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===Ask Vector Prime=== | ===Ask Vector Prime=== | ||
Dark Eggbot was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Predacon society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron's own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Star Dust]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29}} | Dark Eggbot was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Predacon society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron's own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Star Dust]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29}} | ||
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===''Beast Wars''=== | ===''Beast Wars''=== | ||
[[File:BW-toy DarkEggbot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Robotnik|Dr. Eggman’s]] new Death Egg left much to be desired.]] | [[File:BW-toy DarkEggbot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Robotnik|Dr. Eggman’s]] new Death Egg left much to be desired.]] | ||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Dark Eggbot''' (Egg Beast, [[1998]])}}</ul> | |||
:*''ID number'': '''ED-3''' | |||
{{toydesigner|[[Masaki Maruyama]] (original tooling)}} | {{toydesigner|[[Masaki Maruyama]] (original tooling)}} | ||
: Dark Eggbot transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an "egg" mode) into a robot. He is cast in translucent black plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his [[robot mode]] back (well, you ''can'' remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring). | : A late (and low-run) addition to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)#Japan|Beast Wars]]'' line, Dark Eggbot transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an "egg" mode) into a robot. He is cast in translucent black plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his [[robot mode]] back (well, you ''can'' remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring). | ||
: | : All of the Eggbots demand a higher price tag on the secondary market than one would expect at first, thanks to their late and relatively limited release. | ||
: This mold is a | : This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the 1988 Takara ''{{w|Mashin Hero Wataru}}'' "Jakira" toy, giving him a new loop for his attached keychain. The ''Wataru'' toy was itself a retool of the ''[[Micro Change]]'' Meteor Robo "MC-14 Metal Man" toy, which also had a base and two additional guns excluded from all later iterations of the mold. | ||
: This mold was also used to make [[Eggbot (BW)|Eggbot]] and ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' [[Star Dust#Toys|Star Dust]]. | : This mold was also used to make [[Eggbot (BW)#Toys|Eggbot]] and ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' [[Star Dust#Toys|Star Dust]] and was also proposed for a ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Vector Sigma#Generations (Japan)|Vector Sigma]] accessory, but that was not produced. It also served as the model for a [[Metal Man|comic background character]]. | ||
::*''[http://tfu.info/1998/Destron/DarkEggRobo/darkeggrobo.htm More information on Dark Eggbot at TFU.info]'' | ::*''[http://tfu.info/1998/Destron/DarkEggRobo/darkeggrobo.htm More information on Dark Eggbot at TFU.info]'' | ||
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]] | [[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:03, 16 November 2024
- Dark Eggbot is a Predacon Egg Beast from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Despite belonging to the group of Cybertronians called the "Egg Beasts", Dark Eggbot (ダークエッグボット Dāku Eggubotto) does not actually possess a beast mode. He does, however, have a fiendishly complex and calculating processing center which he uses to devise evil plots and nefarious acts of espionage against the Maximals. How his transformation into a ball helps him carry them out is unknown, but if it's good enough for Samus Aran...
Like his fellow Egg Beasts, he is among the oldest operational Predacons.
Fiction
[edit]Ask Vector Prime
[edit]Dark Eggbot was a sleeper agent of Unicron, inserted into Predacon society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron's own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the Sparkbot Star Dust. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29
Generations Selects Special Comic
[edit]In 2011, Unicron fought against the combined Autobot and Decepticon attempt to seal him into the Triple Z Point by reconstructing himself from a cadre of disciples that included Dark Eggbots. Super Megatron comic 1
Toys
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- Dark Eggbot (Egg Beast, 1998)
- ID number: ED-3
- Known designers: Masaki Maruyama (original tooling)
- A late (and low-run) addition to the Takara Beast Wars line, Dark Eggbot transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an "egg" mode) into a robot. He is cast in translucent black plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his robot mode back (well, you can remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).
- All of the Eggbots demand a higher price tag on the secondary market than one would expect at first, thanks to their late and relatively limited release.
- This mold is a retooling of the 1988 Takara Mashin Hero Wataru "Jakira" toy, giving him a new loop for his attached keychain. The Wataru toy was itself a retool of the Micro Change Meteor Robo "MC-14 Metal Man" toy, which also had a base and two additional guns excluded from all later iterations of the mold.
- This mold was also used to make Eggbot and Kiss Players Star Dust and was also proposed for a Generations Vector Sigma accessory, but that was not produced. It also served as the model for a comic background character.
