Halfshell

Halfshell is a Predacon space pirate in the Beast Era of Generation 1

Halfshell leads the God Neptune pirate band in their quest for treasure across the cosmos.

Toys

Beast Wars II

• God Neptune (Ultra, 1998)

Japanese ID number: D-21

Available only in a five-piece Ultra-level multi-pack with his teammates, Halfshell transforms into a mechanical tortoise, a redeco of the Generation 1 Seacon Snaptrap. A lever on his back makes the large cannons over his beast-mode head move back and forth in a "pom-pom" reciprocating motion. He forms the torso of the combined mode God Neptune, but since the mold uses the Scramble City style of combination, he can use any limb-robot of similar construction. Halfshell lacks the large rifle from the original release of the mold, however.

For unknown reasons, a great number of unboxed God Neptune sets --lacking all of their accessories, including combiner parts-- ended up available on the secondary market. These went for considerably less than the "complete" releases, naturally.

Halfshell's mold was slated to be released as Energon Snaptrap, as part of an exclusive Piranhaking multi-pack, but as of now remains unreleased.

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.