Scavenger is also unique amongst the Transmetal toys in that he continues the Predacon identification of using clear plastic on some body parts presenting us with a unique combination of chromed and clear pieces. Incidentally the photo in Tomart mentioned above has the toy with 2 sorts of chrome - the clear red replaced by red chrome ! There seem to be several ways of posing the toy - the Tomart pictures have the abdomen raised up with the vehicle wheels underneath, only the middle of the toy touching the ground with the body arched up to the front and the head (with drills underneath) bent down. TFU.info have gone for flat on the ground with the wheels folded to the sides. I personally have the wheels folded up with the rest of the body flat on the ground. If you pose the toy right it is possible to get the legs to support the entire structure without any of the rest of it touching the floor. Said legs - six like Inferno - are ball jointed at body & first joint and bend at the second joint. Front & middle legs are identical, but the rear pair of legs have much longer sections after the ball mid leg joint. The mandibles at the front open & close and his antennae are ball jointed. His name can be found on the back of the toy - the Tomart version has the name above the molded vents, mine has it bellow the vents, and there's another version that has it on the clear panels at the sides bellow the chrome.
Scavenger has a vehicle mode and it's actually probably the best of all the TM toys ! Fold the wheels out to the side, and flatter the toy on the floor. Open the mandibles and fold the head back (via a strut under each head half that stretches back along the body) till it rests on the gold chrome on the mid section of the toy. I've never been 100% sure quite what you're meant to do with the legs at this point - I usually settle for folding them all back along the vehicle but I suppose you could have them sticking out to the sides as manipulators. Under where the head was are two drills. Yes Scavenger is the Takara favourite vehicle mode the Drill Tank ! And this is one that works ! Roll it along a flat surface and the drills spin round. Nice ! I suppose you could think of him as some sort of mining machinery....
From Ant mode he's TF'd to robot mode as follows: Fold the head back as per vehicle mode. Split the head and thorax in two straight down the middle and pull to each side. These form the arms, the rest of the body is hidden in the abdomen. The chrome cover of the abdomen pulls up from the front, fold under the toy and is reversed so it covers the wheels under the abdomen. Fold the feet out and the legs down. Stand. Fold the arms out to the sides. Raise the head. Point the arms up (for the robot). Swing the arms down at the shoulder so they're beside the robot. Pose the beast legs as you see fit.
Resulting robot is ... well there's a very demented look to the purple robot face complete with a pair of devil like horns. This toy commits one of my cardinal sins for a TF by not having hands but he somehow gets away with it - the drills are at the end of the arms. Possibly it's due to the lack of hand weapons.... As well as the purple on the head & limbs he's also gained a metallic green paint job on the body. He bends a little at the ankles, properly at the knees, has ball jointed hips, his head turns, the shoulders shrug up, turn & swing to the sides. The arms bend a little just bellow the shoulders, properly at the elbow and then there's a swivel beneath the elbow. The drills spin - the wheel on the top of each forearm powers the gimmick - and also bend quite near their base. Why I've never worked out !
There's a lot to like about Scavenger - decent beast, good vehicle, odd but good robot. Yet he's hated and shelf warmed everywhere !
To the surprise of nobody when Scavenger was released in Japan as Beast Wars Metal toy D-46 (or in VS-46 with Depth Charge) he was named as Metals Inferno.