ROTF Devastator named one of the holiday's popular toys

What a joke.

I mean, it's an okay toy, but it's not all that like the Masterpieces or Armada Unicron are/were.

they had to popularize it to make it popular enough so kids want them

I can see lots of parents screaming at their kids on Boxing Day after they hear "I am Decepticon" for the 1000th time.

Its not a bad toy, its just not what we enthusiasts were hoping for.

Mine seems to have forgotten some of its sound effects. Im sure the lights inside his mouth used to move as if they were rotating but they never do that now, very odd.

Maybe Hasbro pays these people to create a buzz and demand for this piece of crap...

This is a joke right? I mean not only is the thing ugly as all hell but i can think of at least 5 ROTF figures that are far Superior to this monstrosity. Why would any kid/anybody want this thing? Spend $100 on an oversized piece of crap or $100 on many figures? People are probably only buying it cause they have every thing else from the ROTF line already or cant find what they want so they have to settle.

Silly toy collectors, Transformers are for kids!

The delicious irony that Devastator, so poorly rated by the "experts", yet obviously incredibly popular, is from a movie that was poorly rated by "experts" yet proved to be immensely popular!

There is NO WAY this thing is going to the bargain bin anytime soon!

Lots and lots of mixed emotions here.

I really don't care for Devastator. If somehow I did end up getting him, I wouldn't mind either. But seriously, what did he say? "It's a refreshed, totally revamped version of the classic Transformers toy."

Yeah, right.

The only thing same is the name and some of the constructicon's names. Now, If they put the constructicons in their right (G1) places and designed Devastator a little more to be like his G1 self, I might've picked it up.

even i admit its kick ass lookin' who cares what you G1 puriests and collectors think, to a kid this is the mother of ALL transformers toys and if he or she wants it for christmas - good for hasbro cus they'll making more money and more transformers next year.

Yeah it's a kids toy, yeah kids like it, but for the money it has such limited appeal, heres why...

1. It doesnt stand up very well, makes it hard to play with.
2. All it does is combine 6 VEHICLES into one robot, the construction vehicles don't transform into robots
3. The sound the thing emits doesn't relate to the character from the movie.
4. Oh yeah and it isn't very movie accurate in appearance, but how could it be?
5. Merely moving the toy makes it emit sounds unexpectedly, frustrating, even for my 2 y/o and 5 y/o
6. It has small parts that detach and go missing easily, why have such a giant toy have small parts that remove for NO REASON?
7. It's heavy and awkward, a small child can barely lift it, i guess thats why it breaks up into smaller more manageable bits, still weird for the toy overall.
8. The parts don't seem to be in scale with one another.

The fact that it was "named one of the holiday's popular toys" is merely a marketing beat-up, a Word Of Mouth scam to lift sales, when I bought the one I have, there were heaps in the shop, the next day there were none! So it's probably selling well, but the mob doesn't usually have any taste, it seems to be all about how much crap you can purchase without going broke, it's not called the 'silly season' for no reason.

A lot of you are forgetting one thing: Transformers is a KID'S brand. It's for children. The adult fans come second. The children are the most valued customers. Not us.

i dont dissagree with your statment but if that was entirely true hasbro would come up with some pdecetn figures that kids can be able to trasnfrom them not adults its past news but here it is again i heard kid say he didint want trasnfromers eluxe figure to his mother becasue they where complex in trasnforming.

im surprised someone would say that about this big guy i see alot of these on shelfs look like they havent been touched buy anyone