Transforming Dinosaur
Transforming Dinosaur, aka Transaurus (变形恐龙) is an interactive, transforming robot dinosaur sold by Leba (乐霸), aka Shenzhen City Rong Shengfa Plastic Products Limited (深圳市荣盛发塑胶制品有限公司).
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Appearance
Unlike Mechaceratops, Transaurus transforms from a tank into a robot dinosaur; it does not have the upper body of a humanoid robot, attached to the tank, itself.
Transaurus comes in a shiny, green variation (with some brown spray paint on its head and body) and a silver variation. It resembles a long-necked dinosaur, with small, pointy teeth; the left, front, and right sides of its jaw were shaped to look as if they have pointy teeth. Like Mechaceratops, it has some stickers on its body.
The green version has translucent, red eyes with translucent, green guns, while the silver one has translucent, red eyes, with translucent, blue guns.
Functions
It has three play modes:
Dinosaur mode
Use the remote to make the tank transform into a dinosaur, by pressing the dinosaur button. You can then use the remote to make the dinosaur move back and forth, or turn its head left and right.
Tank mode
Referred to as "Robot mode" in a listing photo for a Mechaceratops. You can transform the dinosaur into a tank, and get it to turn left or right, and move forward or backwards, with the remote.
Dance Celebration Mode
Transform the tank into a dinosaur, using the remote, and press the 'D' button, to get it to play music and dance, as its lights flash.
Prototypes & Patents
Patents for Mechaceratops and Transforming Dinosaur attribute the designer of the Stone Man robot, Xu Jiahuan (徐家煌). The earliest known design patent was filed for Transforming Robot in July, 2008; three design patents for Transforming Robot are known to exist, while Mechaceratops has one design patent known to exist.
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First Patent
The application date is the 23rd of July, 2008. The design registration date is the 2nd of September, 2009.
Second Patent
Applied for, on the 5th of December, 2008, and registered on the 6th of January, 2010.
Third Patent
Registered on the 14th of October, 2009. Applied for, on the 10 of September, 2008.
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