Sneak Peek (Part 2) at Generations Devastator from Nuremberg Toy Fair
Wednesday, January 28th, 2015 7:47PM CST
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Posted by Robogeek1973 on January 28th, 2015 @ 7:50pm CST
There's no reason why Bonecrusher and Scavenger can't have legs that fold out into forearms for limb mode, so I'm holding out hope that the forearms are indeed part of the arm bots somehow.
Posted by Blastback on January 28th, 2015 @ 7:53pm CST
Damn it.
Posted by megatronus on January 28th, 2015 @ 7:56pm CST
LONG LIVE DEVASTATOR!!!
Posted by Robogeek1973 on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:00pm CST
megatronus wrote:I feel fairly validated about selling my Hercules - I shipped him out to my buyer today.
LONG LIVE DEVASTATOR!!!
The funny thing here is that I may be looking for a Hercules down the road.

We'll see.
Posted by Cobotron on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:04pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:09pm CST
Robogeek1973 wrote:Well I'm bummed then if the forearms aren't part of the individual bots, because this is a no purchase for me if that's the case.
There's no reason why Bonecrusher and Scavenger can't have legs that fold out into forearms for limb mode, so I'm holding out hope that the forearms are indeed part of the arm bots somehow.
Why cant hasbro just be doing this to play up the G1 homage? The other combiner war toys, just like their g1 counterparts, didnt include the feet and hands as part of the robots. So why did anyone expect anything different with devastator? This is a just a bigger more articulated and detailed version of the G1 toy, same for the other combiners. But nothing more than that.
Posted by megatronus on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:12pm CST
Robogeek1973 wrote:megatronus wrote:I feel fairly validated about selling my Hercules - I shipped him out to my buyer today.
LONG LIVE DEVASTATOR!!!
The funny thing here is that I may be looking for a Hercules down the road.![]()
We'll see.
Yea. My thinking was this: if Devaststor was a hit, Hercules might drop in price , and if I really felt the urge to get him again, I could do do for less than what I sold him for.
Posted by Robogeek1973 on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:17pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Robogeek1973 wrote:Well I'm bummed then if the forearms aren't part of the individual bots, because this is a no purchase for me if that's the case.
There's no reason why Bonecrusher and Scavenger can't have legs that fold out into forearms for limb mode, so I'm holding out hope that the forearms are indeed part of the arm bots somehow.
Why cant hasbro just be doing this to play up the G1 homage? The other combiner war toys, just like their g1 counterparts, didnt include the feet and hands as part of the robots. So why did anyone expect anything different with devastator? This is a just a bigger more articulated and detailed version of the G1 toy, same for the other combiners. But nothing more than that.
I was fully expecting the hands to be removable like the other CW bots, but the forearms being removable is just unnecessary. It would have been child's play to design the treads to become the forearm in combined mode with the knowledge of today's designers.
Again, until I see good pics, I still hold out hope that the forearms are part of the individual bot modes.
Posted by Wheeljack35 on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:20pm CST
Posted by Delicon on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:21pm CST
Posted by Autobot032 on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:22pm CST
Combiner Wars is going to KILL my wallet.
Posted by shajaki on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:23pm CST
i think the disappointment is from the lack of forearm integration. if you look at hercules (and i think giant?) the legs of the bots (vehicle treads) cleverly become the forearms. but personally ive never had hard feelings towards parts-forming.william-james88 wrote:Why cant hasbro just be doing this to play up the G1 homage? The other combiner war toys, just like their g1 counterparts, didnt include the feet and hands as part of the robots. So why did anyone expect anything different with devastator? This is a just a bigger more articulated and detailed version of the G1 toy, same for the other combiners. But nothing more than that.Robogeek1973 wrote:Well I'm bummed then if the forearms aren't part of the individual bots, because this is a no purchase for me if that's the case.
There's no reason why Bonecrusher and Scavenger can't have legs that fold out into forearms for limb mode, so I'm holding out hope that the forearms are indeed part of the arm bots somehow.
Posted by shajaki on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:26pm CST
i think all this will do is change what the 3P's are offering. coincidentally theres a lot less 3P combiner stuff slated this year as opposed to last. it appears the new trend is MP and legends sized figures.Delicon wrote:I honestly think a proper Devastator, along with the recent Combiner Wars and MP releases is really going to diminish the 3rd party market. I already see a lot of people selling off their stuff fairly cheaply. I don't think it will completely vanish, I think the diehards will hang in there. However, I think we'll see less total figures on the 3rd party market pretty soon. Just my feeling.
Posted by Rated X on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:27pm CST
Posted by Robogeek1973 on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:27pm CST
shajaki wrote:i think the disappointment is from the lack of forearm integration. if you look at hercules (and i think giant?) the legs of the bots (vehicle treads) cleverly become the forearms. but personally ive never had hard feelings towards parts-forming.william-james88 wrote:Why cant hasbro just be doing this to play up the G1 homage? The other combiner war toys, just like their g1 counterparts, didnt include the feet and hands as part of the robots. So why did anyone expect anything different with devastator? This is a just a bigger more articulated and detailed version of the G1 toy, same for the other combiners. But nothing more than that.Robogeek1973 wrote:Well I'm bummed then if the forearms aren't part of the individual bots, because this is a no purchase for me if that's the case.
There's no reason why Bonecrusher and Scavenger can't have legs that fold out into forearms for limb mode, so I'm holding out hope that the forearms are indeed part of the arm bots somehow.
Exactly, Hercules got it right.
Giant had his forearms partsform, but I believe you can at least DO something with them other than just set them aside.
I suppose if this guy DOES have forearms that come off, I wouldn't be as down on them if they at least became weapons or something like the other CW bots.
Posted by Seibertron on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:30pm CST
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:30pm CST
Posted by Seibertron on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:32pm CST
Posted by Mindmaster on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:33pm CST
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:What if it isn't Devastator? Might be swamp gas. Or the light reflecting off of Venus. Or Big Foot.
With the fact that we're getting nothing but vague images, he might as well be Bigfoot!

