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'''Long Haul''' wishes he could spend more time in battle, destroying his enemies with projectile weaponry. Instead, he often finds himself stuck in the role of pack mule, lugging around the other Decepticons gear. He finds this a highly loathsome task. So it's not surprising that stuff left in his truck bed has a tendency to get lost in transit. | '''Long Haul''' wishes he could spend more time in battle, destroying his enemies with projectile weaponry. Instead, he often finds himself stuck in the role of pack mule, lugging around the other Decepticons gear. He finds this a highly loathsome task. So it's not surprising that stuff left in his truck bed has a tendency to get lost in transit. | ||
There are two of him, one of which forms the right leg of [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]. | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
Revision as of 14:03, 18 July 2009
| The name or term "Long Haul" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Long Haul (disambiguation). |
- Long Haul is a Decepticon from the Revenge of the Fallen franchise in the live-action film continuity family.
Long Haul wishes he could spend more time in battle, destroying his enemies with projectile weaponry. Instead, he often finds himself stuck in the role of pack mule, lugging around the other Decepticons gear. He finds this a highly loathsome task. So it's not surprising that stuff left in his truck bed has a tendency to get lost in transit.
There are two of him, one of which forms the right leg of Devastator.
Fiction
Revenge of the Fallen movie
After the All Spark shard was retrieved from NEST's secure bunker at Diego Garcia, Long Haul, Rampage, Mixmaster, Scalpel, 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's broken body lay. Scalpel ordered the death of the smallest Constructicon to rebuild Megatron, an request that Long Haul and the others obliged with. Soon, Megatron was reborn!
Some time later, Long Haul and another Constructicon with the same body-type were present during the climactic battle in Egypt between the Autobot/NEST forces and The Fallen's Decepticons. Long Haul and several other Constructicons waited in a quarry in their construction vehicle disguises until the humans Seymour Simmons, Leo Spitz and their Autobot guardians Skids and Mudflap approached. The Constructicons combined into the mighty Devastator and attacked. Elsewhere, the other Long Haul fought against the NEST forces in the Egyptian town near the great ruins of the pyramids and was destroyed during the United States Air Force air strike. Meanwhile, Devastator had shrugged off the Autobot twins and was busy demolishing the Great Pyramid of Giza when Simmons called upon the United States Navy to attack Devastator. The U.S.S. Kidd fired her experimental railgun, smashing one of his arms to pieces and destroying Devastator. Revenge of the Fallen
Games
Revenge of the Fallen: The Game
- Voice actor: Neil Kaplan
Toys
Revenge of the Fallen
Legends Class toys
- Long Haul (Legends, 2009)
- Japanese ID number: D6
- Long Haul and the six other Legends class Constructicons combine to form Devastator.In Japan, the Legends class Constructicons are sold individually.
- Constructicon Devastator (Legends figure multi-pack, 2010)
Voyager Class toys
- Long Haul (Voyager, 2009)
- Japanese ID number: RD-17
- Long Haul transforms from a genericized Dump Truck into a bulky robot mode. He is the only member of the Constructicons to retain his green coloration. In robot mode, he has two spring-loaded flip-out axes and two Mech Alive gimmicks (Only one of which is advertised) in which turning his head also turns a cog in his chest and bending his elbows moves some pistons. Sadly, there is a bar above his head that restricts the ability to turn his head. The bad part is that it has hinges everywhere but where it meets the shoulders. He has lightpiping, but it is effectively neutered by the kibble and shoulders.
Supreme Class toys
- Constructicon Devastator (2009)
Fast Action Battlers
- Devastation Blast Long Haul (Fast Action Battler, 2009)
Merchandise
Robot Heroes
- Bumblebee and Long Haul (2009)
- Desert Devastation (Multi-pack, 2009)
- Long Haul is the sculpted right leg of "Desert Devastation" Devastator, a super-sized Robot Heroes figure. He is only available in a multi-pack with Skids and Mudflap in their vehicle modes and William Lennox.
Burger King
- Devastator (2009)
- An extremely-simplified version of Long Haul's vehicle mode is included as part of Burger King Devastator. His bucket is hollow and capable of carrying material, however its pinched shape prevents it from carrying much. Though his ball socket is compatible with any of Devastator's limb connections, it's marked with a C to indicate he forms Devastator's right leg.
Trivia
- Artist Josh Nizzi attracted the attention of Hasbro's Transformers design director Aaron Archer, director Michael Bay and the Transformers fandom when he created a "movie-style" design for Long Haul in 2007. Nizzi's work impressed Hasbro and the director enough for him to be hired as a concept artist and for his Long Haul design to actually be used for the character in the movie, associated media and merchandise. It was the very first design approved for Revenge of the Fallen.[1]
