Toy Review - Combiner Wars Devastator

[Dimi194]

So far, all I can say about this guy is... wow

Vehicles:
No problems, all look good enough. Not much paint, but I think it emanates the G1 look, and something minimalist is fine for me, as the bright green makes it clear they're not trying to be realistic :P Weapon storage on Long Haul was a good idea, but it does make him look a little odd. Nice option either way.

Robots:
Wow. Sure, again the paint isn't that crazy, but as a group they look amazing. The lack of joints on LH and Scrapper do not worry me at all, as they have short enough arms with enough movement in the shoulders to kinda 'fake' an elbow.
Only real issue is the way Bonecrusher's leg's join seems prone to coming apart when posing, so one must be careful. Enough weapons to go around which is cool!

DEVASTATOR:
Wow. WOW WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW.
Amazing!!! IT'S SO BIG! I can no believe how bit it ends up being. Also very heavy. Ratchets are strong and stiff, and enough of them so he is very stable. Things hold together really well, just gotta figure out all the tabs etc first :P
Simply awesome; the arms I thought might have been a tad short but I have not noticed them

Overall, 10/10. Sure, some things could be improved (See Tarkara, which I might get so I can have it in robots modes), but for what you get all up, they did an amazing job.

[Maruten]

When they announced this guy, I thought... I never picked up Metroplex, so I'll splurge on a Devastator -- cool to have someone that big around. But then I sort of thought, well, he's a bit too big, but I'll buy him if the individual robot modes are nice. Then: Elbowgate. I was out. It's 2015!

But suddenly he was here, so I figured why not? The individual Constructicons are pretty nice. Basic for their size, but some clever stuff going on in their transformations. I wasn't sure I'd ever bother combining them (I'd assumed he'd be combined in the box).

But I did and holy gosh. Devastator is magnificent. Much more than the sum of his parts.

Just don't misplace his chestplate, because there's nothing but empty air behind it.

[Nonalyth]

Definitely happy with this guy. Vehicle modes are nice, even if they do lack a little functionality. Individually the robot modes are... Adequate. A bit hollow, and lacking some crucial joints. Concessions have been made, that's for sure.

Totally worth it.

All merged up he's just about perfect. Very solid, stiff joints, not a gap to be seen. If I had to pick one flaw (and thanks to a condition medical science cannot explain, I do) it's that his upper arms are a bit spindly. Honestly though that's no complaint at all.

I... Love him.

[griffin]

It's nice seeing people loving this toy when they get it home... so much so, that people are posing it and posting photos.

There may only be rare gems like this one every few years, but when they do, it really renews the love of the whole Brand for many fans from it.

[drifand]

Is one of the bots that get non transformers fans interested as well.

[agentwaway]

Just got him out of the box this morning and I so pleased I got this figure. I don't mind the "elbow" issue with some of the individual bots as I will be displaying him combined.

[griffin]

As mentioned somewhere else, Hasbro at BotCon mentioned that they chose not to have elbows on some of the bots because Devastator was not stable enough with them (like with Scrapper, who needs solid arms to be the ankle of Devastator).

Even if it wasn't an issue with Devastator, missing elbows is such an insignificant element, considering the reduced amount of articulation with quite a few Transformers toys these days anyway.

[Handsprime]

After trying to find the $10 deluxes, I can't be bothered giving a proper review, but instead I will say this.
It is better than ROTF Devastator (the big one, the smaller one is a case of YMMV).

[griffin]

The packaging should have said 5 Voyagers and 1 Leader, as Long Haul is heavier than Ultra Magnus by about 25%.

I have to go play with mine now, but all the photos and comments are making this look like a winning toy from Hasbro.

[Handsprime]

The packaging should have said 5 Voyagers and 1 Leader, as Long Haul is heavier than Ultra Magnus by about 25%.

I have to go play with mine now, but all the photos and comments are making this look like a winning toy from Hasbro.

I would say he's somewhere between an Ultra Class figure and a Leader class figure



As seen here, he is bigger than Jetstorm, but he doesn't actually feel like a Leader class figure.