SDCC 2012 Exclusive Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Combaticons / Bruticus Video Review
Monday, July 16th, 2012 9:58AM CDT
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optibotimus wrote:This is a very long video and i apologize for that. I basically did individual reviews of each robot in my normal style. Ending it with a review of the big guy himself. I included here as well as time stamps in the video description on youtube itself to help you guys out. Enjoy
Swindle's review - 05:43
Brawl's review - 14:44
Onslaught's review - 24:03
Blastoff's review - 36:00
Vortex's review - 45:40
BRUTICUS' review - 53:23
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Posted by Nemesis Destron on July 16th, 2012 @ 10:37am CDT
Posted by Jehuty on July 16th, 2012 @ 10:38am CDT
*edit* All right to be fair the bot is good looking until you get to the arms and then it's just an awkward looking disaster, so if some third party came along with better arm limbs and I don't know...chunkier legs? I'd pick up this set, but left as is, I see no reason to get this in addition to the Coupe de Grace fansproject set.
Posted by BeastProwl on July 16th, 2012 @ 10:53am CDT
Posted by FullMetalGeth on July 16th, 2012 @ 11:19am CDT
BeastProwl wrote:I like him alot more than I thought I would. I can deal with the little flaws. It's the neon colors that are going to get to me, because I'll likely be picking up the retail version...
Same here.
Posted by Rated X on July 16th, 2012 @ 11:21am CDT
Fansproject: SAVE THIS GUY !!!
Posted by Solrac333 on July 16th, 2012 @ 11:29am CDT
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on July 16th, 2012 @ 12:26pm CDT
Posted by Ghost Starscream on July 16th, 2012 @ 1:02pm CDT
This IS the screen accurate version. The retail on is nasty neon colors and the Amazon exclusive is G2 colors.
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on July 16th, 2012 @ 1:13pm CDT
Ghost Starscream wrote:@Fires_of_Inferno
This IS the screen accurate version. The retail on is nasty neon colors and the Amazon exclusive is G2 colors.
Yeah, that's what I was saying.
EDIT: Wait. Ok so there's the screen accurate one and the G2 one that I already knew about, the G2 one is an Amazon exclusive? And then there's ANOTHER one? I only knew about this one, the G2 one, and the Wreckers one.
Posted by Va'al on July 16th, 2012 @ 1:19pm CDT
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Ghost Starscream wrote:@Fires_of_Inferno
This IS the screen accurate version. The retail on is nasty neon colors and the Amazon exclusive is G2 colors.
Yeah, that's what I was saying.
EDIT: Wait. Ok so there's the screen accurate one and the G2 one that I already knew about, the G2 one is an Amazon exclusive? And then there's ANOTHER one? I only knew about this one, the G2 one, and the Wreckers one.
There are three official Bruticus releases:
- SDCC videogame accurate
- Retail in bright colours
- G2 Amazon and BBTS Exclusive
Then Ruination, the Wreckers repaint/remold.
Posted by Cyber Bishop on July 16th, 2012 @ 1:54pm CDT
I dunno... I am not liking some of the aesthetics and features of a couple of the bots..
I am still on the fence with this guy though...
Posted by TheDownshift on July 16th, 2012 @ 2:03pm CDT
Posted by MINDVVIPE on July 16th, 2012 @ 5:23pm CDT
It might have been saved by some better arm articulation and looks in gestalt mode, but since its a fail there, none of the other aspects are worth it.
The individual bot modes of some are pretty nice, like onslaught and blastoff... And I actually REALLY like that tank mode for Brawl. But its really too crappy for me to even consider for the wreckers repaints.
They just need to maybe simplify some things. I feel some of the transformations are too complex for keeping the simple joints. I don't care if some pieces look broken up in vehicle mode, or overly blocky in robot mode, but the gestalt has got to have all the articulation and looks to make them all worth it.
Posted by Philthy on July 16th, 2012 @ 10:49pm CDT
Posted by noctorro on July 17th, 2012 @ 2:03am CDT
Normally most of the ebayers ship international but when SDCC is going on no one ships international :s
Still, I will get my SDCC set from ebay. The importshops can't get their hands on it and I have little faith they will.
I must have.
Posted by Va'al on July 17th, 2012 @ 8:02am CDT
Ruination may be the better choice between the two after all..
Posted by Sodan-1 on July 17th, 2012 @ 9:56am CDT
Va'al wrote:...and actually looks better in my opinion!
Ruination may be the better choice between the two after all..
Agreed. Vortex and Blast Off are slimmer as legs than Swindle and Brawl and so they look better attached to the thin thighs of Onslaught.
I'll admit this set appears better than I thought it would. The individual Combaticons aren't too bad. I don't think they make a good Combaticon team but they're pretty good purely from a figure stand point.
As far as Bruticus goes; he's not terrible and is easily the best official combiner in a long time, but I have no desire for him. He's too much of a stretched, dangly mess. Two hip joints on each leg and the gorilla arms three metres from the body are complete turn-offs. I doff my cap to Hasbro for allowing any limb to be used in any position, (especially with the two hands or thumbs business) but all the hands are generally kind of poor. Also weird how three of the limbs have bright purple connectors but only Vortex gets black.
Would have loved a size comparison with any of the 3rd party combiners, but thanks for posting your review Optibotimus. The hour just flew by.
Posted by kirbenvost on July 17th, 2012 @ 12:13pm CDT
Posted by Dorkimus on July 17th, 2012 @ 1:20pm CDT
Posted by Manterax Prime on July 17th, 2012 @ 5:50pm CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on July 17th, 2012 @ 11:59pm CDT
Here's what he had to say and show:
optibotimus wrote:This is a very long video and i apologize for that. I basically did individual reviews of each robot in my normal style. Ending it with a review of the big guy himself. I included here as well as time stamps in the video description on youtube itself to help you guys out. Enjoy
Swindle's review - 05:43
Brawl's review - 14:44
Onslaught's review - 24:03
Blastoff's review - 36:00
Vortex's review - 45:40
BRUTICUS' review - 53:23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7zqFoBA0yc
*UPDATE*
Due to rather high request for this, here is a separate video showing the different limb configurations and such. This originally was going to be included in the first video, however i cut it out because the video was already at an hour long. Here's a whole new video. Hope it helps guys
So, now we have an idea of what's to come. Will you be buying? Will you be passing? Let us know by commenting in the thread!
Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron for the latest news!
EDIT: Sorry, Optibotimus. This was definitely newsworthy, we should've had this up sooner.
Posted by xyl360 on July 18th, 2012 @ 12:18am CDT
Posted by Twitchythe3rd on July 18th, 2012 @ 12:20am CDT
As a whole the set seems like a case of "Not Bad, But Could've Been Better".
Posted by Rhinox23 on July 18th, 2012 @ 8:44am CDT
Manterax Prime wrote:Anyone else wondering why this guy hasn't popped up on hasbro toy shop yet?
I've been wondering the exact same thing! I've been watching HTS pretty consistently and none of the SDCC exclusives have shown up. I wonder what they're waiting for. I'm growing tired of checking HTS.