Orcanoch
- Orcanoch is a Maximal from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Orcanoch's orca mode is perfect for seeking out underwater energon sources, if he can keep Arachnid from stealing his internal secrets. Crafted from a combination of the shell of a crashed alien starship and a modified version of the standard Maximal Sentinel program, it developed a personality of it's own, a merging of the aforementioned defense program and the alien ship's artificial intelligence. Orcanoch is capable of establishing itself on land via built-in thrusters or to scour the ocean depths at speeds up to 150 knots, and houses CR chambers and built-in energon dampeners to prevent its passengers from suffering from potential overload. Though it boasted a sophisticated neural net that could instantaneously adapt to enemy attacks, it was sabotaged and sunk by the Predacons, never to be recovered.[1]
Toys
- Orcanoch (MicroVerse, 1997)
- Orcanoch was released as part of the MicroVerse line, Hasbro’s miniatures line meant to compete with Galoob’s "Micro Machines" (before Hasbro’s purchase of Galoob). It transforms from an orca into a multi-level tower base. Its pectoral fins pull out to reveal a separate one-robot mini-sub. The orca head is removed (and presumably set aside) to reveal a control tower with spring-loaded missile launcher.
- It comes with two micro-figures, Optimus Primal and Tarantulas.
Trivia
- Orcanoch's box-art shows a presumed Maximal that cannot be identified as an existing toy or character. It kind of sort of looks like a cross between Armordillo and Snapper, but isn't either of them.
- Due to containing a mini-figure of Optimus Primal, this otherwise unmemorable micro-set is of interest to Optimus and Megatron completists.
- Oddly enough, the Optimus Primal figure included with this set is unmistakably colored to represent the Maximal leader's gorilla body, while the Megatron figure included the Arachnid playset, Orcanoch's Predacon counterpart, represents the Predacon leader in his alligator form. Guess Primal got around to upgrade his body before Megatron did in this micro-continuity...
