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Day 345: Chro

The Predacon Chro has a sort of quasi-existence in the Beast Machines toyline. He is technically a redeco of Rav, a Maximal Deployer . The Deployers all came in two different color schemes as the toyline progressed, and Rav was available in both red and blue. The blue Rav would later be identified in tie-in fiction as Chro. So there is no Chro toy, but rather a blue Rav figure that's understood to be Chro in storytelling. Blue Rav was available in 2000. He turns into a siege crossbow weapon. 

Day 328: Dillo

Dillo is another of the Deployers who, like Mol , has no distinct robot mode. This Maximal has what is supposedly an armadillo mode, though I'm not really seeing it.  And he turns into some sort of catapult with projectile-launching play features. He's basically an accessory for your more traditional Transformers. He was available in 2000, first in blue and purple, and then later redeco'ed in 2001 in red and blue. 

Day 317: Mol

Mol is a Maximal Deployer, a toy with no distinct robot mode. His "beast" mode is arguably a mole, but with a half-track tread system and a drill for a nose. He transforms into a weapons emplacement with launching gimmicks, like that bandsaw that forms his spine in beast mode. He was available in 2000.  

Day 310: Rav

Rav was part of a subset of toys called Deployers, which transformed from animals into vehicles or weapons. As such, Rav doesn't have a robot mode per se. Rav turns from a mechanical raven with a clear red plastic finish into a siege crossbow weapon that fires "Energon bolts" - an actual launching play feature in the toy. He was available in 2000.