Talk:Dinobot (disambiguation)

As to Catilla: Dualor, Rav, and Triceradon are redecos of the Classics Mini-con Dinobots in colours inspired by the G1 Dinobots' character models. While Catilla is part of the same pseudo-subgroup of DOTM-released Mini-Cons with beast altmodes, he is not a dinosaur, he's not particularly prehistoric-looking, and his colours (also, unlike the other three, his name) are an homage to his G1 counterpart, who, admittedly, was a prehistoric beast, but not a Dinobot. Pirateblue (talk) 08:58, 14 June 2014 (EDT)

Obsidian (Kre-O combiner) is a Dinobot, and his components are all Insectoid. And then Magmatron, of course. That he was included as part of a group where everyone else (who has the same color scheme) has color schemes homaging the G1 Dinobots indicates to me that his color scheme is homaging them too.KrytenKoro (talk) 10:48, 14 June 2014 (EDT)

According to Obsidian's talk page, there is doubt on whether he is a Dinobot, and none of his components are labelled as such. Also, DOTM Catilla is silver and gold, while the other three are dark grey and gold. Plus, again, Dualor, Rav, and Triceradon have the same altmodes as Grimlock, Swoop, and Slag, respectively. Catilla has an altmode based on G1 Catilla's Pretender shell. Pirateblue (talk) 11:44, 14 June 2014 (EDT)

1) None of the Kre-O combiners should be called "Dinobot" on their pages as none of them are ever labeled as such. That was presumption on the part of the person making the pages.
2) Catilla's not-being-a-dinosaur is irrelevant, since pterosaurs are not dinosaurs either. (Neither are dimetrodons.) He should stay in the disambig as he is part of the assortment, and blatantly intended to be an acneitn extinct animal... and the idea that he's not expressly G1-Dinobot-colored is absurd. --M Sipher (talk) 12:21, 14 June 2014 (EDT)

I know that the pterosaur and the dimetrodon are not dinosaurs, but they are frequently lumped in with them, and have had toys of them sold as Dinobots. However, I know no precedent for a futuristic robo-tiger being sold as a Dinobot, thus my position that Catilla is the odd Mini-Con out in the assortment. Pirateblue (talk) 13:13, 14 June 2014 (EDT)

Maybe not in Transformers, but other shows have lumped saber-toothed tigers into dinosaur-themed groups. Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger/Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, for instance, had a Saber-toothed Tiger as part of its range of dinosaur mecha/Dinozords. Dinozone/DinoZaurs also had the saber-toothed tiger Dino Sabre as one of that show's Dinosoldiers/Dino Knights. Both examples each even had a mammoth/mastodon and a pteranodon as part of their dinosaur teams as well. Even dragons got included in both series, and those are certainly not dinosaurs. Including Catilla within the same lineup as Dualor, Rav, and Triceradon is no different. --Sabrblade (talk) 13:34, 14 June 2014 (EDT)

Fair enough, but Catilla has a distinct lack of, y'know, sabre-teeth. Also, many dragons were based on the fossilized remains of dinosaurs, but that's beside the point. Also, my position isn't that Catilla wasn't part of the same lineup as the other two, just that he doesn't qualify as a Dinobot. Pirateblue (talk) 14:00, 14 June 2014 (EDT)

Neither do Dualor, Rav, and Triceradon, what with the words "Dinobot should not be confused with..." above their listing. The four of them are listed here together to show that A) They all came together, and B) The four of them aren't Dinobots despite the group's intended homage. --Sabrblade (talk) 15:24, 14 June 2014 (EDT)

Pseudo-Dinobot, then, and what I'm saying is that Catilla is intended as an homage to, well, Catilla, whereas the others are all clearly homages to the G1 Dinobots. Pirateblue (talk) 15:54, 14 June 2014 (EDT)

why, exactly, cant catilla be an homage to both? Aoe has claimed strafe (rav) is a homage to both swoop and the technobot, so whats the problem?KrytenKoro (talk) 18:45, 14 June 2014 (EDT)

2014 Kreons?

Dinobot (disambiguation) says "2014 — The Dinobots, a group of Autobots from Kre-O" but doesn't link to anyone or anything. Things that don't exist?

or was that supposed to say "2014 — The Dinobots, a group of Decepticons from Kre-O who combine to form Volcanicon"?

The articles for Volcanicon and his components Power Surge (Kre-O), Lugmutt, and Liftoff call them Dinobots, but M Sipher says the remaining component Farside is not a Dinobot. (Maybe these guys should go with the guys who form Obsidian on the "Dinobot should not be confused with" list?) --Rhymus (talk) 07:10, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

None of the Volcanicon guys should've been labelled as Dinobots, I just removed those references. Torosaur, Silversnout, Frostbite and Skimmer, plus the Kre-O versions of Grimlock, Strafe et al, are the only Kre-O characters confirmed as being Dinobots. Jalaguy (talk) 10:30, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

Expand 'not to be confused with'?

There's no page containing a list of bots with Dinosaur alt-modes that aren't members of any Dinobot group. Would it make sense to list them here? AJ has a plan (talk) 12:56, 18 January 2018 (EST)