Dr Toonz

Theme and Design

Another Kooky and Fun Addition To The Toonz Collection

It’s not just the reel set and gameplay that is different in Dr Toonz. Far from the intergalactic backdrop of the other Toonz games, this one takes us into the lab of the originator instead. And it turns out Dr Toonz is a mad-scientist intent on winning a Nobel Prize (he tells us intermittently). The lab is a kind of underwater, glass-fronted space. Front and center is a huge rack of test-tubes filled with liquid into which Toonz or other symbols are pumped for each spin. The Dr sits left on a hovering contraption, occasionally muttering about e=mc squared or announcing a feature. He even starts snoring if you leave the reels for too long.

It's as fun and kooky as you would expect but perhaps not quite as endearing as the original Reactoonz games. And in my opinion, should come with a health warning on the soundtrack which can quickly drive you mad if you don’t find the mute button!

RTP and Variance

You’ll find Dr Toonz, like many Play n Go slots, runs at different RTP settings depending on where you play. The options available to casino operators are 96.25%, 94.25%, 91.25%, 87.25% or 84.25%. You certainly don’t want to be playing at those lower settings and ideally you want to find a site that runs at 96.25%. I checked the RTP at 5 slots sites licensed in the UK. This is what I found.

• Casumo (independent) – 94.25% RTP
• BacanaPlay (Skill on Net) – 91.25% RTP
• Barz Casino (White Hat Gaming) – 94.25% RTP
• All British Casino (L and L Europe) – 94.25% RTP
• Vegasland (Aspire Global) – 87.25% RTP

None of the sites in this sample run at optimum RTP which is not uncommon in the UK. I would recommend playing at Casumo or a White Hat Gaming site like Barz Casino for the next best thing where the game is set to 94.25%.

And it comes as no surprise to fans of this series of games that Dr Toonz is also very volatile, with much of the RTP weighted towards moments in the free spins round where 2x reel multipliers and other feature combinations can bring impressive results.

Maximum Win

The maximum payout in Dr Toonz is 22,000x which makes it by a long shot the highest paying in the series, far above Reactoonz (4,750x), Reactoonz 2 (5,083x) and Gigantoonz (4,000x).

Symbols and Paytable

As I have already said, Dr Toonz takes a different direction to the other Toonz slots right from the outset. This is a 4,096 payline slot – no grids, clusters or paylines. In fact it works on a Win Ways basis instead so wins are triggered by landing 3 or more identical symbols on adjacent reels from left to right, regardless of the row position.

The paytable looks decidedly weak at first glance. Even the top paying premiums are only valued at 1x for 6. However, there has to be some way to reach that 22,000x mark, and that is where the powerful modifiers explained below come in.

First, let’s look at those familiar Toonz. The one-eyed monsters are the low payers as always. They are valued at from 0.1x for 3 yellows up to 0.3x for 6 purples. The two-eyed ones, in blue, orange, green and pink, are valued at from 0.2x for 3 blues up to 1x for 6 pinks.

You also have a Wild that looks like a floating pink orb that will help complete win ways by substituting for pay symbols. They also pay 2x for 6.

Features and Gameplay

Cascading Wins, Quantumeters and Charge Features

Dr Toonz might not work on the Cluster Pays mechanic of its sibling games but it does utilise our old friends the Cascades and Quantumeter, a charge meter that will trigger features when filled.

Cascades occur after every winning spin – winning symbols are removed from the reels and new ones drop in to replace them. If a new win is triggered, then the process repeats. And so on, until no more wins occur.

Meanwhile, the Quantumeter sits to the left of the reels, a glowing orb that hovers beneath the Dr who himself is sitting atop some kind of hovering contraption. The orb will be in one of three colors, each representing one of three charge features. At the start of each spin the color of the orb is set, changing each time.

To unlock the feature, the meter must have 3 charges. It starts with between 0 and 2 on each spin, and with each Cascading Win, so 1 more charge is added. You’ll see that the orb grows in size with each extra charge.

The colors of the orb and their charge features are as follows:

• Blue is a Quantum Wild Charge – when activated, 2 to 6 wilds are added
• Yellow is a Metamorphosis Charge – when activated, 5 to 8 symbols (excluding wilds and scatters) are transformed into one other symbol. This was the most common charge in testing.
• Red is a Disintegration Charge – when activated, all low value one-eyed symbols are removed and 2 wilds are added to the reels.

Free Spins With Multiplier Reels

There is a free spins round too, unlocked by landing 3, 4, 5 or 6 Scatters, a kind of swirling multi-colored ribbon. That gets you 10, 15, 20 or 25 free plays – a generous amount I think.

There is nothing too complicated going on here – the rules remain the same EXCEPT that the Quantumeter now starts at 1 or 2 charges on every spin rather than 0, 1 or 2. So, there is more chance of charging it up and unlocking the feature.

But most importantly, between 1 and 6 reels will now have a 2x multiplier appearing at the top, to be applied to all wins that pass through their reel. If all 6 have 2x multipliers, you are in dreamland because you have a 64x multiplier in play at all times (2x2x2x2x2x2).