Bot a Day: Daily Drawings

The Predacon counterpart to the Maximal Eggleo is Dark Eggleo. He turns from a mechanical orb (and keychain) into a mechanical lion with some very curved, ovoid body parts. Differentiating him from the good guy Eggleo is his dark, smokey green plastic finish. He was available in Japan in 1998. 

Another limited international release was Skyquake, leader of the Predators from late in the Generation One run. This big robot turns into a heavily armed recon plane. His color scheme is very 1990s, and become he was made of a particular type of gold plastic, existing models are extremely fragile as they have not aged well. Skyquake was available in Europe, Canada and Australia in 1992. This mold was reused as a massive version of   Starscream in 1997 , made available as part of the Machine Wars line. 

From the Decepticon Predator team comes Stalker, who turns into a large ICBM-hauling tank. His bio lists him as a communications specialist, which helps pave the way to this toy's later reissue as  Soundwave  in the Machine Wars series. Stalker was available in 1992 in Europe, Canada and Australia. 

Snare is the security chief of the Predators, a team of Decepticon jets from the late Generation One era only available internationally. With a  very  90s color scheme, he turns into a Grumman X-29 fighter jet. He was available in 1992 in Europe, Canada and Australia. 

Next up for the Decepticon Predators is Talon, the team advance fighter. He's notable in that he turns into the tried and true F-15 Eagle design, but is not the standard "seeker" mold that made the F-15 the Decepticon go-to design. He was available in Europe, Canada and Australia in 1992. 

The name Skydive has been used by  an Aerialbot , but here the name applies to a different character, a Decepticon scientific advisor and part of the Predator subteam of fighter jets. He turns into a Northrop YF-23 fighter. He was available only in Europe, Canada and Australia in 1992. 

Beginning a run of Decepticon Predator jets, a team only available in 1992 in Europe, Australia and Canada, after the Generation One toyline had already ended in the US but Generation Two hadn't happened yet. Falcon turns into an F-117A stealth fighter. His bio lists him as the leader of the team.