Skelivore is a Predacon Fossilizer from the War for Cybertron Trilogy portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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The appropriately purple-coloured Skelivore forms prehistoric saurian weaponry for Megatron, linking two generations of 'cons. They're in good hands.

Toys

War for Cybertron Trilogy

• Spoiler Pack (Leader Unboxing pack, 2021)

• Accessories: Tail-weapon, Allspark, two Fire Blast effects, compound
• Known designers: AJ Piejko-Brown (packaging)

War for Cybertron Trilogy "Fossilizer Skelivore" is a redeco of Kingdom Deluxe Class Paleotrex packaged alongside Megatron and a few goodies in a Leader Unboxing set promoting the Kingdom chapter of the Netflix War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon. They "transform" into a skeletal Tyrannosaurus to robot and back via disassembly and reassembly. Their dino-mode tail-tip becomes a serrated sword/cudgel in robot mode, or as shown in the box art, can peg into the back of their large shoulder.

As a Fossilizer, Skelivore can split into weapons and armor compatible with the C.O.M.B.A.T. System for use by other War for Cybertron Trilogy figures (or any figure with 5 mm post compatibility), with two suggested configurations with Megatron shown in the set's instructions. Their robot-mode lower body and forearms combine into a double-clawed backpack, with the dino-mode tail and pelvic assembly forming a massive battle-axe, their dino-mode head and neck into an arm-mounted chompy-thing, their chestplate a shield, and their head, with the skull-mask down, becoming a hand-held mace. The second has their lower body still as a backpack, but now acting as twin cannons, with the dino-mode feet plugging into the bottom of a figure's feet to be... uh, stilts, we guess, keeping the arm-mounted shield-chestplate, and combining the dino-skull and tail-axe assembly into a monstrously huge battle sword.

Due to having tiny feet and a very oddly proportioned body in robot mode, the figure can be difficult to pose without it falling over, not helped by the fact that their "ankle" tilts are actually positioned just below their knees.

Much like previous Spoiler Packs, this set is in a windowless box designed to look like an ammo crate and features translatable Ancient Autobot inside the box. The lateral side of the package also features artwork of Megatron, reused from the Kingdom Wave 2 Golden Disk card. Compared to the previous Spoiler Pack, the packaging itself uses less cardboard and tape and has two Decepticon-themed quotes as opposed to one Autobot and one Decepticon. The "spoiler" text reads "WITH THE MATRIX IN HAND / I CAN WIN THE ALLSPARK / AND USE IT TO RESHAPE / CYBERTRON IN MY IMAGE" and "TAKE THE MATRIX / MEGATRON THEN THE / ALLSPARK MAY IT HAVE / MERCY ON YOU".

As with other Netflix-series figures, this Spoiler Pack was exclusive to Walmart in Canada and the United States. This set was also available as a Kmart exclusive in Australia and was on Hasbro Pulse in the US and the UK in limited quantities.

This mold was retooled with a new head for Generations Selects Transmutate, and was retooled heavily into Legacy Wreck N' Rule Collection Spindle.

Notes

• Similar to Enerax in translucent yellow, Skelivore is translucent purple to represent Megatron's classic energon mace, aided by Paleotrex's head already being based on Beast Wars Ultra Class Optimus Primal toy's spiky mace. Whether by coincidence or design, this deco choice also evokes a scene in the first episode of the Beast Wars cartoon, in which the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton scanned for Megatron's beast mode is highlighted in purple.