Tankor (BM)
| The name or term "Tankor" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Tankor (disambiguation). |
Tankor is a Vehicon in the Beast Machines portion of Generation 1 continuity.
Tankor SMAAAAAASHHH! Tankor PULLLVERIZZZZEEE! Tankor SLAG BEAST BOTS! Tankor is the brute force part of Megatron's first trio of Vehicon generals, and commander of the powerful Tank Drones. He's slow, simple-minded and immensely powerful. Lovably dim, his limited intelligence can sometimes be a drawback; he can easily be confused, misled, or even turned against Megatron, though temporarily. However, this is balanced out by his natural state of blind frustration and destuctive rage, which makes getting him to listen to any cajoling a less than simple task.
Tankor is in actuality a programmed shell personality given life by the spark of the Maximal Rhinox.
Outside of normal space and time, an alternate-universe incarnation of Tankor serves the will of Unicron.
Fiction
Animated continuity
Beast Machines
Voice actor: Paul Dobson (US)
- For further information, see: Rhinox (BW)
Toys
Beast Machines
- Tankor (Mega, 1999)
- Part of the first wave of Beast Machines product, Tankor transforms into a large Cybertronic tank. Aside from a spring-loaded missile launcher, he also features a light-piped "scanner eye" on his turret, and twin sawblades that spin via gear-wheel system when his tank mode is pushed along. In robot mode, all of these gimmicks are retained, though the "scanner eye" is this time in his robot head.
- This toy was redecoed into Universe Tankor. The toy's likeness was also used for the non-toy Beast Era incarnation of Quake and his drones.
- Tankor (Happy Meal Toy, 2000)
- One of nine Beast Mahcines Happy Meal toys from McDonald's resturants, Tankor transforms into a small Cybertronic tank based a bit more on the show's CGI model.
- This mold was later used as a kids' meal prize for the Australian Red Rooster resturant chain (possibly a company owned by McDonald's). Aside from the original coloration, this mold was also cast in the colors of the other three molds used by Red Rooster: Jetstorm, Megatron and Rattrap.
- Tankor (Basic, 2005)
- Japanese ID number: BR-06
- Released in the second wave of the Japanese Toys 'R' Us exclusive Beast Wars Returns line (the Japanese name for Beast Machines), Tankor is a redeco of the Basic Tank Drone, transforming into a small Cybertronic tank with spring-loaded missile launcher.
- This mold was also used to make Stockade.
