Tricranius

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

"Tri-cranius" doesn't mean he has three skulls. It's the minimum amount of skulls he's going to break to get to you.

Unleash the power of Tricranius, as he breaks apart to form lava-themed armor and weapons!

Toys

Generations

I'm filling my blast effects with Volcanicity!

• Tricranius Beast Power (Fire Blasts Collection Pack, 2021)
  • Hasbro ID number: WFC-K39
  • Accessories: Tail, 18 Fire Blast effects

First unveiled at Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest 2021, War for Cybertron Trilogy "Tricranicus Beast Power" is a lava-colored redeco of Kingdom Deluxe Class Ractonite with a retooled beast mode frill, and transforms from robot to skeletal Triceratops in 16 steps. As a Fossilizer, he 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 for his original figure, Ractonite, suggest three possible weapons: a hammer, sword, and spiked club, and an armor mode that uses all of Ractonite's parts. Uniquely, the mold lacks traditional 5 mm port hands in robot mode. Rather, the figure's arms end in fold-out 5 mm pegs instead, and the tail weapon is designed for Tricranius to wield with those pegs in mind. The peg-hand is depicted as a blaster on Tricranius's package art.

Tricranius is packed in a Selects-style box containing a box with 18 redecoed Fire Blast effects. In translucent blue are redecos of Siege Jetfire's, Blowpipe's, and Caliburst's Fire Blasts, while in translucent red are Siege Omega Supreme's and two of Earthrise Soundbarrier's Fire Blasts. Much like the Earthrise-based Deluxe Centurion Drone, the figure and included accessories total up to the price of a Voyager Class figure. The Hasbro Pulse description claims the toy includes 19 Fire Blast effects, the over-count likely due to one of Omega Supreme's redecoed blast effects being two pieces held together by glue, which is depicted as two separate blast effects in one of Tricranicus's diorama stock photos.

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

It is not yet entirely clear to which faction Tricranius belongs, though the exterior packaging has a Maximal insignia, similar to the Autobot sigil on nearly all Hasbro Selects toys.

Notes

• Unlike the War for Cybertron Trilogy Deluxe Centurion Drone or Selects toys, Tricranius has character art on the interior of his packaging, which is an edit of Ractonite's package art. Specifically, his frill and colors are changed to be more accurate to the toy, his head is flipped to look to his right, and his right forearm is swung down to point to his right, which looks slightly off since it does not account for the arm's change in perspective.