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Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys

2025-09-08T15:02:08Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee: ML Magnus is (AFAIK) the first time a toy of the inner robot has had its original unique sticker details replicated instead of carry-overs from Optimus.

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[[File:MP Magnus book cover art.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|He can't deal with the obligatory joke now!]]
Sometimes [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] looks a lot like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. There are a lot of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime toys]], and they need to be [[redeco]]ed into SOMETHING. Ergo...

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:Ultramagnusg1toy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Honkimus Prime]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (Autobot City Commander, [[1986]]/[[1987]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-69'''
:*''Accessories'': Large robot head, rifle, chest plate, 2 trailer connectors/waist plates, left & right small robot fists, left & right large robot fists, 2 missile launchers, 4 missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Hiroyuki Obara]] (Takara), [[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])}}

: Released in the third year of the original ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' toyline (second on the European and Japanese toylines), Ultra Magnus is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Powered Convoy" figure, itself a redeco and slight [[retool]] of "Battle Convoy", the toy that became the original [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Optimus Prime]] figure, sporting a new trailer. One of the last few ''Diaclone'' toys to be released in the ''Transformers'' toyline, Magnus was recolored from the original toy's dark blue, red and black color scheme into a more patriotic red, white and blue. He transforms into a White Freightliner WFT-8664T cabover semi-trailer truck, towing a car-carrier trailer capable of transporting up to four normal-sized Autobot cars. As with Optimus Prime, his cab transforms into a small robot, which can then combine with the trailer to form a "super robot", although all original Generation 1 fiction prior to the 21st century ignored this and simply rendered the super robot as Magnus's default robot form. To facilitate this combination, Magnus sports a slightly longer front axle than Prime, thereby creating tabs on either side of the cab that slide into grooves in the trailer to help lock the small robot into place. He is armed with a rifle sporting two handles that allow either of his [[robot mode]]s to hold it, and two shoulder-mounted missile launchers, whose spring-loaded firing mechanisms were removed for the Hasbro release of the figure.

: Despite having extensive arm articulation on the same level as his inner Prime mold, Magnus's completed robot mode's arms are somewhat hindered by protrusions along the sides of his body. While this does not particularly impede his arms from moving, positioning them at certain levels will cause said protrusions to force them outwards. The helmet also features empty eye-sockets, which show nothing but his inner Prime's upper brow behind them as opposed to actual eyes.

: The ''Diaclone'' Powered Convoy figure had several additional features and modes which were mostly excised or left unmentioned for the ''Transformers'' release of Ultra Magnus. Principally, Powered Convoy came packaged with "Powered Buggy", who was left out of Magnus's release (see [[#Notes|notes below]] for further details). Omitted from Magnus's instructions is the ability of his chestplate and super robot head to combine to form a small vehicle; the Powered Convoy version of the figure included small rolling wheels on the underside of the chestplate which were removed for Ultra Magnus. Three additional modes were included in the ''Diaclone'' instructions that Hasbro left out: a "preparation base" mode and an "Autobot base" mode were excluded entirely, while the third, a "catapult launcher" mode originally intended and proportioned to accommodate the ''Diaclone'' Jet Robo figure that became [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]], was shown only on the front of his packaging, interacting with [[Silverbolt (G1)#Toys|Silverbolt]]. The Japanese release of Ultra Magnus—released as part of the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#Toys 2|Scramble City]]'' sub-line—''did'' include instructions for the preparation base and catapult launcher modes, but replaced the original Autobot base mode with a new configuration.

: The original Ultra Magnus figure has been reissued and redecoed several times down the years, and this article strives to list each edition of the figure under its own heading. The first alteration to Magnus, however, was a [[variant|running change]] made to the Hasbro release while he was still on shelves: Originally, his tires were made of [[rubber tires|rubber]] and he sported paint on both his small and large robot heads, but this version was replaced with one featuring plastic tires and no paint on either head. In addition, the clear yellow plastic that formed his windows was removed from the cab, leaving just holes instead; and his thighs and fuel tanks were left white, as opposed to the vacuum metalized chrome ones of the original release. This "cheaper" version is actually much less common than the original, as it was a late-run change made in the second year of Magnus's shelf life.

: The small robot component, as well as being part of Optimus Prime, was also released with a different trailer as [[Pepsi Convoy#Toys|Pepsi Convoy]]. The white Optimus Prime redeco was also repurposed to be [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] himself in the ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'' [[The War Never Ends|#11]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/UltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Reissue ultra magnus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (2000)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''C-69'''
:*''Release date'': December ??, 2000
:*''Accessories'': Large robot head, rifle, chest plate, 2 trailer connectors/waist plates, left & right small robot fists, left & right large robot fists, 2 missile launchers, 4 missiles

: Ultra Magnus was first reissued in Japan in December of 2000, featuring no discernible changes from the original Japanese edition of the figure. His packaging sported a metallic golden sticker commemorating the fifteenth anniversary of the ''Transformers'' franchise in Japan.

: This reissue of Magnus was accompanied by two exclusive redecos, noted below.

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[[File:Ultra-magnus Matrix Glow.JPG|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Till All Go Number One!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shining Magnus''' (2000)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-69'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 26]], 2000
:*''Accessories'': Large robot head, rifle, chest plate, 2 trailer connectors/waist plates, left & right small robot fists, left & right large robot fists, 2 missile launchers, 4 missiles

: With a yellow cab and an entirely translucent yellow trailer, Shining Magnus (シャイニングマグナス) is intended to recall the moment in the ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', just before Optimus Prime dies, when the Matrix is passed to Ultra Magnus and he is bathed in its light. Of course, the Matrix's light was, er, ''blue,'' so it's a weird fit. The Marvel Comics adaptation of the film did colour the light yellow, but it seems rather unlikely that's where Takara were taking their inspiration from.

: Shining Magnus was one of two exclusive redecos released in the wake of the 2000 reissue of the original Ultra Magnus toy. Limited to only 800 pieces, it was available only at the 20th Century Toy Museum toy show, held on [[December 26]], 2000 at the Mitsukoshi Department Store in Yokohama, Japan. The toy is sometimes known as "Matrix Glow Magnus" amongst collectors, or less favorably, "Urine Magnus".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/UltraMagnusMatrixGlow/ultramagnus.htm More information on Matrix Glow Magnus at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1 UltraMagnusPreviewVersion toy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Blue Honkimus Prime]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus Yokokuhen Version''' (2001)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-69'''
:*''Release date'': [[February 26]], 2001
:*''Accessories'': Large robot head, rifle, chest plate, 2 trailer connectors/waist plates, left & right small robot fists, left & right large robot fists, 2 missile launchers, 4 missiles

: In the early stages of the development of ''The Transformers: The Movie'', [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|promotional footage]] for the movie was released that depicted Ultra Magnus in the black, red, and dark blue color scheme of the original ''Diaclone'' Powered Convoy toy. As the second of two exclusive redecos released in the wake of the 2000 reissue of the original Ultra Magnus toy, the "Movie Preview Version" (予告編バージョン ''Yokokuhen Bājon'') of Ultra Magnus paid homage to this early appearance. He ''is'' just a redeco of the Magnus figure, however, and so despite his resemblance to the ''Diaclone'' figure, he still lacks that toy's exclusive features, like Powered Buggy, wheels in his chestplate, and a Diaclone pilot.

: Movie Preview Version Ultra Magnus was available exclusively at Toy Festival 2001, held on [[February 26]], 2001 in Tokyo, Japan, limited to 1,500 pieces.

: This toy doubles as [[Delta Magnus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/UltraMagnusPre-Movie/ultramagnus.htm More information on Ultra Magnus Movie Preview Version at TFU.info]''
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====''Transform Jr''====
[[File:Ultramagnus jr.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|And thus a trend is foreshadowed]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (Gokin, 1985)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-69'''
:*''Accessories'': Laser Blaster, left & right fists, head, cardboard trailer

: As one of the first ''[[Transform Jr]]'' toys, this version of Ultra Magnus was released under the early name for the series, ''Transform Gōkin''. Naturally, the figure is a redeco of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Transform Jr|''Transform Jr'' Optimus Prime toy]], a smaller, simplified version of the original cab robot figure intended as a low-cost alternative for younger children. Magnus features a similar transformation to his larger toy, with a removable head in addition to fists, but lacks rubber tires and translucent windows. As with most other ''Transform Jr'' figures, he lacked most of his major accessories, coming only with a rifle (a white redeco of [[Ion blaster|Prime's gun]], rather than Magnus's own unique weapon) and a cardboard replacement for his trailer that had to be assembled by the buyer, and which, unsurprisingly, could not form armor.

::*''[http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/reminator4/HTML/g1auto/magnusjr.htm More information on Transform Jr Ultra Magnus at an Ultra Magnus fan site]''
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[[File:Tfjr magnus galvatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus vs Galvatron''' (Multi-pack, 1987)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Laser Blaster, left & right fists, head, cardboard trailer

: Later, by the time the line had been rebranded with the more familiar ''Jr'' title, the Magnus figure was re-released in a two-pack with a non-transforming vinyl figurine of [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Seven|Galvatron]].

: Both of the toys in this set are identical to their other releases.
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===''Commemorative Series''===
[[File:G1toy commemorative magnus.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|So the reissue was later reissued....''All right, give me the bomb''.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (2002/2012)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''1'''
:*''Accessories'': Large robot head, rifle, chest plate, 2 trailer connectors/waist plates, left & right small robot fists, left & right large robot fists, 2 missile launchers, 4 missiles

: Part of the very first wave of Hasbro's [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' of reissues, this release of Ultra Magnus is ''mostly'' identical to the original, but now comes with fully-functional spring-loaded missile launchers like the Takara reissues. However, due to [[for safety reasons|US safety laws]], like all the other ''Commemorative Series'' toys with renewed firing projectiles, his formerly short missiles were infamously lengthened to absurdity. Additionally, like the concurrently-released [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|''Commemorative'' Optimus Prime toy]], his smokestacks were shortened to prevent breakage.

: This figure was given a surprise re-release in late 2012; Though the "''Commemorative Series''" label was not printed anywhere on the packaging, the included instructions retained the name. The figure is largely similar to its previous ''Commemorative'' release. Despite early product listings by online stores depicting the figure with long smokestacks,<ref name="longstacks">[http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=19045 Premature announcement of long smokestacks for the 2012 Asia reissue of Commemorative Series Ultra Magnus] at TFormers</ref> the stacks are actually still short like on the previous release.<ref name="shortstacks">[http://vxt.ca/2013/01/05/transformers-reviews-commemorative-series-ultra-magnus-missile-modification-tutorial/ Review of the 2012 Asia reissue of Commemorative Series Ultra Magnus] at VTX (the long stacks seen in the photos are explicitly stated to be a custom job)</ref> The cab also has the modified hitch that the Optimus Prime cab received for the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#G1MoviePrime|2011 ''Chronicle'' DOTM two pack]]. In any case, [[Mold#Deterioration|mold deterioration]] had begun to catch up to the tooling by this point, so details are not as sharp as on earlier versions.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/CSUltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on ''Commemorative Series'' Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:Masterpiece UltraMagnus toy.jpg|right|upright=2.2|thumb|I looked like this in a comic [[Revelation (War and Peace)|once]]. ONCE!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (2005/2008)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MP-2'''
:*''Release date'': [[March 24]], 2005
:*''Accessories'': Rifle, Megatron gun with removable silencer, scope and stock, Matrix of Leadership, energon axe

: The second release in Takara's ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' line, Ultra Magnus is a white redeco of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' Convoy (Optimus Prime)]] with all the same accessories, though some have been redecoed. Additionally, his box can be refolded into his classic trailer configuration, but doesn't hold up since it's, well, cardboard. He retains the Matrix, which he can indeed open. Dammit, open.

: As a Takara product, ''Masterpiece'' Ultra Magnus was never released in the US, but was eventually released by Hasbro Australia in 2005 for their market as a [[Target]] [[exclusive]], retaining his Japanese packaging, with simple stickers stating a recommended age of 8+, as well as presenting Hasbro Australia's details and explaining what the product was.

: Additionally, TakaraTomy reissued ''Masterpiece'' Ultra Magnus in 2008 sporting their logo in the top right-hand corner of the box to replace the Takara logo in the bottom right featured on the original release in 2005. This reissue has been met with some [[quality control]] issues much like that of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#mp4|Convoy Perfect Edition]], such as bad paint applications and chipping, misaligned doors, and even [[Misassembly|mis-assembled]] headlights which have been installed upside down.

: Like all the Japanese versions of this mold, Ultra Magnus features different images on his communicators than all other releases. In his case he features [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] and a digital readout.

: This mold was also used to make ''Masterpiece'' "[[Eldedroid#Masterpiece|Convoy Black Version]]".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/UltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Masterpiece Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''
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[[File:MP22-UltraMagnus.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|You know what? He can deal with this n...hold on, WHY THE HELL DOES HIS CAB HAVE A RED BUMPER-- ''*looks at screencaps*'' oh huh]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' ([[2014]] / [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MP-22'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 27]] 2014 / [[January 27]] 2018
:*''Accessories'': "Super Blaster Gun", 2 missiles, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#MP22|Spike figure]], [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)#MP22|Daniel figure]], left & right Matrix hands, neutral face, screaming face
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Shogo Hasui]] (initial concept)}}

: The second release of ''Masterpiece'' Ultra Magnus is a much more show-accurate mold, transforming into a car carrier with a functioning gate/ramp. He can carry 4 smaller ''Masterpiece'' Autobots in the top and bottom of his trailer, which features small indents to stop them from rolling off. While the cab in his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] is heavily modeled on the MP-10 Optimus Prime mold, it doesn't transform into a separate white Optimus Prime figure, but rather folds inside-out to form his upper torso. The cab is much lighter than the MP-10 cab (due to it being hollow), and neither can carry the other's trailer due to differences in the height of the back section and a different attachment process.

:He is designed to interact with the Matrix of Leadership of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP10|MP-10 Optimus Prime]] in two ways: his chest opens to reveal a Matrix compartment, and he comes with an extra pair of hands specifically molded to hold the Matrix. To complement this, his regular, "neutral" face can be replaced with an alternative "screaming" face. Both faces can store on a panel in his back, and removing his face reveals a white face-plated design underneath the helmet, as a reference to the "White Optimus in armor" design of the original toy.

:For his other accessories and features, he comes with his gun, and his two non-firing shoulder missile launchers. The gun stores in the trailer in vehicle mode, while the launchers have removable missiles, and are no longer detachable, instead being connected to poseable armatures. Finally, he also comes with articulated figurines of Spike and Daniel, who can ride in his cab in vehicle mode.

:[[File:MP-22 Ultra Magnus stock.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1|''(Stock imagery of not-final deco)'']]
:The artwork on the spec card and instruction booklet are in a different style to other TakaraTomy ''Masterpiece'' releases. Also, early [[Stock photography|stock photo]]s depicted him with red inner legs and a gray gun.

:If bought in Asian markets outside Japan, Ultra Magnus comes with a [[collector coin]]. The coin comes in a package designed after Ultra Magnus's chest, although the white "belt" is upside-down compared to the ''Masterpiece'' figure.

:In Australia, Ultra Magnus was a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]], being limited to 400 pieces. This release has a different box design (the same artwork as the instruction manual on the regular release) and instructions in English.

:This figure was reissued on [[January 27]] [[2018]], with no notable changes from the original.

:''Masterpiece'' Ultra Magnus was later redecoed as [[Delta Magnus#Masterpiece|Delta Magnus]].
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grapple''' ([[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MP-35'''
:*''Release date'': [[February 25]], 2017
{{toydesigner|[[Yuki Ohshima]] (concept artist)}}

: The Hasbro Asia release of ''Masterpiece'' [[Grapple (G1)#Masterpiece|Grapple]] comes with a mini Ultra Magnus figure, the second in a range of non-transformable collectables made from <s>lost art</s> [[die-cast|die-cast metal]], based on the corresponding ''Masterpiece'' MP-22 figure.
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===''G-2''===
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[[File:G2toy-LaserUltraMagnus.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Probably the only Magnus repaint of Prime we'll ever get who isn't just white.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Laser Ultra Magnus''' (Laser Rod, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': ''' TRF-13-S'''
:*''Accessories'': Gun, sword, 5 discs, ripple missile launcher, 10 missiles, air-launch rocket

: An [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive, ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)#Takara G-2 line|G-2]]'' Laser Ultra Magnus (レーザーウルトラマグナス) is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime|Laser Optimus Prime]], transforming into a mid-1990s Western Star 4964EX extended-hood truck pulling a blue and white tanker trailer. He was packaged in the reissue Laser Optimus Prime's box, along with Prime's instructions, bio card, and sticker sheet. Yes, the stickers that have "Optimus Prime" written on them.

: His main gimmick is light-up LED headlights and a [[Light-piping|lightpipe]] in the bottom of his right fist, illuminated by an LED in his right forearm, that illuminates his clear sword or his double-barreled rifle if they are placed in that hand. All three LEDs are activated simultaneously by pressing the sunroof-like depression on the roof of the truck.

: The trailer unfolds to form a battle station bristling with many firing weapons. Primarily, these are an air-powered rocket launcher, a "ripple-fire" spring-loaded missile launcher with five missiles that can be launched individually (this turret can also be mounted in Laser Magnus's hand) and a disc launcher. The disc launcher is the only weapon that can be used in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], sitting on top of the oil tanker.

: This release uses the toolings that were modified for the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Scourge (RID)#Toys|Scourge]] toy, and thus has smooth featureless discs and a less-pointy sword.

: This mold was also planned to be used for the canceled ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Toxitron (Universe)#Toys|Toxitron]] toy.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Cybertron/UltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Laser Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''
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===''Classics''===
[[File:Transformers-classics-BfAC-Ultra-Magnus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Arctic Camo Prime!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle For Autobot City''' (Multi-pack, 2007)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Smokestacks/laser cannon, wind vane/blaster

: A [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Classics (2006)|Optimus Prime]], Ultra Magnus transforms into a modern cab-over style truck of made up model, dominated by a large wind vane on his roof. In robot mode, his wind vane transforms into a large ion blaster, and his smokestacks transform into a smaller laser cannon. Additionally, both weapons can combine together to form a double-barreled over-shoulder weapon. As with most ''Classics'' toys, he features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]].

: He was only available in a two-pack with [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Classics (2006)|Skywarp]] as part of the "Battle for Autobot City" set. He was also available in Woolworth stores throughout the United Kingdom.

: The final production toy has several major paint application differences compared to [[:File:ClassicsUltraMagnus toy.jpg|the toy depicted on the packaging]], including the loss of all light blue paint (including his faceplate and crest, both replaced with silver) and darker blue on his thighs. Also, his red eyes are replaced with blue light-piped eyes, and it seems the smokestacks/double-barreled gun were originally going to be cast or painted white instead of the final version's unpainted black.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/ClassicsUltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Classics Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus''' (Multi-pack, 2007)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Smokestacks/laser cannon, wind vane/blaster

: In Asian markets, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines, Ultra Magnus was also made available as part of a special two-pack with Voyager Class Optimus Prime in late 2007. Aside from the unique packaging, the toys are identical to their single releases.
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===''Titanium Series''===
[[File:TitaniumHero UltraMagnus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Oh, that's right, this Ultra Magnus guy had a trailer or something, didn't he?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, [[2007]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Laser rifle, 2 rocket launchers, display stand, nameplate
{{toydesigner|[[Don Figueroa]] (concept artist)}}

: ''[[Titanium Series|Titanium Cybertron Heroes]]'' Ultra Magnus is constructed mostly of die-cast metal. For the first time, Ultra Magnus's cab and trailer are one piece, rather than a [[partformer]] like the Generation 1 toy version, although the cab is only held on by a peg and can be detached, resulting in a small, super-deformed cab. The toy's wheels can all spin. He transforms very similarly to the original toy, but the aforementioned truck cab now folds down into his back rather than detaching and reconnecting, with his head flipping out of the back of the cab.

: Ultra Magnus is armed with a gray laser rifle and two shoulder-mounted, non-firing rocket launchers which, due to some mistake, face top-down when attached in [[robot mode]]. It is unknown whether the launchers were somehow mirror-flipped in manufacture or if his shoulder assemblies [[Misassembly|were switched]]. The latter is perhaps supported by the orientation of molding detail shown in the [[instructions]] and on the Generation 1 toy, although the [[tampograph]]s could argue against this. One can easily "correct" this by unscrewing his blue forearms and swapping out the shoulders, allowing the launchers to face top-up.

: Unfortunately, due to the robot mode-oriented design of this figure, as well as size limitations, the rear ramp is now solely part of his legs as detail and cannot fold down, nor is there clearance space for any other vehicles to be transported. For some reason, on the side of each of Magnus's legs/ the back of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] trailer there are white flip-out wing shaped panels. The paint on these panels flakes off easily, so it's best never to touch them. Like most, if not all, 6-inch Titaniums, his joints are very floppy. In another possible mis-assembly issue, the figure's knees bend far more ''forwards'' than backwards. Strangely, the molded detail on the tops of the thighs contradicts this being a mis-assembly. The vehicle mode also has a hard time staying as it should as very few pieces actually tab together.

:His chest panel can flip up to reveal a shallow recess for the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, though no Matrix accessory to date is actually flat enough to fit inside.

:He comes with the generic display stand shared by all of the 6" "Cybertron Heroes", with a unique, removable nameplate.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/TitUltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Titanium Series Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Titanium WarWithin ultramagnus.JPG|right|upright=1.67|thumb|A toy to remember that time Ultra Magnus never looked like this in ''The War Within''.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''(War Within) Ultra Magnus''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Laser rifle, display stand, nameplate
{{toydesigner|[[Don Figueroa]] (concept artist)}}

: A [[redeco]] of the 6-inch [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|War Within Optimus Prime]], transforming into a Cybertronian truck mode used by Prime (but not Magnus) in the ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' comics. The original Prime figure was personally designed by comic artist [[Don Figueroa]], who created the original comic design in the first place, and his signature is left on the figure in the most literal way: The word "DON" can be seen sculpted into the barrel of his gun.

: As a ''[[Titanium Series]]'' figure, Magnus is made in large part from [[die-cast]] metal, but like so many of the other toys in the ''Titanium'' line, his plastic joints have trouble supporting his heavy metal weight. He again comes with the generic display stand and nameplate.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/TitTWWUltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on War Within Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''
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===''Alternity''===
[[File:Alternity Ultra Magnus.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Because a car carrier isn't a car.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultla Magnus''' {{sic}} '''[Brilliant White Pearl]''' (2010)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''A-01U'''

: An [[e-HOBBY]]-[[exclusive]] redeco of ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alternity|Convoy]], Ultra Magnus [Brilliant White Pearl] (ウルトラマグナス[ブリリアントホワイトパール]) transforms into a pearl-white 1:32 scale 2007 Nissan GT-R, featuring die-cast metal parts, an opening hood, trunk and doors, as well as an interior, complete with his feet and thighs being sculpted to form the back seats. This complex figure stands at 6.5" tall and is armed with a pair of blasters on each arm.

: The e-HOBBY version came packed with an [[Nissan GT-R / Ultra Magnus (Brilliant Pearl White)|exclusive comic book]]. A version available via Hasbro Asia is identical to the e-HOBBY version except it does not include the pack-in comic (like most e-HOBBY exclusives released outside of Japan).

: The mold suffers from a [[Design flaw|minor design oversight]], wherein the rear Nissan badge collides with his left leg strut when the left foot is hinged over and pegged into a clear plastic socket during transformation, with the results being that the connection is slightly crooked, isn't very secure, and sometimes pops off, and that the crooked pegging often causes the socket to crack.
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===''United''===
[[File:Unitedtoy-UltraMagnus.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|If you can't afford the [[#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' Ultra Magnus]], you can still get yourself a<s>n Albino Optimus Prime</s> Cabnus.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (Voyager, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[September 29]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': Smokestacks/laser cannon, wind vane/blaster

: A Hasbro Asia-market exclusive release in Takara's ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' toyline (Hasbro handles all retail ''Transformers'' toy releases outside of Japan), Ultra Magnus is a redeco of [[#Classics|his ''Classics'' toy]]. This release replaces his opaque blue plastic with white, omitting his blue and black [[paint operation]]s, painting his hands and shin-vents white, adding silver paint to his kneepads, thighs, pelvis, and smokestack cannons, painting his [[mouthplate]] and crest blue, replacing his bronze-painted wheel rims with silver, and [[vacuum metallizing]] his vehicle grill and fenders.

: While unconfirmed, it seems likely that this release was conceived to satisfy then-high collector demand for the original ''Classics'' Ultra Magnus, a result of the unofficial City Commander upgrade kit released for the figure by "[[IP infringement|third party]]" company FansProject. Of course, as an unlicensed product, the kit was not acknowledged in any official marketing material for the re-released toy.
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:TCCSS1-UltraMammoth.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|If I'm a mammoth I'm a very manly mammoth.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Ultra Mammoth''' (Ultra Class, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''TFSS1 number'': '''6'''
:*''Accessories'': "[[Blue Bolts (Timelines)|Blue Bolts]]" cannon, two "Energy Bolts", two "Thunderstrike missiles", "[[Reconfiguration Matrix]]"

: Representing the new body [[Ultra Magnus (G1)#Classics|Ultra Magnus]] used in ''[[Beast Wars Shattered Glass]]'', the Ultra Mammoth toy is a light blue and white redeco of ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1999 (Beast Wars Neo)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Big Convoy]]. Like Big Convoy, Ultra Mammoth is a [[shellformer]], as practically all of his [[beast mode]] components are shells that fit around the compressed robot to form this mode. He technically has a beast "[[attack mode]]", in which his large cannon is folded out. His main body has a similar color scheme to Ultra Magnus's "Super Mode" (though with more white), and his head has the color scheme of regular Magnus.

: In [[robot mode]], Ultra Mammoth is absolutely chock-full of weapons and gimmicks. First and foremost, the spring-loaded Blue Bolts cannon, formed out of the beast's head, back, and tail, can fire two missiles from two barrels in succession with a rotating dial. It is held in his hands via [[5 mm post]] and can be stored on his back, though doing so may cause some stability problems owing to its weight. Second, his shoulders can be swung up to reveal sculpted, non-firing missile pods. Third, he has flip-out {{w|tonfa}} melee weapons in his forearms. Fourth, the two beast panels on the sides of his legs feature two spring-loaded missile launchers that fire his anchor-shaped projectiles, which can be loosely held in his hands. Last, but certainly not least, his chest panel flips down, revealing a removable Matrix toy accessory in vacuum-metalized sliver with a transparent blue center. This accessory can be held by any figure with standard 5mm fist holes.

: The anchor-shaped Thunderstrike missiles have been retooled since the previous two uses of this mold, presumably for safety reasons, and as a result can no longer be kept loaded in beast mode. The instructions refer to the space in his chest as a "[[Dead Matrix]] annex", but the Matrix within is referred to as the [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] in packaging and was ultimately depicted by [[Beast Wars Shattered Glass|tie-in fiction]] as the [[Origin Matrix]].

: Ultra Mammoth is one of the first six [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] figures to be offered via the [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Figure Subscription Service]] in 2013.

:The Ultra Mammoth figure was also repurposed as a different guy also called [[Ultra Mammoth]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Maximal/TFCCUltraMammoth/ultramammoth.htm More information on Ultra Mammoth at TFU.info]''
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:BStoy-3packUltraMagnus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Hasbro|They]] didn't even bother painting me white this time.]]
*'''Red Alert / Ultra Magnus / Mirage''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''BP010'''
***''Fist strength'': '''840'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''248'''
***''Sword strength'': '''532'''

:Part of the third wave of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' Series 2 three-packs, Ultra Magnus is a [[redeco]] of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#BotShotJumpShot|Jump Shot Optimus Prime]], and turns into a heavily-armed futuristic firetruck heavily based on ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. As a Jump Shot toy, an impact to his front bumper will cause him to spring up and [[Autotransformation|autotransform]] into robot mode. He also has an "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. He comes in a three-pack with [[Red Alert (G1)/toys|Jump Shot Red Alert]] and [[Mirage (G1)#3pack|Super Bot Mirage]].
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===Ultra Magnus Pen===
[[File:UltraMagnusPen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Transformers Ultra Magnus Pen''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Blaster, cap/barrel

: A white redeco of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Optimus Prime Pen|Optimus Prime Pen]] produced by [[Sentinel (company)|Sentinel]] as part of the 30th anniversary of ''Transformers'', Ultra Magnus Pen is a well-articulated robot that folds into the shape of a rather chunky, but functional ballpoint pen. The tip of the pen is formed from his blaster, with the barrel acting as a cap. Ultra Magnus Pen was sold exclusively through [http://www.hlj.com/ HobbyLink Japan].

: This mold was also used to make [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Black Convoy Pen|Black Convoy Pen]].
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===''Hero Mashers''===
[[File:HM-toy Optimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Magnus: The Hand of Fate.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Battle Upgrade, 2014)
**''Pieces'': '''18'''
**''Accessories'': Missile-launching rifle, missile, energy axe, cannon, left & right rocket pods, "Ultra Magnus" right forearm & fist

: Part of the first wave of "Battle Upgrade" ''[[Hero Mashers]]'' toys, Ultra Magnus is represented as a spare forearm that is included with Optimus Prime, but does not appear in the line as a complete figure. The arm is a retooling of [[Bulkhead (Prime)#Hero Mashers|Bulkhead]]'s, removing the spring-loaded missile-launcher gimmick.
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===''Kre-O''===
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[[File:KreO-Toy UltraMagnusC84.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|right]]
*'''Kreon Class of 1984''' (Kreon figure set, [[2014]])
**''Set number'': '''B0090'''
**''Voted'': Teacher's Pet
**''Accessories'': Optimus rifle

:[[Kreon]] Ultra Magnus is based on the inner "white Optimus" robot of the original toy, with extensive toy-based details, including red eyes.

:He was only available in a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2014 [[exclusive]] pack of 30 Kreons dubbed the "[[Kreon Class of 1984]]". Remaining stock was to be sold at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online, only there ''was'' no remaining stock after the show.

:And yes, his inclusion in this 1984-themed set is confusing, as Magnus did not appear in ''Transformers'' in any capacity until 1986.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/SDCCKre-OUltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''
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===''Transformers'' (2014)===
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[[File:Transformers-2014-legion-ultra-magnus-toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|My other pants are in the cleaners.]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Legion Class, 2015)

:Legion Class Ultra Magnus is a redeco of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2010)]] ''[[Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#2010Legend|Optimus Prime]], with the retooled hands and head/vehicle mode roof originally created for [[Transformers: Generations#Asian market exclusives ("GDO")|''Generations'' GDO]] Legends Class [[Motormaster (G1)#Generations|Motorbreath]]. While the deco partially follows previous redecos of Optimus Prime figures as Ultra Magnus's "inner robot", with a teal/blue [[mouthplate]], a teal/blue forehead crest [[paint operation]], red eyes and blue/teal windows, it also features several rather ''odd'' deco choices, namely extremely dark charcoal gray legs (to the point of nearly looking ''black'') and ''white'' wheels (though coincidentally resembles his Transform Jr. toy).

:Ultra Magnus comes in packaging that is based on the packaging design for the concurrently released ''Combiner Wars''-era ''Generations'' figures, but replaces the name ''Generations'' with "Authentic Transformers". Since Ultra Magnus and his [[wave]]-mates ship with three figures previously released under what we consider a generic [[Transformers (2014 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2014) toy line]], all of them now in the new packaging style, we consider Ultra Magnus to be part of that line as well. The [[package art]] used for Ultra Magnus is hilariously inaccurate, as it is recolored from artwork originally created for the [[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|''Legends'' mobile game]], depicting Ultra Magnus's armored form ''colored as his inner robot''.

:The wave that contains Ultra Magnus has thus far been found at Fred's, Gordmans, Dollar General, and Family Dollar stores in the United States, but was available at general retail in Hong Kong and from Australian Target stores.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/FDUltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]
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===''Combiner Wars''===
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[[File:CombinerWarsUltraMagnus.jpg|upright=2|thumb|"You may take Albino Prime from me, but you can never leave my chest empty!"]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Leader Class, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Two guns, missile packs
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Ultra Magnus is based on [[Nick Roche]]'s design for the character in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' and transforming into a truck and trailer. Although the truck and trailer cannot be separated, they are connected by a pivot joint that still allows one to move independently of the other. He includes a small [[Minimus Ambus]], based on [[Alex Milne]]'s design for the character, that can be stored inside his chest in robot mode. In vehicle mode, the trailer bed has a set of 3 notches that seemingly correspond with tabs on Minimus, however, it is a loose fit, and Minimus will detach with a little shaking. Artist [[Andrew Griffith]] also worked with Hasbro on Minimus's toy design and "cockpit" within Magnus.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Awesome that they finally showed the Leader Ultra Magnus. Have they shown Ambus' cockpit yet? That's the part I got to work on.|link=https://twitter.com/glovestudios/status/566696096794034176|name=Andrew Griffith|site=Twitter|year=2015|month=02|day=14|(defunct=)}} {{citesocial|quote=Oh yeah I forgot I worked on the design of Minimus too lol. (In plastic form.)|link=https://twitter.com/glovestudios/status/566697537730408449|name=Andrew Griffith|site=Twitter|year=2015|month=02|day=14|(defunct=)}}</ref> Minimus is not necessary for transformation and Ultra Magnus can be completed without seating him in the cockpit.

:Ultra Magnus includes two [[5 mm post|5 mm]] guns, which can be combined with his shoulder-mounted missile launchers to form a large hammer weapon, in homage to the character's [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|''Animated'']] and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|''Prime'' incarnations]]. Note that in robot form, Ultra Magnus lacks 5mm holes in his hands for his guns; instead, his fingers open and close like the hands of Combiner class Combiner War toys. This means that he can't firmly hold his guns, making them prone to falling out. The door sculpted into Ultra Magnus's cab suggests it is intended to represent a positively ''gargantuan'' vehicle, with the trailer being perhaps seven stories tall if [[scale]]d to a human. Hasbro representatives at [[Toy Fair 2015]] said that his ladder sculpts were intended to match in scale similar ladder sculpts on ''Combiner Wars'' [[Devastator (G1)#Generations|Devastator]].

:Though undocumented in the instructions, Ultra Magnus' trailer can hitch with 1 or 2 Legends Class and/or Deluxe Class cars with smaller mass, with the lower leg panels serving as a makeshift ramp.

:Ultra Magnus comes with a character card based on his packaging art, which was drawn by [[Marcelo Matere]].

:The mold was also heavily retooled into ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Titans Return|Powermaster Optimus Prime]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/CWUltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]
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===''Legends''===
{{anchor|TransformersLegends}}
[[File:Takaratomy-lg-14-ultra-magnus-and-alpha-trion.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Of course he comes with Alpha Trion! Why wouldn't he? Those two hang out all the time!]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' ([[September 19]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG-14'''
**''Accessories:'' two guns, Alpha Trion figure
{{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Ultra Magnus is a redeco of the [[#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Leader Class Ultra Magnus]] toy. Compared to the Hasbro release, ''Legends'' Ultra Magnus features whiter plastic, and a deco closer to his original toy (including his rifles) and his appearances in [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|IDW's ''More Than Meets The Eye'']] comics (down to the red thighs and unpainted eyes). The figure includes a small [[Alpha Trion/toys#Legends|Alpha Trion]] figure, which is redecoed from Minimus Ambus. His profile names his buildable hammer the [[Magnus Hammer]].

:Unlike most ''Legends'' releases which feature Takara-original art, Ultra Magnus features the ''Combiner Wars'' toy's [[Marcelo Matere]]-drawn packaging art on his box, only recolored to match the toy's new paint job (and slightly modified to accommodate Trion's longer beard).

:Ultra Magnus also comes with [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 14|Bonus Edition Vol. 14]] of the [[Transformers Legends (comic)|''Legends'' manga]].
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===''Q-Transformers''===
[[File:QTransformers UltraMagnus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|A totally realism-minded superdeformed Ultra-Munchkin vehicle, just like all the others!]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' ([[January 30]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''QTF-05'''

:''[[Q-Transformers]]'' Ultra Magnus is a retool of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|QT-19 Convoy]] with a new head and arms/trailer, transforming from a [[super deformed]] car carrier with integrated trailer to a cute little robot. This toy was first available for sale at a special ''Q-Transformers'' event on [[January 16]]th, two weeks before it was released in stores.

:The original version of this mold was also used to make [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Q-Transformers|Black Convoy]].
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===''Platinum Edition''===
{{anchor|AutobotHeroes}}
[[File:TF-Platinum-Edition-Autobot-Heroes-Ultra-Magnus.jpg|upright=2|thumb|"Beware, my retool is nearby.."]]
*'''Autobot Heroes''' (5-pack, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Springer's weapons (dual missile launcher, two missiles, rotor blades/sword), Arcee's weapons (2 swords), Kup's "laser musket" rifle/exhaust pipe, Ultra Magnus' 2 guns, Blurr's weapons (Sniper rifle, left & right pistols), Minimus Ambus figure

:Part of Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' offerings for 2016 intended to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Ultra Magnus is a redeco of his ''Combiner Wars'' Leader Class toy, featuring some plastic color changes: The white plastic parts are now truly ''white'', compared to the more creamy color of the original version; also, several parts previously cast in blue plastic have been changed to white and vice versa, with some of them being (at least partially) painted over to restore the original color. The metallic blue color for the chest section and the forearm panels is not only visibly rather conspicuous compared to his unpainted blue parts, but also makes tabbing his arms together in truck mode considerably more difficult, due to the paintjob resulting in a thicker tab and smaller slot. Additional painted details include painted rims and a blue striping on his cab. He also retains his [[Minimus Ambus#Platinum Edition|Minimus Ambus]] figure, who is cast in the same white plastic as Ultra Magnus's white parts and features more light and dark green paint operations on his torso than the original release, both of which are considerably darker and more saturated than the original's lighter, "pearly" green paint operations.

:Ultra Magnus was released as part of 5-pack with [[Arcee (G1)/toys#AutobotHeroes|Arcee]], [[Springer (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Autobot Springer]], [[Kup (G1)/toys#AutobotHeroes|Sergeant Kup]], and [[Blurr (G1)/toys#AutobotHeroes|Blurr]]. The set also included a recreation of the theatrical poster for the 1986 movie. In the United States, this set was officially a [[Target]] exclusive, but was only available via the company's website, never sold in stores. It was also released in Singapore, although it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not. In Canada, it was available via the Canadian [[Walmart]] website but never found in stores, whereas in the United Kingdom, it was available via [[Toys"R"Us]] stores and the website. In Spain, it was available via the Spanish subsidiaries of both [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and Carrefour, as well as the department store chain El Corte Inglés, supposedly also only available online. In Germany, it was available via retailer Real and specialty store Rappelkiste Ahlen, also only available online.
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===''Alt-Modes''===
[[File:Alt-Modes UltraMagnus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Alt-Modes, 2016)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Collection'': '''1'''

:A retool of ''[[Alt-Modes]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Alt-Modes|Optimus Prime]] with a new head and chest, Ultra Magnus is a super deformed toy whose body transforms into a truck when the Autobot faction symbol on his head is flipped. He was [[Blindpacking|blind-boxed]] and available in the first collection of the toyline.

:The original version of the mold was also used to make [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Alt-Modes|Nemesis Prime]].
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===''Titans Return''===
{{anchor|HasCon}}
[[File:TitansReturntoy-UltraMagnus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The smallest Soldier who ever lived!]]
*'''Leinad & Arcee''' / '''Ultra Magnus''' (Special Edition, 2017)
**''Accessories:'' [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)#Generations|Leinad]] Titan Master, Ultra Magnus Titan Master, guns

:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Ultra Magnus is a redeco/retool of ''Titans Return'' Titan Master [[Fangry (G1)#Generations|Fangry]] with a new Titan Master head, and he is a solo [[Titan Master]] included with [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Arcee]], a redeco/retool of [[Blurr (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Blurr]]. The Titan Master in robot mode is themed after the original toy's inner robot figure, while his head mode face is based on the armored Magnus head. The set debuted at [[HasCon 2017]] before a later release at [[New York Comic Con]] 2017 and a standard release<ref>[http://io9.gizmodo.com/hasbros-own-convention-will-sell-you-a-giant-transforme-1797331311 Hasbro's Own Convention Will Sell You a Giant Transformer That Actually Charges Your Phone]</ref> at [[Toys"R"Us]]. Like [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#TRCOV|Rodimus Prime]], [[Thunderwing (G1)#Titans Return|Thunderwing]], and [[Scorponok (G1)#Generations|Scorponok]], Ultra Magnus also features a die-cast Titan Master torso and head mode face.
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===''War for Cybertron: Siege''===
[[File:War-for-Cybertron-Siege-Leader-Ultra-Magnus.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|It comes with a white Magnus cab that ''isn't an Optimus redeco?'' Time to channel ''Unsolved Mysteries'', with [[Robert Stack]]!]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Leader Class, [[2019]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-S13'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SG-07'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[February 23]], 2019'''
**''Hidden message code'': '''FORGEOFSOLUS'''
**''Accessories'': "RT-15 Stethoscopic Detector", 2 "C-30 Magnetic Inducer Launchers", 2 "W-HV-1000 Simulacrum Blasters", 7 armor pieces
{{toydesigner|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)}}

:Part of the first wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Leader Class figures, Ultra Magnus transforms from a robot to a car carrier truck inspired by his ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|incarnation]] and back! The most notable feature of this toy is that the trailer transforms into the Magnus Armor and combines with the Voyager-sized inner robot to form the super robot mode, making this the first official mainline representation of the armor since Magnus's original toy back in 1986. Ultra Magnus also features "battle damage" paint applications on several parts of his body, as well as multiple hardpoints all over himself and his weapons to accommodate "Fire Blasts" from the [[Battle Master]]s assortment, which can be used to simulate blaster fire or explosions. He includes five weapons compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]. His "RT-15 Stethoscopic Detector" is silver in painted samples at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2018|SDCC 2018]], Hasbro's stock renders, and [[stock photography]], while [[TakaraTomy]] stock photography (to the right) shows it in red with silver highlights. The final blaster is molded in red and painted silver, except for the grip which is left as bare red plastic. Though his two black blasters continue the ''Robots in Disguise'' Ultra Magnus homage, mirroring the detailing placed just behind Magnus's cab, their hexagonal tips resemble that of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Cybertron|Optimus Prime]]'s Super Mode leg cannons, a comparison strengthened by the stock photos using the black blasters as leg mounted cannons.

:The inner robot, while still resembling Optimus Prime in general appearance, is a different mold from ''Siege'' Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Optimus Prime]].

:As with the redecoes/retools of the mold below, this Ultra Magnus is ''not'' designed to hitch Deluxe/Legends Class cars due to how the trailer is designed, though you can mount one of them (albeit not securely) on top of it. When installing the shoulder armors, do not thoroughly insert the Magnetic Inducer Launchers beforehand, as it can prevent the pieces from being fully inserted. This can be prevented if you do not install them first or slightly insert the pieces during assembly.

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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
[[File:Netflix-WFC-Ultra-Magnus-Rung-Spoiler-Pack.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|[[Play-Doh|Fun to play with, not to eat.]]]]
*'''Spoiler Pack''' (Leader Unboxing, [[2020]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''WFC-08'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[December 19]], 2020
**''Accessories:'' "RT-15 Stethoscopic Detector", 2 "C-30 Magnetic Inducer Launchers", 2 "W-HV-1000 Simulacrum Blasters", 7 armor pieces, 2 "Fire Blasts", 3 [[energon cube]]s, [[Play-Doh|compound]]
{{toydesigner|[[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}

:Promoting the ''Siege'' season of the [[Netflix]] [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon]], this ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' Leader Unboxing set contains a slathered redeco of ''Siege'' Leader Ultra Magnus, plus some extras that beef up the price (including the translucent pink "[[Rung (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Battlefield Rung]]" and a compound in which a buyer can dig to reveal energon cubes).

:The Cybertronian text on the package reads "BATTLEFIELD RUNG", while the 'spoiler' text inside features a Decepticon-themed quote: "I ULTRA MAGNUS / IN GOOD FAITH / HEREBY SURRENDER / TO YOU" and an Autobot-themed one: "THIS CAN ONLY / MEAN ONE THING / [[Ultra Magnus Dies!!|ULTRA MAGNUS IS DEAD]]". These are direct quotes that refer to Ultra Magnus's decision and its consequences in the [[Siege episode 2|second]] and [[Siege episode 4|fourth]] episode of the ''Siege'' chapter, respectively. It is noteworthy that the black gradients are meant to represent his final moments in the ''Siege'' cartoon. The included Rung also has a striking resemblance to the [[Alpha Trion Protocols]]. While the set does not include the cloak Magnus sported in the second episode, the cloak from ''[[Studio Series]]'' ''Dark of the Moon'' [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#SS34|Megatron]] can be used as a decently accurate stand-in if one wishes.

:This set is a shared exclusive between online retailers and [[Walmart]] in Canada and the USA, and in Japan as a [[TakaraTomy]] Mall exclusive. The Japanese release is packaged in a standard windowed box. The set also found its way into numerous discount retailers, often at a steep deduction to its price tag.
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===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Leader Ultra Magnus.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|ER Prime forgot to bleach his colors before the photoshoot, so they had to get a new guy for the pictures.]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Leader Class, February [[2021]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K20'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD-11'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[July 31]], 2021
**''Accessories'': "RT-15 Stethoscopic Detector", 2 missile launchers, 7 armor pieces
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' Leader Class toys, Ultra Magnus is a retool of the above ''Siege'' toy to better resemble his G1 character model and grant him an Earthly vehicle mode, transforming from robot to car carrier truck. Like the ''Siege'' version, the figure is composed of the truck cab, which transforms into the inner robot, and the trailer, which transforms into the armor for the main robot. The wheels, Magnus Armor head, two chest pieces, shoulders, side car-carrier panels, crotch, core-body chest, back, and rear-end have been changed to more closely resemble Ultra Magnus's original "Generation 1" cartoon appearance in both modes. As such, his cab and trailer are more separate, lengthening the truck mode, although the two halves cannot swivel independently from one another. Due to the retooling, the armor's shoulders no longer attach to the trailer itself in vehicle mode, and the robot mode hands of the truck cab are visible. The cab retooling also limits the backward hip movement in his core body and the waist in his main body (though the latter can be worked around with the back's sliding rail).

:The front end of Ultra Magnus's trailer also features small molded details shaped like the Autobot [[insignia]] to be placed to better replicate his [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] model and his [[#Generation 1|original toy]], although there is no Autobot symbol present. Ultra Magnus has a similarly blank spot on his right shoulder for an Autobot sigil, but no sigil exists.

:His "RT-15 Stethoscopic Detector" remains the same, though his missile launchers are differently molded, and he lacks the leg-mounted "C-30 Magnetic Inducer Launchers". While the armor parts are still compatible with the original ''Siege'' inner robot, the front torso armor cannot clip into place due to the distance of both the tabs and holes.

:Much like most of the toyline, Ultra Magnus comes with one of four possible holographic [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] cards for his wave, which reveals a [[Source:Golden Disk destinies|possible destiny]] of a key character.

:Hasbro stock photography is mistransformed; the inner Magnus robot has the truck mode's front bumper left slid down and the torso slid forward, while the armored robot form has the waist plate left in the configuration used for his standard robot form. Both truck modes have the torso piece of the cab slid back instead of all the way forward. The CGI renders on the back of the box do not have these mistakes, though his armored robot chest is missing red.

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===''Premium Finish''===
[[File:Premium-finish-siege-Ultra-Magnus.jpg|thumb|350px|Dude, are you sure you are Ultra Magnus? You look more like a poorly tanned [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Nemesis Prime]]...]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Leader Class, [[December 29]], [[2021]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PF WFC-03 / PFGR 03'''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''GE-03'''
**''Accessories'':"RT-15 Stethoscopic Detector", 2 "C-30 Magnetic Inducer Launchers", 2 "W-HV-1000 Simulacrum Blasters", 7 armor pieces

:As part of the third wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Premium Finish|''Premium Finish'']]'' subline, Ultra Magnus is a detailed redeco of the [[#WFC-S13|Siege]] mold, featuring more paint applications that represent his appearance in [[War for Cybertron: Siege|''Transformers: War For Cybertron: Siege'']] and with the same weapons as the aforementioned mold. Alongside sporting a dark grey paint scheme instead of white (or white & grey), his Shoulder Pylons are now cracked. He may have stiff limbs, and his legs may not connect when transforming him into truck mode.
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:Behold Galvatron Ultra Magnus.JPG|thumb|200px]]{{anchor|Behold}}
* '''Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack''' (Leader Class, 2022)
:''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' Ultra Magnus was released as a non-transforming and immobile [[Slug figure|minifigure]], barely 10mm tall, scaled to interact with the immense [[Unicron/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Unicron]] figure and its clear display base. This was one of a set of 14 minifigures in the "Unicron Companion Pack" that was included with the [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#BeholdGalvatron|"reformatting" version of Galvatron]]. The set was [[exclusive]] to [[Hasbro Pulse]].
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-Commander-Class-86-21-Ultra-Magnus.jpg|thumb|350px|Ready to ''shoulder'' a lot of burdens.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (Commander Class, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-21'''
:*''Accessories'': rifle, "emergency shuttle" blaster, 2 missile launchers, 2 antennae, [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#SS86UltraMagnus|Matrix of Leadership]], [[Fire Blast effect]]s, "[[Battle of Autobot City]]" backdrop (2nd version)
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Tomoki Tatsumi]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Mario Carreiro]], [[Christina Murphy]] and [[Amy Bence]] (packaging),<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/live/52ddGYMyvpE?si=7l7OP6YeEB9W82xR&t=9841 Transformers Panel] at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2024]] with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Marcelo Matere]], and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref> [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}<ref name=SDCC2023>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBqMyy6HYxE San Diego Comic-Con 2023 Generations panel recording] at the "Memo's collection" YouTube channel</ref>

:'86 Ultra Magnus is the first Commander Class figure in the ''[[Studio Series]]'' line. One factor in this choice was that his function was "[[City Commander]]" in his the [[#The Transformers|original toy's]] bio.<ref name=SDCC2023/> He is based directly on his appearance in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', with most of his surface detailing based on his [[#MP22|''Masterpiece'' figure]]. Unlike all of the Magnus figures released in the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' before him, this Ultra Magnus does not have an "inner robot", instead transforming directly from armored [[robot mode]] to car carrier truck in the name of [[Show-accuracy|movie-accuracy]]. Unlike his ''Combiner Wars'' figure, the truck cab is designed to be separated from the trailer without disassembly. Despite the [[instructions]] depicting otherwise, it is advised to detach the truck cab from the trailer before transforming the latter, as the truck cab is prone to falling off while handling it. His head antennae are packed separately in the box.

:As a Commander Class figure, Magnus has a notably high range of movement, including articulated fingers with separate index fingers. Similarly to ''Studio Series'' [[Kup (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Kup]], his limbs can also be removed from his body to replicate his death at the hands of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s. Unlike Kup, however, his joints secure via ''Combiner Wars''-style (but not compatible) spring-backed locks rather than 5mm connections. He also has spring-loaded chest doors that spring out when the "T"-shaped armor piece is flipped up. Inside his chest is a molded chamber for the included Matrix of Leadership accessory, which is the same size as ''Studio Series'' {{'}}86 [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Hot Rod]]'s, meaning he's only really capable of holding it by gripping it with one finger from each hand. Out of the box, the Matrix is installed in his chest upside-down, but it can be plugged in in its proper orientation as well. It is also upside-down in the instructions and packaging, the latter of which amusingly makes it look like the Matrix can launch out of his chest. Untabbing the red panels on his shoulders allows Magnus to use his transformation hinges as butterfly joints to hold the Matrix in front of him.

:In addition to the expected shoulder/trailer-mounted missile launchers, Magnus includes two guns: one is based on his main rifle, and the other is based on the blaster Magnus uses after his emergency shuttle crash-lands on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]; both can peg into slots on Magnus's back or on the trailer. He also includes yellow-and-gray redecos of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege]]'' [[Omega Supreme (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Omega Supreme]]'s blast effects, which can be pegged into either of the two blasters or the [[5 mm post|5 mm ports]] on his shoulders, again to mimic his death scene. Alternatively, aside from the three tip pieces, you can take any combination of the other four blast effects and plug them in between the red missiles and shoulder launchers to create a firing effect. As with other ''Studio Series'' figures, he includes a backdrop display, with his depicting the Autobot shuttles fleeing from the second assault on Autobot City.

:The instructions omit two steps. First, the blue flaps on the sides of his chest need to be opened in order to fold the cab roof out, and then folded back in. Second, there's no mention or indication that the cab is on a slide and that it should be pulled forward to give it articulation in vehicle mode.

:''Studio Series'' Magnus's trailer is specifically designed for him, with a unique connector joint that prevents it from hitching onto other Optimus or Magnus figures' vehicle modes. Magnus's trailer is also capable of carrying up to three [[Autobot Cars|Deluxe Class cars]], with enough room left over to fit in one [[Mini-Vehicle|Core Class car]]; in a nod to a [[:File:TFTM-SideswipeRedAlertTracks.jpg|cut sequence from the film]] (and several [[1986]] toy [[commercial]] animations), this feature was demonstrated at Magnus's debut with the ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' figures for [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Sideswipe]], [[Tracks (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tracks]], and [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Red Alert]].

:The outward shoulder hinges can be loose on some copies, unable to support the weight of the arm when holding accessories. The arms can sometimes come apart at the shoulder pylon hinge if it is rotated backwards without holding the shoulder together.

:''Studio Series'' Ultra Magnus was revealed at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2023|San Diego Comic-Con]] on [[July 20]], 2023, with pre-orders going live on [[August 24]]. Magnus first appeared at Netherlands retailer TF Robots in early [[September]].<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwzqol4MiF3/ SS86 Magnus First Retail, TF Robots Instagram]</ref>

:Ultra Magnus was reissued in [[2025]].

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CvsUQerueu_/ Designer commentary on ''Studio Series'' Ultra Magnus from Evan Brooks on Instagram]''
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===''Swapticons''===
[[File:Magswap.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus / Optimus Prime''' (Two-pack, [[2025]])}}</ul>

: ''[[Swapticons]]'' Ultra Magnus is a small, rectangular figure that transforms into the back half of a truck. Using a coupling mechanism with the head, he can be combined with the packed in [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Swapticons|Optimus Prime]], though it's compatible with every other figure in the line for a multitude of combinations. His side panels/arms are on a hinge, allowing them to swing outward while his head can swivel. His face is a sticker that wraps all the way around his head.

:This mold was also used to make [[Clench (G1)#Swapticons|Clench]] and [[Hound (G1)/toys#Swapticons|Autobot Hound]].
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:AOTPUltraMagnus.jpg|thumb|350px|Perfect for those who were upset that ''Studio Series 86'' Magnus didn't have an inner robot!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Ultra Magnus, Autobot Bumper VS Horri-Bull, Nemesis Prime ''' (Multi-pack, [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#LegacyG1UniverseDeluxe|Matrix of Leadership]], 2 blasters, 2 smokestacks, energy axe
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Koki Yamada]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/DKs27XGM0s8/ Design notes] on ''Age of the Primes'' Ultra Magnus from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Mark Maher]] on Instagram</ref>

:''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Ultra Magnus is a redeco of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#LegacyUnited|G1 Universe Optimus Prime]], once again depicting his original toy's inner robot form. He features "PVC rubber" {{sic}} tires on all six wheels. His tires read "CYBERTRON RADIAL 275/80 R22",<ref>The "275/80 R22" notation on the tires means the tire is 275mm thick, the height is 80% of the thickness, has radial construction, and fits a 22 inch rim</ref> referencing the fictional "[[Cybertronian Radial]]" brand used by ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]''.

:His included energon axe is blue, much like the one included with his first ''Masterpiece'' toy. In addition to his blasters, Magnus also retains the Matrix accessory, decoed to resemble the [[Origin Matrix#Timelines|Origin Matrix]], which can store in his chest. Additionally, his smokestacks are removable and can be held as weapons. The blasters and axe can store on his truck bed. His axe has nowhere to store in robot mode, and he only has one port on his back to store one of the blasters (unless you use the ones on his calves, but that looks a little silly).

:He was only available as part of a box set alongside [[Bumper (G1)#Age of the Primes|Bumper]], [[Horri-Bull#Age of the Primes|Horri-Bull]] and [[Nemesis Prime (Animated)#Age of the Primes|Nemesis Prime]], which was made available for pre-order on [[June 6]], [[2025]].

::''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DKs27XGM0s8/ Designer commentary on ''Age of the Primes'' Ultra Magnus from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
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===''Missing Link''===
[[File:MissingLinkUltraMagnus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (March 28 [[2026]])}}</ul>
:*''ID Number'': '''C-10'''
:*''Accessories'': "Small Blaster Gun"/"Laser Gun" rifle, large robot head, "Protector Machine" chest plate, [[Deerstalker]], [[Matrix]], 2 trailer connectors/waist plates, left & right large robot fists, 2 missile launchers, 4 missiles, Future clothed figure

:To commemorate the 10th release in the line, ''[[Missing Link]]'' Ultra Magnus is the largest figure yet, being a direct recreation of [[#The Transformers|his Generation 1 toy]], marking the 40th anniversary of its release. It harkens back to the inception of ''Missing Link'' by including a slight [[retool]] of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Missing Link|Convoy]] as the inner robot,<ref>{{citesocial|quote=「ミッシングリング」シリーズ第1弾として「ミッシングリンク C-01 コンボイ」が2024年2月に発売されましたが、こちらの商品を開発する段階では「ウルトラマグナス」の構想はありませんでした。 しかし、「ミッシングリンク」シリーズが好調なことで、記念すべき10体目のタイミングで大型商品を用意したいと思いました。 そこで、C-01のコンボイ部分を活用できる「ウルトラマグナス」が最適ではないかとなり採用されました。|link=https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/2044878.html|site=HOBBY Watch|title=「ミッシングリンク C-10 ウルトラマグナス」開発担当者インタビュー|year=2025|month=09|day=07}}</ref> with modified knees that can bend forward and feet that can bend back to facilitate brand-new leg articulation in the combined mode, intended to emulate the toy's original [[package art]] pose.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=脚部に関しては、オリジナル版でもほぼ動かせない状態でしたが、「これをどうにかして当時のボックスアートのポーズを取らせたい」と思い、膝部分は板状のパーツだったのですが、ここに90度曲がるようにクラッチ関節を入れた上で可動するように入れています。|link=https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/2044878.html|site=HOBBY Watch|title=「ミッシングリンク C-10 ウルトラマグナス」開発担当者インタビュー|year=2025|month=09|day=07}}</ref> He also has rotation at the neck and shoulders, opening hands, outward leg movement and ankle tilts.

:As is typical for ''Missing Link'', most of his original [[sticker]] details are now sculpted in and picked out using metallic [[paint operation]]s—including the unique inner robot details for the first time since the original toy! He also comes with non-firing ([[for safety reasons]]<ref>{{citesocial|quote=ミサイルの発射ギミックに関しては、「ミッシングリンク C-01 コンボイ」では採用しておりましたが、「ミッシングリンク」がシリーズ化するにあたり安全基準も考慮して、「スプリングによるミサイルの発射はしない」形で統一しまして、今回のミサイルも発射ギミックはありませんが、イメージ遊びをするためにつけ外しが可能となっています。|link=https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/2044878.html|site=HOBBY Watch|title=「ミッシングリンク C-10 ウルトラマグナス」開発担当者インタビュー|year=2025|month=09|day=07}}</ref>) missiles on a [[sprue]], and small modifications have been made in deference to [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]]: in Ultra Magnus' case, the missile launchers can now peg onto the sides of the trailer, rather than just the front.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=また、アニメ設定で、ビークルモード時にミサイル発射装置はキャリアカーの前部左右に装着されていました。オリジナル版では前面に搭載することはできたのですが、横に着けることができませんでした。 「ミッシングリンク」では横に着けるためのジョイントを付け、アニメイメージに近いシルエットを再現することができます。 まるで「ミッシングリンク C-10 ウルトラマグナス」をオリジナルとしてアニメに反映されたかのような作りを意識しました。|link=https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/2044878.html|site=HOBBY Watch|title=「ミッシングリンク C-10 ウルトラマグナス」開発担当者インタビュー|year=2025|month=09|day=07}}</ref> A new hatch allows the included [[Matrix of Leadership]] (this time in [[vacuum metallizing|chrome]] silver) to be accessed in combined mode, as seen in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=はい。マトリクスが付属し、こちらの収納に関しても「ミッシングリンク C-01 コンボイ」にあったギミックを引き継いでいる形となっております。 一方で「ウルトラマグナス」は白いコンボイ型ロボットの胸部から合体する方式のため、オリジナル版では劇中で見られたロボットモードでのマトリクスの取り換えができない構造でした。 今回、胸部部分のプロテクターを外して、内側の赤いアーマー部分が手前に開くようになっておりまして、さらにC-01のキャビンに当たる胸部を開くことで胸部のマトリクスチャンバーにアクセスすることができます。|link=https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/2044878.html|site=HOBBY Watch|title=「ミッシングリンク C-10 ウルトラマグナス」開発担当者インタビュー|year=2025|month=09|day=07}}</ref> The asymmetrical mounting points for the missile launchers have been addressed by including movable pegs on the launchers themselves, allowing them to sit level in robot mode.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=細かいところですが、オリジナル版では腕部が中央部で合体してカーモードの上段部分になっています。そのため、ロボットモード時に開いて腕部を構成するのですが、両肩に装着するミサイル発射装置の付け根が段違いになっておりまして、左右で位置が互い違いになっています。 この部分が気になっていまして、それを「ミッシングリンク」では高さが揃えられるようにしております。 ミサイル発射装置の方に可動式のジョイントを設けまして片側を高く設定することで、左右の位置を合わせることができます。|link=https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/2044878.html|site=HOBBY Watch|title=「ミッシングリンク C-10 ウルトラマグナス」開発担当者インタビュー|year=2025|month=09|day=07}}</ref> Again as standard for the line, he also restores several major features from the original ''Diaclone'' Powered Convoy toy that were dropped for its ''Transformers'' release—including, for the first time ever, a restoration of the "Powered Buggy" in the form of new character [[Deerstalker]], who now sports an all-in-one transformation with no [[partformer|partforming]]. The three wheels allowing the combined chestplate and helmet to roll have also been restored, and the vehicle can be augmented with [[Fire Blast effect]]s (not included) thanks to the re-addition of [[3 mm post]]s on the tips of the helmet's antennae.

:Carried forward from ''Missing Link'' [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Missing Link|Sunstreaker]], Ultra Magnus also includes a ''teeny-tiny'' [[Diaclone|Dianaut]] figure, this time with a white color scheme seemingly based on [[:File:Hm35 witwickys goodbye.jpg|the clothes some humans wore]] starting from season 3 of the cartoon. Naturally, he can sit in Deerstalker's driver seat, the chestplate vehicle, or in Ultra Magnus's cab if the Matrix is removed.

:In acknowledgement of the fact that all G1 Ultra Magnus samples will have suffered [[photodegradation]] in the 40 years since its release, this toy's blue parts were pushed towards a slightly more vibrant hue to try and approximate how it might have looked at the time.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=カラーリングの水色部分に関しましては、40年近く前のオリジナル版が現在退色していると思われ、残っているサンプルも黄変している部分もありますので、「当時はこういう青だったはずだ」という推測のもと少し鮮やかめに設定しています。|link=https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/2044878.html|site=HOBBY Watch|title=「ミッシングリンク C-10 ウルトラマグナス」開発担当者インタビュー|year=2025|month=09|day=07}}</ref> Where the original '80s toy had the entire helmet sculpted as a single piece, the ''Missing Link'' version molds it as two pieces to allow for more precise paintwork.<ref> {{citesocial|quote=あとは、塗分けの為に別パーツ化している部分もありまして、例えばヘルメットパーツは一体成型でしたが、「ミッシングリンク」ではより精密に塗装するために分割して塗装してから組み立てる工程で作られています。|link=https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/2044878.html|site=HOBBY Watch|title=「ミッシングリンク C-10 ウルトラマグナス」開発担当者インタビュー|year=2025|month=09|day=07}}</ref> All of the [[die-cast]] construction of the '80s toy is carried forward, and the armor has been reinforced with new die-cast parts.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=そうですね。「ミッシングリンク C-01 コンボイ」と同様の部位に使用されています。また、外側のアーマー部分に関しても、オリジナル版ではダイキャストが使われていないのですが、今回補強もかねてダイキャストが使用されています。特に胸部の赤い部分にダイキャストを使用して、強度を上げています。|link=https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/2044878.html|site=HOBBY Watch|title=「ミッシングリンク C-10 ウルトラマグナス」開発担当者インタビュー|year=2025|month=09|day=07}}</ref>

::*[https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/tf_missinglink/c-10 Official TakaraTomy website of ''Missing Link'' Ultra Magnus]

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==Notes==
[[File:TrasformerSuperBuggy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The child custody battle was a long and painful process.]]
*The ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy that would become Magnus—called "Powered Convoy"—came in a couple different varieties. Aside from the version that was eventually turned into "Movie Preview" Magnus, there was a "chrome" version that used a lighter gray outer plastic and chromed the central body/lower ramps of the trailer unit. This version was also available in a multi-pack with a red version of the toy which would become [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Toys|Mirage]], and the black version of the toy which would become [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Toys|Sideswipe]]. (Decades later, the red and blue Magnus would inspire the character [[Delta Magnus]] while the black Sideswipe would be used as [[Deep Cover#Toys|Deep Cover]]).

*All versions of the ''Diaclone'' Powered Convoy toy came with a red "Powered Buggy" (パワードバギー) partner-robot that transformed from futuristic buggy (with a space for a Diaclone pilot) to robot and could also use the large rifle in either mode. Why this was excised from the ''Transformers'' incarnation is unknown. The Italian ''[[Trasformer]]'' line by [[GiG]], however, ''did'' release the vehicle as the "Super Buggy" on its own.

*White redecos of Optimus Prime toys that ''look'' like Ultra Magnus, but which surprisingly aren't, include ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#STTWhite|Convoy (White)]], ''[[Transformers Sports Label|Sport Label]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#marine|Convoy featuring Nike Free 7.0 Marine Version]], and ''[[Transformers Music Label|Music Label]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Music Label|Convoy —playing iPod speaker—]] (though it was actually made from the Ultra Magnus version of the mold), ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#BotShotPolarAssaultTeam|Polar Assault Team Optimus Prime]], ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)#TakaraTomy BeCool line|BeCool]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#GarbageTruck|Garbage Truck (Clean Optimus)]], ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP711|Convoy (7-Eleven ver.)]], and ''au x Transformers'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#InfobarANNIN|INFOBAR Optimus Prime (ANNIN)]] .
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.diaclone.net/orid/dia057/index.html Diaclone Powered Convoy at Diaclone.net (Japanese-language site)]

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Megatron (G1)/Generations toys

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Much like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the [[Decepticon]] leader also continues to receive more toys than the average ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' character. While '''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]''' doesn't have quite as many toys as his nemesis, he is one of ''at least'' [[Bumblebee (G1)|four]] [[Starscream (G1)|main]] characters that are guaranteed to get a new toy just about every year.

For the sake of finding an easy and definitive split from the main toy article, we have opted to make this page strictly for the various ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''-branded toylines, as this appears to be the brand [[Hasbro]] will likely continue adding Generation 1 characters to for the foreseeable future.

==GDO==
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[[File:GenerationsGDOtoy-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Bludgeon (RID 2001)|What goes around, comes around.]]]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' {{w|Katana}}, {{w|:Wakizashi|tanto}}
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Frankel]] (Hasbro)}}
:''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Megatron is an Asian market and Toys"R"Us-exclusive redeco/retool of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen: N.E.S.T. Global Alliance]]'' Voyager Class [[Bludgeon (ROTF)#Voyager|Bludgeon]], sporting a new, smiling head. Megatron transforms from a Japanese {{w|Type 90 Kyū-maru|Type 90}} tank into a samurai-esque robot mode. He features a flexible plastic sword which is made out of a portion of the barrel of the tank's main gun, as well as a smaller dagger. The dagger can be stored in a sheath which is revealed from inside the tank turret, and both blades can be slotted in holes provided on the robot mode's left hip guard. The larger sword has a peghole at the bottom of the hilt; though it is specifically designed to allow the dagger's handle to fit in the base to form a double-bladed weapon, it can also fit any other accessory that uses [[5 mm post]]s. The post used to combine the swords remains unobstructed in vehicle mode, meaning you can attach the dagger to the end of Megatron's main tank cannon if you're feeling silly. He also has [[Mech Alive]] [[gimmick]]s in his thighs and turret: sculpted cylinders in his thighs rotate whenever his lower legs are rotated, and pulling his turret open makes a sculpted white "disc" at the center rotate while a scabbard for the tantō hinges over to the side and props itself up for use.

:The vehicle mode is one of the very few Transformer tank toys with rubber components to its treads. Portions of the tread links can unlock, allowing them to hang from the robot mode, while the wheels of the treads are integrated separately into the robot mode form itself. The treads still do not function realistically; small plastic wheels on the underside of the treads help the tank mode roll, as is standard with nearly all Transformer tank toys. On the plus side, the tank turret can be rotated a full three-hundred sixty degrees, as can the purple machine gun that sits atop the turret.

:Unlike the other uses of this mold, Megatron comes [[Packaging|packaged]] in robot mode holding his swords, with additional plastic and paper ties in the tray imperfectly holding his swords in position. Because they were packaged this way since they were shipped out of the factory, most Megatrons come with the swords being badly bent and warped in the box. Fortunately, the swords' blades can be mostly straightened by leaving them sheathed in their hidden scabbards. Straightening their ''hilts'' is a different matter, though.

:As a redeco of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Bludgeon mold, it is highly likely that Megatron is cursed with the same design fault as his brethren - the rubber treads break down over the course of years, causing them to corrode spots of plastic and leave melty gashes behind.

:This version of the mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' [[Megatron (Cloud)#Toys|Megatron]], while the original version was redecoed into ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Hunt for the Decepticons]]'' [[Banzaitron (TF 2010)#Toys|Banzaitron]], and differently retooled to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Overlord (G1)#Timelines|Gigatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/GDOMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Generations'' Megatron at TFU.info]''
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==''Thrilling 30''==
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[[File:Generationstoy-T30-LegendsMegatronChopShop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Watch yer wallet, Megs.]]
*'''Megatron & Chop Shop''' (Legends Class, [[2013]])
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #004'''
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the fourth wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Legends Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Megatron is roughly the same size as a ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class toy. He transforms from a generic tank with rotating turret into a robot based on his [[Alex Milne]] pre-war design as seen in "[[Chaos Theory Part 1]]" from [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s 2009-2011 ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' comic series, and features [[5 mm post|5 mm-compatible]] ports for his hands and left forearm/turret roof.

:He comes with [[Chop Shop (G1)#Generations|Chop Shop]], who can transform into a stag beetle, a robot, a weapon with a 5 mm handle, and a mine plow that attaches to the front of Megatron's tank mode. He features gearing that opens his pinchers when his legs are moved.

:This mold also served as the model for the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of [[Megatron (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Megatron]] and was retooled into ''Generations [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Legends Class [[Warpath (G1) #Combiner Wars|Warpath]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/GenLegMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Generations'' Legends Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Generations IDW megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And the fandom collectively soiled itself.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #003'''
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips (combine to form Fusion Cannon)
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)|[[Don Figueroa]] (concept artist, uncredited)}}

:Part of the fifth wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, ''Thrilling 30'' Megatron is based on [[Don Figueroa]]'s stealth bomber design from the IDW Publishing [[Heart Like a Wheel|''The Transformers'' vol. 1]] ongoing series (which resembles a Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit). In robot mode, his wingtips detach to combine and transform into his [[Fusion cannon#Deluxe|fusion cannon]] (although it's actually designed after the [[rail gun]] this body was equipped with in IDW's comics, but of course Hasbro couldn't call it ''that'' on a toy's packaging). The cannon can peg into 5mm ports on his hands and forearms. This design was actually taken from an official pitch without Figueroa's permission and with no compensation to the artist, a fact he was rather sore about.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/don-figueroa-designed-idw-s-stealth-bomber-megatron-but-wasn-t-compensated--t96022s0.php "So I read that this was being made into a toy? wow, and I thought only 3rd party companies take stuff without giving any notice, acknowledgement or compensation... FYI: hasbro nor idw solicited me to do this design, I did it on my own."]</ref>

:In the American release Megatron comes packed in with a copy of IDW's ''[[Spotlight: Megatron]]'', sporting a 'Hasbro Exclusive Cover' cropped from the [[Clayton Crain]] [[:File:Spotlight Megatron cvrRI.jpg|retailer incentive cover]]. In European and Canadian markets the figure was released without the ''Spotlight''.

