Heinlad

Heinlad (sometimes spelt Heinrad) is a toy from the Japanese Transformers series - Beast Wars Neo.

Beast Wars Neo

Transformers character
name =Heinlad


caption =Heinlad toy
affiliation =Maximal
subgroup =Ultra Beasts
rank =7
function =Fourth Dimension Warrior
partner =
motto ="Time is what keeps everything from happening at once."
alternatemodes =Tanuki
series =Beast Wars Neo
voiceby =Takashi MatsuyamaHeinlad usually acts dazed and vague, often talking with a lazy and nonchalant style. He has a clock in his stomach, which gives him the ability to manipulate time. His super secret skill is being able to stop or stretch time for a limited duration, there's a flaw in this ability: he still can't control it at will. Heinlad's past and combat abilities are surrounded in mystery. This is also proved on his tech spec statistics as the only thing stated is that he has a rank of 7 - everything else is unknown. [http://www.seibertron.com/database/character.php?view=&char_id=1032]

His beast mode is also unique, being based upon the tanuki animal. The most notable feature of said animal was amazingly large testes, which the tanuki used as both seat and as drums, a trait parodied on the toy as two round objects right underneath his clock belly that became hip pads in robot mode, one of which containing his spark crystal.

He (or rather, his toy) makes a cameo in the first episode of as Koji/Yuuki's alarm clock. His voice actor is Yōji Ietomi.

Animated series

Heinlad first appeared in episode #1, called "Move out, Big Convoy!"

IDW Publishing

Heinlad also made an appearance in IDW Publishing's "Beast Wars: The Gathering" miniseries in flashback, shown to sit on the Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs alongside Big Convoy and Magmatron.

Heinlad had a biography printed in the "Beast Wars Sourcebook" series.

Toys

*Beast Wars Neo Heinlad (1999):8 inches in height; the most notable feature is the fully-working analog alarm clock in its belly. Because of this, he is considered one of the wackiest, if more collectable, Transformers toys made. He comes complete with a wine jug and winer's journal that combine into a missile launcher, his weapon when in robot mode. Heinlad's toy is 20cm tall, but in the show he stands, 2.6 meters tall. That's 1:13 scale.

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