Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Tracytron54321 wrote:Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Some points about the combining Core Class Dinobots: Slug, a Triceratops and Sludge, a Brontosaurus, form the torso, and the whole will have 6 members. Who else did that? This guy:
Transformers Victory Dinoking Gallery
What are they? I haven't seen them before
That's Dinoking, a Japan-only redeco of Monstructor:
Transformers G1 1989 Monstructor Gallery
They were released in 1989, well after the cartoon ended in the US.
Monstructor is the combined form of the Pretender Monsters. As per their name, they changed into "monsters" and as Pretenders they had monstrous shells, made of rubbery plastic (that didn't age well). In Japan their shells were replaced with Dinosaur ones, matching the original Dinobots plus a new genus for the sixth member.
The layout for those wondering:
Triceratops & Brontosaurus (Kakuryu & Rairyu): Torso
Pteranodon & Ankylosaurus (Yokuryu & Gairyu): Arms
Tyrannosaurus & Stegosaurus (Goryu & Doryu): Legs
It would be really nice if they remembered the latter series combiners. Considering the Legacy line has super jumped from UT to IDW...