Title:
Transformers: X-Brawn
Description:
Wildride (2000) / X-Brawn (Deluxe Class, 2001)
Japanese ID number: C-002
Accessories: Left & right running-rails/missiles, brushguard/knuckle
Part of the first wave of both the Takara Car Robots and Hasbro Robots in Disguise lines, X-Brawn transforms into a Mercedes-Benz ML320 SUV. In vehicle mode, X-Brawn features opening doors and a hood that reveals his engine block. In robot mode, his right arm contains a spring-loaded missile launcher; the lower "running rails” detach and serve as ammunition, or can be held in his left hand as melee weapons. Both missiles can stored in robot mode using the post-holes on the underside of his roof, and either one can be mounted on his right upper arm. The chromed front brushguard also detaches to form a knuckle-blade weapon.There are several small but significant differences between the original 2000 Takara "Wildride” release of the toy and the 2001 Hasbro "X-Brawn” release. The most immediately obvious is the addition of a Autobot symbol to X-Brawn’s hood. X-Brawn’s engine is pure chrome silver, where Wildride’s is more champagne-colored. X-Brawn’s headlamps have been altered to be small circles, while the back taillights have been completely removed (so much for being street-legal!) in order to make him just legally-distinct enough from the SUV model it blatantly is otherwise. Both missiles have also been retooled for safety reasons; the "blade” has had its tip blunted and rounded off, and the "gun” has had the divots on the tip removed. This latter tooling poses a minor problem in vehicle mode, as this causes the missile to rest right up against the raised Autobot symbol on the car underside, pushing the railing down away from the car body. Turns out the gun’s divots let it rest flush. Oops.Sonokong also released this figure in a gift set with his brothers in Korean markets with no differences (to the Takara releases), other than the packaging.This mold was used to make Universe (2003) Ratchet. It was briefly planned to be used by 3H as Trailbreaker, but that never materialized.
Japanese ID number: C-002
Accessories: Left & right running-rails/missiles, brushguard/knuckle
Part of the first wave of both the Takara Car Robots and Hasbro Robots in Disguise lines, X-Brawn transforms into a Mercedes-Benz ML320 SUV. In vehicle mode, X-Brawn features opening doors and a hood that reveals his engine block. In robot mode, his right arm contains a spring-loaded missile launcher; the lower "running rails” detach and serve as ammunition, or can be held in his left hand as melee weapons. Both missiles can stored in robot mode using the post-holes on the underside of his roof, and either one can be mounted on his right upper arm. The chromed front brushguard also detaches to form a knuckle-blade weapon.There are several small but significant differences between the original 2000 Takara "Wildride” release of the toy and the 2001 Hasbro "X-Brawn” release. The most immediately obvious is the addition of a Autobot symbol to X-Brawn’s hood. X-Brawn’s engine is pure chrome silver, where Wildride’s is more champagne-colored. X-Brawn’s headlamps have been altered to be small circles, while the back taillights have been completely removed (so much for being street-legal!) in order to make him just legally-distinct enough from the SUV model it blatantly is otherwise. Both missiles have also been retooled for safety reasons; the "blade” has had its tip blunted and rounded off, and the "gun” has had the divots on the tip removed. This latter tooling poses a minor problem in vehicle mode, as this causes the missile to rest right up against the raised Autobot symbol on the car underside, pushing the railing down away from the car body. Turns out the gun’s divots let it rest flush. Oops.Sonokong also released this figure in a gift set with his brothers in Korean markets with no differences (to the Takara releases), other than the packaging.This mold was used to make Universe (2003) Ratchet. It was briefly planned to be used by 3H as Trailbreaker, but that never materialized.
Theme:
Transformers RID
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Barcode:
076930805930
Year:
2001
Series:
Transformers RID
Date Added:
2021-03-07 20:39:53
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$27.90
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-02-02
Date Added:
2021-03-07 20:39:53