I like that the Collab line is usually so full of effort we just memory-holed the likes of Tonkanator.
Transformers Collaborative (Transformers X Star Wars: The Mandalorian)
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I'd have been all over that if it had used CW Devastator's moulds
TBF Re-releasing the G1 molds for that I feel negates the "just a repaint" element somewhat as its been a awhile since they'd have any sort of official release.
It had only been four years since the Vintage G1 Devastator release in 2018 when Tonkanator came out in 2022.
If i had to guess, Tonkastator didn’t get much hype since it was just a mold reuse in colors we’ve already seen before.
Also, Tonka is more a brand of toy than an IP with its own fictional universe.
Also, Tonka is more a brand of toy than an IP with its own fictional universe.
Great, now I want THAT.The mismatched colors on that Optimus remind me of his RobotMasters Lucky Draw figure:
This is indeed what this Op reminded me of.
Good luck. Only 10 exist.
Know what bugs me here?
It's not the garishness.
It's not the mis-matched limbs.
It's how the grill/abs and bumper/waist are completely different colors between his robot and truck modes.
No, out of the Earthrise Op.Good luck. Only 10 exist.
Put it on the list along with Magna Convoy and white cab Magnus (I know we got both as part of the Magnus releases. I want them from this mold) and Pepsi Convoy.
That's not how those legs work. The spines would be on the front. Also the head and wings in robot mode likely wouldn't transform right with spikes on them.
-ZacWilliam, awesome in theory but I don't think the engineering works.
Yup. The front of the robot mode feet fold into the dino's back. I mean I guess it'd look cool with the spines in front too. And I have no idea where the robot shoulder spikes come from -- does the dino neck split in half to run along each shoulder? Because flipping it back would also not let it lay flat along with the other spikes on the dino's upper back.
Or maybe if all the spines were like blast effects on 5mm pegs (love the idea of putting glow spikes on whoever or using them as weapons) but that's even more tooling on top of what this would call for.
All of which seems moot considering they didn't even really retool the alt mode for the current one at all.
Definitely looks better than "same dino just black", and Grim's dino stance can be fudged to kind of work as more classic vertical T-rex. But eh.
Or maybe if all the spines were like blast effects on 5mm pegs (love the idea of putting glow spikes on whoever or using them as weapons) but that's even more tooling on top of what this would call for.
All of which seems moot considering they didn't even really retool the alt mode for the current one at all.
Definitely looks better than "same dino just black", and Grim's dino stance can be fudged to kind of work as more classic vertical T-rex. But eh.
The dinosaur arms are shrunken dinosaur legs. I don't think whoever photoshopped this thought it out beyond being a proof of concept.
Just had an idea.
Seinfeld collab based on George's Jon Voight car! The '89 Chrysler LeBaron!
Seinfeld collab based on George's Jon Voight car! The '89 Chrysler LeBaron!
....Okay, I don't know much about Monster Hunter, but that one I want.
Oh yes, that's definitely one I'd be happy to own.
I guess maybe we'll finally get a Mega Man collab after Resident Evil gets one, since we've already had Street Fighter and now MonHun.
Unless they figure out literally anything else they can put there instead. Just like with their game releases.
Unless they figure out literally anything else they can put there instead. Just like with their game releases.
TurboMan and NitroMan are RIGHT THERE.
(Granted, they're very un-toyetic, and Collaborative has been mostly about Hall of Fame-level TFs or brand new characters, but, y'know, thematically...)
Collaborative seems more like the venue to take, say, a Wily ship and make a robot out of it. Or the Yellow Devil, in an Optimus Primal sort of biped-to-biped situation.