:He was redecoed into [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Nike|Calvin Johnson Megatron]] and retooled into ''Generations'' [[Dreadwing (G2)#Generations|Dreadwing]], ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Krok (G1)#Timelines|Krok]], and ''The Last Knight'' [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#TLKDeluxe|Megatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/GenMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Thrilling 30'' Megatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, 2013)
**'''01 OF 30'''
:An [[exclusive]] version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#SDCC2013|Metroplex]] was made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013. He comes with 12 [[Slug figure|small, non-transforming figurines]] of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#SDCC2013|Orion Pax]], Megatron, [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#SDCC2013|Bumblebee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Thundercracker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#SDCC2013|Trailcutter]], and [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Hoist]], all in both modes. The figurines are based on their ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class toys, and similarly to [[Decoy]]s, the Autobot figurines are cast in red plastic, and the Decepticons in purple.

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[[File:Generationstoy-T30-Metroplex-Megatron-HKACGCON.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I... can't... move...]]
*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, 2013)
**'''05 OF 30'''
:Another exclusive version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#ACGHK2013|Metroplex]] was made available at [[Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong]] 2013. This Metroplex also has the 12 figurines of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#ACGHK2013|Orion Pax]], Megatron, [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Bumblebee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Thundercracker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Trailcutter]], and [[Hoist (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Hoist]], but casts the Autobot figurines in gold plastic, and the Decepticons in silver.
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==''Generations'' (Japan)==
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[[File:TF-Generation-JP-TG25-Megatronus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Orion Pax VS Megatronus''' ([[October 26]], [[2013]])
**''ID number'': '''TG-25'''
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips (combine to form cannon)
:Released in the Japanese ''[[Transformers: Generations (Japan)|Generations]]'' lineup, Megatronus is a redeco of ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class Megatron in a darker shade of black, replacing the previously purple parts with more black and rendering the translucent plastic cannon a shade of red. Megatronus features extensive paint details, including purple lining inside the grooves on his head, shoulders, and knees, silver paint on his legs and engines and red eyes. He was only available in a two-pack with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#TG25|Orion Pax]].

:This toy is meant to depict Megatron as he was before the war broke out, hence the name, which originated as a pre-war name for [[Megatron (WFC)|Aligned continuity Megatron]].

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[[File:TTGenerationsTG28MegatronChopShop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|BURRITOOOS!!!!]]
*'''Megatron & Starscream''' ([[December 28]], 2013)
**''ID number:'' '''TG28'''
:The Japanese release of Legends Class Megatron is cast in his traditional gray, black, and red color scheme and features extensive metallic silver paint. He and [[Chop Shop (G1)#TG28|Chop Shop]] were only available in a multi-pack with [[Starscream (G1)/toys#TG28|Starscream]] and [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#TG28|Waspinator]].
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==''Combiner Wars''==
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[[File:LeaderMegatron2015.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.95|"What? No, of course I don't have an Autobot insignia! [[...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|Why would you think that?"]]]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader Class, [[2015]])
**''Accessories'': Two guns (combine to form rifle), missile
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the first wave of 2015 ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Leader Class toys, Megatron transforms from a robot heavily inspired by his Generation 1 animation model into a tank featuring working treads. He includes a sticker sheet featuring two each of Decepticon and Autobot [[insignia]] (the latter in reference to IDW's ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''), plus stickers intended to replicate those on the original Megatron toy's chest and fusion cannon. Megatron also comes packaged with a collector's card featuring art from the initial release of the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game. His box-back bio bears a superficial similarity to our wiki's article on [[Megatron (WFC)|another Megatron]]. He features a spark chamber hatch which is sculpted in likeness to the one seen in "[[Master Blaster]]". In a feature that goes undocumented in Megatron's instructions, his two combining guns can store underneath the rear of his alternate mode. Although the website description & the package billed the transformation as "15 steps", the toy actually has ''10'' steps. In keeping with that simplicity, his articulation is more limited than one might expect of a toy this size, with his restrictive knee articulation and lack of ankle joints making it tricky for him to stand in dynamic poses.

:In robot mode, Megatron's fusion cannon is on a pinned swivel, allowing it to be flipped in either direction, and appears to have been deliberately shaped to evoke the fusion cannon's traditional look no matter which way it faces. With the missile-firing tip backwards, the swivel piece allows the cannon to fold further out to the side, giving enough clearance for the arm to bend up to 90 degrees. In this configuration, the visible swivel piece matches the hexagonal detailing on the traditional cannon design, and a grooved dial sculpted into the cannon is slightly angled such that it perfectly matches the vertical position of the adjustment dial on the original scope/cannon. Of course, in that configuration Megatron can't shoot anyone with his missile, so where's the fun in that, you silly nerd?

:Select aspects of this design, such as the leg-mounted treads, the general transformation sequence and the tank alt-mode, were used to represent G1 Megatron in ''[[Transformers: Devastation]]''. The toy meanwhile was retooled into [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Generations|''Armada'' Megatron]], which was released at the same time. This mold’s tank mode bears almost no specific resemblance to that Megatron’s original ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toy, but in a concession to that character’s legacy, both versions of this mold feature ''Armada''-style [[Mini-Con]] connection ports; a rarity in any year of the ''Generations'' toyline.

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/CWMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Megatron at TFU.info]

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*'''Megatron''' (Lucky Draw Leader, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': Two guns (combine to form rifle), missile
:Released as a contest prize for Toys R' Us Singapore, this ''Combiner Wars'' Leader Class Megatron is a redeco of the Leader Class toy above, featuring chrome (if by chrome, it means ''metallic'') silver and red paint on his paintable silver and red plastic parts (which includes neutering the light-up gimmick). The figure can be obtained by spending $600 worth of Transformers products only with their Star Card. The contest ran in March 1st till 31st.

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[[File:TFSS-5.0-Double-Pretender-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"[[Jason Marnocha|Fifty years I was alone... And when I'm finally saved from that loneliness, all I find is horror... In this form, I am powerless; doomed to witness these atrocities. I need a body...I WILL have a body!]]"]]
*'''Double Pretender Megatron''' (TFSS 5.0, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Pretender Shell, Sword for Pretender Shell, Rifle for Pretender Shell, [[Spacewarp#Generations|Spacewarp]] Mini-Con, Joint piece for Spacewarp/Rifle
:Released as a part of the [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service#2017|Figure Subscription Service 5.0]], Megatron is a redeco of his [[#Thrilling 30|Legends Class toy]], with his coloration based on his canceled ''Generation 2'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#CombatHero|"arctic-camo" Combat Hero Megatron toy]]. He also comes with [[Spacewarp#Generations|Spacewarp]] (a redeco of [[Blast Master#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Payload]]) and his Pretender shell, which is redecoed from [[Grand Maximus#Toys|Grand Maximus]]'s. Double Pretender Megatron also comes with a joint piece for Spacewarp to let her fit in the shell along with Megatron. This joint piece is sculpted to resemble the large chromed laser cannon that the original G1 Megatron toy came with. His Pretender shell weapons are black repaints of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#Generations|Sentinel Prime]]'s rifle and Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#TRVoyager|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Laser Rod (weapon)#Generations|sword]].

:Megatron and Spacewarp were released alongside ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#TFSS|Double Pretender Optimus Prime]] and [[Hi-Q#Timelines|Hi-Q]].

:There are two suggested ways to make Megatron and Spacewarp fit into the shell, though some fans may have their own methods:
::1. Fiddle the Megatron figure into a different position, and insert the joint piece on his chest to allow Spacewarp to attach on it.<ref>{{citesocial|quote= How it all fits: https://t.co/pFFmXwkzpl|link=https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/857749521190801409|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=Twitter|year=2017|month=04|day=28|(defunct=)}}</ref>
::2. If the joint piece doesn't work due to its tolerance, rearrange Megatron in a slightly different position, and peg Spacewarp into Megatron's arm.<ref>{{citesocial|quote= If that doesn't work for you, you can skip the accessory and peg Spacewarp to Megatron's arm. https://t.co/aogfRbvhfD|link=https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/857749905867251712|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=Twitter|year=2017|month=04|day=28|(defunct=)}}</ref>
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==''Cyber Series''==
[[File:Generations-Cyber-Battalion-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He may have rocket launchers in his feet, but that doesn't mean he has mistletoe.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Cyber Battalion, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Fusion cannon

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#PrimeWarsTrilogyAsian|Generations: Cyber Series]]'' Cyber Battalion figures, Megatron is a Voyager-sized figure and transforms into a futuristic tank with a [[transformation|transformation scheme]] that borrows much of its engineering from the [[#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' G2 Legends Class Megatron]] from 2008 though does have some unique steps. His large fusion cannon can be held in his fist or mounted on his arm as any classic representation of Megatron would.

:The ''Cyber Series'' as a whole was initially pretty hard to come by. This figure along with the others was available in limited quantities from online retailer BigBadToyStore.com, though other than that they haven't hit mass retail anywhere besides Asia and Latin America. The line was later sold in greater quantities through [[Walgreens]] stores in parts of the United States.

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*'''Optimus Prime and Megatron''' (2-pack, 2021)

:In 2021, the ''Cyber Series'' [[Optimus_Prime_(G1)/Generations_toys#Cyber_Series|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron figure were reissued as a 2-pack exclusive to Amazon.com.
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==''Titans Return''==
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Voyager-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blitzwing who? I'm just a Megatron who happens to turn into a tank ''and'' a jet. All the cool [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatron]]s are doing it!]]
*'''Doomshot & Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': Fusion Cannon, Rifle, Doomshot Titan Master
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Megatron transforms from robot to tank to plane and back. Megatron comes with [[Doomshot#Toys|Doomshot]], a [[Titan Master]] who becomes his head. The G1 toy-accurate 'scrollwork' details on his chest and all Decepticon insignias (on his robot mode chest, jet nosecone, and tank tread cowling) are chrome-backed, factory-applied, low-quality stickers which are notoriously prone to peeling off at the slightest disturbance. As their chrome-backed nature clashes heavily with Megatron's otherwise unpainted torso, replacing them is recommended. His wing stickers are similarly metallic, but appear to adhere better and clash less with the figure's overall aesthetic.

:The fusion cannon is shown in stock renders to be solid black, while the final one is light grey plastic dipped in black paint with the posts left bare. His dark-grey plastic is nowhere near as dark as the stock renders shows, though it is still darker than the light-grey plastic.

:Like all Voyager Class ''Titans Return'' figures, he has a pair of pop-up parts to fill in the area around his head; in this case, a pair of missile racks. While it initially looks like his chest does not contain a pivoting assembly for better range of movement on Megatron's neck, there is in fact one hidden under the grey parts that form his robot mode collar that allow the missile racks and the Titan Master port to turn in either direction.<ref name="neck">[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/titans-return-voyager-megatron-and-doomshot.1092333/page-18#post-14975031 Detailed look on TFW2005.com]</ref> Due to the nature of his transformation it is possible to transform Megatron into tank mode without removing his head, though this leaves it completely exposed at the back of the tank.

:His fusion cannon can plug into the short barrel of the tank turret or the rifle/Titan Master vehicle weapon. In an undocumented additional feature, the rifle can be inserted into the front end of the fusion cannon. The fusion cannon can be mounted on his forearm or held by any figure with 5mm hands. It also has a peg hole that an accessory such as his rifle can plug into, with extra square peg holes specifically to hold the rifle in place. The tank cannon on his turret, while held in ''very'' hard by a pair of ridges and a 5mm post, can also be removed; it can be pegged in by its 5mm post barrel onto a peghole in Megatron's shoulder to recreate G1 Megatron's classic shoulder barrel.

:The instructions for robot-to-tank transformation suggest that you move his robot mode chestplate downwards into the collapsed jet position. It appears to have a clearance issue, with the chest protruding too far; leaving it in robot mode position will ensure there are no clearance issues. However, the chest ''can'' be made to fit better by putting it into position before transforming the treads, preventing the tread panels from getting in the way. Also in some copies of the toy, Megatron's left and right leg panels will randomly pop and stick out. This is especially prominent in tank and jet mode.

:This mold was retooled into [[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Blitzwing]], and redecoed into ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Legends|G2 Megatron]] and ''[[Street Fighter II × Transformers]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Street Fighter II × Transformers|Megatron]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[M. Bison#Toys|Vega]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>. Megatron would have been redecoed/retooled into [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] with a new Titan Master face for Doomshot as part of the "Action on Hydrus Four" boxset for BotCon 2017 that never came to be.
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==''Platinum Edition''==
[[File:TF-Platinum-Edition-OsS-OsF-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"An official Red Ryder carbine-action, two-hundred-shot range-model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time."]]
*'''One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall''' (2-pack, 2016)
:Part of Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' offerings for 2016 intended to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', this Megatron is another redeco of the ''Classics'' Voyager toy. Megatron features a new and significantly different deco for the sake of [[for safety reasons|gun safety laws]]. The sides of his gun mode are entirely cast in clear red plastic, his arms are a different shade of red plastic and there is red paint on the legs as well–in addition to the bright orange parts on both the tip of the barrel and the scope, just like the ''Classics'' figure. Whether by design or by accident, his deco strongly resembles the [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive [[Nerf]] "[[wikia:nerf:Sonic FIRE|Sonic Fire]]" color scheme.

:''Platinum Edition'' Megatron was only available as part of a 2-pack with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#PEOSSOSF|Optimus Prime]], named "One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall" after Prime's famous line in the movie. In the United States and Canada, this set was officially released as an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive. It was also available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely the Philippines and Singapore; it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not). In Australia, it was sold at Myer stores, whereas in the United Kingdom, it was both sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores and available via Tesco's website (but never found in stores). Surprisingly, it was (and still is) a common find in Brazilian online stores.

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/PlatinumMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Platinum Edition'' One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall Megatron at TFU.info]
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==''Alt-Modes''==
[[File:Alt-Modes Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Starscream shall pay for this!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Alt-Modes, 2016)
**''Series'': '''1, 2'''
**''Collection'': '''1, 2, 3''' (Series 1), '''1''' (Series 2)

:''[[Alt-Modes]]'' Megatron is a super deformed toy whose body transforms into a tank when the Decepticon faction symbol on his head is flipped. He was [[Blindpacking|blind-boxed]] and available in all four cases of the first and second series.
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==''War for Cybertron: Siege''==
[[File:WFCS-Voyager-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Such heroic nonsense.]]]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[2019]])
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-S12'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SG-13'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[March 30]], [[2019]]'''
**''Hidden message code'': '''KAON'''
**''Accessories:'' "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon", "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" (combines to form "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher")
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Gray]] (Hasbro)|[[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}

:''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Megatron transforms from a G1 cartoon-esque robot to a <s>Grizzly battle tank from the ''Command & Conquer'' series</s> Cybertronian tank and back! Megatron's robot mode is pretty accurate to the original cartoon, despite having a completely different altmode. He is armed with 2 weapons compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]], one of which is his trademark [[fusion cannon]] called the "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon". The other is the "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher," with two symmetrical blades facing the opposite direction, and can transform into a large sword resembling the sword included in the Takara release of the [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Generation 1 toy]] and can be stored on his back. It can also be mounted on his back to resemble the gun barrel on the original cartoon model's back. Both can combine into the insanely large "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher," which is meant to be held in his hands or over his head. Like his contemporaries in the ''Siege'' toyline, Megatron features 'battle damage' paint applications all over his head, chest, arms, and legs.

:Due to the way Megatron transforms, it's possible to rotate the turret 180 degrees and use the fusion cannon solely as the tank barrel, in the event one should lose the "Laserstrike Launcher" accessory; while not as aesthetically pleasing as the intended transformation, it still works.

:Megatron also suffers a slight design flaw: unlike with the left ankle, the right ankle's pivoting joint has a tendency to not lock back to its straight position once it is unlocked. The only way to amend this is by pressing the top end of the black plastic peg on the right foot. The light grey backpack/central front tank kibble also has a tendency to dislodge if his waist is moved left or right. Due to the Fusion Cannon's slightly longer post, the hand's dorsal panel slightly protrudes when in tank mode.

:There is a message written in [[Cybertronian language|Cybertronian letters]] on Megatron's box art, which reads "RISE FROM THE SHADOWS". Megatron's pose in the instruction manual's front cover is based on the [[:File:Megatronguido.jpg|promotional artwork]] by [[Guido Guidi]].

:Amusingly, the first TakaraTomy (and later, Hasbro's secondary) stock photos of his robot mode depict him wielding the fusion cannon like a handheld weapon.

:Megatron was a notorious shelfwarmer, particularly in Asia, often unsold in large numbers.

:This mold was redecoed and retooled into multiple different Megatrons below, and [[Megatron (SG)#Shattered Glass Collection|Shattered Glass Megatron]].
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[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-S-35th-Voyager-Classic-Animation-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I thought you're made of sterner stuff, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Walmart35thVoyager|Optimus."]]]]
*'''Classic Animation Megatron''' (Voyager Class, 2019)
**''ID number:'' '''WFC-S66'''
**''Accessories:'' "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon," "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" (combines to form "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher")
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)}}

:Specially branded for the 35th anniversary of the ''Transformers'' brand, ''Siege'' "Classic Animation Megatron" is a redeco of the Voyager figure above, featuring a cel-shaded paint pattern that evokes his appearance in the cartoon (though the physical result is reminiscent of [[Transformers: Devastation|''Devastation'']]). In addition, the figure omits the paint on the shoulders and his launcher/sword, and the front tank tread panels are now grey.

:Secondary stock photos of the robot mode still depicts his Fusion Cannon as a handheld weapon.

:Alongside fellow cel-shaded figure [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#S65|Optimus]], Megatron was exclusive to [[Walmart]] in Canada and the United States.
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==''War for Cybertron Trilogy''==
[[File:TF-Netflix-WFC-Trilogy-Voyager-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|1,000,000 years and still functioning.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[2020]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''WFC-07'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[December 19]], 2020
**''Accessories:'' "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon," "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" (combines to form "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher"), Pinpointer [[Battle Master]], Lionizer Battle Master, 3 [[Fire Blast effect]]s
{{toydesigner|[[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}

:Promoting the ''Siege'' chapter of the [[Netflix]] [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon]], this ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' redeco of ''Siege'' Megatron slathers the Decepticon leader in an ''extensive'' paint wash coating to represent accumulated grime and battle scars. Aside from the mold's usual weapons, Megatron comes with redecos of ''Siege'' Firedrive into "[[Pinpointer (G1)#Generations|Captive Pinpointer]]" and "[[Lionizer (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Captive Lionizer]]" with the original orange-and-grey color scheme, both with their own respective blast effects. Battle damage aside, Megatron's grey plastic is molded in a darker shade and his black plastic lacks any hints of brown. He also features metallic silver across his front on the silver sections, serving as a base for the battle damage. This Megatron features tighter ankle joints and a weakened snap, allowing for easier posing.

:The unpaintable metallic plastic parts, such as the sword's blades, the upper thighs, and the joints, are prone to [[photodegradation]].

:As with other Netflix series figures, Megatron was exclusive to Walmart in Canada and the United States. Megatron was also available as a Kmart exclusive in Australia.
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[[File:WarForCybertronCenturionDroneWeaponizerPack.jpeg|upright=1.66|thumb|Are you sure it's not an upside-down submarine?]]
*'''Deluxe Centurion Drone''' (Deluxe Class with accessories pack, 2020)
:An accessory of Megatron's Pistol form is available as part of the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' [[Centurion droid#Toys|Deluxe Centurion Drone Weaponizer Pack]]. It also comes with a silencer, but does not include the stock. In Japan, the toy was released as a [[TakaraTomy]] Mall exclusive for ''Earthrise''.<ref name="TT Twitter">{{citesocial|quote=＼フォロワー27 000人突破／新情報2つ目はアースライズシリーズ「センチュリオンドローン＆ウェポナイザー」発売決定しました！予約開始は少し先の予定ですが楽しみしてにお待ち下さい！ #トランスフォーマー #Transformers https://t.co/8DpFsjRCuP|link=https://twitter.com/TF_pr/status/1285098906422931456/|name=Transformers PR|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=07|day=20|(defunct=)}}</ref>

:It should be noted that this is the first ''Generations'' toy to depict his alt mode as a gun, albeit in a non-converting accessory form. It was soon followed by the ''Kingdom'' Core Class toy below.

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[[File:TF-Netflix-WFC-Trilogy-Spoiler-Pack-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Spoiler Pack''' (Leader Unboxing, [[2021]])
**''Accessories:'' "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon," "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" (combines to form "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher"), [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Spoiler|Matrix of Leadership]] bandolier, [[AllSpark#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Allspark]], two Fire Blast effects, [[Play-Doh|compound]]
:Promoting the ''Kingdom'' chapter of the Netflix ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon, Megatron is a minor redeco of the [[#War for Cybertron Trilogy|above]] Netflix ''Siege''-based Megatron, with blue highlights on the "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" instead of red, and more accurate chest battle damage (albeit, to his appearance in the ''Siege'' and first half of ''Earthrise'' chapters). His silver paint is also a lighter shade while the other paint applications are a darker shade. The set includes the translucent purple "[[Skelivore#Toys|Fossilizer Skelivore]]", the [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Spoiler|Matrix of Leadership]] on a bandolier, and a compound through which a buyer can dig to reveal two blue "Fire Blast" effects (redecoed from ''Earthrise'' [[Slitherfang#Toys|Slitherfang]] and [[Doublecrosser (Earthrise)#Toys|Doublecrosser]]'s effects parts) and the [[AllSpark#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Allspark]].

:The Matrix bandolier can latch onto his robot mode chest or his tank turret, and the Allspark is compatible with the 3 mm effects part system, featuring a 3 mm port on one face and a shallow 3 mm post of its own on the opposite side. Skelivore can use the C.O.M.B.A.T. System/[[F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology]] to weaponize Megatron, with two official configurations, and their head specifically evoking Megatron's classic [[energon mace]].

:Much like previous Spoiler Packs, this set is in a windowless box designed to look like an ammo crate and features translatable [[Cybertronian language|Ancient Autobot]] inside the box. The lateral side of the package also features artwork of Megatron, reused from the ''Kingdom'' [[:File:Kingdom Golden Disk Megatron returns to pits.jpg|Wave 2 Golden Disk card]]. Compared to the previous [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Spoiler Pack]], the packaging itself uses less cardboard and tape and has two Decepticon-themed quotes as opposed to one Autobot and one Decepticon. The "spoiler" text reads "WITH THE MATRIX IN HAND / I CAN WIN THE ALLSPARK / AND USE IT TO RESHAPE / CYBERTRON IN MY IMAGE" and "TAKE THE MATRIX / MEGATRON THEN THE / ALLSPARK MAY IT HAVE / MERCY ON YOU", quotes from Megatron and Optimus Prime respectively from [[Kingdom episode 4|''Kingdom'' episode 4]], though Megatron's quote in the cartoon lacks "With the Matrix in hand".

:Megatron's renders in the instructions feature the battle damage from the first [[#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Netflix ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' toy]], as opposed to the battle damage on this release. Also, the image showing the completely assembled second official weaponizer configuration in the instructions depicts the included effect parts being plugged onto the ends of the back-mounted cannons to simulate muzzle-flash effects; however, this configuration is impossible with the selected effect part mold types that were included with this set.

:As with other Netflix-series figures, this Spoiler Pack was exclusive to Walmart in Canada and the United States. This set was also available as a Kmart exclusive in Australia and was on [[Hasbro Pulse]] in the US and the UK in limited quantities.
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==''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''==
[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-E-Voyager-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|What, were you expecting a [[Sixshot (G1)#toys|submarine]]]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, 2020)
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-E38'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''ER-13'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[January 30]], [[2021]]
**''Accessories:'' Fusion Cannon, tank turret/bladed weapon, tank-filler part/shield
:Released as part of the third and final wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' Voyager Class toys, Megatron is a heavy retool of ''Siege'' Megatron that converts into an Earth-based tank (particularly resembling an M1A2 Abrams) while sharing a mostly identical transformation scheme (and parts, such as the thighs, feet, front of the upper arms, forearms, and various inner parts). Megatron also retains the "battle damage" paint his ''Siege'' figure featured, mostly focused around his legs and tank body. Unlike the stock render, the rear half of Megatron's shoulders are molded in black plastic. Megatron also features a "D-16" marking on the left side of his tank body, referencing his Japanese ID number.

:Like the ''Siege'' figure, Megatron's turret also doubles as a melee weapon, though it must be forearm mounted in order to use the blade. The blade can be a shield if paired with the sword from the ''Siege'' toy above. To try and reduce his alternate mode's resemblance to an H-tank, he has a [[Partformer|partforming]] piece that is attached between his shins, or onto the bladed weapon. Stock photography for the above ''Generations Selects'' redeco shows the melee weapon can plug into his back as a back-mounted cannon, much like his "G1" cartoon design, and the filler part can be a forearm-mounted shield.

:The new tooling to keep his head/neck flap more secure can make pulling his head out while transforming him to robot mode ''very'' difficult; the strain of doing so can cause the ball joint socket to crack, and form stress marks on his cheeks. This can be remedied by pushing the flap up from beneath using the filler/shield piece tabs.

:The unpaintable plastic parts, such as the thighs and the joints, are prone to [[photodegradation]].

:Like all ''Earthrise'' toys, Megatron comes with an exclusive piece of a clip-and-save of a larger star map, along with a translucent red decoder. Megatron's piece of the map, aptly, is the labeled location of "[[Cybertron (planet)|CYBERTRON]]".

:The [[energon mace]] accessory was sold separately as part of the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' [[Centurion droid#Toys|Deluxe Centurion Drone]] set above. The mace is intended for ''Earthrise'' Megatron's newly molded hands, so keep caution for a breakage risk if used on ''Siege'' Megatron.
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==''Generations Selects''==
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[[File:Selects-Voyager-CombatMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|After many years, unobtainium has finally become obtainable.]]
*'''Combat Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[2019]])
**''Series'': '''''War for Cybertron: Siege'''''
**''ID number:'' '''WFC-GS01'''
**''Accessories:'' "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon," "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" (combines to form "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher")
{{toydesigner|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing), [[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)|[[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}

:"Combat Megatron", a ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' add-on to ''Siege'', is a redeco and new head retool of the above Voyager Class mold in the arctic camouflage deco of the unreleased ''Generation 2'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#CombatHero|Combat Hero figure]]. The figure's new head is based on Megatron's initial "miner" appearance in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'', drawing most heavily on [[Marcelo Matere]]'s covers for the series. (Coincidentally or not, the [[#TFSS|last Megatron toy]] based on the same unreleased deco ''also'' used tooling based on IDW Megatron's mining days.)

:Announced at New York [[Toy Fair 2019]], this Megatron was an exclusive debuted at the regular Voyager price through the [[Hasbro Pulse]] website in the U.S. market. Combat Megatron comes in a mostly plain cardboard box with black spray-paint deco in the form of a drippy Autobot symbol, "WAR" spelled out in Cybertronian, and the "War for Cybertron Trilogy" nameplate. While the instructions replaced the ID number and Megatron's name with "Combat Megatron", the CGI renders still depict the original head. Also included is a thank you letter from Hasbro's [[John Warden]].

:Despite being the third ''Generations Selects'' figure to be announced, Combat Megatron came out ahead of [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Generations|Ricochet]] and [[Swoop (G1)/toys#POTPGS|Red Swoop]].

:This toy was repurposed as [[White Megatron]] in ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]''.
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[[File:TF-Selects-Super-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Why do [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Future|you]] throw your turn away so recklessly?"]]
*'''Super Megatron''' ([[September 26]], [[2020]])
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''TT-GS09'''
**''Accessories:'' Fusion Cannon/starship nose/tank turret, triple-barrelled cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Ban Magami]] (concept artist)}}

:''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' Super Megatron is an extensive retool of [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Voyager Class Galvatron]], with the Titan Master gimmick being removed. The figure is based upon illustrations by [[Ban Magami]] for [[:File:SuperAndUltraMegatron.jpg|Super Megatron and Ultra Megatron]] from ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars]]'' story pages, and is capable of assuming the two robot modes and two alternate modes featured therein; the figure is very faithful to the much older art because Magami created the character designs with a working transformation in mind.<ref>[https://tfsource.com/blog/2020/04/03/countdown-answering-5-big-questions-about-the-generations-selects-super-megatron/ COUNTDOWN: Answering 5 big questions about the Generations Selects Super Megatron at TFSource]</ref> Although not officially a part of the [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|''War for Cybertron'']] toyline, he has a grand total of 19(!) [[5 mm post|5 mm ports]] distributed throughout his new tooling, making him more than compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]].

:Being faithful to the illustrations it is based upon, the figure has both a "Super Jet Mode" and a triple-barreled "Ultra Tank Mode". The figure comes with his signature fusion cannon, which forms the nose of his gunship mode and the turret of his tank mode. He also has a triple-barreled cannon, which is stored inside the fusion cannon, and can be accessed by unfolding the front of the cannon and opening it up from the bottom. The triple-barreled cannon is detachable from the fusion cannon, and can be wielded by Super Megatron as a handheld weapon if you so choose.

:As mentioned before, the figure also has two robot modes to represent Super Megatron and his upgraded '''Ultra Megatron''' form, which differ in forehead and chest detailing. In service to this, Super Megatron's forehead and chest can be swapped around between his two robot modes. The two robot modes are also distinguished by weapon configuration (the fusion cannon being closed for Super Megatron and open for Ultra Megatron, and Ultra Megatron also featuring the triple-barrelled cannon mounted on his right shoulder) and gunship mode wing arrangement (folded for Super Megatron and unfolded for Ultra Megatron).

:Original to the figure and its [[Super Megatron comic 2|accompanying fiction]], a third robot mode was also designed and given the name '''Ultra Megatron Omega''', formed by taking the figure in its Ultra Megatron robot mode and swapping its face out for a more monstrous one. This new face appears to be an amalgam taking cues from both his [[Megatron (Movie)|live-action film counterpart]]'s mask in ''The Last Knight'', as well as the face of [[Dark Nova]]. If one so wishes, he can take the [[Silver Matrix]] accessory included with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Selects|''Generations Selects'' Star Convoy]] and plug it into this figure's left shoulder to replicate [[:File:Ultra Megatron Omega Selects.jpg|his initial appearance]] upon transforming into this form.

:The ''Selects'' [[God Neptune comic 2|Special Comic promoting God Neptune]] further introduces a ''fourth'' robot mode, '''[[:File:Megatron Omega Perfect Selects.jpg|Megatron Omega: Perfect Form]]''', into which the figure can also be configured. To achieve this, his shoulder pads must be folded back, with the smaller wing pieces angled up at a 45° angle; his chest piece with the insignia, folded forward to partially reveal the tread details; his back wings folded down at a 45° angle; and his Fusion Cannon/triple-barreled cannon should be in tank mode configuration, tabbed into the port on his upper-back, with the triple-barrels facing straight up. His Fusion Cannon barrel halves should then be angled up at 45° angles, to create an "X-wing" shape behind him.

:The aforementioned God Neptune chapter also depicts a third alternate mode for Ultra Megatron Omega, an "[[:File:GS-Ultra-Megatron-Omega-SF-Gun-Turret--Mode.jpg|SF Gun Turret Mode]]". To achieve this mode, Megatron must first be placed into his Super Jet Mode, from there the subsequent steps can be taken in any order. With his waist kept in the same configuration, his legs must be rotated at the thigh, then folded up alongside his torso; his arms must be folded straight down, with the forearms folded forward, so that the figure is now resting on both them and the tank treads on his legs; the chestplate must then be lowered slightly, so that the treads touch the ground; his larger wings should be folded up into the tank mode configuration; and his smaller wings should be folded straight back.

:A feature not mentioned in the instructions is that the lower part of his helmet is attached via a [[C joint]] on the neck, and can be removed to allow easier access to the forehead and face-swapping gimmick. This is particularly helpful, as otherwise there isn't much clearance for it to turn, and the swivel is fairly tight.

:Contrary to popular belief, this figure ''is'' in scale with ''Selects'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Generations Selects|Star Convoy]].

:This toy was released exclusively through [[TakaraTomy Mall]] in Japan and an EB Games exclusive in Australia.

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[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Voyager-G2-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Voice of Doom sadly not included.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, 2020)
**''Series'': '''''War for Cybertron: Earthrise'''''
**''ID number:'' '''WFC-GS14'''
**''Accessories:'' Fusion Cannon, tank turret/spear, tank-filler part/shield
:A ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Selects]]'' add-on to ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'', this version of Megatron is a redeco of the ''Earthrise'' Voyager Class mold above in the first ''Generation 2'' toy-themed colors.

:Much like most 2020 ''Selects'' products, the toy is only branded as part of the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' and not ''Earthrise''.
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* '''Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack''' (Leader Class, 2022)
:This release of Megatron is as a non-transforming and immobile [[Slug figure|minifigure]], barely 10mm tall, scaled to interact with the immense [[Unicron/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Unicron]] figure and its clear display base. This was one of a set of 14 minifigures in the "Unicron Companion Pack" that was included with the [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#BeholdGalvatron|"reformatting" version of Galvatron]]. The set was [[exclusive]] to [[Hasbro Pulse]].
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==''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''==
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Core Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Add in a 5mm peg, and you can have Megatron holding Megatron holding Megatron.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Core Class, [[2021]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K13'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD EX-06'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[July 31]], 2021
**''Accessories:'' Blaster/Tank Barrel
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)}}<ref>[https://youtu.be/PdsHMGVDZFg?si=7IIIhq2AU8jwMnSx Interview] with [[Hasbro]] designer [[Evan Brooks]] on the Triple Takeover podcast, from their YouTube channel</ref>

:''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' Core Class Megatron is a Legends-sized toy that can interact with Titan Class figures. He takes many cues from his larger ''Earthrise'' toy sculpt-wise, with similar robot and Earth-based tank forms... save for the head, which seems to be based on his ''Masterpiece'' figure. His tank mode lacks any kind of rolling wheels.

:Megatron features his trademark Fusion Cannon, attached with a mushroom joint. He includes a blaster resembling his original pistol alternate mode which forms his (rather unconvincing) tank mode's barrel and has a stacked peg with 3-millimeter and 5-millimeter portions for compatibility with other Core figures as well as larger size classes. As shown in the instructions, but not specifically pointed out as such, the gun can plug into his back to replicate the gun barrel from the G1 figure. Due to the right forearm needing two pieces for the transformation, Megatron ends up having two asymmetrical forearm parts.

:Megatron suffers from a mildly annoying issue regarding his shoulder joints; the hook tabs can barely lock into place, and they can be dislodged if his arms are bent back in robot mode. Fortunately, the shoulder ball-and-socket joints are loose enough (though not to a greater extent) to counter this.
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==''Premium Finish''==
[[File:TF-Premium-Finish-PF-WFC-02-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Why [[#War_for_Cybertron Trilogy|throw]] [[#War_for_Cybertron:_Siege|away]] away your money so recklessly?"]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[November 27]], 2021)
**''ID number'': '''PF WFC-02'''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''GE-02'''
**''Accessories'': "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon", "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" (combines to form "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher")
:As part of the second wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Premium Finish|''Premium Finish'']]'' subline, Megatron is a detailed redeco of the [[#War_for_Cybertron:_Siege|''Siege'']] mold, featuring more paint applications that represent his appearance in [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''Transformers: War for Cybertron: Siege'']] and with the same weapons as the aforementioned mold. The stock photo samples have paint on his [[unpaintable plastic]] thighs and joints, which is absent on the final product.

:For some reason, the stock photos depict his shoulders sitting a bit too low, due to them not being fully inserted to the joint.
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==''Collaborative''==
[[File:Collab-toy-Megatron-HISS-Tank.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Megatron opted for the lady because [[Cobra Commander|her boss]] reminds him too much of Starscream [[Chris Latta|for some reason]]...]]
*'''Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank and Baroness''' ([[2022]])
**''Accessories'': [[Baroness#Collaborative|Baroness]], backpack, rifle, battle stand, fusion cannon, 2x turret guns, HISS tank rear panel/shield
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Shuhei Umezu]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Mario Carreiro]] (packaging)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfy3IcQd3g4 The Hasbro ''Transformers'' Panel] at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2024|San Diego Comic-Con 2024]] with [[Mario Carreiro]], [[John Warden]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]], recorded at the "Memo's Collection" YouTube channel.</ref>}}

:The tenth figure released in the ''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' line, "Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank" transforms from an almost 100% accurate [[Cobra]] signature original [[H.I.S.S. tank|H.I.S.S. tank]] into a roughly Commander Class-sized Megatron. He comes with his traditional fusion cannon accessory and has a swiveling twin turret backpack, whose guns can be lowered down to tilt over Megatron's head or turn left or right. Both turret guns are attached via 5mm pegs and features pegs for [[Fire Blast effect|fire blast effects]]. Megatron's fusion cannon can either mount atop his H.I.S.S. form's turret platform or on the outside of either fist.

:His hips are ratchet joints, but the rest are all simple friction joints, including his lateral thigh swivels, which when combined with the weight of half the vehicle mode hanging off his back means that he's prone to tipping over in certain poses. Megatron's sizeable heel spurs do a lot to alleviate the problem, thankfully. The back plating and rear guard of the H.I.S.S. detaches to form a shield. The back of his fusion cannon is severely truncated to clear the H.I.S.S. parts on his shoulders or the turret gunner in vehicle mode, which looks more than a little silly. Said cannon and shield both attach via fairly shallow 5mm pegs. Due to packaging constraints, most of the H.I.S.S. tank is detached from Megatron in the box, with only the treads and lower part of the cockpit built into the main figure. Megatron is also a considerably warmer gray than depicted in his stock renders.

:The set also includes a new recreated original 3.75" [[Baroness]] figure, with recreations of her accessories as well as a battle stand, who can ride in Megatron's H.I.S.S. mode cockpit or man his turret guns. Rather impressively, Megatron can be transformed entirely without removing the figure from the turret, though the same can't be said for the one in the cockpit.

:Although originally set to release in January 2023, Megatron and The Baroness were spotted at a [[Toys"R"Us]] in [[Taiwan]] in late [[June]] 2022 and was released more widely via online outlets starting in [[October]] of that year.

:This toy also doubles as the independent ''[[Transformers Roleplaying Game]]'' character [[Fusion (RPG)|Fusion]].
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==''Legacy''==
[[File:TF-Legacy-Core-Class-G2-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|A worthy opponent for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|this guy.]]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''G2 Universe Megatron''' (Core Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Blaster/tank barrel

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Core Class toys, "G2 Universe Megatron" is a [[redeco]] of [[#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' Core Class Megatron]] in the colors of his ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 2|tank incarnation]], and serves as a scaled-down version of the [[#GS14|''Generations Selects'' repaint]] of the Voyager Class ''Earthrise'' mold. Megatron includes the same blaster accessory as the original ''Kingdom'' toy, this time cast in green.

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[[File:TF-Legacy-Miner-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Just a miner retool.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Rise of Tyranny 2-Pack''' (2-pack, 2023) }}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Drill, drill attachment, pickaxe, handle
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Koki Yamada]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[May 16]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPFnqhvXhTs Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Evan Brooks]], [[Ben MacCrae]], and [[Sixo]].</ref>

: Revealed during the [[May 16]]th, 2023 Transformers Fanstream, ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' "Miner Megatron" is a retool of the ''Siege'' mold to match his younger appearance in the [[2005 IDW continuity]], with a new chest, shoulders, hazard stripes and an [[Alex Milne]]-inspired head. Oddly, this newly molded head is a completely different mold from the ''Generations Selects'' Combat Megatron toy's head, which was also inspired by Megatron's miner design. While his helmet has details from ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'', the color scheme and molding changes reference his appearance in ''[[Chaos Theory Part 1|Chaos Theory]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''. He includes a new pickaxe, drill, and drill mount rather than his fusion cannon and sword. He is capable of attaching the pickaxe head between the drill and mount to create a crossbow-like weapon through Evo-Fusion.

: Some copies of the figure have been reported to have their inner knee joints misassembled—the circular detail above the screw should be towards the back instead of the front. One way to remedy this is to unscrew the knees, pop the pin in the thigh and swap the knee joint. This also has been reported to (somewhat) improve the joint's looseness.<ref>[https://twitter.com/shihshihming1/status/1677047933429239808 @ShihShihMing1's tweet showcasing the issue], 6 July 2023</ref>

: He is included in a "Cybertronian Origins" two-pack with [[Ratbat (G1)/toys#Legacy|Senator Ratbat]].

: Amazon mistakenly mixed up the product IDs for the Rise of Tyranny and Humble Origins two-packs; as a result, customers who pre-ordered this set were actually sent [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#HumbleOrigins|Data Clerk Orion Pax]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#HumbleOrigins|Senator Shockwave]]. This was corrected a few days after the pre-orders started arriving; customers who purchase this set now will receive what they ordered.

::''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CsUU9MpO8M9/ Designer commentary on Miner Megatron from Evan Brooks on Instagram]''
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[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Fractured-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2sq409UGtY "I'm Spartacus!"]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Fractured Friendship 2-Pack''' (2-pack, [[2024]]) }}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Drill, drill attachment, pickaxe, handle, energy sword, energon hammer

: ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]]'' "Gladiator Megatron" is a redeco of the ''Legacy: Evolution'' figure above, this time based specifically on his gladiator look from ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]''. He includes all of Miner Megatron's accessories, now recolored to match Gladiator Megatron's light gray color scheme, as well as a red energy sword and a pink energon hammer, both taken from his battle with [[Cy-Kill (G1)|Cy-Kill]] in [[Megatron Origin issue 2|issue #2]]. These weapons can peg into his shoulders for storage in robot mode, but unusually for a modern ''Transformers'' toys, there's nowhere for them to go while he's in vehicle mode.

: Gladiator Megatron is included in the "Fractured Friendship" 2-pack alongside the similarly IDW-inspired [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#FracturedFriendship|Security Officer Orion Pax]]. The two-pack was revealed by IGN on [[June 27]], 2024 as an exclusive for that year's [[San Diego Comic-Con]], with limited quantities to later be made available on [[Hasbro Pulse]]. The set was spotted at Chinese retail soon after its official reveal. <ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/hasbro-sdcc-exclusive-figures-star-wars-marvel-transformers-gi-joe Hasbro SDCC 2024 exclusives reveal] - on IGN</ref>
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==''Timelines'' (2025)==
[[File:ComicEditionHOSMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|[[Hearts_of_Steel#Alternate_modes|A figure worth giving away your firstborn child for.]]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Timelines Bumblebee / Timelines Megatron''' ([[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Fusion cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Guido Guidi]] (original concept, packaging artist)|[[Mario Carreiro]] (packaging)}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viJopRdWtZA ''Transformers'' panel] at [[Megacon Orlando#2025|Megacon Orlando 2025]] with [[Emily Bader]] and [[Evan Brooks]], recorded at the "V-man" YouTube channel.</ref>

: ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Timelines|Timelines]]'' Megatron is based on [[Guido Guidi]]'s unused design for the character in ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'', and transforms from a robot into a wheeled cannon. He comes packaged with [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Timelines (2025)|Bumblebee]].
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==''Studio Series''==
[[File:TFTM-SS-Leader-Megatron.jpg|thumb|300px|As seen in ''The Transformers: The Movie: <s>A New Translation</s> The Special Edition Cut''.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron''' (Leader Class, 2025)}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TS-12'''
:*''Accessories'': Fusion cannon, back barrel, Walther-inspired blaster, energy sword
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)<ref>[[June 24]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaPi02SMMSo Transformers Studio Series Fanstream | June 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Nate Purswell]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>}}

:Released as part of the final wave of 2025 ''[[Studio Series]]'' Leader Class figures, Megatron stands the same size as the line's Commander Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Studio Series|Optimus Prime]]. He transforms into his [[For safety reasons|by-now-expected]] tank mode similar to his ''[[Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'' counterpart, but with an unprecedentedly "clean" transformation that hides the tank treads fully inside the robot legs, leaving no backpack at all. The tank mode is based on the unproduced {{w|M8 Armored Gun System}} from (appropriately enough) the 1980s. In addition to his two-piece tank barrel, which splits into his signature fusion cannon and back-mounted barrel, Megatron comes with the energy sword he used in his duel with Prime in the film, as well as a blaster resembling his classic gun mode (but without the stock).

:The box photos show a close-up of Megatron's arm in a blue coloration to represent universal compatibility of the blaster accessory with other figures. Many fans misinterpreted this as a potential repaint tease, but this rumor was quickly quelled a month after his reveal.<ref>{{citesocial|quote= Ok, it is nothing, that’s all I’m gonna say, is it’s essentially – it was done by our team to just kind of show that any and all different characters can hold the Megatron blaster. So that’s all that is. It’s not a reference to anything – I’ve actually gotten some questions on if that’s supposed to be Safety Megatron or anything like that. I promise you it’s not, it was just our team trying to make that stand out to show that a different character can hold his blaster mode.|link= https://news.tfw2005.com/2025/08/01/sdcc-2025-hasbro-interview-age-of-the-primes-studio-series-haslabs-more-542176|name=Evan Brooks|site=TFW2005|title= SDCC 2025 Hasbro Interview – Age Of The Primes, Studio Series, Haslabs, More!year=2025|month=08|day=01}}</ref>

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Ginrai (human)

2025-07-29T03:36:32Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee: redeco info, typo corrections and fixing a lazy edit that slipped by

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:''Ginrai is a [[human]] and [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] from the [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Ginrai comb1.gif|upright=1.8|thumb|"Hair ''this'' perfect doesn't just ''happen!''"]]
Being a soldier is not the life for '''Ginrai''' (ジンライ ''Jinrai''). Command structures, fixed routines, forced formality, following orders, knowing your place and toeing the line are his complete antithesis. A [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]] native, Ginrai found the atmosphere of his home country unbearably stifling, and left for the [[United States of America|United States]] at the young age of seventeen to "find himself". The very definition of a free spirit and a lone wolf, he took a job as a long-haul truck driver for [[Union Transportation]] which offered him the freedom and solitude of the open road. Despite his desire for isolation and self-exploration, however, he is hugely popular amongst his "brothers" in the trucker fraternity, as his easygoing personality allows him to get along with people like a house on fire.

Ginrai's life was turned upside down when he discovered that he was an [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] and became bonded to a [[transtector]] from the [[G Nebula 89|G Nebula]]. Now wearing the visage of the legendary Autobot commander [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], Ginrai has found his entire worldview changed by the evil of the [[Decepticon]]s, a force he painfully realizes is too great for him to overlook. It would not, Ginrai figures, be a good thing for the Decepticons to rule the world. After all, he lives there.

Ginrai's signature attack technique is the questionably-named "Atomic Fire Guts", which sees him condense his [[Chōkon Power]] into his gun and release it as a blast of roiling flame. Ginrai can combine with his own trailer to become '''Super Ginrai''', upgrading his attack into the more-powerful "Special Fire Guts", and then again with the drone [[Godbomber]] to become '''God Ginrai'''. As God Ginrai, his Fire Guts attack is powered up once more, becoming the ultimate single-strike final attack known as the "God Fire Guts", which transforms Ginrai's entire body into a blazing fireball.

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Hiroshi Takemura]] (Japanese)|[[John Culkin]] (English, Omni Productions dub), [[Giorgio Melazzi]] (Italian)}}

[[File:Ginraiarmor.jpg|left|thumb|It rides up the crotch.]]

The events that would bring Ginrai into contact with the Transformers began an indeterminate number of years ago, when the super-energy alien being and self-styled "Decepticon god" [[Devil Z]] stole several [[transtector]]s, including one intended to be used by the legendary Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], from an area of space known as [[G Nebula 89]]. Devil Z scattered the Transtectors across Earth, where they lay in hiding for years, absorbing the planet's [[Chōkon Power]], to await the day Devil Z would have them bond to human beings, thereby creating a new super-robotic lifeform: [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]]. {{storylink|Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!}}

Through undivulged circumstances, the transtector intended for Prime assumed the form of a red tractor trailer cab and came to rest in a small [[Esso]] garage in [[California]]. The unwitting [[rent-a-car seller]] rented the cab to several truckers, but always found it returned early with complaints of unusual, even supernatural, incidents.

Ginrai was born in [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]], Japan, circa [[2001]].<ref>This is extrapolated from ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]'' stating ''Super-God Masterforce'' is set in [[2020]].</ref> {{storylink|Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!}} But Ginrai always felt out of place at his home so he traveled to America at age 17 and became a truck driver to find himself. {{storylink|A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai}}

[[File:Ginrai 1stapp.jpg|thumb|You think my front looks great, wait until you see my back!]]

Two years after coming to America, Ginrai happened to be transporting an ill [[dolphin]] from [[Baney Aquarium]] to the [[Ocean Research Institute of California]], which was run, unbeknownst to him, by the Autobot [[Pretender]] [[Diver (G1)|Diver]]. Destiny stepped in when Ginrai's truck broke down on the way, and he pulled in at this very garage, where the owner rented him the transtector to complete his delivery. In the glove box of the cab, he discovered a pair of [[Master-Brace]]s and slipped them on his wrists, only to discover that he was unable to remove them. When Diver laid eyes upon the bracelets, he recognized the basic design of them and insisted that Ginrai take him back to the garage where he had found the truck. On the way, however, they were sent off-road when the truck began to experience an energy surge before being subsequently attacked by the Decepticon Godmaster brothers [[Hydra (G1)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (G1)|Buster]]. Accidentally touching the bracelets as he attempted to escape the crushed cab, Ginrai was infused with the Masterforce, and a suit of armor materialized around him, healing both himself and the transtector as they combined and transformed. Now a Godmaster himself, Ginrai saw the shocked Decepticons off. {{storylink|A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai}}

Ginrai was at first unsure of what to make of his new powers and was not entirely keen on joining the Autobots, as the notion of operating as part of a command structure and being tied down to a specific place ran directly counter to his desire for freedom in his life. Although he promised to aid them when necessary "for the sake of the world"—a mantra for which he admitted he had a weakness—he soon bore witness to the true evil of the Decepticons when Hydra and Buster killed several of his fellow truckers while searching for him. In spite of this, Ginrai was still not entirely willing to join the Autobots, but fate would continue to pushing him into doing so. {{storylink|Ginrai: God On of Rage!!}}

[[File:Superginrai 1stapp.jpg|left|thumb|Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Super Ginrai!]]

Ginrai soon suffered a prophetic dream, after which he discovered three more pairs of Master-Braces in his transtector, indicating the presence of more Godmasters on Earth. When Ginrai brought the bracelets to Japan for study at [[Autobot Base]], {{storylink|A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva}} events began to escalate as his transtector activated on its own, transporting Ginrai to his birthplace of Nagano, or more specifically, a construction site at the base of Mount Yatsugatake there. Blasting for a tunnel through the mountain had been blocked by a mysterious object, which proved to be a trailer for Ginrai's truck, which burst from the tunnel during another battle with Buster and Hydra. {{storylink|Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!}} Later still, the two brothers lured Ginrai into a public battle so that they might blame the conflict on him and turn public opinion against the Autobots. The plan failed, but a friend of Ginrai's offered the suggestion that his becoming a Godmaster was the will of God Himself. {{storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}}

Not long thereafter, in a battle with [[King Poseidon]], Ginrai discovered that his cab and trailer were capable of performing a "Double On", merging to create the super-robot "Super Ginrai". {{storylink|Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai}} Additionally, after appearing on television in hopes of locating the remaining three Godmasters, to whom he would give the Master-Braces, Ginrai successfully located [[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]], {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}} [[Ranger]] {{storylink|An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger}} and [[Road King]] and recruited them to the Autobot side. {{storylink|Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen}} During this time, Ginrai was also challenged to a duel by the wandering [[Six Changer]], [[Sixknight]], who had been manipulated into doing so by the Decepticons. Sixknight lost the fight and was shocked to discover that he had been bested by a human being, {{storylink|A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer}} but was affected so deeply by Ginrai's explanation for how this could be so that he wound up siding with the Autobots. After this string of successes the Autobot leader [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] stepped down as commander and requested that Ginrai take his place. After some deliberation and much hassling from the other Autobot Pretenders, who wouldn't let him say no, Ginrai accepted. {{storylink|The Autobot Warrior, Sixknight?!}}

[[File:Ginrai defeated.jpg|thumb|"Though badly wounded, I must go home for the show!"]]
When [[Grand Maximus]] arrived on Earth to inform Ginrai's Autobots of the impending arrival of the Decepticon super-weapon, [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]], he provided them with the schematics necessary to create the drone [[Godbomber]]. {{storylink|Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot}} Metalhawk and the Pretenders raced to finish the construction of Godbomber, but as the so-called "Bomber Project" neared completion, Ginrai was lured into the desert by a disguised Buster and Hydra (under the auspices of performing some stunt driving for a movie) and was attacked and beaten within an inch of his life by the Decepticon Ambassador of Destruction, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!?}} Following a failed attack on the Bomber Project facility, {{storylink|Will the Bomber Project Be Destroyed!?}} the barely healed Ginrai insisted upon taking the fight to the Decepticons, combining with the completed Godbomber to form "God Ginrai". {{storylink|God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!}} In his new form, Ginrai confronted Overlord and BlackZarak on the moon, where he fully embraced his role as protector of Earth and defeated the Decepticons with the aid of Grand Maximus. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon}}

[[File:Godginrai onmoon.jpg|left|thumb|Ginrai, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes!]]
Upon returning to Earth, Ginrai was lured into a trap in the Middle East by Overlord, during which Godbomber revealed a hidden power by transforming into a [[robot mode]]. {{storylink|Overlord - Terror of the Chōkon Tornado}} Godbomber's robot mode also helped save the day when Ginrai and Lightfoot were entombed in a cave while attempting to stop the eruption of an underwater volcano, {{storylink|Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts}} leading the Decepticons to target him for destruction. Luring Ginrai to the heartland of America, the villains ambushed and badly wounded the Autobot leader, leaving him unable to use his Chōkon Power to animate Godbomber. Luckily, the day was saved when the Headmaster Juniors discovered they were able to take control of Godbomber together. {{storylink|Destroy Godbomber!!}}

When it seemed as though the Autobots had finally been joined by the final Godmaster, a young man named [[Clouder]], Ginrai welcomed him into their ranks with open arms. Metalhawk, however, proved to be less trusting, and soon exposed Clouder as a Decepticon spy. Unfortunately, this was not enough to stop the plan the Decepticons had put in motion; while Ginrai and the Godmasters were occupied battling Buster and Hydra in a nearby city, the Autobot base was crippled by Clouder's sabotage and attacked by the rest of the Decepticons en masse. {{storylink|Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!}} Ginrai was unable to prevent the destruction of the base, but was approached by Clouder in the aftermath. Clouder had been left to die in the base by the other Decepticons, and now wanted to work with the Autobots, which Ginrai permitted. {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}}

[[File:Godginrai vs blackzarak.jpg|thumb|She can't take anymore, Cap'n!]]
After failing to contact Grand Maximus, Ginrai headed out into space to search for him and found him trapped inside a powerful [[black hole]]. Ginrai too fell victim to the singularity's pull, but he and Grand Maximus were able to combine their energies to destroy it from within and escape. The black hole had, in fact, been created by BlackZarak, who had been able to travel to Earth and join the Decepticons there during Ginrai's imprisonment. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}} With BlackZarak now bolstering their forces, the Decepticons' campaign grew ever more aggressive, with Ginrai only just managed to save the planet from the villains' unholy [[Death Para-Machine]]. {{storylink|Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction}}

[[File:Godfireguts.jpg|left|thumb|Itching, burning sensation?]]
When [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] was captured by the Decepticons, Ginrai was forced to come to the villains' base alone and unarmed in exchange for his safety. Things looked bad for the heroes until the self-doubting Decepticon [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] finally switched sides and saved the day. {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} With Cancer's aid, Ginrai was able to lead the Autobots in an all-out attack on the Decepticon base, during which Devil Z fused with BlackZarak, creating an even more powerful composite foe. {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}}

[[File:Ginrai juniors.jpg|thumb|Go go, Transformo Rangers!]]
After conclusive final battles with Hydra and Buster {{storylink|Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn}} and Overlord, {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} Ginrai confronted the fused Devil Z/BlackZarak entity atop the Matterhorn. Ginrai saved Overlord from danger after Devil Z turned on him. He was about to destroy both Ginrai and Overlord but Sixknight came to his rescue. He told Ginrai to assemble the Autobots while he battled BlackZarak. After much urging to stay with him Ginrai went to get the other Godmasters. However this would be the last time he would speak to Sixknight as Devil Z unleashed a big bolt of Devil Power on the Autobot Six Changer and destroyed him. Angered by this Ginrai decided to fit BlackZarak alone. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} As their battle raged down the mountain, Ginrai succeeded in decapitating the villain, but BlackZarak simply assumed a new, serpentine [[alternate mode]] and kept on fighting. The Headmaster Juniors boarded Ginrai's chest cockpit and joined their energies with him, allowing him to destroy BlackZarak's body with his God Fire Guts attack, exposing Devil Z. As the alien raged impotently, Ginrai and the Juniors united every last drop of their Chōkon Power into the almighty Final Fire Guts attack, which destroyed Devil Z once and for all.

With Devil Z's death, the bond he had forged between transtector and human ceased to exist, and Ginrai and the other humans were separated from their transtectors. The transtectors, however, had been evolved through their partnership with the humans and continued to exist as true super-robot life forms. Having been imprinted with his human partner's personality, Ginrai's transtector departed for space to pursue the surviving Decepticons and rejoin the greater war. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters}} {{storylink|Expose the Decepticons' Dark Trap!}} {{storylink|Appearance!! The Final Godmaster}} {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}}}

====''Cloud''====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Wandering}}}}

====''Kiss Players''====
Operating under the direction of the [[Sparkbot]]s, [[Marissa Faireborn]] traveled forward in time from 2007 to witness Ginrai's first battle with Overlord in the desert. Thinking he was Optimus Prime, she kissed him to obtain a fragment of what she believed was the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] that had bonded to him (although in actuality, it was a fragment of [[Unicron]]'s [[Angolmois Energy|lifeforce]]). Discovering he was a human man, she was somewhat horrified to find that she had kissed someone ''other'' than Optimus Prime, and begged her Sparkbot companion [[Angela]] not to tell anyone. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 43|Kiss Players #43}}

====''Generations Selects Special Comic''====
In 2020, God Ginrai defeated Turtler and flew away, leaving the Seacon in defeat. {{storylink|Seacons comic 5}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[File:LegendsManga BonusEdition35 SuperGinrai.jpg|thumb|left]]
Ginrai was summoned by the Headmasters Juniors to the [[Legends World]], where a transtector similar to his original one had appeared. Within it he found a new pair of Master-Braces that allowed him to become a Godmaster again, this time by forming the head of the transtector, and he transformed into Super Ginrai once more. Using Chōkon Power, he battled the Decepticons sent by a revived Devil Z to destroy the transtector, but was overwhelmed when they were augmented with Devil Power. The imperiled Ginrai was contacted by the factory computer of [[G Nebula 89]], responsible for his new body, who told him it could be powered up further through use of [[Getmaster]] technology. He attempted a Get On and ended up drawing upon the power of a passing-by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], but found to his luck that the rat allowed him to access [[Beast Power|Jūchōkon]], a new form of Chōkon Power that he used to transform into a base mode and fire a "God Fire Base Attack" that sent Devil Z and his cronies packing. Ginrai then remained in the Legends Universe to defend it from Devil Z, but was rather annoyed that the locals kept mistaking him for Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 35|Bonus Edition Vol. 35}} He was later seen partying at the [[Dancitron]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 36|Bonus Edition Vol. 36}}

[[File:Legends Super Magna Convoy.jpg|right|thumb]]

While Ginrai was working for [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s delivery service, the new Godbomber that was being built for him was stolen by Decepticons. He attacked [[Tera-Kura Co.|Decepticon Tera-Kura Co.]] to retrieve the robot only to find it under the control of [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], who challenged him to a duel. Even Super Ginrai's Getmaster powers did not avail him against Godbomber's firepower and ability to avoid attacks by splitting apart, and he was defeated. Fortunately the ''real'' Godbomber appeared on the scene, allowing him to become God Ginrai once more and destroy the fake before celebrating his reunion with his old partner. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}} One morning, Ginrai woke up in the body of [[Magna Convoy]], seemingly having contracted [[Transformers sickness]]. He first wondered who Magna Convoy was, but when even [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Delta Magnus]] were unable to solve the mystery, he got back to his deliveries and stole Delta Magnus's trailer to replace his transtector's. He was soon accosted by the Decepticon Headmasters, who believed they had a chance now that he was just a normal robot, but sent them fleeing by combining with the trailer into Super Magna Convoy. Ginrai's customer, [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], was so impressed that he offered him a movie role, but Ginrai lost his chance as he reverted into a human the next day. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Magna Convoy)|Bonus Edition Magna Convoy}}

God Ginrai was among those who took on a revived [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], believing his Triplemaster strength would avail him against the giant beast. However, he noticed too late that Trypticon was similarly drawing power from everyone he'd devoured, making him powerful enough to defeat Ginrai by ripping Godbomber off of him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} After Trypticon was defeated and integrated into [[Akihabara]], Ginrai was seen driving on the streets. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} While on a job to transport Master-Braces to [[Bonapar Island]], Ginrai was blasted out of the sky by none other than Giga's Gigatank, and when he transformed to fight back, the Megajet showed up and separated him and Godbomber from their transtectors. Minerva and Cab were able to borrow the transtectors and drive the villains away, but not before they stole Ginrai's shipment of braces. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (God Ginrai)|Bonus Edition God Ginrai}} Knowing this heralded the inevitable return of Overlord, Ginrai revisited his home universe and had Godbomber's armor upgraded in anticipation of their battle. On [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]]'s request, he brought the [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Haywire Laser]] with him back to the Legends World only to learn that the weapon was actually the [[Beastformer]] [[White Lune]], who scratched his face something fierce when he tried to stop her from wandering off. {{storylink|TF Legends Late Xmas Present Chapter|Late Xmas Present Chapter}}

Lured to the [[Chōkon Tower Chinese Restaurant]] by the offer of cheap food, Ginrai was met with Giga and Mega who revealed that they had come back to life to finish their rivalry once and for all with a duel. Super Ginrai was overwhelmed by his opponents' mastery of the Chōkon variation [[spirit energy|Shinchōkon]], forcing him to Get On with Rattrap and become God Ginrai, but even so he was brought low by Giga and Mega's ability to form their own separate Overlords and combine them into the mighty Overlord Tera. On the cusp of defeat, however, he managed to tap into the Shinchōkon emanating from Rattrap and use it together with Jūchōkon to defeat the Overlords with a "Double Chōkon Fire Guts" attack. Not one to hold a grudge, he then told Giga and Mega he was ready for a rematch any time. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 60|Bonus Edition Vol. 60}} When all Masterforce warriors joined forces to defend the world from Devil Z and his gigantic new BlackZarak, God Ginrai battled him using the combined weapon mode of [[Shaoshao Li]], [[Sue Faireborn]] and White Lune. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Grand Maximus}}

Ginrai witnessed [[Majin Zarak]]'s arrival in the Legends World {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}} and participated in the battle with the beast. With the destruction of the dimension being imminent, he and everyone else then evacuated back their own worlds. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two}}

{{stub|{{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One}} {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 5: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two}}}}
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===''TV Magazine'' comic continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
[[File:Ginrai manga.jpg|left|thumb|Dude, get out of the way, that truck's coming right at you!]]
When Ginrai, the first Autobot Godmaster, was discovered in America by Diver, it was immediately arranged for him to travel to Japan to meet with the rest of the Autobots. As Metalhawk and the Headmaster Juniors awaited his arrival at [[Harumi Wharf]], however, they were attacked by the Decepticon Godmasters, Hydra and Buster. The Autobots were unable to match the Decepticons' power, but salvation soon came in the form of a red tractor trailer: Ginrai had arrived, and saw the villains off with a blast of Chōkon Power. In the aftermath of the battle, Metalhawk commented on Ginrai's similarity to Optimus Prime and wondered if he could be his reincarnation. Ginrai dismissed the notion, explaining that he had chosen to do this not because he was fated to, but specifically because he had only one life, and wanted to use it in service of the forces of good. {{storylink|On Scene! Our Savior's Name Is Ginrai!}}

[[File:Superginrai manga.jpg|thumb|If he gets a [[black redeco]], I'm outta here.]]
As leader of the Autobots, Ginrai led the heroes in investigating a mysterious Decepticon plan, only for the team to come under attack from what appeared to be a large army of legendary Decepticons, led by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Super-God Masterforce comic|Galvatron]]. Attacked by [[King Poseidon]], Ginrai was severely outmatched until the other Autobot Godmasters, Lightfoot, Ranger and Road King arrived with a trailer for his transtector. Combining with the trailer, Ginrai became Super Ginrai and defeated King Poseidon, revealing that the legendary Decepticons were nothing more than holograms. {{storylink|Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!}}

After traveling to planet [[Athenia]], Ginrai was appointed the new [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}} When he got back to Earth, he was embroiled in battle with the other human Autobots against [[King Poseidon|Grand King Poseidon]] . {{storylink|Headmasters VS Masterforce}} Ginrai soon received a power-up in the form of a transforming drone named Godbomber. When the Decepticon Ambassador of Destruction Overlord then attacked Tokyo, the newly formed "God Ginrai" attacked him and lured him into space, where the powerful Decepticon warrior BlackZarak was in process of battling other Autobots there. Ginrai was able to turn the two villains' powers against themselves, and they badly wounded each other and fled. {{storylink|God Ginrai's Amazing Divine Combination!}}

[[File:Ginrai juniors manga.jpg|left|thumb|Those smiles register a 6.3 on the Scarymeter.]]
After a mission to rescue Shūta and [[Cab (human)|Cab]] from the Decepticons with the help of Grand Maximus, {{storylink|The Good and Evil Families of Earth}} a mission to [[Chomolungma]] saw Ginrai struck down by the newest Decepticon Godmaster, [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]. Left temporarily blind by the Decepticons' new [[A.O. Laser]], Ginrai was helpless, but luckily for him, an insulting remark from Cancer prompted the fickle Doubleclouder to switch sides to the Autobots and help him defeat the villains' plans. {{storylink|The Decepticons' Great Counterattack!}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Life or Death? The Desperate Divine Combination!}} {{storylink|The Great Turnabout of the Autobots}}}}

After several further battles, events culminated in Devil Z taking over BlackZarak's body and turning against the other Decepticons, attempting to drain Overlord and Ginrai's Jinchōkon Power to transform himself into the ultimate lifeform. Saved by the Autobot Pretenders, Ginrai and Overlord led their respective factions in combining their energies into the "Perfect Transformer Attack" and destroying Devil Z and BlackZarak for good. With Devil Z's death, the bond he had forged between transtector and human ceased to exist, and Ginrai and the other humans were separated from their transtectors. The transtectors, however, had been evolved through their partnership with the humans and continued to exist as true super-robot life forms. Having been imprinted with his human partner's personality, Ginrai's transtector informed Overlord that they would finish their fight out in space, and the Transformers departed the planet, leaving Ginrai and the other Autobot humans to return to their lives. {{storylink|The Birth of the Super Life-Forms}}

====''Victory'' comic====
[[Cab (human)|Cab]] and [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] weren't impressed by the new Autobot Supreme Commander, [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], and registered their disappointment with his human son, [[Jan Minakaze|Jan]]. According to them, God Ginrai was the superior Commander as he had a human heart acting as his conscience, while Star Saber was strictly a cold, unfeeling robot. Jan took exception to this, but Cab and Shūta were eventually won over when they witnessed Star Saber show compassion to the Decepticon [[Kakuryu (G1)|Kakuryu]]. {{storylink|Star Saber, Warrior of Love!}}

===''PDTF Comic''===
During a battle with Overlord, Ginrai announced he was going to launch a Chōkon Power attack. As he raised his gun in the air to gather Tenchōkon energy, he was suddenly hit by a bolt of lightning. Standing blackened by the shock, he wondered what the probability of that happening was. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##7 "Fight! Super Ginrai!"|Fight! Super Ginrai!}}

During a battle, God Ginrai announced he was going to perform the "biggest final attack in the Universe", much to the consternation of the Decepticons. His Chōkon Fire Guts attack sent them all flying, and, as they writhed on the ground, Ginrai asked [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] to refrain from pointing out that it was just a normal punch, or it might not work so well. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##13 "Now! Deliver the Finishing Blow! God Ginrai!!"|Now! Deliver the Finishing Blow! God Ginrai!!}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
Ginrai was an ancient [[Titan Master]] who could grant Chokon Power to a larger bot.<ref>[[Trypticon's Titan Master Crunch]]</ref> He was partnered with [[Ginrai (robot)|Magnus Prime]] when the Autobots fought back a Decepticon attack on Cybertron.<ref>''Titans Return'' Siege on Cybertron pack-in materials</ref>

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
God Ginrai led a team of reinforcements to aid [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] in their battle against [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]'s forces. On arrival, Ginrai separated from his transtector, allowing Spike to form its head while he instead manned one of its weapons. {{storylink|Looming Threat}}

==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
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[[File:Superginrai toy generations.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wait, the Japanese toy has shortened smoke stacks?!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Superginrai''' {{sic}} (Godmaster, [[1988]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-307'''
:*''Accessories'': Godmaster transtector, 2 "Superconductor Rifles", 2 "[[Particle beam cannon|Particle Beam Cannons]]", Super Ginrai head
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Released in the fourth year of Takara's ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' line under the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1988 (Super-God Masterforce)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' banner, Ginrai a remolded version of the Hasbro [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Powermaster Optimus Prime figure]], transforming into a red, blue and grey tractor-trailer, only able to transform into [[robot mode]] when the small Ginrai human figure is put into engine mode and snapped into place in the truck's grill, unlocking the clasp that holds the legs in place. When the cab is in robot mode, the trailer can become a battle station. Either robot or station can be armed with any of the toy's weapons, including two black "Superconductor Rifles", and two grey double-barrelled "Particle Beam Cannons", (referred to as "Cannon Craft" in "[[The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army]]"), which can be piloted by any small Godmaster figures. The cab and trailer can be merged into "Super Ginrai", whose head is a separate piece, and can go on to combine with the separately sold Godbomber to become God Ginrai.

