Thanks to 2005 Boards Member Monzo for sharing a new look at an old mystery. Back when Transformers Energon was out, Prowl was initially shown with a head sculpt that differed from the final release. In his travels, Monzo came across some production materials for Energon including Prowl, and we get a look at that alternate head in a bit more detail. Read on to check out the images, and hit the discuss link to talk about it on the forums!
mondo
Really? It might just be me but I had S.W.A.T Prowl as Prowl and Energon Prowl as Mirage.
RedAlert Rescue
Yes the head would make a lot more sense if it was Armada Blurr – also makes more sense than an F1 Police Car ever did.
Grimlock_13
Very cool, I've always liked this head.
Dolza_Khyron
well damn, another robocop head! what is with hasbro, and robocop?
Shockwave9227
I'd have loved that head sculpt.
Slimshadow457
Upgraded Armada Blurr anyone?
grimlock1972
I got Energon Prowl and i like this head better than the one that made it to production.
Autovolt 127
I think Energon Prowl was originally going to be an upgrade for Armada Blurr.
Blitz.
gives me a PatLabor vibe also a police robot perhaps that was the point.
PrimulArchangel
Kickback was my first thought too.. And the overall bot reminded me why I never collected this line lol
Motor_Master
Has a very G1 Kickback vibe to it.
SPLIT LIP
The sketch of the final head looks better than the actual final head.
RedAlert Rescue
Dodged a bullet there then that Head is feldicarb.
But yes I care about Energon toys in fact I only just got a 2nd Prowl Energon toy in the last week or so. I was looking at him and thinking Slapdash repaint.
Right at the top of my wants list remains Checkpoint still.
Ktulu
Would have been pretty cool, but what we got fits the name a bit better. Like a lot of the Energon Autobots, it hasn't aged very well but I actually dug the toy initially.
Kaijumaster
We all know 'Checkpoint' is the true Prowl of Energon!
drpockets
It's a bit insect-ish, but it's much better than what actually got used.
Smasher
I wasn't collecting toys during Energon so this is news to me.
Pretty neat to know; for some reason I love info like this.
Matty
I saw this last night. This is a really cool head design. It's a shame it didn't get used.
Tripredacus
The head actually reminds me of the mech suits from Bubblegum Crisis.
DoubleClouder
That sculpt actually got pretty far. A friend of mine has one cast in plastic, so it got to the testshot phase of it albeit pretty early in the testing.