All hail Bruticus!

What would we do without Chinese Ebayers? I'll tell you what: we would be forced to wait DAYS and even WEEKS for pictures and reviews of new Transformers. Instead, thanks to their shady toy factory dealings, they can sell these to my fellow American toy collectors that buy these overpriced pre-release figures in an effort to have the latest toy before everyone else. Who says China isn't embracing capitalism?

We reported on the re-issue of the Transformers Universe Combaticons earlier this month, but now we have the first clear (or clearer) picture of the 5 combiners forming the legandary Bruticus (thanks to Ebayer Menasor1979, who we've talked about before on this site; this guy has a connection in the Hasbro toy factory, and has made a nice little business out of it - check out his auction listings for all sorts of unreleased Transformers and prototypes).

I'm still guessing that the 5 Combaticons will be a store exclusive giftset (Target maybe?), but I could be wrong. We'll see in the next couple months.