Brake-Neck (G1)
| This article is about the Earth Wars game character. For the Combiner Wars toy character, see Wildrider (G1). For a list of other meanings, see Brake-Neck (disambiguation). |
- Brake-Neck is a Decepticon Stunticon from the Earth Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Brake-Neck doesn't care that he's nuts and reckless, and that's what makes him so dangerous. Despite this, Brake-Neck is a bag of nerves, and sudden loud noises are prone to make him take off like a bat out of hell.[1]
Games
Transformers: Earth Wars
Brake-Neck was hired by Megatron to retrieve the Nova Core after Reflector's mishap. But he wouldn't go near the structure with radiation leaking out in its current state, but he did have his sights on Smokescreen, and attempted to execute him. Bit of a Longshot
He continued to wait out the radiation until the atmosphere levels were safe enough for him to recover the Nova Core. Battle Hardened
When Reflector asked for Brake-Neck to provide cover fire, Brake-Neck really didn't want to help Reflector. He just wanted to shoot humans and their emergency response vehicles. Smokescreen kept him busy while First Aid went after Reflector and the Nova Core.
After the battle was over, Brake-Neck shot a Medibot and Viewfinder in the back, because he was annoyed at Reflector for being an "annoying cameraman". Big Bang!
As soon as Brake-Neck arrived at the Decepticon base, he dashed towards the mountains at breakneck speed, which alarmed Luca. From there he showed off his sniping skills by shooting Starscream in the foot. He then wanted to find some Autobots and aim for their heads. Brake-Neck arrival
- Class: Gunner
- Lowest Star rating: 2 star
- Weapons: Brake-neck uses a custom-built Quasar rifle with a hair trigger and thermo-optic guidance system. He snipes targets dealing great damage at a slow rate from long range, well out of the range of Laser Turrets and Shock Towers.
- Ability: Execute!: Instantly destroys a building if less than 20/25/35% health (except the HQ), or snipe an enemy bot dealing very high damage!
- Cost: 3 ability points with no point increase!
Brake-Neck at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki
Toys
Combiner Wars
- Brake-Neck (Deluxe Class, 2015)
- 2 of 5: Menasor
- Accessories: exhaust pipe/battle club, weapon/fist/foot
- Combiner Wars Brake-Neck is Hasbro's release of the Unite Warriors Wildrider figure, (again) renamed for trademark issues. Brake-Neck is a new head retool of Dead End, transforming from a supercar resembling a Ferrari 458 Italia to robot and back. As a Combiner Wars Deluxe limb, he is able to combine with any Combiner Wars-style Voyager Class figure or form one of Godbomber's legs but is, of course, intended to be combined with Motormaster, Breakdown, Dragstrip, and Dead End to create Menasor (though his cardback and instructions show him replacing Dead End rather than Offroad). Brake-Neck's cardback bio contains a cute reference to his original name, citing how 'even the unpredictable Stunticons see him as an out-of-control wild rider'.
- Like Dead End, Brake-Neck comes with a copy of "Combiner Wars #8" (actually Robots in Disguise #16).
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- Menasor (Collection Pack, 2015)
- Accessories: exhaust pipe/battle club, weapon/fist/foot
- A redeco of the Combiner Wars mass-retail Stunticons, this Brake-Neck is based on his cancelled Generation 2 toy (or more precisely, a fan artist's digibash based on another fan's hand-painted recreation of the cancelled Generation 2 toys). Compared to his fellow G2 Combiner Wars Stunticons, Wildrider is the most accurate to his G2 toy.
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Notes
- Brake-Neck debuted in March 2017 as the nominal Earth Wars adaptation of the Generation 1 character Wildrider, mostly based on the 2015 Combiner Wars figure which had been renamed "Brake-Neck" for trademark reasons. The game dropped hints that in Earth Wars continuity, Brake-Neck and Wildrider were separate individuals, but it would not be until October 2023 that Wildrider himself would appear, based on the distinct Legacy toy, cementing Brake-Neck as his own individual.
- In the game, Brake-Neck, Dead End, and Dust Up share a model mostly based on Dust Up's toy, with Brake-Neck's only difference being that he was given a mouth.
- Brake-Neck also received a Generation 2-themed pay-to-unlock skin (at right) based on Wildrider's G2-themed Combiner Wars redeco. However, this skin would end up being erroneously assigned to Dead End instead due to the both of them effectively sharing the same model with one slight difference. In fact, the aforementioned render you're seeing uses Dead End's model as it sports the mouthplate him and Dust Up has.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Brake-Neck (ブレークネック Burēkunekku)
- Korean: Brake-Neck (브레이크넥 Beuleikeu-Nek)
- Mandarin: Mǎngzhuàng (Taiwan, 莽撞, "Reckless")[2]
- Russian: Brake-Neck (Брейк-Нек Breyk-Nek)
