Rhinohorn Justice Version
Rhinohorn Justice Version is a fictional character and third party Transformer created by Keith's Fantasy Club in 2013 as an homage to the 1986 Transformer Ramhorn.
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Keith's Fantasy Club
Rhinohorn Justice Version is a third party Transformer homage to Generation 1 Ramhorn created by Keith's Fantasy Club in 2013. He turns from robotic rhino to microcassette.
Development
The Rhinohorn design is a mass market version of the custom Ramhorn toy designed by Eagle's TF in 2012.[1]
Robot Kingdom placed prototype images of Rhinohorn and Steelpaw on their Facebook page in January 2013.[2]
Colored images of Rhinohorn Justice Version were posted to the Meteor Operations Facebook page in March 2013.[3]
Rhinohorn Aces Version was announced by Wikialpha.org in April 2013.[4] It shipped late that month. Both the Justice and Aces versions of Rhinohorn shipped that month.
Fictional biography
Considered an outcast by most of his race, Rhinohorn has always felt ostracised by his RoBot allies, blaming his lack of robot modes for his oddity status. Many feel he would have been more at home with the RoCons, where many of the ‘bots with more unique configurations found kinsmanship in the dark days before the Great War.People don’t know how right they are. Although Rhinohorn is a very intelligent and capable individual, he is actually quite shy with a mild stutter that embarrasses him, and it’s these character traits above all else that led to him being overlooked, and he started to gravitate towards the darker side where his aggressive actions and bad attitude were all he needed to prove himself. The truth is, he owes a huge amount of gratitude to Blast for giving him… well - more than a home - a purpose. Blast saw the potential in Rhinohorn and – seeing past the façade - gave him a chance, using him as more than mere muscle by consulting with him, and valuing his opinions.
These days he is quite content with his position, and seemingly a different ‘bot than he used to be, happy to tag along behind and smell the flowers. But many who have seen him in action on the battle field ask the question: "What if he had a bad day?"
Comics
Rhinohorn appeared in the 2013 story Re-Evolution. In this story he is wandering through the dark parts of the former city of Khan when he runs into Resound and Reverb.
Toys
- Keith's Fantasy Club CST-01J Rhinohorn Justice Version (2013)
- A mold by Keith's Fantasy Club based on the design first used for the Eagle's TF Ramhorn toy. Turns from robotic rhino to microcassette. The writing on the side of the microcassette mode says "Fantasy Club". Comes with a microcassette case and collector card.
- The microcassette mode of this toy is thicker than a normal microcassette, and may have trouble fitting in toy designed to hold a single tape. It will fit into toys that are designed to hold multiple cassettes at the same time by taking up the space of two tapes.
- The biography for Rhinohorn Justice Version was written by Facebook member David Harland.
- The art on the box borrows art of Blaster and Raindance by Joe Ng which originally appeared in Transformers: The War Within - Age of Wraith #2.
- Rhinohorn Justice Version shares a mold with Energon Evil Rhinohorn, Rhinohorn Aces Version and Rhinohorn Evil Version.
- Keith's Fantasy Club CST-01A Rhinohorn Aces Version (2013)
- A variation of the Rhinohorn Justice Version toy with silver paint replacing the gold. The writing on the side of the microcassette mode says "ACES".
- The box, collector card, instructions and case are identical to the Rhinohorn Justice Version.
- An Aces Toy Store exclusive.
Gallery
The Eagle's TF version of Rhinohorn
Keith's Fantasy Club Rhinohorn Justice Version prototype in rhino mode
Rhinohorn Justice Version prototype in cassette mode
Keith's Fantasy Club Rhinohorn Justice Version in rhino mode
Rhinohorn Justice Version in cassette mode
Rhinohorn Justice Version collector card
Rhinohorn Aces Version in rhino mode
Rhinohorn Aces Version in microcassette mode
References
- ↑ http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-3rd-party-discussion/634220-erh0204-ramhorn-etf-ready.html
- ↑ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/cst-01-rhinohorn-and-cst-02-ironpaw-images-176624/?catid=searchresults&searchid=13965
- ↑ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/kfc-toys-justice-rhino-colored-prototype-pics-and-rhinohorn-evil-version-in-box-pics-177010/?catid=searchresults&searchid=13965
- ↑ http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-3rd-party-discussion/867256-keiths-fantasy-club-rhinohorn-aces-version.html