: Differences between Ginrai and Powermaster Optimus Prime include retractable super-robot fists, a die-cast metal cab with translucent blue plastic windows, shortened smokestacks, a more metallic grey plastic, chrome on the Godmaster Ginrai engine, and silver paint rather than stickers for the small robot's upper legs.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Cybertron/SuperGinrai/superginrai.htm More information on Super Ginrai at TFU.info]''

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[[File:GodGinrai toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I can almost touch my toes! (not really)]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Godginrai''' {{sic}} (Godmaster multi-pack, 1988)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-310'''
:*''Accessories'': Godmaster transtector, 2 "Superconductor Rifles", 2 "Particle Beam Cannons", Super Ginrai head, "God Cannon", "Tachyon Missile"
{{toydesigner|[[Ban Magami]] (concept artist)}}

: Super Ginrai was also sold in a gift set with Godbomber, who can interact with Ginrai in several ways. Trailer mode Godbomber can hook up either directly to Ginrai's cab or to the back of Ginrai's own trailer and be towed along behind him, while any of Ginrai's weapons can plug into the holes in Godbomber's wings and chassis. Most prominently, of course, Godbomber disassembles into various component parts that combine with Super Ginrai to form God Ginrai. Godbomber's legs become boots known as "God Legs", to which Ginrai's Particle Beam Cannons attach; his chest and wings form the "God Wing" backpack; his arms clip over the top of Ginrai's own as the "God Punch"; and his back becomes a chromed chestplate called the "God Breast", into the top of which the spring-loaded, missile-firing "God Cannon" plugs. The toy also features a secondary, lesser combination referred to as the "God Breaster", which involves attaching the God Breast to Super Ginrai, and plugging Godbomber's wings into his arms.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Cybertron/GodGinrai/godginrai.htm More information on God Ginrai at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Reissue ginrai.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Godginrai''' {{sic}} (Godmaster, [[2001]])}}
:*''ID number'': '''C-310'''
:*''Accessories'': Godmaster transtector, 2 "Superconductor Rifles", 2 "Particle Beam Cannons", Super Ginrai head, "God Cannon", "Tachyon Missile"

:The God Ginrai giftset was reissued in Japan in 2001 with the notable modification of blue eyes for the small Ginrai robot and a slightly different shade of red paint on the cab. However, it was notoriously over-produced, and online retailers were still selling it even years later, at greatly reduced prices. The blue plastic used on this reissue appears to be susceptible to [[Gold Plastic Syndrome|GPS]], becoming brittle and prone to breakage over time.

:The reissue was redecoed into the exclusive "Fire Guts God Ginrai" figure (see below).

:This giftset is the basis for the ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#ApexArmorPrime|Powermaster Optimus Prime with Apex Armor]]" release, which is notable for referring to the [[Powermaster]] figure as "Ginrai", rather than [[Hi-Q]]. The ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile series sidestepped this issue by presenting "Ginrai" as a different name for Hi-Q.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Cybertron/SuperGinrai/superginrai.htm More information on reissue God Ginrai at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Firegutsginrai toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Remember kids, always use the proper sunscreen.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Fire Guts Godginrai''' {{sic}} (Multi-pack, [[2002]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-310E'''
:*''Accessories'': Godmaster transtector, 2 "Superconductor Rifles", 2 "Particle Beam Cannons", Super Ginrai head, "God Cannon", "Tachyon Missile"

: Released to coincide with the 2002 reissue of the God Ginrai giftset, this redeco casts the Autobot leader in reds and oranges, representing Ginrai using his "God Fire Guts" attack from the animated series. Fire Guts God Ginrai featured his own unique packaging, with recolored [[package art]], and was limited to 1600 pieces.

: This set was exclusive to [[e-HOBBY]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/FireGutsGodGinrai/fggodginrai.htm More information on Fire Guts God Ginrai at TFU.info]''
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====''Transform Jr''====
[[File:Ginrai junior toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ginrai''' (1988)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''TF Super Ginrai 1'''
:*''Accessories:'' Blue gun, robot head, die-cast Super Ginrai figurine

: Like the other figures in the ''[[Transform Jr]]'' line, this version of the basic Ginrai cab robot is a simplified version of its larger counterpart. And when we say simplified, we ''mean'' simplified—the figure features no Godmaster engine gimmick, and its head is simply pulled off and set aside for transformation. The figure comes packaged with a small die-cast metal figurine of Super Ginrai.

<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shirei Kichi''' (1988)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''TF Super Ginrai 2'''
:*''Accessories'': 2 red guns, trailer post, 2 wheel pieces, ramp, Super Ginrai head

: This ''Transform Jr'' figure of the ''Shirei Kichi'' (司令基地, "Command Base") is a simplified version of Ginrai's trailer, which can transform to base mode, hitch up to the separately sold cab robot and combine with it to form Super Ginrai. The toy includes a cardboard mock-up of Ginrai in torso mode to complete the super robot's look in-package.

<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''God Ginrai''' (Multi-pack, 1988)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Blue gun, small robot head, die-cast Super Ginrai figurine, 2 red guns, trailer post, 2 wheel pieces, ramp, Super Ginrai head, "God Breast" chestpiece, 2 "God Punch" arms

:This giftset includes both the ''Jr'' "Ginrai" and "Shirei Kichi" figures and all the accessories which came with them plus the attachments necessary to transform Super Ginrai into God Ginrai. Due to the nature of his construction, though, God Ginrai's fist-holes are blocked off, leaving him unable to hold the weapons which came with his components. Furthermore, as his attachments consist only of two arms and a chestpiece (no boots, no backpack), they cannot combine into Godbomber. The set also includes some sort of plastic "shield" with a cardboard insert depicting the Autobot [[insignia]], which appears to be a pocket or belt clip, or something. We really don't know.
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===''Binaltech''===
*'''Ginrai''' (2006?)
**''ID number:'' '''BT-17'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/blaster

:When Hasbro wanted to create an ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' Dodge Ram toy, Takara reportedly demanded that it be made into [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alternators|Optimus Prime]] to help the figure sell, only for the ''Binaltech'' release of the toy to wind up being solicited not as "Convoy", but as Ginrai. Ultimately, ''[[Transformers: Alternators#Binaltech|Binaltech]]'' Ginrai was cancelled, and the figure was later released as Optimus Prime/Convoy in the ''Alternators'' and ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' lines, but not before [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] produced [[Binal Time (preproduction)|character and story information]] to go along with it. Unlike [[Widow's Edge|the unreleased story]] for his fellow ''Binaltech'' cancellation victim, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], which fits into the published ''Binaltech'' continuity, Ginrai's intended story was modified into [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity#The Protector|Optimus Primal]]/[[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Story of Binaltech|Nemesis Prime]]'s fiction and therefore is not compatible with the official ''Binaltech'' continuity.

:Ginrai was solicited at the same time as ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk|Binaltech Asterisk]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Binaltech Asterisk|BTA-04 Black Convoy]], which was also cancelled and would have used the same mold.
{{AlternatorsOptimusPrimeMold}}
{{canceledtoy}}

===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG35-Super-Ginrai.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Super Ginrai''' ([[December 28]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG-35'''
**''Accessories'': Two blasters, two shoulder cannons, Ginrai Headmaster
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Super Ginrai is a redeco/extensive retool of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Leader Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Titans Return|Powermaster Optimus Prime]], with new parts to resemble his original toy and his appearances in the cartoon. The Ginrai Headmaster, retooled from [[Hi-Q#Generations|Apex]], features a cartoon accurate deco in robot mode, and a new head-mode face based on the original Ginrai toy's core robot mode. Super Ginrai transforms into a trailer truck and a command base, with both modes equipped with pegs and seats for Headmaster/[[Titan Master]] figures to interact with. While Super Ginrai reuses the shoulder cannons that came with Powermaster Optimus Prime, his two blasters are new to this iteration of the mold. Both blasters can be pegged together at the top to create a seat that can accommodate a headmaster or Titan Master.

:Like his original figure, Super Ginrai is capable of interacting with the ''Legends'' [[Godbomber#Legends|Godbomber]] figure, which can either attach to the back of his truck mode or combines with his robot mode to form God Ginrai. However, the resultant God Ginrai combination can suffer some balancing issues due to the extra weight Godbomber's parts add to his back, along with some issues with his joints.

:This retooled mold was also used to make [[Ginrai (robot)#Titans Return|Magnus Prime]].

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2734.html Legends Super Ginrai at Alfes's Blog Part 1]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2735.html Legends Super Ginrai at Alfes's Blog Part 2]''
{{CWUltraMagnusMold}}

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[[File:Legends LGEX MagnaConvoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Magna Convoy''' ([[June 5]], [[2017]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG-EX'''
**''Accessories'': Smokestacks/laser cannon, wind vane/ion blaster, [[Matrix Sword]], Large Gun
{{note|[[Magna Convoy]] was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as Ginrai after contracting [[Transformers sickness]] in the ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Legends]]'' comic.}}

:An [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive, ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Magna Convoy is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Classics|Optimus Prime]], transforming into a cab-over style truck of made up model. In robot mode, his wind vane transforms into a large blaster and can be used as a shield if one of his fists is folded down, and his smokestacks transform into a smaller laser cannon. Additionally, both weapons can combine together to form a double-barrelled over-shoulder weapon. He also features two accessories that are new to this mold: the Matrix Sword, which was reused from Voyager Class ''Titans Return'' [[Alpha Trion/toys#Titans Return|Alpha Trion]] and ''Legends'' [[Lio Convoy#Legends|Leo Prime]], and the large gun accessory from ''Titans Return'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Generations|Mindwipe]]. He comes with two comics, "[[Cybertron Magna Convoy]]" and "[[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Magna Convoy)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX]]".
{{ClassicsOptimusPrimeMold}}

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[[File:TF-Legends-LGEX-Super-Ginrai.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
[[File:Legendstoy-GodGinrai.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''God Ginrai''' (Multi-pack, [[December 2]], 2017)
**''ID number:'' '''LG-EX'''
**''Accessories'': Two blasters, two shoulder cannons, Ginrai Headmaster

:Super Ginrai and Godbomber are also available in a God Ginrai-themed multi-pack exclusive to [[TakaraTomy Mall]], featuring several chromed parts and transparent windows. The set also includes [[Minerva (human)#Legends|Minerva]] and [[Cab (human)#Legends|Cab]] Headmasters. This version of Ginrai features retooled ankles that are molded together instead of the double hinges of the original release, meaning that it is much more secure.
{{CWUltraMagnusMold}}
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-SOC-Ginrai.jpg|upright=1.0|thumb]]
*'''Siege on Cybertron''' (Multi-pack, 2017)
:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Ginrai is a redeco of ''Legends'' Ginrai. Ginrai transforms from a robot based on Generation 1 Hi-Q into [[Ginrai (robot)#Toys|Magnus Prime]]'s head.

:Ginrai and Magnus Prime were only available as part of the "Siege of Cybertron" set, which also includes [[Fathom#Generations|Fathom]] & [[Tidal Wave (G1)#Generations|Tidal Wave]], [[Haruma Gō#Generations|Professor Go]] & [[Metalhawk (G1)#Generations|Metalhawk]], [[Pounce#Generations|Decepticon Pounce]], and [[Thunderwing (G1)#SiegeOnCybertron|Thunderwing]]. In the United States, this set was exclusive to [[BigBadToyStore]], but it saw a wider release in Canada where it was available at [[Toys"R"Us]], [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], the Canadian [[Walmart]] online store, book store chain Indigo and several PC retailers (seriously!). Additionally, it was also available at retail in Hong Kong and Singapore and even saw an official rellease in the Netherlands, where it was exclusively available from BOL.

:The original version of this mold was used to make ''Titans Return'' [[Hi-Q#Generations|Apex]].
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-60-Ginrai.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ginrai''' (2024)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''MP-60'''
:*''Release date:'' [[2024]] [[December 28]]
:*''Accessories:'' Godmaster, 2 Ginrai Superconductor Rifles, 2 shooting effects
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy), [[Yuki Ohshima]] (concept artist)}}<ref name = Gen24>[https://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/interviewkojinono6.html Interview on the 40th Anniversary of the ''Transformers'' brand] with [[Kōjin Ōno]] in ''[[Transformers Generations 2024]]'', translated at Soundwaves Oblivion</ref>

:The final figure to be released under the Masterpiece line, ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Ginrai is patterned after his original toy release and sold as a standalone cab that transforms into a robot. Like his original toy, Ginrai has red eyes, painted details that evoke his original stickers, and a [[die-cast]] cab with translucent windows. He includes his [[Godmaster]], two Superconductor Rifles, and blast effects. Like the original toy, Ginrai can be transformed if the Godmaster human figure's engine mode is installed onto the truck's grill, unlocking the clasp that allows the toy to change into robot mode. Ginrai can also dock with the trailer included in his ''MPG'' release, replacing the animation-accurate redeco.

:''Exercise caution'' while transforming into his docking mode: the tabs on his chromed smokestacks are at great risk from snapping off inside the robot leg holes. If used to form God Ginrai, be careful not to scratch the paint off his die cast metal cab with the super robot's chest.

::*[https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/mp-60_mpg-09_ginrai Official TakaraTomy website of ''Masterpiece'' Ginrai]

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===''MPG''===
[[File:TF-MPG-09-Super-Ginrai.jpg|thumb|upright=2|We won’t judge you for using this as a Masterpiece Powermaster Optimus Prime.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Super Ginrai''' (2024)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''MPG-09'''
:*''Release date:'' [[2024]] [[December 28]]
:*''Accessories:'' Container, Godmaster, cartoon version head, toy version head, toy version hand (right), toy version hand (left), boarding figure, 2 Ginrai Superconductor Rifles, 2 Super Ginrai Superconductor Rifles, 2 Particle Beam Cannons, 2 shooting effect parts, 2 lightning attack [[Blast effect|effect parts]], cartoon version shoulder parts, adapter
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy), [[Yuki Ohshima]] (concept artist)}}<ref name="Gen24"/>

:''[[The Transformers: MPG|MPG]]'' Super Ginrai is a redeco and expansion upon the ''Masterpiece'' toy above, in animation-accurate colors(some color features such as paint and chrome have either been dropped or changed to aluminum silver paint) and including his trailer to form Super Ginrai.

:In addition to the accessories that come with MP-60, this release has his own pair of larger Superconductor Rifles that are compatible with the including blast effects. Speaking of blast effects, Super Ginrai has a pair of translucent Chokon Power lighting effect parts that can either be plugged into the hands or into the rifles by removing an adapter piece. The figure also comes with an additional non-transforming small figurine of the Godmaster to mount onto Ginrai's driver seat in truck mode.

:Super Ginrai comes packaged with his animation accurate blue eyed head and red fingered hands, but he also includes a sticker sheet, a red eyed head, and a pair of solid blue hands to make the figure more toy-accurate, intended to combine with MP-60 Ginrai. A third more angular head is also included.

:The same warning about highly breakable smokestack tabs and die-cast cab still applies.

:This set was redecoed into [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MPG|Nucleon Quest Super Convoy]].

::*[https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/mp-60_mpg-09_ginrai Official TakaraTomy website of ''MPG'' Super Ginrai]

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[[File:TF-MPG-Godbomber-God-Ginrai-Box-Set.jpg|thumb|upright=2|The [[Apex Bomber|apex]] God Ginrai we've all been waiting for.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''God Ginrai''' (Gift set, 2025)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''MPG-14S'''
:*''Release date:'' [[2025]] [[June]]
:*''Accessories:'' "God Cannon", "God Blade" Sword, [[Cab (human)|Cab]] boarding figure, [[Shuta Go]] boarding figure, [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] boarding figure, 2 shooting [[Blast effect|effect parts]], stilt, adapter for Godbomber, adapter for God Ginrai, Prototype head, Prototype God Cannon barrel, Prototype superconducting rifle, Prototype chest reaction armor (left), Prototype chest reaction armor (right), Prototype variable shoulder armor (left), Prototype variable shoulder armor (right), 2-piece [[Flight stand|stand base]], stand arm
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] and [[Ittoku Kuwazu]]<ref>[https://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/interviewgenerations2022.html Interview on ''One'' Brave Commander Optimus Prime] for [[Figure King]] #324 (October 2024 issue) translated at Soundwave's Oblivion</ref> (TakaraTomy), [[Yuki Ohshima]] (concept artist)}}<ref name ="Gen24"/>

:The "special edition" release of MPG Godbomber includes alternate body parts so he can be built to match the [[Godbomber#Notes|unreleased G1 prototype]]. In a step that had already been used with [[Kaen#MPG|Trainbot Raiden]], this version includes a large display box that can house the entire God Ginrai set (though MPG [[Ginrai#MPG|Super Ginrai]] is, of course, sold separately).

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==Merchandise==
===''Super-God Masterforce''===
[[File:Ginrai masterbrace toy.jpg|thumb|Jinchōkon bling]]
*'''Godmaster-Braces—Ginrai''' (1988)

:Ginrai's Master-Braces came alive with this role-play set, including two golden-chromed bracelets with handcuff-style hinges, and a small clip-on "communicator" pin.
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===''Transformers Caramel''===
[[File:Tfcaramel ginrai.jpg|thumb|Surprisingly, this ''isn't'' the caramel.]]
*'''Super Ginrai''' (1988)

:A pair of small non-transforming [[Decoy]]-style rubber figurines of Ginrai were released as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel|Transformers Caramel]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s, depicting Ginrai in both super robot and truck mode. Around half the size of the more familiar Decoys, the two figures were bundled together, attached to a rubber sprue, and came in either blue, red, or yellow.
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===''Transformers Gum''===
[[File:Tfgum ginrai.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Super Ginrai''' (1988)
**''Accessories:'' 2 Superconductor Rifles, 2 Particle Beam Cannons, Super Ginrai head

:Part of the ninth wave of Kabaya's ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' candy toy series, this Ginrai figure is a snap-together model kit cast in blue, red and grey plastic. Although lacking in any paint applications, the figure feature stickers for detail, and retains most of the accessories and features of the actual Ginrai toy. Due to its small size, however, while the Ginrai engine is removable, it cannot transform to human form, nor can the kit combine with ''Transformers Gum'' Godbomber to form a ''Gum'' version of God Ginrai.

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[[File:KabayaWave3SuperGinrai.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Super Ginrai''' ([[2010]])

:Released in the third wave of the revived ''Transformers Gum'' series in 2010, this transforming model kit of Super Ginrai is made from red, blue and silver plastic, and decorated with quite a few stickers to add his familiar details. Based on the original Ginrai toy, this figure actually features MORE articulation than the original, as the arms are made of two pieces each, adding elbow movement. He also doesn't have to [[partformer|partform]] into robot mode, an unusual sight in Kabaya's offerings. This kit can combine with the ''Transformers Gum'' Godbomber, released in the same wave, to make God Ginrai.

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[[File:Kabaya-God-Ginrai.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''God Ginrai''' (2010)

:The combined form of the Godbomber and Super Ginrai kits released in the third wave of the revived ''Transformers Gum'' series in 2010.
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[[File:DXGattai-GodGinrai.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|200px]]
*'''God Ginrai''' (2016)

:The Godbomber and Super Ginrai kits were re-released as a bundle under the ''DX Gattai'' label in 2016. Each kit comes with a metallic sheen on the plastic, pre-painted head parts, and shinier stickers.

:As with other ''DX Gattai'' toys featuring box art in homage to their original figures, ''God Ginrai'''s packaging mimics that of the original 1988 God Ginrai two-pack.
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===Parody Deformed===
[[File:Ginrai pd models.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Gundam? Never heard of it.]]
*'''Super Ginrai''' ([[1990]])

:A small two-tone, non-transforming [[super deformed]] model kit of Super Ginrai was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Parody Deformed]]" line of [[candy toy]]s. The seventh figure in the series, he was available in red, blue or yellow, and came with a "[[PDTF Comic]]" comic about himself, "Fight! Super Ginrai!", and something that could charitably be described as "chocolate".

*'''God Ginrai''' (1990)
:A similar model kit of God Ginrai followed in the next wave of the "Parody Deformed" series, this time packaged with something accused of being "gum". As the thirteenth figure of the line, God Ginrai came with the "Transformer PD Type" comic, "Now! Deliver the Finishing Blow! God Ginrai!!".
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===''Super Collection Figure''===
[[File:SCF God Ginrai.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''God Ginrai''' ([[2000]])
**''Act'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

:This PVC figure of Ginrai in his powered-up "God" form was available in the first "Act" of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' series. He came in both full-color and clear-plastic versions one each in every case of twelve figures.

: This mold would later be released as "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Heroes of Cybertron|Powermaster Optimus Prime in Apex Armor]]" in the first wave of [[Hasbro]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' line.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/GodGinrai/godginrai.htm More information on Super Collection Figure God Ginrai at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/ClearGodGinrai/godginrai.htm More information on clear God Ginrai at TFU.info]''

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[[File:SCF Ginrai Super.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Super Ginrai''' (2000)
**''Act'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

: The second ''Super Collection Figure'' of Ginrai, in his less impressive "Super" mode, was available in the second Act of the series. Once again, he came in both full-color and clear plastic versions, one of each per case of twelve figures.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/SuperGinrai/superginrai.htm More information on Super Collection Figure Super Ginrai at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/ClearSuperGinrai/superginrai.htm More information on clear Super Ginrai at TFU.info]''

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[[File:SCF-toy Ginrai Fire Guts.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Honestly not as shiny in real life as this pic makes it out.]]
*'''Fire Guts God Ginrai''' ([[2001]])
**''Act'': '''4'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

: The original God Ginrai PVC was re-released in solid metallic gold for the fourth Act of the ''Super Collection Figure'' series, available as a rare chase "Secret Figure", available only in one out of every ten cases. It is currently unknown which figure Ginrai replaced in this Act.

: The "Fire Guts" concept was apparently the inspiration for the "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#HOCSpark|Powermaster Optimus Prime Spark Attack]]" figure in the Hasbro ''Heroes of Cybertron'' line, although that figure was cast entirely in translucent yellow-orange plastic, rather than solid golden.

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[[File:SCF Ginrai.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|So this is how Ginrai's ''SCF'' career ends. Not with a bang, but a whimper.]]
*'''Ginrai''' (2001)
**''Act'': '''5'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

: The fourth and final Ginrai PVC rendered the character in his basic robot form, released in the fifth, ''Masterforce''-centric Act of the series. This figure was available in both full-color and metallic silver "pewter" versions, one of each in every case of twelve figures.

: The pewter version of the figure has a potential problem with connector peg breakage, due to said pegs often getting a layer of pewter paint before being forced into a socket, leading to sticking and tearing. Care should be used when moving or removing the arms; shaving down the socket interior with a thin hobby knife is usually sufficient to fix the issue.

: In eight out of every ten cases, the pewter version of Ginrai came packaged with the head and torso of the wave's [[Scorponok (G1)#Super Collection Figure|BlackZarak]] "Build-A-Figure". These parts were available in both full-color and smokey translucent plastic, in an equal ratio of 4 out of every 10 cases each.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/Ginrai/ginrai.htm More information on Super Collection Figure Ginrai at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/PewterGinrai/ginrai.htm More information on pewter Ginrai at TFU.info]''
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===''Gutto Kuru Figure Collection''===
[[File:CMs_corp_Ginrai.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Omni Productions|"Look, that's Optimus Prime. Quite a muscular man."]]]]
*'''Ginrai''' ([[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' Helmet, 2 smiling faces, 2 angry faces, 2 shouting faces, 4 pairs of hands
:A posable figure of Ginrai in his Godmaster armor was made by [[CM's Corporation]] as part of their ''[[Gutto Kuru Figure Collection]]'' series. He comes with a number of different hands, his helmet, three swappable heads with different expressions and three matching swappable faces for when he's wearing the helmet.

:Ginrai can be modified into his Western counterpart, [[Hi-Q#Gutto Kuru Figure Collection|Hi-Q]], by use of an additional head sold only with Gutto Kuru [[Minerva (human)#CMsspecialcol|Minelba Special Color Ver.]].
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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Fire Guts God Ginrai and Sunstorm.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Transformers Card Binder (includes 2 special cards)''' ([[September]], [[2025]])
**''ID number:'' '''EX'''

:Released as the entirety of the sixteenth the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this second binder intended to contain forty entries of the ''Character Card'' series is packed with a pair of holographic trading cards depicting super-deformed art of Ginrai in the form of his e-HOBBY exclusive "[[#FireGuts|Fire Guts]]" toy and [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#EXFGGG|Translation of Fire Guts God Ginrai's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
*''Jinrai'' (迅雷) is a Japanese word meaning "thunderclap", but Japanese creator [[Masumi Kaneda]], who named the character, notes the name was designed to evoke various other Japanese words that reflect the character, including ''shinrai'' (信頼, "trust"), ''kamurai'' (神来, "coming from God"), ''nin'ai'' (人愛, "love of people") and ''jin'ai'' (仁愛, "benevolence"). While ''Jinrai'' is the standard way of rendering the katakana that make up his name (ジンライ) in Latin characters, the name is consistently rendered as "Ginrai" in various Japanese sources, including the toy's packaging and the opening sequence of the ''Masterforce'' cartoon. Kaneda notes that this was also deliberate, with '''G'''in'''R'''ai intended to evoke '''G'''iant '''R'''obot.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/KanedaMasumi/status/1488901765923700736|quote=ジンライ(迅雷)を名付けた者がお答えします。正式には「GINRAI」です。信頼、神来、人愛、仁愛、そして「GR」=GIANT ROBOTの意味が含まれています。|name=Masumi Kaneda|site=Twitter|year=2022|month=02|day=02}}</ref> An elegant feature of the name to Kaneda was the fact that every katakana character in the name contains the ''no'' (ノ) character as a {{w|Chinese character strokes|stroke}}.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/KanedaMasumi/status/1156543478152613888|quote=もちろん漢字にすれば迅雷です。「ジンライ」ってカタカナで書くと、4文字すべてに「ノ」が入るすわりの良さが隠し味です。|name=Masumi Kaneda|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=07|day=31}}</ref> God Ginrai (ゴッドジンライ), meanwhile, was named so that omitting every other Japanese syllable yields the word Gojira (ゴジラ), better known in the west as [[Godzilla]].<ref>{{citesocial|name=Masumi Kaneda|quote=Also, there’s something of a secret about his naming, that being that the powered up “God Ginrai” is pulled from “Godzilla.” For that reason, I think the name echoes a strong feeling.|site=''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]''|year=2001|month=07}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20050207000229/http://www.tfpulp.com/archive/interview/interview.html translated at TFPulp.com] (archived))</ref>
*Early in preproduction for ''Super-God Masterforce'', Ginrai was named "N-Convoy". This is likely an English-based abbreviation of "New Convoy" (新コンボイ ''Shin Konboi'').<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/KanedaMasumi/status/1458489955257237504|quote=新コンボイはごく最初の考えていない時期のメーカー側の仮案=海外品準拠です。|name=Masumi Kaneda|month=11|day=10|year=2021|site=Twitter}}</ref>
*The human Ginrai's appearance is designed after screen actor {{w|Yujiro Ishihara|Yūjirō Ishihara}}.{{fact}}
*According to Ginrai's [[Tech Spec]]s, there is a generator within his transtector named the "[[Ultra Matrix]]", which contains far more energy than the [[Sun]]. No fiction has featured this device, though it is mentioned in magazines such as ''[[Comic BomBom]]''.
*Ginrai's supplementary [[bio]] card states that he is 20 years old. It also implies that he is an American of Japanese descent instead of a native of Japan.
*Ginrai was a candidate in [[TakaraTomy]]'s [[Fan polls#Masterpiece Fan's Choice|''Masterpiece'' Fan's Choice]] poll, which asked fans to determine which Autobot/Maximal leader from the franchise's then-30 year history should receive a new toy in the prestigious ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' line. Ginrai placed third, with 18.6% of the vote.

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Optimus Prime''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Italian:'' '''Commander'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jinrai''' (仁萊 ''Rénlái''), '''Chāoshén Jinrai''' (超神仁萊 ''Chāoshén Rénlái'', "Super-God Jinrai"), '''Leon''' (Taiwan ''Masterforce'' anime, 雷恩 ''Léiēn'')
*''Russian:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (Оптимус Прайм ''Optimus Prajm'')

==References==
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[[Category:Autobot leaders]]
[[Category:Cloud Autobots]]
[[Category:Godmasters]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Kiss Players Autobots]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Legends humans]]
[[Category:Masterpiece]]
[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
[[Category:MPG]]
[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Autobots]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce humans]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]
[[Category:Titan Masters]]
[[Category:Titans Return Autobots]]
[[Category:Variable species characters]]
[[Category:Victory Autobots]]

Character model

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GiveUsTerminatorArcee: a couple lines about G1 seeker wing patterns incidentally being the same

[[File:Charactermodeloptimusprimeg1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Deviate from this and invite scorn!]]

A '''character model''' is a stylistic guide created to help animators and licensee artists depict the [[Transformer]]s in a consistent and recognizable way. A typical character model is illustrated with a series of model sheets, containing two or more line drawings of each of a character's modes, showing the front and back, weapons, and sometimes details as well. Character models are most often derived from a character's [[toy]], though in some instances the toy and character design may be designed simultaneously.

Character models produced in the 80s were typically black & white, with a separate color guide that would often cover just the front of the model. Modern character designs are usually in color, though sometimes the designs for the backs are only produced in black & white.

Character models are not to be confused with [[control drawing|control art]], which is used in the toy design process.

==Creation==

The earliest ''Transformers'' character models were created by Japanese artist [[Shōhei Kohara]]. It is unclear just how ''many'' he created; he was, at least, responsible for the original eight designs ([[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and the shared [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] body-type) that appeared in the original 1984 ''Transformers'' commercials.

Kohara's designs were simplified for the animated series itself by [[Floro Dery]], whose modifications included the removal of wheels and the enlargement of the characters' heads, and the more extreme redesign of Megatron to better resemble his toy. Dery went on to become the primary designer for the rest of the cartoon; there is evidence that he created at least some of the remaining 1984 character models using the toy's [[package art]] for reference,<ref>[http://zobovor.tripod.com/models.html Zobovor traces the ancestry of select 1984 character models to the toys' boxart]</ref> while most of the 1985 models seem to have been based on photographs of the toys (see "Design oddities," below). The cast of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', meanwhile, flipped the sequence of events around, originating as Dery designs that were then converted into toys.

==Nuances==
[[File:G1-Sideswipe-Red-Alert-character-model-comparison.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"He's not heavy, he's my brother."]]

If the same toy is used for multiple characters, they may be depicted with very different character models—for example, [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. These two toys are essentially ''identical'', but while Kohara's design for Sideswipe is tall and athletic, Dery's more toy-derived design for Red Alert is short and stocky. This pattern of artistically differentiating two very similar toys in order to make distinct characterization easier was particularly common with the 1984/1985 toys, many of which were [[redeco]]s of other toys. Examples include [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]/[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]/[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]/the [[Conehead]]s, and others. In general, the 1984 toys were vastly anthropomorphized for the screen, while the 1985 character models resembled their toys much more closely, resulting in a stockier group of robots.

Rarely, the reverse happens; characters who share a toy accidentally sharing details that aren't the same for each one. For instance, the toys of the original three [[Decepticon Planes]] have unique wing stickers, but their animation models all use [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Generation_1|Thundercracker's]] pattern.

The practice of varying the character models of characters who share a bodyform was revisited in ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].'' Though [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] share a bodyform, Ratchet's character model has a paunch while Ironhide's form is more buff. [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] shares a bodyform with roughly a dozen other characters, and their bodyshapes run the gamut from [[Wasp|skinny]] to [[Tap-Out (Animated)|stocky]] to [[Glyph (Animated)|curvaceous]], depending on the character's needs.

[[File:Ratchet-charactermodel.jpg|left|thumb|Guess which one can actually turn into an ambulance?<ref>'''Answer:''' Neither. While Ratchet's character model clearly can't transform into anything, Ratchet's toy transforms into a Onebox minivan ''pretending'' to be an ambulance.</ref>]]

Character models may vary wildly from the toy itself, leading to greater or lesser degrees of "[[show-accuracy]]". Perhaps the most conspicuous examples are [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. In those instances, droid-like and "alien" toys were heavily anthropomorphized in the character models, adding humanoid proportions, heads, and faces.

Perhaps the best representation of both of the above factors—character models differing from the toys, and later character models differing from earlier ones based on the same toys—is shown by [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]].

A few exceptions, such as [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], who only appear in the Marvel UK comics, appear to have no character models at all, and their art is based on their toys. Regardless, even in the later years of the Generation 1 franchise, the creation of character models persisted. One example is the 1989 Pretenders, whose character models are replicated faithfully by [[José Delbo]]. Even though artistic interpretations of Bludgeon, Stranglehold, and Octopunch diversified with later artists, elements taken from the character models continued, such as their individualized melee weapons. (These weapons were not included with the individual toys.)

[[File:Bludgeonstrangleholdoctopunchmodelsheet.jpg|thumb|We don't have these weapons.]]
Most of the Generation 1 character designs from before 1987 were done by [[Floro Dery]]. The widely distributed model sheets of those characters may have been redrawn from his designs, or they might be his direct work. The first three years' worth of Generation 1 character models formed the basis for the artwork of Marvel's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' profile books. Additional profiles were later published in the back of [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the main comic book]], showing character models for some of the 1987 and 1988 characters.

A vast collection of Generation 1 character models are available in the books ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]'', ''[[Transformers: The Ark II]]'', and ''[[Transformers: The Complete Ark]]''. Many of the same designs are also available in ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]'', though its pictures are quite small and typically feature only the front of the robot and the [[alternate mode|alt mode]].
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==Design oddities==
[[File:CharacterModels different heads.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|On the left, Optimus Prime's head as it appeared on his original character model; on the right, the more stylized version from his later-produced head turnaround. Note the change in shape and thickness of the cheekguards, and the alteration to an angular, straight-edged mouthplate instead of a curving one.]]
===Head turnarounds===
In addition to full-body character models, close-up head turnarounds were also created later in the production of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 animated series]] for the various Transformers, which depicted them with more stylized, angular heads, their helmets sometimes slightly different shaped, and with sharper facial-delineation lines compared to the softer renderings used on the original models. The influence of these close-up models can be spotted in some of the better-looking season one episodes, but became the default look for characters in season two. [[AKOM]], by all appearances, never got these turnarounds, and consistently drew the Transformers with the softer heads of their original models; drawing the new characters from the second season in this manner also appears to be a hallmark of the mysterious [[Unknown Generation 1 animation studio|unknown animation studio]].

===Package art influence===
Some character models clearly used the toys' package art as reference, which had some knock-on effects on their designs.
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s character model is in the same pose as his package art. The model misinterprets the box art's foreshortening of his rifle, which resulted in Hound wielding a stubby little gun in robot mode, while in vehicle mode, it was its proper length.
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s model also shares his package art's pose. The package art adds various technical details (notably, two triangular shapes) to the insides of his lower legs that are not part of his toy, but which wound up transferring onto his character model.
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s character model and package art share an identical pose, which would go on to be ''widely'' replicated across much ''Transformers'' media.
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]'s package art shows them with only one of their Thruster guns attached to their backs, and one in their hands. This translated to the character models, which resulted in the two brothers intermittently having only one gun on their backs throughout the show.
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]]'s character model has a very long rifle attached to his arm that is not part of his toy. This appears to have been added to his character model by a designer who misinterpreted the toy's package art, which uses forced perspective to make his normally-sized handgun appear much longer.

===Made-up rear views===
Some Generation 1 character models appear to have been created from photos of the toys that show only their fronts, rather than from the artists having in-hand samples of the toys to work from. After generally accurate, front-facing character models were created based on these images (likely by Floro Dery himself for pre-movie characters), a rear-view model then had to be made up based on that design, probably by Dery's assistants, rather than the man himself.

*Pretty much all of the new characters from the 1985 product introduced in season two bear hallmarks of this. [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] are missing the crane arm and ladder, respectively, that ought to hang down their backs; in Grapple's case, a misinterpretation caused details representing his crane arm to become part of his legs. [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] feature their vehicle mode trunks on the backs of their torsos, when those parts are supposed to become their legs. The wheels of [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]'s tow-trailer, poking out from behind his arms, became reinterpreted as the hinges of some extraneous panels hanging off the ''larger'' panels on the backs of his arms. [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] has a tail fin on his back, when it is supposed to sit on his chest. Instead of his tank turret, [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] has a "rocket pack" to which the wings that are supposed to be on his shoulders are attached, while his tank barrel is moved to extrude from the back of his head. And the other new Autobot cars and Decepticons jets feature rear view designs that, while not noticeably bizarre, are generally simplified and lack even basic details from the toys. [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] are the two definite exceptions to this strange rule; Omega's rear view model that incorporates a very detailed rendering of his toy's molding, while Seaspray's includes his toy's wheels and screw-holes, ironically features that ''shouldn't'' be part of his in-universe appearance!
*In 1986, the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] continued the trend, with rear views that misinterpret and/or omit virtually all kibble. [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]'s windshield-panel and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]'s ladder, for instance, are both completely absent, while [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]'s cockpit is misinterpreted as two random panels sticking out of his back. [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] still has his front section hanging off his back... but because it wasn't visible from the front-view, the designers didn't realize his front ''wheel'' was also supposed to be attached to it. Defensor, meanwhile, ''does'' have some of the kibble that's missing from the individual 'bots (like First Aid's and Blades's panels hanging off his shoulders), because it ''was'' visible in the photo used for reference!
*From the 1987 line, the pre-final models for the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] fell victim to the same foible, with all the team's members featuring made-up rear-view designs that mirrored other chunks of their body to create the backs of their torsos—even the back of their combined form [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] was a mirror of [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]'s chest. In particular, misinterpretations of the three-quarters view of the front-facing models resulted in [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]'s cannon and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]'s wheel—parts that are supposed to rest in the middle of their backs—becoming parts of their shoulders in the rear-view designs. These borked designs only appeared in [[AKOM]]-animated episodes; corrected character models were used for appearances animated by [[Toei Animation|Toei]].

===Created from early concept art===
*The original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] character model was based not on the toy, but on early concept art for a prototype version of the figure that differed significantly from the finished article. This design—featuring a different, black-helmeted head, an alternate scope/cannon, and the gun's barrel on its back rather than its hip—was used for the very first ''Transformers'' commercial, and the first two issues of the Marvel Comic. Although the model was amended to slightly better resemble the toy before the cartoon itself was produced, much of the finished Megatron design remains rooted in the prototype.
*In 1986, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]' character models were mostly based on simplified lineart of their toys, rather than the actual toys themselves, but this did not result in much divergence from the finished toys. The exceptions came in the form of [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], whose rear-view model lacks the jet nosecone that ought to rest on his back, and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], whose model has a [[mouthplate]] instead of the toy's visible mouth.<ref>[http://www.ntfa.net/forums/lofiversion/index.php?t5788.html "Scramble My What?" on the NTFA forum explores the history of the Aerialbot designs]</ref>
*Also 1986, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]' models were created in a similar way to the Aerialbots, except they were based on lineart of ''prototype designs'' for the figures, which included head designs that were ''very'' different from the noggins the finished toys would ultimately have. The team's models were then subject to further design revisions, which wound up taking the designs even further away from the toys, even retaining the early head designs. The result was a team of character models that looked virtually nothing like their toys. An early character model for [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], published in ''[[Transformers: The Ark|The Ark]]'', shows his early, concept-art-based design.<ref>[http://www.ntfa.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5792 "Why do sports cars have square heads?", another NTFA article on the history of the Stunticons]</ref>
*Given that the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] ''also'' look nothing like their toys, it seems likely they went through the same process as the Stunticons. Early models published in both ''The Ark'' and ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]'' show alternate designs for the whole team that are not especially any more toy-accurate in robot mode, but with much more accurate vehicle mode forms; presumably, these early designs underwent the same revision process the Stunticons did, resulting in the finished Combaticon model seen in the series. Unlike the Stunticons, however, the Combaticons early head designs ''were'' replaced with more toy-accurate ones, likely based on the toy's package art.

==Variations==
When applied to fiction, character designs are often interpreted differently by various artists. Other times, a model may not be available at all, resulting in art based directly on a character's [[toy]], or something entirely made up.

[[File:EvolutionSkyfire.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Skyfire is Jetfire on 'roids.]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire / Skyfire]] had two different character models from early Generation 1 series. The toy-accurate one appeared three times "fictionally," once as a miscolored, partially-obscured background character in the [[The Last Stand|fourth Marvel Comics issue]], again in the Marvel Comics as a [[Ashes, Ashes...|spectator at Optimus Prime's funeral]] (right next to his "Skyfire" model), and finally in the [[The Transformers (Milton Bradley comic)|Milton-Bradley promotional comic]]. It would also occasionally crop up in secondary media, such as coloring books and the animated portion of the commercial for Jetfire and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].

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[[File:Broadsidecharactermodels.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The Broadside on the right has had [[kibble]]-reduction surgery]]
*Broadside has the distinction of having two sets of drastically different character models. His pre-final models are based on a prototype of his toy that apparently went just short of production for some reason and features a similar color palette to his final models. His final models, on the other hand, are based directly on his finished toy. The pre-final model was rendered in animated form in the episodes "[[Thief in the Night]]" and "[[Carnage in C-Minor]]", as well as the commercial for the 1986 [[Triple Changer]] toys. As with most of the characters used in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comics, all of Broadside's appearances used the pre-final model—even going so far as to color it with the same palette as the prototype toy!
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[[File:Grimhead.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|Me Grimlock like more chiseled look.]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] had a pre-final model design which quickly disappeared from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]], replaced by a more [[show-accuracy|toy-accurate]] model with the episode "[[War of the Dinobots]]". This pre-final model has the distinction of having a much rounder robot mode head as well as a few more smaller details that had not yet been refined to the smoother look of his body in the final. The pre-final version would often return in episodes animated by [[AKOM]], however. The pre-final model was also used in the [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|US Marvel comics]], up until he became an [[Action Master]] in "[[Still Life!]]".
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[[File:FlamesofBoltax-SoundwaveRatbat.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Soundwave's having his mouthplate dry-cleaned]]
*Marvel US [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] was drawn without a [[mouthplate]] by artist [[José Delbo]], based on an early version of his character model. Soundwave was also colored purple in nearly every appearance in the US comics, probably due to the early model's [[:File:Soundwavecommercial.jpg|seemingly lavender coloration]]. The ''UK'' comics coloured him blue in every appearance there and gave him the toy's yellow visor, working off a different model sheet.
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[[File:Nightbeatsirenswappedheads.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Pick a head, any head.]]
*For their character models, the face/Nebulan and helmet/seat pieces of [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Siren (G1)|Siren]] were inexplicably switched. (It is difficult to tell for sure, but they may have kept the correct antennae/guns judging by the basic shapes involved.) This switch gave comic book Nightbeat the "shades" he's remembered for, as well as the crest on his forehead, while comic book Siren ended up with his trademark combined brow/nosepiece. How or why this switch happened, and in what stage of development it occurred, is unknown. Nightbeat was depicted with his own toy's head (for the first time) in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|The War Within: The Age of Wrath]]''. Nightbeat's appearances in [[IDW Publishing]]'s Transformers comics retain the Siren face design, but inside the Nightbeat helmet. In [[Fun Publications]]' "[[Cheap Shots]]," his appearance is based on his new toy, whose head is based on Siren's face and helmet.
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[[File:G1DevastatorHeads.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Shades optional.]]
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] had two different animation models in the original ''Transformers'' cartoon; at the least, he had two different head designs, one with a visor and one without. Though the visored version was the finalized model, both head designs would continue to be used (almost at random) in subsequent episodes. The correct visored design was used for his dramatic scene in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', and thus seems to have "won out"; it appears on all modern Devastator merchandise.
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[[File:G1HotSpotHeads.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Shut your mouth or I'll shut it for you! (by erasing it!)]]
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] would occasionally switch between having a faceplate or having a mouth drawn '''on''' his faceplate in his appearances on the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]]. He had a mouth in "[[Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine]]" and "[[The Ultimate Weapon]]" — episodes that seem to have been animated by two different animation companies, suggesting that Hot Spot's mouth may have come from an alternate character model.
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[[File:G1ArceeModelComp.jpg|thumb|Arcee does Jenny Craig.]]
*''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'': Most of the cast of new characters in the movie had early versions of their character models that changed to varying degrees before the movie was animated. These character models were often used in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the Marvel comics]] and occasionally showed up in season 3 episodes of the television series. Since the toy design process had longer lead times, the toys were designed from the earlier models.
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==Model sheet poses used in fiction==
Occasionally, animation studios (most notably [[AKOM]]) actually used the character models of certain characters in the episodes themselves in order to spare themselves from having to draw new poses. Examples are the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] when they first appear in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]", various scenes with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] in "[[Carnage in C-Minor]]", and at least one shot from "[[:File:Transfixatron.jpg|The Autobot Run]]". This would also routinely happen in [[Marvel Comics]] stories (most notably by [[José Delbo]] and [[Robin Smith]]) as well.

<center><gallery>
File:Ravageboxart.jpg|First there was the [[package art]].
File:TFU Ravage.jpg|Then they used the package art to make the character model. Look for this pose basically everywhere.
File:RavageRatbat.jpg|See?
File:G1 1984 backofboxbattle.jpg|There's a whole fleet of 'em!
File:NewOrder-Ravagepose.jpg|He even hovers like this when he's recuperating.
File:TimeWars2-Ravagepose.jpg|These are all from two consecutive pages. The bottom two are of Ravage's from-behind character model!
File:MarvelUK-258.jpg|A textbook "pounce from the shadows".
File:Ravage butler hunted.jpg|Man vs. Wild
File:KreORavage.jpg|Now in fun size!
File:SGRavage-EvanGauntt.jpg|Okay, this one was on purpose.
File:MPtoy-Ravage.jpg|Someone at TakaraTomy has most likely been reading this page.
File:Wheeljack model pose.jpg|Wheeljack has the same "package art > character model > fiction" history as Ravage.
File:Transfixatron.jpg|Skywarp's standing at an angle with the far arm slightly raised and his head turned toward us, you say?
File:Holomegs.jpg|Even [[hologram]]s do it.
File:Starscreamdisintegratedcircuits.jpg|Starscream wants in on this, too!
File:GalvatronTFMMarvel1.jpg|Galvatron's early model sheet pose.
File:TFTM-Scourgeformed.jpg|That's right, even the movie did it!
File:BroadsideCarnage.jpg|AKOM showing off their awesome model sheet tracing skills.
File:KupperbergRatchetCharacterModel.jpg|Apparently [[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]] didn't have access to the model sheets, unlike [[Alan Kupperberg]].
File:JeffAndersonMegatronPrey.jpg|This one is interesting: The helmet and the [[fusion cannon]] are taken from the animation model, but the crotch is based on the older Marvel model that appears in the ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' series of profile books.
File:TFGIJoe4GoldbugIntroduction.jpg|He's actually more on-model in this issue than in the regular title for a while.
File:Kupdesertisland.jpg|Flip it and paste a gun over one hand and no one will notice!
File:Desertislandofspace-targetmaster-rollcall.jpg|Recoil and Peacemaker somehow avoid this.
File:Fortressmaximus-maninthemachine1.jpg|Both Spike and Delbo have Fortress Maximus's character model on the brain!
File:CerebrosG1-everyCerebrosappearanceever.jpg|How many times can he do it?
File:Buzzsawyikes4.jpg|Buzzsaw just loves to fly at this exact angle.
File:Buzzsawyikes3.jpg|It's a hobby he sometimes shares with Laserbeak.
File:DelboPMPrimeSwipe.jpg|To his credit, Delbo isn't always that blatant. Sometimes he swipes the package art instead. Or even varies the pose a little.
File:Club Con! Seacons.JPG|It's odd how everyone always arrives in a 3/4s overhead view!
File:Bludgeon-WarWithoutEndUK.jpg|Compare this to the Bludgeon above.
File:Decepticonpretenders-behold.jpg|"Okay, now what angle do I have to draw the room at so I can just paste everyone's art in a cascading row?"
File:RobinSmithGrimlockOptimusFortMax.jpg|It's a [[Robin Smith]] panel. Let's play the popular game named "How many of these characters are recycled from their model sheets?" (Hint: Fortress Maximus apparently isn't.)
File:RobinSmithRavageGalvatron.jpg|"I'm a cardboard cut-out now."
File:RobinSmithHighbrowScorponokSnapdragon.jpg|How to make a character model look dynamic.
File:RobinSmithHighbrowWeirdwolfSkullcruncherMindwipeScorponok.jpg|Weirdwolf's feet flat on the ground, Skullcruncher's tail forward, that's enough variation for today.
File:RobinSmithLotsaCharacterModels.jpg|Let's play the Robin Smith game again.
File:RobinSmithRodimusPrime.jpg|One page later, and he barely raised his arm.
File:Peace Rodimus Springer.jpg|If I depict Springer from behind and crop the image frame, no-one will notice!
File:RobinSmithDecepticonCharacterModels1.jpg|Okay, one or two of them may actually be original poses.
File:RobinSmithDecepticonCharacterModels2.jpg|Surprisingly enough, only Soundwave is lifted straight from his model sheet. While the poses do match for the rest, the perspective is different.
File:Puttup.jpg|This one is a close call. It's mirrored, the shoulder cannon is on the correct side despite that, the proportions and details are slightly different... but at the very least it's a clear swipe.
File:Arkshuttle12.jpg|The script called for a small shuttlecraft, so let's just copy the Ark's cartoon model.
File:Actionblast ark.jpg|Take cover! Animation model about to crash!
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==Notes==
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[[File:TwinTwistCharacterSheet.jpg|thumb|100px]]
*Character models were created for both [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist]] back in the '80s, but they were never animated, not even in a [[commercial]].

==See also==
*[[The Ark series|''The Ark'' series]] - A series of non-fiction guidebooks chronicling ''Transformers'' character models.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/Cels/ACels1.html Some] of the G1 character model celworks from [http://www.toyarchive.com/ SUPER TOY ARCHIVE].
*[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-article/transformers-prototypes/106/transformers-prototypes/series+bibles.html Some] Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo character models from [http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/ Transformers At The Moon].
*[https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/briefingreference-binder-galleries.html Extensive] galleries of Marvel Productions character model sheets at the Sunbow Marvel Archive.

[[Category:Media]]

Big Convoy (BW)

2025-07-26T14:41:20Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee: release year typo corrected

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:''Big Convoy is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:BigConvoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Was the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|dark of the moon]] on the sixth of June, in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd5ZLJWQmss Kenworth pullin' logs]...]]

You ''don't'' want to give '''Big Convoy''' (ビッグコンボイ ''Biggu Konboi'') a hard time. While most Maximal [[Supreme Commander]]s are known for their level-headed and friendly natures, Big Convoy breaks the mold by positively wrecking and ruining anyone who gives him lip. A gargantuan bruiser of a warrior, he tramples the opposition in his woolly mammoth [[beast mode]] and utterly obliterates them in robot mode with his [[Big Cannon]]. He is known throughout the Maximal ranks as "The One-Man Army", a solitary Supreme Commander who can do the work of a whole battalion all on his lonesome.

So of course the [[Great Convoy]]s felt he would make a perfect training instructor for a batch of new recruits freshly minted from the Maximal Military Academy. While it takes every ounce of restraint Big Convoy can muster not to completely throttle the green little twerps, deep down he kinda-sorta ''likes'' them. Or he's getting there, anyway. [[Vector Sigma]] has taken a special interest in Big Convoy and often speaks ''through'' him via the [[Energon Matrix]] in his chest. And with each lesson in warfare he imparts to his new recruits, Big Convoy in turn learns a lesson about friendship and teamwork.

{{quote|I never trust anyone—except for my Big Cannon.|Big Convoy|"[[A Battle Fought Alone]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Legends'' comic====
'''Big Junior''' (ビッグジュニア ''Biggu Junia'') was the son of [[Blue Big Convoy]], a radical estranged from the [[Great Convoy]]s because of his egalitarian opinions regarding the relationship between Convoys and other Transformers. The two fought at each other's side till one fateful day where they battled a [[Blentron|mysterious group]] who sought out [[Angolmois Energy]]. Blue Big Convoy sacrificed himself to destroy the villains and to save Big Junior. The elder mammoth used his last words to teach a weeping Big Junior the true meaning of being a "Convoy" and gave his arm to replace Big Junior's destroyed one. Henceforward, Big Junior was Big Convoy and he became a loner to protect himself from the pain of losing another comrade. {{Storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Blue Big Convoy)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Junichi Inoue]] (Japanese)|[[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean)}}
[[Image:Bwneo1 bigconvoy dreamwave.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Big Convoy pulls a [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]].]]
[[Image:BigConvoyAnime1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|We've got a great big codpiece.]]
Big Convoy once operated as a duo with [[Rockbuster]] and the two fought [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s and adventured together. However, their solitary natures eventually drove them apart and both warriors decided to become solo acts in the war against the Predacons. {{storylink|Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron}} Big Convoy's decision to go it alone brought him into conflict with the Maximal drill instructor [[Survive]], a stern believer in the value of teamwork. They parted on shaky ground, with Survive determined to someday teach Big Convoy how to work in a group. {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}} As "the One Man Army" (the nickname he quickly earned), Big Convoy focused his energies on thwarting the machinations of [[Magmatron]], the new leader of the Predacon forces. After a particularly explosive assault on a stronghold, the two became arch-foes.

Hoping to curb Big Convoy's psychotically antisocial behavior, the [[Great Convoy]]s ordered him to train a crew of unruly new recruits. Big Convoy loathed the assignment at first, but being a loyal soldier, accepted the task. His first mission was to explore [[Gaia]] and investigate the disappearance of [[Lio Convoy]]. Little did he know, Magmatron and his Predacons were following close behind him. After finding a black box message from Lio Convoy, Big Convoy learned of the [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] Capsules ejected after the destruction of [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]]. Big Convoy then headed off with his group of trainees to collect the capsules, battling Magmatron every step of the way. {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}}

On their journey to recover the Angolmois capsules, Big Convoy and his group of trainees stumbled upon the planet of [[Godbless]]. There, he spotted a volcano floating in orbit, and questioned [[NAVI]] on whether the planet had any natural satellites or not. When the answer was no, he drove his ship closer, but was met with an apparition of a supposed “[[God of the Maximals]]”, in reality an illusion created by [[Saberback]], who told them to stay away from the planet, before shocking the vessel's systems and causing it to crash. When the group officially landed on the surface, Big Convoy ordered [[Colada]] and [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] to scout their surroundings. Later on, when the two Maximals discovered Saberback and a capsule of Angolmois, Convoy came to their defenses and fired his “Big Cannon” on him and the other Predacons, allowing the Maximals to escape with the Angolmois. Before they departed from Godbless, [[Vector Sigma]], speaking through Convoy, told the people of the planet to put in their best efforts on their own before turning to the assistance of a god. {{storylink|Chase the Mysterious Capsule}}

Big Convoy led the Maximal recruits to the supposedly warm, paradise-like planet of [[Solid]], to recover an Angolmois capsule. He was shocked, along with the others, to learn that the planet was actually frigid and frozen over. When Longrack attempted to assemble a ground team to explore the surface, Convoy shut him down, claiming that it would be good training for everyone to go. He changed his mind, though, when he realized that [[Break]] was the only one adequately equipped for snow exploration. Instead, he and the rest of the recruits remained waiting in the snow, until Break was ready with the capsule. Unfortunately, [[Sling (BW)|Sling]] and Saberback attacked the group, burying them all underneath piles of snow. Thankfully, Colada was able to rescue them, Big Convoy included, with his flame breath. The attack, combined with the horrific weather, was enough to demoralize the team, leaving them unable to rendezvous with Break in their current condition to retrieve the capsule. To this end, Convoy suggested using a slab of ice to slide across the planet's surface and meet with the penguin Maximal, having Longrack break off a piece from a nearby mountain. The plan succeeded, and the group met with Break just in time to fend off [[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] and take the Angolmois for themselves. Later on, when Longrack dressed down Break for seemingly caring more about the [[Gōmya|locals]] than the mission at hand, Vector Sigma spoke through Convoy, defending Break and stating that it was the right thing to do. {{storylink|Burning Heart Below Freezing}}

Big Convoy had the Maximal recruits touch down on [[Maderan]] to retrieve the Angolmois capsule located on the planet. When he was alerted through Stampy via signal flare of the Predacon presence on the surface, he took the ''[[Gung Ho]]'' down to solve the problem. After battling off Magmatron and freeing his recruits from the Predacons' clutches, he took wounded Stampy to the ship's sick bay so that he could recover. After the trainees apologizes to Stampy for poking fun at his cowardice, when he had in reality been the bravest of them all on Maderan, Vector Sigma spoke through Convoy once more, saying that, as a team, everyone had distinct, but important characteristics that made it run like clockwork. {{storylink|Hang in There, Stampy}}

When Colada and Break began to argue, Big Convoy sent them to the planet [[Donovan]] to search for the Angolmois there, and to hopefully stop their bickering. Break later called for help, revealing that he had left Colada to fend for himself in order to teach him a lesson, to the fury of Convoy. Once he beamed down on the planet, he searched for the pair, but was stopped by Dead End, who wished to have a one-on-one duel with the Maximal leader. Convoy shrugged off his attacks, and beat the snot out of the Predacon, rushing to help Break and Colada. By the time he arrived, the two had weakened the Predacons significantly, giving Convoy room to unleash his "Big Cannon" upon them. Once the Angolmois was secured, Vector Sigma spoke through the Maximal leader, talking on the virtues of working as a team. {{storylink|Mirage of the Sand}}

{{storylink|Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron}} {{storylink|Duel in the Labyrinth}} {{storylink|The Black Hole Crisis}} {{storylink|Sub-Commander Longrack}} {{storylink|Waa! They Got Eaten}} {{storylink|Planet of Time}} {{storylink|Lonely Hydra}} {{storylink|Break Is a Predacon?}} {{storylink|Ship's Log}} {{storylink|Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?}} {{storylink|Planet of the Ultimate Weapon}} {{storylink|Troubled DNAVI}} {{storylink|Attack! Randy}} {{storylink|Bump the Physicist}} {{storylink|Hardhead Is Hardheaded}} {{storylink|Personal Combat in the Deep Sea!!}} {{storylink|The Stolen Gung Ho}} {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}} {{storylink|Assemble! New Warriors}}

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===''BomBom'' comic continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' comic====
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Long before [[Lio Convoy]] and [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]]'s [[Gaia]]n battles took place, '''Big''' (ビッグ ''Biggu'') the [[mammoth]] lived on a cold, primitive world in the [[7th Cosmos]]. When an [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] Capsule fell on the planet, it evolved Big and other beasts, who were then led by a [[Magmatron|''Giganotosaurus'']], and the capsule came to be known as the Divine Stone. The resulting gang turned violent and, when he wasn't around, murdered Big's friends.

When the time-lost [[Lio Convoy]] ended up on Big's planet, he came face to face with the dinosaurs, and was saved in the nick of time by Big. After some introductions, Big brought Lio Convoy to the Divine Stone, but they were confronted by the evil creatures. Big was wounded in the battle, but the mammoth managed to push them all into the crevasse containing the stone, which exploded, further evolving the dinosaurs into full-fledged Transformers with robot modes. Lio Convoy was able to take down the mooks, but was easily defeated by the union of the ''Giganotosaurus'' with a ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and a ''Elasmosaurus''—[[Magmatron]]. When the villains made their leave, Lio Convoy recovered and found the mammoth dying in the snow. Regretting his involvement, Lio Convoy used his [[Energon Matrix]] to cure the animal. The process evolved Big into the Maximal Big Convoy, but he was left alone and amnesiac in the raging snowstorm. {{storylink|The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' comic====
Big Convoy would join the Maximals, becoming the notorious "One Man Army". During one battle, he disregarded [[Crow Convoy]]'s orders by rushing into a Predacon space fortress and blowing it up; the resulting shockwave damaged the [[Maximal Army 7th Fleet]]. For his insubordination, [[Great Convoy]] punished Big Convoy by making him the instructor of five rookie Maximals on the planet Gaia. He took a lackadaisy approach, commanding his students from the ''[[Gung Ho]]'', but came to their rescue when they encountered lethal [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] on the abandoned ''[[Galvaburg II]]''. Inside, they found the mysterious [[Unicron/Generation 1|Black Ball]]. When it was brought aboard the Maximals' ship, it suddenly activated the warp engine. {{storylink|The 5 Rookies}} The Black Ball revealed itself to be capable of speech and told the story of the war between Lio Convoy and Galvatron, and the Maximal commander's name stirred something in Big Convoy.

When the warp dropped the ''Gung Ho'' in [[Luxor]]'s orbit, it was immediately attacked by the Predacon flagship ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]''. The ''Gung Ho'' crashed into an asteroid, but not before Big Convoy sent his subordinates on escape pods to Luxor. While repairing the ''Gung Ho'' with [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]], Big Convoy investigated Lio Convoy's record, finding nothing that connected them two. When the rookies down on Luxor were attacked by the Predacons [[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] and [[Sling (BW)|Sling]], Big Convoy leapt to the planet to their rescue, managing to drive them away and prevent the planet's Angolmois Capsule from falling into the enemy's hands. {{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}} Their time on the planet was far from over, as the planet's sand was revealed to be actually made up of millimeter-long robots called [[Sandron]], who refused to allow the Maximals to leave the planet with the Capsule and threatened to eat them from the inside out. They attempted to sow confusion by assembling themselves into duplicates of the Maximals, but the ''Gung Ho'' was repaired in time to take the Maximals off the planet, and Big Convoy managed to use some deft gunfire to hold back the Sandron before they naturally dissipated thanks to the removal of the Angolmois Capsule from the planet. {{storylink|100000000000000000 Grains of Sandron!!}}

The Maximals next went to [[Greengard]] for its Angolmois Capsule. After appointing [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] the leader of that particular retrieval mission, Big Convoy stayed behind on the ''Gung Ho'', where he awaited the arrival of the ''Dinosaur''. After burying it in an avalanche, Big Convoy came face-to-face with Magmatron himself, who taunted the Maximal about his knowledge of Big Convoy's origins. After a fierce battle, Big Convoy was able to blast away Magmatron with his [[Big Cannon]] and picked up his students, who had succeeded at their mission. {{storylink|Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky}} The next capsule was detected at [[Colada]]'s homeworld, [[Jörmungandr]]. Leaving [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] to watch over the ''Gung Ho'', Big Convoy joined his other soldiers to the planet, where they ran into Sling, Dead End, and [[Saberback]]. Big Convoy entered a duel with Dead End, but it was eventually interrupted by Saberback, who tried to off Big Convoy on the recently arrived [[Guiledart]]'s orders. A retaliatory blast from Big Convoy disintegrated Guiledart and breached the world's shell, sucking everything out into space. The Predacons were doomed to the void, and Big Convoy was forced to let go of his Big Cannon to save [[Break]]'s life, losing it forever. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

Big Convoy and his troops later found themselves within the sanctuary of the [[Byakurēn]], where they found an Angolmois Capsule being worshiped as a holy vessel. The Maximals fought off the cult's evil priests before [[Kuma Kinkin]] engaged Big Convoy in one-on-one combat. Big Convoy managed to slice off one of Kuma Kinkin's arms in the ensuing battle, and used the missionary's own Bearnium gauntlet to kill him, stabbing him with it through the forehead. The cult vanquished, Big Convoy and his crew took possession of the capsule. {{storylink|Break Through! The Polar Bear Raging Claw Fist!}} Next, Big Convoy led his troops to the aquatic planet [[Wednesday]], where they retrieved the fifth Angolmois Capsule after a brief altercation against [[Rage (BW)|Rage]]. {{storylink|To Jellyfish with Love! Cry Out, Stampy Blade}}

[[Image:MangaBigConvoyVsBlentrons.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Who wants some?!]]
The sixth capsule was in the [[Graviton Prison]]. Though the Maximals were captured by the malfunctioning robot-guards, Big Convoy used his incredible kicking-strength to bust his crew out of their cell. With the capsule in their possession, the Maximals returned to their ship. The prison's guards attempted once more to stop the by pulling down on the ''Gung Ho'', but Big Convoy once more used his powerful legs to save the day, kicking the guards into a nearby black hole. {{storylink|The Great Escape! Graviton Prison!}}

For the final capsule, the Black Ball led the Maximals to a floating amphitheatre in proximity of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where they encountered the surviving Magmatron, who revealed that the Black Ball had led him there and gave him the [[Blentron]]s as troops! As events unfolded, though, the Blentrons turned on Magmatron and fed the collected capsules to the Black Ball, from which the face of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] emerged. Unicron explained that the last Angolmois Capsule, the divine stone that fell on an icy planet so long ago, was absorbed into the bodies of Big Convoy and Magmatron, a revelation that broke Big Convoy's amnesia. Breaking down from his recovered memories, Big Convoy crouched in tears till Magmatron implored him to keep fighting, and the two joined forces against the Blentrons. Just as the two were about to swoop into Unicron's maw, [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]], in actuality an agent of the [[Chronarchitect|Ruler of Time and Space]], froze time and explained to Big Convoy the threat of Unicron and the Ruler's plan to destroy the universe to remove the threat. After knocking some sense into the despondent Big Convoy, Heinrad was pulled out of the spacetime continuum for his violation of the dogma of noninterference. Away from Unicron, Big Convoy had to watch as the dark god chomped on Magmatron, spitting out his head and his [[Magma Blade (BW)|Magma Blade]]. After being entrusted the sword, Big Convoy used it to end his rival's life and swore to fight against Unicron, who had absorbed Cybertron to become his new body. {{storylink|Double Cross}}

With the Magma Blade in hand, Big Convoy had the ''Gung Ho'' lure Unicron to the clustered planetary system [[Georgian]], where the Maximal crew had Unicron attack planets, setting off explosions that destroyed his limbs. Limbless, Unicron tried to unleash a Blentron army, but it was of little effect to Big Convoy, who dove in and stabbed his eye with the Magma Blade. However, Unicron's dark essence emerged from its eye and plastered itself on Big Convoy's body to take it over. With no option, Big Convoy took the Matrix from his chest and unleashed its power, destroying himself and Unicron in the process. In his dying moments, Big Convoy saw Lio Convoy come to bring his soul to peace.

At Big Convoy's memorial, his former students, now graduated, paid homage to him when Heinrad appeared and took the four to an wintry planet. There, he revealed that Big Convoy's spark was "recycled" by his organization and the commander was reincarnated as an ordinary mammoth without memory or awareness of what came before. As the Maximals—now Convoys—saluted him, the mammoth walked off into the distance. {{storylink|Return to Zero}}

====''Beast Wars Metals'' comic====
The visage of Big Convoy appeared alongside those of Lio Convoy and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in a poetic montage overlooking the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] on [[Earth|Energoa]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}
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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
[[File:Big Convoy WorldsCollide Portal.jpg|thumb|150px]]
[[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]], [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]], and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] discovered that the [[Herald of Unicron|Heralds of Unicron]] had destabilized the Decepticon [[space bridge nexus]], causing the space bridges to become windows to other dimensions. One of these windows showed Big Convoy, who seemed to be looking right back at Jetfire. Jetfire, thinking he had seen the Optimus Prime he knew, tried to say so, but only stuttered, possibly in shock. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[Image:CybertronianBigConvoy.jpg|left|270px|thumb|He doesn't attend to politicians when there's asses to kick.]]
By one account, Big Convoy was known as the "one robot army" and was assigned by the [[Maximal Elder]]s to the ''Gung Ho'' and its crew of Maximal rookies in a time before the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. Together, they defeated Magmatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}

In another account, Big Convoy had earned himself a place on the [[Autobot High Council]] by the tail-end of the Great War. He was away from their base of operation when news came in that both Optimus Prime and Galvatron had fallen in combat, and so attended a meeting via holographic-projection. After rebranding themselves the "[[Primal Council]]", the group discussed their intent to broker an armistice with their enemies, in the hopes of ending the war without further bloodshed. To this end, Big Convoy was sent to a front near the [[Rust Sea]] peninsula. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

Big Convoy was part of Cybertron's [[Committee for State Affairs]] alongside [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] and [[Magmatron]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}} Because of his distinguished service, he was a high-ranking member of the joint committee. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}

On Cybertron, Big Convoy, along with [[Tasmania Kid]], had been investigating recent disturbances and riots occurring with increasing frequency. He found that the riots had been set off by the use of Angolmois capsules—something which he thought he had seen the last of. Though the rulers of the [[Maximal Imperium]] sent their aide, [[Ikard]], to bring Big Convoy to them, he refused to come, citing the importance of getting some control in the field. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

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Following the trail of the Angolmois incidents, he and his unit were able to locate a monolithic structure jutting from the Cybertronian skyline. [[Colada|Cohrada]] speculated that the new building was in fact quite ancient, a part of an older era of Cybertron that was thrust up through the substructure. [[Shokaract]] emerged from the structure, eager to demonstrate his newfound power. Big Convoy retaliated, transforming into a heavily armed spider-tank alt mode. Magmatron witnessed that unless the timestream was altered, the Maximal leader would also be killed by Shokaract. Thus, the chronally displaced Predacon chose that moment in time for the transwarp coordinates to give to [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Therefore, the battle was interrupted by the appearance of [[Lio Convoy]]'s transwarp cruiser, sparing Big Convoy. However, this hope was in vain, as it was soon shot down by Shokaract. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

Big Convoy later met [[Bump]], a "specialist" sent by Lio Convoy. Soon afterwards, Big Convoy and his soldiers encountered the Pack, along with immigrants from Earth, including [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. He participated in the plan and battled with Shokaract's forces. After their enemies were defeated, Lio Convoy and Big Convoy hoped that no threat came up while they were focused on rebuilding Cybertron, which had fallen into a sorry state after Shokaract's distribution of Angolmois. Unfortunately, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] popped up just in time to dash that hope. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
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Big Convoy was at the newly constructed Autobot base, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], enjoying the big turret at the top of the building. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}

===Legends World===
In the [[Legends World]], Big Convoy was a ''Transformers'' nerd who worked as a high school teacher. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|Bonus Edition Vol. 59}} He attended the [[Transformers Celebration 2014]], {{storylink|Legends Bonus Vol.}} and later was part of the crowd that cheered on the recently arrived [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] from the [[G1 World]]. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 23#Lord Megatron Goes to the Legends World|Lord Megatron Goes to the Legends World}}

Big Convoy took a job as a teacher at Magmatron's high school, initially scaring his students with his fierce appearance before showing his true self when he ran off to buy ''Transformers'' toys. {{storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei|Year 3, Class B Big-sensei}} He found teaching regular subjects boring and instead began teaching the history of the ''Transformers'' brand, {{storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei|First Lesson First}} and petitioned Magmatron to change the homeroom period to a period dedicated to talking about ''Transformers''. {{storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei|Very Strange}} Upon catching Colada shaking Stampy down, Big reprimanded him but showed his gentle side by giving his student some "money"... in the form of [[Cyber Key]]s. {{storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei|Delinquent Colada}} During sports day, he presented Break with a Cyber Key medal for his exemplary skating before crushing his students under his weight during the cavalry race. {{storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei|Hot-blooded Break}} When Longrack began studying ''Transformers'' at the cost of neglecting other subjects, Big realized he was leading his students astray and began teaching properly. {{storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei|Preparatory Reviewer Longrack}}

One day, Big Convoy awoke in the form of a robot mammoth who could turn himself into a tank and was, to his joy, diagnosed with [[Transformers sickness]]. [[DNAVI]] prescribed him some medicine, but he refused to be cured and threw it away. {{storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei|When I Awoke One Morning...}} On the way home, he was caught up in a [[Quintesson]] invasion and, finding [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] lamenting his uselessness, looked in vain for a [[football coach]] who could aid him. Realizing he himself qualified as a kind of coach, he then decided to disguise himself as a Decepticon and help Blitzwing. {{storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei|To Fight with...}} After he offered the beleaguered soldier his services as a strategist, he introduced himself as "'''Big Fight'''" (ビッグファイト ''Biggu Faito''). His strategy didn't amount to much, merely telling Blitzwing to forge his own destiny, but the [[Triple Changer]] was able to relay those ideas to an invading [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]], who was actually Blitzwing from the past. After the invasion was ultimately repelled, Big Fight took his leave and Big Convoy was found the next day asleep during class. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|Bonus Edition Vol. 59}}

When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s [[Majin Zarak]] threatened the Legends World, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]'s ''Encore'' Big Convoy toy leapt to the rescue and revealed that all ''Transformers'' toys in the Legends World were actually living beings. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two}}

Nevertheless, the Legends World was destroyed and the regular Big Convoy from that world was forced to evacuate the universe in the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and ended up on [[Beast (planet)|Beast]]. When that planet was attacked by [[Galvatron II]] and his [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]], [[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]] forced Transformers sickness onto the Legends World refugees and converted them into forms much like the G1 World's own Beast Warriors. With the other Convoys, Big Convoy destroyed Nemesis's core in a Triple Beast Convoy Matrix Attack. {{Storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
'''Slammoth''' was a member of the [[Cybertronian Navy]] who served aboard the ''[[Gung Ho|Gung-Ho]]'', patrolling the [[Allowed Zone]] of known space under the watchful eye of the [[Human Confederacy]]. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

During the [[Grand Uprising]], Slammoth seized control of ''Gung-Ho'' from the Builders. He became Supreme Commander of the space vessels controlled by the [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]] as the war went on. In addition to clashing with Builders, Slammoth had several encounters with [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razor-Claw]], an opportunist Predacon warlord who seized control of Cybertron's three moons, and was initially antagonistic with [[Lio Convoy]]'s movement.

