Toy Review - Combiner Wars Devastator

[GoktimusPrime]

BONECRUSHER

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Vehicle mode
Robot mode
Devastator (left arm)

Vehicle Mode
L: 15cm W: 8cm H: 7cm
True to his G1 counterpart, CW Bonecrusher transforms into a predominantly lime green bulldozer. There are some silver highlights on the sides and front grill with purple windows, as well as a Decepticon insignia tampographed in the scoop. There are 3 wheels underneath which help the vehicle to roll, although the clearance towards the front is very low with only about a millimetre of space. It rolls fine on a perfectly flat surface like a table top, but not so well on any rougher terrain like carpet etc. I guess Bonecrusher must've been lowered for speed. Still, at least the undercarriage does clear, unlike say Long Haul's undercarriage. And the wheels are a welcome improvement over the original G1 toy which has no wheels at all and just relies on you dragging it along the ground. This mode desperately needs more colours to break up all the lime green, but on the other hand, it is rather G1 accurate in its monotone.

Transformation
* Separate caterpillar tracks
* Swing down halves of the pelvic girdle
* Re-position hips to the outer sides of the pelvic girdle
* Squeeze hips together to connect the pelvic girdle halves; this works better than attempting to squeeze the pelvic girdle halves themselves
* Pull down on caterpillar tracks to reveal knees
* Open lower part of tracks to form feet and heel spurs
* Pull back and disconnect rear section
* Lower scoop
* Separate bonnet
* Flip back driver's cabin
* Flip up robot head
* Unfold lower halves of bonnet to form arms. Lower at shoulders.
* Lower black connector and lift up from the centre to connect rear section onto chest, completing the torso
* Raise scoop to form robot chest

Robot mode
H: 18cm W: 10.5cm D: 7.5cm
Points of articulation: 11
A good rendition of Bonecrusher's G1 cartoon model with additional silver paints on the chest and arms which greatly helps break up the blandness, as well as paying homage to the G1 toy (which the cartoon model omitted). Bonecrusher had two main head styles in the G1 cartoon; one with larger "ears," and the other with smaller "ears." This one has gone with the smaller "ears" version of the show model. The head, shoulders, elbows and knees are all on ball-and-socket joints, allowing for a free range of motion. The ankles are on swivel joints. Like many contemporary toys, it does use some "hollow" parts to reduce the amount of plastic used, but none of it really compromises the integrity of the toy, so it seems that HasTak are getting gooder in the use of hollow parts. Scavenger's weapon is a hand held missile launcher which forms Devastator's right hand. The missiles themselves aren't individually painted like in some promotional images. I just wish that the driver's cabin could swing back further rather than just sticking out behind the head.

Overall
One of the best Voyagers to come out in a long time, and for the equivalent price of a Deluxe! A really solid figure. Highly recommended.

[Maruten]

Bonecrusher was one of my first TFs as a kid and the only Constructicon I had, so I'm more attached to him than the rest of Devastator's components. But I think he and Scavenger are the weakest in this set by a wide margin. Those tread legs... terrible! Scavenger looks slightly better because at least his legs are a different colour. But poor Bonecrusher. No.

[UltimateGalvatron]

Bonecrusher was one of my first TFs as a kid and the only Constructicon I had, so I'm more attached to him than the rest of Devastator's components. But I think he and Scavenger are the weakest in this set by a wide margin. Those tread legs... terrible! Scavenger looks slightly better because at least his legs are a different colour. But poor Bonecrusher. No.

I actually think they are the best IMO They are more MP then any of the other constructicons.

Just my 2c

[Maruten]

On the whole I'm happy with all of them -- the elbows aren't as big an issue as I expected.

Almost tempted to get a second set to display individually if he does hit wider retail down the track.

[GoktimusPrime]

Came across this variant which I suspect may be an earlier prototype. It basically features two shades of green; the regular lime green that we have on the standard release of the toy, and this weird "Shrek" green that just randomly appears in some places. It's much more noticeable IRL than in photos.


I was allowed to take the right hand from Scavenger from this set and swap it with the spare left hand from my store-bought Scavenger, so you can see that my Scavenger now has a "Shrek green" right fist.