The reason for fortress maximuss comic book colors now becomes clear scorponok, too, is intended to represent the marvel comics incarnation of. Beast wars scorponok tv show left and mega class transformers toy right. The toy gives a pretty good showing, even if the colour is off, and has only a few minor things to complain about. In 1996 beast wars transformers launched with the toys preceding the television show. A retool of the energon toy, he is a homage to black zarak.
Unfollow beast wars to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Scorponok with a little help from terrorsaur retrieves the stasis pod that will become blackarachnia. So not only is it a great transformers toy objectively, when you take a. Although talented at inventing things, his creations often has opposite effect of what he originally intended. Transform element unofficial legends scorponok beast wars. Now in this new form he gets a third vehicle based form, which might be some type of record. Animated series edit scorponok was promoted to secondincommand of the predacons after forcibly and literally ejecting dinobot from the group, and acted as megatrons right hand in the first season of the beast wars. Mar 07, 2017 beast wars bringing toys to life almost. Scorponok s pre beast wars mode seems to be based on energon scorponok, but no actual toy was created for this character.
Scorponok is packaged on a standard movie blister card with the sides wrapping around to the back of the card. The caption comic a change to the agenda claims that the crapsack uprising universe came about because this is an alternate universe where beast wars megatron successfully killed optimus prime and in retaliation blackarachnia poisoned g1 megatron with her cybervenom. His machine form is a mechanized scorpion and is the only decepticon in the film that does not transform though a toy of him has a robot mode, but is able to dive under sand or other soft landforms. Scorponok has an odd history of television commercial appearances.
Posted anonymously on the infamous imageboard 4chan is an excerpt from a digital catalog that shows preliminary product images for titan scorponok, commander sky lynx, and two new battle master designs. Get the scoop on all the popular comics, games, movies, toys, and more every day. Transformerland transformers beast wars collectors guide. Buy transformers master made sdt04 destruction scorpion scorponok. Dreamwave productions planned a beast wars comic book series entitled shell game, but the company declared bankruptcy in 2004 with only one sneakpeek story published. His beast form is a tyrannosaurus rex, then a transmetal tyrannosaurus rex, and later a transmetal ii dragon. Contentsshow convention comics 3h botcon comics the first postcartoon beast wars material. But while weve seen several different versions of scorponok through the beast wars and. I have no problems with this aspect of beast wars the gathering. Transformers legends buzzsaw comic book characters, comic character, comic books art, gi joe. Scorponok was megatrons secondincommand during the first season of beast wars, but died a very unspectacular and unlamented death in the first episode of the second season. Scorponok is the secondlargest toy from the original transformers toyline. The largest decepticon toy in generation 1, yet still much smaller than fortress maximus despite fiction showing them as similar in size, scorponok s beast mode is a robotic purple, green, and orange scorpion.
Scorponok appears in the liveaction transformers film directed by michael bay. Growing up with beast wars, i remember pouring over the back of. Officially, the beast wars and beast machines series exist as the future of generation 1 universe, and not specifically the original cartoon series or marvel comics series. Beast wars was a fully cganimated series that premiered in 1996. However there is a reason for this smaller sized cast.
In the english cartoon, scorponok and lord zarak only appeared in the. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Beast wars transformers mutating card game 1997 scorponok was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the beast wars card game. The first miniseries, the gathering, was released between february and may 2006. Beast wars sports just 25 that come and go throughout the series. The second miniseries, the ascending, was a direct sequel and debuted in october 2007. Scorponok was lifted into the air by his tail, and tossed about like a ragdoll by his opponent. Gone were the racks of extraneous missiles, or guns and rifles piled up behind a row of cars. If youre uncertain which one youre looking for, just flip a coin. The pincers have multiple points of articulation, and the ratcheting joints are strong enough to grasp a smaller transformer. Megatron from beast wars transformers transformers decepticons, transformers.
Beast wars, part 1 it was a blast from scorponok, hiding, loyal and inwait which caught dinobot off guard and sent him departing from the predacon ranks. Went off the original toy cues, while adding my own flair. Clicked on this thread in some sort of vain hope that itd be a marvel g1 scorponok that scales with toyworld infinitor. Buy transformers scorponok and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. The articulation is pretty good for an 80s transformer and while its a large toy, it isnt so large that its difficult to pick up and do things with like fortress maximus is. They were divided into two new factions, with new characters and a new story. Scorponok is megatrons second in command, following dinobots betrayal. Transformers master made sdt04 destruction scorpion scorponok. Scorponok is the name shared by several fictional characters in the various transformers. Beast wars is a comic book series by idw publishing, based upon hasbros toy line and the original television series. The end of the inexorable march is one great, big, glorious homage to the opening of beast wars with some beast wars ii and beast wars.
