No, no. He’s a Triceratops.

Okay, the bad joke is out of my system.

Slug here is another incomplete Dinobot I got from a lot of incomplete Dinobots. He’s missing his weapons but aside from that he’s in great condition.

Getting this out of the way first, I find it really weird that Slug is a Deluxe. I think all of the Dinobots should be Voyager or bigger.

Robot mode

Okay, now this is a convincing medieval knight. It almost feels like this isn’t a robot but an actual knight. A monstrous knight, but a knight nontheless.

Slug is surprisingly slender and his kibble is very tidy. All of it is out of the way except maybe the dino head. But even then the shocker here is Slug has a lot of articulation. Seriously, he’s got a waist swivel and ball-jointed head. If he had ankle tilts and wrist articulation, he’d have the full set. Even then ankle tilts don’t feel too necessary since his feet are so big. Good job Hasbro!

Alternate mode

Slug is a Triceratops. An alien Triceratops that’s coloured purple. I tell you what, the Bayverse Dinobots all feel less like Dinobots and more like collosi for Shadow Of The Collosus. Huh, I made myself like Slug even more than I already did.

Seriously, he’s much better than I was lead to believe. The dino mode pegs in together well and is super solid. He’s a bit gappy but all his robot mode parts are hidden well. It’s true he’s a brick but you get an opening jaw and nodding head. That’s something, right?

Closing

Slug is another pleasant surprise. I came in expecting a mediocre Transformer at best but he’s actually really fun. Perfect? Nope. But I’m enjoying him a lot.

I’ll get him his weapons at some point. A “realistic” paint job on this figure doesn’t interest me since the purple makes him pop on a shelf.