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[blindai]

I bought this at a Con this weekend for $8, just because I remember having him and loving him as a kid. I remember him being a deeper darker orange, and the pictures online seem to shower a more reddish orange. Is this a knockoff? or does the plastic commonly change color over the years? Or am I just remembering wrong/the light is different in the pictures...There is a Hasbro logo on the back. 

 

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[lowkeytoygeek]

I'd say it is genuine. The colors don't seem that much different, there might have been fading by sunlight or color variance by production batch.

Took a photo of my crab for the reference, I guess it's a bit more reddish but there's also color variation between torso and arms.
 

 

[BaltanII]

I expected a more knowledgeable BB collector to chime in sooner but there is a known, common Crab variant, nothing out of the ordinary. The deeper orange is indeed the common version, with this as the variant.

[blindai]

Thanks for everybody's response. After searching around, I did find other crabs with lighter orange colors, so I guess it's legit. I'm surprised though, because in some online lists, it only lists the lighter "pink" crab as a variant: Beastformers - Battle Beasts - Laser Beasts Price Guide and Checklist!

[jkaris]

Geniune. Might be faded though. Beastformers should know.

 

BTW, that checklist is the older version of this one:

http://www.littlerub...items.cfm?cat=1

[Grencats]

Was there a crab available with a chariot in North America? Seems I remember seeing one. The orange version might be the one from the chariot. Or I could be mistaken.