Constructicon (ROTF)

The name or term "Constructicon" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Constructicon (disambiguation).

Hightower not included. C'mon, truss cranes need love too!

The Constructicons are a group of Decepticons that take the form of various construction vehicles, many sharing alternate modes, body-types and even names. Constructicons have been built since the dawn of the Transformer race, and used to be considered simple drones.^[1]

Unlike previous continuities, it seems as if only some, not all, of the Constructicons are combiners. They combine into Devastator.

Excavator:
- Demolishor †
- Scrapmetal †
- Scavenger †

Truss crane:
- Hightower†
- Hook†
- "Purple generic drones"

Dump truck:
- Long Haul† (×2)
- Payload
- "Yellow Dump Truck"†
- Constructicon Warriors

Cement mixer:
- Mixmaster† (×2)

Articulated dump truck:
- Overload†

Bulldozer:
- Rampage†
- Skipjack†
- Kickback
- Bonecrusher†
- "Second Bulldozer"†

Front loader:
- Scrapper† (×2)
- Constructicon Scouts
- "Purple generic drones"

Buffalo MPV:
- "Buffalo MPV Decepticon"^[2]

Multi-arm Excavator:
- Trample
- Tread

†Components of Devastator

Fiction

Movies

Revenge of The Fallen film

Can we fix him? Yes we can!

NEST followed Demolishor to Shanghai, China, and he was executed by Optimus Prime.

After the AllSpark shard was retrieved from NEST's secure bunker at Diego Garcia, Long Haul, Rampage, Mixmaster, and Scrapmetal secreted themselves aboard the Bayos freighter heading towards the North Atlantic. They were eventually joined by Ravage, carrying Scalpel and an AllSpark fragment. Once the ship passed over the Laurentian Abyss, the Decepticons jumped overboard and dived down to where Megatron's broken body lay. Scalpel ordered the death of Scrapmetal to rebuild Megatron, a request that Long Haul and Mixmaster readily granted. Soon, Megatron was reborn!

You'd better have a good reason for bringing us here!

Hightower, Skipjack, another Long Haul, and a yellow dump truck waited in a quarry near the Egyptian pyramids for the arrival of Scavenger, Overload, Scrapper, another Mixmaster, and a second bulldozer, and they combined into Devastator. Devastator battled Skids and Mudflap, before climbing up the Great Pyramid of Giza to excavate the Star Harvester within. Devastator was blown up by an experimental rail gun fired by the USS Kidd.

Elsewhere during Operation: Firestorm, Rampage, Long Haul, Mixmaster, and a non-combiner Scrapper hunted for Sam Witwicky in an abandoned town. Rampage was ordered by Starscream to spring a trap by demanding Sam hand over the Matrix of Leadership in exchange for his captive parents Ron and Judy, but Bumblebee attacked and killed him. Jetfire killed Mixmaster, while the others died in a bombing raid by the United States Air Force. Revenge of the Fallen

The Constructicons' involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel "Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel" and the storybook "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Electronic Voice Changer".

Dark of the Moon film

Both a Scrapper and a Long Haul unit were present during the battle of Chicago. Both of them were killed by Optimus Prime. Dark of the Moon (film)

IDW comics

The Constructicons build a monument to their manhood.

In the distant past, the AllSpark Cube created the Dynasty of Primes, a race of powerful, trans-dimensional beings as the first inhabitants of Cybertron. The Cube gave these beings mighty powers, as well as terraforming their world, but it was not limitless, and gradually became depleted. The first beings learned that the AllSpark's power could be replenished by harvesting the energy of stars, but they were unable to locate new stars to suit their purposes, despite their amazing ability to travel between dimensions. Once again, the Cube came to the rescue, creating a race of workers, who had the ability to change their shape.