Posted by Sabrblade on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:34pm CST
There's another factor to consider here: The budget. 3rd party toys have done so much with their goods, but they often do so because of the insane amount of money they put into those things. It isn't just the limited production that makes those items so expensive, it's also because they're very expensive to make. Hasbro's obviously going to be more economic with their products and use a much lower budget than what third parties use. If that means having to go the G1 route of lacking the kind of forearm integration that Hercules has, then there's not much to be done about it. Best we can hope for if that is the case is that the forearms aren't rendered just useless chunks of kibble when not in the combiner mode and that there's some use to be had of them for the individual figures, like if they become weapons for them like the hands/feet do for the Aerialbots and Stunticons.Robogeek1973 wrote:shajaki wrote:i think the disappointment is from the lack of forearm integration. if you look at hercules (and i think giant?) the legs of the bots (vehicle treads) cleverly become the forearms. but personally ive never had hard feelings towards parts-forming.william-james88 wrote:Why cant hasbro just be doing this to play up the G1 homage? The other combiner war toys, just like their g1 counterparts, didnt include the feet and hands as part of the robots. So why did anyone expect anything different with devastator? This is a just a bigger more articulated and detailed version of the G1 toy, same for the other combiners. But nothing more than that.Robogeek1973 wrote:Well I'm bummed then if the forearms aren't part of the individual bots, because this is a no purchase for me if that's the case.
There's no reason why Bonecrusher and Scavenger can't have legs that fold out into forearms for limb mode, so I'm holding out hope that the forearms are indeed part of the arm bots somehow.
Exactly, Hercules got it right.
Giant had his forearms partsform, but I believe you can at least DO something with them other than just set them aside.
I suppose if this guy DOES have forearms that come off, I wouldn't be as down on them if they at least became weapons or something like the other CW bots.
Posted by prjkt on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:35pm CST
The forearms on Giant are basically designed as towable generators, so not integrated into the vehicles, but still displayabe with them (towed by the leg bits however)
Not fussed if Generations Devastator has separate forearms or not, I'm just looking forward to the release
Posted by Robogeek1973 on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:35pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:36pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:What if it isn't Devastator? Might be swamp gas. Or the light reflecting off of Venus. Or Big Foot.
With the fact that we're getting nothing but vague images, he might as well be Bigfoot!
Posted by Rated X on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:38pm CST
It looks promising. Larger than what I was hoping for. But it should be a fun figure. I think Hasbro might have chose the large height so MP collectors can display him too. Just my theory.
Posted by Cyber Bishop on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:41pm CST
Posted by shajaki on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:41pm CST
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:What if it isn't Devastator? Might be swamp gas. Or the light reflecting off of Venus. Or Big Foot.




