Editing Hightower (Classics)

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:''Hightower is a [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] from the [[Transformers: Classics|Classics]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:CrossingOver3 devastator vs grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Mixmaster was voted off the combiner.]]

'''Hightower''' dislikes his Constructicon teammates a lot. Practically a mobile chemistry lab, he loves anything that kills, especially poisons and explosives.<ref>''Classics'' Devastator packaging bio</ref>

==Fiction==
===''Classics''===
The Constructicons were among the troops that [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] covertly rebuilt on [[Earth]] after [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s defeat and exile. Both Hook and Mixmaster were curiously absent from team, with the enigmatic Hightower in their place. When the interdimensional interloper [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]] came to be their captive, the Decepticons discovered that their prisoner was emitting an energy wavelength similar to a power source detected in [[South America]]. Megatron led a team to investigate, Hightower among them. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 2}} Upon their arrival, Megatron had the Constructicons form Devastator to stave off the inevitable Autobot interference. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}} The combiner was broken apart by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], and despite their attempts to  dogpile their opponent, Hightower and the others were unable to match the Dinobot's superior strength. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5}} They finally managed to trip him up, and Hightower gloated that the Constructicons would build "a new Hook" out of the spare parts they would get out of Grimlock. Grimlock managed to turn the tables on his opponents again, and ripped off Hightower's crane-arm before joining Optimus in beating back Megatron. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}}

==Toys==
===Classics===
[[File:Classics06 Hightower toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Who am I, again?]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Multi-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Energon claw, Decepticon-style energon chip

:''Classics'' Hightower is a black and purple [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Duststorm (Energon)|Duststorm]] and [[Wideload (Energon)|Wideload]] only available as part of the ''Classics'' Constructicon Devastator giftset. His teammate ''Classics'' [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] also uses the same mold. Hightower's crane arm extends out and can be fitted with a purple claw accessory. In robot mode the crane forms his left arm, and thus his otherwise-normal robot mode is rather awkward.

: He can also form a leg or arm to any ''Energon''-series "[[Powerlinx]] [[Combiner]]" super robot, though his nominal placement is as the huge right boot of Devastator.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/ClassicsHightower/hightower.htm More information on Hightower at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*Hightower is... weird, as you can probably tell. He appears to have been a result of ''Classics'' Devastator's status as a redeco of [[Constructicon Maximus]], who was a five-part combiner rather than the traditional six, forcing one of the Constructicons to be omitted, in combination with Hasbro not being able or willing to [[trademark]] "[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]" at the time. Consequently, Hightower's (albeit brief) segment of Devastator's packaging bio contains references to both [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] and Hook, the two characters left out of Devastator—from Mixmaster, the bio directly quotes the comment about him being "a chemistry lab on wheels," and from Hook, Hightower takes the crane alt-mode and poor relationship with his teammates. "Crossing Over" has a line by him suggesting that Hook is dead or otherwise indisposed in the ''Classics'' branch of Marvel continuity, but whether Hightower is a rebuilt version of Hook, some kind of merged version of him and Mixmaster, Mixmaster under a new name, or simply a new guy acting as his replacement isn't really explained further.

==References==
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