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Velociraptor

by David M Willis on June 28, 2018 at 12:01 am
  • 04 – Of Mike And Men
└ Tags: danny, dina, dinobot, ethan, transformers

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    June 28, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    “This isn’t the Happy Meal version!”

    • Nomothehomo
      Nomothehomo
      June 28, 2018 at 12:16 am | #

      little did she know that it is actually worth like 40 bucks based on 1 minute of research

    • butts
      butts
      June 28, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

      Yeah, the Happy Meal version is based on the latest reconstructions of Deinonychus antirrhopus, complete with feathers and anatomically accurate sickle claws. It’s an absolute gem of a toy.

      • Aeron
        Aeron
        June 28, 2018 at 12:21 am | #

        McDonald’s doing a better job of teaching me history than public school did.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          June 28, 2018 at 1:57 am | #

          The stuff they put in the burger patties may be 20 years old like a textbook, but the Happy Meal toy material is current!

      • AGV
        AGV
        June 28, 2018 at 3:14 am | #

        Sorry, I just googled it and I don’t see it having feathers??

        • Andrusi
          Andrusi
          June 28, 2018 at 9:17 am | #

          It’s a joke. Ana Chronistic meant “This isn’t the Happy Meal version!” as a response to the idea of paying five bucks for Dinobot, and butts was suggesting that it was instead a response to the idea of Dinobot being an inaccurate velociraptor.

        • butts
          butts
          June 28, 2018 at 1:44 pm | #

          jeez well i’d better delete myself from the internet then

          • Clif
            Clif
            June 29, 2018 at 1:30 am | #

            That didn’t work out so well for

  2. Yumi
    Yumi
    June 28, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    FUCK YEAH, DINA!

    • Durandal_1707
      Durandal_1707
      June 28, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

      She’s gonna glue some feathers on it, isn’t she.

      I approve.

      • Felian
        Felian
        June 28, 2018 at 3:19 am | #

        …even if he’s not gonna sell it to Dina, she is gonna sneak into his room to glue the feathers on. It’s compulsory. It can’t *not* have feathers. That would be incorrect.

      • John Merklinghaus
        John Merklinghaus
        June 28, 2018 at 12:26 pm | #

        Just glue some feathers on it and call it “Dinopunk.” It’s the trend fashion nowadays.

        • C.T Phipps
          C.T Phipps
          June 28, 2018 at 7:17 pm | #

          It’s a ROBOT dinosaur, Dina.

          • David M Willis
            David M Willis
            June 28, 2018 at 8:13 pm | #

            it’s a robot beast wars dinosaur, meaning it disguises itself as a real life fleshy animal, not a robotic one

            • The Lurker
              The Lurker
              June 29, 2018 at 7:05 pm | #

              Yeah, I knew Phipps comment would trigger a response, due too lack of detail

  3. Defensor
    Defensor
    June 28, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    Dina!

  4. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    June 28, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Dina just made me smile…

    • Frost Magi
      Frost Magi
      June 28, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

      Dina always makes me smile. She’s too precious <3

    • Inahc
      Inahc
      June 28, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

      🙂

  5. miados
    miados
    June 28, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    im pretty sure that will be lacking funds compared to what he said.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      June 28, 2018 at 7:52 am | #

      “How much?”
      …
      *pulls out phone*
      …
      “Hello, Father. I wish to purchase a present for my girlfr-”
      *ding*
      “- thank you.”
      *hangs up*
      “Would you like a check, or Amazon credit?”

      • miados
        miados
        June 28, 2018 at 11:09 pm | #

        sorry five dollars is still lacking funds. plus he seems the type to not give it up regardless for anything shy of full college payment or something. big time fans have more value to items than the literal value often.

  6. Danni
    Danni
    June 28, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    6 dollars!

    • DeepThought42
      DeepThought42
      June 28, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

      7 Dollars and 23 cents some lint in my pocket and a piping hot kettle of tea!

      • Danni
        Danni
        June 28, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

        8 dollars!

