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: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first. | : The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first. | ||
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the | : This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the 1988 Takara ''{{w|Mashin Hero Wataru}}'' "Jakuro" toy, giving him a new loop for his attached keychain. The Wataru toy was a retool of the [[Micro Change]] Meteor Robo "MC-16 Metal Hawk" toy. | ||
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded | : The original ''[[Micro Change]]'' toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded from all ''Mashin Hero Wataru'' and ''Transformers'' releases. | ||
: This mold was also used to make [[Dark Eggbird]] and ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' [[Zangetsu]]. | : This mold was also used to make [[Dark Eggbird]] and ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' [[Zangetsu]]. | ||
Revision as of 23:44, 6 April 2022
- Eggbird is a Maximal Egg Beast from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Eggbird (エッグバード Eggubādo) is the airborne Maximal Egg Beast, able to transform from a hawk mode into, uh, a ball. Like his fellow Egg Beasts, he is among the oldest of the Maximals. His small stature belies his bravery and experience in aerial combat.
Fiction
Ask Vector Prime
Eggbird was a sleeper agent of Unicron, inserted into Maximal 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 Zangetsu. Ask Vector Prime, 29/9/2015
Toys
Beast Wars
- Eggbird (Egg Beast, 1998)
- Japanese ID number: EC-2
- Eggbird transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an "egg" mode) into a robotic hawk. He is cast in red translucent plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his beast-mode breast (well, you can remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).
- The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the Takara Beast Wars line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.
- This mold is a retooling of the 1988 Takara Mashin Hero Wataru "Jakuro" toy, giving him a new loop for his attached keychain. The Wataru toy was a retool of the Micro Change Meteor Robo "MC-16 Metal Hawk" toy.
- The original Micro Change toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded from all Mashin Hero Wataru and Transformers releases.
- This mold was also used to make Dark Eggbird and Kiss Players Zangetsu.
