

in a bad way? :-?

News Credits: 1452 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:44 am

gema wrote:
Blurrz wrote:It's growin on me...

in a bad way?

In a good way, I've always liked the WFC/FOC aesthetic. Even if the combiner mode is crap, the five individuals should be fine.

News Credits: 8 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:49 am

Blurrz wrote: Even if the combiner mode is crap, the five individuals should be fine

Agreed, IMO better than scout fig (FP's Crossfire add on).

Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:59 am

Looks like I wont be buying any toys(Except for Voyager Megs)until May because of this bad boy

. Liking him more and more now. Need to save more money xP~

News Credits: 8 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:07 am

why is vortex red? still not a fan of the combined mode but the individual figures arent bad, better than DOTM & what ive seen of TFprime so far

Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:33 am

Definitely buying the whole team for individual alt/robot forms with the hopes of the possibility of third party enhancements. Still though, I'm a little bummed at the wasted potential after seeing them combine in the trailer.

News Credits: 10 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:54 am

Whatever happened to brown blast off? :-x

Oh well, at least onslaught looks better in blue.

Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:07 am

anyone that seen him in person, can you kinda guess how tall he is? size comparison to FP brut or hercules?

News Credits: 9 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:34 am

Mkall wrote:Not quite what I was hoping for, even after the Toy Fair pics.

Is that cos your statement that Hasbro could do great combiners isn't holding up so well? :grin:

Spider5800 wrote:To be fair, the only one that seems REALLY off is Vortex ... I wonder if they plan to change them in-game as well, or if Hasbro just decided to do their own thing.

Hasbro ALWAYS do their own thing. Just ask leaders Jetfire and Ironhide.

News Credits: 33 · Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:18 am

All i want to see is some new photos of the combaticons or did i over look them in the galleries? because i never seen any individual figures on display

I dont get why not the hole display works on showing in package , robot and alt it would have been great to see a full diplay.

I liked Swindles original beige?colour we seen in the first images much better than bright yellow, i think am just gonna go along with vortex till we see a repaint its bound to happen and i realy want to see blast off he looks much better purple

Bruticus gun is pure shite probably should have made something that looks like a gun mabey one big one that can split into two small guns.

All bought on site for there individual figures.