Scorn

Scorn is anAutobotDinobotfrom theAge of Extinctionportion of theMovie continuity family.

Scorn(akaSpike) is what happens when you combine a destructive war machine with a predator. Nothing else so much as a destroyer on two legs, he's strong and massive. Not only capable of using hisSpinosaurusalternate modein combat, Scorn is also a demolitions specialist and wields the Scrapmaker Sword in 'bot mode. His massive size makes him almost impossible to bring down.^[1]These qualities make him a great co-worker withCrosshairs.

Contents 1Fiction 1.1Age of Extinctionfilm 1.2How to Ride a Dinobot!comic 1.3Legendscomic 2Games 2.1Age of Extinctionmobile game 2.2Dinobot Huntonline game 2.3Transformers: Shadows Rising 3Toys 3.1Age of Extinction 3.1.1Robots in Disguise 3.1.2Generations 3.2Kre-O 3.3Construct-Bots 3.4The Last Knight 3.4.1Turbo Changers 3.4.2Premier Edition 3.5Movie Edition 4Notes 4.1Foreign names 5References

Fiction

Age of Extinctionfilm

Scorn was trapped aboardLockdown'svesseluntilOptimus Primeand theAutobotsstole the section of the ship he was imprisoned on, though Optimus did not reveal theDinobots' presence to his men until the time came for reinforcements. Optimus offered an ultimatum: stand with the Autobots against their mysteriousCreatorsandGalvatron's Decepticons, or face death at his hands.Grimlocksubmitted to his command when beaten in single combat by the Autobot leader, thereby earning his respect, and Scorn and theotherDinobotsfollowed suit. Scorn allowedCrosshairsto ride him into theHong Kongbattle, where Scorn's massive size and lethal sail-spikes proved a great asset in turning the tide. Scorn accompanied the group to try to escort theSeedto safety, but Lockdown returned and turned his tractor beam on them. Scorn would've been recaptured by the bounty hunter had Optimus not destroyed the tractor beam. Scorn helped defend the Seed on a bridge with the other Autobots and Dinobots until Optimus was able to defeat Lockdown. The battle over, Optimus gave the Dinobots their freedom, and Scorn parted with Crosshairs on good terms, who even gave him a new nickname, "Spike".Age of Extinction

How to Ride a Dinobot!comic

Scorn was minding his own business in aChineseforest, when suddenly Optimus Prime and his Autobots arrived, intent on learning how to ride the mighty Dinobots into battle. When Crosshairs attempted to learn how to battle atop his mighty steed alongsideDrift,Scorn and Slug found smashing Crosshairs and Drift together much more enjoyable than dueling. When the Autobots queried Prime on why he wasn't doing the activities, he claimed he had mastered it already...only to be dragged along when Grimlock caught the scent of Decepticons! Scorn allowed Crosshairs to saddle him as the rest of the Autobots and Dinobots followed their leaders into battle.How to Ride a Dinobot!

Legendscomic

Rattrapbought a toy of Scorn and had fun with how the way it was packaged, thinking it made the Dinobot look perpetually surprised.TF4 Toy Party Part 3

Games

Age of Extinctionmobile game

Scorn, Grimlock, and Slug joined the Autobots in the fight against Galvatron's Decepticons in Hong Kong.Age of Extinction

Dinobot Huntonline game

Scorn teamed up withHoundto destroy some Decepticon encampments, and collect some Energon along the way.Dinobot Hunt

Transformers: Shadows Rising

When the Autobots traveled toWalesto combat a Decepticon attack, their battle was interrupted by rampaging Dinobots. Scorn was the first to appear, taking out some Decepticons as he charged down the street pastBumblebee,Jay,andVanessaand then flipping a bus over before running off. As Grimlock was later shown to be under mind control, it can be assumed the same was true of Scorn.Transformers: Shadows Rising

Toys

Age of Extinction

Robots in Disguise

• Scorn(Power Battler,2014)

• Japanese ID number:LA10

Scorn features a basic transformation from a mechanicalSpinosaurusinto a robot. Squeezing his legs together inrobot moderotates the center of his torso, whipping his tail forward in a "Tail Whip!" attack, as well as giving him a new robot-mode head. Funky.

