General Information

Aliases:Tankor
Baby Blue
Big R
Metal Rinox
Rinox
Nosoron
Rhinox of the Mournsong
Company:Hasbro
Creator:None
Gender:Male
Character Type:Robot
First Appearance:Tales from the Beast Wars: Transformers: Critical Mass #1 - Ground Zero
Issue Died:None
Powers:Berserker Strength
Blast Power
Intellect
Invulnerability
Leadership
Longevity
Marksmanship
Shape Shifter
Super Smell
Super Strength
Tracking
Unarmed Combat
Weapon Master

Rhinox

IDW Publishing

Origin

Rhinox was originally created for the Computer Animated show Transformers: Beast Wars. He later appeared in the follow up show Transformers: Beast Machines and IDW Transformers: Beast Wars comics. Rhinox was rebooted as an alternate version in Dreamweave Productions Armada and Energon continuity.

Major Story Arcs

Fun Publications Continuity

Transformers: Timelines

Dreamweave Productions Continuity

Transformers: Armada

Transformers: Energon

IDW Comics Continuity

Transformers: Beast Wars: The Gathering

Beast Wars Sourcebook

It is stated that Rhinox is reborn as a multi-verse version of the Animated Series Beast Wars.

Powers and Abilities

Rhinox possesses enormous strength and power, enough to knock to knock out Megatron with one punch (atleast in Megatron’s original form). He is also very resilient to physical injury. He also has two chain-guns that possess heaps of firepower. He is also very intelligent and tactical, and his courage and willpower is indomitable.

Other Media

Television

Transformers Beast Wars (1996)

Rhinox was a crew member on the ship Axalon. He is one of the best when it comes to defense. He is strong, and wise.

Transfomers Beast Machines (1999)

Megatron took Rhinox’s spark after landing back in Cybertron, and made him into a vehicon general known as Tankor.

Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2000)

In a flashback, Optimus Prime recalled the end of the 3H Productions Universe conflict, where Rhinox defeated the minion of Unicron, Tankor. This redeemed him of his own actions as Tankor.

Transformers: Armada (2002)

Video Games

Beast Wars (PSX/PC)

Transformers: Forged to Fight (2017) (Mobile)

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Rhinox is a Tech Class playable character and enemy, he is a 1-4 star rank character.

Game Bio: Hard-nosed and big brained, Rhinox is a Bot with a resounding passion for life. He can tangle with the baddest of Predacons, then take a break to develop new Maximal tech or stop and smell the roses. But to be sure, if you push the big rhino too much, you’ll likely meet his legendary chainguns.

Rhinox was released on April 5th, 2017.