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News Credits: 656 · Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:14 am

A new Transformers Collaborative figure has been revealed, this time it's the Universal Monsters Frankenstein themed Transformer known as Frankentron. This new toy uses the War for Cybertron Trilogy's Impactor tooling as its base. It also makes for a great companion piece to last year's Dracula crossover figure. You can check out images of Frankentron below and if you like what you see, preorders are available now at Hasbro Pulse and all the other usual online Transformers retailers, including Amazon.com as well. Frankentron's release date is shown differently on several outlets, so collectors can expect to have this figure in-hand either very soon, next January, or some time in between those.

Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:26 am

Ok yeah, he looks great and I’m OVERJOYED at another entry in the Universal Monsters line (Creature from the Black Lagoon next please!). But is it just me, or is it a MASSIVELY OBVIOUS that a Frankenstein bot should be a multi-pieces Weaponizer? Like you can swap parts, literally Frankenstein style. Will be getting this guy if I can, but I can’t help feel like we missed on something greater.

Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:40 pm

No Autobot Spike? :-P

Thu Sep 07, 2023 1:25 pm

Stormshot_Prime wrote:But is it just me, or is it a MASSIVELY OBVIOUS that a Frankenstein bot should be a multi-pieces Weaponizer? Like you can swap parts, literally Frankenstein style.

You are not alone. Truly a missed opportunity.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:22 pm

So, I guess, Brunt + some other parts? Yeah, that woulda been pretty cool, actually. Mighta upped the price by a lot, though. Plus, how easy is it to make just a part of a Weaponizer figure as opposed to the full figure?

But, yeah, that woulda made this figure pretty great.

Thu Sep 07, 2023 7:35 pm

I'm guessing maybe a general tank 'former probably suited the bill for a big, lumbering monster that can do the whole "arms outstretched" look better than the Brunt mold due to the lack of proper hands?

News Credits: 241 · Fri Sep 08, 2023 12:50 pm

angtre wrote:
Stormshot_Prime wrote:But is it just me, or is it a MASSIVELY OBVIOUS that a Frankenstein bot should be a multi-pieces Weaponizer? Like you can swap parts, literally Frankenstein style.

You are not alone. Truly a missed opportunity.

Did he ever do that in the original novel and/or movie tho? I mean I get the principle, but previously mentioned Autobot X would have been far better to get that across. Speaking of which:

It's been done :lol:

News Credits: 42 · Fri Sep 08, 2023 2:13 pm

I just noticed a nice touch on the new hands for Frankentron. The Impactor mold doesn't allow for wrist swivels, so they oriented the new hands 90 degrees different from Impactors hands so that you can to the Frankenstein pose with the arms outstreched and the palms facing downward.

I'm also thinking the Impactor mold was chosen becuase it is basically the tallest recent deluxe and should scale well with Draculus.

News Credits: 101 · Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:24 pm

This Frankenstein look FANTASTIC.

Plus, the price is the right price this time around. In Canada, he's priced at the voyager price point, so that's perfectly reasonable for such a special edition.

Previously, Dracula was priced as a LEADER for some bizarre reasons. No wonder the thing was found on clearance for ages... at the voyager price.

News Credits: 1646 · Sat Sep 09, 2023 5:58 pm

Franky-tron looks real nice! I like how he turned out, even if I am not big on him having Con symbols.

He will go great with Draculus!

Now, more monsters?

News Credits: 101 · Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:03 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote: I am not big on him having Con symbols.

WHERE?

Looking at the tank mode.

Oh, LMAO! :lol:

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Sun Sep 10, 2023 4:48 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote: I am not big on him having Con symbols.

WHERE?

Looking at the tank mode.

Oh, LMAO!

It is a little strange that they decided the finishing touch on him is giving him one of the largest Decepticon symbols in franchise history. Maybe the ToyHax set will cover it up somehow.

Emerje

News Credits: 101 · Thu Oct 19, 2023 6:38 pm

PvP have the video review up!
It may already be out in the U.K.

News Credits: 4877 · Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:55 am

The Transformers Frankentron figure is out at Toysrus stores in Singapore. The second Jurassic Park crossover set was also found there, the one with Dilophocon vs JP12. Regarding that set, it was also found in Canada at Toysrus. We have reviews for both of these figures below, enjoy!

