On your want to know the Constructicons, to be more thorough:
The best way to start to understand them is their Tfwiki pages. https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Constructicon_(G1)
The tfwiki pages are very good at summarizing their personalities and will show you every time they have appeared in various medias from the franchise.
Scrapper - the foreman/leader. He is modest about accolades for his own work, but will always boost up his own team. While modest, he is very proud of his art (using deceased frames of his enemies in his building materials or making them into statues) and does enjoy accolades about his art.
Hook - the second in command, and surgical engineer. He is extremely component and very very sure about himself. He is disliked in the Con cause because of his arrogant attitude, but he does have a reason for that arrogance due to his skills. Hook is a perfectionist, but perfectionist in the sense that he builds to perfection and is noted for taking so long to do anything because of this.
Bonecrusher - the demolisionist. He is loud and loves to fight, and is very aggressive. The most important part of him is that he is a perfectionist - but in the way that he destroys things if they are not perfect.
Long haul - the complainer. He complains about everything and puts the blame for his issues on his team/others, rather than being able to understand his own fault. He wants to be as respected as Bonecrusher (which comes from Crusher's prowess in combat), but gets over his head often and is hurt for it.
scavenger - he is a people pleaser and deeply anxious about his place in the team. He wants to be needed and will do anything to get praise or affection from his team. He is the team geologist and has the ability to detect metals with his scoop.
Mixmaster - the chemist. He is often in his own head, noted in his bios and within Constructicons Rising. He is also the team fabricator and melts down various materials to be able to make whatever materials his team need for their work.
And Devastator- he is his own person/a unique person but influenced by some of his team as well. He is short tempered and angry.
The best episodes for Constructicon characterization, individually and as a team, is specifially "The Core" and "Master Builders". Both do well to show how they interact with each other and work together.
writing these down!! thank you so so much for compiling all these recommendations together!! i've been reading their bios and what's on the wiki for them, and i'll hopefully be reading thru constructicons rising next š¤
i really adore what i've read of them so far c: scrapper's adamance that his gestalt be recognized for their talents and strength is incredibly endearing... he loves them so much <3 <3
ALSO ALSO i really enjoy how their marvel/dreamwave bios are sort of... inextricably linked?? if that makes sense? like how long haul envies bonecrusher's position as a frontliner, and hook's begrudging respect of scrapper. they all have vastly different relationships with one another, but they're all connected. i'm looking forward to reading more about them <3
thank you again for the recommendations!! a little scrapper doodle for you :]