The "builder" workers were among the very first of these new beings, who would construct a harvester when a suitable sun had been found. Once built, the device would drain the energy of these stars, thus replenishing the AllSpark. Defiance #4 The Primes ruled harvesters could not be used on a sun that replenished life, but one of them began to defy this rule and gathered together a few rogue "construction drones" and a Seeker to secretly harvest suns and ignoring the genocide they caused. The other Primes found out and followed them to Earth, and The Fallen Prime teleported his servants elsewhere, but the Seeker Jetfire turned on the builders and killed them. Tales of the Fallen #3

It is assumed that at some point during the civil war on Cybertron, the remaining builders sided with Megatron, the new protege of their only surviving ancient master, The Fallen. In Megatron's Decepticon army, they became known as the Constructicons. In at least one battle, Devastator was present. Tales of the Fallen #2

There were many Constructicons aboard the Nemesis, as they were needed to excavate the harvester. Soundwave did not consider them smart enough to be allowed on the bridge. When the Nemesis and Ark collided, Soundwave had them placed in the cargo hold of the Longshot when they gave pursuit of the Autobot ship. Convergence chapter 1 When they returned to the Nemesis, the Constructicons grumbled at almost immediately having to return to Earth, so Soundwave placed them in stasis. Convergence chapter 4

During the war, Demolishor destroyed an Autobot colony guarded by Sideswipe, who swore revenge and tracked him to Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Constructicon drew out Sideswipe but fled when NEST forces led by Optimus Prime and William Lennox arrived. Tales of the Fallen #2

Details are for chumps.

Scavenger, Long Haul, Scrapper, Overload, and Mixmaster arrived in Egypt together along with other Constructicons and Decepticons to battle the Autobots. Revenge of the Fallen #3

Some of the Constructicons combined into Devastator and revealed the star harvester hidden beneath a pyramid. Devastator was destroyed by a prototype rail gun soon afterwards. At the same time, Rampage and Long Haul fought in the battle and were defeated by Bumblebee and Jetfire, respectively. Revenge of the Fallen #4

The Veiled Threat

The Constructicons Kickback, Trample, and Tread came to Earth hoping to be able to revive their leader Megatron. They were mining for uranium in the Australian outback in the hopes that if they collected enough energy, they could jump-start Megatron's spark.

NEST became aware of their presence when they picked up their intermittent energy signatures. They sent a strike team consisting of Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Salvage, William Lennox, and Kaminari Ishihara to take care of them. The three Constructicons put up a good fight but were killed. The Veiled Threat

Titan Magazines comics

...right, I'm taking my break now!

There are loads of Constructicons! Kickback, Tread, and Trample are among their number. #17's Law and Disorder

The Decepticons recovered Devastator's remains, and brought them to the peaks of British Columbia, Canada, so that the behemoth could be repaired by a squad of Constructicon drone units. These drones appeared to be a model of purple generic drones, and had both crane and front load shovel forms. That nasty Stratosphere blew up the poor drones and then destroyed the half-rebuilt Devastator. Head in the Clouds

Toy bios

After getting dismantled by the humans' railgun, at least some of the Constructicons that formed Devastator at the time survived. Ironhide made it his mission to pick them off one by one, starting with Mixmaster. Enforcer Ironhide VS Mixmaster

Games

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Game

Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC

Decepticon campaign

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Toys

Transformers (2007)

He hates his toy serving as the basis for a Constructicon.

Bonecrusher (Deluxe Class, 2007)
- TakaraTomy ID Number: MD-09

This figure was repurposed as a generic Constructicon drone in issues #3 and #4 of IDW's Tales of the Fallen comic.

Bonecrusher transforms into a Buffalo mine-protected vehicle, with an articulated "mine-fork" for removing mines or cars or robots or unsuspecting buildings from his path. Although the fork is packaged with its sets of tines opposing one another, they can be rotated into a more appropriate side-by-side vehicle mode configuration, which the instructions fail to call out. He has six rolling wheels in this mode, and two sculpted, non-functional spare wheels.

His robot mode is, like most of the movie toys, based on pre-final design work, explaining his extremely long extensible arms as seen on some concept art. The mine-fork splits to form a grabber-claw, which can snap onto victims with a geared slider Automorph mechanism. His hips can often detach from the codpiece holding them together.

