Longhorn

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{{disambig2|the Beast Machines Maximal bull|the Universe Autobot ibex|Longhorn (Universe)}}

:''Longhorn is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Longhorn BeastMachines universewreckers4.jpg|thumb|right|[[Scott McNeil|My father stampeded upon these grounds... and his father before him, and his father before him...]]]]
Highly intelligent, tenacious, and powerful, '''Longhorn''' is a "warrior philosopher" among Maximals. With a talent for strategy and the skills of a frontline fighter, he finds war a trying thing but is quite impressive at it. He's well-liked by his fellows, and though he tends to be circumspect and serious by nature he clearly takes great joy in battle, charging into crowds of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]].

Longhorn's greatest ability is being a [[technorganic]] "thunderstorm" in robot form. The stamping of his hoofs cause paralyzing thunderclaps and his massive horns release devastating concentrated lightning bolts.

Longhorn is also a vegetarian and dislikes [[Rook (Universe)|embedded media]].

{{quote|When I see Vehicons, I see red... and when I see red, things get ugly!|Longhorn's motto}}

==Fiction==
===''Wreckers'' comics===
Less than three [[deca-cycles]] after the [[reformatting]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Longhorn and Snarl registered the unannounced arrival of guests in Cybertronian airspace and went out to investigate. Longhorn's focus on the mission led him to almost "accidentally" run down the embedded media-bot, [[Rook (Universe)|Rook]]. Their reconnaissance agent [[Skydive (BM)|Skydive]] reported in that the [[Quintesson]]s had returned ''en masse''. Longhorn and Snarl arranged to rally the troops at [[Polyhex|Polyhex Seven]]. Acting as drill sergeant, Longhorn assembled the [[Battle Unicorn]] troopers and the civilian volunteers as the battle was joined. Reinforcements from space soon arrived as both the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]]s and the [[Wreckers]] returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}} As the fighting continued, Longhorn was forced into a battlefield promotion as his commander, Snarl, vanished in a burst of light, leaving no trace. Despite this loss, the united Cybertronians began to drive back the Quintesson invaders. Longhorn led the charge of Maximal and Predacon alike as the Quintessons were forced to flee. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

==Toys==
===Beast Machines===
[[Image:BM Longhorn-toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
*'''Longhorn''' (Basic, 2000)

: Longhorn transforms into a technorganic bull, complete with nose-ring. Pressing down on his "mane" in beast mode raises up his head as a "ramming" attack on a spring-loaded "see-saw" mechanism. His beast-mode front hooves are sculpted as permanently-attached melee weapons in his robot-mode hands. His [[spark crystal]] is hidden under a flip-up panel on his left rear leg.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/Longhorn/longhorn.htm More information on Longhorn at TFU]''

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Beastformers (franchise)

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{{disambig2|the franchise|the species|Beastformer}}

The '''''Beastformers''''' (ビーストフォーマー ''Bīsutofōmā'') franchise, focused on the [[Beastformer]]s, was developed jointly by [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in 1986 and released as a spin-off of the Japanese ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters]]'' series in 1987.

The American/European version of the line, called '''''Battle Beasts''''' is fictionally unconnected to ''Transformers''.

==Toys==
[[Image:BEASTFORMERS BACKcomp.JPG|right|300px|thumb|The Care Bear Cousins will protect the Forest of Feelings at all cost!]]
Battle Beasts/Beastformers are soft plastic figures of anthropomorphic animals in high-tech armor, each about 1.5 inches tall, with swivel-jointed shoulders and a unique weapon accessory. Their primary gimmick is the use of [[Rubsign|rubsigns]]. In the initial Takara releases, they came in ''Transformers''-style boxes.

