FansProject's Crossfire 2: Bruticus Upgrade

[liegeprime]

Sweet I got mine today as well. My cousin dropped by and I immediately put him together!! Erm my Bruticus' waist doesnt pop off easy - did you peg it in the screwholes it was designed for it to fit in properly? I had a little dull moment though, I didnt figure out imediately that you have to remove the old Bruticus head and replace it completely with the new one... had to take a second look at the picture instructions , and then duuh?! after that everything went well. I guess it is just your explorer's quirk kup, mine has no stressmark.... I wont be putting any pics as youve extensively covered it already. Swweeeeeettt!!!

[kup]

Sweet I got mine today as well. My cousin dropped by and I immediately put him together!! Erm my Bruticus' waist doesnt pop off easy - did you peg it in the screwholes it was designed for it to fit in properly? I had a little dull moment though, I didnt figure out imediately that you have to remove the old Bruticus head and replace it completely with the new one... had to take a second look at the picture instructions , and then duuh?! after that everything went well. I guess it is just your explorer's quirk kup, mine has no stressmark.... I wont be putting any pics as youve extensively covered it already. Swweeeeeettt!!!

The stress marks on my Explorer are very tiny.You have to know where to look to see them, it's just me being pedantic. However still be careful with that section, it still seems rather thin for the pressure it's expected to hold with the pegged arms being popped in and out.

Both Explorer and Munitioner are awesome toys in their own right. Both figures have a lot of appropriate personality in them. I may take more pictures just of them, they are almost worth the price alone even without the Gestalt.

[5FDP]

Haven't taken much interest in these upgrade kits but this looks very impressive.

So... are these just snap-on pieces which attach to Hasbro's Bruticus toy?

[kup]

Haven't taken much interest in these upgrade kits but this looks very impressive.

So... are these just snap-on pieces which attach to Hasbro's Bruticus toy?

Some parts are snap in, others are peg in and others are 'clamp' in. The result is overall pretty solid, much more so than the original Energon Bruticus set up.

There is only one part replacement as LiegePrime mentioned, the Energon Bruticus head needs to be unhinged and remove from Onslaught; then replaced by the new head but since it's a 'snap out' part, you can easily put the old head back in but who would want to do that?

[Hursticon]

Awesome write up and pictorial Kup, I really like the comparing of the 3 incarnations of such a Brutal set of Characters (Couldn't resist).

This, along with all the acquisitions posts, is causing me to grind my teeth with anticipation for my sets to arrive, of which I'm annoyed with coz people who paid 1 week ago are getting theirs before myself and I paid 2 months ago!.

Please do take some more pics of Explorer Blastoff and Munitioner Swindle please, as I'd like to see them more closeup than previous pics released.

[iceburn]

Awesome write up and pictorial Kup, I really like the comparing of the 3 incarnations of such a Brutal set of Characters (Couldn't resist).

This, along with all the acquisitions posts, is causing me to grind my teeth with anticipation for my sets to arrive, of which I'm annoyed with coz people who paid 1 week ago are getting theirs before myself and I paid 2 months ago!.

Please do take some more pics of Explorer Blastoff and Munitioner Swindle please, as I'd like to see them more closeup than previous pics released.

Try here for a review of both figures and combined mode:

http://www.tformers.com/transformers...4234/news.html

[5FDP]

Some parts are snap in, others are peg in and others are 'clamp' in. The result is overall pretty solid, much more so than the original Energon Bruticus set up.

There is only one part replacement as LiegePrime mentioned, the Energon Bruticus head needs to be unhinged and remove from Onslaught; then replaced by the new head but since it's a 'snap out' part, you can easily put the old head back in but who would want to do that?

Thanks Kup It's amazing what they come up with. It looks like a completely different bot and 100 times better.