Changes: Dial

Latest revision as of 13:47, 13 June 2016

Dial is an Autobot Mini-Cassette from The Headmasters portion of the Generation One continuity family.

G1 Dial boxart — ...don't you wish all the cassette-bots did?

Dial is the Autobots' energy resource scout and a Mini-Cassette. Unfortunately, Dial has a keen curiosity, bringing him to major system failures when investigating sources of energy.

As a member of the W Cassettebot sub-sub-group, he can combine with his partner Saur to form the humanoid robot Legout.

Toy[]

The Headmasters[]

Dial (W Cassettebot, 1987)

Japanese ID number: C-123
Accessories: 2 cannons (left & right)

Headmasters Dial Toy — Transforms from extinct recording medium to extinct animal, and back again!

Dial is a mini-cassette that transforms into what appears to be a green Iguanodon. He has a good range of articulation with movement at the neck, arms, hips, knees and tail. Two silver guns plug into the faux cassette tape holes near his neck. In tape mode, he fits into the chest compartment of Blaster or Soundwave (and their retooled reincarnations).

Dial combines with Saur to form the upper body of their combined mode Legout. In this form, Dial's guns form over-shoulder artillery.

Notes[]

As one of the vanishingly few toys unique to the Headmasters toy line and something of a tail-ender within the line, Dial and the other three "dino-cassettes" command ridiculous sums on the secondary market. Their actual rarity is questionable, though; similar "exclusive holy grails" Stepper, Artfire, Twincast and Soundblaster were uncommon, but not vanishingly rare, yet still commanded top dollar due to overseas perception (until they got reissued, at any rate). As there appear to be no plans to reproduce these cassettes, their high-price status is unlikely to change.

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-:''Dial is an [[Autobot]] from [[The Headmasters]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
+:''Dial is an [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from [[The Headmasters]] portion of the [[Generation One]] [[continuity family]].''
-[[Image:G1_Dial_boxart.jpg|thumb|right|200px|...don't you wish all the cassette-bots did?]]
+[[Image:G1_Dial_boxart.jpg|thumb|right|250px|...don't you wish all the cassette-bots did?]]
 '''Dial''' is the Autobots' energy resource scout and a [[Mini-Cassette]]. Unfortunately, Dial has a keen curiosity, bringing him to major system failures when investigating sources of energy.
-He can combine with his partner [[Zaur]] to form the robot [[Legout]].
+As a member of the [[W Cassettebot]] sub-sub-group, he can combine with his partner [[Saur]] to form the humanoid robot [[Legout]].
 ==Toy==
 ===The Headmasters===
-*'''Dial''' (Cassette, 1987)
+*'''Dial''' (W Cassettebot, 1987)
+:*''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-123'''
-[[Image:Headmasters_Dial_Toy.jpg|left|thumb|]]
+:*''Accessories'': 2 cannons (left & right)
-:''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-123'''
-:''Accessories'': 2 double-barreled cannons (left & right), cassette case
+[[Image:Headmasters_Dial_Toy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Transforms from extinct recording medium to extinct animal, and back again!]]
-: Dial is a mini-cassette that transforms into what appears to be a green ''iguanodon''. He has a good range of articulation with movement at the neck, arms, hips, knees and tail. Two silver guns plug into the faux cassette tape holes near his neck.
+: Dial is a mini-cassette that transforms into what appears to be a green ''Iguanodon''. He has a good range of articulation with movement at the neck, arms, hips, knees and tail. Two silver guns plug into the faux cassette tape holes near his neck. In tape mode, he fits into the chest compartment of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] or [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (and their [[retool]]ed reincarnations).
-:Dial combines with [[Zaur]] to form [[Legout]].
+: Dial combines with [[Saur]] to form the upper body of their combined mode [[Legout]]. In this form, Dial's guns form over-shoulder artillery.
 {{-}}
-==Trivia==
+==Notes==
-* As one of the vanishingly few toys unique to the ''Headmasters'' toy line and something of a tail-ender within the line, Dial and the other three "dino-cassettes" command ridiculous sums on the secondary market. Their actual ''rarity'' is questionable, though; similar "exclusive holy grails" [[Ricochet (G1 Autobot)|Stepper]], [[Artfire]], [[Blaster#Generation_1_2|Twincast]] and [[Soundwave (G1)#Generation_1|Soundblaster]] were uncommon, but not vanishingly rare, yet still commanded top dollar due to overseas perception (until they got reissued, at any rate). As there appear to be no plans to reproduce these cassettes, their high-price status is unlikely to change.
+* As one of the vanishingly few toys unique to the ''Headmasters'' toy line and something of a tail-ender within the line, Dial and the other three "dino-cassettes" command ridiculous sums on the secondary market. Their actual ''rarity'' is questionable, though; similar "exclusive holy grails" [[Ricochet (G1 Autobot)|Stepper]], [[Artfire]], [[Blaster (G1)#Generation_1_2|Twincast]] and [[Soundwave (G1)#Generation_1|Soundblaster]] were uncommon, but not vanishingly rare, yet still commanded top dollar due to overseas perception (until they got reissued, at any rate). As there appear to be no plans to reproduce these cassettes, their high-price status is unlikely to change.
+[[Category:Autobots]]
+[[Category:Combiners]]
+[[Category:Headmasters characters]]
+[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]
+[[Category:Toy-only characters]]
-[[Category: Autobots]]
+[[es:Dial]]
-[[Category: Combiners]]
-[[Category: Headmasters characters]]
-[[Category: Mini-Cassettes]]
-[[Category: Toy-only characters]]