Singapore sighting from Automorpher, Canadian sighting from me

News Credits: 1 · Sat Oct 21, 2023 4:11 pm

Man, I wish I could find those leader class guys in stores lol. That's one good selection!

Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:50 pm

TRU Canada. It's true as their selection is generally pretty good.

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Oct 22, 2023 12:29 am

Dino-Snarl wrote:TRU Canada. It's true as their selection is generally pretty good.

Only for pricier items and exclusives. Run I tge mill deluxes and voyagers aren't stocked much and most waves are skipped.

Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:08 am

william-james88 wrote:
Dino-Snarl wrote:TRU Canada. It's true as their selection is generally pretty good.

Only for pricier items and exclusives. Run I tge mill deluxes and voyagers aren't stocked much and most waves are skipped.

Very true. The online store can be hit and miss too.

News Credits: 6 · Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:22 am

TFWiki wrote:Dilophocon's robot mode heavily resembles Beast Wars Iguanus, from the way the tail transforms into a gun, the fairly similar head design, and the placement of both the beast mode head and frills in robot mode.

I saw it immediately. But when even the Wiki says it, make that retool happen HasTak!!!

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:01 am

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

TFWiki wrote:Dilophocon's robot mode heavily resembles Beast Wars Iguanus, from the way the tail transforms into a gun, the fairly similar head design, and the placement of both the beast mode head and frills in robot mode.

I saw it immediately. But when even the Wiki says it, make that retool happen HasTak!!!

Wrong topic.

Emerje

News Credits: 1 · Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:29 pm

Just picked up Frankentron today. I really like him. I thought about it and a tank really does suit Frankenstein's monster if he had to have a vehicle mode and the new accessory adds the finishing detail to make it work. I probably could have waited to pay a better price for it, but I'm not that guy. He's a cool collab.

News Credits: 4877 · Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:07 pm

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Just picked up Frankentron today. I really like him. I thought about it and a tank really does suit Frankenstein's monster if he had to have a vehicle mode and the new accessory adds the finishing detail to make it work. I probably could have waited to pay a better price for it, but I'm not that guy. He's a cool collab.

You never know with these colab figures. Some linger forever and go for cheap while others sell out.

News Credits: 101 · Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:42 am

william-james88 wrote:You never know with these colab figures. Some linger forever and go for cheap while others sell out.

There is a HUGE difference between Frank and Drac.
The base price of Drac was more expensive than a freaking LEADER. Many people just nope'd. Even on clearance, he's a few bucks more expensive than a voyager. So that's why Drac can still be found on shelves to these days.

Frank on the other hand, have his base price at the much more reasonable voyager price. If he ever come on clearance, he'll be deluxe priced. This mean that Frank may completely sell out much more quickly and there's chances that when Frank is completely gone from the shelves, there will STILL be some Dracs around.

That's why I preodered my Frank from Amazon. At voyager price, it's acceptable, plus I had a 20$ off due to how stupid I am with my credit card.

News Credits: 1646 · Fri Oct 27, 2023 3:25 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:You never know with these colab figures. Some linger forever and go for cheap while others sell out.

There is a HUGE difference between Frank and Drac.
The base price of Drac was more expensive than a freaking LEADER. Many people just nope'd. Even on clearance, he's a few bucks more expensive than a voyager. So that's why Drac can still be found on shelves to these days.

Frank on the other hand, have his base price at the much more reasonable voyager price. If he ever come on clearance, he'll be deluxe priced. This mean that Frank may completely sell out much more quickly and there's chances that when Frank is completely gone from the shelves, there will STILL be some Dracs around.

That's why I preodered my Frank from Amazon. At voyager price, it's acceptable, plus I had a 20$ off due to how stupid I am with my credit card.

That's for Canada. I got mine for $22 when he came out from Target.

News Credits: 101 · Fri Oct 27, 2023 6:24 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:That's for Canada. I got mine for $22 when he came out from Target.

That was surely the clearance price. Target is weird and often put things on clearance as they just come out. No way 22$US was Drac's normal price.

One thing is sure though. The price difference was humongous for the collaborative figures for a long time for some reasons between the USA and Canada.

At least for the recent ones like for Frank and even the JP set, the prices are about the same.
Right now, Frank is 35$US and that pretty much match the 48$CAN price, while the JP set is 10$CAN more instead of 40$CAN more compared to the first JP set.