Iván's Gallery: Dinoforce

Happy Monday! It's time for another edition of Iván's Gallery. This week, Iván completes his seven week long exploration of the Dinoforce with ... The Dinoforce! Here is what he has to say about them:

Dinoking is the combination of all six Dinoforce warriors. With the bodies and minds of all six members combined into one he is the top Decepticon when it comes to mindless violence. He enhances the natural abilities of all the members of the force and adds a few of his own. Fortunately, he's a little more inteligent than the individual warriors, and pretty much keeps Dinoforce leader Goryu's personality.

Iván's Gallery: Dinoking

Apologies for the lack of updates recently. With the holidays, my crew has been pretty busy. However, Iván's examination of the Dinoforce continues with Dinoking! Hopefully I'll have some of the artists thoughts on this massive beast soon.

For what it's worthy, I've long been a fan of this bad-boy. Yes, he gets kicked around a lot in Victory, but the idea of a bunch of dinosaurs (or even dinosaur-shelled robots) is very cool.

Iván's Gallery: Kakuryū

Happy Monday! It's time for another installment of Iván's Gallery. This week, Iván continues his exploration of the Dinoforce with my favorite member, the lovable Kakuryū. Here's what he has to say about him:

A redeco of the Pretender Monster Slog, Kakuryu transforms into a squat pincher monster. He can also form the upper torso to the team's combined mode Dinoking. He comes with a soft-plastic outer "shell", a triceratops, that he can fit into.

Stooge-like and innocent in nature, he's very much the "Curly" to commander Goryu's "Moe"; taking blow after angry blow from his leader but handling it all in a care-free stride. Why Kakuryu is a Decepticon is anybody's guess. He likes to dance and play and has a soft spot for cute little flesh creatures, especially bugs, which he thinks are cuddly-wuddly adorable.

Iván's Gallery: Gairyū

What is happening? Ark Addendum on a Monday? Iván's Gallery on a Tuesday? HAVE I LOST MY MIND? (Quite possibly, I've been operating on very little sleep for the past few days and am a little buggy.) In any event, the incomparable Iván continues his exploration of the Dinoforce. This week, he brings us Gairyū. Here is what he has to say about him:

A redeco of the Pretender Monster Bristleback, Gairyu transforms into a spiked quadruped. He can also form either arm to the team's combined mode Dinoking. He comes with an armored dinosaur shell that he can fit into.

Decepticon Dinoforce warrior Gairyu becomes a stampeding ankylosaurus when bonded with his Pretender shell. Like most of the Dinoforce, Gairyu is both innocent and stupid.

Iván's Gallery: Rairyū

A new week dawns! The first week of spring. And what says Spring more than . . . the Dinoforce? Yup, time for another installment of Iván's Gallery. Continuing his examination of the Dinoforce, this week is Rairyū. Here's what the artist has to say about him:

A redeco of the Pretender Monster Birdbrain, Rairyu transforms into a quadrupedal monster-thing. He can also form the middle torso to the team's combined mode Dinoking. He comes with an armored apatosaur outer "shell" that he can fit into
Rairyu is the idiot amongst a team of idiots. When he manages to form a coherent word it is cause for celebration. Oddly, he still doesn’t attract the criticism or ridicule of his teammate Kakuryu. Still he is a vital member of the Dinoforce if only because his absence would leave Dinoking with a weaker stomach than normal.

Iván's Gallery: Yokuryū

Well, it's Monday, so it's time for another edition of Iván's Gallery. This week, Iván brings us Yokuryū from the Dinoforce. Here's what he has to say about him:

A redeco of the Pretender Monster Wildfly, Yokuryu 's alternate mode's supposed to be a tengu (a "divine dog" from japanese tradition). He can also form Dinoking's arm. His pretender shell is a pterodactyl.

Yokuryu specializes in reconnaissance missions. He is able to glide swiftly into an area undetected and obtain top-secret information from a bird’s-eye view. His ability to fly swiftly without giving off a heavy energy signal makes him a valuable spy. Yokuryu is a cunning warrior as well as a talented spy. He is possibly the most intelligent member of the Dinoforce.

Iván's Gallery: Doryū

Continuing Iván's excellent examination of the Dinoforce, the mighty Doryū! Here is what the artist has to say about him:

Yeps, the second Dinoforce,

I do not remember anything special about it.

Doryu's inner robot shares the same mold as the Pretender Monster Scowl, transforming into a howler monster. He comes with a rubbery cyborg stegosaurus pretender shell that he can be stored in.

Doryu smaaaaaaaaaaart. Doryu can laugh. Doryu throw coconut good. Doryu make good Dinoking leg. Doryu..... ummmm...... Doryu......... is Doryu. Doryu is good soldier... When Doryu can find battle.

Iván's Gallery: Gōryū

Almost done with The AllSpark Almanac! I may skip my customary Tuesday blog post, but thankfully I've got a talented roster of folks to help me pick up the slack. Case in point, Iván's Gallery, with an awesome member of Dinoforce: Gōryū. Here's what he has to say about him.

Maybe some of you not familiar with these transformers, Is the leader of the elite guard of Deszaras, leading decepticon in the series victory.

Is curious, in my country, the bending of this character was the same as dealing with megatron...

so it seemed even more threatening. This group, although it was very attractive, will soon step into the background, was replaced by brestforce led Leozack.

Indeed, they were repainted of Monstructor but, for this group the japanese added armor dinosaurs.

The toy is extremely difficult and expensive to find, and the truth is that it is ridiculously small, even so, I've always wanted to have one of them. Pity.

I think Jim will cause some problems while doing the second ark, seeking details of the armor.

I have many books of transformers in Japan, the truth is that there is little or no information about them, just the usual special techs or screenshots.