        • hof1991
          hof1991
          June 28, 2018 at 10:27 am | #

          I bid 500 quatloos.

          • Mollyscribbles
            Mollyscribbles
            June 28, 2018 at 9:53 pm | #

            $16.50 and an armadillo!

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        June 28, 2018 at 12:16 am | #

        650 dollars.

        • Danni
          Danni
          June 28, 2018 at 12:18 am | #

          694.20

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        June 28, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

        A quesadilla!

        • Danni
          Danni
          June 28, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

          3 quesadilla

          • Abel Undercity
            Abel Undercity
            June 28, 2018 at 5:21 am | #

            20 churros and that’s my final offer.

            • Jaxx Sentinel
              Jaxx Sentinel
              June 28, 2018 at 7:32 am | #

              Free food made by a loving abuelita for life and protection from joyce hugs for a week

              • Yet_One_More_Idiot
                Yet_One_More_Idiot
                June 28, 2018 at 8:47 am | #

                No food made by a loving abuelita for life, and unlimited hugs from Joyce forever! 😀

                • Andrusi
                  Andrusi
                  June 28, 2018 at 9:23 am | #

                  Free hugs from Joyce’s grandmother for life!

                • No Name
                  No Name
                  June 28, 2018 at 12:35 pm | #

                  @Andrusi
                  Wait, which grandmother? The one that produced Carol or the one that produced Hank?

                • Clif
                  Clif
                  June 29, 2018 at 1:33 am | #

                  I’m sure that Mike would say that there wasn’t a nickel’s worth of difference between them.

            • Danni
              Danni
              June 28, 2018 at 2:57 pm | #

              40 churros

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      June 28, 2018 at 6:06 am | #

      50 mc nuggets!

      • Danni
        Danni
        June 28, 2018 at 2:57 pm | #

        180 mcnuggets

    • Ryek Hvek
      Ryek Hvek
      June 28, 2018 at 9:44 am | #

      No Dinars !!

  7. Barduwulf
    Barduwulf
    June 28, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Wasn’t there a later model that had feathers? I remember seeing Willis review one on the other site.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      June 28, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

      There’s no Beast Wars Dinobot toy that has feathers. If only…

      • Shiro
        Shiro
        June 28, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

        Not til Dina gets ahold of one, anyway

      • General Tekno
        General Tekno
        June 28, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

        Well, Don Figueroa drew Beast Wars Grimlock with feathers in the comic mini, so that sorta counts.

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          June 28, 2018 at 12:21 am | #

          Well, if we’re counting media appearances, then Dinobot has had feather spikes in both his Legends card game art and in the Forged to Fight cellphone game. (the latter was based on the former)

          But I wouldn’t have done a toy review on shortpacked.com about either of those.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          June 28, 2018 at 12:22 am | #

          If only there were toys of the Raptoricons from Of Masters and Mayhem…

          • Clif
            Clif
            June 29, 2018 at 1:35 am | #

            If only there was a kickstarter for a project to backbreed birds into dinosaurs.

      • Lokitsu
        Lokitsu
        June 28, 2018 at 6:10 am | #

        Wouldn’t it be hard to put feathers on a transformer? It would be cool as hell, but unless they were just engraved into the metal (plastic?) wouldn’t they get in the way while changing forms?

        • Anon A Mouse
          Anon A Mouse
          June 28, 2018 at 8:05 am | #

          Silverbolt SCOFFS at your lack of knowledge. Ha HA ha ha. Ha.

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          June 28, 2018 at 9:28 am | #

          I dunno, tell that to all the Transformers birds.

          • Lokitsu
            Lokitsu
            June 28, 2018 at 9:37 am | #

            I tried to google bird transformers (I know pretty much nothing about transformers) and all I got were pages of angry birds transformers. That’s why I asked.

            • David M Willis
              David M Willis
              June 28, 2018 at 9:55 am | #

              For your metallic feather needs:
              https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Divebomb_(G1)
              https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doubledealer
              For your organic feather needs:
              https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Airazor_(BW)
              https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Archadis

              (yeah that last one turns into an Archaeopteryx)

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      June 28, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

      Different character. One of the movie-verse Dinobots. Slash. (Not to be confused with the more recent character of that name, who is a non-feathered raptor – but makes up for it by being a girlbot.)

