Peguinis

Peguinis is a Beastformer from the Beastformers portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Peguinis (ペギニス Peginisu) is one of the Autobot Beastformers fighting a war on the planet Beast. His role in the Autobot Beastformer forces is an "Ice Field Combatant". He also holds the rank of Emperor of Johnston, on whose south beach he was born, under King Zebra Ball.

Toys

Transformers: Beastformers

• Peguinis (Beastformer, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 75
  • Accessories: Spear

Part of the third series of Takara's Beastformers toys, Peguinis is an anthropomorphic emperor penguin in blue robotic armor. The rubsign on his chest reveals one of three symbols; Fire, Water or Wood.

He came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box, with a bio card with a line-art character image first used in Hasbro's Battle Beasts cast poster (rather than the painted images of the prior two series). 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

• Peguinis (Beastformer, 1988)
  • Beast ID number: 75
  • Accessories: "Freeze Dryer" MVP Weapon

Re-released in the Transformers-less Beastformers sequel series, Peguinis 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 "Freeze Dryer" (フリーズドライヤー Furīzu Doraiyā).

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 Peguinis 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

Foreign names

• English: Pugnacious Penguin