Dai-Z
Dai-Z is a fictional character and third-party Transformer homage to Dai Atlas made by FansProject in 2016.
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FansProject
Dai-Z is a third-party Transformer homage to Dai Atlas. He was originally refereed to as Trianix Delta at TFcon USA 2015. FansProject sometimes refer to him as Dia-Z on their Facebook page.
The names of his three solerons are references to the Micromasters Drill Buster, Sonic and Speeder, the Micromasters partners of the Powered Masters.
Development
An unpainted test shot of Trianix Delta was displayed at STGCC in September 2015.[1]
An image of Trianix Delta was displayed at the TFcon USA in October 2015 Third Party Panel.[2]
Preorders for Dai-Z went up in March 2016, with an expected release in August 2016.
Dai-Z was among the toys featured in the third-party panel at TFNation in August 2016.[3]
Dai-Z was released in September 2016.
Reception
The Radio Free Cybertron podcast for September 11th, 2014 discussed FansProject Monstructor and Dai Atlas homages in the news.[4]
The Retro Robot Radio podcast for February 7th, 2016 discussed the FansProject female Dinobot, Trainix Alpha and Trainix Delta in the news.[5]
Fictional biography
After the construction of Dai-Z it was clear that when combined the tri-vehicles was a much more powerful weapon then when on their own.
Toys
- FansProject WB007 Dai-Z (2016)
- Turns from robot to three vehicles with soleron drivers or combines into a space jet. Stands about 8.25 inches tall. The solerons can each form the chest or shoulders of the large robot.
- Shares his basic design with Trianix Alpha.
Gallery
References
- ↑ http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/09/11/third-party-unofficial-transformers-display-from-stgcc-2015-301168
- ↑ http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/10/17/tfcon-charlotte-2015-3rd-party-panel-303405
- ↑ http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/08/20/tfnation-2016-3rd-party-panel-roundup-321920
- ↑ Brian Kilby (September 11th, 2014). "Radio Free Cybertron". http://www.tfradio.net/ (Podcast). TFW2005. http://www.tfradio.net/podcast/2014/9/11/radio-free-cybertron-382.html.
- ↑ Mathew Robert Ignash (February 7th, 2016). "Retro Robot Radio". http://www.youtube.com/user/RetroRobotRadio?feature=watch (Podcast). RetroRobotRadio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cnqxmkUNwE.
External links
- 2016 toys
- Combined forms
- Dai Atlas homages
- Drill Buster homages
- FansProject toys
- Fictional characters who can fly
- Fictional characters with oxygen independence
- Fictional characters with superhuman durability
- Fictional characters with superhuman longevity
- Fictional characters with superhuman strength
- Fictional robots
- Fictional shapeshifters
- Fictional sword fighters
- Solerons
- Sonic homages
- Speeder homages