When the war ended and the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] was routed, Slammoth took part in the negotiations at [[Dragon's Bane Cathedral]] in [[Hyperious]] to establish a new government. Once the [[Cybertronian Parliament]] was hammered into shape, Slammoth became one of the three chosen representatives of the Resistance. {{storylink|Derailment}}

===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
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==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
The awesomely powerful Big Convoy was originally a loner who preferred fighting alone. However, Maximal leadership decided that his talents were better served educating the next generation of Cybertronians—while Big Convoy still yearned for the old days, he was an excellent teacher who brought out the best in his students.

At some point, Big Convoy and his team of Maximals battled [[Magmatron]] for control of the universe's [[Dark Energon]] Capsules, racing from planet to planet in a conflict that culminated in a battle against a reborn Unicron. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWNtoy-BigConvoy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I'm not fat, it's all this kibble. It makes me look...poofy.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Big Convoy''' (ビッグコンボイ, [[1999]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-35'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[1999]] February
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Mammolike'''
:*''Sonokong ID number'': '''C-05'''
:*''Accessories''; "[[Big Cannon#Beast Wars Neo|Big Cannon]]", 2 missiles, 2 "[[Mammoth Haken#Beast Wars Neo|Mammoth Haken]]" missiles, "[[Energon Matrix#BigConvoy|Energon Matrix]]"
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''Beast Wars Neo'' products in Takara's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWN|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Big Convoy transforms into an organic mammoth. His beast mode has a rubber trunk which can be controlled by pushing a lever on the top of his head to somewhat simulate his "Mammoth Dynamite" attack. In addition, the tusks can be moved by pulling back either of his ears.

: In robot mode, Big Convoy is absolutely chock-full of weapons and [[gimmick]]s:
:# The spring-loaded "Big Cannon" (formed out of the beast's head, back, and tail) can fire two missiles from two barrels in succession with a rotating dial. It is held in his hands via [[5 mm post]] and can be stored on his back.
:# His shoulder armor can be swung up to reveal sculpted, non-firing missile pods.
:# He has flip-out "{{w|tonfa|Mammoth Tonfa}}" melee weapons in both forearms.
:# The two beast panels on the sides of his legs feature two spring-loaded missile launchers that fire his anchor-shaped "Mammoth Haken" projectiles (similar to the original ''Beast Wars'' Ultra Class [[Megatron (BW)/toys#BWultra|Megatron]] toy); the missiles can also be loosely held as melee weapons.
:# His chest panel flips down, revealing the first-ever removable Matrix toy accessory, vacuum-metalized gold with a transparent red center. This accessory can be held by any figure with standard 5 mm fist holes.

: Big Convoy technically has a third mode, known as "Mammoth Tank", which is basically just his beast mode with the Big Cannon folded out and his Mammoth Haken launchers deployed. Yay.

: This toy is somewhat infamous for being a [[shellformer]], as practically all of his beast mode components are shells that fit around the compressed robot to form this mode. Much of his [[kibble]] can be detached from the main figure to form the majority of his beast mode [[:File:Bigconvoy shell.jpg|on its own]].

: [[Sonokong]] released Big Convoy as "Mammolike" in the [[South Korea|Korean]] ''Beast-War Neo'' toyline. This release features no changes to the toy itself, with the only differences being [[:File:C-05 Mammolike Sonokong.jpg|the packaging]] and bio cards.

: Big Convoy was [[redeco]]ed as [[Black Big Convoy]], then redecoed and slightly [[retool]]ed into [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)#Universe .282003.29|Nemesis Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/BigConvoy/bigconvoy.htm More information on Big Convoy at TFU.info]''
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Dai Uchū no Taiketsu: Big Convoy VS Magmatron''' (大宇宙の対決ビッグコンボイVSマグマトロン, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''VS-35'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[1999]] February
:*''Sonokong ID number'': '''DX-05
:*''Accessories:'' "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, two "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix"

: Big Convoy was also available in the "Cosmic Showdown" "versus" pack with his chief adversary, [[Magmatron#Toys|Magmatron]], also released in the second wave of ''Neo'' product. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

: This vs-pack was also released in Korea by Sonokong. Much like the single release of "Mammolike", both toys are identical to the Takara releases, the only differences being the packaging and bio cards.

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[[File:Gold_Big_Convoy_and_Magmatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Kinpika Big Convoy VS Magmatron''' (金ピカビッグコンボイVSマグマトロン, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-35'''
:*''Accessories:'' "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, two "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix"

: This gold [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] Big Convoy was featured as a [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] giveaway through ''[[TV Magazine]]'' and ''[[TV-Kun]]'',<ref>[[Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Generations]]</ref> paired with a similarly gold version of Magmatron, limited to a whopping ten sets.

: Unfortunately, the dates and rules of the contest are currently undocumented.

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[[File:1999_Blue_Big_Convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Please, Mr. Blue was [[Blue Big Convoy|my father]], call me Big.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Blue Big Convoy''' (1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-35'''
:*''Accessories:'' "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, two "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix"

: A redeco of Big Convoy in shades of blue, this figure is a Lucky Draw item. Again, unfortunately, the specifics of the contest are currently undocumented.

: The ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]''-original character [[Blue Big Convoy]] is an homage to this release.
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG59-Bigfight.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Prototype names included Big McLargeHuge.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blitzwing''' (ブリッツウイング, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''LG59'''
:*''Release date'': [[2018]] [[January 27]]

: Packed in with the TakaraTomy ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Voyager-sized [[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Legends|Blitzwing]] figure, "Big Fight" is a redeco of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Shuffler#Legends|Shuffler]]'s accessory. The [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] form of Blitzwing can ride Big Fight in robot mode. Big Fight can also transform into a cannon for larger ''Titans Return'' or any ''Legends'' Headmaster figures to wield via [[5 mm post]].
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===''Encore''===
[[File:Encore-Big-Convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Guess this means we won't be seeing a ''Masterpiece'' Big Convoy anytime soon then...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Big Convoy''' (ビッグコンボイ, [[2019]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[2019]] [[January 26]]
:*''Accessories:'' "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, 2 "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix"

: The second-to-last release in TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' reissue series, this release of Big Convoy has been extensively redecoed to be more anime-accurate. The most notable changes include his paint and plastic being much more matte overall, flat white replacing the pearlescent white and silver, his beast mode pelt being a darker brown, his gold parts swapped to yellow, and his beast eyes now white with pupils.

: This release of Big Convoy displays considerably well with the ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Lio Convoy]] and anime-colored [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#MP38|Optimus Primal]] toys. With all three figures being roughly the same height, it is highly accurate to the respective cartoon scales.
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[[File:TF-BWN-Encore-Big-Convoy-Matrix-Buster.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Come on and Slammoth'' ''And welcome to the Jammoth'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Big Convoy (Matrix Buster Ver.)''' (ビッグコンボイ (マトリクスバスターVer.), [[2020]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[2020]] [[February 28]]
:*''Accessories:'' "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, 2 "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix", "Matrix Buster", "NAVI" figure, 2 leg attachments

: The actual final release in the ''Encore'' line, this re-re-release of Big Convoy has no deco changes from the original ''Beast Wars Neo'' version, but does have a lot of new parts added to it.

: The centerpiece is the massive "[[Matrix Buster]]" cannon accessory (as used in the penultimate episode of the ''Neo'' anime), which can store the [[retool]]ed Energon Matrix with collapsible handles, and has two flexible tubes that plug into his waist-piece. Completing the cartoon-based configuration are two small turbine-like parts that extend his hip-mounted mammoth legs by plugging in between the legs and the removable feet, exploiting a facet of the toy's construction that was not considered a play "feature" prior.

: Finally, this set also includes a small [[NAVI (Gung Ho)#Toys|NAVI]] figurine. Yay!

: This figure was also released in [[Australia]] as a EB Games/Zing exclusive.
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:AOTP-BigConvoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Alright Magmatron, you big nerd, where's my Angolmois capsules?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Big Convoy''' (Leader Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2x Tonfa, "Big Cannon", 2x Tusks, blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Tomoki Tatsumi]] (Takara Tomy)}}

: Released as part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' leader classes in 2026, Big Convoy is a faithful update of his original toy, transforming from robot to mammoth-shaped brick. Unlike "[[Lio Convoy#Legacy|Leo Prime]]" and "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Age of the Primes|Star Optimus Prime]]", he's still a Convoy, no "Big Prime" here! He comes with the "Big Cannon", removable tusks on 5mm pegs, and retains the flip-out tonfas of his original toy.

: Big Convoy was revealed at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2025.

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==Merchandise==
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===''Beast Wars Real Figure Kit''===
[[File:RealFigureKit Big Convoy.jpg|thumb|right|Also included with base: sludge.]]
*'''Big Convoy''' (1999)
**''Accessories'': Stand

:A non-transforming PVC prize figure kit of Big Convoy. It comes packaged with the unassembled figure and a stand. The stand has two attachment points for other Real Figure Kit stands to connect.
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===''Beast Change Kit''===
*'''Big Convoy''' (1999)
**''Accessories'': Big Cannon
:Released by [[Takara]], ''[[Beast Change Kit]]'' Big Convoy is a snap together model kit of the character in a [[super deformed]] style. The model can assume both robot and mammoth modes by being partially disassembled and reassembled. The kit includes stickers for added detail, though unlike the ''Beast Wars II'' Change Kits, Big Convoy is not [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his wavemate Magmatron.
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===Flame Toys===
*'''Big Convoy''' (20??)
{{toydesigner|[[Akira Amemiya]] (concept artist)}}
:Prototype sketches by [[Akira Amemiya]] of [[Studio Trigger]] fame of a Furai Model kit Big Convoy were revealed alongside Kuro Kara Kuri [[Rodimus Prime]], Furai Model [[Lio Convoy]], and Furai Model [[Optimus Primal]] in 2019. Big Convoy has yet to be released.

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==Notes==
*Big Convoy's chunky mammoth mode and emphasis on being a walking armory was decided upon as a direct contrast to the preceding Lio Convoy's lithe lion form and emphasis on blades.<ref>''[[Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Generations]]'', p. 125</ref>
*Concept art (below) by Big Convoy's toy designer [[Hisashi Yuki]] lists his preliminary name as Mammoth Convoy.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=珍しく日付が入っている絵が残っていて、まさに丁度２０年前に、ほぼ方向性が決まって来ていた様だ。今度の復刻版の発売が楽しみ♪|link=https://twitter.com/TOYROBOYUKI/status/1028923779949375488|name=Hisashi Yuki|site=Twitter|year=2018|month=08|day=13}}</ref>
*Like most comic-only Kreons, ''Kre-O'' Big Convoy is made up of existing ''Kre-O'' parts. He uses the [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] helmet, the bazooka gun (in reference to the [[Big Cannon]]), and some kind of spiky pieces attached to a backpack.
*Big Convoy was a candidate in [[TakaraTomy]]'s [[Fan polls#Masterpiece Fan's Choice|''Masterpiece'' Fan's Choice]] poll, which asked fans to determine which Autobot/Maximal leader from the franchise's then-30 year history should receive a new toy in the prestigious ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' line. Big placed eighth, with 2.1% of the vote.
*"Slammoth", Big Convoy's name in ''Beast Wars: Uprising'', originated as one of three possible names for the character eventually known as [[Victorion]] in the [[Fan polls#Combiner Wars Fan Built Combiner|Fan Built Combiner]] poll.

===Foreign names===
*''Korean:'' '''Mammolike''' (맘모라이크 ''Mammoraikeu'')

==Gallery==
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File:Mammothconvoy.jpg|''Beast Wars Neo'' concept art
File:IDW-BW-Big Convoy-Figueroa.jpg|IDW Cybertronian form concept art
File:04-Furai-Model-Big-Convoy.jpeg|Flame Toys Furai Model concept art
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==References==
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Dinoforce

2025-07-11T15:07:16Z

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:''The Dinoforce are a [[Decepticon]] subgroup from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].''
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[[File:Dinoforce goryuisgreat.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Open the door / Get on the floor / Everybody walk the Dinoforce]]

Hailing from [[Chaar]], the '''Dinoforce''' (恐竜戦隊 ''Kyōryū Sentai'') has the combined brainpower of a melon. And not even a particularly bright melon. Looked down upon by the other Decepticons, most notably the [[Breastforce]], they are often relegated to mere grunt work, made to haul stolen [[energon]] and other supplies around. Often seen as disposable, they're typically sent in first to do the unglamorous stuff while the higher-ranking Decepticons enact the ''real'' plan.

If you need a group to mindlessly break stuff, they're your bots. But their general sloth and simple-mindedness is a massive hindrance in any situation more complex than "smash stuff and steal energy", never mind their penchant for going off-plan even when they're not just outright bungling. In general they are only somewhat efficient in combat against Autobots, mainly beating foes by sheer numbers and relentless firepower, splitting from their semi-autonomous dinosaur shells to double their number. Team leader [[Goryu (G1)|Goryu]] tries to keep them in order, but even a more competent commander would have a hard time with this crew.

And yet, despite the bickering and beatings, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more eager, tighter-knit group of soldiers in the Decepticon army. They stick up for each other and their commander through thick and thin, and put their all into every mission. You can't fault their enthusiasm.

The Dinoforce consist of:

*[[Goryu (G1)|Goryu]] (leader, ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' shell)
*[[Doryu (G1)|Doryu]] (''Stegosaurus'' shell)
*[[Gairyu]] (''Ankylosaurus'' shell)
*[[Kakuryu (G1)|Kakuryu]] (''Triceratops'' shell)
*[[Rairyu]] (''Brontosaurus'' shell)
*[[Yokuryu]] (''Pteranodon'' shell)

If things get really hairy, the six robots can combine into the colossal [[Dinoking]], whose monstrous strength is nothing to scoff at.

{{bigquote|The stupidity of you fools is as limitless as the universe.|[[Leozack]]|"[[Unite!! Multiforce]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
Clips of the Dinoforce were seen when [[Shūta Gō]] and [[Grand Maximus]] were talking about the new [[Supreme Commander]] [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink |Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!}}

====''Victory'' cartoon====
[[File:Goryu and the Dinoforce.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"Let's forget our cowardice yesterday and face the [[Power Rangers]]...wait a minute."]]
Some years ago, the Dinoforce attacked a [[human]] freighter as it returned from Mars. The freighter proved no match for the Dinoforce, and they tore the ship to shreds, absconding with the energy onboard before it exploded. The only survivor was an infant named [[Jan Minakaze|Jan]], whose parents had bundled him into an escape pod before their death. {{storylink|Attack! Leozack}}

While Star Saber and the [[Rescue Patrol Team]] were away on Planet Micro, the Dinoforce attempted a fuel raid which was random and uncoordinated even by their standards. The Autobots on Earth were able to stop them, but were confused all the same. {{storylink|Rescue! Guyhawk}}

After finally acquiring enough energy, [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] had the Dinoforce take the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'' into the heart of the [[Dark Nebula]] to reactivate his fortress. Their celebration at their apparent success was cut short when the power cut back out again, but for once their emperor was not enraged, having expected the power to falter and merely wishing to see whether the fortress still worked. Then Yokoryu spotted [[Galaxy Shuttle]] passing on the ship's sensors. At Deathsaurus' command, they attacked and paralyzed the Autobot ship, while he fought Star Saber. However, the Dinoforce found their way blocked by the Rescue Patrol Team and Jan pelting them with random debris. A frustrated Goryu ordered them to fall back in favor of sending a really big bomb over to the Autobots. That also failed thanks to Jan, who sent it back to the Decepticon ship, where it careened about madly, though thanks to Kakuryu's forgetting to install the ignition plug, it didn't explode on them. Humiliated, the battered Dinoforce went to retrieve their leader so they could get away. {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}}

With the Autobot forces depleted after Star Saber and [[Ginrai (robot)|God Ginrai]]'s injuries, the Decepticons took the opportunity to start plundering with wild abandon. The Dinoforce attacked the [[New Cheyenne Airport]] fuel depot. Though the Autobots attempted to stop them, the Dinoforce were able to get away with the energy. {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}}

After the ''Thunder Arrow'' was damaged by the newly formed Victory Saber, the Dinoforce got to work repairing it, while Goryu attended Deathsaurus's latest bawling out with the Breastforce. The Dinoforce leader was inspired by this to come up with his own plan, his "By Me and For Me" plan. The plan, such as it was, was to attack the Schwimmbad School attended by Jan in the hopes of drawing Star Saber out. However, as they scouted out the place, Kakuryu and Rairyu spotted some mysterious new Autobot near the place. After some initial uncertainty, they called in Goryu, who brought the rest of the Dinoforce with him. Not sure about the newcomer's abilities, they decided to just attack the school anyway. This resulted in a stand-off with the mysterious mech, which Goryu tried to break by having the Dinoforce circle around him. Their inability to do so quickly resulted in the whole team making a comical pile-up, allowing Jan and his mech to get away. The Dinoforce chased after him, soon catching the human as Star Saber and Victory Leo arrived on the scene. The distraction allowed Jan to bombard the Dinoforce with smoke grenades, sending them into a panic and allowing the human to slip away. Ever defiant, the team combined into Dinoking, but even with their newly formed "Dinoblaster Cannon" they were unable to beat the Autobot commander. Faced with an immensely angry Star Saber, Goryu begged him to spare his troops in exchange for his life, while his troops tried holding Star Saber off so their boss could get away. The display moved Star Saber enough to allow the Decepticons to leave instead. {{storylink|Jan - Defend the Campus!!}}

After a solid month with no Decepticons having any idea on how to get energy, Hellbat stumbled upon the missing continent of Atlantis, and presented the idea of raising it to Deathsaurus. On doing so, the Dinoforce were immediately set to work gathering up the tremendous amounts of energy this generated, blissfully unaware of [[Wingwaver]]'s presence as he monitored them. Once they gathered enough energy, Deathsaurus boarded the ''Thunder Arrow'' and assured the Dinoforce he'd come back for them. Totally reassured, the Dinoforce decided to remain where they were for when he returned. Then Atlantis sank again, the tidal waves washing the hapless 'cons out to sea. {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} By astonishing coincidence, they washed up not far from the Autobot Shuttle Base. Goryu was insistent that despite all evidence Deathsaurus hadn't abandoned them, and shot down Kakuryu's hopes that his absence at least meant they could take a vacation. Yokoryu detected a nearby shuttle base, and so the Dinoforce went off to pillage it. As they were in mid-plunder, Star Saber and Victory Leo arrived to confront them, only to break off when one of the [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]'s meteor bombs started hurtling toward their location. Dinoking didn't believe the Autobots were telling the truth, and failed to notice the projectile until it was right on top of him, the resulting blast breaking him back into his badly battered components, with Goryu taking the worst of it. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}} Taken into Autobot care, Goryu was forced to admit his emperor had abandoned him and his men to die, and so passed on to the Autobots the knowledge needed to destroy the fortress.

Afterward, the Dinoforce reformed, taking on jobs on Earth as construction workers, except for Kakuryu, who got a job at an amusement park instead. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}

{{groupstub|{{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}} {{storylink|Sneak Attack! Dinoking}} {{storylink|Attack! Leozack}} {{storylink|Unite!! Multiforce}}{{storylink|Move Out! Rescue Team}}{{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}}{{storylink|Explosion!! The Energy Base}} {{storylink|Tanker Hijack Operation}}{{storylink|Rescue Jan!!}}{{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid}} {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}} {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}} {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}} {{storylink|The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}}}}

===''Victory'' comic===
During the final showdown between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s within [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Planet-Destroying Fortress|Space Stronghold]], the Dinoforce proved to be of little use against [[Galaxy Shuttle]] and the [[Victories]]. Eventually, however, Deathsaurus admitted defeat and introduced the Autobots to what he was really fighting for: the Decepticon civilians living in the city atop the Stronghold. With peace at last attained between the two factions, the Dinoforce were joyfully reunited with their precious [[Baby Dinoforce|babies]]. {{storylink|The Grand Victory War}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] disparaged the Dinoforce as little more than a gang of witless conscripts. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
{{anchor|Victory}}
[[File:Victory-toy Goryu.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Goryu]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''[[Goryu (G1)#Toys|Goryu]]''' (''Dinoforce'', [[1989]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-322'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''[[Gairyu#Toys|Gairyu]]''' (''Dinoforce'', [[1989]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-323'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''[[Kakuryu (G1)#Toys|Kakuryu]]''' (''Dinoforce'', [[1989]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-324'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''[[Doryu (G1)#Toys|Doryu]]''' (''Dinoforce'', [[1989]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-325'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''[[Yokuryu#Toys|Yokuryu]]''' (''Dinoforce'', [[1989]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-326'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''[[Rairyu#Toys|Rairyu]]''' (''Dinoforce'', [[1989]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-327'''

: Released in the ''Victory''-branded portion of Takara's ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#Victory|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' toyline under the ''Dinoforce'' [[gimmick]]-based [[subline imprint]], the Dinoforce toys are [[redeco]]s of the [[Hasbro]] [[Pretender Monster#Toys|Pretender Monster]]s' inner-robot molds, but with original dinosaur shells that feature cyborg armor attachments. Each one transforms into a small monster-robot, plus has a third mode as part of the combiner Dinoking.

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[[File:Victorytoy dinoking giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|The boxart features them all HOW many times? ...And don't even get started on how exactly their shells count!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Dinoking''' (Giftset, [[1989]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-328'''
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: All six members of Dinoforce were also available in a complete six-piece giftset. While there are no differences in the toys themselves between the individual and box set releases, the set lacks any [[bio]] or [[Tech Spec]] cards for the individual components, only having cards for the combined mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Destron/Dinoking/dinoking.htm More information on Dinoking at TFU.info]''
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:Legacy-toy Dinoking box.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|And then there were...wait, isn't the combiner another guy?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Dinoking''' (Gift set, 2024)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Multi-part axe, multi-part cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] and [[Shuhei Umezu]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CjNwidkuAN4/ Design notes on ''Legacy'' Sludge and Slug] from Hasbro designer Evan Brooks on Instagram</ref>

: Finally achieving the form this mold set was clearly meant to be from the beginning, ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]]'' Dinoking is a [[redeco]] and [[retool]]ing of the ''Legacy: Evolution'' Core Class Dinobot combiner [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Legacy|Volcanicus]], with his deco favoring the anime portrayal of the inner robots, as opposed to their shells or the original toy. Also unlike his original toy, his limbs are not designed to swap with each other. However, the Dinoforce now have actual dinosaur modes! Hooray!

: Aside from everyone in the set having a new-mold head, Dinoking comes with a slew of new parts. His new fist-parts give him wrist swivels and a bit more forearm structural integrity. A pair of large non-firing missile pods attach to the soles of his feet, giving him extra stability thanks to the broader, solid surface and addition of ankle tilts. Three new melee weapons combine with the single small sword accessory from the original [[Snarl (G1)#Legacy|Snarl]] tooling to form his signature axe from the anime. He also has a handgun based on the cannon from the original toy. Whew!

: He was only available in a [[Hasbro PulseCon 2024]] box set of six Dinoforce members: [[Doryu (G1)#Legacy|Doryu]], [[Gairyu#Legacy|Gairyu]], [[Goryu (G1)#Legacy|Goryu]], [[Kakuryu (G1)#Legacy|Kakuryu]], [[Rairyu#Legacy|Rairyu]], and [[Yokuryu#Legacy|Yokuryu]].

==Notes==
* The Dinoforce shells are notable for developing a green patina on the painted-gold portions, as well as a slimy texture over their whole surface over time. What causes this is unknown, but ''ick''. Even previously unopened samples will develop this nastiness. While some water and a little bit of hand-soap should take care of the slime, there's not much to be done about the green discoloration.
*The Dinoforce is unique among ''Transformers'' subgroups in that their Japanese name entirely uses native Japanese words—"''Kyōryū Sentai''", literally, the "Dinosaur Squadron". Still, Takara provided an apt English translation—"Dinoforce"—spelled out in Latin letters on the toys' pack-in cards.
*Despite being fairly regular characters, the Dinoforce never transform to their monster modes in the entire series—possibly because the monster modes don't fit the theme of the group.

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Dinosaur Regiment''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Spanish:'' '''Batallón de Dinosaurios''' (Latin America, "Dinosaur Battalion")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kǒnglóng Zhànduì''' (China, 恐龙战队, "Dinosaur Combat Team")

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Red Alert (Armada)

2025-07-03T14:23:48Z

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:''Red Alert is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''
[[File:ArmadaRedAlertAnimationModel.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Serve the public trust. Protect the innocent. <s>Uphold the law</s> Prescribe only beneficial medical treatments.]]

'''Red Alert''' was once a fierce warrior. It was not until he was seriously wounded, losing his hand permanently in battle, that he was able to sit back and realize how terrible war is. He is now a reluctant fighter, and somewhat emotionally detached, preferring to repair his friends than tear his enemies to shreds. This does not mean he is now a coward. To the contrary, when a fellow Autobot on the battlefield needs his immediate medical attention, he will be there no matter what it takes. He's a brilliant medic and scientist, but he's also extremely cautious.

His nominal [[Mini-Con]] partner is [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]].

==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
Red Alert cheered on [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s defeat of [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. During Galvatron's trip to prison, Red Alert alerted the transporting Autobots of an incoming [[Decepticon]]. {{Storylink|Armada Volume 4}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
[[File:DWArmada2 RedAlert filtrekshields.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Red Alert, all I'm hearing from you is '[[Pīpō|WOO WOO WOO WOO!]]'"]]
One million years ago, a new faction of Transformers, calling themselves "[[Decepticon]]s" attacked various [[Mini-Con]] villages on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for unknown, but most likely nefarious purposes. Red Alert was under [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s personal squad, sifting through the ruins of [[mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con Village C-52]] hoping to find survivors, though Red Alert was more interested in the fact that the Mini-Cons were using outdated [[Filtrek|Filtrek-A forceshields]]. What had happened to the Mini-Cons was that they had been forcibly re-engineered to "[[Powerlinx]]" with the Decepticons, granting the [[Bulk]]s increased power, which the Autobots learned first hand when [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] attacked [[Cyber City]]. Realizing that they were no match for the Decepticons, Red Alert desperately asked Prime for orders. Knowing that they would be killed if they stayed, Optimus ordered a retreat. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}

For a million years the civil war raged on, the once-proud Autobots struggled to defend themselves against the powerful, Mini-Con augmented Decepticons, who were in possession of Cybertron's only remaining Mini-Cons, the others having escaped at the beginning of the conflict. Hope came in the form of a Mini-Con Reactivation Signal detected by Cybertron's Decepticon-controlled communications satellites, which Red Alert was able to hack into. The Autobots resolved to travel to this distant world of [[Earth]] and resolved to fight for Truth, Justice and Freedom. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}}

[[File:DWArmada4 RedAlert Scavenger yourface.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"From now on, losing is verboten!"]]
Arriving on Earth at the [[Allspark Power Generator Station]], Red Alert attempted to communicate with the indigenous [[human]] species, asking for their help in finding the Mini-Cons, but only managing to frighten them off. [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] jokingly suggested it was because of his face. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} Unfortunately for the Autobots, the Decepticons had already arrived and were chasing after [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]]'s group of Mini-Cons and their human friends, [[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]. Just as [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] were about to jump Scavenger, Red Alert and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] arrived to outflank them. Eventually Megatron Powerlinxed with all of his Mini-Cons and gained the upper hand, but help came in the form of [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]]'s group of Mini-Cons, who Powerlinxed with the Autobots. [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] linked with Red Alert, a chest-mounted disk launcher. At a tactical disadvantage, the Decepticons were forced to flee. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

The Autobots attacked the Decepticons after they'd captured Rad and Carlos, with Red Alert taking on Starscream and tricking him into knocking himself out on Smokescreen's crane. They were ultimately defeated by Megatron and captured, but escaped after the Mini-Con [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]] had a change of heart and turned on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Armada Free Comic Book Day}} After establishing a base on Earth on the outskirts of [[Lincoln (city)|Lincoln]], [[South Dakota]], Megatron attacked the human city with the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], the forcibly combined form of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]], to goad the Autobots to emerge from their hidden [[Autobase]]. Red Alert tried to contact the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]] to no avail, and the Autobots realised the Autobot-allied Mini-Cons must have left earlier to infiltrate the Decepticon base at [[Silver Ridge]]. Despite the considerable tactical disadvantage, the Autobots emerged and fought off the Decepticons as best they could, Red Alert somehow gaining the ability to use his claw rifle without Powerlinxing with not-present [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]]. Fortunately just as Megatron was about to deal a fatal blow to Optimus Prime, Longarm and the Mini-Cons arrived, Powerlinxed with their respective Autobot partners, allowing the good guys to free the Air Defense Team and send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}

[[File:DWArmada10 RedAlert HotShot VENTSURPRISE.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb]]
Soon afterwards, when Red Alert was looking in on the Mini-Cons, he discovered that they had vanished. Again. He thought that as they were free to come and go as they pleased, perhaps they needed some time to cool off after Optimus Prime admonished them for disobeying his orders during the Air Defense Team incident. The Autobots received an answer to the mystery when local news networks reported strange lights in [[Tranquility, Kansas|Tranquility]], [[Kansas]]. Racing there in a [[Autobot shuttle|shuttle]], they discovered that the Mini-Cons were being subconsciously drawn to a strange obelisk. Unfortunately, the Decepticons were there as well and a fight quickly broke out, but as they fought, the Mini-Cons (and Rad) were taken into the obelisk and it blasted off to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} With the shuttle destroyed, Optimus Prime prepared to use the [[space bridge]] to go back to Cybertron and retrieve specialised equipment needed to fly to the Moon, but the Decepticon sensors had to be neutralised before he could do so without compromising security. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Hot Shot and Red Alert infiltrated the Decepticon base at Silver Ridge, knocked out [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] and erased the space bridge trace data of Prime travelling to Cybertron. Unfortunately, just before Prime returned, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] returned to Silver Ridge, forcing Red and Hot Shot to hide inside a wall panel. Determined not to let the Decepticons learn of their secret Autobase locations on both Earth and Cybertron, Red Alert and Hot Shot blasted the hapless Decepticons and destroyed their computer. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

[[File:DWArmada13 Prime RedAlert.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Doctor, we need your help defusing this atom bomb!" "OPEN THAT SLAG UP!"]]
After the crisis on the moon was diverted, Red Alert picked up an emergency transmission from Smokescreen and Scavenger, who had detected a Decepticon rocket launch pad in Death Valley, [[California]]. At the same time, a Mini-Con escape pod from the moon was detected in [[Alaska]], and Optimus Prime, needing to play politics to keep the Mini-Con refugees on side, decided to deploy the Autobots to the icy north. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} Arriving in Alaska, Red Alert and [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] were tasked with cutting the ice that entombed the escape pod with their [[sonic cannon]] while the other Autobots and Mini-Cons defended the area from the Decepticons. Unfortunately, at this moment Megatron attacked the Autobot shuttle with his [[Solar Scalpel]], an orbital superweapon launched from the rocket base in Death Valley. As if they weren't having enough problems, an-over-Powerlinxed [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] attacked, forcing Hot Shot and Red Alert to intercept. The two Autobots were flattened by the overpowered Cyclonus, until Optimus Prime stepped in and crushed the Decepticon's chest. With the Solar Scalpel destroyed by the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], rescue operations recommenced. Suddenly, Optimus Prime vanished. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}}

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Returning to Autobase: Earth via space bridge, Red Alert and the others discovered that while Optimus Prime didn't return to their base, they did have ''an'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. While the Mini-Cons postulated that he may be from another dimension, Red Alert did his best to stabilize the mysterious Autobot's condition. Sadly, the Prime briefly reactivated to warn them of the "walls" of reality crumbling and that "chaos" was coming, before expiring. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} With the arrival of the dimension-crossing Mini-Con [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], the Autobots got some clues into what happened to "their" Optimus Prime and the means to search for him throughout the [[multiverse]]. Red Alert and Longarm returned to the scene of Over-Run's appearance on Earth, but could not find his [[null-reality pod]], as it had been seized by the Decepticons. Unfortunately, this search for Optimus Prime prompted Megatron to lead an assault on Autobase: Earth, blowing up the computer in the unwitting Red Alert's face as he was using it. With Optimus missing, Red Alert assumed command and ordered the Autobots to roll out, but the Autobots were swiftly defeated. Red Alert was knocked unconscious by Starscream, but Megatron demanded the right to strike the final blow. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}}

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The Autobots were inadvertently saved from a fate exactly the same as death when a [[Galvatron (G1)|mysterious, powerful Cybertronian]] appeared and took the Decepticons apart, though the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]] were forced to intervene to prevent the being from defeating Megatron. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} After the Decepticons limped away, a seriously trashed Red Alert reported to Optimus Prime (who had been rescued and was now on Autobase: Cybertron) on the bad condition of the Earthside Autobots, in particular Smokescreen. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

With this in mind, those who survived Megatron's attack were less-than-pleased when they learned of Optimus Prime's alliance with the Decepticons to defeat [[Unicron]], the Chaos Bringer and eater of worlds. To prevent a fight from breaking out on Earth, Optimus sent them ahead to Autobase: Cybertron, where its less-damaged facilities could be used to save Smokescreen's life. However, Red Alert and the others still thirsted for revenge against Megatron, and assigned [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] to keep an eye on him. When Megatron isolated himself from the other Transformers by landing on Unicron in the hopes of striking a deal with the Choas Bringer, they attacked, sending the Decepticon leader into Unicron's depths as it disappeared from this reality. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}

====''Energon'' comic====
While Optimus Prime waited for a meeting with the High Council, Red Alert, Scavenger and [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] were seen travelling on a highway in the center of [[Cyber City]]. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}} Red Alert later returned to Earth in response to the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] attacks on four major cities, {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} being stationed in [[Toronto]] where he had to withstand [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebombs]] as well as [[Beachcomber (Energon)|Beachcomber]]'s puns. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}}
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===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Dobson]] (English), [[Ikuya Sawaki]] (Japanese)|[[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German), [[Stefan Berglund]] (Swedish), [[Ettore Zuim]] (Portuguese - Brazilian), [[Guillaume Orsat]] (French), [[Jyrki Kovaleff]] (Finnish), [[Jorge Saudinós]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Rubén Pérez]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Pasquale Anselmo]] (Italian), [[Kim Yeong-hun]] (Korean)}}
[[File:Base redalert newgun.jpg|left|thumb|[[Hiroshi Naka|"I'm a healer, but..."]]]]
Red Alert and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] were old comrades in the war over the [[Mini-Con]]s on Cybertron, with Red securing victory for his leader many times through his dedication to careful planning and preparation. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} When a beacon from the planet [[Earth]] reached Cybertron in [[2010]], alerting the Autobots and Decepticons to the awakening of the long-missing [[Mini-Con]]s on the far-off world, Red Alert journeyed there with Optimus and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] to investigate. Teleporting to the planet's surface at the same time as the Decepticons, Red immediately engaged [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], protecting the Mini-Con [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and the humans he had befriended from the Decepticon. The villains were driven off, but soon returned to menace the humans and their Mini-Con friends again, and Red—now sporting an ambulance [[alternate mode]]—and the Autobots came to their rescue once more. {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Armada)|Metamorphosis}} Red and Hot Shot shielded their new allies against a blast from [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], which yielded great reward: the explosion unearthed two Mini-Con stasis panels, which Red and Hot Shot activated, gaining new Mini-Con partners of their own. [[Powerlinx]]ing with [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], Red Alert obtained a new laser gun, with which he blasted [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. The Decepticons withdrew, and the Autobots set about the business of constructing a base on Earth out of the Mini-Con's crashed [[Exodus (Armada)|ship]]; after helping explain Cybertronian history to the kids, Red Alert gifted them with a protector in the form [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]]. {{storylink|Base}}

[[File:Soldier redalert disklauncher.jpg|thumb|Save the rainbow. Taste the rainbow.]]
On a mission to track down the signal of a Mini-Con panel in [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]], Red Alert partnered up with [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]]. After some off-roading fun to kick things off, the pair soon got lost and Carlos quickly got tired of Red Alert's humorless personality, but when the Decepticons attacked, Carlos had an up-close view of Red Alert's battle prowess as the medic used a grappling line to evade attacks from Demolishor. {{storylink|Comrade}} Hot Shot also expressed discontent with the officious Red Alert after he scolded him for not pulling his weight, but Red was soon to prove his value to the young Autobot while in [[Antarctica]]: in addition to quickly repairing Optimus Prime's malfunctioning trailer, Red saved Hot Shot's life by taking out [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] with his grapple, saved him ''again'' by clonking Megatron with his disk launcher, saved the ''kids'' from falling to their doom with his disk, ''and'' snatched the Mini-Con panel out of Starscream's hands! {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}}

While searching for a Mini-Con in a forest, Red Alert was the one who deduced that Optimus's trailer could be used to fight a forest fire. {{storylink|Jungle}} He later supervised maintenance work on the Autobot base, {{storylink|Carnival}} and accompanied his team-mates on a mission to the [[Sahara]]. This mission ended with yet another Mini-Con under the Decepticons' control. {{storylink|Palace}} Red Alert was furious when the Decepticons captured their human allies, and had to be physically restrained by Optimus from attacking Megatron as he ransomed the humans for the Autobots' Mini-Cons, but things turned out okay thanks to the efforts of [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] and [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]]. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}

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After working with a disinterested Hot Shot to continue salvaging what they could from the Mini-Con ship, Red joined in searching the caverns beneath a human city for the next Mini-Con, puzzling train passengers by driving through subway tunnels in his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} Later, looking for a Mini-Con at the bottom of the ocean, Red helped keep the Decepticons busy while the kids explored the ruins of an undersea civilisation, and carried Carlos to safety when the ruins began to collapse. {{storylink|Ruin}} The Decepticons succeeded in obtaining both these Mini-Cons, but Red Alert finally scored a win for the Autobots when he used his grapple to secure a panel on a volcanic island. The Autobots found they couldn't awaken this Mini-Con, causing Red to wonder aloud about the mysterious nature of the little 'bots, and the legends he had heard that they were the key to peace in the universe. {{storylink|Prehistory}} [[File:Gale redalert altmode.jpg|thumb]] As it turned out, the Mini-Con was part of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] sword, and required its two partners—one currently in the hands of the Decepticons—in order to awaken. The Decepticons soon invaded the Autobot base to bring the sword together, and Red Alert unleashed the base's defense systems on them. When this put their human allies in danger they turned to more tricky tactics, and Red took Starscream out of the equation with the confusing powers of a hall of mirrors. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

With the Star Saber successfully formed an in Autobot hands, Red Alert found the time to tinker, upgrading Laserbeak so that the kids would be able to direct him across greater distances. {{storylink|Overmatch}} He encouraged Hot Shot to train harder with the weapon, then partook in a search for a Mini-Con on a busy highway, helping Optimus hold off Starscream. The Autobots won the day thanks to the arrival of the mysterious [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]; Red was unsure if the newcomer was entirely trustworthy, but considered the search for the Mini-Cons of greater import. {{storylink|Gale}} As it turned out, Red Alert was right: Sideways soon changed sides to the Decepticons, and lured Hot Shot—who had, as Red feared, placed too much confidence in the Star Saber—into a battle on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. Hot Shot lost the sword to the Decepticons, and was returned to Earth, where Red tended to his wounds. {{storylink|Credulous}}

[[File:DecisiveBattle redalert gunarm.jpg|left|thumb|"Dead or alive, you're coming with me!"]]
On a mission to a foggy forest, Red Alert and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] battled Starscream and Demolishor, after which Red was tasked with using his grapple to recover a Mini-Con panel from a cliff-face, only to be foiled by Cyclonus. {{storylink|Conspiracy}} Soon after, the Autobots were joined by former Decepticon [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]], who Red Alert defended to the distrustful Smokescreen and kids by explaining his long-standing friendship with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}} Red and Smokescreen supervised the kids when they went on vacation to the countryside, but when a flash-flood swept the area, Red, Carlos and a young boy named [[Shaun]] were buried in a mudslide. Unable to transform with the local news network present, Red Alert had to wait to be dug out by Smokescreen, Optimus and Scavenger, after which he used his grapple to get them all to safety. {{storylink|Vacation}}

On another Mini-Con search, Red Alert tried to snipe Demolishor as he made a grab for the newest stasis panel, but was stopped by Cyclonus. The Mini-Con was recovered by the newest Autobot, [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]], and Red backed him up when he and Hot Shot took point on the next Mini-Con hunt. Unfortunately, this mission ended in failure for the Autobots, and the Decepticons acquired control of the Skyboom Shield. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} Red Alert later took part in a decisive battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, taking out Sideways with a single well-aimed blast. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}} He stayed at base for the next battle, but was on hand to repair Optimus's injuries after the fight was over. {{storylink|Vow}} When Sideways sucked the kids into cyberspace, Red Alert managed to extricate them before an evil force within the digital realm was able to do them any harm. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}} He then put a firewall in place to prevent further incidents, and remained at the base to observe the Autobots next mission alongside the kids. {{storylink|Tactician}} Optimus Prime was badly injured in this encounter, and Red Alert conducted the extensive repairs needed while the other Autobots went into another battle without them. The battle went badly, and Red prepared to join his comrades in action until Optimus forcibly removed himself from the medibay against Red's recommendation and helped win the day. {{storylink|Linkup}}

[[File:Detection redalert bossing around.jpg|thumb|"Show me your moves!"]]
In another moment of downtime, Red Alert again supervised repairs to the Autobot base, but got fed up of nobody really knowing what they were supposed to be doing and finished the job himself. {{storylink|Detection}} Red stayed at the base with the kids, spectating over a monitor, while the rest of the Autobots enaged the Decepticons and their newest member [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]. While the boys went off to search for a Mini-Con panel that activated somewhere in the bowels of the ship, Red and Alexis were contacted by Sideways and informed that the new panel contained one of the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], who formed the third Mini-Con weapon, the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} When the boys returned with the Mini-Con, [[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]], Red Alert took them to the battlefield, and was subsequently injured shielding them from Decepticon fire. His selfless action convinced the timid Sky Blast to act, and he sent out a call that awoke the other two components of the Requiem Blaster. The Space Mini-Con Team combined, and the weapon wound up in Optimus Prime's hands, ensuring an Autobot victory. {{storylink|Desperate}}

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The Autobots called a meeting to determine what to do with the Requiem Blaster, and Red agreed with the other Autobots who voted to put it to aggressive use. Overhearing this decision, the kids helped the pacifistic Space Team run away, and Red joined the other Autobots in searching for them. {{storylink|Runaway}} Understanding the Space Team's feelings, the Autobots decided not to employ the blaster in battle, so Red Alert and Smokescreen stayed behind at the Autobot base to safeguard the trio while the rest of the team went on their next mission. Unfortunately, the Decepticons staged a feint operation that allowed them to attack the under-manned base, overpowering Red Alert, seizing the Requiem Blaster, and fatally wounding Smokescreen with its power. {{storylink|Sacrifice}} Luckily, Red went to work on Smokescreen quickly, saving his [[Spark]] and rebuilding his body anew, giving him new life as "Hoist". {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}}

Once again, Red Alert remained behind while the other Autobots, acting on information from a turncoat Starscream, invaded the Decepticon base and liberated their captive Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Rescue}} He checked over Starscream's wounds when the Decepticon returned from a later mission to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} then joined in the effort to construct a [[Axalon (Armada)|new starship]] for the Autobots, making sure to keep the others on-project in his usual straightforward way. Before the ship was finished, however, Starscream defected back to the Decepticons, allowing them to gain control of all the Mini-Con weapons {{storylink|Crack (episode)|Crack}} and form the [[Hydra Cannon]], with which they threatened to destroy Earth. Red analyzed the Decepticon weapon from afar, but ultimately it took Optimus Prime sacrificing his life to destroy it. {{storylink|Crisis (Armada)|Crisis}}

[[File:Miracle grinning red.jpg|thumb|"Nice shooting, son."]]
With Optimus's death, the mantle of leadership fell to a conflicted Hot Shot, and Red Alert helped—though some aggression therapy—to convince him to take the title. {{storylink|Remorse}} The Autobots proceeded to complete their ship, the ''Axalon'', to pursue the Decepticons, but it fell to Red Alert to inform the kids that they would not be joining the Autobots on the journey. While Red was running final checks on the bridge, however, the Mini-Cons swarmed the room, blocking his access to the consoles in a silent protest that convinced the Autobots allow the humans to join them. {{storylink|Depart}} Red helped pilot the Autobot ship when it subsequently took off; a space battle with the Decepticons resulted in short order, during which the Mini-Cons used their powers to resurrect Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Miracle (episode)|Miracle}}

[[File:Puppet redalert blackhole.jpg|left|thumb|I am fully charged!]]
No sooner were they reuinted with Prime than a worm hole opened in space alongside the Autobots' craft, sucking Red Alert and Hot Shot into its depths. The pair were disgorged on a strange, dead planet where they and a trio of Decepticons found themselves menaced by a sinister clone of Optimus Prime named [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]]. While Optimus Prime soon arrived to dispatch his dark doppelgänger, Red, Hot Shot and the Decepticons all sustained serious injuries, but were saved by their partner Mini-Cons, who used their powers to heal their wounds, [[spontaneous recoloration|changing the color]] of their armor. {{storylink|Puppet}}

Both factions returned to Cybertron, and during the first battle back on their homeworld, Red Alert and [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] remained aboard the ''Axalon'' to protect the kids and Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}} A little later, Red caught Hot Shot in the act as he was preparing to depart on an unsanctioned solo mission. Learning that Hot Shot was aiming to make contact with Megatron—now Galvatron—in hopes of uniting the two factions against the danger posed by the emerging [[Unicron]], Red let him go. {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}} While Hot Shot was off on his mission, Red Alert helped co-ordinate troop movements across Cybertron, {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} recommending the deployment of backup for Hot Shot as his mission took him underground on the trail of Unicron. {{storylink|Portent}}

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Red Alert remained aboard the ''Axalon'' with the kids for the next battle, which concluded with the Autobots and Decepticons finally agreeing to combine forces in the face of Unicron's threat. {{storylink|Cramp}} Red stood by Optimus Prime's side for the impromptu ceremony that saw the two armies formally unite, then took part in the first strike against Unicron before withdrawing to the ''Axalon'' to watch the demi-god's transformation from Cybertron's moon to titantic robot. {{storylink|Alliance}} When the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]] informed them that the key to stopping Unicron was to free the three Mini-Con weapons powering him, Red Alert brought them and the kids to the underground warp-gate previously discovered by Hot Shot that would teleport them inside Unicron's body. Tremors caused by the battle raging outside caused the subterreanean tunnel to collapse, but Red shielded the kids and Mini-Cons and got them through the portal before he was buried in the subsidance. {{storylink|Union}} He soon extricated himself from the cave-in and returned to the surface, horrified at the devastation. {{storylink|Origin}} Red Alert participated in the final attack on Unicron that culminated in the chaos bringer's apparent destruction when Galvatron sacrificed himself, robbing Unicron of the hatred needed for him to exist. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

=====Alternate timeline=====
In a timeline where the Cybertronians' conflict never left their home planet, the Mini-Cons' influence on the Autobots and Decepticons subjugated the larger robots. Red Alert and the rest of his kind were left entangled in a semi-organic growth spawned from Unicron's cells, and were shut down by Unicron's power. Carlos, Alexis, and Rad appeared before him, visitors from another time, and beheld Red Alert's inert form before shooting off into time once more, eventually leading to Red Alert's fate being prevented. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}
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====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Dobson]] (English), [[Yasuyuki Kase]] (Japanese)|[[Robert Kotulla]] (German), [[Stefan Berglund]] (Swedish), [[Samuel Harjanne]] (Finnish, eps. 1 - 39), [[Jari Salo]] (Finnish, "[[Fury (Cybertron)|Fury]]" onwards), [[Guillaume Orsat]] (French), [[Juan Navarro Torelló]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Rubén Pérez]] (Latin-American Spanish, first voice), [[José Granadillo]] (Latin-American Spanish, second voice), [[Pocholo Gonzales]] (Tagalog, HERO TV dub), [[Hyunwoo Byun]] (Korean)}}

[[File:Landmine redalert robotmode.jpg|left|thumb]]
Twenty years after the war for the Mini-Cons ended, Red Alert—having gained a [[Accent|new accent]] somewhere in the intervening two decades—was assigned to a remote station to monitor the activity of a colossal [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] created by the destruction of Unicron. From this location, he reported in on the destruction of the planet [[Moriturus]]. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} With the black hole threatening Cybertron itself, Optimus Prime led the Autobots in evacuating to Earth, but Red remained at his station, preparing a [[gravitron grid]] that could hopefully be used to collapse the black hole in upon itself. Teleconferencing with Prime's forces on Earth for the grid's activation, Red Alert found that his efforts had sadly been in vain, as the grid proved unable to combat the black hole's force. Ancient Transformer [[Vector Prime]] urged that the lost [[Cyber Planet Key]]s held the key to stopping the singularity, and while the other Autobots were uncertain, Red Alert spoke up on his behalf, convincing Prime's team to focus their full efforts on locating the Keys. {{storylink|Hidden (Cybertron)|Hidden}}

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Red Alert soon joined his fellow Autobots on Earth, arriving just in time to help [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] reinforce the [[Autobot]]s during their conflict outside a museum. A relic from within the museum yielded up the coordinates to the resting place of the first Cyber Planet Key, [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet. Red Alert was sent there along with Hot Shot on a covert mission to locate the key, though Red was not too happy at the prospect of a secret mission with the impetuous younger Autobot. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}} Red Alert could see little point in the race-centric society of Velocitron, but was instead far more interested to observe the Velocitronians' unique [[Cyber Key]]s. In accordance with Optimus's instructions, he tried to keep Hot Shot from interacting with the natives, but their mission was barely underway before Hot Shot had disobeyed and intervened in a local dispute. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} With non-interference now a dead prospect, Red helped Hot Shot defeat local bullies [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]], then checked over their injured victim, [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]]. Initially attempting to pose as native Velocitronians, the pair were found out by Brakedown's young friend [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] when he overheard Red Alert giving Hot Shot a dressing down for his insubordination. With Clocker's aid, the pair were brought before planet leader [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], who offered them information if Hot Shot could beat her in a race; he failed to do so, but Red accused him of racing for his own ego, rather than for the mission. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

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After Hot Shot blew his systems in his next race with Override, Red Alert went scavenging for parts in a junkyward, where he was attacked by Crumplezone and Ransack, who had fallen in with the Decepticons. Although he was able to overpower them, Red was felled with ease by their commanding officer, Starscream. {{storylink|Speed}} Red recovered, but his disposition was not helped by the experience, as he continued to lambast Hot Shot for putting himself ahead of the mission, causing the pair to almost come to blows. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}} Nonetheless, Red refrained from confessing their breach of protocol to Optimus Prime when he next reported on their progress. He observed Crumplezone and Ransack beating up [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]], and overcame his reluctance to intervene, but was fortunately prevented from having to do so by the arrival of Override. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

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With the [[Planet Cup]] about to start—the race which would determined the leader of Velocitron and conferred upon its winner possession of the world's Cyber Planet Key—Red Alert summoned Optimus Prime to the Speed Planet. {{storylink|Ship}} Forced to confess their failure to follow his orders upon Prime's arrival, Red Alert explained the situation, and Prime excused their actions after seeing Override's obstinacy for himself. Red himself participated in the opening heat of the Planet Cup, helping Hot Shot overcome a mechanical hiccup that prevented him from accelerating by dragging him along in his slipstream. {{storylink|Hero (episode)|Hero}} Red and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] guarded Hot Shot's rear for the rest of the race, and despite Decepticon interference, Red progressed to the second heat. {{storylink|Race}} Racing took its toll on the pair during this round of the contest, they dropped out to help put out fires Decepticon meddling had caused. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}}

During training for the next leg of the Planet Cup, Red Alert relayed a distress call from Overhaul on the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] to Optimus, and gave voice to the theory he had formed based on observing the Velocitronians' Cyber Keys that the Transformers had been shaped in different ways by the Cyber Planet Keys. {{storylink|Savage}} Red was a spectator for the next race, discovering stowaway Mini-Cons [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] in the crowd. {{storylink|Sand}} In preparation for the final round of the cup, Red had bad news for Hot Shot: the stress on his system from the races so far would require a passenger to ride with him to constantly modify his system. He achieved victory with [[Coby Hansen]]'s help and won the Autobots their first Cyber Planet Key, though this didn't stop Red from good-naturedly ribbing him on the winner's platform. {{storylink|Champion}} When the key was inserted into the [[Omega Lock]], it emitted a signal that Red and the other Autobots followed to the [[Arctic]], though their search for whatever it was pointing the way to was fruitless. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[File:Ice redalert.jpg|left|thumb]]

After having some of the damage he had sustained during his Velocitronian adventures repaired by Coby, {{Storylink|Honor}} Red Alert put his own repair skills to work giving Optimus Prime a tune-up so that he could battle [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], leader of Jungle Planet. {{storylink|Primal (Cybertron)|Primal}} Prime won ownership of Jungle Planet's Cyber Planet Key, and Red Alert and all the other Autobots [[space bridge]]d to Jungle Planet to help fight off Megatron when he tried to steal it. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} The addition of this key to the Omega Lock again directed the Autobots to the Arctic, but Red stayed behind at base while Prime led a small team to investigate. {{storylink|Trap}} Prime's team was trapped in an avalanche caused by the emergence of the Arctic mystery—ancient Decepticons hidden in stasis who had been freed by Starscream—so Red Alert and the other Autobots sped to their rescue, digging them out so they could take the fight to their new enemies. When Optimus was injured in the subsequent fight, Red Alert called retreat so he could tend to his leader's wounds. {{Storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Seeing no recourse but to retreat to Cybertron with the Omega Lock, the Autobots attempted to leave, but were systematically cut down in their escape attempt by Starscream; Red fell alongside Landmine as the renegade Decepticon smashed through their Cyber Key powers. {{storylink|Retreat}}

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With the Omega Lock in Starscream's clutches, the Autobots had to focus their efforts on recovering it from his island base, only to be stymied by a battle with Megatron at [[Niagara Falls]]. Red Alert, Hot Shot and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] faced off against the Decepticon leader and were mowed down by his "Death Machine Gun". {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Vector Prime transported the grievously wounded trio to a nearby military base where their human allies began trying to repair them, but Red Alert insisted they were too damaged to save. [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] refused to take accept his fatalism, and as Hot Shot and Scattorshot announced their desire to keep living and fighting, he realized how shamefully he was acting. Their hearts all burning with [[burning spirit]], the three Autobots were able to tap into the power of the Omega Lock from afar, and were reformatted into powerful new forms, becoming the [[Cybertron Defense Team (Cybertron)|Cybertron Defense Team]]. They returned to Niagara Falls to resume their battle with Megatron, allowing Optimus to depart to track the energy surge from the Lock that had reformatted them to Starscream's secret island base. {{storylink|Critical}} After Megatron was repelled, Red Alert and his new team joined the battle on Starscream's island, from which they were sent back to Cybertron to clear the way for the impending arrival of the recovered Omega Lock, {{storylink|Assault}} riding the unstable space bridge with the help of Coby, Lori and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]]. Upon reaching the planet, they discovered it infested with insectoid [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} and set about exterminating them. [[File:Balance red scans jolt.jpg|thumb|left]] {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} Just after they got through wiping them out, the team were confronted with Megatron once more and leapt to battle him, but were easily repulsed by his energy aura. Instead, they just stood back and watched as Optimus Prime appeared to destroy Megatron with the Omega Lock, then used the Lock's power to transform Cybertron into the body of their god and creator [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}}

After communion with Primus revealed that the fourth and final Cyber Planet Key lay on [[Gigantion]], the Giant Planet, First Aid scanned [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]]'s memory banks to uncover the co-ordinates of the planet, which lay in another dimension. {{storylink|Balance}} When Jolt, the other Mini-Cons and the kids were snatched by [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] to gain the same info, Red Alert helped Vector Prime trace their whereabouts, {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} eventually locating them on Starscream's starship, the ''[[Atlantis]]''. Red and Scattorshot joined Vector Prime in warping to the ship to rescue their stranded friends. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

In preparation for the dimensional crossing required to reach Gigantion, Red Alert studied Optimus Primes's [[Matrix of Leadership]] and Vector Prime's [[Rhisling|sword]] and distilled a stabilizing "vaccine" from them that would allow the Autobots to endure the reality flux the crossing would subject them. {{storylink|Family}} Red helped to co-ordinate the distribution of Primus's energy so that the god could fend off an attack from Starscream, {{storylink|Titans}} then administered his vaccine to the other Autobots as they readied for departure aboard the ''[[Ogygia (Cybertron)|Ogygia]]''. While travelling between dimension, the ''Ogygia'' had its main engine damaged by the ''Atlantis'', but Red Alert and Coby's combined mechanical skills fixed it in the nick of time. {{storylink|Warp}}

[[File:Cyb ep38 this may sting.jpg|thumb|"Ze healing is not as rewarding as ze hurting."]]

Red Alert and the other Autobots proceeded to make contact with native Gigantions and explained their mission, {{storylink|Giant}} but were soon served their first major defeat on the planet when they were bested by Megatron, who had become Galvatron again through the power of the Cyber Planet Key. {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} After Red helped to rescue Bud from the ''Atlantis'', the Autobots divided into teams to work their way towards the centre of the many-layered planet, where the Cyber Planet Key lay. {{storylink|City}}[[File:Challenge redalert cyberkeypower.jpg|thumb|left|"Let's go practice medicine."]] Red Alert and his Cybertron Defense Teammates took one route together, overcoming the illusions of Sideways and [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], {{storylink|Challenge}} besting [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]], but again falling before the might of Galvatron. {{Storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} They recovered in time to join the other Autobots in battle on the planet's lowest level, besting Galvatron and securing the Cyber Planet Key. {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} Galvatron soon returned to seize the complete set of keys, cutting Red and the other Autobots down in the process and leaving them stranded on Gigantion with no way back to their universe. {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} Red Alert and Scattorshot handled the programming side of things as the Autobots attempted to create a new space bridge to return home, but the endeavor met with failure, forcing Vector Prime to sacrifice himself using his powers over space and time to return his allies to Cybertron. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}}

Upon their return to their homeworld, Red Alert, Hot Shot and Scattorshot engaged the Decepticons in battle to allow Optimus Prime to tussle with Galvatron. {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} Galvatron then used the Cyber Planet Keys to enlarge his Decepticons to giant size, and the Cybertron Defense Team joined in the effort to take on [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], allowing Prime to pursue Galvatron and reclaim the keys. {{storylink|End}} Primus subsequently sealed the black hole, and Red Alert turned his attention to helping in the construction of planetary engines that would move the displaced Jungle Planet back to its proper orbit. He was among the assembled Cybertronians who helped right the engines when they were damaged, saving Jungle Planet, then gathered on Cybertron's moon with his comrades to watch Optimus Prime's final battle with Galvatron. {{storylink|Unfinished}}

With the war over, the Autobots embarked on a mission to build a new space bridge across the galaxy, linking all their worlds together. Red Alert was among the crew of the ''Atlantis'', ever by Optimus Prime's side. {{storylink|Beginning}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
Several months after the end of the war, Red Alert and other comrades of Optimus Prime met with a group of Autobots responsible for fighting off [[Unicron]] and saving the [[Mini-Con]] colonies while Prime's team was busy with the whole Cyber Planet Key business. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
During the war, Red Alert suffered a terrible injury that nearly killed him. This near-death experience taught him to value life in all its forms. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Red Alert's profile}} During one of his many battles on Cybertron, Red Alert defended the main Autobot headquarters from a Decepticon attack alongside [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]]. When it was revealed that angry Mini-Cons planned to bomb the base, he and the others retreated. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}} A few million years later, Red Alert participated in another battle with the Decepticons, but ended up retreating again as the enemy's Mini-Con augmentations rendered them too powerful. He wondered where the Mini-Cons who escaped from Cybertron had disappeared to, but [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] told him it was best if nobody ever found out. {{storylink|First Encounter!}}

But it was not to be. Just a short while later, a Mini-Con reactivation beacon reached Cybertron, and the Autobots tracked it to [[Earth]] to protect the Mini-Cons from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. While Red Alert and the others were outgunned by the Decepticons at first, the Mini-Cons pitched in and [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] joined with Red Alert, allowing him to shoot down [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Friends and Foes!}} After the Decepticons were chased off, the Autobots stood watch as the Mini-Cons and their new [[human]] friends made their way into some small caves. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} They later decided that the best way to keep the Mini-Cons safe was to send them back to Cybertron, so Red Alert prepared a [[space bridge]] for them. In the end, the Mini-Cons refused to leave their friends, and a Decepticon attack wrecked the space bridge anyway.
{{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}}

Alongside Hot Shot and Optimus Prime, Red Alert later helped save the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]] from Starscream. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|Devices and Desires!}} When the Autobots learned that the Decepticons were planning to [[Nuclear weapon|nuke]] their base from the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Red Alert despaired that their space bridge was still offline, so they couldn't prepare a counteroffensive. Thankfully, Hot Shot managed to repair the bridge and used it to send the missiles straight back at the Decepticons. Not Red Alert the scientist, but ''Hot Shot''. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}}

===The Balance of Power===
Red Alert and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] were entrusted with a mission to track down an ancient Mini-Con relic deep in Decepticon territory. The duo ran afoul of [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] and numerous [[Decepticlone]]s backing him up, forcing Red Alert to send out a distress signal. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus]] arrived to bolster their firepower in short order, which in turn drew [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] into the conflict. Though Red Alert was willing to do battle with the Decepticon leader himself, Optimus told him to stand down, so he could take on Megatron on his own. As the two leaders clashed, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] uncovered the artifact and activated it, and a portal opened, leading to the Mini-Cons' hiding place. The Decepticons flung themselves into the portal, and the Autobots followed them... to Earth. The search for the Mini-Cons began in earnest on this new world. {{storylink|The Balance of Power}}
{{note|This comic was written as a tie-in to the [[Transformers (Armada PS2)|''Armada'' video game]], but its details differ from the introduction seen in the game itself. [[#PS2|See below]] for Red Alert's role in the game.}}

===Reader's Digest ''Armada'' novels===
Red Alert was one of the Autobots teleported to Earth by the warp gate within the remains of a Mini-Con ship. Despite the radical change in scenery, Red Alert continued to do battle against the Decepticons who had been teleported alongside them. The fighting came to an end, temporarily, thanks to the efforts of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: The Battle Begins|The Battle Begins}}

After securing their base on Earth, Optimus, Hot Shot and Red Alert headed to a nearby highway to adopt new alternate modes based on local vehicles. Red Alert took on the form of a four-wheel drive rescue vehicle that was part ambulance, part firetruck, part armored car. When their human allies joined them, Red Alert scrutinized their Mini-Con companions with great interest, as he had only heard of the diminutive robots in old war stories up until that point. Explosions emanating from nearby interrupted Red Alert's observations. The Decepticons were attacking the Autobots' base! The Autobots launched a counter-attack, with Red Alert deflecting a missile the Decepticon Demolishor aimed towards Optimus Prime. A stray shot from Megatron then caused a rockslide, prompting Hot Shot to leave the battlefront in order to keep the children out of harm's way. Red Alert reconvened with him afterwards, only to find that Hot Shot had gotten himself a Mini-Con partner! The children had recovered several Mini-Con panels that had been unearthed by the rock slide. One of the panels responded to Red Alert's presence, the robot within bonding with him mentally. The Mini-Con then transformed into an additional arm for Red Alert, prompting him to name his new partner “Longarm.” Rejoining the battle, Red Alert used Longarm to lift Demolishor off the ground and toss him at Megatron. Realizing they were outmatched, the Decepticons retreated, though they managed to steal away the remaining Mini-Con panels as they warped off-planet. The children were saddened that the Decepticons had managed to take off with Mini-Cons in tow, but the Autobots assured them that they had done everything they could, and joined them in a "circle of friendship." {{storylink|Transformers Armada: Race for the Mini-Con Robots|Race for the Mini-Con Robots}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Red Alert was part of the Autobot forces during a battle in [[Yellowstone National Park]]. Following the Decepticon withdrawal, he was able to successfully retrieve a Mini-Con from a mud pit. {{storylink|Lonesome Diesel}}

===''Universe'' comic===
[[File:TFUjailbreak.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm a doctor, not a dimension traveller!]]
A Red Alert hailed from [[Aurex 606.0 Kappa]]. He, [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]], and [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] had just battled and driven off the Decepticons [[Landslide (Decepticon)|Landslide]], [[Drench (Universe)|Drench]], and [[Wind Sheer (Armada)|Wind Sheer]] when Unicron abducted him. Unicron would have also gotten Longarm if [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] hadn't shoved Longarm out of the way and taken his place. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 14/9/2015}} The pair were subsequently held prisoner in the [[Cauldron]] arena. The quick thinking of [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] released them, and Red Alert participated in the great escape led by [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} However, Red Alert and Firebot's home reality had seemingly ceased to exist, and thus they ended up in [[Aurex 204.0 Kappa]] with another [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] who had also been in the Cauldron. This Smokescreen helped them adapt to their new home. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 14/9/2015}}
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===''Galaxy Force'' comic===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Devil's Dogfight! Coby's Courage}} {{storylink|Intense Race Planet! Velocitron}} {{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Fastest Dream! Hot Shot's Run}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.8}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}

===Cyber Key Code content===
Red Alert fought beside [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] until one day [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] used his Energon Saber to cut off his hand. Red Alert has never forgiven him.

===''Cybertron'' toy bios===
Red Alert's first duty was to defend and heal the sick and injured. Thusly, Optimus Prime sent the Mini-Con [[Dirt Boss (Armada)|Dirt Boss]] under Red Alert's protection to the [[Velocitron|Speed Planet]] (although Dirt Boss viewed it as him doing the protecting). They happily worked side by side to ensure that all who needed protection were safe. {{storylink|#Cybertron|Wal-Mart exclusive two-pack toy bio}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Daran Norris]] (English)|[[Tomás Rubio]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Hubert Drac]] (French), [[Stefano Albertini]] (Italian)}}
When Optimus Prime left the base, Red Alert served as his dispatcher, alerting him via radio to mission objectives and giving him warnings.

Red Alert also took to the field, fighting the Decepticons and their army of [[Decepticlone]]s through various locations. He was accompanied by [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], his [[Mini-Con]] partner, with whom he could [[Powerlinx]]. He eventually merged with all the [[Mini-Con]]s that formed the [[Matrix Cannon (Armada)|Matrix Cannon]], ultimately defeating [[Unicron]] and saving [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

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{{storylink|Transformers (Armada PS2)|Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Red-Alert-Armada.jpg|thumb|"Dammit, I'm a doctor-" "Not a pawn in this game, we know!" "...am I really that predictable?"]]
Red Alert participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, and 25 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:EW-skin-Red Alert-Powerlinx.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|]]
{{EWskin|"Powerlinx Red Alert"|Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
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[[File:Armada RedAlertLongarm toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|RED UH-LURT! (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Red Alert with Longarm''' (Max-Con Class, [[2002]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Ratchet'''
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Patrol'''
:*''Takara and Sonokong ID number'': '''MC-02'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Claw-missile, disc, blaster attachment, triple-blaster attachment
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Max-Cons, Red Alert transforms into a white Nissan Patrol rescue SUV, loaded up with [[gimmick]]s. Placing his partner [[Longarm (Armada)#Toys|Longarm]] (or any other Mini-Con) onto the [[Powerlinx]] plug on his lightbar and pushing it forward triggers flashing LED lights and a voice chip that proclaims "RED-A-LERT! WOO-WOO-WOO-WOO-WOO-WOO!" Pulling the Mini-Con back, on the other hand, releases a spring-loaded missile launcher that flips out from his roof and into place over his hood, accompanied by an electronic firing noise. This weapon fires a missile with a hinged grappling claw. Placing a Mini-Con on his hood plug causes his grill to spring open, revealing a pressure-firing disc launcher that fires a single projectile when the Mini-Con is pulled back, also accompanied by a "rat-tat-tat" firing sound effect.

: In [[robot mode]], Red Alert retains use of both of these gimmicks, with the missile launcher now flipping all the way over his left shoulder; the launcher can also be removed and used as a hand-held weapon. Instead of having a left hand, he instead sports a [[5 mm post|5 mm peg-hole]] in his wrist, an attachment point for one of two translucent red "blasters" that are stored in the door-panel on his right leg. (He is most often depicted in fiction with the single-barrel attachment). The panel of his left leg, meanwhile, unfolds into a Mini-Con repair bay with a flip-up translucent red monitor screen and a plug for mounting Mini-Con patients. Due to the lack of clearance between his legs, the wheels attached to the panels, and the entire back assembly (when locked into place in robot mode), unfolding these panels has a tendency to create stress on the hinges, leading to the thinner white part of the joint to crack and/or split. Additionally, Red Alert has an unused cartoon [[character model]] sheet featured in the back of ''[[Legends of the Microns Year Book 2003]]'' that shows the entire left side of the vehicle mode opened up into a full repair bay, with the repair bay panel flipped out in vehicle mode, his left arm with one of the attachments equipped folded out as a repair arm, and his robot mode foot folded down as a support strut to hold the left side of the vehicle mode up (since the wheel isn't touching the ground when the panel is folded down). This can be loosely recreated with the toy—however, the foot can't be placed flat on the ground, and instead only his toe supports the vehicle in this configuration… but hey, it works! It's likely this was the intended function for Red Alert's repair bay platform, as folding it out in robot mode (like the toy is often advertised), has (previously mentioned) clearance issues.

: [[Hasbro]] seemingly not having learnt their lesson back in the mid-80s with the [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#The Transformers|G1 Ratchet toy]] [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Notes|and character models]] featuring the trademarked [[Red Cross]] logo, released Red Alert with [[tampograph]]ed red crosses, leading to a court battle between the two companies (more on this [[#Notes|below]]).

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Legend of the Microns'' "Ratchet" and [[Sonokong]] ''Eunha Yeongung: Cybertron'' "Patrol" releases feature some slight [[Paint operation|paint application]] differences from the Hasbro release, mainly a "separated" Autobot insignia and the addition of dark blue paint on his kneecaps. His electronic sound effects are also slightly altered, removing the "RED-A-LERT!" portion and just going right to the siren sounds.

: This mold was later used to make ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Sam's Club-exclusive [[Prowl (Energon)#VsStarscream|Prowl]] and [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|2007 movie line]] [[Inferno (Movie)#Toys|Inferno]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2002/Autobot/RedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Red Alert at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Powerlinx Red Alert toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|ORANGE UH-LURT! (''Hasbro version stock image'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Powerlinx Red Alert with Powerlinx Longarm''' (Max-Con Class, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Ratchet Super Mode'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MC-12'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[September 11]], 2003
:*''Accessories'': Claw-missile, disc, blaster attachment, triple-blaster attachment

: Released in the fifth and final wave of ''Armada'' Max-Cons, this [[redeco]] of Red Alert, depicting him in his powered-up "Powerlinx" form seen in the "Unicron Battles" portion of the ''Armada'' cartoons, makes him predominantly orange with white stripes and [[tampograph]]ed "RESCUE" lettering, giving him a more beach-rescue vibe. He retains all of the same gimmicks and sounds as the previous version of the mold, and comes with a redecoed Longarm.

: Powerlinx Red Alert was to feature red crosses like his original toy initially, but it was dropped prior to release, after [[Red Cross]] took Hasbro to court over the logos "misuse".

: The Takara "Ratchet Super Mode" release has some slight paint application differences, mainly additional metallic red paint on his arms (notably his right hand), and the removal of the "EMERGENCY" text on his hood.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2003/Autobot/PXRedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Powerlinx Red Alert at TFU.info]''
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===''Built to Rule!''===
[[File:BTR ArmadaRedAlert.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Red Alert's left hand is restored by the power of not-[[LEGO]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Red Alert w/ Longarm''' (2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Three missiles

: One of the larger ''[[Built to Rule!]]'' sets, Red Alert can be built into an emergency SUV, robot, or whatever your imagination can make out of the blocks provided. The set features a large pressure-launch triple-missile "Gatling" cannon.

