Dracodon (Core Class, 2021)
Hasbro ID number: WFC-K22

Accessories: Tail/”bone weapon”

Part of the third wave of Kingdom Core Class figures, Dracodon is a radioactive green-and-gold redeco of Vertebreak. He transforms from a Dracorex skeleton to a 3.5-inch tall robot and back. The tail can detach in robot mode to use as a weapon or store on the robot mode’s back.

Unlike Deluxe Class dino-skeleton characters in Kingdom, neither Dracodon nor Vertebreak can disassemble into weapons and armor for other figures.
Be wary with his tail; as it’s a rubberized plastic similar to fire blast effects. As such, it can cause paint chipping or potentially warped plastic.

Unlike every other Transformers toy revealed at Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest 2021, Dracodon and Soundwave were not available for pre-order after the virtual panel. Dracodon ended up becoming a heavy pegwarmer, particularly at Wal-marts across North America, where the figure eventually ended up being sold on clearance in massive amounts.

Notes

In real life, the status of Dracorex as a valid genus is controversial as the type specimen has been argued to actually just be a misclassified juvenile Pachycephalosaurus (a common issue in palaeontology due to the frequency of immature animals looking quite different from their adult forms).
Though Dracodon doesn’t completely disassemble in the same way as the Deluxe Fossilizers, designer Mark Maher—when revealing him—referred to him as a ”radioactive bone Fossilizer”, indicating that they are considered one and the same.[3]

Transformer Dracodon

Hasbro

5010993774425

2021

United States

2021-01-01

3.5 in

Transformers Kingdom

~$8.78

2024-10-02

2021-06-26 09:33:08