The Energon Pub

[Emerje]

Sam Smith has returned, looks like we have another post from him on the way! Can’t wait, these posts he does are awesome.

IMG_2061.jpeg

Kinda funny that he's addressing this before they've done a western announcement. I guess that means a Target listing is eminent.

Emerje

Well this was a Hasbro announcement and not a Takara one, so I guess they consider it fair game.

That's why I said "western announcement". Back when they announced Tidal Wave in Singapore last year it took them at least a month to acknowledge it outside of the event.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I love that like Bonecrusher with his messed up face, Brawl includes the arm severing. I just love that detail so much

[Emerje]

I love that like Bonecrusher with his messed up face, Brawl includes the arm severing. I just love that detail so much

I've said this before and I'll say it again: Optimus Prime 2.0 please! I passed on him because I didn't feel it did anything than the Leader class retail figure did so MB-11 is my stand in MPM until Hasbro does something better. And I know they can do better. Heck, Takara Tomy did better with their MPM release. But with Brawl being so impressive that he barely looks like he transforms (from the front anyway) in either mode I'd love to see what kind of amazing engineering wizardry they could pull off on a second try.

Emerje

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Sam Smith’s posts on MPM Brawl are up! We get lots of looks at the scale breakdown, development process, and 3D turnarounds!

We also get some insights on the color scheme, the tank in the film was painted with 3 different house paint colors, and Sam got the exact paint colors to use on the figure!

https://www.instagram.com/king_samlock? ... c3dXgyZmUw

[D-Maximal_Primal]

He is going to be a beautiful chunkster!

[-Kanrabat-]

The original is much more thin.

Guess all that tank kibble must go somewhere, even for a MP.

[Emerje]

The original is much more thin.

Guess all that tank kibble must go somewhere, even for a MP.

Honestly think he looks better in toy form. Just filling out the arms really makes a difference.

Emerje

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

The CG model there is also missing the arm weapons, which bulk him up quite a bit.

I love that Sam does these posts. There’s so much passion that goes into making these figures and it’s really cool to get to see some of that!

[-Kanrabat-]

We already got a full video review! In Chinese, but still.

Looks awesome and the transformation does not look much harder than the original 2007 leader.



This video is around 2 weeks old already. Thank God it randomly appeared in my recommendeds.

[william-james88]

If you ever wonder how some reviewers can get toys early legitimately, well there are smaller online shops that get toys distributed to them but don't have to then go through their own internal warehouse to store distribution. Case in point with MPM Brawl, who is available right now at certain online shops, like CMD store for $180 USD.

At the same time, Amazon Japan has Brawl at a really good price, that being ¥19,394 at checkout, which comes out to $122 USD. Of course, both charge shipping on top of that. We just wanted to let you know of your current options whether you want the toy right now, or if you want it at the best price possible and don't care to wait.

Below are the two links along with a review of the toy.

Amazon Japan: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Transform ... cx_mr_hp_d

CMD store: https://cmdstore.com/collections/new-pr ... 0996165542

[-Kanrabat-]

All in all, from Amazon.JP that Brawl will cost me between 250$CAN to 300$CAN depending of the exchange rate

I'll wait for the Canadian retailers price, but I expect that I'll just trade-in some old stuff at my local geek store to get him.

I still need Barricade to complete my 2007 .

[Emerje]

Still nothing from Target, makes me wonder if they're done with MPMs. Typically they go live on the store shortly after reveal, but we've known about him since November and the Chinese reveal (via Hasbro) was back in April. $122 is a good price, but the hope was that Target would have one of their 25-30% off sales and bring the price to just over $100.

Emerje

[Emerje]

Finally!

Pulse (sold out)
Target

They took so damn long to start taking pre-orders that it'll be out on the 21st of THIS MONTH! Just over two weeks from now. Hoping there's a sale for Circle Week next week.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

There are usually some summer circle sales, so I am going to try to wait, it has worked out for me for the other MPMs.

He also may rival Bonecrusher and Megatron as the best MPM Decepticon based on reviews I have already seen

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Got my Brawl, and god is he great. They have definitely stepped up their game on the MPMs since VW Bee, and i would argue that Brawl is on Bonecrusher's level of being a great figure. Awesome grab, cannot wait to do more with him!

[First-Aid]

Absolutely agree. Between Blackout and Brawl, the latest MPMs have been phenomenal.

[-Kanrabat-]

Not the biggest deal, but still annoying:

The quatuor missiles launcher's blast effect fall off overtime. So, the only way for me to fix the issue is to point that launcher straight up.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Been messing around with Brawl some more, man, the MPM crew have really found their rhythm. He is so good

[First-Aid]

Agreed. This guy is my favorite MPM. Hoping we continue to get this quality.

[Emerje]

Back in September I was messing around with Brawl, Bonecrusher and Blackout and yeah, they really did out do themselves here. Makes me wish they would do an Optimus 2.0 all the more.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Back in September I was messing around with Brawl, Bonecrusher and Blackout and yeah, they really did out do themselves here. Makes me wish they would do an Optimus 2.0 all the more.

Emerje

Agreed, they have learned a lot and really settled in here.

I also wish they'd take another crack at Ironhide

[Emerje]

Back in September I was messing around with Brawl, Bonecrusher and Blackout and yeah, they really did out do themselves here. Makes me wish they would do an Optimus 2.0 all the more.

Emerje

Agreed, they have learned a lot and really settled in here.

I also wish they'd take another crack at Ironhide

Yeah, even tow trucks don't have toes...

Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

Back in September I was messing around with Brawl, Bonecrusher and Blackout and yeah, they really did out do themselves here. Makes me wish they would do an Optimus 2.0 all the more.

Emerje

Agreed, they have learned a lot and really settled in here.

I also wish they'd take another crack at Ironhide

Is it just me, or the MPM are overall way better than their counterparts?

[First-Aid]

Back in September I was messing around with Brawl, Bonecrusher and Blackout and yeah, they really did out do themselves here. Makes me wish they would do an Optimus 2.0 all the more.

Emerje

Agreed, they have learned a lot and really settled in here.

I also wish they'd take another crack at Ironhide

Is it just me, or the MPM are overall way better than their counterparts?

Maybe but they were done before the 'Cons were. Maybe they developed the techniques and improved as they went?

[Emerje]

Back in September I was messing around with Brawl, Bonecrusher and Blackout and yeah, they really did out do themselves here. Makes me wish they would do an Optimus 2.0 all the more.

Emerje

Agreed, they have learned a lot and really settled in here.

I also wish they'd take another crack at Ironhide

Is it just me, or the MPM are overall way better than their counterparts?

Maybe but they were done before the 'Cons were. Maybe they developed the techniques and improved as they went?

They're also much bigger giving them more space to work with. At the same time be got a good figure later on out of Ratchet, but we also got Bee movie Optimus Prime and his truck cat ears on an otherwise decent figure.

Emerje