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        June 28, 2018 at 1:26 am | #

        To be fair, Legends Slash doesn’t have skin either so I’m not sure where the feathers would go :p

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          June 28, 2018 at 10:01 am | #

          i mean not having skin doesn’t keep transformer lions from having metallic manes, so

          https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Razorclaw_(G1)

  8. Regalli
    Regalli
    June 28, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    She needs the rest of her money to properly feather him.

  9. Shiro
    Shiro
    June 28, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    …okay, now I’m curious how much it really costs, and I don’t know enough about Transformers to Ebay it

    • Mr D
      Mr D
      June 28, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

      I googled “Ebay 2009 beast wars dinobot” and got two easy hits, a takara for 109 USD and a Classics 2.0 for 90 USD.

      • Dark
        Dark
        June 28, 2018 at 1:13 am | #

        Let’s see… Best offer I’m seeing on Ebay for that particular version of the toy would be about 50 bucks.

      • Dark
        Dark
        June 28, 2018 at 1:16 am | #

        Although, based on coloration, it’s probably the Henkei! Henkei! Dinobot, which puts it closer to 100 bucks, minimum.

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      June 28, 2018 at 1:24 am | #

      Some quick digging lead me to:
      The common version of this toy new in box seems to be valued about $60.
      Unpacked but complete seems to currently be about $35.
      Figure only seems to be about $15.

      Rare and hard to find of course drives the valuation up (cf Mr D’s post above)

  10. FLUFFYWOLF
    FLUFFYWOLF
    June 28, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    so it begins

  11. ShinyNeen
    ShinyNeen
    June 28, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Everybody gets to learn about Transformers (or at least Dinobot) today!

  12. tyranidswarm
    tyranidswarm
    June 28, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    That’s right Ethan it isn’t a real dinosaur. Dina doesn’t want it because it’s a dinosaur toy. She wants it because she must destroy all inaccurate portrayals of Dinosaurs. As the prophecy foretells.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      June 28, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

      Or she wants it so she can glue feathers onto it.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        June 28, 2018 at 7:59 am | #

        Which would be, in its own way, destruction of an inaccurate portrayal of a dinosaur. By making it accurate.

    • Batman
      Batman
      June 28, 2018 at 11:02 pm | #

      Or turn it into a sex toy.

  13. Tacos
    Tacos
    June 28, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    Dina’s gonna kitbash some scientifically and anatomically correct feathers on to Dinobot won’t she?

    • Shiro
      Shiro
      June 28, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      Kitbash is a fantastic word, it just feels nice to say

      • Adam Black
        Adam Black
        June 28, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

        Because it sounds so dirty.

        But so does Raptor.

        • Wizard
          Wizard
          June 28, 2018 at 1:11 am | #

          Raptor? I barely knew ‘er!

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          June 28, 2018 at 2:04 am | #

          If everything sounds dirty, you might want to talk to a doctor or therapist.

          • Abel Undercity
            Abel Undercity
            June 28, 2018 at 5:23 am | #

            That’s what SHE said!

            … hm, maybe you’re right.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      June 28, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

      I think properly feathering Dinobot would interfere with his transformation. At the very least it would make his tail/weapon gimmick more awkward.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        June 28, 2018 at 12:23 am | #

        It’s already basically useless. I think he used it effectively, what, once?

  14. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    June 28, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

    For the money, Dina can go to Ollie’s and pick up LINDBERG’s Raptor model kit and build it any way she wants, feathers and all.
    (IMO the Lindberg Raptor is the best dinosaur model kit ever made.)

    • Dean
      Dean
      June 28, 2018 at 12:29 am | #

      Either Dina already has this model, or she has sent a long email to the manufacturer carefully explaining its’ anatomical inaccuracies.

      • No Name
        No Name
        June 28, 2018 at 1:00 am | #

        Probably both, given this strip.

