We've shown you Dead End, Dragstrip and Offroad - now we are rounding out the four Stunticon limbs with Breakdown! Combiner Wars Breakdown is a Lamborghini Countach, a very slick car that was also used for Generation 1 Sideswipe - and with the head sculpt looking particularly Sideswipe-ish, we'd imagine this one is getting a straight repaint into Sideswipe down the road.

Breakdown's robot mode transformation is fairly simple, as with most of the Combiner Wars Deluxes, and it gives him big boots and relatively thin arms. It sounds like a hideous look, but it works and does not look too awkwardly proportioned - and as a bonus, gives him a nice wide base to stand on, making posing easy. Breakdown's weapon is rather cool - it's a gunblade, a weapon that works equally well as a sword as it does a gun. As an added bonus, the foot for the Menasor mode attaches to his back in robot mode (which again, would work for a Sideswipe release).

Overall, Breakdown is another great release in the Combiner Wars series. He's got a great weapon, a killer vehicle mode, and is extremely faithful to Generation 1 Breakdown. Check out our gallery and see what you think.

Combiner Wars Breakdown Gallery



Combiner Wars Breakdown with his gunblade, ready to strike


Combiner Wars Breakdown robot mode, guns akimbo


Combiner Wars Breakdown car mode


Combiner Wars Breakdown with Generation 1 Breakdown


Combiner Wars Breakdown with TCC Breakdown (a toy destined to be used as Sideswipe and also a G2 deco, next to a toy who was redecoed from a G2 version and a Sideswipe deco... )

 

These look great! Any comparisons with Fans Projects? I feel these CWs are probably the best out there for the price.

 

wow. with all these galleries coming out i hope this means BBTS and other places get them in soon. i'm anxious about wave two. i wanna have two complete combiners!

 

Excellent figure  

 

He looks a lot more whole now than I originally thought. I wouldn't mind getting a Sideswipe out of him, but there were some listings a while back for a Sunstreaker, so I think he'll come first. Plus, he's got that combiner piece that'll serve as the engine block behind his head.

 

Afraid I've got my FansProject ones packed away - I might have to go back and do a couple of shots. I find the FansProject ones are smaller and fiddlier, though - they are much less friendly to those who want to just take them down and play with them, or swap between combined mode and individual modes. They're more detailed and tend to be more streamlined, but when you factor in the price, the CW ones are generally the better deal - I ran the numbers the other week and a complete Menasor probably only costs what two of the limbs on the FP one does. A case can also be made for how the CW releases are true scramble combination designs, and the leg guys actually form legs, not just sit on the front of them as a pair of greaves.

 

Looks good except for that "15Racing" on his windshield.

 

That news photo made it look like he had a third arm coming out of his back, from a far lol

 

Breakdown looks really good...better than most pictures had made him out to be. I found Breakdown to have been the most lackluster of the 2nd wave but Sol, you've done it...you were able to make him look great to me.

I mean I was going to get him regardless but now I legit want him.

 

Awww, you missed out the Sunstreaker mode mounting for the vehicle weapon:

 

He looks great, I might have to but some paint on those inner arms though, ho much stuff do they bump against when transforming.

 

Not bad, but probably the weakest combiner wars figure in bot mode for me.

 

True, but I'm feeling forgiving since he also probably has the best vehicle mode.

 

I like him most out of the wave 2 figures. Far better than the puny Fansproject version.

 

That car mode picture looks awesome!!
Thought the car mode was a meh until seeing that.
Now I look forward to get breakdown too.

 

If Hasbro actually included these things in the instructions, I'd actually be able to pick it up and include them - the little lugs that sits on, and that groove in Offroad's fist comes to that, are pretty low key. Though Offroad's at least has that big plastic spike thing for the hand to go on.

Out of interest, before I spend a lot of time editing a lot of photos - there's tabs on the side of Motormaster's gun, what might they connect into (and will it scratch the paint?)

 

That looks nice. Congrats Hastak!  

 

I can't stand this one. The legs and arms are just hideous. Nice head sculpt, nice alt mode.

 

The tabs on the gun fit into the slots in the sword. For weapon storage in vehicle mode.

 

Man this is pretty! The wait for HTS to ship mine is getting painful!