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Courtesy of ACToys we have a nice in-hand gallery of the highly anticipated Transformers Generations 30th Anniversary Voyager Rhinox! This guy along with the Doubledealer repaint of Blitzwing will be released in the next wave of Generations Voyagers. Check out the images mirrored below.

Wow he is darn near perfect... I wish the blades on the gun were silver but its nice how they made it fit into the rhino mode... automatic buy on sight

I am saddened that his tail doesn't seem to lift to recreate that iconic scene.

Other than that (and the unpainted chainguns), he looks pretty darned cool!

Yeah, he's a little bit awesome.

Although I have to say I'm surprised by the size comparisons to the other Beast Wars figures. Are Dinobot and Cheetor quite large deluxes or is Rhinox looking to be quite small?

Sodan-1 wrote:Yeah, he's a little bit awesome.

Although I have to say I'm surprised by the size comparisons to the other Beast Wars figures. Are Dinobot and Cheetor quite large deluxes or is Rhinox looking to be quite small?

A bit of both, Rhinox is a current gen Voyager, which are smaller than they used to be. Cheetor and Dinoboot are both Deluxes from 2008, and are larger than current deluxes.
On top of that, Rhinox is pretty compact and packs a whole lotta mass, while the other two are very slender and long in alt-mode.

Dead Metal wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:Yeah, he's a little bit awesome.

Although I have to say I'm surprised by the size comparisons to the other Beast Wars figures. Are Dinobot and Cheetor quite large deluxes or is Rhinox looking to be quite small?

A bit of both, Rhinox is a current gen Voyager, which are smaller than they used to be. Cheetor and Dinoboot are both Deluxes from 2008, and are larger than current deluxes.
On top of that, Rhinox is pretty compact and packs a whole lotta mass, while the other two are very slender and long in alt-mode.

Yeah, that makes sense I suppose. I guess Waspinator and the rumoured Rattrap would compare well to him then. What's everyone's impressions of the two Universe deluxes? Are they worth picking up or should I pray for HasTak to revisit those characters?

Sodan-1 wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:Yeah, he's a little bit awesome.

Although I have to say I'm surprised by the size comparisons to the other Beast Wars figures. Are Dinobot and Cheetor quite large deluxes or is Rhinox looking to be quite small?

A bit of both, Rhinox is a current gen Voyager, which are smaller than they used to be. Cheetor and Dinoboot are both Deluxes from 2008, and are larger than current deluxes.
On top of that, Rhinox is pretty compact and packs a whole lotta mass, while the other two are very slender and long in alt-mode.

Yeah, that makes sense I suppose. I guess Waspinator and the rumoured Rattrap would compare well to him then. What's everyone's impressions of the two Universe deluxes? Are they worth picking up or should I pray for HasTak to revisit those characters?

Pray.
Cheetor is utter crap, avoid at all costs, get the original toy. Dinobot is OK, best version of the character to date, but not perfect, would have needed to be Voyager to be perfect.

Sodan-1 wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:Yeah, he's a little bit awesome.

Although I have to say I'm surprised by the size comparisons to the other Beast Wars figures. Are Dinobot and Cheetor quite large deluxes or is Rhinox looking to be quite small?

A bit of both, Rhinox is a current gen Voyager, which are smaller than they used to be. Cheetor and Dinoboot are both Deluxes from 2008, and are larger than current deluxes.
On top of that, Rhinox is pretty compact and packs a whole lotta mass, while the other two are very slender and long in alt-mode.

Yeah, that makes sense I suppose. I guess Waspinator and the rumoured Rattrap would compare well to him then. What's everyone's impressions of the two Universe deluxes? Are they worth picking up or should I pray for HasTak to revisit those characters?

I have Cheetor and I can sum him up in three images

Great Cheetah Mode


Flatfooted under-armed lackluster robot mode


... with a huge backpack


Not for the casual collector.

I feel better about not having them already. Money saved! Thanks you two.

It brings a manly tear to the eye.

Sodan-1 wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:Yeah, he's a little bit awesome.

Although I have to say I'm surprised by the size comparisons to the other Beast Wars figures. Are Dinobot and Cheetor quite large deluxes or is Rhinox looking to be quite small?

A bit of both, Rhinox is a current gen Voyager, which are smaller than they used to be. Cheetor and Dinoboot are both Deluxes from 2008, and are larger than current deluxes.
On top of that, Rhinox is pretty compact and packs a whole lotta mass, while the other two are very slender and long in alt-mode.

Yeah, that makes sense I suppose. I guess Waspinator and the rumoured Rattrap would compare well to him then. What's everyone's impressions of the two Universe deluxes? Are they worth picking up or should I pray for HasTak to revisit those characters?

