Snarl (AOE)

The name or term "Snarl" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, seeSnarl (disambiguation).

Snarl is anAutobotDinobotfrom theAge of Extinctionportion of themovie continuity family.

Snarlhates everybody. He hates theDinobots,he hates theAutobots,and he hates theDecepticons.He even hatesyou.The only time he smiles is when he stares at you... when you are dead or when he's about to murder you.^[1]He transforms into a roboticStegosaurus.

Contents 1Fiction 1.1Kre-Ocartoon 2Toys 2.1Age of Extinction 2.1.1Robots in Disguise 2.1.2Generations 2.2Kre-O 2.3Universal Studios 3Merchandise 3.1Cheetos stickers 4Notes 4.1Foreign names 5References

Fiction

Kre-Ocartoon

Snarl participated in a battle against the Decepticons until Optimus paused the confrontation to talk about thelive-action film series.The Autobot leader introduced Snarl and the rest of the Dinobots to the audience to wrap-up his recap. Then, a pizza was delivered to the battlefield, and the fighting started up once again.Take Us to the MoviesTake Us Through the Movies

Toys

Age of Extinction

Robots in Disguise

• Snarl(Power Battlers,2014)

• Japanese release date:2014-10-18
• Japanese ID number:LA17

Power Battlers Snarl is a simplified figure that transforms from robot into aHuayangosaurusand back. Like all Power Battlers, he also comes with with a 'Hammer Strike' gimmick, triggered by pulling down the switch on his back.

The Japanese release of the toy features no changes from the American release, other than the packaging.

Generations

• Snarl(Deluxe Class, 2014)

• Japanese ID number:AD28
• Accessories:Axe-head, thagomizer
• Known designers:Hironori Kobayashi(deco, TakaraTomy)

Part of the third wave ofAge of Extinction-brandedGenerationstoys, Snarl transforms into a roboticStegosaurus,with a robot-mode layout inspired by hisGeneration 1 counterpart.

Snarl's largest pair of plates and thagomizer become a blade and a spiked mace for him to wield in robot mode, and can combine to form a large axe; this combination is not mentioned in his instructions, but he is shown wielding it in hisstock photography(seen at right), albeit upside down and misassembled.

Interestingly, one of his legs has a false head tucked into the side, while his real head folds in symmetrically on his other leg. This gives the impression that he hastwodinosaur heads in robot mode, which is humorous in hindsight, given that it was once theorized that stegosaurs had two brains to control motor functions.

The Japanese release of Snarl, as part of theMovie Advanced Seriestoyline, features metallic light green paint on his opaque green parts, his shoulder and pelvis parts were replaced into grey plastic, and his transparent yellow plastic is colored a bit lighter than the Hasbro edition.

The elbow joints of Hasbro Snarl's frontStegosauruslegs were subject to a running-change. Early shipments of the figure had legs which popped off very easily at the elbow joint. This issue was addressed by adding metal pins running through the elbow joints. The Takara-Tomy release of this figure does not feature these pins, and thus still suffers from the pop-off problem.

Age of ExtinctionSnarl was redecoed into Generation 1Snarlfor theSan Diego Comic-Con2014exclusiveDinobot 4-pack,and laterretooled,again as G1 Snarl, under thePlatinum Editionline.

• More information on Deluxe Snarl at TFU.info

Kre-O

• Optimus Prime Dino Hauler(2014)

• Set number:A7796
• Pieces:203
• Kreons:Ratchet,Vehiconx2, and humanAutobot Driver.

Included in theOptimus Prime Dino Haulerkit, "Snarl" (he goes unnamed in the packaging) is a buildable Dinobot beast. The club at the end of his tail contains a magnet that attracts the metal parts on theVehiconhelmets and backpacks. The tail is flexible soft-plastic, but springs back into a straight position so he can swat away badguys.

Universal Studios

• Snarl(Deluxe Class,2017)

• Accessories:Axe-head, thagomizer

Univeral StudiosSnarl is a redeco of the figure above, featuring a deco based on the Dinobot figures from thePlatinum Edition"Dinobots Unleashed" set. Snarl was released as aUniversal Studiosexclusive. The stock photos on his packaging is a "digibashed" version of the original stock photos. This figure was later released on theBigBadToyStorewebsite, and later stocked by Ross department stores.

Merchandise

Cheetos stickers

• Snarl(2014)

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Notes

• While his DeluxeAge of Extinction Generationstoy is very much aStegosauruslike hisGeneration 1 counterpart,his character artwork and Power Attackers figure more closely resemble aHuayangosaurus.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Snarl(スナールSunāru)
• Mandarin:Háojiào(China, hào khiếu, "Howl" )

References