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Title:
Cryotek
Description:
Cryotek (Ultra, January 2002)Accessories: Three missiles
Cryotek, a redeco of Transmetal 2 Megatron in blue, teal, and purple chrome, was a Target exclusive in January 2002. It transforms from a robot into a cyborg-like dragon and can launch a missile from the top of his robot head. It also has a third "dragster” mode which is best forgotten. The toy has different wing claws from Megatron, a slight retool for unknown reasons.
Japanese version of Cryotek which includes "spark avatar”. It looks like a tiny pre-Earth Megatron
Both this mold and Tigerhawk’s mold share a gimmick that was dropped before release—a cockpit bubble where a tiny "spark figure” would have piloted the character. Hasbro dropped the concept due to it junking around with the Transformers mythos; it was feared buyers would mistake the "spark figures” as humanoid pilots for a non-sentient transforming robot, à la Diaclone, instead of being representations of the spark essence of a living, breathing Transformer. The cockpit bubbles remain on both toys (and their redecos). The "USA Edition” (a limited Japanese release) of the toy includes the "spark figure”.Both the instructions and the box photos depict the robot head sticking visibly out of the dragon back, leaving the dragon tail disconnected from the spine. It is possible to conceal the robot head inside the dragon body and unite the tail with the spine, though this leaves the tip of the tail upside-down.This toy was repurposed by 3H Productions as a Beast Era Cryotek.
Cryotek, a redeco of Transmetal 2 Megatron in blue, teal, and purple chrome, was a Target exclusive in January 2002. It transforms from a robot into a cyborg-like dragon and can launch a missile from the top of his robot head. It also has a third "dragster” mode which is best forgotten. The toy has different wing claws from Megatron, a slight retool for unknown reasons.
Japanese version of Cryotek which includes "spark avatar”. It looks like a tiny pre-Earth Megatron
Both this mold and Tigerhawk’s mold share a gimmick that was dropped before release—a cockpit bubble where a tiny "spark figure” would have piloted the character. Hasbro dropped the concept due to it junking around with the Transformers mythos; it was feared buyers would mistake the "spark figures” as humanoid pilots for a non-sentient transforming robot, à la Diaclone, instead of being representations of the spark essence of a living, breathing Transformer. The cockpit bubbles remain on both toys (and their redecos). The "USA Edition” (a limited Japanese release) of the toy includes the "spark figure”.Both the instructions and the box photos depict the robot head sticking visibly out of the dragon back, leaving the dragon tail disconnected from the spine. It is possible to conceal the robot head inside the dragon body and unite the tail with the spine, though this leaves the tip of the tail upside-down.This toy was repurposed by 3H Productions as a Beast Era Cryotek.
Theme:
RID
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Barcode:
076930294062
Year:
2001
Country:
United States
Series:
Transformers RID
Asst. Number:
RID0103
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$71.00
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2018-06-08 15:34:51
