Monstructor (G1)

This article is about the evil Decepticon combiner. For his heroic counterpart, see Monstructor (SG).

Monstructor is a Decepticon combiner from the Generation 1 continuity family.

DE...COM...POSE!

Beneath the gibbous moons of Cybertron, in the great dark spaces of the sunless void, far beyond the realms of man's childish reachings, does the great dread Monstructor have his origin. A being that seems instinct with some fearful and unnatural malignancy, his form like a robot and a deep great shadow at once, his very presence is said to drain light and life from the world around him, feeding his ancient hunger. A palpable cloak of dread follows his movements, and the very sight of his summoning and formation has driven sane beings beyond the bounds of madness. All living things, mechanical or organic, decay and die at his merest touch.

Monstructor is the channel for an evil beyond the darkest Decepticon imagination, and far beyond the puerile concerns of the insignificant beings who make up his composite form. He longs for the day, foretold in darkness, when he shall be split asunder no longer, and will rise one final time, free to travel the stars, from world to world, extinguishing all life sparks, ravening for delight.

Monstructor's body is the combined form of six Pretender Monsters:

• Icepick
• Birdbrain
• Bristleback
• Scowl
• Slog
• Wildfly

“	All that lives burns for Monstructor.	”
—Monstructor, "Black Horizon Part 2"

Fiction

Devil's Due G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity

Smashy=funny!

The Pretender Monsters, as individuals, had attacked the inhabitants of the undersea Autobot base; later, they confronted an attacking G.I. Joe force as Monstructor. The titan proved unstoppable at first, his energy-leeching fields draining enemy equipment and causing at least one pilot to instantly age before crashing.

Monstructor's triumph never came to completion, though, as the Joe Laser Squad targeted his head module, causing it to explode. The combiner robot collapsed into a shower of unconscious Decepticons. Black Horizon Part 2

IDW comics continuity

Now, it's time to panic.

Monstructor was the first gestalt. Created by Jhiaxus under the direction of Nova Prime, they were intended to be the ultimate fusion of mind and body: a vast amount of intellect combined with unparalleled strength. Unfortunately, they were driven into insanity by the merging process, and became monsters. After Nova Prime departed Cybertron in the Ark, Omega Supreme locked them in a dimensionally-displaced prison to live out the rest of their horrid existence. Spotlight: Optimus Prime

Monstructor was apparently let out to be a quiet spectator of a gladiator fight between Megatron and Cy-Kill shortly before the war on Cybertron began. Megatron Origin issue 2

Eventually they escaped their dimensional prison and tracked down and attacked Omega Supreme, but were defeated by Optimus Prime. Despite Omega Supreme's protestations about the dangers of gestalt technology falling into Decepticon hands, Prime had them taken into custody in an attempt to repair their shattered minds. Spotlight: Optimus Prime

The attempt failed, and they later fell into the hands of Banzai-Tron's Decepticon Secret Service Spotlight: Arcee, only for the Decepticons to lose them too when Monstructor was activated and then carried off by minions of the Dead Universe. Spotlight: Hardhead Monstructor was then installed as one of the terrible, pretty much invincible Guardians of a Nega-Core on Rotan. Under the mental control of Jhiaxus, he stood ready to destroy anyone who would try to stop the Expansion. Spotlight: Doubledealer

An epic battle that takes place over the length and breadth of this single panel.

The surviving members of Decepticon Secret Service (backed up by Arcee) engaged him in a vicious battle, while the Autobots snuck in behind him using a space bridge and disabled the Nega-Core. Spotlight: Sideswipe

Monstructor would end up captured and used as a Decepticon. Put under Bludgeon's extremely dubious command, he attempted to capture Hot Rod, but was forced to disassemble after a pinpoint shot to his weak connector port. All Hail Megatron issue 15

Toys

Generation 1

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Pretend that you fear me. Then remember that it isn't pretend.

• Monstructor (1989)

Monstructor is formed by combining all six individually-carded Pretender Monsters. Much like the earlier Transformer combiner teams, he requires the attachment of separate accessories —his head, waist, fists and feet— to complete his robot mode. However, unlike earlier combiners, the separate pieces can all be stored on the individual team members; they fit on the backplates of the Pretender shells. As his individual components are not much larger than a Micromaster, Monstructor is the smallest of the Generation 1 combiners, standing about the same height as regular toys like Hot Rod... yes, even shorter than the Micromaster Six-Teams' combined forms.

Monstructor was the final Generation 1 combiner released by Hasbro, and the only one to not be released in a giftset in any market.

This set of robot molds was also used to make Dinoking, the Dinoforce's combined form.

• More information on Monstructor at TFU.info

Notes

• Monstructor is one of the few Generation 1 toys that has no boxart. The closest he got is that his mold buddy Dinoking does have boxart.
• In early solicitations from Hasbro, Monstructor was called "Titanus."
• The IDW interpretation of Monstructor uses Slog's arms as an extra pair of Tyrannosaurus-esque appendages, horrifyingly reminiscent of the Beast. Only so much cooler.