Beast Wars Impactor (Warning: thread may be unbearable)
Un-BEAR-able... har!
I recently acquired another Polar Claw (from Verno) because my old White Claw (Japanese Polar Claw) had become a bit yellowed (the irony of a toy called White Claw becoming yellowed has not been lost on me) - so anyway, I decided to repaint my White Claw into a new character called Impactor (original, I know).
But before I proceeded, I took some comparison photos between Takara and Hasbro Polar Claws - I'll make a thread about that later in the comparison section.
Anyway, here are photos...
BEAST MODE
BEARing his teeth!
"Before and after" comparison shot:
ROBOT MODE
Obligatory comparison shot
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IMPACTOR
ALLEGIANCE: MAXIMAL
FUNCTION: FUEL SCOUT
FIRST APPEARANCE: RIGHT HERE
"Come on baby do the rock and roll."
Profile: Impactor's role in the Beast Wars is to maintain the Maximals' supply of usable fuel. Envies and idolises other skilled melee fighters like Dinobot and dreams of becoming the galaxy's best pugilist. However Impactor often underestimates himself as he is an incredibly ferocious and furious combatant and his own right, despite his bulk. Has an insatiable appetite for Energon and spends a lot of his spare time eating foods which he can easily process into Energon without adverse side effects.
Impactor is also often underestimated by his fellow Maximals who see him as being a bit too eager... he's like the Maximals' biggest fanboy who is only one step short of stalking his comrades for pictures and autographs. While some Maximals find Impactor's presence tiresome at times, Optimus Primal values Impactor's important role in maintaining the Maximals' fuel, as well as his skill as a fighter, even if Impactor's deep-rooted self doubt doesn't allow him to see it.
Abilities: Enhanced in-built dampeners allow Impactor to expose himself to raw Energon radiation in robot mode for prolonged periods of time that would quickly place most other Transformers into stasis lock. Able to detect even minute Energon deposits from across great distances and buried over 500 metres underground. Left fore-leg is equipped with rapid-deploy claw that can dig through solid rock. Right fore-leg can deploy remote the artificially sentient bat-drone Taron-Z for aerial searches. In robot mode fists are equipped with rockets allowing them to fire as projectiles in an attack that Impactor calls "Rocket Punch."
Weaknesses: Impactor's "clingy fanboy" tendencies can, at times, isolate him from some of his fellow Maximals. His lack of confidence in his fighting ability also makes it difficult for him to properly engage with enemies. His "Rocket Punch" attack also has a critical flaw: rockets can't fly backwards. After he has launched his fists, he needs to retrieve them at a later point in time. In the meantime he is left without hands and there have been a few occasions where he has been unable to find his hands after launching them. Luckily for Impactor Rhinox maintains a cache of spare hands for Impactor.
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Originally Posted by Verno
He has been turned into Kung Fu Panda.
