Core class is okay value for money, just not the Dinobot molds. They’re not great in any of their modes and having most of that carry over to dinoking isn’t appealing.
I love this, but Slag is just staring everyone down from Dinoking's chest. I just wish the dinosaur heads had been remolded. Grimlock's noggin is so iconic, it stands out too.
BUT!!! Still getting them. I let Volcanicus fly right by me for this very reason. Long live Dinoking. Maybe that's a reason to embrace a little Grimlock in here.
BUT!!! Still getting them. I let Volcanicus fly right by me for this very reason. Long live Dinoking. Maybe that's a reason to embrace a little Grimlock in here.
I mostly just wish Slag's dinohead had been remolded to have the triple rhino horn look. It would further help it look different from Volcanicus.
Also strange that Gairyu is Green and Black rather then Green and White.
Overall, I am happy for this set, and consider $80 a good price for it.
I can justify $80 for this. Sign me up!
From TakaraTomy's Transformers 40th Anniversary Exhibition website and PR Times:
TL-EX Starscream Super Mode
This item is being sold exclusively at the Transformers Expo 2024 exhibition event in Tokyo, Japan.
TL-EX Starscream Super Mode
This item is being sold exclusively at the Transformers Expo 2024 exhibition event in Tokyo, Japan.
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Ooough, if the timing is nice, I might jump on Dinoking.
Oh, absolutely. Just poking a little fun at how many times it's been around the bend is all.
I'm pretty sure the Dinoforce decos are anime-based rather than toy-based and he was green and black in the anime IIRC.
(It's been a while since I saw Victory)
$80 struck me as a bit high at first too, but I think the extra accessories/parts, as well as the exclusiveness, make the price make sense. And that axe, that glorious axe.
"Dinobot"...
Anyway, I still just want my ankylosaurus Transformer, but as good as this looks, this probably ain't the way I'm getting him...
Wasn't he included in one of the JTPrime leaks for a Hasbro release?From TakaraTomy's Transformers 40th Anniversary Exhibition website and PR Times:
TL-EX Starscream Super Mode
This item is being sold exclusively at the Transformers Expo 2024 exhibition event in Tokyo, Japan.
From TakaraTomy's Transformers 40th Anniversary Exhibition website and PR Times:
TL-EX Starscream Super Mode
This item is being sold exclusively at the Transformers Expo 2024 exhibition event in Tokyo, Japan.
Pink!?!
His face is red damnit! RED!!
Its not pink, its light-ish red.
Checking the Wiki, I found that apparently even his original packaging art is in black:
That's a dusty rose right there.
"I look like Thundercracker! And I feel pretty! Oh, so pretty-" (musical number begins...)
Mm. Still content to hold on to my T30/Legends era Armada Seekers.
That Dinoking feels a bit steep, but it's GORGEOUS. I wish there were a plastic tray though because I want to be able to play with them and return them to the packaging. (I wonder if one can order just a tray from someone.)
Also wonder if 3P makers are planning on shells and/or maybe snap on parts to change up the dino modes (there's no removing Slug's head I think but maybe there can be a new frill or armor to alter the silhouette or something).
That Dinoking feels a bit steep, but it's GORGEOUS. I wish there were a plastic tray though because I want to be able to play with them and return them to the packaging. (I wonder if one can order just a tray from someone.)
Also wonder if 3P makers are planning on shells and/or maybe snap on parts to change up the dino modes (there's no removing Slug's head I think but maybe there can be a new frill or armor to alter the silhouette or something).
I'm a shameless Victory mark so Dinoking will be a must get.
Hasbro might do their own version. But instead of painted silver limbs they'll be unpainted grey, so will his sword, and his Decepticon emblems will be the movie version for... reasons
BUT the face will be red.
And the dance begins again.
And the dance begins again.