Toy Review - Siege Brunt

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28th June 2019, 09:22 AM
Tha_Phantom

Toy Review - Siege Brunt

Brunt
Series - Generations
Sub-line - Siege
Hypo-line - War for Cybertron
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - 3
Released here - June 2019 (independant store)
Approximate Retail Price - $35
Approximate Size - N/A
Allegiance - Decepticon
Alt-mode - Cybertronian Tank
Main Features/Gimmicks - splits into armour
Main Colours - purple, grey, yellow, orange
Main Accessories - every part of him is an accessory :p

You know, I never realised I wanted a Brunt until Siege. A great update on what was originally just a thing you could make with leftover bits from Trypticon.

https://i.ibb.co/8Pv07N7/65303515-44...59507968-n.jpg
Robot mode is well articulated and a joy to mess with. Only let down is he doesn't have proper hands to hold weapons, but he has 5mm ports everywhere else, so whatevs.
I'm glad that the shade of purple is a pretty close match to that on Full Tilt, as I was worried about that from the pics I saw.

https://i.ibb.co/8j8xZND/65096589-31...66923776-n.jpg
I enjoy the "armour" gimmick more than I thought I would. Okay it's silly, but it's still fun.

https://i.ibb.co/9N2Q5Yh/65720859-40...75628544-n.jpg
Tank looks great! A good update on the original, with much more detail.

https://i.ibb.co/nM2j232/65578795-15...65985280-n.jpg
I also like that it can be stored behind Titans Return Trypticon's head. Whether this was intentional by the designers or not I don't know, but it definitely works!

https://i.ibb.co/4pWv0Z6/65178065-90...72808448-n.jpg
All in all, a nice, fun figure. In my opinion a must have if you own Titan's Return Trypticon, but worth getting either way.
1st July 2019, 09:38 AM
Maruten

In theory I don't find the Weaponizers very interesting - certainly I have no attachment to Those Little Guys Who Hung Out With The Biiig Dudes In The 80s. But with each wave they seem to get more interesting and fun. I'm not a huge fan of Brunt's head design - Stormbringer Centurions are a weird place to take inspiration when you're giving Brunt his first robot mode - but I love everything else about him. Those big claws are great and make for more interesting attachments than just endless guns. Given that Red Alert is just Sideswipe Again and Refraktor is basically incomplete, I think Brunt is the star of the wave.
1st July 2019, 11:09 AM
Ode to a Grasshopper

Someone in the TFW thread found some decent integration with Trypticon. My favourite bit was his arms can fit on Trypticon's lower stomach/crotch, which reminded me a little of the old Dino-riders T-Rex armor.

Dino-riders was awesome.
1st July 2019, 07:07 PM
Tha_Phantom

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maruten

Those big claws are great and make for more interesting attachments than just endless guns.

Yeah it's something a bit unique, I don't mind them in this instance.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maruten

Given that Red Alert is just Sideswipe Again and Refraktor is basically incomplete, I think Brunt is the star of the wave.

Definitely. I was looking forward to him more than the others which is why I "overpaid" to get him sooner than later.
3rd July 2019, 09:05 AM
BigTransformerTrev

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tha_Phantom

https://i.ibb.co/4pWv0Z6/65178065-90...72808448-n.jpg
All in all, a nice, fun figure. In my opinion a must have if you own Titan's Return Trypticon, but worth getting either way.

That's an awesome damn photo! ;)
5th August 2019, 08:13 PM
Tetsuwan Convoy

Bought mine and found myself intially underwhelmed by him. I had trouble intergrating him with other bots and making convincing cool guns, thre just isn't much there....
but then I used his crotch and thighs to make a back mount and found him to blast into fun from that. I could mount the claws on it for Doc Ock arms, stuck a blaster on each one and ended up creating a nice BFG with the torse, a leg and the grey gun piece.

Essentially he ends up becoming armour, as opposed to guns for others, something I find a bit odd since he transforms into a maser tank thing.

Not very fond of the drone style robot mode though. It's Ok, but I'd rather a more Brunty-grunty look personally. Definitely worth it if you have Trypticon (although I haven't tried him with Tryppy), or if you like the weaponiser dealio.
25th September 2019, 08:10 PM
shockNwave

His alt. mode is the high point. A smooth moving tank that makes this better than the alt. modes of Cog and especially Six Gun.
Although as a weoponizer, that's where Brunt is the weakest of the three so far. As mentioned in the above post it's hard figuring how to attach him. In the end I managed to attach him to Shockwave.
25th September 2019, 10:10 PM
Tha_Phantom

Sorry to hear you other guys haven't had as much fun with his weaponiser gimmick. I had some fun attaching him to UW Wandering Roller.
https://i.ibb.co/SPS8nfX/20190728-011228.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/qyn4R9w/20190727-230215.jpg
26th September 2019, 09:29 PM
shockNwave

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tha_Phantom

Sorry to hear you other guys haven't had as much fun with his weaponiser gimmick. I had some fun attaching him to UW Wandering Roller.
https://i.ibb.co/SPS8nfX/20190728-011228.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/qyn4R9w/20190727-230215.jpg

The trick is to attach all of Brunt's parts and in a way that looks functional.