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Mkall wrote:

LOST Cybertronian wrote:That Long Haul figure looks horrid but the rest are pretty decent.

Really? I thought he was the coolest looking of the bunch. Also it seems this Dev will have a visor, which will make some people happy.

I can't wait.

Long Haul was the first one that I did a double-take on. He's interesting.

It's odd how six gangly looking bots can form such a beefy combiner.

Scrapper looks to be on-point nicely.
Bonecrusher is kind of off from what I would have hoped for.
Scavenger is on the other side of my last point, he is surprisingly awesome.
Mixmaster is looking to be on-point as well. He looks creepy. Good.
Hook isn't too special. If the crane arm works for Grapple, it works here.
Long Haul...well, he robot mode sucked in G1. Go look at it (though, all these guys had mostly crap robot modes in G1). This is a solid update.

tmk9883 wrote:All things being equal, TFC looks better. Unless this thing is way cheaper, I dont see why you would pick it.

That and his dangly bits are all hanging out.

QC is becoming an issue with Hercules, both figures have design flaws. To their credit they stepped up and took care of the excavator arm issue on Exgraver, but they've yet to say what they plan on doing about Heavy Labor's stripped hip ratchets.

I also like how Giant retains more of the G1 design elements in combined mode.

I'm already locked in on Hercules with no regrets, but I might get this one too, funds permitting. It's also a very impressive update. I'll be even more impressed if they go for Energon style connector points too.

Not bad, but my earliest thoughts have not been changed by these images.

I don't like the individual bot modes.
Scrapper is really good, maybe even having a slight advantage in my book to the Herc version, but Hook, Longhaul and Scavenger are unacceptable to me. The arm kibble on Scavenger and Hook were the deal breakers.

I also don't like that the Devy forearms are separate pieces. Neat idea making them trailers, though.

Don't get me wrong, had Herc not been available, or not come out first, I would be very happy with Giant. It is, overall a very nice piece of work, but to me this is the lesser of the two offerings.

hahaha I thought it was funny about the hook kibble in his nether regions too. And I love how Long Haul looks. They all are kind of skinny and then he's like this bruiser guy. I wish that some of the edges were softer though, they all look like they were just freshly cut out of a computer program and they didn't want to soften any edges. I mean, I get that they're robots, but I dunno. I like how it looks though a lot.

Mkall wrote:

LOST Cybertronian wrote:That Long Haul figure looks horrid but the rest are pretty decent.

Really? I thought he was the coolest looking of the bunch. Also it seems this Dev will have a visor, which will make some people happy.

I can't wait.

I agree Mkall. I love his stockiness makes him look like a badass. I love how the individual robot modes all have character. Very very impressed.

El Duque wrote:

tmk9883 wrote:All things being equal, TFC looks better. Unless this thing is way cheaper, I dont see why you would pick it.

That and his dangly bits are all hanging out.

QC is becoming an issue with Hercules, both figures have design flaws. To their credit they stepped up and took care of the excavator arm issue on Exgraver, but they've yet to say what they plan on doing about Heavy Labor's stripped hip ratchets.

I also like how Giant retains more of the G1 design elements in combined mode.

This x100.

Two questions: 1, what is the size of this guy in relation to original Devastator and Hercules? 2, what do they plan on charging for this guy?

It's a good effort. I already planned on getting Hercules (got Ex and HL already) and prefer him at this point for the simple fact that everything is built in to the vehicle modes (the trailers kinda annoy me on Giant's bits) and I am also of the opinion that BIG is GOOD. Or, as Grimlock would say, much more gooder. My other beef seems to be the head being hidden by so much of the shoulders. The head may look great but if you can't see it then what's it good for...

I looks like I'm in the minority here because I'm underwhelmed by Giant. It has a great combined mode, don't get me wrong but I must say I'm not a fan of the individual bots. They look too small to me in both modes. How many times have you seen a dump truck or any of the alt modes used to make Giant the same size as a car driving down the road? Hercules is actually a lot more accuarate in terms of scale in my opinion. People have complained about quality on Hercules but mine have been fine. In Robot mode, they stand just a litte over the deluxe sized it is true but not much. To be fair, if it were a reality with no mass shifting, the Constructicons would have been larger than most of the Decepticons.


Incorporating the combiner parts as trailors just looks wrong to me (as it did on G1 Devy). Also, Giant makes no attempt to hide the combiner head attached to Hook, its sitting out right next to the cab. His own head can clearly be seen at the back too. I haven't seen many cranes with a large robot head attached to it.

Giant:


Hercules:


Longhaul looks too Movieverse for my liking but could be good for a kitbash into the Fallen. At first glance my first thought was Stockade:



So, yeah, I'm not regretting going with Hercules as my 3rd Party Devestator. If the cost of Giant isn't too high, I might consider getting one to repaint ala Shattered Glass though.

First-Aid wrote:Two questions: 1, what is the size of this guy in relation to original Devastator and Hercules? 2, what do they plan on charging for this guy?

It's a good effort. I already planned on getting Hercules (got Ex and HL already) and prefer him at this point for the simple fact that everything is built in to the vehicle modes (the trailers kinda annoy me on Giant's bits) and I am also of the opinion that BIG is GOOD. Or, as Grimlock would say, much more gooder. My other beef seems to be the head being hidden by so much of the shoulders. The head may look great but if you can't see it then what's it good for...

Giant is approximately the same size as Bruticus with the FansProject upgrades, I believe the price is about $300.00.