Video Review - Transformers Collectors' Club 4.0 Mayhem Attack Squad Grabuge / Ruckus

Zeedust wrote:

Mr O wrote:

G.B. Blackrock wrote:I can't fathom where "ZPutty" comes from, or why it's the least bit appropriate as a substitute,

Is there one called "Do-Da"? 'cause that might explain it, but lead to another question.

Would you mind explaining that one?

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Is this figure a part of a Combiner? Please don't mind me asking, I don't update myself with BotCon figures as much as I used to.

It's a TFSS 4.0 figure, and all figures in this series combine as they all use CW molds. They are collectively known as the Mayhem Attack Squad, the Decepticon equivalent to the Wreckers from the Marvel comics (including the fact their roster constantly changes), and this iteration consists of:

- Needlenose with Sunbeam and Zputty (aka "Zigzag")
- Grabuge (aka "Ruckus", using the French-Canadian name, so it's not France French)
- Spinister with Singe and Hairsplitter
- Windsweeper
- Bludgeon

They combine into this fellow, designed after the most important character in the Marvel comics, Thunderwing:



Impactor (a retool of CW Rook) is the sixth figure in the set, and he'll part of the Combiner in the next series. The 7th Mystery figure will be a CW Deluxe as far as we know.

Thank you. In fact that is the first time I've ever seen Thunderwing.

...Now that I see him, he looks disgusting. He makes me a little dizzy just looking at all the contrasting colors on the figure alone, and the background just makes it even worse. Why are the designers making the colors so bright? Why go through the trouble for another Transformer that looks like a bag of Skittles? How many times must we taste the rainbow?

Don't get me wrong, the individual figures are exquisite, but not when you put them together as a Gestalt.

steals_your_goats wrote:

HilltopOfKaon wrote:What the hell is a Grabuge? C'mon hasbro.

Well it's funpub not Hasbro, but they couldn't use ruckus due to trademark issues so they used his French Canadian name instead.

Deadput wrote:The hell is a Chromedome?

TF_JW wrote:The trademarks are all owned by Hasbro and run through all the legal checks by Hasbro Legal.

Fun Pub picks names that they hope will pass legal, always choosing the original names first. Sometimes those don't pass and replacements have to be found.

ScottyP wrote:I got Ruckus in today and I'm pretty disappointed with it. Lots of chipped tan paint already, and the teal/green color should have been metallic. Pretty 'meh' on this guy.

Counterpunch wrote:

ScottyP wrote:I got Ruckus in today and I'm pretty disappointed with it. Lots of chipped tan paint already, and the teal/green color should have been metallic. Pretty 'meh' on this guy.

My issue with him is that if you were to attach the hand/foot gun in alt mode, the paint will tear off its tab.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Got charged for the next two figures, which makes me very happy. So, who do you think are the next two? My money's on Spinister and Windsweeper.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Prowl4 wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

ScottyP wrote:I got Ruckus in today and I'm pretty disappointed with it. Lots of chipped tan paint already, and the teal/green color should have been metallic. Pretty 'meh' on this guy.

My issue with him is that if you were to attach the hand/foot gun in alt mode, the paint will tear off its tab.

Which tab?

Well, if it's being attached in vehicle mode, likely the tab on the pickup bed that slots into the space between the middle and ring fingers on the hfg (see below), which would mean that his lower legs are painted.