Lei Long

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Lei Long
Star Rescue Team character
Leilong-box.jpg
Lei Long box
Created by

Jin Jiang Toys
Release number

005B, 005BZ
Information
Aliases Kuang Lei, Snapdragon
Species Transformer
Abilities

Alternate mode

Robotic Brontosaurus

Lei Long, also called Kuang Lei and Snapdragon, is a fictional character and third-party Transformer homage to Generation 1 Sludge and Age of Extinction Slash made by Jin Jiang Toys in 2014.

Jin Jiang Toys

Lei Long is a third-party Transformer homage to Generation 1 Sludge. He combines with his team members to form Ares.

The name Lei Long is Chinese for Brontosaurus. It can also be translated as "thunder dragon".

A version of this toy colored like Age of Extinction Slash and sold under the name Kuang Lei. The Jin Jiang Toys web site refers to this toy as Snapdragon, but it should not be confused with the Transformers character of that name.

Development

Renders of the TFC Toys dinosaur combiner toys were posted to ACToys message board in June 2011.[1]

Additional prototype images were posted in October 2011.[2][3]

Color toy images were posted online in November 2011.[4]

The Star Rescue Team dinosaur combiner was released in May 2014 by Jin Jiang Toys.

Reception

The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for October 31st, 2011 discussed prototype images of the TFC Toys dinosaur combiner in the news.[5]

The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for December 26th, 2011 discussed prototype images of the TFC Toys dinosaur combiner in the news. The hosts said it looked sweet and beautiful. They compared it design to that to a Megazord and hoped it would come out in a hurry.[6]

The WTF@TFW podcast for September 20th, 2012 selected concept art of the TFC dinosaur and rescue combiners in Generation 1 Dinobot and Defensor colors as one of the New Picture Picks.[7]

The Shattered Cast Uncut podcast for April 18th, 2014 discussed the TFC Toys dinosaur combiner in the news. The hosts disliked it.[8]

The Shattered Cast Uncut podcast for May 22th, 2014 discussed the TFC Toys dinosaur and rescue combiners in the news. The hosts initially disliked them until they realized how low the cost was compared to other third-party Transformer combiners.[9]

The Shattered Cast Uncut podcast for May 29th, 2014 discussed the TFC Toys dinosaur combiner in the news. The hosts thought the low price made them worth it, and that they looked better than Age of Extinction Dinobots.[10]

The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for June 9th, 2014 discussed prototype images of the TFC Toys dinosaur combiner in the news. The host said he had ordered the set and planned to review it.[11]

The Retro Robot Radio show for August 2nd, 2014 covered the release of the box set of the Star Rescue Team dinosaur combiner in the news.[12]

Toys

  • Jin Jiang Toys 005B Lei Long (2014)
An original third-party Transformer mold designed by TFC Toys. Turns from humanoid robot to robotic Brontosaurus. Also becomes the left leg Ares. Comes with a tail/shield, combiner foot, connector and three Infinity Warfare accessories.
The instructions fail to show how the beast-mode legs can be folded inside the robot mode legs during transformation.
  • Jin Jiang Toys 007B Ares Steel Armor (2014)
A boxed set of the five dinosaur robots who combine into Ares, packaged in combined mode.
  • Jin Jiang Toys 005BZ Kuang Lei (2014)
A recolor of the initial release of Lei Long in blue, intended to reference the Dinobot toys from the film Transformers: Age of Extinction. His colors and box art are taken from Age of Extinction Slash.

Gallery

References

  1. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/tfc-not-dinobots-combiner-in-the-works-172648/
  2. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/tfc-toys-dino-combiner-new-images-173624/
  3. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/tfc-toys-dinobots-robot-modes-173645/
  4. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/tfc-toys-dino-combiner-color-images-173728/
  5. blunghole (October 31st, 2011). "Good Morning, Cybertron!". https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Morning-Cybertron/147383341975239 (Podcast). blunghole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MPiAqP8b78. 
  6. blunghole (December 26th, 2011). "Good Morning, Cybertron!". https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Morning-Cybertron/147383341975239 (Podcast). blunghole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzPVWxxldwc. 
  7. Vangelus (September 20th, 2012). "WTF@TFW". http://www.tfw2005.com/ (Podcast). TFW2005. http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/wtf-tfw-transformers-podcast/669729-wtf-tfw-218-september-20-2012-a.html. 
  8. Oscar NJ Boi (April 18th, 2014). "Shattered Cast Uncut". http://www.youtube.com/user/shatteredcastuncut?feature=watch (Podcast). Shattered Cast Uncut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MDtv4OHGQk. 
  9. Oscar NJ Boi (May 22th, 2014). "Shattered Cast Uncut". http://www.youtube.com/user/shatteredcastuncut?feature=watch (Podcast). Shattered Cast Uncut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utdKiwB6C-E. 
  10. Oscar NJ Boi (May 29th, 2014). "Shattered Cast Uncut". http://www.youtube.com/user/shatteredcastuncut?feature=watch (Podcast). Shattered Cast Uncut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfQkrJD2k1g. 
  11. blunghole (June 9th, 2014). "Good Morning, Cybertron!". https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Morning-Cybertron/147383341975239 (Podcast). blunghole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffGFXuzfS4w. 
  12. Mathew Robert Ignash (August 2nd, 2014). "Retro Robot Radio". http://www.youtube.com/user/RetroRobotRadio?feature=watch (Podcast). RetroRobotRadio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31IQyQLyx-I. 

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