Scorponok 2nd

Scorponok (Mega Class, 1996)

Takara ID number: D-2

Takara release date: 1997/1998

Accessories: Cyberbee drone, 2 missiles

Part of the first-year Beast Wars Mega Class toys, Scorponok transforms into a fairly organic but highly inaccurate black scorpion. The right pincer contains a small, spring-loaded bee drone which can be launched, while his left pincer has a spring-loaded double missile launcher activated by pulling the top part of his claw open far enough to trigger the launcher. His tail also has a spring-loaded "stinging” action activated by pushing forward on a lever halfway up the scorpion tail. All three gimmicks are available in both modes.
As one of the first toys released in the Beast Wars line, he features a "mutant head” gimmick; the halves of his mutant mask clamshell over his robot face from the sides.
In Japan, Scorponok was initially released without notable changes from the Hasbro version. In January of 1998, he and most of the rest of the show-cast toys were redecoed to be more "show-accurate”, with wildly varying degrees of success. Scorponok’s black plastic was replaced with a charcoal gray, and the connecting red pieces were colored a lighter shade, almost orange. Both versions also came with a character bio card.
One should take care not to stress the pin that holds the cyber bee in his claw, it’s fairly frail.
This mold was later used to make Sandstorm and Double Punch.

Beast Wars

Kenner

1996

2023-05-04 07:03:30

2023-05-04 07:03:30