In today's video I do something I shoulda did a long time ago. You can follow me on Twitter for show updates: / perspectiveend Music: Zaza - Be Together
Even as someone who doesn’t mind partsforming, I feel more combiners should try and incorporate the combiner kibble into each figure, it’s a feat to be sure, but a feat that pays off big time
I'm not even looking at Hasbro, I'm looking at the third party companies, who make all their combiners with partsforming, like really guys? You are making MP alike figures and can't figure this out? At least Hasbro is only operating in the Chug Sphere.
@@PerspectiveEnd Exactly! Like especially for expensive 3rd party figures. Parts forming is just lazy and poor engineering. I expect better when I pay 3 figures for a transformer.
@@PerspectiveEnd I don't mind some level of partforming; it's an occupational hazard and combiners that don't do it to at least some degree are historically rare, especially when dealing with the heavy requirements of MP and MP-alike lines. I really only draw the line with some combiners you see lately, where the super robot is almost 60% comprised of a massive limbless torso entirely separate from the individual robots. Like, sure, it might be more stable or more show-accurate, but come on, guys, at this point, are you even making a combiner, really?
Bruticus is my favorite combiner. The team members are all cool and unique but blend together nicely, plus bruticus is menacing and actually seems big unlike devastator.
I agree with everything you just said but for the Devestator not seeming big. I think they both seem plenty big, but Bruticus is way cooler and my favorite combiner as well, but My second has to go to Devestator.
@@PerspectiveEnd compared to the regular run of the mill robot guy and gals of the g1show he seems big but do to his weird proportions in the show he seems smaller than the other combiners in my opinion.
@@alexbigman7759 I feel like Devestator kind of has the most normal proportions outside of say Menasor who is just a dude with sleeves and leg warmers.
Yeah, they can be a bit of an issue to get a hold of. They tend to only get reprinted on or two at a time. You just gotta eye all the stores cause some will get only one component each.
Definitely going to get this. This is, by and far, the best version of Bruticus. Great review! I wouldn't knock the Zeta too hard though. While not really show accurate, each bot is very solid and the combined mode is ridiculously stable (and looks great imo). The main plus that the Zeta has going for it is the price. I ended up buying the individual bots from Show Z and they costed about half of what each of the MMC limbs are going for. That's my only knock against the MMC, it's quite pricey.
You got the Zetas for like 50 bucks each? Cause the MMC ranges from 80 to 120 for the limbs, and 160 for the Onslaught. And Zeta are the same people who designed the ToyWorld Constructor, and my one of those wasn't stable before the legs didn't work.
@@PerspectiveEnd I live in Canada. I got each limb for the Zeta for $70 CAD ($120 CAD for Onslaught, each was on sale at the time I bought them from Show Z). While Toyworld and Zeta are "sort of" under the same branch, Bruticus is solely under Zeta after they split with Toyworld. The QC on my copy of Bruticus was excellent and the legs were stable in combined mode. I heard that some copies had slight issues with Swindle in combined mode, but I never had that issue (they fixed the qc with Swindle in the reissues). On Show Z Store currently, the MMC limbs for Assaultus are $105 USD (~$133 CAD) and $180 USD for Onslaught ($230 CAD). For me, that was almost double the Zeta. That's pretty much in line with the Fanstoys combiners. The engineering on the MMC is amazing, but are a bit smaller than the Zeta and FT combiners. The price was always a bit steep for me, but your review convinced me otherwise.
@@ssjMaximum22Goku Huh. Those went up a bit, cause when I got them the Onslaught was 160 like I said, but the swindle was 80, the vortex 100, the Blast off 110, and the Brawl 120. And I mean yeah they are going to be smaller what without the Partsforming pieces making up like half the combiner. I think you'll probably find it mattering less to you when you get it in hand. And if not, you'll probably go. "Well every other Aspect of this is tons of fun, so that one bit is OK to not be perfect."
