Ripclaw

The name or term "Ripclaw" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Ripclaw (disambiguation).

Ripclaw is a Predacon from the Prime portion of the Aligned continuity family.

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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 Ripclaw was in the Canadian Rockies when she was spotted by Arcee, who sent the coordinates to the Decepticons in the hope they would deal with the Predacon. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 19

Full of Fire!

Ripclaw joined five other Predacons in an attack on the Autobots. Unfortunately the Autobots had just built themselves new weapons, which proved to be more than effective against the Predacons. Ripclaw tried to savage Ratchet, only to get the pointy end of the Dragonshredder Drill. The Predacons were beaten into a retreat, and withdrew back to the Nemesis. Full of Fire!

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

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• 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 also include the eighth chapter of the Tales of the Beast Hunters series. It appears her design and color scheme is based off of the Marvel Super Villain Annihilus.

This mold was also redecoed and retooled into Go! Bakudora. It was also the model for the comic-only character, Ser-Ket.

• More information on Ripclaw at TFU.info

Notes

• According to the Hasbro Beast Hunters marketing booklet, she was Predacon experiment #SW13334.
• The third Predacon clone seen being grown in Shockwave's lab heavily in "Predacons Rising" resembles Ripclaw, albeit with a few minor changes.