Dinobot

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Dinobot is a fictional character from the Transformers series.

Beast Wars

Reception

Dinobot was named the 3rd best upgrade in Beast Wars history by Topless Robot.[1]

The WTF@TFW podcast for February 26, 2009 selected the Henkei Dinobot toy as one of their New Picture Picks.[2]

Dinobot won the Transformers Hall of Fame Fan's Choice Award at BotCon 2010.

Fictional biography

As if torn from the pages of earth's prehistoric past, a vicious velociraptor breathes again! But Dinobot is no ordinary 'raptor, he's a robot in disguise battling beside his heroic teammates, the Maximals! Armed with a spinning cyber-slash tail weapon and always hungry for battle, Optimus Primal considers him a natural combat expert who has clawed his way to the top one victory after another!

Comics

Fun Publications

Dinobot's early story was told in the Timelines tale Dawn of Futures Past, where he was seen escaping with the disc alongside Megatron and Scorponok, outraged because he was not able to battle the Maximals honorably, having to be cowed into fleeing by Megatron. Dinobot was further outraged when Megatron planned to flee into transwarp, but was delighted when Megatron opened fire on the Axalon while doing so.

TFcon comics

Dinobot appeared in the 2006 TransformersCon voice actor play Battle of the Bootlegs.[3]

Cheetor, Dinobot, Rattrap and Silverbolt charge into battle in Days of Wreckening

Dinobot appeared in the TFcon 2012 story Days of Wreckening.[4]

Games

Toys

Toys

  • Beast Wars Deluxe Dinobot (1996)
The Dinobot toy came with a mutant mask.[5]
This toy was later recolored as Beast Wars Grimlock and as Dinobots Grimlock.[6][7]
This toy was remolded into Beast Wars Neo Hardhead, which was recolored into Beast Machines Dinotron.
  • Beast Wars Takara Deluxe Dinobot (1997)
When the toy was sold in Japan it was repainted with lighter stripes and a metallic gold head to match the television model. In Japan Dinobot was sold alone and packaged with Tarantulas.
  • Beast Wars McDonalds Dinobot (1998)
A premium toy included with Happy Meals, this Dinobot is a transmetal.
  • Beast Wars Fox Kids Deluxe Dinobot (1999)
A recolor of Dinobot done in browns with red stripes across the back.
  • Beast Wars Transmetal II Deluxe Dinobot (1999)
The Transmetal II toy of Dinobot came in three variants. The first was released as a post-Christmas edition in late 1998 (for the 1999 release year) in show-accurate colors (this version being the model for the series), identifiable due to all pre-1999 Transmetal 2s having a "Transmetal II" logo. The second version makes use of navy blue and metallic maroon detailing on an ivory-colored body, as opposed to brown and maroon. The "II" logos are replaced with a "Transmetal 2" logo. The third and final Transmetal II Dinobot was nearly as commonplace as the second, with the ivory tooling replace with a whiter colored plastic. The remaining parts were decorated in a brighter blue and vacuum-metallized red. (The white, red and blue Dinobot is said to have been exclusive to Wal-Mart, but K-Mart stores in 2002 were shown to also have them in stock.)
The transmetal II Dinobot was repainted into the Dinobot Rapticon.
  • Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Dinobot (2006)
In 2006 the original Dinobot toy was one of the toys selected for the Beast Wars 10th Anniversary toyline. He was repainted in more show-accurate coloring. He came packaged with one of the six pieces used to make the Transmutate toy plus a DVD of his most famous episode "Code of Hero".[8][9]
  • Timelines Deluxe Darksyde Dinobot (2006)
One of the BotCon 2006 exclusive figure is a remold of Armada Hoist which is a homage to Beast Wars Dinobot. This figure is supposed to represent Dinobot before he was reformatted into an animal form. He turns into a backhoe.[10]
This toy was featured on page 19 of the book Transformers: The Fantasy, The Fun, The Future by Erin Brereton published by Triumph Books.
  • Beast Wars Takara 10th Anniversary Dinobot (2007)
In 2007, Takara Tomy is releasing their version of the 10th Anniversary of Beast Wars toys. Selected molds have included Dinobot who will be painted show accurate along with something Hasbro's version did not have: teeth are painted to give him more of a look like the show. According to the DVD enclosed with the toy, he may be sold with Blackarachnia at a sale price. (Like how Optimus Primal is sold with Megatron as a special offer.)
  • Universe Deluxe Dinobot (2009)
As part of the 25th Anniversary commemoration, the Transformers Universe series released a new mold of Dinobot. Like the Beast Wars figure, the Universe figure lacked show-accurate coloration. The transformation is also slightly different, with the arms tucking into the chest rather than the legs.[11][12]
See also: Wastelander

References

  1. ↑ T.J. Dietsch (November 14, 2011). "The 5 Best (and 5 Worst) Upgrades In Beast Wars History". Archived from the original on 2013-01-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20130110094526/http://www.toplessrobot.com:80/2011/11/the_5_best_and_5_worst_upgrades_in_beast_wars_hist.php?. 
  2. ↑ Vangelus (February 26, 2009). "WTF@TFW". http://www.tfw2005.com/ (Podcast). TFW2005. Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20140701190531/http://www.tfw2005.com/. 
  3. ↑ Meesum Abidi (w)Battle of the Bootlegs (July 25th, 2006), Toronto, Canada: TransformersCon
  4. ↑ Philip M. Gervais (w), Ninjatron (a). Days of Wreckening (July 25th, 2012), Toronto, Canada: TFcon
  5. ↑ Alvarez, J.E. (2001). The Unofficial Guide to Transformers 1980s Through 1990s Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition. Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-7643-1364-6. 
  6. ↑ Stalking The Prey: A Guide to Hasbro's Beast Wars by Nicholas R. Messina, Jr., Lee's Action Figure News and Toy Review #71, page 34-40, September 1998
  7. ↑ "Transformers '96 Beast Wars". Lee's Action Figure News & Toy Review 1 (40): 59. February 1996. 
  8. ↑ http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Transformers_Beast_Wars_Dinobot_10th_Anniversary.pdf
  9. ↑ http://www.mastercollector.com/articles/reviews/bw10thanv.htm Archived February 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ "BotCon Figure Preview 2006". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20120212160103/http://www.botcon.com/botcon06figures.cfm. 
  11. ↑ "Product Reviews". Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20130924025214/http://mastercollector.com:80/articles/reviews/dinobot-review.htm. 
  12. ↑ "An Interview with Hasbro's Bill Rawley". Transformers Collectors Club Magazine 1 (23): 4–6. October–November 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20121016124307/http://transformersclub.com/_images/TFmag15.pdf. 

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