Hasbro’s next pop-culture mash-up Transformer has risen from the slab. Frankentron, a collaboration betweenTransformersandUniversal’s Classic Monsters, will lumber into stores this fall. Frankentron, a Decepticon patterned afterBoris Karloff’s portrayal of the monster in 1931’sFrankenstein, will be available this fall, according toIGN. He transforms from a monstrous robot to a patchwork tank in 16 steps and includes a weapon inspired byKenneth Strickfaden’s iconic electrical props from Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory.
Frankentron will also feature open hands, allowing him to assume the monster’s iconic lumbering, outstretched-arms pose. Frankentron is the second Universal Classic Monster in the Transformers Collaborative line, after 2021’sBela Lugosi-inspired Draculus; Frankentron’s figure is an extensive retooling of Impactor, the Autobot Wrecker leader who originated in the UK’sTransformerscomics of the ’80s, and was featured in Netflix’s animatedWar for Cybertron Trilogy. Frankentron will retail for $44.99 and will be sold in a box resembling a Universal Horror VHS tape.
Transformers Collaborative — Crossovers In Disguise
Hasbro’s Transformers Collaborative line launched in 2019 and serves as the home for the franchise’s crossovers with other properties. It launched with Ectotron, who transformed into theGhostbusters' Ecto-1 and continued withGigawatt, a Transformer based on the Delorean time machine fromBack to the Future. It has since converted a number of pop culture icons into Transformers, includingMaverick’s F-14 Tomcat jet fromTop Gun, theX-Men’s Blackbird jet, vehicles from G.I. Joe and Cobra, and even Tonka trucks, six of which combined into the giant robot “Tonkinator.” The subline has also producedtwoJurassic Parksets, which feature the franchise’s iconic dinosaurs and vehicles transforming into battle-ready robots. It will continue with Code Red, a Transformer based on theSurfer Boy Pizzadelivery van from the fourth season ofStranger Things.
Frankentron can be preordered tomorrowon Amazon.comandHasbro Pulse. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates and check out the new images below.