Given how long it took for this line to go back to Beast Wars period, it's hard to say. As crappy as Cheetor is, I would prefer they went forward with more Beast Wars characters. The figure is really weak, but I'm still glad I have him just for completeness. Same thing about Leo Prime.

Did you ever think about getting the Titanium Cheetor? I hear that one is pretty decent, although I don't have one personally.

I am going to be bold and actually saying something negative about this toy. I don't like that beast mode rhino face. Especially the eyes. I hate that they went for a realistic rhino look instead of going for a more show-accurate face that better resembles the big Horn-Head we all know and love.








And I don't like how his brown is more toy-accurate tan instead of show-accurate brown.

Or how his robot mode arms are exposed in beast mode.

Or how his chest looks wrong.

Oh, and his lips are gone.



As are the spikes that went on his legs.



Doesn't stop me from liking this figure, though.

Dead Metal wrote:Cheetor is utter crap, avoid at all costs, get the original toy.

I recommend the Beast Wars Telemocha Series version of the original Cheetor toy.

Dead Metal wrote:Dinobot is OK, best version of the character to date, but not perfect, would have needed to be Voyager to be perfect.

The Henkei! Henkei! Dinobot is the version everyone should get.

Sodan-1 wrote:I feel better about not having them already. Money saved! Thanks you two.

You might still wanna at least consider Dinobot. Specifically this one:

Maybe the Tomy version will rectify your concerns Saber?

Mkall wrote:I am saddened that his tail doesn't seem to lift to recreate that iconic scene.

Other than that (and the unpainted chainguns), he looks pretty darned cool!

Maybe 3rd party will make one for you with purple energon released from his butt I was intersted in that option of course,

Looks good figure like to see beast wars characters megatron, prime, depthcharge,

cartoon accurate or not, this has got to be the best most accurate rhinox so far
hasbro still surprises with a few gems for our collection

He looks fantastic, and I'll definitely be picking him up. Probably with Doubledealer, since I had that toy as a kid and am somewhat nostalgic for him.

The only downside with Rhinox is that he reminds me that I still can't find the Robot Masters/Telemocha Optimus Primal anywhere.

Please Hasbro, make my life easier (and probably cheaper) and release that figure in the US also.

fenrir72 wrote:Maybe the Tomy version will rectify your concerns Saber?

You obviously haven't seen that piece of bronze.

Manterax Prime wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Maybe the Tomy version will rectify your concerns Saber?

You obviously haven't seen that piece of bronze.

Behold:




Better colors, but my concerns were more geared towards the mold itself, rather than the deco.

Manterax Prime wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Maybe the Tomy version will rectify your concerns Saber?

You obviously haven't seen that piece of bronze.

Behold:




Better colors, but my concerns were more geared towards the mold itself, rather than the deco.

Sabrblade wrote:Better colors

Indeed...for the guns. Hasbro Rhinox actually looks organic in beast mode, as he should. Takara's Rhinox can suck it.

Manterax Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Better colors

Indeed...for the guns. Hasbro Rhinox actually looks organic in beast mode, as he should.

That's likely due to Takara bizarrely making the organic rhino parts shiny while leaving the supposed-to-be-shiny green robot parts not-shiny.

But I don't care. Rhinox and every other bot on that show looked like clay animals anyway, and that's how they're remembered as looking.

Absolutely beautiful. (Aside from the unpainted "gattlers".) Here's hoping we can get updated figures for other characters who need or fit the bill: Airazor, Strika, Botanica, Ratrrap (who we are getting?), Tigertron, Blackarachnia, and maybe Tigerhawk. Realistically,I can see Strika and Tigerhawk being made in the possible future.

Slashercon wrote:Absolutely beautiful. (Aside from the unpainted "gattlers".) Here's hoping we can get updated figures for other characters who need or fit the bill: Airazor, Strika, Botanica, Ratrrap (who we are getting?), Tigertron, Blackarachnia, and maybe Tigerhawk. Realistically,I can see Strika and Tigerhawk being made in the possible future.

The fact that we just got a Strika from the Club likely means that we're not getting a Strika from Hasbro anytime soon in the near future.

Well WOW what an awesome Rhino mode. I can NOT believe his chain guns fit in Rhino mode. To me the only thing that could make this better would to have his entire Rhino mode painted in the same color not emphasizing any robot parts. SMALL observation.

Dudes...that transformeration sequence is pretty show accurate! IIIIIIIIIIIIII just had some nostalgic flashbacks to great days!

Dead Metal wrote:Rhinox is a current gen Voyager, which are smaller than they used to be. Cheetor and Dinoboot are both Deluxes from 2008, and are larger than current deluxes.
On top of that, Rhinox is pretty compact and packs a whole lotta mass, while the other two are very slender and long in alt-mode.

I was under the impression that the current-gen voyagers are taller than they were in the past. The deluxe class are definitely smaller these days though.