Posted by Emerje on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:49pm CST
In the new pictures it's clear that Mixmaster really is upside down, so strange, hope they have a good reason for that. Does look like he has a purple barrel, though.
Emerje
Posted by william-james88 on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:54pm CST
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:54pm CST
Posted by Hammer on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:55pm CST
Posted by dragons on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:56pm CST
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on January 28th, 2015 @ 8:59pm CST
Posted by Seibertron on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:00pm CST
Hammer wrote:i wonder how Hasbro would feel about the $50 on offer?
Just trying to have some fun, Hammer, and get all of us a decent picture of Devastator. I thought the $50 offer was a nice gesture to someone who wanted to provide us with a picture. Offering a fee for photos of upcoming highly desired figures is something I've wanted to do for a long time but it hasn't been until Combiner Wars Devastator that I've seen such an incredible amount of interest in one particular figure or set. If Hasbro asks me to stop with that practice, I'll be happy to comply. But in the meantime, Seibertron.com is a business and I'm just looking for an upper hand on our competition much like much of the news media that offers payments for photo exclusives. Offering a fee for a photo that we want is very fair to those who take their time and effort to share photos from events overseas that we are currently not attending.
Posted by dragons on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:01pm CST
william-james88 wrote:About Mixmaster being the wrong way, it may be that he's just mistransformed. Happens all the time.
No he's not mistransformerd read on another site that's how his foot mistransformerd or
Not.
Would some people still buy it if it was mistransformerd
Posted by Emerje on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:05pm CST
william-james88 wrote:About Mixmaster being the wrong way, it may be that he's just mistransformed. Happens all the time.
I can't even begin to guess why it would have an attachment point at both ends to even make that possible. Let alone that you can see the "foot" is bent a bit for stability just like Scrapper.
Emerje
Posted by william-james88 on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:05pm CST
dragons wrote:william-james88 wrote:About Mixmaster being the wrong way, it may be that he's just mistransformed. Happens all the time.
No he's not mistransformerd read on another site that's how his foot mistransformerd or
Not.
Would some people still buy it if it was mistransformerd
What?! How would anyone know if the foot is transformed correctly or not, no one got to actually transform it! I am not saying I am right, but saying that anyone is absolutely correct about a figure no one has played with is nonsensical.
Posted by Cobotron on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:14pm CST
Klausie doesn't strike me as the type of fella who plays with Transformers in his spare time. I used to work for a display company. Used to do trade show set ups all the time. Lets just say I wasn't the guy that got sent on the fashion jobs.william-james88 wrote:About Mixmaster being the wrong way, it may be that he's just mistransformed. Happens all the time.
Posted by Emerje on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:15pm CST
Seibertron wrote:Hammer wrote:i wonder how Hasbro would feel about the $50 on offer?
Just trying to have some fun, Hammer, and get all of us a decent picture of Devastator. I thought the $50 offer was a nice gesture to someone who wanted to provide us with a picture. Offering a fee for photos of upcoming highly desired figures is something I've wanted to do for a long time but it hasn't been until Combiner Wars Devastator that I've seen such an incredible amount of interest in one particular figure or set. If Hasbro asks me to stop with that practice, I'll be happy to comply. But in the meantime, Seibertron.com is a business and I'm just looking for an upper hand on our competition much like much of the news media that offers payments for photo exclusives. Offering a fee for a photo that we want is very fair to those who take their time and effort to share photos from events overseas that we are currently not attending.
And besides, it isn't like there aren't a few hundred paid photographers there already.

