Prowl (TM2)

The name or term "Prowl" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Prowl (disambiguation).

Prowl is a Maximal from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Give a hoot! Read a book!

Prowl is not a verbose Maximal, preferring instead to listen. He gathers information, analyzes it, and instantly suggets an appropriate couse of action. His logical mind is without match among his Maximal brethren, who rank him among their best military strategists. Prowl feels that he fulfilled that same role in a previous life.

Prowl's toy bio suggests that he has some connection to Generation 1 Prowl, perhaps being one and the same. Later fictions cast doubt on this.

Fiction

Beast Wars: The Gathering comics continuity

Prowl was one of the protoforms left behind by the crew of the Axalon on prehistoric Earth. He was activated and put in chronal phase by Razorbeast at Magmatron's request, but was protected from Magmatron's Predacon shell-program by Razorbeast's viral code.

Accompanied by Night Glider, Sonar, and Air Hammer, Prowl sped to meet up with Razorbeast. These flyers and a phalanx of other Maximals finally reached Razorbeast's team just in time to fight off an army of Predacons. In the battle that ensued, Prowl battled Sky Shadow.

Toys

Beast Wars

• Prowl (Deluxe Transmetal, 1999)

His wings will drive you nuts.

Prowl is a Transmetal 2 bio-mechanical owl with a flip-around-reveal spark crystal in his owl-skull. In beast mode, he has a spring-gear-activated spinning-wing attack gimmick. Oddly, the advertised robot mode for this figure has limited range of motion, since its wings would prevent its arms from moving forward. However, box art suggests folding the wings over the shoulders, rather than sticking out sideways from the chest.

His toy was released in two color schemes. The first one is white, turquoise, and red. The second is black, blue, and red, and was done as a "running change" variation under the same individual DCPI number rather than as a completely new release.

Robots in Disguise

• Prowl 2 (Spychanger, 2002)

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Prowl 2 is a Spychanger released in a 2-pack with Side Swipe. He features a white-blue-yellow color scheme, a gun which stows between his legs in vehicle mode, and a ginormous Autobot symbol.

Prowl 2 subsequently received a solo carded release with commemorative Tiny Tin.

Neither toy included a tech-spec.

Binaltech

• Prowl (Binaltech, 2005)

Japanese ID number: BT-15

For his standard Japanese Binaltech release, Prowl recieved a vehicle mode deco based on a real Japanese police car (the Hasbro Prowl's deco being based more on the original Generation 1 toy), a different spoiler mold, different rims, right-side steering, a Japanese police cherry blossom emblem instead of an Acura logo, and gray plastic instead of stony-blue. He was also labeled as a "Honda Integra Type-R", the model's make in Japan.

• Prowl Vivid Blue Pearl Edition (Binaltech, 2005) Japanese ID number: BT-15

Japanese ID number: BT-15

Like Jazz, Prowl got two different Binaltech decos released in equal numbers. The second version, known as Vivid Blue Pearl Prowl, is a civilian version with no police lights, a mostly blue interior, a Honda logo (instead of the cherry blossom emblem) on the grill, and a solid blue car-shell. His robot-mode parts remained mostly the same color, however.

This mold (the Japanese blue Prowl variant, combined with parts from American police Prowl) was used to make Alternators Camshaft.

External links

• Prowl at TFU.info
  
  
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