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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:02 pm

Remember way back in 2009 when third party toy maker JustiToys teased us with the prospect of Dinobots in hybrid style? We haven't heard anything since and most assumed the idea had been scrapped, but JustiToys recently updated their website with another teaser image. The 2009 teaser image featured the silhouette of Dinobot Snarl standing next to the silhouette of THS-02 Convoy. The new teaser features concept sketches of Snarl labeled "Project 2011". Are the Hybrid Style Dinobots back on the table?

by **Iron Prime** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:20 pm

Guess I better start saving....

by **Astronopolis** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:26 pm

I'm conflicted about this. I want more Dinobots, but Slag(?) looks like he tops out at 6" tall max considering H.S. Convoy is just over 4". I'm not against Deluxe size Dinobots, but I will have to see the price

EDIT: did some rudimentary calculations by measuring the silhouettes on screen, and scaling them up to real size proportionally, and came up with the dinobot coming out to around 5.6 inches tall

by **JERRYUS PRIME** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:27 pm

iam so getting :BOOM:

this at last some dinobots i always thougt hasbro would do them all but i guess they wont..i dont own a ths-02 prime so can anyone tell me how big his going to be is snarl the size of a universe inferno or the size of fansproject city commander???

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:29 pm

I could care less about Hybrid Style, but if he works with Classics Grimlock, I'm all over it!

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:30 pm

If its close to Deluxe size (hopefully larger) I'll grab them in a heartbeat.

A couple things to consider when noting scale in that pic:

1) It's a 3d shillouette of Snarl vs a 2D image of Prime
2) Snarl has one leg bent.

In other words it's still too early to really say how large it is.

by **JERRYUS PRIME** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:34 pm

nevermind they are going to be at lease 6"in very small for dino bots but stilla great idea they sould have made them voger size

by **kara82** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:37 pm

He is going to be the size of most deluxe size figures. the picture shows him to be about 2 inches taller than Prime, and as stated earlier in the thread, THS-02 Convoy is about 4 - 4.5 inches tall. :grin:

News Credits: 10 · by **Trikeboy** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:40 pm

Oh heck yeah, I am so sold on this. Snarl was my only Dinobot growing up and I can't wait for this little guy.

JERRYUS PRIME wrote:iam so getting this at last some dinobots i always thougt hasbro would do them all but i guess they wont..i dont own a ths-02 prime so can anyone tell me how big his going to be is snarl the size of a universe inferno or the size of fansproject city commander???

I have a ths-02 Prime but not at hand unfortunately. However, if my memory is correct, the shillouette of ths-02 Prime is 1:1 in scale. He was really small, hehe.

by **Godzillabot Primal** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:53 pm

Please, remind me what hybrid style is again?

by **IceWilly** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:02 pm

I'll wait to see the price and quality... but that said there will definitely be some form of updated dinobots in the next two years. Theres not too many glaring holes in the classics, and the dinobots are a perfect target for FP or another group, since once you get one and its good... they have people hooked for the whole team of them.

Either way, I am excited to see how they materialize when they finally do. Until then I wait patiently

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:05 pm

Hybrid style means ultra-poseable, and super-detailed. I would have to suppose it's a hybrid of the G1 toy, and what you see on the cartoon and in media that they can do.

I am happy to know this is still happening. I hope we at least get Snarl before they can it.

News Credits: 10 · by **Trikeboy** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:11 pm

godzillabot wrote:Please, remind me what hybrid style is again?

Hybrid Style was a super posable version of Galaxy Force Prime and G1 Prime. They were pretty good. You can see a pic here, it is circled in red.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:35 pm

Mixed feelings about this. I'm very happy that a company is finally giving the other Dinobots some love, but I've just replaced my Classics Grimlock with his Masterpiece-self so anything smaller than a voyager is unlikely to strike a chord with me.

by **MGrotusque** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:03 pm

One of my biggest TF dreams is to get an updated Snarl!

He's my favorite Dinobot figure.

News Credits: 1 · by **Blozor** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:21 pm

I was just thinking that I hope some third party ends up making Classics-style Dinobots. This will do just as nicely unless FansProject makes Dinobots to go with their Insecticons or TFClub makes Dinobots to go with their Constructicons. If they include a hybrid Grimlock I'm so there, because I wasn't particularly impressed with Classics Grimlock's robot mode.

by **Godzillabot Primal** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:32 pm

Trikeboy wrote:
godzillabot wrote:Please, remind me what hybrid style is again?

Hybrid Style was a super posable version of Galaxy Force Prime and G1 Prime. They were pretty good. You can see a pic here, it is circled in red.

Cool, but like every cool TF ever made its probably incredibly expensive.

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:41 pm

godzillabot wrote:
Trikeboy wrote:
godzillabot wrote:Please, remind me what hybrid style is again?

Hybrid Style was a super posable version of Galaxy Force Prime and G1 Prime. They were pretty good. You can see a pic here, it is circled in red.

Cool, but like every cool TF ever made its probably incredibly expensive.

Not EVERY cool TF ever made is incredibly expensive. Some can be bought for a mere $10.

by **Godzillabot Primal** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:55 pm

tigertracks 24 wrote:
godzillabot wrote:
Trikeboy wrote:
godzillabot wrote:Please, remind me what hybrid style is again?

Hybrid Style was a super posable version of Galaxy Force Prime and G1 Prime. They were pretty good. You can see a pic here, it is circled in red.

Cool, but like every cool TF ever made its probably incredibly expensive.

Not EVERY cool TF ever made is incredibly expensive. Some can be bought for a mere $10.

I stand corected TT 24

News Credits: 17 · by **cannonfodder4000** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:20 pm

Unless their remolding them to make the Geisters of Brave Exkaiser (Which I hope they do), then I'll probably just get Grimlock. :-?

by **Rated X** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:28 pm

What in the blue hell is "Hybrid Style" ???

News Credits: 187 · by **GetRightRobot** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:41 pm

"Holy Two Girls and a Cup Batman!" Da da dadada, I'm lovin it!

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:55 pm

Rated X wrote:What in the blue hell is "Hybrid Style" ???

tigertracks 24 - Earlier in the Thread wrote:Hybrid style means ultra-poseable, and super-detailed. I would have to suppose it's a hybrid of the G1 toy, and what you see on the cartoon and in media that they can do.

News Credits: 1 · by **Droptested Thrice** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:36 am

It's a shame Takara only did Optimus Prime for their Hybrid series. They probably could have cranked out several more toys as an upscale version of Henkei or United.

News Credits: 10 · by **Trikeboy** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:46 am

Droptested Thrice wrote:It's a shame Takara only did Optimus Prime for their Hybrid series. They probably could have cranked out several more toys as an upscale version of Henkei or United.

Yeah, I was a bit disappointed they cancelled the line. I never got THS-01 (Galaxy Force Convoy) and I always keep an eye open for him. There were rumors of it being reissued but those don't seem to be true. G1 Prime has a crap vehicle mode but the robot mode more than makes up for it. It is my second favorite version of G1 Prime after MP-01. There was a black repaint of it with a G2 head to replace the THS-02's head and make G2 Optimus Prime. I did hope they would do a better version of Armada Prime as THS-03 but they cancelled the line. Going by the teaser picture I think the THS Dinorobots (or what ever they are called) will be the same size as the original G1 Dinobots, which would be sweet