Toy Review - CW Brake-Neck
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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