Same in New Zealand. We have Allspark and occasionally a few modern Studio Series deluxes pop up in the sea of Kups and Blurrs, but otherwise that's it, online is your only option. Have fun with that now shipping costs even more than it used to.
I find it kind of stupid and funny that shops would refuse Transformers for lack of gimmicks. They're Transformers. They're robots that transform into vehicles/animals/other. *_Their existence is a gimmick._*
The more I think about designers the more I agree with you. Archer era was really fun, all those chunky toys with fun gimmicks and new interpretations of known characters, Warden is G1 till you vomit and now Mark is back at doing crazy picks for waves. New Bludgeon, more comic characters, UT and TFA updates.
WOOOOOO, finally the video got released, thank you for finally giving poor ol Breakdown the review & justice he needed. I remember first seeing the Jalpa in Rocky IV in school and thought it was the coolest car I’ve ever seen (I still think it is), I felt that the article that said the Jalpa being a failure is false since it’s a lot more beloved in the super car enthusiasts world. And as a diehard Stunticons / Menasor fan, I felt that a Jalpa is actually fitting for Breakdown. And you are absolutely right, the toy itself is pretty fun. He’s literally my second favorite legacy stunticon figure besides Dead End. Great video as always man!
From what you described, this Breakdown would be a kind of army-builder. It's a car that transforms into a robot. If it didn't have Breakdown's name, face, or even combine with Menasor, with some recolors it could be a pretty good vehicon or Auto trooper template. At least that's my thought.
Pretty much my view on this one. The alt-mode isn't a deal breaker and it's an okay retool. I will say that they reissue with "toy colors" is miles better and with the base white color being the same between both releases, it does mean I can keep the first release chest and head and use the new roof with the white side window bars and the new wheel wells. I'm going to TRY to see if I can keep the original bonnet with the center located decepticon symbol but use the new wheel well pieces. It LOOKS like the red trapezoid is the same shade of red and in the exact same spot so they might line up well enough. The few vehicle mode changes really do help though.
Walmart literally refuses to stock anything past legacy wave 2 and more expensive than a voyager but it has no problem with earthspark and rotb mainline
And those weird half-n-half plushies of Optimus, Megs, and Bee that seem to be shelfwarming so hard one could cook eggs on them. I’ve only seen a few crumbs of Velocitron Wave 2 and only Metalhawk from Legacy Evolution. Oh yeah, also they have an overstock on BB Arcee, there’s like five pegs of just that one character at one Wally I know.
For me, it's ROTB, Earthspark, those half-and-half plushes, Voyager Armada Starscream, and Voyager Inferno. The only things new there was a Studio Series Airazor, Leader Blitzwing and Leader Armada Megatron. Walmart needs to fix their shit.
I have seen a total of 3 legacy evolution figures on shelves. I have only seen restocks of legacy wave 1. I don’t know what’s going on, because it was fine up until Christmas than boom. Nothing. Also I’m supremely glad no version of breakdown is using that cream colour because it looks literally rancid
You're right in that altmode accuracy seems to be taken for granted now and Breakdown gets a lot of undeserved flak for it. In my opinion, Dead End is far more deserving of ire than him (just still waiting to get my hands on a Wildrider... Thank you for mentioning poor distribution, up until this month it was exactly as bad as Earthrise in my area.) I have similar feelings for figures like Skullgrin and Needlenose, though I expected to dislike both before I received them. Congrats on 10K subs, it's well deserved!
I didn't appreciate Breakdown at first because it was Wild Rider but white however now he is in my top favourite transformers of the year so far along with Tarn, Hot Shot and Crashbar
22:14 was that Steamworld Dig music I heard? Good taste. And it's always good to see appreciation for the less dazzling figures, honestly. Glad you enjoyed this one.
So, I get this reommended a year late. A shame, because I believe you and I are both in this camp together, which happens to be a very very small one. I LOVE this guy's colorscheme most of all. He just POPS! The red and especially the blue, against that stark white, yes please, I'll take 2 lol. Then the silver they use is a great break up on break down. Yup, I know. I was a bit disappointed with the alt mode, but got over it pretty quickly. He, imo, is the best looking one, if you can get passed the inaccurate alt mode, and take him for his own merits. He's good. I feel its the color that makes him.
20:08 I leave the backpack mistransformed for Wildrider, but open and splayed for Breakdown. In bot and limb mode. Helps make them look that much more different from each other.
Great review as always man. Keep up the amazing work. While the legacy menasor is not for me since I am shifting my collection to mostly legends this does look good. I am how ever getting excited for the rising force menasor since i just saw a picture of motomaster and the combiner feet and chest piece turn into a car and combine to make another robot. But you always do an amazing job in your videos so thanks for another great one looking forward to your next legends review.
I sold off my Breakdown as well as Dragstrip for the following reasons: - I can't find Wildrider, Dead End, or Motormaster literally anywhere so I've just given up on trying to get all 5 - The G2 and G1 Toy versions are on the horizon and are gonna be easier to track down - Just decided to offload some figures, including them
Ngl I feel this was this inspiration for the earthspark version of him where he’s not even a Lamborghini countach but more looks like a imposter countach
You were a lot more forgiving to Breakdown than I was in my own review! I gave him an average score, because both he, and Wildrider, seemed like average figures. There was nothing really bad about them, but nothing really GOOD either. They were just... made. Made to fill in the gaps on the backs of Menasor's legs. I concur with your hope that someone will make a kit which will allow for a functional way to reverse the legs, so the car bits are in front.....
