The DynoGuard - A project for lovers of 80s/90s Action Toons
 

I'm Trent Troop, and I am developing an animated series/toyline concept called the DynoGuard. The basic concept is a series that brings back the fun of 80s and 90s action (figure) cartoons, with the sophistication of a modern kidvid offering.

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Sixty-five million years ago, the world was populated by talking, technologically advanced dinosaurs. These Dinosovians were protected by the DynoGuard, a team of rescue specialists clad in advanced mechanical Aegis Armor, and powered by the DynoBond, a machine-dinosaur interface that unlocks their innate "DynoPower" super-abilities.

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Then the monster meteor Apothis, a living nightmare that consumes the life of whole worlds, came to feast upon the Earth. With doom approaching, the lead researcher at Science Tower One altered his experimental Time Slip technology to send their civilization forward in time thousands of years to avoid the devastation.

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But something went wrong…

An epoch later, Science Tower One partially rematerializes in the modern world, merging with Spire Observatory outside Granite Mountain, Colorado. It brings with it five Dinosovians: Sheriff Rex (a Dracorex), Brach (a Brachiosaurus), Linn (a Velociraptor), Kyle (an Ankylosaurus), and Zara (a Parasaurolophus). Marooned in a strange new world of mammals and unfamiliar technology, they cannot know when—or even if—the rest of their people will return.

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This would have been difficult enough without the return of Apothis, injured and trapped in Earth’s orbit. Now he sends the Fossil Ghouls, an army of monsters lead by the ever-changing skeletal warlord Extinxion, to destroy the DynoGuard and make way for the restoration of their master.

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It’s a good thing the dinos have human friends, like teen cryptozoologist Jason James, his astronomer father Sagan James and the backing of tech billionaire Gloria Anning, because the Fossil Ghouls are just the tip of the villainous iceberg!

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The DynoGuard is, essentially, the story of refugees from a time-lost civilization of sapient dinosaurs banding together to defend their new home and friends against threats both supernatural and super-scientific. They do this by combining their natural powers with cutting edge power armor and an array of toyetic vehicles.

They’re opposed by the Fossil Ghouls, undead villains created by Apothis, each combining prehistoric power and supernatural might into a unique monster.

The battle is on! Roar into the Future with The DynoGuard!

The series is represented in pre-production by Gaelstone Media Group, which some of you may know from the upcoming series Action Mice.

Character-Specific Promo-Images:

DynoGuard:

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Fossil Ghouls:

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Others:

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The basic idea is to bring the toyetic fun of the 80s and 90s into modern kidvid, so of course, so things just get more action-figurey from here:

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Turnarounds for Sheriff Rex, in and out of armor.

Our requisite crystaline McGuffins (I was a sucker for kyrptonite, kerium, etc as a kid)

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Vehicles!
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Sounds and looks cool, wishing you the best of luck with it. Would love to see how it develops out, and it's a really neat and cool idea. It's got a very "Playmates" kind of vibe to it too. Like something you'd expect to crossover with TMNT and Skeleton Warriors.

Another one:

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Cool concepts. :)

So, basically a remake of Dinosaucers. :D

I actually really like the monster theme on the villains. I hope this makes it through production!

Thanks! To the Dinosaucers point, I know the comparisons are unavoidable, sci-fi humanoid dinosaurs and all. If I'd drawn them to be ripped I'm sure the comparisons would be more toward Extreme Dinosaurs. In the final accounting, if I've done my job right, there will be as little in common between DynoGuard and DS as there is between EXD and DS.

Also... this started as a size comparison for Tyrannocopter and the Tankylosaur and got out of hand:

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Lice pirate crew??? Oh my word!