Interest's gone in this one. The only thing cool and effort put into this crossover figure is the packaging. As I'm not a box collector, easy pass just like all TF crossovers after Gigawatt.
I have a spare TFP Vechicon (the one that turns into a plane) that I can turn into my own Draculus/Batmanus just by adding bat ears and some minor paint job. Besides, mold-wise, I think that either of the 2 Vechicon molds (the normal TFP & First Edition TFP) fits into the Dracula character better. They can pull off Dracula poses much better and look more slender. But they do not turn into a bat in alt-mode, so I understand why they chose the too-obvious Mindwipe instead.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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cloudballoon wrote:Interest's gone in this one. The only thing cool and effort put into this crossover figure is the packaging. As I'm not a box collector, easy pass just like all TF crossovers after Gigawatt.
I have a spare TFP Vechicon (the one that turns into a plane) that I can turn into my own Draculus/Batmanus just by adding bat ears and some minor paint job. Besides, mold-wise, I think that either of the 2 Vechicon molds (the normal TFP & First Edition TFP) fits into the Dracula character better. They can pull off Dracula poses much better and look more slender. But they do not turn into a bat in alt-mode, so I understand why they chose the too-obvious Mindwipe instead.
TF Prime Soundwave seems the more obvious choice to me. Just add a face. You can even make Laserbeak into a bat-like familiar.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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I was thinking the same thing.
Agreed. Vampires turn into bats, but werewolves don't turn into wolves (usually) they turn into humans. Rework the legs so he doesn't have a tail, lose the wings and we'd have something cool. Of course with the current trend the Wolfman would be the original version which isn't as toyetic.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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Why are other countries getting figures that are US exclusives first? I remember a few years ago reading that Hasbro felt the Asian market was stronger and frankly bought Transformers more but is that still a thing? If Draculus is ready to go I really hope the ship date gets pushed up so some of us have it in hand by Halloween.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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chuckdawg1999 wrote:Why are other countries getting figures that are US exclusives first? I remember a few years ago reading that Hasbro felt the Asian market was stronger and frankly bought Transformers more but is that still a thing? If Draculus is ready to go I really hope the ship date gets pushed up so some of us have it in hand by Halloween.
Where it is stated that there's any figures made to be specifically "US" exclusive? I don't think that was ever a thing.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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Having been ill for a bit, I missed out on seeing this sooner. As someone who loves the Universal Monsters, this might be the worst crossover figure for me so far. A minimal Mindwipe retool with an extremely cheap looking little bit of cloth.
The Mindwipe retool, I recall people guessed a while back. But the lack of effort is extremely disappointing. When the nicest thing most people comment on is the boxart, it speaks volumes.
The Mindwipe retool, I recall people guessed a while back. But the lack of effort is extremely disappointing. When the nicest thing most people comment on is the boxart, it speaks volumes.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
Posted by Gauntlet101010 Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:10 pm
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Having been ill for a bit, I missed out on seeing this sooner. As someone who loves the Universal Monsters, this might be the worst crossover figure for me so far. A minimal Mindwipe retool with an extremely cheap looking little bit of cloth.
The Mindwipe retool, I recall people guessed a while back. But the lack of effort is extremely disappointing. When the nicest thing most people comment on is the boxart, it speaks volumes.
It's not really minimal. They redid the entire chest. Compared to Tyranocoon which just got a new head.
I agree on the loth cape - IMO TFs should just never have one, but it's easy to leave out. What else would you change about the figure to make it better?
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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They also gave the figure SS86 Scourge's hands so there's that
Both open hands
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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Gauntlet101010 wrote:It's not really minimal. They redid the entire chest. Compared to Tyranocoon which just got a new head.
I agree on the cloth cape - IMO TFs should just never have one, but it's easy to leave out. What else would you change about the figure to make it better?
Wings fold down into capes. It is a simple design idea that has been done with everything from Batman to Transformers EG Beast Machines Megatron
The issue is that they didn't want to give The Count an all new mold. Which would have greatly aided the figure. Dracula is supposed to look intimidating. The bat thing, is an aside to most fiction.
The hands were a nice addition. But, they should have stripped away more of Mindwipe than just his chest and head. More customisation, to make him look the part.
They make an all new mold for Maverick. A one off Top Gun character, with no extended media. Something considered hideous by many critics, I've seen and read. But a character more iconic than the Transformers themselves, they don't bother to go all out?
