Title:
Rhinox 1st
Description:
Rhinox (Deluxe, 1996 / 1997)
Takara ID number: C-7
Accessories: Rotating mechanism, saw blade, two flails, tail-sword
Part of the second wave of Hasbro Beast Wars Deluxes for 1996, Rhinox transforms from a Samurai-styled robot (a concept that the TV show would not utilize) into a tan organic rhinoceros. In robot mode, his primary weapon is a spinning blade-gun/double mace-thing/lawn edge trimmer, though the television series liberally reinterpreted this weapon as a sort of Gatling gun (the aforementioned "Chaingun of Doom”). All four parts store away inside his beast mode: the main body/spinner stores in his stomach (though this compresses the spring inside so it’s not a good idea to leave it in there for long-term storage), the sawblade pegs onto his spine under the beast-mode plating, and each chain-flail pegs into holes inside his rhino-mode rhino-mold flank-plates. His tail also detaches to become a blade. The two panels mounted on either side of his head close together to form his "mutant” battle mask.
The Takara release of Rhinox in October 1997 changed the Hasbro version’s darker-brown spraypaint on the rhino skin to thick, stony-gray paint, and changed his beast-mode eyes to black. Why they changed the overspray to gray is uncertain, as this made him even less like his show coloration. Bizarrely, there is a running change with Takara Rhinox, where his tan plastic has been replaced with a darker shade (pictured here), which really makes the gray paint pop out more.It is possible —but unconfirmed— that one of these variants was done as part of the big "redeco the show characters” re-release wave of January 1998.
Takara ID number: C-7
Accessories: Rotating mechanism, saw blade, two flails, tail-sword
Part of the second wave of Hasbro Beast Wars Deluxes for 1996, Rhinox transforms from a Samurai-styled robot (a concept that the TV show would not utilize) into a tan organic rhinoceros. In robot mode, his primary weapon is a spinning blade-gun/double mace-thing/lawn edge trimmer, though the television series liberally reinterpreted this weapon as a sort of Gatling gun (the aforementioned "Chaingun of Doom”). All four parts store away inside his beast mode: the main body/spinner stores in his stomach (though this compresses the spring inside so it’s not a good idea to leave it in there for long-term storage), the sawblade pegs onto his spine under the beast-mode plating, and each chain-flail pegs into holes inside his rhino-mode rhino-mold flank-plates. His tail also detaches to become a blade. The two panels mounted on either side of his head close together to form his "mutant” battle mask.
The Takara release of Rhinox in October 1997 changed the Hasbro version’s darker-brown spraypaint on the rhino skin to thick, stony-gray paint, and changed his beast-mode eyes to black. Why they changed the overspray to gray is uncertain, as this made him even less like his show coloration. Bizarrely, there is a running change with Takara Rhinox, where his tan plastic has been replaced with a darker shade (pictured here), which really makes the gray paint pop out more.It is possible —but unconfirmed— that one of these variants was done as part of the big "redeco the show characters” re-release wave of January 1998.
Theme:
Beast Wars
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
1996
Date Added:
2022-02-13 17:15:08
Date Added:
2022-02-13 17:15:08
