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: Dark Eggbird transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an "egg" mode) into a robotic hawk. He is cast in purple translucent plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his beast-mode breast (well, you ''can'' remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring). | : Dark Eggbird transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an "egg" mode) into a robotic hawk. He is cast in purple translucent plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his beast-mode breast (well, you ''can'' remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring). | ||
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the | : This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the 1988 Takara ''{{w|Mashin Hero Wataru}}'' "Jakuro" toy, giving him a new loop for his attached keychain. The Wataru toy was a retool of the ''[[Micro Change]]'' Meteor Robo "MC-16 Metal Hawk" toy. | ||
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded | : The original ''[[Micro Change]]'' toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded from all ''Mashin Hero Wataru'' and ''Transformers'' releases. | ||
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first. | : The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first. | ||
Revision as of 23:45, 6 April 2022
- Dark Eggbird is a Predacon from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Dark Eggbird (ダークエッグバード Dāku Eggubādo) is the airborne Predacon Egg Beast, able to transform from a stealthy and lethal hawk mode into, uh, a ball. Presumably he has found this worthwhile as part of his role as one of Megatron's top saboteurs.
Like his fellow Egg Beasts, he is among the oldest of the Predacons.
Fiction
Ask Vector Prime
Dark Eggbird was a sleeper agent of Unicron, inserted into Predacon society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron's own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the Sparkbot Zangetsu. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29
Generations Selects Special Comic
In 2011, Unicron fought against the combined Autobot and Decepticon attempt to seal him into the Triple Z Point by reconstructing himself from a cadre of disciples that included Dark Eggbirds. Super Megatron comic 1
Toys
Beast Wars
- Dark Eggbird (Egg Beast, 1998)
- ID number: ED-2
- Dark Eggbird transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an "egg" mode) into a robotic hawk. He is cast in purple translucent plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his beast-mode breast (well, you can remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).
- This mold is a retooling of the 1988 Takara Mashin Hero Wataru "Jakuro" toy, giving him a new loop for his attached keychain. The Wataru toy was a retool of the Micro Change Meteor Robo "MC-16 Metal Hawk" toy.
- The original Micro Change toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded from all Mashin Hero Wataru and Transformers releases.
- The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the Takara Beast Wars line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.
- This mold was also used to make Eggbird and Kiss Players Zangetsu.