He is extremely short compared to many contemporary Deluxes.

He is named "Bonescrusher" on the Canadian cross-sell. Guess how Bonecrusher feels about that little misspelling.

Revenge of the Fallen

Legends Class

The one you will actually buy.

Hightower (EZ Collection DX, 2009)
Long Haul (EZ Collection DX, 2009)
Decepticon Mixmaster (EZ Collection DX, 2009)
Decepticon Overload (EZ Collection DX, 2009)
Decepticon Rampage (EZ Collection DX, 2009)
Scavenger (EZ Collection DX, 2009)
Scrapper (EZ Collection DX, 2009)
- Release date: July 23 2009

Known designers: Hironori Kobayashi (TakaraTomy)

EZ Collection "DX Devastator" is made up of the seven individually-carded Constructicon toys Hightower, Long Haul, Mixmaster, Overload, Rampage, Scavenger, and Scrapper, resulting in a roughly Deluxe-sized toy. Due to his size and the complexity of even getting this to work at all, he ends up with little articulation outside of a bit of swivel at the limb connections.

Takara stock imagery shows him with a silver-painted face, but the final product has this reduced to a bunch of small "weathering" paint applications on gray plastic.

More information on Legends Constructicon Devastator at TFU.info

Constructicon Devastator (Legends Class multi-pack, 2010)

In Hasbro's markets, the Legends-class Constructicons were only sold together in a 7-pack. They are otherwise identical to the prior Takara releases. In the United States and Canada, said exclusive lies with Walmart. In the United Kingdom, the set was only available through Argos.

Bet yer green with envy.

Devastator "Origin Color" Set (EZ Collection, 2010)
- Release date: March 20 2010

Takara reissued the complete team of seven Legend class Constructicons in a singular box set. This time around, every toy has been redone in a Generation-1-Constructicon-inspired bright green and purple color scheme. He even comes packaged in the same clear box set the Hasbro version used.

In keeping with the "Generation 1" theme of the set, two of the Constructicons have been renamed, with the truss crane now being Hook and the bulldozer Bonecrusher. (Overload has not been renamed as he has no Generation 1 proxy.)

Deluxe Class

Rampage (Deluxe Class, 2009)
- TakaraTomy ID number: RD-06

Rampage transforms from a yellow bulldozer similar to a Komatsu D575A into one of two robot mode configurations, the first of which (his actual in-fiction robot form) is distinctly Vehicon-esque. It lacks any functional legs, instead featuring a spring-loaded "jackhammer" assembly. When the figure is bounced along the ground in this mode, his Mech Alive feature is activated, and a pair of pistons that frame his head pump back and forth. The shovel can be removed in this mode and used as a stand. If legs are preferred, his jackhammer splits and his elaborate kibble backpack unfolds, together forming four leg-struts to create a free-standing robot form that is rather centaurian in design. Though not mentioned in the instructions or package, the aforementioned backpack can remain folded in robot mode for a more movie-accurate, two-legged 'play' mode of sorts. He features real rubber treads which become arm-mounted whip weapons in robot mode. Unfortunately, due to this design, the treads themselves do not function in vehicle mode.

Like several toys in the Revenge of the Fallen toyline, Rampage has had a mold change done somewhere between his instructions being drawn up and the final version of the toy. On the final toy, the rear flap behind the cabin of the bulldozer runs into a screw section used to hold the robot pelvis together. This change also affects where the rear flap and the bulldozer shovel connect in robot mode. On the instructions, this flap is shown as folding flat against the back of the vehicle and said flap is also folded down much farther in robot mode to connect to the shovel. The mold change seems to account for the shovel connection issue in robot mode, but not the problem in vehicle mode. Unlike some others, this change does not directly affect any of the toy's action features or articulation.