When I got Wild Rider, I noticed some oddities on his vehicle mode, that made sense, when I compared Breakdown to the Lamborghini molds. They did work some more Lamborgini-esk details into the mold, that get washed out in their base colors, unless you're looking for them. The most noticible is the front end. It simultaneously does & does not taper. It's not supposed to on Wild Rider (the stripe goes along that portion, all the way to the front), but is close enough, when comparing Breakdown to Clampdown. It's weird, but an interesting set of compromises. Understanding some of the corpo politics, noticing they worked in what they could, & how the whole team comes together, I'm fine with all my Stunticons (minus a paint blemish on one of Motormaster's toe windows & Breakdown's spoiler not splitting - seriously, they couldn't fit a fraction of a millimeter gap in the mold there & pay the extra few cents to have someone handle 2 parts at once?). And I don't fan out the "cape". Looks better (& is more accurate, at least to the toy) as solid hood kibble. I manage to transform it, on both, without fanning it out & recombining. Can be a bit fiddly, though, since there's not much clearance. I also attach the excess trailer bit to Menasor, as wings. Nice way to store it on him. Too bad it doesn't incorporate. I initially thought Motormaster's trailer was too short, but the black on the front just makes it seem shorter. I thought the same of Earthrise Optimus's trailer, but looked up trailer length regulations, back in the 80's, & Optimus's is in perfect proportion. So, the stubby trailers are probably actually how they're supposed to be, rather than how they were depicted.
Leading up to finally getting him and Dead End thru Buyee (more for the latter's sake), I slowly found myself liking the car a bit more. Never cared for the cream white color, and I came to realize that I like the car in this color more than Wildrider, and I generally like black/dark gray and red than I do white+blue. Had a bit of a QC issue where there wasn't enough clearance for the windshield to completely fold into the back, but, literally RIGHT BEFORE writing this, I took a file and carefully sanded the clearances, and now he's a-ok! I...kind of like modifying and fixing my figures, or crafting stuff for them, it turns out. Wish my Motormaster was as easily fixed, though. Fixing that notorious hinge crack is scary.
So I ended up getting Breakdown before Wild Rider, because at around the time of his release, I decided to get the Stunticons. I thought that Wild Rider had the same weapon storage, lol
21:08 I was thinking the same thing before I watched this video if they're planning to release one for those who missed out on the rest, and given Hasbro going to re-release the figures in a big pack like Studio Series 69 or the 15th Anniversary pack (as an example) All I know from it is that I've researched is that there's a limited edition and a China Exclusive Box set
“Distribution is getting better” Tell that to the US East Coast. At least online retailers are better at this… As for this figure, he’s just… alright to me. Sharing a mold with another figure I just also found alright didn’t really help matters. Also, yeah, I find the backpack annoying. I understand about compromises, but when it’s this noticeable, I just personally find it distracting.
My honest opinion of Breakdown is ... I find him the most fun to fiddle and play with. There is something about his problems and issues that actually makes him sometimes my fave of the team, then other days it's my actual favourite - Dragstrip. Would have I appreciated a proper version? YES and I'm angry at Hasbro for doing what they did but I find myself really enjoying what we got. It's really odd, he just has this "thing" that make me like him.
After binging and rewatching all your 2018-now reviews im glad to see a new one not too long after subbing Also was that calli's voice for that airazir skit?
0:55 SS-90 is such a good figure. My first non-86, non-BB Studio Series figure since Lockdown and it’s arguably the best version of AOE Galvatron we could ever get. Now if only we could get the rest of the AOE cast (Drift, Hound, High Octane Bee, Evasion Prime, the Junkheap trio) and some redos of Lockdown and Stinger…
@@DrLockdown Said this before and I’ll say it again: they should a countach breakdown and make it an exclusive like what they did with shuttle brastoff in the prime trilogy
Corporate said no. Breakdown is considered "done". They tried with the box set. Corporate said "new head, take it or leave it". They consider the mould finished.
For me, Dead End was the standout of this set. I did like Breakdown over Wild Rider, but he didn't hit a chord with me. But when I got Dead End, he was that simple, straightforward figure that excelled in being just that. He's by far my favorite Stunticon to pop off Menasor and mess with. On another note, have you had a chance to play XBC3 Future Redeemed yet? I just started Chapter 4 at the time of writing this. While I was already enthralled with the gameplay changes, this new chapter now makes it seem like this will be the perfect end to the Klaus Saga. Hope it nails that landing, and that you enjoy the DLC just as much as I have so far.
Huh, I can't believe this video is what informed me of toy-accurate versions supposedly coming out. I'm definitely going to get my hands on those, I always preferred that look over toon-accuracy. ...though I think it's probably due to Warden's attempts making me dislike toon-accuracy now that this video highlights it...
@@DrLockdown Yeah, thinking about it, it's like just Warden that made me start getting a bitter taste for it. Lord knows when the toy-accurate version will come out, though!
@@magnachemmayhem Yep. Saw. Easy skip. Not quite different enough to the standard edition to justify upgrading. But great for those who couldn't complete the OG due to scalpers.
Completing Menasor was a hassle . Motormaster dragstrip and dead end I got from poland . Wildrider came from japan and I bought a breakdown from china. That was a lot of time to look for all of them.
I feel your pain. I thought I had it but Amazon cancelled my Breakdown pre-order and he is out of stock everywhere. I'm hoping the toy inspired variant is real.
@@DrLockdownI am curious though, what are your thoughts on the new paint schemes of each of the other Stunticons and Breakdown including an alternate head in this box set?
I actually like the Wildrider/ Breakdown mold. Yeah, the backpack is atrocious, but remove that, and the silhouette is there. I also understand why fans were upset about Breakdown's Alt-Mode not being accurate, but personally, I stand robot accuracy over vehicle accuracy. I definitely agree that Breakdown gets way too much hate for no reason. In my opinion, Dead End is my least favorite. The alt-mode is fantastic, the transformation is pretty fun, and the top half of the robot is great; but then the bottom half is basically an untransformed car. Thankfully, he sits in combine mode on my shelf and Legacy Menasor looks fantastic!
A "TRUE FAN!" should love every toy on its own merits, or hate it for it's flaws, or possibly vice versa, but not hate new toys for not being the same as old toys. If they were, what reason would the "TRUE FAN!" (who certainly has a complete collection of every character ever, first release, Mint In Mint Unopened Box, RIGHT!? OR YOU'RE NOT A TRUE FAN!!! 😉) possibly have to keep buying new toys unless they're all-new OCs.
