Metals Cheetus 2" in Takara's Beast Wars Metals line is identical to the Hasbro release. A "presale" version sold in conjunction with 1999 Summer Toei Anime Fair has one difference—the dark gray present on most of the body was changed to a bright silver. He was available only as part of the BotCon 2006 " Dawn of Future's Past" box-set, with "Axalon" versions of Optimus Primal, Rhinox, Rattrap, and " Darksyde" Dinobot. This figure was reissued by TakaraTomy on March 31, 2019 to coincide with the release of Masterpiece Beast Megatron. Like a bolt of greased lightning, Cheetor strikes fast and strikes hard. Quiet and confident with incredible reflexes, he is equally efficient when battling in robot mode or in his artificially enhanced organic earth form. Cheetor constantly stalks the jungle in search of Predacon enemies, daring them to challenge him and his laser-powered quasar cannon.

The Megatron of Cheetor's native time and universe accidentally referred to Bumblebee as "Cheetor". Bee in the City A Change to the Agenda In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Beast Wars, the original 1996 Deluxe Class Cheetor was reissued under the Vintage Beast Wars lineup. Cheetor features all the same accessories and functionality as the original toy but differs slightly in deco: most noticeably, the cheetah eyes are green while the robot eyes are orange, which is a combination not present on earlier releases. The shoulder joints have also been mildly reinforced from previous releases. Although the Maximals now held control of the Grand Mal and the captive sparks, they came under siege from a renewed army of Vehicons—made worse when Rattrap made a misguided attempt to save Botanica by shutting down the fortress's shield, and Optimus had to stop Cheetor telling off the rodent. Fortunately the three of them survived the Grand Mal crashing. The Downward Spiral He awoke, affected by a Transwarp agitator planted on the shuttle by a new team of Predacons hiding on Earth. This device caused Cheetor and the other Maximals aboard to act aggressively towards one-another, and they tried to force Rattrap into the ship's C.R. Chamber due to its influence. Rattrap resisted, managed to get away, and deactivated the ship's Transwarp drive. Though this restored the Maximals to their senses, it also returned them to prehistoric Earth. Shell Game #1 Transformers Legends anthology (1)Cheetor was a quiet and confident warrior, who constantly stalked jungles in his search for Predacons. He was efficient, striking hard and fast with incredible reflexes in either mode. He was known to openly dare Predacons to challenge him and his laser-powered quasar cannon. Cheetor Bio In robot mode, his head has the same feature; turning it left or right opens and closes his Muppet-like jaw. The "swiping"-action arm—now on his right side—is still available in this mode and can be used to swing his tail-whip around. Because of Cheetor's unusual body proportions and very small feet, he has issues standing up properly in this mode, especially with his legs positioned in the proper cat-like digitigrade style.

This mold was also used to make Shadow Panther/ Tripredacus Agent and Tigatron. It was slated to be used for Universe Nightprowler, but that toy set was canceled. Takara released two different Cheetor toys; one that was the same as Hasbro's red-eyed version, and a running change version in January 1998 that not only has various color tweaks to make him slightly more show-colored (including dark green cheetah eyes, a gold head crest instead of blue, and red robot eyes), but also has a slight mold tweak to keep the beast head pointed forward in robot mode, based on Hasbro's initial release of Tigatron, which has been retained on all versions thereafter.

Known designers: John Warden and Mark Maher (Hasbro), Shogo Hasui (TakaraTomy), Dennis Chan (sculptor), Ken Christiansen (concept artist)