Dinobot (BW)/toys
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Toys
Beast Wars
- Dinobot (Deluxe, 1996/1997)
- Takara ID number: C-4
- Accessories: "Cyber-slash" tail weapon, sword
- Part of the first wave of Beast Wars product, Dinobot transforms into what his bio claims is a "vicious Velociraptor". His tail detaches and separates to form a gear-powered, spinning blade weapon, while the central "tail bone" separates to be used as a sword. The entire assembly can store in robot mode by flipping down the tail-mount and pegging the blade's base to the peg on his lower back. Like all early Deluxe-and-up Beast Wars toys, he has a "mutant mask", halves of a dino-skull that flip up to cover his more robotic head. Thankfully these pieces are not pinned in, and can be easily removed for better clearance and show-accuracy.
- The original Dinobots shipped on cards with "rocky"-shaped bubbles. Later (and more numerous) assortments moved to a smooth, rounded bubble, leading the first packaging type to become sought-after collectibles on the secondary market.
- Takara's initial release of the toy was identical to the Hasbro version (save packaging, of course). In January 1998, Takara redecoed many of the Beast Wars toys and re-released them in slightly more show-like tones; Dinobot's distressingly pinkish skin was changed to tan, his orange robot eyes became red, his flat blue face became metallic blue, his orange dinosaur eyes became white, and his helmet was painted in metallic gold.
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- Ferocious Showdown: Dinobot VS Tarans (VS pack, 1997)
- ID number: VS-4
- Accessories: sword, "Cyber-slash" tail weapon
- In Japan, Dinobot was available both as an individual and in a "Ferocious Showdown" (凶暴の対決, kyōbō no taiketsu) two-pack with "Tarans". Both toys in this set were identical to their individual, nigh-identical-to-the-Hasbro-versions releases.
- Currently, it is unknown if the later "show-like" redeco of Dinobot was ever released in a VS set.
- Dinobot (Deluxe "Lucky Draw", 1998)
- Accessories: "Cyber-slash" tail weapon, sword
- In 1998, TV Magazine offered a gold chrome Dinobot as a prize. One individual gold Dinobot was awarded, and one other Dinobot as part of a set of other gold Beast Wars toys.[1]
- Dinobot (Happy Meal Transmetal, 1998)
- McNumber: 6
- Part of the second McDonald's Beast Wars Happy Meal promotion, Transmetal Dinobot transforms into a robotic Velociraptor. To tie in with the chrome plastic gimmick of the retail Transmetal toys, parts of his beast mode are cast in glittery metallic plastic. Like the other McDonald's toys from this assortment, he shares nothing in common with his previous body other than alternate mode choice.
- This toy was later repurposed by IDW's Beast Wars Sourcebook to represent an initial prototype of Dinobot's evil clone, Dinobot II.
- Dinobot (Fox Kids Deluxe, 1999)
- Accessories: sword, "Cyber-slash" tail weapon
- Part of the first wave of "Fox Kids" redecoes (so called because of the callout on the package to the Fox Kids programming block where the cartoon had recently moved), this version of Dinobot is more dark brown than the original, with red stripes instead of the original's brown, with a red robot mode face and green eyes. This toy uses the retooled mold with the shoulder ratchets and the (unused) "energon chip" space that were created for Beast Wars Grimlock.
- Hasbro solicitations named this toy "Live Wire Dinobot",[2] but the name never made it to final packaging.
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Beast Wars 10th Anniversary
- Dinobot (Beast Wars 10th Anniversary, 2006)
- Accessories: "Energo-drill" sword, spinning blade tail weapon, Transmutate left arm
- This release is yet another redeco of the original Dinobot toy. Though the Beast Wars 10th Anniversary line's aim was "show-accuracy", the resulting Dinobot toy confused some fans, with its dark brown base color, odd placement of blue, and, mostly, the metallic green on his bone-like decorations. Like the other 10th Anniversary toys, he has a faction symbol tampoed on his body; in Dinobot's case, there's a Maximal logo on the left side of his robot chest. Like Fox Kids! Dinobot, this toy has the Energon Chip indent and shoulder ratchets that were added for Beast Wars Grimlock.
- Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Dinobot came with the left arm to the "build-a-bot" figure Transmutate, plus a DVD containing the obvious Dinobot-themed episode, "Code of Hero".
- Unfortunately, Dinobot is highly susceptible to Gold Plastic Syndrome. Just about any part of this Dinobot is made of metallic plastics that collectively hit their expiration dates around 2013, making him highly fragile. The neck, helmet halves, shoulder ratchets, and hip joints are usually the first to snap.
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Timelines
- Dawn of Future's Past (Multi-pack Deluxe, 2006)
- Accessories: Golden Disk Key
- Part of the five-toy BotCon 2006 exclusive boxed set (along with Cheetor, Optimus Primal, Rattrap, and Rhinox), Timelines "Darksyde Dinobot" is a redeco of the Cybertron Longrack mold, itself a retool of Armada Hoist. Dinobot uses almost all of Longrack's new-mold parts save for the head; Hoist's was a dead ringer for Dinobot in the first place. He transforms into a Cybertronic excavator. Inserting a Cyber Key or Golden Disk Key into his shoulder assembly unlocks a shovel-punch attack activated by pressing on the plunger mechanism above the key port. Like Longrack, he does not come with a Mini-Con partner. The color scheme is partially based on his 10th Anniversary toy.