I'm might be wrong but I think the struts that splay out the backpack are to prevent breakage when transforming the hood into combined mode they come apart and go back together as if they have to do that to transform
First, when they showed off Wild Rider, they specifically stated it was an aesthetic choice. Second, I transform both, fine, without unfolding & recombining that bit. There's just barely enough clearance, so it can be a bit fiddly, at times.
It seems to work better on Wild Rider than Breakdown, but it's possible with both. I'm always extra careful with clear plastic, so don't start applying too much pressure, until I feel the struts slip into the grooves in the windshield. The hood needs to be properly connected, or things don't line up.
Honestly I skipped the stunticons (except dragstrip), they dont really are what I expected after wave 1 and I just hate how breakdown is just a retool, lol. Also I was more so focusing that money on either the Armada characters, the figures I just randomly find (like minerva on my schooltrip to Scotland lol) and some of the money also goes to paying for my gym, so yeah, the stunticons really flew by and I didn't care
@@DrLockdown I'm glad you guys had a bright spot in the past few years. I got back into collecting during Seige and I feel like distribution has been getting consistently worse since Earthrise. I've all but given up on brick and mortar stores and just started buying online.
Pretty much the only reason I skipped Breakdown (and the rest of the Stunticons) is because I only just finished collecting the Combiner Wars Stunticons (minus Break-neck)... That and Motormaster wearing the Stunticons bugs the crap outta me
Sometimes you just need to kick back and enjoy a well made cheese pizza, instead of Canadian bacon, jalapeños, or any other excessive toppings. Breakdown is a well-made cheese pizza .
25:16 ...was he about to do Chun-li's Spinning Bird Kick!? As the ancient Tootsie Pop commercial goes, "The World...Will Never Know." 😏😏😏 The ending, though... what in the Doom x Yu-Gi-Oh x Nightmare on Elm Street is THAT??
Sorry for the delay. Come down with a cold, so was stuck in bed for a bit. He's about 34cm tall, with the DNA kit added (both the thigh extenders and bigger feet)
Just want to share my thoughts on this figure because I definitely disagree with your views on the figure. It is all subjective ofc but I might as well share myt thoughts and give you some engagement. Looking at the vehicle mode, it just looks so boring. I didn't realize how they retooled the back of the car but it makes me appreciate the figure more. The spoiler is really strange because it's such a small change to make it not partsform. You shouldn't have to buy an upgrade kit or ruin the look of the vehicle mode because hasbro didn't make such a simple fix. The robot mode is fine but nothing special. I think it's pretty boring and the shins are way too big. I know these seem like nitpicks and some leeway should be granted but I'm just laying everything out on the table and it doesn't help that these are also issues with wildrider that I don't really think where improved. One thing I like is that leaked new repaint. I think the vehicle mode details and window paint really helps distinguish the vehicle mode from wildrider and as a countach. Basically my thoughts are that it's a very underwhelming release that doesn't really do anything right and should've been better. I'm not blaming its mediocrity on the designers or anything but that's just how I feel. Those are my opinions but I'm glad that you like the figure. Also you're almost at 10k subs, nice job.
First review since I subbed let's go! 4:27 mmh mmh mmh dat Legacy Scourge. Currently one of my favorite figures. He's all around great aside from me feeling I was gonna break him when I first transformed him. Also his light piping is actually good?! 6:02 that Megatron though. I would've loved if that was the form we got in Legacy. Nothing against dragon Megatron I would like to get that too but Transmetal 1 Megatron is straight up my favorite Megatron in the entire franchise. 180 bucks for Armada Optimus?! Good lord. Welp might not be able to get that now. That'll be well over 200 in canadian dollars. I think I feel the same about Dragstrip as you do about Breakdown. I saw Lazy Eyebrow's review of him and thought, "Yep. That's what gets me back into collecting Transformers." But looking at the other Stunticons I didn't feel the same enthusiasm, so I didn't get them. I wouldn't have been able to get them anyway as Walmart is like, "No. Only Dragstrip. None of the others."
@@DrLockdown QC issues are so weird. The head on my core class Optimus is attached but the panel it's on that folds is pretty lose. Doesn't like to keep still.
It bothers me that this is the only one of the four limbs to not get dual hand guns. Dragstrip, Deadend, and Wildrider all look so sick with their two guns so it’s disappointing that Breakdown is stuck with just the one so he looks out of place.
@@DrLockdown for Motormaster it doesn’t bother me too much because he got a sword and gun, same weapons he’s always come with. But Breakdown got a gun and a partsforming piece instead of an actual weapon, so he stands out compared to the other four deluxes who all went from one gun to two
Putting aside the car accuracy issue, I really prefer Breakdown over Wildrider as he doesn't feel as boring compared to Wildrider in terms of how the vehicle and robot mode looks even though they're both okay figures
9:36 Why would Hasbro refuse this? Its literally just cutting down the middle of the spoiler, *_its the exact same amount of plastic being used,_* what was the issue?
The senior designer. The last one was John warden. Currently there's no senior designer working the shots. It's a more democratic collaboration between mark, Evan, sam and ben
Soo... Quec question doc. What's your problem with the "Toy-styled" Breakdown? I'm asking cause you alluded to said "flaws" view time, but to be honest, I don't really see any issues with said figure. (that and your critice towards the figure wheren't too clear, at least to me).
I said it in the video: the torso and head. They just miss the mark to a ridiculous level. The paint on the chest tries to mimic the combiner peg, but it makes the whole thing look ugly in the process, missing all the existing detail. Meanwhile, that Mohawk just doesn't work. Breakdown never had a Mohawk, in any version. No clue where that came from, and it looks incredibly jarring combined with the cube head.
This figure encapsulates everything I feel is wrong with the brand right now: we have fantastic designers who CLEARLY are passionate about the franchise who keep getting shot in the feet by the executives who keep cutting the budget, yet keep rising the prices and making them take baffling decisions, like, who thought the "wings" on this looked good or were necessary? Keeping the hood a single piece would've freed enough parts count to have the spoiler work properly as 2 pieces that wouldn't need to be partsformed at all. And yeah, I skipped the Stuticons in protest, I hate the "everything must be super cartoon accurate even if it means we make a Combiner that is just a big bot with cars strapped on to its limbs, specially when the leg bots aren't even visible" design philosophy. Say what you will about CW Menasor, at least it was actually made from the limb bots and Motormaster, and the individual robot modes were much more interesting visually with their updated style, sprecially Dragstrip who had actual colors instead of just being yellow entirely aside from the head.