: He also came with a [[Longarm (Armada)#Built to Rule!|block-version of Longarm]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2003/Autobot/BTRRedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Built to Rule! Red Alert at TFU.info]''
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cybertron Red Alert toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Cut you up, geezer! (''Hasbro version stock image'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Red Alert''' (Deluxe Class, [[2005]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara and Mocom Toy name'': '''First Aid'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-11'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[February 10]], [[2005]]
:*''Accessories'': Clamp attachment, hammer attachment, Earth Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Coe'': '''d26w'''
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)}}

: ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Red Alert transforms into a {{w|Dodge Magnum}}-inspired emergency vehicle. Plugging a [[Cyber Key]] into the back of his car mode causes two rear side-panels to pop out and reveal two spring-forward non-firing blasters. This gimmick is retained in robot mode, where they become over-shoulder blasters. He features an unusual transformation sequence where both the front and rear halves of the [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] come together to form his legs. His hood halves open to reveal storage space for extra tools (a hammer-head and an opening claw) that can be attached onto his left arm blaster. Later releases of the mold had slight indents made in the leg pieces to allow them to clip together better.

: The Takara and [[Mocom Toy]] ''Galaxy Force'' "First Aid" toy lacks the gold paint on the robot mode shoulders, and has lighter blue paint than the Hasbro Red Alert release. And of course, the Cyber Key lacks the Hasbro version's [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]].

: This mold was later used to make [[Cannonball (Cybertron)#Toys|Cannonball]], the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|live-action movie-verse]] [[Crankcase (Movie)#Toys|Crankcase]], and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Kup (G1)/toys#Timelines|Kup]]. The Kup tooling was also the model for the non-toy [[Kup (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Kup]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2005/Autobot/RedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Red Alert at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cybertron Defence Red Alert.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|(''Hasbro version stock image'')]]
[[File:GalaxyForce-UltraFirstAid-toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|(''Takara / Mocom Toy version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Cybertron Defense Red Alert''' (Ultra Class, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''First Gunner'''
:*''Mocom Toy name'': '''Ultra First Aid'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-21'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[July 14]], [[2005]]
:*''Accessories'': Large missile, projectile, spring-loaded shield/multi-tool arm, clamp attachment, hammer attachment, Cybertron Autobot Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''up0t'''
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (Takara)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: An upgraded, all-new tooling of Red Alert, "[[Cybertron Defense Team (Cybertron)|Cybertron Defense]]" Red now transforms into a cross between a Russian {{w|R-400 Oka}} mobile ballistic missile launcher and a {{w|BTR-90}} armored personnel carrier. The left side of his vehicle mode has a flip-up non-firing double-blaster, which can also be "used" in robot mode. Inserting a Cyber Key into the rear of the missile rack splits the missile open, activates lights and an electronic beeping sound, and exposes the inner spring-loaded projectile-launching translucent "laser cannon". When the missile itself is "launched"/slid off, it lights up and plays a sound of it taking off.

: In robot mode, Red Alert finally has two normal robotic hands, and he comes with a shield that can be mounted on either arm. When a Key is inserted into the top of the shield, a cannon flips out, and its barrel tip can be equipped with several tools stored in his shins (a spring-loaded hammer-head or a gripping claw), emulating his old multi-tool arm. He has two (nonfunctional) Mini-Con hardpoints in vehicle mode, and two ''different'' hardpoints in robot mode.

: The Takara "First Gunner" and [[Mocom Toy]] "Ultra First Aid" releases feature additional red details on the missile, blue paint on the gripping claw, and replaces the greenish-blue border on the Cyber Key with silver.

: Possibly because the Western name for the "Vanguard Team" (Cybertron Defense Team) was decided very late in the game, early batches of this toy available at retail and from online stores were lacking the "Cybertron Defense" portion of the name on the packaging. However, the more widespread version with the full name was found within mere days of the original version's initial retail sighting.

: This mold was also used to make the ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Timelines|Darksyde Megatron]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Countdown (G1)#Universe (2008)|Countdown]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2005/Autobot/CybDefRedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Cybertron Defence Red Alert at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cyb-toy RedDirtTins.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|First he tried [[Powerlinx]]ing with the [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|other Dirt Boss]]. That didn't go so well.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Red Alert with Dirt Boss''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Clamp attachment, hammer attachment, Earth Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''d26w'''

: Available [[exclusive]]ly at [[Walmart]] stores, this multi-pack features an unchanged [[#Cybertron|Deluxe-class Red Alert]] with a new [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Mini-Con [[Dirt Boss (Armada)#Cybertron|Dirt Boss]], who also came with his own carrying tin.

: [[Hasbro]] copy writer [[Forest Lee]] confirms that the ''Cybertron'' [[Tiny Tins]] exclusives were originally planned with two different [[Race Mini-Con Team|Race Team]] decos in mind, hence the backstory involving one version of the Team being from an alternate universe and the Tins' decos showing the Mini-Cons in silhouette rather than the normal full-color images. He could not confirm what the then-chosen decos were, however, but it seems likely they were re-packs of the two schemes from ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'', given the use of "[[Race Mini-Con Team#RoadAssault|Road Assault Team]]".

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Value Pack''' (Multi-toy bundle, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Clamp attachment, hammer attachment, Earth Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''d26w'''

: For a while, [[Toys"R"Us]] and [[Walmart]] stores in the US sold "Value Packs" with two randomly paired, fully packaged Deluxes set in a cardboard sleeve and sold at somewhat less than the cost of two normal Deluxes.

: This packs could include [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)#Toys|Dirt Boss]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Cybertron|Hot Shot]], [[Override (Cybertron)#Toys|Override]], Red Alert, [[Sideways (Armada)#Cybertron|Sideways]], or [[Snarl (Cybertron)#Toys|Snarl]].

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[[File:Cyb-toy CriticalPath.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No, we don't know why the path is so critical either.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Critical Path Pack! Sideways vs. Red Alert''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Clamp attachment, hammer attachment, Earth Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''d26w'''

: This two-pack of the Deluxe-size Red Alert and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Sideways (Armada)#Cybertron|Sideways]] toys was made available only at [[Target]] stores, retailing for $16.99. The toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:LOC CD Red Alert.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|In this instance, the "C" in "ICBM" stands for "cul-de-sac".]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Red Alert''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2006)}}</ul>

: A much-simplified version of the "Cybertron Defense" incarnation of Red Alert in terms of detail and articulation, this toy was made available in the third wave of the ''[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]]'' series. The missile is permanently in its split-open state, and permanently attached to his body.

: This mold was later used to make ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Classics|Perceptor]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Onslaught (G1)#Universe (2008)|Onslaught]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2006/Autobot/LOCRedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Legends Red Alert at TFU.info]''
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:TF-Age of the Primes-Autobot Red Alert.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Robertcop.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Red Alert''' (Voyager Class, [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Red Alert (Armada Universe)''' (レッドアラート (アルマダユニバース))
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''AOTP-08'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2025]] [[August 30]]
:*''Accessories:'' "cannon", hand missile, claw missile, triple-barreled blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro),<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjmcMC9nNoA Transformers Age of the Primes Reveal | Dive into the Legacy of the Thirteen Primes | Hasbro Pulse] with [[Mark Maher]] and [[Nate Purswell]]</ref> [[Tomoki Tatsumi]] (TakaraTomy)<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/DDsxa0wxHJ3/ Design notes on ''Age of the Primes'' Red Alert]] from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Mark Maher]] on Instagram</ref>}}

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Voyagers, "Autobot Red Alert" is an updated version of his ''Armada'' design, trading away most of the original toy's gimmicks for increased articulation and show-accuracy. Instead of a left hand, his left wrist can be equipped with either of his 2 gun attachments (with the unused one able to be stored away in his calf), and can deploy his missile launcher (with a non-functioning claw missile, which can also be stored when not in use) in both robot and vehicle mode. As with most other ''Armada'' figures from recent lines, he does not come with his [[Mini-Con]] partner, [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], though he does feature some 5mm posts if one wants to place an original one on there.

:Early renders erroneously depicted Red Alert with a proper left hand, which is absent in the final product. However, it would ultimately be included with his retool, [[Flatline (G1)#Age of the Primes|Flatline]].

:As with [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Studio Series|''Studio Series'' Ratchet]], he features "Autobot sign of life" decals due to the Red Cross symbol being a heavily enforced [[trademark]].

:Red Alert was revealed at [[Cybertron Con 2024]], and went up for preorder on [[December 10]].

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DDsxa0wxHJ3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Designer commentary on Red Alert from Mark Maher on Instagram'']''
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==Merchandise==
{{anchor|McDs}}
===McDonald's===
[[File:Armadatoy happymeal redalert.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Red Alert''' (McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 2002)
**''McID number'': '''6'''
:Part of the ''Armada'' Happy Meal promo at [[McDonald's]], this simplified version of Red Alert features a {{w|friction motor}} which is activated by pushing in his engine block/ head. The more you push the button, the further he'll zip along in SUV mode.

:The toy also features a [[Powerlinx]] post, which enable him to form a "leg" to the really silly-looking [[Mighty Robot]] into which the four Autobots in the range combine; his normal placement is as the left leg. He also has one Mini-Con Powerlinx port on each of his doors, so he can activate the Mini-Con features on larger figures.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2002/Autobot/McRedAlert/redalert.htm More information on McDonald's Red Alert at TFU.info]''
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===Burger King===
[[File:Cybertrontoy burgerking redalert.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Red Alert''' (Burger King kids meal toy, 2005)
:Available only as part of Burger King's ''Cybertron'' promotion, this version of Red Alert is a very simplified version of the original toy, transforming into an emergency vehicle, devoid of any [[gimmick]]ry... and that includes ''functional wheels''. That's right, this toy doesn't even ''roll'' in vehicle mode.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2005/Autobot/BKRedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Burger King Red Alert at TFU.info]''
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===Super Collection Figure===
[[File:SCF RedAlert.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Red Alert apparently never skips leg day ''or'' arm day. Yikes.]]
*'''Ratchet''' ([[December 27]] 2002)
**''Act'': '''9'''
**''Accessories:'' Stand
:A three-inch tall non-transforming PVC figurine of Red Alert was released in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''-specific ninth wave of Takara's ''[[Heroes of Cybertron (toyline)|Super Collection Figure]]'' line. The figure came in both full color and metallic silver "pewter" variants, available at an equal ratio one each in every case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures.

:The pewter version of the figure has a potential problem with connector peg breakage, due to said pegs often getting a layer of pewter paint before being forced into a socket, leading to sticking and tearing. Care should be used when moving or removing the arms; shaving down the socket interior with a thin hobby knife is usually sufficient to fix the issue.

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[[File:SCF armada redalert.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Quite possibly the first ever recorded dab.]]
*'''Ratchet (Cybertron Mode)'''{{fact}} (2002)
**''Act'': '''10'''
**''Accessories:'' Stand
:A rare "[[chase figure|Secret Figure]]" of Red Alert in his Cybertronian body, as seen in the [[Metamorphosis (Armada)|second episode]] of the ''Armada'' cartoon, was available in the tenth and final ''Super Collection Figure'' wave. He has a new torso and backpack, and the vehicle [[kibble]] on his limbs has been removed. It could only be found in one out of every ten cases, taking the place of the full-color version of the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Super Collection Figure|Optimus Prime Super Mode]] figure from that assortment.

:All of the Act-10 SCF figurines use considerably softer, more rubbery plastic than the previous assortments. This leads to some difficulty in keeping some figures standing, plus the pewter versions can be extremely hard to peg back together, as the pegs will just squash rather than pop into the sockets. This also leads to a greater risk of mushroom-pegs tearing on the pewter versions if the paint sticks together within the sockets.
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===Mini Car Collection===
*'''Ratchet''' (die-cast vehicle, 2003)
:French die-cast model producers [[Majorette]] teamed with Kabaya to produce the ''[[Transformers Mini Car Collection]]'', a line of ''Armada''-themed die-cast vehicles, all of which were redecos of pre-existing Majorette toys. Red Alert was a redeco of Majorette toy #285—a 4WD patrol car— now bearing the Autobot insignia, the ''Legends of the Microns'' logo, and an image of the Autobot medic on its hood. The toy came with a pack of gum.

::*''[http://www.shmax.com/product_details/4443/ratchet More information on Mini Car Collection Ratchet at Shmax.com]''

===Battle for Cybertron Game===
*'''Transformers: Armada - Battle for Cybertron Game''' (2003)
:A small figurine of Red Alert was among the eight Transformers character playing pieces included with the [[Milton Bradley]] ''[[Battle for Cybertron Game|Battle for Cybertron]]'' board game.
::*''[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6841/transformers-armada-battle-for-cybertron More information on Battle for Cybertron at BoardGameGeek.com]''
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==Notes==
* According to Aaron Archer, Red Alert's design was mostly inspired by the ''Power Rangers'' lines being developed at the time, with a head sculpt inspired by RoboCop.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=His design is influenced by #robocop and #powerrangers / I am a huge fan of the Robocop and ed 209 designs and i loved the movie in high school. but the bigger influence was power rangers and japanese suit shows. / I was in japan a lot the summer of 2001 and looking at all the Japanese brands while there. A new ultraman and Ranger show hit along w a few others and Red Alert was created during that influence.|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Buhw4GXHcQX/|name=Aaron Archer|site=Instagram|year=2019|month=03|day=03}}</ref>
[[File:LOTMYearbookRepairBed.jpg|thumb|225px]]
:* As seen in concept art published in the ''[[Legends of the Microns Year Book 2003]]'', Aaron Archer sketched a wide range of headsculpt ideas for Red Alert (designated with the placeholder name '''Rescue Extreme''').<ref>[https://twitter.com/walruslaw/status/1300537166674767873 Concept art scan from @walruslaw, 31 August 2020]</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=I love show reference books and #perfectguide books ,fun to be part of the #transformersarmada version.|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/BvyqdB3n3Wn/|name=Aaron Archer|site=Instagram|year=2019|month=04|day=03}}</ref> A common theme is a large siren perched atop his cranium, which is downplayed in the final look.
* Several of Red Alert's ''Armada'' toy gimmicks along with an additional "Repair Bed" (リペアべッド ''Ripea Beddo'') configuration for his robot mode & vehicle mode (which can be very loosely replicated with the toy by opening the left door, uncurling the arm and plugging in one of the hand attachments; unfolding the side of the vehicle to form the bed itself, and repositioning the robot mode foot as a support for the now-missing wheel) are depicted in the back of the ''Legends of the Microns Year Book 2003'' among his [[character model|production materials]] for the cartoon. Sadly, neither his robot mode or vehicle mode Repair Bed configurations made it into the show.
** Additionally, his "E-Tool Container" (エ具コンテナ ''E-Gu Kontena'', the compartment on his right leg) was also ignored throughout the duration of the cartoon. Model sheets show that, had it been utilized, a small mechanism would've slid up on a rail and an arm would've extended out from the mechanism, grabbing the tool-hand he removed, then the mechanism would store it and lift the replacement tool-hand out for him to then grab.
* The ''Armada'' Red Alert toy's "WOO WOO WOO" sound effect has since become a famous in-joke within the ''Transformers'' [[fandom]]. For a short time, it also became something of an impromptu chant among fans at ''Transformers'' conventions. Reportedly, at the start of the [[OTFCC 2003]] [[Hasbro]] Panel, several fans started chanting "WOO WOO WOO WOO!" to the initial confusion of Hasbro designer [[Aaron Archer]], until he realized what was occurring.
* As a result of Hasbro using the "red cross on white backdrop" symbol on the original ''Armada'' Red Alert toy, the [[Red Cross|International Committee of the Red Cross]], who have the symbol [[trademark]]ed and ''vigorously'' protect their claim to it, took Hasbro to court over the use of their symbol. This in turn resulted in the symbol not only being dropped from the toy's "Powerlinx" [[redeco]], but also having to be removed from the then-current [[Dreamwave Productions]] comics.<ref name="redcross">{{citesocial|quote=At the time, Hasbro had recently been taken to court by the Red Cross for using the trademarked Red Cross emblem on the Armada Red Alert toy. So Hasbro had to make sure the red cross was removed from any toy or licensed product (like a comic) including G1 Ratchet. This is also why they changed the cross logo to some made-up gear logo for the Armada Red Alert repaint [...] So, starting with TFG1 Vol.2 #2 we had to start coloring Ratchet a little differently, no big deal. When it BECAME a big deal was actually the above-shown TF G1 Vol.2 #3. During production of this issue the change was forgotten and Ratchet was colored the old way with red crosses showing. This actually happened while I was on vacation, and when I came back I saw the early print samples of the issue had just come in. After a quick review I noticed the mistake, and everybody scrambled trying to figure out what to do. I remember we tried begging Hasbro to let is slide just this once, but no go (their hands were really tied after the lawsuit). So the whole print run of the issue was pulped and reprinted. Not sure what the exact number of copies was, but it would have been at least 70,000 comics destroyed. Ouch! For comparison to these days comics, that would be the full prints runs at least 4 or 5 IDW Transformers comics.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830111944/http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2012/04/05/dreamslaves-4-red-crosses/|name=Matt Moylan|site=Lil Formers|title=DREAMSLAVES #4: Red Crosses|year=2012|month=04|day=05}}</ref>
* The x-ray image of his inner structure seen in the end credits of ''Legends of the Microns'' shows him having a pair of normal eyes behind his visor.
* According to the [[Transformers (Armada PS2)|''Armada'' PlayStation 2 game]] instruction booklet, Red Alert's ''Armada'' body has the following statistics:
**Mass: 3,838 lbs
**Robot height: 19' 8"
**Robot top speed: 37 mph
**Vehicle height: 7' 3"
**Vehicle top speed: 155 mph
**Vehicle power: 450 hp @ 6600 rpm
* His Cybertron Defense toy's Cyber Key Code info contains a reference to [[The Transformers: The Movie|the '86 movie]]. According to the info, Hot Shot had his arm torn off during the battle with the Scrapmetals. Red Alert mended the arm better than it had been before, even fixing a bad rotator cuff. This references [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s repair of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] on [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] ("You even got rid of a nasty burr on my rotator").

===Foreign names===
====''Armada''====
*''Japanese:'' '''Ratchet''' (ラチェット ''Rachetto''), '''Ratchet Super Mode''' (ラチェット{{ruby|S|スーパーモード}} ''Rachetto Sūpā Mōdo''), '''Red Alert''' (レッドアラート ''Reddo Arāto'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Riadó''' ("Alert")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hóngsè Jǐngbào''' (China, 红色警报, "Red Alert")
*''Korean:'' '''Patrol''' (패트롤 ''Paeteurol'')
*''Polish:'' '''Alarmus'''
*''Russian:'' '''Paniker''' (Паникёр, "Alarmist")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Alerta Vermelho''' (Brazil, "Red Alert")
*''Spanish:'' '''Alerta Roja''' (Hispanic America, "Red Alert")

====''Cybertron''====
*''Japanese:'' '''First Aid''' (ファストエイド ''Fasuto Eido'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Riadó'''
*''Korean:'' '''First Aid''' (퍼스트에이드 ''Peoseuteu Eideu'')

=====Cybertron Defense=====
*''Japanese:'' '''First Gunner''' (ファストガンナー ''Fasuto Gannā'')<ref>This is a pun on both "first" and "fast", both transliterated as ''fasuto'' (ファスト) in Japanese.</ref>
*''Korean:'' '''Ultra First Aid''' (울트라 퍼스트에이드 ''Ulteura Peoseuteu Eideu'')

==References==
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[[Category:Age of the Primes Autobots]]
[[Category:Armada Autobots]]
[[Category:Athletes]]
[[Category:Built to Rule!]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Energon Autobots]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]
[[Category:Medics]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Flatline (G1)

2025-07-03T14:09:26Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee: AOTP toy includes the left hand Red Alert almost had, plus Earth Wars render symbol error.

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{{disambig3|Flatline}}
:''Flatline is a [[Transformer]] often affiliated with the [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]''
[[File:RID20_Flatline.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Customizing|We're gonna need]] a [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|Trailcutter]], a [[Hoist (G1)/toys#T30Deluxe|Hoist]] head, and a bit of black paint.]]

'''Flatline''' is a medic, particularly adept at replacing body parts or constructing whole new bodies for his patients. Although nominally a Decepticon, Flatline takes his medical oaths very seriously and will treat any damaged Transformer who finds themselves in his care, be they Decepticon, Autobot, or otherwise.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Second Exodus|''Robots in Disguise'' #18]] (mentioned); [[Three Monologues|#20]] (full)}}
Flatline was among those who remained in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] after [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] took command of the [[NAIL|neutral population]] and banished both Autobots and Decepticons. When [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] refused to leave injured Autobots behind, Starscream argued that they didn't need him since they had Flatline and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]], who were both medics. {{storylink|Second Exodus}} Starscream then tasked Flatline with building him a new body, though he got annoyed when the medic started going on about why the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] were so popular. {{storylink|Three Monologues}}

[[File:BurningBright MedicFight.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Flatline got his work cut out for him after a "death wave" emitted from the [[Necrotitan]] killed and injured many of Iacon's citizens. Whilst diagnosing Starscream's injury, he let out a flippant remark about leadership that caused the stressed-out jet to snap and start yelling at him, but Flatline was too busy watching the Necrotitan stomp into the city to listen. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} When the Autobots returned to lend a hand, an angry Flatline confronted Fixit, outraged that he was keeping their wounded in a ''trailer'' and accusing him of failing to repair the Aerialbots or [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] before he left. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} He then got back to gathering the injured and evacuating the city. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

[[File:PrimelessPt1 Flatline.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.9]]
In the calm that followed the Necrotitan's defeat, Flatline helped [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] bring a bisected [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] in for repairs and build a new body for [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} He reactivated [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] after he'd spent months recovering in a [[CR chamber]], and was among the 'bots repairing Superion when Starscream brought Wheeljack to the facility. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}

Sent by Starscream to examine the fresh [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]] in [[Alyon]], Flatline reported having found hints of someone having visited recently—that someone being [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who soon returned and cut down Flatline as well as all the [[Badgeless]] posted there. He survived and was later involved with an experiment involving inserting one of Bludgeon's corrupted sparks into the remains of [[Slag (G1)|Slug]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}

Following [[Joe Colton|Baron Ironblood]]'s attack on Iacon, Flatline was of the opinion that humans—due to their brief lifespans—were intrinsically violent creatures, and was displeased that such a species would be joining the [[Council of Worlds]]. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 1}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four|''Transformers'' #10]]}}
[[File:RiseOfTheDecepticonsAllFallDown FlatlineShockwave.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6|"Look, we all know which way you're gonna go, so can we hurry this along?"]]
Flatline tended to [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] at Security headquarters after a disastrous raid on a [[The Rise|Rise]] facility. He was less than enthused about Sideswipe focusing on having been insulted by [[Shadow Striker (G1)|Shadow Striker]]. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} Later on, Flatline appeared at [[The Rise]] hideout tending to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s injuries. Instead of being a secret member of the terrorist cell, Flatline indicated he was ethically bound to provide aid to all Cybertronians, regardless of character, in the local version of the Hippocratic oath. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}}

Flatline was repairing the injured [[Roughstuff]] on a carrier that also held a captive [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], before a mob of Ascenticon supporters started toppling the hovering platform. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners|Prisoners}} Flatline later helped [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] repair injured Autobots. When [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]]'s group of Decepticons arrived to threaten their patients, Hoist managed to drive them away using repurposed [[Diagnostic Drone|diagnostic drones]]. {{storylink|Escape Part One}}

[[File:DarknessOnceGazedUponPart3 FlatlineExarchon.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|His first major starring role and he isn't even in the driver's seat for it.]]
After the Autobots abandoned [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Flatline remained behind to care for the brain-dead [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] and [[Kaskade]]. When the long-thought dead [[Provoke]] was discovered alive, Flatline administered to her as well, offering a diagnosis to her visiting friend [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I|Test Flight I}} Flatline continued to monitor Provoke and called Cyclonus back to the medbay when she awakened. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight II|Test Flight II}} Later, when Ruckus unexpectedly awakened as well, Flatline was flummoxed, as it seemed medically impossible. Provoke tried to convince him otherwise, but Flatline insisted on a full examination of Ruckus. Provoke then revealed that she was actually [[Exarchon]] in disguise and required two more bodies to contain his Threefold Spark— Ruckus...and Flatline himself! {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}} His spark supplanted by Exarchon, Flatline's body was used to gain access to The Rise's hideout, where Exarchon made known his return to his former lieutenant Shockwave. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Three}} Exarchon-as-Flatline gave his sales pitch to both Shockwave and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], trying to secure their allegiance once again. {{storylink|War's End Part One}} Ultimately, Exarchon's Flatline incarnation was melted to slag by the radiation-spewing [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. {{storylink|War's End Part Three}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===

[[File:Earth-Wars-Flatline.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.6|It's not a hearse, but it'll do.]]

*'''Class''': Medic
*'''Lowest Star rating''': 2 star
*'''Weapons''':
: Healing Tower: Spawn a healing tower that recovers 39.4 health to all allies in range every second for 15 seconds. It cannot be targeted nor destroyed.
:*'''Cost''': 5 Ability points +5 for extra usage
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==Toys==
===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:AOTP-Flatline.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|300px|A Red Alert is fine, too.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Flatline''' (Voyager Class, [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Cannon, claw missile, blaster/tool attachment, triple-barreled blaster attachment
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Tomoki Tatsumi]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[June 10]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEAkXHAU034 Transformers Fanstream | June 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Nate Purswell]] and [[Mark Maher]].</ref>

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Voyagers, Flatline is a [[redeco]] and [[retool]]ing of [[Red Alert (Armada)#Age of the Primes|Autobot Red Alert]], with a new head based on his comic appearance, as well as a left hand that didn't make it into Red Alert's final release. He transforms into an emergency SUV of made-up model.

: His left hand can be replaced with with either of his two gun attachments or the claw missile via [[5 mm post]]s, and he can deploy his (non-firing) missile launcher in both robot and vehicle modes. There are a pair of small posts on the top of his windscreen, which allow his blaster attachments to connect in both modes, which lines up with his various media appearances.
{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
*Flatline is an adaptation of the [[Flatline (ROTF)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic character]]. ''Robots in Disguise'' line artist [[Andrew Griffith]] designed Flatline as a "virtual [[retool]]" of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#T30|Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe Class [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|Trailcutter]] toy.
*Flatline's ''Earth Wars'' renders mistakenly have Autobot symbols on his hood. This error is corrected in-game.

==References==
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[[Category:Age of the Primes Decepticons]]
[[Category:Earth Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
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Sideways (Armada)

2025-06-30T21:11:12Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee: the AOTP toy may not be out yet, but there's no way the feet in the vehicle photo are transformed correctly.

{{picsneeded|Sideways's Autobot/Decepticon faction symbol from Armada or Cybertron package.}}
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:''Sideways is an agent of [[Unicron]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:ArmadaSidewaysCardArt.jpg|right|upright=1.95|thumb|Goofy ominous nutball hardass.]]
'''Sideways''' is a con-artist, but not in the traditional sense. He doesn’t doublecross others for monetary gain or anything of the sort; he strictly misleads others because he lives to see their reaction to his betrayal, and because it furthers [[Unicron]], his master’s, goals. He serves the planet-eater loyally, and works tirelessly toward putting him into a place of ultimate power. For the most part, Sideways is hands off in his deceit–he plants seeds in the minds of his marks, typically the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, and lets them do his work for him, unaware of the fact that they are being manipulated. He doesn’t really fear the consequences of his trickery coming to light, either. For him, the war between the two factions is childish, only a means to an end, and he considers himself above it.

Sideways maintains his cover by keeping his cards close to his chest, and only making a move when absolutely necessary. He allies himself with whoever is most likely to bring his goals to fruition, which is made possible thanks to his ability to switch faction insignias on a whim. He’s quick to fabricate stories for his change in allegiance, too, whenever he does switch sides; they don’t need to be particularly believable, so long as they keep him online long enough to serve his master. Besides, if anyone gets too suspicious, it’s nothing some more lies, or, if need be, outright violence, can’t fix.

When Sideways is forced into a fight, he can certainly hold his own, wielding either arm-mounted cannons or blades depending on his current form. Not only is he physically capable in combat, but he can also escape a battle if needed using his reality-defying [[trans-phase mode]]. In this configuration, Sideways becomes intangible, and can repair even the most grievous damage.

Sideways has two [[Mini-Con]] partners: [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]] and [[Crosswise (Armada)|Crosswise]].

{{bigquote|Which side are you on today, Sideways? Or should I say, who are you ''betraying'' today?|[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]]|"[[Starscream (episode)|Starscream]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Paul Dobson]], [[Mark Acheson]] (as Unicron) (English); [[Takahiro Sakurai]] (Japanese)|[[Ekkehardt Belle]] (German), [[Jhonny Torres]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Francisco Andrés Valdivia]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Raine Heiskanen]] (Finnish), [[Johan Hedenberg]] (Swedish), [[Anders Öjebo]] (Swedish, "[[Credulous]]", "[[Conspiracy]]" and "[[Trust]]"), [[Alexandre Gillet]] (French), [[Gerolamo Alchieri]] (Italian), [[Kim Jang]] (Korean), [[Hercules Fernando]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:Gale Needalift.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Hey kids, want some candy?]]
Sideways appeared as a beam of light from the sky striking a large [[Earth]] city near the Autobot base. An enigmatic warrior, he appeared to side with the Autobots, helping Hot Shot by watching his back during a confrontation with Scavenger. When asked to reveal himself, he transformed, his rider quickly splitting and becoming a helmet that covered his entire head. He claimed to be a drifter who just wandered into the conflict. While he gave the human kids [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] rides in cycle mode to keep them entertained, [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], [[Rad White|Rad]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] were all suspicious of the motorcycle's motives, especially his close attention to the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Gale}}

[[File:Credulous Sidewaysknocksswordaway.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Surprise, the mysterious ninja is evil!]]

In the following battle, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] faced Sideways and Hot Shot alone, and managed to force the [[Mini-Con storage panel|Mini-Con panel]] Sideways had (apparently) found out of his grasp. As the Decepticon leader began to warp away, both Autobots grabbed onto Megatron and all three were teleported to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. To Hot Shot and Megatron's surprise, the Mini-Con panel was a fake, made to convince Megatron to retreat so that Hot Shot, spurred on by Sideways's encouragement, could defeat the Decepticons once and for all. Though both robots fought well alongside each other, with Sideways expressing concern over Hot Shot's well-being, he eventually betrayed the young Autobot, by striking a deal with Megatron. He would pretend to be Megatron's hostage and in exchange, no matter what, Hot Shot would turn over the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. At first, Hot Shot did follow through, but reneged at the last moment by calling the Mini-Cons back to him. Sideways suddenly attacked Hot Shot, knocking the Star Saber out of his hands and kicking it to [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. He switched Mini-Con heads, revealing his allegiance to the Decepticons. Hot Shot was savagely beaten by the Decepticons. They stopped short of destroying him on the advice of [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]], who teleported the young 'bot back to the Autobot base. {{storylink|Credulous}} Sideways watched with indifference as the Decepticons became divided over Starscream's possession of the Star Saber. Even when Demolishor turned to him specifically for support, Sideways claimed he wasn't one for "taking sides." On their next Mini-Con hunt, Sideways crossed paths with Hot Shot, though he avoided fighting him. Instead, he took to taunting him as the Autobot gave him chase. Hot Shot managed to knock Sideways off his wheels on their second of such races, which allowed the Autobot to regain some confidence in himself. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}

[[File:Sidewaysheads.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|My Autobot counterpart is nearby...]]

When Starscream voiced his concerns that Scavenger might have went and joined the Autobots after deserting the Decepticons, Sideways stood in agreement with him. He put on a front of being especially spiteful towards Scavenger, stating that no one should get away with betraying the Decepticons. Starscream was right, and thanks to Scavengers' superior tactics, Megatron was gravely injured and tossed down a crevasse on the Decepticons' next mission. Sideways hauled him out, but with the Decepticon leader too damaged to continue fighting, the Decepticons were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

Megatron decided to take his frustration out on his troops, and had them participate in a "training exercise," where he chased them around with the Star Saber. Sideways tried to sit the whole thing out, only for Megatron to find his hiding place and dedicate all of his efforts on chasing Sideways specifically. {{storylink|Vacation}}

With Sideways's help, the Decepticon nearly secured the Mini-Con [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] (losing him to the Autobots at the last moment due to [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]]'s arrival) and then went after the last member of the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] trio, [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]]. This Mini-Con had somehow activated on his own, and fled from anyone who approached him. As one of the speedier Decepticons, Sideways gave chase to Downshift, only to be blasted by Smokescreen and taken out of the race. {{storylink|Reinforcement}}

When Megatron announced that he planned to challenge the Autobots to a decisive battle, Sideways worried that the Decepticons might bring the Cybertronians' war to a premature end. He found himself unable to dissuade Megatron of this course of action, so he opted to sabotage his own team's victory instead. Sideways first feigned defeat after charging Red Alert, then covertly shot down Cyclonus. This allowed Autobot reinforcements to reach Optimus, who in turn wrestled the Skyboom Shield away from Megatron. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}} Despite this setback, Megatron was quick to start planning another confrontation against Optimus Prime. While the Decepticon leader practiced tactics with the Mini-Cons under his command, Sideways shot at him under the pretense that it added legitimacy to his battle exercise. Sideways was later left on standby while Megatron implements his scheme to divide the Autobots around the globe, forcing Optimus to fight him and his Mini-Cons alone. Demolishor barked orders at Sideways and Starscream all the while, though the pair showed little enthusiasm in return. {{storylink|Vow}}

Sideways began to double his efforts towards manipulating the Decepticons and playing them against each other to suit his mysterious goals. One of these goals was the replacement of Megatron as Decepticon leader. Sideways sowed the seeds of rebellion within the Decepticon ranks, subtly turning Starscream against Megatron and convincing Megatron of Starscream's imminent treachery. The situation came to a head when the two Decepticons fought outside their base, but Sideways then realized Megatron would never execute Starscream for his insubordination, exposing an ever-constant weakness within the Decepticon command structure. After the battle, Sideways mused that this weakness would come back to haunt Megatron one day, and would be his ruin. Fortunately though, this incident somehow served to solidify the Decepticons as a unit, giving them much greater morale and cohesiveness, and achieving Sideways's aims of giving neither faction in the conflict a clear advantage. {{storylink|Rebellion (Armada)|Rebellion}}

[[File:Chase RainbowSideways.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|You don't want to taste Sideways's rainbow.]]

Shortly thereafter, Sideways tried to hack the Autobot base computer, only to encounter the children attempting to destroy the equipment to stop Sideways. He transported them to a digital universe, where they saw the coming of two [[Jetfire (Armada)|new]] [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|combatants]]. He tried to threaten them into handing over the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]], before the kids realized that as the realm they were in wasn't real, Sideways could not harm them. Sideways then apologized to an unseen master, shortly before the children escaped the digital universe, chased by an unknown [[Unicron|entity]]. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}

Sideways settled for continuing to aid Megatron's unit in a more conventional manner on the battlefield, despite it only leading to losses for their side. However, the tactician [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] joined their team, providing them with much more effective and coordinated battle plans. Despite his first plan failing due to the arrival of [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], {{storylink|Tactician}} the Decepticons retained faith in their new recruit. Thrust organized their flying units into ambushing Jetfire over the ocean, where the other Autobots wouldn't be able to come to his aid. Demolishor, Sideways, and Megatron laid in wait on a nearby island, the only place from which the earthbound Autobots could provide Jetfire with support. Once their enemies warped in, the Decepticons executed a secondary ambush, forcing Blurr, Hot Shot, and Smokescreen to remain on the defensive. But Thrust hadn't taken into account one detail: Optimus and Jetfire could combine! Once they did, they regained control of the battlefield, Sideways scampered away. {{storylink|Linkup}}

Sideways grew worried over Thrust joining Megatron's squad, and with good reason: Sideways was speedily caught by Thrust and the others while communicating with his unseen master. Sideways panicked and attempted to escape. He was caught by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who sliced him in half with the Star Saber. Sideways simply reformed, reconnecting his parts and absorbing laser blasts from the other Decepticons. Megatron, in fury and disgust, hacked Sideways to pieces and he was seemingly destroyed... or so the Decepticons thought. Sideways had entered [[trans-phase mode]] and his [[Mirror|rider]] rose in the form of a twisted [[nanite]] creature before the Decepticons' eyes, declaring that the Star Saber and Skyboom shield were merely toys to him, as he was near-invincible. His rider said there were millions of Mini-Cons left to be found, and challenged Megatron to see who would find them first, before flying off to parts unknown. {{storylink|Detection}}

[[File:Awakening-Sidewaysonscreen.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Sideways may be dead, but he lives on in reruns.]]

While most of the Autobots were on Earth fighting the monstrous new Decepticon recruit, [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], Sideways made an appearance inside the Autobots' base... on a monitor! He told [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and Alexis about the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], and how the Autobots had to find the three Mini-Cons that formed it before the Decepticons did. Neither of them trusted Sideways, but they knew he was right; if the Decepticons found the Requiem Blaster first, it would spell doom for the Autobots and the galaxy. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} Once the Autobots had acquired the Requiem Blaster, Sideways appeared once again on the Autobots' monitors, laughing. He showed them that he'd disabled their defenses. Sure enough, the Decepticons infiltrated the Autobot base, took the Requiem Blaster, and nearly killed [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] in the process. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}

Later, Sideways appeared to the Decepticon tactician, [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], and told him that the Requiem Blaster would be even more powerful if used in conjunction with the other two Mini-Con weapons, the sword and the shield. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} Thrust talked with Sideways again in a secret, ominous meeting. They planned to get the Mini-Con weapons away from the Autobots. {{storylink|Crack (episode)|Crack}} Thanks to Starscream's confusion on where his loyalties lay, he was able to steal the other two weapons from the Autobots, giving the Decepticons all three weapons. Thrust was hard at work on a secret project for Megatron, one that would harness the energy of all three weapons, and Sideways congratulated the tactician on his growing duplicity. When the three weapons were combined to power the starship [[Hydra Cannon]], Megatron used it to blow up a nearby comet while Sideways laughed from afar, on Earth's moon. {{storylink|Threaten}}

Both the Autobots and Decepticons were en route to Cybertron when a few of each faction were warped to a strange planet where they fought a dark copy of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] called [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]]. When Optimus Prime and Megatron combined their firepower against it, Nemesis Prime was destroyed, and as the copy dissipated, Sideways appeared momentarily. Nemesis Prime had merely been Sideways's puppet. {{storylink|Puppet}}

[[File:Uprising-SidewaysSpookyGhost.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|He controls the horizontal, but not the vertical. The vertical is for saps.]]

When both sides had arrived on Cybertron, a black hole opened up over the planet. It started becoming apparent to some that Unicron was drawing near. An apparition of Sideways appeared over the Autobots, and the Mini-Cons attacked it. After telling the Mini-Cons to get lost, Sideways again disappeared. Sideways returned to swear vengeance against the Mini-Cons when they tried to stop the black hole's effects. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}} Eventually, Thrust became suspicious that his partnership with Sideways and Unicron might be found out, so he panicked and stole the Requiem Blaster and Skyboom Shield. Thrust ran deep underground where he met up with Sideways, but he was tailed by Starscream. Starscream declined Sideways's obligatory offer to join Unicron, and the two fought.

[[File:Portent-Sideways vs Starscream.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Armada basically lines up the cast one by one so Sideways can call them an idiot.]]

Sideways assaulted Starscream with strange tendrils and amoeba-like organisms, and he and Thrust were able to leave with the two weapons. Now inside the moon in Cybertron's orbit, Sideways placed the Mini-Con weapons into its core, revealing that the moon was Unicron lying dormant all along. {{storylink|Portent}} The last of the three Mini-Con weapons was dropped by Starscream when he sacrificed himself to Unicron to prove to Galvatron (a transformed Megatron) that Autobot and Decepticon must join forces to destroy Unicron. Sideways formed over what was left of Starscream and grabbed the sword, making an easy getaway. {{storylink|Cramp}}

With all three weapons in place within Unicron's core, Sideways's master was able to shed the rest of his moon disguise and show his real form. Sideways and his patsy Thrust celebrated their inevitable victory over time and space. {{storylink|Alliance}} Thrust was told by Sideways to leave, as his work for now Unicron was now done. Thrust was confused, thinking he would be Unicron's right-hand man, but Sideways got angry, and ordered him to leave immediately. Thrust, dejected, left for the surface, where he later was crushed to death within Unicron's creases during the battle. {{storylink|Union}}

[[File:Origin-SidewaysUnicroncore.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|"I'm going to start elongating all my 's' sounds, Optimusssss."]]

Optimus and Galvatron managed to reach the glowing core deep within Unicron's body. Before their eyes, the core budded, recreating the body of Sideways. Unicron spoke through this Sideways body, announcing that Sideways had always been an extension of Unicron himself, and that Sideways had intentionally stoked the flames of the Autobot/Decepticon war so that Unicron could be fueled by their mutual hatred. He took special delight in mocking Optimus Prime for claiming to fight a war for peace, a seeming contradiction. The truth, according to Unicron/Sideways, was that Optimus Prime loved to battle; Prime refused to admit this. Unicron/Sideways wrapped Prime and Galvatron in tendrils, drained Galvatron of his energy, and offered Prime the opportunity to merge with him.

[[File:Sideways dead.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Ouchies.]]

Then the children and their Mini-Cons arrived, and they pleaded with him to stop, but Unicron/Sideways was able to claim them as their own; the Mini-Cons were Unicron's creation, after all. But inside a dreamworld created by Unicron, the children were able to call out to the Mini-Cons. They reactivated and told Unicron/Sideways that they believed in peace, and would fight for it if necessary. Their combined might was able to help Prime break free of his tendrils, and he fired a shot right through Sideways using the Requiem Blaster. As what was left of Sideways faded, he claimed he'd have his revenge... {{storylink|Origin}}

{{note|Internal to the ''Armada'' series, it is slightly unclear whether Unicron was somehow possessing his body for that period of time, or if Sideways had been an extension of Unicron all along instead of a separate individual. The additional backstory provided for Sideways in ''Cybertron'', however, would seem to establish that it's the former. Additionally, in "[[Credulous]]", before Sideways's Mini-Con head connects with his body after colliding with Megatron, an odd voice spoke, sounding like it came from a being of lesser intelligence emanated from the motorcycle body's own head, before the Mini-Con head took over. The mysterious line not being in the Japanese version of the episode and the shaky nature of the ''Armada'' dub in general only further obscures the issue.}}

====Linkage====
After informing the Autobots of the Requiem Blaster, Sideways journeyed to the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] to deliver [[Ravenus]] and the [[Doomstone]] to a group of [[Speed Chaser Team|evil Mini-Cons]] who were hunting down [[Super Stunt Team|a group of refugee Mini-Cons]] for their master. {{storylink|Linkage Part 8}} When they failed to eliminate or claim [[Redline]] and his friends, the evil Mini-Cons used [[trans-phase mode]] to connect with Sideways via a dimensional portal, and fled from Earth. {{storylink|Linkage Part 12}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
Sideways and Soundwave agreed to serve Unicron in exchange for the assured death of Gigantion. {{storylink|Revelations Part 3|Soundwave's bio}} Thanks to this deal, Sideways was preserved by Unicron's dark power after his defeat by the Requiem Blaster. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Ted Cole]] (English), [[Susumu Chiba]] (Japanese)|[[Jhonny Torres]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Joonas Suominen]] (Finnish), [[Roman Kretschmer]] (German), [[Diego Reggente]] (Italian), [[Anders Öjebo]] (Swedish), [[Emilio García]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Benjie Dorango]] (Tagalog, HERO TV dub), [[Lee Gwang-soo]] (Korean), [[Romain Redler]] (French)}}

{{note|In the original ''Galaxy Force'' version of the show, "Noisemaze" is unrelated to the Double Face/Sideways who appears in ''Legends of the Microns''/''Armada''. Despite this and the differences in characterization, backstory, and voice actor, ancillary material clarifies that—as far as [[Hasbro]] is concerned—''Armada'' and ''Cybertron'' Sideways are the same character.}}

Sideways and [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] were the last two survivors of the tyrannical [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]] which was destroyed as the result of a battle between it and Gigantion long ago. Even though X started the war and was destroyed by its ''own'' weapon of mass destruction, the survivors were still determined to destroy Gigantion as revenge! {{storylink|Challenge}}

Sideways entered the Transformers war during their desperate search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. After the disappearance of ''[[Atlantis]]'', he observed from the top of a rocky cliff and wondered how he could best manipulate both factions to his own advantage. It wouldn't be long until they were all his puppets! {{storylink|Deep}} He offered his services to the Autobots, but as soon as he'd helped them corner Starscream, Sideways switched to a Decepticon symbol, fired on the Autobots, and promptly left. Starscream and the others were left wondering exactly what that was all about. {{storylink|Ship}}

[[File:Sand-Sideways explains.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Honestly, guys, I'm an Autobot! You don't remember me at all!]]

Later, Sideways sent transmissions to both the Autobots and Decepticons, beckoning them to the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. He appeared with the other Decepticons as they confronted the Autobots, chuckling evilly as they argued over who sent the messages leading to their meeting. When a fight broke out, he battled [[Vector Prime]] until Megatron was beaten by Optimus' new Savage Claw Mode. {{storylink|Savage}} Sideways stood back and observed as Megatron fumed after his defeat. Noting that the locals were itching for another fight with Prime, Sideways sought out [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] in the woods, pleading for help to save a friend buried under a rockslide. Leobreaker rallied the other Autobots on Jungle Planet and marched them into a canyon to save this imaginary friend, while Sideways sent a fake message from Optimus Prime to [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], luring the Decepticons to the same location. The two factions met in battle as Sideways planned, while he mused from above that no matter who lost, he would win! But he was spotted, and Leobreaker angrily threw him to the ground for lying to him. Sideways desperately explained that he was a "secret agent" for the Autobots, digging for "inside information". Optimus Prime wasn't convinced, but when their interrogation was interrupted by a communication from [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], Sideways transformed and escaped. {{storylink|Sand}}

Sideways traveled with Megatron and the other Decepticons to [[Velocitron]] to apprehend the Speed Planet Cyber Planet Key. Here, Leobreaker and Sideways clashed again. When Megatron lost the Cyber Planet Key to [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], he, Sideways, and the other Decepticons fled. {{storylink|Champion}} Meanwhile, as Optimus Prime prepared to battle Scourge for the Jungle Planet Cyber Planet Key, Sideways and Starscream plotted. {{storylink|Honor}} As Scourge trained for the coming battle, Sideways and Starscream bet on the winner. At Sideways's suggestion, Starscream interfered with the Autobots's ability to get to the battle, thus causing Scourge's faith in Prime as an honorable opponent to waver. {{storylink|Primal (Cybertron)|Primal}}

When the Autobots finally defeated Scourge and acquired the Cyber Planet Key, Sideways was deployed with the rest of Megatron's troops to track down the Key after the Autobots split up with several decoy boxes. He personally pursued Vector Prime, revealing the ability to warp as he battled the ancient warrior for the box he held. When Vector Prime sent out [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] to attack, Sideways used his faction-swapping shield to trick the Mini-Con into leaving before snatching the box from Vector Prime. When he found nothing but a rock inside, Sideways beat a hasty retreat. He was later seen goofing off as Megatron and Starscream went after the real holders of the Cyber Planet Key, and returned to Megatron's personal dimension when the rest of the Autobots arrived to secure the Key. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}}

[[File:Retreat-SidewaysStarscreamarmy.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|That's right, the undercarriage of Sideways's altmode shows you the inside of his split-open ass.]]

Starscream was growing tired of Megatron's attitude towards him, and Sideways wondered if Starscream was going to doublecross his leader. When Megatron and his troops headed out from his dimension to find another Cyber Planet Key, Starscream instead chose to head to Earth. Intrigued, Sideways followed Starscream there, where they witnessed a burst of Cyber Key-related energy. He joined Starscream on his trip to the Arctic, where the wayward Decepticon demanded the Autobot [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] give him Earth's Cyber Planet Key. When Sideways realized that Starscream had sent Megatron the wrong direction and intended to take Earth's Key for himself, he decided to stay back and watch Starscream's fight with Crosswise, out of harm's way. ...at least, until Crosswise looked like he was going to lose, when Sideways happily leapt into action to kick him while he was down. Crosswise drove away, and Sideways shadowed him while Starscream investigated the cave he was guarding. {{storylink|Trap}} Sideways followed Crosswise all the way to his hidden hideout, where his leader, [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]], was waiting. When Sideways was discovered, he once again fled. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}}

Starscream, meanwhile, had recruited countless imprisoned Decepticons he had freed in the Arctic, and so Sideways stood at his side while Starscream marched his army across the face of the Earth. They converged on the location of the Autobot base, where they found the Autobots retreating via a [[space bridge]]. Starscream and Sideways engaged them in battle, but Sideways was quickly knocked away by the Autobots' firepower. {{storylink|Retreat}} After Starscream succeeded in grabbing the Autobots' collected Cyber Planet Keys and the [[Omega Lock]], Sideways joined him at his underground volcanic lair. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Later, he continued to remain by Starscream's side alongside Thunderblast. {{storylink|Critical}} The Autobots weren't far behind, and a clash between them and Starscream's army was inevitable. Sideways called them forth, ordering them to rise up and destroy their enemies, while he and Starscream watched the battlefield through a portal; Starscream was slowly absorbing the power of his stolen goods, and wasn't quite ready yet. The Autobots and Megatron managed to break into the volcano base, but Sideways had prepared a series of explosive boobytraps. {{storylink|Assault}}

[[File:Starscreamepisode-Sidewaysposes.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Hey, Sideways, your shield has huge gaps in it.]]

Despite this, the Autobots were able to get through them, where they came face to face with Sideways. Asked as to what side he was on today, Sideways replied that he was on his own, but today he was betting on Starscream. The Autobots fought him, but he was able to warp around them at will, and none were able to land a punch. Ultimately, [[Vector Prime]] placed his Mini-Con, [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] on Sideways's back, and Optimus Prime was able to use that to detect where Sideways would appear next. After several blasts, Sideways was once again able to flee, this time because of the arrival of Scourge. He returned to Starscream's side, where the wayward Decepticon was nearly finished absorbing the Omega Lock's power. When Starscream said he wouldn't run to face Megatron, but wait for Megatron to come and be picked off at his leisure, Sideways realized there was nothing more he could do there and left, teleporting away. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} Once the tremendous battle was over, and Starscream (despite having grown to a large size) had fallen over defeated, Sideways reappeared. Noting that Starscream could still be useful to him, he warped Starscream's humongous body away. {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} Starscream woke up inside the ''Atlantis'', with Sideways standing over him. Sideways explained that during the time Starscream had been out, Megatron had been defeated and Primus had awoken. The two traveled to Cybertron and found it transformed into Primus, but lying dormant; Sideways snarked that some clever guy had stolen all his power. He and Starscream tried to fight their way through the Autobots to the Omega Lock, but failed. Later, Sideways warped behind the Autobots' human friends, nabbed their three [[Mini-Con]] pals, and warped away. Angry, the children jumped into the portal window he left behind. {{storylink|Balance}} Vector Prime, being informed by Safeguard that the Mini-Cons and children were missing, reviewed security footage showing Sideways kidnapping the former. {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}}

[[File:Memory-Sidewaysandchildren.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|WOULD YOU LIKE TO? WOULD YOU LIKE TO?]]

Sideways attached Jolt to some equipment in order to search his memories for data pertaining to location of [[Gigantion]], where the last Cyber Planet Key would be found. But all Sideways could extract was useless data that would take forever to examine, so he tried to watch some television to pass the time. No luck—they were jamming their own communications, so he couldn't watch ''[[Galactic Guardians]]'' or anything, so he turned on his [[Soundwave (G1)|stereo]] and began moving to the music. Starscream yelled at him for goofing off. Embarrassed, Sideways ran off to do repairs. Indeed, the memory download was taking too long, so Sideways decided it would be much quicker if they just hacked open Jolt's head, took what they wanted, and deleted the rest. The operation was interrupted by the children, and so Sideways left to deal with them. After a few slapstick adventures, including a faked hologram of Megatron telling Sideways to jump on one foot and call himself a "pretty lady", the children were able to escape with Sideways's key to the cell he was keeping the other two Mini-Cons in. Though those two were rescued, Sideways finally caught up with them, laughing maniacally and with evil intent. {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} Jolt, whose rotors were now untied, was able to open a warpgate for himself and the others to escape through. Angered, Sideways warped away himself, and appeared again in front of the children and the Mini-Cons, telling him that he had put an energy field around the ship to prevent Jolt from pulling that trick again. The children and the Mini-Cons ran, but he threw one of his wing blades into the path ahead of them, blocking their escape. As Sideways mocked their attempts to distract him so they could make their getaway, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] was able to communicate with the ship and spray [[fire-retardant foam]] over Sideways's head. They fled.

[[File:Escape-Sidewaysmeandrawing.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|"A ''mouth?!'' This is libel!"]]

Later, when the children and the Mini-Cons had located the chamber in which Sideways was guarding, the one that was blocking communications from being sent out of ''Atlantis'', they remotely caused a malfunction in one of the engine rooms. Sideways ran out of the chamber and into the engine room, where he found a crude drawing of him on the wall. "Now that's just mean!" Next they dumped him down one of the garbage chutes, which Sideways laughed at. He'd just warp out of there! But he forgot that he'd disabled warping, so he was cast out of the ship into space. A piece of trash that followed him conked him on his head, knocking him out. ''Atlantis'' was soon found by the Autobots and Decepticons, and so Starscream set the ship to warp away. Just in time, the children and the Mini-Cons shot themselves out of the ship in two escape pods, but Sideways's floating body blocked the second pod from leaving the warp perimeter of the ship. Sideways and the second pod disappeared along with ''Atlantis''. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

Sideways returned to the helm of ''Atlantis'' with Starscream, as the distance between them and the planet [[Gigantion]], home to the final [[Cyber Planet Key]], quickly narrowed. But due to the work of [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], Jolt, and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]], and the Decepticons were able to follow a trail to the ship, and so Sideways activated the ship's defenses while he navigated a warp jump away. But after they had jumped, Starscream felt the power of Primus, and so the ''Atlantis'' returned to Cybertron. After a battle between Starscream and Primus, Starscream was brutally defeated, so Sideways warped the ship away again with Starscream's body in tow. {{storylink|Titans}} Starscream was no worse for wear by the time Sideways had begun piloting ''Atlantis'' through a warp gate to another dimension where Gigantion was located, but the Autobots' ship, the ''[[Ogygia (Cybertron)|Ogygia]]'', wasn't far behind. ''Atlantis'' started lagging behind the Autobots when Bud and the Mini-Cons aboard began sabotaging its engines, much to the fury of Sideways and Starscream. {{storylink|Warp}}

Sideways managed to get ''Atlantis'' to Gigantion, but only after a crash-landing. Before too long, the ship was under attack from the Autobots. Starscream was still too drained from his fight with Primus, so Sideways was told to fight them himself, an order he grumbled loudly about once he was out of Starscream's range. He confronted Optimus Prime, merged with Wing Saber, and bemoaned their sneaky tactics. He was the one supposed to be pulling the strings! As Sideways was targeted by a volley of missiles, Optimus Prime told Sideways that he'd had enough of his tricks. After a prolonged fight, Sideways could do nothing better than to utter a pathetic "mother!" as Prime's final, most powerful attack was bearing in on him. Thankfully for Sideways, he was saved by Soundwave, who pushed him out of the way at the last second. Once they were safe, Sideways thanked Soundwave for the rescue. Soundwave reminded Sideways that "that's how we roll," and not to forget their ultimate purpose. {{storylink|City}}

[[File:Showdown-SoundwaveSidewaysstare.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Don't go towards the light, Sideways!]]

While the both of them were searching for the last Cyber Planet Key, they were discovered by the [[Cybertron Defense Team (Cybertron)|Cybertron Defense Team]]. Soundwave explained their backstory as survivors of Planet X and their vendetta against Gigantion. When the Autobots noted it was their own fault their planet was destroyed, Soundwave shrouded them in a thick black cloud while Sideways created virtual duplicates of himself. He managed to mess with Red Alert's head, but was tricked into revealing himself by Scattorshot after the clever technician dealt with the smog. In the end, the two Planet X natives were crushed under a falling tower. {{storylink|Challenge}}

Sideways and Soundwave didn't resurface until the Autobots were ready to leave Gigantion to their home dimension to repair the black hole. They challenged the Autobots, blocking their path out of the planet, for they wanted to ensure the black hole destroyed the galaxy. After fighting Optimus Prime to a standstill, they were interrupted by Starscream and Megatron, who were fighting several layers above them, glowing and pulsating with energy levels no one present had ever seen. Soundwave and Sideways wanted to escape, fearing their own destruction, but they lamented that if they didn't grab the Omega Lock then, they'd have failed at their mission. Both warped closer to the battle between Megatron and Starscream, and, reaching towards the tremendous energy that had built up during the Decepticons' battle, Sideways begged Soundwave to leave and save himself. Soundwave rejected this, because they were in this together. As Megatron and Starscream punched each other simultaneously, a wave of energy seemed to destroy both Planet X natives.

[[File:Beginning-SoundwaveSideways.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|We're not dead! Neither is our planet! Weird.]]
Vector Prime noted that neither were likely destroyed in the conventional sense, but were blasted into another dimension. {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} His analysis seemed to be correct; a little later, when Megatron witnessed a vision of Starscream—apparently reaching out through the [[fire dimension]] to mock him one final time—Sideways and Soundwave were both standing by the traitor's side. {{storylink|Unfinished}}

Sideways, Soundwave, and [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|Laserbeak]] later cheered as they stood before an undestroyed Planet X, apparently having found an intact, parallel version of their homeworld in the dimension they had been transported to. {{storylink|Beginning}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
[[Vector Prime]] stated that the Planet X which attacked the Gigantion of [[Aurex 802.23 Alpha]] was the headquarters of the remnants of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] from [[Primax 994.0 Gamma]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/05}} The dimension that this Sideways, along with Soundwave and Laserbeak, landed in was [[Aurex 906.29 Alpha]]. Vector Prime hoped that the trio found some measure of peace. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/03}}

[[Vector Prime]] also stated that the Planet X which attacked Gigantion in [[Aurex 105.08 Alpha]] was half the body of Unicron from [[Primax 886.0 Gamma]] and its denizens were previously consumed Transformers resurrected by the planet. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/08}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
[[File:SkywarpSidewaysWheeljack.jpg|upright=1|thumb|I'm such a secret shill for Unicron that you only ever see me once! Well, twice.]]

Always evasive about where his true loyalties lie, Sideways has been seen on battlefields the galaxy over, but not always on the same side. He has manipulated both factions like a game of cosmic chess, and chooses his words carefully. Neither Autobot nor Decepticon, he has always served just one master: [[Unicron]]. To these purposes, he assigned his Mini-Con companion, [[Crosswise (Armada)|Crosswise]] to infiltrate the Mini-Cons' Moonbase operations and send things awry. Crosswise was more of a wildcard than a full-on partner, unlike Sideways's other Mini-Con, [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]. Rook was assigned to sow the real seeds of discontent amongst the Mini-Cons on the moon. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|More than Meets the Eye}}

Sideways himself was first seen working on a secret desert rocket site, guarded by [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] and [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]], which was designed to launch Megatron's [[Solar Scalpel]] laser system in orbit. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} After the rocket was launched, he returned to Cybertron, and was present for the battle against Unicron... though what exact role he played in it is unknown. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}
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===''Galaxy Force'' comic===
[[File:GF Noisemaze comic.jpg|thumb|left|]]
Presenting himself as an [[Autobot]], Sideways sneaked into the Autobot base on [[Earth]]. There, he set off an explosion that allowed him the opportunity to steal the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s for [[Velocitron]] and [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Animatron]] that were in the Autobots' possession, along with the [[Omega Lock]]. Evasive in his answers to the shocked [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], Sideways took his leave and turned over the artifacts to [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. Together, the three went to find Earth's Cyber Planet Key, and, despite Autobot interference, Sideways was able to help Starscream steal the power of the Omega Lock with the three Cyber Planet Keys plugged in and grow to gigantic size. {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.8}}
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===''Kre-O'' online comic===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-10-Sideways.jpg|thumb]]
Sideways witnessed [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]'s humiliating temper-tantrum over his lack of "[[Skeletron|See-Through Power]]". {{storylink|Wheeljack's Bizarre Invention! Optimus Power Up!?}}

Later, Sideways was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to attack the [[Autobot]] base while the Autobots were at a picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after... ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}

Sideways was around when [[Bludgeon (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Bludgeon]] uncovered the [[Red Bucket]]. {{storylink|Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power!}} He was among the Decepticons who aided Megatron in attacking [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], excited that he finally had a chance to show up in full. Then Metroplex collapsed on him, burying the poor guy in blocks. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
[[Vector Prime]] entered [[Fornax 813.0 Gamma]] to keep an eye on the Sideways of this universe. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/17}}

Sideways would later travel to [[Tyran 207.28 Gamma]], becoming the [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] of that universe. He would subsequently travel to a [[Primax]] universe [[Sideways (RM)|to trouble the Autobots there]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}

===''TransTech''===
{{main|Sideways (AVP)}}
One incarnation of Sideways was a dimension-hopping serial liar, who possibly originated in a [[Viron]] universe before traveling through [[Aurex]] and a number of other [[Universal stream|universal clusters]]. At one point, he infiltrated [[Axiom Nexus]] and kidnapped [[Vector Prime]], hijacking his column with [[Axiom Nexus News]] to make fun of [[you]] for being obsessed with minor trivia. He was eventually located by the TransTech, but managed to escape by Headmaster-linking with Rook and using his [[Dimensional Interfacer]] to flee.
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armadatoy-Sideways-wrongways.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb|My hats are the grandest of all... except that they're putting me on the wrong sides! (''First-run Hasbro version pictured'')]]
[[File:LOTM Double Face.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(Takara version pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Sideways with Crosswise and Rook''' (Super-Con, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Double Face'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MX-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[April 24]], 2003
:*''Accessories'': 2 tailpipe-missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)}}

: First released in the second wave of Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' "Super-Con" (aka "Deluxe) class toys, Sideways transforms into a racing motorcycle of made-up model. As with most ''Armada'' toys, virtually all of his [[gimmick]]s are directly tied to Mini-Cons, and Sideways came with two of them: [[Rook (Armada)#Toys|Rook]] and [[Crosswise (Armada)#Toys|Crosswise]]. Rook and Crosswise can both ride on Sideways's cycle mode at the same time, held in place on his seat by small tab-slot connections, as can [[Mirror|their combined form]], which was designed to "grip" Sideways's handlebars. His tailpipes become arm-mounted [[Powerlinx]]-activated pressure-launch missile launchers.

: In robot mode, Sideways's head can be pushed back into his torso and replaced with Rook or Crosswise in their alternate head configurations. By sliding the Mini-Cons' arms down into Sideways's torso, each one pushes down plates behind Sideways's windshield-chest to reveal either an Autobot or Decepticon symbol. (You don't ''have'' to have the arms push into the torso if you don't want to, as the Mini-Cons attach in head mode just fine by having the arms positioned towards Sideways's back; arguably they fit ''better'' without the chestplates' springs pushing back up against the arms. However, the arms are what actually makes the toy do the symbol-thing.) The initial run of Sideways toys had Rook reveal the Decepticon symbol and Crosswise reveal the Autobot brand. Later runs corrected this to match the faction-reveal gimmick as portrayed in the cartoon, with Rook forming the "Autobot" head and Crosswise the "Decepticon" head. (Crosswise was also altered to replace his red paint accents with a more Decepticon-y purple, making it easy to tell in-package which version of Sideways it was.)

: For his later [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Legends of the Microns'' release, "Double Face" got a significant paint change, swapping the yellow and purple on his chest. This matches the cartoon model, which was based on the pre-release Hasbro deco (as seen on the Hasbro packaging). This version also -of course- retains the show-like Rook/Autobot-Crosswise/Decepticon symbol-reveal configuration.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Rapid Run (Energon)#Toys|Rapid Run]] (likely conceived as a [[Powerlinx]] redeco).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/ArmSideways/sideways.htm More information on ''Armada'' Sideways at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Sideways with Crosswise and Rook''' (Super-Con, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 tailpipe-missiles

: In November of 2003, US [[Toys"R"Us]] stores had special bonus pack Max-Con toys, which came with a single bonus Mini-Con attached to the card over their sticker, for ''less'' than the price as a normal Max-Con, during Toys"R"Us's [[Black Friday (event)|post-Thanksgiving-day]] sale. Sideways could come with one of the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team#Toys|Destruction Mini-Con Team]] members: [[Buzzsaw (Armada)#Toys|Buzzsaw]], [[Drill Bit (Armada)#Toys|Drill Bit]], or [[Dualor (Armada)#Toys|Dualor]].

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Bonus Pack''' (2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 tailpipe-missiles

: [[Kmart]] stores offered "Bonus Packs" later in the ''Armada'' line's run, which were basically just a normal-release Super-Con and Mini-Con Team pack clamshelled together for ''slightly'' less than the cost of the two individually.

: Sideways has been found packed with the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team#Toys|Destruction Mini-Con Team]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team#Toys|Street Action Mini-Con Team]].
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:SidewaysCybertron.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|On second thought, screw the whole motorcycle thing.''(Hasbro release)'']]
[[File:GalaxyForce_Noisemaze_toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I pulled off the sword/shield/firearm combo before that one [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel]] decided to steal it from me! ''(Takara release)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Sideways''' (Deluxe-Class, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Noisemaze'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GX-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[March 31]], [[2005]]
:*''Accessories'': Left & right wing-blades, Planet X Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''dj51'''
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (Takara)}}

: One of the ''very'' few "[[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]"-themed toys in ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'', this version of Sideways transforms into a black and orange alien spacefighter. The center-back of his jet mode can rise up like a gun turret; plugging a [[Cyber Key]] into the back end of the assembly deploys two pairs of spring-loaded blade, plus covers the Autobot symbol in the top with a Decepticon badge. This assembly becomes a non-removable left-arm-mounted "shield" in robot mode. His wings can also detach from his ankles and be used as blades, with both [[5 mm post|pegging]] into his hands, either with one blade in each hand, or with both blades pegging into the top and bottom of a single hand, forming a double-bladed weapon.

: This toy was first released in Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' line under the name Noisemaze, featuring silver-chromed details on the wings. The later Hasbro ''Cybertron'' "Sideways" replaced the chrome with silver paint, dropped some of the silver details on his key jack, and added more bronze paint on his "collar". The Hasbro version has also been slightly [[retool]]ed, rounding off his robot-mode head-horns, presumably [[for safety reasons]]. And of course, Sideways's Cyber Key has a [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] stamped on the back the Takara version lacks.

: This mold was also used to make the Japanese DVD-[[exclusive]] [[Noisemaze Mass Production Type Version#Toys|Noisemaze Mass Production Type Version]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ratbat (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ratbat]]. It was retooled to make [[BotCon 2009]]'s ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Scourge (G1)/toys#Timelines|Scourge]] and Sweeps [[Sweep Two#Toys|Two]], [[Sweep Six#Toys|Six]], and [[Sweep Seven#Toys|Seven]] (the Sweeps were later repurposed as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Scourge (SG)|Scourge]]).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Sideways/sideways.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Sideways at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cyb-toy CriticalPath.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Look, Grandma's is down this path! It's ''critical'' I take it!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Critical Path Pack! Sideways vs. Red Alert''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right wing-blades, Planet X Cyber Key

: This two-pack of the [[Red Alert (Armada)#Cybertron|Deluxe-size ''Cybertron'' Red Alert]] and Sideways toys was made available only at [[Target]] stores, retailing for $16.99. The toys are identical to their individual releases.
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:AOTP Deluxe Sideways.jpg|thumb|300px|And they thought [[Solus Prime#Age of the Primes|Solus]] would have a jet mode and be a pretool for me. Take that, suckers.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sideways''' (Deluxe Class, 2025)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right wing blades, shield, Planet X Cyber Key
:Released as part of a [[Walmart]]-exclusive capsule line celebrating ''Cybertron''{{'}}s 20th anniversary, Sideways recreates the original figure's design to a T. He retains all of the original figure's accessories as well: the removable wings that become handheld swords, the shield with fold-out spikes, and a Planet X Cyber Key. The Key, like those included with other updates of ''Cybertron'' characters' toys, does not activate any gimmicks; the shield's spikes are now folded out manually, and Sideways' faction symbol can be switched via a, well, switch on its back.

:His vehicle mode is mistransformed in its [[stock photo]]; the feet are not tabbed into the sides of the vehicle.

:Sideways was revealed at [[Toy Fair|New York Toy Fair 2025]] alongside his capsule-mate [[Excellion (Cybertron)#Age of the Primes|Excellion]].
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==Merchandise==
===Super Collection Figure===
[[File:SCF Sideways.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|STRIKE POSE!]]
*'''Double Face''' (2003)
**''Act'': '''10'''
**''Accessories'': Decepticon head, stand

:Available in "Act 10" of Takara's ''[[Heroes of Cybertron (toyline)|Super Collection Figure]]'' line, Double Face is a PVC figurine of his animation model. He was available in both full-color and pewter versions, with one of each packed in every case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] boxes. He came with an extra head so that his appearance could be switched between his "normal" head and the "Decepticon" head. His appearance could ''not'' be switched out of its weird-looking ninja(?) pose, however, which makes him the tallest non-build-a-figure in the entire series.

: Act 10 is notable for using much softer plastic than the preceding nine Acts, which can lead to balance and peg-tearing issues. There is also a potential peg problem with the pewter versions, as the pegs may have been painted before being pushed into place. And with the softer plastic of Act 10, this makes a stuck peg even easier to tear off. Lightly shaving of the socket walls with a thin hobby knife should solve the issue... though with Double Face's minimal "posability" thanks to his odd stance, it's not very likely you'll be trying to move anything on him.
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==Notes==
[[File:Detection-SidewaysNoHat.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He's back. From outer space.]]
* Sideways was designed to be a "ninja" Transformer, with a yellow and purple color scheme based on a [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] employee's racing motorcycle.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Sideways was a fun Ninja transfomer concept. His feature was unique in the franchise and those are the things I take pride in looking back. His colors are based of a Takara employee racing bike.|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/BuuHRJVH-0j/|name=Aaron Archer|site=Instagram|year=2019|month=03|day=07}}</ref>
* A 2001 Armada IP bible includes a bio of Sideways that notes he is comic relief after his Mini-Con is damaged and split in two, now acting as his "angel" and "devil" consciences who also bicker between themselves. Before the accident, Sideways was an aloof and mysterious ninja who turns into a police cycle. Obviously, this characterization didn't exactly pan out.
* While the positioning of ''Armada'' Sideways's head-handlebars in toy form is up to the owner, the cartoon consistently portrayed them as angled downwards. Similarly, his alternate heads/helmets have their horns angled down at the first joint, and then upwards at the second joint.
* In ''Armada'', outside of the [[stock footage]] sequences showing Sideways putting his Mini-Con helmets on, his "bare" head was often colored in shades of gray similar to the Crosswise head, rather than the appropriate purple and yellow.
* In [https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G2zUH7W5JQ0/WVeN--2zLgI/AAAAAAAAZxs/CYXW7Atn60IYrhxIth_sWvknUdIwK39OQCKgBGAs/s1600/0031.jpg at least one] of [[Unicron]]'s [[character model]] sheets showing off the larger-scale techy greebles, Sideways—or in this case—"Double Face" is used as a scale reference, with an abbreviation of "'''W.F.'''". To most English speakers, this wouldn't make much sense, but the letter "W" is often used in Japanese media in place of the word "double", as the letter "W" (''double-u'') is pronounced the same as "double" in Japanese (''daburu''), making them interchangeable with one another. This had previously been used for the Japanese [[Micromaster Combiner]]s (aka "W Teams"), and the [[W Cassettebot]]s.
* In "[[Memory (Cybertron)|Memory]]", Sideways seemed to be a fan of the [[Galactic Guardians]], a superhero team who star in their own cartoon show. He also seemed to be a fan of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive", as he sang the first few lyrics to himself before being interrupted by Starscream.
* ''Cybertron'' Sideways has a bat-like vehicle mode because the then-upcoming [[2005]] release of ''{{w|Batman Begins}}'' meant that [[Batman]] was very much in the zeitgeist, and the designers at Hasbro wanted to capitalise on that. [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Cybertron|''Cybertron'' Megatron]]'s {{w|Batmobile}}-esque vehicle mode was another example of this.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The closest we got [to a ''Batman''/''Transformers'' crossover] was more tactical—so like, "oh there's a ''Batman'' movie coming out," so the ''Cybertron'' Sideways is very bat-inspired. I think there was another car that we went that way… Megatron obviously Batmobile-inspired. I don't know how direct-tactical that is but if bats are in the zeitgeist, if there's advertisement around bats and stuff, well let's… bat-inspired something. More like that is what we ended up with, but no we never went for a direct crossover.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW7bBZgluQQ&t=2169s|name=Aaron Archer|site=''The Toy Armada''|title=Toy Armada Friday night LIVE: ARMADA STARSCREAM|year=2023|month=06|day=02}}</ref>
* For most of his ''Kre-O'' appearances, Sideways appeared only as a singular leg, making it a bit hard to tell if he was meant to be a Kreon version of the ''Armada'' Sideways. His identity wasn't confirmed until he finally showed up in full in his fifth appearance… only for the gag to continue when he ends up buried with only his leg showing.
* Like most non-toy robot Kreons in the ''Kre-O'' comics, Sideways is made from existing Kreon parts. He makes use of the [[Hound (Kre-O)|Hound]] helmet, [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] clip-on arm weapons, and what appears to be two additional Kreon arms attached to a backpack/
*The Hasbro sales copy for ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Sideways on social media labels him as a descendant of [[Liege Maximo|Liege Maximo Prime]].

