JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works?

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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?

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Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192577)
Posted by Iron Prime on March 9th, 2011 @ 7:20pm CST

Guess I better start saving....

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192582)
Posted by Astronopolis on March 9th, 2011 @ 7:26pm CST

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

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192584)
Posted by JERRYUS PRIME on March 9th, 2011 @ 7:27pm CST

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???

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192586)
Posted by Kibble on March 9th, 2011 @ 7:29pm CST

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

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192587)
Posted by Mkall on March 9th, 2011 @ 7:30pm CST

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.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192590)
Posted by JERRYUS PRIME on March 9th, 2011 @ 7:34pm CST

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

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192593)
Posted by kara82 on March 9th, 2011 @ 7:37pm CST

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:

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192594)
Posted by Trikeboy on March 9th, 2011 @ 7:40pm CST

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.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192605)
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on March 9th, 2011 @ 7:53pm CST

Please, remind me what hybrid style is again?

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192608)
Posted by IceWilly on March 9th, 2011 @ 8:02pm CST

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

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192610)
Posted by Tigertrack on March 9th, 2011 @ 8:05pm CST

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.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192618)
Posted by Trikeboy on March 9th, 2011 @ 8:11pm CST

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.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192634)
Posted by Sodan-1 on March 9th, 2011 @ 8:35pm CST

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.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192651)
Posted by MGrotusque on March 9th, 2011 @ 9:03pm CST

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

He's my favorite Dinobot figure.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192660)
Posted by Blozor on March 9th, 2011 @ 9:21pm CST

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.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192706)
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on March 9th, 2011 @ 10:32pm CST

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.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192712)
Posted by Tigertrack on March 9th, 2011 @ 10:41pm CST

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.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192717)
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on March 9th, 2011 @ 10:55pm CST

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

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192729)
Posted by cannonfodder4000 on March 9th, 2011 @ 11:20pm CST

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

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192735)
Posted by Rated X on March 9th, 2011 @ 11:28pm CST

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

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192739)
Posted by GetRightRobot on March 9th, 2011 @ 11:41pm CST

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

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192747)
Posted by Mkall on March 9th, 2011 @ 11:55pm CST

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.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192757)
Posted by Droptested Thrice on March 10th, 2011 @ 12:36am CST

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.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192788)
Posted by Trikeboy on March 10th, 2011 @ 3:46am CST

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

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192792)
Posted by Mykltron on March 10th, 2011 @ 4:12am CST

I'm super psyched about this! It looks a little too large to be in scale with THS-02 but it's close enough. If it comes out looking like the concept sketches it'll rock!

If the image is showing us the size comparison then according to my calculations he'll be 5" to the top of his head, which I think makes him a little large to be in scale with Prime but it'll still do!

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192864)
Posted by Rated X on March 10th, 2011 @ 9:05am CST

MP Grimlock is in perfect scale with my classics figures. I just cant see dinobots being smaller than deluxes.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1192875)
Posted by kirbenvost on March 10th, 2011 @ 9:26am CST

Definitely interested in this, because if they're a bit bigger than Hybrid Style Convoy, I think they'd go really well in my classics display. I really hope they're somewhat affordable though. Justitoys seems to be pretty good about pricing so far, so I'm not extremely worried about that.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1193030)
Posted by Windsweeper on March 10th, 2011 @ 3:10pm CST

Definitely want an updated Snarl. My favourite dinobot. Be nice if they gave us Tyrannitron with him.

Can't believe someone thinks G1 Prime has a terrible truck mode. Personally, I love it. Robotmasters and Classics Deluxe Prime had terrible truck modes but G1 Optimus is a work of art.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1193396)
Posted by Trikeboy on March 11th, 2011 @ 9:17am CST

Windsweeper wrote:Definitely want an updated Snarl. My favourite dinobot. Be nice if they gave us Tyrannitron with him.

Can't believe someone thinks G1 Prime has a terrible truck mode. Personally, I love it. Robotmasters and Classics Deluxe Prime had terrible truck modes but G1 Optimus is a work of art.

If you are referring to me, I was talking about the Hybrid Style G1 Prime. The truck mode isn't the best. Luckily the robot mode is fantastic. My original G1 Optimus Prime (metal plates in the trailer) is the centerpiece of my collection and I would never ever bad mouth that toy.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1193407)
Posted by Flux Convoy on March 11th, 2011 @ 9:34am CST

I'll buy em all. Swoop might even get bought twice.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1193782)
Posted by MagnusPrimal on March 11th, 2011 @ 10:01pm CST

I'd probably get these. Since we're apparently never going to get reissues, I'll put the money I was considering using for KOs to get these instead.

Re: JustiToys Hybrid Style Dinobots Still in the Works? (1193794)
Posted by GetRightRobot on March 11th, 2011 @ 10:14pm CST

MagnusPrimal wrote:I'd probably get these. Since we're apparently never going to get reissues, I'll put the money I was considering using for KOs to get these instead.

Like knock off G1's? Dude, with patience, you can pick up G1 dino's at auction for great prices. Gotta be patient. As for me, I hope and pray that they make these, and make Grimlock LAST. I have plenty of that Big Bozo, what I need is some Slude lovin! :lol: