New ROTF Galleries: DEMOLISHOR

I've never been a fan of the movie line figures, but this looks like the worst of a bad bunch. Does this apeal to ANYONE? People have argued that, as aliens, Transformers would not neccessarily be humanoid, but a bad design is a bad design, surely?

I know it is fairly accurate to the movie, but that is THE UGLIEST bot mode I have seen on a transformer in quite some time.

Ohhhhh. I just tasted my dinner from three hours ago. Excuse me while I go hug my toilet and throw up. Before I go though this has my vote for the biggest shelf warmer of the line. Watch this be in a case assortment of 4 figures and there are two of these wastes of plastic out of the 4.

If the arms could rotate at the elbows and maybe even the hands too, it would make the fig much much better. I'd probably have no complaints if it had that [and combination].

With it lacking those two things, it's hard to justify that it's a good fig, but Id still say the worst fig is Armada Sideswipe

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Side_Swipe_(Armada)

Sofa king tara bowl. The other constructicons I've seen are nearly as fugly, too.

I don't really like how this toy rolls, if you catch my drift

Worst Transformer ever created

yeah looks pretty crappy but you gotta give ryan photog props, i mean in a couple of the shots the fig doesnt look too bad.

edit: does hasbro pay you Ryan to do these galleries? if not they should becasue i think your pics are decision making helpers and help hasbro make a lot of sales. like if im on the fence about a certin fig i look up their gallery here and see that if posed right it can make a nice display piece i'll get it.

no matter how crappy the figure is it'll work brilliant on screen, and for that fact(probably the only one) i will definalty add this to my TF collection...even if it doesn't move and just collects dust

Props where props are due, I now appreciate Armada Sideswipe for the engineering marvel that he is...

And Hasbro needs to re-evaluate their conversion level ratings, I'm sure that Demolishor is barely a level 1 toy, whereas the deluxes will be closer to levels 3 and 4...

What a waste of plastic. The Earth hates you, Demolishor.

Great photos as always.

I was hoping that this guy was capable of the sort of motorcycle-mode you see him in a few shots in the trailer, but no pics like that were shown. Does the mold not "support" that look?

If they are alien and dont have to have humanoid bodies then why do they all have fairly humanoid heads/faces?

This is possibly the most laughable attempt at a Transformer ever. It must have been designed by the work placement lad.

I'm predicting the shelves will be nice and warm this summer.

Demolishor is one (if not THE ONE) of my favourite and most anticipated figure from the ROTF line. I must admitt it could have been finished better, I'm not blind, or, even better, it could have been given the leader class treatmente, but I like it after all. It just leaves the same unfinished taste that had blackout and bonecrusher from the 1st movie - the latter are also my favourite from their line. I hope justice will be done to these 3 models; meanwhile I cherish the original design that makes it a pretty impressive character when in the right size (see trailer). I like it so much that I'd rather skip the preview figures (they've yet to come out here in Italy) and jump forward to this one!

Quite an unusual robot.... but this thing got a fairly nice alternate mode

DEfinatly not getting my attention and my money... Trash!

*Holds up a military-grade Flame Shield*

Well, I think he's a great fig, and I like how such a boxy, compact, slow vehicle designed for creating buildings turns into a thin-bodied, lithe and fast destroyer. I have him as my first '09 movie figure just before getting Voyager Megatron and Starscream (awesome toys too, latter's really an improvement over his predecessor) and he doesn't disappoint, especially once I found how to stand him up in various ways (having one wheel for a foot's probably the biggest gripe about him from the fandom if I may say so myself).

jaydisc wrote:Great photos as always.

I was hoping that this guy was capable of the sort of motorcycle-mode you see him in a few shots in the trailer, but no pics like that were shown. Does the mold not "support" that look?

It does, You can bend his wheels backwards and forwards and rotate his head upwards to simulate the motorcycle-mode, though the head might be abit obstructed by the front wheel. His large wheels roll as well, albeit on a wobbly ratchet joint. Not a bad figure at all, no siree.

MNsor wrote:Demolishor is one (if not THE ONE) of my favourite and most anticipated figure from the ROTF line. I must admitt it could have been finished better, I'm not blind, or, even better, it could have been given the leader class treatmente, but I like it after all. It just leaves the same unfinished taste that had blackout and bonecrusher from the 1st movie - the latter are also my favourite from their line. I hope justice will be done to these 3 models; meanwhile I cherish the original design that makes it a pretty impressive character when in the right size (see trailer). I like it so much that I'd rather skip the preview figures (they've yet to come out here in Italy) and jump forward to this one!

True, he's not exactly in-scale given his massive size in the trailer but he can still be a fun figure - I find his Mech-alive Gimmick more noticeable (and hence more interesting) than Starscream's - just be careful of his brown handrails - made of rigid plastic, a small bend can cause the things to get stress-marks.

