skipthefrogman
Dino King!
This KO Dinobot combiner scores big points!!!
I took a total chance on this knock-off Transformer combiner from China--I had no idea what to expect--but for $16 bucks (shipped) I rolled the dice. And won big! Here's the low down:
- Same scale as the early vintage combiners! That's a win! Some of those combiner KOs are TINY, like micro sized. And while this guy isn't huge, he's definitely in scale with the "scramble city" era combiners. Dope!
- They knocked off the correct 5 dinosaurs--so you can easily substitute them for Sludge, Snarl, Swoop, Slag, and Grimlock.
- Obviously his colors look nothing like the G1 Dinobots, but they do fit right in with the super loud G2 Dinobot color schemes! (Sidenote, I did see a pretty faithful G1 repaint here and I'm considering getting another one just to do this!)
- The plastic is not as durable as vintage TFs, but it's not as chincy as some KOs I've seen. I'd rate it about middle-of-the-road.
- The individual robot modes are pretty weak sauce, then again so were most of the scramble city TFs, so in that case they're spot on ;)
- A really cool feature is that they can carry all their "combiner kipple" on their dino or robot modes. Something most of the vintage TF combiners completely ignored!
- My one complaint is that they skimped and didn't give him any combiner hands ... but they did give him some pretty dope combining weapons that substitute for hands, including a 4-inch sword that rivals Predaking!
Dino King!
This KO Dinobot combiner scores big points!!!
I took a total chance on this knock-off Transformer combiner from China--I had no idea what to expect--but for $16 bucks (shipped) I rolled the dice. And won big! Here's the low down:
- Same scale as the early vintage combiners! That's a win! Some of those combiner KOs are TINY, like micro sized. And while this guy isn't huge, he's definitely in scale with the "scramble city" era combiners. Dope!
- They knocked off the correct 5 dinosaurs--so you can easily substitute them for Sludge, Snarl, Swoop, Slag, and Grimlock.
- Obviously his colors look nothing like the G1 Dinobots, but they do fit right in with the super loud G2 Dinobot color schemes! (Sidenote, I did see a pretty faithful G1 repaint here and I'm considering getting another one just to do this!)
- The plastic is not as durable as vintage TFs, but it's not as chincy as some KOs I've seen. I'd rate it about middle-of-the-road.
- The individual robot modes are pretty weak sauce, then again so were most of the scramble city TFs, so in that case they're spot on ;)
- A really cool feature is that they can carry all their "combiner kipple" on their dino or robot modes. Something most of the vintage TF combiners completely ignored!
- My one complaint is that they skimped and didn't give him any combiner hands ... but they did give him some pretty dope combining weapons that substitute for hands, including a 4-inch sword that rivals Predaking!