Mixmaster (ROTF)
| 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 Triple Changer 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".
Fiction
IDW Transformers movie comics
In the distant past, the AllSpark 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 AllSpark'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 "Mixmaster" body-type 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 AllSpark. Defiance issue 4
One of the Mixmasters was part of The Fallen's early Decepticons. On Earth, he and his brothers were sicced on the turncoat Jetfire. Mixmaster was the last one standing and managed to get the Seeker in a crushing embrace, informing him "You die". Jetfire got out of this by teleporting into Earth's atmosphere, causing Mix's death by atmosphere re-entry. Tales of the Fallen issue 3
It is presumed that at some point during the civil war on Cybertron, a surviving Mixmaster(s) sided with Megatron, the new protege of the Fallen.
Revenge of the Fallen movie
After the AllSpark shard was retrieved from NEST's secure bunker at Diego Garcia, Long Haul, Rampage, Mixmaster, Scalpel, Ravage and another, smaller 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 in Egypt during Operation: Firestorm. 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, killing him.
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 rail gun, smashing one of his arms to pieces and destroying Devastator. Revenge of the Fallen
Games
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game
- Voice actor: Dave Boat
Mixmaster was one of the Decepticons dispatched to intercept an evacuation led by Ratchet and a NEST Convoy, he led an assault group which was able to destroy the Convoy, however the evacuation had already ended, since his mission had failed, Mixmaster tried to consolate himself by killing Ratchet, he was able to put him in a critical state before Ironhide arrived and helped him, Mixmaster threw Ratchet away and ordered his troops to attack Ironhide, but he defeated them, he then decided to take care of the situation by himself, although gave a good fight, Mixmaster was trapped under a platform dropped by Ironhide.
However, this didn't stopped him for too long, as he was able to quickly get out and place his remaining soldiers into a scrapyard, the troops were once again defeated by Ironhide and his new weapon sent by Wheeljack, Mixmaster was too confident that the weapon wasn't strong enough to take out his shields, therefore he attacked him with no warning, during the battle, his shields were in fact destroyed by Ironhide's new weapon, this turned the tide of the battle towards Ironhide's favor, who defeated Mixmaster and delivered the final blow to his head.
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 were 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)
- In Hasbro's markets, the Legends Constructicons were sold together as an exclusive multi-pack at Walmart in North America and Argos in the UK.
- EZ Collection Devastator - G1 Colors Version (Legends, 2010)
- Takara also released the seven Legend class Constructicons in Generation 1-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, and the cannon can be fixed to fire directly overhead or behind at pursuing vehicles.
- His robot mode is designed to be squat with very long arms, but in order to be fully functional and look like the stock photo, 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; it can be raised over Mixmaster's head, although this involves letting the cab hang loose on his back as it's designed to attach to the cannon. Alternately the toy can 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.
Combiner 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!" "CRUSH... AUTOBOTS!" "MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" "i am...DECEPTICON!". In Devastator mode, pressing the button down for a few moments also activate's his "vortex grinder". Transforming him back into his own component activates the transformation sound when the face cover is pulled from the underside of his truck mode, after that, he randomly starts making engine stalling noises whenever you look at it funny.
Mega Power Bots
- Constructicon Devastator (2009)
- Mega Power Bots Devastator is a simple toy for younger children, featuring plenty of playing sounds and flashing lights. His limbs have limited swivel articulation and do not detach into separate vehicles. He has a distinctly more humanoid stature than normal.
- Unlike regular Power Bots, and unlike other portrayals of the character in general, Devastator features a transformation! It consists of putting his arms up and laying him flat on his stomach, which lets him roll around using the wheels on his limbs.
- Pressing down the Decepticon shield on his crotch (!) spins the vortex in his chest, lights up his eyes and makes him utter one of many Welker-recorded phrases, including "Prepare for extermination!", "Crush Autobots!" and "I am Devastator!" Pressing on the crane of his excavator arm makes a cannon blast sound effect, while pressing the cab of his loader arm turns the scoop into claws.
Transformers (2010)
Legends Class toys
- Constructicon Devastator (Legends figure giftset, 2010)
- A Toys"R"Us-exclusive Generation 1-themed redeco of Legends Devastator and his components. Unlike Takara's go at the same idea, Mixmaster and the other Constructicons are mostly just lime green and gray, with the only bits of purple being their windshields. They do, however, have brown paint operations on and around their wheels to simulate dirt.
- Megatron Rising (Figure multi-pack)
- This retailer exclusive multi-pack recreated the scene in Revenge of the Fallen where the Constructicons resurrect Megatron. The Mixmaster figure itself appears to be an unchanged version from the Revenge of the Fallen release of the Legends Constructicon Devastator combiner figure, and comes packed with (apparently) similarly unchanged Constructicon Devastator figures of Long Haul, Rampage, a red redeco of Scrapper, who was probably intended to be Scrapmetal, and a metallic green redeco of Voyager class Megatron
- It has never been revealed for which retailer this multi-pack was intended for.
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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.
RPMs — Robot Powered Machines
- Mixmaster (2009)
- Series: Commander Series
- Number: 04 of 04
- Mini-Vehicle Mixmaster is a small non-transformable mixing truck with his robot mode sculpted on the vehicle's underside. His wheels feature through-axle construction that allow the toy to zip along at high speeds on smooth surfaces.
- Enforcer Ironhide VS Mixmaster (2010)
- Series: Battle Series 2
- Number: 06 of 06
- This two-pack contains a redeco of Mini-Vehicle Mixmaster in mostly white with an orange mixing drum, alongside a red Ironhide. As part of the final wave of RPMs, Battle Series 2 did not get released through normal retail outlets in the United States, instead showing up for sale first in Canada, Asia and Europe. Later, though, it would show up in the US though ToysЯUs Express mall stores and discount chains like Ross and TJ Maxx.
Speed Stars
- Enforcer Ironhide VS Mixmaster (2010)
- Series: Battle Series 2
- Number: 06 of 06
- Battle Series 2 was re-released as part of the Speed Stars line. While the Mixmaster and Ironhide redecos were available more widely than the RPM versions, they lost several paint operations in the process.
Notes
- 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, as well as the Legends Mixmaster.
- Apparently, a definitive and solid configuration for the Voyager Mixmaster toy's Battle Mode IS possible, for if one were to look carefully, one would 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 to 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, which is always good.
- Not unlike Bonecrusher in the first movie, Revenge of the Fallen sees Mixmaster (and indeed, quite a lot of other Decepticons) emit some heavily-processed, garbled Cybertronian noise that could maybe pass for English dialogue if you cup your ear and turn your head sideways. The difference is that the DVD subtitles actually interpret the roar he lets out before transforming to battle mode as the sentence fragment "Listen up..." Unlike Bonecrusher, however, no voice actor is listed in the end credits.
- Though the green Mixmaster was a Toy'R Us exclusive, he has been seen at other stores.[citation needed]
Foreign names
- Japanese: Mixmaster (ミックスマスター Mikkusumasutā)
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- Transformers (2010) Decepticons
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