Emerje
Posted by Cobotron on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:18pm CST
Hasbro loves the free press. Hasbro loves Seibrtron.com. 24/365 free press.Emerje wrote:Seibertron wrote:Hammer wrote:i wonder how Hasbro would feel about the $50 on offer?
Just trying to have some fun, Hammer, and get all of us a decent picture of Devastator. I thought the $50 offer was a nice gesture to someone who wanted to provide us with a picture. Offering a fee for photos of upcoming highly desired figures is something I've wanted to do for a long time but it hasn't been until Combiner Wars Devastator that I've seen such an incredible amount of interest in one particular figure or set. If Hasbro asks me to stop with that practice, I'll be happy to comply. But in the meantime, Seibertron.com is a business and I'm just looking for an upper hand on our competition much like much of the news media that offers payments for photo exclusives. Offering a fee for a photo that we want is very fair to those who take their time and effort to share photos from events overseas that we are currently not attending.
And besides, it isn't like there aren't a few hundred paid photographers there already.
Emerje
Posted by Desslok2201 on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:18pm CST
william-james88 wrote:dragons wrote:william-james88 wrote:About Mixmaster being the wrong way, it may be that he's just mistransformed. Happens all the time.
No he's not mistransformerd read on another site that's how his foot mistransformerd or
Not.
Would some people still buy it if it was mistransformerd
What?! How would anyone know if the foot is transformed correctly or not, no one got to actually transform it! I am not saying I am right, but saying that anyone is absolutely correct about a figure no one has played with is nonsensical.
Mistransformed or not, that is a sexy beast
And could it be....ankle tilt?
Posted by Cobotron on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:20pm CST
High Five! Stay positive. Be cool, stay in school!Desslok2201 wrote:william-james88 wrote:dragons wrote:william-james88 wrote:About Mixmaster being the wrong way, it may be that he's just mistransformed. Happens all the time.
No he's not mistransformerd read on another site that's how his foot mistransformerd or
Not.
Would some people still buy it if it was mistransformerd
What?! How would anyone know if the foot is transformed correctly or not, no one got to actually transform it! I am not saying I am right, but saying that anyone is absolutely correct about a figure no one has played with is nonsensical.
Mistransformed or not, that is a sexy beast

Posted by Ultra Markus on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:28pm CST
Posted by Wolfman Jake on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:28pm CST
shajaki wrote:im pretty surprised i the first to do this... but i figured out how big devy is! based on some very rough math that is....
the TRU MP prowl box i have is 27.5cm (10.8").
and based on my very rough math, i very roughly declare devy is 45.8cm (18") tall!
(very roughly)
Nice job! I would like to point out, though, that my estimation using "Klaus" was VERY close at 1'5.5", or 17.5 inches.

Posted by Sabrblade on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:30pm CST
Posted by Desslok2201 on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:31pm CST
Posted by Cobotron on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:34pm CST
Klaus von Kegelbahn = Nick from bowling alley.
Thats about the extent of my Duetch.

Posted by Desslok2201 on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:35pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Surprised no one's yet compared the man to Lex Luthor.
Lex Luthor doesn't make dreams come true. Klaus has done that.
Posted by Cobotron on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:36pm CST
LOLLLOOOLLOLOLLLDesslok2201 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Surprised no one's yet compared the man to Lex Luthor.
Lex Luthor doesn't make dreams come true. Klaus has done that.

Posted by Wolfman Jake on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:45pm CST
Desslok2201 wrote:that is a sexy beast
Wow. Devastator and werewolves actually have something in common.

Posted by shajaki on January 28th, 2015 @ 9:45pm CST
wait... i thought klaus was the enemy? he's DEV BLOCKING.Cobotron wrote:LOLLLOOOLLOLOLLLDesslok2201 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Surprised no one's yet compared the man to Lex Luthor.
Lex Luthor doesn't make dreams come true. Klaus has done that.