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Looks like Japan is going to offer a G1-colored TF:ROTF Devastator toy, and, while I'll never buy anything directly related to the film, I thought this was interesting enough to post. Mostly because while I think he looks much better than how Devastator looked in the original, even I know that's because I began my Transformers life with G1 and not any sense of reality. I mean, he's purple and yellow -- there's no way I could think that looks better then the original's more muted (if not entirely realistic) tones other than my nerdy proclivities, right? Is it even possible that the original G1 color scheme genuinely looks better, despite how garish it is? ROTF fans -- or at least non-G1 fans -- I am 100% ready to believe that I'm wrong here, just tell me. But if you prefer the yellow and purple as well, I think you should fess up. (Famitoy via Seibertron)
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This is the first time seeing this website. You guys are a bunch of nerds... like me. All I can say is nothing can beat the 1st generation transformers figures, especially devastator and sound wave. What a mockery. And what the hell was the "special" weapon that the US government referring to in the movie? some cannon or something? That would be the perfect time to bring out Omega-fucking-supreme. But alas, whoever wrote that script didn't do their homework. Instead I fell asleep mid way through that film because of the "great" story line and "loveable" human characters. What a waste of electrons.
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I watched Revenge of the Fallen two nights ago for the first time.. i liked it.. thanks for keeping my expectations low. :]
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Personally, I think movie Devastator looks better in movie colors and G1 Devastator looks better in G1 colors. Looking at this toy kind of gives me a headache...maybe it's because of all the yellow. =/
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RobP said "Is it my imagination, or weren't there orange Constructicons in the G1 line? I could swear I had an orange bulldozer or something..." No there were,that was after the regular American run of G1 Transformers,after the Headmasters and Action masters. Technically they're G2 since they were relaunched and recolored before Beast Wars era toys. Check it out. http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Devastator/devastator.htm
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There were some geeky hearts a'flutter on the TF boards when this turned up, and I don't get it. I like the original Devastator for being a cool cartoon robot, and I like the new Devastator for being a grotesque mash-up of construction vehicles. Painting the new one with the united color scheme doesn't really do it for me, and this is from a guy who bought the G1 repaint of Movie Screamer in '07. If only because I can't imagine construction vehicles with that much purple in a "live-action"-looking universe. I may well get the "original color" version of this toy, which is hitting shelves in America. I won't get the Supreme version because I can't spend 100 fucking dollars on any toy right now, much less one that is meh at best.
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i would like the thing if it did not have that gorrilla face in the middle. and at least the thing is not showing his junk this time though Devistators orginal version thankfully did not ever consider showing junk and an ape face plus it did not do munch either.
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"the individual part don't transform into robot modes." Uh, look again.
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Yeah fuck and no.
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Looks better but it's still a pile of over-priced shite. The design is ugly and the individual part don't transform into robot modes.
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I approve of the green-and-purpleness but the movie versions are all hideous piles of scrap. G1 FOREVER!
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@LBD "Nytetrayn": Ah ha! Thank you! I knew I wasn't crazy about that. Makes sense, too. I was only 3 when G1 came out, and would have been 10 or 11 during G2.
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Generation 2 had the yellow and orange Constructicons. G1 was just green: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastator_(G1)#Generation_1 (G2 is right below it)
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"I'll never buy anything directly related to the film," I have bought some of the movie toys. If only so I can play a better movie than I watched.
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Devastator is green, Rob. Sorry. Is it my imagination, or weren't there orange Constructicons in the G1 line? I could swear I had an orange bulldozer or something...
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G1 > Bayformers in anyway shape or form
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bayformers always look better in gee wun colors... but Gee wun always looks better than bayformers...
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Fewer testicles! If you can count it, it's fewer, and if it's more nebulous, it's less. Fewer dollars, less money. Fewer calories, less fat.
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Maybe if the do the larger one in green and purple I may consider picking it up. Or not. Since it's still pretty expensive for such a crappy toy.
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@Grenadier - in this case, it's more that a uniform colour scheme makes it look like less of a jumble. It's why I always liked Devestator more than any of the other gestalt teams - by having a uniform colour scheme, it winds up looking better as a combined form. The other few combiners I own (the Wal-Mart RiD Constructicon exclusives, BW Magnaboss) all share that same trait. They could have actually coloured this Tonka Truck Yellow like the RiD set and I'd have also thought it was an improvement on the original. Everyone was saying that the Legends Devestator was a great looking toy even when it came out. The ROTF toys in general are better looking than their movie counterparts, because they're simpler in design.
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Many human males have issues distinguishing lighter shades of green from yellow,more rarely females have issues with it too. Though the color is closer to lime or chartreuse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_(color) Either way that abominable suck-fest would have at least been more tolerable than repeated kicks in the taint,if Devastator had actually used Arthur Burghardt's voice or at least the G1 color scheme. :-B
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@Geoff Pacific Mall FTW! Love that place. bought like three Cinnamaroll's there. I personally hates the purple/green combination, I always just think of Barney which weirds me out. but no doubt this will end up in my house because no lie, the basement is like half filled with Transformers, no lie. this is a large basement. for like a year I thought it was stuff from the apartment, but no. Transformers. crazy.
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THEY CHANGED IT IT SUCKS BUT THEY COLOURED IT G1 SO ITS COOL NOW. Pfft. Keep your GEE WUN out of my Bayformers, and I'll keep my Bayformers out of your GEE WUN.
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Looks green and purple to me, just like G1 Devestator should.
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Maybe Rob grew up in that town that had the very limited release of the yellow G1 Constructicons. I think they also had the blue Bluestreak.
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I just want my Devastator with more robot and less giant ape, please.
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its also worth noting that this will be the legends-scale toy, not the giant $100 version that doesn't do shit.
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Day-glo green and purple. Just like the construction vehicles in my town.
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Ladies and gentlemen, in the spirit of FIRRIB / RIRFIB, I give you the genesis of DIY/DIG. (that's some high-level TF geekery I just invoked.)
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hm, I've got my own kink of color blindness but damn if he doesn't scream lime green at me. maybe it's just the picture that's distorting the color?
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I like my Transformers with balls, thank you very much >:D
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Hey Rob, the original was green, too.
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The color is fine. The concept and the (this) toy itself is just plain wrong.
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You guys are high. He's totally yellow, just like the original. And the fact that I have a mild color blindness specifically in regards to some greens has no bearing on this whatsoever.
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He looks pretty green to me.
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Rob, something tells me you need to have your colour vision checked next time you're in for a physical. :) But, yes, this is awesome and I'd gladly display it next to my $10 knockoff G1 Devestator that I got from the asian supermall in the Toronto suburbs... if we ever get it here. As I've said roughly a million times, the simplistic character designs and colour schemes of the Romitized TFs is much more visually appealing than the ILM versions in the movies.
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Green and purple, I do believe (rather than yellow and purple), and hear hear. Though perhaps black would be a suitable replacement for the purple.
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