Beast Wars Telemocha Series
- Dinobot (Deluxe, 2006)
- Japanese ID number: TM-05
- Accessories: Dino Sabel, Cyber Shield
- Celebrating Japan's 10th anniversary of Beast Wars (one year later than the West), the Beast Wars Telemocha version of Dinobot is yet another (and final?) redeco of the venerable tooling, including the shoulder ratcheting added to the previous Hasbro versions. While definitely more accurate to the CGI model than the Hasbro 10th Anniversary version from the previous year, most of its color-scheme decisions favor the robot mode, such as bronze/gold shoulder joints. The result of this is a less consistently colored beast mode than the Hasbro version. It is the first (and only) version of the mold to place deco on the "mutant mask" halves.
- Though there are some colors dropped between the transition from CGI model to toy, Telemocha Dinobot does currently hold the prize for the sheer number of paint applications used on this mold, and by a large margin. Perhaps most significant to many fans, however, is that this version of Dinobot has a mouth, if only in the form of a paint operation.
- This release of Dinobot came with a DVD containing the Beast Wars episode... "New Weapons of Terror!", the Japanese dub of "The Probe" and not "Code of Hero".
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Universe (2008)
- Dinobot (Deluxe, 2009)
- Accessories: Tail/missile launcher, missile/sword
- Universe Dinobot transforms into a brown and amber Jurassic Park-style Velociraptor with a robot mode styled heavily after the Beast Wars CGI model, including a face with a nose and mouth. His transformation has been altered to produce more human-like proportions, with his robot legs now becoming the raptor legs and the arms hiding mostly inside the torso. He also sports a fully show accurate robot head which can be raised to a 45 degree angle as well as turn. On his chest is a panel that can swap between a Maximal symbol, a Predacon symbol and a blank third panel (for the beast mode head). His show-accurate double opposable thumbs can be swapped out for "proper" fists. His tail still detaches and splits to become a weapon, but no longer rotates. Instead, it fires a missile shaped like his sword from the cartoon, which can be held as a sword by either the regular fist or claw hands. The tail can also clip onto his back for storage.
- This toy was also later repurposed as Beast Wars Shattered Glass Dinobot.
Henkei! Henkei!
- Dinobot (Deluxe, 2009-03-12)
- Japanese ID number: C-16
- Accessories: Tail/missile launcher, missile/sword
- The Henkei! Henkei! release of Dinobot is in more traditional colors than the Hasbro version, decoed in brown with several tan stripes, plus blue and golden detailing. Clear red plastic replaces the clear orange found on the Universe version. Like all Henkei! Henkei! releases he features vacuum metallized parts, particularly his missile/sword.
Device Label
- Dinobot (Device Label, 2009)
- Dinobot would have transformed from a working USB laser mouse into a brown and gold mechanoid raptor, but an early BigBadToyStore solicitation for him was almost immediately supplanted by a solicitation for "Dinosaurer" (Trypticon), once better information was had.
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Masterpiece
How noble in reason! How infinite in... currency.
- Dinobot (Beast Wars) (2018-07-28)
- ID number: MP-41
- Accessories: Cyber Shield, Dino Sabel, 4 robot faces, beam effect, Golden Disk, disc stand, disc adapter, base adapter (beast mode), base adapter (robot mode), base A, base B, base arm
- Masterpiece Dinobot transforms from a show-accurate Velociraptor to a show-accurate robot. It scales correctly with the other Masterpiece Beast Wars figures. Unlike Primal or Cheetor, Dinobot features printed details and a coat of chip-resistant paint, making him a lot more durable.
- Dinobot also comes with many accessories: first, his two trademark weapons—his tail weapon with working spinning gimmick and the Golden Disk. The Disk is fully detailed, complete with the "The Sounds of Earth" label sculpted on it. Dinobot also comes with 4 different faces for the robot (serious, smirking, smiling and growling); the latter one has clear eyes that can glow via a LED inside his head; a switch will allow the eyes to light up both in red and green. To complement the latter option, the figure also comes with an extra piece that represents Dinobot's eye beams. The light-up feature is fueled by two LR44 batteries (not included). The raptor head can also emote, but needs no extra pieces: a panel on top of the head can be flipped to replace the regular eyes with a second, narrower pair. A final accessory, a stand is formed by a 2-piece base that can be united in multiple directions, the regular arm and 3 extra attachments: one is to hook the Golden Disk onto the base, one is for Dinobot's robot mode and the last one is a cradle to place Dinobot's raptor mode on the stand. Much like the new Masterpiece Movie Series figures, Dinobot's robot mode mouth can open and close.
- Due to a design flaw on the initial release, moving Dinobot's robot shoulders through their normal outward range of motion carries a risk of breaking off a small ridge inside the ratchet joint due to an overly strong spring. Lubricating the joints with grease or dish soap can prevent the issue, and it was rectified on later releases with a weaker spring and slightly thicker ridge within the ratchet.
