Autobot Drift, one of the Transformers character in the IDW comics universe. The story about redemption. My first impression of Autobot Drift, some badass cybertronian Samurai that takes confrontation up close and personal.

Autobot Drift comes in the hasbro bubble package under the deluxe class. In the bubble card package, Drift comes in it alternate form which is a white sports car. In which coincidentally looks more like a tuner car which is manufactured in the far eastern asia.

Perhaps it is in the designer mind that a cybertronian Samurai needs to use far eastern machines as their alternate mode.

The accessories which is a long double hand sword can be kept with Drift in alternate mode.

The details of Drift in the alternate mode, is simple yet appealing. One of the my wish is either Hasbro makes the toy as an alternator or as Human Alliance scale, that would be awesome.

Just like most deluxe class of Transformers, the transformation is pretty simple and straight forward.

First step, is to split open the alternate mode bonet. In which will reveals Drift’s head.

Once the bonet is split open, the front sides of the wheels will be able to be loosen up. Then slide the sides outwards. Followed by sliding the windshield up to protect the internal part of the chest.

The next transformation phase of Drift, will requires the transformation of the back of tuner car into legs. From my point of view, Drift’s most relatively complex happens at the legs. The side armor which doubles as short sword sheath needs to be swing further our to make the legs transformation easier. Transformation of the legs, need to have the back of the tuner car to be splitter into half.

After splitting the legs, the formation of the legs is folded like an origami, no pun intended.

Once the legs, is transformed, what is left in place it to take out the arms which is hidden at the front sides of the car.

Once transformation of Drift is completed, it will feel balanced. Unfortunately, there is no articulation at the ankle of the mecha or robot mode. The shoulder articulation of drift is very limited due to the large piece of shoulder armor.

However, with limited articulations did not hindered the articulation of Drift. Though the accessories are limites, which is 2 short swords which is kept at the sides and a extra long two handed sword; the accessories is good enough for Drift to strike intimidating poses.

On top of the accessories, the design of Drift’s head is well done. With proper lighting Drift’s blue eyes will glow.

Short fact, I got Hasbro Drift due to an impulse buy, there is no regret getting this figure due to its Samurai-ness no gun policies. Other than that the brother Blur, mold that uses same design with different head sculpt, using pistols and big rifle and colored blue. TakaraTomy has release the rendition of Drift with better paint job and more premium price.

P.S. : Sorry to my frequent visitor for not updating this site for more than a year. Been jumping into different profession for the past 1 year and have been juggling my priorities.

ROTF Brawn paperback plastic bubble package.

ROTF Brawn package back shows biodata as well as feature.

However the rendition of Brawn in ROTF styled robot had made my jaw dropped all thanks to my friend TCracker.

The robot mode is the reason that I sought to get this Autobot, we will explore the reason later. The package comes with the toy, transformation sheet and catalog of transformers toys.

ROTF Brawn Transformation Instructions with non-attractive color.

ROTF Catalog colorful.

Continuing with Brawn. Out of the box, it is in Alternate mode.

ROTF Brawn alt mode.

In its Alt Mode Brawn is just a normal looking military 4WD truck with a minigun mounted on its roof. All the wheels is workable but it is made from plastics.

ROTF Brawn alternate mode with NEST logo at the side.

Too bad the doors as well as the windows of Brawn in truck mode is not functional. But the details of the truck is unmistakably beautiful.

There is not a single part of the robot visible at the back.

Unfortunately, the head and chest of Brawn can be seen from the bottom of the Alt Mode.

The robot head, chest as well as part of the feet is visible.

For transformation wise, like most figures of ROTF toyline even in Deluxe Class, the transformation can be considered as complicated compared to G1 Transformers. Due to the complexity of the transformation it seems that future toys are more worth the buck paid for its high tech design. As a summary, the bonnet of the alternate mode is its legs and feets, the back of the truck is its arms, and the middle part is the body of the robot.

First step is to unlock or open the main "lock".

Open the back cover of the back wheel.

Sway the roof to back of the truck.

Forming the legs.

Splitting off the bonnet to expose leg and form leg armor.

Tranformation of front truck to robot legs finally completed.

Twisting the waist to front of the robot body.

Fold down the part of the mud protector of the back wheels.

Moving the side plate of Alt Mode.

Folding of roof make form for Brawn arms.

By twisting the shoulder and arms, will complete the transformation.

Once the transformation complete, ROTF Brawn looks very beefy at the top, with big and long arms.

Top heavy ROTF Brawn Transformation complete.

One of the complain discovered during the transformation is, the ball joint of the legs connecting to the body is loose. The joint pop out from the ball a few times during transformation. With the heavy top, it is quite a feat to strike a pose with ROTF Brawn.

In term of sculpt and details, it is amazing for this Deluxe Class transformers figure.

The only thing that is giving weight is its "cloak".

The main cannon is stored in between the "cloak".

The next thing that worth mentioning is deployment of the main cannon to make Brawn looks like those highly stylized Japanese Mecha. Lets have a closer looks to the robot mode.

Darkened eyes but there are details.

Another perspective of Brawn robot mode.

Expect no slack in giving details to Brawn's arms.

Bumper as knee, half bonnet as leg armor.

On to review of deployment of the main cannon.

Details of Brawn's cannon.

Swivel up the cannon from original position.

Unfold the barrel of the cannon.

Make a full proper straightening of the cannon barrel to finish the deployment.

Once the canon is deployed, twist the root of the cannon which is attached to the back of Brawn the the left or right to make it a shoulder cannon. The only gripe is the cannon unable to be detached.

ROTF Brawn with full glory of its armaments.

Now on towards the twin blaster of ROTF Brawn.

Each pistol is a mirror to the other with same design.

Ventilation vents and blaster short barrel is added.

So much the same and there is also difference.

Next, articulation wise will leave the pictures to do justice for it. Just a note that the ball joints connecting the pelvic part and the legs is loose even for a new figure.

Arms and Legs stretch out.

Some random strike a pose before closing.

Robot Mode Brawn strike pose.

Gunfu inspired pose for ROTF Brawn.

ROTF Brawn bracing for cannon to fire.

ARC Brawn ?

Brawn at front of a bright backdrop.

As a conclusion, ROTF is not without flaw such as kibble at the bottom view of the Alternate mode as well as poor loose joint to support heavy top robot mode.

The detailed as well as Japanese mecha similarity is ROTF Brawn’s charming point for collectors.

Until the next post. Thanks for reading and visiting my site.

*Note : Finally able to squeeze time to update the blog. Do not worry as I will not abandon this blog. Also no cropping or white balancing. Just resizing and add water mark to the pictures to this post.

Let's Dance Pose - TF Edition.