Title:
Shrapnel
Description:
Shrapnel (Deluxe Class, 2023)
TakaraTomy ID number: TL-32
TakaraTomy release date: August 26, 2023
Accessories: Gamma ray detonator, 2 insect back legs/blasters
Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Shuhei Umezu (TakaraTomy)
Part of the second wave of Legacy: Evolution Deluxe Class toys, Shrapnel (he got his name back!) is a cartoon-accurate version of the character with painted details akin to his original toy, and transforms into a robotic stag beetle in 11 steps. This version of the character features back legs for the insect mode, which can detach and become blasters in robot mode. As part of his Evo-Fusion capability, these two smaller weapons can also combine with the gamma ray detonator to form a larger rifle. The detonator rifle itself, cast in purple and painted over with silver paint, is based on the extra-detail version of the original toy’s rifle. In an undocumented feature, it can be attached to the underside of his stag beetle mode for a more symmetrical appearance than storing it on his beetle abdomen as depicted in his instructions.
Reports from customers suggest that many copies mistakenly come with two identical back leg/blasters, instead of two that mirror each other. Additionally, the gray plastic has been reported on a few scant copies to be a bronzish color instead, most prominently on the mandibles and head covers for his insect mode. Whether this is an accidental usage of a different plastic or rapid yellowing on a few samples remains to be seen.
Shrapnel was later retooled into his fellow Insecticon Bombshell.
TakaraTomy ID number: TL-32
TakaraTomy release date: August 26, 2023
Accessories: Gamma ray detonator, 2 insect back legs/blasters
Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Shuhei Umezu (TakaraTomy)
Part of the second wave of Legacy: Evolution Deluxe Class toys, Shrapnel (he got his name back!) is a cartoon-accurate version of the character with painted details akin to his original toy, and transforms into a robotic stag beetle in 11 steps. This version of the character features back legs for the insect mode, which can detach and become blasters in robot mode. As part of his Evo-Fusion capability, these two smaller weapons can also combine with the gamma ray detonator to form a larger rifle. The detonator rifle itself, cast in purple and painted over with silver paint, is based on the extra-detail version of the original toy’s rifle. In an undocumented feature, it can be attached to the underside of his stag beetle mode for a more symmetrical appearance than storing it on his beetle abdomen as depicted in his instructions.
Reports from customers suggest that many copies mistakenly come with two identical back leg/blasters, instead of two that mirror each other. Additionally, the gray plastic has been reported on a few scant copies to be a bronzish color instead, most prominently on the mandibles and head covers for his insect mode. Whether this is an accidental usage of a different plastic or rapid yellowing on a few samples remains to be seen.
Shrapnel was later retooled into his fellow Insecticon Bombshell.
Theme:
Legacy Evolution
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2023
Date Added:
2023-09-17 08:02:31
Date Added:
2023-09-17 08:02:31
