The final two Constructicons are finally here to complete SS86 Devastator. We already took a look at so-so Voyager, a mediocre Deluxe, and our first stab at a Commander Class set serving as a two-pack. We just have one Deluxe left, and one Voyager afterwards just before we wrap up the subgroup completely. This time, we will be taking a look at Scavenger, who turns into a right arm and has not much else going on in his bio beyond him being as pitiful as Long Haul. Anyways, I felt that Bonecrusher from a few waves ago was pretty mediocre, but can the same be said for his brother in literal arms? It's time to scassemble for this review and find out!
Here we have Scavenger in his excavator mode. It looks just about how I expected it to appear, with a few sculpts details here and there and purple applied onto the windows and treads. The arm mode is literally the alt mode with something sticking out from the front, though the shade of green is different because not only is color correcting these Constructicons annoying at times, but I find the shade of green used in the second pic should be the one chosen by HasTak instead.
The shovel arm can articulate at the base at the middle, and at the bucket. The gun can peg at the side, but we once again lack tiny rolling wheels for the treads. While those barely worked on prior tank bots and the like, it leaves me wondering where exactly the budget is going into these figures by not including them. And worse still because of the different plastic types used to cooperate with the leg joints, what will become the thigh joints is a different shade of purple than the rest.
For an alt mode size comparison, here we have all of the Constructicons together at last. Scale is wonky, but that's to expected with the G1 series as a whole. Some could say a similar issue is at play with the ROTF Constructicons, though I'd argue they are in better scale for the most part (it all depends on how big the cockpits are next to each other).
Transformation is pretty simple, though the cockpit does get in the way a bit while forming part of the upper body. Otherwise, it's about as straightforward and basic as what Bonecrusher has. His proportions are just as weird as his fellow arm bot, but for different reasons. Legs are about comparable, but they do stick out more than they naturally would on a different Transformer and his arms are stumpy and blocky (with the hands painted green rather than being molded in the same color, which might be from the sprue tree). His upper body and lower body are connected by a very synched waist, making him look like he has an extremely broad upper torso and hips that don't lie in a way similar to the recent Ultimate Miles Morales. I know that the original was that clunky, and this at least is slightly more filled in than. the CW version, but it still feels pretty half baked in comparison. The silver torso but with the emblem is nice.
Head sculpt is a real gob box, with a mouthplate on top of another mouthplate as if the designers ran out of ideas for this square head. His articulation consists of ball joints at the neck, shoulders, elbows, and hips, while the thighs are on swivels and the knees plus the ankles on hinges. His gun is said to be sculpted after the Combiner Wars version, down to it's similarity to an animation error, but it's the least of this toy's worries.
Here we have all 6 Constructicons together at last. I won't get into the list in this much detail, but I do think that from worst to best, Scavenger is at the bottom, while Bonecrusher is above him, followed right after by Scrapper, the Long Hook duo, and Mixmaster. If you're not interested in completing Devastator and want at least one Constructicon, don't let it be Scavenger. That being said, he is still the worst of the set, and you're better off leaving him as an arm.
Final ranking: ⭐⭐ and a half out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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