Devastating Alternate Modes Revealed-- BIG Spoiler if true!?!
Monday, October 6th, 2008 1:55PM CDT
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*******************Movie Spoiler***********************
A movie insider at TFW has proposed that he/she knows the alternate modes of the rumored movie Constructicons. According to this source the alternate modes are:
- O&K/Terex RH400 - Hydrolic Mining Excavator - (red)
Caterpillar 992G - Wheel Loader - (yellow)
Caterpillar 773B - Dump Truck - (green)
Mack Cement Mixer - (silver/white)
Komatsu HD465-7 - Articulated Dump Truck - (red)
Kobelco CK2500 - Truss Crane - (yellow)
Caterpillar D9L - Bulldozer - (beige)
Whether or not these are true, or the rumor that Devastator and the Constructicons will be in the movie is true, well, we just don't know yet. There are no set images to back this up, but the source did take the time to locate a google image of each construction vehicle. They would make one very, very large combined bot.
So take this with a mountain sized pile of salt...
Be here when revenge happens-- Seibertron.com movie news.
*Images of vehicle modes coming.
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Posted by Dead Metal on October 6th, 2008 @ 2:04pm CDT
This thing will be MASSIF!
Posted by GuyIncognito on October 6th, 2008 @ 2:08pm CDT
Caterpillar 992G - Wheel Loader:
Caterpillar 773B - Dump Truck:
Mack Cement Mixer:
Komatsu HD465-7 - Articulated Dump Truck:
Kobelco CK2500 - Truss Crane:
Caterpillar D9L - Bulldozer
Posted by primeoptimus on October 6th, 2008 @ 2:09pm CDT
and devestator should NOT,look like some random amalgomation of construction vehicle parts
and there only multicolored so hasbro could repaint them all green so we'd buy them again
Posted by Savage on October 6th, 2008 @ 2:10pm CDT
Posted by Universal Prime on October 6th, 2008 @ 2:18pm CDT
Now to get the group.
Posted by SDL on October 6th, 2008 @ 2:35pm CDT
If he's right.. then he's right.. but i dunno.....
Posted by Megatron Wolf on October 6th, 2008 @ 2:57pm CDT
Posted by Scaleface on October 6th, 2008 @ 2:59pm CDT
Posted by First-Aid on October 6th, 2008 @ 3:26pm CDT
Posted by insanityzmaster on October 6th, 2008 @ 3:28pm CDT
Posted by Dread_Wing on October 6th, 2008 @ 3:40pm CDT
Posted by Auto Bot on October 6th, 2008 @ 3:41pm CDT
Can't wait to see how they combine.
Posted by Dr. Caelus on October 6th, 2008 @ 4:01pm CDT
Posted by [JRX] on October 6th, 2008 @ 4:36pm CDT
Caelus wrote:I lay odds that the cement Mixer will be a gun, though I'll allow the crane might be a melee weapon.
I'd buy that... and maybe put a few dollars on the Bulldozer being a codpiece
Both vehicles seem out of proportion.
Posted by dragons on October 6th, 2008 @ 4:57pm CDT
7 for combiner is it even possible ok think i got it all 7 thats what unless one becomes a gun or soemthing else as baclpack for something
1 head
2 arm l
3 arm r
4 leg r
5 leg l
6 body
7 waist
Posted by ultra tron on October 6th, 2008 @ 5:35pm CDT
Posted by Agent 007 on October 6th, 2008 @ 5:50pm CDT
Posted by DMSL on October 6th, 2008 @ 6:24pm CDT
So...Bonecrusher should be part of him as well. I mean come on Michael Bay this is based on G1 so get the facts right please.
Posted by Scaleface on October 6th, 2008 @ 6:36pm CDT
First-Aid wrote:That is a lot of tonnage...if this is true, it's going to be the biggest TF ever.
Oh how quickly the young forget lord Unicron.
Posted by automal on October 6th, 2008 @ 7:20pm CDT
Posted by Skowl on October 6th, 2008 @ 7:39pm CDT
tigertracks 24 wrote:Caterpillar D9L - Bulldozer - (beige)[/b]
HA! I CALLED IT!
I made a post awhile ago before the board crash where I mentioned that this exact model of bulldozer would make a cool transformer! Hope the rumour is true, just so I can be right!
Posted by Zeds on October 6th, 2008 @ 7:58pm CDT
Posted by Down_Shift on October 6th, 2008 @ 8:53pm CDT
Three dumptrucks seems a little much though.
Posted by Solrac333 on October 6th, 2008 @ 9:09pm CDT
Posted by T-Macksimus on October 7th, 2008 @ 12:14am CDT
Posted by rwalsh17 on October 7th, 2008 @ 1:11am CDT
Why have two dumptrucks when there are plenty of other cool construction equipment they could've chosen? And it's seems REALLY convenient that so many of the alt modes match up real damn close with their G1 counterparts, while that was hardly the case with the robots from the first movie (Ironhide, Megatron, Bumblebee, etc.)
And if this combiner rumor is true, what about the other rumor floating 'round here that there'll be approximately 20 bots per faction this time? Provided that both of these rumors are accurate, that would mean that Devastator will take up a significant chunk of the new spaces for the Decepticon warriors (7 out of approx. 16 new 'con spots). That'll be cool if each Constructicon has his own screen time, but if they just transform into robots once, then combine into Devastator, and then promptly get destroyed during their first battle (a 'la Bonecrusher from the first movie), then why bother with giving us a gestalt? Just to squeeze us for cash through the inevitable repaints of the figures as so many clever forum users have pointed out previously?
