Toy Review - CW Brake-Neck

[BigTransformerTrev]

Brake-Neck
Series - Generations
Sub-line - Combiner Wars
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco – Remould of Dead End
Released here – No, internet exclusive
Approximate Retail Price - $25us
Approximate Size - 15cm
Allegiance – Stunticon
Alt-mode – Sports Car
Main Features/Gimmicks - Combiner limb
Main Colours – Pale Black, Red
Main Accessories – Exhaust/Club, Combiner fist/foot

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Robot Mode
A bit more red to him than the original toy and cartoon but I think it works in his favor and actually makes his colour scheme pop a bit more, actually like him better than the Tak/Tom version. Decent articulation and looks pretty character-accurate.

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Vehicle Mode
Very nice, right down to the silver on the hood, red windscreen and off-centre Decepticon logo. Not sure about the red on the sides though, that just doesn’t work for me.

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Transformation
Same as CW Dead End, pretty easy and intuitive.

Overall
For those of you that were totally ticked off that the original Stunticon line-up had been changed, well here is your chance to complete it they way you want. Personally I like the idea that the Stunticon roster has been expanded from 5 to 7 (I don’t really care he buggered off in the current comics). The fact that this figure is hard to find as well as being a bit more expensive may put a lot of people off. Others may just be happy to have Tak/Tom's Wildrider - for me it's hard to tell which is better as, like I found with Quickslinger/Slingshot, each has little paint apps in both modes that I wish the other one had, though overall I'm leaning towards Brake-Neck over Wildrider. Personally though I’m glad I got both versions :)


Some comparison pics between Brake-Neck and his Tak/Tom counterpart Wildrider...


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[prjkt]

yeah definitely preferring the Hasbro version here (and not just because that's the one I have) - the extra red and the deeper grey on the bonnet really help break up the outline, and as you said - make him pop.

As for his place in the Stunticons... currently displaying him on his own, with Off Road as Menasor's leg - mainly for a bit of variation - might swap back at some point.

[BigTransformerTrev]

yeah definitely preferring the Hasbro version here (and not just because that's the one I have) - the extra red and the deeper grey on the bonnet really help break up the outline, and as you said - make him pop.

Finding the same when I compare my Hasbro and Tak/Tom's Drag Strips. The Tak/Tom version might be more cartoon/G1 toy accurate but the extra colour makes Hasbro's version in robot mode look superior.

Interesting thing with Brake-Neck. His bio on the back of his comic has his Function listed as Breacher instead of Terrorist. A reaction to how the world has changed in this century maybe?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Anybody else found the windscreen hinge getting stress marks? Mine seems to be getting worse and worse.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Anybody else found the windscreen hinge getting stress marks? Mine seems to be getting worse and worse.

No but then I use mine for display purposes at the moment so he doesn't get transformed a lot