(Hasbro version pictured)

(TakaraTomy version pictured)

Rampage (Deluxe Class, 2010)
- TakaraTomy name: Decepticon Rampage Desert Combat
- TakaraTomy ID number: RD-21

As a redeco of Rampage's first Deluxe Class toy in red, this release of Rampage represents a more movie accurate version of the Rampage who fought Bumblebee in Egypt. Hasbro's version of red Rampage is a straight colour swap, with his yellow plastic replaced with red plastic. As one of the last two figures released in the Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Class assortment, the red version of Rampage and his casemate Evac were insanely difficult (if not impossible) to find in U.S. retail stores.

TakaraTomy went much further than Hasbro with their version of red Rampage, dubbed "Decepticon Rampage Desert Combat"; Rampage features redecoing on his shovel blade to match the one used on the Rampage prop vehicle seen in the movie (including horizontal lines to match the slatted look of the prop). The figure also features a more screen-accurate red and yellow color scheme, much like his on-screen counterpart.

Voyager Class

Demolishor (Voyager Class, 2009)
- TakaraTomy ID number: RD-03

Demolishor transforms from a red Terex RH400 mining excavator into a unique robot mode via a surprisingly complex transformation. His Mech Alive gimmick in robot mode is a drum in each arm that spins when you move his lower arm (not in the shoulders as the packaging call out states). He has real rubber treads that sadly can't move, and no little plastic wheels that help it move either. He is almost impossible to stand up—let alone pose—but it can be managed.

In the film, Demolishor's vehicle mode features a lot more white. This toy's colors are actually a match to Scavenger's colors.

Like several Revenge of the Fallen toys, such as Voyager Class Starscream and Leader Class Optimus Prime, Demolishor is yet another victim of late mold changes due to 2008-2009 economic problems. On the back of the box, his treads are pictured as being made of several individual, linked plastic sections. The sections were apparently recast as a single rubber tread ring instead for the final toy.

Also, left out on the instruction was that the shovel "teeth"/robot mode fingers are articulated (albeit via a very tight joint).

Mixmaster (Voyager Class, 2009)
- TakaraTomy ID number: RD-12
- Accessories: Missile

Known designers: Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy)

Voyager Class Revenge of the Fallen Mixmaster transforms into a gray and silver cement mixer with purple windows and headlights, based loosely on the Mack Granite truck seen in the film. He is notoriously one of the hardest to transform toys from the Movie toyline. The vehicle mode's mixing drum is incapable of rotating due to the transformation, but does boast a pair of gigantic Decepticon logos on either side (though in a different orientation than what is seen in the final film). The cement chute at the rear of the vehicle mode can accurately raise and lower on a hinge, and the cannon can be fixed to fire directly overhead or behind at pursuing vehicles.

The packaging calls out Mech Alive gimmickry in the form of "spinning gears" on his chest, but the feature is only present in the thighs and forearms, which reveal shifting internal bits when the joints are rotated. The robot mode's missile-firing cannon is locked in place on its back pointing straight upward; it can be raised over Mixmaster's head, although this involves letting the cab hang loose on his back as it's designed to attach to the cannon. Alternately the toy can be transformed to its artillery cannon-like Battle Mode that has him essentially performing a belly flop, letting the launcher fire forward. At least, according to the Battle Mode's official depiction in the instructions.

The instructions and the box pictures show the joint that attaches the cab to the robot to be inverted, with the released toy having the cab joint upside-down as compared with what is in the instructions and box pictures. Out of the box, the toy cannot exactly mimic the battle mode of the instructions or stock photos, but it's close enough for most people to assume they were doing something wrong until one realizes this mis-assembly. The joint can be corrected by the removal and re-attachment of the metal pin behind the front-bumper, but this is not as easy as it sounds and may potentially be damaging to the toy. This only applies to the Hasbro version of the instructions, however, as the Japanese Takara release had instructions depicting a completely different battle mode,^[3] which utilised the joint in the direction it is assembled, as well as pegs and holes present on the rear wheel segments and the inside of the cab respectively (see image to the right with highlighted circles).

The image of the cement mixer mode on the packaging has been flipped horizontally as well, leaving the location of the ladder switched. Additionally, the robot mode image on the packaging has a different mold for the mixing drum shells, with rectangular-shaped pegs rather than circular.

