Constructicon (ROTF)
| The name or term "Constructicon" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Constructicon (disambiguation). |
The Constructicons are a group of Decepticons that take the form of various construction vehicles, many sharing alternate modes, body-types and even names. Constructicons have been built since the dawn of the Transformer race, and used to be considered simple drones. Tales of the Fallen issue 3
Unlike previous continuities, it seems as if only some, not all, of the Constructicons are combiners.
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Excavator:
Truss crane:
Dump truck:
Cement mixer:
Articulated dump truck:
Bulldozer:
Front loader:
Multi-arm Excavator:
Combined form:
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Fiction
IDW Transformers movie comics
In the distant past, the All Spark Cube created the Dynasty of Primes, 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.
The "builder" workers were among the very first of these new beings, 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 #4 The Primes ruled harvesters could not be used on a sun that replenished life, but one of them began to defy this rule and gathered together a few rogue "construction drones" and a Seeker to secretly harvest suns and ignoring the genocide they caused. The other Primes found out and followed them to Earth, and The Fallen Prime teleported his servants elsewhere, but the Seeker Jetfire turned on the builders and killed them. Tales of the Fallen #3
It is assumed that at some point during the civil war on Cybertron, the remaining builders sided with Megatron, the new protege of their only surviving ancient master, The Fallen. In Megatron's Decepticon army, they became known as the Constructicons.
During the war, in at least battle, Devastator was present. Later, Demolishor destroyed an Autobot colony guarded by Sideswipe, who swore revenge and tracked him to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Earth. The Constructicon drew out Sideswipe but fled when NEST forces led by Optimus Prime and William Lennox arrived. Tales of the Fallen #2
The Veiled Threat
The Constructions Kickback, Trample, and Tread came to Earth hoping to be able to revive their leader Megatron. They were mining for uranium in the Australian outback in the hopes that if they collected enough energy, they could jump-start Megatron's spark.
NEST became aware of their presence when they picked up their intermittent energy signatures. They sent a strike team consisting of Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Salvage, William Lennox, and Kaminari Ishihara to take care of them. The three Constructicons put up a good fight but were killed. The Veiled Threat
Revenge of The Fallen film
NEST followed Demolishor to Shanghai, China, and he was executed by Optimus Prime.
After the All Spark shard was retrieved from NEST's secure bunker at Diego Garcia, Long Haul, Rampage, Mixmaster, Scalpel, Ravage and Scrapmetal 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 "ze little one" to rebuild Megatron, a request that Long Haul and Mixmaster readily granted. Soon, Megatron was reborn!
Long Haul and Hightower waited in a quarry near the Egyptian pyramids for Mixmaster to arrive with a yellow Rampage, Scrapper, Scavenger, Overload and a couple others, and they combined into Devastator. Devastator battled Skids and Mudflap, before climbing up the Great Pyramid of Giza to excavate the solar harvester within. Devastator was blown up by an experimental railgun fired by the USS Kidd.
Elsewhere during Operation: Firestorm, Long Haul, Scrapper, Mixmaster and the red Rampage hunted for Sam Witwicky in an abandoned town. Rampage was ordered by Starscream to spring a trap by demanding Sam hand over the Matrix of Leadership in exchange for his captive parents Ron and Judy, but Bumblebee attacked and killed him. Jetfire killed Mixmaster, while the others died in a bombing raid by the United States Air Force.
Revenge of the Fallen
Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation
Scavenger, Long Haul, Scrapper, Overload, and Mixmaster arrived in Egypt together along with other Constructicons and Decepticons to battle the Autobots. Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation #3
Some of the Constructicons combined into Devastator and revealed the solar harvester hidden beneath a pyramid. Devastator was destroyed by a prototype rail gun soon afterwards. At the same time, Rampage and Long Haul fought in the battle and were defeated by Bumblebee and Jetfire, respectively. Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation #4
Games
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Game
Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC
Decepticon campaign
Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)
Autobot campaign
Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)
Constructicons defined
Determining who is and who isn't a Constructicon is a little more problematic than it may first appear. The subgroup is not especially well defined. Is any Decepticon who chooses a construction vehicle alternate mode a Constructicon? Possibly. The only solid information we have is to see which Decepticons are explicitly called Constructicons.
- The Devastator components are called Constructicons in Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe.
- The four Decepticons that accompanied Ravage and The Doctor to the bottom of the Laurentian Abyss are called Constructicons in the novel adaptation of the movie.
- Devastator is called a Constructicon in the toys.
- Demolishor is called a Constructicon in Sideways's toy bio.
So, are Mudflap, Kickback, Tread, and Trample actual Constructicons or just Decepticons who have taken on construction vehicle alternate modes? It is not entirely clear.
Toys
Revenge of the Fallen
Notes
- In the Revenge of the Fallen novel adaptation, the four Constructicons that accompany Ravage to the Laurentian Abyss are not named, but described as bipedal, disqualifying Rampage. This is contradicted by the movie, as the Rampage that later battles Bumblebee is almost certainly one of the four.
- One abandoned Constructicon concept by artist Steve Jung was a "nurse" that would have transformed into a Volvo wheel loader. It is unknown if this character later evolved into the character referred to as Scrapmetal, who alternately transformed into a Volvo excavator and a yellow front-end loader.
