FOC Bruticus upgrade kit by Echotransformer

[1AZRAEL1]

Wow both look pretty cool. I'm keeping my Wreckers as robots, but that still looks pretty cool. Personally I couldn't decide on either of which is better.

And remembering that I have the Wreckers too, I'm gonna steal the heel spurs for Brawl and give them to Twintwist

[Mythirax]

And remembering that I have the Wreckers too, I'm gonna steal the heel spurs for Brawl and give them to Twintwist

Smart I just watched the 20~ minute video on the upgrade kit. And I got to say I can't wait to get mine now This is my first 3rd party purchase as well, so I hope all goes well when I get it. Watching echo put it all together as well made it look super easy. I'll post my thoughts on it when I get it which, should be very early march.

[Iriorne]

Got my Bruticus kitted up tonight, he looks heaps better. Regarding the slight mismatch in leg height, I was watching the video I linked earlier and the foot plates have some ratcheted ankle tilt in them. I found the Brawl foot likes to collapse a little more easily and causes a slight lean to that side - maybe that's your problem too, Az? With the feet set properly mine is close enough to level, though he does still have an annoying slight forward lean.

Plastic feels ok, I was worried that some clips might break or stress when I clipped everything into trailer mode but it seems pretty resilient so far. Everything clips together onto the figures easily, too, which is always nice. Instructions could be better in a couple of areas but it's fairly easy to figure out with Echo's video. Unfortunately in shortening the arms, the articulation at the elbows becomes quite limited but I think it's a reasonable trade off for the look. Very pleased overall, will post up a pic tomorrow.

[1AZRAEL1]

I thought the tilt rachet in the footplate was for some articulation. But yea I've fixed it so he is more level.

[Deonasis]

Damn I like that Wreckers set with Echo's add-on!!! I hope my FoC Bruticus will be using the voyager Onslaught so that will differentiate them.

[Hursticon]

Great pics Az, you should've taken more though man!

This kit really does go a long way in taking a complete POS of a combiner toy and actually presenting it as a decently proportioned, somewhat game-accurate gestalt.

I'd very much like the G2-flavoured version of this set but there are just far too many more important & better figures that are worth spending the money on - we'll see what happens down the track.

[Mythirax]

I noticed on TFW2005 this morning echo made a post saying:

Quote: "I am hopeful that the new Ruination kit I have designed will be of interest for customs like this because you can mix and match the parts between the sets. I was fiddling with my prototypes recently and had a blast mixing arms, legs and chest pieces to create different gestalts!

Transbots and I need to gauge interest on Ruination to ensure we will have enough sales...expect a poll with some pictures soon!"

Be interesting what exactly they have created for the wreckers set. If it's good I might have to get it and throw this Dark Force on G2 Bruticus

[Iriorne]

Not the greatest photo, but you get the idea. I'm planning to paint the Vortex and Blast Off parts, as well as add the purple camouflage pattern to the chest/waist shields. Hopefully I can get a pretty close colour match.

[Trent]

Not the greatest photo, but you get the idea. I'm planning to paint the Vortex and Blast Off parts, as well as add the purple camouflage pattern to the chest/waist shields. Hopefully I can get a pretty close colour match.

Nice. I can't wait for my G2 version. Ordered some G2 reprolabels yesterday in preparation

[Mythirax]

So I got this guy, but I'm presuming Vortex's tail fin isn't cut properly. What should I do? And if I need to cut it (which i sort of tried, Stanley knife wont go through it). What should I use to cut it?