- Nightprowler was to have been an Autobot in the Universe war.
Is that actual neon?
Nightprowler is one of many Transformers caught up in the interdimensional war between the Children of Primus and the Minions of Unicron.
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For a brief time, Hasbro's official website checklist featured listings for two "Halloween Horrorcon Value Packs" that were to be Wal-Mart exclusives... which also likely explains why they were canceled. (Wal-Mart had taken a good half-dozen exclusives and released them more-or-less simultaneously, leading to a huge glut. A lot of other Transformers exclusives were canceled during the Universe era.)
In 2004, several test-shots appeared on eBay in a group, among them a snow leopard redeco of the original Beast Wars Cheetor toy. This, presumably, was to have been Nightprowler, as the other toys in the group line up with the names given for the two Halloween sets. The toy would have transformed from snow leopard to robot, with two guns, one being a water squirter. As he was to come in a "Vs." two-pack with the Predacon character Waspinator, it is presumed that he was to be an Autobot.
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- Accessories: Tail whip
- Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro)
- A redeco of War for Cybertron: Kingdom Cheetor, Legacy "Autobot Nightprowler" transforms from a robot reminiscent of his unreleased Universe figure into a snow leopard. Nightprowler's tail can detach to become a whip, similar to Cheetor's Transmetal toy. In beast mode, his jaw can open and close to adorably change his expression. Nightprowler has an Autobot logo on his forehead, as his unreleased toy was originally intended to be an Autobot.
- Nightprowler shares the same issues regarding his beast mode neck tab as the previous usages of the Cheetor mold.
- The official stock photography used by many retailers depicts much of his body as being molded in beige while his hands and beast mode feet are molded in a darker shade of beige. This color scheme was, however, changed to light and dark grey respectively for the final release.
- The figure was a Walmart exclusive in the US and a Farmers exclusive in New Zealand. Coincidentally the retailer that the original Nightprowler was supposed to be in was also Walmart. Unlike other boxed Deluxes from that line, his packaging has a plastic window.
- This figure was retooled into Shadow Panther. The mold's robot and beast mode legs were also reused on the Hasbro PulseCon-exclusive War for Cybertron Trilogy "Covert Agent Ravage".