Head Hunter - Revision history

BerylRoll at 13:52, 26 December 2025

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	Originally created to be terraforming tools, the three '''Head Hunters''' (ヘッドハンター ''Heddo Hantā'', sometimes just '''Hunters''') have instead become terrifying weapons in the war for [[Beast (planet)\|planet Beast]]. Each of these ancient machines are powered by combination of a fusion engine and a "Psycho Brain", a device that draws out, amplifies and focuses the inherent Psycho Energy of its Beast pilot, allowing them to direct its unique powers. But [[Three Wise Ones\|their creators]] soon realized the flaw in their design, that the fusion-powered Psycho Brain could only be used so many times before it could potentially corrupt or break the mind of a pilot, unleashing incredible destructive power. Thus the three incomplete machines were sealed away on Beast's primordial surface, away from the planet's newest life forms, the subterranean [[Laser Beast]]s, with only vague hints to their locations left in the [[Beast Bible]].		Originally created to be terraforming tools, the three '''Head Hunters''' (ヘッドハンター ''Heddo Hantā'', sometimes just '''Hunters''') have instead become terrifying weapons in the war for [[Beast (planet)\|planet Beast]]. Each of these ancient machines are powered by combination of a fusion engine and a "Psycho Brain", a device that draws out, amplifies and focuses the inherent Psycho Energy of its Beast pilot, allowing them to direct its unique powers. But [[Three Wise Ones\|their creators]] soon realized the flaw in their design, that the fusion-powered Psycho Brain could only be used so many times before it could potentially corrupt or break the mind of a pilot, unleashing incredible destructive power. Thus the three incomplete machines were sealed away on Beast's primordial surface, away from the planet's newest life forms, the subterranean [[Laser Beast]]s, with only vague hints to their locations left in the [[Beast Bible]].

	20,000 years later, the [[Beastformer]]s, desperate having lost so much ground to the invading Laser Beasts, sought out the Head Hunters, and three champions used them to help turn the tide of battle... but can they truly control these monstrous machines?		20,000 years later, the [[Beastformer (species)\|Beastformers]], desperate having lost so much ground to the invading Laser Beasts, sought out the Head Hunters, and three champions used them to help turn the tide of battle... but can they truly control these monstrous machines?

	The Head Hunters are:		The Head Hunters are:

Saix: Undo revision 1711907 by TM2 Dinobot (talk)

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* The Head Hunters' packaging has virtually no information about the vehicles' fictional powers outside of the generic "sealed away for being too powerful" backstory, plus they lack "bio" cards. The ''[[Hero Special 12: Laser Beasts]]'' ~~book~~, which simply calls them the "Hunters", goes into far more detail on their powers and weapons.		* The Head Hunters' packaging has virtually no information about the vehicles' fictional powers outside of the generic "sealed away for being too powerful" backstory, plus they lack "bio" cards. The ''[[Hero Special 12: Laser Beasts]]'' mook, which simply calls them the "Hunters", goes into far more detail on their powers and weapons.
	* In the [[Hasbro]] ''Battle Beasts'' line, the "Battle Chariots" came with a semi-random{{fact}} selection of Beasts. Supposedly, this is the source of many of the rarer variants in the Hasbro line, like the pink [[Giader#Toys\|War Weasel]] and [[Crabhit#Toys\|Crusty Crab]], whose decos match up with their Takara releases, but more carded samples of these toys would help confirm that.		* In the [[Hasbro]] ''Battle Beasts'' line, the "Battle Chariots" came with a semi-random{{fact}} selection of Beasts. Supposedly, this is the source of many of the rarer variants in the Hasbro line, like the pink [[Giader#Toys\|War Weasel]] and [[Crabhit#Toys\|Crusty Crab]], whose decos match up with their Takara releases, but more carded samples of these toys would help confirm that.
	* Speaking of ''Battle Beasts'', the Takara-release Hunters' customer-applied [[sticker\|decal]] sheets are the same as the ones packed in with the Hasbro versions of the toys, using the ''Battle Beasts'' logo and having "©1987 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved" on them.		* Speaking of ''Battle Beasts'', the Takara-release Hunters' customer-applied [[sticker\|decal]] sheets are the same as the ones packed in with the Hasbro versions of the toys, using the ''Battle Beasts'' logo and having "©1987 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved" on them.

