The Energon Pub

Fresh from the Planet Iacon facebook page we have in-hand images of Takara's soon to be released Transformers Prime Arms Micron AM-12 Breakdown. So far Hasbro has made no announcements regarding a domestic release of this mold. Takara on the other hand already has three versions planned, this one, an Autobot Swerve repaint/remold, and Silas MECH repaint. Images mirrored below.

it would be a shame not to get this great looking toy state side.

No size comparisons? I would love to see how he stacks up to Bulkhead. The 1st Edition one.

njb902 wrote:it would be a shame not to get this great looking toy state side.

Indeed. What would his weapon be?

Speaking of weapons, anybody know what his Micron's name, "Zamu", actually means? I know the Japanese word for rhino is sai, anything else?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

njb902 wrote:it would be a shame not to get this great looking toy state side.

Indeed. What would his weapon be?

Speaking of weapons, anybody know what his Micron's name, "Zamu", actually means? I know the Japanese word for rhino is sai, anything else?

a hammer(or is it a mace) like in the show would be my guess......and hope

njb902 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

njb902 wrote:it would be a shame not to get this great looking toy state side.

Indeed. What would his weapon be?

Speaking of weapons, anybody know what his Micron's name, "Zamu", actually means? I know the Japanese word for rhino is sai, anything else?

a hammer(or is it a mace) like in the show would be my guess......and hope

It would probably be a retool of Bulkheads mechtech weapon but with a spinning hammer.

He looks amazing.

I seriously hope he does get a European release.

njb902 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

njb902 wrote:it would be a shame not to get this great looking toy state side.

Indeed. What would his weapon be?

Speaking of weapons, anybody know what his Micron's name, "Zamu", actually means? I know the Japanese word for rhino is sai, anything else?

a hammer(or is it a mace) like in the show would be my guess......and hope

I think that the on-screen weapons, like breakdowns hammer, should be the secondary weapons (like rid prime's sword) and the mechtech weapons should be just some random weapon, seeing as it is now mandatory for hasbro to include some hunk of junk transforming weapon with every voyager if that makes any sense...

The near-complete lack of any translucent plastic in his arms tells me that this mold was made without the light up gimmick that EVERY American Prime RID Voyager mold has, which further tells me that this was made especially by TakaraTomy on their own without Hasbro, further adding to the mystery as to whether or not Hasbro will release this figure domestically.

I'd import this in a heartbeat, if I weren't so very incompetent with sticker application. Sorry Takara; no paint applications, no purchase.

While I do like this mold, it just looks odd without the paint it deserves or sufficient stickers for that matter. I can't really be sure, but the quality of the plastic looks a little cheap. Regardless I don't want to break bank so come on Hasbro!

Sorta makes think of what Tracks could look like all beefed up on some Energon steroids...minus the flames on his chest of course. He does look impressive though and I wonder if he will make it state-side indeed... .

Sabrblade wrote:The near-complete lack of any translucent plastic in his arms tells me that this mold was made without the light up gimmick that EVERY American Prime RID Voyager mold has, which further tells me that this was made especially by TakaraTomy on their own without Hasbro, further adding to the mystery as to whether or not Hasbro will release this figure domestically.

There are always a few oddballs that don't fit the line's gimmick.
Of course, there have also been a few major recurring characters that didn't get toys for whatever reasons...


Would there be a way to check if this was Takara-only? Like, only their names stamped on it or something?

Missing the shoulder cannon that he also uses in car mode but I'll still take one. Hoping it's possible to find a way to have the hammer arm thing mistransformed so it doesn't look hollow...

I got this ordered right before BBTS sold out. I would have preferred paint apps to stickers, but I am good at decals so I can live with applying them if it means having this cool ass figure. I didn't want to take the chance that we don't get this figure in the U.S....What Up Wit-Dat??

Well for others hoping for a domestic release, hopefully they will say something at SDCC.

Cyberseven wrote:Well for others hoping for a domestic release, hopefully they will say something at SDCC.

I agree. I'm no expert, but if we don't hear anything about a voyager Breakdown release at SDCC then I highly doubt Hasbro will be joining TT's release.

I haven't gotten my hopes up (too much) but I really hope this will be announced this year. Beyond any quality issues some may have, I've been very pleased and happy with the transformations in the TFP line. TT's version of Breakdown looks to continue that trend.

Can SDCC get here already?!

i swear by the spark of primus he better get a US release.

