White Cow

White Cow is a Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

I can't believe it's not butter... yet.

White Cow (ホワイトカウ Howaito Kau) loves you. Even if he doesn't know you, he loves you and cares about you. Growing up in the abundant prairie farmlands of Uruk only amplified the gentle and generous nature of its future King, resulting in a heart as big as planet Beast. He cares for all beings, no matter how big or small, and deeply respects everything's place in nature. He loves to spend his time watching the flowers and butterflies, sitting and reading, and talking about dreams with his subordinate Emperor Dream Eater. He is capable of telling much about any piece of land by listening to the sounds of the fauna and carefully examining the flora. This gives him the ability to track down important resources before even advanced machines can find them, a skill he put to good use during his time in White Leo's army.

But mistaking his caring and gentle nature as the naivete of a pushover is a big mistake. This moo has muscle, and is a skilled fighter. Plus he wields the bizarre sword called "Bread & Butter" (ブレッド&バター Bureddo & Batā), which can turn whatever he strikes into butter. Not "turn it as soft as butter", but actually turn it into actual butter. And he will beat the spread.

(We apologize for nothing.)

Fiction

Beastformers comic

White Cow fought in the Beastformers' war with the Laser Beasts. Beastformers VS Laser Beasts

Toys

Transformers: Beastformers

Cow's a friend to me.

• Burstsun Special Set (Multi-pack, 1987)

• ID number: 68
• Accessories: Sword

Released in the third series of Takara's Beastformers toys, White Cow is, well, an anthropomorphic white cow in dark blue/purple robotic armor. Though his "fur" is entirely white, it also has sculpted lines in patches and spot shapes, indicating areas that might have been originally meant to be painted black, making him most likely a standard-issue Holstein. The Battle Emblem on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.

During this line, White Cow was only available in the Burstsun Special Set (バーストサンスペシャルセット Bāsutosan Supesharu Setto) multipack. This blindpacked set contains 10 figures out of a potential 14. Thankfully, these were not randomly-packed, and came in two distinct lineups.

The first version has White Leo with an exclusive "Burstsun" Battle Emblem, Black Jaguar, Būpink, Dog Hunter, Dream Eater, Muskhorn, Pangol, Slo, White Cow, and Udan.

The second version has Ghost Alligatron, Black Jaguar, Būpink, Crowmax, Earthhog, Mingo Kid, Pangol, Slo, White Cow, and Udan.

Beastformers

• White Cow (Beastformer, 1988)

• ID number: 68
• Accessories: "Bread & Butter" MVP Weapon (usually)

Re-released in the Transformers-less Beastformers sequel series, White Cow was given a straight re-release with new packaging and a new, more filled-out bio card with corrected coloring. This new card also gave his weapon, now branded an "MVP Weapon", the name "Bread & Butter". Speaking of the weapon, there is also a chance he could come with the weapon from one of the other Laser Beasts in his shipping case; matching the Beasts with their same-numbered weapons was part of the "role-playing game" attached to the line, encouraging kids to buy more of the toys.

He was sold in the second assortment of individually-packed Beastformers, with a peg-hole in the top flap, and a sticker on the bottom with his name and role on it. This series did not have any kind of "rare card" random pack-in promotion.

Late in the run, the "mood ring" styled rubsigns were replaced with new rubsigns that revealed full-color Fire/Wood/Water images on black backdrops. (These rubsign variants also happened at the same time in the Hasbro Battle Beast version of the line.)

Notes

Eet mor kukku!

• No, the butter-sword thing is not a joke.
• White Cow's 1988 bio card gives him the nickname "Whites" (ホワイツ Howaitsu).
• The Burstsun Special Set box-front painting shows White Cow with black patches of fur where the toy's sculpted lines indicate he should have black.
• The original Battle Beasts artwork used in his 1987 bio card incorrectly gives him Demonkey's sword. His 1988 card (top) was partially redrawn to correct this.

Foreign names

• English: Bodacious Bovine