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New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS

Posted by Seibertron 17 hours ago at 2:07pm CDT 650 views
Happy Halloween from Seibertron.com! Just in time for the spookiest night of the year, our latest addition to the Transformers Collaborative galleries sinks its fangs into the lineup with Draculus!

The ninth figure released in the Collaborative line, Draculus is a retool of Titans Return Mindwipe and transforms into a robotic bat. This mash-up brings Universal’s 1931 Dracula to life through a sculpt that specifically captures Bela Lugosi’s iconic portrayal of the Count. His robot mode features a sculpted tuxedo, a soft-goods cape, and a black-and-white deco inspired by the classic black-and-white film.

Draculus includes a blaster, his "Impaler Claw" weapon, and a removable cloth cape that can be worn in both robot and bat modes. His new head and torso replace the Headmaster-style transformation of the original toy, so his head stays attached during transformation. The cockpit from Mindwipe remains, but the interior is remolded and no longer fits a Titan Master figure. His weapons can still combine, and they can attach as a tail in bat mode when pegged into the 5mm port under his head.

In true Collaborative fashion, even the packaging gets a horror twist. The box is designed to look like a VHS tape, complete with a slide-out sleeve that reveals the figure and insert artwork styled after an old video release.

Draculus was released in late 2021 and remains a fan-favorite among crossover collectors. You can find listings for him currently on eBay.

Be sure to check out Frankentron and our other Transformers Collaborative galleries for more unexpected mash-ups where worlds collide.

Like this toy? Think it should be tossed into the Smelting Pool? Share your thoughts at the Energon Pub forums!

See all 160 eerie images of Draculus in our full gallery here or by clicking on any of the images below.

Transformers Collaborative Draculus (236 images) - Deluxe Class

Transformers News: New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS

Transformers News: New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS

Transformers News: New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS

Transformers News: New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS

Transformers News: New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS

Transformers News: New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS

Transformers News: New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS

Transformers News: New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS

Transformers News: New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS

Transformers News: New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS

Transformers News: New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS

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Re: New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS (view post)
Comment by megatran 7 hours ago
Draculus is a nice collab. The head sculpt, the tux, the cape. All nice touches.

For some unknown reason it shelf warmed in Oz.
Re: New Gallery: Transformers Collaborative Universal Monsters Dracula x DRACULUS (view post)
Comment by Bumblevivisector 6 hours ago
I still haven't gotten around to opening mine, and had no idea he could look that awesome loose. Great gallery!

Still, while I understand that leaving the Headmaster gimmick in would've posed too many questions that the X-over line didn't need, removing it seems like time, effort, and cost expended to de-mold a toy into something less awesome than it could've been (nowhere near as egregious as the de-limbification of Siege Chromia, but it still irks me). Because you could customize Titan-Masters with faces representing different actors that have played Dracula, unlocking limitless possibilities: Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Frank Langela (Shapeways has a Skeletor faceplate that could do double duty for him), hell, even a Count Floyd, to give him the vampire-howl ability!

Speaking of horror hosts, a Svengoolie fan even sent a Draculus in to his show, for a MeTV X-over!
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