Ractonite

Ractonite is a Predacon Fossilizer from the Kingdom portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

When the clock strikes/Half past six, babe
Time to head for/Golden lights

Taking the form of a fossilized Styracosaurus, Ractonite is able to separate into skeletal armor and weaponry for their comrades thanks to the power of F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology!

Toys

Generations

It's a good time/for a great taste
Dinner at McDonald's
It's Ractonite!

• Ractonite (Deluxe Fossilizer, 2021)
  • Hasbro ID number: WFC-K15
  • TakaraTomy ID number: KD EX-04
  • TakaraTomy release date: June 26, 2021
  • Accessories: Tail

Part of the second wave of War for Cybertron: Kingdom Deluxe Class figures, Ractonite transforms from skeletal Styracosaurus to robot and back in 16 steps. As a Fossilizer, Ractonite can split into weapons and armor compatible with the C.O.M.B.A.T. System for use by other War for Cybertron Trilogy figures. The instructions use his wave-mate Huffer to wield three possible weapons: a hammer, sword, and spiked club, and an armor mode that uses all of Ractonite's parts. Uniquely, Ractonite lacks traditional 5-mm port hands in robot mode. Rather, their arms end in fold-out 5-mm pegs instead, and the tail weapon is designed for Ractonite to wield with those pegs in mind. The peg-hand is depicted as a blaster on Ractonite's package art.

Initial renders had both his beast and robot eyes as light blue, but were changed to red during development, a change reflected in the packaging stock renders. On some copies, Ractonite's removable nasal horn is glued in place and cannot be removed easily.

Ractonite's packaging and his Hasbro stock photography have the Styracosaurus beak pointing downwards, in contrast to the instructions, stock renders, TakaraTomy stock photography, and package art.

Similar to fellow Fossilizer Paleotrex and his redeco Skelivore, Ractonite features a flip-down mask much like the "mutant head" gimmick used by first-year Beast Wars figures.

Much like most of the toyline, Ractonite comes with one of four possible holographic Golden Disk cards for his wave, which reveals a possible destiny of a key character.

This mold was redecoed and retooled into Tricranius.

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Foreign names

• Japanese: Ractonite (ラクトナイト Rakutonaito)