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THAT BIG TRANSFORMERS VARIATIONS LIST
Part Five : Maximals
Maintained by M Sipher
http://tatooine.fortunecity.com/simak/109
January 21st, 2000
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AIR HAMMER ("Le Marteau"-F, "Martillo Aero"-S)
 Basic Fuzor - Aerial Reconnaissance
    1. White, cream, blue & red hammerhead shark-hawk fusion

AIRAZOR ("Aerolame"-F, "Cuchilla"-S)
 Basic Beast - Aerial Recon
    1. Brown & yellow falcon
    2. Dark brown & orange falcon
        (Videotape release)
 Deluxe Transmetal - Aerial Recon
    1. C-pale blue, white, blue, & yellow falcon/plane
    2. C-pale blue, white, blue, & orange falcon/plane, "Cybertron" (J)
 (Female character)

ARMORDILLO ("Arma"-J, "Tatou"-F, "Armadillo"-S)
 Basic Beast - Desert Combat (VS-X1)
    1. Orange & gray Brazillian giant armadillo
        (Comes w/ SNAPPER (P) & volcano playset in Japan)
  (See also BUMP)

B'BOOM ("Apache"-J)
 Mega Beast - Guerrilla Warfare Specialist (C-12) 
    1. Light blue, gray & copper mandrill/artillery base
    2. Olive, dark gray & maroon mandrill/artillery base (J)

BANTOR
 Basic Fuzor - Jungle Warrior
    1. Orange & brown mandrill-tiger fusion

BARBEARIAN/GRIZZLY-1
 Mega Beast - Berserker (J)
    1. Brown, black & yellow grizzly bear
        w/ brown & black NIGHTSHRIEK front paw/bat
        (BotCon Japan '98 exclusive. 1000 made)
  (See also POLAR CLAW and SURVIVE)

BIG CONVOY
 Ultra Beast - Supreme Commander (J) (C-35) 
    1. Brown, red, gray, transparent red, blue & gold wooly mammoth
    2. Black, t-black & gold wooly mammoth
        (Toys 'R' Us exclusive, ? made)

BIGHORN
 Deluxe Beast - Assault (J) (C-13)
    1. Black, red, gray & gold bison
    2. Blue, light blue, cream & black bison
  (See also BONECRUSHER)

BIGMOS
 Mega Insectron - Insectron Commander (J) (C-17)
    1. Copper, aqua, red, brown & t-ornage mosquito/antlion
  (See also TRANSQUITO (P))

BLACKARACHNIA ("Blackwidow"-J)
 Mega Transmetal II - Saboteur (C-48)
    1. Dark blue, yellow, purple, gray & c-red black widow spider
 Deluxe Maximal - ? (BM)
    1. Purple, copper & black spider
        (BM version not released at this time)
 (Same character as listed in Predacon section)

BONECRUSHER ("Fracturos"-F, "Rompehuesos"-S)
 Deluxe Beast - First-Strike Infantry
    1. Black, white, gray & gold bison
  (See also BIGHORN)

BREAK
 Basic Beast - Polar Operative(J) (C-32)
    1. Black, white, blue & yellow penguin/cannon

BUMP
 Basic Beast - Physicist(J) (C-38)
    1. Red-orange & white giant armadillo
  (See also ARMORDILLO)

BUZZSAW
 Basic Beast Machine - Aerial Reconnaissance
    1. T-green, yellow & black hornet

CHEETOR ("Cheetas"-J)
 Deluxe Beast - Jungle Patrol (C-3)
    1. Yellow, metallic blue & gold cheetah, blue cheetah eyes
    2. Yellow, metallic blue & gold cheetah, red cheetah eyes
    3. Yellow, metallic blue & gold cheetah, green cheetah eyes
    4. Yellow, blue & gold cheetah, dark green cheetah eyes (J)
    5. Gold cheetah
        (Japanese TV MAGAZINE prize, only 1 awarded)
    6. Yellow & metallic aqua cheetah, maroon spots
  (See also TIGATRON and SHADOW PANTHER (P))
 Deluxe Transmetal - Robotic Jungle Patrol
    1. C-gold, gray, blue & yellow cheetah/winged cheetah
    2. Red, black & c-gold cheetah/winged cheetah
  (See also JAGUAR (P))
 Deluxe Transmetal II - Robotic Jungle Patrol (C-49)
    1. Yellow, gray & c-purple cheetah
 Mega Maximal - Warrior (BM)
    1. Yellow, chrome gold & t-green cheetah
 Supreme Maximal - ? (BM)
    1. ? cheetah
        (Not released at this time)

