Power Plans: Devastator

Centrifical Capacitor: Bullshit, that's just his helmet.

Inductive Proximity Switch: The use for one of these switches is for detecting metal. Which is kind of pointless since all the Transformers are made of metal as is. Then again, Devastator isn't know for critical thinking.

Mental Image Intensifier: That's a nice was of saying Devastator thinks wearing this makes him look cool. If you look good, you feel good.

Energy Storage Reactor: This is a nice way of saying Devastator's power source. Near this should be the Relay Microprocessor and Sub-Elector Cooling... but no.

Wide Scope Processor: I know it may look like his tummy, but it's actually... it's just his tummy. He had beans.

Relay Microprocessor: This is an important part of most electrical systems, so of course it's on his ankle. Because Decepticons.

Sub-Electro Cooling: This keeps Devestator from overheating. If you ever wonder why the Decepticons usually lose, it's because they put things like this in the knee of a giant robot.

Trans-Techincal Specifications

I sure do love Beast Wars. It was an imaginative line with great toys and an awesome cartoon. Still to this day it remains my favorite time to be a fan and it was just generally all around awesome. One small tidbit from the line I loved (among the millions of things) was these cool little tech drawings that would be on the back of Transmetal boxes. Similar in ways to the Power Plans from Action Masters (loved that too) packaging, these little drawings would add something special to the toy inside the box.

I love a good cross section, this is known, I also love line art. I don't know why, I just do. Probably because it usually looks great and boy does it here in greens and yellows. Beast Wars had pretty sharp packaging and that art on the grid background just proves that a little more. As you can see, features of the toy would be highlighted. Usually little fictional things like force field generator or actual toy gimmicks like missile storage. Just an extra bit of information about the toy that just adds so much to the overall presentation.

Toys still have a text blurb here or there on the packaging like "firing missile" or "7 step transformation". I could really see something like this on a Studio Series or Generations toy. Something that adds to that overall presentation and sells the character. Considering most bio's these days are limited to a sentence or two, I'd like to think it'd be a great addition to even Cyberverse figures. It doesn't need to even bee a drawing, just pointing out things on a picture of a toy would work pretty well. Imagine "high speed tires" next to a picture of Hot Rod's wheels. Wouldn't that be cool?