New Images of ROTF Constructicon toy.

Ok, that thing just looks cheap and silly. The trailer for the movie made that thing look awesome. The toy rendition just makes me sad.

Meh. Looks like an Inhumanoid. Hollow Plastic (so the gestalt won't be too heavy I imagine) and dull colors (awaiting the inevitable green repaint). While the silhouettes have been cleaned up- I don't imagine the writing is any better. But maybe we'll be introduced to the Transformers as characters this time. Who knows?

Not sure if this was mentioned, but I highly doubt he'll be part of the devistator toy, or part of him in the movie. I think devistator might be comprised of entirely different constructicons....what do u think? Or was he confirmed as one of the 9 (or seven) or whatever the case may be? lol

maybe this is just the head/arms of a bigger "devastator" and maybe they no real separate alt modes, just one big one. of course that's probably just a crazy idea.

I'm going to give them points for creativity. We've never seen anything like this before and I'm willing to give it a shot. It actually seems pretty cool when both treads are on the ground...I can see it using a roatation mechanism on its body to climb over large obstructions with the treads. Granted it's large enough to roll over most obstructions, but for large ones that its tread can't roll over, it can rotate the other tread around and onto the obstruction. Neat idea.

Well, I would say that that confirms that what we saw in the teaser on sunday was just a portion of Devastator and that when the whole toy combines to a height of 2 feet that it still wont be close to scale. The toy(s) would have to reach a height of 5 - 6 feet to be on par with what's in the movie. Supreme Class would have been a good place to start with these. They did a good job on the design aspect, which is something I have always been critical of with the construction vehicles and truck transformers since I grew up around heavy equipment. Rather empowering feeling when you are a kid and your able to get behind the wheel of a huge 988-Cat loader.
Can't wait to see pics. of the rest of the Constructicons.

I think the engineering of tank treads into large wheels is creative, but this is certainly a new direction for transformers.

I think it is neat that it has a unique transform, but I'm not 100% sold on the actual design.

If he is part of devastator (I suppose he is) then I'm curious to see the rest.

Locrien wrote:Not sure if this was mentioned, but I highly doubt he'll be part of the devistator toy, or part of him in the movie. I think devistator might be comprised of entirely different constructicons....what do u think? Or was he confirmed as one of the 9 (or seven) or whatever the case may be? lol

No, pretty sure he's one of them. Devastator was rumoured to be made up of big construction vehicles and this fits the bill. And I saw someone mention that they think this might form an arm.

Also, I've got a theory that the silver bit in this guys arm is the Mech Alive feature that will be present in some of the ROTF toys. It looks like when the elbow bends it would spin around. Wonder if someone can confirm this.

I LOVE IT, i missed out on my favorite bot from bm (thrust) i love the one wheeled aspect and if is a sperate figure as well as part of the devastator set (which i will get anyway) i will by him for his own display

Is it Voyager or deluxe size??

I like it. Looks menacing.

I think this one is one of the toys that actually has the separate robot mode versus the actual combiner version... cause wasn't there a confirmation that there would be two different versions of the constructicon toys, ones that came as a set to combine and ones that you bought seperate for the individual robot modes? So this one looks like it is supposed to be one of the individual figures... and I personally think it is an interesting idea and took a great deal of progressive creativity to think of it...

I thought I read previously that they are supposed to be Voyager size.

This is somewhat of a downer considering how many it will take to form the whole giant robot sand the fact that Hasbro is upping the prices. This just priced a huge chunk of the fan community right out of the possibility of being able to get an entire Devastator set. Actually, I consider it a stupid move on Hasbro's part. Mattels profits dropped 50% in their last quarter and I know that Hasbro didn't exactly come out smelling as pretty as they hoped they would.
In light of that and the continuing trend in the economy, I would say that Hasbro has an excellent head start on shooting themselves in the foot with this new movie line.

I think we're all judging too quickly and harshly based on mis-transformed early releases. And like I posted before, Bay is embracing the concept that the TFs are alien. I personally can't wait to see what the rest of the Constructicons look like. I'm an old school-G1er, but I've learned to accept change. I say, quit griping, and if you don;t like the looks of a toy, just DON'T BUY IT!

tigertracks 24 wrote:I think the engineering of tank treads into large wheels is creative, but this is certainly a new direction for transformers.

