Ripclaw
| This article is about the Predacon from Transformers: Prime. For the Predacon from Kre-O, see Ripclaw (Kre-O). |
- Ripclaw is a Predacon from the Aligned continuity family.
Ripclaw is both unquestionably loyal to the Predacon cause and fiercely protective of her fellows. This almost maternal side of her personality is balanced out by the way she viciously crushes her enemies and leaves their circuits burning with her mech-venom. The Decepticons find her fairly easy to manipulate provided they frame their commands in a way that makes them seem the best course for Predacon kind.
Fiction
Tales of the Beast Hunters pack-in story
Upon Ripclaw's emergence from her Hyperevolution Chamber, Shockwave told her that she must aid Predaking, who lived, but would soon be under siege by the Autobots and their new weapons technology. However, once Ripclaw left Shockwave's presence, she was approached by Lazerback, who warned her that Shockwave lied and that Predaking was in fact not alive. Together, they could destroy Autobot and Decepticon alike. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 8
Heading into a desert, she encountered one of her first targets: Bulkhead. Swooping down from the sky, she crashed into the heavily-armored Autobot, tearing his armor off and injecting him with deadly mech-venom before the pair even began to fight. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 9
Games
"Hunt the Beasts" online game
Ripclaw was one of several Predacons who broke free of Shockwave's lab, causing the Decepticon scientist to flee. Information on her could be found via the lab's numerous data terminals. Hunt the Beasts
Toys
Beast Hunters
- Ripclaw (Deluxe, 2013)
- Series / Number: 2 / 006
- Accessories: Siphon Claw
- Part of the second wave of Prime: Beast Hunters Deluxe Class toys, Ripclaw transforms into a winged dragon with an opening jaw. Her tail is a series of plastic segments housed around a long rubbery cord, and can either hang loose or be latched tightly to the torso. She comes with the "Siphon Claw", a clawed stinger that snaps its spring-loaded claws shut when the stinger is depressed. It pegs via 5mm post into her hands and onto the tip of her tail.
- Part of her transformation includes bending a hinge in her spine (bent for beast, nearly straight for robot). This happens in step 4 of beast-to-robot, or step 7 of robot-to-beast, but the instructions do not highlight this move (i.e., the parts involved are not orange), so it's easy to miss. Her instructions do include the eighth chapter of the Tales of the Beast Hunters series.
