MechWarrior/Resaurus

* Mad Cat/Timber Wolf
* Vulture
* More Vultures and Atlas

Right before going bankrupt, Resaurus had plans doing a line of toys based on a series of roleplaying/video games involving robot assault walkers, though things didn't work out so well.

## **Summary**

*MechWarrior* is set in the fictional *BattleTech* universe in which players can assume the roles of MechWarriors (BattleMech pilots) or other individuals in the 31st century. *BattleTech* itself was first launched by the FASA Corporation, was acquired by WizKids in 2001, which was in turn acquired by Topps in 2003; and published by Catalyst Game Labs since 2007.  The game has had three editions and many expansions and adventures, the first of which was published in 1986 by FASA Corporation. In addition, numerous novels by such authors as Michael A. Stackpole flesh out the game's fictional world. There is also an animated series. All of the three editions have been created by FASA Corporation authors. A second printing of the third edition of the game was published by FanPro, LLC (on November 2006). To reduce confusion between WizKids' *MechWarrior: Dark Age* games and the MechWarrior roleplaying game, *FanPro* renamed this reprint as Classic BattleTech RPG. The newest edition released by Catalyst Game Labs in the line of Total Warfare is *A Time of War*. There have also been at least a few video games based off the *MechWarrior* series that deal with the Third Succession War where players take control of a single BattleMech and combat other BattleMechs, tanks, infantry, etc. from within the cockpit of their machine. A third-person alternate view is available in *MechWarrior 2*, *3*, *4*, *Online*, and *5*. Both *MechWarrior 2* and *MechWarrior 3* were Origins Award winners, taking Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game 1995 and Best Action Computer Game 1999 respectively. *MechWarrior: Living Legends* was the recipient of the ModDB 2009 Mod of the Year and - due to rules preventing one mod from winning the same award twice - an Honorable Mention in 2010. *MechWarrior: Living Legends* is not an actual *MechWarrior* mod, but rather a complete conversion of a completely unrelated game, *Crysis Warhead*.

## **Action Figures**

In 2000, Resaurus agreed to become the manufacturers of a line of action figures based on the *MechWarrior* video games after Palisades, who was originally in charge of license distribution, lost the job. They produced at least five characters including three versions of the Vulture, a heavy Clan OmniMech walker, the Mad Cat, a WC Site 1 walker also known as "Timber Wolf"; and the Atlas, one of the most famous and feared Mechs in the series. The painted prototypes were revealde at New York Toy Fair 2001, though were never released as that same year, Resaurus went out of business.

## **Final Verdict**

A majority of the prototypes have not been since the line was first cancelled, though some of them may still be in the hands of former Resaurus employees or were passed down to private collectors as in 2013, a Blogspot website named Battle Mech Club uploaded a post to his blog about a prototype figure of the Vulture Mark II that was originally made for the toyline and wound up in the possession of a private owner. The post goes on to say that the "current owner" would send it to the blog owner to begin reproduction pre-orders of the mold.  At least six pre-orders were made, though the project went through several delays due to the original prototype needing to be fixed   One of the reproduced figures would be shown in a post from November 2013, though its unknown if they were ever finished or if anyone ever got one. As for the rest of the cancelled prototypes, their wherabouts will remain a mystery: **PARTIALLY LOST**.

## **External Link**

* Toy Fair 2000 coverage by Raving Toy Maniac
* Reed, P. (2017). ReSaurus Mech Warrior (BattleTech) Toys in ToyFare Magazine in 2001

## **References**

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleTech
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior
3. ↑ https://battlemechclub.blogspot.com/2013/03/im-not-crazy.html
4. ↑ https://battlemechclub.blogspot.com/2013/03/project-vulture-mk-ii.html
5. ↑ https://battlemechclub.blogspot.com/2013/06/vulture-pre-orderreally.html
6. ↑ https://battlemechclub.blogspot.com/2013/08/vulture-update.html