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Dracotron. Proof positive that Voltron the Third Dimension wasnt a waste of time.



Dracotron is an awesome villain for Voltron. Firstly, he has a counterpart to each lion. Next, he has an awesome (but not perfect) design. Even the toy looks amazing with the wings giving a complexity not seen on either Voltrex or Stealth. Next, the medieval theme in Voltron is properly carried out after all, a knights nemesis is a dragon!



So who is Dracotron? Just as there are 5 lions, there are 5 dragon.



Right. In V3D Voltron was magically made by lion spirits. But, you know, this is a recurring problem in the Voltron universe, because even in the original Haggar would constantly use magic to make ROBOTS! Still, itd have been nice to get more back-story than this.



Anyhow, Lotor gets four of the dragons, kicks some ass with them, and then frees Draco, the black dragon. (does that make the black lion Volt in V3D?) Then Dracotron merges and proceeds to kick Lotor out of the cockpit of the dragon he's riding and attack EVERYONE! Hagar states that he thinks Lotor was the one who imprisoned him. An equally good reason is that Draco doesnt like people riding in his boys. Anyhow, Voltron and Lotor team up to defeat Draco. The fights pretty good and its finished with a Blazing Sword haircut to the back of Dracos head (the dragon weak spot, evidently, carries over to giant combining robots). Dracotron blows up and thats the last we hear from him.



Or so I thought. Evidently he appears at least twice more, but the show is off You Tube now, so I cannot comment further. Still, just from what Ive seen Voltron FINALLY has a robotic rival thats truly worthy of him in Dracotron. And the toy is equally awesome, right?



Erm, well



Yeah, the toy was never made. V3D was shut down before they released Draco. Personally, I think they released Voltrex INSTEAD of Dracotron. Still, we can surmise a few things . Which brings me to the flaws of Dracotron.



- Firstly he cant form the head. There is no combined mode head its just that long awkward dragon head! I mean why??

- Next up, on a related note, is the inherent cheapness in the V3D line, which is why I think they didnt give him a human head. Voltrex, their last toy, is rather infamous for his flaking. I have no doubt Dracotron would have suffered the same fate. Plus the V3D guys have brittle plastic and, well, just look at all the pointy spikes. Yeah, one good fall would destroy him.

- Lastly the colors. OH THE COLORS! Not that YouTube is a good source, but I had a VERY tough time calling Red Dragons color. And the prototypes? There are two coloured prototype pictures and NEITHER match the show! Neither! Would the finished toy have the same flaw? Maybe! And note how each Dragon is only silver and its color. Thats another bout of cheapness found in both Stealth and Voltrex - minimal use of color. So minimal that the figures suffers as a result. Does every dragon need dead black eyes?



Still, despite its flaws, I would have really wanted a Dracotron. Its design is extremely impressive and a worthy rival to the defender of the universe.



You know, I do believe I'm the first to ever draw fan art of Dracotron...

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Published : Apr 22, 2010