Hot DAMN what a beaut! Time for my thoughts on this all now!
Overload himself looks great! I love the design of the figure, however will admit he is not that great for articulation, the arms have many joins but I still struggled to get a decent pose with them. His vehicle mode also looks great to me, very long and fits in with the rest of the crew. For combined mode, he holds everything way more securely than I thought, he only holds up Scavenger by a sliding peg and a tiny clip, but it feels incredibly solid! Great figure, even on its own!
Now, for Devastator. I love him! He looks great, much better in person. Due to his design, as many have said before, he cannot get on all fours without mistransforming, as the legs slide in on sliding pegs, and the head cannot move upwards either. However I am still amazed at how well engineered this figure is, the fact that all the components have vehicle modes as well as robot modes and can still combine amazes me. He also feels incredibly solid, I held him just by his crotch and carried him with one hand and it did not feel like it was going to crumble. Absolutely remarkable! I can't wait to get Skipjack to properly complete this beast. Only minor complaint I have, is that the arm comprising of Scrapmetal and Hightower is too heavy for Scavengers port, so it is very hard to get in a good angle as it often just falls back down. However, I knew this would be a problem when I got Scavenger.
If I were to rank the individual bots, its tough but I think it would go something like this:
1) Scrapper, absolutely love him
2) Mixmaster
3) Rampage
4) Scavenger
5) Overload
6) Scrapmetal
7) Hightower
Long Haul, purely due to his QC being a bit off, I love this figure too! Says a lot about the team.
If anyone would like some more Devastator images, I can oblige, but I will likely not decombine him for a while due to the length of time it took (roughly half an hour!)
