Title:
Grimlock 2nd Robot Mode
Description:
Grimlock (Deluxe, 2006)
Accessories: Missile launcher, missile, removable tail.
Classics Grimlock, a gray and gold Tyrannosaurus rex, is a re-imagined form of his original toy, and is notably designed to run rather than drag (theories on the T. rex having changed from "caveman adversary” to "Carl Lewis in lizard skin” since the Generation 1 incarnation).This mold features a few design elements likely influenced by Grimlock’s Pretender toy; his bayonet blaster is an homage to his gun/blade combo weapon from said toy, and his tail detaches to become a handheld weapon as it does for the inner robot of his Pretender toy. Another similarity is the T. rex’s upper-body forming the robot mode legs (though the T. rex head forms his feet this time around).Grimlock’s bayonet blaster (dubbed the "Guardian Blaster” in his TFCC profile) can be deployed in either mode and fires a clear red projectile. Both weapons can be stored on his back when not used. As with most Classics toys, Grimlock features a heat-sensitive rubsign, placed on the left side of the tyrannosaurus torso/his left leg.A common complaint about the figure is the size of the peg being too small in relation to the peg-hole, making it impossible to lock the arms into place. The black shoulder flaps above are apparently meant to tab into these and lock the whole thing together, but the flaps are remarkably out of alignment and the tabs themselves are too short to even reach the slots. In addition, the bayonet blaster has a hair-trigger and for no apparent reason, his fist holes are a few fractions of a millimeter too small to accommodate standard 5mm peg accessories that most modern Transformers toys use.An unpainted Classics Grimlock was used at the BotCon 2007 customization classes to create Timelines Overkill. The mold was also redecoed to make Shattered Glass Grimlock and Universe (2008) Overkill.
Accessories: Missile launcher, missile, removable tail.
Classics Grimlock, a gray and gold Tyrannosaurus rex, is a re-imagined form of his original toy, and is notably designed to run rather than drag (theories on the T. rex having changed from "caveman adversary” to "Carl Lewis in lizard skin” since the Generation 1 incarnation).This mold features a few design elements likely influenced by Grimlock’s Pretender toy; his bayonet blaster is an homage to his gun/blade combo weapon from said toy, and his tail detaches to become a handheld weapon as it does for the inner robot of his Pretender toy. Another similarity is the T. rex’s upper-body forming the robot mode legs (though the T. rex head forms his feet this time around).Grimlock’s bayonet blaster (dubbed the "Guardian Blaster” in his TFCC profile) can be deployed in either mode and fires a clear red projectile. Both weapons can be stored on his back when not used. As with most Classics toys, Grimlock features a heat-sensitive rubsign, placed on the left side of the tyrannosaurus torso/his left leg.A common complaint about the figure is the size of the peg being too small in relation to the peg-hole, making it impossible to lock the arms into place. The black shoulder flaps above are apparently meant to tab into these and lock the whole thing together, but the flaps are remarkably out of alignment and the tabs themselves are too short to even reach the slots. In addition, the bayonet blaster has a hair-trigger and for no apparent reason, his fist holes are a few fractions of a millimeter too small to accommodate standard 5mm peg accessories that most modern Transformers toys use.An unpainted Classics Grimlock was used at the BotCon 2007 customization classes to create Timelines Overkill. The mold was also redecoed to make Shattered Glass Grimlock and Universe (2008) Overkill.
Theme:
Classics
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2006
Country:
United States
Series:
Classics
Model Number:
Grey Beast
Date Added:
2023-02-11 14:45:01
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2023-02-11 14:45:01
