Stag Hunter

The Stag Hunter is a Beastformer Head Hunter vehicle from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Stag night!

One of several powerful vehicles produced by the Three Wise Ones, the Stag Hunter (スタッグハンター Sutaggu Hantā) has been called into service to protect planet Beast from the designs of the evil Laser Beasts. This powerful weapon, now controlled by King Bombsheep, can tear through their armies... but will it be enough?

Toys

Beastformers

• Stag Hunter (Beastformer Head Hunter Vehicle, 1987)

Released in the Takara Transformers-less Beastformers sequel series, the Stag Hunter is a large green robotic stag-head "chariot" with a pull-back motor: pulling back and releasing the vehicle sends it rolling forward, with the lower jaw rapidly moving up and down. The back end pulls out to allow a Beastformer or Laser Beast figure into the control section, pushing back to "lock" them in. Each side of the control station features a pair of swing-up gray bars, used to secure other Beastformer figures by slipping under their arms.

This Head Hunter vehicle came with Bombsheep as a pack-in pilot, unchanged from his prior releases. While late-series runs of the individually-sold Beastformers could have full-color Fire/Water/Wood rubsigns, it is unknown if the box set toys could have them.

What was not packed in with the Head Hunters was a collector's card for the vehicle, slightly unusual since the larger Battle Bases got cards.

The Stag Hunter's horns and (non-spinning) drills are made with a soft plastic that can get a little gross with age, as the plasticizer slowly seeps out, similar to what happens to the Pretender Monster and Dinoforce shells.