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==Toys==
==Toys==
===''Energon''===
===''Energon''===
[[File:TF-Super-Link-EX-01-Buildron.jpg|200px|thumb|"[[Devastator Maximus]]" didn't sound cool enough.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Buildron''' (Multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EX-01'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 17]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': 2 energon claws, 2 energon clamps, 4 Decepticon energon stars
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}
: "Buildron" is the combined form of the five Construction Team members. Similar to the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and 2010)|Scramble City]]''-style combiner teams of [[The Transformers (toyline)|the original ''The Transformers'' toyline]], the Construction Team (as well as the [[Air Team#Toys|Air Team]] and the [[Destruction Team#Toys|Destruction Team]]), the members merge via universal connection points on the super robot's torso, allowing many different combinations and even swapping of limbs from different teams.
: In Takara's markets, the Team was only available as a single five-toy box set, and only as a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] at that.
: This mold set was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Devastator (G1)/toys#Classics|Devastator]].
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[[File:En-toy ConstructiconMaximus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You probably don't have my legs.]]
[[File:En-toy ConstructiconMaximus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You probably don't have my legs.]]
*'''Construction Team''' (2004, 2005)
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Steamhammer''' (Combat Class, 2005)}}</ul>
**[[Steamhammer (Energon)|Steamhammer]]
:*''Team ID number'': '''C5'''
**[[Bonecrusher (Energon)|Bonecrusher]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bonecrusher''' (Energon Class, 2005)}}</ul>
**[[Duststorm (Energon)|Duststorm]]
:*''Team ID number'': '''C4'''
**[[Sledge (Energon)|Sledge]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Duststorm''' (Energon Class, 2005)}}</ul>
**[[Wideload (Energon)|Wideload]]
:*''Team ID number'': '''C2'''
 
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sledge''' (Energon Class, 2005)}}</ul>
:Similar to ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'s'' ''[[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]''-style combiner teams, the Construction Team (as well as the [[Air Team]] and the [[Destruction Team]]) merges via universal connection points on the super robot's torso, allowing many different combinations and even swapping of limbs from different teams.
:*''Team ID number'': '''C1'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Wideload''' (Energon Class, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Team ID number'': '''C3'''


:The Construction Team members were sold separately, and only Steamhammer, Sledge, and Duststorm were initially released in 2004 for the North American, Asian, and Australasian markets, with Wideload and Bonecrusher released much later in 2005 and even 2006. This unfortunately led to many consumers having an incomplete Constructicon Maximus for many months.
: For his [[Hasbro]] ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' release, Constructicon Maximus could only be assembled by buying all five components separately. Each one has some deco differences from the Takara releases, with the common change being the addition of the gear-shaped "Powerlinx" stamp on each toy.


:The Japanese release of Constructicon Maximus, named Buildron, was a Toys"R"Us Japan [[exclusive]] giftset. There are several paint deco and plastic color differences between the Hasbro and Takara versions.
: However, the team was split up, with [[Steamhammer (Energon)#Hasbro|Steamhammer]], [[Sledge (Energon)#Toys|Sledge]] and [[Duststorm (Energon)#Toys|Duststorm]] released in the sixth wave of ''Energon'' product, while [[Wideload (Energon)#Toys|Wideload]] and [[Bonecrusher (Energon)#Hasbro|Bonecrusher]] were released in the eighth and final wave of "Energon Class" toys. This unfortunately led to many consumers having an incomplete Constructicon Maximus for many months, with the [[tail-ender]] phenomenon leading many to worry about ever getting the last two at all.


:The molds were redecoed as ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/ConstructiconMaximus/constructiconmaximus.htm More information on Constructicon Maximus at TFU.info]''


[[Category:Combiner teams]]
[[Category:Combiner teams]]
[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Energon subgroups]]
[[Category:Energon subgroups]]

Latest revision as of 00:10, 26 December 2025

This article is about the Decepticon combiner team from Energon. For other similarly-named groups, see Constructicon (disambiguation){{#switch:{{#sub:Constructicon (disambiguation)|-1}} != .= ?= .

