that photo i dont know but feels off, i dont mean to say the scale we see is not what it truly is but, the 2 eluxes look way too close to the camera, maybe, just maybe mix still can be about the size of scrapmetal at least? also, how tall is scrapmetal? i still dont have any of the constructicons -_-

 

I expect a huge explosion on the internet as soon as the fully constructed Devastator is complete.

 

Man I really hope we can see the completed Devastator soon. Or at least with the upper torso and arms combined.

 

Seeing as how Devastator's head is literally just the cab attached to Mixmaster's back and it really doesn't do anything transformation wise from vehicle to bot mode, i feel like there should be some serious articulation built in there, but my gut says there wont be any kind of neck articulation at all..

also i feel like they could have given the illusion of the vortex mouth with little effort. the jaw is already a separate movable part from the teeth, so they can be moved independently. but if the jaw split apart and that hinge on either side was a ball joint you could get a lot of movement on the lower mouth, and the upper face part, all it would need to do is slide apart right down the middle.

 

I'm hoping

exactly!!! it really need to be fixed!

true but the SS one is like $300 all together they should have done something IMO

that would be great

 

transformation to head

 

The Green Goblin truck from Maximum Overdrive is wetting itself (himself?) right now.

 

so does the front of the cab tab somewhere else when he is combined. a little disappointed it has to come off and cant transform but its fine

 

Probably just pegs onto the back somewhere, on Scavenger or Overload.

 

Seems like it, he did keep holding it up over where the back of Devastator would be. So i'm guessing he was explaining that it pegs onto Scavenger on top somewhere.

it's a shame that it partsforms. But considering how much of this devastator DOSENT partsform, a few minor compromises doesn't bother me. Especially considering how historically, combiners have a tendency to partsform a hell of a hole lot more than what's been shown with devastator at the moment.

I do think that they could have put the hood part on some kind of swinging arm so that it could come up and over to sit onto the back of Devy, or the easier solution, swing under and sit on daddy's chest somewhere.

That being said. The way that Devastator's head transforms in ROTF is actually misleading. In the film, the hood/front half is shown separating and completely disappearing revealing Devastator's head inside.



However once Devastator is transformed, the cab is totally just chilling up on his back right behind the grinder like it was always there, hell, if you look closely in the video, it's actually already there when the head is transforming. (you can see the grill of the front of the truck juuust peeking out over the top during the head transformation)


(top left corner of the image, the grill and hood)


so yes, the partforming is unfortunate, but it's for the sake of accuracy in combined mode. which as far as i'm concerned is plenty of justification for it.

 

It's not $300 for Devastator, it's $300 for Devastator, two deluxes, four voyagers, and two leaders

I have no idea why you spent so much time thinking about something so incredibly trivial, but I love it

 

literally all i do is overthink shit. lol

my train of thought went like this though if your curious.

-if it partsforms, there's a reason for it. the designers aren't dumb, especially with a part that large.
-from Tonton's review, he was clearly indicating where it would go in combined mode.

so I checked the clip of the film and low and behold, there the cab is on the back of devastator right where TonTon was indicating it would go.

 

seeing how mixmaster transforms the other option would have been an overly complicated arm that could collapse in robot and vehicle modes, but also would require an space for it on the vortex grinder , so yeah, while i hate partsforming usually i dont see any other way they could have made it work

 

Super true. It sucks that the cab comes off but there really isn't any other place. I just hope there are tabs on Devy for the hood to go.

 

100% there are, its too large of a piece for it to be left off and movie accuracy indicates it goes up above the grinder neck on his back.

 

Mixmaster review posted on seibertron.com originally
New Stock Images for 2020 Studio Series Figures and Video Review for Mixmaster

 

wish there were high res photos of the face...
edit: mixmaster's face

 

BAH GAWD




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Hasbro has clearly been studying these films an insane amount, in addition to the CGI models they finally have their hands on. I remember when Long Haul was revealed, a whole bunch of people were confused about his choice of alt mode - because the original toy used an alt mode based on early concept art, which the damn robot mode details on the final design correspond too. But the SS alt mode is indeed in the movie. It's appearance is just so brief that most people didn't even notice it was there.

(Also, there's a massive continuity error, with the dump truck first appearing on a hill, and then suddenly materializing behind Spitz and Simmons just in time for it to transform into Devastator's hand. This is just one of many editing errors in that scene alone. It's no wonder neither fans nor Hasbro can settle on an accurate count of how many constructicons are part of the on-screen Devastator.)

 

Which is why it's smart they look to have worked backwards. Take the Devy model and figure out how to get the general look correct using the various components.

They needed a crane on his arm but also three shovels? Okay cool he's got Scrapmetal and Hightower over there.