Transformers Draculus Found in Canada for $66

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.

Looks pretty cool, and I wouldn’t mind having one, but I think I’ll just wing it instead of preordering from Target. Them futzing with my preorder for Breaker kinda ruined preordering from them in the future for me, I hate their preorder system

More images of Draculus on blastatime's instagram account

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.

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?

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?

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?

-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?

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.

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.