Scavenger - Transformers Beast Wars

This figure, for me, is the definition of the term 'Shelf Warmer'
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[@ToaChronix]

He looks pretty good, I seriously don't get why you hate it so much.

[@dervy1309]

wtf

[@NoVACorpsGaming]

I loved this figure as a child

[@shaldurprime7154]

he must have been in a bad mood that day, because he gave a pass to beast machines buzzsaw a much much worse figure

[@Mike-mf3ed]

If I had this figure (when I was young) I would do so many things to it play with it in the garden.

[@blazeburner4832]

Ikr

[@ChaoticTeen16]

This thing actually looks pretty friggin cool

[@predaking2wings]

totally love it, this is one of the best mold its monstrous and different!!

[@paladinprime9928]

As a kid I loved this guys so much that when one copy of the toy got destroyed, I went out and got a new one.

[@AfterAllWeAreHuman]

I like the ant mode

[@kaybee4641]

i know, i kind of like the robot mode the most

[@shiverfan4867]

Yeah

[@theguyintheworks8838]

The ant mode looks freaking badass

[@gizzach977]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I like this guy and can't see what is at least what is visually wrong whither it in all of its modes.

[@jarodnole4618]

Me too, this guy is amazing!

[@TheProtronic]

Don't care what you say, I love this figure and even BW Scourge.

[@DatBastardOni]

I love it. If they made the insect legs end in little drills or pistols, he could pull a Tarantulas. As for no real hands, he's a warbot who excels in psychological warfare. In other words, this is the bot who they hand PoWs to, so that he can torture them until they say *what he wants them to say*. This is a task one does not really need hands for. Having drills to bore holes in a robot's skull sounds more appropriate.

[@arax20]

I think it looks pretty cool. The alt mode legs being robotic helps by making him look like doctor octopus. The insect mode is alright to me.

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

Plus side, if you ever wanted to army build a colony of ants, you got plenty available

[@mrheroprimes]

Toys that were noted for their abnormally high shelfwarming capacity in Beast Wars included Injector, Scavenger, Transquito, and even show character Inferno. Some reports even had Transquitos holding six or seven years after their initial release. Now that's a shelfwarmer.

[@Megazord_Prime]

I never understood why some of these became shelfwarmers, I love Scavenger, when i first saw him as a kid i thought this was going to be Inferno in the show, turns out that wasnt the case. They never used Scavenger in the show, only in the comic. Also loved the other so called shelfwarmer, Cybertron Mudflap.

[@Biochemitra]

Is this a practical joke? This figure looks amazing, in all three modes!

[@theobserver887]

I find this dude's lack of imagination disturbing. And I also find it hilarious that a reviewer bashes on a figure that everyone else thinks looks awesome.😆

[@therealverbish]

I don't think he looks that bad.

[@ProcyonDei]

If it's the worst seller, then where can I find one?

[@Matanumi]

ebay... for a good price

[@chadderbug7587]

Same

[@javenmod]

Inferno's beast mode is actually a female worker fire ant, due to there being a lack of wings, which all Male ants have. So he is a Male transformer with a female beast mode.

[@ProcyonDei]

@@javenmod TransFormers

[@shiverfan4867]

@@ProcyonDei lol

[@jarodnole4618]

That's one of the most badass transformers I've ever seen. The Vehicle Mode completely fits, the ant mode looks great, and the bot mode looks like inferno went to the gym and I love it. It's so monsterous and lovely. However I do disagree on most of your opinions.

[@dragonphoenix132]

This review breaks my heart. I was SO excited to find a Japanese version (Metals Inferno) at a local Anime Convention this year! Sad that you don't love him, but I'm glad to know he's still out there!

[@XthegreatwhyX]

This is actually my favorite figure from the line. All the modes look cool and very threatening and the colors are awesome. Indeed it's a nightmare to pose in any form, but it's not like I'm going to fiddle with it every day. I own two of them, one on display and one misb. Very underrated.

[@HighKingRoku]

These guys have a point, I love Insecticon transformers including this guy. Even though he is a Predacon I prefer to call the insects Insecticons. This once was one of my top favorite and everytime I went to walmart to get him he was sold out, so Shelf Warmer my Cybertronian Exhaust Port.

[@mariocar0727]

HAH HE SAID A FUNNY

[@scott5994]

I'm going to use that phrase every chance I get!!!

[@HighKingRoku]

@@scott5994 I'm gonna be honest I don't remember posting that lol. I think I may have been drunk when I did it.

[@finalbossgamer5481]

Personally, I adore scavenger, in all 3 of his modes. And personally i dont mind bug leg kibble on most beast-formers. Scavenger is one of my favorite of the beast era designs, and im so dissapointed that inferno never gained the transmetal upgrade.