Unlike cosmos I never seen a tarn in person at any shop. I personally glad light piping isn't there since it rarely work and you have to shine a light through its head to get it to work. Just paint the eyes
I like Breakdown, he is a fun deluxe and he isn't hurting anyone leave him alone. Hey Doc may I ask what you Dislike about Legacy Deluxe Shrapnel, I have the toy and I adore it, I am always open to other opinions though
It's just the g1 toy with articulation, which makes it kinda boring. The transformation and design don't do anything particularly interesting. Sometimes redoing the g1 toy verbatim works, but not on this instance.
I always thought Evo-Fusion as a gimmick was made up just to shut up the Hasbro executives who always push for gimmicks to sell toys. Never thought that it was actually to for the stores they ship the product to.
"even distribution is getting better" Me who's had nothing but legacy wave 1 in stores for over a year: 💀
Lemme guess…walmart? Same here 🥲
@@unchrassimatic not just walmart, but target too. i am seeing either wave 1, some wave 3 deluxes. its so odd
Ah, it's not just me. It's so damn vexing.
sometimes its not that distribution is bad its just that dragon megatron is 80 fucking dollars or the core classes r now 20(inflation moment)
Same in New Zealand. We have Allspark and occasionally a few modern Studio Series deluxes pop up in the sea of Kups and Blurrs, but otherwise that's it, online is your only option. Have fun with that now shipping costs even more than it used to.
I find it kind of stupid and funny that shops would refuse Transformers for lack of gimmicks. They're Transformers. They're robots that transform into vehicles/animals/other. *_Their existence is a gimmick._*
Marketing is a strange and dumb system
The more I think about designers the more I agree with you. Archer era was really fun, all those chunky toys with fun gimmicks and new interpretations of known characters, Warden is G1 till you vomit and now Mark is back at doing crazy picks for waves. New Bludgeon, more comic characters, UT and TFA updates.
Yeah I never had much respect for warden then, and I still don't now
The last thing I expected in a Transformers review was Mori Calliope... That had me rolling
Is it Rapper Coolio tweet in the video?
Guhformers
Reapers in disguise
Y'know, I'm absolutely not gonna lie, this is absolutely one of the Breakdowns of all time.
WOOOOOO, finally the video got released, thank you for finally giving poor ol Breakdown the review & justice he needed. I remember first seeing the Jalpa in Rocky IV in school and thought it was the coolest car I’ve ever seen (I still think it is), I felt that the article that said the Jalpa being a failure is false since it’s a lot more beloved in the super car enthusiasts world. And as a diehard Stunticons / Menasor fan, I felt that a Jalpa is actually fitting for Breakdown. And you are absolutely right, the toy itself is pretty fun. He’s literally my second favorite legacy stunticon figure besides Dead End. Great video as always man!
From what you described, this Breakdown would be a kind of army-builder. It's a car that transforms into a robot. If it didn't have Breakdown's name, face, or even combine with Menasor, with some recolors it could be a pretty good vehicon or Auto trooper template.
At least that's my thought.
You could say that about almost any figure, "if it didnt have the things that defined it as a certain character, it could be any character"
Like, yea?
Pretty much my view on this one. The alt-mode isn't a deal breaker and it's an okay retool. I will say that they reissue with "toy colors" is miles better and with the base white color being the same between both releases, it does mean I can keep the first release chest and head and use the new roof with the white side window bars and the new wheel wells. I'm going to TRY to see if I can keep the original bonnet with the center located decepticon symbol but use the new wheel well pieces. It LOOKS like the red trapezoid is the same shade of red and in the exact same spot so they might line up well enough. The few vehicle mode changes really do help though.
Walmart literally refuses to stock anything past legacy wave 2 and more expensive than a voyager but it has no problem with earthspark and rotb mainline
And those weird half-n-half plushies of Optimus, Megs, and Bee that seem to be shelfwarming so hard one could cook eggs on them. I’ve only seen a few crumbs of Velocitron Wave 2 and only Metalhawk from Legacy Evolution.
Oh yeah, also they have an overstock on BB Arcee, there’s like five pegs of just that one character at one Wally I know.
For me, it's ROTB, Earthspark, those half-and-half plushes, Voyager Armada Starscream, and Voyager Inferno. The only things new there was a Studio Series Airazor, Leader Blitzwing and Leader Armada Megatron. Walmart needs to fix their shit.
Update: My walmart is currently able to get the latter half 9f legacy evolution as well as overstocking on toxitron.
Update: They're at least getting Voyager Ratchet and Gamer Edition Optimus in.
I have seen a total of 3 legacy evolution figures on shelves. I have only seen restocks of legacy wave 1. I don’t know what’s going on, because it was fine up until Christmas than boom. Nothing.
Also I’m supremely glad no version of breakdown is using that cream colour because it looks literally rancid
Can't agree there. It's a neat colour
You're right in that altmode accuracy seems to be taken for granted now and Breakdown gets a lot of undeserved flak for it. In my opinion, Dead End is far more deserving of ire than him (just still waiting to get my hands on a Wildrider... Thank you for mentioning poor distribution, up until this month it was exactly as bad as Earthrise in my area.) I have similar feelings for figures like Skullgrin and Needlenose, though I expected to dislike both before I received them. Congrats on 10K subs, it's well deserved!
Thanks mate. Yeah it's a weird case: people have just come to expect accuracy with everything these days.
Shows how spoiled we are.
I didn't appreciate Breakdown at first because it was Wild Rider but white however now he is in my top favourite transformers of the year so far along with Tarn, Hot Shot and Crashbar
He's surprisingly charming
22:14 was that Steamworld Dig music I heard? Good taste.
