http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/toy-fair-38/devastator-at-toy-fair-2015-hasbro-event-182100/
These guys are incredible. I keep going over the images and I keep noticing new things about them. (I love how every one of them is "Constructicon Whatever" so they could use all the original names instead of naming one or two of them Rampage or Skipjack or something stupid like that.)
BONECRUSHER: He's got little faux wheels embedded inside his bulldozer treads. That's so cool (Takara usually did this with Diaclone toys, even non-vehicles like Swoop and Bombshell, but it always bothered me that neither Bonecrusher nor Scavenger could actually roll). He actually has embossed detail on his chest that mirrors the design of the sticker on the G1 toy, and I think that's so cool. Perhaps best of all, he's got his cartoon head design. I always hoped Hasbro would make new Constructicons one day... there have been lots of third-party designs but they've always skirted the line between tributes and total redesigns, probably because they didn't want to copy Hasbro's intellectual property too closely. I'm so glad Hasbro didn't opt to reinvent the wheel. These guys are THE Constructicons.
SCAVENGER: Man, I really dig that head sculpt. I hope his shovel arm is articulated. Based on his Devastator arm configuration, it looks like the cab can still swivel independantly from the treads, which is great. Again, embossed designs on his chest. He's even got the faux Devastator connector piece in the center of his chest even though it doesn't look to be functional at all. Somehow that chest piece ends up as part of Devastator's forearm! I have no idea how this is possible, but I can't wait to find out.
HOOK: Another winner. They're knocking these head sculpts right out of the ball park. Overall his robot mode looks great. I dislike the snap-on wheels but I recognize that they're a necessary evil. You can see a little flip-out connector arms of some kind inside his chest. I'm a little less impressed with his vehicle mode (though it's obviously slightly mistransformed in the Toy Fair display). His crane hook is disappointingly gimpy and I wonder if the boom extends at all. I hope it does. Looks like Devastator's head is integrated into Hook's design... perhaps inside the aft cab?
LONG HAUL: My first impression is that his head looks weird, but actually it's not disingenuous to the cartoon model. On the G1 toy, you had the black flip-up tab where the half-head was essentially a relief sculpture on the flat plate, like Bumblebee and Cliffjumper. They interpreted that for the cartoon as giving him a black plate behind his head, while the actual head was entirely light grey. So this is authentic, but it looks weird because he's missing that plate behind his head. I'm not in love with his short, gimpy arms and his fat Suzanne Somers thighs, but I recognize that as an integral Devastator component, he's got to have load-bearing hips. Wouldn't it be great if his truck bed worked this time (the G1 toy was a dump truck that couldn't dump anything since his rear wheels went with the truck bed).
MIXMASTER: His vehicle mode is the most far removed design from any of the original Constructicons and I'm already seeing so much complaining about it. To me, it's not any more or less disingenuous than the new versions we've gotten of Ironhide, Jazz, Sunstreaker, etc. It's certainly closer than the recent versions of Scourge and Kup and Perceptor. I don't completely hate it. It's green and purple (with a purple mixing drum!); it's got six wheels. I like his robot mode a lot better. Check out the tiny little vestigial launchers above his head. Observe the faux black screws between his chest and midsection. It's still a great Mixmaster toy. He's my second-favorite Constructicons (the dude is mynock-poop crazy) and I feel like they did him justice.
SCRAPPER: Wow, it's like the cartoon model come to life. I especially like how the shovel-bucket is flush against his back for robot mode, since the G1 toy couldn't actually do this. The closed-canopy vehicle makes him look more Scoop-like, but I tend to accept minor differences to the vehicle configurations much more readily than changes to the robot mode design. You can see in his Devastator leg configuration that it is, once again, just his robot mode upside-down. Points for authenticity!
DEVASTATOR: I agree with so many choices they've made. There were a hundred different directions they could have gone in, but they stuck with his basic look and I think the end result is extremely successful. I'm concerned about his weight and how well the connection points hold him, but I have faith that they did not design a piece of garbage. I'm actually a little disappointed he's missing his head-gun, since despite its absence from the cartoon model I do like the way it looks. (I feel the same way about Jazz's shoulder cannon.) I also kind of wish he had purple fists instead of black, but that's a minor quibble. Overall I'm very impressed.
I can't wait for this set to be released!
Zob (been waiting for a toy like this for about 20 years)