Dinosaur Tank



Dinosaur Tank (恐竜戦車, Kyōryū Sensha) is a kaiju that appeared in the TV series, Ultraseven. It appeared in episode 28.

Subtitle: Tank Monster (戦車怪獣, Sensha Kaijū)

Stats

 * Length: 60 m
 * Weight: 70,000 t
 * Origin: Kill star

History
Ultraseven

A biological weapon created by the Alien Kill after its masters were killed in action against The Ultra Garrison, Dinosaur Tank was unleashed. Emerging from the side of a mountain, Dinosaur Tank attacked the Ultra Garrison's testing site by using its laser eyes, knocking two members unconscious and burying Dan alive. Fortunately Dan was able to transform into Ultraseven and managed to rescue the two men from being crushed by Dinosaur Tank. Ultraseven had a hard time fighting Dinosaur Tank after the monster pummeled him with its tail and ran over his left arm. Ultraseven continued to fight back, however, and managed to get ahold of the monster by attacking it from its blind spot, its back. During the fray, Dinosaur Tank dropped its bomb from its mouth, giving Ultraseven the perfect opportunity to stop the weapon. As Ultraseven timed out Dinosaur Tank's returning assault, Ultraseven ignited the bomb with his Handmill Ray and Dinosaur Tank was destroyed in the bomb's explosion.

Trivia

 * The Dinosaur Tank suit would later be used to create the monster Riggah.
 * Dinosaur Tank is one of the monsters that doesn't make up Beryudora's body in Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie.

Ultraseven

 * Missiles : Dinosaur Tank has cannons on the front of his tank base, medium in strength.
 * Lasers : Dinosaur Tank can fire thin yellow lasers from his eyes, medium in strength.
 * Bomb : Inside Dinosaur Tank's mouth is a powerful bomb, which is intended as a weapon of last resort.

Kaiju Busters

 * Energy Blast : Dinosaur Tank can fire energy blasts.

Monster Buster & Monster Buster Powered
Dinosaur Tank was one of the many kaiju to appear during the Monster Buster series. Two subspecies appeared, called Dinosaur Tank Snow Camouflage (恐竜戦車雪迷彩, Kyōryū Sensha Yuki Meisai) and Dinosaur Tank Green Camouflage (恐竜戦車緑迷彩, Kyōryū sensha midori meisai).

Powers and Weapons

 * Energy Blast : Dinosaur Tank Green Camouflage can fire energy blasts.
 * Lasers : Dinosaur Tank Green Camouflage can fire thin yellow lasers from his eyes.

DINO-TANK Hunting
A hunt on Dinosaur Tank had began. Three Alien Hunter teams, one team composed of Alien Babalou, Alien Metron and Alien Zarab, another composed of Alien Hipporito, Alien Temperor and Kyrieloid and finally the Rush Hunters participate the battle. With the last team standing is the Rush Hunters, Magna began to attack until he was chased by the monster. Barel saves him by surrounding Dino-Tank with his dome, giving Garn and Magna an opening to strike the monster's Plasma Soul. However, with one still remains, an exhausted Barel destroys the crystal, causing Dino-Tank to fall into a pit and exploded, making the Rush Hunters a winner.

Toy Release Information
Dinosaur Tank (shortened as Dino-Tank) was only released twice by Bandai as a vinyl figure but was released by many other companies as well (not mentioned here). Dino Tank was released originally in the 2000 Ultramonster Series in a dark brown color with gold highlights (as shown in photo). Later on, Bandai reissued this figure in the 2009 Ultramonster Series using a grey vinyl with dark brown and silver highlights. Both, fortunately, have eyes and teeth painted on. Dino Tank is #43 in the 2009 series.