[@bencrooker720]

The head sculpt is cool at least, it looks like Unicron.

[@Raze_134]

I feel like there's some secret trauma that this figure caused him to hate it so much. In my top 5 BW figures

[@elrick44]

I enjoyed this figure as a kid (sadly i dont have him anymore). i personally thought he looked cooler with that golden shield pointed downwards like a butt cape... which come to think of it, could help with that "Transmetal Inferno" resemblance

[@mikeg5039]

I loved this toy! He was a lot of fun to play with for me when i was a kid

[@ChaseWD]

I think it looks pretty awesome

[@mechanwhal6590]

Can we talk about how BEAUTIFULLY the Transmetal has preserved? It's barely flaked at all! And mine is the same way, like it's barely been played with!

[@Altronn]

That figure looks awesome, I want it

[@shiverfan4867]

Same

[@qxillanote9952]

Me too, but I can’t find it for a good price!

[@Jase583]

I love having this guy in my collection.

[@rodolfoflames]

I don't know I think he looks bad ass

[@Mike-mf3ed]

Those insect legs are probably what helps him hold things (I suppose) as he doesn’t have proper hands.

[@PraetorGix]

I'm from Argentina, a country where TF's are scarse and some toy lines doesn't even get here. Even under these conditions, one of these guys managed to stay on the supermarket shelf near home for more than 3 years!

[@sebastiannock942]

In terms of why he has no hands - he doesn't need them, he's a shock trooper who's only task is to attack the enemy. His single minded purpose is to destroy whatever he's aimed at, rest of the time he can sit in beast mode and await orders, like a good ant. At least that's how I see him.

[@onixprime]

I LOVE Scavenger! I recommend it.

[@mikeyfourbarrel8473]

Love the review, Spada but gotta disagree with the verdict. I dig this guy (pun intended). Hilarious to hear about the shelf warming...you're 100% right! I remember well.

[@RyanD3606]

Personally I really like him, I had him when I was a kid. I had a thing for bugs and someone thought he would get it for me. I got it in the 1998 I think

[@Vulpio7775]

the fact that Scavenger is a "Shelf Warmer" Reminds me of how real ants breed quickly.

[@jarodnole4618]

This figure is the best of the beast wars figures.

[@ArkoOnuva22]

I loved this figure as a kid. I'm going to buy another one since mine is lost!

[@Wartator]

I have this toy and I love it, one of the best Transmetals IHMO. Excellent mechanical feel and paint, unique robot mode proportions and great possibilities of using alt mode legs when you commit yourself to it at least slightly. When you don't even go beyond turntable shot in robot mode, no wonder you can't find the potential hidden in it.

[@adrenalinefusion]

I have to disagree with you on this one. The beast form looks like an ant without too much kibble other than the wheels on the bottom. The vehicle mode looks pretty good, granted most transmetal vehicle modes just added thrusters, took out their wheels, or in Optimus primal’s case brought out his skate board. This one actually puts in some kind of attempt to be an actual triple changer. If there is a box at Walmart hiding somewhere, I’d be happy to buy the whole thing.

[@MrLeach-cp9ib]

I have a serious weakness for insectoid transformers.

[@masterfarr8265]

I remember finding Combiner wars Scattershot at a target during the middle of Power of the primes

[@Skeletonizer]

Me personally, I really like this figure. He's just neat. I really think that your reviews have just got pretty boring, and this vid's no different, IMO. And another thing, not just because this is one of my favourite BW figures but at as a critic, some of the criticisms you put forward are just increasingly petty. I mean, you really ragged on the Ant mode because you posed it in a way that made it look slightly like a mantis. I'm just gonna unsubscribe to avoid frustrating myself. Sorry. I

[@PhilipPetrunak]

This is probably my favorite transmetal transformer.

[@Tech_Renegade]

I think he's cool tbh.

[@The8bitFreak]

Funny, I thought the word "Shellformer" meant a transformer that folds up into a shell.

[@sparkleflame23]

Thats 1 of the best looking transformer I seen

[@fen4554]

I love this guy. The alt mode legs will fold up on the side of the arm and hide the side of the ant head. The augers also fold down to give him hook-like hands.

[@bromodragone8405]

Scorponok doesn't have a TransMetal form either. Characters with Transmetal forms Optimus Primal Cheetor Rattrap Rhinox Dinobot Tigatron Airazor Blackarachnia Megatron Terrorsaur Waspinator Tarantulas

[@legoman06524]

Funny thing is that I really like this figure but I don't know why. I just really like him

[@crimzonplays1134]

Still a better vehicle mode than most transmetals.

