New Image Studio Series Devastator - Size Classes Confirmed.

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Jacer, Feb 28, 2019.

  1. PrimeVsPrime

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    I would say so yes, Only because theres only a certain amount of rotation achieved by using just the clips before the push the joint out (its difficult to explain sorry!)
     
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    Oh, no worries, I completely understand. It's due to the struts that the pegs the clips latch on to are attached to. Yeah, kinda hard to explain. What you've done is great!
     
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    Speaking of weight, how much does it weight compared to the cw version?
     
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    PrimveVsPrime,

    It's actually what instructions recommend you to do, like FrozenFishLurker said earlier.
    Just pull all the way back those two red posts Scavenger has until they touch the threads. This has to be done so you fix all of Scavengers axis-dependent limbs and parts, except for the red posts. The easiest way to do this is to hold him by the central thread/wheel that slides down Overload and then pull the posts back. EDIT: By pulling them back I mean to rotate them back, not just swinging those two little arms. Otherwise you won't get enough clearance, and using the c-clips will be a PITA, as you found out already. By the way, this also gets rid of the problem many of you have where you end up with shoulder drops.
    After this, you will have enough clearance to use the C-clips on Mixmaster's rear and use the horizontal red post as support between Mixmaster's rear end wheels, instead of getting the post inside the wheels, like many do. I'm attaching some images to illustrate this if I didn't express myself correctly, along with a final result on how high the head actually goes. Thanks for your images!

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  5. Actar

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    Yup, you can keep the truck front with this configuration.
     
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    would love to see a vid on how that can be done!
     
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    And call me a fan-boi, but due to all of these details, I think the 4-legs pose like this is the original design, and not the standing up position. The arms and the whole chest bulk immediately position themselves to look like Devastator's crawling just like in the movie. And he doesn't look as slim, too.
    I'm positive that if you play with leg/hip joints and ankle/leg rotation, you'll get more natural poses and not just the straight pushup pose. The arms have the length to absorb many height changes in hips and chest.
    Now, about the vortex grinder...
     
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    What about transforming scavenger where the back part of the vortex is upsidedown? (The part where the 2 wheels connect forming an spine but that is only possible by flipping the other way around scavenger, i dont know how to explain it to be honest as i dont have the mold
     
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    Actually. Hold on a moment. Looking at this pic, all you have to do is the alternate combination for Mixmaster and the four-legged pose is done! The proportions would look way, way better than the crawling/push-up one.

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    It would even match up quite nicely with this original prototype:

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    I wanna try something and it might be what you are talking about, too. But I don't have Overload yet. EDIT: Sorry, you said Scavenger. I dunno why I thought you were talking about Mixmaster.
    If you rotate the grinder with the hinge facing Devastator's back and not the face, and force rotation of the smokestacks inwards, you might be able to get away with the larger diameter edge of the grinder being placed directly above the smokestack, effectively covering them with the piece. This would give you the effect that the face is coming out of the vortex grinder and the face would integrate better to the neck. You would probably have to push the upper part of the cement mixer drum towards the back too, so the smaller edge diameter from the vortex grinder can attach to the tip. Yes, hard to explain, but I think it might be possible.
     
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    Yes, I would like him to try that too! It looks a lot like the concept figure. :) 
    Very nice catch, Actar!
    I would highly recommend that if anyone cancelled preorders on Overload and Scrapper due to the standing up look, to backtrack on your decision since Devastator will look basically like the original prototype.
    Probably some 3P will come up with a better vortex grinder, cheekbones and antennas for the face and that should be it if you want the complete prototype look.
     
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    Man am I late to the combining party ....I have all figures but the last two, and I haven't attempted their combine mode once yet.

    I better get started, because all this alternate configuration talk is super confusing.
     
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    Heres Devy render by Red Goblin for reference.
    If he could stand like this, that'd be awesome. Maybe DNA could make a kit for the missing parts like the "O&K" parts at the top. And of course, his wrecking balls.
     
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    I hope we get Buckethead later on. The part where hightower's arm grabs on to him is my fav part of that scene. And scrapmetals arm looks a bit wack.
    Also does anyone have a good picture of Mixmaster's real life truck?
    Btw, what are you guys' wishlist for a devastator upgrade kit and how much would you be willing to shell out for it?
     
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    I think this is the actual truck that was used?
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    And here's a more modern model in similar colors.
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    As for the upgrade kit, I'd be willing to put $40-$50 up for things like a cage piece to lock onto Hightower and complete the look his legends figure had, a scorpion tail extension-thing for Overload, a piece bulking up Scrapper's arm mode in terms of length, and some attachments for Scavenger's shoulders that bulk up the head area in combined mode.

    EDIT: Also, replacement arms for Rampage with elbows.
     
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    The knees on that prototype are just so much more bent than what we're seeing in these images. I feel like all it needs is to crunch the legs down as short as he can go and then the arms will just naturally hang lower to the ground. It doesn't need to actually be on all fours to look like that prototype, the arms are clearly not engineered to the support that weight. I think shorter crunched down legs + wider arm stance is all he needs to look good.
     
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    I just watched PrimevsPrime’s video on how to get Devastator in a crawling pose and he made an excellent point that I’ve been thinking about. With the torso and head being made up of two leader figures and one voyager figure respectively, there’s a lot of weight that’s being put on the arms when the figure is put into a crawling pose. I think there’s a good reason why Hasbro didn’t make that the official configuration.

    I have to say, on the subject of the figure itself, it looks pretty good. While it’s not fully accurate, Hasbro has to be commended. The fact that we got movie Constructicons that have their robot modes and can combine is a feat that shouldn’t be sneezed at. When you look at a combiner like Landfill (pictured) from the RID2001 line, you have to admit Hasbro has come pretty far in the last twenty years or so on their combiner figures.
     

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    Completely fair point. I think what Hasbro did overall was very impressive considering this is something a kid should be able to play with and transform. I'm looking forward to perfecting him.
     
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    Wow, that looks much better.
     
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