Black Viper Go-Bot

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The Black Viper Go-Bot was to have been a character from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Vyper Vyper, burning bright / On the highways of the night / What immortal hand or optic / Could frame thy fearful diagnostic?

The "Black Viper Go-Bot" is a mysterious individual.

Toys

Generation 2

• ? (Go-Bot, 1995)
  • Accessories: Rifle

As far as we know, not the star of a canceled-then-revived mid-90s action show.

Planned as a Go-Bot item for Generation 2, this character transforms into a black Dodge Viper. The figure has through-axle construction to allow for super-fast rolling in car mode. Like its fellow "new"-mold teammates, the figure's rifle stores under the car mode. Ultimately, it went unreleased, and the character it was intended to represent remains unknown.

This mold was eventually used to make the Spy Changer version of Robots in Disguise Side Burn and the 2003 Universe version of Generation 1 Jazz.

• Gallery of the Black Viper Go-Bot at BWTF.com

Your bargaining posture is highly dubious. Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Notes

• The ad hoc designation "Black Viper" was used in a "Toys For Tots" charity auction listing at BotCon 1996.
• "Black Viper" got far enough along in development to receive package art Hasbro, which was on display during the walking tour of HasCon 2017. It was later revealed to the public by Instagram-based fan @roboticplanettoys in 2021. Alas, its existence was discovered too late to appear in 2014's Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging, which did include Rumble, "4X", "911", and Hound (but not "Purple Mercedes").
• Your guess is as good as ours as to which faction this character would have belonged.