No to mention the fact that Devastator was KILLED in the first movie, remember? Somebody on the TF 1 production team effed up and named him Devastator in the movie while the toys and video games refer to him as 'Brawl.' Thus, we've already seen 'Devastator' kick the bucket during the assault on Mission City in the first movie. How are they gonna explain that? Do 'cons just steal names from their fallen comrades now, or is Bay gonna go all George Lucas and put out a new 'fixed' edition of TF 1 with the subtitles fixed to read 'Brawl' instead of Devastator? Most likely, they'll probably just swipe another combiner name from the G1 series such as 'Menasor' or 'Bruticus' (or 'Runination' from RID.)
I guess it doesn't really matter in the end. I dug the first flick and was hoping that the second installment would take the franchise to a whole new level, but I've resigned myself to the fact that it might just be more of the cheap disposable bot treatment we got from the first movie. I mean c'mon, Starscream had TWO FRIGGIN' LINES IN THE WHOLE MOVIE!
Well, here's hoping we get a kick-ass sequel!
Posted by Ravage XK on October 7th, 2008 @ 3:59am CDT
In a way I would rather the huge bot be Tidal Wave. His transformation cut scene in the Armada PS2 game was impressive and I wonder how cool it would be with the hollywood budget behind it.
Posted by GuyIncognito on October 7th, 2008 @ 8:38am CDT
Posted by Auto Bot on October 8th, 2008 @ 12:00am CDT
GuyIncognito wrote:I'm hoping for 7 Supreme-class figures, each the size of an old sandbox Tonka truck, that combine to form a six-foot tall Devastator. Now wouldn't THAT be cool?
That would be heavy. Heavy on the display shelf. Heavy on the wallet.
Posted by Malikon on October 8th, 2008 @ 3:00am CDT
Say matching feet or arms or something.
I'm sure most of us are so used to seeing the G1 Devastator that we forget what an odd mix-mash of parts he really is.
Posted by Auto Bot on October 8th, 2008 @ 10:15am CDT
Malikon wrote:Personally if this turns out to be true, I have a feeling the reason there's a couple dumptrucks will be for symmetry.
Say matching feet or arms or something.
I'm sure most of us are so used to seeing the G1 Devastator that we forget what an odd mix-mash of parts he really is.
That's not a bad idea. It will give him better proportions and symmetry. And yet, not exactly a mirror copy. Because the twin trucks are of different brands and makes.
Posted by samtastic on October 12th, 2008 @ 1:21am CDT
New to this site. I was so excited by the thought of a live action devastator in these massive proportions I took a pass at a rough design. Using Josh Nizzi's amazing Long Haul as the the green (g1ish) center...
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp26 ... MOCKUP.jpg
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp26 ... STATOR.jpg
~samtastic
Posted by Dead Metal on October 12th, 2008 @ 7:32am CDT
samtastic wrote:Hey guys,
New to this site. I was so excited by the thought of a live action devastator in these massive proportions I took a pass at a rough design. Using Josh Nizzi's amazing Long Haul as the the green (g1ish) center...
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp26 ... MOCKUP.jpg
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp26 ... STATOR.jpg
~samtastic
Lol the second one looks awesome!
Do you have a DA page? I really like that style.
Posted by samtastic on October 12th, 2008 @ 11:38am CDT
Posted by GuyIncognito on October 12th, 2008 @ 1:00pm CDT
samtastic wrote:Hey guys,
New to this site. I was so excited by the thought of a live action devastator in these massive proportions I took a pass at a rough design. Using Josh Nizzi's amazing Long Haul as the the green (g1ish) center...
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp26 ... MOCKUP.jpg
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp26 ... STATOR.jpg
~samtastic
That second pic is really cool! Is that your own artwork?
Posted by samtastic on October 12th, 2008 @ 1:04pm CDT
I'm currently working up rough concepts for all the bot modes of the constructicons just for fun. I keep it loose and rough, focusing on shapes, color and basic design -- again just for fun to see how they measure up to what they come up with in the final movie.
Posted by Galvatron628 on October 13th, 2008 @ 2:40am CDT
Posted by Auto Bot on October 13th, 2008 @ 5:22am CDT
Posted by samtastic on October 13th, 2008 @ 11:11am CDT
Cormaster628 wrote:Thats pretty friggen sweat! I'd really love to see Devastator formed in the CGI million parts method that the graphic design guys used in the original movie!
Thanks,
Yeah I agree that anything can get carried away, design-wise. Hopefully Bay will listen to some of the criticisms of the past film. Nothing was wrong with the basic design principle of millions of parts ect... It's just that aside from Prime and Bumblebee, basic design principles like color and shape were not utilized for clarity.
With something the size of Devastator, it seems like they have to identify some big recognizable shapes and colors and put a "spotlight" on them to make the whole thing read. ie: use color and shape to lead the viewers eye to the head... That's what I tried to play with in my painting -- although I could improve it.
I have high expectations that we won't just have a giant junkpile in TF2, but who knows...?