Bruticus has always been my favourite combiner of the bunch. Probably because of his more earthy colours. Not like the neon green and purple of devastator lol
Hey I love the Neon Green and Purple of Devestator, but Bruticus is made out of Military vehicles and Space Ships, of Course he's dope as Fuck. It'd be weirder if he weren't our favorite.
Of course he's your favorite he's the coolest. Devestator has that cool Green and Purple themeing, but he's not a bunch of military vehicles and a space ship that turn into a guy with a Roman Name.
Coming back to this video, I didn’t remember it being this short, I swear perspective is the only person who can make a combiner video under 10 minutes
Yeah I think this was back when I was trying to keep my Scripts under 1700 words, now I try to average them at 2300, to a maximum of 3400. I was really worried about making the videos as absolutely short as possible early on. I always want them to be under 15 minutes, preferably under 10, but I'm ok with them running a little longer from time to time now.
Man I really need to collect the rest of these guys, this’ll blow my military titans Foc bruticus out of the water when it comes to fun transformations
Undoubtedly it will. I will have to caution you though since I didn't go over the figures as individuals in this video, Swindle has INSANELY tight tolerances, and a bunch of redundant pegs. I cut many of them off and hogged out a bunch of ports to make it better. And the Vortex has this one Miserable problem where the ball joint that hold's the head onto the body is barely contained. It just slips out like it's designed to and was greased to do it. Basically any time you touch the head, you are going to pop the head off. There is literally no avoiding it. Outside that one sad issue the figure is perfect. Swindle you can fix, blast off you can't. Blast off has fewer issues than swindle, but his one issue is worse than any of swindles.
@@PerspectiveEnd Awe I already knew all of those warnings from your "Whats the best" video of all those figures, and I do have the Vortex myself so I know he can lose his head at times. I'd tried to dab some dish soap onto the joint and it did loosen it for a good while, though now it's kinda tighter then where it was, but it stays in better so that's something- The only real problem for me is scalping a 100 smackers per each figure when you're kinda in a penny pintcher budget lol But hey, in time, I know I'll get the gang eventually- If I have the illusive Upgraded FoC Bruticus, I can surely get those rad goobers
I did just get a notification from TFSource that they plan to have the Onslaught back in stock soon. As for the Scalpers. You can find Scalpers? I went to Ebay the other day to look up the Assaultus expecting to find scalpers, but I couldn't find any member of the team for sale at all.
I am so glad to hear that, so glad to know I didn't steer you wrong, not that I think I could with this set. When I say it's the best I'm not exaggerating. But I'm glad I convinced you to get your crown jewel.
That figure is so COOL Bruticus is my favorite combined to I actually have a combinder Wars Bruticus he’s OK however you probably tear him to shreds All right man awesome video have a great day
I don't know that I want to tear him to shreds. It's a combiner wars figure they are all pretty equally flawed. And yes. Bruticus is my favorite combiner as well, and it pleases me greatly that he got the best combining figure of all time.
@@PerspectiveEnd I perfer zeta toys other Verisons of bruticus sucks except for zeta toys bruticus and same goes for the predaking combiner verisons except for cang toys predaking
@@PerspectiveEnd yes I like there bruticus except for there other combiner bruticus and I like the cang toys predaking except for other combiner predaking
I need to get this. I think I'll start off with getting Blast Off. He's my favourite of the bunch. I just love the the colours and his aloof personality
I think you need this as well, and in my WTB video I did give Blast off the title of Best. Though they are all fantastic, and I think any of them will be the Crown Jewels of what ever collection the go in. Though Vortex's head is a Pain in the ASS
@@PerspectiveEnd yeah, I remember that video. The whole mass-shifting aspect to Blast Off's transformation seems really appealing. And yes, I remember that you complained about the head coming off for Vortex
@@PerspectiveEnd The all-in-one engineering is super impressive. There are always flaws, but they are easier to overlook when you appreciate the effort and creativity that's gone into integrating the accessories in such a functional and cohesive manner.
