Here is a look at the Transformers Generations Brawn from the Asia Exclusive Transformers Generations, or GDO, assortments. Unlike the other three in the assortment (Megatron, Powerdive and Protectobot Hot Spot) Brawn here looks set to remain as an Asia Exclusive, as when the Toys R Us China Import assortment of Voyagers was shown at the San Diego Comic Con, Brawn alone was conspicuously absent. And while we proceeded to see in-case and official pictures of the other three, Brawn was nowhere to be seen.
What we have here for you is a picture of Brawn from the cross-sell of the Protectobot Hot Spot packaging, which we believe is the clearest look we have had at this First Edition Bulkhead remold to date. The picture shows that Brawn will get a Generation 1 inspired head, like the Deluxe Class Cliffjumper, and a fair bit of gold / orange detailing to go with the deco. The new head and deco definitely recalls the style of the original Brawn, and dare we say that the new head does not look completely out of place on the body as originally feared.
Click on the thumbnail at left to check out the image.
Stepper
Yah man,suddenly G1 Megatron has a big size body,haha
Autovolt 127
BB Shockwave
That head reminds me of G1 Megatron, actually.
wheeljack359
"Id rather be pissed off than pissed on"
Anyway, I am going to get at least one of these whether I leave it as is or customize them will be determined when I get it/them! Like I said before I think the bodies are perfect for Trailbreaker and Hoist.
Kaijumaster
well Like someone once said, Hasbro can't please anyone without pissing off someone.
MindChamber
true, but who really would want this mess.
Anguirus
Seconded. As an FE Bulkhead owner, you CAN'T put a larger head on that figure. I'm surprised how many of you are forgetting how important engineering limitations are. Anyone else own Faith Leader, where if you put on the slightly-wider "animated" head you disable transformation?
They are ALL "horrible cash grabs." All of them, even if they are new molds. It's just that each of us have ones we like and ones we don't.
I'm also surprised how many people are forgetting the history of this figures. It was obvious from the beginning that this was one division of Hasbro's first stab at doing ANYTHING creative with the franchise, with limited resources. It's only because the reaction to the overall product line was so universally positive that these figures are coming out here at all.
Though it seems Brawn may have been rejected, and it's not hard to understand why. I see what they were trying to do but…sigh. It's a very nice head.
Holy crap. If this is a trivial swap, and Brawn's trivial to get, and it ends up looking good, I might have to get this guy after all. RotF Brawn is a great re-interpretation of the original Brawn design, and it works fine for Outback, but I don't really think of him as Brawn without the animated-style head.
Nightrain
As usual with Transformers these days, I'll be keeping my money. What the hell happened?
red00wolf
All I want to know is will that head fit on the rotf brawns body and still allow transformation.
MindChamber
Brawn was always characteristic small with a lot of might. Doesnt matter what they do with the head, this is a horrible cash grab.
Captain
Give me a break. This looks too lazy even for their standards. No way I'm buying this!
Omegax80
Taking another look… that head looks a bit cartoonish… maybe that's just artwork and not the actual sculpt?
Sol Fury
The reason for the head size is due to the way that Bulkhead transforms. You can't really have a larger head than that due to the fact that the head needs to flip through a narrow-ish slot in the roof during transformation. Bulkhead gets away with it thanks to his head design having a wide jaw – Brawn's, with the face set into the wider section, less so.
Starfire22
To be fair, this the idea for this figure came from hasbro asia, not hasbro NA.
ichnach
THANK YOU! thats been driving me nuts.
bignick1693
Brawn would be better on the breakdown mold.
WarConvoy
wow it looks like they chopped off the head of FE Bulkhead and added a head that should be on a Deluxe figure.
Stepper
Totally agree,they should have given Brawn a bigger head.
Backscatter
Poor Brawn, it's like they took G1 Brawn's head and stuck on Bulkhead's body.