===Foreign names===
====''Armada''====
*''Japanese'': '''Double Face''' (ダブルフェイス ''Daburu Feisu'')
*''Armenian'': '''Koghmnapah''' (Կողմնապահ, "Sideways")
*''Hungarian'': '''Kanyargó''' ("Swerver")
*''Korean'': '''Double Face''' (더블페이스 ''Deobeul Paiseu'')
*''Polish'': '''Krętacz''' ("Dodger")
*''Russian'': '''Otshel'nik''' (Отшельник, "Hermit")

====''Cybertron''====
*''Japanese'': '''Noisemaze''' (ノイズメイズ ''Noizumeizu'')
*''Hungarian'': '''Mellékút''' ("Bypass")
*''Korean'': '''Side Way''' (사이드웨이 ''Saideu Wei'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Age of the Primes Decepticons]]
[[Category:Armada Autobots]]
[[Category:Armada Decepticons]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Decepticons]]
[[Category:Cybertronians]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Double agents]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Ninjas]]
[[Category:Planet X]]
[[Category:Scouts]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:TransTech characters]]
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]

Dark Amber Leo Prime

2025-06-01T18:22:16Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee:

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:''Dark Amber Leo Prime is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]].''

[[File:Dark Amber Leo Prime.jpg|thumb|300px|"Nature made me a freak. Man made me a weapon. And God made it last too long."]]

Born from the fusion of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s remnant [[Angolmois Energy]] within [[Earth]]'s crust and the lifeless body of the great [[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]], '''Dark Amber Leo Prime''' (ダークアンバーレオプライム ''Dāku Anbā Reo Praimu'') finds himself between two opposing forces—the righteousness of Leo Prime and the evil of Unicron. Which will prevail?

==Fiction==
===''End of G1 Universe''===
In a desperate attempt to "save" the dying universe, the [[Maximal]] [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Bluebolt]] brought the lifeless body of [[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]] to [[Earth]], aware that remnants of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s energy still persisted, in an attempt to resurrect the great hero. After drawing a magic circle, Bluebolt was interrupted by [[Untite]], who sought to consume the lion's corpse and summoned an undead [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] to restrain the Maximal. However, the ritual still went off without a hitch and the Angolmois Energy merged with the body to form a new being: Dark Amber Leo Prime. Bluebolt was convinced that this black warrior was Leo Prime reborn, but the arrogant newborn was dismissive of the idea, insisting on being referred to as "Dark Amber". The [[Energon Matrix]] that he inherited from Leo Prime acted as a painful sort of "conscience" and forced him into rescuing the hapless Bluebolt, which Dark Amber dismissed as gratitude for bringing about his existence. Untite, on the other hand, believed Dark Amber to be his maker, Unicron himself, an event which the black robot couldn't recall. Convinced that his opponent was "incomplete" and that he could kill and consume him for great power, Untite attacked and wounded the still-feeble Dark Amber.

To save the dark hero from perishing, Bluebolt gave an offer of self-sacrifice for Dark Amber Leo Prime to consume Bluebolt's body and heal from the energy within. But Dark Amber refused, instead opting to use his planet eater abilities to regain strength from eating... dirt. (It is part of a planet, after all.) Revitalized, Dark Amber easily took down the Seeker. {{Storylink|Dark Amber Leo Prime (First)}} After getting more sustenance from the Sparkless's remnants, Dark Amber moved on to Untite, shredding him apart with his attacks. When it was revealed to Dark Amber by (the now bodiless) Untite and Bluebolt that Earth was about to explode with them still on it, the corrupted Maximal refused to accept the destruction of what became, over ten thousands of millennia, his "home" and used the Unicronian energies within him to restore the planet to a lush one filled with its former life. In the process, he also brought Untite back to tiptop shape. Together with Bluebolt and the grateful Untite, Dark Amber Leo Prime set out in Untite's ship to fix the rest of the universe. {{storylink|Dark Amber Leo Prime (Second)}}

==Toys==
===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-48-Black-Lio-Convoy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|"You know, the flavor can vary greatly depending on the minerals in the dirt. I can tell which kinds of worms have crawled through there, or what sort of like roly-polies used it to raise their family in."]]
*'''Dark Amber Leoprime''' {{sic}} ([[January 28]], [[2023]])
**''ID number'': '''MP-48+'''
**''Accessories'': 4 missiles, 2 beam launchers, weapon folder
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/interviewkojinono6.html Interview on the 40th Anniversary of the ''Transformers'' brand] with [[Kōjin Ōno]] in ''[[Transformers Generations 2024]]'', translated at Soundwaves Oblivion</ref>

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Dark Amber Leo Prime is a redeco of [[Lio Convoy#Masterpiece|Lio Convoy]]. He transforms from black lion to robot and is intended to replicate Lio Convoy's animated design, although his coloration is based on [[Black Lio Convoy#Toys|the original Black Lio Convoy toy]]. He is designed to scale with other ''Beast Wars''-based ''Masterpiece'' figures.

:This toy replicates many features of the original toy, like an opening chest hatch with sculpted Matrix inside, deployable arm blades and cannons, and missiles which can be inserted into his cannons, but have no launching mechanisms. He includes opening hatches on his calves which reveal articulated jet boosters. To really go the extra mile for show-accuracy, it has two slightly distinct lion heads, to better depict how in robot mode the lion head goes from furry to smooth and angular.

:Dark Amber Leoprime is also the first ''Masterpiece'' figure with CG renders instead of actual photography on the box. This extends to the front of the box, which seems to intentionally echo the original Lio Convoy figure's box art render.

::*''[[Source:The Transformers: Masterpiece#MP48+|''Masterpiece'' Dark Amber Leo Prime bio translation]]''
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==Notes==
*Dark Amber Leo Prime derives his color scheme from [[Black Lio Convoy]]'s consistently show-inaccurate toy deco.
**Ironically, the original Black Lio Convoy [[Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3|would go on to eat a rock]] as a reference to Dark Amber Leo Prime's own ability to consume the earth.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*[[Black Lio Convoy]]
*[[Galva Convoy]]

[[Category:Masterpiece]]
[[Category:Maximals]]
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]

Abyssrain

2025-05-29T20:47:09Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee: whoops, left in an extra period

:''Abyssrain is an [[Energy Beast]] from [[Transformers: Wild King|Wild King]].''

{{mainpic}}

'''Abyssrain''' (アビスレイン ''Abisurein'') is a Dinosaur Tribe Energy Beast living on [[Elementros]].

Possessing [[Element Energy|Aqua Energy]] that grants power over water, Abyssrain is an [[Energy Beast]] that can undergo [[wildocking]] with an [[Energy Master]].

==Fiction==
===''Wild King'' cartoon===
{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
===''Wild King''===
[[File:Wild King WKB-09 Abyssrain.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I bet they won't have... They have it! [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|The best name!]]]]

*'''Abyssrain''' (Energy Beast, 2025)
:*''ID number:'' '''WKB-09'''
:*''Accessories:'' ''Stegosaurus'' head, ''Stegosaurus'' dorsal plates, ''Stegosaurus'' tail, Aqua Energy

:Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Wild King|Wild King]]'' toys, Abyssrain transforms into a robotic ''Stegosaurus''. He can also transform into an arm or a leg extension for any [[Energy Master]] toy. He has an "Aqua Energy" breastplate, which can be detached and reattached to one of the four ports on the chest of the Energy Master torso, forming part of a large elemental "X". His dorsal plates can be used as a shield.

:He shares several "core" parts with other Energy Beasts: namely the same torso and thighs, and the hindlegs/shins of [[Hydrophant#Toys|Hydrophant]], [[Drillnohorn]], and [[Leafback#Toys|Leafback]].

{{comingsoontoy}}

[[Category:Dinosaur Tribe Energy Beasts]]

Abyssrain

2025-05-29T20:46:23Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee:

:''Abyssrain is an [[Energy Beast]] from [[Transformers: Wild King|Wild King]].''

{{mainpic}}

'''Abyssrain''' (アビスレイン ''Abisurein'') is a Dinosaur Tribe Energy Beast living on [[Elementros]].

Possessing [[Element Energy|Aqua Energy]] that grants power over water, Abyssrain is an [[Energy Beast]] that can undergo [[wildocking]] with an [[Energy Master]].

==Fiction==
===''Wild King'' cartoon===
{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
===''Wild King''===
[[File:Wild King WKB-09 Abyssrain.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I bet they won't have... They have it! [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|The best name!.]]]]

*'''Abyssrain''' (Energy Beast, 2025)
:*''ID number:'' '''WKB-09'''
:*''Accessories:'' ''Stegosaurus'' head, ''Stegosaurus'' dorsal plates, ''Stegosaurus'' tail, Aqua Energy

:Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Wild King|Wild King]]'' toys, Abyssrain transforms into a robotic ''Stegosaurus''. He can also transform into an arm or a leg extension for any [[Energy Master]] toy. He has an "Aqua Energy" breastplate, which can be detached and reattached to one of the four ports on the chest of the Energy Master torso, forming part of a large elemental "X". His dorsal plates can be used as a shield.

:He shares several "core" parts with other Energy Beasts: namely the same torso and thighs, and the hindlegs/shins of [[Hydrophant#Toys|Hydrophant]], [[Drillnohorn]], and [[Leafback#Toys|Leafback]].

{{comingsoontoy}}

[[Category:Dinosaur Tribe Energy Beasts]]

Omega Prime

2025-05-29T20:31:15Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee: Mentioning the ability for Omega Prime to wear Optimus' armor--and as far as I know, the lack of an official method.

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{{featured}}
:''Omega Prime is an [[Autobot]] [[combiner]] from the [[Robots in Disguise continuity family]].''
[[File:Omega Prime official.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|He can get any girl he wants... even ''your'' girlfriend.]]

[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] was bitter and envious that his brother [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] had been granted the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. After tricking Optimus into lowering his guard, Magnus forced him into a combination with the goal of draining all his power and the Matrix with it. But to each of their surprise, the result of this combination was '''Omega Prime''', a unique individual bringing out the best of each brothers' abilities but not hampered by their disagreements. A true [[combiner]] rather than a mere [[Super Mode|super mode]], Omega Prime possesses neither Magnus's temper nor Optimus's reserve. He is a jocular superman with all the power to back up his quips, limited only by the capacity of the two brothers to cease bickering inside his head long enough to push in the same direction.

More powerful than the sum of his component parts, Omega Prime's importance in the fight against evil cannot be over-estimated, stretching beyond even his own universe.

He's also got a [[Matrix Blade|really big sword]].

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Daniel Riordan]] (English), [[Satoshi Hashimoto]] (Japanese)|[[Mauro Ramos]] (Brazil), [[Vladimir Gerasimov|Vladimir Gerasimov]] (Russian), [[Gerardo Reyero]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Yamil Atala]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:Omega Prime closeup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|He's neither making a list, nor checking it twice!]]
Convalescing on an island after a brutal fight with Ultra Magnus, Optimus was attacked by [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] and the [[Decepticon]]s. Ultra Magnus showed after having followed [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] via a hidden tracking device. Feigning compassion and understanding his brother's heavy burden in carrying the Matrix, Ultra Magnus pretended to offer Prime his helping hand, only to seize it and force the two of them to combine. What he didn't expect, though, was that Optimus had as much control over their new body as Magnus did. His plan to steal the power of the Matrix backfired and he had to cooperate with Prime to defeat the Decepticons. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

[[File:MistakenIdentity Omega Guns stock.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|Can one ever truly have too many guns?]]
Despite this setback from Magnus's point of view, the pair would regularly combine, issuing Megatron and his men with a string of defeats. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}} {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}} {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Eventually, Omega Prime was able to definitively defeat the Predacon leader in the [[Sahara]]. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}} However [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] was able to activate [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] and Megatron returned in a new form as Galvatron. Even Omega Prime's great power was unable to overcome such odds. Luckily, the human boy [[Koji Onishi]] was able to stop Fortress Maximus's rampage. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

A rematch saw Omega Prime pitting his arsenal against Maximus in a desert without leaving a scratch on the gigantic Transformer, {{storylink|The Human Element}} but he proved more than capable for seeing off Galvatron and Sky-Byte. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}} When Galvatron brought his immense ''[[Megastar]]'' spaceship directly into a battle, Omega Prime attacked it and was promptly "blown away like a tumbleweed on the prairie", as X-Brawn put it. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

After the defeat of the ''Megastar'', Omega Prime attempted to confront Galvatron, but the evil Decepticon unleashed hordes of [[cyber-bat]]s which took control of the world's children. Prime was forced to call a retreat. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} Optimus managed to persuade Magnus to combine with him one last time. Omega Prime challenged Galvatron to a duel at the [[Earth's core]], and the power of [[burning spirit|Earth's children]] provided him with the [[Matrix Blade]], with which he was able to defeat Galvatron for good. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}
{{--}}

====3H and Fun Publications comics====
[[File:Universe 3 Oracle Omega Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|He's the guy they make those portals so big for.]]
Some time after the defeat of Galvatron, Optimus Prime formed the [[Dimensional Patrol]] from the ranks of the Autobots who had stayed behind on Earth (apparently including Side Burn and Prowl), as well as additional experts in transwarp technology, to defend the planet from those who would do it harm via the "temporal and spatial nexus" in Earth's proximity. Unfortunately, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and several members of the Dimensional Patrol were abducted by [[Unicron]]. Here Omega Prime and the others were to battle each other in the [[Cauldron]], where their energy would feed and repair the shattered body of the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine issue 1|Sam's Club exclusive Optimus Prime profile}}

[[File:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6|"In you go, Side Burn!" ''"You suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-"'']]

Thanks to the efforts of [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]], Omega Prime and the other abductees were able to escape. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} In the core of Cybertron, [[Primus]] and [[Alpha Trion]] summoned Omega Prime to help [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] in his struggles against [[Unicron]] and the [[Cauldron]]. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

As the [[Universe War]] continued, Omega Prime fought alongside Autobot and Maximal alike against the Chaos-Bringer's generals. When the Cauldron suddenly began dissipating, Omega Prime did his best to guide as many Children of Primus as possible through the vortex to Primal's technorganic Cybertron, personally hurling Side Burn and Prowl (not the ones of his home universe) through the portal. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

During his own transit, however, he was swept up in an inter-dimensional matter interlink by the former Mini-Con named [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], deposited on the Cybertron of [[Aurex 405.0 Epsilon|a dimension]] threatened by a gigantic black hole which marked Unicron's passing. Omega Prime arrived in time to use his boot of justice to stop [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] from using the [[Dead Matrix]] to kill Primus and revive Unicron. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}}

Omega Prime later joined [[Sentinel Maximus]], [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]], and [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] in fighting the [[Mini-Con Civil War]], on the asteroid colonies surrounding Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} Gatling lasers, rocket storms, Omega arsenal blasts...all proved fruitless when Unicron himself joined the fray. {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} Omega Prime and Sentinel Maximus did their best to hold off the Chaos-Bringer, until Primus himself emerged from the core of Cybertron, transforming his planetary form into a [[robot mode]]. Unicron fled, and Optimus, Magnus, and Sentinel Maximus planned to pursue him through space. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Viron 704.08 Gamma]], Omega Prime and [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] put an end to the universal consumption campaign of [[Unicron]], a (seemingly non-singularity) warlord who had united his consciousness with [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/28}}
{{--}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[File:Legends Devil God Fire Convoy.jpg|thumb|350px|"Alright, Gigatron, let's ''give them a hand.''" "...I change my mind; I'm evil again."]]

{{CRnote|Omega Prime||God Fire Convoy}}

With Devil Gigatron reformed and working with the [[Dimensional Patrol]], God Magnus and Fire Convoy eventually learned to merge with him as well, going even further beyond God Fire Convoy to create '''Devil God Fire Convoy'''. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

===Shell Game===
In [[Viron 704.31 Epsilon]], Omega Prime defeated Megatron, but [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]] subsequently rose to power and killed both Optimus Prime and [[Ultra Trion]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#FAcebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)===
[[File:Omega Prime toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He's a man with the lights and sounds of three men!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Super Fire Convoy''' (2000) / '''Optimus Prime''' (Super Class, 2001)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''God Magnus''' (2000) / '''Ultra Magnus''' (Super Class, 2001)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''God Fire Convoy''' (Gift set, 2000)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] and [[Junichi Akutsu]] (concept art)}}

:A combination of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|''Car Robots'']] Super Fire Convoy and God Magnus (brought to [[Hasbro]] markets as [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Ultra Magnus]]), God Fire Convoy (Omega Prime in Hasbro markets) is available in a two pack of the two smaller robots. However, the two-pack was short-lived and the easiest way to get it was to buy the two separate toys individually.

:The two figures feature several lights and sounds devoted to the combination, including a separate set of sounds from Ultra Magnus's "[[Blue Bolts (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Blue Bolts]]" weapon and light up eyes for the Omega Prime head. Though theoretically the figure has enough articulation for posing (even including ankle articulation his components lack), it is top-heavy and prone to slumping backwards under its own weight, and best left standing in a static A-frame posture.

:The figure has some holes in its hands that happen to line up with pegs on Gigatron ([[Megatron (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Megatron]]), allowing the [[Emperor of Destruction]] to be used as a giant gauntlet. This was [[Canon|canonized]] in the [[Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|final chapter]] of the [[Transformers Legends (comic)|''Legends'' comic series]] with the Devil Gigatron ([[Megatron (RID)#Galvatron|Galvatron]]) version, though Omega obviously cannot hold up an entire Ultra Class figure unaided.

: [[Sonokong]] released both figures individually in [[South Korea|Korean]] markets with Hasbro's light retooling and English-language internals and modified Takara packaging. A single unique deco change was made with Optimus Prime's Japanese "Fire Department" (消防庁) tampograph (present on both Hasbro and Takara versions) being replaced with the number "113."

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/OmegaPrime/omegaprime.htm More information on Omega Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Clear God Fire Convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Clear plastic only makes him ''more'' load-bearing!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''God Fire Convoy Special Clear Version''' (2000)}}</ul>
:*''Release date:'' [[2000]] [[November 23]]
:*''Accessories:'' [[Matrix Blade#SpecialClear|Super God Sword]]

: Released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] Japan [[exclusive]], the God Fire Convoy Special Clear Version (ゴッドファイヤーコンボイスペシャルクリアバージョン) set featured [[Optimus Prime (RID)#GodFireClear|Super Fire Convoy]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)#GodFireClear|God Magnus]] cast in metallic speckled translucent plastics with color changes. The main draw of the set is the [[Matrix Blade#SpecialClear|Super God Sword]] from the show's finale, previously only available in very limited numbers as part of a mail-away contest with ''[[TV Magazine]]''. This sword was a blue redeco of the [[Master Sword#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Master Sword]] from the Japanese version of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#The Transformers|Fortress Maximus]] in the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1987 (The Headmasters)|original Generation 1 toyline]] with a new (floppy) long handle.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Cybertron/ClearGodFireConvoy/gfc.htm More information on God Fire Convoy Clear Version at TFU.info]''

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[[File:CR-Black-God-Fire-Convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He is his own [[Black redeco|sexy black repaint]]!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Black Super Fire Convoy''' (Super Class, 2000/2001)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Black God Magnus''' (Super Class, 2000)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Black God Fire Convoy''' (Giftset, 2000)}}</ul>

:These hideously rare [[Black redeco|black redecoes]] were produced in three separate campaigns both individually and as a gift set. [[Optimus Prime (RID)#BlackSuper|Black Super Fire Convoy]] is the most common, offered through three different contests by ''[[TV Magazine]]''. [[Ultra Magnus (RID)#BlackGod|Black God Magnus]] is the most rare, with only ten units known to have been produced under murky circumstances. The two-figure giftset includes both figures, now together combining to form Black God Fire Convoy. It was just as limited in its availability as Black Magnus, with the only ten units known to exist being offered as prizes in a scratch-card contest that ''[[TV Magazine]]'' ran until early November 2000.

:Evidence exists that an additional combination was advertised, namely Black God Magnus combined with a retail Fire Convoy, still simply named "Black God Fire Convoy."<ref>[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1795/Car+Robots/Black+God+Magnus Black God Magnus gallery including an ad for the red Black God Fire Convoy] at Transformers at the Moon</ref>

::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1795/Car+Robots/Black+God+Magnus More information on Black God Magnus and Black God Fire Convoy at Transformers at the Moon]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy RID Omega Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|He can be [[Yellow Splendid Convoy|any gender she wants!]]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1| '''Optimus Prime''' (Sam's Club exclusive, 2003)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (Sam's Club exclusive, 2003)}}</ul>

:Both of Omega Prime's components were redecoed into the 2003 [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|''Universe'' toyline]]: the opaque red plastic sprues on [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Universe (2003)|''Universe'' Optimus Prime]] were replaced with yellow (most paint apps including the inner "cab" robot's red chest remained identical, as did the lightbars), and much of [[Ultra Magnus (RID)#Universe (2003)|''Universe'' Ultra Magnus's]] lighter blue was replaced with a very dark blue, often confused as black.

:Notably, this version of Optimus Prime was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] into [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Universe (2003)|Shotimus Prime]] in [[Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts issue 2|issue #62]] of the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|official magazine]] for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] and later [[Yellow Splendid Convoy]] in the [[God Neptune comic 1|ninth issue]] of the [[Generations Selects Special Comic|web comic]] for the [[Generations Selects (toyline)|''Generations Selects'' toyline]]. [[Personal canon|Draw your own conclusions]] as to what that means for Omega.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/TFUOmegaPrime/omegaprime.htm More information on ''Universe'' Omega Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cybertron Omega Prime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|You'll just have to trust us this isn't the first one again.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus & Optimus Prime''' (Costco exclusive giftset, 2006)}}</ul>

: This reissue-adjacent exclusive set unceremoniously plonked into the then-current [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'' toyline]] packaged the duo together in one giant box. [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Cybertron|''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime'']] utilized that figure's ''Universe'' paint applications with the yellow colors flipped back to red, producing a deco nigh indistinguishable from the original ''Robot in Disguise'' release save for Optimus' knees and waist red paint applications instead of yellow, and a black bandolier in Super Mode. [[Ultra Magnus (RID)#Cybertron|''Cybertron'' Ultra Magnus]] meanwhile retained his (also difficult to spot) ''Universe'' deco in full. In the [[United States of America|United States]], the box set was only available in [[Costco]] for slightly less than the two individual figures. In [[Australia]], it was carried by Myer, costing less than two leader class ''Cybertron'' figures, but slightly more than the cost of ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime and ''Robots in Disguise'' Ultra Magnus at 2001 prices.

:The ''Cybertron'' branding left it rather up in the air whether this Omega Prime constituted a new iteration of the character in the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|''Cybertron'' franchise's fiction]] or what until the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]] settled the issue in [[2015]] by seizing on the resemblance to his original ''Robots in Disguise'' deco to [[Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 26, 2015|rule it the appearance of the original guy]] in his various [[#3H and Fun Publications comics|convention comic adventures]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/CostCoOmegaPrime/omegaprime.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Omega Prime at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

===''Encore''===
[[File:TF-Encore-God-Fire-Convoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|QC errors so strong Takara returned him for you!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''God Fire Convoy''' (Giftset, [[2018]]-[[March 24|03-24]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Super God Sword blade, Super God Sword guard, Super God Sword handle (God Fire Convoy), Super God Sword handle (Brave Maximus)

:In this reissue giftset, [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Encore|Super Fire Convoy]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)#Encore|God Magnus]] have slightly different plastic colors in the name of [[Show-accuracy|cartoon accuracy]] and the chrome has been replaced by metallic paint. The tip of the [[Matrix Blade#Encore|Super God Sword]] is now a smoky translucent purple to better match its appearance in [[The Final Battle (RID)|the show's final duel]]. God Fire Convoy also comes with a collector card based on his packaging art.

:This set is riddled with [[quality control]] errors, from poorly-aligned parts of the robots themselves, to electronics that play the wrong sounds, to even inaccurate callouts and pictures on the packaging. [[TakaraTomy]] took the unprecedented step of issuing a public apology and a refunded recall of the set.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/encore-god-fire-convoy-lg64-seaspray-and-rione-lg65-targetmaster-twin-twist-lg66-targetmaster.1124163/page-60#post-15674212 TakaraTomy apology and recall notice]</ref>

::*''[https://ridforever.info/toys/other-toys/encore-toys/god-fire-convoy-2 More information on ''Encore'' God Fire Convoy at RID Forever]''
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:Legacy Omega Prime.jpg|upright=2.7|thumb|Way more deserving of nostalgia than Y2K, ''Survivor'', and hanging chads.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Omega Prime''' (2025)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise 2001]]'' / ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]''
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''God Fire Convoy''' (ゴッドファイヤーコンボイ)
:*''Accessories'': Blaster, [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Legacy|Matrices of Leadership]] (2), [[Matrix Blade#Legacy|Matrix Blade]] (Tier 1 Unlock), combinable [[Global Space Bridge#Legacy|Global Space Bridge]] display stands (Tier 2 Unlock), missiles (2)
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)<ref>[[January 30]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sodl6lRkifQ Hasbro Pulse | Transformers: Legacy RID 2001 Omega Prime HasLab Fanstream | January 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>|[[Hiroyuki Taiga]] (concept artist),<ref>[https://youtu.be/PdsHMGVDZFg?si=7IIIhq2AU8jwMnSx Interview] with [[Hasbro]] designer [[Evan Brooks]] on the Triple Takeover podcast, from their YouTube channel</ref> [[Studio DTW|Dave White]] (product photography), [[Nick (Hasbro)|Nick]] and [[Tony Colella]] (sculptors),<ref name = "Missile Stream">[[March 7]], 2024's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pkz6oTI7W4 Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 7, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Mark Maher]].</ref> [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)<ref>[[January 10]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDy2WuiQumE Transformers: Legacy Robots in Disguise 2001 Omega Prime HasLab - Official Unboxing!] with [[Emily Bader]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>
}}

:The fourth [[HasLab]] crowdfunded figure in the ''Transformers'' brand, the 13-inch ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Omega Prime is an incredibly cartoon-accurate representation of the character and is also an update of the original toy (handshake combination included). He now features improved articulation, including a waist swivel, and better overall stability. Just like the original, he is composed of co-packed new ''Legacy'' incarnations of [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Legacy|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)#Legacy|Ultra Magnus]]. His eyes, chestplate, and antennae retain their [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallization]]. Like the original, Omega Prime can once again boost his firepower by plugging Ultra Magnus's "[[Blue Bolts (RID)#Legacy|Autobot Bluebolts]]"—now a fully-transforming [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System|Weaponizer]] toy in its own right—onto his shoulders.

:Omega Prime was revealed on [[January 30]], [[2024]], with the crowdfunding campaign lasting until [[March 14]]. Its shipment date is set to be Q4 2025, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of ''Car Robots''. The primary goal was 10,000 backers. At 13,000 backers, the set would include a 23.5" [[Matrix Blade#Legacy|Matrix Blade]] sword. 16,000 backers would unlock a pair of [[flight stand]]s that could either separately hold each robot or be clipped together to represent the roadway inside the [[Global Space Bridge]]. The core set reached 50% funding in only 24 hours and was funded overall within 10 days ([[February 9]])—vastly outperforming the records of all prior Transformer HasLab projects.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Exciting news! The #HasLab campaign for #Transformers: Legacy #RobotsInDisguise 2001 #OmegaPrime has achieved its goal with 10,000 backers! A massive thank you to all the incredible fans who made this possible – your support has truly brought Omega Prime to life!|link=https://twitter.com/HasbroPulse/status/1756013964993991002|site=Twitter|name=Hasbro Pulse|year=2024|month=2|day=9}}</ref> The Matrix Blade tier was unlocked on [[February 16]], 2024.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=What a way to start the weekend! Congrats #Transformers fans! You have unlocked the #MatrixBlade for #HasLab Omega Prime. This almost 2 foot blade accessory is now included in you offering! Was there every really any doubt? 😉|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/C3as94QOMLc/|site=Instagram|name=Ben MacCrae|year=2024|month=2|day=16}}</ref> The Global Space Bridge tier was unlocked on [[February 28]], 2024.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Exciting News! Tier 2 has been unlocked for Transformers HasLab: Legacy Robots In Disguise 2001! Backers now get 2 Combinable Global Space Bridge Display Stands, faithfully recreating the Cybertronian network for Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and Omega Prime figures. Pose separately or combine for the ultimate display!|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/C356emOOhjF/|site=Instagram|name=Hasbro Pulse|year=2024|month=2|day=9}}</ref>

:On [[March 7]], HasLab designer [[Evan Brooks]] revealed in a Hasbro Pulse livestream that due to widespread fan demand (and more importantly a patch of unused space he and [[Hisashi Yuki]] found in the set's white plastic [[sprue]]), Omega Prime would now include Bluebolts's traditional paired white missiles to replicate Omega's second pair of shoulder cannons, amongst the original weapon's many, ''many'' other modes.<ref name = "Missile Stream"/> The non-firing missiles are essentially continuous lengths of [[5 mm post|5mm wide pipe]] with a 3 mm connection point for ''Generations'' standard-issue [[Fire Blast effect]]s on one end. Additional tabs along their width allow the missiles to stow on Bluebolts's back in robot mode.

:[[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2024 revealed a surprise addition to the set, months after the campaign ended - a [[Titan Master]] [[Cerebros (RID)#Legacy|Cerebros]], compatible with the command chair on Optimus Prime's truck ladder.

:At the closing bell on March 14, the set clocked in at 28,230 backers, beating the previous Transformers record by quite a fair margin (Deathsaurus, with 27,442) and coming in second only to ''Marvel Legends'' Galactus as the most successful project in HasLab history.<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/collections/haslab/products/transformers-legacy-robots-in-disguise-2001-omega-prime The Omega Prime HasLab campaign] at [[Hasbro Pulse]]</ref>

:Omega Prime first started shipping to backers, beginning with those living in New Zealand, in March 2025. The set turned out to have a serious [[design flaw]]: the tip of Optimus Prime's spine is too big for his upper torso to make the necessary moves around it, leaving many specimens with large vertical cracks on the abdomen either directly out of the box or after any number of attempted transformations. This can be alleviated by unscrewing the upper body and sanding down the slider edges.<ref>[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/haslab-rid-2001-omega-prime-fanstream-30th-january-2024.1258500/page-990#post-23310274 Guide for modifications]</ref>

:It is possible to attach Optimus Prime's additional parts to Omega Prime, but there's currently no official way to do so.
::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C2vNqMmuIwP/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Omega Prime from Evan Brooks on Instagram]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:God Fire Convoy similar poses.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
*It would appear that God Fire Convoy, Omega Prime's Japanese counterpart, is treated as more as an extension of Fire Convoy's persona (as is more common in Japanese media for combined forms), including having the same voice actor ([[Satoshi Hashimoto]]) for both. Omega Prime, on the other hand, is granted a different actor ([[Daniel Riordan]]) to Optimus Prime ([[Neil Kaplan]]) and is performed as a distinct consciousness to Optimus himself.
*Omega Prime's combination [[stock footage]] (seen right) incorporates movements from the full-length versions of the individual transformation sequences for both Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus.<ref>Screen captures taken from "[[Battle Protocol!]]" (Optimus Prime), "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]" (Ultra Magnus), and "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]" (Omega Prime), respectively.</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''God Fire Convoy''' (ゴッドファイヤーコンボイ ''Goddo Faiyā Konboi'')
*''Korean:'' '''God Fire Convoy''' (갓 파이어 콘보이 ''Gas Paieo Konboi'')

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Omega Prime model.jpg|''Car Robots'' character model
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Autobot leaders]]
[[Category:Children of Primus]]
[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Encore]]
[[Category:Legacy Autobots]]
[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) Autobots]]
[[Category:Toys"R"Us Japan exclusives]]
[[Category:Universe Autobots]]

Ramhorn (G1)

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:''Ramhorn is an [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Legendscardgame-Ramhorn2.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Slaggit, Blaster, lemme out or I'll SMASH my way out!"]]
'''Ramhorn''' is one bad-tempered tape. In [[beast mode]], he's very aggressive and easily provoked. If somebody messes with his stuff, he'll most likely smash the offender, then smash the tampered-with belongings, then smash everything nearby for good measure. He's very strong, too, able to derail a train with a single blow if he wants to. Even in cassette mode, he can give off damaging vibrations; this ''probably'' wouldn't derail a train, but don't test him.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[John Hostetter]] (English), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Imo Heite]] (German, ''Forever is a Long Time Coming''), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''Nightmare Planet''), [[Manfred Schmidt]] (German, ''The Quintesson Journal''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Call of the Primitives'')}}

[[File:TFTM-Ramhorn.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Y'know, maybe if ''real'' rhinos had those hip-mounted weapons, they wouldn't be going extinct.]]
During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], Ramhorn and his fellow cassettes [[Eject (G1)|Eject]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] fought their Decepticon counterparts, saving [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]]. Ramhorn tackled Ratbat right out of the air in the battle. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Ramhorn’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]''.}}

[[File:ForeverLongTime Ramhorn guardian.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ramhorn fights the [[scale|tiiiiniest]] Dark Guardian!]]
Ramhorn was one of the Autobots who were accidentally sent 11 million years back in time via the [[Quintesson]] time window, along with [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], and the other Autobot cassettes. Ramhorn demonstrated his ability to speak, something which most Decepticon cassette beasts did not seem to possess (although he did have a weird stutter). He and the other temporally displaced Autobots agreed to help [[Beta (G1)|Beta]] and her ancient Autobot rebels launch an attack on the Quintesson capital of [[Hive City]], in a last-ditch effort to drive the five-faced oppressors from their planet. As the other future Autobots debated the best way to draw off the [[Dark Guardian]]s, Ramhorn did what he does best: violently charge the enemy head first. Unfortunately, the attack was nearly thwarted when the Autobots were overwhelmed by a reserve force of Dark Guardians. Luckily, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A-3]], who had been stranded in the future via the time window, returned to the past at the last minute, disabling the Dark Guardians with his [[Coder Remote]] device, allowing Ramhorn and the others to return to the year 2006. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

[[File:MadmansParadise-Ramhorn.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Wild bean vines. Hard to digest.]]

Later, after [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] were accidentally sent to [[Menonia]], Ramhorn helped track them down. After briefly destroying a battering ram, Steeljaw sniffed out Daniel, who was trying to free the [[Golden One]] from his prison in a cave and stop [[Mara-Al-Utha]]. Steeljaw must be a pretty darn good friend of Ramhorn's, because the robo-rhino actually turned and left a battle in progress to join him in locating Daniel. None of the humans had the strength to move the rock entombing the Golden One. As he and Steeljaw didn't have opposable thumbs, Ramhorn did the next best thing: charge the rock blocking the cave at full speed. It shattered, with debris nearly hitting the fleshies. He still needs to work on that whole "protecting people" thing. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

[[File:Quintesson Journal Autobots journal.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Or maybe he's just a ''big frickin' rhino.'']]
Out in space once with Blaster and [[Outback (G1)|Outback]], Ramhorn was riding inside [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] in cassette mode when Perceptor sent them on a mission to identify a Quintesson locator beacon. Sky Lynx had trouble landing on the planet in question, so Ramhorn, Steeljaw and Blaster waddled out the airlock while still in their massively oversized cassette and player modes. It was hilarious. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}

Ramhorn was briefly seen fighting the Decepticons in [[Europe]], alongside [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. He and Steeljaw tackled [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] in his cannon mode. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

Ramhorn was among the so-called "primitives" summoned by a mysterious entity known only as [[Oracle (G1)|"The Primacron's Assistant"]] to combat [[Primacron]] and his latest creation, [[Tornedron]]. When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] brawled inside [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Ramhorn strangely did not participate in the battle, but tried to avoid it. Ramhorn didn't fare any better than the other primitives in battle with Tornedron and had his energy drained by the bizarre creature, only to be restored to life when Grimlock activated the reverse switch, dissipating the energy monster. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Scramble City''=====
[[File:ScrambleCity ramhorn missiles.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
In the late 1980s, when the Autobots were in the process of creating a [[Metroplex (G1)|mobile battle fortress]], [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]], [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] attempted to infiltrate their subterranean facility and gain information on the construction project. Blaster deployed Ramhorn and Steeljaw to occupy Ravage and Laserbeak while he himself tried to fend off Ratbat; unfortunately, Ravage was able to dodge Ramhorn's missile attacks, and his feline agility allowed him to quickly get the better of the irascible rhino and take him down, while Blaster failed to prevent Ratbat from penetrating the facility and making off with data on the new "Scramble City". {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:HMep4 ramhorn eject.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|I bet ''Ravage'' never has to put up with this kind of indignity.]]
In the year 2011, Ramhorn and the Mini-Cassettes journeyed to the Arctic with Blaster to help [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] in the search for the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]]. There, they confronted the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s and Ramhorn got into a head-butting contest with [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]], emerging on top and hurling him into the sky before following up with a missile barrage. The Decepticon cheated by switching to [[robot mode]] and shooting the rockets down. The battle ended in tragedy when Blaster was killed in battle with his arch-foe, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Ramhorn and the Cassettes mourned the loss of their friend so greatly that they couldn't even go on missions. Eventually, Rodimus Prime had Blaster rebuilt using [[Master (planet)|Master]] technology as Twincast. Reunited, Ramhorn and Twincast infiltrated [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and the planet [[Chaar]] to stop Galvatron's [[Madmachine]] from being used against the Autobots. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:HMep35 cassettes deploy.jpg|thumb|235px|Do not disturb a Darwin's frog during labor.]]
After this Ramhorn and the other cassettes spied on Galvatron while he plotted to attack Cybertron. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Later, in a form of stealth mission usually reserved for ''Decepticon'' Cassettes, Ramhorn and Steeljaw somehow managed to reach Chaar on their own and spy on [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], learning all about his plans for [[plasma energy]] and the impending creation of his giant [[Transtector]]. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} Later Twincast snuck into the Decepticon's base on Charr; and witnessed Scorponok unveiling his complected transtector. When Twincast was discovered, he ejected Ramhorn and the others to defend him. Ramhorn tussled with a Decepticon cassette before retreating. Twincast then relayed his findings to Fortress. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}} Using Scorponok's new Transtector, the Decepticons departed Earth to search for energy on other planets, and Twincast, Ramhorn and the Mini-Cassettes joined Fortress' crew in hunting them down. On [[Paradise]], Ramhorn was dispatched on a scouting mission with the other Mini-Cassettes. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

Back on Earth, Ramhorn and the Mini-Cassettes ejected to help Twincast gather information on the recent upsurge of Decepticon activity. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Ramhorn and his fellow Mini-Cassettes did some investigating to make sure they were gone. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} The villains eventually returned, however, and in the final battle at the North Pole, Ramhorn and the Mini-Cassettes were unleashed on [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] to save the Headmasters from his hypnotic powers. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
When Twincast was infected with [[black ball]]s, shrinking his body, Ramhorn and the other cassettes turned out to be unaffected thanks to having been hidden away inside him at the time. They evacuated Twincast's body before it shrunk into nothingness, then helped with converting him and other blackball victims into Headmasters. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} After Twincast returned to being Blaster, he looked back at his past, remembering his spy missions with Ramhorn and the others. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 27|Bonus Edition Vol. 27}}

Ramhorn was injured in battle and repaired by [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]], who replaced his cassette mode with a new tank mode and gave him a third handheld weapon mode in the process. He initially disliked the changes, but grew to like being a tank after its firepower came in handy when saving Perceptor from [[Katsu Don]]. After being freed, Perceptor sent Katsu Don fleeing by aiming Ramhorn's weapon mode at him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 56|Bonus Edition Vol. 56}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
Ramhorn was one of the many cassettes deployed by Blaster against [[Re-Volt]], [[Chaos (GoBots)|Chaos]], and [[Traitor (GoBots)|Traitor]] when the [[Renegade]]s tried to breach Autobot City. Ramhorn charged and trampled Traitor in the ensuing fight. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

===Marvel UK future timelines===
[[File:SpacePirates5-Ramhorn.jpg|thumb|left|Oof! Right in the quintebeans!]]
When the [[Quintesson]]s invaded [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in [[2008]], Blaster was deactivated and strung up on the outer wall and Ramhorn was trapped inside with his fellow cassettes. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] managed to get to Blaster and free the cassettes later on, increasing their ranks in order to fight back against the Quintesson occupied city. Ramhorn was seen impaling a Quintesson in the guts with his horn. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:AgeofWrath2 AutobotResistance.jpg|thumb]]
During the [[Age of Internment]], Ramhorn served under Blaster and Perceptor as part of the last remaining Autobot force free and fighting the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}} He listened to the story of how [[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]] discovered the ancient underground caves that now served as the Autobot resistance's base. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
Ramhorn accompanied Blaster as he used an ancient map of Cybertron's depths to infiltrate Megatron's slave camp, only for them to be discovered by Megatron himself. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}}

In the modern era, Ramhorn was once again part of a resistance cell, this time being directed by Hot Rod and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. He, Blaster, and his fellow cassettes participated in the insurrection against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s Cybertronian government. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Ramhorn carried [[Wild Bill]] into battle with [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] during the final battle with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
As a [[Titan Master]], Ramhorn could grant those he combined with the power of "smash attack". {{storylink|Trypticon's Titan Master Crunch}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
In the era of [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]], Ramhorn among the crowd of protesters rallying against the [[Outback (G1)|Autobot cop]] who reportedly killed an unarmed [[Hefter|Decepticon agitator]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Ramhorn was among Blaster's team which infiltrated a human base in an attempt to prevent the Decepticons raiding the technology there. Unfortunately they discovered that [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his tapes had beaten them to it. {{storylink|Espionage}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
[[File:ABTF-screen Acc-Ramhorn.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Ramhorn is an "Accessory" character for the [[Autobird]]s. When equipped, he increases different stats depending on who his partner is. This bonus can be increased with level upgrades, won from random-prize Crates or in the "[[King Pig|Shockwave]]'s Tower" mini-game.

He can be unlocked by purchasing him with Gems in the Barracks, with Tokens during specific [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)/Challenge Events|Challenge Events]], or won from Crates and Shockwave's Tower.

This model was also used for [[Stranglehold#Angry Birds Transformers|Stranglehold]]. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

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{|class="wikitable" border="5" style="width:75%" align="center"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%" | '''Autobird'''
! scope="col" width="10%" | '''Rarity'''
! scope="col" width="10%" | '''Body Part'''
! scope="col" width="10%" | '''Cost'''
! scope="col" width="20%" | '''Base Effect'''
! scope="col" width="30%" | '''Notes'''
|-
|[[Terence (AB)#As Heatwave|Heatwave]]
|Rare
|Chest
|5 Rare Crystals + 20,000 Coins
| +20% Vehicle Time
| Actually sits on Heatwave's shoulder
|-
|[[Terence (AB)#As Hound|Hound]]
|Rare
|Chest
|5 Rare Crystals + 20,000 Coins
| +10% Damage
| Actually sits on Hound's shoulder
|-
|[[Mighty Eagle#As Superion|Superion]]
|Epic
|Arms
|5 Epic Crystals + 60,000 Coins
|Explosive Rounds
|
|-
|}
</center>
{{--}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
Ramhorn—alongside Rewind, Eject, and Steeljaw—was one of four minions released by Blaster as the larger bot's special ability.

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Ramhorn was a hard-headed member of Blaster's [[Recordabots]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

While guarding a shipment of [[energon cube]]s in an abandoned [[Colorado]] railyard, Blaster posted Ramhorn to keep watch on the outer perimeter. However, a group of Decepticons breached the yard; after a brief struggle, the villains defeated the Autobots and stole the energon for themselves. {{storylink|The Great Energon Robbery}}

==Toys==
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===''The Transformers''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ramhorn / Eject''' (Cassette 2-pack, [[1986]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right "Missile Batteries"
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Ramhorn transforms from robotic rhinoceros to microcassette and back. In tape mode, he fits inside the chest compartment of the [[Blaster (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Blaster]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Soundwave]] molds (and their many many variants, as well as the much later [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Masterpiece 2|''Masterpiece'' Soundwave]]). For the [[Hasbro]] line, he was only available in a two-pack with [[Eject (G1)|Eject]].

: Two commonplace versions of Ramhorn exist: one with silver [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metalized]] add-on weapons, and one with gold. A very rare variant had painted cassette details instead of stickers; it's uncertain what relation this variant has to the silver/gold weapons, if any.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Ramhorn (SG)#Toys|Ramhorn]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Ramhorn/ramhorn.htm More information on Ramhorn at TFU.info]''
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Amhorn''' (Cassettebot, 1986/[[1987]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-66''', '''C-119'''
:*''Accessories'': Left & right "Laser Guided Missile" batteries
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: In Japan, "Amhorn" —like most of the "Cassettbots" and "Cassettrons"— was originally only available on an individual card. He was only sold with gold-chrome weapons through this run.

: He was released again in the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1987 (The Headmasters)|The Headmasters]]''-themed toyline, with a new ID number.
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===''Encore''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Great Cassette Operation 2''' ([[2009]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''17'''
:*''Accessories'': Left & right "Laser Guided Missile" batteries, cassette case

: As part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line, Ramhorn was reissued in a cassette four-pack with [[Ratbat (G1)#Encore|Ratbat]], [[Slugfest (G1)#Encore|Slugfest]], and [[Steeljaw (G1)#Encore|Steeljaw]]. This version of Ramhorn comes with gold vacuum metalized add-on weapons, and his tape stickers were replaced with [[tampograph]]s. This release (as well as basically every subsequent release) also comes with a clear-plastic cassette case he can be stored in.

: In 2014, this set (along with the other two ''Encore'' cassette sets) was given away as a lucky draw prize for the ''Transformers Celebration 2014'' event held at Ikebukuro Sunshine City store's [[Toys"R"Us]], though this was very likely just leftover stock.
{{G1RamhornMold}}
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:G1toy-Ramhorn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Whoops, tampographs.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Blaster''' ([[2010]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': G1 Series
:*''Accessories'': Left & right "Missile Batteries", cassette case

: Included with the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[exclusive]] reissue of [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Blaster]] (branded as part of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' toyline]]), this version of Ramhorn comes with silver add-on weapons and the ''Encore'' tampographed tape detailing.

: This set also includes [[Eject (G1)#Universe (2008)|Eject]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)#Universe (2008)|Steeljaw]].

: This set was also made available at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong Fair 2010.
{{G1RamhornMold}}
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===''Platinum Edition''===
[[File:Generations-Platinum-Edition-Autobot-Intel-Ops-Blaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Intel Ops''' (Multi-pack, [[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right "Missile Batteries", cassette case

: Hasbro again released [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Blaster]] in 2015 as part of the [[Transformers: Platinum Edition|''Platinum Edition'']] toyline. He was co-packed with [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#IntelOps|Perceptor]], [[Eject (G1)#Generations|Eject]], Ramhorn, and [[Steeljaw (G1)#Generations|Steeljaw]] in a box with an opening front cover. There do not appear to be any notable differences between this release and the prior ''Universe'' release.

: In the United States, this set was officially a [[Target]] exclusive, though it was initially only ever found at a single Target store, otherwise only available via the company's website. It was later revealed that multiple Target stores had kept it in their stockroom and eventually put it out on instant clearance many months later. However, it was also stocked by US-based online retailers [[BigBadToyStore]] and TFSource, who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore; it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not). In Australia, it was sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.

: In the United Kingdom, it was both sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores and officially available via the UK division of [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], making this the first official UK release of all the toys contained within! In Spain, it was officially available via the Spanish division of Amazon. In Germany, it was originally available via Bankroft as part of a special "Fan Edition" arrangement through Hasbro Germany, with the help of several German [[fandom|fan]] sites. Due to low sales, the unsold stock was later sold to German online retailer Actionfiguren24.
{{G1RamhornMold}}
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TR-toy Ramhorn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Released too late for the drone to be used for Horri-Bull.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ramhorn''' (Titan Master, 2017)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Rhino/tank/rocket-launcher vehicle
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the fifth and final wave of [[Titans Return (toyline)|''Titans Return'']] [[Titan Master]] class toys (and the ''only'' new guy in the wave), Ramhorn is a [[retool]] of [[Shuffler#Generations|Shuffler]], transforming from a rhino-faced robot to a head compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger ''Titans Return'' figure. He comes with a vehicle accessory, also retooled from Shuffler's, which can transform from a rhino into a tank that the head robot can pilot from the back, or a (non-firing) multi-rocket launcher that can be held by larger figures.

: Appropriately (and awesomely), the Titan Master's head mode is based on the never-got-past-concept art [[Autobot Master Warrior|Headmaster Warrior]] rhinoceros.<ref>https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/titans-return-ramhorn-design-explained/37415/</ref>

: Due to how the smaller head is designed, Ramhorn's head mode may likely wobble on the larger figure's Titan Master sockets.

: Two variants of Ramhorn are known to exist, differing in their base plastic color. The seemingly more common version has a desaturated, medium-brown plastic, while the rarer version is a brighter orange-brown closer to traditional depictions of Ramhorn (and pictured in the stock CG render on the packaging).

: Ramhorn initially saw a very limited release in the United States, with sporadic sightings at Meijer stores. For the Christmas 2017 season, however, he suddenly appeared at numerous Aldi grocery stores, of all places. He would see another round of release in late 2018 through Five Below. Like the previous wave, Ramhorn never saw wide release in Malaysian stores, due to shelfwarming in the first and second waves.

:Ramhorn's main body was later redecoed as ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Clouder#Legends|Clouder]] while his accessory was redecoed as ''Legends'' Amhorn (see next section).
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===''Legends''===
[[File:LG56-Ramhorn.jpg|I amhorn.|upright=1.66|thumb|His patner is Peceptor.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Perceptor''' (Deluxe, [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''LG56'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 30]], 2017

: Available only with ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Legends|Perceptor]], "Amhorn" is is a redeco of Ramhorn's ''Titans Return'' partner drone accessory, with much more extensive cartoon-based deco, but does ''not'' include the Titan Master (boo!). Amhorn transforms from a rhino to a tank which Perceptor's Headmaster stage can ride, as well as a rocket launcher which can be held by larger figures.
{{TRShufflerMold}}
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===''Transformers Retro''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Ramhorn / Bombshell''' (Multi-pack, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right "Missile Batteries"

: The original Ramhorn was reissued ''once again'' in the [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers Retro]]'' line. He now features a more cartoon-accurate deco, with painted symbols and tape spools, and matte-gray leg joints rather than raw-die-cast-metal silver. For the first time in the long history of the mold, his missile batteries are not chromed, but instead have metallic paint.

: He was inexplicably only available in a multi-pack with [[Bombshell (G1)#Transformers Retro|Bombshell]]; a rhino and a rhinoceros beetle.
{{G1RamhornMold}}
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-SS86-Core-Ramhorn.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Well, at least Ratbat kinda warrants him being packed in with Perceptor ''again.'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Autobot Perceptor / Ratbat / Ramhorn''' (Multi-pack, [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
:*''Accessories'': Twin missile pods/blasters
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viJopRdWtZA Transformers panel] at [[Megacon Orlando#2025|Megacon Orlando 2025]], with [[Emily Bader]] and [[Evan Brooks]]}}</ref>

:Released as part of a 3-pack with "[[Perceptor (G1)/toys#SSMultipack|Autobot Perceptor]]" and [[Ratbat (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Ratbat]] (homaging the scene in ''The Transformers: The Movie'' when they fought), ''[[Studio Series]]'' Ramhorn is based on his appearance in the original Transformers cartoon and film. He comes with his signature side-mounted missile pods, which can also be stored on his cassette form or wielded by Perceptor as guns. His cassette alt-mode, like other tapes released after the [[Prime Wars Trilogy]], is compatible with the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege]]'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundwave]] and ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' [[Blaster (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Blaster]] molds.

:Ramhorn was revealed at [[Toy Fair|New York Toy Fair]] 2025 and released with his packmates as a part of the [[Target]]-exclusive "MTMTE Collection".
{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Merchandise==
===''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''===
[[File:GIJoe Epic Conclusion Blaster and cassettes.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''''The Epic Conclusion!'' box set''' (2013)
:Among the accessories included in the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013 [[exclusive]] ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (toyline)|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' box set "The Epic Conclusion!" is a non-transforming, 3.75" scale [[Blaster (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Blaster]] boombox accessory with cassette pieces representing Ramhorn, [[Steeljaw (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Steeljaw]], and [[Eject (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Eject]]. Ramhorn is solid burgundy and features sculpted accessories based on his [[#Toys|original toy]]. The three cassettes can fit into a slot above Blaster's tape door, and the boombox itself can mount on a G.I. Joe figure's back.

:The set also comes with a retooled [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Sky Striker]] representing [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Jetfire]], a G.I. Joe [[VAMP]] redecoed into [[Hound (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Hound]], a new [[Snake-Eyes#G.I. Joe and the Transformers 2|Snake-Eyes]] figure bearing an Autobot symbol, a [[Baroness]] figure with [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] on a leash, and a [[Bludgeon (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Bludgeon]] figure. The three cassette molds were later redecoed into [[Crusticon#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Crusticon]]s.

::*''[https://www.yojoe.com/action/13/snakeeyes66.shtml More information on Snake Eyes (v66) (with Autobot Blaster and mini-cassettes) at YoJoe.com]''
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===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:Ramhorn35A.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Ramhorn, Warrior''' (2019)
**'''Blaster vs. Soundwave: 35th Anniversary Edition'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T03/T08'''
**''Stars: ''5

:Ramhorn, Warrior was released in the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] Blaster vs. Soundwave box set. The box also includes the character cards [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], Communications, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], Communications, [[Eject (G1)|Eject]], Electronic Surveillance, [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], Tracker, [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], Spy, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], Warrior, and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], Saboteur, along with two ready to play 40 card battle decks themed around both Blaster and Soundwave.

:In order to represent Ramhorn's size as a [[Mini-Cassette]], the card is the same size as a battle card, about half the size of a standard character card.

:The first release of this set was a 35th Anniversary Edition was initially released at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2019 alongside the TCG's [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]] Convention Pack, and later available online on [[Hasbro Pulse]]. The 35th Anniversary Edition features throwback artwork, with the original G1 Ramhorn packaging art on the Bot Mode side, and original artwork matching the G1 packaging art aesthetic for Alt Mode. This original Alt Mode artwork was drawn by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colored by [[Caravan]].
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[[File:BvSRamhorn.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Ramhorn, Warrior''' (2019)
**'''Blaster vs. Soundwave'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T03/T08'''
**''Stars: ''5
:This version of Ramhorn, Warrior was released as part of the general retail version of the Transformers Trading Card Game Blaster vs. Soundwave box set.

:Gameplay-wise the card is identical to the 35th Anniversary Edition of the set, and features different artwork reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game.
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==Notes==
* Ramhorn has the distinction of being the only animal-based [[Mini-Cassette]] to speak throughout his time in the US Generation 1 cartoon continuity. The closest another came was [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]], whose voice was [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3|once heard]] giving a playback of information in tape mode.
** In Japan, however, most notably in ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' cartoon, most of the animal-based Mini-Cassettes have the ability to speak.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Amhorn''' (アムホーン ''Amuhōn'')
*''French:'' '''Rhinoféroce''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Cuneo''', '''Striker''' (''The Headmasters'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Xīniú''' (犀牛, "Rhinoceros")
*''Russian:'' '''Bodun''' (Бодун, "Hangover")

==References==
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[[Category:Encore]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations]]
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[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Autobots]]
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[[Category:Titans Return Autobots]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Autobots]]

Transformers (2023) issue 1

2025-03-10T22:45:27Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee: Starscream says 'eyes' instead of 'optics' when directing Ravage.

{{Comicstory
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|next=Transformers (2023) issue 2
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|image=Transformers 2023 1 cvr.jpg
|caption=Alright, let’s do this one more time.
|title=
|publisher=[[Image Comics]] [[Skybound Entertainment]]
|date=[[October 4]], [[2023]]
|coverdate=October 2023
|written by=[[Daniel Warren Johnson]]
|art by=Daniel Warren Johnson
|colors by=[[Mike Spicer]]
|letters by=[[Rus Wooton]]
|editor=[[Sean Mackiewicz]]
|continuity=[[Energon Universe]]
|chronology=
}}

'''After centuries of slumber, the Autobots and Decepticons awaken on a strange new world.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] finds his father, [[Sparkplug Witwicky|"Sparky" Witwicky]], asleep in a bar. Spike asks his father how long he’s been there, to which [[Danny]] the bartender answers since noon. Sparky notices that Spike has his brother [[Jimmy Witwicky|Jimmy]]'s telescope with him. Spike tells him that he and [[Carly (G1)|Carly]] were planning to go up to [[Hanger's Rock]] to look at the full moon. He says it helps him remember Jimmy, to which Sparky grouses that it's better to just forget. Spike fires back at his father, telling him he won't end up like Jimmy. Meanwhile, [[Jerry (G1)|another patron]] is drunkenly ranting about how he saw a giant boxy jet fly down from space. Their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Sparky's co-worker, [[Davey]], here to pick him up for their shifts. Sparky tells Spike that he has to grow up eventually, to which Spike angrily asks if he means being like him. As the adults drive off, Carly arrives to pick Spike up in her van. Carly consoles a dejected Spike by suggesting they go "pretend they're on another planet."

At Hanger's Rock, the pair climb the mountain in search of a better view and discuss their future ambitions. Spike has recently been accepted to the [[University of California, Berkeley]], where he wishes to follow in Jimmy's footsteps and become an astronaut, though he's reluctant to actually tell his father about it since Jimmy's death. Carly, meanwhile, has been looking at art schools, but she and her father are struggling to make it work financially. Carly takes Spike's hand in hers, telling him how sorry she is about what’s going on with his family. As the two teenagers lean in closer, an earthquake shakes the ground, causing the mountain to split open and sending the two plummeting into the depths below. Recovering, they find themselves inside a giant circular structure — the booster of [[Ark (G1)|a giant spacecraft]]. Spike ventures further inside the spacecraft and finds the main control room, littered with the mangled bodies of what appears to be some sort of giant robots.

[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] flies into the ''Ark'' and transforms, grateful to have found his fallen friends. He activates [[Teletraan I|Teletraan One]] to repair and reconstruct his fellow Cybertronians, granting them new forms he found on [[Earth]]. The first to be reactivated is [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Jetfire warmly greets his old friend, having not seen him in centuries. Starscream thanks Jetfire for waking him and says that he's glad he "picked the right side" before immediately turning to the nearby [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and blasting his head off. The stunned Jetfire, unaware that their people have been at war for the past hundred years, tries to stop him, but Starscream turns his weapons on his old friend for showing weakness. Starscream aims his weapon at [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] next, but he is stopped by a reconstructed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]!

As the [[Autobot]] leader and [[Decepticon]] warrior fight, Prime notices the humans and instinctively dives to protect them from Starscream’s fire. Starscream's attack is halted by the intervention of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], right as Teletraan One reconstructs [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. Realizing the computer is reconstructing them randomly, Starscream tells Skywarp to bring their fellow Decepticons closer. Optimus realizes that the Decepticons will outnumber them and orders a retreat, telling Ratchet to load their fellow Autobots into his new form's trailer while he fends off their opponents. He reaches for his [[ion blaster]] but is intercepted by cannon fire from a revived [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. As he recovers, he sees Bumblebee's remains, cradling him in despair before being beset by Starscream and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Seeing this, Spike and Carly run out and push Prime's blaster to him, allowing him to fight back.

[[File:TF2023 – Prime & Ratchet vehicle modes.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Left with no choice, Optimus fires at Teletraan One, destroying the computer and preventing the remaining Decepticons from being reconstructed. As Teletraan explodes, Optimus grabs Carly and Spike. He and Ratchet transform and drive out of the ''Ark'' into the mountains below, Starscream and Skywarp in hot pursuit despite their low [[energon]] levels. Jetfire regains consciousness and follows after them, firing on Starscream much to his regret. Starscream volleys back, critically wounding Jetfire. Fortunately for the Autobots, Skywarp begins to run out of energy and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] are forced to retreat.

Needing to recuperate, Spike leads the Autobots to an abandoned quarry. As he succumbs to his injuries, Jetfire apologizes to Optimus; so much has changed since he left Cybertron in hopes of saving it. Optimus tries to use the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to heal Jetfire, but Ratchet tells him that his injuries are too great. Optimus grips his old friend's hand as he passes, still lamenting his failure.

Back in the ''Ark'', Soundwave reports to Starscream that he is unable to fix Teletraan One, as they lack both the energon and the raw materials necessary. Until it is repaired, they are the only Decepticons left. Soundwave has already sent [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to scout for possible energon sources, but the job of harvesting it falls to Starscream since he has the most energon reserved. Begrudgingly, Starscream accepts. After all, he is leader of the Decepticons now.

As Davey and Sparky end their shift at the nearby power plant, Davey tries to talk to Sparky about his recent troubles, but they are interrupted by the arrival of Starscream, irritated he has to be the one doing all the work. The pair try to escape, but Starscream notices them. Sparky hides inside the plant, while Davey is snatched up by the giant alien. Starscream smiles to himself as he crushes Davey in his hand, amused at how fragile, squishy, and pathetic the humans are.

