Titan Class Devastator has been one of the most popular releases this year. Third party group DNA Designs has updated their Facebook page with prototype images of their upgrade set for Combiner Wars Devastator. This set will include new forearms and hands, a new head, a “shell” for Mixmaster/Devastators foot. The forearm extender can store away in vehicle mode on Long Haul.
You can check out the images by clicking the title bar!
myrrh
…might see some reissues next year, now that devastator's back on the market…
daimchoc
Try Aliexpress and/or taobao.com. You can also try Shapeways.
CactusReporter
Sorry for the necro-bump but does anyone know where I can still find any of these kits? Or at least files for 3D printed substitutes, I found ones for the hands and Mixmaster's cab but nothing yet that replicates the various shoulder upgrades.
TheRebirth
Kits? As in more than one? I would absolutely love to have a use for the downscaled arm lock kit…
daimchoc
Same issues as the Hasbro OG.
Robots78
I'm planning on it, I just need to drop in on the thread for CBB Devy and see if someone can help me out with measurements and/or test prints.
Has this foot issue been a problem on the CBB figure?
daimchoc
@Robots78, by chance are you also doing the kits for CBB Devy?
Robots78
Foot lock part now up on Shapeways: CW/UW Devastator Foot Lock by robots78 on Shapeways
Robots78
Hello again everyone, I've created another fix-up part for Devastator that I'd like to share with you all.
People have had problems with the tab where Scrapper's shovel locks in for combined mode. It's broken or worn out for some people, ruining Devastator's ability to stand. This part holds the shovel in place another way, so the foot will stay together if that tab has failed.
More pics and download link in this thread: Minor/Repaint: – CW/UW Devastator Foot Lock
I don't have it up for purchase on Shapeways yet, but will soon.
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TheRebirth
First group to put out purple hands, a Mixmaster cab, and shoulder upgrades for CBB Devastator will make a fortune.
daimchoc
I wonder if there's a version of the kit for the CBB version.
Alpha Omega Trion Supreme
I may have misread what the op was asking. The DNA kit does lock in the treads and fill in that space between the treads though and it's something the PE kit explicitly doesn't do. The PE kit feels kind of "empty" in comparison. But none of the existing upgrade kits lock in the original shoulder joints so the arms don't rotate off the treads except for yours.
Btw, I do own and recommend DNA owners at least have a look see at your kit.
Edit: nevermind.
Robots78
The DNA kit has the same issue – the new shoulder parts only attach to the treads, so the rest of the arm can move independently of the treads (at the original shoulder joints), so the upper arms don't hold together. My parts for the DNA kit alleviate that issue.
My parts only work with the DNA kit, but I have contemplated trying to design a universal set that would work with any of the 3 upgrade kits.
Check out my Radicons thread, on page two someone modified my design to make it work with the PE kit. I don't think he ever shared print files or anything, but you could ask him.
Minor/Repaint: – CW Devastator DNA Designs arm fix
wingsaber86
Here it is:
Devastator DNA Designs arm locks by Robots78
Alpha Omega Trion Supreme
Not that I'm aware of, but the DNA kit is designed to do just that. Part of the arm bots locking into the shoulders involve pegging those treads into the shoulder upgrade.
TM2 Dinobot
If I were to sell mine, what should I ask for it? It's the UW version with both the PE and a special edition DNA set.
Snaku
Somebody designed some parts for 3d printing but I can't remember who or what thread they posted it in. Might've been in this thread. Iirc, they uploaded the parts to thingiverse.
myrrh
…has anyone ever made a bicep filler for the perfect effect kit, to lock scavenger and bonecrusher's treads into his upper arms?..i really like his proportions but the articulation just can't stay together with those loose treads flopping around…
Alpha Omega Trion Supreme
If you're going to buy one upgrade kit I'd make it the DNA just because of how it locks the front chest shield into the upgraded shoulders. The upper torso kind of needs those lock points which are normally handled by peg holes on the tank treads of the arm bots. Just helps it keep the upper torso together better.
The PE Mixmaster cab upgrade is undeniably the best out of all available, but I'd rank the DNA cab as #2. It isn't a satisfying transformation and has a tendency to come apart when you move its parts around but it does hold the positions it needs to hold when you get there and it looks good.
UW Devy with various upgrades is my MP Devy at the moment. It's the only Devy out there where the bots are the most toon. I still hope for someone to take this design and it's available upgrades and do it proper, ie: fix it.
Crim
Honestly, at this point, which ever you can find would be good, I love my CW Devey and DNA kit. I wouldn't recommend UW/CW Devey though due to how pricey they can be now (especially the addon kits). If I was buying a Devey, currently, I'd go with the JinBao oversized one of go all in on a Toyworld set if I wanted a larger scale one.