The TakaraLost Ageversion of the toy, sold asBattle Attack Scorn,features different paint applications, making hisbeast modemainly silver.

• More information on Power Battler Scorn at TFU.info

Generations

• Scorn(Deluxe Class, 2014)

• Series:M4: #004
• Japanese ID number:AD05
• Accessories:Sword
• Known designers:Hironori Kobayashi(deco, TakaraTomy)

Part of the first wave ofAge of Extinction-themedGenerationsDeluxe class toys, Scorn transforms from a robot into a redSpinosaurus(albeit with a single sail, seemingly indicating the triple-sailed design was a late change to the movie character). His sword can be stored inside his tail, but he can only hold it in his right hand in robot mode, as his left arm converts from his tail into a rather inflexible whip. Scorn'stransformationscheme isextremely familiar,yesss.

The TakaraMovie Advanced Seriesversion of the toy uses a darker shade of red plastic, replaces the orange paint apps with gold, and features a painted blade for his sword.

• More information onGenerationsScorn at TFU.info

• Scorn(Lucky Draw figure, 2014)

• Accessories:Sword

This chrome redeco of Scorn is released as a lucky draw figure available through the special midnight launch event of Transformers Age of Extinction toys at Taiwan (and Malaysia's) Toys "R" Us stores, by purchasing NTD $699 (or RM600) or more of Transformers merchandise, a random chromed Deluxe figure would be given away. The figure is limited to 24 pieces, with 8 in each branch that was participating in the midnight launch. There were four different styles of the figure available, randomly distributed among the stores - this silver chromed Scorn was just one of the four.

Unfortunately, Due to being a straight vacuum-metalized deco of thepainted standard figure,some of his robot parts were not chromed.

• Dinobots Unleashed 5-Pack(Platinum Edition, 2014)

• Accessories:Sword

Redecoed from theAge of ExtinctionDeluxe Class figure, Scorn sports avaguelyscreen-accurategray color scheme, with heavy use of chrome and transparent plastic. He comes packaged with similarly-themed redecoes ofGrimlock,Slug,StrafeandSlog

His Dino head in the stock photos is hilariously positioned upside down.

• Black Knight Scorn(Deluxe Class, August 2014)

• Accessories:Sword

A redeco ofGenerationsScorn, this time in a predominantly black colour scheme with orange highlights, presumably representative of the mainly dark gray appearance of the Dinobots in the movie.Black Knight Scornis a Takaraexclusiveto Edion and Bic Camera.

Kre-O

• Scorn Street Chase(2014)

• Set number:A6950
• Pieces:106
• Kreons:Crosshairs, Vehicon x2.

The centerpiece of the "Scorn Street Chase"set,Kre-OScorn is a buildable dino-beast. (No, he has no alternate robot build.) His head has a small magnet in the roof of his mouth that allows him to "bite" and carry ferrous metal items, like the crest of the new Vehicon helmets, or the 2x2 circular plate that makes up the Vehicons' backpacks. He has movable (non-firing) cannons on each hip, plus he has exposed studs on his back to allow aKreonto ride him. He features noSpinosaurussails.

Unfortunately, Scorn has some construction issues. His tail is extremely lightweight, providing virtually no counterbalance to his front half if you want to have him in a pose that doesn't basically have him standing vertical. His knees are simple clip-and-bar affairs that do not have enough "grip" to hold onto any real weight. When built as shown in the instructions, the jointing is awkward and leaves him with few non-tail-dragging poses. However, building his legs as shown in the promotional photography, omitting the 1x2 plates with the small slope, gives him knees that bend backwards and do a much better job of supporting his weight when standing in a natural horizontal-body pose.

The set also comes with Kreons ofCrosshairsand twoVehicons,plus a simple banner with "Hong Kong" in Chinese (and technically Japanese too).