Back Road Brawl (Multi-pack, 2009)
- Accessories: Missile

Available only in the Toys"R"Us-exclusive "Back Road Brawl" figure pack with Hoist, this release of Mixmaster features a new head that was gang-molded to Mixmaster, but until now went unused. His colour scheme has been extensively redecoed in a layout resembling the Generation 1 Constructicons. He is decorated with a small tampograph reading "Ol' Lefty", a reference to how Generation 1 Mixmaster formed Devastator's left leg.

He retains the mis-assembled cab joint/faulty instructions.

Demolishor Shanghai Attack (Voyager Class, 2010)
- ID number: RD-19

Demolishor Shanghai Attack redecoes Demolishor's voyager class toy with colors that more closely resemble those seen in his film appearance.

Shanghai Showdown (Multi-pack, 2010)

Hasbro's release of the screen-accurate Demolishor features brown dirt decos on his treads and body. He is packed with more accurately decoed versions of Skids and Mudflap in their ice cream truck bodies.

Long Haul (Voyager Class, 2009)
- TakaraTomy ID number: RD-17

Part of Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Class wave 5, Long Haul transforms from a green genericized "earth mover" dump truck with a functional truck bed into a bulky robot mode. In robot mode, he has three Mech Alive gimmicks in which turning his head also turns a cog in his chest, while bending his elbows moves some pistons and finally the "springs" connected to his feet move inwards when moving them. Only the piston gimmick is advertised on the packaging. Meanwhile, each forearm houses a spring-loaded flip-out sword.

Long Haul was packaged in vehicle mode in very limited numbers before a running change packaged him in robot mode.

Supreme Combiner Class

Actually movie accurate... NOT.
(Hasbro version pictured)

You've got red on you.
(TakaraTomy version pictured)

Constructicon Devastator (Supreme Combiner Class, 2009)
- TakaraTomy ID number: RD-16
- Accessories: Mixmaster's truck "nose", Scavenger's shovel-bucket

Known designers: Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy), Shogo Hasui (initial concept)

Devastator is formed from the combination of six transforming construction vehicle toys that do not have individual robot modes. Unlike prior cases of this format, Devastator's vehicles represent separate Transformers, and most of them have other non-combiner toys that do have robot modes.

Despite the figure's complex appearance (from the front anyway), the limbs' transformations into combined mode are rather simple. Fortunately, this makes him a lot easier to muck with than some of the other larger-scale Revenge of the Fallen toys. This is good, because Devastator is ENORMOUS. His smallest limbs (his legs) are the size of Deluxe-class toys, and his largest components are bigger than Leader-class toys. While the legs can not be swapped (unless for some reason you want a backwards walking Devastator), the arms can be swapped around. The pegs meant to plug Rampage and Long Haul into Devastator's hips also fit snugly into the sockets meant for connecting Scrapper and Hightower to Scavenger... if you're inclined to have a random arm connected to a stray leg with no body in between, or a vehicle mode about as useful as a poorly matched Micromaster Combiner pair.

The toy's electronics are all in the Mixmaster component. Pressing the button makes Devastator's mouth open and activates voice clips and engine sounds, as well as green lights in his mouth and eyes. Pressing the button for a few seconds activates his "Vortex grinder". However, the button trigger is so sensitive that he never shuts up. In Devastator mode, his mouth can be locked into the open position by clicking his lower jaw sections into the large tank treads that form his shoulders. His mouth is enormous, and it lights up all pretty and green. He can easily swallow any Legends-class toy and spit it out the other side by opening up the back of his head. Covering Devastator's head when separating him from the torso and turning him back into Mixmaster's vehicle mode activates the transformation noise, and after that somehow makes engine stalling noises without pulling the trigger.

Sadly, Devastator has a hard time standing on all four of his limbs, and is most stable standing on his hind legs. This is mainly because the most weight is located in the head, and his fingers are not made to hold that weight. He will also look straight to the ground unless you lock his head in place with the lower jaw.

The Japanese TakaraTomy release of this figure has extra paint applications on Devastator's face, for a better resemblance to the final CG model.