Steelshot

2011-05-04T11:10:58Z

124.106.133.223: Simply reversing the joints will prevent the right joint from folding back up into the right leg. I've tried.

{{faction|autobot}}
:''Steelshot is an [[Autobot]] [[Commander (PCC)|Commander]] from the [[Power Core Combiners]] series.''

[[Image:PCC-toy_Steelshot.jpg|right|thumb|400px|]]

'''Steelshot''' was a master of long-range combat long before being made a Commander. Now, working in unison with his Mini-Con spotter [[Beacon]], he's twice as powerful and able to soften up targets 100 miles away and prepare an area for a full-on Autobot assault.

==Toys==
===''Power Core Combiners''===
*'''Steelshot with Beacon''' (Commander Class, 2010)

: Part of the third wave of ''Power Core Combiners'' Commander Class figures, Steelshot is a [[redeco]] of [[Bombshock (PCC)|Bombshock]] (without the drone-limbs), transforming into a military cannon-transport truck of undetermined model. He also has a third "power up" torso-mode compatible with all ''Power Core Combiner'' drone-limbs. As his mold was originally created for a Power Core 5-pack, he lacks the chestplate [[Powerlinx]] port that would allow him to use a [[Mini-Con]] as chest armor. Despite this, he comes with the Mini-Con [[Beacon]], who can instead use the Powerlinx port on his vehicle gun turret.

: All known samples of Steelshot have assembly errors in the legs. First, the lower legs are attached to the wrong thighs. While this doesn't affect either robot mode at all, in vehicle mode it makes the wheels uneven, plus difficult to snap the vehicle side-panels properly into place. Thankfully, this is a simple swap since the legs are not "permanently" affixed to the hips. Less easy to fix is that the "power up" mode knee drone-connectors are backwards, giving them a full 90-degree bend in the wrong direction, and limited movement the way they ''should'' bend. This requires unscrewing the leg, swapping the joints, and placing them ''reversed'' in the opposite leg, but due to the balance issues most power up modes have, few fans really bother with this fix anyway.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/Steelshot/steelshot.htm More information on Steelshot at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
[[Image:PCC_Steelshot_&_Beacon.jpg|thumb|300px|Colonel Mustard.]]
* Steelshot's stock photography has quite a few differences from the final product. Aside from the more immediately obvious changes made to his partner Beacon, the pictures show Steelshot in a much brighter coloration, using a mustard-yellow rather than the final sandy-tan. His Autobot symbol also is in a different location, on his cab roof rather than his arm; presumably this changed so he wouldn't be stepping on the mark of his allegiance. The vehicle mode image is also mirrored, putting both his cab and Beacon's arms on the wrong sides, but that's kinda no biggie.

* In Step 9 of Steelshot's instructions, it is indicated that the robot's right foot should be folded into the lower leg. However, that is contradicted by both the illustration and all stock photos of the vehicle mode, which shows the right foot as a cab. Plus it's impossible to fold the foot into the lower leg. Oops.

[[Category: Power Core Combiners Autobots]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Bombshock (PCC)

2011-05-04T11:10:56Z

124.106.133.223: /* Power Core Combiners */ Simply reversing the joints will prevent the right joint from folding back up into the right leg. I've tried.

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Bombshock}}
:''Bombshock is a [[Decepticon]] [[Commander (PCC)|Commander]] from the [[Power Core Combiners]] series.''
[[Image:BombshockPCCBoxart.jpg|right|thumb|350px|"Behold my fingertips!"]]

Once a member of an elite Cybertronian military unit, '''Bombshock''' committed an act of betrayal that attracted the attention of the Decepticons. He's since been rewarded with the rank of Power Core Commander, and now a team of unstoppable [[Combaticon (PCC)|Combaticon]] drones is at his fingertips.

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==Toys==
===Power Core Combiners===
[[Image:PCC-toy Bombshock.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Thought I was gonna be [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], dincha?]]
*'''Bombshock with Combaticons''' (Power Core Combiners 5-pack, 2010)
**''Accessories'': APC Drone, Armored Car Drone, Missile Carrier Drone, Tank Drone

: Part of the first wave of ''Power Core Combiners'' 5-pack figures, Bombshock transforms into a twin-barreled artillery cannon truck of indeterminate model. He also has a "power-up" mode where he becomes the torso of a super robot, capable of using any auto-transforming Power Core Combiner drone-machines for limbs. He comes with his four Combaticon drone-vehicles.

: All known samples of Bombshock have assembly errors in the legs. First, the lower legs are attached to the wrong thighs. While this doesn't affect either robot mode at all, in vehicle mode it makes the wheels uneven, plus difficult to snap the vehicle side-panels properly into place. Thankfully, this is a simple swap since the legs are not "permanently" affixed to the hips. Less easy to fix is that the "power up" mode knee drone-connectors are backwards, giving them a full 90-degree bend in the wrong direction, and limited movement the way they ''should'' bend. This requires unscrewing the leg, swapping the joints, and placing them ''reversed'' in the opposite leg.

: This mold was also used to make [[Steelshot]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/Bombshock/bombshock.htm More information on Bombshock at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Bombshock's bio states that he was once a "member of the most elite unit in the Cybertronian military". Whether this was the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] or the [[Wrecker]]s or some other elite military group is unknown. It might even be a reference to the [[Micromaster]] [[Military Patrol]], led by [[Bombshock (G1)|Generation 1 Bombshock]]!

[[Category: Multi-component Transformers]]
[[Category: Power Core Combiners Decepticons]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

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