| This article is about the movieverse cassette. For the Generation 1 Mini-Cassette, seeDile.
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- Dairu is anAutobotfrom theBumblebeeportion of themovie continuity family(viaStudio Series).
There's a light in the distance. See them coming closer.
Dairuprobably plays prehistoric heroic music. He has an evil twin,Uriad.[1]
Toys
Studio Series
- Bumblebee Vol. 1 Retro Rock Garage(3-pack,2018)
- Movie:Bumblebee
- Hasbro ID number:19
- TakaraTomy ID number:SS-EX
- TakaraTomy release date:November 29-2018
- Accessories:Left & right blasters
- Studio SeriesDairu utilizes a recreated mold[2]ofHeadmastersDile,transforming into what appears to be an aqua-greenIguanodon.Two silver-chromed blasters plug into the faux cassette tape holes near his hips. In tape mode, he fits into the chest compartment of the originalBlasterorSoundwave(and their retooled reincarnations).
- Dairu can also form the upper body of an unnamed combiner withUruaz... though it seems far more likely he is intended to do so with Uruaz's heroic twinZauru.His weapons become over-shoulder artillery in this mode.
- Despite appearing identical toHeadmastersDile at first glance, there are a large number of tiny differences in the stickers and molding. The most immediately-noticeable is the combined-robot's lack of a "normal" mouth, as well as the bolts connecting his black-plastic parts being covered on one side, rather than having big silver-metal bolt-heads on the original. The one large difference of course is that unlike the original, the black dinosaur arms and feet parts are made of die-cast, not plastic. And, of course, Dairu uses theVintage G1style ofrubsign,with a solid-red symbol and mirror-reflective silver border.
- He was only available in aSan Diego Comic-Con2018exclusivebox set, alongsideUruazand a gold redeco ofBumblebee.In Taiwan, this set was available at general retail. The set later saw release without any changes in Japan as a Tokyo Comic Con 2018 exclusive.
- He was redecoed intoStudio Series20 Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop HighwayUriad.
Notes
- Dairu(ダイル) is the direct Romanization of Dile's original Japanese name. That name is wordplay on the back half of "reptile" (レプタイルreputairu). It isnotthe Japanese rendering of "dial" (ダイヤルdaiyaru).
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