Arctorro wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Though, Mixmaster is done as that kind of cement mixer not simply to be modernized, but also because that type of design is what the great big mining cement mixers look like, and all six of the Constructicons in this set are rendered as the giant mining versions of their respective altmode vehicles. The rear-mounted cement mixer design nowadays is used on the smaller-scale ones, while the bigger-scale mining ones use the front-mounted mixers. It's because they're all giant mining construction vehicles now that Mixmaster got his new look.
You keep mentioning alt mode scale.
When I said "smaller-scale ones" and "bigger-scale ones" in that post, it was never in regards to
this concept of "scale", but was instead on reference to the intensity of the jobs performed by each type of cement mixer. Mining cement mixers are "bigger-scale ones" in that they are "giant-sized mixers that perform tasks on a much grander level of operation" (liking work on enormous development sites and complexes), whereas the "smaller-scale ones" are "not-nearly-as-giant-sized mixers that perform tasks on much lower level of operation" (like working on sidewalks and suburban parking lots). You saw me use a word and jumped to the wrong conclusion.
But since you brought up toy scale...
Arctorro wrote:What I'm saying is; at no point does alt mode scale work in this line, or any line for that matter, so why was it so important to make one figure scale in alt mode.
This Devastator toy is "SPECIAL", so much so that it was given all this extra level of attention that enabled the six Constructicons to be in scale
with each other while the other teams got no such special treatment since they're not the big ticket extra special Titan giftset toy that Hasbro trying to promote and be a successful item so that we can get more Titan figures to come in the long run. Deluxes and Voyagers are already guaranteed to keep coming since they're the best-selling size classes of the brand, while Titan class toys have to be successful in order for them to keep being made. They're a bigger gamble and risk for Hasbro to take, so they have to be made to be extra worthwhile and appealing while the Deluxes and Voyagers can already hold their own on their own.
Arctorro wrote:Yes, you're right, the differences are massive! They all had minor updates and look a lot like their G1 counterparts, Mixmaster doesn't.
I repeat:
Sabrblade wrote:All six of them are modern. It's just that the other five are based on vehicle types whose designs haven't changed as much in appearance as the look of that type of cement mixer has.
The cement mixer (particularly the kind used for mining) is the only one of the six whose real world appearance has changed so drastically over the years, while the designs of the other five have remained more or less consistent in their appearances to this day.