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News Credits: 10 · by **JazZeke** » Thu May 15, 2014 12:54 am

My favorite dinosaur in my favorite color... but I'm not too keen on Snarl's paint scheme, looks too Wapinator-y. Maybe I should hold out for the inevitable G1 redeco.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu May 15, 2014 1:07 am

Burn wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I perfectly understand your point. However, I'll ask the same question but in reverse. Why the Dinobots in the movie are ALL gray? The Movie bots are already a confusing mess with teir distinctive colors. I'm pretty sure only the trained eye will be able to tell which Dinobot is which on the screen. :/

Distinctive colours? ugh ... Galvatron may as well be Megatron with his grey spikey alien look.

"Distinctive colours" was used very, VERY loosely here.

I love the movies and appart the fact that WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY too much screen time is used on the goddamn humains, it's quite hard (or even impossible) to tell who are the bad guys and who are the good guys in some intense fight sequences.

I expect lots of confusion when a bunch of GRAY Dinobots fight a bunch of GRAY Decepticons. :michaelbay:

by **frogbat** » Thu May 15, 2014 1:17 am

diaclone gig sludge was my first dinobot (had a soft spot for those big fat dinos) so i was curious to see what they'd do. It's not bad, it's just the ribbed plastic always reminds me of bionicles and their ilk. Snarl seems very very good tho especially in dino mode and if there were one dino i'd pick up it would be one between slaug and snarl. Snarl also kinda reminds me of some rocklords...

would like to see g1 decos on these, though each time i see slog now i keep thinking "ribbed.. for her pleasure"

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Thu May 15, 2014 1:17 am

snarl would be pretty good if it wasnt for that horrible head sculpt & ugly shade of green, 2 more easy passes for me.

News Credits: 18 · by **leokearon** » Thu May 15, 2014 1:56 am

Both new Dinobots look great, I love that Slog transforms into the Ultrasaurus from Zoids

by **noctorro** » Thu May 15, 2014 2:01 am

New Dinobots look great, the revealed ones as well.
Will be getting them all. Tonight trailer time!

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu May 15, 2014 4:02 am

Apparently Emiliano Santalucia did some work on the Slog design.

I only did surface details on this one (adding details to an existing model which then Takara incorporated in the sculpt) but it turned out pretty good!

Website · by **STngAR** » Thu May 15, 2014 4:04 am

Yup, looks like the full set will be bought

:MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu May 15, 2014 4:21 am

I do love me my Dinoforce.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu May 15, 2014 4:35 am

Sabrblade wrote:The first Sauropod TF since G1 Sludge!

These guys look ready for battle in dino mode, and positively brutish in robot mode. Nice!

So I'm guessing Rairyu doesn't count since it's just the Pretender Shell? Or how about Saur/Zaur?

Loving those two already, and all 4 will be so bought. I just need to decide on a Grimlock.

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Thu May 15, 2014 4:51 am

Got my Construct-Bot Slug and Strafe. As a fan of Dinobots, and a fan of Construct-Bots, so far, I am twice as disappointed as I normally would be.

News Credits: 1 · by **MightyMagnus78** » Thu May 15, 2014 5:14 am

All the Dino's look great, can't wait to pick them up! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu May 15, 2014 7:23 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The first Sauropod TF since G1 Sludge!

These guys look ready for battle in dino mode, and positively brutish in robot mode. Nice!

So I'm guessing Rairyu doesn't count since it's just the Pretender Shell? Or how about Saur/Zaur?

I'll give you Saur, but yeah, Rairyu's was just a shell.

News Credits: 26 · by **reluctantyouth** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:19 am

Holy Cow!! Those are completely WICKED!!!!!!!

Well 5 out of 7 excellent Dinobots work for me. :BOWDOWN:

I will definitely be picking both of these up. However Dinobots wave 2 Slash and Strafe are a total pass...both are fugly!

~reluctantyouth~

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:23 am

reluctantyouth wrote:Holy Cow!! Those are completely WICKED!!!!!!!

Well 5 out of 7 excellent Dinobots work for me. I will definitely be picking both of these up. However Dinobots wave 2 Slash and Strafe are a total pass...both are fugly!

