Longrack (BW)
| The name or term "Longrack" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Longrack (disambiguation). |
- Longrack is a Maximal from the Beast Wars Neo portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The best way to describe Longrack (ロングラック Rongurakku) is that he's the kind of cadet who runs for Student Council President because he believes that the job really matters and should be taken seriously, darn it all. Longrack believes rules exist to be followed. He's talky, annoying, over-serious, and has a stick up his tailpipe as long as his beast mode's neck. The "Brainy Smurf" of Big Convoy's crew, Longrack means well, but that doesn't stop him from being a major tool, or getting into spats with the less-serious-minded among the crew, particularly the wild-at-heart Mach Kick. In his spare time, he likes to tinker with machines.
Fiction
Beast Wars Neo cartoon
- Voice actor: Jun Uemoto (Japanese)
Beast Wars Neo comic
IDW Beast Wars comics
Longrack was part of Lio Convoy's elite special operations unit, the Pack. He traveled with them to prehistoric Earth to rescue Razorbeast and company. On the way there, Stampy's "bounding" exuberance, quite predictably, got on Longrack's nerves. Once their team landed in the middle of a battle with the Predacons, he used his long giraffe neck to take a bite out of Buzz Saw. The Ascending #2
Toys
Beast Wars Neo
- Longrack (Mega, 1999)
- Japanese ID number: C-29
- Accessories: Knife, 2 missiles
- Longrack transforms into a giraffe. His beast-mode head has its tongue stuck out, and pushing it in makes the white pupils of his eyes disappear. Uh... yeah.
- Anyway, his robot mode is laden with gimmicks. His beast-mode forelegs each hide a spring-loaded missile launcher, through getting them into a useful firing position is tricky. His giraffe neck becomes his right arm, which has a spring-loaded extending claw. This claw also features a 5mm-wide "clip", allowing him to hold other accessories (or his comrades Stampy and Break in their gun modes) with that arm. His left arm's gauntlet has a flip-out knife, which is removable, but due to the plastic tolerances is tricky to remove and replace. He also has a third "Arm Vehicle" mode that is best not talked about at all, though it does have the sole redeeming feature of putting his missile launchers into an actually useful firing position.
- Showdown in the Savannah: Longrack VS Guiledart (Vs pack, 1999)
- Japanese ID number: VS-29
- Accessories: Knife, 2 missiles
- Longrack was available both separately and in a vs-pack with the Predacon Guiledart. Both toys were identical to their individual releases.
Cybertron
- Longrack vs. Runabout (Versus pack, 2005)
- Japanese ID number: GS-02
- Accessories: Cybertron Autobot Cyber Key
- Longrack is a retool of Armada Hoist, transforming into a Cybertronic excavator. Plugging a Cyber Planet Key into his right arm unlocks his shovel-arm, which can punch forward by pressing in the plunger mechanism. He came with a silver-bordered Cybertron-Autobot style Cyber Planet Key. He was only available in Japan in a vs-pack with Runabout. Though this toy was not originally intended to be the original Longrack, he was a bizarre yet brilliant visual homage.
- This mold was used to make the BotCon 2006 Darksyde Dinobot. The original version of the mold was also used to make Universe Ransack. This toy was later repurposed as Beast Wars Neo Longrack in the comic book The Ascending.
- Longrack (Deluxe, 2005)
- Accessories: Cybertron Autobot Cyber Key
- For the Hasbro release of the toy, Longrack was put in an individual package. His Cyber Planet Key has the Cyber Key Code "d48m" tampographed on its back. There appear to be no notable differences between the two releases besides the Key Code.
Notes
- In giraffe-mode, Longrack's toy proudly displays his big red tongue. But as we all know, giraffes actually have black tongues.
