Armordillo (BW)
- Armordillo is a Maximal in the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Armordillo is a master mechanic and explosives expert who carts a vast array of tools and devices around beneath his heavily armored shell. His specialty is constructing brilliantly elaborate traps and then waiting silently and patiently (with a patience that borders on supernatural in his comrades eyes) for however many days or weeks it takes for a Predacon to stumble into it. His satisfaction when they inevitably do makes it all worth while. In addition to his tools and devices he has an impressive optic array, a hidden laser weapon, and a Morningstar melee weapon that combined with his heavy armor make up for the fact that he moves extremely slowly.
- Spanish name: Armadillo
- Italian name: Armodillo
- Japanese name: Armor
- French-Canadian name: Tatou
Fiction
IDW Beast Wars comics
Armordillo was one of the protoforms left behind by the crew of the Axalon on prehistoric Earth. He was activated and put in chronal phase by Razorbeast at Magmatron's request, but was protected from Magmatron's Predacon shell-program by Razorbeast's viral code.
Soon after awakening, he joined up with Bantor, Noctorro, Stinkbomb, and K-9 to free Torca from a tar pit. After following Razorbeast's signal for days, and picking up more Maximals along the way, Armordillo rode into battle against Magmatron's Predacons atop Torca, presumably joining up with Razorbeast's army after their victory.
Toys
Beast Wars
- Armordillo (Basic)
- Armordillo is a flipchanger, transforming from an armadillo, as per the pun, to robot. Contained inside an armadillo foot is a laser gun. Inside another is a mace. The mold was later used for Bump and Psycho-Orb.
- Volcano Showdown (Vs Playset, 1997)
- Japanese ID number: VS-X1
- Accessories: Mace and pistol
- Armordillo was available in Japan exclusively in this large set containing not only him and his enemy Snapper, but also a large battery-operated volcano playset. The playset comes with a number of red plastic balls in some way representing lava, which can either roll down the mountainside in a perpetual cascade, or be fired from the accompanying cannon.
- It has been hypothesized that this playset was originally slated for an abandoned Microman line, which is made plausible by the scale of various sculpted details.