CLAW JAW ("Scuba"-J, "Octopince"-F, "Atrapador"-S)
 Basic Beast - Underwater Attack (C-15)
    1. Red & orange giant squid
    2. White, light blue & rose giant squid (J special edition)
    3. Dark gray, blue & lime green giant squid (E
        (Videotape release)
  (See also IKARD)

CORAHDA
 Deluxe Beast - Ground Trooper (J) (C-30)
    1. Very d-blue, tan & gold cobra/venom cannon

CYBERSHARK ("Cybersquale"-F, "Ciberon"-S)
 Deluxe Beast - Ocean Attack
    1. Blue-gray, cream & brown hammerhead shark
  (See also SHARPEDGE and HELLSCREAM (P))
 Mega Transmetal II - Tracker, Ocean Attack
    1. Gray, c-aqua, lime & blue shark/flying shark
  (See also GERSHARK (P))

DEPTH CHARGE
 Ultra Transmetal - Aquatic Forces Commander (C-46)
    1. Blue, c-pale gold, gray & purple manta ray/jet
        w/ blue "cybershark" shark/rifle

DINOBOT
 Deluxe Beast - Frontline Combat (C-4)
    1. Tan, brown & t-orange velociraptor, brown helmet, yellow beast eyes
    2. Sand, brown & t-orange 'raptor, gold helmet, white beast eyes (J)
    3. Gold velociraptor
        (Japanese TV MAGAZINE prize, only 1 awarded)
    5. D-gold, d-brown & d-red velociraptor
  (See also DINOTRON, GRIMLOCK, HARDHEAD(P) & THRUSTOR (P))
 McDonald's Transmetal - N/A
    1. Blue, gold & green 'raptor

DINOTRON
 Deluxe Dinobot - ?
    1. Olive, black & gold pachycephalosaur
  (See also HARDHEAD (P))
        (Not released at this time)

DIVER
 Basic Beast w/ playset - Field Defense (J) (X-2)
    1. Lime green & white frog
        w/ gray, orange & green waterfall playset NIAGARA BASE
    2. Red & pink frog
  (See also SPITTOR (P))

DJ
 Jointron - Sonic Operator (J) (C-23)
    1. Lime green, silver & blue cicada
    (Upper body to TRIPLEDACUS gestalt)
  (See also CICADACON (P))

DRILLNUTS
 Basic Insectron - Underground Construction (J) (C-21)
    1. T-brown & d-gray boll weevil
  (See also DRILL BIT (P))

EGGBIRD (J)
 Beast Egg - N/A
    1. T-red hawk
  (See also DARK EGGBIRD (P))

EGGBOT (J)
 Beast Egg - N/A
    1. T-blue robot
  (See also DARK EGGBOT (P))

EGGLEO (J)
 Beast Egg - N/A
    1. T-yellow lion
  (See also DARK EGGLEO (P))

GIMLET (J)
 Jointron - Polar Region Operator (C-25)
    1. Red, silver & blue lobster
    (Legs to TRIPLEDACUS gestalt)
  (See also SEA CLAMP (P))

GRIMLOCK ("Menace"-F, "Ferozaurio"-S)
 Deluxe Beast - Attack Specialist
    1. White, copper & d-blue velociraptor
  (See also DINOBOT, DINOTRON, HARDHEAD (P) and THRUSTOL (P))
 (Same character as in Autobots section)

HEINRAD
 Ultra Beast - Dimensional Explorer (J) (S-3)
    1. Brown, red, blue & yellow tanooki/"shigaraki-yaki" statue

IKARD
 Basic Beast w/ playset - Space Reconnaissance (J) (X-5)
    1. White, blue & purple giant squid
        w/ t-red, gray & burgundy octopus/base TAKOTANK and black & silver
        motorcycle/hovercraft mini-vehicle
  (See also CLAW JAW)

