Warbotron WB01-D Whirlwind (Vortex) in Box Images

ouch i think my warbatron feels fine, i almost got the mb ver. but i got a legit one for the same price bcuz bruticus deals seem to always show up for me idk it's weird, the only knit pick i have with the combiner is the legs as elbows, beyond that i think it's a great combiner for the size, i'd pick up computron if i could find a deal on him like i got for warbatron but he doesn't go for $100-150  

spark crusher

how would you peeps rate the quality of the KOs to the "official" one? i have the machine boy one, and its kinda crap (shoulder joints dont hold the arm up, hands and feet falling out etc), and the wukong onslaught has had many parts replaced with ones i printed out.

I have the official and is not perfect, quality is ok, some joints too tire or some marks on plastic do to fabric quality but overall is a solid combiner, just some gunpla tecnics and everything looks beautifull and feels solid, time to time transform it in all modes (even the 6 for Onslaught) and no problem. I have mine since 2 years ago and plastic keeps fine.

boomerdave

I got them originally for bot mode on my shelf but when I got UT's for that, I ended up combining them for the first time at that point. It's not straight up G1 Bruticus but it's a neat take on it and he's just got presence on my shelf. Love that big guy  

I don't read the IDW comics, but I think it matches up well with other Generation Toy or TransFormMission figures in style as well as size. That style and size is pretty much all I collect now, so that's why I've been missing the 'big guy'.

boomerdave

It really is a great set in my opinion. It’s a very stylized take on the Bruticus but when combined they are just awesome together. The bots aren’t that bad either. If you just got the x-ray set I strongly recommend you read the thread on it because it’s very easy to break trying to install the legs and hips. Just hate to see you buy that and it breaks on you because the tolerances are bad. The set is kind of like constructor So you need to give it a very thorough once over to make sure everything is there.

$200 for the whole set the set is a screaming deal in my opinion

It is a good deal. That's why I just picked a set up from BBTS as well. Looking forward to it. Used to have one but sold it a while back. I've been regretting it ever since.

the oaf

Yes.

So there wasn't actually anything that wrong to begin with? It seems I've most of Blast Off's parts as spares… what was wrong with that figure?

The ankles bits are the same ankle bits that were installed originally…they just gave you spares because they have a habit of snapping if you ankle tilt Bruticus too much. Brittle clear plastic and all that. If they click and are ratcheted, leave them be unless they break. You could take the new ones and sand them down a little to make them push less against the ratchets if they ever break. That helps but it's definitely a "If it's not broke, don't fix it" thing IMO.

Blast Off (Airburst?) came with a new body in some versions on their Onslaught. There was an issue with the combiner peg that it wouldn't ratchet on that guy. Not all Onslaughts came with it. Also the new Airburst peg sometimes wouldn't let go once you put it in the combiner slot. It was sorta of a double whammy. In the end I took the ratcheting part of the peg and put it the original peg to get both to work. The new V2 Airburst has little tabs too on his chest so you can pop open the landing gear compartments for shuttle mode easier. The original didn't have any tabs so it was a bitch to get it open (that's how I can tell the difference between the two).

Hope this help!  

ph4zed

You're better off leaving them alone unless something is actually broken.. Breaking parts in the process of replacing stable parts is not fun  

Unless he's talking about the replacement torso for Blastoff and the new combiner ratchet?

the oaf

I bought my set used a few years back, assembled them and put them on display. This week I've been having a sort out and swapping out all the upgrade kits I've recently got… then I came across the bag of bits I had for this set. How can I tell if the pieces in the bags are the replacement parts, or if they're the originals and the new ones have already been swapped out?

I contacted the ebay seller, but he can't remember.

You mean the replacement Bruticus ankle bits?

The Jinbao OS KO set is great too. "Ratched" up a notch.

So this set is 200 including X-ray at bbts so I picked one up, not blast off was missing one of the handles on his missle pod but seems like a solid set.

Blazing Mewtwo

Is Bruticus meant to be the same size as Devy?

It depends much on personal preferences too, I mean, in real life, military vehicles are bigger than normal cars (and specially an space shuttle that is huge) but construction vehicles are bigger too and with Devastator they was 6 components so, you could say they can be same scale been a little permissive with real life scale (space shuttle, hehe). In G1 animation, all they was same size, even the ones made by animals, like Predaking, only Omega Supreme was bigger.

For me, I like Devastator and Bruticus same size, Menasor just a little small (just a hair) and the rest smaller than Menasor (not much) and for Autobots, Superion as the taller one and Computron and Defensor as Menasor size, just my personal preference.