TRANSFORMERS Trypticon Towers Over the Competition at Toy Fair 2017

Bookmark this page, folks: it’s Toy Fair weekend, which is simultaneously the most wonderful and frustrating weekend of the year for collectors. Wonderful, because you get to see all the great figures, playsets and gadgets headed your way for at least the first half of the year; frustrating because for the most part, you won’t be able to buy any of them. Now is the time to start saving and bracing your bank accounts for that glorious hit, and when it comes to our first BIG entry on this year’s highlights list, you’re looking at $150 or more (we’ll explain the “more” in a moment).

Trypticon is the latest of Hasbro’s massive “Titans Return” figures in the Transformers line, recreating the impossibly big playset-figures we craved in the ’80s. Defying all conventional wisdom that would hold true in many other lines, they’ve managed to make three so far: Metroplex, Devastator, and Fortress Maximus. Trypticon, billed as the largest Decepticon ever made, was the result of a fan vote, and is a triple changer, with a city mode, spaceship mode, and robot dinosaur mode, because robot dinosaurs can nearly always be counted on to rule.

The official description, however, says it best:

When the figure is in city mode, it connects to Titans Return Leader Class figures (each sold separately) to form the giant Nemesis Command. When the figure is in T-Rex mode, it can ‘eat’ Titan Master figures: Trypticon can chomp them down, then you can open his stomach to get them out. Comes with a Deluxe Class Full-Tilt figure and a Titan Master Decepticon Necro figure. Additional Titan Master figures are each sold separately, but with so many to collect, the Titans Return battlefield is a veritable all-you-can-eat bot buffet for Trypticon. Full-Tilt figure attaches to the Trypticon figure’s chest. Titan Master figure becomes the head for the Full-Tilt figure and works with all Titans Return Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader Class figures (each sold separately). Also features a storage compartment in the figure’s tail.

So he’s not just a space city robot dinosaur Transformer, but a cannibal space city robot dinosaur Transformer. Awesome.

Another detail about the Titan-class figures is that there has so far always been a Comic-Con exclusive version, usually with metallic paint and extra accessories. We look forward to seeing how this particular heavy hitter can be enhanced even further.

Stay tuned for more reveals all weekend, and keep your comments coming below!

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