Title:
Scorponok Dark
Description:
Dark Scorponok (Ultra Class, 2005)
Accessories: 2 missiles, Jungle
Planet Cyber Key
Cyber Key Code: u812
Sold in the second wave of Cybertron Ultras, Dark Scorponok is an extensive redeco and slight retool of Energon Scorponok, based heavily upon Generation 1’s BlackZarak. Naturally, his predominant colour scheme is black with gold and translucent dark red, but it also carries over blue from the Energon release of this toy. As part of the Cybertron line, the crane arm "stinger” laser cannons and housing have been retooled to accommodate a spring-loaded Cyber Key gimmick, for which inserting the key will cause the lasers to flip out into position.
A slight retool underneath the panels of his shoulder joints (which can only be seen by disassembling the shoulder hinges) allows the hinges to move securely via the addition of two small tabs. This appears to be a deliberate change by Hasbro to prevent the panels holding the shoulders together from snapping, which was a relatively common breakage on previous versions of the Energon/Super Link Scorponok toy. This change was not carried on to subsequent releases of the figure however, meaning Dark Scorponok will likely preserve longer than all other iterations of the figure. This figure does however, feature the correctly assembled shoulder hinge panels.
This is also the only toy in the entire Unicron Trilogy that can accept a Mini-Con, an Energon Star, and a Cyber Key (the three series’ respective power up gimmicks) all at once.
Accessories: 2 missiles, Jungle
Planet Cyber Key
Cyber Key Code: u812
Sold in the second wave of Cybertron Ultras, Dark Scorponok is an extensive redeco and slight retool of Energon Scorponok, based heavily upon Generation 1’s BlackZarak. Naturally, his predominant colour scheme is black with gold and translucent dark red, but it also carries over blue from the Energon release of this toy. As part of the Cybertron line, the crane arm "stinger” laser cannons and housing have been retooled to accommodate a spring-loaded Cyber Key gimmick, for which inserting the key will cause the lasers to flip out into position.
A slight retool underneath the panels of his shoulder joints (which can only be seen by disassembling the shoulder hinges) allows the hinges to move securely via the addition of two small tabs. This appears to be a deliberate change by Hasbro to prevent the panels holding the shoulders together from snapping, which was a relatively common breakage on previous versions of the Energon/Super Link Scorponok toy. This change was not carried on to subsequent releases of the figure however, meaning Dark Scorponok will likely preserve longer than all other iterations of the figure. This figure does however, feature the correctly assembled shoulder hinge panels.
This is also the only toy in the entire Unicron Trilogy that can accept a Mini-Con, an Energon Star, and a Cyber Key (the three series’ respective power up gimmicks) all at once.
Theme:
Cybertron
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2005
Country:
United States
Series:
Cybertron
Model Number:
Black Beast
Date Added:
2023-01-29 14:42:54
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2023-01-29 14:42:54
