Breacher's vehicle mode is an amphibious assault vehicle. It's also perfectly sized to fit on the back of Sea Spray's vehicle mode-- I always love it when they engineer cross-compatibility on Transformers, particularly between size classes! Anyways, the vehicle mode itself is pretty spot-on proportionally, with no robot mode extras visible at all-- even from the back end. The mold detailing is particularly excellent, with little bolts, door panels, and vents all over the place. Unfortunately, only the details on the front third or so of the vehicle are detailed-- the rest are just on unpainted dark blue plastic. It's a shame, because the couple of contrast colors used for the paint apps-- such as silver and white-- contrast quite well with the dark blue and would help to break it up a bit more in this mode. I mean, there's SOME black to provide some contrast from the dark end of the spectrum, but it's mostly just the gun and the wheels. As for movement, as you'd expect the turret can rotate, and the dual-barreled gun can move up and down, so Breacher can aim at pretty much anything.
    The transformation to Breacher's robot mode isn't exactly HARD, but it is considerably more complex than almost any other Scout-sized Transformer I can think of-- so fair warning if you or the person you're planning on getting this toy for doesn't do well with transformations that aren't easy. As for the robot mode itself, most of the vehicle mode parts integrate quite well into the robot mode-- particularly on the chest, which, via some ingenious folding and swiveling, actually contrains most of the front third of the vehicle mode PLUS the turret. (That said, from a side angle his chest does look a little odd.) The headlights serve as nice pads to the side of the chest, and the back half of the vehicle mode serves as pretty well-proportioned legs. Part of the rear section of the vehicle mode also becomes a nice "skirt flap" behind the butt, which is another good use of vehicle parts. About the only exception to this well-done integration are the panels that hang rather blatantly off the forearms, and don't fit in at all with Breacher's fairly slender form. I think it would've looked better if they had been attached to the shoulders as armor, instead. The color scheme is much more varied in this mode, with the contrast colors of white and black getting a lot more "face time", along with some nice detailing colors like red and even some nice light green for the eyes. (Speaking of the face, it's very well-detailed, and a fairly unique design fitting an Autobot, though it fits a "traditional"-styled Transformer more than a Movie universe toy.) Breacher also has SEVEN places where you can attach "clip weapons"-- on the ends of each of his fists, as well as on his back, the pieces of armor attached to his forearms, and two places on his "skirt flap". Given that the gun part of his turret comes off and becomes a clip weapon, this is certainly appropriate for the figure, and gives it even more cross-compatibility with other Transformers' accessories. As for articluation, Breacher's no slouch in that area, either-- he can move at the neck, shoulders (at two points), elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and ankles-- and most of those are on ball joints. He doesn't have waist movement, though, even though it appears that he does form pictures (that's a result of the transformation).
    Breacher is fantastic Scout figure with a very satisfying transformation and looks generally great in both modes, whether you're talking about proportions or color scheme. His big panels on his forearms in robot mode and the odd shape his chest has from a side angle are the only real substantial knocks I have against him-- highly recommended.

Review by Beastbot

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