TM2 Dinobot: /* Notes */ Spelling

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* The Head Hunters' packaging has virtually no information about the vehicles' fictional powers outside of the generic "sealed away for being too powerful" backstory, plus they lack "bio" cards. The ''[[Hero Special 12: Laser Beasts]]'' ~~mook~~, which simply calls them the "Hunters", goes into far more detail on their powers and weapons.		* The Head Hunters' packaging has virtually no information about the vehicles' fictional powers outside of the generic "sealed away for being too powerful" backstory, plus they lack "bio" cards. The ''[[Hero Special 12: Laser Beasts]]'' book, which simply calls them the "Hunters", goes into far more detail on their powers and weapons.
	* In the [[Hasbro]] ''Battle Beasts'' line, the "Battle Chariots" came with a semi-random{{fact}} selection of Beasts. Supposedly, this is the source of many of the rarer variants in the Hasbro line, like the pink [[Giader#Toys\|War Weasel]] and [[Crabhit#Toys\|Crusty Crab]], whose decos match up with their Takara releases, but more carded samples of these toys would help confirm that.		* In the [[Hasbro]] ''Battle Beasts'' line, the "Battle Chariots" came with a semi-random{{fact}} selection of Beasts. Supposedly, this is the source of many of the rarer variants in the Hasbro line, like the pink [[Giader#Toys\|War Weasel]] and [[Crabhit#Toys\|Crusty Crab]], whose decos match up with their Takara releases, but more carded samples of these toys would help confirm that.
	* Speaking of ''Battle Beasts'', the Takara-release Hunters' customer-applied [[sticker\|decal]] sheets are the same as the ones packed in with the Hasbro versions of the toys, using the ''Battle Beasts'' logo and having "©1987 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved" on them.		* Speaking of ''Battle Beasts'', the Takara-release Hunters' customer-applied [[sticker\|decal]] sheets are the same as the ones packed in with the Hasbro versions of the toys, using the ''Battle Beasts'' logo and having "©1987 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved" on them.

Ookalf: /* Beastformers comic */

2022-07-19T07:37:25Z

Beastformers comic

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	During the war with the Laser Beasts, Rabbit Kid and Bombsheep searched for and found the Sheep Hunter and Stag Hunter, which they brought back to the front lines and used to send the enemy fleeing.		During the war with the Laser Beasts, Rabbit Kid and Bombsheep searched for and found the Sheep Hunter and Stag Hunter, which they brought back to the front lines and used to send the enemy fleeing.

	[[Tigerburn]], leader of the Laser Beasts, quickly set his soldiers to creating counter-weapons, the [[Battlecruiser]]s and the ~~Red and Gray~~ [[~~Double~~ Battler]]s. With these new war machines, the Laser Beasts managed to score a victory over the Stag and Sheep Hunters... but suddenly Platinum Tiger arrived in the Tiger Hunter, the most powerful of the three. He was able to rout the invaders, but Tigerburn had kept an ace up his sleeve, and arrived on the battlefield riding the Platinum Gold [[Battle Drill]]. {{storylink\|Beastformers VS Laser Beasts}}		[[Tigerburn]], leader of the Laser Beasts, quickly set his soldiers to creating counter-weapons, the [[Battlecruiser]]s and the [[W Battler]]. With these new war machines, the Laser Beasts managed to score a victory over the Stag and Sheep Hunters... but suddenly Platinum Tiger arrived in the Tiger Hunter, the most powerful of the three. He was able to rout the invaders, but Tigerburn had kept an ace up his sleeve, and arrived on the battlefield riding the Platinum Gold [[Battle Drill]]. {{storylink\|Beastformers VS Laser Beasts}}

	===''Legends'' comic===		===''Legends'' comic===

Saix at 15:43, 7 February 2022

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	~~: ''The Head Hunters are [[Beastformer]] weapons/vehicles from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''~~
	[[File:Head Hunters group.jpg\|upright=2\|thumb\|"''We'll head them off at the pass!!''"<br>"...'head them off at the pass'?! I ''hate'' that cliché!"<br>''BANG!'']]		[[File:Head Hunters group.jpg\|upright=2\|thumb\|"''We'll head them off at the pass!!''"<br>"...'head them off at the pass'?! I ''hate'' that cliché!"<br>''BANG!'']]

