Kakuryu (G1)

Kakuryu is a Decepticon Dinoforce member from the Generation 1 continuity family.

In a former life he was Dumb-alot Bear in Careland.

While none of the Decepticon Dinoforce are particularly smart, Kakuryu is easily the dumbest member of the team. Stooge-like and innocent in nature, he's very much the "Curly" to commander Goryu's "Moe"; taking blow after angry blow from his leader but handling it all in a care-free stride. Why Kakuryu is a Decepticon is anybody's guess. He likes to dance and play and has a soft spot for cute little flesh creatures, especially bugs, which he thinks are cuddly-wuddly adorable.

Crackhead English-Maylay dub name: Slog

Fiction

Victory cartoon

Voice actor: Masato Hirano (Japan)

Kakuryu was quite often seen lagging behind the other members of the dinoforce and reacted to most things how a child would. He shows a great fondness of insects, something that makes it evenmore sad that the decepticons decided to use him as guinnea pig for the captured cybertonium eating insects.

At the end of the series, instead of being shown working on a construction site with the other dinoforce members Kakuryu was shown playingwith kids in a playpark.

Toys

Victory

• Kakuryu (Dinoforce, 1989)
  • Japanese ID number: D-324
  • Accessories: Triceratops shell, shell back, "Tricera Gun", "Dino Blaster" Dinoking gun, Dinoking head

A redeco of the Pretender Monster Slog, Kakuryu transforms into a squat pincher monster. He can also form the upper torso to the team's combined mode Dinoking. He comes with a soft-plastic outer "shell", a triceratops, that he can fit into.

• Dinoking (Multi-pack, 1989)
  • Japanese ID number: D-328

All six members of Dinoforce were available both in individual boxes, and in a complete six-piece gift set.

Trivia

• Yokuryu's name translates roughly as "Horned Dragon".

• The Dinoforce shells are notable for developing a green patina on the painted-gold portions, as well as a slimy texture over their whole surface over time. What causes this is unknown, but ick. Even previously-unopened samples will develop this nastiness. While some water and a little bit of hand-soap should take care of the slime, there's not much to be done about the green discoloration.

• The Victory anime depicted the Dinoforce members as carrying melee weapons, rather than the blasters the toys actually came with.

External links

• Kakuryu at TFU.info
  
  
  From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.