And it's always good to see appreciation for the less dazzling figures, honestly. Glad you enjoyed this one.
That it was. Classic game
The channel lore is ramping up apparently
So, I get this reommended a year late. A shame, because I believe you and I are both in this camp together, which happens to be a very very small one. I LOVE this guy's colorscheme most of all. He just POPS! The red and especially the blue, against that stark white, yes please, I'll take 2 lol. Then the silver they use is a great break up on break down. Yup, I know. I was a bit disappointed with the alt mode, but got over it pretty quickly. He, imo, is the best looking one, if you can get passed the inaccurate alt mode, and take him for his own merits. He's good. I feel its the color that makes him.
Liking the review so far, but that Calli voice clip gave me so much whiplash I'm commenting about it
(also helping with the algorithm, I think)
20:08 I leave the backpack mistransformed for Wildrider, but open and splayed for Breakdown. In bot and limb mode. Helps make them look that much more different from each other.
Also makes sense in continuity, as for breakdown, it’s a faux part that resembles his spoiler from his original toy design
Great review as always man. Keep up the amazing work. While the legacy menasor is not for me since I am shifting my collection to mostly legends this does look good. I am how ever getting excited for the rising force menasor since i just saw a picture of motomaster and the combiner feet and chest piece turn into a car and combine to make another robot.
But you always do an amazing job in your videos so thanks for another great one looking forward to your next legends review.
Love the full review. Thanks!
I sold off my Breakdown as well as Dragstrip for the following reasons:
- I can't find Wildrider, Dead End, or Motormaster literally anywhere so I've just given up on trying to get all 5
- The G2 and G1 Toy versions are on the horizon and are gonna be easier to track down
- Just decided to offload some figures, including them
Other than emediately sawing the spoiler in half with an exacto knife, i thoroughly enjoy breakdown love him
wait, that's how the front transforms? so much easier.
Ngl I feel this was this inspiration for the earthspark version of him where he’s not even a Lamborghini countach but more looks like a imposter countach
You were a lot more forgiving to Breakdown than I was in my own review! I gave him an average score, because both he, and Wildrider, seemed like average figures. There was nothing really bad about them, but nothing really GOOD either. They were just... made. Made to fill in the gaps on the backs of Menasor's legs.
I concur with your hope that someone will make a kit which will allow for a functional way to reverse the legs, so the car bits are in front.....
I always preferred that look, but given the obsession with accuracy these days, I see why the did it this way.
When I got Wild Rider, I noticed some oddities on his vehicle mode, that made sense, when I compared Breakdown to the Lamborghini molds. They did work some more Lamborgini-esk details into the mold, that get washed out in their base colors, unless you're looking for them. The most noticible is the front end. It simultaneously does & does not taper. It's not supposed to on Wild Rider (the stripe goes along that portion, all the way to the front), but is close enough, when comparing Breakdown to Clampdown. It's weird, but an interesting set of compromises.
Understanding some of the corpo politics, noticing they worked in what they could, & how the whole team comes together, I'm fine with all my Stunticons (minus a paint blemish on one of Motormaster's toe windows & Breakdown's spoiler not splitting - seriously, they couldn't fit a fraction of a millimeter gap in the mold there & pay the extra few cents to have someone handle 2 parts at once?).
And I don't fan out the "cape". Looks better (& is more accurate, at least to the toy) as solid hood kibble. I manage to transform it, on both, without fanning it out & recombining. Can be a bit fiddly, though, since there's not much clearance.
I also attach the excess trailer bit to Menasor, as wings. Nice way to store it on him. Too bad it doesn't incorporate. I initially thought Motormaster's trailer was too short, but the black on the front just makes it seem shorter. I thought the same of Earthrise Optimus's trailer, but looked up trailer length regulations, back in the 80's, & Optimus's is in perfect proportion. So, the stubby trailers are probably actually how they're supposed to be, rather than how they were depicted.
Leading up to finally getting him and Dead End thru Buyee (more for the latter's sake), I slowly found myself liking the car a bit more. Never cared for the cream white color, and I came to realize that I like the car in this color more than Wildrider, and I generally like black/dark gray and red than I do white+blue.
Had a bit of a QC issue where there wasn't enough clearance for the windshield to completely fold into the back, but, literally RIGHT BEFORE writing this, I took a file and carefully sanded the clearances, and now he's a-ok!
I...kind of like modifying and fixing my figures, or crafting stuff for them, it turns out.
Wish my Motormaster was as easily fixed, though. Fixing that notorious hinge crack is scary.
So I ended up getting Breakdown before Wild Rider, because at around the time of his release, I decided to get the Stunticons. I thought that Wild Rider had the same weapon storage, lol
21:08 I was thinking the same thing before I watched this video if they're planning to release one for those who missed out on the rest, and given Hasbro going to re-release the figures in a big pack like Studio Series 69 or the 15th Anniversary pack (as an example)
All I know from it is that I've researched is that there's a limited edition and a China Exclusive Box set
China already did a box set, and it was just a bunch of rereleases with an exclusive pin.
This probably isn't from that
1:13 Pablo Nation
2:23 Hey, great! I’m happy to see a positive review over Breakdown.
11:29 You’re a true fan. It’s clear you love TF. It’s why I watch your vids.
Lore!? (Though I could berly understand it)
“Distribution is getting better”
Tell that to the US East Coast. At least online retailers are better at this…
As for this figure, he’s just… alright to me. Sharing a mold with another figure I just also found alright didn’t really help matters. Also, yeah, I find the backpack annoying. I understand about compromises, but when it’s this noticeable, I just personally find it distracting.
In Australia it's the opposite. I couldn't get anything here for the six years. Now, all but one of my mainline figures have been bought locally
@@DrLockdown I envy you, Doc.
Current you. Not past you.
I still can't find Dreadwing at any of the stores that I've gone to so far. Just Armada Megatrons and Blitzwings.
My honest opinion of Breakdown is ... I find him the most fun to fiddle and play with.
There is something about his problems and issues that actually makes him sometimes my fave of the team, then other days it's my actual favourite - Dragstrip.
