Takara Masterpiece Dinobot prototype revealed

Posted by Kurona Jun 4, 2017 at 1:18pm CDT 26,525 views

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Courtesy of fellow Seibertronian Ironhidensh, we've got even more images about yet another Takara Masterpiece - the heroic Beast Wars Predacon-turned-Maximal Dinobot! Coming straight from an Imgur post by Reddit user Lacklustername, this should give us an even better idea of how the third Beast Wars Masterpiece should look and hopefully indicates more images coming soon. Check it out below and tell us what you think in the forums!

Takara Masterpiece Dinobot prototype revealed

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 4, 2017

It is said that MP Primal comes up to Dinobot's shoulders.

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Comment by wilcosu35 Jun 4, 2017

Sabrblade wrote:It is said that MP Primal comes up to Dinobot's shoulders.

If they continue to go cartoon-accurate in size relative to the other characters, that's pretty much a given considering he was quite a tall bot in the show.

I haven't found a size chart yet, but Rhinox and Dinobot were both bigger than Primal, Tigatron was Primal's size, Cheetor and Airazor were slightly smaller, and then Rattrap was even smaller than them.

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 4, 2017

wilcosu35 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:It is said that MP Primal comes up to Dinobot's shoulders.

If they continue to go cartoon-accurate in size relative to the other characters, that's pretty much a given considering he was quite a tall bot in the show.

I haven't found a size chart yet, but Rhinox and Dinobot were both bigger than Primal, Tigatron was Primal's size, Cheetor and Airazor were slightly smaller, and then Rattrap was even smaller than them.

As they all should be.

Rattrap needs to be much smaller than his Generations Deluxe toy, and Rhinox bigger than his Generations Voyager toy.

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Comment by Insurgent Jun 4, 2017

I believe Dinobot was the tallest, followed closely by Rhinox. I remember one episode when Rhinox got angry with Dinobot and grabbed him by the throat, lifting him up. His hand had to go upto do so, which made it more impressive that Dinobot was left dangling off the floor.

I believe Rhinox's eye level should be about Dinobot's neck.

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Comment by wilcosu35 Jun 4, 2017

Insurgent wrote:I believe Dinobot was the tallest, followed closely by Rhinox. I remember one episode when Rhinox got angry with Dinobot and grabbed him by the throat, lifting him up. His hand had to go upto do so, which made it more impressive that Dinobot was left dangling off the floor.

I believe Rhinox's eye level should be about Dinobot's neck.

Lesson: Never make Rhinox angry. You won't like him when he's angry.

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Comment by karyuudo Jun 4, 2017

LOL no cellphones, and no cameras allowed. Good luck trying to enforce that.

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Comment by megamanfan Jun 4, 2017

karyuudo wrote:LOL no cellphones, and no cameras allowed. Good luck trying to enforce that.

there's even literally a camera IN THAT PICTURE. :lol:

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Comment by Actar Jun 5, 2017

megamanfan wrote:
karyuudo wrote:LOL no cellphones, and no cameras allowed. Good luck trying to enforce that.

there's even literally a camera IN THAT PICTURE.

Haha, that's either the event organizer or their own people, recording the presentation for record purposes.

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Comment by Rodimus Knight Jun 5, 2017

Seriously what did they do to that Raptor Head? It looks like something you'd get on a plushy.

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Comment by RK_Striker_JK_5 Jun 5, 2017

Ironhidensh wrote:I just have to say, I'll be super pissed if he doesn't come with an "improvised" stone-age weapon.

Same, same!

Also, HELL YEAH!

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Jun 6, 2017

Sunova... Well, now I gotta go change my response to Cram saying there is a 4th MP that I am stoked for. Megs reissue, Artfire, Movie Bee, and now this. This guy will most likely be my first BW mp, He looks perfect and I love this so far!

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Comment by Corsair Jun 6, 2017

Can't wait for Dinobot to join Primal and Cheetor on my shelf, he was always one of my favorites.

Said shelf should be just tall enough to accommodate him.

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Comment by Sabrblade Oct 24, 2017

Dainobotto, Henshin!

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/takaratomy-masterpiece-dinobot.1099935/page-197#post-15155484

Click to see full size.

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Comment by shajaki Oct 24, 2017

It's about damn time!

Enhance!

Sculpted scales........ What the F??!
I'm not against it by any means... but where's the consistency? Primal and Cheetor didn't get any fur sculpting :-?

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Comment by Sabrblade Oct 24, 2017

shajaki wrote:I'm not against it by any means... but where's the consistency? Primal and Cheetor didn't get any fur sculpting

Dinobot's Mainframe CG model had sculpted scales.

Primal's and Cheetor's CG models were smooth-surfaced, so it's just Takara's usual fidelity to screen-accuracy.

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Comment by william-james88 Oct 24, 2017

After months of no news regarding this figure, the latest Figure King magazine finally gives us a new image of the next Beast Wars Masterpiece, Dinobot. It is only of the beast mode but we can make quite a bit from it. We see he has textured skin which is different from Primal and Cheetor who had smooth panels with little sculpting in beast mode. Also, we see his beast mode hands have ports which mean that he may have an accessory to be held in beast mode. Also, we see has a hinge at the top of his dino face with a panel going along his eyes hinting that he will probably have the ability to change beast mode eyes, as was the case with Cheetor. He also has a hinged mouth, but we expected that part. Hopefully this tides you over until next month when we should be getting better images in the same magazine.

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Comment by shajaki Oct 24, 2017

Sabrblade wrote:
shajaki wrote:I'm not against it by any means... but where's the consistency? Primal and Cheetor didn't get any fur sculpting
Dinobot's Mainframe CG model had sculpted scales.

Primal's and Cheetor's CG models were smooth-surfaced, so it's just Takara's usual fidelity to screen-accuracy.

.......Hmmmmmmm... I do see what you're saying.. but how can the argument not me made saying it just looks like that? That the scales are simply painted on the CG skin, made to mimic the look of scales?

Your point is good enough to quell me though. I can see it either way.

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Comment by Sabrblade Oct 24, 2017

shajaki wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
shajaki wrote:I'm not against it by any means... but where's the consistency? Primal and Cheetor didn't get any fur sculpting
Dinobot's Mainframe CG model had sculpted scales.

Primal's and Cheetor's CG models were smooth-surfaced, so it's just Takara's usual fidelity to screen-accuracy.
.......Hmmmmmmm... I do see what you're saying.. but how can the argument not me made saying it just looks like that? That the scales are simply painted on the CG skin, made to mimic the look of scales?

Your point is good enough to quell me though. I can see it either way.

A closer look at some of Dinobot's CG scales reveals some lighting and shading applied to the little tiny scales that emulates the depths and shaping of each scale, which is a little more complex than simply having scale-based lines painted over his skin render. Otherwise, the light ought to be reflecting off each scale in a manner consistent with how light reflect off of smooth surfaces, instead of reflecting inconsistently across multiple bumps and pits of a non-uniform surface.

Looks like Mainframe put much greater detailed effort into designing and rendering Dinobot's (and Megatron's, for that matter) skin than they did for those of Primal and Cheetor. I guess since Jurassic Park was still big at the time, the dinosaurs got extra special treatment. 8-)