Abilities: Standing over 60 feet tall, Devastator possesses enormous strength. His solar energy rifle shoots a 10,000 degree Centigrade heat beam up to a distance of six miles. Devastator has many of the abilities of his component parts.
Weaknesses: Even though Devastator has many of the abilities of his components, he is limited in their use because of his awkward form and lumbering mental processes that allow him to be easily outfoxed by most opponents.
Appearances: Devastator appeared in the Television episodes "Heavy Metal War," "City of Steel," "The Core," "Autobot Run," "Desertion of the Dinobots Part 1," "The Secret of Omega Supreme," "Master Builders," "Triple Takeover," "Starscream's Brigade," "The Five Faces of Darkness Part 1," "Carnage in C-Minor," and "The Burden Hardest to Bear" He appeared in comic issues 10, 19, and issue TJ 4.
Toy Line: In the American toy line, the Constructicon gift set included each Constructicon, their accessories, and a giant label sheet that included the labels for each Constructicon. Collectible items printed on the back of the packaging included a tech spec and robot points. Unlike any other gift set, the back of the box only had Devastator's tech spec.
Also released on the American toy line was an "Action Master Devastator." He came with a gun that could transform into a scorpion called "Scorpulator."
Additional Information: In the cartoon series of Transformers, Arthur Burghardt made the voice of the greatest Transformer in existence, Devastator. He devoted all his voice talents on the show to Devastator alone. In Japan Devastator was referred to as "Devastar."