IRONHIDE ("Santon"-J)
 Magnaboss Combiner - Medical Doctor (C-28)
    1. Gray & red African elephant
    2. Gray & red African elephant, gold detailing (J)
    (Legs & arms to MAGNABOSS gestalt)

JAWBREAKER
 Deluxe Transmetal II - Close-combat specialist
    1. Black, metallic light blue, c-red & c-silver hyena

KAMILION
 Basic Beast Machine - ???
    1. ? lizard (colors unknown)
        (Not released at this time)

K-9
 Deluxe Beast - Guard Duty
    1. Black, tan, white & blue German shepherd
  (See also MAX B (P) and WOLFANG)

LIOCONVOY
 Ultra Beast - Supreme Commander (J) (C-16)
    1. White, gold, red, blue & gunmetal lion
    2. Gold lion
        (COMIC BOM BOM special, ? made)
    3. Black & d-gray lion
        (Toys 'R' Us exclusive, ? made)
    4. Black & d-gray lion, "BL**" on back
        (COMIC BOM BOM prize, 10 awarded)
    5. T-pearl, glittery t-gold, silver & gold lion
        ("Flash LioConvoy" movie edition)
    6. Lavender, purple & black lion
        (COMIC BOM BOM prize, 50 awarded)
    7. Black, red, yellow & silver lion

LIOJUNIOR
 Magnaboss Combiner - Wild Warrior (J) (C-)
    1. Yellow, brown, silver, gunmetal & blue lion
    2. Red & black lion
        (puzzle exclusive)
    3. Yellow & white lion
        (puzzle exclusive)
    (Main body to MAGNABOSS gestalt)
  (See also PROWL)

LONGRACK
 Mega Beast - Deputy Commander (J) (C-29)
    1. Yellow, brown, gray & red giraffe/claw tank

MACH KICK
 Deluxe Beast - High-Speed Messenger (J) (C-36)
    1. Dark gray, white, red & gold horse/tank

MANTIS
 Deluxe Insectron - Ninja (J) (C-20)
    1. Lime green, t-green & t-blue mantis
  (See also MANTERROR (P))

MOBILE BASE
 Transport - N/A (J)
    1. Black & silver starship/base (no robot mode)
        w/ MAGNABOSS & TRIPLEDACUS mini-figures, and 4 mini-ships

MOON
 Basic Beast - N/A (J) (S-2)
    1. Yellow, silver, blue & red robo-rabbit
    2. Cream, silver, blue & red robo-rabbit
        (Mail-away version, only 2000 made)

MOTOR-ARM
 Jointron - Sumo Wrestler (J) (C-24)
    1. Black, gray & red rhinoceros beetle
    (Arms to TRIPLEDACUS gestalt)
  (See also RAM HORN (P))

NIGHT GLIDER
 Basic Transmetal II - Intelligence Operative
    1. Orange, gray, metallic blue & c-bronze flying squirrel
  (See also GILDO (P))

NIGHTSCREAM
 Ultra Maximal - ? (BM)
    1. ? bat (colors unknown)
        (Not released at this time)

NIGHTVIPER
 Basic Maximal - ? (BM)
    1. ? cobra (colors unknown)
        (Not released at this time)

NOCTORRO
 Basic Fuzor - Airborne Warrior
    1. Very d-blue, gold & red bat-Brahma bull fusion

ONYX PRIMAL
 Basic Beast - Assassin
    1. Black, white & gold vampire bat
        (BotCon '96 exclusive, 1500 produced)
    2. Black, white & gold vampire bat, gold "BotCon '96" stamp on back
        (BotCon '96 "dealer exclusive", 300 produced)
  (See also OPTIMUS PRIMAL)

OPTIMAL OPTIMUS ("Powered Convoy"-J)
 Super Transmetal - Maximal Supreme Commander (C-47)
    1. Orange, gray, chrome blue, chrome burgundy & black gorilla/ATV/jet

OPTIMUS MINOR
 Basic Transmetal II - Ground Commando
    1. Black, red & c-gold monkey

