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Day 229: Coelagon

Bolstering the Japanese Beast Wars line in 1998 were redecos of the Seacons from 1988, this time done in a white, silver and gold finish and recast as space pirates. Formerly known as Skalor, he's now Coelagon. He turns into a coelacanth-like legged sea creature. He was available in a boxed set with his fellow Seacons. 



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