Ursenal

Ursenal
BMOG Toys character
Ursenal package art
Created by	BMOG Toys
Information
Aliases	Bear Made of Guns, Bruination
Species	Bio-Mechanical Ordnance Gestalt
Abilities	Combining Shapeshifting Superhuman durability Superhuman longevity Superhuman strength
Affiliation	Augmentoids
Alternate mode	Robotic bear/45k PSI jaws of life, two M.A.U.L.-48 assault rifles, two anti-protonic missile launchers, ionic shock hammer, a steel rending combat claw, and a pan-dimensional scanner
Function	Field Sergeant
Motto	"The enemy can’t hide behind a door you’ve kicked down."

Ursenal is a fictional character and robot toy made by BMOG Toys in 2014. He is a heroic robotic bear who turns into an arsenal of weapons.

BMOG Toys

Ursenal is a character from the BMOG (Bio-Mechanical Ordnance Gestalts) toy line. He is not an homage to any existing character, but meant to be used as either a stand-alone figure, or as accessories to any toy capable of using 5mm port accessories, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, Zoids Blox, and many others.

Development

The BMOG Toys bear mold was designed by Trent Troop. He said he came up with the idea of BMOG toy when playing with a Generation 1 Top-Heavy toy. He also says it was inspired by Glyos. He designed Ursenal in Studio 3D. The hexagons in its design are inspired by honeycombs. Early names for Ursenal included Bruination and Bear Made of Guns. The name Bruination was abandoned due to it's similarity to a character owned by another company.

BMOG announced their first product, Ursenal, in October 2013.

Fundraising for the BMOG Toys bear and manta mold was done through Kickstarter. The goal of raising $19,000 was surpassed by the end of the fundraising period on December 13th, 2013.

He was released at BotCon 2014.

Reception

The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for October 22nd, 2013 discussed the BMOG's Ursenal in the news. The hosts thought it looked great, although they thought Ursenal was a tiger, and likened him to the Action Master partner Catgut. The hosts hoped it would sell for $10 to $15.

The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for October 25th, 2013 interviewed Trent Troop about BMOG, where he mentioned Ursenal, Mant-Axe, Featherblight and the Non-Dino Squad.

The Retro Robot Radio podcast for October 26th, 2013 covered the BMOG interview on Good Morning Cybertron in the news.

The Retro Robot Radio podcast for November 2nd, 2013 mentioned Ursenal and Mant-Axe in the news.

The Radio Free Cybertron podcast for November 17th, 2013 interviewed Trent Troop. During the interview he mentioned Featherblight, Mant-Axe, Ursenal and the Non-Dino Squad. He also mentioned wanting to make characters inspired by the Inhumanoids and Wheeled Warriors toy lines.

The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for November 18th, 2013 discussed BMOG Ursenal.

The Geek Acres podcast for November 28th, 2013 was a short special on BMOG where they host described Ursenal as reminding him of Soundwave's cassettes. He asked others to back the Kickstarter, as he did.

The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for December 8th, 2013 interviewed Trent Troop about BMOG, where he mentioned Ursenal, Mant-Axe, Featherblight, the Non-Dino Squad and Chainbill Splatterpus.

The Retro Robot Radio podcast for May 3rd, 2014 mentioned Mant-Axe, Sea-Labrys and Ursenal in the news.

The Retro Robot Radio podcast for August 9th, 2014 covered the Kaiju Kaos cards for Ursenal and Mant-Axe in the news.

• BMOG Toys bear and manta prototype review on Youtube by Vangelus

Fictional biography

The heroic Ursenal is a brash warrior who was brought to life when weapons made by a group of evil interdimensional arms dealers were exposed to the power of the last world seed. He is a member of the Augmentoids and rival of the evil Mant-Axe. He breaks down into two assault rifles, two missile launchers, a war hammer, a combat claw, and a scanner device.

This battling bruin has an unshakable belief in right and wrong. When he sees injustice he leaps into battle full-force.

Unfortunately he tends to act on first impulse, preferring gut instinct over rational action. He means well, but his penchant for the "blast first ask questions maybe" style of warfare can cause just as much damage to whatever the good guys are trying to protect.

He is often found taking recharge-naps in the sun to replenish his reserves.

Comics

Ursenal and Mant-Axe appeared in a BMOG mini-comic by Boltax.

Games

Mant-Axe and Ursenal appear as expansion characters in the Kaiju Kaos miniatures game.

Toys

• BMOG Ursenal and Mant-Axe (2014)

An original toy design by BMOG Toys.

Ursenal turns from a robotic bear to two rifles, two rocket launchers, a hammer, a combat claw, a scanner and a connector. He shares a mold with Bearium, Carbearator, Cobiak, Peg-Paw Plunder and Solarbear.

Mant-Axe Turns from a manta ray to axe and gun. He shares a mold with Chopp-Or, Deep Blue/Ray Mant The Manta-Ger, Gamma-Ray and Pick-Slaughter/Sea-Labrys.

Comes with a sticker sheet.

Pieces of Ursenal are used in the design of ApeL.A.W., Mega-Ursenal, Scorpatron, Smackrabbit and Technosaurus X.

Gallery

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  Ursenal prototype parts

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  Ursenal biography

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  Ursenal art by Greg Sepelak

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  Ursenal and Mant-Axe stickers

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  Ursenal art

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  Ursenal box back

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  BMOG Toys bear mold instructions

External links

• BMOG Toys Kickstarter page
• Ursenal vs. Mant-Axe at Big Bad Toy Store