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==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (11)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (12)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (13)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (14)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (15)
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (16)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (18)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]’s arm (19)

|c2=
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (8)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (9)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (10)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (20)
* [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (21)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (22)

|c3=
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky|"Sparky" Witwicky]] (1)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (3)
* [[Danny]] (4)
* [[Jerry (G1)|Jerry]] (5)
* [[Davey]] (6)
* [[Carly (G1)|Carly]] (7)

|c4=
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"Where are you going? Isn't that... Jimmy's?" 
"Yeah. Carly and I were going to check out the full moon tonight, remember? On top of Hanger's Rock?" 
"Looking at '''stars''' again, huh?" 
"Doing this kind of thing... it reminds me of him." 
"Why would you want to remember? It's best to '''forget''' all that." 
"Is that how you're gonna '''live''' now? Just pretending he didn't '''exist?'''" 
:—'''Sparky''' and '''Spike''' touch on their trauma

"You must forgive me. I have been away for centuries. I did not know about the war. I did not know you were the new Prime..." 
"I remember the day you left our home to find a way to save it." 
"And you... were so young then." 
"Much has changed since you left our planet. All for the worse." 
:—'''Jetfire''' and '''Optimus Prime''' rekindle their friendship

"Why are you all looking at '''me?'''" 
"You have the most energon reserved. Thus the harvesting is up to '''you.''' It's what Meg---" 
"'''Do not''' say his name. '''I''' am the leader of the Decepticons now."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Soundwave'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Jetfire's arrival on Earth follows from his awakening in [[Void Rivals issue 1|the first issue]] of ''[[Void Rivals]]''. How long he was asleep exactly is a little unclear. In ''Void Rivals'', he mentions being stranded for millions of years, but here he says he was away for merely centuries. Due to the syntax used, it could be that Jetfire was ''searching'' for centuries but ''asleep'' for millions of years. The following issue confirms the centuries time frame, making ''Void Rivals'' use of millions of years the outlier.
* Cybertron's energon shortage was hinted at by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in ''Void Rivals'' [[Void Rivals issue 4|#4]].
* After being attacked by Starscream, Jetfire is seen leaking yellow fluid. This would appear to confirm that the yellow fuel used by [[Darak]] and [[Solila]] to reactivate him was indeed energon.
* Soundwave and Starscream allude to the absence of the usual Decepticon leader, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Hmm... [[Cobra Commander (comic)|where could he be]]?
* Yes, Bumblebee's really dead, having been destroyed by Starscream. The other Transformers, including those like Thundercracker whose reassembly is interrupted, are just offline.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Thundercracker's not killed, he just was not fully built. [...] S'not like I shot him in the heart or something. Just FYI.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=3774s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref>

===Transformers references===
* Like with ''Void Rivals'', this new series draws heavy influence from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]:
** The character designs all pull directly from Generation 1.
** The ''Ark'' crashing into a mountain and the Autobots and Decepticons being repaired by Teletraan One is lifted from the premiere episode, "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]", right down to one of the Decepticons being reactivated first. The "error" of the Transformers having their Earth-inspired designs before they receive their Earth alternate modes is also carried over.
** Spike, Sparkplug, and Carly were all major characters in the Generation 1 cartoon, though they have been heavily reimagined, especially Carly. Sparkplug's name is shortened to just "Sparky".
** Starscream and Jetfire/Skyfire being old friends, Jetfire helping Starscream out of ignorance to the war, as well as Jetfire dying after dogfighting Starscream, brings to mind "[[Fire in the Sky]]."
* Optimus Prime gains the upper hand over Starscream with a fist and a resounding "never", similar to ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

===Real-world references===
* Sparky's flashbacks on the first page of the issue features imagery of Sparky in a conflict much like the [[Vietnam War]] and the explosion of a space shuttle reminiscent of the {{w|Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster}}; based on the context, it seems likely that Jimmy was one of the victims in the latter. Whether these are meant to literally be those events (which would suggest the comic is actually supposed to be set in the 1980s) or merely stylistic renderings of purely fictional events remains to be seen.
* Appropriately, Sparky is drinking at a {{w|Veterans of Foreign Wars|VFW}} bar.
* Carly's van art features several staples of van murals, such as a wizard inspired by {{w|Gandalf}} from ''{{w|The Lord of the Rings}}'', a barbarian resembling {{w|Conan the Barbarian|Conan}}, and a fantasy castle and dragon.
* Optimus Prime enters the scene by ''clotheslining'' Starscream—this being the signature move of "Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada, one of DWJ's favorite wrestlers.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=And of course, next we have a rainmaker clothesline, as one does. This is a wrestling move, this is one of my favorite wrestlers, Kazuchika Okada from New Japan Pro Wrestling. Of course, you know, the rainmaker, the lariat, is not new in professional wrestling, and by the end of this series it will not be new to Transformers.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=2508s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x34jfv6 Kazuchika Okada's Finisher- Rainmaker on Dailymotion]</ref>

===Storytelling notes===
As both writer and artist on this ''Transformers'' series, Daniel Warren Johnson has a rare level of creative freedom while composing the issue and using the art to tell the story. Some of these creative choices were covered in a "director's commentary" livestream on his YouTube channel; key insights are reproduced here alongside our own analysis of the issue.
* DWJ keeps a copy of [[IP infringement|Magic Square]]'s "Light of Peace" figure close at hand, which influences his take on Optimus Prime.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=This is the Optimus Prime figure that Magic Square put out this past year in 2023. It's an update, so it has a new head sculpt, it looks just like the movie, the '86 movie which of course has been my bible. He looks so good that you can actually like, kind of pose him, and he looks pretty dynamic. And I knew that, man, if the toy looks this cool in real life, then I can make him look really cool... like look at this, it looks great, he looks kind of alive.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=798s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref> He notes that he specifically avoids having Prime's "boots" flare out at all; he tries to draw them perfectly straight.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Another thing that I'll notice, that I'll give you a little preview of things to come artwise: you'll see Optimus's legs, you know, traditionally, you know, he's got kind of the 1970s design aesthetic here, which I think the Marvel Comics did, where, you know, the leg kind of comes out... like so it makes kind of like a boot cut kind of style for his like lower half of his leg. And I hate drawing that. I hate drawing that. Look how straight these legs are. As this series goes on you're going to see these legs get straighter and straighter. It's a stylistic thing something that I've been kind of like- it's been bugging me about drawing Optimus Prime, and it's just, I cannot stand drawing those legs widening out at the bottom. It's like, something about it, it just like, makes my eyes hurt. I've never liked it in the comics, it always read weird to me that they got wider. Some characters- like I remember when practicing, I was drawing Jazz. Jazz gets really wide, and if it's like, if it's really confident, like big and chunky, or Cliffjumper, big, chunky, no big deal. This? Like, Optimus's legs going wider? It just like, is it going wider is it not going w- anyway these are the ramblings of a crazy lunatic comic book artist.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=2699s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref>
* His primary ''Transformers'' comics influence comes from [[Marvel Comics]] and [[Dreamwave Productions]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I wanted to just highlight this poster that I had in my bedroom when I was like 16, when Pat Lee made this imagery. You know, I was a huge ''Transformers'' fan of course when I was growing up, and I read mostly the Marvel Comics, 'cause that was the only thing that was available at the time, and here we have the Pat Lee comics of course that Dreamwave put out. I was so excited, I thought it looked awesome. I still do appreciate its blockiness now. So this is another reason why I wanted to do the project, 'cause like I just remember these feelings, and these like super bright colors that like were so awesome... and just being excited with like every cover, and I just felt like a kid. [...] And of course this image, like this is very satisfying, I knew I didn't want to get this bulbous with the designs, but you know I can't say I wasn't influenced by the absolutely outlandishness of these kind of like larger-than-life characters, so.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=997s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref> In the case of the latter, we'll note that [[Prime Directive|their opening miniseries]] prominently featured the ''[[Ark II]]'' disaster which drew heavily from the real-world Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster.
* The first page of the story consists of five vertically-stacked cinematic landscape panels, with Sparky's flashbacks interspersed by a panel of the Ark crashing and of Prime's deactivated body. This gives us an idea of what's been going through Sparky's mind at the bar. In particular, the panel of Optimus Prime is bookended by Spike's offscreen dialogue getting his dad's attention; Prime is often positioned as something of a father figure in wider pop culture.
** At Hasbro's request, DWJ avoided being too specific as to the conflict being shown.<ref name=HasbroMandates>{{citesocial|quote=So here we've got the first page, and you can kind of see here, Hasbro wanted me to be be very like... don't show what kind of war it is... which is fine, and I did have to change these engines from three engines, which I just thought was a little cleaner, to five engines, like the Ark is, so I didn't think they'd care that much about being on model when it came to the Ark but they did!|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0?t=1316s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref>
** DWJ wanted to streamline the Ark's design to have just three rear thrusters, but Hasbro insisted on it having five,<ref name=HasbroMandates /> necessitating the digital addition of two more to the later splash page of the ship's engines.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So again, I had to make a bit of an edit. The original art has just three engines, so I had to add these digitally—which I did not want to do, but Hasbro wanted it, so, okay, you know? It's okay, it's okay, it's all right, it is what it is...|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=1845s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref>
* The second page aims to bring the story into reality,<ref name=Page2>{{citesocial|quote=I really wanted to go all in on the first half of this page, and like really sell to you how lived in this world is. Even though it's a ''Transformers'' book it was very important to me that we got a vibe and a sense of where the human characters come from. And there's nothing more fun, than drawing the heck out of, than like a crappy VW hall. [...] It was a hard thing to draw, but it was also fun. I had to kind of photobash a bunch of different VFW bars—obviously didn't want to take from any one specifically, or any one bar specifically, just kind of taking the best of everything and kind of combining it into one. And this bartender, Danny the bartender, I'm a big fan of, he just kind of stands there. And of course the old guy that maybe has seen something crazy... total shout out to—even his like haircut is the same as, and the hat, as—''{{w|The Iron Giant}}'', so a little shout out there. [...] It doesn't really [take place in a specific time period like the '80s or '90s] in my opinion, there might be other people in the Energon Universe that have a different time, we don't really have a time period in place. I find time periods in comics like ''Transformers'' to be completely unnecessary. If I'm trying to make historical fiction then of course it is important, but when it comes to making things like the Transformers I have just never cared. JFK is not getting assassinated in the background on television here, so it's just not part of the story. But you will notice there's no cell phones, so. But that's cuz I hate writing stories with cell phones in them.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=1406s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref> with much more detailed panels of varying shapes and sizes, and a muted earthen color palette.
** DWJ took reference from several different {{w|Veterans of Foreign Wars|VFW}} bars to arrive at the location seen in the comic.<ref name=Page2 />
** As Spike and Sparky exit, the cluttered interior gives way to the orange evening sky, with the generous negative space often physically separating Spike from his distant father.
** DWJ notes that the final panel of this spread is technically wrong; based on the perspective of the scene, Spike should be sinking into the ground. This was necessary so as not to obscure Carly's van,<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I have a bit of a goof, a bit of a mistake [...] if you actually like do the perspective here, the way it should be done, it makes no sense. He would be sinking into the ground, he's like in quicksand right now, but I could not figure out a better dynamic shot choice that would show Carly and her artistic ability with this van. Like I tried to do it like this way, and it didn't really work, because it covered up too much of the van, and I realized just how big he would have to be, like his whole face would have to be like over here and it just didn't work. I wanted him to be in the middle, but then it also didn't make sense. So I was just like beating my head against the wall like, I hope this is okay, I hope people don't notice.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0?si=QxISYwvu5QpUEbhw&t=1516s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref> which is the same model of vehicle that appears in DWJ's previous original comic series ''[https://www.skybound.com/murder-falcon Murder Falcon]''.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Of course the dragon wagon, the van used in ''Murder Falcon''.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=1578s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref> Mike Spicer has coloured the van using blue-pink tones, strongly contrasting with the orange otherwise dominating the spread. As we turn the page, these nighttime hues take over the story, marking the beginning of a transition towards the unreal.
* The mountain landscape was drawn to resemble that of an alien planet, to highlight the feeling of "otherworldliness".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=This also is one of my favorite panels in the book. I wanted to start getting a little crazy, a little more intense with the shot choices, to kind of start getting us into the vibe of otherworldliness. This looks a little bit like they're exploring Mars, that was the goal, completely clear sky, really pushing the envelope when it comes to dynamic composition.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=1635s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref>
* As the earthquake begins, we get the first instance of hand-lettered sound effects, drawn into the lineart by DWJ. These appear more prominently and frequently as we transition towards comic-book action.
[[File:TF2023 1 Splash pages composition.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2|Diagram illustrating DWJ's intended flow for the back-to-back splash pages.]]
* The reveal of the Ark is paired across the two-page spread with another splash page of the deactivated Autobots. DWJ hoped to create a seamless transition, with the reader's gaze travelling down towards the inset panels at the bottom left, then following Spike and Carly across to the right, before travelling up into the scene.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=This was a goal, this was the goal: to have these pages be bleeding into each other. [...] You know I don't like to do this very often, you have like two splash pages back-to-back, because they kind of like... it gets a little messy here. But you know I usually like- if I have a big splash here [on the left], I'll usually have something a little more reserved over here [on the right], and I won't have it bleed over to the left side of the page. But with here, you'll actually notice that I was trying to get people to read from... obviously you're reading here, then you go down, left to right, into this bottom part of the page, and have your eye trail up instead of going over here [diagonally across the center fold] to the top. So I was using these kind of inset panels to kind of get you to read that way.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=1985s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref> Mike Spicer's coloring (exaggerated in the diagram on the right) again reinforces this intent, with the blue shade of the rocks at the bottom of the right-hand page carrying over from the left-hand page.
** Meanwhile, all of the lines of perspective inside the room point outside, where a tiny Jetfire can be seen approaching.
* Jetfire is one of Robert Kirkman's favorite Transformers, and his role in this series came entirely from Robert Kirkman's broad-strokes outline.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So, full disclosure: Robert Kirkman came up with the Jetfire idea. Jetfire is one of Robert's favorite Transformers, and that's why he was chosen. He's also like part of the lore and it was kind of like in this big outline that Jetfire was the one that comes in and finds the Autobots on Earth in the Ark- Autobots and Decepticons. But he doesn't have knowledge about the war. So you know I can't give away too much, but that was a Robert Kirkman call, and I was happy to do it. I was a little afraid about drawing Jetfire at first, but I'm actually- of course I write the script first where he dies, because it's just what the story needed, but then as I got to drawing him I was like, "I really like drawing this guy, I'm so sad I have to kill him!"|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=3301s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref>
* The shock death of Bumblebee was a deliberate choice, as DWJ felt like audiences would be getting a little tired of seeing Bumblebee everywhere. Surprisingly, Hasbro felt the same way, and themselves asked if there was a way to write Bumblebee out of the series! DWJ also apparently doesn't enjoy drawing Bumblebee, which informed the decision,<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Let me be totally honest about the Bumblebee page, let me address this. I do really- I do like Bumblebee. I don't like drawing Bumblebee, I don't like those rivets in his arms. That's not the only reason why he had to go, I just honestly wanted to change things up. I just wanted to change things up, and I had seen a lot of Bumblebee, I think we all have, in a lot of ''Transformers'' media, and I just thought it would be a fun little swerve. And this is actually funny, our contact over at Hasbro was also a little tired of seeing Bumblebee everywhere, and he actually asked, before he saw my script, he's like, "is there any way we can not use Bumblebee in the main line?" And I told him, I was like, "I got good news for you!" He had to go, he had to go. Sorry Bumblebee fans, sorry to let you down like that, I am so sorry. They are Transformers, maybe they'll come back... but not for a long time. It's Cliff's time baby! You said it!|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=2545s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref> which perhaps doesn't bode too well for Cliffjumper!
* When Starscream turns on Jetfire, DWJ struggled to get the composition exactly right, as he was limited by the need to make it explicitly clear that Jetfire was gravely wounded.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I wanted to make sure that everybody knew that Jetfire was gravely injured by this blast, which means I couldn't really white it out, had to be clear.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=2498s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref>
* Prime uses several wrestling moves on Starscream; DWJ had previously created the original comic series ''[https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/do-a-powerbomb Do A Powerbomb!]'', which had a central theme of loss—a motif which recurs throughout this first ''Transformers'' issue.
* As Starscream, Skywarp and Thundercracker look identical in black-and-white, DWJ labels them in his lineart so colorist Mike Spicer can easily distinguish.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Also notice the color notes I had to leave for Mike, because Skywarp and Starscream look exactly alike in black and white.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=2839s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref>
* Prime instinctively knowing about his trailer, and its sudden appearance in the story, is a riff on classic media where Prime's trailer would often appear and disappear out of nowhere per the needs of the story.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=This is a little shoutout to like, the not-making-any-sense of ''Transformers'', where you know, very conveniently, this trailer just shows up out of nowhere. So you know, Prime's like, "What are we going to do?" and he's like, "We could use my trailer!" Look sometimes you just have to have fun and not think too much about the story.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=3131s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref>
* As Prime's face is uniquely inexpressive, DWJ had to get creative to show his emotions to the reader, relying a lot on the character's eyes. Additionally, he tries to channel Prime's feelings through Spike.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Optimus is a character that does not emote—less so than even the rest of the cast, because of the face shield, because so much of his face is taken up, and he's really only got those eyes to work with. And I found that I was needing a way to channel Optimus through something, and I'm kind of trying to channel that through Spike, if you can't tell. I have a tendency to not be subtle, so... in life and in comics.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=3516s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref> When Spike sees Prime kneeling over Bumblebee's body, it seems that he recognises the grief this alien robot is experiencing.
* Amongst the many creative sound effects in this sequence, we have highlights like "GRAPPLE" and "ROLL" accompanying the action. Clicks and buzzes fill the air together with the floating components as the Transformers are reassembled.
* DWJ contrived the situation where Spike and Carly need to push Prime's gun into his reach as a way of giving the human characters agency during the action sequence.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Sliding the gun! Super fun! I rewrote this scene a few times because the humans were just sitting, screaming, you know? Spike and Carly like, "Oh my god, what's happening!?" behind some rocks, and I was like, "They need to have some agency, they need to get involved somehow." And so that is why I had them push the gun, and it forces action, it just forces movement in a story, it gives Spike personality and like bravery, and I'm very happy with this moment. It's very hard to not just write fight scenes where it's just like fight fight fight fight fight, and finding new ways to tie everybody together, and I wish I had more time to do this but of course we work in genre fiction where there are deadlines, and sometimes that can't happen, but I was glad that I was able to figure this one out.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=3543s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref> The "SKRKK" sound effect of the gun scraping along the floor is drawn to follow the lines of action.
* When Prime gives the order to "Transform and roll out!", the ''entire comic'' shifts to a landscape orientation, requiring you to physically turn the comic in your hands. This is awesome.
* Ratchet's updated alternate mode came simply from a dissatisfaction with his classic Nissan look.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Any reason you went with a more modern style van, a Ford Transit rather than the traditional Nissan Vanette for Ratchet? You know what, I just didn't like the way the Nissan looked, so I just, I really wanted something different. I just wanted something different, so.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=2966s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref>
* DWJ was keen to develop the Decepticons beyond their classic cartoonishly-evil characterisation, with a key example in this issue being Soundwave's clear concern for the injured Ravage.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=It's all about this, baby. It's all about trying to give some... you know... something other than... "The Decepticons are all evil, raah!" Like, Soundwave is a bad dude—but man, he loves his tapes, and one of these tapes is hurting bad and he's feeling real bad about it.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=4410s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref>
* For Davey's gruesome death at the hand of Starscream, Hasbro requested it occur off-panel. The beat was intended to clearly set the stakes of the comic without being egregiously gory,<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Hasbro asked for Davey to be killed offscreen, which I was totally fine with. Did want to get kind of messy with it, though, because I did want to kind of make a little bit of a statement. You know, it's a book that your kids can read, but you know, not everybody's going to make it, so.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUZgObXmU0&t=4593s|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|site=YouTube|title=TRANSFORMERS Issue 1 DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY|year=2023|month=10|day=06}}</ref> and seems to mark a major turning point for Sparky.

===Errors===
* Bumblebee's body is seen near Optimus Prime’s trailer, despite him being across the ship near Teletraan One when Starscream blew his head open.
* When Starscream is forced to break off his pursuit of the Autobots, his speech balloon is pointing to Skywarp.

===Other trivia===
* Prior to its official release, an ashcan copy of this issue was available exclusively at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2023. The ashcan had certain pages taken out to prevent spoilers, as well as featuring concept art and designs for various characters.
* In early solicitations for this issue, the cover had an original logo with blue text broken over two lines;<ref>[https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/AUG230407 ''Transformers'' #1 CVR A JOHNSON on PREVIEWSworld]</ref> the final cover uses the standard modern logo, leaving some unsightly negative space above Prime's head. This was changed at the request of Hasbro.
* This issue sold out at the distributor level before it was even officially released, prompting Skybound to announce a second printing the day before it hit retailer shelves.
* ''Transformers'' #1 was the best-selling comic issue of 2023, according to ICv2 industry sales estimates.<ref>[https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/56290/top-50-comics-full-year-2023 ICv2: Top 50 Comics - Full Year 2023]</ref>
* Whilst not neccessarily an error, Starscream refers to Prime's 'eyes' with the human term, instead of 'optics.'

===Covers===
With over 100 to choose from, ''Transformers'' #1 features more variant covers than any other single ''Transformers'' comic issue ''by a long shot''.
{{comicstub|50/100 covers documented}}
* '''Cover A:''' Optimus Prime emerges from an explosion, by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer.
* '''Cover B:''' The Autobots, by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer.
* '''Cover C:''' The Decepticons, by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer.
* '''Cover D:''' Optimus Prime destroys Starscream, by [[Ryan Ottley]] and [[Annalisa Leoni]].
* '''Cover E (1:10 Copy Incentive):''' Connecting cover, by [[Orlando Arocena]].
* '''Cover F (1:25 Copy Incentive):''' Optimus leaps on Starscream to save Carly's van as Laserbeak and Ravage attack, by [[Cliff Chiang]].
* '''Cover G (1:50 Copy Incentive):''' Optimus Prime, by [[Francis Manapul]].
* '''Cover H (1:100 Copy Incentive Foil):''' Starscream holds Bumblebee’s head, by [[Ian Bertram]] and [[Gus Storms]].
* '''Cover I:''' Blank sketch cover.
* '''San Diego Comic-Con Ashcan cover A:''' Spike atop Optimus Prime, by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer.
* '''San Diego Comic-Con Ashcan cover B:''' Black-and-white version, only available at Skybound's Energon Universe convention panel.
* '''Big Clutch/[[eBay]] exclusive:''' Foil variant of main cover A. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Felix Comic Art exclusive A:''' Wraparound variant of Optimus Prime playing basketball against the Decepticons, by Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer. Limited to 500 copies.
* '''Felix Comic Art exclusive B:''' Black-and-white virgin variant. Limited to 500 copies.
* '''Stadium Comics exclusive:''' by [[Santa Fung]]. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Comic Grail Vault exclusive A:''' by [[Von Randal]] and [[Alex Guimarães]]. Limited to 800 copies.
* '''Comic Grail Vault exclusive B:''' Foil variant.
* '''Alan Quah exclusive:''' by [[Alan Quah]]. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Hector Trunnec New York Comic Con exclusive:''' by [[Hector Trunnec]]. Limited to 400 copies.
* '''East Side Comics exclusive:''' by [[DarlsDraws]]. Limited to 300 copies.
* '''Whatnot exclusive A:''' by [[Siya Oum]].
* '''Whatnot exclusive B:''' Foil variant.
* '''TransMissions Podcast exclusive:''' by [[E. J. Su]].
* '''MFKiG exclusive:''' by [[Ainsworth Lin]]. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Forbidden Planet exclusive A:''' by [[Flaviano]]. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Forbidden Planet exclusive B:''' Virgin variant. Limited to 500 copies.
* '''Memory Lane Comics exclusive:''' by [[Hayden Sherman]]. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Rod Reis New York Comic Con exclusive:''' by [[Rod Reis]]. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Carnivore Comics exclusive A:''' by [[Rafael Grassetti]]. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Carnivore Comics exclusive B:''' Virgin variant. Limited to 500 copies.
* '''Carnivore Comics exclusive C:''' Foil variant. Limited to 1,000 copies, exclusively at New York Comic Con 2023.
* '''Matthew Roberts exclusive:''' by [[Matthew Roberts]].
* '''Mike Bowden New York Comic Con exclusive:''' by [[Mike Bowden]] and [[Pez Fred]]. Limited to 500 copies.
* '''Big Time Collectibles exclusive A:''' by [[John Giang]]. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Big Time Collectibles exclusive B:''' Foil variant. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Wanted Comix / Rupps Comics / JJ's Comics & Art / Big Clutch exclusive A:''' by [[Maria Wolf]] & Mike Spicer. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Wanted Comix / Rupps Comics / JJ's Comics & Art / Big Clutch exclusive B:''' Virgin variant. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Wanted Comix / Rupps Comics / JJ's Comics & Art / Big Clutch exclusive C:''' Foil variant. Limited to 500 copies.
* '''Juni Ba exclusive A:''' by [[Juni Ba]]. Limited to 500 copies.
* '''Juni Ba exclusive B:''' Foil variant. Limited to 500 copies.
* '''Seibertron.com exclusive:''' by [[Marco Ferrari]].
* '''The 616 Comics exclusive:''' by [[Vincenzo Federici]]. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Francesco Tomaselli New York Comic Con exclusive:''' by [[Francesco Tomaselli]]. Limited to 900 copies.
* '''Condemned Comics exclusive:''' by [[Christopher Mitten]]. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Skottie Young exclusive:''' by [[Skottie Young]]. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Skottie Young exclusive second printing:''' Virgin foil variant. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Ryan Barry exclusive A:''' by [[Ryan Barry]]. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Ryan Barry exclusive B:''' Foil variant. Limited to 1,000 copies.
* '''Things From Another World exclusive:''' by [[Frédéric Pham Chuong]]. Limited to 1,000 copies.
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Sunstreaker (G1)/toys

2025-03-07T00:00:44Z

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[[File:G1boxart-Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|Hi, my box art is better than yours.]]
'''Sunstreaker''' is pretty in plastic!

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1-toy Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yellow, I love me, let me jump in your game.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (Autobot Car, 1984-1986)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right fists, 2 "rocket boosters", 3 rockets
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Sunstreaker was released as part of the first year of the ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' line in the US, transforming into a "Super Tuning" customized Lamborghini Countach LP500S with an exposed rear-mounted engine. Each robot mode arm has a spring-launching mechanism to fire his fists, his chrome missiles, or his "rocket boosters" (once the boosters' main body was pushed forward to lengthen the connection peg), but the springs were severely neutered or removed outright in the US [[for safety reasons]]. The boosters fit very ''very'' loosely in the holes in his rear bumper/robot shoulders, making them pretty dubious additions to either mode.

: As with all his 1984 brethren, a heat-activated [[rubsign]] was added to Sunstreaker in 1985, appearing on his left door. Removed from toystore shelves in 1986, he was then made available as a mail-away item in several different promotions, among them a "[[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (G1)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]" flier packed with most boxed ''Transformers'' toys. He cost $8 and two [[Robot Point|robot points]].

: When Hasbro released the original ''Transformers'' toys in continental Europe through then-recently-acquired [[Milton Bradley]] in 1985, several toys were actually pre-existing stock originally intended for [[Joustra]]'s version of ''[[Diaclone]]'' acquired by Hasbro and put into MB-branded ''Transformers'' packaging. For some reason, the Sunstreaker toy (sporting its yellow Hasbro ''Transformers'' colors due to being produced during the ''Diaclone''/''Transformers'' transitional period) was released in packaging intended for [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Toys|Sideswipe]], an entirely different sculpt. The packaging even included Sideswipe's instructions and sticker sheet, neither of which were of much use for the toy.<ref name="mbsunswipe">[http://20thcenturytoycollector.com/mb-transformers-part-6/ "MB Transformers: Part 6"] at 20th Century Toy Collector.</ref>

: Sunstreaker inherited some red [[sticker]] details from the original red-colored ''Diaclone'' version of the toy (see [[#Notes|notes]]): most obviously the shoulder stickers, but more subtly the vents on his chest stickers (numbered "1" in the instructions). The instructions show these being placed on the wrong sides; the red vents are supposed to show through from beneath the exposed engine in vehicle mode.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://tfsquareone.blogspot.com/2020/04/sunstreaker-sticker.html|name=Maz|site=Transformers Square One|title=Hasbro G1 Sunstreaker - Figure & Sticker History|year=2020|month=04|day=10}}</ref>

: Sunstreaker is generally considered to be one of the harder early-generation toys to find complete and unbroken. Following its later [[Generation 1 reissues|reissue]] in the European [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] sub-line (see below), the toy's mold has been stated by [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] representatives to be one of several whose original molding is either lost or in a state of disrepair too extensive to justify the cost of re-casting, meaning that chances of any future reissues are slim.

: The stock photography on the box shows a prototype; you can tell because the tabs on the arms/launchers are red, as opposed to yellow on the actual toy.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-autobot-cars-sunstreaker/219/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Sunstreaker at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Sunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1toy vsz set.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker & Skids vs Buzzsaw''' (Multi-pack, 1985)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VSZ'''
:*''Accessories'': Left & right fists, 2 "rocket boosters", 3 rockets

: Sunstreaker's only [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release was in this [[giftset]], which was also the only way to get [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Buzzsaw]] and [[Skids (G1)#Toys|Skids]] in Japan. This sounds unfair, but then one must remember Buzzsaw is an unstoppable killing machine.

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[[File:G1toy classic heroes sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (Classic, 1990)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right fists, 2 "rocket boosters", 3 rockets

: Sunstreaker was made available again in European markets in 1990, coming in nice new golden packaging as part of the "[[Classics (Europe)|Classic Heroes]]" range of [[reissue]]s. He featured no notable changes from his original release, complete with a lack of rubsign.
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===''Transform Block''===
{{anchor|Block}}
[[File:G1toy TFBlock sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' (1985)

: Only available in Japan, this small, monochrome representation of Sunstreaker transformed by disassembling and reassembling his vinyl component parts. Hence, the name "Transform Block". The toy was first released as part of the Diaclone line alongside another toy representing the Diaclone version of Skids. The toy was simply put in new packaging for its Transformers release, which resembles that of [[Transform Jr]] toys.

::*''[http://homepage3.nifty.com/redalert/toybox/tf/g1/TFGM04/TFGM04.html More information on Transform Block Sunstreaker at a Japanese fan site]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:UniverseSunstreaker toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Sideswipe in yellow? Dear Primus, I've become Tigertrack!]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' (Deluxe Class, 2003)
**''Accessories'': Left & right rocket boosters, 2 flame-missiles

:A [[retool]] of the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Prowl (RID)#Toys|Prowl]] sculpt, Sunstreaker transforms into a Lamborghini Diablo. Unusually for non-vintage Transformers at the time, he has rubber tires. In either mode, he is armed with two pressure-launch missile launchers with two flame-shaped projectiles. These launchers are mounted upon his right arm in robot mode. In vehicle mode, they can be mounted on two pegs located on his spoiler as "rocket boosters". It is notable that the part that connects the toy's windshield to the main body uses a yellow decal rather than paint, as that part is made out of [[unpaintable plastic]]. The police lights from the original mold were removed, leaving this area bare.

:Sunstreaker was the "hotel [[exclusive]]" toy from [[OTFCC 2003]], available only to those who booked their room at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare at the convention rate, the official hotel for the convention.

:This mold is also used by the ''Universe'' incarnation of [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|Sideswipe]] and ''Universe'' [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Sunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on BotCon Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Binaltech Asterisk''===
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[[File:Btasunstreaker toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Lemony fresh new-car scent.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker feat. Dodge Viper meets Junko''' (2005)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''BTA 02'''
:*''Release date'': [[September 29]], 2005
:*''Accessories'': "Junko" driver/figurine, engine-block rifle

:In 2005, Takara and Hasbro released near-simultaneous and significantly different takes on Sunstreaker as a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] ''Binaltech/Alternators'' toy (itself a [[retool]] of [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Alternators|''Binaltech'' Lambor/''Alternators'' Side Swipe]]). The first to the market was the ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk|Binaltech Asterisk]]'' version of the toy, including a PVC driver figurine, a girl named [[Kelly (RID)|Junko]]. Sunstreaker transforms into a 1:24-scale licensed "street performance" Dodge Viper with opening doors and hood, and an open passengers' compartment. His engine block becomes a rifle for his robot mode. Like the rest of the ''Binaltech Asterisk'' line, he was packaged in robot mode instead of vehicle.

:As a matter of fact, Sunstreaker was originally intended as the ''first'' retool/redeco of Lambor/Side Swipe: Early [[prototype]]s that were leaked to the public sported a sculpted Autobot logo, and development concept art and color maps detailed in ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide]]'' show a black-decoed figure. A store listing from March 2004 stated the figure's name as "'''Blackstreaker'''",<ref name="alternatorstfa">[http://www.tfarchive.com/community/showthread.php?t=22083 TFArchive news thread about Alternators store listing from March 2004.]</ref> suggesting that he was still intended to be Sunstreaker despite sporting different colors, possibly at the request of the car manufacturer. For reasons unknown, however, the toy was ultimately released as the [[Decepticon]] [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] instead, possibly to satisfy fan demands for Decepticons in the line, but this is mere supposition. It took more than a year until Sunstreaker would see shelves as originally intended.

::*[[Source:Transformers Binaltech Asterisk bios#2|Archive of ''Binaltech Asterisk'' Sunstreaker's bio and tech specs]]
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/AltSunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on ''Binaltech Asterisk'' Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Alternators''===
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[[File:AlternatorsSunstreaker toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|When girls disappear, their cars gain racing stripes. This is SCIENTIFIC FACT.]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' (Autobot, 2005)
**''ID number:'' '''18'''
**''Accessories'': Engine-block rifle
{{toydesigner|[[Steve Bono]] (Hasbro)|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist), [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:A few months later, the Hasbro ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' version was released as part of the standard ''Alternators'' line, in the redesigned "bubble" packaging (the third version of ''Alternators'' packaging). Though both are yellow redecos of the mold, the detailing between the two is very different, with the Hasbro version being a direct color-swap of the paint mask previously used for Dead End, adding red to the robot mode parts as well as a pair of black racing stripes in car mode. Drastically put, the only two details virtually identical on both versions at first sight are the [[paint operation|paint mask]] for the head and the [[tampograph]]ed license plate. (This is particularly remarkable since a stolen [[prototype|pre-production sample]] of Hasbro Sunstreaker actually sported a license plate tampograph more in style with previous ''Alternators'' license plates, whereas the final version is dead on identical to the ''Binaltech Asterisk'' toy's tampo.)

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/AltSunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Sunstreakeruniverse2008toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He's got Mirage's legs, and he knows how to use 'em better than Mirage does.]]
[[File:SunstreakerSideswipeSDCC2007.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|One of the cases where the result turned out even ''better'' than the original idea. Well, except maybe for the weapon.]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' (Deluxe Class, 2008)
**''Series:'' Classics Series
**''Accessories:'' "Electron Pulse Blaster", engine supercharger intakes
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:Part of the first wave of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'']] Deluxe Class toys, Sunstreaker transforms into a modified {{w|Lamborghini Gallardo}} (featuring a rear end that is basically a cross between a {{w|Lamborghini Murciélago|Murciélago}} and a {{w|Lamborghini Diablo|Diablo}}, split side windows and door vents from the {{w|McLaren F1}}). Like the original Sunstreaker's Lamborghini Countach form, the 2008 ''Universe'' vehicle mode features customized engine supercharger intakes mounted just behind the roof of the car. Sunstreaker's license plate is [[tampograph]]ed "WE R 84", referring to the year the ''Transformers'' franchise was launched. (Early Hasbro [[prototype]]s of ''Universe'' Sunstreaker had the [[license plate]] say "WE R 8'''2'''" instead.<ref name="unisunstreaker1">[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/universe-classics-20-autobots-262/sunstreaker-1596/ Various Hasbro stock photos for ''Universe'' Sunstreaker], all featuring a "WE R 82" license plate.</ref><ref name="uniprowl2">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/185434-classics-henkei-sunstreaker-prowl-comparison-pictures.html Scans from ''Dengeki Hobby Magazine''], also depicting ''Universe'' Sunstreaker with a "WE R 82" license plate.</ref>)

:Like many other new-sculpt ''Universe'' toys, Sunstreaker has a "dramatic head reveal" when transforming him to robot mode: when his chest is rotated into place, his head rises into position and his ears spring out. In robot mode, his supercharger engine accessory can be attached to his back, but it can also be attached to the "Electron Pulse Blaster" to create a larger weapon by wrapping the intakes around it, and the gun can be mounted in either of the holes on his shoulders, though Sunstreaker's "ears" get in the way. Most of this is not shown in the [[instructions]], which only instruct the owner of the toy to put the gun in his hand and attach the supercharger to his back.

:Though not specifically a [[quality control]] issue, the yellow paint used for Sunstreaker's roof does not precisely match the bright yellow plastic used for his car body panel parts. The dark tinted windows cause the yellow paint to take on a greenish tinge.

:Sunstreaker uses the same base mold as ''Universe'' [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Sideswipe]], but with his robot mode turned 180 degrees at the waist, and factory-swapped fists. Hasbro's early plans for Sunstreaker and Sideswipe had the two as straight [[redeco]]/retools of each other using the hood-chest configuration. [[TakaraTomy]] designer [[Hisashi Yuki]] suggested turning the upper body 180 degrees, making Sunstreaker's robot mode resemble his [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] design more.<ref name="generations2009">Interview with Hisashi Yuki in [[Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 1|''Transformers Generations 2009'' vol. 1]], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/223379-takaratomy-staff-interview-generations-2009-vol-1-translation.html English translation] at TFW2005.</ref> Based on the release order, Sunstreaker is considered the original iteration of the sculpt and Sideswipe the [[retool]], even though the two were designed concurrently. In addition, Hasbro originally intended the [[alternate mode]]'s supercharger to split into two halves which would then become the handgun and a spring-loaded shoulder launcher for the robot mode.

:The Sunstreaker/Sideswipe sculpt was also retooled into ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Punch (G1)#Timelines|Punch]], [[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines|''Generation 2'' Breakdown]], and [[Breakdown (G1)#G1TimelinesBreakdown|Generation 1 Breakdown]], as well as ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Alert]] and ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#Generations|Red Alert]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFUSunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on Universe Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:Henkei Sunstreaker toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Gape at my awesome bling!]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' (Deluxe Class, [[2008]]-[[September 19|09-19]])
**''ID number:'' '''C-07'''
**''Accessories:'' "Electron Pulse Blaster", engine supercharger intakes

:TakaraTomy's ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' version of ''Universe'' Sunstreaker is a redeco of Hasbro's release, featuring a deeper shade of yellow with a much greater consistency between the painted yellow roof and the yellow plastic than seen on ''Universe'' Sunstreaker. He also replaces some of the Universe figure's gray paint with black. The orange paint is replaced with red, and the maroon Autobot symbol is now the more standard red. Like all ''Henkei! Henkei!'' toys, he features [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] plastic, including his Electron Pulse Blaster, his supercharger and his spoiler.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm a better mechanic than [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|him]].]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Collection'': '''''Age of Extinction'' Collection 2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, scoped pistol

: Part of the sixth regular assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s, Sunstreaker is a [[Kreon]] minifigure that can be rebuilt into a race car with back-mounted "engine". While clearly based on the Generation 1 character, the details of his deco are much more based on the stylings of the [[live-action film series|live-action movie series]] and ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]''. He sports [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Wheeljack]]'s helmet.

:Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, this series does not have any sort identification code for the bags' actual contents, meaning you'd best be good at the feel-though-the-bag method.

:This assortment was originally slated to be a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]], but US stores dropped the line before its release. It was still available in Canada, Australia and Chinese/Asian markets. In 2015, the Collection appeared in US Dollar Tree stores, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop. They didn't last long.

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[[File:KreO-Toy SunstreakerC84.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|right]]
*'''Kreon Class of 1984''' (Kreon figure set, 2014)
**''Voted'': Best Looking
**''Accessories'': Wrist-blaster, 2 clip-on blasters

: This version of Sunstreaker has [[tampograph]]s based heavily on the original toy. He even has a wrist-blaster to replicate the wrist-rocket of the original box art. His arm-blasters are pointed upwards to simulate the toy's shoulder-rocket-thingies.

:He was only available in a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2014 [[exclusive]] pack of 30 Kreons dubbed the "[[Kreon Class of 1984]]". Remaining stock was to be sold at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online, only there ''was'' no remaining stock after the show.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/SDCCKre-OSunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on Class of 1984 Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Q-Transformers''===
[[File:QTransformers Sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hi. I'm fatter than you.]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' ([[2015]]-[[February 21|02-21]])
**''ID number:'' '''QT-12'''

:''[[Q-Transformers]]'' Sunstreaker transforms from a [[super deformed]] Mazda RX-7 FD3S to a cute little robot (though his legs, molded to resemble his usual footsies, still evoke a Lamborghini Countach hood). He comes with a code for unlocking Sunstreaker as a playable character in the ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'' game.

:This mold was retooled into ''Q-Transformers'' [[Drift (G1)#Q-Transformers|Drift]].
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===''Combiner Wars''===
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[[File:CWDlxSunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Bob (IDW)|Insecticon companion]] sadly not included.]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' "highly polished cyber machete", double-barreled "high-yield electron pulse" cannon/fist/foot

: Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Sunstreaker is a [[retool]] of [[Breakdown (G1)#Generations|Breakdown]] sporting a brand new headsculpt. The hand/foot/gun can peg on top of the car mode to form an engine block, and can be either held in his hand or mounted on his back in robot mode via [[5 mm post]]s. His other weapon can be held as either a sword or a gun in robot mode, and can peg into a slot in the side of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. Being a ''Combiner Wars'' figure, Sunstreaker can form a limb for any ''Combiner Wars''-style Voyager figure, but would usually be associated with [[Optimus Maximus (G1)#Generations|Optimus Maximus]]. He is also officially associated with [[Betatron (CW)|Betatron]].

: This mold was differently retooled as [[Jumpstream#Toys|Jumpstream]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Wheeljack]], and [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ravage]]. It also served as the model for the non-toy ''[[Of Masters and Mayhem]]'' incarnation of [[Sideswipe (G1)#Of Masters and Mayhem|Sideswipe]] and the ''[[Spatiotemporal Challengers]]'' incarnation of [[Turbo (GoBots)#Timelines|Turbo]].

: Sunstreaker comes with the comic book "[[The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati]]". In Canada, Latin America, and Europe, he was available in different types of [[multilingual packaging]] including a character card featuring his comic book cover/[[package art]] instead. He and the last three waves of ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe and Voyager figures later appeared in the USA at TJ Maxx at reduced prices with the collector card.

:As a part of the third and fourth wave promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s and [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] was given out when purchasing any four Deluxe Class toys from those waves. As such, Sunstreaker was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2015/08/28/transformers-combiner-wars-sticker-sheet-for-wave-3-and-4-figures-300471 Protectobot and Optimus Maximus sticker promotion on TFW2005]</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/CWSunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on Combiner Wars Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TF-UW05-Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Hi, I'm painted better than you.]]
*'''Convoy Grand Prime''' (giftset, [[February 27]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-05'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons, 4 Gun/Fist/Foots

:Released as part of the TakaraTomy Mall exclusive [[Optimus Maximus (G1)#Unite Warriors|Convoy Grand Prime]] set, Takara's iteration of ''Combiner Wars'' Optimus Maximus is sold in a gift set including all five Autobots (minus the Rodimus mold).

:Compared to the ''Combiner Wars'' release, Sunstreaker has numerous changes in deco to better match his look in the Generation 1 cartoon: His lemony yellow plastic is now replaced with a more orange hue, and his unpaintable joints are also replaced with the same color. The paint operations on the arms & chest panel are swapped, with additional black paint added on the feet. The paint operations on the rocker panels/rear sides & the sword/gun has been removed as well.
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:TF-MP-39-Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Presenting the ''only'' Masterpiece you'll ever need.]]
* '''Sunstreaker''' ([[2017]]-[[December 22|12-22]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-39'''
**''Accessories:'' Laser gun, flare gun, [[Chip Chase#Masterpiece|Chip Chase]] (with wheelchair), shouting alternate face, smiling alternative face, [[Attack of the Alien Robots|Alien Robot mask]], spare side mirrors
{{toydesigner|[[Yuki Ohshima]] (concept artist)}}

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Sunstreaker transforms from robot to a licensed Lamborghini Countach LP500S mode, just like his brother [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Sideswipe]], but is a completely different mold.

:The rear electronic propulsion engine cover can be folded into the rear of the car for a more realistic alt mode, and the rear combination tail-lights can be switched between realistic and toon modes. The doors and hood open, and the front headlights can be popped up.

:Early magazine adverts showed him with a yellow spoiler, but subsequent photos depicted the spoiler in a silver chrome, as found on the released figure.

:To preserve cartoon accuracy, the windows on the chest are "[[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake]]", however the main panel of the chest is formed by turning the roof of the car mode inside out, with the extra windows folding out from inside.<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/05/23/takara-mp-39-masterpiece-clear-pictures-designer-team-interview-translation-339374 TFW2005.com: Takara MP-39 Masterpiece Clear Pictures, Designer Team Interview Translation]</ref>

:For accessories, he includes his two electron pulse guns, the larger of which can be stored on his backpack, the smaller can be stored inside an opening compartment on his leg (underneath the engine bay in car mode). In addition to the standard face, he comes with an additional smiling face and shouting face, and an alien mask from the episode "[[Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood]]"—for an additional homage to the episode he can stand on one leg too.

:Also included is a Chip Chase minifigure that can be removed from his wheelchair and placed on Sunstreaker's shoulders to recreate the episode "[[Roll for It]]". If purchased from a seller supplied by Hasbro Asia, Sunstreaker includes a [[collector coin]], mounted on a folding card that resembles his robot mode chest panel.<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/12/20/takara-masterpiece-mp-39-sunstreaker-packaging-collectible-coin-hand-images-355639 Takara Masterpiece MP-39 Sunstreaker Packaging, Collectible Coin And In-Hand Images]</ref>

:This figure was [[retool]]ed to make MP-42 [[Cordon (G1)#Masterpiece|Cordon]] and MP-39+ [[Spin-Out (G1)#Toys|Spin-Out]].
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===''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''===
[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-E-Deluxe-Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Better than ever. (Where's my shiny finish, Takara Tomy?)]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-E36'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''ER-11'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[December 19]], 2020'''
**''Accessories'': Rocket boosters/gun
{{toydesigner|[[Michael DiTullo]] (vehicle mode concept) <ref>{{citesocial|quote=Squad goals. Some of my latest work for the Transformers War For Cybertron line. I'm so excited this will be an animated series on Netflix! Can't wait to see these guys in action. #cardesign #toydesign #conceptart #conceptdesign|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331175244/https://twitter.com/Michael_DiTullo/status/1245034203583934464|name=Michael DiTullo|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=03|day=31|(defunct=)}}</ref>}}

:Part of the third wave of [[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'']] Deluxes, Sunstreaker transforms into an unlicensed approximation of a Lamborghini Countach LP500S and shares some engineering with [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Wheeljack]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=一番気になってたサンストリーカーをホイルジャックと比較。変形機構はほぼ同じなのでリデコなのかと思いましたが、変形時のパーツ移動用のアームとか関節部のパーツとか、形状はほぼ同じなのにモールドが違ってってどうも新規っぽい。使いまわせそうな胴体フレームも別物だし・・・なんか不思議 https://t.co/ZQLF7vRyJa|link=https://twitter.com/Ishikawa_sunday/status/1312596933219770372|name=Ishikawa_sunday|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=10|day=04|(defunct=)}}</ref> His engine block can be used as a pair of rocket boosters or as a gun, though his forearms prevent the weapon's peg from fully settling inside his hands. Alternatively, the definitely-not-intended-for-potential-future-spoiler-use 5 mm holes that end up on his forearms in robot mode can accommodate the weapon comfortably.

:Similar to his ''Universe'' figure, Sunstreaker's chest is actually darker translucent plastic painted yellow. Although the yellow paint does not entirely match the yellow plastic, it is much less conspicuous than the earlier figure. Due to the pegs on the chest underside being painted, it can be very difficult to slot in place for car mode. This can be resolved by lightly sanding the front portions of the pegs until the gap can be cleanly closed.

:This mold was also used to make ''Selects'' [[Spin-Out (G1)#Generations Selects|Spin-Out]] and slightly retooled, with a new chest, into Spin-Out’s two-pack mate, [[Cordon (G1)#Generations Selects|Cordon]]. Due to COVID-19 supply disruptions, Sunstreaker and his fellow wave 3 Deluxes reached store shelves in Singapore before wave 2 was released.

:He comes with a map piece and decoder. Unlike the wave 2 Deluxes, his piece is not misprinted. It is part of Cybertron showing one of the moons. The moon is unlabeled, so which moon it is remains unkown.
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:TF_Gen_Selects_Sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm better than you because I have better color matching.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobots Stand United''' (Multi-pack, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': ''[[Transformers: Legacy#Legacy: United|Legacy United]]''
:*''Accessories'': Rocket boosters/gun, blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Matthew Cohen]] (photography)<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Here's my photos of the Transformers Generations Selects Legacy United Autobots Stand United 5-Pack. Up for pre order right not on Hasbro Pulse! I've been getting my hands on more and more transformers now. Hoping to keep it going and b|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/C33FPq-Ol91/|site=Instagram|name=Matthew Cohen|year=2024|month=2|day=27}}</ref>}}

: Released as part of the ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' "Autobots Stand United" multi-pack, Sunstreaker is a redeco of the ''Earthrise'' Sunstreaker above, in a more cartoon-accurate deco, with brighter yellow plastic and dark-charcoal plastic and paint instead of black. His roof, windshield and side-window parts are now the same opaque yellow plastic as the rest of his body, with light-blue paint for his "glass" portions. He also comes with an extra accessory, a light-gray version of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' [[Elita One (G1)#Legacy|Elita-1]]'s rifle.

: Unlike the mold's original release, Sunstreaker's vehicle mode features two Autobot sigils, one on the car roof in the same manner as the original, and a new one on the car's hood, in an effort to reconcile the sigil's shifting location in the G1 cartoon. Due to the transformation engineering, the second sigil is only visible in the vehicle mode.

: This set also includes similarly-more-cartoon-based versions of [[Hound (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Hound]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Jazz]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Trailbreaker]], and [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Wheeljack]].

: The "Autobots Stand United 5-pack" was officially revealed on [[February 27]], and went up for pre-order the same day for a July 2024 release.
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===''Missing Link''===
[[File:MissingLinkSunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (June [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''ID Number'': '''C-05'''
:*''Accessories'': "Flare-Gun" rifle, Left and right "Punch" fists, 2 "Jet Boosters", 3 Missiles, Worker pilot figure
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (TakaraTomy)<ref name=Gens24>[https://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/interviewhironorikobayashi.html Interview] with [[Hironori Kobayashi]] on the ''[[Missing Link]]'' toyline for ''[[Transformers Generations 2024]]'', translated at Soundwaves Oblivion</ref>}}

:''[[Missing Link]]'' Sunstreaker is a direct recreation of the [[#The Transformers|above Generation 1 toy]], only this time with mechanical tweaks that give him a much wider range of articulation, including rotation at the neck and elbow, outward leg movement, knees, and an ankle tilt. In addition to all the accessories included with the original G1 toy, Sunstreaker comes packed in with [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Sideswipe]] rifle, a first for his G1 toy, and a ''teeny-tiny'' [[Diaclone|Dianaut]] figure that's been redecoed into someone [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|similar]], which can sit in Sunstreaker's driver seat.

:A prototype of ''Missing Link'' Sunstreaker was unveiled at [[TakaraTomy]]'s [[Our Origin: 40th Anniversary Transformers Exhibition|40th Anniversary expo]], and he later went up for pre-order in December 2024 for a June 2025 release.

:This figure was also retooled into Sunstreaker's wavemate, ''Missing Link'' [[Cordon#Missing Link|Cordon]].

:*[https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/tf_missinglink/c-05 Official TakaraTomy website of ''Missing Link'' Sunstreaker]
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==Merchandise==
{{anchor|TakaraDecoy}}
*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 22''' (Decoy multi-pack, 1985)

:In Japan, a red rubber mini-figure of Sunstreaker was available in part of a [[Decoy|massive multi-pack of similar mini-figurines]]. The number etched into his back is the sum total of his [[Tech Spec|tech spec]] ratings, as these figurines were used as game pieces for a variety of ''Transformers'' board games in which this number had some meaning to how the game was played or something. Sunstreaker mixes the [[Character model|cartoon model]] with elements from the original toy.

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*'''Sunstreaker''' (Decoy, 1987)
**''Decoy number'': '''11'''

:The [[Hasbro]] [[Decoy]] release of the Sunstreaker game piece is almost identical to the Japanese version, except the number on his back is a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Sunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on Decoy Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Titanium Series''===
[[File:Titanium-toy RMSunstreaker.JPG|thumb|Too good to be released, apparently.]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' (Robot Master, unreleased)
**''Accessories'': Engine-blaster, display stand

:A planned redeco of ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Side Swipe, which was based on Sideswipe's ''Alternators'' toy. Sunstreaker would have been partially constructed of die cast metal with limited articulation located in his shoulders and neck. His accessories would have been a removable engine blaster and an Autobot symbol display stand.

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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:RobotHeroes Galvatron Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb|Hi, I'm cuter than you.]]
*'''Sunstreaker & Galvatron''' (Two-pack, 2008)
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}

:Part of the first wave of ''Universe [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' toys, Sunstreaker is an adorably sociopathic non-transforming figure articulated at the neck and shoulders. He was available only in a two-pack with [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Robot Heroes|Galvatron]], making this the most mentally-unbalanced ''Robot Heroes'' set ''ever''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/RHSunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''The Loyal Subjects''===
[[File:Sunstreakertls.jpg|thumb|Sadly, I'm too hard to find for everyone to know I'm better than them.]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' (2014)
:[[The Loyal Subjects]] Sunstreaker is a Wave 3 chase figure with standard articulation. He is based on his original toy design, and has no special gimmicks. For every 24 figures, there is 1 Sunstreaker.
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[[File:Sunstreakertlsdia.jpg|thumb|I'm even harder to find!]]
*'''Sunstreaker "Diaclone" Ed.''' (2014)
Sunstreaker Diaclone edition is a variant based on the Countach LP500s Police Type from the Diaclone toy line.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W2Sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Sunstreaker, Bold Warrior''' (2019)
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T42/T46'''
**''Stars: ''7

:Sunstreaker, Bold Warrior was released as part of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners. Like all other members of [[combiner]] teams released in the set, Sunstreaker, Bold Warrior is a folding card, with the Bot and Alt modes being depicted when the card is folded in half, and a holofoil portion of the the combined mode depicted when unfolded. The reverse of Sunstreaker, Bold Warrior depicts the upper right portion of [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus']], of whom Sunstreaker forms the right arm.

:The card's Bot Mode artwork uses the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] Sunstreaker figure's packaging art.

:Sunstreaker, Bold Warrior can be used to form Optimus Maximus, Ultimate Defender with the use of the Action card [[Enigma of Combination|Sentinel Enigma]] while he and the other Wave 2 Sentinels are in Bot mode on the battlefield and/or KO area.
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===Eaglemoss===
* '''Transformers Gen-1 Chess Set''' (<s>2021</s>)
:In the planned [[Chess#Eaglemoss|Transformers Chess Set]] by [[Eaglemoss]], a relatively large and very well detailed statue of Sunstreaker was slated to be one of the Pawn pieces on the Autobot side.

:A Kickstarter campaign to raise the necessary funds for this project was launched, but failed to meet its goal by September 24, 2021 and the whole thing was canceled.
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===Jada Toys===
[[File:JadaNanoMetalfigsG1-18pack.jpg|upright=1.44|thumb]]
*'''Transformers Series 1 18-pack''' (4 cm Die Cast Figure Multipack, 2022)
:Released by [[Jada Toys]], ''Nano Metalfigs'' Sunstreaker is an incredibly small die-cast figurine molded doing an action pose. He has a little base attached to his feet for balancing reasons.

:He comes in an impressive multipack with [[Jada Toys#Nano Metalfigs|seventeen other figurines]]. This mold was later redecoed as [[Spin-Out (G1)#Jada Toys|Spin-Out]] in the Series 2 18-pack.
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==Notes==
[[File:Sunstreaker-diaclone.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Before he was a Transformer.]]
*According to Hasbro, the pre-''Transformers'' ''[[Diaclone]]'' version of Sunstreaker was the first transforming car-to-robot toy ever designed, namely by [[Kōjin Ōno]].<ref name="hof2010">[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/movie-news/TRANSFORMERS-HALL-OF-FAME-INAUGURAL-MEMBERS.cfm Hasbro press release for the 2010 Transformers Hall of Fame inductees]</ref> His alternate mode, a modified Lamborghini Countach with a rear-mounted supercharger engine, is actually based on an older [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] toy from their ''[[Microman]]'' line, the "Cosmo Countach" from 1978, which could also transform, albeit only into a weird half-robot, half-car hybrid.<ref name="cosmo">[http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~mikuro/sub1-6.htm The Cosmo Countach, Sunstreaker's ancestor]</ref><ref name="spencer">[http://www.spencer1984.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/49-Sunstreaker-The-Missing-Link.html Spencer 1984 discovers the connection between the Cosmo Countach and Diaclone Sunstreaker]</ref> The ''Diaclone'' version of Sunstreaker, officially called Lamborghini Countach LP500S "Super Tuning", was originally only available in red and black/white police decos. This is one of several items that have led to the fan speculation that Sunstreaker and Sideswipe's colorations and [[bio]] texts were swapped around before their final release. Another factor being that, according to his ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' profile, Sunstreaker feels that Sideswipe's design is "spoiled by the rear-mounted engine in his automobile mode", when in fact Sunstreaker is the one with said engine. The fact that the engine ends up on his back in robot mode could be the inspiration for the "rocket backpack" from Sideswipe's bio. Finally, Sunstreaker's spring-loaded missile-launching forearms are more reminiscent of "powerful pile drivers" as mentioned in Sideswipe's bio. The yellow "rocket boosters" that were most often shown on his shoulders also had an adjustable connector peg that allowed them to attach to his arms, this was most likely the inspiration for the pile drivers. The [[Tech Spec|statistics]], however, are correct. This change would also explain Sunstreaker's otherwise inexplicable red shoulders/car panel decals, which were originally used to cover up the black plastic on the red Diaclone version.
**Unlike the red and police versions of Diaclone Sunstreaker, there is little evidence of yellow Sunstreakers packaged as Transformers wearing the factory decals representing his park lights (assumed to be headlights by most).
*The red ''[[Diaclone]]'' version of Sunstreaker was sold by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in North America as the ''[[Diakron]]'' "DK-1" Car/Robot in 1983, seemingly just a few months before he would be rebranded as a Transformer.
*In 2003, an entry for a ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' "Sunstreaker" [[Generation 1 reissues|reissue]] was found in Canadian and Australian [[Toys"R"Us]] computers. The public Canadian Toys"R"Us website later even illustrated their listing with a non-[[stock photography|official photo]] of the Generation 1 Sunstreaker toy lifted straight off a [http://www.ggaub.com/tf/toy.html fan's website], complete with watermark. Ultimately, however, the listings for "Sunstreaker" transformed into listings for ''Commemorative Series'' [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]], leading to some confusion among fans.
* A mock-up of a "Sunstreaker Police Type" redeco of the 2008 ''Universe'' Sunstreaker mold, an homage to the ''Diaclone'' toy pictured above, was shown in ''[[Transformers Generations 2014 Volume 1]]'' as one of ten potential exclusives for Vol. 2. The mock-up promised that the final product would feature less of a placeholder name, as well as a lightbar, presumably the one from the [[Red Alert (G1)#Henkei! Henkei!|''Henkei!'' Alert]] version of the mold. In the end, it didn't win the [[Fan polls#Generations Magazine Exclusive Character Popularity Vote|poll]] to determine which of the ten would be produced, receiving only 3.8% of the fan votes.<ref>[http://millionhero.sblo.jp/article/101898683.html Poll results at Hero-X]</ref>
* The red and police decos eventually inspired the characters of [[Spin-Out (G1)|Spin-Out]] and [[Cordon (G1)|Cordon]], respectively.
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Ravage (G1)/toys

2024-12-15T19:16:58Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee: I know we don't typically list unofficial repurposings, but I figure we should mention the character this toy's deco is a dead-ringer for.

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[[File:Ravageboxart.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|[[Package art|Boxart]] that shows a pose you can actually recreate? Impossible!]]

You've got a lot of toys, don't you? You cute widdle kitty!

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1toy ravage.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Behold... the world's skinniest jaguar.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ravage / Rumble''' (Cassette 2-pack, 1984-1986)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right "heat-seeking missiles"
{{toydesigner|[[Hideaki Yoke]] and [[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (sticker illustration)}}

: Originally a ''[[Micro Change]]'' "Micro Cassette Robo Jaguar", ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Ravage transforms into a microcassette that can fit into the tape door of the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)/toys|Blaster]] toys. In his feline [[robot mode]], he is armed with two "heat-seeking missiles", which plug into the cassette spool holes above his hips. He was released in the first year of the line a two-pack with [[Rumble (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Rumble]] in Hasbro markets from 1984 to 1986, outliving their fellow cassette two-pack, [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Laserbeak]] and [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Frenzy]], on toy store shelves by a year.

: In 1985, a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]] was added to Ravage's shoulder, replacing the Decepticon insignia sticker that had been there previously.

: This mold was later used to make [[Glit (KP)#Toys|Glit]], [[Howlback (G1)#Toys|Howlback]], and [[Stripes#Toys|Stripes]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Ravage/ravage.htm More information on Ravage at TFU.info]
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ravage''' (Decepticon Cassette, 1985)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right "heat-seeking missiles"

: Ravage was released by [[Milton Bradley]] in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain as in individually-packaged cassette, rather than in a two-pack. The only notable difference with the MB Ravage toy itself is that the [[rubsign]] has been applied in a few different places on the "cassette" side of his cassette mode, including in the center window (where the tape reel sticker goes), or on his cat-mode flank.

::*''[http://tfsquareone.blogspot.com/2018/07/milton-bradley-g1-ravage.html More information on Milton Bradley Ravage at tfsquareone]''

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[[File:G1toy japanese ravages.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Jaguar''' (Cassette, 1985-1987)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''19''' (1985), '''D-59''' (1986), '''D-104''' (1987)
:*''Accessories'': Left & right missiles, tape case ('85 & '87 releases only)

: In Japan, [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] also released Ravage (aka "Jaguar") all on his lonesome, like all his cassette contemporaries, packaged in a small box, and with a clear tape case he could be "stored" in. He was only sold with the rubsign in Japan.

: He was re-released in 1986, this time on a blister card, with a new ID number and without his case. And then ''again'' in 1987, with his original packaging and case reinstated, and with yet another ID number.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Ravage/ravage.htm More information on Ravage at TFU.info]
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===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWtoy mcdonalds jaguar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Panther''' (McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 1996)}}</ul>
{{note|[[Panther]] was officially [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Ravage in the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' manga.}}

:Part of the first [[McDonald's]] ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' promotion, Panther transforms into a heavily-armed Humvee with electronic lights and sounds, plus a spring-loaded missile.

: No, just kidding, he transforms into a panther with no other gimmicks. In keeping with most Transformers fast-food premiums, he features an extremely simple transformation scheme, mostly just standing him up in [[beast mode]], making the mechanical detail on the inside of his arms, legs and underbelly more immediately visible, and flipping back his beast mode head to reveal his robot mode head. His panther tail is a molded detailing in his back, unlike what his promotional art suggests.

: His head bears more than a passing resemblance to [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Panther/panther.htm More information on Panther at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BW-toy ShadowPanther.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Fuzzy kitty!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Shadow Panther''' (Deluxe, 1997)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-7'''
:*''Release date'': October ??, 1997
:*''Accessories'': "Panther Shot" rifle/tail, "Shadow Mist" water-squirting gun

: Released in the second wave of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''Beast Wars'' line, [[Shadow Panther]] is a [[redeco]] of the original [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Cheetor]] toy in black, silver, and yellow, transforming into a generic big feline. His tail/flanks separate to form a non-firing blaster, while his underbelly forms a water-shooting "gut gun" that can be used in either mode.

: Much later, in early [[2000]], this toy was offered through Hasbro's online collector service, [https://web.archive.org/web/20000511173639/http://www.hasbrocollectors.com:80/brand.cfm?brand=8 HasbroCollectors.com]. Initially, it was sold under toy's original name and identity,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20000302144832/http://www.hasbrocollectors.com:80/product.cfm?product=7 Original toy listing for Shadow Panther on HasbroCollectors.com, retrieved March 2, 2000] (archived)</ref> but [https://web.archive.org/web/20000606112621/http://hasbrocollectors.com:80/brand.cfm?brand=8 months later], the site relisted it under the name of "'''Tripredacus Agent'''", [[repurposing]] the toy as the same character as Ravage (then called "Tripredacus Agent" due to [[trademark]] issues). Though the toy's online bio (a translation of the Japanese "Shadow Panther" bio) remained unchanged for the "Tripredacus Agent" listing, it was worded vaguely enough to enable it to also be used for the toy's repurposed identity.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20000615174513/http://www.hasbrocollectors.com:80/product.cfm?product=7 HasbroCollectors.com toy listing for Shadow Panther renamed "Tripredacus Agent", retrieved June 15, 2000] (archived)</ref>

: This mold was also used to make [[Tigatron#Toys|Tigatron]], and was planned to be used for the canceled ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' toy [[Nightprowler#Toys|Nightprowler]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Predacon/TripredacusAgent/tripredacusagent.htm More information on "Tripredacus Agent" (aka Shadow Panther) at TFU.info]''
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[[File:VS7-RhinoxShadowPanther.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Wilderness Showdown: Rhinox VS Shadow Panther''' (Vs pack, 1997)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-7'''
:*''Release date'': October ??, 1997
:*''Accessories'': "Panther Shot" rifle/tail, "Shadow Mist" water-squirting gun

: Shadow Panther was also available in a "versus" set with [[Rhinox (BW)/toys#Toys|Rhinox]], also released in the second wave of Takara's ''Beast Wars'' line. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

: Hasbro later sold this set in its original Takara box via their now-defunct HasbroCollectors.com site to American fans. A few stickers were added to the box for hazard/safety notices.

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[[File:BWtoy-JaguarTM.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Nobody actually transforms this thing. Ever.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1p1|'''Metals Jaguar''' (Deluxe, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''X-9'''
:*''Release date'': October ??, 1999
:*''Accessories'': Tail-whip, left & right pistol barrels
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: ''Beast Wars Metals'' Jaguar is a heavy [[retool]]ing of [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#TM1|Transmetal Cheetor]], just as Ravage's robot mode CG model in the show is an altered [[Transmetal]] Cheetor. He transforms into a robotic big cat, with flip-out thrusters for a third "flight" mode (not, as in the episode, into a cassette tape that plays wicked 1980s style electric guitar, for obvious reasons). His forearms each have a spring-loaded flip out pistol stub, which can be extended with add-on barrels that clip to his rear legs in beast mode. His tail also can detach to form a whip-weapon, but he doesn't hold it very well.

: Jaguar's chest opens double-door-style to reveal a flat panel where one of three stickers can be placed. One, a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[spark]] chamber, is factory applied. The other two, an image of the original Megatron from the Golden Disk recording or a Decepticon symbol, can be applied over the existing sticker.

: This toy was also used to represent [[Jaguar]] the Younger in the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|''Beast Wars Metals'' manga]] and the mold was used to make [[BotCon 2001]]'s version of [[Tigatron#BotCon2001|Tigatron]]. The original version was used to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Cheetor (Armada)#Toys|Cheetor]], and as the basis for the non-toy character [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Destron/Ravage/ravage.htm More information on ''Beast Wars Metals'' Jaguar at TFU.info]''
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[[File:BW-toy TripredacusAgent.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Mutant kitty!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Tripredacus Agent''' (Deluxe, 2001)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Launcher, missile, tail-flail

: This [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] is a redeco of—wait, can you guess?—[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#TM2|Transmetal 2 Cheetor]], in black, silver, and gold, transforming into a monstrous techno-organic (but not [[technorganic]]) big cat. He has a spring-loaded missile launcher on his cat mode back that can be removed and used as a hand-held weapon, plus his tail detaches to form a hand-held flail. His left forearm has a flip-up blaster-shield (of dubious usefulness), while flipping up a panel on his right-rear leg reveals his [[spark crystal]].

: The toy's bio mentions how the "former saboteur" had taken on "several aliases while involved with the Beast Wars," in an apparent attempt to further harmonize the above-repurposed Shadow Panther toy with the character of Ravage/Tripredacus Agent.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Predacon/TripredacusAgent/tripredacusagent.htm More information on (Transmetal 2) Tripredacus Agent at TFU.info]''
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===''Smallest Transforming Transformers''===
[[File:STFRavage.jpg|299px|thumb|So tiny... So CUTE!]]
* '''Soundwave''' (2003)
**''ID number:'' '''GTF 05'''

: The ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' version of Soundwave comes with a ''teeeeeny'' version of Ravage, which does actually transform into a microcassette that fits in the tape-case door. ''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' Ravage may very well be the actual smallest functioning ''Transformers'' toy made.

:He's about the size of your pinky fingernail. And you could accidentally inhale him if you're not careful.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/SmallestRavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' Jaguar at TFU.info]''
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===''Alternators''===
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[[File:AlternatorsRavage(Corvette).jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|He brakes for Meow Mix and nothing else...well, sometimes nip.]]
* '''Battle Ravage''' (2004)
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''11'''
**''Binaltech name:'' '''Ravage'''
**''Binaltech ID number:'' '''BT-11'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine-blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' "Battle" Ravage (presumably named so for [[trademark]] reasons) is a retool of [[Tracks (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Autobot Tracks]] from the same line. Like Tracks, his [[alternate mode]] is a [[licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensed]] 1:24 scale Chevrolet Corvette Z06, in his case a black convertible version of the model compared to Tracks's hardtop version. Like Tracks, Ravage features opening doors, hood and trunk, plus a detailed driver/passenger compartment including a dashboard. In robot mode, he retains Tracks' upright biped robot form, just replacing the Autobot's head sculpt with a new sculpt inspired by Ravage's ''Beast Wars'' form, complete with opening jaw. Like Tracks, each robot mode forearm is equipped with slide-out (non-firing) double blasters, a part of his engine forms a double-barreled hand-held blaster, and two (non-firing) missile launchers attached to the sides of his back are "hidden" next to the seats in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]].

: The Japanese ''Binaltech'' version differs from Hasbro's ''Alternators'' version by having parts of the vehicle mode shell made of [[die-cast]] metal and has the entire car shell painted, whereas the ''Alternators'' version's vehicle shell is made entirely out of plastic. The ''Binaltech'' version is also notable for sporting the American name "Ravage" rather than the established Japanese name, "Jaguar", also for trademark reasons. Both versions sport a [[license plate]] that simply says "RVG", even though [[prototype|test shots]] of the ''Alternators'' version still featured a "BTL RVG" license plate.

: The Tracks hardtop version of this sculpt was also used to make ''Alternators'' [[Swerve (G1)#Alternators|Swerve]], whereas the convertible version originally used for Ravage was used as the basis for the one-of-a-kind [[Michael Bay|BayBot]].

::*[[Source:Transformers Binaltech bios#11|Archive of ''Binaltech'' Ravage's bio and tech specs]]
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/AltBattleRavage/battleravage.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Battle Ravage at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Alt-toy Ravage-JaguarXK.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Soundwave had MTV pimp his kitty.]]
*'''Ravage''' (Alternator, 2007)
**''ID number'': '''26'''
{{toydesigner|[[Steve Bono]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: The second version of ''Alternators'' Ravage (now without the "Battle") is an entirely new sculpt, with the alternate mode being a licensed 1:24 scale Jaguar XK (appropriately enough), with all the normal bells and whistles inherent in the line (opening doors, seats, etc). This is a toy of many "firsts". Not only is it the first ''Alternators'' character with two distinctly different toys, it's one of the first two Decepticon Alternators with an original sculpt (alongside [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Alternators|Decepticon Rumble]]), it's the first ''Alternators'' toy with a European manufacturer's car model as its alternate mode, ''and'' it's the first ''Alternators'' character to have a non-humanoid "robot" mode, as its non-car form is now a quadrupedal big cat.

: After Ravage had been released in various European markets, his and Rumble's releases in the United States were questionable for a while, as the relaunched ''Alternators'' line was in its final decline by that point. Ultimately, they were shuffled to be [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]]s, set in an endcap display alongside the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Devastator (G1)#Classics 2|Constructicon Devastator]] exclusive [[giftset|gift set]] in March/April 2007...in some stores. In others, they were crammed in the normal aisle with everything else. Assuming they even showed up at all.

: This Ravage and the aforementioned Rumble were only released as part of the ''Alternators'' line, with no counterpart in the ''Binaltech'' line, or any Japanese release of the sculpt whatsoever at all.

: On this note, Ravage has a [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] license plate (which spells out his name as "RAVAGE" this time), regardless of which country the toy was purchased in. The steering wheel, however, is on the left, as in the United States. I say, ''meow.''

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/AltRavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Ravage at TFU.info]''
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===''The Transformers Collection''===
[[File:G1toy TFC ravage.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|A light breeze is enough to defeat him.]]
*'''Soundblaster''' (Transformers Collection, 2005)
**''ID number:'' '''18'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missiles, tape case

: The original Ravage figure was first [[Generation 1 reissues|reissued]] as part of Takara's ''[[The Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]]'' series, packaged along with [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundblaster]] (the rebuilt form of Soundwave from the Japanese [[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|''Headmasters'' series]]) and [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys|Buzzsaw]]. As was the case when he was originally released with Soundblaster in 1987, Buzzsaw sports a different sticker in place of his cassette spool image; this version of Ravage now features this new decal as well, an image of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] which reveals the city-bot's weak spots when viewed through Soundblaster's clear-red chest door (in the same way [[Tech Spec]] decoders work). Ravage's sticker highlight's Maximus's right leg; Buzzsaw's pinpoints his left shoulder.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Ravage/ravage.htm More information on Transformers Collection Ravage at TFU.info]''
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===''Classics''===
[[File:G1toy commemorative ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Sit, boy.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Commemorative Edition, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missiles, tape case

: Hasbro's first reissue of the original Ravage toy (identified as "Battle Ravage" on the packaging, but by his original name in the instructions) came packaged with Soundwave and Laserbeak. The set was originally intended to be part of their ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' of Generation 1 reissues, but when that line was cancelled, it was instead released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' toyline. The phrase "Commemorative Edition" is prominently displayed on the front and sides of the box, though, and it remains exclusive to [[Toys"R"Us]], as all Commemorative Edition toys were. Just as Soundwave is effectively a redeco of the ''Transformers Collection'' Soundblaster figure, featuring a double-wide chest-door that allows Ravage and Laserbeak to fit inside him at the same time for the first time on a Hasbro release, Ravage also appears as he does in the ''Transformers Collection'' line, sporting the Fortress Maximus sticker in place of his cassette spools, but now with no way for it to be "decoded", since Soundwave's door is colorless. Ravage also comes with a tape case for the first time in Hasbro markets.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/ClassicsSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Classics Soundwave at TFU.info]''
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===''Titanium Series''===
[[File:Tsravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25| Hey im right over u do u see me? Im the canceled plastic cat sulking near u on the big shelf!]]
*'''Soundblaster''' (6" Cybertron Heroes)

:A ''[[Titanium Series]]'' version of Soundblaster, a redeco of the "Cybertron Heroes" [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] figure, was supposed to come with a tiny version of Ravage, as opposed to the original toy's [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys|Laserbeak]]. Although displayed at [[BotCon 2007]], the set was ultimately canceled along with several other solicited 6" Cybertron Heroes, but this did not stop Soundblaster from appearing as a cross-sell on the packaging for ''Titanium'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]] in late 2008 (which claimed he would have been "also available" as of November 2008), as Hasbro was unwilling to spend the resources on altering the packaging for these already-complete products.
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===''Universe (2008)''===
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[[File:TFU08-toy Ravage.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I'm finally 3D now, but in exchange for some poseability.]]
*'''Autobot Hound''' (Deluxe Class, 2008)
**''Series'': Generation 1 Series
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro), [[Alex Kubalsky]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Don Figueroa]] (concept artist)}}

: Available only with the [[Hound (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Deluxe-Class "Autobot Hound" toy]], Ravage transforms into a "tape mode" that can attach to a pair of flip-up tabs on the back bed of Hound's vehicle form. In this mode, Ravage is compatible with either the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Soundwave]] or [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Blaster]] molds. In jaguar mode, the [[5 mm post|5mm holes]] in his flanks can accommodate the weapons of the [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Ravage]] (even though there are tiny unpainted versions of the weapons above his hips).

:At [[BotCon 2008]], Hasbro claimed that Ravage's alternate mode would be marketed as a "capture mode" so that young children, unsavvy about technology from fifteen years before they were born, wouldn't be confused. Despite the toy arguably still treating Ravage as "captured" by Hound, the packaging only refers to Ravage's alternate mode as a "tape mode".

:This mold was also used to make [[BotCon 2010]] ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Ravage (SG)#Timelines|Ravage]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TFURavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Universe'' (2008) Ravage at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Universe2008toy soundwave.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2009)
**''Series'': G1 Series
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missiles, tape case

: In 2009, the original Ravage toy was once again included with another reissue of Soundwave as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, this time as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive that was prominently offered at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2009. He comes with his weapons and his own cassette case, and continues to sport the Fortress Maximus sticker from his ''Transformers Collection'' release in place of his cassette spools, the only tape in the set to do so.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TFUSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Universe Soundwave at TFU.info]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:Henkei houndravage.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Hound''' (Deluxe Class, 2008)
**''ID number:'' '''C-13'''
{{toydesigner|[[Alex Kubalsky]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:A [[redeco]] of ''Universe'' Ravage, Jaguar features the same plastic colors as his Universe counterpart, only his legs are a significantly darker metallic gray than the Hasbro version (so much so they almost look black in certain lights).
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===''Device Label''===
[[File:Device Label Ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|From a data storage device often used to store music, to a data storage device often used to store music. Some things never change.]]
*'''Device Jaguar''' (Device Label, 2009)
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

:Part of the ''[[Transformers Device Label|Device Label]]'' series of functional electronic gizmos, "Device Jaguar" transforms from a working USB 2 gigabyte thumb drive into a black mechanoid panther.

[[File:DeviceLabeltoy-Ravagedesktop.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|$50 for a 2 gig thumb drive was a lot to ask for until we learned about this.]]

:Stored on the USB drive is an installable program called "Transformers Desktop Defender." When the Ravage device is plugged in, a Ravage avatar appears on the screen, transforming from thumb drive to jaguar mode as the program is activated. The program's setup allows you to rename your jaguar to anything you desire, alter the avatar's movement speed and his personality, decide whether he eats your desktop icons, and view his function, mission, and [[Tech Spec]] numbers. Whether he appears as Ravage or Tigatron can be selected as well.

:This mold was also used to make ''Device Label'' [[Tigatron#Device Label|Tigatron]], and he came preloaded with the same program. It was later used to make [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Device Label|Cheetor]] as well.
:This particular figure is the subject of many, ''many'' [[knockoff]]s. Caution should be made to distinguish the actual product when buying, as the knockoff versions often have computer-damaging malware(!) installed into them.
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===''Encore''===
[[File:G1toy encore cassettes1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Great Cassette Operation''' (2009)
**''ID number'': '''15'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right missiles, tape case

: The original Ravage toy was reissued once again as part of Takara's ''[[Transformers Encore]]'' line, in the first of a series of cassette multi-packs alongside [[Rewind (G1)#Encore|Rewind]], [[Eject (G1)#Encore|Eject]], and [[Buzzsaw (G1)#Encore|Buzzsaw]]. This reissue of Ravage is the first to reinstate his original tape spool sticker, doing away with the Fortress Maximus sticker that had decorated the figure since ''The Transformers Collection''. Additionally, it relocates his rubsign to his flank, restoring the Decepticon insignia sticker to his shoulder that had only previously been included on his 1984 release. Of course, the figure came with its weapons and the now-standard cassette case.

:In 2014, Ravage and the rest of the Cassettes were re-released as a lucky draw prize (along with the other 2 box sets) for the ''Transformers Celebration 2014'' event held at Ikebukuro Sunshine City store's Toys"R"Us, though this was very likely to be remaining stock.
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:MPtoy-Ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|The money shot.]]
*'''Rumble & Jaguar''' ([[2013]]-[[February 23|02-23]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Pink tape case
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Jaguar transforms from a fully show-accurate three-dimensional [[Articulation|articulated]] robotic jaguar, into a mini-cassette the same size as his ''Generation 1'' toy, although he cannot fit in the original Soundwave toy's chest cavity. Rather notably, his rockets are no longer separate accessories, and are fully integrated into the transformation. He comes with a pink case which can be used to store him in tape mode, and comes packaged in a two-pack with [[Rumble (G1)#Masterpiece|Rumble]].