[@pious83]

Best thing to do with the Vehicle mode: keep the smaller legs inline with the torso, tilt the bigger legs up (as if exhausts). Turn the antennae vertical and sit Quickstrike in the middle, using the horns as a "seat", with him clutching the antennae. Much like with the base Inferno toy, Quickstrike and Scavenger compliment each other quite well, just like in the show.

[@fredricorosenfield9976]

9:18. You Love me.... Admit it to yourself. I'm a living nightmare to look at but, I'm cuddly on the inside.

[@ShockUzer]

It's funny how almost no one in the comments agree. Like, this is a solid figure, none of his points stand: the ant mode does look like what it's supposed to be (and does not look anything like a mantis), as far as transmetal vehicle modes it's definitively a convincing one (much better than Rhinox and Airazor, for sure), and the robot mode looks good (looks like a villain, what it's supposed to be) and seems pretty solid and well articulated. Even if it's not your thing (which, after seeing his Powerpinch review, he must have a thing with bugs and legs that spread out the robot arms), you have to give it credit in that it does well what it's supposed to do.

[@ShockUzer]

Also, and it seems like I'm in the minority here, I've never had a problem with the "no real hands syndrome", as long as what it has in place of hands is cool and makes sense: it's cool and makes sense for a psychotic, killer robot to have drills for hands, with which to cause slow and agonic pain to it's victims.

[@jarodnole4618]

@@ShockUzer right? Like the drill hands definitely fit that faces personality!

[@SweeneyTodd1992]

i was 6 years old when this figure came out and i remember seeing this figure on the shelf till i was 10 and im 20 now and the is the ultimate shelf warmer

[@shadowgb]

This is one of my favorites.

[@DarkdustDragon]

Inferno ended up being a Shelfwarmer himself before appearing in the show, and they wanted to avoid that.

[@SandDeath]

mudflap from the Bay era, my walmart still has them, after 3 years.

[@Henry-ns6uk]

Any beast wars figure is better than the ultimate 'shelformer' Injector, nothing beats his beast form and bot form. That's a real nightmare in my opinion.

[@onixprime]

Scavenger IS a giant ant. He was originally intended as a Transmetals Inferno, but they renamed him due to Inferno not getting a transmetals upgrade in the show.

[@blockbuilder4762]

Personally, I think this figure seems great, though I may be biased seeing as I adore constructicons, and anything close. And still, I think every mode looks great. I also find it hilarious how you hated the figure, but pretty much everyone else loved it, maybe you should learn to love it, think of the good qualities of it. :)

[@TheUnseen111]

I wanna set things straight here... I dont consider him AS bad as he is depicted here. Honestly, I like the ant form. Unlike some insects in this series, the legs are fully pose-able and make the figure quite dynamic. Sure they pop off easily, but popping the legs off is exactly what Balt had to do when transforming Transmetal 2's Blackarachnia. I also think the robot mode looks pretty good, albeit a little bland as far as the torso is concerned. Personally, I think we should be grateful for the sheer amount of pose-ability you can actually GET from this figure, and also the fact that he lack a huge backpack. Lets not take those things for granted, mkay?

[@shovelchop81bikeralex52]

Wow, your tastes and mine are polar opposites!

[@runescape228]

Inferno was said to be a bit of a shelf-warmer himself. Other rumoured examples seem to include Retrax, Transquito and Injector...take note of their alt modes, or in Injector's case, half of it!

[@kingbarrythegreat]

lol never seen a transformer with a crush gear alt mode, good way to end the day watching old reviews for something as ridiculous as this

[@FPrimusUnicron]

you can try to angle the ant legs in "vehicle" mode to make them look like treads, is not easy to figure it out but it works, and in robot mode, you'll notice the ant legs are different lengths and that it has no real hands, you have to make them his fingers(that is why the leg is closer to the drills is shorter and the farther is longer)

[@Ian_S.]

I love seeing the different opinions on Transformers figures,for example: Thew Adams:Scavenger is a masterpiece Baltmatrix:It's one of the worst Beast Wars figures

[@Togaoki]

.... I want one. My god, everything turning you off is just working for me. XD

[@onixprime]

Inferno and Scavenger shelfwarmed more due to the amount of each one in a case. Basically, there was more of them in a case then there was a demand for them. (Kind of like Optimus and Bumblebee of the past several years).

[@anthonybrown6927]

You had high expectations as a kid but you still bout it again.

[@blazeburner4832]

This was made a long time ago don't be such a hater it's actually pretty cool

[@capmodesty]

i quite like Scavenger, I got him and Tripredicus for christmas 98 and thought he was a nice figure. Shelf warmer though, it can't be denied. Inferno warmed quite a bit too but i think Injector holds the title of ultimate shelfwarmer as he was still findable in 2003 in some places.

[@Mikeinator_]

The "vehicle" mode looks more like an ant trying to do extreme yoga.

[@seoultron4581]

I might buy this guy again...