Agreed this is a new direction. I always questioned how and why they have human like forms. Being that they are alien I would imagine the possiblities are endless, but could also be horrific! My first and only complain about this toy so far is the color sceme. Not that it has to be green, but it's just to bright for me. I'm sure there will be a repaint and an additional 100 buck out of my wallet! Now my question is how the heck do you even pose this guy? Will he come with a stand? I'm guessing aftermarket.

everyone keeps whining about the scale of these figures if your going to talk about scale remeber g1 figures if thats your discussion g1 combinors where where small when they should have been into the size of metroplex glavatron g1 may be bigger than some of the g1 combinors & g1 galvatron wasnt even rmotly close to be in scale at all none of the g1 figures where properly in scale with any figure or any other future release of new transformers that will get released in the future.

i like the desgin of this ill get him but ill wait & see what the devastator set looks like i dont know if hasbro decided to rethink there devastator idead and make a good looking that has induvidaul robot modes for each figure and combines into the giant that we all know or there are going to be 2 seperat releasses of this guy ill wait & see if theres one version of devastator or 2 versions one that combines & the other that does not combine & just trasnforms.

the commercial for tfw really sent me in the direction of this guy, he is definetly cool, i just think they could've done better on the transformation of the body and hands. the body is a lot thicker, and if you look at the screenshots, the hand quite noticably has fingers split from th e shovel. i think he's a cool new direction for transformers, but i personally do not want ot spend 20 bucks on it, so i convinced my brother in to getting it. he he he.

I dunno...maybe it'll be cool in the movie, but I personally think this toy looks completely lame. I hope this isn't a necessary part of Devastator (if there's any hope that his toy doesn't ultimately suck) because I don't want any part in wasting money on this POS.

Oilspill wrote:

Locrien wrote:Not sure if this was mentioned, but I highly doubt he'll be part of the devistator toy, or part of him in the movie. I think devistator might be comprised of entirely different constructicons....what do u think? Or was he confirmed as one of the 9 (or seven) or whatever the case may be? lol

No, pretty sure he's one of them. Devastator was rumoured to be made up of big construction vehicles and this fits the bill. And I saw someone mention that they think this might form an arm.

Also, I've got a theory that the silver bit in this guys arm is the Mech Alive feature that will be present in some of the ROTF toys. It looks like when the elbow bends it would spin around. Wonder if someone can confirm this.

Yes, you are correct sir.

Am i the only one that thinks his robot mode looks alot like BM Thrust ??

This toy looks completely stupid, the movie character it's based on looks completely stupid, and anyone who thinks this looks cool is a lover of completely stupid things. Seriously, this thing looks totally retarded.

that is so horrendously ugly!

....

I WANT IT!!!

Hoppercool wrote:This toy looks completely stupid, the movie character it's based on looks completely stupid, and anyone who thinks this looks cool is a lover of completely stupid things. Seriously, this thing looks totally retarded.

How eloquent. Because someone may like ONE thing you do not, EVERYTHING they like is stupid.

Meanwhile, I'm holding judgement until we see the FULL Devastator. If HE looks good, then what does it matter what this schmuck looks like in "robot" mode, it'll never be seen.

Just so as to cover my own backside, I do hope that it was not misconstrued that my comments about the scale of this toy and the other possible constructicons were any attempt at whining or bitching.
I was simply commenting before about sizes mentioned regarding these toys in previous threads. If they can pull it off then this will be the coolest thing since Fortress Maximus. As with Fort Max, Predaking and some of the larger figures, there were some of us G1 fans that could not afford to purchase these toys when we were kids and unfortunately, due to the economy and job markets, some of us won't be able to purchase the cool, really big stuff now. I was able to purchase Fort Max. only 5 years ago and sadly just had to sell him to a collectors shop along with all of my other lg. TF's and didn't break even. The scale of the lg. toys is great and they have done a good job with all of the Movie figures in keeping them accurate. I'm just lamenting the fact that I won't be able to have a shot at a complete set until yeasrs from now. If they do a scaled down, affordable version it still won't hold the same appeal to me and, in my opinion, demeans the whole character.