  15. BBCC
    BBCC
    June 28, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

    Oh, Dina, that’s not how old toys work.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      June 28, 2018 at 2:52 am | #

      Yeah; I mean, the original retail price was probably in the $20 range!

  16. Derek
    Derek
    June 28, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

    I feel like Dina is being a bit rude, Ethan never mentioned wanting to sell his toy

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      June 28, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

      Shes got Dinosaur Negging down.
      Shes going to neg him till he gives up the Dinobot

  17. Pablo360
    Pablo360
    June 28, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

    Ah, so Dina got back from Questionable Content.

    • Mydnyt
      Mydnyt
      June 28, 2018 at 12:18 am | #

      That’s why she only has $5. Coffee is expensive.

      • McBogue
        McBogue
        June 28, 2018 at 12:28 am | #

        I can’t see her as a coffee drinker. But I can definitely see her eating cereal with Steve.

        • Chris Phoenix
          Chris Phoenix
          June 28, 2018 at 6:49 am | #

          It depends. I’d guess there’s an above-average chance that she has neurology where coffee is a stabilizer rather than a stimulant. In that case she might drink it. Or maybe not – she seems pretty chill by default (except on a few topics).

    • Inahc
      Inahc
      June 28, 2018 at 12:24 am | #

      I still wanna know what she was up to there.

      hmmmmmm. patreon bonus strips? 🙂

      • Inahc
        Inahc
        June 28, 2018 at 12:26 am | #

        oh, it was already suggested there. guess I’m voting for once! 🙂

    • Koms
      Koms
      June 28, 2018 at 12:50 am | #

      Dina peering up like that is the cutest.

  18. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    June 28, 2018 at 12:28 am | #

    I wish there had been more dinosaur Predacons on the show. They just kind of all became bugs and Rampage once they started recruiting new members.

    Don’t get me wrong, I love insects and arachnids and sea creatures but dinosaurs are just really cool.

    • Clif
      Clif
      June 29, 2018 at 2:03 am | #

      All the dinosaur Predacons on the show all became bugs? Wow, they really were transformers

  19. @zombieundergrnd
    @zombieundergrnd
    June 28, 2018 at 12:34 am | #

    Does it at least transform into a car with fuzzy dice hanging from the rear view mirror?

    • Bathymetheus
      Bathymetheus
      June 28, 2018 at 1:23 am | #

      You realise those dice are a safety hazard, right? They desensitise you to movement in or near the mirror, potentially causing you not to notice other vehicles, especially small ones (motorcycles, bicycles).

      [resume sense of humour]

  20. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    June 28, 2018 at 12:43 am | #

    Oh yeah because I can see a alien robot growing feathers and wings, like what do you want from us Dina?

    • Inahc
      Inahc
      June 28, 2018 at 12:46 am | #

      er… silverbolt?

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        June 28, 2018 at 1:00 am | #

        Much earlier than Silverbolt, there’s Airazor (introduced in the second year of the line). Her toy wasn’t a very accurate bird, but she still had feathers sculpted in. Her in-show model was about as accurate as the technology allowed.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      June 28, 2018 at 12:49 am | #

      Ok wings maybe but feathers? Unless they’re metallic it’s not as logical as it sounds.

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        June 28, 2018 at 12:52 am | #

        All the guys from Beast Wars had organic coverings.

        • newllend(henryvolt)
          newllend(henryvolt)
          June 28, 2018 at 1:13 am | #

          So they grew organic feathers from metal skin?

          • Tacos
            Tacos
            June 28, 2018 at 1:33 am | #

            They never really state what their exteriors are made of whether it’s fake organic matter or real organic matter but since Beast Machines says the Oracle got biological DNA from them when they returned to Cybertron then most likely their exterior was organic and thus are sorta like Terminators.

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            June 28, 2018 at 1:36 am | #

            They have complete organic shells, complete with proper integument for the mammals and birds, and the reptiles that aren’t dinosaurs or pterosaurs. See the Beast Wars entries at the TF Wiki.

