Titan Combiner Devastator - first look at German Toyfair

[philby]

So I was in Wan Chai Toy Street today and asked one of the stores about Devy's release date and was told he comes out next week(!!!).
Now, I'm taking this with a grain of salt as I won't believe it until I see it, however pre-orders for him here in HK are no longer available as it is "too close to release date". Take it as a rumour for now but wanted to share what the word is "on the street" here in HK today.

I will be heading back next week to see if he really does hit shelves or not.
If he is, I am hoping to grab one for my 8 year old who has had money saved for him since February... so we'll see.

have you been back? any news?

[Megatran]

Article on TFW has Devastator on US Amazon.

But ordering is not yet available.

[Bladestorm]

have you been back? any news?

Been back and over to Mong Kok. No Devastator (and the guy who told me May is being very coy with me now). All the stores in Mong Kok said a June/July release, so I'm going to revert back to that. I have put a pre-order for Devy with one of the Mong Kok stores so if he does come out here before Oz I will certainly make sure to report back. His price here isn't cheap though - The price I paid for the pre-order (and that's normally cheaper than what it will retail on the street) is around AU$210...

So if you guys get it in places like Big W for AU$150 it will be a bargain.
(Contemplated waiting to pick it up when back in Oz but the idea of carrying that big boy back to HK in terms of space and haulage on a plane won't be worth the savings when I'll be on my own with 2 sprogs)

[BruiseLee]

Some new pics have been posted up at TFW by member cheem_the_rup.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transf...r-pic-299.html

Here's one of the size comparison pics. Pretty impressive. Looks to be about 5-6 inches shorter than Titan metroplex. Going to need to source some platform shoes for Devi to stand head to head with the rest of the big bots in my display.

[Megatran]

I gotta say my interest in this Devi is waning. It just looks like an oversized JP Encore Devi 20A that I already have. Being bigger, it somewhat loses its detailing.

[Lord_Zed]

Like Generations Metroplex, Devestator appears to work largely on novelty factor, meaning he is big for the sake of being big.

I'm not a huge fan of supersized toys, while they look great on the shelf, they are often difficult to pose and play with because of their size.

[BruiseLee]

TFW member daimchoc has posted up a couple of pics from T.F.N.D showing some close ups. There's a fair bit of detail on these sculpts.

[Deonasis]

I gotta say my interest in this Devi is waning. It just looks like an oversized JP Encore Devi 20A that I already have. Being bigger, it somewhat loses its detailing.

I can see what you are saying. Hopefully the figure has decently enough poseability and some early buyers show it off - that always sucks me back in.

[ampoldj]

I hope Takara reveals some details for this one to ease confused minds

[BigTransformerTrev]

Yay! BigW in my small crappy country town! YES!

None in mine but I will be getting mates to scout for me

Some new pics have been posted up at TFW by member cheem_the_rup.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transf...r-pic-299.html

Here's one of the size comparison pics. Pretty impressive. Looks to be about 5-6 inches shorter than Titan metroplex. Going to need to source some platform shoes for Devi to stand head to head with the rest of the big bots in my display.

Hmmm, for some reason I thought he was gonna be as big as Metro. Especially after the comparison pics of him next to Menasor