Would have I appreciated a proper version? YES and I'm angry at Hasbro for doing what they did but I find myself really enjoying what we got.
It's really odd, he just has this "thing" that make me like him.
"tua sententia non refert" = "Your opinion doesn't matter" in latin
Hmmm... the buildup to the grand return of Vaughan Vandurghbarr begins?
I have the axe in more of a sword/boomerang configuration and i think it works pretty well😊
After binging and rewatching all your 2018-now reviews im glad to see a new one not too long after subbing
Also was that calli's voice for that airazir skit?
It was. Sometimes I come across random clips from random shows and repurpose them
0:55 SS-90 is such a good figure. My first non-86, non-BB Studio Series figure since Lockdown and it’s arguably the best version of AOE Galvatron we could ever get. Now if only we could get the rest of the AOE cast (Drift, Hound, High Octane Bee, Evasion Prime, the Junkheap trio) and some redos of Lockdown and Stinger…
Hasbro: *re-releases the Siege/ER/Kingdom off-brand Countachs countless times*
Also Hasbro: *refuses to make Legacy Breakdown's alt mode into one*
That's corporate for you
@@DrLockdown
That doesn’t explain it enough
Corporate decided they wouldn't allocated the tooling budget to retool it into a proper Countach.
So the designers had to make do.
@@DrLockdown
Said this before and I’ll say it again: they should a countach breakdown and make it an exclusive like what they did with shuttle brastoff in the prime trilogy
Corporate said no.
Breakdown is considered "done".
They tried with the box set. Corporate said "new head, take it or leave it".
They consider the mould finished.
For me, Dead End was the standout of this set. I did like Breakdown over Wild Rider, but he didn't hit a chord with me. But when I got Dead End, he was that simple, straightforward figure that excelled in being just that. He's by far my favorite Stunticon to pop off Menasor and mess with.
On another note, have you had a chance to play XBC3 Future Redeemed yet? I just started Chapter 4 at the time of writing this. While I was already enthralled with the gameplay changes, this new chapter now makes it seem like this will be the perfect end to the Klaus Saga. Hope it nails that landing, and that you enjoy the DLC just as much as I have so far.
I have, but I haven't gotten far. Also up to chapter four.
Actually been a bit sick, so haven't been able to play
@@DrLockdown Hope you feel better soon.
Thanks mate
Huh, I can't believe this video is what informed me of toy-accurate versions supposedly coming out. I'm definitely going to get my hands on those, I always preferred that look over toon-accuracy.
...though I think it's probably due to Warden's attempts making me dislike toon-accuracy now that this video highlights it...
Warden did have that affect on people.
Modern MP too.
Also still no clue when or how the toy version is going to get released.
@@DrLockdown Yeah, thinking about it, it's like just Warden that made me start getting a bitter taste for it.
Lord knows when the toy-accurate version will come out, though!
@@DrLockdown Looks like all the toy accurate redecos are being packed into that new Menasor gift pack that just got announced!
@@magnachemmayhem Yep. Saw. Easy skip. Not quite different enough to the standard edition to justify upgrading.
But great for those who couldn't complete the OG due to scalpers.
Completing Menasor was a hassle . Motormaster dragstrip and dead end I got from poland . Wildrider came from japan and I bought a breakdown from china. That was a lot of time to look for all of them.
I feel your pain. I thought I had it but Amazon cancelled my Breakdown pre-order and he is out of stock everywhere. I'm hoping the toy inspired variant is real.
,,even the distribution is getting better"
So, do we tell him or the ebay will?
It was getting better at the time...then it got worse again
I could actually see Calli's voice coming out of mainline Airazor.
21:09: “Probably gonna be in a box set release anyways, so I doubt I’ll go in on it.”
That statement aged like fine wine omg.
It was just an educated guess. Both the standard and G2 sets were sold separately, so doing ANOTHER build-up release would be a bit iffy.
@@DrLockdownI am curious though, what are your thoughts on the new paint schemes of each of the other Stunticons and Breakdown including an alternate head in this box set?
Looks slightly worse all round on bot mode. Vehicles are equal and combined is only slightly better, but not in the areas I want. Easy skip
I actually like the Wildrider/ Breakdown mold. Yeah, the backpack is atrocious, but remove that, and the silhouette is there. I also understand why fans were upset about Breakdown's Alt-Mode not being accurate, but personally, I stand robot accuracy over vehicle accuracy. I definitely agree that Breakdown gets way too much hate for no reason.
In my opinion, Dead End is my least favorite. The alt-mode is fantastic, the transformation is pretty fun, and the top half of the robot is great; but then the bottom half is basically an untransformed car. Thankfully, he sits in combine mode on my shelf and Legacy Menasor looks fantastic!
A "TRUE FAN!" should love every toy on its own merits, or hate it for it's flaws, or possibly vice versa, but not hate new toys for not being the same as old toys. If they were, what reason would the "TRUE FAN!" (who certainly has a complete collection of every character ever, first release, Mint In Mint Unopened Box, RIGHT!? OR YOU'RE NOT A TRUE FAN!!! 😉) possibly have to keep buying new toys unless they're all-new OCs.
I mainly meant "true fan" in a sarcastic sense
@@DrLockdown RUNED FOREVAR
want to point out that his gun can be used as a handle for Menasor's gun so it's not upside down anymore, which is so much better
Caution to legacy menasor arm(it is prone to breakage and you should reinforce it)
Mines been fine
30 more subs and youre at 10K!!!
Hyped asf
Getting there
@@DrLockdown 10K!!!
Yep
For those wondering, according to Google Translate
“tua sententia non refert” is latin for
“Your opinion doesn't matter”
the only stunticon I have is dead end and I want another one so I might pick up breakdown
I kinda like the wing backpack on this figure.
Man, Hasbro missed using the SG Starscream plastic for Breakdown and say it's "accurate".
Excellent review!! But I'd have to say that my main takeaway is...
WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ENDING?!