Their rubsigns were used to play a variation of "Rock-Paper-Scissors". Each Beast could have one of three "elements" revealed by the rubsign: Wood, Fire or Water. Wood beats Water, Water beats Fire, and Fire beats Wood. A rare fourth element, Sunburst ("Burstsun" in Japan), could beat any other, though this symbol was introduced late in the line. Since the symbols were heat-activated, it was impossible to determine what each toys' symbol was until the toys were freed from their packaging. (Reportedly, only [[White Leo]] was available as a "Burstsun" warrior in Japan.) The [[Hasbro]] line packaged them as two-packs with randomized pairings, while the [[Takara]] series had individual boxes with bio cards.

===Series 1 (1987)===
Packaged in ''Transformers''-style boxes, the initial Beastformers were divided between the Autobot and Decepticon factions on the basis of whether their species was an endothermic vertebrate (mammal or bird) or... well, anything else. The one exception was the Decepticon [[Devilbat]].

====Autobot====
*1 - [[White Leo]] / Pirate Lion
*2 - [[Big Serow]] / Deer Stalker
*3 - [[Golder]]<ref>Spelling in English on Meiji trading card.[http://home.comcast.net/~BattleBeastSD/MGCFTiger.html]</ref> / Ferocious Tiger
*4 - [[Flykick]] / Colonel Bird
*8 - [[Elephan]] / Sledgehammer Elephant

[[Image:SnakeBomb-MIB.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You can't keep me in here! I have to fight He-Man!]]
*9 - [[Graysharp]] / Rocky Rhino
*10 - [[Grayox]] / Roamin' Buffalo
*11 - [[Battle Bear]] / Grizzly Bear
*13 - [[Bonga]] / Gargantuan Gorilla
*14 - [[Wildthunder]] / Swiny Boar
*16 - [[Beafox]]<ref>Spelling in English on Meiji trading card.[http://home.comcast.net/~BattleBeastSD/MGCFox.html]</ref> / Sly Fox
*18 - [[Yellow Giraffe]] / Rubberneck Giraffe
*19 - [[Hedgehog]] / Prickly Porcupine
*22 - [[Rabbit Kid]] / Hare Razing Rabbit
*21 - [[Bowdog]] / Danger Dog
*23 - [[Bluehorse]] / Sir Sire Horse
*24 - [[Giader]]<ref>Spelling in English on Meiji trading card.[http://home.comcast.net/~BattleBeastSD/MGCWeasel.html]</ref> / War Weasel
*25 - [[Violethorn]] / Bloodthirsty Bison
*26 - [[Bombsheep]]<ref>The English [[romanization]] on Bomb Sheep's Meiji trading card[http://home.comcast.net/~BattleBeastSD/MGCSheep.html] is "Bomsheep". The majority of the other Beastformer romanizations the wiki has adopted from these cards are otherwise widely open to interpretation; in this case, however, "bom" is assumed to be [[Engrish]].</ref> / Bighorn Sheep

====Decepticons====
*5 - [[Killer Fish]] / Killer Carp
*6 - [[Snakebomb]]<ref>The English [[romanization]] on Snakebomb's Meiji trading card[http://home.comcast.net/~BattleBeastSD/MGCSnake.html] is "Snakebom". The majority of the other Beastformer romanizations the wiki has adopted from these cards are otherwise widely open to interpretation; in this case, however, "bom" is assumed to be [[Engrish]].</ref> / Triple Threat Snake
*7 - [[Drillfrog]] / Horny Toad
*12 - [[Devilbat]] / Blitzkrieg Bat
*15 - [[Alligatron]]<ref>Spelling in English on Meiji trading card.[http://home.comcast.net/~BattleBeastSD/MGCGator.html]</ref> / Gruesome Gator
*17 - [[Black Turtle]] / Hardtop Tortoise
*20 - [[Badshark]] / Sawtooth Shark
*27 - [[Deaspider]]<ref>Spelling in English on Meiji trading card.[http://home.comcast.net/~BattleBeastSD/MGCSpider.html]</ref> / Webslinger Spider
*28 - [[Crabhit]] / Crusty Crab

===Series 2 (1987)===
At this point, Beastformers boxes ceased to use the Autobot and Decepticon symbols and faction-coded red and purple backgrounds. They were still divided between Autobot and Decepticon factions, with appropriate faction insignia on the bio cards included in their boxes. The Autobot Beastformers were still exclusively mammals and birds, while the Decepticon Beastformers welcomed owls and a variety of mammals into their ranks. And these are supposed to be the ''villains''.