@@xtrasolido Like I don't even think it's flaws are all that bad. Like what are they? Slightly limited fingers, and short toes? It's got forward butterfly. It's got an Ab Crunch. It's got ankle tilts and wrist swivels? Like what more is anyone asking for?
@@PerspectiveEnd I was thinking of the ones you mentioned in the video that other people point out. Also, I believe there used to be a problem with the shoulder joints but MMC made replacements available, so that one seems to be solved, too. Other than those, I don't see any.
@@xtrasolido Oh yeah, like the head comming off of vortex, and swindles tightness. And damn it I forgot to mention the new shoulder ratchet on blast off.
BRUTICUS... DEVASTATE.. combiner wars devastator lol But thanks for letting me shout you out in my 50 subs special, you have an amazing community, thanks for being in touch and helping this community grow!
Hey I should be thanking all of you. You are all the people who make this so rewarding for me to do it. You don't have to thank me for letting you do me a favor. Thank you. Also... Man Bruticus's voice is just too fun to do. It's so labored. Hard breath in Hard breath out, one word, hard breath in hard breath out, another one word. I don't know why I find that so entertaining to do, but it will quickly cause you to hyperventilate.
Of course that's what you want. I think the reason no one else has done those, is they are ugly colors of a version of the characters people like to forget, in a show no one wants to remember.
I'm working on getting the rest of this guy, thanks for the video. It helped me make up my mind about which Combinations I wanted. I can't wait to build him
Well I mean yeah, but it's not funny when it's actually true. Though to be fair, Grimlock with a gun for a head also is way better than a Metal Gear... But that's at least funny on it's own.
I was about to give up on this set... had Probus and Volatus, but then I thought about that: what more could you ask for? Your review reminded me basically everything I told myself when I bought the two first. Now the rest of the set is on its way pretty close to my birthday! :D
Sorry for your wallet, glad you got it though. It's an amazing set. Swindle is a challenge because of how tight his joints are, and Vortexes head is annoying, but even still they amazing figures. I don't recommend you go at swindle with a knife to open up those joints unless you know what you are doing.
I like Scramble City Combiners just fine, but there is also something that you gain by not having it work that way, and that's a more purposeful design, with the possibility of greater functionality.
The cannons can rotate forward?? Damn, that's nice. Reminds me of MMC Predaking (and by extension, the Neoart & Jinbao KOs)...and probably most other interpretations of Predaking. Why hasn't this been a thing for Bruticus before?? 🤔🤔🤔 If only it wasn't so smurfin' pricey...the Unique Toys one is currently the cheapest option among the G1 show-centric offerings, but for me, the Jinbao KO of Warbotron is THE cheapest option for a MP sized Bruticus. 😒😒😞😞 (Yeah, MP size, but CHUG aesthetic; same problem most of the Leader class peeps in Combiner Wars, Titans Return, & Power of the Primes had.)
The simple problem is this isn't a Combiner. Its 5 MP figures that also combine. That's why it's so expensive. The UT figures sacrifice all the individual bots for that combined mode. This sacrifices NOTHING. That's what you are paying for.
That would be SICK! I don't know if they plan on it right now. They've Announced a Protectabots set like this, so it seems like they might be trying to stay out of the way of the other companies, but who knows, they might do it one day.
@@PerspectiveEnd Very very true! I need to find a way to get them. The combaticons are like my favorite combiner and combiner team! I just passed 100 subs😀 I am going to record a video tonight with a voice reveal😳
@@BurntTM NICE! Congradulations man. It's cool that happened for you, I still remember when it did for me cause like it was so recent. And yeah they are alot of peoples favorite combiner teams.
WOW! You are definitely an influencer. With shipping & taxes I just paid $600 for a 100 complete set of opened and displayed MMC Combaticons! 😝 Back in the day I did want one, but was too late for a brand new set. But your review brought back my desire to pick this BIG BOY.
