Dinosaur Tank



Dinosaur Tank (恐竜戦車 - Kyōryū-sen) is a monster that appeared in the TV series, Ultra Seven. It appeared in episode 28.

Subtitle: Tank Monster (戦車怪獣 - Sen kaijū)

Powers/Weapons

 * Cannons : 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 for desperate measures.

History
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 unconcious and burying Dan alive. Fortunately Dan was able to transform into Ultra Seven and managed to rescue the two men from being crushed by Dinosaur Tank. Ultra Seven had a hard time in fighting Dinosaur Tank after the monster pummeled him with his tail and ran over his left arm. Ultra Seven however continued to fight back and managed to get a hold of the monster by attacking him on his blindside, it's back. During the fray, Dinosaur Tank dropped its bomb from its mouth, giving Ultra Seven the perfect opporitunity in stopping the weapon. As Ultra Seven timed out Dinosaur Tank's returning assult, Ultra Seven ignited the bomb with a tiny energy disc and Dinosaur Tank was destroyed in the bomb's explosion.

Trivia

 * The Dinosaur Tank suit would later be used to create the monster Riggah.

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 (the photo is on your right). Later on, Bandai reissued this figure in the 2009 Ultramonster Series using a grey vinyl with dark brown and silver highlights. Both, fortunatly, have eyes and teeth painted. Dino-Tank is #43 in the 2009 series.