Beafox

Beafox is an Autobot-allied Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Fair, balanced, and razor-wielding.

Born in Starr City, Beafox (ビーフォックス Bīfokkusu) is one of the many Beastformers who joined White Leo's resistance forces as Galvatron's Decepticons began to conquer the formerly-peaceful planet with their army of cold-blooded insurgents. His role in the Autobot-allied Beastformer forces is a reconnaissance combatant. He prefers to launch sneak attacks on the Decepticon-allied Beasts, whom his hatred for stands unrivaled by any of his comrades. He also holds the rank of King of Ringostan, over Emperor Devilbat... who fights on the opposite side in the war. Okay then.

His physical attributes include the ability to see clearly two kilometers ahead even in darkness and jumping power second only to Rabbit Kid.

Fiction

The Headmasters cartoon

He looks like a vulpine Bill O'Reilly. SHUT UP SHUT UP TURN OFF HIS MICROPHONE

The Beafoxes were a species of Beastformer, part of White Leo's rebels, fighting against the Decepticons and their allies, Alligatron and the evil Beasts. However, some were kidnapped and used as slaves to construct components of Scorponok's transtector. A few Beafoxes were part of an unsuccessful attack by the rebels on the Decepticon stronghold. They got shot down and the rebels were forced into retreat. Later, a few Beafoxes were there to welcome their Autobot saviors.

The enslaved Beafox were saved by the efforts of Wheelie, Daniel, and the Monsterbots. Meanwhile, a Beafox was part of a force led by White Leo to rescue those very same slaves. The two groups joined together and emerged outside to see the Decepticon Transformers in retreat. A Beafox, with other rebels, saw off the Autobots. Rebellion on Planet Beast

A Beafox working on Scorponok's transtector on Zarak was whipped by Octane after collapsing. The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts

The Headmasters comic

Beafox, among others, was menaced by Predaking and the Sharkticons, led by Alligatron. They were able to escape when Brainstorm and Highbrow distracted the giant combiner. The Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!

Beastformers comic

A combatant in the Beastformers' war with the invading Laser Beasts, Beafox was stationed at the Wood Beetle base during an enemy attack. Beastformers VS Laser Beasts

Legends comic

Beafox was among the Beastformers who joined the Laser Beasts in fighting against Galvatron II's invading Decepticons on Beast. He watched as the Legends World refugees took off in the Axalon to ram Nemesis. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3

Toys

The Headmasters/Beastformers

He's out to find out who's responsible for all that dry cereal.

• Beafox (Beastformer, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 16
  • Accessories: Axe

Part of the first series of Takara's Beastformers toys, Beafox is an anthropomorphic fox in white robotic armor. The rubsign on his chest reveals one of three symbols; Fire, Water or Wood.

He was re-released in the subsequent second and third series; while the toy proper was not changed, the packaging and packed-in bio card was. The Series 1 release comes in a generic red-grid "Cybertron Beastformer" box, with a red-grid bio card with a painted character image on the front, though there was a random chance of his card being replaced by the rare "Holography Mirror" card. Series 2 came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box, with the bio card putting the painted image on a jungle backdrop. Series 3's box was unchanged, but the bio card replaced the painted image with a simpler line-art image, first used in Hasbro's Battle Beasts cast poster. In the green-box releases, depending on the "Pack" he came in, there was a chance of his bio card being replaced with a rare "Secret Photo", "Bewitching Serpent Seal", or "VS Holography Mirror" card.

• Beafox (Gahsapon Beastformer, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 16
  • Accessories: Weapon

Many of the first-series Beastformers were also sold in gashapon capsule machines, Beafox included. This version is identical to the regularly-released boxed version, including the randomized rubsign, except the gashapons appear to have randomized weapons (or just crummy quality control).

There is also a rare all-white/cream version of Beafox; these rare versions can vary in how white they actually are, and it's uncertain if that's how they started or if some have simply yellowed with age. These white versions tend to be very expensive on the secondary market.

Beastformers

• Beafox (Beastformer, 1988)
  • Beast ID number: 16
  • Accessories: "Beastarr" MVP Weapon

Re-released in the Transformers-less Beastformers sequel series, Beafox was given a straight re-release with new packaging and a new, more filled-out bio card with corrected coloring. This new card also gave his weapon, now branded an "MVP Weapon", the name "Beastarr" (ビースター Bīsutā).

The initial early releases of this series had the chance for any Beastformer to have the rare Burstsun symbol; we'll probably never know if Big Serow was ever actually one of them. Later in the run, the "mood ring" styled rubsigns were replaced with new rubsigns that revealed full-color Fire/Wood/Water images on black backdrops. (These rubsign variants also happened at the same time in the Hasbro Battle Beast version of the line.)

Notes

• Beafox's backstory and likely his name contain references to the Beatles.

Foreign names

• English: Sly Fox