The series is set incontinuity with the television series, but also uses characters that were made into toys but not featured in the series. Scorponok s pre beast wars vehicle form has been shown in timelines stories before. Beast wars follows a much smaller cast of characters than that of other transformers animated series. New york toy fair 2020 is still three weeks away, but were already getting sneak peeks at some big ticket items coming up for earthrise. Scorponok was promoted to secondincommand of the predacons after forcibly and literally ejecting dinobot from the group, and acted as megatrons right hand in the first season of the beast wars. Beast wars is a comic book series by idw publishing, based upon hasbros toy line and the. Although loyal to megatron often being subjected to black arachnias sarcasm and genuinely believes in his cause, his ability to accomplish tasks the way megatron demands him to do leaves him a lot to be desired. This is a sortable list of characters and toys in the beast wars franchise, part of the larger transformers franchise, from hasbro. We have an update from transform element on their unofficial legends class beast wars series, scorponok figure. Now called dark scorponok, his toy biography cites his death as that seen in the dreamwave comic book, at megatrons hands, rather than the cartoons depicition of his passing. Transformers in canada, is a cg animated television series that debuted in 1996, serving as the flagship of the transformers. Universe comic book series in his original form as one of the transformers kidnapped by unicron. The series is set in the future of the original transformers franchise, after the events of the transformers, and features the maximals and predacons.
Beast wars revolutionized everything about transformers toys. Yeah i really missed terrorsaur and scorponok after they were written out. Scorponok scorpionok transformers beast wars biocombat. If you came here from a link, please go back and make the right link for one of the villains listed below. There have been three main publishers of the comic book series bearing the name. Just a few hours after their reveal at tfcon orlando 2020 3p panel, we can share for you our first images of the transform element beast wars scorponok gray prototype the images surfaced via weibo user. Appropriately the minicomic book was titled optimus primal versus megatron. The series was set in the future of the original transformers universe as a sequel to the first transformers series which has since been rebooted in limited comic book stories by dreamwave and idw among. Scorponok is the leader of the decepticon head masters. Though not a part of their main continuity, idw publishing picked up the ball from dreamwave and has published two beast wars miniseries and a. This includes characters appearing in an animated series, comics or video games.
Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a message board, a podcast. Playing nicely with transformers biggest decepticon ever. I will say that out of all the forms chosen, this is probably the one that is. Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a message board, a podcast, and more than meets the eye. Scorponok is one of the predacons who work for megatron. Scorponok can also transform into a giant scorpion obviously. The first thing we see him do is attack dinobot when he challenged megatron to a battle for leadership of the predacons. Scorponok may be referring to two or more different villains. Scorponok grappled with fortress maximus on nebulon, while other headmasters and targemasters scuffled around them. Hasbro transformers masterpiece beast wars megatron action figure. Beast wars was set up as a sequel to the first transformers series which has since been rebooted in limited comic book stories by dreamwave and idw among others.
The first series was produced by marvel comics from 1984 to 1991, which ran for 80 issues and produced four spinoff miniseries. Here the beast wars sourcebook witch has everything characters from tv shows anime toys and botcons and is a pretty good find as well. Bigbadtoystore has a massive selection of toys like action figures, statues, and collectibles from marvel, dc comics, transformers, star. It is one of the many planned spin off movies to the transformers movie franchise. Scorponok beast wars is a massive website about transformers toys, cartoons, comics, and movies. Transformers beast wars the gathering idw comic books predacon general magmatron travels back to the era of the beast wars on prehistoric earth. No terrorsaur toy was released in the transformers. Beast wars g1 scorponok mega class transformers 1996 kenner near complete vg.
