Transformers Studio Series (Revenge of The Fallen) Voyager Class Constructicon Long Haul: Behold, one of the most faithful to source Bayformers Decepticons.

What is this? A humanoid (ish) looking Decepticon, who got to keep his alternate mode from Generation 1, who got to keep his status as a part of a combiner, with the only loss being his position in the combiner, but it comes with the bonus of no longer needing to be that combiner's guts? I would say that is a solid win for Long Haul, especially when you remember how much weight he had to gain in order to be Devastator's crotch in Combiner Wars. In addition, being a leg means he does not need to lug around Devastator's balls... So anyway, the Long Haul review...

Starting in dump truck mode, and though it has some large, glaring issues due to transformation, this is a solid dump truck, and from what I have seen, better than the Combiner Wars one. I will be honest; there are some parts to Devastator where G1 comparisons are, to me at least, valid. Four of the six G1 Constructicons are in this Devastator, Long Haul, Mixmaster, Scavenger and Scrapper. However, I will only be comparing three; Scavenger is too far removed from his G1 incarnation (though comparing him to Scrapmetal might have been more valid. Joys of hindsight). However, Long Haul, Scrapper and Mixmaster are fair game (though Long Haul more than the others). With that said, in terms of vehicle modes, the Studio Series one is certainly better than the Combiner Wars one, though a large chunk of that is the requirements in the combination. That's not to say this is a flawless dump truck mode, there are a lot of gaps in the design, and due to how the arms need to move, there's no working dumper, you can't even load cargo on it, which is something that the Combiner Wars one has as an advantage (in that it was Devastator Parts storage). What I do like most about this dump truck though is that the Combiner Wars one looks bloated, as if it is barely able to hold everything it needs to hold. The Studio Series one looks more consistent, from certain angles; it looks like it could be the real thing. Nevertheless, it still needed to make sacrifices for the sake of the combined mode, so onto foot mode.

In foot mode, the first thing that comes to mind is "how the hell is Overload going to work?", and by extension, how is Devastator going to work? The connection points are not consistent with Rampage, and on top of that, the ratchet range looks and feels inconsistent, making me question how stable this person is going to be. I do not know if the visual difference is because of how much more mass is being used in Long Haul, or if there are distinct differences between the ratchets used. As for the foot itself, it is a larger foot then Rampage is, though a complaint I have is that I wished the back wheels had a place to lock in, rather than be loose. Might have helped make the heal place more secure as well. As for how well it holds up, we will have to wait for (hopefully) next year to find out.

As for the robot mode, with the current spectrum of Scrapmetal as being good movieverse robot modes, and Rampage as bad ones, this is on the Scrapmetal side, I honestly love this robot mode. This reminds me of the types of tanks you would see in Role Playing Games, the heavily plated, super slow, but can take a ton of damage and exist to be damage sponges in raids. Speaking purely in the looks department, I really like this robot mode. Unfortunately, that tank comparison also means that Long Haul is not going to be doing a lot of posing. A lot of kibble gets in the way of movements, so while he has the standard points of articulation, including a waist swivel for the sake of Devastator, and even ankle tilts bringing him up to par with the War for Cybertron line, you have to fight the kibble to be able to use a lot of it. What helps though is that it does not take much to make him look intimidating, again thanks to the kibble.

Overall, I would say this is a win. Though I am concerned about Devastator requirements, he still works as a good standalone robot at least, and the toning down of movie accuracy works in the same way as it does Scrapmetal, in that it makes him look better than he did in the movie. Three out of eight of the Constructicons in and only one has been bad, so we may have a promising future ahead. However, that being said next is Hightower so who knows. I will not be reviewing Hightower next, that will be in a few weeks, because next I am looking at a recent Lego set for a nice change of pace by reviewing not a Marvel set, but a DC set.