Title:
Rattrap Transmetal
Description:
Rattrap (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998/1999)
Takara ID number: C-43
Accessories: Tail-whip
Part of the second wave of Hasbro Deluxe Transmetals, Rattrap transforms from semi-organic robot to a robotic rat. He has a third "beast-vehicle” form, folding his hind feet up into the extending rear wheels, flipping up his front legs, and pulling out a pair of exhaust pipes (eyuw, the smell!). His beast mode tail becomes a whip for robot mode. There is a minor variant to this toy: about midway through the production run, a small "catch” was added to the neck’s swivel joint to lock his robot head in place in robot mode. This retooled version was then used for all subsequent releases of the toy.
Despite the show’s portrayal, his hubcaps are not removable (well, not in a way that won’t break the toy), he does not have a handgun, and his back kibble does not rotate 180 degrees.
This release is one of several toys notorious for severe chrome-flaking issues. Later redecoes -including the Takara release below- do not seem to have this problem (at least, not anywhere as bad or widespread).
For the Japanese Beast Wars Metals release of "Metals Rattle” in September 1999, the toy was given a large number of deco changes that, while individually minor, add up to a considerably different-looking, arguably more show-accurate toy (at least in robot mode). The most immediately noticeable is that the "RATTRAP” tampograph on his beast mode back was changed to "CYBERTRON” with the Maximal faction symbol. However, his entire color scheme has been slightly altered: his gray-tan plastics and are now more blueish-gray, the champagne-silver paint is now more cold silver, his brown base turned into a very dark pearlescent maroonish-purple, the chrome was given a much more maroon tone, and the bright orange changed to a darker, redder shade. (This version has the neck-catch tooling, in case you were wondering, which you weren’t, but we’re telling you anyway.)
Takara ID number: C-43
Accessories: Tail-whip
Part of the second wave of Hasbro Deluxe Transmetals, Rattrap transforms from semi-organic robot to a robotic rat. He has a third "beast-vehicle” form, folding his hind feet up into the extending rear wheels, flipping up his front legs, and pulling out a pair of exhaust pipes (eyuw, the smell!). His beast mode tail becomes a whip for robot mode. There is a minor variant to this toy: about midway through the production run, a small "catch” was added to the neck’s swivel joint to lock his robot head in place in robot mode. This retooled version was then used for all subsequent releases of the toy.
Despite the show’s portrayal, his hubcaps are not removable (well, not in a way that won’t break the toy), he does not have a handgun, and his back kibble does not rotate 180 degrees.
This release is one of several toys notorious for severe chrome-flaking issues. Later redecoes -including the Takara release below- do not seem to have this problem (at least, not anywhere as bad or widespread).
For the Japanese Beast Wars Metals release of "Metals Rattle” in September 1999, the toy was given a large number of deco changes that, while individually minor, add up to a considerably different-looking, arguably more show-accurate toy (at least in robot mode). The most immediately noticeable is that the "RATTRAP” tampograph on his beast mode back was changed to "CYBERTRON” with the Maximal faction symbol. However, his entire color scheme has been slightly altered: his gray-tan plastics and are now more blueish-gray, the champagne-silver paint is now more cold silver, his brown base turned into a very dark pearlescent maroonish-purple, the chrome was given a much more maroon tone, and the bright orange changed to a darker, redder shade. (This version has the neck-catch tooling, in case you were wondering, which you weren’t, but we’re telling you anyway.)
Theme:
Beast Wars
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
1998
Date Added:
2022-03-12 13:16:05
Date Added:
2022-03-12 13:16:05
