Another Confirmed ROTF Bruticus Maximus (Target) Sighting

Convotron wrote:If the same was done for Bruticus Maximus, it would be much better. Adding a gun or cannon would be nice too. I mean, the combiner is made up of war machines. No one has a gun to spare? Come on.

Well, it is lame for Onslaught to have no gun at all.

But otherwise, using the tanks as arms gives him twin mounted cannons on each arm...

Counterpunch wrote:

Convotron wrote:If the same was done for Bruticus Maximus, it would be much better. Adding a gun or cannon would be nice too. I mean, the combiner is made up of war machines. No one has a gun to spare? Come on.

Well, it is lame for Onslaught to have no gun at all.

But otherwise, using the tanks as arms gives him twin mounted cannons on each arm...

True and the hands could be used as gun-hands I suppose.

i am dissapointed as much i hate these energon combiners ill still get them i dont want to have to 40 or more for energon combiner when i could get it for 30. at target & it still has not come in yet.

i dont get it gijoe is making more progress with releasing new figures in the gijoe rise of cobra series faster than transfromers yeah i will agree i would like to see an add on set for bruticus & devastator alone if there is plan in the future but for right now ill stick with him the way he is

I've got the Universe 2.0 version along with Superion(also the Universe version) around May this year. And the stores in my area do not have the ROTF boxes of these figures as well. Now Im hoping they will do a Devastator Maximus!! That would complete my collection more.

Counterpunch wrote:But otherwise, using the tanks as arms gives him twin mounted cannons on each arm...

Using the tanks for arms makes BM the best of the three combiners, I think, especially if you separate the treads and swing down the center section. He gets really sweet shoulder decorations, and it helps to position the cannons parallel to the ground.

I'll pick this up and probably keep it MISB. I wish they would have swapped out one chopper for an Aerial bot jet for Blast-Off, though.

shonenfan4 wrote:Thanks for the replay on where this was bought. This will be hard to track down, as it took forever for me to actually track down Superion in a Target.

Pro Tip: If you have a DPCI and your Target is completely out of stock on that item, *and* they don't have an arrival date, you can ask them nicely to do an inventory query at Guest Services (Customer Service Desk, usually up front) and they will give you a list of all Targets within x miles that have that item in stock, and even, sometimes, volunteer to call the other store to have one of the product pulled and taken to hold at guest services for 24 hours. For that reason alone, Target gets my business over Wal-Mart anytime I can help it. The one caveat is that if it's an assortment, they *WILL NOT* pull a specific figure for you. So, just ask for a case

Seibertron wrote:

dragons wrote:i dont get it gijoe is making more progress with releasing new figures in the gijoe rise of cobra series faster than transfromers yeah i will agree i would like to see an add on set for bruticus & devastator alone if there is plan in the future but for right now ill stick with him the way he is

Are you kidding? It's unprecedented how many Transformers have been releasead in less than 3 months. I can't believe we're on wave 6 deluxes already. Hasbro has already released far more product in the last three months than they do in 12 months. I think they've released about 120 to 150+ Transformers products since BotCon. I'm sure dollar for dollar there are tons more Transformers products that have been released compared to GiJoe.

My wallet heartily agrees. I've probably bought $800 on the first days the toys were out, and another $400/month since then.

i think today is a good day to go hunting for this guy

I unfortunately missed the opportunity to get the original Superlink version. And from what I saw from their individual forms, the mold looked as "G.I.Joe" military kick @ss. Especially the central figure "Onslaught", who looked a lot like a "tank" commander pilot. But I'll have to agree with skywarp-2 on the hands and feet. Imho maybe just maybe the original designers was inhaling something more than oxygen when they came up with the "energon" doo-hickey appendage designs. What the heck were they thinking? That's why there'll be a market for indie upgrades.

If this one is hard to find, what more then if FP makes an upgrade for it? Btw for those who own one, is the "Cylone" head a part of the'bot like Superion Maximus or a mask component like the G-1 version? If so I wish FP will change the head.

Counterpunch wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:I have to go with the latter.. sorry CP..

the clear straight fingers and two pronged toes are not appealing to me..
plus I think he needs some kind of add on to his waist area and crotch, because Bruticus Maximus Chest is too protruding, and needs some proportions adjustment..

See, that's exactly where all this is going.

3rd party add-ons are going to become a venue for everyone to do unnecessary cosmetic surgery to every figure around.

Energon Superion was seriously flawed. Energon Bruticus isn't perfect...but he doesn't need $50 of add-ons to fix.

Sure, everyone wishes that the combiners had solid plastic, 5 finger hands and blocky feet. Welcome to 4 years ago.

I'm not arguing against debate here, nor do I think Bruticus is perfect; but what would you rather see these companies work on? Serious additions like the Rodimus upgrade? How about that pre-historic animal combiner?

Or would you rather see pricy, minor upgrades to figures that get along just fine with the addition of a small amount of imagination?

Your call.

well here is the thing, fansproject is doing the Rodimus kit, and they are doing the combiners and such, but I never said i would want them to put aside what they are planning just to do an upgrade for Bruticus..

that said...

to do an upgrade for Superion and not one for the villain of the same class is kind of a let down.. when you think of your classics collection and you have that big Superion posed in the back ground with Henkei Prime and company gathered up in a fine pose, wouldn't it be just great to see a fully upgraded Bruticus in the back drop of your henkei/classics Decepticon collection? I know i would..

but here is the thing..if imagination was what we all needed to superseed a mold that has so much aesthetic errors, then we would still be getting G-1 type figures.. things have changed and functional and better looking transformers have been coming out all the time..

Would I buy Superion by itself before the FP kit came on the scene? Probably not..

same with Bruticus..

I don't begrudge anyone who loves these figures the way they are, but honestly.. a new gun, hands, feet, a sword, and a crotch/waist appendage for him would do wonders..maybe even a head attachment to fix that strange Vader like face..

that is just my view..

but classics Grimlock, Bruticus Maximus, G-1 Devastator (or classics), and maybe an Optimus Prime Apex armor 3rd party add on set would rock.. regardless of the mediocre intricacy..

besides.. no one can win on this argument.. we have those who say that 3rd parties should only stick to armor and upgrades, and then those who say that they don't care and want 3rd party figures..and those who say they only buy Hasbro and hate 3rd party stuff..it is almost like you are damned if you don't and damned if you do on taking a position in support or against of 3rd party products..

and now your damned if you don't and damned if you do if you support armor add-ons versus full figure projects..

it's insanity at work!! seriously!!

I still stand by my assessment..this figure could use an upgraded set of add-ons..weapons, hands, feet, waist/crotch, and maybe some extras like some missile launchers for the shoulder and such..but I'd love to have a comparable villain to pose against my super cool and way better styled Autobot combiner..

from this:


to this:


makes much more sense...
Bruticus Maximus needs new hands and feet..