My 5 year old is obsessed with anything transformers. As an incentive to do his homework and practice his Karate everyday, we sometimes reward him with a trip to target to pick out a small transformer toy. Over the course of the year, he had collected most of them. The only elusive one was the devastator. He begged us to get it for him for Christmas. My husband, however, promised him if he passed his yellow belt test, he would reward him with the devastator. We searched online and found it for the best price at Amazon.com, even though it is still vey expensive for a plastic toy, $50+. It is sufficiently intricate to keep his attention. Each limb is composed of a separate vehicle that also transforms. At first he needed help assembling and disassembling the pieces. Now he does it by himself, sometimes with the help of the instructions. It is the ultimate crown jewel in his transformer collection….That is until the next transformers 3 movie comes out.
After you get over the initial shock of how small it is, it’s great because all the trucks transform unlike the larger devastator. My 6 and 4-year old boys love it! They did already break off a small piece from one of the trucks, but if I had to choose again, I’d still pick this one.
I wouldn’t give this to anyone under 14. It’s a great toy, it made itself right at home on my shelf, but I have to say, the ball joints and Scavenger’s wheels, they’re just all a wee bit fragile, I’m so scared I might break it, and as a matter of fact, Scavenger’s wheels are bent a bit from the packaging, but I’ve fixed it. I give it a 4 out of 5 stars only because of how delicate it seems. I love it a lot, Scrapper and Mixmaster are easily my favourites, and I might even get another one to keep mint in box. I’m not saying don’t get this for your son or grandson, I’m saying that hardcore collectors ought to watch their hands. Anyway, I reccomend this for anyone who hated the fact Supreme Devastator didn’t have individual robot modes, and didn’t have 100$ to spend. It’s worth the 50$.
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My 5 year old is obsessed with anything transformers. As an incentive to do his homework and practice his Karate everyday, we sometimes reward him with a trip to target to pick out a small transformer toy. Over the course of the year, he had collected most of them. The only elusive one was the devastator. He begged us to get it for him for Christmas. My husband, however, promised him if he passed his yellow belt test, he would reward him with the devastator. We searched online and found it for the best price at Amazon.com, even though it is still vey expensive for a plastic toy, $50+. It is sufficiently intricate to keep his attention. Each limb is composed of a separate vehicle that also transforms. At first he needed help assembling and disassembling the pieces. Now he does it by himself, sometimes with the help of the instructions. It is the ultimate crown jewel in his transformer collection….That is until the next transformers 3 movie comes out.
Rating
After you get over the initial shock of how small it is, it’s great because all the trucks transform unlike the larger devastator. My 6 and 4-year old boys love it! They did already break off a small piece from one of the trucks, but if I had to choose again, I’d still pick this one.
Rating
I wouldn’t give this to anyone under 14. It’s a great toy, it made itself right at home on my shelf, but I have to say, the ball joints and Scavenger’s wheels, they’re just all a wee bit fragile, I’m so scared I might break it, and as a matter of fact, Scavenger’s wheels are bent a bit from the packaging, but I’ve fixed it. I give it a 4 out of 5 stars only because of how delicate it seems. I love it a lot, Scrapper and Mixmaster are easily my favourites, and I might even get another one to keep mint in box. I’m not saying don’t get this for your son or grandson, I’m saying that hardcore collectors ought to watch their hands. Anyway, I reccomend this for anyone who hated the fact Supreme Devastator didn’t have individual robot modes, and didn’t have 100$ to spend. It’s worth the 50$.