Eggbot (BW)

Eggbot is aMaximalfrom theBeast Warsportion of theGeneration 1continuity family.

Or, as he was known in the early translations, "Robotnikbot".

Despite being one of the "Egg Beasts",Eggbot(エッグボットEggubotto) does not actually possess abeast mode.Regardless, he is remarkably brave for his small size and excels in hand-to-hand combat.

Like his fellow Egg Beasts, Eggbot is among the oldest operational Maximals.

Fiction

Ask Vector Prime

Eggbot was a sleeper agent ofUnicron,inserted into Maximal society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron's own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for theSparkbotStar Dust.Ask Vector Prime, 29 September 2015

Toys

Beast Wars

• Eggbot(Egg Beast, 1998)

• ID number:EC-3
• Known designers:Masaki Maruyama(original tooling)

A late (and low-run) addition to theTakaraBeast Warsline, Eggbot transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an "egg" mode) into a robot. He is cast in translucent blue plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to hisrobot modeback (well, youcanremove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).

All of the Eggbots demand a higher price tag on the secondary market than one would expect at first, thanks to their late and relatively limited release.

This mold is aretoolingof the 1988 TakaraMashin Hero Wataru"Jakira" toy, giving him a new loop for his attached keychain. TheWatarutoy was itself a retool of theMicro ChangeMeteor Robo "MC-14 Metal Man" toy, which also had a base and two additional guns excluded from all later iterations of the mold.

This mold was also used to makeDark EggbotandKiss PlayersStar Dustand was also proposed for aGenerationsVector Sigmaaccessory, but that was not produced. It also served as the model for acomic background character.

• More information on Eggbot at TFU.info