:Jaguar was retooled and redecoed into ''Masterpiece'' [[Stripes#Masterpiece|Stripes]].
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[[File:TRU Masterpiece Soundwave-Ravage.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2013)
**'''09 OF 30'''
**''ID number:'' '''MP-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Clear tape case

:Included with the [[Hasbro]] [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive version of ''Masterpiece'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#HasbroMasterpiece|Soundwave]], Ravage features a ''slightly'' different shade of gray paint, and comes with a clear version of his micro-cassette case.
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/MPRavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Masterpiece'' Ravage at TFU.info]''
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===''Linkin Park × Transformers''===
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[[File:LPRavage.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|''[[What I've Done|What I've done I'll face myself To cross out what I've become]]'']]
*'''Transformers Linkin Park Soundwave: Special Edition''' ([[September 23]], 2013)
**''Accessories:'' Left and right missiles, tape case

:[[Linkin Park]] Ravage is a gold and ... also gold [[redeco]] of Ravage. He's packaged with Linkin Park gold redecoes of [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Linkin|Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Linkin|Laserbeak]], [[Buzzsaw (G1)#Linkin|Buzzsaw]], and [[Ratbat (G1)#Linkin|Ratbat]] on a flocked-purple plastic tray inside a special commemorative box. He has no stickers, factory-applied or otherwise. Linkin Park Soundwave: Special Edition was exclusive to [http://www.suru-la.com SURU] and limited to 2000 pieces.

:This version of Ravage was repurposed as the ''Classics'' incarnation of [[Nightprowler]].
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===''Platinum Edition''===
*'''Soundwave Year Of The Goat Edition''' ([[March 23]], [[2014]])
**''Accessories:'' Clear tape case

:[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Soundwave Year Of The Goat Edition]] includes most of his classic cassettes including Ravage, all sporting somewhat odd new decoes. In Ravage's case, this amounts to replacing all his black with grey and colouring his limbs in transparent plastic. His tape mode retains its paint operations.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/PlatinumRavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Year of the Goat Edition'' Ravage at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations''===
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*'''Specialist: Autobots''' (multi-pack, [[March 25]], 2014)
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy C84accessories.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Kreon Class of 1984''' (Kreon figure set, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''B0090'''

: A ''[[Kre-O]]'' version of Ravage's cassette mode was available as an accessory in a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2014 [[exclusive]] pack of 30 Kreons dubbed the "[[Kreon Class of 1984]]". While this [[tampograph]]ed 1x2 tile has Ravage's colors, the linework is the same as the [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Buzzsaw]] accessories. So if you like to think there's a Ravage-colored condor-tape out there, hey, go for it.

: Remaining stock of this was to be sold at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online, only there ''was'' no remaining stock after the show.

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[[File:KreO-toy Ravage.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|behind the robot mode, under the jet mode... Well, Ravage was always known as stealthy.]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet Vs. Soundwave''' (Battle Changer 2-pack, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B1507'''
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro)}}<ref>[https://youtu.be/PdsHMGVDZFg?si=7IIIhq2AU8jwMnSx Interview] with [[Hasbro]] designer [[Evan Brooks]] on the Triple Takeover podcast, from their YouTube channel</ref>

: A buildable Ravage is included as one of [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#BattleChangers|Battle Changer Soundwave]]'s many partners/accessories. He just kinda hangs on Soundwave's jet-mode underside, but becomes a backpack with over-the-shoulder blasters for Soundwave's robot mode.

: He was only available in the ''[[Kre-O]]'' Battle Changers two-pack of [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#BattleChangers|Ratchet]] vs Soundwave, which also came with [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#BattleChangers|Frenzy]], [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#BattleChangers|Laserbeak]], and [[Rumble (G1)/toys#BattleChangers|Rumble]].

: This set, like all the Battle Changers, originally only saw release in Canada, Australia, and Asian markets. It eventually saw release in the U.S. in late 2015 through discount stores like TJ Maxx and Marshalls.
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===''Combiner Wars''===
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[[File:BotCon2016toy-Ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"You are the Pumaman."]]
*'''Dawn of the Predacus''' ([[BotCon 2016]] boxset)
**''Accessories:'' G-Metal blade/gun, Gun/fist/foot

:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Ravage is a retool of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Breakdown (G1)#Generations|Breakdown]], which transforms from a supercar resembling a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Lamborghini Diablo|Lamborghini Diablo]] to robot and back! As a ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe limb he is able to combine with any such styled Voyager Class toy or into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs, but is, of course, intended to be combined with Sea Clamp, Cicadacon, Ramhorn, and Tarantulas to create [[Predacus#Toys|Predacus]].

:The limb piece can connect on the vehicle mode's top in two different ways: either by using the 5 mm peghole arrangement most of the other [[Stunticon (G1)#Generations|Stunticon]] molds use, or through a system of tabs which incorporate the weapon closer to the vehicle. The limb piece can also be stored on the robot's back (this can either be achieved by using the 5 mm peg, or by folding back the limb piece's palm and thumb, and using the guide-rails located on the sides of the limb piece). Ravage's sword/gun can tab into either of the slots on the car mode's sides.

:The original version of this mold was differently retooled as [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|Sunstreaker]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Wheeljack]], and [[Jumpstream#Toys|Jumpstream]].

:He is available exclusively in a five-figure box set, including [[Cicadacon#Generations|General Cicadacon]], [[Ram Horn#Generations|General Ramhorn]], [[Sea Clamp#Generations|General Sea Clamp]], and [[Tarantulas (BW)#Generations|Predacon Tarantulas]].

:The back of his new head tooling received criticism for being amazingly flat.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Predacon/BCRavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Dawn of the Predacus'' Ravage at TFU.info]''
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===''Titans Return''===
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[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Legends-Ravage.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Finally, a phone with an Airplane mode that does what you thought it did.]]
*'''Ravage''' (Legends Class, [[2016]])
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:A redeco and new-head retool of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Stripes#Generations|Autobot Stripes]], Ravage transforms from panther to 'spy tablet' to <s>flying spy tablet</s> jet. His spy tablet mode can fit inside ''Titans Return'' Leader Class figures such as [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Blaster]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Soundwave]], and also features a dummy 3.5 mm audio jack to which you can attach a set of headphones. Ravage also sports a pair of posts in beast and vehicle mode that allow a [[Titan Master]] to ride atop him.

:Ravage also comes with a collector card based on his packaging art. Initial stock renders, also used for the packaging, inaccurately suggested that Ravage was a straight redeco of Stripes. Like all Legends Class spy tablets, his stickers are prone to coming off at the edges, particularly in the areas that require transformation such as the wings. The stickers mention he has RECURSIVE IMPLODER, RAIL BLASTER, VORPAL CLAWS, ENERGON FLECHETTE, HEAVY ION DESTABILIZER, and a THUMP CANNON.

:The instructions he comes with actually show an inaccuracy for transforming from tablet to jaguar mode: instead of flipping out the airplane mode's landing strut to serve as his tail (as the stock photo shows), it instead shows flipping out his airplane mode's nose, which would make for a rather strange looking tail indeed.

:This mold was also redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)|Bumblebee]]'' [[Howlback (BB)#Toys|Howlback]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/TRRavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Legends Class Ravage at TFU.info]''
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===''Legends''===
[[File:Legends LG37 Jaguar Bullhorn.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb]]
*'''Jaguar & Bullhorn (Ravage & Bullhorn)'''<ref>The packaging says "ジャガー&ブルホーン" (Jaguar & Bullhorn) in Japanese, but the accompanying English subtitle is "Ravage & Bullhorn".</ref> (Two-pack, [[December 28]], 2016)
**''ID Number'': '''LG37'''

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Jaguar is a redeco of the [[#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Legends Class Ravage mold]], replacing his unpaintable light gray plastic with dark gray plastic, and other deco differences (mostly his red eyes) to match his appearances in the cartoon. For some reason, despite the fact that he transforms into a PDA (labelled as a Memory Device Mode in the packaging), his phone screen is tampographed with cassette deck details, giving an impression of the cassette player.

:Ravage is packed with [[Bullhorn (G1)#Legends|Bullhorn]], a Headmaster redecoed from the Titan Master [[Horri-Bull#Generations|Terri-Bull]] figure.
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===''War for Cybertron: Siege''===
[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-S-Micromaster-Soundwave-Spy-Patrol-Ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Actually [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Laserbeak]], I had a dream just like that, too..."]]
*'''Ravage & Laserbeak''' (Micromaster, [[2019]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-S18'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SG-16'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[April 27]], 2019'''

:Part of the second wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Micromasters, Ravage transforms from a robotic jaguar to the "V2 Sonicsurge Drone Armor." This flattened box mode is theoretically compatible with ''Siege'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundwave]], though since his alternate mode is a few millimeters larger than the [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Laserbeak]] figure he comes packaged with, it's a snug fit depending on individual figure quality. He can also attach to Soundwave and other figures as some sort of shield.

:The retooled Soundblaster accommodates Ravage much better.

:Ravage comes packaged together with the aforementioned Laserbeak as the "Soundwave Spy Patrol." This toy was included in Hasbro's Transformers 35th Anniversary promotional mailer box.<ref>https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/05/21/transformers-35th-anniversary-promo-box-in-hand-388546</ref>

:This mold was also used to make [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Shattered Glass Collection|''Shattered Glass Collection'']] [[Ravage (SG)#Shattered Glass Collection|Ravage]], and [[Bullseye (Target)|Autobot Bullseye]].

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===''Vintage G1''===
[[File:Vintage-G1-Ravage-Rumble-carded.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Decepticon Ravage / Decepticon Rumble''' (2019)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missiles

:As part of the ''[[Vintage|Vintage G1]]'' line of reissues, Ravage comes with fellow mini-cassette [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Vintage G1|Rumble]], recreating their pairing in the [[#The Transformers|original toyline]]. He comes with his two missile guns, and is packaged onto a classic G1-styled card with tech spec on the back.

: Ravage appears virtually unchanged from his previous/original releases, aside from his use of the new ''Vintage G1'' style [[rubsign]], with a mirror-reflective silver border and red-only symbol.

:Ravage and Rumble were released alongside the similarly paired ''Vintage G1'' [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Vintage G1|Frenzy]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Vintage G1|Laserbeak]], and of course, are intended for collectors picking up the concurrently-released ''Vintage G1'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Vintage G1|Soundwave]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#Vintage G1|Buzzsaw]]. Like all figures from this line, Ravage and Rumble were [[exclusive]] to [[Walmart]] in the United States and Canada.
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-Trilogy-Voyager-Battle-3-Pack-Ravage.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Exclusive Chonker]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Battle 3-Pack, [[2020]])

:This Ravage is a retool of the Micromaster figure above, featuring details based on the original Generation 1 toy, silver painted eyes instead of red, and a new growling face. He is packed with [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#2020Netflix|Soundwave]] and his cohort [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Laserbeak]], promoting the ''Earthrise'' season of the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon]].

:[[Hound (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Hound]]'s cage accessory included in the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' [[Centurion droid#Toys|Deluxe Centurion Drone Weaponizer Pack]] is compatible with this figure (and the ''Siege'' one above).

:Like most ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' toys, the Soundwave pack was a Walmart exclusive in the United States and Canada.

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[[File:WFCT-Covert-Agent-Decepticons-Forever-Ravage.jpg|thumb|400px|And that means [[#War for Cybertron: Siege|Ravage]] [[#War for Cybertron Trilogy|has]] [[Shadow Panther#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|more]] ''War for Cybertron'' toys than [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Bumblebee]] or [[Starscream (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Starscream]]!]]
*'''Covert Agent Ravage / Decepticons Forever Ravage''' (2-pack, [[2021]])
**''TakaraTomy name'': '''Agent Ravage & Ravage'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[February 26]], [[2022]]
**''Accessories'': 2 pistol weapons<ref name="WFC">''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Covert Agent Ravage / Decepticons Forever Ravage product description: "Pose out with 2 pistol weapon accessories and 2 blast effects and decorate DECEPTICONS FOREVER RAVAGE in cassette mode with the included G1-inspired stickers."</ref> (Covert Agent Ravage), left & right missiles (Decepticons Forever Ravage)
{{toydesigner|[[Lenny Panzica]] (Hasbro)|[[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}

:Released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', this ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' 2-pack contains "Covert Agent Ravage" and "Decepticons Forever Ravage". Covert Agent Ravage is a Deluxe Class-mold using the lower robot legs and cheetah legs from ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Cheetor]], transforming into a "jaguar" in 20 steps. His beast mode paws are new parts which are slightly wider than those of the base mold, allowing better stability in jaguar mode. His robot mode is [[show accuracy|based on]] his appearance in the three-part "[[The Agenda (Part 1)|The Agenda]]", from the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, coming with 2 pistols that can holster on his thighs or store on the same place in beast mode (loosely evoking his "Generation 1" toy's original weapons and the fold-out jets on his ''[[#Metals|Beast Wars Metals]]'' toy). His new head, shared between his robot and jaguar form, has an opening mouth with painted detail. His beast forelegs are [[misassembly|each attached on the wrong sides]], causing them to bend the wrong way (as seen in [[stock photography]]); fortunately, they are mounted on [[ball joint]]s and can be easily swapped to their correct placement.

:Decepticons Forever Ravage, meanwhile, is a redeco of the [[#Toys|"Generation 1" Ravage]] figure, differing in that his legs are bare metal (like that used on ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece Movie Series]]'' and ''[[Transformers Retro]]'' toys), and that he has cassette [[tampograph]]s on both sides for the very first time in the near 40-year history of this mold.

:The set's Chinese instructions read "SDCC 1",<ref>''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Covert Agent Ravage / Decepticons Forever Ravage images at [https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/more-images-of-transformers-agent-ravage-and-comparison-to-kingdom-cheetor/46102/ Seibertron]</ref> implying this toy was a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] exclusive that was scrapped due to the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}'s effect on the convention, much like the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' [[Quintesson#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Quintesson Pit of Judgement]]. Like that set, this one features an elaborate backdrop, package art on the back of the box, full-color instructions, and a logo for the set's inspiration—in this case, ''Beast Wars: Transformers''. The backdrop is based on the bridge of Ravage's [[Transwarp cruiser#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Transwarp Cruiser]], with a pocket for Decepticons Forever Ravage to replicate the "Decepticons forever!" scene from "[[The Agenda (Part 2)]]".

:Perhaps speaking to changes during development, the set's product copy contains several errors: Decepticons Forever Ravage is labelled as a Micromaster; it claims that you can "decorate" him with [[sticker]]s; it neglects to mention his weapons; and it claims the set comes with two [[Fire Blast effect]]s.<ref name="WFC" /> Ravage's tape form is a little too big for the cardboard pocket on the backdrop, while Ravage's [[#War for Cybertron: Siege|previous ''Siege'' Micromaster toy]] fits perfectly,<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I kind of suspect this whole set was supposed to come with the ''Siege'' or ''Netflix'' tooling, based on some product copy on his order page at one point. But I also suspect based on the fact that G1 Ravage doesn’t really fit into that cardboard slot unless you put him in sideways, but ''Siege'' Ravage fits like a glove.|link=https://childrenofprimus.com/news-reviews/bot-reviews-transformers-kingdom-deluxe-covert-agent-ravage-with-decepticons-forever-ravage/|name=Fear or Courage|site=the Children of Primus blog|title=Bot Reviews: Transformers Kingdom Deluxe Covert Agent Ravage with Decepticons Forever Ravage|year=2021|month=12|day=6}}</ref> indicating that perhaps the set was originally conceived as including the Micromaster instead.

:The 2-pack was exclusive to [[Hasbro Pulse]] in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom, in promotion of [[Hasbro PulseCon 2021]]. The set was supposed to be available on [[November 1]], 2021 at the price of $44.99 USD,<ref>''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Covert Agent Ravage / Decepticons Forever Ravage official reveal at [https://comicbook.com/gear/news/transformers-pulse-con-wfc-agent-ravage-reveal-haslab-tease/ comicbook.com]</ref> but was moved up to the first day of PulseCon, [[October 22]], at ''$52.99'' USD, despite the set being composed of only a Deluxe Class toy and a "Generation 1" cassette. The 2-pack was found in Asian shops in July 2021, prior to the official reveal, and later appeared at EB Games in Canada as early as September 2021. The set was also released in Japan as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive. In early 2022, the set was released in Italy as an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive.
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===''Collaborative''===
[[File:TF-Collab-Ravage.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, where's my usual [[Baroness|walker]]?]]
*'''Soundwave Dreadnok Thunder Machine with Zartan and Zarana''' ([[2024]])
:*''Accessories'': Leash
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Shuhei Umezu]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Mario Carreiro]] (packaging)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfy3IcQd3g4 The Hasbro ''Transformers'' Panel] at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2024|San Diego Comic-Con 2024]] with [[Mario Carreiro]], [[John Warden]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]], recorded at the "Memo's Collection" YouTube channel.</ref>}}

: Packed in with "[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Collaborative|Soundwave Dreadnok Thunder Machine]]," ''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' Ravage is a recolor of ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Ravage]] in blue and red, a reference to pre-production concept art of Ravage for the original cartoon (and additionally reminiscient of [[Howlback (G1)|Howlback]].) Included is a leash that Ravage can wear which the also included [[Zartan]] or [[Zarana]] figures can hold.
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===''Transformers Retro''===
[[File:RetroSoundwaveLaserbeakRavage.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Soundwave Laserbeak & Ravage''' (2024)
**''Accessories'': Left and right missiles

:To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Transformers franchise, [[Walmart]] released yet another [[exclusive]] version of [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Transformers Retro|Soundwave]] in its ''[[Transformers Retro]]'' line, this one accompanied by [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Transformers Retro|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Transformers Retro|Laserbeak]]. This version of Ravage features altered painted details and - for the first time in the 40-year history of the mold - its weapons are no longer chromed.

:This set was announced as part of Walmart Collector Con, with orders going active [[October 13]], 2023.

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===''Legacy''===
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[[File:TF-Legacy-G1UniverseRavage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Something for the people who bought the ''Dramatic Capture Series'' Soundwave.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''G1 Universe Soundwave, G1 Universe Decepticon Rumble, G1 Universe Buzzsaw, G1 Universe Ravage''' (Leader Class, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Soundwave Set''' (サウンドウェーブセット)
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-84'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[2025]] [[January 25]]
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro)}}<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/markclonus/p/C8KUDDTuLtU/ Design notes] on ''Legacy'' Ravage from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Mark Maher]] on Instagram</ref>

:"G1 Universe" Ravage is a redeco of the above [[#War for Cybertron Trilogy|''War For Cybertron Trilogy'' Ravage]], reusing the same paint applications but with yellow-painted eyes and his gray parts cast in black due to them being [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] with the included Buzzsaw. These minor changes incidentally make him resemble his Marvel Comics counterpart, although Mark Maher describes him as "Shadow Ravage (ultimate sneaky mode)" on Instagram. He was released alongside his master, [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#LegacyLeader|G1 Universe Soundwave]], and fellow cassettes [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#LeaderClass|G1 Universe Buzzsaw]] and [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Legacy|G1 Universe Rumble]]. He is able to fit into the chest cavity of the included Soundwave, [[Blaster (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' Blaster]], and any of their mold-mates.

:This set makes the unusual move of being a multi-pack of figures from smaller [[size class]]es being sold as a regular Leader Class release.

:He was revealed on Mark Maher's instagram on [[June 13]], [[2024]], as part of a week of ''Legacy United'' reveals, being put up for pre-order the same day.

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/markclonus/p/C8KUDDTuLtU/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Ravage from Mark Maher on Instagram]''

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==Merchandise==
===Wallet===
*'''Ravage Wallet'''

: Released in 1984 as one of the earliest Transformers merchandise items, this vinyl wallet featured a holographic image that changed from Ravage's [[package art]] to the Decepticon version of the [[The Transformers (franchise)|original ''The Transformers'']] [[logo]].
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===''Transformers Milk Caramel''===
[[File:Caramel ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Jaguar''' (1985)
:A soft rubber figurine—known in Japan as a ''keshigomu''—of Ravage was released as part of the first wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' [[candy toy]] range. He came packaged with chocolate-covered caramel candies, and was available in white, blue, sky blue, yellow, green, and orange.

===''Transformers Choco''===
*'''Jaguar''' (1985)
:A solid-color, snap-together model kit of Ravage was released by Kabaya as part of their ''[[Transformers Choco]]'' line of candy toys. It was available in various colors, came with candy-coated chocolates, and could fit inside the chest of the larger ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' model kit of Soundwave.
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===''Transformers Gum''===
[[File:TFgum ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Frenzy and Jaguar''' (1986)
:A larger model kit of Ravage was sold by Kabaya as part of their ''Transformers Gum'' line, in a two-pack with [[Frenzy (G1)/toys|Frenzy]]. Sculpted from black and grey plastic and featuring stickers for detail, Ravage is basically identical to his original toy, except he's actually a little bit ''larger'' than it! He's also too large to fit in the chest of the ''Transformers Gum'' Soundwave figure, but you can console yourself with the gum he comes packaged with.
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===Decoy===
[[File:Decoy ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Destron Hero Collection 22''' (Multi-pack, 1986)
:Ravage was among the many characters rendered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of their series of 1.5" ''keshigomu'' figurines. Like all the Decepticons in the series, Ravage was molded in soft purple rubber, and featured a "52" carved into the top of his left-side missile's wing, which is the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]]s, for use in the various games that could be played with the figurines.

: Ravage was available as part of a 22-piece box set of Decepticon figures, and later, in a peach coloration randomly packed as part of various other box sets.

*'''Ravage''' (Decoy, 1987)
**''Decoy number'': '''49'''

: The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that he had his "checklist" number added to his right shoulder... but unlike basically every other Decoy, he retained his Tech Spec total as well, since that was on a completely separate part of his body.

: Like all Decepticon Decoys, Ravage was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot#Toys|Throttlebots]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)#Toys|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)#Toys|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)#Toys|Technobots]]. Very early on in the promotion, he was also available in an alternate red coloration that was only packed in with the Throttlebots. Unsurprisingly, this red figurine is much rarer.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Ravage/ravage.htm More information on (Decoy) Ravage at TFU.info]''
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===Hard Hero===
[[File:HardHero Ravage statue.JPG|thumb|Classy cat!]]
*'''Ravage''' (2003)

:[[Hard Hero]]'s Ravage is a 5-inch tall, 8.5-inch wide cold-cast porcelain statue. It was limited to 2000 pieces and advertised as "first in the Decepticon Cassette Series", but ultimately no other Mini-Cassette statues were ever produced.

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[[File:HardHero metallic Ravage.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Ravage''' (2003)

:The Ravage statue was also available in a shiny "metallic" version, of which only 500 were produced.

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===First 4 Figures===
*'''Hot Rod vs Ravage & Rumble''' (<s>2006</s> unreleased)
{{toydesigner|[[Little IroN]] (concept artist), [["Mad" Alterton]] (sculptor)}}

:Intended for release in the ''Transformers Battlefield'' line by model company [[First 4 Figures]], this was to be 13-inch-ish tall diorama depicting [[Hot Rod (G1)/merchandise#First 4 Figures|Hot Rod]] fighting against Ravage and [[Rumble (G1)/toys#First 4 Figures|Rumble]]. As a ''Battlefield'' release, this model would have featured a detailed base designed to interlock with others in the same range to create a massive battle diorama. Unfortunately, a general discontinuation of First 4 Figures' ''Transformers''-related output meant only the first model, "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#First 4 Figures|Optimus Prime]] vs [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#First 4 Figures|Megatron]]", was released.

:All models in the ''Battlefield'' line were advertised as being sculpted by [["Mad" Alterton]], with a corresponding set of art posters by [[Little IroN]], implying he had produced the concept art for each release. The digital sculpt for Hot Rod was reportedly shown to the toy news press at New York [[Toy Fair]] in 2006.<ref name=ASM>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070806062058/http://toyfair06.asmzine.com/first4figures/report.html "First4Figures Limited Transformers Statues and Busts Info!"] at ASMzine.com (archived)</ref> The set was likely intended to be limited to 1,850 pieces worldwide, given that the certificate of authenticity for the previous set allowed buyers to reserve the same numbered release on their next purchase in the series.

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[[File:Gijoebaronessravagestatue.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Baroness and Ravage''' (<s>2006</s> <s>2007</s> <s>2008</s> unreleased)
:Initially announced at UK Toy Fair in 2006<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2006/01/25/first4figures-beast-wars-and-transformers-vs-g-i-joe-statuesbusts-4267 "First4Figures Beast Wars and Transformers VS. G.I. Joe Statues/Busts"] at TFW2005.com</ref> with a second showing at New York [[Toy Fair]] the following month,<ref>[https://tformers.com/transformers-/5568/news.html "Toy Fair 2006 - First4Figures TF & GI Joe Statues& Busts"] at tformers.com</ref> the "Baroness and Ravage" statue was intended to be one of the first releases in First 4 Figures' ''[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers]]'' comic tie-in subline. The statue, depicting the [[Baroness#First 4 Figures|Baroness]] with Ravage on a chain leash, was inspired by the [[:File:GI Joe vs Transformers 3c.jpg|Convention Edition cover]] of [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|issue 3]] of the comic, as originally drawn by [[Mike Norton]]. At one stage, the set was to be limited to 1,500 pieces.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060627114922/http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/PROD/3-/922981/GI_Joe_vs_Transformers_Baroness_And_Ravage/Product.html Baroness and Ravage listing on Play.com] (archived)</ref>

:The "Baroness and Ravage" set faced a three-year period of progressive delays; even as the other First 4 Figure ''Transformers'' statues were quietly cancelled due to a challenging marketplace and lack of retailer interest, the "Baroness and Ravage" set was still a possible release as late as mid 2008.<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2008/08/28/first4figures-ravage-baroness-statue-still-possible-other-f4f-transformers-items-cancelled-165672 "First4Figures Ravage & Baroness Statue Still Possible, Other F4F Transformers Items Cancelled"] at TFW2005.com</ref> It was eventually confirmed cancelled in early 2009<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110228050028/http://www.theterrordrome.com/2009/03/first-4-figures-baroness-ravage-statue-canceled/ "First-4-Figures Baroness & Ravage Statue Canceled"] at theterrordrome.com (archived)</ref>—which is sad, since ''it's awesome''.

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*'''Ravage''' (<s>2006/2007</s> unreleased)

:This was to be a 7-or-8-inch tall resin bust of Ravage released as part of First 4 Figures' ''Beast Wars'' tenth anniversary series. Ravage would likely have been depicted from the waist and upwards on a base or pedestal. When his digital sculpt was shown to the ASM news gang at New York [[Toy Fair]], he was specifically noted as being based on his design as seen in the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon,<ref name=ASM/> to which his previous toys had been less than accurate. First 4 Figures had also allowed [[BigBadToyStore]] to solicit him for sale.<ref name=bbtsseibs>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/update-from-bigbadtoystorecom-transformers-and-gij/6539/ "Update from BigBadToyStore.com: Transformers and G.I.Joe Statues and Busts!!!"] on Seibertron.com</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070407160752/http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=526&category=2037 BigBadToyStore's listings for First 4 Figures' busts] (archived)</ref>

:Mini busts in the planned ''Beast Wars'' line were designed to reflect the scale of the characters as seen in the cartoon, and each was set to be limited to 1,996 pieces, in a nod to the franchise's year of origin.<ref name=ASM/> Unfortunately, as you may have guessed by now, Ravage and the rest of the ''Beast Wars'' bust line were cancelled.
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===Transformers - Wall Plaque===
[[File:Soundwave plaque.jpg|thumb|WALLcat.]]
* '''Soundwave''' (Diamond Select, 2006)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2006, Soundwave was sculpted by [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1,000 pieces. He is seen emerging from the space bridge with Rumble, Laserbeak, and Ravage in tow. Despite being solicited as a Wall Plaque, this piece can not be placed on a wall in any way.
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:Ravage robotheroes.jpg|thumb|Wavage!]]
*'''Optimus Prime & Ravage''' (Two-pack, 2007)
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}

: Released in 2007 as a ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' vs. pack with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Robot Heroes|Optimus Prime]], Ravage is ''adowable''! Hilariously, the way Optimus Prime and Ravage are packaged (with Prime pointing his finger at Ravage) gives an impression of [http://orig12.deviantart.net/b22b/f/2008/216/7/1/optimus_prime_vs_ravage_by_cobaltkitty.jpg Prime freaking out at Ravage's size].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/RHRavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Ravage at TFU.info]''

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*'''Ravage''' (Single-pack, 2008)

: In some countries outside of North America, Ravage was released individually in a blindpack with no notable changes.
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===''3D Battle-Card Game''===
[[File:Ravage Battle Card.jpg|thumb|upright=0.44|Flat Cat.]]
*'''Ravage''' (3D Battle-Card, 2007)
**''Card ID number'':

: A 23-point "uncommon" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Ravage "transforms" into a black cat. He uses the same parts layout as [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]], [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]], and [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys|Optimus Primal]].
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===Sota Toys===
*'''Transformers Chess Set''' (<s>2007</s>)
:Ravage, along with [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Sota Toys|Laserbeak]], was sculpted into two identical [[Soundwave (G1)/merchandise#Sota Toys|Soundwave]] pieces that were to be the Decepticon-side Bishops on a [[Chess#Sota Toys|chess set]] based on Generation 1, but the set apparently never saw release.
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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[File:DiamondSelect FrenzyRavage bust.JPG|thumb|"Rumble? Is zat you?" '''"No."''']]
* '''Frenzy & Ravage''' (Diamond Select, 2009)

:Ravage is sculpted pouncing alongside a cartoon-colored [[Frenzy (G1)/toys|Frenzy]] in this bust. Sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]], it was an [[exclusive]] to the online retailer BigBadToyStore and limited to 600 pieces worldwide. Frenzy's tape mode is sculpted at the front of the bust's base.
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===''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''===
[[File:Sdcc2012 shockwaveaccessories-detail.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Shockwave H.I.S.S. Tank with two figures & Energon''' (2012)

: An [[exclusive]] release for [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2012, this box set contains a [[redeco]] of the 2012 new-[[mold]] ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: Retaliation]]'' [[HISS tank]] meant to represent [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Shockwave]], along with the [[Cobra]]s [[Destro#G.I. Joe and the Transformers 2|Destro]] and a "[[Battle Android Trooper#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Constructicon B.A.T.]]" with a trolley for carrying [[Energon cube]]s.

:Destro's accessories include [[Soundwave (G1)/merchandise#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Soundwave]] in the form of a non-transforming tape deck and three "[[Mini-Con]] [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]]s" – micro-cassettes capable of being placed within the Soundwave toy. The toy's press release identifies the tapes as [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Laserbeak]], Ravage, and [[Ratbat (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers 2|Ratbat]], but since all three sport the sculpted details of the original Laserbeak toy and are colored solid red, gold, and orange, just who is meant to be who is unclear.

::*''[https://www.yojoe.com/action/12/destro28.shtml More information on Destro (v28) (with Soundwave) at YoJoe.com]''
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*'''''The Epic Conclusion!'' box set''' (2013)
[[File:SDCC2013RavageBaroness.jpg|right|thumb|Black Russians.]]
:An [[exclusive]] release for [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013, this is an entirely new mold of a 3.75"-scale Ravage being leashed on a chain by the [[Baroness#G.I. Joe and the Transformers 2|Baroness]] – evocative of the cancelled [[First 4 Figures]] statue ''([[#First 4 Figures|see above]])''. His only point of articulation is a ball joint in the neck. The set also comes with a retooled [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Sky Striker]] representing [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Jetfire]], a G.I. Joe [[VAMP]] redecoed into [[Hound (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Hound]], a new [[Snake-Eyes#G.I. Joe and the Transformers 2|Snake-Eyes]] figure bearing an Autobot symbol, [[Bludgeon (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Bludgeon]], and a [[Blaster (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Blaster]] boombox accessory with cassette pieces representing [[Steeljaw (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Steeljaw]], [[Ramhorn (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Ramhorn]], and [[Eject (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Eject]].

:The box set was announced via a ''USA Today'' [http://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/life/2013/06/05/hasbro-2013-comic-con-exclusives/2392295/ article] on June 5, 2013, along with Hasbro's other Comic-Con exclusives.

:This mold was also used to make [[Blackcat (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Black Cat]].

::*''[https://www.yojoe.com/action/13/baroness17.shtml More information on Baroness (v17) (with Ravage) at YoJoe.com]''
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===Imaginarium Art===
[[File:ImaginariumSoundwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I wish to avoid any regrettable accidents to this giant fragile thing.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2018)

:[[Imaginarium Art]]'s Soundwave statue stands 32 inches tall and features light-up eyes. Though it is a statue, the set includes alternate heads and arms to change Soundwave's posture and whether he is holding his concussion blaster. The set also features attachment points for the included Ravage, Laserbeak, Rumble, and Ratbat. Only 200 were produced.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W3RaiderRavage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Raider Ravage, Espionage-Saboteur''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T34/T48'''
**''Stars: ''5

:Raider Ravage, Espionage-Saboteur is one of forty-eight double-sided character cards available in Wave 3 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], War for Cybertron: Siege I. In order to represent Ravage's size, Raider Ravage, Espionage-Saboteur is the size of a battle card, about half the size of a normal character card.

:The card's artwork is based on the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Ravage toy, with the Bot Mode artwork being reused from the toy's packaging art, and original Alt Mode artwork with lines by [[Dan Khanna]].

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[[File:Ravage35A.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Ravage, Saboteur''' (2019)
**'''Blaster vs. Soundwave: 35th Anniversary Edition'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T08/T08'''
**''Stars: ''5

:Ravage, Saboteur was released in the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] Blaster vs. Soundwave box set. The box also includes the character cards [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], Communications, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], Communications, [[Eject (G1)|Eject]], Electronic Surveillance, [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], Warrior, [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], Tracker, [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], Spy, and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], Warrior, along with two ready to play 40 card battle decks themed around both Blaster and Soundwave.

:In order to represent Ravage's size as a [[Mini-Cassette]], the card is the same size as a battle card, about half the size of a standard character card.

:The first release of this set was a 35th Anniversary Edition was initially released at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2019 alongside the TCG's [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]] Convention Pack, and later available online on [[Hasbro Pulse]]. The 35th Anniversary Edition features throwback artwork, with the original G1 Ravage packaging art on the Bot Mode side, and original artwork matching the G1 packaging art aesthetic for Alt Mode. This original Alt Mode artwork was drawn by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colored by [[Brian Valeza]].

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[[File:BvSRavage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Ravage, Saboteur''' (2019)
**'''Blaster vs. Soundwave'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T08/T08'''
**''Stars: ''5
:This version of Ravage, Saboteur was released as part of the general retail version of the Transformers Trading Card Game Blaster vs. Soundwave box set.

:Gameplay-wise the card is identical to the 35th Anniversary Edition of the set, and features different artwork reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game.
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===''Pop!''===
[[File:Funko Pop Jumbo 10-inch Soundwave With Tapes.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]
*'''Soundwave with Tapes''' (Jumbo size, 2021)
**''ID number:'' '''93'''

:Released as part of the ''Pop! Retro Toys'' segment and exclusive to GameStop, [[Funko Pop!|Funko]]'s Jumbo sized ''Pop!'' [[Soundwave (G1)/merchandise#Pop!|Soundwave]] comes with four non-transforming tapes decorated as Ravage, [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Pop!|Rumble]], [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Pop!|Frenzy]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Pop!|Laserbeak]], which can be stored (one at a time) inside of his chest window.

:Both Soundwave and the tapes are directly based on their original Generation 1 toys.

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===Eaglemoss===
* '''Transformers Gen-1 Chess Set''' (<s>2021</s>)
:In the planned [[Chess#Eaglemoss|Transformers Chess Set]] by [[Eaglemoss]], a relatively large and very well detailed statue of Ravage was slated to be one of the Pawn pieces on the Decepticon side.

:A Kickstarter campaign to raise the necessary funds for this project was launched, but failed to meet its goal by September 24, 2021 and the whole thing was canceled.
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===Icon Heroes===
*'''Ravage X Rumble Retro Pin Set''' (2022)
: A hard enamel pin based on Ravage's original G1 package art made by Icon Heroes. It comes carded with a [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Icon Heroes|Rumble]] pin.

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===''Magic: The Gathering''===
[[File:MTG-Ravage-Token.jpg|thumb|upright=0.83|Ravaging the court!]]
*'''Ravage''' (2022)
**''ID number:'' '''002'''
**''Set code:'' '''TBOT''' (depicted as ''BOT'')
**''Color identity:'' '''Black'''
**''Artist:'' [[Ken Christiansen]]
:Ravage is part of the 2022 ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' ''[[wikia:mtg:Universes Beyond|Universes Beyond]]'' ''[[wikia:mtg:Transformers|Transformers]]'' card set's tokens, found in Set Booster and Collector Booster packs of ''Magic''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> ''[[wikia:mtg:The Brothers' War|The Brothers' War]]'' set. As a token, it cannot be included in a player's deck, but can be generated into play by [[Soundwave (G1)/merchandise#Magic: The Gathering|Soundwave, Superior Captain]]. However, it is not necessarily to use this token to "create" Ravage in play, as one can use any sort of easily used item to represent them, as long as it's clearly defined.

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===XM Studios===
[[File:XMStudiosSoundwaveStatue.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2022)

:[[XM Studios]]' statue of Soundwave is 29" tall, made of hand-painted porcelain. Soundwave comes with closed and open chest doors, and alternate arms depending on whether owners want him to be posing, pointing, opening his chest door, holding his own guns, or holding a gun-mode Megatron. He is accompanied by Ravage, Rumble, Ratbat, and Laserbeak. The set also includes a sculpted representation of Soundwave's cassette player mode that can be displayed next to the robot.

:599 pieces were produced, with a suggested price of about $1,700 US.
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===Rubber strap series===
[[File:E Hobby rubber keychain Laserbeak and Ravage.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Sound System Set''' ([[June]] [[2023]])

:Released as part of the second wave of an [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive series, this trio of rubber keychains depict super-deformed art of "[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]," "[[Laserbeak (G1)|Condor]]", "Jaguar," and Soundwave's original form in boombox mode.

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==Notes==
*The name "Ravage" became unavailable as a [[trademark]] during ''Beast Wars'', so Hasbro used the somewhat clunky name "Tripredacus Agent". The name "Ravage" eventually became available again in time for ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'', but apparently Hasbro decided to play safe and added a prefix, thus releasing the ''Energon'' toy under the compound name "[[Battle Ravage]]" (and later, its redeco as "[[Command Ravage]]"). Hasbro also used "Battle Ravage" for the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' toy and also intended to use it for the [[Generation 1 reissues|reissue]] of the original Generation 1 toy available with the [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]''-affiliated "Commemorative Edition" reissue of [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]... but then decided that the single name "Ravage" would work just as fine. Thus, the reissue is still named "Battle Ravage" on the packaging, but simply "Ravage" in the [[instructions]]. Following that, multiple subsequent toys have simply used the name "Ravage" again.
*Reportedly, Hasbro wanted to include the ''Beast Wars Metals'' X-9 Jaguar figure in the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'' line, but they couldn't find the mold.

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Calcitron

2024-11-25T01:10:14Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee: Parity with what I added to Magneous's page.

{{faction|starseeker}}
:''Calcitron is a [[Star Seeker|Star Raider]]-allied [[Armorizer]] from the [[Infernac Universe]] by way of the [[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]] toyline.''

[[File:Calcitron-packagingart.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Check out my tire cleavage!]]

While most of their kind have elected to not choose a side, the {{w|calcite}}-crunching [[energon]] elemental '''Calcitron''' has been conscripted into the [[Star Seeker|Star Raider]] pirates<nowiki>'</nowiki> motley crew by their captain [[Thundertron]].<ref name="Insta">[https://www.instagram.com/p/C-be-rGMZFQ/ Design notes] on Calcitron from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Mark Maher]] on Instagram</ref>

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==Toys==
===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Deluxe-Calcitron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|Mercy is not dispensed here, fool. Only aquarium gravel.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-ss|'''Star Raider Thundertron / Star Raider Nightstrike / Infernac Universe Calcitron''' (Multipack, [[2024]])}}</ul>
: Accessories: Crossbow/axe, roof/shield
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro)}}<ref name ="Insta"/>

:Packaged with [[Thundertron#Walmart|Star Raider Thundertron]] and [[Nightstrike#Toys|Star Raider Nightstrike]] as part of the [[Walmart]] exclusive "Star Raider Collection", ''Legacy United'' "Infernac Universe Calcitron" is a redeco of fellow Infernac [[Magneous#Toys|Magneous]] with a new head, which, like [[Geocron]]'s, better resembles one of the [[Daira]] rock monsters they were inspired by.

:Like previous lines' Weaponizers, Fossilizers, and Junkions, Calcitron can split apart to form weapon accessories for other characters. But ''un''like previous lines' Weaponizers, Fossilizers, and Junkions, only a few smaller parts of Calcitron (namely, their arms and shins/feet) split off, leaving a mostly-intact main body behind. In addition, the armor plates on the back of their forearms and the sides of their legs can be removed without disassembling the main figure, though it leaves their alt mode without any back wheels if you do. The roof of their truck mode can also be removed from his back to act as a shield; like the Junkions, none of these pieces need to be removed for them to transform.

: Their weapon can be held by the handle to resemble a pickaxe, or by a post on the side to hold it as a crossbow. In alt mode, it can mount on the top of the bed for storage, or mount onto the grill to form a battering ram. Their feet and shins can be removed and mounted onto the head of the weapon, forming a significantly larger hammer.

: Unusually for a figure of the Weaponizer play pattern, Calcitron's removable shins do not feature 5mm posts or holes; the shins can only fit on top of their axe.

: Unlike most multipacks, Calcitron and their boxmates are packed in a single box that's more akin to packaging for a single figure, rather than the usual type of packaging used for multipacks.

: This set went up on preorder on Walmart's website [[July 19]], even though the set was available at Asian retail before any official acknowledgement by Hasbro. Actual in-store sightings were nigh nonexistent, with many Walmarts no longer carrying Leader class toys, even non-exclusive product.

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

::''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C-be-rGMZFQ/ Designer commentary on Calcitron from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
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==Notes==
[[File:HM32 Daira Calcitron.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|]]
*Alongside the obvious energon blue, Calcitron's deco is likely based on the [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=blue+calcite&t=ffab&iax=images&ia=images blue calcite] they consume.

==References==
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[[Category:Legacy Star Raiders]]

Magneous

2024-11-25T01:08:25Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee: Denoting the lack of 5mm posts and holes on the toy's shins

:''Magneous is an [[Armorizer]] from the [[Infernac Universe]] by way of the [[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]] toyline.''
[[File:Magneous-packagingart.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Mario 7, uh, was that the one I played? Oh, Let's check it out.]]

'''Magneous''' is a powerful, living rock from the [[Infernac Universe]]. This obsidian warrior can split himself into accessories for other Transformers.<ref>The rock type of Magneous's body was specified as "obsidian" by Hasbro designer [[Mark Maher]] on the [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2023]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL4YRFesAdo livestream.] He also refers to the character with masculine pronouns.</ref>

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==Toys==
===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Deluxe-Magneous.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|GRAND DAD!? FLINTSTONES!?]]
*'''Infernac Universe Magneous''' (Deluxe Armorizer, [[2024]])
**''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Infernac Magneous'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''TL-67'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[May 25|25 May]] [[2024]]
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/axe, roof/shield
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL4YRFesAdo ''Transformers'' panel] with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Takio Ejima]] and [[Thew Adams]] at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2023]].</ref>

: Released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]]'' Deluxes, Magneous transforms from robot to a rocky SUV that loosely resembles the ''Mad Max'' style. Like previous lines' Weaponizers, Fossilizers, and Junkions, Magneous can split apart to form weapon accessories for other characters. ''Un''like previous lines' Weaponizers, Fossilizers, and Junkions, only smaller parts of Magneous (namely, his arms and shins/feet) split off, leaving a mostly-intact main body behind. In addition, the armor plates on the back of his forearms and the sides of his legs can be removed without disassembling the main figure, though it leaves his alt mode without any back wheels if you do. The roof of his truck mode can also be removed from his back to act as a shield; like the Junkions, none of these pieces need to be removed for him to transform.

: His weapon can be held by the handle to resemble a pickaxe, or by a post on the side to hold it as a crossbow. In alt mode, it can mount on the top of the bed for storage, or mount onto the grill to form a battering ram. His feet and shins can be removed and mounted onto the head of the weapon, forming a significantly larger hammer.

: Unusually for a figure of the Weaponizer play pattern, his removable shins do not feature 5mm posts or holes; the shins can only fit on top of his axe.

: Though the packaging photos depict his parts being worn by [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#Legacy|Animated Universe Bumblebee]], the instructions demonstrate how to separate Magneous into parts being worn by [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#Legacy|Animated Universe Optimus Prime]].

:Magneous was extensively retooled into fellow Infernac [[Nucleous]], and later redecoed with a new head into [[Calcitron]].

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CyFE7GKsG5X/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Magneous from Mark Maher on Instagram]''

==Notes==
* Concept art for Magneous by [[Mark Maher]] included a mottled sea green deco based on the [[Rock Lord]] [[Sticks 'n Stones]] (which also featured a chestplate shaped like a ghoulish face with glowing eyes, nose and mouth!) and a gray deco inspired by {{w|Basalt|basaltic}} {{w|scoria}}.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Concept art by yours truly for Legacy United Deluxe Magneous, more soon…|link=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyCjGUWM5wB/|name=markclonus|site=Instagram|year=2023|month=10|day=6}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Magneous''' (マグネオス ''Maguneosu'')

==References==
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Ironhide (WFC)

2024-11-25T00:58:41Z

GiveUsTerminatorArcee: Joke on Gamer Edition's caption

{{faction|autobot|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Ironhide}}
:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:IronhideWFCArt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"And that's the bottom line, 'cause Ironhide said so."]]

'''Ironhide''' is a battle hardened veteran, one of the toughest amongst the Autobots. As one of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus']] oldest and closest friends, Ironhide saw the great potential within Optimus to be more than what he allowed himself to be.
{{quote|Got one talent: bustin' up Decepticons.|Ironhide|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
Ironhide emerged from the [[Well of All Sparks]] sometime during or before the [[Golden Age]]. He was present during the torch lighting which signified the kindling of a new Well on the first colony of [[Archon]]. Ironhide became bridgemaster for the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] Port [[space bridge]] connecting to other colony worlds established throughout the galaxy. When the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Rust Plague]] struck the colonies, Ironhide was ordered to destroy the space bridge in order to prevent the infection from spreading back to the homeworld. Still, he gently gave [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] time to say goodbye to his friend [[Bluestreak (Prime)|Bluestreak]], who was quarantined on Archon, and refused to break quarantine and risk infecting Cybertron. Ironhide pressed Prowl when it was time, and they destroyed the space bridge, cutting off their cousins on other worlds for all time.

As war broke out between Autobots and Decepticons, Ironhide joined the Autobots under the command of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus}}

===Aligned novels===
Ironhide first met Optimus Prime during the prolonged stalemate at [[Praxus]]. Furious at the loss of his home, Ironhide joined the Autobots despite his cynicism regarding Optimus's leadership. It was at Praxus that Optimus was first showed a preference to stand and fight rather than make strategic withdrawals, and Ironhide slowly but surely began to trust in Optimus. [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] commented that Ironhide's "pitiless edge" gave the Autobots a necessary advantage in defeating [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]].

When Megatron invaded [[Teletraan-1 (WFC)|Teletraan-1]] to steal the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], Ironhide made an uncharacteristically emotional display of anguish when [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s Seekers shot down [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]], who attempted to ferry the Chamber to safety. As [[Decepticon]]s attempted to claim the Chamber, Ironhide fought one but fell into the crater caused by Omega's impact. He defeated two more who jumped after him, and Optimus lifted him out of the pit, but he fell in again when another Decepticon struck him in the face with a hooked chain. Megatron blasted Optimus, causing him to fall on top of Ironhide, but he ordered his commander to ignore him and stop Megatron.

After the battle, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] welded Ironhide's face back together. When Optimus proposed leaving Cybertron on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', Ironhide boarded the ''[[Eight Track (WFC)|Eight Track]]'' with him to distract the Decepticons. Realizing Megatron had a beam aboard [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon Station]], Ironhide and the Autobots boarded the ship and blew up its [[Dark Energon]] Facility, causing it to crash. He then boarded the completed ''Ark'' and escaped Cybertron through the last [[space bridge]] to the [[Milky Way]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

After passing through the unstable space bridge, Ironhide and the Autobots aboard the ''Ark'' found themselves in the vicinity of a Cybertronian colony world called [[Velocitron]]. Ironhide was assigned to Hound's second response team, as Optimus Prime made planetfall with his initial team. It was a time of great stress between Velocitron's rulers, and the Autobots' arrival from mythical Cybertron only exacerbated the situation. Although the Autobots secured an ally in one of the planet's rulers, [[Override (Prime)|Override]], they left Velocitron on the brink of civil war during their departure.

The next leg of their journey through the Space Bridge brought the Autobots to fabled [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], a world composed entirely of space junk. This time, Ironhide joined Optimus, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and [[Makeshift (Prime)|Hound]] as they touched down on the planet's heterogeneous surface. The Autobot envoys were attacked shortly after landing, as the local Junkions decided they looked like spare parts in the making. With Optimus Prime's blessing, Ironhide unleashed a volley of plasma rockets to help convince the Junkions that these parts weren't for sale just yet.

During the Autobots' stay on Junkion, Ironhide assisted [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] with his investigations, and later interrogation, of the shifty Decepticon-turned-Junkion named [[Axer (Prime)|Axer]]. He defended the ''Ark'' from attack when the ''Nemesis'' finally caught up with them, and remained with the crew when they finally left Junkion on a new heading towards the [[AllSpark]] itself. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

When the Matrix led the Autobots to the planet [[Aquatron]], Ironhide performed pre-flight checks on Prowl's dropship before the scouting team left to survey the planet. Once it was secured, Ironhide joined Optimus and many of the other Autobots as they flew down to make contact with the [[Inquirata (Prime)|Curator]], Aquatron's regional governor. Optimus ordered Ironhide to remain with the ships in case of trouble.

After Optimus experience an inexplicable seizure during the tour, however, many of the Autobots became suspicious of their hosts. [[Rodimus (WFC)|Rodimus]] and Bumblebee wanted to take the dropship to explore the reportedly underwater cities of the Aquatronians. Ironhide was suspicious as well, but he didn't want to buck the chain of command by sending them off without Prowl or Jazz's approval while Optimus was receiving treatment. Once his fellow old-timer [[Kup (WFC)|Kup]] spoke up in favor of the recon, though, Ironhide let himself be convinced.

This seemed to be a mistake when Kup, Rodimus, and Bumblebee broke contact during their deep-sea exploration, and couldn't be located. Ironhide was forced to report his men and dropship were missing to Prime, and took responsibility when confronted by Jazz and Prowl. The recon trio seemingly resurfaced without a scratch, but soon after the Aquatronians revealed their true nature as agents of the Quintessons when the Decepticons arrived. The Aquatronians disabled the Ark and the Nemesis in orbit before politely insisting that the Autobots and Decepticons engage in peace talks, with the Curator as moderator. Optimus skeptically agreed.

Indeed, the "peace talks" were a sham from the beginning, orchestrated by the Curator to fail and bring the Cybertronians before a kangaroo court of trumped up charges before executing them to harvest their energon for an invasion of Cybertron itself. Ironhide also learned during the proceedings that Kup, Rodimus and Bumblebee ''had'' been captured during their exploration, only to be brainwashed to provide false testimony against Optimus during the trial. When Optimus and Megatron were separated from the others during a single combat exercise, Ironhide ripped open the Autobots' cells to strike back against the Quintessons' Sharkticon guards. Alongside the Decepticons, they fought a holding action at [[Hydratron]] while Optimus and Megatron dealt with their true foes. Afterwards, the Autobots and Decepticons coordinated a joint effort to locate their missing leaders among the wreckage, and found Optimus Prime and Megatron side-by-side atop a friendly [[Leviacon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} Ironhide had been very skeptical towards Optimus's capabilities as a leader early in the war. This changed as their battles against the Decepticons raged on.

Ironhide attended a meeting of Optimus's most trusted lieutenants, where the Autobot leader announced his plan to keep the AllSpark out of Megatron's reach by launching it into space. Bumblebee protested the idea, but Ironhide told him to trust in their leader.

When the Autobots neared the Well of AllSparks, they learned from Jetfire that the Decepticons were already on their way, much sooner than anyone had expected. Ironhide warned Optimus that if Megatron got into the Well, he'd be sure to destroy the mechanism necessary for launching the AllSpark. Optimus posted him as a lookout within the Well while he and Arcee focused on launching the artifact. Ironhide left his post to assist the Wreckers battling the Decepticons on the Well's rim. During the battle, he saw Megatron unleashing his fusion cannon on Bumblebee, and feared the worst. After the AllSpark had been successfully launched, Ironhide tried to establish contact with Bumblebee while the Decepticons retreated. Though Bumblebee was alive, he could not reply to Ironhide's calls after having gotten his vocoder crushed by Megatron. {{storylink|Bumblebee at Tyger Pax}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Ironhide is one of the oldest Autobots still functioning. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:RID Ironhide Blacklisted.JPG|thumb|upper_left|150px]]
Following the restoration of Cybertron from the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], Ironhide was one of the many Autobots blacklisted by the new [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for being a supporter of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. {{Storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Keith Szarabajka]] (English)| [[Alexandr Novikov]] (Russian), [[Pietro Ubaldi]] (Italian), [[Pascal Casanova]] (French), [[Ángel Amorós]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Jan Kulczycki]] (Polish)}}

[[File:WFC-Ironhidepromo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|You sissified maggot scum have just signed your death warrants!]]

Ironhide led a squad of Autobots to defend the [[Decagon]] during the [[Decepticon]] invasion of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. With the loss of [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]], Ironhide's old friend Optimus was forced to take command of the Autobots, an act that the old soldier approved, as he was glad that Optimus was finally stepping up to take his rightful place in the Autobot hierarchy. After helping Optimus and his team by clearing a path for them to the Decagon (and taking down two [[Brute (WFC)|Brute]]s, tearing one in half), he continued to lead the others to (successfully) push the Decepticons into retreat.

After Optimus became Optimus [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], Ironhide and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] joined him on the mission to clear the core of Cybertron that was infected with [[Dark Energon]]. Ironhide constantly rebuked the young, aggressive Warpath's shoot-first attitude. Heading to the [[Omega Gate]], the three Autobots found [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] being tortured with Dark Energon. Freeing the massive Autobot, Ironhide joined Optimus and Warpath in protecting [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] long enough to repair Omega to the open the Gate. Heading underground, the three Autobots found [[space slug]]s working to clear the Dark Energon crystals. When they were sealed off in a cavern, another slug came in and killed an attacking Decepticon, to which the old, knowledgeable Ironhide offered the [[universal greeting]], but the slug simply ignored them and moved on with its task. The three Autobots then found a trio of slugs with [[Ion Displacer]] turrets on their backs, and provided cover fire for the slugs as they made their way through Cybertron. Unfortunately, a corrupted space slug attacked the trio, knocking them underground and killing the slugs. Regrouping at the core, they were attacked by the corrupted slug, and managed to defeat it. Unfortunately, the Dark Energon corrupted the [[Primus|Core]], which could only purge the corruption by shutting down all systems, leaving Cybertron uninhabitable and forcing the Transformers to leave Cybertron. Before departing, Ironhide and Warpath witnessed Optimus receive a part of the Core's essence, the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

[[File:WFC-Ironhidevehicle.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|That was an amazing killing spree...BY THE OTHER TEAM!!]]

As the evacuation went underway, Megatron used his orbital station to attacking fleeing transports. A group of [[Aerialbot (WFC)|Aerialbots]] under [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]] managed to shut down the station's cannon, only to learn that the station itself was a Cybertronian named [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. Ironhide joined Optimus and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] in finishing off the monster. Though many Autobots managed to escape, a number of them, Ironhide included, stayed behind to fight against Megatron's schemes. Optimus commissioned the building of a new starship, the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', to take the Autobots from Cybertron, [[Earth|wherever they may go]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Keith Szarabajka]] (English)}}
[[File:WFCDS Ironhide.jpg|thumb|120px|You are a spineless worm! You are a mistake of nature! You are walking vomit!]]
When the Decepticons started sniffing around an Autobot base, Ironhide sent an [[Autobot rookie]] to find out what they were looking for. Unfortunately, the rookie was killed by Megatron while letting Ironhide know he'd gotten the data links back up and running. Ironhide was captured by the Decepticons at some point and used in Kaon prison to fight Dark Energon-enhanced Decepticons, but presumably later escaped.

Sometime later, Ironhide was contacted by Zeta Prime, who was trying to get hold of Optimus. With the loss of the communications system, Ironhide sent Bumblebee to find Optimus, and a rookie to help Ratchet and [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]]. Once the rookie had gotten the communication system up and running, Ironhide let him know that he was being reassigned to [[Kup (WFC)|Kup]]'s care. Ironhide then directed Optimus around the base, guiding him to areas the Decepticons had taken over.

Optimus announced they needed to retake Iacon, and Ironhide eagerly told him to lead the way, to which Optimus replied that he was no leader. Despite that, the Autobots retook the Decagon, and Ironhide reported that the defenses were back online. When Ironhide rebuked Bumblebee's suggestion that Zeta Prime's transmissions were leading them into a trap, Bumblebee exploded at him that they'd already lost the war. Optimus's team infiltrated Kaon, where Ironhide was more keen to bash Decepticons than rescue Zeta Prime, until Optimus reminded him of their mission. They found Zeta Prime, but their leader died, and Optimus was subsequently appointed Autobot leader. Optimus sought the services of [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], whose slow processor and reluctance to help irritated Ironhide, almost leading to a fight between the two of them and forcing Optimus to tell him to stand down. The Autobots rescued [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]], which helped sway Grimlock in favor of their cause, though Ironhide still wasn't sure it was a good idea. He took part in a mission to the core, to free it from the Dark Energon harvesters that were irradiating it.

With Cybertron no longer capable of supporting life, the Autobots began to evacuate the planet in Arks, but were attacked by Trypticon Station. Optimus intended to take a strike team up the space bridge to directly assault it, which Ironhide regarded as a suicide mission. Still, he joined the mission, and the station was brought down, but as Bumblebee celebrated their escape, Ironhide pointed out the station was transforming. Trypticon's size gave even Ironhide pause, but he still joined the team that headed for the crash site to take the giant on. At one point, he was pinned down by enemy fire, which the other Autobots helped suppress so he could reach a security access panel. He joined them in defeating Trypticon, and later left Cybertron along with the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
Ironhide and Bumblebee were tasked with retrieving information from a Decepticon datacore about the "Trypticon" weapon. They nearly managed to make a successful getaway from Kaon before Megatron and Soundwave arrived, dropping the Autobots in the streets. Ironhide was shackled and imprisoned, whie Bumblebee was scheduled for interrogation under the neural scanner. A lucky power outage during an Autobot raid freed Ironhide from his bonds, and he raced through the detention facility to rescue Bumblebee before the scanner forced him to reveal military secrets. He found the kid, but not before some data was lost to the scanner. On the way out of the prison, the duo were radioed by Air Raid, who offered to provide air support during their escape. Thanks to his creative use of firepower, they were able to escape down a road that had previously been a dead end.

Later, Ironhide returned the favour by providing comm support to Air Raid, who was using the data recovered on Trypticon to block the power supply running between Trypticon and the Geosynchronous Energy Bridge. He plotted Air Raid's course through the Decepticon controlled tunnels near the Bridge.

After Trypticon Station fell to Cybertron's surface and revealed itself as a gi-normous transforming creature, Ironhide joined Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in racing to the crash site to finish him off. They were separated during the journey, and had to fight through multiple Decepticon vanguards before even reaching Trypticon. Eventually, it was the combined firepower and teamwork of the Autobot forces that brought down the dangerous dinosaur. Ironhide was ready to kick back with some lubricant, but Optimus reminded him that the war was far from over. {{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor| [[Keith Szarabajka]] (English)}}
Ironhide is one of the many Autobots involved in the construction of the Ark. During the invasion of Iacon he led a squad of soldiers to defend the Ark's fuelling station which was being attacked by tanks. The battle was not in his favour until Optimus took control of a Neutron Gun turret and later activated Metroplex, destroying the tanks. After Metroplex defeated Megatron, Ironhide was dismayed to learn the Energon saved for the Ark was gone. Later, Jazz reported that he, Cliffjumper and Sideswipe had found an entire reservoir of pure energon that was sufficient to power the Ark. Ratchet then inquired as to how to transport it. After Optimus denied having Metroplex carry it back Ironhide suggested using an old refinery transport. Perceptor argued that the transport guzzled too much energon and Ironhide rebutted that it had the firepower they would need and thus his plan was approved. When the Decepticons attacked the Ark on its way to the portal opened by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s [[Space bridge|Spacebridge]], Ironhide took part in the battle. At one point he called for air support, saying that one of the blasts fired from the Decepticons had, "Taken a toll on Optimus". {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{voiceactor|[[Keith Szarabajka]] (English)}}
Ironhide was assigned, alongside Sideswipe, to retrieve the Dark Spark before the Decepticons could. Once they retrieved the Dark Spark, Ironhide and Sideswipe raced through the underground subways of Cybertron, battling off Insecticons all the way, until they reached the rendezvous point where Optimus and Bumblebee were waiting for them. Ironhide helped Optimus and Bumblebee fend off the Insecticons as Sideswipe called a train to evacuate them. When the train arrived, Bumblebee was the first on board, but the train was in a timer, and left before Ironhide, Prime, and Sideswipe could board. They were forced to wait for the next train, fighting off swarming Insecticons while doing so. When the next train arrived all of the Autobots managed to successfully board, but we're not able to escape, as the Decepticons blew up the train as it was departing. Optimus assigned the Dark Spark to Ironhide to protect, while he stayed behind to draw the Decepticons' fire. This plan proved futile as the Decepticon [[Sharpshot]] saw Ironhide take the Dark Spark, and, together with [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], beat down Ironhide and took the Dark Spark from him. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark (console)}}

===''Transformers Universe''===
[[File:Ironhide TFU.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
{{voiceactor|[[Allan Corduner]]}}
Ironhide updated Autobots with new missions around their base whenever there was something he didn't like the look of. {{storylink|Transformers Universe (Jagex)|Transformers Universe}}
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===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
[[File:Ironhide RID mobile game.jpg|thumb|right|150px|He'll turn red any second now. See! Red! No wait, that's blood...]]
*''unlock Champion'' — 600 Ultra Sparks
Ironhide was one of the Autobots who fought against hordes of Decepticon clones in and around [[Crown City]]. {{Storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

{{note|Ironhide is a "premium" Champion playable character, meaning that unlike regular characters, he can only be unlocked using the Ultra Spark currency. Accordingly, his gameplay stats are very high, comparable to or higher than those of the most expensive toy characters.}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:FOC trailer Ironhide punches Starscream.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*On a large battlefield, Ironhide and Jazz protected Optimus, who was carrying an injured Bumblebee, from any Decepticon attackers. As Starscream descended in to attack, Ironhide intercepted and punched him, breaking the Seeker's face. He, along with Optimus and Jazz, looked on from the edge of a peak towards the battle below as Megatron ordered the Decepticons to advance towards them. {{storylink|Commercial#Fall of Cybertron|''Fall of Cybertron'' VGA Cinematic Trailer}}
*Ironhide shot a downed Decepticon near what appeared to be an Autobot ship from close range.
{{storylink|Commercial#Fall of Cybertron|''Fall of Cybertron'' E3 Trailer}}
{{Note|The story of the FOC E3 Trailer seemingly follows on from the FOC VGA Cinematic Trailer.}}
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
{{anchor|Cyberverse}}
[[File:Prime-toy IronhideCyberverse.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Water bottle delivery truck.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ironhide''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number'': '''02 / 006'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''EZ-11'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 26]], 2012
:*''Accessories:'' Left & right cannons
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 2|Series 2 ''Cyberverse'']] Commander Class toys, Ironhide transforms into a 4x4 pickup truck. He features translucent blue plastic on his windshield-chest so that he can be illuminated by the lights from the larger play-sets. He comes with two [[Ironhide (Movie)|Movie-style]] translucent blue cannons which each feature three [[C joint|3mm post]]s and two peg-holes, allowing them to combine with each other to form a longer weapon, peg in into his hands, forearms/doors, and truck bed, as well as be pegged and stored on his robot back. The Hasbro release comes with a pack-in file card.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed and [[retool]]ed to make ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Beast Hunters (2013)|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] [[Trailbreaker (Prime)|Trailcutter]] and [[Huffer (Prime)|Huffer]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/CommIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Cyberverse Ironhide at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-IronhideArmsMicron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|''NEW!'' "Orange [[Blastification]]" flavor! Available in extra-large.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ironhide''' (Deluxe, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''AM-20'''
:*''Release date'': [[September 29]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': Arms Micron "Iro"

: Part of the seventh wave of [[TakaraTomy]] ''Prime'' toys, and [[exclusive]] to said toyline, Ironhide is a... well, he's ''kind-of'' a redeco of [[Hasbro]]'s ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Kup (WFC)#Toys|Sergeant Kup]], whose mold was originally designed to be Ironhide, and was originally solicited as such in the Hasbro line. ''Yeah.'' He transforms into a modified Ford F-150 SVT Raptor, and much of his color detail is provided by customer-applied [[sticker]]s rather than [[paint operation]]s. He features peg-holes for [[5 mm post]]s on his forearms/doors, hands, and truck bed.

: Instead of the combining cannons he was originally designed with, he comes with the [[Arms Micron]] [[Iro#Toys|Iro]], who transforms into one of the cannons. Just one. Sorry. (He is, of course, completely compatible with Kup's cannons, if you want to complete his look that way.)

: He also has a "dramatic head reveal," wherein his head rises up from within his torso when his abdomen panel is [[Slide joint|slid]] up. He also features a [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake kibble]] windshield on his chest, with the real front windshield ending up on his back.

: His [[stock photography]] incorrectly depicts him in a magenta-ish shade of red.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/AMIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Arms Micron Ironhide at TFU.info]''
::* ''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1680.html Ironhide and Iro at Alfes's toy blog]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[Image:Kre-O Autobot Assault Devastator set.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Assault Devastator''' (2012)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''36914'''
:*''Pieces'': '''781'''
:*''Kreons'': Devastator, Ironhide, Gunner, Foreman, three Construction Workers
:*''Accessories'': Small pistol

: A [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] version of the [[Devastator (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Devastator]] set comes with both a Kreon [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Ironhide]] (based on the Generation 1 iteration of the character) and a full-build brick Ironhide, which can be rebuilt from an armored pickup truck (calling back to the ''Prime'' incarnation of the character, itself modeled after the [[Ironhide (Movie)|live-action film version]]) into a robot. The robot/truck build also features twin pressure-launch missile launchers, and a bonus human [[Gunner]] Kreon.
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===Studio Series===
[[File:TF-SS-Voyager-Gamer-Ironhide.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''It starts with One thing I don't know why They made new toys for games you can't buy'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ironhide''' (Voyager Class, [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''Game'': '''''War for Cybertron'''''
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==Notes==
[[File:Transformers-Prime-Ironhide-concept-art.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
[[File:Aligned-concept-Ironhide-vehicle-Ken Christiansen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
*In ''War for Cybertron'', Ironhide greeted the [[space slug]] with the [[universal greeting]]. [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] had no idea what it was.
*Ironhide was intended to be part of the initial line-up in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', but he was replaced by [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] after the writers deemed their characterization closer to him. Later, on a featurette on the ''Transformers: Prime Season 1'' Blu-ray, [[Rik Alvarez]] admitted that because of the death of Ironhide in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', they didn't want to confuse kids with a living Ironhide.<ref>[http://tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/transformers-prime-season-1-blu-ray-review-174448/ Transformers Prime Season One Blu-Ray review at TFW2005]</ref> It's likely that the former story was a cover for the latter, for spoiler reasons. Later, [[Jeff Kline]] said that despite having a toy, there were no plans to feature Ironhide in the show... yet.<ref>[http://tformers.com/transformers-botcon-2011-transformers-prime-interview-with-executive-producer-jeff-kline/15863/news.html TFormers BotCon 2011 interview with Kline]</ref> It was even later said at [[BotCon 2012]] that Ironhide would not appear in the show, but that he might show up in other places.<ref>[http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/template=/altcast_code=5a0a882ed2/ipod=y]</ref>
*Ironhide's ''Prime'' toy design was based on concept art (at right) submitted by [[Ken Christiansen]] to Hasbro Studios early in the show's development.<ref>[http://badflipblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/transformers-prime-ironhidetoy.html The Bad Flip Blog] and [https://www.facebook.com/214146041944051/photos/a.2350847944940506/2952531634772131/ Ken Christiansen's artwork on Facebook]</ref>
* Like several other ''Prime'' toys unrelated to the cartoon, the Deluxe mold originally intended for Ironhide came about as part of an opportunity to create a [[capsule]] line for the [[Asia]]n market<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So this toy was originally a Hong Kong- or Chinese-kind-of-exclusive line that we were doing over there, in those black boxes. [...] It was all in this mix of, we want to create unique characters for China—or the collector market in Asia, I should say—and that's where this unique character came up, we had been working on him for the story, and they were looking for a dynamic new toy thing, that wasn't- you know, your standard thing, and that's how the kind of these two things got put together, and then timing, it got put under the ''Prime'' banner. [...] He's got different cost constraints, and feature-set, and everything. It's a whole different one-off.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlVUQbW01Ys&t=2881s|name=Aaron Archer|site=''The Toy Armada''|title=17 - Transformers Created To SELL A STORY | Vector Prime & Thundertron|year=2024|month=06|day=14}}</ref> (a la the "[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Exclusives|Global Development Organization]]" ''Generations'' releases from that same year), tying into the short-lived ''[[Transformers Online (2012 video game)|Transformers Online]]'' {{w|Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPG}}.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=TRA MMOG DELUXE ASST 38261 TRA MMOG VOYAGER ASST 38262 TRA MMOG VOYAGER THUNDERTRON 38287 TRA MMOG VOYAGER ULTRA MAGNUS 38288 TRA STARSCREAM DLX W MMOG AND SLUG 38289 TRA BUMBLEBEE DLX W MMO CARD AND SLUG 38328 TRA IRONHIDE DLX W MMOG CARD AND SLUG 38330 TRA FRENZY DLX W MMO CARD AND SLUG 38331|link=https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/monzos-mega-hasbro-customer-service-listing-breakdown.961952/|name=Monzo|site=TFW2005|title=Monzo's Mega Hasbro Customer Service Listing Breakdown|year=2013|month=11|day=01}}</ref> As this capsule never materialised, [[Kup (WFC)|Sergeant Kup]] ended up being the first use of the mold.
*A proposed [[Fun Publications]] [[BotCon]] [[exclusive]] was a redeco of [[#Deluxe|''Prime'' Ironhide]] into the Generation 1 [[Turbomaster]] [[Scorch (G1)|Scorch]].<ref>[http://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc14/bc14br.html BotCon 2014 attendee report]</ref>

===Arms Up Modes===
*'''Protector Mode''' (プロテクターモード ''Purotekutā Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Iro, O.P., R.A.
: Seen on his box-back photo, this mode is simply Ironhide holding the [[Burst Cannon]] Combo Weapon, continuing the trend of barely trying with the Arms Up Modes.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ironhide''' (アイアンハイド ''Aianhaido'')
*''Russian:'' '''Bronevik''' (Броневик, "Armored Car")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiěpí''' (铁皮, China, "Iron Hide")

==References==
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