Transformers Studio Series Construction Scrapper review

Devastator's right foot creep, Scrapper, is usually the leader of the Constructicons. It might seem weird at first glance considering that other combiners have their torsos as leaders, but there are moments where other members take over. That being said, confusion arises when Hook is seen as the leader since he formed the head and upper body, yet somehow Scavenger gets the spotlight in the Marvel Comics at times. We see this less often with Bonecrusher and Mixmaster, but not Long Haul. Anyways, this modestly masterful designer's biggest other fact was that he was killed by Spike Witwitcky in the IDW comics and was replaced by both Prowl (who formed Devastator's head) and Scoop, who looked like Scrapper but as an Autobot. Not me much else to say so let's review him.

Here we have Scrapper in his vehicle mode. As a front end payloader, it is bright green with bits of purple here and there. Though there are some sculpted details in the rims, ladder, and bolts, this is are basic as SS86 can get on a construction vehicle. While there is some sculptwork applied, it's very basic, and the lack of paint beyond the windows and rims doesn't help much. The proportions are chunky and comparable to Playskool, but at least it rolls fine. I don't really have much else to say about this altmode given how basic the G1 Constructicons can be; they also don't have much identity compared to their ROTF counterparts or the Build Team from RID 2001.

Tbe only thing it can do other than roll well with those giant pinned wheels is nice the shovel up and down on one joint. I wish the scoop itself was articulated at the base; I know some will defend it by saying it does what it needs to do but this is a Voyager we're dealing with.

Weapon storage involves using the rectangular slots for the guns to tab in place, which is a neat way to sort of keep us in anticipation of the winged altmode from using Devastator's chest plate. 

For a size comparison, I mentioned he is a Voyager yet he is a fairly small one at that. Apparently, it was said that Hasbro wanted to make this figure a Deluxe before the inclusion of a ratchet joint meant for the ankle rocker resulted in the size class change. Either way, the scale between these two is no different from the ridiculousness of the G1 toys.

Transformation is typical for the character, with the shovel going on the back, the arms shifting outward, the lower legs flipping down, and the head flipping out. It's more involved than that, but still. The robot mode is about as G1 accurate as one would expect, right down to the asymmetrical details on the chest and shins to simulate the stickers of the old toy. As for the colors, I'm happy we got silver instead of slavish cartoon gray; the shade of purple is perfect, but I am not sure how I feel about the shade of green used. While most Devastator toys went back and forth on being either a brighter or darker color, the Studio Series line ends up looking more like the Universe Micromaster combiner instead. It doesn't necessarily make it break or figure (not the rest of the team), but your mileage may vary. I will apply that on every member and the complete Devastator moving forward in hopefully briefer comments.

His head sculpt is blocky, toyetic, and still has the silver instead of the gray. Not bad if a bit generic. His articulation consists of a ball joint at the neck, swivels for the shoulders and hips moving front and back as well as for bicep and thigh rotation, and hinges for outward arm and leg movement, the butterfly joints, elbows, knees, and pivots. He has no waist joint but he can at least use the ankle joint for Devastator as a faux diaphragm joint, even if it goes to the left.

In addition to his regular pistol, his two purple guns are able to be held separately or combined as Devastator's rifle. Nothing new but he can hold it as a huge rifle if you want.

For a robot mode size comparison, he towers over Jazz slightly, though that is because they wanted to keep the scale consistent to the cartoon. He ends up being even shorter in his leg mode! That is for him to scale with Legacy Menasor, which will be fine with all other combiners moving forward but will look short next to Omega Supreme. Anyways, Scrapper is fine as he is. I don't have many other things to say about him beyond just how he is basically the old toy but much more advanced in engineering. Thankfully he feels like a newly made figure instead of an upscaled Missing Link, but still. 

Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