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Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking

Posted by william-james88 Oct 2, 2022 at 12:04pm CDT 109,431 views
We have a new post on Instagram from Evan, the Hasbro designer who presented the core class Dinos on friday. Firstly, it is funny how Hasbro clearly reads comments since they are all well aware that most of the excitement came from the reveals of Tarn and Lio Prime (even despite the lion face). There are 2 really cool pieces of info here that made me want to share this with you quickly. Firstly, Volcanicus will combine using 5 mm ports. That means that you can already combine him with other recent Generations toys, as shown in the images he shares.

Secondly, and most importantly, he states the following in terms of choosing 6 core class bots rather than 4 core limbs and 1 deluxe bot as the body:

Ultimately, we went with 6 core class bots and perhaps we’ll get some sort of future purposes out of these molds.


While Dinoking is not mentioned explicitly, this is undoubtedly what is being referred to since Dinoking is a small Dinosaur themed combiner from the G1 era which also had 6 equally sized bots combining together. And, while Volcanicus has Grimlock's T-rex as the centre piece, it is Slug's Triceratops head here, which more closely matches Dinoking's appearance in the Japanese show. Also, Hasbro is NOTORIOUS for "stay tuned" or "we'll see" nothing responses, so actually hinting at something on Social media, in an unpromted fashion, means there is something in play. Another big tell that Dinoking is coming is that the rumour for Skar's alt mode (we already know he's the 6th Dynobot) is it's an anklylosaurus. And that is the 6th dino shell used in the original toy (all other shells correspond to alt modes the other 5 Dinobots have, you can see an image below).

Now, here is the full statement from Instagram along with images of the post and extra images showing you Dinoking.

I hope you enjoyed our Pulse Con show and saw some things you can wait to get on your shelves. (Tarn and Lio Prime, right!?)

I wanted to show off the core class dinobots that we will be releasing throughout 2023.

I wanted to try and make a core class combiner since it’s been several years since we last did and thats a feature that I’ve always loved. I think that was the legends scale Abominus for Beast hunters!? Or the retooled version we did for Infernocus…feel free to correct me in the comments. Many robots merging to make a bigger robot is just the best and we have so many in our history that need updates. I guess this was something of an experiment?

When Shu san and I started to work on this, we also were having conversations with Hasui san on how best to implement it. We had talked about one of the bots being DLX class to be the main body while all the limbs are Core. Perhaps this is something we’ll look at doing in the future for other combiners at this scale if you all enjoy these bots. Ultimately, we went with 6 core class bots and perhaps we’ll get some sort of future purposes out of these molds.

Having 2 bots form the chest also gives it some nice dimension.

But anyway, here we have Slug and Sludge who form the torso of Volcanicus! They combine using 5mm ports so you can use all our other weaponizers, fossilizers, modulators and even the new Junkions to build with them!

From the pictures you’ll notice that we had to fuse their arms, removing their elbows for structural support for the combined mode but a few of the other dinobots will have elbows.

Obviously Sludge as well has a bit of Combiner kibble for his thighs but remember: “Thick bots do squats!” And he’s gonna deadlift this Gestalt with those thunderous thighs.

Thanks again for tuning in and we’ll try to post more to answer any questions you may have.

Thanks and I hope you enjoy,

-Evan














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Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by SpaceEagle Oct 2, 2022
The comment about how other combiners "need updates" is probably as on-the-nose as it can get aside from outright saying "this will be retooled into Dinoking." :lol:

That's still pretty exciting, I know people would prefer a bigger Dinoking/Monstructor but I s'pose for how small the original toy(s) was(were) I think that's at least cute.
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by Sigmus Prime Oct 2, 2022
william-james88 wrote:Of course, Bludgeon could still be anything but you can't deny how big of a coincidence this is. And the timing lines up with having Bludgeon be at the design stage in 2021 and released in 2023 as a remold of Tarn, both by the same designer who we know already has a toy being made based off of one of his designs.



