Sling Shield

In tandem with his Tail Bunker cannon, Sling wields his Sling Shield (スリングシールド Suringu Shīrudo).

Toys

Beast Wars

• Sling (Basic, January 1999)
  • ID number: D-31

Part of the first wave of Beast Wars Neo products in the Japanese Beast Wars toyline, Sling transforms into an organic Dimetrodon. In robot mode, his back-sail can open to form his "Sling Shield".

Sling also features a third "Trap Mode", where his back-sail can open up while he is in his beast mode to form a foreign-world flower, equipped with a spring-loaded pressure-fire trigger/flower stem in the middle—made to be activated when placing another figure's foot on it like a bear-trap.

This mold was later used to make the Walmart-exclusive Dinobots Sludge.

• More information on Sling at TFU.info