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:''Spiketail was to be a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 | :''Spiketail was to be a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].'' | ||
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'''Spiketail''' is a mystery. | '''Spiketail''' is a mystery. | ||
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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Beast Machines=== | ===Beast Machines=== | ||
:Around December of 2000, the online retailer '''Big Bad Toystore''' put up a list of upcoming ''Transformers'' product from [[Hasbro]]. Although the main point of interest was a ''[[Transtech]]'' assortment listing, there were several tail-end and unreleased ''[[Beast Machines|Beast Machines: Battle for the Spark]]'' toys mentioned as well. | :Around December of 2000, the online retailer '''Big Bad Toystore''' put up a list of upcoming ''Transformers'' product from [[Hasbro]]. Although the main point of interest was a ''[[Transtech]]'' assortment listing, there were several tail-end and unreleased ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines: Battle for the Spark]]'' toys mentioned as well. | ||
:Two basics listed as coming out after March of 2001 were [[Screechwing]] and Spiketail. Spiketail is described as "redeco skuni" - what is generally assumed by fans to be a typo for redeco '''skunk'''. | :Two basics listed as coming out after March of 2001 were [[Screechwing]] and Spiketail. Spiketail is described as "redeco skuni" - what is generally assumed by fans to be a typo for redeco '''skunk'''. | ||
:Presumably, then, Spiketail was to be a redeco of [[Stinkbomb]], the Transmetal 2 skunk from ''[[Beast Wars]]''. However, with the early demise of ''Beast Machines'', the complete retail abortion of ''Transtech'', and the importation of ''Car Robots'' as ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'', Spiketail never saw the light of day. | :Presumably, then, Spiketail was to be a redeco of [[Stinkbomb]], the Transmetal 2 skunk from ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]''. However, with the early demise of ''Beast Machines'', the complete retail abortion of ''Transtech'', and the importation of ''Car Robots'' as ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'', Spiketail never saw the light of day. | ||
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*"Spike Tail" was the name of a ''Stegosaurus'' figure from [[Kenner]]'s 1997 ''Jurassic Park: The Lost World'' toyline [http://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure.php?FID=8734&figure=stegosaurusspiketail]. The trademark was subsequently registered by Hasbro as "[http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=75196079 Spike-Tail]", which they still owned in 2000/2001. As such, it's possible that, if he had been released, Spiketail's name would have been parsed with a dash. | *"Spike Tail" was the name of a ''Stegosaurus'' figure from [[Kenner]]'s 1997 ''Jurassic Park: The Lost World'' toyline [http://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure.php?FID=8734&figure=stegosaurusspiketail]. The trademark was subsequently registered by Hasbro as "[http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=75196079 Spike-Tail]", which they still owned in 2000/2001. As such, it's possible that, if he had been released, Spiketail's name would have been parsed with a dash. | ||
==External | ==External links== | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20001206140100/http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/news.asp Original BBTS listing at Web Archive] | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20001206140100/http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/news.asp Original BBTS listing at Web Archive] | ||
Revision as of 08:12, 19 October 2009
- Spiketail was to be a Maximal from the Beast Machines portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
You can't see me!
This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.
Spiketail is a mystery.
He was probably not going to have friends named Longneck, Threehorn, Bigmouth, and Flyer.
Toys
Beast Machines
- Around December of 2000, the online retailer Big Bad Toystore put up a list of upcoming Transformers product from Hasbro. Although the main point of interest was a Transtech assortment listing, there were several tail-end and unreleased Beast Machines: Battle for the Spark toys mentioned as well.
- Two basics listed as coming out after March of 2001 were Screechwing and Spiketail. Spiketail is described as "redeco skuni" - what is generally assumed by fans to be a typo for redeco skunk.
- Presumably, then, Spiketail was to be a redeco of Stinkbomb, the Transmetal 2 skunk from Beast Wars. However, with the early demise of Beast Machines, the complete retail abortion of Transtech, and the importation of Car Robots as Robots in Disguise, Spiketail never saw the light of day.
 Proceed on your way to oblivion. |
Trivia
- "Spike Tail" was the name of a Stegosaurus figure from Kenner's 1997 Jurassic Park: The Lost World toyline [1]. The trademark was subsequently registered by Hasbro as "Spike-Tail", which they still owned in 2000/2001. As such, it's possible that, if he had been released, Spiketail's name would have been parsed with a dash.