I'm might be wrong but I think the struts that splay out the backpack are to prevent breakage when transforming the hood into combined mode they come apart and go back together as if they have to do that to transform
Possibly, but they still aren't needed. No other version of this transformation had them
First, when they showed off Wild Rider, they specifically stated it was an aesthetic choice.
Second, I transform both, fine, without unfolding & recombining that bit. There's just barely enough clearance, so it can be a bit fiddly, at times.
I've tried that. It seems to put stress on the plastic, so I tend not to
It seems to work better on Wild Rider than Breakdown, but it's possible with both. I'm always extra careful with clear plastic, so don't start applying too much pressure, until I feel the struts slip into the grooves in the windshield. The hood needs to be properly connected, or things don't line up.
BTW, distribution is still not getting better, at least where I live. I have yet to find ONE FREAKEN Tarn in the wild yet and it is pissing me off.
I love how the legacy stunticons set out to be nothing like the combiner wars set, yet ended up being just like the CW set.
Honestly I skipped the stunticons (except dragstrip), they dont really are what I expected after wave 1 and I just hate how breakdown is just a retool, lol. Also I was more so focusing that money on either the Armada characters, the figures I just randomly find (like minerva on my schooltrip to Scotland lol) and some of the money also goes to paying for my gym, so yeah, the stunticons really flew by and I didn't care
19:44, This is so relateable
TBH the only reason I include the transformation is because everyone insists they want to see it
Distibution getting better? 👀
We are now nearly in July 2024... I NEVER SAW THIS FIGURE ONCE!
It now sells second hand for over $100USD.
This review is a year old. It was getting better in Australia when it released.
@@DrLockdown I'm glad you guys had a bright spot in the past few years.
I got back into collecting during Seige and I feel like distribution has been getting consistently worse since Earthrise.
I've all but given up on brick and mortar stores and just started buying online.
Pretty much the only reason I skipped Breakdown (and the rest of the Stunticons) is because I only just finished collecting the Combiner Wars Stunticons (minus Break-neck)... That and Motormaster wearing the Stunticons bugs the crap outta me
22:10 I have the same problem at stores around me but with bumblebee arcee not 86
He's the only guy I'm missing out of the team!
17:29 at least with the toy-colored option, they include the normal head, so you can swap it out.
10:15 i actually más going to just split the spoiler in haft, but That seems like an better alternative.
the story about why breakdown is a retool is true, the designer talked about it on he's Instagram
Yes, but not to the extent seen on the preview tweets
@@DrLockdown yes I typed it when you said you didn't find anything, and then you talked about it mb
All g :p
Dude. How have we not seen a Shadow Dr. Lockdown yet. I can just feel the distorted desires. (Send me to hell. DAMN IT)
...I'm sorry what?
Sometimes you just need to kick back and enjoy a well made cheese pizza, instead of Canadian bacon, jalapeños, or any other excessive toppings.
Breakdown is a well-made cheese pizza .
25:16 ...was he about to do Chun-li's Spinning Bird Kick!? As the ancient Tootsie Pop commercial goes, "The World...Will Never Know." 😏😏😏
The ending, though... what in the Doom x Yu-Gi-Oh x Nightmare on Elm Street is THAT??
I have, I like him but the partsforming still gets to me because ER wheeljack gave them an idea of how to do a spoiler.
Yeah mark wanted to do that, but corporate said no. Really dumb sadly
Since you're not planning to review the other Stunticons, can you tell me how tall Legacy Menasor is with the DNA kit added on (up to the head)?
Sorry for the delay. Come down with a cold, so was stuck in bed for a bit.
He's about 34cm tall, with the DNA kit added (both the thigh extenders and bigger feet)
@@DrLockdown thanks. Most of the height boost comes from the thigh parts right?
Yeah.
@@DrLockdown just curious but 34 cm is including the horns right?
Yep
ok seriously where did that toy style one come from? I've literally never seen nor heard of it before
No idea. He leaked the day I was set to record the audio
I hope someone makes a upgrade kit that we can put on the front that gives us more countach looks
Sam's forge has a 3D printed one in the works.
Not sure about a solid plastic one though
Just want to share my thoughts on this figure because I definitely disagree with your views on the figure. It is all subjective ofc but I might as well share myt thoughts and give you some engagement. Looking at the vehicle mode, it just looks so boring. I didn't realize how they retooled the back of the car but it makes me appreciate the figure more. The spoiler is really strange because it's such a small change to make it not partsform. You shouldn't have to buy an upgrade kit or ruin the look of the vehicle mode because hasbro didn't make such a simple fix. The robot mode is fine but nothing special. I think it's pretty boring and the shins are way too big. I know these seem like nitpicks and some leeway should be granted but I'm just laying everything out on the table and it doesn't help that these are also issues with wildrider that I don't really think where improved. One thing I like is that leaked new repaint. I think the vehicle mode details and window paint really helps distinguish the vehicle mode from wildrider and as a countach. Basically my thoughts are that it's a very underwhelming release that doesn't really do anything right and should've been better. I'm not blaming its mediocrity on the designers or anything but that's just how I feel. Those are my opinions but I'm glad that you like the figure. Also you're almost at 10k subs, nice job.
First review since I subbed let's go!
4:27 mmh mmh mmh dat Legacy Scourge. Currently one of my favorite figures. He's all around great aside from me feeling I was gonna break him when I first transformed him. Also his light piping is actually good?!
6:02 that Megatron though. I would've loved if that was the form we got in Legacy. Nothing against dragon Megatron I would like to get that too but Transmetal 1 Megatron is straight up my favorite Megatron in the entire franchise.
180 bucks for Armada Optimus?! Good lord. Welp might not be able to get that now. That'll be well over 200 in canadian dollars.
I think I feel the same about Dragstrip as you do about Breakdown. I saw Lazy Eyebrow's review of him and thought,
"Yep. That's what gets me back into collecting Transformers." But looking at the other Stunticons I didn't feel the same enthusiasm, so I didn't get them. I wouldn't have been able to get them anyway as Walmart is like,
"No. Only Dragstrip. None of the others."
Funny thing: my scourge actually did break out of the box. The smoke stack snapped. Damn clear plastic.
