Here’s a bit of a blast from the more-recent past! While we did get good many of the “GDO” Generations figures as Toys ‘R’ Us exclusives, one figure that didn’t make it to retail release was GDO Generations Brawn. You may remember that this Brawn is a redeco/retool of the First Edition Transformers Prime Bulkhead and was recently used for the Transformers Cloud Brawn as well.
TFW2005.COM member megatron1138 works for an eBay store called The Toy Vault, and they just got in a sealed production sample of this figure! megatron1138 stopped by our Transformers on eBay forum and shared the auction with us here. We’ve mirrored the auction photos here for your viewing, and you can jump to the auction as well.
Jalaguy
Nope, Brawn was cancelled in all regions.
MonaLazaBeak
It's this exact mindset that annoys me when watching eBay auctions as a buyer, but not as a seller. I'm on eBay to get the cheapest price possible, not the highest. If your max bid is $200 for something, wouldn't you want it to be cheaper? By bidding on something early on, you're not claiming your spot, because more than likely someone else will bump you.
Now as a seller, I love it when people do it.
Also, the Toy Vault is a place I've been going to since I was a kid in RI, plus they have another location in CT. It's interesting they have this guy given their proximity to Hasbro. I wonder how this came about.
ZapRowsdower
Good call! It's… really ugly. I mean, Brawn was a minibot… what the hell are they doing putting him in BH's body? I hate these half-assed attempts to re-release toys. I'd actually be happier if they painted this red and called it Nemesis Bulkhead!
How do you "win" at eBay by sniping in at the end? I never understood how people figure that: if I wanna pay a max of $200 for this, how does it make any difference WHEN I put my bid in? If people go into a frenzy and overbid, that's certainly a problem… but if eBay bids for you… why wouldn't you just drop your max bid and wait?
G1Prowl
If memory serves, it was released in Asian portion of the GDO released, the same edition where the Deluxes were packaged in alt mode.
Girl Pants
This toy was never properly released. They were going to have it in the GDO "wave" but it was the one that was never released. The mold was later used for TF Cloud (with slightly different paint and/or plastic colors.
This is the first time we've actually seen this in-package.
prfctcellrulz
Appropriately enough, that movie was on TV the other night!
Still love it!
The figure looks cool, too.
Exodus
What some people will pay…
AOEGalvatronRox
Looks good and all, but I dont think it's worth over 200.00. I'd much rather buy the new Ultimate Asia DOTM Optimus Prime that's coming out.
G1Prowl
So one off ebay auctions are front page news? I thought we had an ebay ticker for that kind of crap. Seriously, can someone explain why the hell this got frontpaged? Is this being sold by a sponsor or a supporter or something?
Requiem Prime
Not my cup of tea, but fact toys like this exists makes me feel better about using Bad Cube's Brawny with my classics.
seeker311
Ridiculous that peeps drive up the price on the first day of a 6 day auction; they obviously don't know how to win ebay
Ironhide1234
I hate this figure and the cloud.
Snake_eyes1975
This wasn't put I to full production for a reason. I mean.. Its cool someone has this and all.. I LOVE the fe bulkhead mold… But this just came off as a bad "man at arms" crossover, than entering close to brawn.
It's so ugly. Alot if times I like ugly… Not this one.
HARD RAINBOW
Man, to bad he wasn't released, I wanted a new Brawn toy. And I'm not going to pay $100 for the Cloud version.
jame5y
All I think of when I see this toy is….
Tm Tarantulas
Level 2?! Maybe it would have changed if it was ever released, but level 2 difficulty for this mold seems wayy low. Id rate it a hard 3 and maybe even a soft 4.
AngryChad
Someone needs to buy this, open it and use the head for a custom.
megatron1138
Hey, I work for The Toy Vault. We got one of these in from a collection of a former Hasbro guy. Pretty cool piece. If any of you have any questions you can email me at [email protected]. I'll be away next couple days but will be checking my email. Transformers Generations Asia Exclusive Unreleased Brawn MISB Hasbro G1 Colors | eBay