^ what Warbreaker said

I like it to....its so weirdly out there that it actualy becomes cool.....

MNsor wrote:Demolishor is one (if not THE ONE) of my favourite and most anticipated figure from the ROTF line. I must admitt it could have been finished better, I'm not blind, or, even better, it could have been given the leader class treatmente, but I like it after all. It just leaves the same unfinished taste that had blackout and bonecrusher from the 1st movie - the latter are also my favourite from their line. I hope justice will be done to these 3 models; meanwhile I cherish the original design that makes it a pretty impressive character when in the right size (see trailer). I like it so much that I'd rather skip the preview figures (they've yet to come out here in Italy) and jump forward to this one!

You, my friend, are a lone onion in a sea of spuds.

This has to be the worst figure of the line. I like the look of the CGI model, as I think it looks quite menacing. But this is just embarassing.

I cannot wait for this figure. I think he looks awesome!

Let me say this, when i first saw this figure i was on the band wagon like everyone else, then i kept seeing more and more of him, kept watching the trailer and watching the reviews of him on youtube and he started to grow on me...alot! Thanks to a friend of mine, he tip me off and a store not far from where i am had one Demmy left so i bought him, and to my suprise i think he's awesome, unique in everyway!! yeah he doesnt have legs, yeah he's not tradition which i understand that and have been a transformers fan for many many years and theres alot toys that hasbro put out that i didnt like, like for one the beastwars series, i thought hasbro was trying to kill off transformers for good and then i started collecting StarWars. Only when the TF movie came out in 2007 is when i got back into collecting Transformers again and picking up TFU 2.0 which to me is the best line ever other than G1 stuff. This guy is really different, but in a good way and yes you can pose in the motorcycle mode and other modes as well. I know this, this guy will wreak so much havoc in the new movie and i he will be a hard guy to put down...

JesWal wrote:

MNsor wrote:Demolishor is one (if not THE ONE) of my favourite and most anticipated figure from the ROTF line. I must admitt it could have been finished better, I'm not blind, or, even better, it could have been given the leader class treatmente, but I like it after all. It just leaves the same unfinished taste that had blackout and bonecrusher from the 1st movie - the latter are also my favourite from their line. I hope justice will be done to these 3 models; meanwhile I cherish the original design that makes it a pretty impressive character when in the right size (see trailer). I like it so much that I'd rather skip the preview figures (they've yet to come out here in Italy) and jump forward to this one!

You, my friend, are a lone onion in a sea of spuds.

This has to be the worst figure of the line. I like the look of the CGI model, as I think it looks quite menacing. But this is just embarassing.

Well I guess my taste is quite unusuale, since I don't like Sideswipe, for example. But you know...de gustibus non disputandum est. But I think that some figures have been treated unfairly and have not been given the attention and care and details they diserved. I'm sure Demolishor, as Blackout before, could look interesting or even awesome to much more people if it was released as a leader-class figure. At the same time I think a lot of figures are totaly overrated. But again,it's a taste thing here. Sometimes, though, you just can deny evidence: stratosphere is unfinished. It even lacks feet and why should one pay 33€ for something you must kitbash to have a decent figure?

Just another reason why I will not be purchasing any ROTF figs this year.

I'm pleasantly surprised to see so many people have fallen off the (band)wagon in regards to this toy.

Ugly transformer is ugly...and I like Armada Sideswipe.

I too will go on record as liking this figure. A truly unique robot design and a fantastic alt mode. I'll be getting him for sure, maybe even on Day 1.

Also, he's small:

He's got no chest, just a gap, and a wheel above his head for no real reason? No weapons either.

Is this a $20+ figure? If it was a basic or something, I'd be ok with it. But for that price, it looks like a big disapointment.

Autobotic9 wrote:I cannot wait for this figure. I think he looks awesome!

Are you serious? They could have at least had some legs or something pop out from the wheel to prop him up. I respect your opinion but he can't even stand up straight in robot mode. I guess you will keep him in his alt mode?

I can appreciate them trying to do something different, but this, this is just awful.

Cyber Bishop wrote:Just another reason why I will not be purchasing any ROTF figs this year.

QFT brother! I did pick up ROTF BB and Soundwave but they were 40%! And they were not for me. Picked them up for the son of a friend at work.

Zeds wrote:

Autobotic9 wrote:I cannot wait for this figure. I think he looks awesome!

Are you serious? They could have at least had some legs or something pop out from the wheel to prop him up. I respect your opinion but he can't even stand up straight in robot mode. I guess you will keep him in his alt mode?

That's funny, i just bought Demmy and i can get him to stand up in robot mode and motorcycle mode as well! Hell, I just got him to stand up with only one arm supporting him and no gimmicks attached...