I have designed a show accurate hammer and shoulder cannon just waiting on my figure to get here so I can make last minute adjustments before I submit it to shapeways.

Seeeeeee Perfect Effect?!

RAM!HORN! HAMMER!

Sabrblade wrote:The near-complete lack of any translucent plastic in his arms tells me that this mold was made without the light up gimmick that EVERY American Prime RID Voyager mold has, which further tells me that this was made especially by TakaraTomy on their own without Hasbro, further adding to the mystery as to whether or not Hasbro will release this figure domestically.

Call me a hysteric, panic monger, or conspiracy theorist, but I can almost taste a 1990 TF crash headed to the states. Japan and Europe continued to get new designs like Overlord, the Brainmasters and Breastforce while the US kept getting lower and lower quality crap and soon after nothing. Hasbro might be in the process of setting up a complete abandonment of the American market "for the foreseeable future" as they would say.

They have through gross incompetence and a complete lack of understanding of the market engineered a second crash of the brand. Just look at all the Bumblebees clogging the pegs.

Just a hunch. I hope to Primus I'm wrong.

Cobalt Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The near-complete lack of any translucent plastic in his arms tells me that this mold was made without the light up gimmick that EVERY American Prime RID Voyager mold has, which further tells me that this was made especially by TakaraTomy on their own without Hasbro, further adding to the mystery as to whether or not Hasbro will release this figure domestically.

Call me a hysteric, panic monger, or conspiracy theorist, but I can almost taste a 1990 TF crash headed to the states. Japan and Europe continued to get new designs like Overlord, the Brainmasters and Breastforce while the US kept getting lower and lower quality crap and soon after nothing. Hasbro might be in the process of setting up a complete abandonment of the American market "for the foreseeable future" as they would say.

They have through gross incompetence and a complete lack of understanding of the market engineered a second crash of the brand. Just look at all the Bumblebees clogging the pegs.

Just a hunch. I hope to Primus I'm wrong.

On the flipside, everything, and I mean EVERYTHING that's not a Bee is selling very very well (especially the cyberverse and botshots, those things absolutely fly off shelves). Hasbro needs to get their heads out of their asses and realize that the ONLY thing not selling is the SLEWS of Bees we keep seeing. I don't understand how they can fail to understand it! I mean, ever since Dotm, pegs have been clogged with them. Okay, it's true that there will always be pegwarmers, but come ON Hasbro, at least realize that you need to have some variance in your pegwarmers. I mean, if pegs were filled with, say, one or two copies of each deluxe, then it wouldn't be that big a deal. But, instead of a few Ratchets here, a few Arcees there, and a handful of Vehicons to round out the pegwarmers, it's ten to twenty BUMBLEBEES with MAYBE two-four Wheeljacks/Cliffjumpers.

I just don't understand how they don't see that as a PROBLEM. When you have an item that isn't selling, AT ALL, then you have a PROBLEM, particularly when that is TWO-THIRDS OF WHAT YOU ARE SELLING.

Sorry for the rant. It just bugs me... when there's a problem this obvious and so easy to fix, why not just do it?

I wonder if they can do anything at the moment about BBs. If the Waves were set up and ordered months ago they're basically stuck.

FoC at least looks to be pretty void of BBs. I'm sure he'll pop up eventually there, but he's not in the first two waves nor has he even been hinted at yet.

I can't wait to pose this guy smashing Airachnids stupid chair head into the ground with his hammer.

Cobalt Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The near-complete lack of any translucent plastic in his arms tells me that this mold was made without the light up gimmick that EVERY American Prime RID Voyager mold has, which further tells me that this was made especially by TakaraTomy on their own without Hasbro, further adding to the mystery as to whether or not Hasbro will release this figure domestically.

Call me a hysteric, panic monger, or conspiracy theorist, but I can almost taste a 1990 TF crash headed to the states. Japan and Europe continued to get new designs like Overlord, the Brainmasters and Breastforce while the US kept getting lower and lower quality crap and soon after nothing. Hasbro might be in the process of setting up a complete abandonment of the American market "for the foreseeable future" as they would say.

They have through gross incompetence and a complete lack of understanding of the market engineered a second crash of the brand. Just look at all the Bumblebees clogging the pegs.

Just a hunch. I hope to Primus I'm wrong.

I wouldn't worry to much about that for the time being. Keep in mind we have two TF cartoons currently airing, a fourth live action movie in development, a MMO scheduled to launch later this year, and the FOC video game releasing this summer. I don't think we have to worry about Hasbro abandoning the brand any time soon.