Review: #30
Name: Devastator
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Decepticon
Line: Revenge of the Fallen
Year of Release: 2009
Size Class: Legends
Variations: There is a TakaraTomy (i.e. Japanese) version and a Hasbro version, and both companies repainted it into G1 green and purple
CONSTRUCTICONS:
I'll start the review off by showing off the Constructicons together, they are a group after all. Anyway, in vehicle mode they look great, albeit out of scale, but they suit each other very well.
Robot mode is not as good, probably coz in the movie the Constructicons were never all together in robot mode, it just doesn't have the same feel. It doesn't help with the vastly different heights and design of each robot, there is no common robotic theme here.
TRANSFORMATION:
The transformation of each figure into their combined form is an amazing feat of engineering. The way everything fits together so snugly is nice, pulling the pegs out for the limbs needs a bit of a force, this is the only negative thing.
COMBINED MODE:
Devastator looks great here, although he is a mis-mash of colours, somehow, I do think it fits together quite nicely. Surprisingly, he is fairly accurate to the CG design and he has rudimentary digits at the end of his arms.
The right arm is longer than the other, which can be fairly annoying, it sits lower too, almost touching the ground. There are no excessive kibble and everything is pleasing to the eye.
He doesn't look as good from the side, with his head and arms jutting out quite a lot. His face is like a thin panel hanging in the middle of nowhere. A bit visual negative is that his face is in the middle of the body. There is a slight silver paint wash for the face which is a very very nice touch.
Once combined, he is roughly the height of a Deluxe toy, not a bad size considering that he is formed from Legends sized figures.
As you can expect, Devastator isn't really poseable. There are some joints here and there you can use, but it doesn't look that natural. Considering everything though, they have done a bang up job here.
OVERALL:
An excellent combined mode, especially considering this is in the Legends scale. Devastator is very stable and isn't prone to falling to bits when you pick him up, a solid Combiner, and one of the best.
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Additional photos can be found by clicking this link.
Credit: pictures and text is all mine, but I've linked a few pages to TFwiki.net
Reviews of other figures can be selected from here.