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	* The [[Stag Hunter]], piloted by [[Bombsheep]]		* The [[Stag Hunter]], piloted by [[Bombsheep]]
	* The [[Tiger Hunter]], piloted by [[Platinum Tiger]]		* The [[Tiger Hunter]], piloted by [[Platinum Tiger]]

	~~{{TOC}}~~

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
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	===''Legends'' comic===		===''Legends'' comic===
	Rabbit Kid used the Sheep Hunter in the Beastformers' war with the Laser Beasts. {{storylink\|LG51 Doublecross Prologue}}		Rabbit Kid used the Sheep Hunter in the Beastformers' war with the Laser Beasts. {{storylink\|LG51 Doublecross Prologue}}


	==Toys==		==Toys==
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			[[File:BF-toy GreatestConfrontation box.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|]]

	*'''Beast Planet's Greatest Confrontation Set''' (Box set, 1988)		*'''Beast Planet's Greatest Confrontation Set''' (Box set, 1988)

	: The Tiger Hunter was also available in the "Beast Planet's Greatest Confrontation Set" (ビースト星最大の対決セット ''~~bīsuto boshi saidai~~ no ~~taiketsu setto~~''), unchanged from the prior release, once again with [[Platinum Tiger#Toys\|Platinum Tiger]] as the pack-in pilot.		: The Tiger Hunter was also available in the "Beast Planet's Greatest Confrontation Set" (ビースト星最大の対決セット ''Bīsuto-sei Saidai no Taiketsu Setto''), unchanged from the prior release, once again with [[Platinum Tiger#Toys\|Platinum Tiger]] as the pack-in pilot.

	: This set also came with [[Golder#Toys\|Golder]] and [[Yellow Giraffe#Toys\|Yellow Giraffe]] (same as their prior releases), and the set-exclusive [[Skullgrotes#Toys\|Skullgrotes]], [[Kingbuster#Toys\|Kingbuster]], [[Salmomancer#Toys\|Salmomancer]], and a chromed-gold [[Battle Drill]].		: This set also came with [[Golder#Toys\|Golder]] and [[Yellow Giraffe#Toys\|Yellow Giraffe]] (same as their prior releases), and the set-exclusive [[Skullgrotes#Toys\|Skullgrotes]], [[Kingbuster#Toys\|Kingbuster]], [[Salmomancer#Toys\|Salmomancer]], and a chromed-gold [[Battle Drill]].

	: This set is particularly expensive on the secondary market, given the entire Laser Beast half of the set is not available anywhere else.		: This set is particularly expensive on the secondary market, given the entire Laser Beast half of the set is not available anywhere else.
			{{--}}

	~~{{-}}~~
	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* The Head Hunters' packaging has virtually no information about the vehicles' fictional powers outside of the generic "sealed away for being too powerful" backstory, plus they lack "bio" cards. The ''[[Hero Special 12: Laser Beasts]]'' mook, which simply calls them the "Hunters", goes into far more detail on their powers and weapons.		* The Head Hunters' packaging has virtually no information about the vehicles' fictional powers outside of the generic "sealed away for being too powerful" backstory, plus they lack "bio" cards. The ''[[Hero Special 12: Laser Beasts]]'' mook, which simply calls them the "Hunters", goes into far more detail on their powers and weapons.

Ookalf: /* Beastformers comic */

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Beastformers comic

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===''Beastformers'' comic===		===''Beastformers'' comic===
	The three Head Hunters were created long ago by the [[Three Wise Ones]], designed with incredible power in order to re-shape the inhospitable surface of the primordial [[Beast (planet)\|~~plant~~ Beast]]. However, they soon deemed their power too dangerous, and hid them away. {{storylink\|Legend of the Three Wise Ones}}		The three Head Hunters were created long ago by the [[Three Wise Ones]], designed with incredible power in order to re-shape the inhospitable surface of the primordial [[Beast (planet)\|planet Beast]]. However, they soon deemed their power too dangerous, and hid them away. {{storylink\|Legend of the Three Wise Ones}}

	During the war with the Laser Beasts, Rabbit Kid and Bombsheep searched for and found the Sheep Hunter and Stag Hunter, which they brought back to the front lines and used to send the enemy fleeing.		During the war with the Laser Beasts, Rabbit Kid and Bombsheep searched for and found the Sheep Hunter and Stag Hunter, which they brought back to the front lines and used to send the enemy fleeing.

M Sipher: Undo revision 1546178 by Khajidha (talk) "mook" is what they are. It's the term for that odd hybrid of magazine and book Japan makes billions of.

2021-09-10T20:33:33Z

Undo revision 1546178 by Khajidha (talk) "mook" is what they are. It's the term for that odd hybrid of magazine and book Japan makes billions of.

