T-Wrecks

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T-Wrecks is a Maximal Dinobot from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
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Former attack specialist T-Wrecks was stationed in sector 17 of the Mirtonian constellation, but returned to Cybertron just in time to be reformatted by the Oracle, and become leader of the new Dinobots. He is a staunch defender of the Maximal cause, and his prowess on the battlefield has led his troops to nickname him "Big Rex".<ref>Beast Machines T-Wrecks toy bio</ref>

Fiction

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3H comics

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Let's give these soupcans hell!

The Dinobots were sent to the planet Arkus by the Oracle in order to awaken the "sleeping giant" for a mysterious purpose. Departure However, the mission was a fool's errand, arranged by the Quintessons, and designed to destroy the Dinobots. The planet held prisoner one of their most dangerous creations, the energy-draining Trans-Organic creature known as the Dweller. Betrayal

T-Wrecks, Triceradon, Terranotron, and Dinotron survived their encounter with the Dweller and managed to get off-planet. After making their way to Spaceport CSSB-16, Disclosure they traded in their Autobot shuttle for "meaner" and "more conspicuous" transportation. They found a stowaway aboard their new ship: Reptron, who they recruited to their merry band. The Wreckers: Finale Part 1 Shortly afterwards, they met up with Devcon and agreed to join him on his quest to hunt down Cyclonus, Disclosure blasting off as soon as their ship was put into working order by the newest member of the Dinobots. The Wreckers: Finale Part 1

The group wound up back on Cybertron to help fend off a Quintesson invasion heralded by Cryotek. As T-Wrecks and his troops cleaved through innumerable Sharkticons, the Dinobot leader was shocked to witness Triceradon vanish before him in a flash of light. He assumed his subordinate's disappearance was the result of a new Quintesson weapon, unaware that Triceradon had been snatched up by an interdimensional force... Despite this setback, the Quintessons were eventually repelled from Cybertron. Wreckers: Finale Part II

TransTech

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In an interview with Rook, Stungun noted that he had been in rooms full of Megatron lookalikes, including versions of T-Wrecks. Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/07/29

Beast Wars: Uprising

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One hundred years after the Vehicon Apocalypse, T-Wrecks was captain of the Rusty Mace, which came to the aid of the human ship The Problem of Infinities when they were attacked by the Shi-Lai. Afterward, the human captain Una said they owed him. T-Wrecks immediately called in the favor, since his own ship, already pretty old, had taken a pounding.

When the ship sent one of their crewmembers over to help, T-Wrecks met her on arrival, before his ship's engineer Rapticon took over. The Inexorable March

Games

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Transformers: Earth Wars

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"Maximal T-Wrecks" is available as an alternate skin for Beast Wars Megatron in Earth Wars.

Toys

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Beast Machines

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Look, ma! No hands!
  • T-Wrecks (Ultra Class, 2000)
  • Accessories: 2 spring-launched blade-missiles, water squirter
Beast Machines T-Wrecks is a redeco of the Ultra Class Beast Wars Predacon Megatron, transforming into an organic Tyrannosaurus rex. His dino-mode mouth hides a water-spraying bellows that is activated by pulling open the top half of the head; the mechanism is taken out from the back of the neck. In robot mode, his left arm has a lunging/snapping claw gimmick, plus he has a pair of hip-mounted spring-loaded missile launchers. He retains the "mutant head" gimmick as well: a pair of bat-like "wings" on his helmet that swing forward to cover his face as a "battle mask" (a feature which, unlike the original Megatron's, was actually depicted in fiction).
This toy was repurposed as Red Megatron in Generations Selects Special Comic.
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War for Cybertron: Kingdom

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Easily repurposed into Collaborative Diablo from Primal Rage
  • Maximal T-Wrecks (Leader Class, 2021)
  • Hasbro ID number: WFC-K37
  • Hasbro release date: May 24, 2021
  • TakaraTomy ID number: KD EX-12
  • TakaraTomy release date: March 26, 2022
Released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Beast Wars, Kingdom "Maximal T-Wrecks" is a redeco of Megatron (Beast), transforming into a Jurassic Park-inspired Tyrannosaurus rex mode. T-Wrecks does not come with any fire blast effects, although others can be attached inside his dinosaur mode mouth. While he features a left hand underneath the tail weapon in robot mode, the tail weapon cannot be detached from his forearm. In a particular bit of sprue weirdness, the front half of T-Wrecks's chest and entire upper waist are molded in dark gray plastic which has been oddly painted over in a warm metallic dark gray inside and out. While the dark gray isn't the tan that the original toy had, it does have a brown-ish tinge to it. T-Wrecks' entire deco here appears to be based on a very specific Hasbro stock photo of the original handpainted prototype... including making the upper half of the waist gray because the angle of the photo has the prototype's silver chest obscuring a backwards, misassembled waist.
The seeds of the future lie buried in the past! About 20ish years in the past.
Most of the beast mode shell is cast in a rubbery PVC plastic material, likely to enhance the texture of the dinosaur mode as well as assist the part-clashing transformation. The beast mode itself is well articulated, especially with thigh pieces on a slider to ensure vertical hip-movement, as well as spring-loaded pieces around his neck to prevent the sculpt from breaking up too much while posing.
You'll just have to imagine the grimace.
T-Wrecks was meant to feature a "pretooled" alternate head when compared to Megatron, as the packaging art, box back product renders, and instructions depict an alternate robot face sculpt with exposed teeth like the original toy. However, all specimens of T-Wrecks have the "standard" Megatron face sculpt, except with extra paint running across the lips exactly where exposed teeth should have been. The face sculpt would be eventually used for the Beast Wars Again release of the original Kingdom Megatron mold.
T-Wrecks was released as a Toyworld and JB Hi-Fi exclusive in Australia and New Zealand, both also being the first to receive T-Wrecks even before any official unveiling.<ref>Reddit post by u/Obfuscake, 24 May 2021</ref> T-Wrecks would ultimately get an official pre-order on Hasbro Pulse UK about three weeks later and finally as a Target exclusive for the USA in July of 2021; while initially supposedly a "Red Card" online exclusive, he was quickly made available in regular stores. Initially set for a January 29, 2022 release by TakaraTomy, T-Wrecks was delayed to March 2022.
Due to the exclusivity of the figure, no Golden Disk destiny cards are included.
This mold was also retooled into Tyrannocon Rex.

Merchandise

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ReAction

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  • T-Wrecks (2024)
ReAction T-Wrecks is a redeco of ReAction Beast Megatron, a 3¾-inch "retro"-styled action figure based on Megatron's show model. He has five points of articulation, with a swivel neck, shoulders, and hips.
He comes packaged on a small cardback that mixes the design of the original Beast Wars packaging with some nostalgic elements resembling Kenner's Star Wars action figures from the late 1970s to early '80s. The card lists him as a Maximal and the Dinobot Commander, but the Target website calls him "T-Wrecks Megatron", "Predacon commander".
This figure was exclusive to Target stores in the US.

Notes

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  • Several hints in his Beast Machines toy bio suggest T-Wrecks may be the same character as the Generation 1 Dinobot Grimlock in a new body, such as being a "former attack specialist" (his Beast Wars function) and some references to Generation 2. However, he is not portrayed as such in his fictional appearances.

Foreign names

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  • Japanese: T-Wrecks (ティーレックス Tī Rekkusu)

References

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