From Alucardlee on weibo, we have pictures of what could be Toyworld’s first attempt at a Generation 1 combiner team. These images of what looks like an instruction booklet show off designs for a team of third party “Constructicons” that combine into a whopping 50cm/19.6 inch tall “Devastator” who, at the time, has no name. However, he sounds like he’ll be beating Warbotron and taking the title of “Biggest Third Party Combiner.”
The individual robots seem to be extremely reminiscent of their G1 counterparts in look and transformation. Judging by the combined form’s size, they’ll also be around voyager or ultra class; perfect if you don’t plan on getting the offering currently at retail.
While the combined form is currently nameless, the individual components aren’t and their names are listed as follows:
TW-C01 Bulldozer (Bonecrusher)
TW-C02 Unearth (Scavenger)
TW-C03 Burden (Long Haul)
TW-C04 Allocator (Hook)
TW-C05 Shovel (Scrapper)
TW-C06 Concrete (Mixmaster)
No price or release date on these guys yet, but you can drop by the discussion to share your thoughts on this massive mash-up of construction vehicles and check out the images after the jump!
boomerdave
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Honesty
Yeah guys. Buy our Constructor’s and stuff! And my TFC Prometheus :3 (and my XTB v1 cyclonus, and Badcube Brawn & Outback, and and…)
boomerdave
I bought the v2 gift set way back when from TFSource so I could have some MP bots for the shelf. I've never combined it but with XT's coming out I'm going to slowly replace them out one at a time until I have a new set. Not sure what to do with the figures I have as I don't really have room for a Constructor on my shelves. I might combined it for giggles or even just piece it out to people that need replacements for the one they're keeping. Not sure at this point.
Honesty
Lookin’ good! But if you want a Green V1 (with green thighs and purple barrel) without any of the QC issues. Hit me up!
(or anyone for that matter )
NonRetroMan
Got my action master constructor out & fuck me what a repair job. Still have to glue his fingers back on but at least he's standing again. He looks so good even today but the QC is terrible.
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Nicorobot
A nice comparison from a Facebook page called "El garaje de Javitron":
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However, i feel that the comparison between the two Devastator will tell a different story.
junkbot
Probably so. It would make sense that TW's head was perhaps in the right place when they first started and then they fell apart and started f'n consumers with poor quality plastic. That is a guess.
Honesty
Maybe he means the 1.0 version or one or two that came after this one? I have lost track how many reissues this thing has gotten. I have the 1.0 version — the one that didn’t come as a box set and instead as individual releases.
Traded someone on here my silver thighs, green barrel and Ox head for their green thighs, purple barrel and G1 head.
junkbot
Imperfect meaning? lol. Just curious.
phu van
The perfect version is the worst version, but the imperfect version is the best version
junkbot
Yea me too. Showz hooked me up, but just like you, that was years ago too and now parts replacement is obsolete. Oops
backhawkdown
I had a small breakage on the weathered yellow when I first put him into Devastator mode and haven’t dared disassemble him since. This was years ago when it was first released. I doubt I ever transform him again.
junkbot
Nice. Yup. That’s what I meant. Too lazy to type it all out. LOFL!! Jk. Thanks bro for the info.
Pinkmyfloyd
If by P version you mean C07P I have not
junkbot
So just curious if anyone who has the P version which is metallic or the weathered yellow if you have experienced any major breaks. Thanks for info.
smkspy
Yeah, that's my bad. Red window version is just CO7P. Probably got perfect edition in my head from the P.
Pinkmyfloyd
As far as I can tell mine isn’t the perfect edition
Magna Jet Convoy
Thanks for all the good counsel @MV Steve . gonna give the tapping holes to M2.2 a crack and see how that goes. Thus far I've yet to snap any posts off – so haven't needed to JB weld anything. I keep coming back to the same thing – its such a shame Toyworld took a great project by Zeta and cheaped out on the customers after first couple of releases.
MV Steve
JB Weld is just a brand name of a 2 part high strength epoxy, good stuff! Typically it comes in two tunes and you squeeze out equal parts and thoroughly mix starting the reaction. Have your work surfaces ready because the timer starts once mixed. It has a pretty forgiving time to work with (not instant like superglue) and is quite runny at first and a bit of a pain if you're trying to build it up. I used the stuff to repair a shattered die-cast waist of a Voltron figure that was missing some chunks. After making a support block and using tape to block where the chunks were missing, I smeared and filled the areas of the waist. It's rock solid now and been holding for a couple years.
Don't worry if you can't find or don't have access to JB Weld, you can get two part epoxy from so many brands, 3M, Gorilla Glue, Superglue, & Locktite to name a few. I used the 3000psi high strength clear stuff from 3M to bond two halves of a motorcycle airbox together and got some drips over the edge that I figured I'd clean after but I waited too long and I couldn't chisel the stuff off and razor blades just wanted to slip over it. It needed to be ground down which I was going to risk damage to the paint so it stayed.
The difference in screw diameter is small but significant, to put into perspective, from 2.35 to 2.2 is equivalent to the thickness of 3 1/2 sheets of paper or post-it note, it's not much, but with the subtle difference and using a tap, you should have no trouble cutting threads in plastic and the screws will go in easier without pressuring the plastic to crack.
Is there a post that's not cracked that you could measure the inner diameter? Knowing that would be better to know what tap size for machine thread is better. The peaks of threads are larger on a coarse thread screw than a machine thread, so both having the same outer diameter would result in the center shank of the screw being larger on the machine thread vs the coarse and you want to avoid that.
phu van
nightmare again