Snapper 1996

Professor blog: 000001 Subject: Snapper Brand of product: Beast Wars Original Release year: 1996

This beautiful item was released within the first year of the Beast Wars toy brand for Transformers. He is a snapping turtle and is affiliated with the Predacons. The Predacons are the villians of this particular Transformers series. The beast wars series continued the ball joint application that Generation 2 Transformers became famous for in the earlier 1990s. This enabled the toys to be posed in a wider of ranges than the Generation one figures.

Now Snapper is a part of the basic line of Beast Wars. This makes him smaller than some of the other toys available. Now Snapper is roughly the size of a medium sized cell phone. Unlike some of the Generation one toys, Snapper is full of little paint details. His shell has yellow and green out lines, his claws are painted a nice, crisp, neutral grey along the tips, and he has this beautiful contrast between his red body and his green arms, legs, head, etc. Now one of the most beautiful parts of the basic Beast Wars line up was the simplistic, yet genius, transformations. If you pulled Snapper’s tail down, he completes his transformation in almost one move. You have to adjust the hands and feet accordingly but who really counts that right? He is fully transformed except for his gun. Now his gun will come out of the back shell right behind his head. With his ball joints, he is ready for battle! There are no known plastic defects for Snapper so enjoy it to the fullest.

Background of the toy: This particular Snapper came from Transformerland.com. He arrived into my collection in the middle of February 2014. He has no breaks or chips. His spring, for the instant transformation, was tested and his weapon was added onto his shell.