I would hope for some considerable retooling to Bludgeon, so that he looks more "G1 Pretender" and less "contemporary IDW". Would be unfortunate if he didn't gel well aesthetically with the other Pretenders they've released in Legacy so far.
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by -Kanrabat- Oct 2, 2022
Cyber Bishop wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.


Fembots are always welcome in my collection! :-D


A fembot titan with genuinely feminine proportions and a minimal backpack would be not only awesome, but it would be quite a design feat!
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by ZeldaTheSwordsman Oct 2, 2022
william-james88 wrote:Speaking of Leo Prime, I still think they went the wrong way with the lion face. I wouldn't have expected them to go full cartoony ala the MP but I was looking at the original toy and that face is perfect middle ground which Hasbro should have gone for instead.

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It makes me wonder whether they ran out of room on the white sprue. Or maybe they just thought the "glowing gold" look would be cooler.

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I'm sure Aaron Archer would have gone for eyes more like the original toy if it could at all have been finagled, though.
...As an aside, can we take a moment to appreciate that the only version of Lio Convoy to have ears that aren't subsumed by the mane color, is the Leobreaker retool?

william-james88 wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Anyway, the chimera in question can be seen here. I tried to embed, but Wikia is a butt about that


GOOD!
I suppose it's okay in this case for not setting off fellow FMA fans, but it's still irritating in a general sense that they've blocked image hotlinking.
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by Rodimus Prime Oct 2, 2022
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Cyber Bishop wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.


Fembots are always welcome in my collection! :-D


A fembot titan with genuinely feminine proportions and a minimal backpack would be not only awesome, but it would be quite a design feat!
Yes it would. But as I said, upon further inspection my excitement was moot, I'm pretty sure that's Tarn on the poster.
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by blackeyedprime Oct 2, 2022
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:...As an aside, can we take a moment to appreciate that the only version of Lio Convoy to have ears that aren't subsumed by the mane color, is the Leobreaker retool?


Only if a moment is taken for the Takara Legends Lio Convoy too...
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by ZeldaTheSwordsman Oct 2, 2022
blackeyedprime wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:...As an aside, can we take a moment to appreciate that the only version of Lio Convoy to have ears that aren't subsumed by the mane color, is the Leobreaker retool?


Only if a moment is taken for the Takara Legends Lio Convoy too...
Oh. Oops :oops:
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by Bounti76 Oct 2, 2022
Cyber Bishop wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.


Fembots are always welcome in my collection! :-D


I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by Xenos Prime Oct 2, 2022
Fingers crossed Dinobot #6 is an Ankylosaurus.
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by Bounti76 Oct 2, 2022
Rodimus Prime wrote::saint:
Cyber Bishop wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.


Fembots are always welcome in my collection! :-D
Not to mention the 1st female Titan! Even IDW didn't do that! Though I always thought Carcer could be female, considering Elita was in charge. I don't remember if it was ever stated what Carcer's pronoun was.


Carcer turned out to be Vigilem, who's male. The first female Titan in Transformers history was Lodestar, in IDW 2018, though in that fiction, Cargohold is a female Titan who's older than Lodestar.
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by blackeyedprime Oct 2, 2022
Xenos Prime wrote:Fingers crossed Dinobot #6 is an Ankylosaurus.


Wouldnt really matter if it wasn't as they are going to need serious retooling to pull off dinoking anyways.
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by Rodimus Prime Oct 2, 2022
Bounti76 wrote:
Cyber Bishop wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.


Fembots are always welcome in my collection! :-D


I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.
Wasn't that only in the comics, though? In the cartoon it was Teletran-1. I don't remember WFC homaging comics much, especially not with something so pricy and high-profile. Which is probably why we never got the Last Autobot redeco, even though the Ark's face looks like it.
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by ZeroWolf Oct 2, 2022
Bounti76 wrote:
Cyber Bishop wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.


Fembots are always welcome in my collection! :-D


I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.

Then it would have lost the Last Autobot reference they were going for. I could see the last autobot being the priority with the character being in the last G1 Marvel comics issue
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by william-james88 Oct 2, 2022
blackeyedprime wrote:
Xenos Prime wrote:Fingers crossed Dinobot #6 is an Ankylosaurus.