- Some Dinobot figures drain the battery power unusually fast, with some owners reporting that batteries died less than two days after installation and with minimal use.
Generations
War for Cybertron: Kingdom
- Dinobot (Voyager Class, 2021)
- ID number: WFC-K16
- Accessories: "Cyber-slash" tail weapon, sword, Golden Disk card
- War for Cybertron: Kingdom Dinobot is a toy that transforms from a robot mode based on his Beast Wars cartoon appearance into a "realistic" (read: Jurassic Park) Velociraptor in 28 steps. Unlike the Masterpiece figure, his dinosaur details have less paint, but at the same time, he has more texture on his body. His tail can detach and split into two components: his cyber-slash tail weapon, and his signature sword. His hands have a 5mm port that can hold both his weapons, and can close to hold objects (like perhaps... a Golden Disk?)
- Dinobot comes with a Golden Disk card that "reveals a possible destiny of a key character", with each character having three possible destiny variants. Oddly, he's labeled as a Predacon in this line.
Merchandise
- Beast Wars Transformers 200 piece puzzle (puzzle, 1996)
- A 200-piece puzzle from Milton Bradley featured art of Dinobot and Razorbeast fighting Waspinator and Tarantulas. It was very chrome-foil-y! [1]
- Dinobot (candy toy model kit, 1997)
- Part of the second wave of Kabaya model kits (which included Cheetor, Rattrap, and Terrorsaur), Dinobot is a peg-together model kit. The parts come on pink and yellow sprues, plus there are stickers, instructions for assembly, and a stick of terrible gum. Transformation involves removing the tail, robot legs, and robot arms, and pegging them elsewhere as needed.
- Dinobot (candy toy, 1997)
- A tiny plastic Dinobot figurine molded onto an irregularly-shaped stand was released by Kabaya. Labeled toy 6 of 6, the other characters in his wave were Cheetor, Rattrap, Megatron, Optimus Primal, and Rhinox. They were also available in smokey translucent plastic? [2] As always, terrible candy is included.
- Dinobot (candy toy, 1997)
- A tiny superdeformed Dinobot was also available from Kabaya. It's way too adorable. [3]
Card games
- Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game (1997)
- Dinobot was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars card game.
Beast Wars Mini-Busts
- Dinobot (?)
- In 2006, First 4 Figures announced a seven-inch tall mini-bust of Dinobot. He was sculpted by Ryan Bailey and was to be limited to 1,996 pieces. He is based upon his animated appearance, mounted on a silver pedestal adorned with the Maximal sigil.
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Notes
- Dinobot's original toy was designed to supplant a failed lion Transformer counterpart to Cheetor that ended up being, understandably, too similar to Cheetor. A dinosaur's entry into the Maximals was justified by pointing out that the Dinobots had been good guys in Generation 1.[3]
- In the first Beast Wars toy commercials, Dinobot had a slightly different deco than the final toy. He was browner, rather than pinker, and had thicker stripes.
- Some fans are inclined to yank off Dinobot's mutant mask pieces, since he doesn't have them on the television show, they get in the way during transformation, and they're easily removable. Ten years later, Hasbro thought so, too, in their stock photography for Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Dinobot.
- An actual (i.e. non-McDonald's affiliated) Transmetal Dinobot apparently made it to concept art stages, but not much further. Several elements of the design were recycled for Transmetal Terrorsaur.
- Dinobot's toy curiously has six toes on each foot. Since his legs form his robot mode arms, not only does this mean he's left with two thumbs, but also a tiny, barely noticeable finger molded near his wrist. The double thumbs got carried over onto his animation model, yet his in-show beast mode appears to only have three toes. Between all this, it has to be said that real-life raptors had no more than four toes on each of their feet.
- Speaking of inaccuracies, from the size to the proportons to the complete lack of feathers, Dinobot's beast mode barely resembles a real Velociraptor. Though, at the time, raptors were not definitively known to be feathered (feathers on dromeosaurids were considered speculative until the late 1990s and evidence of Velociraptor in particular having feathers did not emerge until 2007), it's obvious that the contemporary science was not really taken into account when designing the toy or animated character model. Instead, Dinobot seems to be based on the depiction of Velociraptors from Jurassic Park, which had shot the species to worldwide awareness three years before and was likewise accompanied by a toyline from Kenner.
- Like all non-toy robot Kreons in the Kre-O comics, Dinobot is made from existing Kre-O parts. He uses Ironhide's helmet in gold.
- The Beast Wars: Uprising incarnation of Dynobot is a "virtual redeco" of the Thrilling 30 Voyager Class Springer mold. Accordingly, Grimlock shares this body-type in Uprising.
References
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- Unreleased toys
- Upcoming toy releases
- Beast Wars 10th Anniversary
- Beast Wars Maximals
- Beast Wars Telemocha Series
- BotCon exclusives
- Hall of Fame characters
- Henkei! Henkei! Autobots
- Kre-O Autobots
- Kreons
- Masterpiece
- McDonald's exclusives
- Timelines characters
- Toys "R" Us exclusives
- Transmetals
- Universe (2008)
