Dracula

It was not by my hand that I am once again given plastic. I was called here by TF fans who wished to pay me tribute.

Count Dracula bids you welcome to his mysterious crumbling castle, but you'd best not invite him into your home! Although this undead vampire appears quite dashing and dapper, his giant fangs reveal that he vants to suck your blood, whilst shouting blah! and such.

When augmented with Transformer technology, Dracula becomes Draculus, a monstrous Decepticon who rises from his stasis pod by night so he can drink... not wine, but the Energon of the living!

Fiction

Cyber Key Code content

While in the city of London in 1897, Bram Stoker once witnessed a mysterious, shadowy figure destroying a creature that appeared to be a vampire. This incident served as an inspiration for his writing, resulting in the novel Dracula. Crosswise's Cyber Key Code text

Animated cartoon

What is an Autobot? A miserable little pile of circuits!

Bumblebee dressed in the guise of "Count Dracubot" for Halloween. Along Came a Spider

Dracula's popularity extending to film, the Detroit Powell Press advertised one of his movies, Colonel Dracula Joins the Navy, playing at a local cinema. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe comic

While in his death-throes, Doctor Mindbender saw a vision of his historical heroes laughing maniacally at him. Among them was Dracula, by whose presence Mindbender seemed particularly taken aback. Headmasters

Ask Vector Prime

When asked why Transformers based on Dracula and other classic monsters exist, Vector Prime replied that they were seen as fearsome and potent alternate forms. Evidently, robot-Dracula is actually the alternate form of an unknown Cybertronian, not the real Dracula. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/10

Rescue Bots cartoon

Blades considered dressing up as Dracula for Earliween. Ghost in the Machine

Games

DreamMix TV World Fighters

Dracula's resurrection in 1691 was stopped by Simon Belmondo. A second attempt to resurrect Dracula took place seven years later, but this was again foiled by Simon. The competitors on DreamMix TV later participated in battles in his castle. DreamMix TV World Fighters

Toys

The Transformers

Little did Dracula know, his new robot body was solar powered...

A transforming Dracula toy was proposed in the '80s to be part of a "Vintage Horror Movie Series". The series never made it past production art, unfortunately, though said art could be found in the Deluxe edition of Transformers Generations.

Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Collaborative

I don't need to know which Dracula I am to be a Dracula. Nerd.

• Draculus (November 28, 2021)
  • Accessories: Cape, blaster, Impaler Claw^[1]

• Known designers: AJ Piejko-Brown (Packaging), Mario Carreiro (Package Design)^[2]

The ninth figure released in the Collaborative line, Draculus is a retool of Titans Return Mindwipe and transforms into a robotic bat. With a sculpted tuxedo, soft-goods cape, and largely black-and-white deco in his robot mode, Draculus is specifically meant to represent Bela Lugosi's portrayal of Dracula from the 1931 Universal Studios horror film of the same name. The new head and torso-front replace the Headmaster-style transformation of the base mold, so his head does not need to be removed during transformation. While he does retain Mindwipe's cockpit, the interior is remolded, preventing a Titan Master from being able to sit inside. The figure's newly-tooled hands in robot mode are modelled after the open hand molds of Studio Series Scourge (left hand) and the Sweep (right hand). His bat mode's head, the tip of the wings, and the fake wings in robot mode use softer plastic. The cracking wing hinges issue IS carried over from the original toy, so caution is advised. ​

The two weapons redecoed from Mindwipe can still combine, and they can attach as a tail in bat mode when pegged into the 5mm hole under Dracula's head. The melee-like weapon with a flip-out blade is named the "Impaler Claw", which references the popular "Vlad the Impaler" nickname of Vlad III, inspiration for the literary Dracula (and for others too). Draculus also includes a cloth cape that can be worn in both modes; as seen on his packaging, it's supposed to fill out his silhouette when the bat wings are detached from the body.

The packaging for this figure is designed to resemble a VHS tape. The "tape" cannot be pulled completely out of the open side of the sleeve, but can be safely removed from the other side by opening the sleeve box.

Draculus was a Target and Hasbro Pulse exclusive in the U.S.. Draculus was also a Mighty Ape exclusive in New Zealand.

This mold was used to make Convobat, and more heavily retooled into Legacy Squeezeplay.

Notes

• The Transformers Dracula's alternate mode appears as a mechanimal in the Beast Wars: Uprising story "Not All Megatrons".

Foreign names

• Japanese: Dracula (ドラキュラ Dorakyura)

References

External links

• Count Dracula on Wikipedia