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DA-31 Warudaraider (Rapto Head)

DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head

The “Rapto Head” is an identification code name given due to the unit’s silhouette and agile attack pattern, reminiscent of the Velociraptor, a small but deadly dinosaur that lived about 75 million years ago. The core module is called the “Raptopod” and consists of a seated cockpit and a strong tail unit, with two directional beam cannons in the front. It has been seen in various combined forms, but the most common form is the “Raptor Head”, which seems to be its main battle form. Raptor-headed machines are often seen commanding groups of surrounding machines during battle, so it is assumed that the metal-coated, armored Warudaroids on board have the function of squad commanders. In addition, the form in which a large number of armed units are combined and mounted during battle is called a “tanker.” It is a combat support machine that has both the function of a mobile turret and an armed supply function for attacking troops.

DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head Raptor Pod
DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head Tanker
DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head

Set Contents

DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head Set Contents

Raptor head confirmed variations, we suspect there are many others.

DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head variant 5
DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head variant 2
DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head variant 1
DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head variant 3
DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head variant 4

Reinforcement mode combined with the Warda suit

The most fearsome feature of the Waruda Raider is its “Evolize” mode, which allows it to combine with the Waruda suit to amplify and strengthen.

The power of the Evolized Waruda suit is amplified several times over the normal suit, and the difficulty of defeating it increases dramatically. There are countless patterns of bonding, from bonding with a worm pod or a single suit to bonding with a multiprize infinite state, and the individual identification code names vary by region and unit and are not consistent. The following two forms are relatively common code names.

Machine-Raptor
DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head Machine Raptor

Sometimes referred to as the “Machine Raptor” by old-timers because its components are reminiscent of the Warudamech, a modified giant beast-type fighting machine of the past.

Mega-Grappler
DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head Mega Grappler

An Evolized form of the Waruda Suit, being a giant grappler form with limbs made up of Evolized Larva units with raptor-like claws.

DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head Swarm

The Waruda’s fearsome new weapons are being deployed one after another! What kind of strategy will the Diaclone Corps use to fight back?

Fight! Our Diaclone!


Waruda Raider Machine Series

Separate and Combined Mobile Machine Waruda Raider

The Waruda Raider (or simply Waridaraider) is the identification code name for a new class of combat machine that was not confirmed during the First Earth-Waruda War.

Since the attack of the Waruda Mobile Infantry Machine (a.k.a. Waruda Suit), the existence of the Waruda Raider has been gradually confirmed, made difficult since its form at the time of report is inconsistent and differs remarkably from case to case. It has a silhouette reminiscent of reptiles, insects, crustaceans, etc. It is also used as a general term for unit separation and coupling type mobile machines.

The Waruda Raider, like the Waruda Suit, is composed of a core module “pod” that holds the pilot and a maneuvering unit called the Larva, but the structure of the machine is very different from that of the Waruda Suit. Each unit, such as the ring-shaped small Larva, block module, and armament, can be quickly separated and recombined, and while generating some kind of energy field with luminous discharge similar to the generation of an optical field, it moves freely in space and joins with the target part similar to a magnet attracting iron. It has a very high fighting potential on its own, and even if the unit that makes up the machine is severely damaged, the aforementioned separation and bonding system allows it to instantly reassemble the unit and repeatedly attack without stopping.

DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head
DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head variant 3
DA-38 Warudaraider Guilotinator
DA-38 Warudaraider Bug Head Quad Legger
DA-38 Warudaraider Bug Head
DA-31 Warudaraider Raptor Head variant 5

Some but by no means all permutations of the Warudarader. The more commonly observed varieties have been given code names.