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There are two of him, one of which forms the head of [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], the other may or may not be also named "Mixmaster". | There are two of him, one of which forms the head of [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], the other may or may not be also named "Mixmaster". | ||
{{bigquote|Listen up!|Mixmaster trying to reason with the army, ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''}} | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
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| The name or term "Mixmaster" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Mixmaster (disambiguation). |
- Mixmaster is a Decepticon from the Revenge of the Fallen franchise in the live-action film continuity family.
A genius chemist, Mixmaster serves as a weapons designer to the Decepticon elite. He has spent his entire lifespan mastering the intricacies of chemical reactions, becoming an expert in poisons, corrosive substances, and most especially explosives. He has a knack for improvisation, being able to make deadly concoctions from just the native materials a world has to offer. A member of the Constructicons, when Devastator is formed he constitutes the lumbering beast's head.
There are two of him, one of which forms the head of Devastator, the other may or may not be also named "Mixmaster".
| “ | Listen up! | ” |
—Mixmaster trying to reason with the army, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | ||
Fiction
IDW Transformers movie comics
In the distant past, the All Spark Cube created a race of powerful, trans-dimensional beings as the first inhabitants of 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.
Mixmaster was among the very first of these new beings, one of several "builders" who would construct a harvester when a suitable sun had been found. Once built, the device would drain the energy of these stars, thus replenishing the All Spark. Defiance issue 4 It is presumed that at some point during the civil war on Cybertron, he sided with Megatron, the new protege of Mixmaster's only surviving ancient master, The Fallen.
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 dove down to where Megatron's broken body lay. Scalpel ordered the death of the smallest Constructicon to rebuild Megatron, a request that Mixmaster and the others obliged with. Soon, Megatron was reborn!
After Megatron killed Optimus Prime, Mixmaster climbed the Brooklyn Bridge and knocked down the American flag in a display of dominance as The Fallen broadcast a worldwide message demanding the humans bring them the head of Sam Witwicky.
Some time later, Mixmaster and another Constructicon with the same body-type were present during the climactic battle in Egypt between the Autobot/NEST forces and the Decepticons. Mixmaster 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 Mixmaster fought against the NEST forces in the Egyptian town near the great ruins of the pyramids, using his cannon emplacement mode to cause serious problems, until the ex-Decepticon Jetfire arrived to slice him in half and crush his torso.
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
Toys
Revenge of the Fallen
Legends Class toys
- Decepticon Mixmaster (Legends, 2009)
- Japanese ID number D2
- Mixmaster and the six other Legends class Constructicons combine to form Devastator. In Japan, the Legends class Constructicons are sold individually. Mixmaster has the dubious honor of pulling Devastator's face around like a rectal growth in robot mode. He forms (you guessed it) the head of Devastator.
- Constructicon Devastator (Legends figure multi-pack, 2010)
- EZ Collection Devastator - G1 Colors Version (Legends, 2010)
- Takara will reissue the seven Legend class Constructicons in G1 inspired green and purple color schemes.
Voyager Class toys
- Mixmaster (Voyager, 2009)
- Japanese ID number: RD-12
- Accessories: Missile
- Voyager Class Revenge of the Fallen Mixmaster transforms into a gray and silver cement mixer with purple windows and headlights, based loosely on the Mack truck seen in the film. The vehicle mode's mixing drum is incapable of rotating due to the transformation, but does boast a pair of gigantic Decepticon logos on either side. The cement chute at the rear of the vehicle mode can accurately raise and lower on a hinge.
- His robot mode is designed to be squat with very long arms, but in order to be fully functional, his legs at the hip joints must be slightly mistransformed from what is depicted in his instructions. This results in a robot mode that is very thin and lanky, with numerous joints on the extremely long arms alone. The packaging calls out Mech Alive gimmickry in the form of "spinning gears" on his chest, but the feature is only present at the thighs and forearms, which reveal shifting internal bits when the joints are rotated. The robot mode's missile-firing cannon is locked in place on its back pointing straight upward; in order to aim it the toy must be transformed to its artillery cannon-like Battle Mode that has him essentially performing a belly flop, letting the launcher fire forward. At least, according to the Battle Mode's official depiction on the instructions.
- The image of the cement mixer mode on the packaging has been flipped horizontally, leaving the location of the ladder switched. Additionally, the robot mode image on the packaging has a different mold for the mixing drum shells, with rectangular-shaped pegs rather than circular.
- Back Road Brawl (Figure multi-pack, 2009)
- Accessories: Missile
- Available only in the Toys"R"Us-exclusive "Back Road Brawl" figure pack with Hoist, this release of Mixmaster features a new head that was gang-molded to Mixmaster, but until now went unused. His colour scheme has been extensively redecoed in a layout resembling the Generation 1 Constructicons. He is decorated with a small tampograph reading "Ol' Lefty", a reference to how Generation 1 Mixmaster formed Devastator's left leg.
Supreme Class toys
- Constructicon Devastator (2009)
- The Mixmaster component of the Devastator set becomes Devastator's head. He contains the lights and sounds for Devastator, as well as individual sounds for his vehicle mode. They are motion activated, which means he never, ever shuts up. As with the other Constructicon members in this set, Mixmaster does not have his own robot mode. To activate sounds (if you're willing to do so, that is), press down on a lever on Devastator's chest. Doing so will raise Devastator's mighty head and open his mouth, and cause one of a myriad of sounds to play, including: "I am.... DEVASTATOR!" "Devastator SMASH AUTOBOTS!" "MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Mega Power Bots
- Constructicon Devastator (2009)
Merchandise
Robot Heroes
- Ironhide and Mixmaster (2009)
- Part of the second wave of the Revenge of the Fallen portion of the Robot Heroes line, Mixmaster is a new sculpt that comes with a redeco of the first Robot Heroes Ironhide.
- Desert Devastation (Multi-pack, 2009)
- Mixmaster is the sculpted head 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.
Trivia
- According to Ben Procter's concept art, Mixmaster originally had a friendly face based on that of actor Brendan Gleeson... and was apparently going to be an Autobot. The early head design was actually put to use in the Generation 1 Mixmaster-themed redeco store exclusive.
- Apparently, a definitive and solid configuration for the Voyager Mixmaster toy's Battle Mode IS possible, for if one were to look carefully, one can see several design elements present in the toy that are indicative of a (most likely) thoroughly planned out transformation for the third mode. Unfortunately, none of these design elements are alluded to at all in the instructions, leaving many with nothing but guesses as of how it all fits together. Or in most cases, complete disregard for this mode altogether. But this does open the door for a lot of fanmode interpretations of this mode, however, which is always good.
- According to the subtitles on the Revenge of the Fallen DVD, Mixmaster says "Listen up!" before changing to his battle mode. No voice actor is listed in the end credits, though.