Wow. That's the biggest expenditure anyone's ever told me I got them to pick up. That's a good price on this set. Each one is about 100 bucks with a few being a bit over, so 600 is right in line. Glad to hear it. I expect you are going to looooove the set. Vortex's head will probably pop off a lot, it's the one flaw the set has, and my swindle's tolerances were way too tight, but outside that the set is Flawless. When you get it in hand tell me what your favorite is and how you feel about each of them.
@@PerspectiveEnd I remember when collectors were eagerly anticipating the release of each combaticon fig. So this is a good get for the price. Plus I could tell that the owner loves his figures and proudly displays them on social media. He actually has put together an interior space using the plastic floor and wall moldings. Which is legit!👌👌 👌👌
@@PerspectiveEnd I have to the tell you! The amount of LOVE that the collector who sold me his MMC Combaticons is awe inspiring! It seemed like the collection came straight from the distribution center. And the packages were so pristine, i had to watch a video on how to delicately open collector packages. And i wore white gloves too 😂 Good thing I already had a good tool available from my manicuring kit. You were right on the money! This Masterpiece Combaticons set was well worth the cost 😁👍
Mmc is recently making an all built in defensor and its looking to not only be better then bruticus but even more accurate so im looking forward to pick him up
Zeta Bruticon may not be perfectly accurate, but the combined mode is far more accurate than the MMC one. I think you said it right in your introduction: this is the best set of Combaticons on the market. The individual bots are the best representations of those characters currently available. It is not, however, the best Bruticus on the market. Far from. I got the MMC set because I wanted good representations of the individual five bots. But I later still ended up getting Zeta Bruticon because I wanted a Bruticus that 1) at least somewhat approaches accuracy (and yes, I believe the Zeta is many times more accurate than this, and doesn't look as skinny and toy-like as the MMC in combined mode), 2) doesn't sacrifice scaling vis a vis the other MP scale bots and other combiners on the market just for the sake of having a no-partsforming gimmick. I'd really much rather have partsforming pieces and end up with a good end result than eschew partsforming and end up with....whatever this is in combined form. I'll admit it was cleverly engineered, but the end result in my opinion doesn't really hold up. I've had them side by side in combined mode in my display, and the Zeta is always the real eyecatcher of the two. As individual bots it'd obviously be the other way around, and the MMC look better by a country mile. At some point we have to recognize the fact quite a lot of the transformations we see on screen simply aren't possible to attain in action figure form, no matter how good engineering gets. The best combiner on the market that doesn't use zeta-like extra pieces to help construct the combined mode is Moon Studios Raiden by far, And even that has a number of issues that could have been prevented if they'd used partsforming pieces to increase structural strength and stability, and resulted in a far smoother transformation. It's a sacrifice I'm perfectly willing to make.
Well here's the thing. I think it poses better, and the Arms are more accurate on this than on the Zeta. I don't really see the colors of the main body being that big a deal breaker in terms of accuracy. However yes I do suppose you are right in that this is thinner of build than the character is normally shown to be. I think they both have scaling Issues. Starscream is supposed to be smaller than his head, The only way you are getting that with either is with a Legends scale Starscream.
First off WOW... The non-parts-forming combiner was a great thing to begin with, but with that level of articulation, all the features, plus "Light up" eyes for Onslaught and BRUTICUS..... Just WWWWWOOOOOWWW😶😐😳😲. I usually dissagree with one or two things in your reviews, but not this time... I fully agree this is OP Masterpiece in every sence of the word (plus it scale with Omega supreme, in short AAAALLLLEEELUJA 😆😁) And for the question of the video... If they creators of this masterpiece where selling G2 or RID2001 color scemes of this combiner, would you buy it?
