Here we have him in his altmode. It's a pretty standard cement mixer, but it is a little wider from the front while it remains narrow in the back. Whether or not this works depends on how accurate it should be. Not like it matters since the Constructicons, outside of being the first combiner, don't really have much going for them to truly determine what makes their altmodes accurate or not.
That being said, the fact that it's a rear discharge model instead of a front discharge one works better for the aesthetics, something that made the Combiner Wars version look confusing. In general, it now looks like it can drive forwards properly.
For a size comparison, here we have him with the other teammates once more. The pic was reused from the Scavenger post for anyone wondering. Nice to have all of them together at once, even if the scale is mid.
Transformation is a more involved version of how his old toy transformed, with the front section becoming the lower legs, the sides becoming the arms, and the cement drum becoming the backpack this time around. It does at least use its chest as a flap to cover the head while in altmode. That and the cement mixer tip can be hidden within the drum. The resulting robot mode is about as blocky and chunky as I would expect. While there is a decent amount of sculpted details and an even smaller dose of paint apps, we could use a bit of color break up for a pretty basic toy. Those lower legs may be cartoon accurate, but they could use less green. What Mixmaster could also use is far less color mismatching between the purple on the waist and thighs versus the purple on the torso. Same goes for the green in the upper arms versus the rest of his green, even if it's less noticeable. I know he's going to be displayed as a leg, but could there be proper consistency?? I kind of wish those nubs on the top of his built in awning were more prominent, just to represent those missiles that didn't work properly in the old toy from removing the springs. Otherwise, not much else to say about a cement truck that's doing a headstand as a rectangular robot.
His head sculpt has the Decepticon-shape to it like with Soundwave, though he not only has a regular face, but he can't really turn his head that easily since it's recessed inside the cavity. Articulation consists of a ball jointed head, swivels at the arms, biceps, and thighs, hinges for the shoulders in and out as well as the elbows, knees, and ankles, and his hips are universal. With his gun in his hand, I wanted to use the ankle joint intended for Devastator as torso articulation since he lacks a waist swivel.
It's funny how both he and Scrapper have this kind of joint yet neither of them can do the fusion dance pose where they could touch each others fingers while tilting towards each other.
Here are all 6 of them together. Once again, great to have them all together, and all without waiting for the next year to get a remaining member (cough Legacy Breakdown, cough all other members of Bruticus).
Oh and you can use Devastator's wing bra halves on Scrapper to homage the G1 toy. Looks goofy like G1 usually is but moving on.
Should be worth mentioning that the drum mixer is removable since it comes that way out of the box. Also his leg mode was always better than Scrapper since he looked like a proper lower leg that could be reminiscent of the Megazords made after him. Delta Squad Megazord comes to mind.
And now it's time to assemble these guys once and for all. I already mentioned this from my Long Hook 2-pack review, but for a tl;dr, they do not use the skeleton frame found on Legacy Menasor and AOTP Superion. Instead, we have all 6 each forming the general components of Devastator, with some help via the partsforming forearms and chest plate as well as the waist and thighs that Long Haul attaches to.
Devastator is not all that different from the CW version we got a decade ago, though that is to his overall benefit given how not much is needed to change his look if you're really going to be as Geewun accurate as possible. As far as I can tell, the size is obviously going to be different since the previous version was a Titan and this is shorter than even last year's Tidal Wave. The sculptwork is much heavier on the CW version, while the proportions here are blockier and not as lean as what we had before. Whether or not you consider this to be an upgrade or downgrade from what we previously had is up to you, but keep in mind that while the bots are smaller, the total cost to complete him is much higher than what the CW Devastator cost back in 2015. Also no my bedroom walls are not pink, the damn color correction is tweaking on me. As mentioned before, his back kibble sticks out a lot more than usual, though thankfully it isn't any lower or else we would make dumpy truck jokes.
The head sculpt is already great, and the slurge is still irreplaceable for Devastator, but let me ask you a question: what do you get when you mix a joke Good Thew made in his Combiner Wars Devy review and almost every Transformers figure we got for Studio Series 2025 and Age of the Primes? Year of No Light-Piping 2. His articulation consists of a neck swivel, shoulders that rotate front and back as well as in and out, rotation at the elbows and hinges below them, wrist rotation as well as conjoined finger hinges, a waist swivel, ratchets for the hips moving front and back yet regular swivel hinges moving in and out, thigh swivels, and ratchets for the knees as well as the ankles. Thankfully, Scrapper won't crap out on anyone like his cheap ass did for Combiner Wars.
Here he is next to Legacy Menasor, and the scale here is decent enough to have Devastator tower over a dude made up of cars and a truck. Some will complain that he is now too short next to Siege Omega Supreme but ffs we just got him reissued, and now you're telling me we need to make him the exact same height as this Devastator we just got?! FUCK NAW, BABY
And here he is under the enemy scrotum, just to show who's the best Devastator both in TF fiction and in my collection. While Mixmaster is probably my favorite out of the six Constructicons due to his fun transformation and him being the best leg mode, completing this version of Devastator felt less exciting than the ROTF version due to how samey the cast felt in addition to the fear of not being able to get as easily due to the online shopping scalpers bullshitting everything. While the ROTF versions had their flaws, I always prefer unique designs and fun transformations over these Geewun Green Ones. I still recommend getting Devastator if you never got the Combiner Wars version, but don't expect too much if you prefer the various third party versions that are hard to keep track of, be it CHUG or MP scale.
Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐ and a half out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Mixmaster)
⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Devastator as a whole)
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