BEAST MACHINES SCAVENGER

This figure is from 2000. He is a Vehicon. He did not appear in the cartoon. I think he might have appeared in a comic. It might have been a Botcom comic.

FUNCTION; Demolition Drone

MOTTO; "The road to ruin is short when I'm driving"

BIO; Perhaps Megatrons most horrific invention ever is his programmable drones which unquestionably serve his very wish. Falling under Tankor's charge of specialised tank drones, Scavengers application is focused on one thing: brute force. Heavy armour makes Scavenger Practically unstoppable. Galva conductors on his back channel deadly electric currents. Enjoys nothing more than getting out and wrecking something."

SATS; Strength 8, Intelligence 2, Speed 4, Endurance 6, Rank 4, Courage 9, Firepower 7, Skill 5

 

Robot mode

 

 

Tank mode front

 

 

Tank mode side

 

I am not entirely sure what his vehicle mode is supposed to be. It is described on his bio as a destruction drone but not sure what that is. It is tank like with tracks at the front but he also has this grabbing arm like a snake head. He has a Gatling gun and set of tree rockets which are posable and can be moved up and down.

If you pull on a lever on the back of the arm a mouth opens and closes with a snapping action.

The lower jaw is also articulated so he can have it open if you want to.

He has chrome claws on the back of the vehicle which are his hands but it adds to him. be careful that you do not drag them along the ground when you roll him and scrap off the chrome.

He has wheels on the back which have Vehicon insignias.

His grabbing arm has alot of motion due to a ball joint. His also has a piston in translucent plastic which could get damaged.

As far as I can tell this is a totally different character to Beast wars character which is an ant.

I always thought that this would look good as a Quickstrike figure as he already has a snake head on his grabbing arm but they used a Maximal which was a wolf which did not make sense. I do not have him and he does not look that good.

 

His robot  mode is mean looking which is a nice touch. He is a hunch back with monster claws.

His head is strange with no features except his eyes.

The Gatling gun and rockets are now on the sides of his chest.

His articulation is fairly good.

He has piston moulding detail which is nice

His spark crystal is behind a grate on the side of the vehicle which slides down in a hinge. This is green.

I like the green and orange colour scheme. His green could be an omage to G1 Scavenger but this is a darker shade.

He had orange hazard stripes on the side of his tracks.

I wish that he had appeared in the Beast Machines cartoon. Light attack drones would have been cool.

 

Overall I think he is a good figure and one to have.