~reluctantyouth~

I think Strafe is kinda cool, but I agree Slash is a hot mess. I plan on getting all the Dinos except Slash and Grimlock.

by **wolverinetodd** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:27 am

Snarl appears to actually transform essentially just like his G1 form, which just makes this mould even cooler.

And though it's not pictured here, I still have a problem with AOE Strafe (Swoop) having two Dinobot heads, making it more Terrorcon than Dinobot while the rest of the AOE Dinobots seem to stick with their prehistoric dinosaur forms. I guess the simpliest answer to that question is that it's "Bayverse."

Another question... what's the deal with the Dinobots all having "Elf" feet/shoes in robot mode? Has anyone else noticed this? Or know why?

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:30 am

wolverinetodd wrote:Another question... what's the deal with the Dinobots all having "Elf" feet/shoes in robot mode? Has anyone else noticed this? Or know why?

Given the knight-esque theme about them, it looks like it might be a spikier interpretation of some medieval types of boot.

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:45 am

GuyIncognito wrote:
reluctantyouth wrote:Holy Cow!! Those are completely WICKED!!!!!!!

Well 5 out of 7 excellent Dinobots work for me. I will definitely be picking both of these up. However Dinobots wave 2 Slash and Strafe are a total pass...both are fugly!

~reluctantyouth~

I think Strafe is kinda cool, but I agree Slash is a hot mess. I plan on getting all the Dinos except Slash and Grimlock.

It's interesting the dislike for Slash. We are all older so we grew up with the distinct idea of that a veloceraptor looks like the kind found in Jurassic Park. But that has changed in the last 10 years due to some new dinosaur discoveries. You can go on google images and you will see remnants of pictures from before that (mostly jurassic park) and the current interpretation of how they might have looked like.

The books have been rewritten and the veloceraptor is now a feathered dinosaur and I guess the designers were just trying to keep up with the times and incorporate this new portrayal. I can't fault them for that too much. However, the inclusion of the feathers does add to him looking too busy so I understand both sides.

I actually don't mind Slash as much as I mind Strafe. My favourite part of transformers is the transformation process and he looks really lacking when it comes to that.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:48 am

My problems with Slash have nothing to do with the feather look and everything to do with the terrible looking bot mode.

News Credits: 4 · by **philswitch engage** » Thu May 15, 2014 9:10 am

GuyIncognito wrote:My problems with Slash have nothing to do with the feather look and everything to do with the terrible looking bot mode.

Seriously. He has feathers in the bot mode that are around his crotch and for some reason are pointing up.

If i find him at Ross or Aldi in a few months, I might pick him up for cheep just for the dino mode, but he is a pass for me beyond that.

by **wolverinetodd** » Thu May 15, 2014 9:32 am

Va'al wrote:
wolverinetodd wrote:Another question... what's the deal with the Dinobots all having "Elf" feet/shoes in robot mode? Has anyone else noticed this? Or know why?

Given the knight-esque theme about them, it looks like it might be a spikier interpretation of some medieval types of boot.

I can accept that explanation, though the "curled-up ends(toes)" is still very much "elfish" as opposed to "knightish."

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu May 15, 2014 9:38 am

wolverinetodd wrote:
Va'al wrote:
wolverinetodd wrote:Another question... what's the deal with the Dinobots all having "Elf" feet/shoes in robot mode? Has anyone else noticed this? Or know why?

Given the knight-esque theme about them, it looks like it might be a spikier interpretation of some medieval types of boot.

I can accept that explanation, though the "curled-up ends(toes)" is still very much "elfish" as opposed to "knightish."

Nay! They are Gundam Deathscythe Hell Custom feet:

by **kricket** » Thu May 15, 2014 9:53 am

The real question is when do these guys get released??????

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu May 15, 2014 10:03 am

kricket wrote:The real question is when do these guys get released??????

I don't know, but seeing as they are not in the first two waves, I would recommend preordering as soon as they become available for preorder. If past patterns continue, stores will likely overstock the first two waves and then never order the later waves, or only order them in small amounts.