I'm just glad that there is very little from the ROTF line that is going to make it difficult to keep saving for our first house purchase. I actually am glad about that. I bought too much of the first movie line, so this is a very welcome change for me.....even if I wish they were better.

Is he actually part of the constructicons that form Devastator? If he is, i could actually understand him looking like that. But to my knowledge, the "constructicons" in the film are Hightower, Mixmaster, Rampage, Long Haul, Scrapper, and Scavenger. (source: the preview page from the TF ROTF Universe book coming out). If you have the knowledge, please enlighten me.

BTW, WHY DOES HASBRO KEEP MAKING THIS PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE WITH THE SHOVEL BACKWARDS!?

This guy solidifies my decision to buy the non-transforming/combining Devestator. UGH.

Nice pictures, yes.
But he still looks very goofy to me.

I think I'll be launching the ROTF galleries over the course of the next week in the following order:

Breakaway
Rampage
Bumblebee
Sideways
Sideswipe

And then time permitting, I'll do the galleries for LC Megatron, Soundwave, HA Bumblebee and then GB Optimus Prime which I hope to post toward the latter end of next week leading up to Botcon.

Lapse Of Reason wrote:I know it is fairly accurate to the movie, but that is THE UGLIEST bot mode I have seen on a transformer in quite some time.

I agree, but I'm only interested in the movie Constructicons for Devastator. As long as Devastator looks good, and he does from what I've seen, I'm happy.

Grimlock Magnus wrote:Is he actually part of the constructicons that form Devastator? If he is, i could actually understand him looking like that. But to my knowledge, the "constructicons" in the film are Hightower, Mixmaster, Rampage, Long Haul, Scrapper, and Scavenger. (source: the preview page from the TF ROTF Universe book coming out). If you have the knowledge, please enlighten me.

BTW, WHY DOES HASBRO KEEP MAKING THIS PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE WITH THE SHOVEL BACKWARDS!?

This character is based on a Mining construction vehicle and the shovel or bucket is suppose to be backwards for quick scooping and dumping. Take a look http://img.alibaba.com/photo/104365609/ ... avator.jpg

Stockade wrote:

Grimlock Magnus wrote:Is he actually part of the constructicons that form Devastator? If he is, i could actually understand him looking like that. But to my knowledge, the "constructicons" in the film are Hightower, Mixmaster, Rampage, Long Haul, Scrapper, and Scavenger. (source: the preview page from the TF ROTF Universe book coming out). If you have the knowledge, please enlighten me.

BTW, WHY DOES HASBRO KEEP MAKING THIS PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE WITH THE SHOVEL BACKWARDS!?

This character is based on a Mining construction vehicle and the shovel or bucket is suppose to be backwards for quick scooping and dumping. Take a look http://img.alibaba.com/photo/104365609/ ... avator.jpg

Basicly, it's the same thing as a back-hoe.

I'm stunned. They deny fans an accurate Arcee (among others) for over twenty years....only to give us BS like this?!

That looks like one of those countless, imcomplete, mistransformed knock-offs you see thrown into a box at a yard sale or flea market.

Picked this up on Tuesday... 'disappointed' pretty much sums it up.

I have a slight interest in the Constructicons, but lack the disposable income to get them, what with so many other more awesome figures on their way from Botcon and Japan.

I'll pick them up when I'm able to afford them. Something tells me their value won't skyrocket too quickly.

Munky? What the heck is Munky?

Counterpunch wrote:I'm pleasantly surprised to see so many people have fallen off the (band)wagon in regards to this toy.

Ugly transformer is ugly...and I like Armada Sideswipe.

I have not been thrilled with a majority of what I have seen from ROTF. I stopped buying movie toys after I made the mistake and picked up Swindle (did not like him one bit).

The only original toys I liked are Jazz, BB, Blackout and Barricade.
So far I am not taking a liking to any of the new toys.

Cyber Bishop wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:I'm pleasantly surprised to see so many people have fallen off the (band)wagon in regards to this toy.

Ugly transformer is ugly...and I like Armada Sideswipe.

I have not been thrilled with a majority of what I have seen from ROTF. I stopped buying movie toys after I made the mistake and picked up Swindle (did not like him one bit).

The only original toys I liked are Jazz, BB, Blackout and Barricade.
So far I am not taking a liking to any of the new toys.

I was not a fan of the first movies' toys either, but a lot of what I've seen for ROTF toys looks like they basically took the bad elements of the first ones and advanced them.

i just can't get behind this one. a head, two arms, and two oversized wheels...it's just too far out there for my taste. he has no torso! no legs replaced by wheels is one thing...but no torso?! i'll pass!!

great gallery pics as always though!