Sling (BW)

Sling is a Predacon from the Beast Wars Neo portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

For crying out loud! I'm not a dinosaur! I'm not even an actual reptile! I'm a mammal ancestor. Damn it, why does no one read the literature!? .

Sling (スリング Suringu) is incredibly dense. He’s only good for following orders, but tends to screw that up as well. The other Predacons sigh in his presence and try their best to tolerate him (except for Saberback, who insults him at every available moment). He’s a gung-ho warrior but is only really evil because the other Predacons tell him he is. Sling speaks in a high-pitched cackle, which often times irritates his fellow soldiers. He’s not the most popular Predacon.

Fiction

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

Voice actor: Monster Maezuka (Japanese)

TransTech

Sling was killed with a pipe in a skirmish with Bulletbike after the latter wakes up in an Offworld zone. I, Lowtech

Toys

Beast Wars Neo

I am a pretty pretty flower.

• Sling (Basic, 1999)
  • Japanese ID number: D-31

Sling transforms into an organic dimetrodon. His back-sail can open up to form a spring-loaded bear-trap-like "flower", for what is ostensibly a distinct disguise mode. This assembly becomes a shield in robot mode.

This mold was later used to make the Walmart-exclusive Dinobots Sludge.

• More information on Sling at TFU.info

• Grasslands Showdown: Stampy VS Sling (Multi-pack, 1999)
  • Japanese ID number: VS-31

Sling was also available in a two-pack with the Maximal Stampy. Both toys are identical to their single-pack releases.