Given how often he goes toe-to-toe with Bulkhead in the show, you'd think that Breakdown's Cyberverse toy was a commander-class toy like the former, but unfortunately the big guy is represented as a tiny Legion-class toy. Still, size aside, Breakdown's vehicle mode looks quite accurate to the show, being a dark blue (very) heavy duty vehicle. Beyond the back bumper looking a bit too obviously like the bottoms of his feet, he doesn't have any robot mode extras in this mode, either; proportionally, his only issue is that his windows/drivers' area is a bit too small vertically when compared to the rest of the vehicle, but only just so-- his proportions in vehicle mode are exaggerated a bit on the show model, as well. A nice shade of dark blue is used for his main color, having a glossy, almost semi-metallic finish. However, that said, I would've liked a more dominant light color here. There's a decent amount of black on his wheels and tires, but the only light color here is the silver on his front bumper and grill (which are detailed excellently). His rear bumper could've also used some silver paint, as well as some of the rails molded onto the top of this mode to give it a bit more visual pop. For a weapon, Breakdown comes with a weapon that apes his vehicle cannon, though it's the same translucent pale light purple as the other Prime Decepticon legion toys from 2012. The weapon is a bit large proportionally when compared to the vehicle mode, but it does scale well with other Cyberverse weapons, and can be held in two different ports in this mode-- both of them behind the front window on the roof, on opposite ends.
    Breakdown's robot mode-- as is typical of a Legion-class toy-- suffers the most out of the two modes when it comes to show accuracy. Breakdown's legs are fairly well-proportioned compared to his show model, and his chest is more or less okay, if a bit overly encumbered with large hinges because of the transformation. However, Breakdown's arms are where this mode becomes sub-par. Even given Breakdown's "beefy guy" proportions, his shoulders and arms are overly large and long. They're also articulated oddly, making it difficult for him to pose said arms and have it look natural. Speaking of articulation, Breakdown can move at the shoulders (at two points), side-to-side at the elbows, and at the hips. His knees can technically move, but only at an unnatural forward point because of the transformation. I REALLY wish Breakdown could move forwards at the elbows, but otherwise he's decent enough for the size class in this respect. Breakdown's colors are thankfully broken up a bit more in this mode with a bit more silver (such as on his shoulders and waist). His face sculpt is also well-done and detailed excellently, with his red-orange face, silver head crest, and yellow eyes all picked out cleanly even at this small scale. His other (more angular) details on his shoulders and legs are well-sculpted too, though his hands that are molded into the sections that become his front window and vehicle mode "nose" suffer a bit because of the odd shape of said pieces. Both of Breakdown's hands are molded so that he can hold his (or some other) Cyberverse weapon, but due to the transformation, you can also peg them onto the side of either of his forearms. The middle of his back-mounted wheel can also hold a Cyberverse weapon for "storage" here, though because of the placement it can't really be used well in vehicle mode.
    Breakdown's vehicle mode is pretty well-done for the size class, but his arms in robot mode are really awkward-looking and badly articulated, and I wish his knees could've moved some more given the transformation, as well. He also could've used a bit more lighter-shaded paint to liven things up a bit. Still, the toy isn't all that bad-- what IS a crying shame is that this is the ONLY toy of Breakdown-- a character who's actually in the show-- that you can get domestically, which was just an absolutely bizarre decision on Hasbro's part, when you've got two 2012 voyager class molds in the same line that were made of non-show characters. If you like Breakdown and can't afford imports, unfortunately this is your only real option.

Review by Beastbot

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