  21. Nobody
    Nobody
    June 28, 2018 at 12:58 am | #

    You know she’s going to glue feathers to it

    • Chronos
      Chronos
      June 28, 2018 at 2:17 am | #

      Yeah, I got that impression, too.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        June 28, 2018 at 3:48 am | #

        …. I’m thinking that sort of mod would lower the street value of the toy.

        • Chronos
          Chronos
          June 28, 2018 at 7:42 am | #

          It *might* be worth five bucks after she’s done with it, in any case.

          • Clif
            Clif
            June 29, 2018 at 2:05 am | #

            More importantly, it would lower the value of the dinosaur feathers.

  22. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    June 28, 2018 at 1:10 am | #

    “I am willing to pay you six dollars, but that is my final offer.”

  23. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    June 28, 2018 at 1:11 am | #

    No Transformers made after about 1990 can be called “old”.

    • Mel
      Mel
      June 28, 2018 at 4:15 pm | #

      That’s almost thirty years ago though

  24. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 28, 2018 at 1:12 am | #

    It’s OK to enjoy not-perfectly-accurate dinosaurs, Dina.

  25. Lingo
    Lingo
    June 28, 2018 at 1:31 am | #

    OK but that table is right up against the window — how did Dina wedge herself in there without being noticed? lol

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      June 28, 2018 at 1:33 am | #

      Also I love Dina’s Face of Judgment in panel 3.

    • No Name
      No Name
      June 28, 2018 at 12:28 pm | #

      The Same way she get’s behind doors, of course.

  26. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 28, 2018 at 2:02 am | #

    Dina is being extra-cute here and I don’t know how she does it! Still, the point is that it’s obvious that, scientific accuracy or no, dinosaurid toys float her boat!

  27. Black Bumblebee
    Black Bumblebee
    June 28, 2018 at 2:27 am | #

    Now just imagine it was the Masterpiece version of Dinobot…

  28. Ainara
    Ainara
    June 28, 2018 at 3:00 am | #

    DINAAA <3

  29. Defensor
    Defensor
    June 28, 2018 at 3:18 am | #

    Does anybody else remember “Code of Hero”?

  30. All-Purpose Guru
    All-Purpose Guru
    June 28, 2018 at 3:22 am | #

    Dina is so adorable in this one…

    I *cry* when bad things happen to Dina.

  31. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    June 28, 2018 at 3:46 am | #

    “No no no, you see, the point of these toys is that the dinosaur transforms into a robot.”

    “Dinosaurs could not do that. That is at least as scientifically inaccurate as the lack of feathers.”

    “Well they were less dinosaurs and more ancient aliens.”

  32. AGV
    AGV
    June 28, 2018 at 3:54 am | #

    Many of us, dinosaur nerds, have a soft spot for retro dinosaurs, and I see that Dina is no exception

  33. Furie
    Furie
    June 28, 2018 at 4:53 am | #

    Apparently my ability to get angry with Dina is triggered by insulting prices for classic bots.

  34. foducool
    foducool
    June 28, 2018 at 4:54 am | #

    “it’s a reptile with big ass teeth, I want it”

  35. Galdan
    Galdan
    June 28, 2018 at 5:02 am | #

    Dina is having lewd thoughts about the naked dinosaur…

    • Clif
      Clif
      June 29, 2018 at 2:10 am | #

      Weren’t we all?

  36. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    June 28, 2018 at 5:19 am | #

    five dollas ? oh you seet summer child.

  37. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 28, 2018 at 5:53 am | #

    I can’t help but smile at how kind and gentle Ethan is with Dina. He’s treating her with respect and not as if she’s ‘weird’. He has taken the time to familiarise himself with her quirks and thus knows in advance what about his toy might be upsetting her sense of order and balance.

  38. JBento
    JBento
    June 28, 2018 at 5:54 am | #

    DINA! I am mollified!

    re. Alt-text: You severely overestimate the value of scientifically inaccurate saurial depictions.