• Scorn(Custom Kreon, 2014)

Part of the 3rd wave of the Custom KreonAge of ExtinctionCollection, this Custom Kreon Scorn is based on hisAge of Extinctioncounterpart. His extra accoutrements include a warhammer of some sort, a spare clear torso, translucent red legs and helmet, a pair of red arms (originally from the Kre-O Battleship aliens), and two handheld blade things. Like his wave mates, he saw limited release primarily in Hasbro's Asian markets, but did eventually make it to market in the US in very limited quantities through discount stores such as Amazing Savings.

Construct-Bots

• Scorn(Dinobot, 2014)

Scorn is part of the second wave of Dinobots. Scorn can transform from aSpinosauruswith two sails on its back into a robot. In dinosaur mode, Scorn is the right size to be ridden by the smaller 'Dinobot Rider' toys in this line.

Like all Construct-Bots Dinobots, Scorn features a gear-driven gimmick. In Scorn's case, spinning a gear on his back causes his sails to lunge forward for some sort of attack.

The stock photography is misassembled; his tail is connected upside-down. Additionally, the orange parts in the stock photos are actually more of a school bus orange-yellow.

His nominal Dinobot Rider Partner isCrosshairs.

• More information on Scorn at TFU.info

The Last Knight

Turbo Changers

• Scorn(One-Step Changer,2017)

• Japanese ID number:TLK-28
• Japanese release date:2017-09-16

Released as part of the third wave ofThe Last KnightTurbo Changers, this Scorn is an all-new mold, transforming from a one-sailedSpinosaurusinto a robot in just one step. Unfortunately, due to his transformation scheme, his robot head hilariously sticks out from underneath his dino mode. He has a surprising amount of articulation for a Turbo Changer, though most of it is due to his transformation.

Premier Edition

• Scorn(Voyager Class, 2017)

• TakaraTomy ID number:TLK-24
• TakaraTomy release date:September 16,2017
• Known designers:John Warden(Hasbro)

The Last KnightPremier EditionScorn is a Voyager-sized mold that scales withGrimlockand the rest of the Deluxe Class Dinobots. He transforms into a mechanicalSpinosaurus.Unlike the previous Deluxe Class figure, he has movie-accurate 3 sails on his back and his tail-arm now features several points of articulation.

This figure has a decent heft to it due to both being large for its scale and being made largely of rubberized plastic.

Movie Edition

• Scorn(Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)

• Series:4
• Bag Code:E

Released in Series 4 ofTiny Turbo Changers,this figure is a small representation of Scorn that can transform into a tiny multi-sailedSpinosaurus.Despite not having a hand, he has a small slot molded in his beast mode head to accommodate 3mm post accessories.

Notes

• Scorn is by far the largest Dinobot appearing in the film, given his status as aSpinosaurus,which is infamous (thanks toJurassic Park III) for being a much larger predator thanTyrannosaurus rex.Scorn seems to take the role of being the largest Dinobot fromSludge,who traditionally fills the bill in most incarnations of the Dinobots.
• Incidentally, a little more than two months afterAge of Extinctionhit the theater, additional fossils ofSpinosauruswere unveiled to the public. The new reconstruction depicts an animal withan even larger dorsal sail and incredibly short hindlegs.This makes Scorn'salternate modean outdated depiction ofSpinosaurus,which is a pity, considering that he was the most scientifically accurate Dinobot to appear in the movie before this revelation.
  • Interestingly, this isalsoatrait that Scorn shares with G1 Sludge.It's a conspiracy, I tell you!
  • And 2020 would provide another blow to the scientific accuracy of Scorn's alternate mode, with another newSpinosaurusfossil showing that it hada newt-like paddle tail,rather than the traditional theropod tail seen on Scorn.
• Inlater concept drawings,Scorn was planned to have used his spines as small projectiles.
• Scorn's Deluxe Class package photo depicts an early version of Scorn. This version's dino-mode head seems to split down the middle to form a slightly wider hand, though it does leave an unsightly gap in the head.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Scorn(スコーンSukōn)
• Mandarin:Cháoxiào(Taiwan, cười nhạo, "Scorn" ),Mièshì(China, miệt thị, "Scorn" )

References