Mach Kick

Mach Kick is a Maximal from the Beast Wars Neo portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Mach Kick is the former sub-commander of the Thoroughbred Corps. After their destruction at the hands of the Predacons, he was left the only survivor. Once he recovered, he was sent to aid Big Convoy in his quest to obtain the Angolmois capsules.

Mach Kick has a very free spirit and a rowdy attitude. He enjoys cavorting about and partying like he was in a college fraternity. Longrack can’t stand him one bit and the two of them get into arguments on a near daily basis. While a party animal on the outside, he has great wisdom and courage within that shines through in the most unlikely situations.

Fiction

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

Voice actor: Teruaki Ogawa (Japanese)

Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!? Planet of the Ultimate Weapon

IDW Beast Wars comics

Mach Kick is part of Lio Convoy's elite special operations unit, the Pack. He travels with them to prehistoric earth to rescue Razorbeast and co. He's in charge of tracking Razorbeast's near non-existent signal back to its source so it's understandable it takes him a bit to get it right. When the group charges into battle with the Predacons there he smashes Scourge with a buck to the chest and Terragator tries to ride him bareback. The Ascending #2

Toys

Beast Wars Neo

My God. What have you done. Look what your careless hands have wrought. Each moment this unnatural beast lives is like a thousand years of misery. Look in its brown eyes. It longs for death. Select the pistol, and then, select your horse.

• Mach Kick (Deluxe, 1999)
  • Japanese ID number: C-36
  • Accessories: Tail-hatchet

Mach Kick transforms into a gray-blue organic horse with a rooted nylon-hair tail (awwwww). Pressing back on the horse's mane causes the head to spring forward via jackspring mechanism as a ramming attack. This gimmick is usable in all three modes. His soft, brushable tail is attached to a hatchet for use in robot mode. His robot mode also features rooted hair in a ponytail (see what they did there?) on his head. Mach Kick has a third "Protect Mode", and moreso than all the other Neo new-mold-toy third modes, it is a horrendous pile of limbs and ball-joints that holds no meaning, only madness.

Mach Kick is widely considered one of the most infuriating Transformers toys to actually transform, thanks to being a shellformer with approximately 467 ball-and-socket joints that need to be positioned juuuuust right or else nothing will properly connect. On the other hand, it can also rear up on its hind legs in a dramatic pose in beast mode and stand unassisted doing so.

• More information on Mach Kick at TFU.info

Black Beauty: The Land Before Time

• Showdown of the Favorites: Mach Kick VS Archadis (Deluxe VS pack, 1999)
  • Japanese ID number: VS-36
  • Accessories: Tail-hatchet

Mach Kick was available both as an individual and in a two-pack with the Predacon Archadis. Both toys in the set were identical to their individual releases.

Notes

• Mach Kick is one of three Beast Wars Neo toys whose designs were determined via a contest held by Japanese Television Magazine. The winning designs were revealed in the April 1999 issue. The other winning designs became Archadis and Bazooka.