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The Construction Team is a Decepticon subgroup from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Oh yeah, we're a combiner, aren't we?

The Construction Team is a group of five sturdy construction vehicles. Powered by Super Energon, they are each powerful in their own right, and they can combine to form the super robot Constructicon Maximus.

The members of the Construction Team are:

Fiction

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Energon cartoon

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What you didn't see was Storm Jet's secret negotiations to get Duststorm and Wideload to defect. The dub snipped it, honest.

When Megatron killed Superion Maximus's brother, he unlocked the living seal on the Super Energon pool and awakened the remaining Combiners. While Superion Maximus was aghast at his brother's destruction, the Decepticon combiners were merely curious about who had managed to reactivate them. Megatron declared that the Super Energon was his and that he was master of all Decepticons. Ambition

Superion Maximus protested that the Super Energon belonged to all Transformers as Megatron jumped into the pool, changing into Galvatron once again. When the Autobot combiner tried to attack the reborn Decepticon leader to no avail, Galvatron ordered the two Decepticon combiners to give chase as Superion Maximus fled. Later, Superion confronted the two Decepticons, reminding them that they'd protected the Super Energon together for millions of years, and asking them why they had let one Transformer have control of it all. Bruticus Maximus and Constructicon Maximus merely replied that Galvatron was their master now, and that he represented the future of Cybertron. Galvatron!

Constructicon Maximus eventually paid for his treachery when a vengeful Superion Maximus attacked both Decepticon combiners. Surprised by the Autobot combiner's ferocity, both Decepticons were caught off-guard at first, until they over-confidently held him down, which proved to be their downfall. Superion launched all of his limbs at Constructicon Maximus, pinning him against a wall, as Superion's central component Storm Jet crushed the Decepticon combiner's spark, killing him.

After Bruticus Maximus managed to destroy the Autobot's limbs, Superion Maximus powerlinked with Constructicon Maximus's limbs and attacked the confused Bruticus, piercing his spark, and causing a massive explosion which destroyed the remaining Decepticon. Spark

Toys

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Energon

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"Devastator Maximus" didn't sound cool enough.
  • Buildron (Multi-pack, 2004)
  • ID number: EX-01
  • Release date: November 17, 2004
  • Accessories: 2 energon claws, 2 energon clamps, 4 Decepticon energon stars
  • Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy){{#if: |, {{{2}}}}}
"Buildron" is the combined form of the five Construction Team members. Similar to the Scramble City-style combiner teams of the original The Transformers toyline, the Construction Team (as well as the Air Team and the Destruction Team), the members merge via universal connection points on the super robot's torso, allowing many different combinations and even swapping of limbs from different teams.
In Takara's markets, the Team was only available as a single five-toy box set, and only as a Toys"R"Us exclusive at that.
This mold set was also used to make Classics Devastator.


You probably don't have my legs.
  • Steamhammer (Combat Class, 2005)
  • Team ID number: C5
  • Bonecrusher (Energon Class, 2005)
  • Team ID number: C4
  • Duststorm (Energon Class, 2005)
  • Team ID number: C2
  • Sledge (Energon Class, 2005)
  • Team ID number: C1
  • Wideload (Energon Class, 2005)
  • Team ID number: C3
For his Hasbro Energon release, Constructicon Maximus could only be assembled by buying all five components separately. Each one has some deco differences from the Takara releases, with the common change being the addition of the gear-shaped "Powerlinx" stamp on each toy.
However, the team was split up, with Steamhammer, Sledge and Duststorm released in the sixth wave of Energon product, while Wideload and Bonecrusher were released in the eighth and final wave of "Energon Class" toys. This unfortunately led to many consumers having an incomplete Constructicon Maximus for many months, with the tail-ender phenomenon leading many to worry about ever getting the last two at all.
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