Yes, been discussed many times with actual photos shown in the multiple Devastator threads. People don't care, and want G1 accuracy.
Pretty much this. Front Discharge mixers have been used for at least two decades in the US (I first started seeing them show up on job sites in the mid 90's, and I grew up in a pretty rural area of VT). But none of that matters when it comes to Devastator. It's a rear discharge mixer and that's it.
Well...yeah. Front discharge trucks are real vehicles. Front discharge vehicles are designed for one man operation while rear discharge vehicles require two to operate.
are people seriously questioning the existence of the actual vehicle model? I see these Mixers all the time, for years now
So what is the back part for on these? A lot of people have no clue what kind of machinery exists I only know about some of those funkier things because my dad was a brick mason and we had seen all types of things on different job sites. There are so many specialized pieces of equipment and most people have only seen the large rear discharge ones in real life and on shows/movies. I remember when ROTF came out and people were complaining about how big Long Haul was but they had just never seen one of those huge quarry trucks. Or that crazy thing Cybertron Metroplex was based on.
Remember when Generations was about updating characters, not just articulating and upscaling the G1 figures? I mean, Classics Optimus isn't the same kind of truck as G1. To you, maybe. Luckily not everyone is so inflexible. I think it's cool, specifically because it is different but the same. He's still a mixer, still looks like Mixmaster in robot mode, still has the same look in leg mode, too. Twenty years old isn't "twenty something." And it's actually quite practical, hence it's existence.
I don't really mind it, but why use a updated modern design for Mixmaster and not the rest?? Cranes have come a long way since 1985
It's green but sadly there's no purple, for shame. I wonder what a coned mixed offers as opposed to a more cylinder one.
I don't mind the update in the least. It was a poor attempt to rephrase the second part of the post I was quoting. Typically its greater carrying capacity. The typical rear discharge trucks we used would carry 8-9 yards of concrete. The rear discharge could carry up to 14 (if memory serves). The other main advantage is the operator doesn't have to leave the cab (Other than clean up at the end and possibly to put on chutes at the beginning). They can stay in the cab, move the vehicle, operate the shoot and pour simultaneously.