Transformer Devastator - Unmatched Strength

October 12, 2008

Decepticon Transformer Devastator is built by the combination of
the Coinstructicons. This flawless combination of wrath gives
form to arguably the strongest Decepticon of them all. His only
objective is to annihilate anything and everything that stands
between him and his foe. In separated form, the six
Constructicons are quite intelligent in wide contrast to the brutality
that characterizes Devastator. This is because six Decepticon
minds try to agree on which moves Devastator should pull off
next at the same time. This gives Devastator his simple and brutish
personality of instinct, destroying everything in site before even
thinking about the consequences. One of his primary weaknesses
is that hes lumbering and slow, making him an easy target to trip
over.

In the Marvel Comics edition of the Transformers the birth of the
Constructicons is rather straight forward. Decepticon
Commander Shockwave ordered the creation of six new
Decepticon beings which where given life by the Creation Matrix,
extracted from the then captured Optimus Prime. The
Constructicons were given life and no time was wasted. They
built a gigantic radio dish which Soundwave used as a
communications devise between Earth and Cybertron. The
Autobots tried to jam the giant disk, but they were defeated by
the Constructicons who combined into the all powerful
Devastator to get the job done with ease.

The Autobots where quite impressed with Devastators combining
ability, thus they attempted to imitate the creation of a similar
Transformer who could combine into a bigger and more powerful
being. However they were only able to make an Omega Supreme
made from the combination of three non sentient machines. This
drove the Autobots to lure Transformer Devastator out of the
Decepticon base and isolate him to gather more information about
his composition. When this was accomplished the Autobots could
at last create Superion who was made from the combination of
the new Aerialbots.

As opposed to the traditional cartoons and comics in the 2007
movie Transformer Devastator appears as an individual character
that transforms into a heavily armed tank. Although this
Decepticon was supposed to be Brawl, in the film it can clearly
be appreciated that he names himself Devastator. Further
confusion arises in the merchandise arena where hes marketed as
Brawl. The movie writers confess that this was an error and that it
was intended for him to be Brawl in the movie. On the other
hand, Michael Bay insists that Devastator was a much more
suitable and stronger name for the insanely tough Decepticon.

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