====Autobot====
*31 - [[Powerjaguar]] / Jaded Jag
*32 - [[Stronghippo]] / Humongous Hippo
*33 - [[Wavemoose]] / Major Moose
*35 - [[Jungaroo]] / Kickback Kangaroo
*37 - [[Seairon]] / Wolfgang Walrus
*39 - [[Darkraccoon]] / Dragoon Racoon
*41 - [[Smileduck]] / Run Amuck Duck
*42 - [[Undergroun]] / Miner Mole
*44 - [[Beavop]]<ref>Spelling in English on Meiji trading card.[http://home.comcast.net/~BattleBeastSD/MGCBeaver.html]</ref> / Eager Beaver
*47 - [[Yellowcamelus]] / Hunchback Camel
*48 - [[Polar Battlebear]] / Pillaging Polar Bear
*49 - [[Flyingattacker]] / Squirely Squirrel
*50 - [[Platinum Tiger]] / Sabre Sword Tiger
*51 - [[Bullorn]] / Bludgeonly Bulldog

====Decepticon====
*29 - [[Iguanamonss]]<ref>Spelling in English on Meiji trading card.[http://home.comcast.net/~BattleBeastSD/MGCIguanna.html]</ref> / Icky Iguana
*30 - [[Browngyro]] / Armored Armadillo
*34 - [[Greenchameles]] / Delta Chameleon
*36 - [[Redocto]] / Octillion Octopus
*38 - [[Scoutmouse]] / Powerhouse Mouse
*40 - [[Powernozzle]] / Antic Anteater
*43 - [[Cuttledeep]] / Cutthroat Cuttlefish
*45 - [[Juniordragon]] / Slasher Seahorse
*46 - [[Knightowl]]
*52 - [[Ultragas]] / Pew-Trid Skunk

===Series 3 (1987)===
With the third wave release, the rubsigns were reworked so they featured full-color illustrations, rather than the black-on-mood-ring-colors of the old signs. All Series 1 Beastformers were repackaged to fit with the new ''Beastformers'' brand and given the updated rubsigns. The Series 2 Beastformers were also rereleased with the updated rubsigns in Series 3 boxes. Numerous multi-packs — with [[exclusive]] variations — were released in Japan as well.

Vehicles were also introduced to the line, motorized "Battle Chariots" and transforming "Battle Bases" that unfolded into large playsets.

====Autobots====
*53 - [[Strong Panda]] / Panzer Panda
*55 - [[Koala Gray]] / Killer Koala
*57 - [[Black Jaguar]] / Black Panther
*58 - [[Dreameater]] / Torrential Tapir
*60 - [[Baboon]] / Manic Mandrill
*61 - [[Dog Hunter]] / Pixilated Pointer
*62 - [[Būpink]] / Pillager Pig
*63 - [[Razorkukku]] / Rowdy Rooster
*64 - [[Muskhorn]] / Musky Ox
*66 - [[Slo]] / Slowpoke Sloth
*67 - [[Earthhog]] / Ardent Aardvark
*68 - [[White Cow]] / Bodacious Bovine
*69 - [[Zebra Ball]] / Zealot Zebra
*71 - [[Duck Diver]] / Diving Duckbill
*73 - [[Mingo Kid]] / Frenzied Flamingo
*74 - [[Little Serow]] / Fleet-Footed Antelope
*75 - [[Peguinis]] / Pungnacious Penguin
*76 - [[Udan]] / Osified Orangutan

