On continental Europe there was one, possibly two Beast Wars dlx cases before the one we got in the UK. There *may* have been a case that was 2 x Cheetor, 2 x Waspinator, 2 x Tarantulas and 2 x Dinobot. There was a case that contained these 4 toys (probably at one to a case) and Rhinox & Wolfang (probably at 2 to a case) By the time we in the UK got a case we'd lost Wolfang, got one each of the others, plus one of Jetstorm and two of Cybershark. The five carried over toys were in the show. Jetstorm was one a case. You can guess which one wasn't selling. Fast Forward to a few months when a replacement case shows up with Bonecrusher, Manterror, Retrax and K9. What gets carried over ? The show toys that people want ? No, poor unloved Cybershark. You could still find him on some shelves when Beast Machines hit. I suspect that at some point Hasbro UK hoovered them all up because Toy Stack were getting solid cases of him at one stage. Thing was by this point it had emerged he was hard to find in the states so I suspect a great many were going overseas at that point in trades.
Cybershark is a hammerhead shark - the flat head with eyes on either side gives it away a bit. The only real articulation in this mode is a pair of fins that are ball jointed to the body and that the beast head can be raised up.. The shark is mainly blue with a metallic green spot pattern down his back and a more white underside. He's got 2 action features in this mode: The first is that a press of a button in the top of the tail deploys a claw from under the body which springs out in opposition to the tail. The other is that the entire head of the shark can be fired off as a missile by pressing down on a trigger on the shark's head. Doing this exposes a robotic version of a normal shark's head - this trick would be repeated with Killerpunch.
TF: Pull the underside of the shark apart down the middle lengthwise and fold up to the sides. Fold the robot arms out 90 degrees at the bicep joint* Remove the tail - it pulls off. Fold the legs and hips out under the shark's mouth. Fold the shark's head back at the robot's shoulders to form the robot chest locking the legs in place and exposing the robot's head.
* This step isn't in the instructions. But if you examine the robot's feet there are little pegs on the heel end of the foot. I think they are meant to recess in something and the piece they rest against in shark mode is the robot's hand. So you orientate the fist hole so it catches the peg. This works better if the arms can bend back, hence my thought that the top of the fists should be pointing in just after the sharks sides are unfolded (and just before you fold them up).
The resulting robot has one of the most dementedly mad faces in all of Transformers - lots of shark's teeth and glowing red eyes. It's a big surprise to find from his rubsign - one of the first BW toys to have one - that he's a Maximal ! A lot more white is exposed in this mode - shoulders, forearms & fists, hips, lower legs and feet. There's also some bronze on the inside of the shark's skin.
Articulation: bends at ankle and knee, swivels bellow a ball jointed hip, ball joints at neck and shoulder, bicep swivel and a bending elbow.
The beast head on the chest can be lifted up to horizontal and fired still. In addition he carries two of the best missiles in Beast Wars in his back pack - push them out the top from the bottom and you'll find the tip of the missile has etched on it a shark's eye, mouth and gills. Top work there ! The missiles can be used in the launcher on the chest or held in his hand by their ends as staves. It's also possible to hold the claw formed from tail as a hand weapon. Because the missiles can be held it's possible for the Shark's head to be held in the same manner as an axe - this looks best if you stick it in the top of one of the fists and attach the claw to the bottom forming a larger staff.
Overall: It a good toy. Everything works, the figure is nicely articulated and attractively decorated. Only it's non appearance in the show has led to it being left on the shelf and dismissed by so many. It's one of my favourite BW deluxe toys however. Get one.
There are three major pieces remolded on Sharp Edge - the first is his tail which gains a fin round it. The second is the head - gone is the hammerhead to be replaced by a long serrated nose with a couple of barbs hanging off it. My wife suggests it might be a Marlin. He's a slightly darker blue in colour with a light blue pattern on him. Both the claw and firing head gimmicks still work - though the robot head is coloured a more gruesome blood red on this toy. It might be a good idea to remove the beats head before transformation here as the long nose can get in the way !
Robot reveals the third new part - a completely new head - armoured with a blade as a crest on the middle of it. The white in this mode is now grey, and the bronze becomes red. In this mode the beast head is used as a sword - Hardhead also has a sword, in his case from his tail - so there's a sword duelling theme across the set. Given the general western theme in the Neo toys it thus follows that Sharp Edge is Zorro (I was going to say Power Man & Iron Fist's El Aguilla but then remembered what he's based on !)
Good example of a remold getting something new out of an existing toy. I got a VS-37 into the country for something absurdly cheap last week - less than UK retails for 2 deluxe ! So look on eBay and see what you can find !