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
Posted by The_Cryptid_Person Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:44 pm
I hope someone makes an OSKO of this at some point. The mindwipe mold (in bot mode, at least) isn't going to be very intimidating next to, say, a Seeker.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
Posted by Gauntlet101010 Sun Sep 12, 2021 1:05 pm
I do wonder at what went into the decisions behind some of these figures design-wise.
I can't even begin to speculate why Maverick was an all-new mold as opposed to Draculus. Maybe it's because Dracula doesn't have a new movie coming out? Maybe they don't believe 100& in the concept, so they went for a retool than an all new mold?
I can't even begin to speculate why Maverick was an all-new mold as opposed to Draculus. Maybe it's because Dracula doesn't have a new movie coming out? Maybe they don't believe 100& in the concept, so they went for a retool than an all new mold?
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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A retool of SS86 Scourge turning into a coffin instead of a space-boat would have been a much better idea and design than this.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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-Kanrabat- wrote:A retool of SS86 Scourge turning into a coffin instead of a space-boat would have been a much better idea and design than this.
Why would he turn into a coffin when Dracula, and many other vampires from mythology, have always turned into bats?
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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Burn wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:A retool of SS86 Scourge turning into a coffin instead of a space-boat would have been a much better idea and design than this.
Why would he turn into a coffin when Dracula, and many other vampires from mythology, have always turned into bats?
There's a joke involving Robot Chicken there...
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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Burn wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:A retool of SS86 Scourge turning into a coffin instead of a space-boat would have been a much better idea and design than this.
Why would he turn into a coffin when Dracula, and many other vampires from mythology, have always turned into bats?
Dunno about the Robo Chicken thing, but the coffin is pretty iconic and would be much easier to do as a concept. Not all vampires turn into a bat and Dracula could do much more.
To be true to the Dracula mythos, the Dracula Transformers should have been a TRIPLE-CHANGER: Drac, Bat, Wolf.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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-Kanrabat- wrote:Not all vampires turn into a bat
Not all vampires sleep in coffins either.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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Burn wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Not all vampires turn into a bat
Not all vampires sleep in coffins either.
NO vampires turn into coffins.
But a Dracformers could.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
Posted by Gauntlet101010 Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:50 pm
I think the figure is fine for what it is. If it was an all-new mold it would be better, but that's true of just about all of these guys.
Transforming into anything but a bat seems counterintuitive. Sure a coffin would also make sense, but it's kind of boring.
Transforming into anything but a bat seems counterintuitive. Sure a coffin would also make sense, but it's kind of boring.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
Posted by Burn Sun Sep 12, 2021 8:32 pm
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-Kanrabat- wrote:Burn wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Not all vampires turn into a bat
Not all vampires sleep in coffins either.
NO vampires turn into coffins.
But a Dracformers could.
So you've basically just defeated your own point you were trying to make and reinforced mine.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
Posted by TF-fan kev777 Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:52 am
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:They make an all new mold for Maverick. A one off Top Gun character, with no extended media. Something considered hideous by many critics, I've seen and read. But a character more iconic than the Transformers themselves, they don't bother to go all out?
I think they were banking on the movie being out at the same time as the toy and helping drive interest before covid threw the whole movie release schedule into chaos. Maverick would have been much more relevant to current media if things didn't go haywire. It actually wouldn't surprise me to have a second run of Maverick show up if/when the movie ever comes out.
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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Weird there wasn't even a tie-in comic for Maverick, in the meantime.
RE: Dracula
The Scourge Mold might have made more sense in terms of a cape too. Also ala Bram Stoker's original novel, Dracula travels via sleeping in large caskets. Filled with his native soil. He only really transforms into wolf throughout the story. So the coffin altmode would make sense for him.
Meanwhile, Universal Dracula started the bat thing. While also turning into a wolf and sleeping in a coffin...
RE: Dracula
The Scourge Mold might have made more sense in terms of a cape too. Also ala Bram Stoker's original novel, Dracula travels via sleeping in large caskets. Filled with his native soil. He only really transforms into wolf throughout the story. So the coffin altmode would make sense for him.
Meanwhile, Universal Dracula started the bat thing. While also turning into a wolf and sleeping in a coffin...
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
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So what about Frankenstein?
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Then Weirdwolf is going to be the Wolfman
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So what about Frankenstein?
Hardhead, maybe?
Or let's get really stupid!
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Re: First Images of Dracula x Transformers crossover Draculus Figure
Posted by Gauntlet101010 Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:05 am
I'd totally buy a Godzilla or, even better, MechaGodzilla. Preferably from Studio Grimlock.
King Kong is more preferably made from Optimus Primal.
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