Bombsheep

Bombsheep is a Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Bombsheep (ボムシープ Bomushīpu), or Bomb (ボム Bomu), is one of the many Beastformers who joined White Leo's resistance forces as Galvatron's Decepticons began to conquer the formerly-peaceful planet Beast with their army of cold-blooded insurgents. He holds the rank of King of Sheepnia, over Emperor Badshark, and was born in the country's Ram City. A gentle soul with a big heart, he appreciates the beauty of nature and enjoys writing poetry and music, creations of excellent quality that have earned him many fans across the planet. He's not particularly powerful in battle and plays the role of mere supply line worker in the Autobot-allied Beastformer forces, but his mere presence does serve to soothe and inspire his fellow soldiers, especially Badshark who fights particularly well when Bombsheep is around.

Fiction

Laser Beasts comic

When Sheepnia was conquered by the Laser Beasts, Bombsheep was injured and fled to Bistoram where he warned White Leo that the invaders were targeting his nation next. With Badshark having been killed in the attack, Bombsheep demanded vengeance and was the only Beastformer to accompany Rabbit Kid when he set out to search for the Hunters and use them against the Laser Beasts, successfully locating the Stag Hunter. He used the vehicle to scatter the Laser Beasts during one battle, and when he was swarmed and overpowered by the Shield Battler-6 in another clash, he refused to give up and got out to fight Stronghurricane with his fists. Beastformers VS Laser Beasts

Legends comic

Bombsheep took part in the final battle between the Beastformers and the Laser Beasts on Beast in 2023. He stood by as the newly arrived Autobot Headmasters assisted the Beastformers. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1

Toys

Transformers: Beastformers

• Bombsheep (Beastformer, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 26
  • Accessories: Claw weapon

Part of the first series of Takara's Beastformers toys, Bombsheep is a blue-furred anthropomorphic ram in dark-gray robotic armor. The rubsign on his chest reveals one of three symbols; Fire, Water or Wood.

The Hasbro Battle Beasts release of the figure can vary in the tone of the plastic and paint used, with some samples having richer-blue plastic and darker, glossier gray paint; it's uncertain if the Takara version has similar (minor) paint variation.

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.

Beastformers

• Bombsheep (Beastformer, 1988)
  • Beast ID number: 26
  • Accessories: "Bomb Scissors" MVP Weapon

Re-released in the Transformers-less Beastformers sequel series, Bombsheep 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 "Bomb Scissors" (ボムシザース Bomu Shizāsu).

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 Bombsheep 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.)

• Stag Hunter (Beastformer Head Hunter Vehicle, 1988)
  • Beast ID number: 26
  • Accessories: "Bomb Scissors" MVP Weapon

Bombsheep also came packaged with the Stag Hunter vehicle, seemingly unchanged from his original release.

• Bombsheep (Gashapon/candy-toy Beastformer, 1988)
  • Meiji ID number: 10
  • Accessories: "Allistretcher" weapon

A small, super-deformed, articulation-free version of Bombsheep was sold both as a gashapon capsule prize by Takara, and as a candy toy with "chocoballs" through the candy/ snack company Meiji. The candy toy version came with a bio/data card with its own role-playing rules, using the old Transformers-era painted character art.

This stumpy lil fellow could be found in red, blue or green plastic, representing the Fire, Water and Wood elements (even though he still had a rubsign). All of the Meji Beastformers comes with a different Beastformer's weapon attached to their shoulder by a snippable sprue. Bombsheep comes with Alligatron's "Allistretcher" weapon, while Bowdog has Bombsheep's "Bomb Scissors".

Notes

Foreign names

• English: Bighorn Sheep