Title:
Cheetor 2nd
Description:
Cheetor (Deluxe, 1996/1997)
Takara ID number: C-3
Accessories: Tail-gun, water-shooting gun
Part of the first wave of Beast Wars Deluxe toys (sort of, see below), Cheetor transforms into an organic, big cat-like creature somewhat resembling a cheetah. As such, he is yellow and covered in spots. In robot mode, he is armed with a rifle made out of his hindquarters and tail, along with a second water-squirting "gut gun” formed out of his stomach. This gun is still functional in beast mode, which is... unsettling, to say the least. As with most early Beast Wars toys, he features a "mutant head” that replaces his face.
There are several minor but noteworthy variations of this toy. The initial wave-1 "rocky bubble” release features blue cheetah eyes and was incredibly hard to find due to delayed shipping; he only shipped in later, short-run "revision” cases of wave 1. The "smooth bubble” release later in the year gave him red cheetah eyes. He was released again in 1997 (what with being a popular show character) in Beast Wars’s second year, this time with bright green cheetah eyes, and the gold robot eyes of the previous two versions were changed to green.
Takara released two different Cheetor toys; one that was the same as Hasbro’s red-eyed version, and a running change version in January 1998 that not only has various color tweaks to make him slightly more show-colored (including dark green cheetah eyes, a gold head crest instead of blue, and red robot eyes), but also has a slight mold tweak to keep the beast head pointed forward in robot mode, which has been retained on all versions thereafter, excepting Hasbro’s initial release of Tigatron.
This mold was later redecoed for a "Fox Kids” version, as well as both the Hasbro and Takara 10th anniversary versions of the character.
This mold was also used to make Shadow Panther/Tripredacus Agent and Tigatron. It was slated to be used for Universe Nightprowler, but that toy set was canceled.
Takara ID number: C-3
Accessories: Tail-gun, water-shooting gun
Part of the first wave of Beast Wars Deluxe toys (sort of, see below), Cheetor transforms into an organic, big cat-like creature somewhat resembling a cheetah. As such, he is yellow and covered in spots. In robot mode, he is armed with a rifle made out of his hindquarters and tail, along with a second water-squirting "gut gun” formed out of his stomach. This gun is still functional in beast mode, which is... unsettling, to say the least. As with most early Beast Wars toys, he features a "mutant head” that replaces his face.
There are several minor but noteworthy variations of this toy. The initial wave-1 "rocky bubble” release features blue cheetah eyes and was incredibly hard to find due to delayed shipping; he only shipped in later, short-run "revision” cases of wave 1. The "smooth bubble” release later in the year gave him red cheetah eyes. He was released again in 1997 (what with being a popular show character) in Beast Wars’s second year, this time with bright green cheetah eyes, and the gold robot eyes of the previous two versions were changed to green.
Takara released two different Cheetor toys; one that was the same as Hasbro’s red-eyed version, and a running change version in January 1998 that not only has various color tweaks to make him slightly more show-colored (including dark green cheetah eyes, a gold head crest instead of blue, and red robot eyes), but also has a slight mold tweak to keep the beast head pointed forward in robot mode, which has been retained on all versions thereafter, excepting Hasbro’s initial release of Tigatron.
This mold was later redecoed for a "Fox Kids” version, as well as both the Hasbro and Takara 10th anniversary versions of the character.
This mold was also used to make Shadow Panther/Tripredacus Agent and Tigatron. It was slated to be used for Universe Nightprowler, but that toy set was canceled.
Theme:
Beast Wars
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
1996
Date Added:
2022-02-11 20:02:30
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$24.99
Automatic Estimated Date:
2025-04-20
Date Added:
2022-02-11 20:02:30
