BEAST MODE

From back-thigh to nose-tip he’s about 70 to 80mm long, (add another 10mm for tail). He’s also about 70 to 90mm tall at his highest point (his body tapers down and at the rear he’s only about 40mm at the most) depending on how he’s posed. About 9 points of meaningful articulation, most of which is centralised in his forelegs.

The front of the Beast Mode is basically baboon, while the back half is theoretically tiger. The forelegs, however appear to belong to neither, and even have bird-like hind-claws on each '‘paw”. The moulding is fairly nice, but his chest is square due to his transformation. Robot mode kibble basically consists of his square chest, and the fact that the elbow of one of his arms forms his mouth. When you close his mouth his arm juts out, forming a fist-beard. Whacky.

The main gimmick in this mode is that you press a button on his head and his head… well… launches forward (not off, just forward). Basically it’s a super-head-butt. May explain the fist-beard though.
 

TRANSFORMATION TO ROBOT MODE

ROBOT MODE

His bland colours (all orange and brown) mean this toy isn’t much to look at. You’re immediately drawn to his bright green eyes, and unfortunately that makes you look at the STUPID grin on his face. I hate how Beast Wars toys don’t have neutral faces like the old toys. Doesn’t matter who he’s fighting, Bantor will always look like he’s grinning lecherously at them.

Bantor’s nothing special. But I have a big pet peeve with this guy. He has no weapons.

NONE.

Bantor doesn’t even have Beast Wars style “we’re telling you it's a weapon, so it’s a WEAPON!” accessories. The only thing he does have is his head-punching gimmick. But whatever you say about it, that’s still just punching.

Even more annoyingly, Bantor has fists. Fists with holes for gun-pegs. Fists with holes for gun pegs and not a damned gun in sight. It’s annoying beyond belief.
 

RUB STICKER LOCATION

OVERALL

The baboon is a robust monkey belonging to the family Cercopitheciadae, found in Arabia and Africa south of the Sahara. Although all five species are generally placed in the genus Papio, some argue that it is a member of the Chaeropithecus genus.

Baboon are quadrapedal monkeys with large heads, large cheek pounches and long, naked, doglike muzzles bearing the nostrils at the tip. They weigh anywhere between 14 to 40 kilogrammes and are abot 50 to 115 centimetres long (discluding the 40-75cm tail, which is carried in an arch) depending on the species. Male baboons are about twice the size of females.

Mainly found in drier savanna and rocky districts, baboons move about on both ground and trees. They feed on a variety of plants and animals. They are very destructive to crops and, due to their enormous canines and powerful limbs, are dangerous adversaries, especially since they generally associate in large troops. Members within a troop form a cohesive society and are led and guarded by one or more dominant males. Females as well as males rank within social hierarchies. Baboons are noisy animals and have a number of calls with definite meanings. Alarm is given by a doglike bark. Individuals also communicate by posturing and signalling. Baboons are considered highly intelligent and educable.

Coat colour varies, but the texture of the fur is always harsh. Adult males tend to have capes of long hair over the shoulder. The underparts, hands, feet, face and buttocks (often vividly coloured) are naked. Normally one young is born at a time; gestation lasts seven months.

Bibliography:: Encylopaedia Britannica

Tiger
 
Tigers are the biggest cats in the world. They live in steamy hot jungles as well as icy cold forests. There are five different kinds or subspecies of tiger alive in the world
today. These tigers are called Siberian, South China, Indochinese, Bengal, and Sumatran. Their Latin name is Panthera tigris. Tigers are an endangered species; only
about 5,000 to 7,400 tigers are left in the wild. Three tiger subspecies, the Bali, Javan, and Caspian tigers have become extinct in the past 70 years.

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Since Bantor's just a creature which exhibits tiger and baboon attributes (ie: he doesn't truly represent a whole tiger), I've arbitrarily chosen to give data on the Bengal subspecies of tiger. The primary reason behind this choice was because Tigatron also happens to be a Bengal tiger. Any objections? Well tough.

                                                       "The tiger is found in a variety of habitats: from the tropical evergreen and
                                                       deciduous forests of southern Asia to the coniferous, scrub oak, and birch
                                                       woodlands of Siberia. It also thrives in the mangrove swamps of the Sunderbans,
                                                       and dry thorn forests of northwestern India, and the tall grass jungles at the foot of
                                                       Himalayas. Tigers are found in the Himalayan valleys, and tracks have been
                                                       recorded in winter snow at 3,000 meters (Prater 1971)...The tiger's habitat
                                                       requirements can be summarized as: some form of dense vegetative cover,
                                                       sufficient large ungulate prey (Sunquist and Sunquist 1989), and access to water."*

                                                       Source: "Wild Cats," compiled and edited by Kristin Nowell and Peter Jackson. Published by the IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, 1996.

Bibliography: Tiger Information Centre