Somehow I doubt that this figure has any automorph features!

The tread transformation is fantastic, and I hope we see more uses of it in the future.

However other than the treads, the toy itself (and the character design from the trailer) are to me, offputting, and disappointing, the floating head is just something I don't like. Sure it's nice to see non-humanoid based robot modes, but this look does not appeal to me.

Not that it matters, from what I have seen of the movie figures thus far, it's not a line I can see myself getting.

Hasbro are breaking the mould in terms of what they normally do, and i can't wait to see the ramifications in later lines.

cadenheadr04 wrote:cause wasn't there a confirmation that there would be two different versions of the constructicon toys, ones that came as a set to combine and ones that you bought seperate for the individual robot modes?

What? That's the stupidest idea I've ever heard if true. If they do that I'm not buying any of these. It's as stupid as having to buy two different versions of a triple changer to get both his alt modes.

I cringe every time i see this thing.

Looked kickass in the trailer. Toy looks like a frail plastic lump, though they get a few points for being a little different. Who says an ALIEN robot is going to have HUMANOID legs.

Interseting toy, but I don't see how it could combine.

For all we know, it could be the Fallen, giving it's huge size in the trailer. Just because it's a construction thing doesn't mean it's part of Devastator. We don't know Dvastator is made of consruction vehicles, do we? Or that his name is Devastator? We only know there's gonna be combiner toys.

I was a Navy brat and had to deal with being The New Guy every two years so I know how this guy feels. Some folks don't like the new guy because they know he's gonna knock them down a peg. Especially if he's a big badass. Not to mention that everyone but that posted except maybe broke-ass t-max is gonna buy this thing as soon as it hits the shelves.

Good idea, terrible execution.
My only TF2 issue so far.

This looks like a steaming pile of dogpoo. Nice altmode, but that robotmode is pathetic.

This actually makes me feel better. Its a perfect match for the monster at the end of the teaser. That means that hopefully devastator will have legs.

It actually looks pretty cool the longer I look at it. Its very basic, but then the original components for G1 devastator were too. The mode with a single track looks pretty menacing, and while I wish it was more humanoid, I think its a decent design.

Unless the final look for Devastator sucks. In which case I retract all of the above.

alt mode looks nice but I still can't get over the robot mode I don't mind the wheel that much he just looks like he's missing something.

Considering the idea of deliberate misleading and confusing the fans that Bay hinted at early on in production, my suspicions and possible take on the title and the idea of devastator are in its essence a PUN or simply a easily confusing or misleading form of terminology to lead fans to speculating many different things. But one possible angle that I don't think I recall anyone on here having mentioned thus far is the idea of devestator possibly being made up of the sparks of bonecrusher, brawl (devastator in first), and possibly blackout or maybe even megatron. I know it's probably not quite right on, but just something to think about, cuz if I do remember right I remember really early on that there were rumors and discussion, by the writers I believe, about ressurected characters in different forms...could this be what they meant. Maybe , in this movie the 'revenge of the fallen' is just simply that, the revenge of all that fell in the first, along with a few other new ones of course, but while still introducing the character of the actual 'Fallen' but not actually playing as prominant of a role in this particular movie. Also , just another tidbit of info, based on the sheer size of that one single so called constructicon in the trailer, maybe thats just the head, shoulders, and arms of the combined form and maybe devastater won't actually be made up of seven ,as rumored , but maybe just three or so bots, to make the size a little more reasonable. Like...maybe thats the new bonecrusher since he rolls on wheels like in the first, nad maybe the chest would be brawl as the longhawl character, a bulky mass for the main body, ans so on... what do you all think?

Hmmm... forget BM Thrust for a moment, and think movie-verse.

Don't those "claw" hands make you think of Scorponok when he's laying down on the tank treads? Maybe that's just me...

That piece of crap is up there with wheelie as having one of the worst robot modes ever! UGLY!

I really would like to know what they were thinking when they designed this robot....
My guess: CRAP?

I hope that this is the only 'Go Bot' look a like.

Hoppercool wrote:This toy looks completely stupid, the movie character it's based on looks completely stupid, and anyone who thinks this looks cool is a lover of completely stupid things. Seriously, this thing looks totally retarded.

So did you join the site just to bash the movie? All of your posts are negative.

