Bot a Day: Daily Drawings

The Transformers Victory characters continue with Deathsaurus, a major Decepticon villain from this mythos and a large toy available only in Japan.  Deathsaurus (whose name has been Anglicized to Death Czarus, Deszarus, and other permutations, is a BreastForce Decepticon -- his breastplate turns into not one, but two beast companions. He transformers into a kaiju-style winged reptilian monster. He was available in Japan in 1989.   In my rush to get to DinoKing at the start of the month, I inadvertently forgot to post this drawing of Gairyu. Sorry, Gairyu. You deserve much more. He's part of the Decepticon DinoForce, whose monstrous alt-mode fits into a rubbery Pretender shell of an extra-armored ankylosaur. He was available in Japan in 1989. 

We cap off the DinoForce line with their combined form of DinoKing. Don't let the imposing name or lumbering pose in this 2019 drawing fool you: the toy is actually pretty short. DinoKing could be formed by buying the six DinoForce toys separately or as a giftset in Japan in 1989. 

 The Japanese DinoForce continues to be chronicled in these drawings from 2017. This is Doryu, a particularly dimwitted Decepticon thug. He turns into some sort of mechanical monster which can be encased in a rubbery Pretender shell depicting an armored stegosaur. Doryu was available in Japan in 1989 as part of the  Transformers Victory  line.

From Japan, the Decepticon DinoForce team continues with Yokuryu. His robot mode turns into a mechanical gargoyle, which can the be encased in a rubbery Pteranadon outer Pretender shell. Part of the  Transformers Victory  line, he was available at Japanese retail in 1989. 

DinoForce continues from Japan, and today's entry is Rairyu, whose pretender shell is an armored sauropod. This drawing is from 2019.

Next in the Decepticon DinoForce team is Kakuryu. His Pretender shell is a ceratopsian dinosaur (sort of a triceratops, but with three horns in a row). He was available in Japan in 1989.

This year's drawings now kick off a series of sketches depicting DinoForce. From the  Transformers Victory  toyline and animated series, DinoForce were Decepticon Pretender warriors with organic dinosaur shells. Each robot could turn into a mechanical beast, and that beast can be concealed in a rubberized plastic shell of a dinosaur form.  Here is their leader, Goryu, who comes with a Tyrannosaurus Rex shell.