When 3h held the rights to the botcon they produced a number of stories set in and around the beast wars and beast machines. This includes large visor eyes, antennae on the sides and a pronounced chin piece. Find great deals on ebay for transformers g1 scorponok and transformers g1 megatron. Transform element beast wars scorponok page 2 tfw2005. Beast wars introduced another new concept that would become a standard for transformers. It was produced by the nowboughtout mainframe entertainment, hot on the heels of its predecessor, reboot in fact, its first season aired as part of the syndicated power block distributed by hasbros claster tv firm alongside reboot, g. Scorponok scorpionok action figure from the transformers beast wars toy series manufactured by hasbro in 1996. The commercial for scorponok referred to him as a robot in disguise with a killer bee inside. Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name. Beast wars was followed by beast machines season 1 episodes. Scorponok is considered a triple changer, and he has an additional mode as a city and a base to the decepticons. Unique toys transformers generations mania king galvatron. Make offer transformers beast wars mega scorponok action figure scorpion 1996 hasbro.
The writers of the series adopted this position in order to pick and choose the best elements of the discrete generation 1. Transformers in canada, is an americancanadian computer animated television series that debuted in 1996 and ended on march 7, 1999, serving as the flagship of the transformers. L eaving the japanese pvc figure out of the equation, this is the first new toy sold in america designed to represent the original scorponok no, i dont count the transformers. Screenwriter roberto orci indicated that this scorponok is conceptually closer to the beast wars character than the. The traditionallyanimated japanese series beast wars ii and beast wars neo were created to fill the gap while the second and third seasons of beast wars were being translated into japanese called beast wars. Instead of being divided into subgroups around a theme or gimmick with varying prices, toys were divided into discrete price categories called size classes. Mega class scorponok transformers, beast wars, predacon. Energon toy or the 2007 movie toy as representing the same character. Beast wars scorponok 1996 energon scorponok 2004 titanium scorponok 3 2006 movie blackout.
The deluxe class scorponok is simply the sharpest looking at least in my opinion figure to hit the shelves in this series though barricade with his to punish and enslave motto runs a close second in my collection. Beast wars scorponok 1996 the scorponok toy was repainted as double punch in japan in 1998 and as botcon sandstorm in 1999. See image of don brown, the voice of scorponok in transformers. Several comic books and video games were also produced. Transform element scorponok head design images for. Beast wars scorponok 1996 scorpos 1997 transmetal scorponok 1998 transformers collectors club figure subscription service v5. Beast wars 1996 23 toys beast wars 1997 22 toys beast wars 1998 25 toys beast wars 1999 29 toys beast wars 2000 4 toys beast wars 2001 1 toys beast wars 1996. Beast wars movie coin 1997 released only in japan, scorponok was one of three characters from beast wars to receive a movie coin, the other two being rattrap and rhinox.
Transform element beast wars scorponok prototype transformers. This scorponok figure goes in scale with transform element legends scaled blackarachnia and we are sure your optics will be pleased with the details and cartoonaccurate design. Beast wars terrorsaur would reappear in the transformers. A transmetal toy of scorponok was released as mcdonalds happy meal toy. Because of this and other factors, no one seems to take scorponok. With 2016 being the 20th anniversary of beast wars i thought it would be fun to revisit this comic book and include scans for your viewing pleasure. A number of comics set in the continuity of the beast wars cartoon have been published since the shows end, most notably two miniseries and a profile book by idw comics. Depth charges absence from the stories was explained with his fan club exclusive toy, since he went after blackarachnia and nightscream when they fled the universe. Transformers scorponok action figures for sale ebay. One story had him in a body based on cybertron shortround before he magically switched to a body based on energon scorponok. It does have gorilla arms and instead of hands it has claws like many early beast wars toys, but i kind of like this look. The sculpt looks great and instantly recalls the look of the character from the original series. The curved cardboard piece with tech detail has no text on it, which makes sense since the figure does not feature anything like an automorph feature. Without optimus prime leading the autobots, the battles they had with the.
Terrorsaur had a biography printed in the beast wars sourcebook by idw publishing. Larger figures comprised the mega and ultra classes, while super class was reserved for a single complex electronic figure. Along with images of scorponok you can also find information about this transformers figure including and subgroups and alternative names. Beast wars is an american animated television series. The movie is shot in live action and the characters are brought to life by cgi and motion capture. If legendsclass beast wars is your then, then cool. Transform element beast wars scorponok tfw2005 the.
Armada features a cast of dozens of robots in disguise while transformers. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. Transformers action figures, statues, collectibles, and more. Inhabiting the mojave desert, scorponok was suited to the harsh conditions.
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