I like it. Especially the 5th picture, I think it shows its real proportions in robot mode and it looks great.

I was thinking about posibilities and some things shown (and not shown) in the trailer... first, it might not be a good indication that Prime jumps on him. I think that Prime takes him down, and he could be the only constructicon in the movie, no Devastator or huge combiner (or at least he is not part of him.) He looks deranged in some way, kinda like the Nokia phone did, or the soda machine bot, or the Escalade. Is he an aftermath to the allspark exploding? No way, he is in China. Is he some sort of deranged experiment by sector 7 and they asked the Autobots to take him down? Coulde be...

Also, if the constructicons are a group, wouldn't there be more of these huge bots together? Maybe another one of them could've been in the background while this huge guy was taking down the choppers... so I'm saying that we should've seen more constructicons in the trailer -or at least in the background, right? It makes no sense for them to be separated. They are too big to be roaming around, or looking for each other. One of these huge shovels is not cruising around a city, or cross country. His alt mode demands to stay in a specific zone, and again, if he was a constructicon, where's the rest of them? If he is confined to a zone, what is he guarding? Or what is he trying to get that he needed to transform in a power shovel to stay unnoticed?

But now, let's see something that supports Devastator. From his looks, combination is possible since he seems kinda crippled, and this is designed on purpose, not just some sort of fancy new transformer. Again, could be because he is a sector 7 freak experiment, or the following: combination is not some sort of upgrade or fancy cybertronian gimmick, but a necessity. Maybe damaged bots developed ways to regain certain physical or combat operability by combining themselves with other damaged robots, since there is no other means to be healed or repaired... so that's why they looked incomplete, like our power shovel guy, or the robots chasing the Audi decepticon, and that's why combination might be a strong issue in this movie.

Anyways, this is all fun for us. Let's enjoy it while it lasts! Cheers!

Maybe we can finally put this to rest.

Mike (posting at Peaugh's channel) has the toy, and suspects this is the arm of Devastator (about 10:50 mins in).

Cool, I was right about the mech alive feature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSG7NwfFG1c

T-Macksimus wrote:Well, I would say that that confirms that what we saw in the teaser on sunday was just a portion of Devastator and that when the whole toy combines to a height of 2 feet that it still wont be close to scale.

Depends on what scale you're talking about. I think that the Legends Class Optimus would be just about right for hanging off of this guy's neck...

Definitely has a BM feel to him, but all the movie toy have that feel to me. Still not sure about that bot mode though, if he had a bit more of a midsection he'd look great, just not digging the floating head look. It does look like the part his head is on rotates though, so it looks like it's possible to give him a midsection.

Gonna get him, though. Gotta have all of Devastator.

Valandar wrote:I'm holding judgement until we see the FULL Devastator. If HE looks good, then what does it matter what this schmuck looks like in "robot" mode, it'll never be seen.

I'm doing the exact same thing.

But I do like this guys wheel tread feet things.

emeraldbeacon wrote:

T-Macksimus wrote:Well, I would say that that confirms that what we saw in the teaser on sunday was just a portion of Devastator and that when the whole toy combines to a height of 2 feet that it still wont be close to scale.

Depends on what scale you're talking about. I think that the Legends Class Optimus would be just about right for hanging off of this guy's neck...

Do you have any idea of just how much ass you really kick?? You Rock, Your logic Rocks, and I don't care what anybody says about this figure, I'm getting one regardless of price just so I can give my Legends Class Prime something to hang off of because your idea, compared to everything else I've read or posted myself in this thread, kicks that much ass. This just made my day.

A Construction vehicle that turn i into a crazy rampaging cheap looking motorcycle.......Nice


By itself.....i like WTF is that.....but since he just a limb 2 a even bigger bot......I said "SWEET"

this crap seems kinda cheap dont ya think?

Its different...I LOVE IT!

I'm thinking there's a scale issue here. Prime was TINY compared to this in the trailer but the vehical mode doesn't look like it should be much bigger than Prime.

I'm also thinking it's a bit of a rubbish figure - very poor articulation. There's loads of joints in the mold on his arms but they don't actually work. This is going to have to form one awesome Gestalt for me to buy it, especially if this is a voyager.