====Decepticons====
*54 - [[Shield Dragon]] / Leapin' Lizard
*56 - [[Demonkey]] / Tarsier Tyrant
*59 - [[Cobrander]] / King Cobra
*65 - [[Pangol]] / Tanglin' Pangolin
*70 - [[Eagle Killer]] / Harrier Hawk
*72 - [[Crowmax]] / Crooked Crow

====Battle Chariots====
*[[Battling Big Horn]]
*[[Battling Deer Stalker]]
*[[Battling Tearin' Tiger]]

====Battle Bases====
*[[Red Phoenix]]
*[[Shocking Shark]]
*[[Wood Beetle]]

===Laser Beasts (1988)===
An evolution of the gimmick was planned for both sides of the world, replacing the rubsigns with clear marbles that would reveal their element when looked through into a light source. The US/Europe version of these toys, dubbed the '''Battle Beasts Shadow Warriors''', never made it to a wide release, though packaged samples of the toys have been uncovered. In Japan, the entire range made it to retail, under the name '''Laser Beasts''', likely named as such due to the combination of their light-based gimmick, and that the melee weapons of old were replaced with blaster-rifles. However, the Laser Beasts came out after the Beastformers had removed all their ties to ''Transformers''.

{{collist|2|
*77 - [[Blueeagle]]
*78 - [[Sparkshark]]
*79 - [[Sairon]]
*80 - [[Unarchy]]
*81 - [[Tigerburn]]
*82 - [[Condorashin]]
*83 - [[Groundwolf]]
*84 - [[Flysailor]]
*85 - [[Zariganian]]
*86 - [[Rainbowsam]]
*87 - [[Surr]]
*88 - [[Brainmouse]]
*89 - [[Brownlion]]
*90 - [[Grencats]]
*91 - [[Fighthorn]]
*92 - [[Hustlebear]]
*93 - [[Battlefennec]]
*94 - [[Killerhound]]
*95 - [[Dragonseahorn]]
*96 - [[Stronghurricane]]
*97 - [[Seapanic]]
*98 - [[Puzzlecolor]]
*99 - [[Mantfrenzy]]
*100 - [[Scopecougar]]
*101 - [[Skullgrotes]]
*102 - [[Kingbuster]]
*103 - [[Slagking]]
*104 - [[Jeerermonkey]]
*105 - [[Hornhead]]
*106 - [[Monkeyfighter]]
*107 - [[Flyingdragon]]
*108 - [[Kickback (LB)|Kickback]]
*109 - [[Skybat]]
*110 - [[Greenrayfer]]
*111 - [[Salmomancer]]
*112 - [[Dinogator]]}}

Grencats, Fighthorn, Battlefennec, Killerhound, Stronghurricane, and Mantfrenzy were released only in a "[[Shield Battler-6]]" set.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Notes==
*At the 2009 Comic-Con, it was announced that Hasbro relinquished the toy rights of the Battle Beasts to Diamond Select, the producer of Minimates. [http://www.minimateheadquarters.com/?p=659] In 2012, it was announced that [[IDW Publishing]] [http://battlebeasts.blogspot.com/2012/04/press-release-dump-diamond-select-toys.html will be releasing a Battle Beasts miniseries], seemingly unrelated to Transformers.
*A manga called ''[http://www.saikyojump.com/topics-beast/index.html Beast Saga]'' with striking similarities to ''Beastformers'' began serialization in ''Saikyo Jump'' in early 2012. It is not clear if this is a continuation of ''Beastformers'', but [http://battlebeasts.blogspot.com/2012/04/beast-saga-new-figure-takaratomy-logo.html prototypes of ''Beast Saga'' toys have been seen with a TakaraTomy logo.]

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Les Dragonautes''', '''Comba Nimaux''' (Canada)
*''Portuguese:'' '''Bestias Combate'''

==External links==
*[http://www.toyarchive.com/BattleBeasts/BattleBeasts1.html Battle Beasts info at Super Toy Archive]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5O26Dtubh0 Toy commercial on YouTube]

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