Wouldnt really matter if it wasn't as they are going to need serious retooling to pull off dinoking anyways.


I wouldn't expect much retooling.
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by blackeyedprime Oct 2, 2022
william-james88 wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:
Xenos Prime wrote:Fingers crossed Dinobot #6 is an Ankylosaurus.


Wouldnt really matter if it wasn't as they are going to need serious retooling to pull off dinoking anyways.


I wouldn't expect much retooling.


Nope :( also not expecting a pretender shell for core class Grimlock or Dinokings bots either :( :( :(
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by SpaceEagle Oct 2, 2022
blackeyedprime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:
Xenos Prime wrote:Fingers crossed Dinobot #6 is an Ankylosaurus.


Wouldnt really matter if it wasn't as they are going to need serious retooling to pull off dinoking anyways.


I wouldn't expect much retooling.


Nope :( also not expecting a pretender shell for core class Grimlock or Dinokings bots either :( :( :(


A shame honestly, I really liked the old Pretender shells. I'm guessing kids wouldn't "get it" much like before.
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by ZeroWolf Oct 2, 2022
SpaceEagle wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:
Xenos Prime wrote:Fingers crossed Dinobot #6 is an Ankylosaurus.


Wouldnt really matter if it wasn't as they are going to need serious retooling to pull off dinoking anyways.


I wouldn't expect much retooling.


Nope :( also not expecting a pretender shell for core class Grimlock or Dinokings bots either :( :( :(


A shame honestly, I really liked the old Pretender shells. I'm guessing kids wouldn't "get it" much like before.

That and the price point issues ;) had they made shells, they certainly wouldn't be at the core price point anyway :lol:
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by SpaceEagle Oct 2, 2022
ZeroWolf wrote:
Bounti76 wrote:
Cyber Bishop wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.


Fembots are always welcome in my collection! :-D


I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.

Then it would have lost the Last Autobot reference they were going for. I could see the last autobot being the priority with the character being in the last G1 Marvel comics issue

Gonna be honest I didn't even know who Auntie is but I definitely remember The Last Autobot. I know I'm just one person but I feel like from the reviews I've watched more people know about TLA rather than Auntie.
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by Bounti76 Oct 2, 2022
SpaceEagle wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
Bounti76 wrote:
Cyber Bishop wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.


Fembots are always welcome in my collection! :-D


I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.

Then it would have lost the Last Autobot reference they were going for. I could see the last autobot being the priority with the character being in the last G1 Marvel comics issue

Gonna be honest I didn't even know who Auntie is but I definitely remember The Last Autobot. I know I'm just one person but I feel like from the reviews I've watched more people know about TLA rather than Auntie.


Fair points, though Auntie was the Ark's AI in the first issue or two of the Marvel run, and she shows up again in Regeneration One. So technically, she and the Last Autobot probably had about the same amount of fiction, but the Last Autobot's was much more well known.
Re: Hasbro Designer Hints at Core Class Dinobots Being Reused for Dinoking (view post)
Comment by SpaceEagle Oct 2, 2022
Bounti76 wrote:
SpaceEagle wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
Bounti76 wrote:
Cyber Bishop wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.


Fembots are always welcome in my collection! :-D


I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.

Then it would have lost the Last Autobot reference they were going for. I could see the last autobot being the priority with the character being in the last G1 Marvel comics issue

Gonna be honest I didn't even know who Auntie is but I definitely remember The Last Autobot. I know I'm just one person but I feel like from the reviews I've watched more people know about TLA rather than Auntie.


Fair points, though Auntie was the Ark's AI in the first issue or two of the Marvel run, and she shows up again in Regeneration One. So technically, she and the Last Autobot probably had about the same amount of fiction, but the Last Autobot's was much more well known.

It would totally be equally as interesting methinks, and honestly would've given us a female combiner. The body shape could still work with just a head swap.
Methinks TLA being more memorable and being a giant robot already helped him win in the end, but I do agree that Auntie would've been interesting as well.
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