New BW Dinbobot prototype

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Courtesy of Weibo via Seibertron.com, we have a mysterious Beast Wars Dinobot prototype video.
Could it be the next BW Masterpiece? A new Classics-y mold? A 3rd-Party offering? Verno's hitherto-latent psychic powers bursting forth and forcing his subconcious mind onto a hapless, G1-centric reality?!

Speculate away, friends!


For my part, it really doesn't look Classics-y to me, especially not with the simplified design HasTakTom have adopted lately. It's got a lot of parts for poseability and a pretty involved transformation - I'm betting Masterpiece or 3rd Party.

[GoktimusPrime]

It could be a Voyager class figure like Generations Rhinox. I don't think it's MP as it doesn't quite look like MP level, and also they haven't even released images of a proper prototype for MP Beast Convoy, only that maquette that was recently revealed.

It'd be interesting if a third party company released an add-on kit to put feathers all over Dinobot to make him a paleontologically accurate velociraptor. Even if it were just like a cloth coat w/ velcro or something.

[Sinnertwin]

LoL
I just had a vision of Dinobot in a chicken suit

[UltimateGalvatron]

I want it.

NOW

[Shirokaze]

Please be real and not a third party offering!

[DELTAprime]

I doubt it would be a MP because Takara Tomy tend to keep a tight lid on upcoming MP's till they are ready to announce them. I would like a new Deluxe Dinobot to replace my Henkei Dinobot (and a Cheetor to replace Henkei Cheetor). I was so disappointed to get both those guys in hand.

It'd be interesting if a third party company released an add-on kit to put feathers all over Dinobot to make him a paleontologically accurate velociraptor. Even if it were just like a cloth coat w/ velcro or something.

Dinobot is based on the "Velociraptors" from Jurassic Park. They are not actually Velociraptors, which in reality are closer to a chicken in size than what's in the Jurassic Park movies. The dinosaur they actually used in Jurassic Park, and subsequently the dinosaur that Dinobot actually is based on is Deinonychus.