Easy fix though. Simple reglue
@@DrLockdown That's a shame. Easy fix though as you said. My Core Class Nemesis Prime has an unpainted wheel. So odd.
My nemesis prime had its head snapped off in the box
Fortunately copy number two was fine. Thank god for Australia consumer protection.
@@DrLockdown QC issues are so weird. The head on my core class Optimus is attached but the panel it's on that folds is pretty lose. Doesn't like to keep still.
"Distribution is getting better." The Walmarts I go to that barely have a few figures yet one has about 9 BBM Arcees.
It's been quite the opposite in Australia. We've gone from "fuck you importing only" to being able to buy most stuff locally
"Your mom on a Saturday night." peepoClap
It bothers me that this is the only one of the four limbs to not get dual hand guns. Dragstrip, Deadend, and Wildrider all look so sick with their two guns so it’s disappointing that Breakdown is stuck with just the one so he looks out of place.
I mean, motormaster didn't get them either.
@@DrLockdown for Motormaster it doesn’t bother me too much because he got a sword and gun, same weapons he’s always come with. But Breakdown got a gun and a partsforming piece instead of an actual weapon, so he stands out compared to the other four deluxes who all went from one gun to two
I guess.
I don't mind though. It's just an accessory.
I only saw him once but it was either him or Scraphook. I chose Scraphook. Hoping I can find another one.
To be fair, scraphook is the better toy
Breakdown is awesome
That he is.
Putting aside the car accuracy issue, I really prefer Breakdown over Wildrider as he doesn't feel as boring compared to Wildrider in terms of how the vehicle and robot mode looks even though they're both okay figures
Basically this.
3:17 Algorhythm gamed.
9:36 Why would Hasbro refuse this? Its literally just cutting down the middle of the spoiler, *_its the exact same amount of plastic being used,_* what was the issue?
There isn't one.
It's just corporate being dumb
What do you think about mainline Airazor?
Fantastic. What she lacks in articulation, she makes up for everywhere else
Whoa whoa hey now, you can't just call me out like that 😆
Ain't a callout. It's the truth. We have different stances on this stuff, and that's okay :P
Tbh, I didn’t really look into the drama all that much and assumed it comes all from the parts-forming spoiler.
Unfortunately it went further than that
@@DrLockdown I know, I watched that segment of this video and now have a bigger understanding of the drama now.
Why didn’t I find this channel sooner 😂
I’m gonna say a hot take… I’m happy enough with the combiner wars stunticons😮
0:25 quick question, who's the middle man?
The senior designer. The last one was John warden.
Currently there's no senior designer working the shots. It's a more democratic collaboration between mark, Evan, sam and ben
Soo... Quec question doc. What's your problem with the "Toy-styled" Breakdown?
I'm asking cause you alluded to said "flaws" view time, but to be honest, I don't really see any issues with said figure. (that and your critice towards the figure wheren't too clear, at least to me).
I said it in the video: the torso and head. They just miss the mark to a ridiculous level.
The paint on the chest tries to mimic the combiner peg, but it makes the whole thing look ugly in the process, missing all the existing detail.
Meanwhile, that Mohawk just doesn't work. Breakdown never had a Mohawk, in any version. No clue where that came from, and it looks incredibly jarring combined with the cube head.
The spoiler and gun combination also forms a “sword”
Haven't seen that one
@@DrLockdown I thought I remembered them showing it off when he was revealed.
This figure encapsulates everything I feel is wrong with the brand right now: we have fantastic designers who CLEARLY are passionate about the franchise who keep getting shot in the feet by the executives who keep cutting the budget, yet keep rising the prices and making them take baffling decisions, like, who thought the "wings" on this looked good or were necessary? Keeping the hood a single piece would've freed enough parts count to have the spoiler work properly as 2 pieces that wouldn't need to be partsformed at all.
And yeah, I skipped the Stuticons in protest, I hate the "everything must be super cartoon accurate even if it means we make a Combiner that is just a big bot with cars strapped on to its limbs, specially when the leg bots aren't even visible" design philosophy. Say what you will about CW Menasor, at least it was actually made from the limb bots and Motormaster, and the individual robot modes were much more interesting visually with their updated style, sprecially Dragstrip who had actual colors instead of just being yellow entirely aside from the head.
Nah CW menasor was garbage.
@@DrLockdown Like I said, Menasor itself was an unstable mess, but the individual Stunticons were pretty good.
11:53 my mom and father arguing at night Be like
so like has nobody even said anything on the Tua Sentenia Non Refert segment???
25:55 seriously tho nobody has noticed this?
Unlike cosmos I never seen a tarn in person at any shop. I personally glad light piping isn't there since it rarely work and you have to shine a light through its head to get it to work. Just paint the eyes
Nah I dig light piping. It's an awesome gimmick
@@DrLockdown it's unnecessary and adds a unnecessary parts. Shiny paint has a similar effect and doesn't make the head of the figure look bad
Nah disagree. Unnecessary? Maybe? Makes the head look bad? Definitely not. Cool as hell? Absolutely
@@DrLockdown it does make the head look ugly, it's basically just a chunk of clear plastic that stands out and ruins head sculps.
Small price to pay I say
O you got Needlernose , to expect a review of it ?
Nah nothing to say
I like Breakdown, he is a fun deluxe and he isn't hurting anyone leave him alone.
Hey Doc may I ask what you Dislike about Legacy Deluxe Shrapnel, I have the toy and I adore it, I am always open to other opinions though
It's just the g1 toy with articulation, which makes it kinda boring.
The transformation and design don't do anything particularly interesting. Sometimes redoing the g1 toy verbatim works, but not on this instance.
@@DrLockdown
Fair enough, looking forward to meeting you at TFN 2023
I always thought Evo-Fusion as a gimmick was made up just to shut up the Hasbro executives who always push for gimmicks to sell toys. Never thought that it was actually to for the stores they ship the product to.
Weirdly most fans think it's genuine
3:10 Sounds like he’s apart of Moebius
He put two ferronises together to double his power. How's that for a bloody breakthrough