If it was the only version of this figure out there yes, if I have the option of this, no. This is the best color scheme for him, and I don't really care for those other ones. Yeah it's an amazing figure. Just everything about it is so good, and I even forgot to mention some of the best articulation it has because I'm an Idiot. And I'm glad I was able to make a video that you were able to agree with without reservations.
i normally hate cartoon acuuarcy but i love the g1 combaticons colors and designs in the g1 cartoon and the mmc ones look the most accurate to the cartoon, especially vortex and swindle.
@@PerspectiveEnd most cartoon colors and designs look extremely simple i get that animating that way is easier but i still dont really love them. save for the combaticons and stunticons.
@@vortexthecomplex5369 I find that the simplified designs are better from a Graphic Design point of view. Like you can recognize who is who with a brief one second flash of the design because of the simplified shapes and the strong color layout.
They are sooooo good, and the combination on them is wonderful. I'm almost tempted to get two sets so I can always have a Bruticus, and a full team of them at the same time.
Man, I'd be all over this set if someone would just release a nice toon style partsforming add on kit that made it as tall as the Toyworld/Zeta/XTB/Fanstoys combiners.
I mean what would they add? And honestly I think this is a really good Size. It's actually bigger than most 3P combiners, though the ones you listed are all working at a larger scale.
I have the Jinbao one, it parts form quite a lot but I don’t really mind partsforming unless it’s so unnecessary cough couch er jumper, but this figure looks absolutely stunning, bruticas and devastate are my favourite combiners and this guy looks like a piece of art, to bad each combat icons like $150 each but this figure looks so godamn good
I had the Jinbao one as well. It was fun and I liked it, but I got rid of it when I picked this guy up because it just didn't satisfy me like this did.
I don't know what the etiquette is on question/answer time over youtube video Comment section, but this came up in my feed, so I'm watching it again. And it's making me think about the new devastator announcement... I'm kind of really afraid that they're gonna Drip feed the first 4 figures and they're gonna be pretty darn good. Then the commander to finish devastator will come out and I will be deeply disappointed in the level of parts forming... I'd love to hear your thoughts.
I really hope hasbro pulls through and makes the combaticons off perfectly for the prime toyline And makes them as accurate as possible to their animation models like they did for the stunticons. And hopefully make blastoff a space shuttle and not a jet like combiner wars did
ok this is gonna seem weird but i wasn't tempted by this thing AT ALL (despite not liking partsforming) until i heard it was getting redecoed into RID 2001 ruination because i was planning on getting UT's ragnaros and have that be my g1 bruticus (the individual bots are worse, but i think the combined mode looks cleaner) however the toy stylings that slightly turned me off of the initial release would work perfectly for a redeco since ruination was always way more accurate to its toys than bruticus was so yeah color me hyped or not i have no clue if i can even afford to do that
indeed honestly i think we should give up the whole g1 accurate combiner thing considering the most fun/well engineered combiners (and the ones with mostly minimal partsforming) have been things like assaultus, the aformentioned ragnaros, and generation toy's gravity builder all of which work because the designers behind them were willing to make compromises on the aesthetic for the sake of a nicer transformation scheme but yk a lot of the fanbase wants a version of the cartoon model they can hold so maybe i'm the one who's wrong
Perspective you charming fuck, you’ve dammed my bank account! Fr man if it weren’t for your videos on the mmc dudeicus figures I don’t think I would have got them, and so far I’m not disappointed, onslaughts and swindle are so fucking good, I’ve only just ordered vortex and blast off since there instock at tf source and I’m still waiting for brawl to arrive from showZ but man I can’t wait for the rest of this team to arrive, definitely one of the best 3rd party figures I’ve ever seen
Yeah, that "illogical" line is still bugs me. I can understand you having preferences, but unlike people like Jobby or Bobby, you still come off as if your opinion is fact, with little regard for other view points. And yet I still watch you because you usually do bring up interest points that few others ever put forth; I hope your channel only grows exponentially in size as living in a vacuum isn't the best for forming preferences, and by the old and new gods do I need to listen to more view points.
