Peguinis
- Peguinis is a Beastformer from the Beastformers portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Peguinis (ペギニス Peginisu) isn't one for combat. He's not a fighter, he's a researcher. A former student of Udan, he's more than happy to spend all his time in a lab or library, learning and experimenting. Even as the Emperor-penguin (ha ha) of Johnston, he's usually got his beak buried in a book, working hard. Luckily, this meshes well with King Zebra Ball's meticulous, cautious and curious manner.
He does have one method of protecting himself, and it's a doozy. His MVP Weapon, the Freeze Dryer (フリーズドライヤー Furīzu Doraiyā), can turn objects super-super-super-cold. It doesn't just freeze things, it can drop their temperature to just a few fractions of a degree above absolute zero, effectively disintegrating them at a molecular level. Yikes. Fortunately, he's reluctant to ever use it at its full power, but the very threat of using such a weapon tends to keep him safe.
Toys
Beastformers
- Peguinis (Beastformer, 1988)
- ID number: 75
- Pack: H
- Accessories: "Freeze Dryer" MVP Weapon
- Released only in the post-Transformers "RPG"-themed Beastformers sequel series, Peguinis is an anthropomorphic emperor penguin in blue robotic armor. The Battle Emeblem on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.
- He was sold in two similar-but-different styles of boxes. One wholly-generic version, sold in large display boxes like the Transformers releases, advertised the chance for the included bio card to instead be a rare holofoil card of White Leo with a "Burstsun" rubsign in a baggie taped to the back, so you could apply it to the Beastformer of your choice. The more common version has a slightly different box with a peg-hole in the top flap, and has a sticker on the bottom with his name and role on it.
- Late 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
- Peguinis is one of 22 figures that were advertised on multiple Transformers-era materials but not actually released in that iteration of the line.
- Peguinis's 1987 character art (seen at top) incorrectly gives him a silver weapon. His recolored 1988 art corrects this mistake.
- His '88 bio card gives him the nickname "Peggy" (ペギー Pegī), and notes he was born on Johnston's southern coast.
Foreign names
- English: Pugnacious Penguin