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* The Head Hunters' packaging has virtually no information about the vehicles' fictional powers outside of the generic "sealed away for being too powerful" backstory, plus they lack "bio" cards. The ''[[Hero Special 12: Laser Beasts]]'' ~~book~~, which simply calls them the "Hunters", goes into far more detail on their powers and weapons.		* The Head Hunters' packaging has virtually no information about the vehicles' fictional powers outside of the generic "sealed away for being too powerful" backstory, plus they lack "bio" cards. The ''[[Hero Special 12: Laser Beasts]]'' mook, which simply calls them the "Hunters", goes into far more detail on their powers and weapons.
	* In the [[Hasbro]] ''Battle Beasts'' line, the "Battle Chariots" came with a semi-random{{fact}} selection of Beasts. Supposedly, this is the source of many of the rarer variants in the Hasbro line, like the pink [[Giader#Toys\|War Weasel]] and [[Crabhit#Toys\|Crusty Crab]], whose decos match up with their Takara releases, but more carded samples of these toys would help confirm that.		* In the [[Hasbro]] ''Battle Beasts'' line, the "Battle Chariots" came with a semi-random{{fact}} selection of Beasts. Supposedly, this is the source of many of the rarer variants in the Hasbro line, like the pink [[Giader#Toys\|War Weasel]] and [[Crabhit#Toys\|Crusty Crab]], whose decos match up with their Takara releases, but more carded samples of these toys would help confirm that.
	* Speaking of ''Battle Beasts'', the Takara-release Hunters' customer-applied [[sticker\|decal]] sheets are the same as the ones packed in with the Hasbro versions of the toys, using the ''Battle Beasts'' logo and having "©1987 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved" on them.		* Speaking of ''Battle Beasts'', the Takara-release Hunters' customer-applied [[sticker\|decal]] sheets are the same as the ones packed in with the Hasbro versions of the toys, using the ''Battle Beasts'' logo and having "©1987 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved" on them.

Khajidha: /* Notes */

2021-09-10T10:50:07Z

Notes

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* The Head Hunters' packaging has virtually no information about the vehicles' fictional powers outside of the generic "sealed away for being too powerful" backstory, plus they lack "bio" cards. The ''[[Hero Special 12: Laser Beasts]]'' ~~mook~~, which simply calls them the "Hunters", goes into far more detail on their powers and weapons.		* The Head Hunters' packaging has virtually no information about the vehicles' fictional powers outside of the generic "sealed away for being too powerful" backstory, plus they lack "bio" cards. The ''[[Hero Special 12: Laser Beasts]]'' book, which simply calls them the "Hunters", goes into far more detail on their powers and weapons.
	* In the [[Hasbro]] ''Battle Beasts'' line, the "Battle Chariots" came with a semi-random{{fact}} selection of Beasts. Supposedly, this is the source of many of the rarer variants in the Hasbro line, like the pink [[Giader#Toys\|War Weasel]] and [[Crabhit#Toys\|Crusty Crab]], whose decos match up with their Takara releases, but more carded samples of these toys would help confirm that.		* In the [[Hasbro]] ''Battle Beasts'' line, the "Battle Chariots" came with a semi-random{{fact}} selection of Beasts. Supposedly, this is the source of many of the rarer variants in the Hasbro line, like the pink [[Giader#Toys\|War Weasel]] and [[Crabhit#Toys\|Crusty Crab]], whose decos match up with their Takara releases, but more carded samples of these toys would help confirm that.
	* Speaking of ''Battle Beasts'', the Takara-release Hunters' customer-applied [[sticker\|decal]] sheets are the same as the ones packed in with the Hasbro versions of the toys, using the ''Battle Beasts'' logo and having "©1987 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved" on them.		* Speaking of ''Battle Beasts'', the Takara-release Hunters' customer-applied [[sticker\|decal]] sheets are the same as the ones packed in with the Hasbro versions of the toys, using the ''Battle Beasts'' logo and having "©1987 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved" on them.

M Sipher at 09:49, 10 September 2021

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	[[File:Head Hunters group.jpg\|upright=2\|thumb\|"''We'll head them off at the pass!!''"<br>"...'head them off at the pass'?! I ''hate'' that cliché!"<br>''BANG!'']]		[[File:Head Hunters group.jpg\|upright=2\|thumb\|"''We'll head them off at the pass!!''"<br>"...'head them off at the pass'?! I ''hate'' that cliché!"<br>''BANG!'']]

