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Transformers: Beast Wars

BURNING CONVOY
Movie Commemorative Exclusive

I ordered this Beast War Movie Commemorative Exclusive Burning Convoy from Yutaka Ishida of KAIKODO on the 25th of February 2000.  This exclusive (Limited to 5000) was released back in March 1997.   Burning Convoy gets its’ name from the fact he’s made of red plastic.   This figure is from the Transformers: Beast Wars and is the only figure that I own in this line.  The box is a standard C-1 Convoy with a sticker placed on the package identifying it as a Commemorative Exclusive.  This figure also comes with an instruction sheet, BW catalog, and Cybertron Card which is your standard C-1 Convoy tech-spec card.


Burning Convoy is packaged in Beast Mode (Gorilla) and his color scheme is red with gold painted flames at his fists, legs, and torso.  His weapons are gray and when in Robot Mode, his helmet is silver with red eyes.  Convoy has various weapons in his arsenal; 2 Missile Launchers with 4 missiles, Swords (x2), Ball-n-Chain, and Double Missile Cannon.

Convoy has a neat little gimmick with makes him pound on his chest as a gorilla would do to show his strength.  There are two switches (one on each arm) which need to be in the down position.  The second step is to release the lever located on his back and when this lever is moved in an up and down motion, Convoy’s arms swing in at the elbows and strike his chest.

 


To transform Convoy to Robot Mode you first have to extend his rear legs and flip the beasts toes downward which create the heels of Convoy’s feet.  Rotate his legs at the hip turning it 180 degrees.  Finish transforming his feet by extending his boot that is tucked away at his shin.

Next is the head.  The head is connected to the body with joints at the beasts’ ears.  Pull this out and down and flip his face downward which now creates Convoy’s torso which fits on top of the beasts chest.  Once you’ve put the torso in place you’ll notice the beasts mask which was hidden beneath the gorilla’s head.  Flip the mask downward then the antennas upward and finally the mask back in the upward position.  Rotate the head 180 degrees. Now you can see Convoy’s robot head with the beasts’ mask as a neck protector.

Fold the arms down and then flip the shoulder armor upward that now looks like shoulder pads.  That’s it!  Pretty simple transformation and great looking robot mode.

There is a button located on Convoy’s buttock that releases the Missile Launcher that whips into place on both shoulders.  Each Missile Launcher has a missile that can be fired by depressing a button.  Two additional missiles are stored on his back just behind his head.  When the Missile Launchers are extended, you’ll notice two ports on his back that is where his swords are kept.

Another gimmick uses the same apparatus as with the "chest pounding" gizmo.   Going back to the buttons on each arm, they must be switched in the upward position to demonstrate the second gimmick.  Insert Convoy’s sword in the portholes in his fist (both top and bottom) which now looks like a bladed staff.  Extend the arm as if he has a bow weapon in hand, then extend the action lever in his back and move it up and down.  This rotates the arm from the elbow giving the appearance of a spinning weapon.

Another hidden weapon is in each of his forearms.  The left forearm has a Double Missile firing Cannon.  Just depress a button at his wrist and the lower half of his arm flips down and the cannon flips into an upward position.

The right forearm also has cab that is lifted revealing a skull.  When this skull is pulled out you’ll notice that is the "ball" that is connected by string (chain) then connected to a handle.  This is the Ball-n-Chain weapon that fits into the top port of his fist.  When both arms are extended and weapons are in hand, using the action lever at his back makes Convoy "swing" these weapons as if he’s in attack mode!

I’m actually quite please with Burning Convoy’s transformation, movement, gimmicks, and overall appearance.  I would definitely recommend this figure to anyone who collects Beast Wars!

 

 

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