Demolishor proceeds on a highway in China. Demolishor transforms and swats at NEST helicopters as he begins to make himself mobile. When the NEST and the Autobots come to Shanghai, China attempting to uncover a hidden Decepticon they find Demolishor and Sideways.
Additionally most of the toys for Demolishor are incorrectly colored red, like Scavenger, making them nearly identical. In the film Demolishor is depicted as being primarely white, while Scavenger is red, but as Demolishor is seen only at night, his color is hard to see. This led to confusion for several months by fans if Demolishor and Scavenger were the same character or different. He is the largest non-combined transformer seen in any of the Michael Bay films so far, although there are larger characters in the associated media.ĭemolishor shares his model with another Decepticon, Scavenger. It should be noted that although Demolishor's alternate mode is a construction vehicle, he is not part of the Constructicon subgroup rather, he is an individual Decepticon who happened to choose a similar guise to Scavenger (who is a Constructicon).ĭemolishor protects a small Decepticon community in Shanghai after Megatron's death. He can use his excavator mode's tracks as wheels to travel (either as a unicycle or bicycle) and attack by moving one over his head to crush everything in front of him.
Generation 1’s legacy would rule the Transformers into a new millennium, having established the universe, the concepts, and the main characters that are still most memorable today.Demolishor is cowardly when there's no leader, and he isn't the brightest one, but he's powerful enough to fight with multiple foes. Japan would see new designs for a further two years, and Europe for another three.
#SMALL DECEPTICON SERIES#
At the end of 1990, the series was cancelled in the United States due to tanking sales. Popular characters from early in the series were rendered as non-transforming action figures, including weapons or vehicles that could transform. Previous subgroups also saw new designs that shrunk and simplified their concepts.Īs the line came to a close, the final subgroup threw the old ethic to the wind: Action Masters. Larger toys simply contained one Micromaster figure and a base or playset. Some of these smaller robots, the Micromasters were sold in teams of four or six simple, tiny figures. began to slow in the late ’80s, Transformers downsized in an attempt to offer toys at a lower price-point, and capitalize on the popular “micro” toy concept. However, every year presented more combining teams.Īs sales in the U.S. Some robots could be disguised as monsters or humans by hiding in a hollow “shell”. Many of these gimmicks involved a smaller “partner” who could become the head, weapon, or engine of the larger figure. Subsequent years featured more and more robots with fictitious or sci-fi alternate modes, and toys focused in groups on specific gimmicks.
#SMALL DECEPTICON MOVIE#
It was not a new concept, but accounted for nearly half of the releases that year.įollowing the animated movie in 1986, the original story thread frayed and lost its hold over toy design. The main theme shifted to Transformers that could combine in teams to form larger robots. Many of these followed in the tracks of their predecessors, including use of some unproduced designs penned for previous toylines. In 1986, the success of Transformers justified investment in new and unique designs. These black and silver square stickers featured prominently on the toy, and would change colors when heated to reveal the allegiance of the character. These toys had differing design ethics, but most transformed into recognizable real-world vehicles, and had limited articulation in robot mode.ĭuring this time, many competing brands of shape shifting robots were on the market, so Hasbro designed the “rubsign” as a mark of authenticity. The early years, 1984-1985, focused on toys originally manufactured in different colors for other brands, such as Takara’s Diaclone and Microchange, Bandai’s Macross and Takatoku’s Dorvack and Beetras. The line is by far the most diverse in terms of toy styling and design. which saw limited 1984 releases), and in Japan from 1985- 1992 (with many variations from the other regions.) In the U.S., the toyline ran from 1984- 1990 in Europe, from 1985- 1993 (except the U.K. Generation One, originally known simply as “The Transformers” is the first series of Transformers. Japan Equivalent: Beginning with G1 - Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (1985)
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