Title:
Razor Claw
Description:
Razor Claw (Deluxe Class, 2000)
Part of the first wave of 2000 Beast Wars Deluxe product, Razor Claw transforms between two organic alternate modes, a Velociraptor and a (green) wolverine. His robot head is revealed by lifting the top of the Velociraptor head; his beast mode eyes are on freakish eyestalks on the top of his head. He notably lacks any other "hidden robot parts” features shared by the other three Mutant toys.
Notes
Razor Claw was listed in Wal-Mart’s computer system as "Dinobite”, likely an early production name. This name stuck in the system all the way up through the Mutants’ release, and even rang up on the register this way.
Razor Claw’s peculiar green wolverine mode is the way it is because designer Tim Bradley colored it solely from the raptor standpoint by accident.
Like all of the Mutants, Razor Claw was originally designed to be an Animorphs toy. Given the shape of his robot mode head and its eyestalks, it’s apparent he was intended to be an Andalite, likely the heroic Ax. The fact that he was originally designed to be an Andalite may also be the reason Razor Claw’s toy lack the "hidden robot parts” gimmick that all the other Mutants share. (Also, the Mutant symbol was applied over where the Animorphs "edged A” symbol was—you can still see the "points” sticking out from beneath the Mutant symbol.)
Razor Claw is the only Mutant not to have appeared on-panel in the IDW Beast Wars comics, and the only one not to have appeared in the 2005 IDW continuity. Someday he’ll get his big break, just you wait...
Part of the first wave of 2000 Beast Wars Deluxe product, Razor Claw transforms between two organic alternate modes, a Velociraptor and a (green) wolverine. His robot head is revealed by lifting the top of the Velociraptor head; his beast mode eyes are on freakish eyestalks on the top of his head. He notably lacks any other "hidden robot parts” features shared by the other three Mutant toys.
Notes
Razor Claw was listed in Wal-Mart’s computer system as "Dinobite”, likely an early production name. This name stuck in the system all the way up through the Mutants’ release, and even rang up on the register this way.
Razor Claw’s peculiar green wolverine mode is the way it is because designer Tim Bradley colored it solely from the raptor standpoint by accident.
Like all of the Mutants, Razor Claw was originally designed to be an Animorphs toy. Given the shape of his robot mode head and its eyestalks, it’s apparent he was intended to be an Andalite, likely the heroic Ax. The fact that he was originally designed to be an Andalite may also be the reason Razor Claw’s toy lack the "hidden robot parts” gimmick that all the other Mutants share. (Also, the Mutant symbol was applied over where the Animorphs "edged A” symbol was—you can still see the "points” sticking out from beneath the Mutant symbol.)
Razor Claw is the only Mutant not to have appeared on-panel in the IDW Beast Wars comics, and the only one not to have appeared in the 2005 IDW continuity. Someday he’ll get his big break, just you wait...
Theme:
Beast Wars
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2000
Date Added:
2022-03-04 17:58:07
Date Added:
2022-03-04 17:58:07
