Devastator

Mm-hmm.

And they had, um, the Constructicons there, but they only had, I think there were five of them that formed Devastator, and they had all but one of the legs, and they were on clearance.

So I ended up buying all f- the four of the five, so I could make, like, a partial Devastator.

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Up until now, I only had one decoy.

It was Devastator, or it is Devastator.

And, um, and like I said, I wasn't really ever really looking for... to, to kind of get into these, but you can't turn down a, uh, collection of 14 decoys, so.

I'm surprised that, like, i- in my looking around the various 3D printing sites, no one has made versions of those that you can print.

It's in the 1986 film, though, The Transformers: The Movie, that Sludge and Snarl really go in different directions.

Sludge gets meaningful screen time, front and center for the Dinobot's biggest moments in the movie, taking on Devastator at the Battle of Autobot City, storming the Quintesson's trial to rescue Hot Rod and Kup, and tail whipping Unicron right in the butt near the end.

And that first fight also gives him one of the most memorable gags in the movie, when Devastator pounds on him so hard his eyes pop right out of his head.

Now Snarl, he's there too, sort of.

Blink and you'll literally miss him in a few split-second shots of the group.

And weirdly, the Japanese trailer shows a finished version of the scene where Kup tells the Dinobots a story, with Snarl attentively listening.

So at some point, he was in, and then he just wasn't.

Which is kind of a shame, as it would've been cool to see Devastator and some Sharkticons, or even Unicron's ass, get Thagomized.

Mm-hmm.

Devastator, portrayed by Arthur Burghardt.

I'm just gonna say True Grit.

That's all? Okay.

black? Yes, I have the green version and I have the yellow edition box set.

So this is third party Nemesis Devastator?

Devastator is like, go ahead, Don.

Well, the original Mecha Invasion Devastator switched up two of the Constructicons and changed out Scrapper and Mixmaster.

Their Scrapper and Mixmaster became Arms, and their Scavenger and Bonecrusher became Legs.

So it was a very interesting take.

So I have those two.

This looks like they also came out with recently, I've sent this to Diecast, an add-on trailer kit.

But I will say what I do have a problem with is they made it a point.

to do the Constructicons and Devastator, all new molds in Studio Series 86.

The Studio Series 86 line of toys from Hasbro is supposed to be the most evocative of how they appear in the Transformers, the movie from 1986.

And while the Constructicons do look very on model, they look great and Devastator looks great.

But there is a part of me that is disappointed for as many accessories as they put in with other figures like the aforementioned Coronation Starscream.

or like all of the hot rod stuff that I've talked about in the past, or, you know, blur having his welding torch or cup having his Energon goodie container.

Yes.

To battle the Constructicon Combiner Devastator.

Holy crap.

While he drives through Decepticon lines and to face Megatron single-handedly, Prime mortally wounds Megatron and has his iconic stance, one shall stand, one shall fall.

He leads a vote tossing the dying Decepticons into space.

And by the way, my dad can quote this movie word for word.

It's the vote is hilarious because the Constructicons form Devastator, which it's supposed to be bigger than Astro Train, but somehow fits inside Astro Train Hasbro.

What the f***?

That's how he's ranked in the lineup.

But the rest of these guys in silhouette, it'd be nearly impossible to figure out which one's Bonecrush and which one's Devastator.

I can't fucking figure it out here.

Yeah.

The...

What are the fucking...

I'm thinking of Constructicons, fucking Devastator.

The guys were all military vehicles.