New Gallery: Age of Extinction Movie Advanced AD-15 Ratchet from Takara Tomy

*wants to say something, but spoilers*

I wonder why they even planned both a red-and-white and a white-and-red redeco of the same mold for a minor character in such a short time-span.

His sword isn't a new sculpt, it is actually borrowed from Simplified Bumblebee?

*checks*

Well I'll be, good eye!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:His sword isn't a new sculpt, it is actually borrowed from Simplified Bumblebee?

*checks*

Well I'll be, good eye!

And Starscream comes with Simplified Prime Smokescreen's axes in gray.

Continuing to pick up on the Dinobot-palooza that is Age of Extinction, we here at Seibertron.com would like to present to the general public galleries of Dinobots! ...and a tiger. These four new entries are Dark of the Moon Dualor, Rav, Triceradon, and Catilla!

The first three are homages to Generation One Dinobots Grimlock, Swoop, and Slag, respectively, and are redecoes of Classics Mini-Cons Terrorsaur, Swoop, and Knockdown, respectively. Catilla is a redeco of fellow Classics Mini-Con Snarl. Check out the preliminary images below, and if they tickle your fancy, view the full galleries by clicking either each toy's gallery link or any of the images!

Dark of the Moon Dualor








Dark of the Moon Rav










Dark of the Moon Triceradon








Dark of the Moon Catilla

Noideaforaname wrote:If a Dimetrodon and Pteranodon can be accepted into the Dinobot ranks, I don't see why the same can't be true for a Smilodon

Smilodonts were more famously known as Saber-Tooth Tigers (which Classics Snarl is actually not), and like Plesiosaurs and Mastodonts are also sometimes included in the Dinosaur ranks, especially back in the day.

ZeroWolf wrote:Also are these the same molds that are in the evolution two packs?

Rav and Triceradon are (largely) identical to the ones in the 2-packs. Dualor and Catilla you'll have to get 2nd hand, as all 4 were Dark of the Moon and thus off the shelves.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Noideaforaname wrote:If a Dimetrodon and Pteranodon can be accepted into the Dinobot ranks, I don't see why the same can't be true for a Smilodon

Smilodonts were more famously known as Saber-Tooth Tigers (which Classics Snarl is actually not), and like Plesiosaurs and Mastodonts are also sometimes included in the Dinosaur ranks, especially back in the day.

Original Megazord, anyone?

Nemesis Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Also are these the same molds that are in the evolution two packs?

Rav and Triceradon are (largely) identical to the ones in the 2-packs. Dualor and Catilla you'll have to get 2nd hand, as all 4 were Dark of the Moon and thus off the shelves.

I was under the impression there were no differences at all between the DotM and AoE versions of these things other than the DotM ones were sold on their own and the AoE ones came with Deluxes. (And that Rav had some QC issues with his Powerlinx socket that have been fixed for his rerelease as Strafe.) Is that accurate?

With "largely identical" I mean that the differences, if any, are minute and negligible. Rav's Powerlinx socket seems to have affected only a few runs, but I wouldn't expect them here.

Has anyone ever thought that Dualor should be repainted and retooled as BW Megatron?

Noideaforaname wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Has anyone ever thought that Dualor should be repainted and retooled as BW Megatron?

Yessssss...

G1-toy_Gnashteeth.jpg

800px-G1-toy_Chromebite.jpg

And Terrorsaur, too!

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Though the wiki tells me they were all blind-bagged Japanese-exclusives. Alas.

Micron Booster Ver. 4, yes.

And their names are Gnashteeth, Chromebite, and Reptix (or Repticus, it's kinda iffy), respectively.