Battle Savanna

The Battle Savanna is a Laser Beast vehicle from the Generation 1 continuity family.

I want to turn people into dinosaurs. Then run them over.

Despite its small size, the Battle Savanna (バトルサバンナ Batoru Sabanna) Battlecruiser packs an incredible amount of power. Capable of flight, this one-beast battle machine was created by the Laser Beasts as a response to the Beastformers' recovery of the legendary Head Hunters... and under the command of its master Slag King, it's proved itself to be more than a match for the larger machines!

Fiction

Beastformers comic

Beastformers VS Laser Beasts

Toys

Beastformers

• Battle Savanna (Battlecruiser vehicle, 1988)

Released in the "Laser Beasts" portion of the post-Transformers-branded Beastformers toyline, the Battle Savanna is a small rhinoceros-themed battle sled with a pull-back motor, allowing it to rocket forward on smooth surfaces. The "handlebars" actually act as a securing clip around the waists of Beastformer and Laser Beast figures, though many figures end up kind of dangling there, feet off the platform.

It came with the Laser Beast Slag King, who was only available in this set.

Notes

• Despite the green coloring and rounded "eyes" giving it more of a horned-reptile vibe, the packaging explicitly calls the Battle Savanna a "Transport Rhino Type Battle Chariot".