Transforming Dinotron Robot Tyranno Tron

So here it is, the last Dinotron on the list, and you didn’t have to wait over a month to get it. Again, sorry about that. I tried to save the best for last, but everyone has their own favorite. This Dinotron is a Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur called is Tyranno Tron. At least, I think it’s supposed to be a Tyrannosaurus, it doesn’t really look like the usual T Rex you might think of. Now Grimlock, one of the Transformer Dinobots, looks like the T Rex he’s supposed to be. The Tyrannosaurus Rex form of Tyranno Tron The figure is kind of awkward, not having a good center of balance. If you stand it straight up makes it look up at the sky and leaning it forward tends to make it fall over. Another thing that stuck out like a sore thumb was the pair of guns sticking out of the cheeks of the dinosaur head. I would think that would make it very hard for the dinosaur to chomp down on anything very big with guns in the way. Watch the Transformation The “cooler than the rest looking” robot form of Tyranno Tron The robot form is probably the coolest looking of all the Dinotrons. The Tyrannosaurus arms swing back and they remind me of wings. It also stands much better in this form. The cheek guns are removable and fit in the fist holes in the hands of the robot form and the legs can be pulled to extend them. I forgot to pull the legs out before I took the picture so it’s actually taller than the picture shows, but not by much. So that’s it for the Dinotrons. Too bad they didn’t have a Dinotron Pteranodon like Swoop from the Dinobots. I mean, they already had the other...

Robot Dinosaur Transformer Stego Tron

No, the site hasn’t been abandoned. December was insane and that resulted in a five week break between posting. The Stego Tron Dinotron transformer is the third of the four Dinotrons. The first two shown were the Bronto Tron and Tri Top Tron. Stego Tron is a stegosaurous that you can transform into a robot. If this sounds familiar, you’re probably thinking of the Transformers Dinobot Snarl. Stego Tron, however, is no Snarl Stego Tron in Dinosaur Form In dinosaur form, it looks just like a brown and gold stegosaurus so that’s a plus since the last one doesn’t look like the usual dinosaur it’s named after. In addition to the normal ridges on the back, Stego Tron has a twin cannon mounted right on the middle of the back. Watch the Transformation The Robot Form of Stego Tron After a little bit of and very basic transforming, you have the robot form of the Stego Tron. The twin cannon aiming forward while in dinosaur mode aims up when in robot form so it’s not very helpful. At least this one stands much better than the Tri Top Tron and it’s robot head isn’t by the dinosaurs butt. Only one more Dinotron to...

Tri Top Tron Dinosaur Robot Transformer

Last week I presented Bronto Tron, the first of four Dinotron dinosaur robot transformers and this week I have Tri Top Tron. If you couldn’t quite figure it out, Tri Top stands for Triceratops. This makes Slag the Dinobot of choice if you want the Transformers version. There’s a significant difference between Tri Top Tron and Slag though to call Tri Top Tron a unique figure and not a bootleg. The dinosaur form of the Tri Top Tron Dinotron In dinosaur form, it looks like it has two heads when viewing from the front since the upward ridge behind the head has a gap where the robot head is supposed to be. At least his robot head wasn’t in a poorly chosen spot like Bronto Tron. It also has a couple of attached guns/cannons on the shoulders. Watch the Transformation The robot form of the Tri Top Tron Dinotron In robot form, the feet don’t transform well and it doesn’t stand up on its own quite well. If you look closely, you can see the robot feet don’t touch the ground as they should so you have to position the rotated dinosaur feet properly for it to stand. There’s not really much else to say about Tri Top Tron so we might as well move to the next one. There are only two more Dinotrons to go in the...

Bronto Tron Transforming Dinosaur Robot

Sorry for the very long delay in posting. Things have been quite busy in addition to a general lack of energy with the days getting shorter and colder up here in Canada. So far I have only posted one other cheap transforming toy, the cheesy Transport Transformer toy which is a total bootleg of Optimus Prime from the Transformers. Now, I have a collection of four transforming dinosaur robots, the Dinotrons, that I got from a Dollarama store. This one here is a robot that transforms into a brontosaurus, now called an Apatosaurus, dinosaur and vice versa. The transformation is probably what you’d expect from a cheap dollar store toy, although you don’t have to remove parts to complete the transformation like the Transport Transformer Optimus. It looks more like a robot wearing a dinosaur costume rather than something you really transform. You just peel back the layers to find the robot. I never had the Dinobots, but I don’t think this is a bootleg of Sludge though. They couldn’t have made him this crappy. The Bronto Tron Dinotron in dinosaur form Watch the Transformation The Bronto Tron Dinotron in robot form If you can’t tell, the brontosaurus is still largely intact, like the robot has one on its back. One thing I found most quite amusing is that the head of the robot is where the butt of the dinosaur is supposed to be. I just have one question. What would it be if the robot was throwing up? The Bronto Tron is the first of four Dinotrons. Stay tuned for the other three in upcoming...

I Am Iron Storm

Well, I had intended on posting more things while I was on vacation last week, but that didn’t happen. I thought it was time to post another cheap action figure toy I picked up at the Dollar Power discount store, the same place I got the Harry Potter knock off Little Wizard, and I thought this one would be a good return to the action figures. When I first saw this toy, I immediately thought it was an Iron Man knock off, but at a closer look I started to have my doubts. I mean, it’s got a gold face and the weapons weren’t exactly standard Iron Man issue. The gold on the elbows and thighs wasn’t really what I remember Iron Man having, but I was looking more for the comic version. If you check out the movie Iron Man, you can see many of the markings are in the same spot. Even if they are altered, but then again, that’s what the knock offs do. Like, what’s with the skull face thing on the chest? The Iron Storm figure is slightly shorter than the City Nimrods This action figure has a little more “action” to it compared to the City Nimrods and the Super Hero Batman. The Iron Storm figure has bending elbows and legs, in addition to the rotating head and arms the Nimrods and Batman both have. Iron Storm can bend his elbows and sit down, Nimrod can’t The figure doesn’t stand too well. I’m surprised I was able to get it standing upright for the side view shot. The front view pictures have him leaning against the wall to stay up. He also has a hole in the left side of his body that fits things slim things into it. For example, the throwing star blade fits inside, so he can get some battle damage. Iron Storm comes with some weapons which is a nice bonus. Several throwing stars and some form of handheld scythe weapon with spiked knuckles for punching while holding. If you look closely, the throwing stars have the Yin-Yang Symbol on them which you can see much better since taking the picture with a flash. The weapons only fit well in the right hand, the left hand is too open to hold the throwing stars and the scythe thing is too loose within the hand. It’s not to say the throwing stars fit well in the right hand, but I was able to keep them in there long enough to...