Constructicon (ROTF)

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[[Image:Constructicons-RiseoftheDecepticons.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Hightower not included. C'mon, truss cranes need love too!]]

The '''Constructicons''' are a group of Decepticons that take the form of various construction vehicles. Unlike previous continuities, it seems as if some but not all Constructicons are [[combiner]]s.

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|content=<div class="list-header">Excavator:</div>
*[[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]
*[[ze little one|unnamed]]
*[[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]]{{dag|blue}}

<br/><div class="list-header">Truss crane:</div>
*[[Hightower (ROTF)|Hightower]]{{dag|black}}

<br/><div class="list-header">Dump truck:</div>
*[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]{{dag|black}}

<br/><div class="list-header">Cement mixer:</div>
*[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]]{{dag|black}}

<br/><div class="list-header">Articulated dump truck:</div>
*[[Overload (ROTF)|Overload]]{{dag|black}}

<br/><div class="list-header">Pogo bulldozer:</div>
*[[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]]{{dag|black}}
*[[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage's identical cousin]]{{dag|green}}

<br/><div class="list-header">Front loader:</div>
*[[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]]{{dag|black}}
*[[Constructicon Scout]]s

<br/><div class="list-header">Bulldozer:</div>
*[[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]]{{dag|orange}}

<br/><div class="list-header">Multi-arm Excavator:</div>
*[[Trample]]{{dag|orange}}
*[[Tread]]{{dag|orange}}

<br/><small>{{dag|black}}"Orthodox" [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] units</small>
<br/><small>{{dag|green}}Forms Devastator in ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' film</small>
<br/><small>{{dag|orange}}Non-combining unit</small>
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==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:Defiance4_Constructicons.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Contructicons build a monument to their manhood.]]

In the distant past, the [[All Spark]] Cube created [[Thirteen original Transformers|a race]] of powerful, trans-dimensional beings as the first inhabitants of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The Cube gave these beings mighty powers, as well as terraforming their world, but it was not limitless, and gradually became depleted. The first beings learned that the All Spark's power could be replenished by harvesting the energy of stars, but they were unable to locate new stars to suit their purposes, despite their amazing ability to travel between dimensions. Once again, the Cube came to the rescue, creating a race of workers, who had the ability to change their shape.

The "builder" workers were among the very first of these new beings, who would construct a [[Solar Harvester|harvester]] when a suitable sun had been found. Once built, the device would drain the energy of these stars, thus replenishing the All Spark. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4}} It is assumed that at some point during the civil war on Cybertron, the builders sided with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], the new protege of their only surviving ancient master, [[The Fallen]]. In Megatron's Decepticon army, they became known as the Constructicons.

Many thousands of years later, the [[United States military|United States Military]] passed on information of Demolishor's presence in [[Shanghai]], [[China]] to Major [[William Lennox]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. They ordered the [[NEST]] team to prepare to move out to deal with the threat. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4}}
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===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
The Constructions [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]], [[Trample]], and [[Tread]] came to Earth hoping to be able to revive their leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. They were mining for uranium in the [[Australia]]n outback in the hopes that if they collected enough energy, they could jump-start Megatron's spark.

[[NEST]] became aware of their presence when they picked up their intermittent energy signatures. They sent a strike team consisting of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]], [[William Lennox]], and [[Kaminari Ishihara]] to take care of them. The three Constructicons put up a good fight but were killed. {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

===''Revenge of The Fallen'' (movie)===
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}
[[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] was hunted by [[NEST]] in [[Shanghai]], [[China]], and was shot and killed by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].

[[Image:ROTFMegatronrebirth.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
After the [[All Spark]] shard was retrieved from [[NEST]]'s secure bunker at [[Diego Garcia]], [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]], [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]], [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]], [[Scalpel]], [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and another Constructicon secreted themselves aboard the ''[[Bayos]]'' freighter heading towards the North Atlantic. Once the ship passed over the [[Laurentian Abyss]], the Decepticons jumped overboard and dived down to where [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s broken body lay. Scalpel ordered the death of "[[ze little one]]" to rebuild Megatron, a request that Long Haul and the others readily granted. Soon, Megatron was reborn!

Rampage, Long Haul, Mixmaster and [[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]] hunted for [[Sam Witwicky]] in ruins near the [[Egypt]]ian [[pyramid]]s. Rampage was ordered by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] to spring a trap by demanding Sam hand over the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in exchange for his captive parents [[Ron Witwicky|Ron]] and [[Judy Witwicky|Judy]], but [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] attacked and killed him. [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] killed Mixmaster, while the others died in a bombing raid by the [[United States Air Force]].

Simultaneously, another Long Haul, Mixmaster, Rampage and Scrapper met with [[Hightower (ROTF)|Hightower]], [[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]], [[Overload (ROTF)|Overload]] and a few others in a nearby quarry and combined into [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]. Devastator battled [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], before he was called by Megatron to excavate the stones covering the [[solar harvester]] within the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]]. Devastator was blown up by an experimental [[Wikipedia:railgun|railgun]] fired by the [[United States Navy#U.S.S. Kidd (DDG-100)|USS ''Kidd'']]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

==Games==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' The Game===
[[Image:Concept rotfgame-big trouble in big china.jpg|thumb]]
Demolishor battles Optimus Prime in Shanghai and is killed. Later, in Egypt, the Constructicons form into Devastator, who starts to make his way to the pyramids. After fighting off multiple Combaticons and Constructicons, Bumblebee manages to cripple the combiner.
{{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen: The Game}}

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==Constructicons defined==
Determining who is and who isn't a Constructicon is a little more problematic than it may first appear. The subgroup is not especially well defined. Is any Decepticon who chooses a construction vehicle [[alternate mode]] a Constructicon? Possibly. The only solid information we have is to see which Decepticons are explicitly called Constructicons.
*The Devastator components are called Constructicons in [[The Movie Universe]].
*The four Decepticons that accompanied Ravage and The Doctor to the bottom of the [[Laurentian Abyss]] are called Constructicons in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novel adaptation of the movie]].
*Devastator is called a Constructicon in the toys.
So, are [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]], [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]], [[Tread]], and [[Trample]] actual Constructicons or just Decepticons who have taken on construction vehicle alternate modes? It is not entirely clear.

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
{{Comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
*In the [[Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen novel adaptation]], the four Constructicons that accompany Ravage to the [[Laurentian Abyss]] are not named, but described as bipedal, disqualifying Rampage.

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