  39. Miri
    Miri
    June 28, 2018 at 6:19 am | #

    I just love the idea of old toys having a street value. Like, dodgy guys lurking in the entrances of alleys, wearing beige trench coats with many internal pockets filled with a selection of old Transformers, hissing at passersby, “Psst, you look like you enjoy a good time. I can hook you up” and flashing glimpses of their merchandise 😁

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      June 28, 2018 at 8:05 am | #

      … you may have just accurately described Willis at a comic convention.

      • Bathymetheus
        Bathymetheus
        June 28, 2018 at 9:17 am | #

        *claps*

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        June 28, 2018 at 3:23 pm | #

        Wasn’t there an old Shortpacked strip portraying third-party sellers at Botcon as Lefty the Salesman from Sesame Street?

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      June 28, 2018 at 11:56 am | #

      Isn’t that basically Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy”?

  40. BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
    BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
    June 28, 2018 at 7:26 am | #

    Also, it isn’t a dinosaur anyway. It’s a robot disguised as a dinosaur

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      June 28, 2018 at 8:23 am | #

      Additionally, a robot disguised as a dinosaur as perceived by a damaged computer system that can’t even perceive that organic creatures are ‘real life forms’.

  41. Portland
    Portland
    June 28, 2018 at 11:32 am | #

    That last panel makes me think that Dina is going to eat the dinosaur.

  42. Shival
    Shival
    June 28, 2018 at 11:56 am | #

    Does anyone look this low in the comments? Anyway.

    Dina’s entrance and comment reminds me of this youtube series.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW7uyD0hfqg&index=2&list=PLaCDmykyjVw_B983AQ2iGuZOA3ZLJ8Sry&t=0s

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      June 28, 2018 at 11:57 am | #

      Nope, no one goes this low, this is how dwarves dug up Balrog. No one is taking the chance.

      • JBento
        JBento
        June 28, 2018 at 2:56 pm | #

        The commentariat posted too prolifically and too deep.

        You know what we wrote in the depths of Khazad-DumbingofAge.

        Shadow and Fl, er, YouTube videos

  43. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    June 28, 2018 at 12:44 pm | #

    Get your own Dinobot, Dina! They are no longer being made, and there was a small time they were remade just because of the Transformer movies. Also, I hope one day I can see again a Megatron T-Rex. I had two, but with different colors, and a third one that is the upgraded version of the second season. Toys disappear after years.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      June 28, 2018 at 6:44 pm | #

      Then I should mention that Masterpiece versions of Dinobot and BW Megatron are going to come out. Of course they’ll be expensive though.

  44. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    June 28, 2018 at 1:25 pm | #

    I wondered, once the subject moved on to dinosaurs, how long it would be before Dina turned up. Then I remembered she is ALWAYS present but, like LaMont Cranston, has the ability to cloud one’s mind until she chooses to reveal herself.

    • Bathymetheus
      Bathymetheus
      June 28, 2018 at 11:59 pm | #

      Now THAT’S a callback!

      “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?”

      Women, of course, were all innocent back in those halcyon days.

      • Clif
        Clif
        June 29, 2018 at 1:22 am | #

        No one cared what evil lurked in the hearts of women because it was assumed that they would be at home anyway raising the children and ironing.

  45. Mel
    Mel
    June 28, 2018 at 4:10 pm | #

    Dina, that won’t even get you one Optimus replacement fist.

  46. cjack99
    cjack99
    June 28, 2018 at 7:17 pm | #

    Dina is the cutest little creature, I adore her.

    • Clif
      Clif
      June 29, 2018 at 1:25 am | #

      She stalks her prey.

  47. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    June 28, 2018 at 7:17 pm | #

    The INGEN corporation introduced errors into the dinosaurs’ DNA so they lost their feathers. They are now neosaurs.

  48. Booker
    Booker
    June 28, 2018 at 11:51 pm | #

    Dinobot was the first transformer I ever purchased for myself. I played with him and like many of my early transformers broke from being loved. Shortly after Christmas I purchased the original release of him off eBay and it just felt right to hold that figure again. Ethan, don’t accept any money for it. Please.

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