Combiner Wars Devastator Rumour

[Bidoofdude]

If which we know nothing beyond a (possible) wholesale price and potential SDCC redeco?

It's a discussion. Speculation. It's a rumor after all, so people are adding up what evidence we have so far, including 'reports'.

We have:

-Huge
-Green
-New moulds
-1 Leader and the rest are voyagers (how ever many that may be)

[Trent]

Alright ladies and gents, lets try to keep it on topic.

In general 3rd party discussion about 3rd party stuff should be kept to the Unauthorised section of the forum. That being said, the validity of a figure as a reference point is never going to be able to be settled as it is purely subjective, so we'll all just have to agree to disagree.

Finally, not gonna let any 'true fan' discussion start because that never ends well. Just gonna nip that in the bud.

Let's get back to discussing Generations Devastator.

Spoil sport.

[Sinnertwin]

It's a discussion. Speculation. It's a rumor after all, so people are adding up what evidence we have so far, including 'reports'.

We have:

-Huge
-Green
-New moulds
-1 Leader and the rest are voyagers (how ever many that may be)

i'll be honest, all of this "insider information" regarding this lump of plastic amounts to absolutely nothing in my books & people will always have *new & exciting* information they aren't able to share with the general public or just drop little crumbs to keep us on our toes
But what is it that we exactly know 100%? A listing and name in a computer system? What else has been verified?

[Zommael]

i'll be honest, all of this "insider information" regarding this lump of plastic amounts to absolutely nothing in my books & people will always have *new & exciting* information they aren't able to share with the general public or just drop little crumbs to keep us on our toes
But what is it that we exactly know 100%? A listing and name in a computer system? What else has been verified?

It's not like there are constantly rumours flying around about TF toys which turn out to be completely untrue; the last one I can remember off the top of my head was that Energon Megatron and Optimus Prime would be able to combine. The Combiner Wars line was rumoured. BH Ultimate Predaking was rumoured. Even the re-direction of the line towards simple toys was rumoured at one point. All of these things turned out to be true. Why shouldn't this? It's not like someone just saying MP-25 will be Megatron out of their ass. We have a name, a pricepoint, and a possible description.

None of that is to say it couldn't still turn out to be complete crap once it's revealed, or turn out to be a redeco of TF2, or a reissue. But none of that fits the information we have at the moment, which suggests a Generations Titan class toy and nothing else. So I guess we'll see what's revealed at Toy Fair. But at the moment I'd say the "no" crowd look more like deniers than skeptics.

[Sinnertwin]

And the overeager and overzealous "yes" crowd look like they've stepped out of make believe land where unicorns run wild and there are rivers of fairy floss where everything is perfect and Devastator will be as tall if not taller than Metroplex...

I'm not denying the listing or possibility of a Devastator, it's all of this here say that people have taken as gospel off of the internet that i find more amusing.
Names, alt modes... give me something more than "i saw the box and it's as big as Metroplex", which, by the way implies nothing -just look at the Platinum Edition Insecticons, and then we'll talk.

[Firestorm]

My belief is (bear in mind I said my BELIEF)
that the box will be more or less the same sized as Titan Metroplex's box, to accommodate the 6 figures in the box. they will most likely come packaged in individual robot modes or altmodes not all combined together in box. plus their combiner kibble (hands, feet, chest, weapons etc)
all 6 G1 constructicons will be included, with their G1 names (so maybe "Constructicon Hook" and stuff to ensure the names a little better) their designs will be more or less how they look in IDW but Prowl won't be included.
Long Haul will be the "leader class" and be a little taller and bulkier than the other 5.
Scrapper, Scavenger, Mixmaster, Hook and Bonecrusher will all be roughly Voyager sized.
they will combine just like they did in G1. so no Hook leg.
Hasbro may make the upcoming deluxe prowl in some way compatable for IDW fans but I doubt it.
Devy's combined mode will be roughly the size of a supreme class figure like Energon Omega Supreme or Armada Unicron. so smaller than Titan Metroplex, but more overall bulk and deserving of the Titan price tag.
all 6 constructicons will be a little compromised by their combiner nature and thus be slightly simplified.
Devy will still have decent articulation though.
it'll be green and purple just like in G1.

that's what I'm expecting. but that's just on my own speculation. so I'm potentially way off. regardless of what it ends up being, I've enjoyed the speculating while waiting to see what it is.

And the overeager and overzealous "yes" crowd look like they've stepped out of make believe land where unicorns run wild and there are rivers of fairy floss where everything is perfect and Devastator will be as tall if not taller than Metroplex...

I read this as unicRONs run wild. can't you just picture our make believe land where Unicron prances around? it's magical. truly magical.
sure some people are being over-eager (me included I guess) but that's just because of how excited they are for a potential Titan Devy, sure, it may end in disappointment, but it's just harmless fun

[prjkt]

I think this Devastator's overall size will depend on just how big each figure is. I mean, are they going to be Brainstorm/CW Optimus size voyagers? Or more Whirl sized?

To add to the speculation, I think Long Haul might be the "leader" class, if there are six in total, and not five, he'd be the obvious choice as the "widest" part of the combined mode - otherwise Dev would possibly have a very narrow waist.

I don't mind if the whole combiner is thicker/more solid than the other CW figures, that's quite fitting for his history (and I'm going to recreate the scene he rips Superion apart) but if he's too much taller, I might be sitting on the fence for a while...

[Bidoofdude]

I think this Devastator's overall size will depend on just how big each figure is. I mean, are they going to be Brainstorm/CW Optimus size voyagers? Or more Whirl sized?

To add to the speculation, I think Long Haul might be the "leader" class, if there are six in total, and not five, he'd be the obvious choice as the "widest" part of the combined mode - otherwise Dev would possibly have a very narrow waist.

I don't mind if the whole combiner is thicker/more solid than the other CW figures, that's quite fitting for his history (and I'm going to recreate the scene he rips Superion apart) but if he's too much taller, I might be sitting on the fence for a while...

I think it'll be Long Haul as well. He's got the thighs and crotch to fill out, besdies the lower torso.

[drahsrebu]

sounds like devastator's individual robot modes will be simplified.

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...rpiece-181885/

[Lord_Zed]

sounds like devastator's individual robot modes will be simplified.

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...rpiece-181885/

Ooohhh! Not a fan of that "simplified" word, it's tended to make a lot of recent Transformers rather uninteresting for me.