This is the one that got his arms fixed. Also, he’s yellow.

The first Movie Deluxe Brawl was famous for it’s defective arms and wasted potential. A movie later, Hasbro fixed the arms and gave it a new paintjob. Is he worth buying now? Especially with the release of the Studio Series Voyager Brawl? Yes, he is.

Vehicle mode

He’s a desert camo tank with lots of guns. Lots and lots of guns. His tank mode has a lot of posability. Both turrets rotate 360°. His missile launchers can rotate and move up and down. The only thing missing is up and down movement at the turret to house the launching (transparent orange) missile.

If you exist, he can aim at you and blow you up.

Something that might bug some people is the exposed back of the head, but honestly, it doesn’t bother me that much. Also, at least on my copy, his wheels don’t roll all too well.

All and all, a really fun tank to mess around with.

Transformation

For a movie figure (especially ROTF), this guy has a really simple transformation. And he has one of the best Automorph features of all the Movie figures. You won’t have any problems going back and forth between modes with him.

Robot mode

His robot mode sculpt looks nicely screen accurate and menacing. He wears his yellow brown deco quite nicely. He has all of his on screen weapons on him, which means he’s packing some serious heat.

For a Deluxe class figure from 2007 his posability is good. But compared to the likes of the Studio Series figures, he’s pretty stiff. Most of the joints are there except for a waist swivel and thigh swivels. That said even the joints he does have are quite restricted. But at least his head is nice and expressive with a ball joint and orange light piping.

Gimmicks

For a Deluxe, Brawl is absolutesly brimming with weaponry. He’s got shoulder missile launchers, back mounted cannons, a reversible arm cannon/gattling gun and a deployable claw. His arm cannon features a firing (transparent orange) missile.

If you can’t tell, I’m quite fond of the transparent orange missile.

His Automorph gimmick raises his head and front tank treads into position when you pull down the front of the tank. It works in reverse when you… do it in reverse. I said earlier that this figure was famous for its wasted potential. Well, the Automorph was the main reason. It’s unobtrusive and looks really cool in action. It really was a shame that the first version of this figure was so defective.

Toy or collectible?

I’ve had this guy since he came out in 2009. He’s stood up to abuse. Chances are if you get him, he’ll last a long time. He’s really fun to play with in robot mode and tank mode as well as to transform back and forth. So he passes with flying colours as a toy.

As a collectible sitting on your shelf, he looks suitably menacing and handsome. He’s also available pretty cheap used and quite reasonably priced new. So he’s a good collectible as well.

Closing

I’m gonna say this right now, I prefer this guy to the new Studio Series Brawl. He’s got the moving turrets and better proportions. You can argue about the accuracy and proportions, but something just looks of to me about the Studio Series one. The only point against this guy is he’s a Deluxe so he’s smaller than the Voyager sized Studio Series version.

Use your own discretion, but I think you should go for this Brawl. His shoulders are fixed, he’s all good now.