Is Rhinoman Rocksteady?
 

I have the Rhinoman figure from '93 and I wanna confirm that Rhinoman is actually Rocksteady.I've heard otherwise that he wasn't but I dunno.He looks similar to Rhinoman though.I just get so confused.:-? Did the Rhinoman action figure have the same weapons as the one on the cartoon?I know that Rocksteady's anti-hero costume looks different than the action figure's costume.Was Rhinoman's sidekick on the show named Nutty the Squirrely Sidekick? :goofygri: Please help me out. :o

Yeah Rinoman is Rocksteady. There was a contest where the best super hero team would win a special prize. Bebop and Rocksteady dressed up like good guys and fought some crime to win. They won and Shredder tried to steal the prize before the turtles could get it away from him. I forgot why they needed the prize though

I think so.It says on ninjaturtles.com that "Don't worry though, our masters of Mutant power, Super Mike and Super Don, are onto Rhinoman - and they're gonna get 'im good!" One of the enemies of the teenage mutant ninja turtles are Rocksteady and bebop. And since bebop has a superhero disquise, so does Rocksteady. Therefore, Rocksteady must be Rhinoman.

Here this should fully answer your question
http://img15.exs.cx/img15/3694/Rinoman.jpg
Turtles VS Rhinoman
Catalog Number 27401
47 minutes
Released: 1989
Masquerading as the heroic Rhinoman and Mighty Hog, Rocksteady and Bebop win a huge diamond in a contest. But when the contest turns out to be a bogus search for evildoers, the Turtles must save the city from being turned into zombies. Contains the episodes "Rhinoman" and "Blast From the Past." Part of "Sewer Heroes 2: The Bad Guys" series.

But how did Rocksteady become Rhinoman?Like what's his origin?Did Krang :kgrin: or Shredder :shredder: have anything to do with it?Did TCRI's ooze mutate him? :?: I'm just confused. :-?

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In the original toon Rockstaedy was a street punk who worked for shredder so was Bebop. Shredder mutated them into the rhino/human and hog/human. Now Rocksteady and Bebop just dressed up in superhero costumes to win the Diamond.

I don't believe he had any real super powers beyond his mutant strength. So basicly, to become Rhinoman he made a costume and put it on.

I remember that episode. :lol: I loved it. They ought to have dressed up like Rhinoman and Mighty Hog more often.

Shredder gave them Jet packs so they could fly but thatw as it

You know!!! I never saw that episode!!!

It's funny though, cause the sculpt on Rhinoman & Rocksteady are very different. I mean, compare the pictures & see what I mean:

Rhinoman
http://www.ninjaturtles.com/toys/1993/rhinoman.jpg

Rocksteady
http://www.ninjaturtles.com/toys/1988/rocksteady.jpg

Rhinoman's head isa different shape, more narrow & the eyes are a different color too. Another thing that's weird, is Rhinoman's legs are reeeeally short compared to Rocksteady's. I always pretended that my Rhinoman figure was some Rhino-Man from a parralell universe. Like, from the place with mutant animals everywhere & Rhinoman just happens to be a mutant rhino with super-powers...and a mutant squirrel side-kick named "Nutty". Why'd I pretend this way? Because Playmates never made enough Foot-aligned secondary characters that's why, :lol: . I remember buying Halfcourt the giraffe & useing him as a bag guys cause I had too many good-guy characters runnin' around.

Oh, another Rocksteady-variant figure that could pass for someone else.

Gatekeeper Rocksteady
http://www.ninjaturtles.com/toys/1994/wfsrock.jpg

I own the toy & comparing him next to the original Rocksteady...if you think about it, there's no way they're the same person. I mean, for one, their horns are shaped completely different. Two, Gatekeeper Rocksteady has 3 fingers & a thumb on each hand...Rocksteady has 4 fingers & a thumb on each hand. Third, Gatekeeper Rocksteady has large 3-toed rhino feet (hooves? :-?) that could no way fit inside the normal Rocksteady's boots.

After seeing all these changes (& needing more secondary foot guys) I made Gatekeeper Rocksteady into Gatecrasher:"The Gate-Crashing Crazed Rhino!". :D

Hey,getting back to Rhinoman, has anyone ever tried painting his side-kick Nutty? Mine's made of transparent purple plastic & it would be cool to see painted as it might bring out some detail or something.

-Snailman

how many rocksteady and bebop varients were their anyway?? and which is the best???

::thinks:: Okay, lemme see if i can run'em all down in on shot without checking ninjaturtles.com:

• Rocksteady
• Wacky-Action Machine Gunnin' Rocksteady
• Rhinoman
• Gatekeeper Rocksteady
• Mutatin' Rocksteady
• Knock-Out Punch Rocksteady (the one with the boxing gloves)
• Tournament Fighters Rocksteady

Um, those are the only ones I can recall, any one else know the rest? :-?

-Snailman

The weapons that came with my Rhinoman figure were yellow so that way it showed Nutty's and the weapons details.

Rhino-man was rocksteady. I saw the episode, but not for many many many years. Rhino-man was in the episode from 1990 CBS eps the adventures of Rhino-man and mighty warthog.