Iguanus (BW)
- Iguanus is a Predacon from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Iguanus's specialty is combat sabotage. He uses this cunning skill to thwart his enemies' advances.
Japanese name: Igunar
Fiction
Primeval Dawn
The Beast Wars are over, but the battle against evil continues. Tarantulas seeks the power of the Matrix, and uses Transmetal 2 Iguanus as a member of his army. He and Razorclaw take on Ramulus.
IDW Beast Wars comics
Magmatron recruited Iguanus, along with Transquito, Spittor, Drill Bit, Manterror, and Razorbeast. Magmatron's plan was to use the abandoned stasis pods on prehistoric Earth to build an army and take over Cybertron. Upon arrival, Magmatron sent Iguanus and the others to watch over the stasis pods as they were activated. Iguanus witnessed the birth of Retrax.
Razorbeast was revealed as a Maximal spy when Maximals started coming out of the pods. Iguanus was put in charge of organizing hunting parties.
Later, Iguanus located a blank protoform into which Ravage's spark would be inserted. He accompanied Magmatron and Drill Bit to capture Megatron and send him back to Cybertron (to appease the Tripredacus Council). They succeeded in the capture, but failed to prepare the transwarp shunt. Grimlock intervened and ripped Iguanus apart.
Toys
Beast Wars
- Iguanus (Basic, 1996)
- A retool of the basic Megatron mold (or possibly vice-versa), Iguanus transforms from frilled lizard to robot mode with a one-step spring-loaded transfromation. His removable beast-mode tail hides a non-firing blaster cannon that can be used as a hand weapon.
- Iguanus (Deluxe Transmetal 2, 1999)
- One of the few non-show Beast Wars characters to get a second new mold, Iguanus transforms into a bio-mechanical frilled lizard. His beast-mode head hides a spring-loaded missile launcher that also pops up his frill-plates when activated.
- This mold was used to make Reptilion.
Trivia
- Though he was shown in Japanese Beast Wars catalogue group-shots and given a name, Iguanus himself was never actually released in Japan. The closest he got is his Beast Wars Neo redeco Crazybolt.
- Iguanus appeared alongside Razorbeast on an episode of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
