Here are some of my views on Transformers Prime: Takara AM-12: War Breakdown.
Yes that's his official name. Whether it will be in the USA who knows.
Big thanks to Kapow Toys - http://www.kapowtoys.co.uk in the UK who got this out to me on Saturday! They are getting more in so grab one soon.
There's lots of really good pictures out now so forgive some of mine. He comes in Robot mode in a nice window display box with lots of writing I can't read.
The head sculpt is great! Looks spot on, this is from when he still had 2 eyes.
It is on a ball joint but hampered by the recess it is in. It can tilt from side to side at an angle and up and down.
He's a really nice shade of dark royal blue. Even the light grey seems to match the show.
Sadly I just noticed mine has a blemish on the right corner of his chest. Just a manucfacturing defect I think.
The weapon can be held in his hand or even better rotate the fist and it fits into a front hole. Then it looks like it has transformed from his arm!
Oddly his black chest is actually a dark transparent piece. This is the one area where if the colour was more like his grill it would match the show better.
He has a nice range of motion and can pull of some great poses. See video reviews for more.
The labels are for inside and outside his legs, ankles, knees and waist. A tip for the labels is to put the black knee ones on first and then the silver ones on top. They really add some nice sensible details to him
He comes with his Micron partner weapon Zamu. The Rhino I've added his waist, logo and eye labels. I don't think I will add more as personally I think it detracts from the Hammer look. Possibly thinking of putting some metal colour on him in the future. There are pictures of it fully labelled in the recent news posts.
He's very nice, his legs move back and forth and is a good size.
Onto Breakdown's armoured car mode. There are several Micron ports. Zamu fits well into his roof and hood ports. The other ports seem to be a tight fit. I recommend caution or not using those for Zamu to avoid stress marks. They seem fine with other weapons though. He has about 13 ports to use. All the ports are flat to the sides except the hood one and match his blue which is nice to see.
The labels add on front lights, windows, side stripes and a large bumper. This is a bit awkward to get perfect due to it's size. There are 4 Decepticon logos too. I haven't decided if to use Takara or Reprolabels or where yet. They really work well again and make it less plain in appropriate places.
An interesting thing you can do is take an RID Vehicon cannon and put it on his roof. Looks very similar to the show. I believe the AM Vehicon Micron also is a close design.
If you take the First Editions blaster it just fits onto his rear right shoulder port and makes a great cannon. It won't fit on the left. This guy is just begging for a Dr Wu weapons set.
All in all this is a great figure! It's a little expensive but worth it. Right now there is no Hasbro version announced. Maybe at SDCC. I'm sure there will be one but maybe not until the end of the year at least. There is also a repaint Cyrus (Silas?) version coming from Takara. This could be the one released possibly or even both!
I'll post some comparison pictures below. For more about the transformation I recommend checking out Peaugh's video here: http://youtu.be/h2K6dJuRsc8
Thanks for taking the time to read my review. If I can answer any questions I will try
If there are any comparisons you would like to see leave a post and I will see what I can do. There are too many options for me to do today.
Here is Breakdown next to FE Bulkhead. You can see the RID Vehicon cannon I put on his roof.
He scales very nicely. FE Bulkhead is a bit too big and the RID Bulkhead would scale better. But then the FE is awesome!
In Robot mode Bulkhead is a little taller and well bulkier. Again though it works very well and isn't terrible.
It's Hammer time!!
Breakdown with Knock Out and Vehicon. They all go together very well. If you put him with any of the FE figures they are a little large really.
Rear view.
The labels and the Micron kit.
Breakdown in box.
Autobot032 wrote:C'mon BBTS. Get your's in. I wants my Breakdown. I want it now, dammit. GIVE IT TO ME!
Henry921 wrote:You can always be counted on to listen to reason, Pryme.
Dead Metal wrote:Have you ever, and i mean ever seen/read/heard something that is completely original and does not copy/homage/pay tribute to something else? Here's a hint: Nope. You never have and you never will.
PrimeStriker wrote:I was wondering, can anybody show us a picture of Breakdown with the other Decepticons (FE Deluxe Starscream, RiD Voyager Megs, RiD Deluxe Knock Out, RiD Deluxe Soundwave, and RiD Deluxe Airachnid)?
RAcast wrote:So, just so we're clear.
He DOES have translucent bits in weird places like the rest of the RiD voyagers? Which means...which MEANS...there's a legitimate chance that it'll get a US release.
Stumpybot wrote:RAcast wrote:So, just so we're clear.
He DOES have translucent bits in weird places like the rest of the RiD voyagers? Which means...which MEANS...there's a legitimate chance that it'll get a US release.
Hate to break it to you mate, but unless you count his actual windows which fold up into the forearms, theres no random translucent parts
The stickers on him are pretty good, but this looks closer to FE style than RID, the massive number of micron ports that are mostly molded into the plastic rather than stuck on is a big indication too
PrimeStriker wrote:I was wondering, can anybody show us a picture of Breakdown with the other Decepticons (FE Deluxe Starscream, RiD Voyager Megs, RiD Deluxe Knock Out, RiD Deluxe Soundwave, and RiD Deluxe Airachnid)?
Azrail wrote:PrimeStriker wrote:I was wondering, can anybody show us a picture of Breakdown with the other Decepticons (FE Deluxe Starscream, RiD Voyager Megs, RiD Deluxe Knock Out, RiD Deluxe Soundwave, and RiD Deluxe Airachnid)?
I'll try and do a line up shot maybe tomorrow. I assume you mean in Robot modes?
Didn't have a lot of time to take pics last night and so many options and transforming to do.
Henry921 wrote:You can always be counted on to listen to reason, Pryme.
Dead Metal wrote:Have you ever, and i mean ever seen/read/heard something that is completely original and does not copy/homage/pay tribute to something else? Here's a hint: Nope. You never have and you never will.
Sodan-1 wrote:Cheers for the review Azrail. You're letting the side down using "hood" instead of bonnet though. I'm not a fan of the Arms Micron series for the normal reasons but I may have to pull the trigger on this one to avoid disappointment by Hasbro. The use of a Vehicon blaster was genius. It looks perfect.
Mr_Wayne wrote:I've preorder mine through robotkingdom but never got a confirmation email,i can't find a email for them and i checked the site just now and it shows breakdown as in stock.and.ready to ship. What do i do just wait.
Paypal shows that it has been paid not shipped . This is my first time dealing with them is this normal?
Hypershock wrote:nice pics!! hmmm.....dyou think his cyberverse cannon would look okay sitting on his shoulder?
helli0n wrote:Great review Az...thanks for all the great info. I just broke mine out of his packaging and am very very happy with him.
I though I saw some pictures some where of Breakdown with a different head...am I crazy? And if I'm not then could that one be the "regular" named Breakdown?
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