I have honestly not seen a bad Combiner Wars figure yet, and Breakdown is no exception! My only problem is I don't know how many I'll be able to afford...

 

That leg is so ugly and lazy looking, that's a bummer.

Other than the hollow legs, which make it look ridiculously cheap, it's not too bad.

 

I cannot wait for these to ACTUALLY BE RELEASED. Jeez, I feel like it's been eons since the last wave. Does anyone actually have an ETA on these guys?

 

Ya this guy is IMO the weakest looking Stunticon in bot mode. The arms and hands both being white make it look cheaper than it should. I think if the hands were a different color it might look better. Alt mode is spot on though and I still cant wait to complete my Stunticon team!

 

I love all the CW figures. They all seem lower in quality but hasbro is really doing great in utilizing what they have

 

I was pleasantly surprised with this one when wave 2 arrived from RK a couple of weeks ago. Much better in hand than I had thought.

On another note, just found deluxe wave 1 at TRU, guess what they charge for a SINGLE figure over here?

499 sek, thats almost $60!

 

My wave 2 Combiner Wars figures showed up today from HTS and the first figure I went to was Breakdown. He was always a childhood fav of mine.

My excitement was short lived however when I quickly discovered that he had a defective left foot. The pin used to secure it was driven in at a diagonal angle causing the foot flap not to be able to fold closed correctly thus robbing the figure of its transformation. Not cool.  

HTS is NOT known for handling returns very well so it looks like I'm off to search for one in the wild...if it even does appear in the wild.

It would have been a decent figure if not for the defect.

 

I actually was stoked to transform him, and was challenging myself to using ONLY the printed instructions (which, for some reason, ever since ROTF leader bots, tend to aggravate me). Well...I was worried about transforming him but was making good progress.

Right to where the legs swivel out and up, so they tab into the slot made by the elbows (kinda where the back of the door would meet the rest of the car). That right tab just did not want to 'click' into place like the right one did. I risked using man-strength to make it fit, but when I finally somehow managed to make it fit, the spoiler fin halves separated. They tend to work antagonistically, one part fitting while the other doesn't.

I really love the look of him in both modes, but my alt mode is a bit off due to the unwillingness of the parts to join properly. They're about as good as they'll get now, and with some time in storage in alt mode I'm hoping the parts will wanna play ball a bit easier next time. I'll be keeping him in bot mode (or Menasor) for the most part anyway, but this was a lot trickier to get his hips, legs and lower torso to transform into the upper front of the car part. Way trickier than Dragstrip, for sure.

I was truly worried about breaking Breakdown because it's frustrating to know one side just 'clicks' in like it's supposed to, yet the other side, not so much  

 

I love his bot mode. He doesnt quite tab in as securely as Id like in altmode but hes great overall.

 

Anyone figure out a way to attach Breakdown's foot/hand with the engine block facing upwards?

 

Yeah, there's a way:



On the thumb there's a raised part that fits in a slot between the spoiler on the back. There's two small lugs on the roof the rest sits on, it secures using the three together.

REALLY wish this sort of thing were in the instructions.