Title:
Cruellock
Description:
Cruellock (Energon Class, 2004)
Takara ID number: SD-12
Takara release date: May 13, 2004
Accessories: "Jura-Smash” sword, "Raptor Gun” pistol, Decepticon energon star
Known designers: Hirofumi Ichikawa (concept artist)
Released in the second wave of the Hasbro Energon "Energon Class” toys, Cruellock transforms into a dinosaur-monster somewhat reminiscent of the 1998 American movie version of Godzilla. His simple transformation scheme largely consists of either connecting or disconnecting the halves of his waist (which automatically transforms his upper torso’s shoulders and dino-head into the proper positions), splitting or re-joing his tail-halves, and rotating his head around.
He includes two clear-green energon weapons; a small blaster and a large sword, both of which store in his tail in beast mode. The sword’s handle is on a (distressingly tight) pinned joint to fold out sideways, which both allows enough room to store it in his beast-mode tail (forming his beast-mode "attack mode”), and allows Cruellock to actually hold the sword in his right hand (his giant "energon” claws get in the way normally, and the handle doesn’t swing the other way for proper clearance for his left hand). Connecting the blaster to it as a handle turns it into the marginally longer Ultimate Energon Weapon "Energy Blade” (only named in the Takara release) that he can actually hold properly. Both of the weapons have Mini-Con Powerlinx sockets, so they can be used to activate Mini-Con features on Armada toys. Like the other Terrorcons, he includes a clear-green Decepticon-style Energon star that can be attached to most Energon toys’s spark crystals.
As far as can be told, there are no notable differences between the Hasbro "Cruellock” and the Takara Super Link "Dinobot” releases aside from packaging.
This mold was also used to make Doom-Lock, Dinobot Magma Type, and a Walmart-exclusive version of Age of Extinction Grimlock. In Japan, his sword was used to make the "Energy Blade Phantom Night Edition” promotional exclusive energon weapon, as well as a pack-in energon weapon with Galvatron General.
Takara ID number: SD-12
Takara release date: May 13, 2004
Accessories: "Jura-Smash” sword, "Raptor Gun” pistol, Decepticon energon star
Known designers: Hirofumi Ichikawa (concept artist)
Released in the second wave of the Hasbro Energon "Energon Class” toys, Cruellock transforms into a dinosaur-monster somewhat reminiscent of the 1998 American movie version of Godzilla. His simple transformation scheme largely consists of either connecting or disconnecting the halves of his waist (which automatically transforms his upper torso’s shoulders and dino-head into the proper positions), splitting or re-joing his tail-halves, and rotating his head around.
He includes two clear-green energon weapons; a small blaster and a large sword, both of which store in his tail in beast mode. The sword’s handle is on a (distressingly tight) pinned joint to fold out sideways, which both allows enough room to store it in his beast-mode tail (forming his beast-mode "attack mode”), and allows Cruellock to actually hold the sword in his right hand (his giant "energon” claws get in the way normally, and the handle doesn’t swing the other way for proper clearance for his left hand). Connecting the blaster to it as a handle turns it into the marginally longer Ultimate Energon Weapon "Energy Blade” (only named in the Takara release) that he can actually hold properly. Both of the weapons have Mini-Con Powerlinx sockets, so they can be used to activate Mini-Con features on Armada toys. Like the other Terrorcons, he includes a clear-green Decepticon-style Energon star that can be attached to most Energon toys’s spark crystals.
As far as can be told, there are no notable differences between the Hasbro "Cruellock” and the Takara Super Link "Dinobot” releases aside from packaging.
This mold was also used to make Doom-Lock, Dinobot Magma Type, and a Walmart-exclusive version of Age of Extinction Grimlock. In Japan, his sword was used to make the "Energy Blade Phantom Night Edition” promotional exclusive energon weapon, as well as a pack-in energon weapon with Galvatron General.
Theme:
Energon
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2004
Date Added:
2022-11-25 14:32:59
Date Added:
2022-11-25 14:32:59
