Title:
Panther 2nd McDonald’s (Robot Mode)
Description:
Panther (McDonald’s Happy Meal toy, 1996)
Part of the first McDonald’s Beast Wars promotion, Panther transforms into a heavily-armed Humvee with electronic lights and sounds, plus a spring-loaded missile.
No, just kidding, he transforms into a panther with no other gimmicks. In keeping with most Transformers fast-food premiums, he features an extremely simple transformation scheme, mostly just standing him up in beast mode, making the mechanical detail on the inside of his arms, legs and underbelly visible, and flipping back his beast mode head to reveal his robot mode head. His panther tail is a molded detailing in his back, unlike what his promotional art suggests. His head bears a resemblance to Cheetor’s.
Panther was repurposed to be Ravage in the Beast Wars Metals manga.
Panther was developed from the original concept of Cheetor, where he was a black panther (or cougar) version of Prowl. The initial toy design underwent many simplifications before reaching the final product as Panther.
Jake Isenberg’s artwork for Panther in the IDW Beast Wars Sourcebook depicts the Maximal with a sort of robotic equivalent for heterochromia iridum. One of his eyes is yellow, the other green in robot mode. Another character, Botanica, exhibits hetechromia iridum in her plant form, but not her robot form.
Part of the first McDonald’s Beast Wars promotion, Panther transforms into a heavily-armed Humvee with electronic lights and sounds, plus a spring-loaded missile.
No, just kidding, he transforms into a panther with no other gimmicks. In keeping with most Transformers fast-food premiums, he features an extremely simple transformation scheme, mostly just standing him up in beast mode, making the mechanical detail on the inside of his arms, legs and underbelly visible, and flipping back his beast mode head to reveal his robot mode head. His panther tail is a molded detailing in his back, unlike what his promotional art suggests. His head bears a resemblance to Cheetor’s.
Panther was repurposed to be Ravage in the Beast Wars Metals manga.
Panther was developed from the original concept of Cheetor, where he was a black panther (or cougar) version of Prowl. The initial toy design underwent many simplifications before reaching the final product as Panther.
Jake Isenberg’s artwork for Panther in the IDW Beast Wars Sourcebook depicts the Maximal with a sort of robotic equivalent for heterochromia iridum. One of his eyes is yellow, the other green in robot mode. Another character, Botanica, exhibits hetechromia iridum in her plant form, but not her robot form.
Theme:
Beast Wars
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
1996
Date Added:
2022-03-13 15:44:52
Date Added:
2022-03-13 15:44:52