OPTIMUS PRIMAL ("Convoy"-J)
 Basic Beast - Maximal General (C-6) ("Convo-Bat"-J)
    1. Light blue & blue vampire bat
    2. Red, white & blue vampire bat
        (Japanese CD-ROM "VS-S1" special)
  (See also ONYX PRIMAL)
 Ultra Beast - Maximal General (C-1)
    1. Black, gray, white & blue gorilla
    2. D-gray, gray, white & blue gorilla, different missiles (J)
    3. Gold gorilla (J)
        (TV MAGAZINE prize, only 10 awarded)
    4. Red, white & gray gorilla (J)
        (TV MAGAZINE prize, only 20 awarded)
    5. Blue, gray & white gorilla (J)
        (COMIC BOM BOM prize, only 20 awarded)
    6. Clear, black & silver gorilla (J)
        (Toys 'R' Us exclusive, 6000 made)
    7. T-red, gunmetal & gold gorilla (J)
        ("Burning Convoy" movie edition)
 Mega Transmetal - Maximal General
    1. Gray, c-blue & d-purple gorilla/hoverboarder
    2. Gray, c-blue & d-purple gorilla/hoverboarder, "Cybertron" label (J)
    3. Gray, c-gold & d-purple gorilla/hoverboarder, "Cybertron" label (J)
        (COMIC BOM BOM exclusive, ? awarded)
 Deluxe Maximal - Maximal Commander (BM)
    1. Black, t-blue & gold gorilla

"OPTIMUS PRIMAL"
 McDonald's Beast - N/A
    1. Yellow & black lion head

ORCANOCH
 MicroVerse Set - N/A
    1. Black, white, grey & blue killer whale/Maximal base
        w/ black & gray OPTIMUS PRIMAL and bronze & gray Pred TARANTULAS
        (P) mini-figures, and black & blue escape pod mini-vehicle

PACKRAT
 Basic Beast - Thief
    1. Metallic blue, white & gold Norway rat
        (BotCon'97 exclusive, 600 produced)
  (See also RATTRAP)

"PANTHER"
 McDonald's Beast - N/A
    1. Black, white, red & blue panther

POLAR CLAW ("Whiteclaw"-J, "Griffe Polaire"-F, "Garra Polar"-S)
 Mega Beast - Infantry Battle Commander (C-2)
    1. White, red & black polar bear
        w/ white & black front paw/bat partner
 (See also BARBEARIAN and SURVIVE)

POWERHUG
 Deluxe Insectron - Jujitsu Master (J) (C-18)
    1. Silver, white, red & black pill bug
  (See also RETRAX (P))

PROWL
 Magnaboss Combiner - N/A
    1. Yellow, brown & silver lion
    (Main body to MAGNABOSS gestalt)
  (See also LIOJUNIOR)

PROWL
 Deluxe Transmetal II - Tracker
    1. White, gunmetal, t-red & c-blue hunter owl
    2. Black, blue, t-red, c-silver & c-blue hunter owl

RAMULUS
 Deluxe Transmetal II - Scout, Survivalist
    1. Dark brown, white & chrome burgundy ram

RANDY
 Basic Beast - Shock Trooper (J) (C-34)
    1. Gold, white & black wild boar
  (See also RAZORBEAST)

RATTRAP ("Rattor"-J)
 Basic Beast - Spy (C-5)
    1. Gray, tan & silver Norway rat, orange rat eyes
    2. Gray, tan, silver & bronze Norway rat, red rat eyes (J)
  (See also PACKRAT)
 Deluxe Transmetal - Spy
    1. Brown, c-red, silver & gray rat/hot rod
    2. Brown, c-red, silver & gray rat/hot rod, catch on robot neck
    3. Black, c-blue, tan & gray rat/hot rod
        (Wal-Mart exclusive)
    4. White, ? rat/hot rod (J)
        (puzzle exclusive)
    5. Brown, c-burgundy, silver & gray rat/hot rod, "Cybetron" label (J)
 Mega Maximal - ? (BM)
    1. ? rat (colors unknown)
        (Not released at this time)

RAVAGE
 Deluxe Maximal - ? (BM)
    1. ? lion (colors unknown)
        (Not released at this time)

RAZORBEAST ("Razorback"-J)
 Basic Beast - Infantry
    1. Red, tan & black wild boar
  (See also RANDY)

