Devcon (Transformers - Legacy - Evolution) Review

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Devcon (Transformers - Legacy - Evolution) Review

Devcon
Transformers - Legacy - Evolution (Hasbro)So, Devcon. This guy appeared exactly once on the old cartoon, and got passed over for a convention-exclusive toy twice. Somehow, he left enough of an impression to finally make it out this year. His badass bounty-hunter personality apparently left enough of an impression, because he sold out so fast they reissued him. Which is the only reason I found one.
Starting with the robot, this is pretty much a somewhat more greebly recreation of the animation model. Which is fine, it was a solid look. Very rounded, for the most part. A few corners here and there. The colors are bright without feeling toyish. We get the usual swivel-hinges at the shoulders, elbows, and hips. Swivel waist, tilt/rocker ankles, and a ball joint neck. No wrists, but that's not too surprising given the transformation.
He's got his forearm gun, which can of course be held in the hand if you prefer. The boosters on his ankles can also plug (clumsily) into his back, either side of the gun, or even the shoulders and forearms, likely a side effect of the weaponizer/fossilizer/whatever they're calling that theme now. I prefer them on the legs myself.
Apparently this is a heavy retool of Studio Series Blurr. I'm happy enough with the TR version that I never upgraded, so this is new to me either way. Transformation is fairly intuitive, smooth and solid. Almost simplistic, with a couple nice flourishes.I've almost gotten used to parts that like to pop off, or fail to lock effectively, so this was a relief. There is a touch of partsforming with the gun and boosters, but so it goes.
And we're left with a bang-on accurate take on the animation model. Lacking any reason to blend in on Earth, it's something like a stumpy digital thermometer with fins and boosters. Nah, it's a pretty serviceable "alien" design. Not much swooshability, and it at least sits flat on the skids that stand in for landing gear. The fins do slightly touch the shelf, but as long as it doesn't slide around too much, the paint should be safe. (edit: no they don't, I just transformed it in a hurry, is all)
This wasn't a major character by any means. If anything, he was basically the Boba Fett of Transformers, if you can remember when he was just some badass hunter with less than a half hour of screen time, and that was all we had to work with. Well, he at least got toys from the start instead of decades later. I've been futzing with this guy a lot, trying to decide if the cartoonish nature turns me off at all, but at the end of the day, a good TF is a good TF, and this is good stuff. It's mostly the price tag, I think; I've been at this long enough to remember $7 Deluxes, and money's a lot tighter now. But once in a while, I dip back in, and it's nice to be pleasantly surprised.