Scraphook

Scraphook is anAutobot-alliedJunkionWeaponizerfrom theLegacy: Evolutionportion of theGeneration 1 continuity family.

And there… at the end of the scrap… was a HOOK.

The toughened and fearless newJunkioncadetScraphookis built like a particularly heavy truck.^[1]This bruiser is of average intelligence and isn't terribly fast, but his powerful dual phaser blasters unleash disabling electromagnetic energy pulses. Scraphook can also lend parts of himself to other Junkions to serve as armor, or even combine with other Junkions to form combiners!^[2]And if everyone else is busy, he's proficient in delivering his own "elbow hook drop" and his patented "junkpile driver." Wait, how did he lose the eye?^[3]

Fiction

Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic

Scraphook was a spectator for the second week of theSpeedia 500onVelocitron.Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3

Toys

Legacy

Whatever you do, DO NOT EAT the free pistachio ice cream! It has TURNED.

• Scraphook(Deluxe Class,2023)

• TakaraTomy ID number:TL-30
• TakaraTomy release date:May 27,2023
• Accessories:Tow-arm, tow hook, left & right exhaust pipes, wheel shield, 2 engine-blower "dual phaser blasters"
• Known designers:Mark Maher(Hasbro),Takio Ejima(TakaraTomy),Marcelo MatereandDan Khanna(concept art)^[4]

Part of the first wave of Deluxes inLegacy: Evolution,Scraphook transforms into a junky, post-apocalyptic, weirdly-symmetrical-damage-having tow truck. He is outfitted with seven different accessories, which can all be integrated into his truck mode. His wheels are separated from his hubcaps, meaning any accessories plugged into the rims'5 mm holessimilarly don't spin. His lower elbow joints are made of unpaintable softer plastic, which often causes his arms to pop off when attempting to rotate or transform them, but they're just as easily reattached. Again, due to said softer plastic, it's generally impossible for him to wield medium-to-larger weapons unless the arms are raised horizontally to the front.

Scraphook'sEvo-Fusionfunction is analogous to theWeaponizergimmick from theWar for Cybertron Trilogytoylines: his body splits apart to form armor and weapon enhancements for his allies. Unlike previous figures of this nature, however, Scraphook does not need to be disassembled to change from robot to truck and back.

As per designerMark Maher,Scraphook is color-matched to Junkion leaderStudio Series86-09 Voyager ClassWreck-Gar.^[4]

This figure was scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2023 but arrived at Philippine retail in late November 2022.

Scraphook was later retooled with a new head intoBuzzworthy BumblebeeTow-Lineand more heavily retooled into fellow (well… not so fellow) JunkionAxlegreaseas well asLegacy: UnitedStar Raider Lockdown.

• Mark Maher's designer commentary on Legacy Evolution Scraphook
• Mark Maher's "behind the scenes" on Legacy Evolution Scraphook

Notes

I'm also Scraphook.

• Scraphook appears on theLegacy: Evolutionpackaging muraldrawn in an earlier design^[3]in which he transforms backwards in contrast to how the finalized toy is configured.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Scraphook(スクラップフックSukurappufukku)

References