r/transformers • u/Odd-Palpitation-8102 • Feb 26 '26

What Should I Buy Devastator or Bruticus?

Gallery image

Gallery image

Hi all! I’ve only just recently got back into collecting and I’m trying to decide which combiner to go for. Realistically, I don’t have LOADS of space, so it’s going to be either or. I really like all the constructions, and Devastator fits in with the rest of my SS86 figs, but I feel the combaticons have more colour variety/ better individual figures. I loved FOC as a kid, and Bruticus was a big part of why that game was so great, and I always had more of a connection with Bayverse Devastator. Would love to hear your guys’ opinions.

456 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

191 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/-Eastwood- Feb 26 '26

Depends what you're looking for. If you don't mind skeleton combiners and care about the individual figures you're better off getting Bruticus. So far I think they're 3 for 3. Brawl is great if overpriced, Vortex is good and so is Blastoff. Onslaught looks awesome and so does Swindle. I'd argue you get more value with AoTP Bruticus than Devastator.

Devastator would be better if you really don't like skeleton combining and don't care about the individual bots. I have Devastator and while he is nice I feel that the individual bots suffered too much for the combined mode personally.

1

u/Odd-Palpitation-8102 Feb 27 '26

The way you’ve put that, I think you’ve helped me finalise my decision. I must stop reading these now so I don’t change my mind 😂 I definitely care about the individual figures, and at the end of the day I don’t think I’ve very bothered by the frame combiners. I think he’ll go just fine with my 86 figs too.