B'BOOM

Japanese Name: Apache
Allegiance: Maximals
Toyline: Beast Wars
Subline: Mega Beasts
Year: 1997

Robot Mode: To get my only real complaint about B'Boom's robot mode out of the way: He's feet are damn strange. It's actually the Mandrill hind legs turned upside down, so the fingers curl a bit upwards. Oh, they are stable, but they look strange. Anyway, apart from that B'Boom is a mighty fine-looking robot with great posability and a bad-ass air to him. Kind of reminds me of Season 1 Optimus Primal. With missile launchers in his shoulders and a mohawk on his head he looks ready to take out Predacons left and right. A really good robot mode.

Beast Mode: B'Boom transforms into a Mandrill. No complaints here, the beast mode looks good and realistic. He can open his mouth to fire his missile launcher in this mode. B'Boom can also transform into a strange-looking weapons platform, putting out all of his extensive artillery at once. The mode looks strange, but is kinda fun.

Missing Parts: B'Boom carried a gun and two missiles for his launcher that I'm missing.

Remarks: Except for his strange name and his strange feet there really isn't anything wrong with B'Boom. A good mega-sized toy with some fun features and a kick-ass look in robot mode. He never did appear in the Beast Wars TV series, but scored a cameo in the first issue of IDW's Beast Wars comic series. Maybe he'll get a more prominent appearance in later issues of that series. Anyway, a good toy, recommended to those looking to enlarge their Beast Wars collection with some non-TV toys.

Rating: B-