Intro:
The
name Brawl has been quite synonymous with tanks. In most of his reincarnations,
whether or not related to the Combaticons, he has always been a tank – the
latest being the 2007 Movie where the character he portrayed was named as
Devastator in the motion picture.
Officially
designated as Part 5 of 5 in the Combaticons set, he is a Decepticon with an
anger management issue, to a point where some other Decepticons actually do not
get along with him well.
Being
a tank as well as being so heavily armed, I am quite surprised at his Tech
Spec, which only ranks his Fireblast as 8, which is surprisingly lower than
Vortex.
Anyways,
let’s get this review over with, shall we?
Alternate
Mode:
His
official alternate mode is that of a Cybertronian Tank – or a Flying Tank, as I
would call it.
I
wonder why the designers couldn’t just throw in some wheels just to make the
tank believable. I mean, he already has the threads, so what gives?
So
anyways, with the exception of the missing wheels, he is every bit a tank. He
is armed with a twin-barrel gun, as well as another blaster mounted on the
turret. The turret can turn all the way around, giving all range of shooting.
Just
like his Combaticons comrades, he feels incredibly light and cheap, and it
would’ve been better if he had come with just a little bit of heft.
Overall,
he’s an okay piece, nothing spectacular, though not too bad.
Robot
Mode:
Despite
being a tank, Brawl’s robot mode is quite diminutive. I expected him to be one
of the bulkiest members of the group, so his physical stature can be quite
disappointing.
While
some of the individual Combaticons released in the FOC line may not be stellar,
but they are still in the range of tolerable quality. Brawl, however,
unfortunately falls in as the worst of the entire Combaticons.
One
of the biggest flaw, if not the flaw
of this particular figure is his frontal foot pieces, or to be exact, their
inability to lock-in. To make matters worse, the friction which is supposed to
hold those two pieces together are almost not existence, making it very
difficult for the figure to actually stand.
That
fortunately makes posing him a very taxing task.
Articulation-wise:
the head is on a ball joint, as well as his elbows, shoulders and hips; the outer
shoulders hinge, allowing outward motions; the abs crunches; and finally the
knees bend.
Of
all the Combaticons, to me at least, Brawl is probably the worst.
Overall:
To
be honest, Brawl is the biggest disappointment in the set. The alternate mode
is less than stellar, with the robot mode faring even worse, everything about
him is a turn-off.
Anyway, if
you’re not planning on collecting all five Combaticons to form Bruticus, then
you probably won’t be inclined to buy this guy as an individual robot.
Final
verdict: 6/10.
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