[@blazikenking]

My best answer to the No Real Hands Syndrome would be the insect legs becoming extra arm/finger like things.

[@keithkadas7061]

I love this figure and if you take the time to transformer him correct he is really cool.

[@dennisamurao771]

Viewing this old transmetal figures since Kingdom is coming. The vehicle mode looks like it was base on crash gear. Looks good actually

[@markanguiano8891]

I actually had this one as a kid! I loved it!! Lol

[@thefroknight3149]

I'd be so happy to buy that figure!

[@vampireteddygram720]

There is nothing wrong with this guy... I would buy him for sure!

[@PiperMMMMMMMMMM]

don't get me wrong, but I don't see what's the problem of an Transfomer having drills, cannons, hooks, knifes, claws, instant of regular hands. I thinks it's cool, and I like this figure

[@Issara62]

To me it looks like a pretty good toy. Its got a relatively good paint/colours and the metallic (or if I think its metallic) colours just ads to that. The bug mode looks like a giant terrifying ant, even though its a praying mantis, it still looks awesome and its a big size. Vehicle mode just looks down right awesome and the robot is probably the weakest with the legs but hey, they could be used as tentacles to attack enemies. It is a toy afterall

[@baconbits57]

I always liked the toy. Loved inferno as well. Both were shelf warmers and my favorites in the BW line. With the drill motif I cant help but think of Gurren Lagann every time I see him.

[@TheProtronic]

"........and apparently according to his bio he's an expert in psychological warfare, and by God he looks it!" Good one Balt, lmao.

[@СлесаревФёдор-о7д]

Balti, you seriously think like that about this transmetal ant-thing? I totally disagree with you! I really like this figure as maybe reformated Inferno, who from just a little bit insane and burning everything robot, very loyal to his master Megatron and transforming into giant organic ant, return and kinda "rebirth" as new Scavenger character, which have new transmetal body, become more insane, bloody to death and more loyalty to his "queen" Megatron, have two modes, giant ugly robotic ant mode and tread-wheeled drill-tank mode, I love it so much!

[@elrick44]

i got this about when beast wars was ending, and i gotta say i loved this toy (wish i still had it actually) i thought it looked like a bot that tear shit up

[@1r0nbane]

the design ideas were there, they just didnt do it properly. I personally like the evil looking face and the menacing silhouette it just wasnt done properly.

[@mgv.3797]

This is actually my favorite beast wars, my fave insect is an ant, so ya ;-;

[@masterfarr8265]

Inferno and Psychological warfare? XD

[@Alex-nr4xb]

Not a fan of the robot mode but I actually like the alt drill mode.

[@franher5275]

i like it and I would own it. if it's good and he hates it I'll still get it and no hands that's fine I have toys that have heli blades has hands and I love him so thats my answer

[@brianplummer433]

I loved Inferno on the Beast Wars. For the Queen !

[@humangirl2122]

STOP CALLING ME THAT!

[@brianplummer433]

@@humangirl2122 Yes My Queen.

[@humangirl2122]

@@brianplummer433 How many time's to I have to tell you to STOP-CALLING-ME-THAT?!

[@brianplummer433]

@@humangirl2122 Anything for the Royalty.

[@lhcwresslar5033]

i love the fact that in the TV show he refers to megatron as 'Queen'

[@TransformersCollector]

That was Inferno and not this guy

[@onixprime]

Big Convoy, you can almost literally have his mammoth mode standing next to his robot mode.

[@crosswired5627]

hey I know it's 5 years later but if your friend still has some scavengers left I'll take one

[@latrodectusmactans7592]

I like this one. All 3 modes look solid enough and a drill tank is a better vehicle gimmick than most of the transmetals. No hands isn’t that bad for a character like this. The only issue I have is the legs being everywhere in robot mode.

[@HORRIOR1]

You know it would have been so easy to give him a better robot mode. Make the ant butt into some bulky shins, make the and head into a chest plate, make the legs into a cape of some sort, and make the horns the mandibles.

[@kstanni87]

Good thing Inferno never got this form in the show, his original ant form/robot is much more expressive

[@BD-mt4rm]

My dad gave me a scavenger back in 2000 when he went abroad, i actually thought it was the coolest coz i had the imagination of a kid and just transformed it the way i want to.

[@anwenlokier2292]

Well in my vr game he's 50 times stable than carries mother who forced her daughter to be renamed after a disease and it what killed my dad 😭

[@onixprime]

Shelf warmer. This guy sat on shelves for years, even when it got marked down to $5 or less.

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

I dunno, I still like to own this guy. Sure the insect legs kibble look so messed up but it really brings up the look of him being a crazy, batshit, mutilating Predacon.. Would like to buy it if someone from that Walmart decided to sell him online, on clearance price.