"RHINO"
 McDonald's Beast - N/A
    1. Gray & orange rhinoceros

RHINOX
 Deluxe Beast - Defense (C-7)
    1. Tan, green & gold African black rhinoceros
    2. Gray, green & gold African black rhinoceros (J)
    3. Gold African black rhino (J)
        (TV MAGAZINE prize, only 1 awarded)
    4. Very l-blue, brown, red & orange rhino
 Deluxe Transmetal - Strategic Defense
    1. Gray, c-turquoise & brown rhinoceros/ski tank
    2. Gray, c-silver & brown rhinoceros/ski tank, "Cybertron" label (J)

RUMBLE
 Basic Maximal - ? (BM)
    1. ? bull (colors unknown)
        (Not released at this time)

SHARPEDGE
 Deluxe Beast - Deep-Sea Attacker (J) (C-37)
    1. Gray, silver & rust saw-nosed shark
  (See also CYBERSHARK and HELLSCREAM (P))

SILVERBOLT ("Skywarp"-J)
 Magnaboss Combiner - Supersonic Instructor (C-27)
    1. Brown, copper & white bald eagle, white helmet
    2. Brown, copper & white bald eagle, silver helmet (J)
    (Body to MAGNABOSS gestalt)

SILVERBOLT ("Vif-Argent"-F, "Rayo de Plata"-S)
 Deluxe Fuzor - Tracker
    1. Silver & bronze eagle-wolf fusion, blank beast eyes
    2. Pale gray & bronze eagle-wolf fusion, pupiled beast eyes (J)
  (See also WINDRAZOR)

SILVERBOLT
 Deluxe Maximal - ? (BM)
    1. ? condor (colors unknown)
        (Not released at this time)

SKYDIVE
 Deluxe Maximal - ? (BM)
    1. ? pteranadon (colors unknown)
        (Not released at this time)

SNARL ("Tasmania Kid"-J)
 Basic Beast - Suprise Attack (C-14)
    1. Brown & dark gray Tasmanian devil
    2. Blue & yellow Tasmanian devil (J)

SONAR
 Basic Transmetal II - Aerial Reconnaissance
    1. Gray, d-tan & c-red bat

STAMPY
 Basic Beast - Reconnaissance (J) (C-31)
    1. Gray, white & gold hare/scissor tank

STINKBOMB
 Basic Transmetal II - Psychological Warfare
    1. Black, yellow, c-gold & white skunk
  (See also GASKUNK (P))

SURVIVE
 Mega Beast - Attack Commander (J) (C-39)
    1. D-gray, yellow, silver & red bear
        w/ dark gray bat partner
  (See also BARBEARIAN and POLAR CLAW)

TIGATRON ("Tigretron"-S)
 Deluxe Beast - Reconnaissance (C-8)
    1. Cream, teal & silver Siberian tiger
    2. White, teal & silver Siberian tiger, show color arrangement (J)
  (See also CHEETOR and SHADOW PANTHER (P))

TIGERHAWK (Tigerfalcon"-J)
 Ultra Transmetal II - Vok Emissary (C-50)
    1. White, blue, c-blue & t-lime green tiger-hawk fusion 

TONBOT
 Deluxe Insectron - Enforcement Reconnaissance (J) (C-19)
    1. Red, silver, gunmetal & t-orange dragonfly
  (See also JETSTORM (P))

TORCA
 Deluxe Fuzor - Infantry General
    1. Black, brown, red & white elephant-killer whale fusion
  (See also ELPHAORPHA (P))

TRICERADON
 Deluxe Dinobot - ?
    1. Brown, gold, red & silver triceratops
  (See also GUILEDART (P), KILLERPUNCH (P))
        (Not released at this time)

WINDRAZOR
 Deluxe Fuzor - Spark Stalker
    1. White, silver & purple wolf/eagle fusion
        (BotCon '99 exclusive, 1200 produced)
  (See also SILVERBOLT)

WOLFANG ("Howlinger"-J, "Croc"-F, "Lobo"-S)
 Deluxe Beast - Infantry (C-9)
    1. Gray, blue & black timber wolf
  (See also K-9 and MAX B (P))
 Basic Maximal - ? (BM)
    1. ? wolf (colors unknown)
        (Not released at this time)

???
 Deluxe Dinobot - ?
    1. ? archeopteryx (colors unknown)
  (See also ARCHADIS (P))
        (Not released at this time)

???
 Deluxe Dinobot - ?
    1. ? stegosaurus (colors unknown)
  (See also SABERBACK (P))
        (Not released at this time)


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