	Originally created to be terraforming tools, the three '''Head Hunters''' (ヘッドハンター ''Heddo Hantā'', sometimes just '''Hunters''') have instead become terrifying weapons in the war for [[Beast (planet)\|planet Beast]]. Each of these ancient machines are powered by combination of a fusion engine and a "Psycho Brain", a device that draws out, amplifies and focuses the inherent Psycho Energy of is Beast pilot, allowing them to direct its unique powers. But [[Three Wise Ones\|their creators]] soon realized the flaw in their design, that the fusion-powered Psycho Brain could only be used so many times before it could potentially corrupt or break the mind of a pilot, unleashing incredible destructive power. Thus the three incomplete machines were sealed away on Beast's primordial surface, away from the planet's newest life forms, the subterranean [[Laser Beast]]s, with only vague hints to their locations left in the [[Beast Bible]].		Originally created to be terraforming tools, the three '''Head Hunters''' (ヘッドハンター ''Heddo Hantā'', sometimes just '''Hunters''') have instead become terrifying weapons in the war for [[Beast (planet)\|planet Beast]]. Each of these ancient machines are powered by combination of a fusion engine and a "Psycho Brain", a device that draws out, amplifies and focuses the inherent Psycho Energy of its Beast pilot, allowing them to direct its unique powers. But [[Three Wise Ones\|their creators]] soon realized the flaw in their design, that the fusion-powered Psycho Brain could only be used so many times before it could potentially corrupt or break the mind of a pilot, unleashing incredible destructive power. Thus the three incomplete machines were sealed away on Beast's primordial surface, away from the planet's newest life forms, the subterranean [[Laser Beast]]s, with only vague hints to their locations left in the [[Beast Bible]].

	20,000 years later, the [[Beastformer]]s, desperate having lost so much ground to the invading Laser Beasts, sought out the Head Hunters, and three champions used them to help turn the tide of battle... but can they truly control these monstrous machines?		20,000 years later, the [[Beastformer]]s, desperate having lost so much ground to the invading Laser Beasts, sought out the Head Hunters, and three champions used them to help turn the tide of battle... but can they truly control these monstrous machines?

M Sipher at 07:25, 10 September 2021

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	[[File:Head Hunters group.jpg\|upright=2\|thumb\|"''We'll head them off at the pass!!''"<br>"...'head them off at the pass'?! I ''hate'' that cliché!"<br>''BANG!'']]		[[File:Head Hunters group.jpg\|upright=2\|thumb\|"''We'll head them off at the pass!!''"<br>"...'head them off at the pass'?! I ''hate'' that cliché!"<br>''BANG!'']]

	Originally created to be terraforming tools, the three '''Head Hunters''' (ヘッドハンター ''Heddo Hantā'', sometimes just '''Hunters''') have instead become terrifying weapons in the war for [[Beast (planet)\|planet Beast]]. Each of these ancient machines are powered by combination of a fusion engine and a "Psycho Brain", a device that draws out, amplifies and focuses the inherent Psycho Energy of is Beast pilot, allowing them to direct its unique powers. But [[Three Wise Ones\|their creators]] soon realized the flaw in their design, that the fusion-powered Psycho Brain only be used so many times before it could potentially corrupt or break the mind of a pilot, unleashing incredible destructive power. Thus the three incomplete machines were sealed away on Beast's primordial surface, away from the planet's newest life forms, the subterranean [[Laser Beast]]s, with only vague hints to their locations left in the [[Beast Bible]].		Originally created to be terraforming tools, the three '''Head Hunters''' (ヘッドハンター ''Heddo Hantā'', sometimes just '''Hunters''') have instead become terrifying weapons in the war for [[Beast (planet)\|planet Beast]]. Each of these ancient machines are powered by combination of a fusion engine and a "Psycho Brain", a device that draws out, amplifies and focuses the inherent Psycho Energy of is Beast pilot, allowing them to direct its unique powers. But [[Three Wise Ones\|their creators]] soon realized the flaw in their design, that the fusion-powered Psycho Brain could only be used so many times before it could potentially corrupt or break the mind of a pilot, unleashing incredible destructive power. Thus the three incomplete machines were sealed away on Beast's primordial surface, away from the planet's newest life forms, the subterranean [[Laser Beast]]s, with only vague hints to their locations left in the [[Beast Bible]].

	20,000 years later, the [[Beastformer]]s, desperate having lost so much ground to the invading Laser Beasts, sought out the Head Hunters, and three champions used them to help turn the tide of battle... but can they truly control these monstrous machines?		20,000 years later, the [[Beastformer]]s, desperate having lost so much ground to the invading Laser Beasts, sought out the Head Hunters, and three champions used them to help turn the tide of battle... but can they truly control these monstrous machines?