Well the Illogical line was meant as a Joke, and the point was not that if you have preferences, but if you literally have the single factor of the set being in a unique scale to it self, make you turn your nose up at this set, you are being illogical, especially when there is no set that has Onslaught be the same size as the rest. I will always say you like what you like and there's nothing wrong with that, but I mean inherently that's illogical. You like what you like regardless of Logic. You don't have to like a good thing, and you don't have to hate a bad thing. I'm just saying that if someone let one single factor destroy what is easily the most accurate, most well engineered, honestly cheapest set of third party Combaticons, for them then they are being completely unreasonable.
I'm 6 months late but the opinionated views seemed clearly to be played as a joke to me, whereas I think Bobby S. is just unapologetically, unironically opinionated as hell. Anyway, though, that's just /my/ opinion. Still loving this set.
Probably. I don't give half a damn about Defensor, but This set was so good, and MMC is so good, I don't see how I can pass up their Defensor. Glad I was able to check this part off my to do list. I've needed to cover the combined mode since the start of my channel.
i know mmc and 3p is perfect but i want all my combiners to match, so i think im gonna go with combiner wars combiners...plus theyre half the price. i think im gonna go with the hasbro versions of all of en exceot for superion and menasor
If a combiner partsforms, it isn't masterpiece. Masterpiece is in part, defined by the fact that things do not partsforms straight from mp-01. Faux forming, maybe, but no partsforming.
Keep up the great videos, even when I'm not interested in the figure I watch for entertainment, your personality and opinions. Also really hope 3rd party like planet x make a GOOD fall of cybertron bruticus.
I know there's a company out there that did like their own Onslaught with an upgrade kit that's meant to go with the Official Hasbro figure, that makes them into a much better version of the WFC Character.
@@PerspectiveEnd that 3rd party onslaught was a pain to find these days, makes bruticus look alot better but I really want a full set that is up to today's 3rd party standards
I was trying my to convince myself to buy the upgrade set for this because I wanted every piece but the price was difficult for me to swing, but my brother bought it for my birthday for me and all I am waiting for now is my brawl to come in the mail next week I am stoked
Nothing wrong with that, but I don't see a negative in buying the unofficial if you are buying the official too. It's not like Hasbro's losing money because of it.
All I have to say is I don't pay attention to masterpiece and/or third party figures because I know to make a collection of them would cost way too much
I was just wondering if you plan on reviewing any other mmc combiners? because I’m really interested in the predaking/ feral Rex and wanted to know your opinion on it.
@@PerspectiveEnd that’s cool . I was just wondering if even if you aren’t going to get it if you’ve seen any pictures on it and what you thought about those.
that is a big boi and id love to get them all or just a singular one but i know if i get one masterpiece scale thing i'm gonna have to get so many more
I mean is that a bad thing, for anything other than your wallet. But yeah I get it. It's really fun, don't let me tell you what to do. Especially if it means spending a bunch of money you don't want to. I just recommend this set as highly as I can if you are interested in taking the plunge.
@@PerspectiveEnd you just make it seem really tempting and the fact it looks perfect probably doesn’t help so if it’s still available when I can afford it I’d love to get it
@@PerspectiveEnd ya I thought I never had that I think I was 4 or so when it came out (also its thrust I'm bias towards him and thundercraker) so anyone who gives me or if I find one of him or thundercraker I will be surprised
I think this guys brilliant but MP scale is way out of my price range and living space lol As a CHUG alternative, would u recommend the Jinbao Bruticus set?
That's fine, though you may find your self more impressed with the Combined mode when you pick it up, or at least discover just how fun it is to go through the process of combining them. In any instance I'm convinced you will love it.
@@PerspectiveEnd Motormaster has a transformation hinge that bends the torso backwards, since he is facing backwards for combined mode that hinge bends the combined torso forwards resulting in an ab crunch
