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2025-04-28T14:49:50Z

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:''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}}
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====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!"<br>''"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 (G1)|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}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
[[File:Legends Devil God Fire Convoy.jpg|thumb|350px|"Alright, Gigatron, let's ''give them a hand.''"<br>"...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}}
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==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]''
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===''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>
::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C2vNqMmuIwP/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Omega Prime from Evan Brooks on Instagram]''
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==Notes==
[[File:God Fire Convoy similar poses.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*Omega Prime's combination [[stock footage]] incorporates movements from both Optimus Prime’s & Ultra Magnus’ own transformations stock footage.
*It would appear that God Fire Convoy, Omega Prime's Japanese counterpart, was treated as more of an extension of Fire Convoy's being (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.

===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]]

Megatron (Movie)/toys

2024-10-16T18:27:13Z

Metalstar: /* Studio Series */ Shotgun is one word

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'''[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]''' got the Hollywood bad-guy treatment, and therefore got truckloads of toys too!
He also ''became'' a truck later on. Funny, that is.

==Toys==
===''Transformers'' (2007)===
====Legends Class toys====
[[File:Movie Legends Megatron toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Just what the hell do I turn into?]]
*'''Megatron''' (Legends Class, [[2007]])
**''Japanese name:'' '''EZ Collection Megatron'''
: Released in the second wave of ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] figures, Megatron transforms into a Cybertronian jet. This figure uses the pre-final head design from concept art and some ancillary media. Due to his transformation scheme, he has a swiveling waist. Despite its simplicity, this figure is far closer to Megatron's actual silhouette in the movie than most of his larger figures.

:The figure is misassembled in the package, with the arms being swapped, putting paint applications and more sculpted detail on the wrong sides of his arms; it is a simple matter to rectify this though as his shoulders are easily popped off and swapped around. It should be noted that the arms & head are molded in softer, rubbery plastic. While they don't harden and break quickly like [[Scorponok (Movie)#Legends Class toys|Legends Class Scorponok's stinger]], the pieces can become loose around the hard plastic ball joints over time. Also, the parts are prone to photodegrading after a decade or so, even when it's new/MISB.

:The figure is slightly mistransformed in the picture to the right, as well as all pictures depicting his vehicle mode below - the wingtips should be rotated 180° downwards, making for a more screen-accurate jet mode.

:The toy was also later released as part of the blind-packed EZ Collection lineup, distributed via TakaraTomy's subsidiary Subarudo.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/LegendsMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Legends Megatron at TFU.info]''
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*'''Generations Legends''' (Target exclusive multi-pack, 2007)
[[File:TargetGenerationsLegends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Megatron is quite beside himself.]]
:A [[Target]] [[exclusive]], this four-pack of Legends Class figures contains two versions of both Optimus Prime and Megatron, namely [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Movie Legends Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Legends of Cybertron Megatron]] and Movie Legends Megatron.

:His arms are still misassembled in-package.
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[[File:Movie Allspark Legends pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Quick, Bumblebee! You hold up Megatron, I'll just fight with the others!"<br/>"...I hate you."]]
*'''Battle for the Allspark''' (Toys'R'Us exclusive multi-pack, 2007)
:A [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive, this six-pack of Legends Class figures contains unmodified toys of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BftAS|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (Movie)#TRULegendsPack|Jazz]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BftAS|Bumblebee]], Megatron, [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BftAS|Starscream]], and [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#BftAS|Barricade]].

:Like Bumblebee & Starscream, he was packaged in alternate mode. He ''still'' has the arms misassembled.
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[[File:TF-2007-Allspark-Battles-Legends-Class-2-pack-Ice-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Look like both halves of Jazz will have a front bumper.]]
*'''Battle Jazz vs. Ice Megatron''' (Legends multi-pack, [[2008]])
:Ice Megatron is a, well, ice-themed redeco of Legends Class Megatron, which means his black paint applications have been replaced by blue. He comes packed with yet another redeco of Legends class [[Jazz (Movie)#LegendsVsMegatron|Jazz]], this time "battle damaged".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/LegendsIceMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Ice Megatron at TFU.info]''
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[File:Movie Voyager Megatron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, I think I'm as weird as the ''[[Transformers: The War Within|War Within]]'' figures! ...nah, not there yet.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-14'''
**''Accessories:'' Projectile
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Released partway into the second wave of [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|''Transformers'']] Voyager Class toys, Megatron transforms into an ice-covered version of his Cybertronian jet form, with transparent blue plastic forming large portions of his vehicle mode, such as parts of his wings. This ice design is carried onto his robot mode, with his legs, shoulders and chest having some kind of 'ice' plastic covering them.

:With a significantly different (and simple compared to other figures of the same pricepoint) transformation sequence compared to his earlier Leader class toy, his chest frost lowers and his shoulders raise to robot mode position when you bring his lower body forward thanks to [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]] technology. He also has his fusion cannon in its entirety on his left arm which can fire a projectile. His wings feature flip-out "ice blades", and pulling on a tab in the back of his jet mode brings them forward like one giant pincer claw.

:His feet are entirely spring-loaded, which means his foot and the two "rear toes" on each feet automatically close up when his weight is not applied to them. Surprisingly, this helps a lot with the posing, as the feet parts automatically position themselves for the perfect balance.

:The stock photo on the toy's packaging depicts Megatron with the unused head that appeared in some concept art.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/VoyagerMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Voyager Class Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Movie Voyager Premium Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wouldn't the toy above be much cooler with duller colours?]]
*'''Megatron''' ("Premium Series" Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Projectile

:One of the first figures available in the ''[[Premium Series]]'' (although not explicitly identified on the packaging as such), Voyager Class Megatron was released exclusively at Best Buy on October 16th, 2007 alongside the North American launch of the ''Transformers'' movie DVD. Megatron (now packaged in robot mode, inside a special display box) has been completely redecoed, covering most of his previously grey parts with metallic silver paint and a black paint wash over the top of that. Black and gold highlights are used to offset all of the silver, while the transparent 'ice' parts are clear. These changes essentially make Megatron far more accurate to his movie appearance.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/BestBuyMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Premium Series'' Voyager Class Megatron at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Movie Voyager BOMC Megatron.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|I'll crush you with my bare hands!]]
*'''Battle Over Mission City''' ("Screen Battles" two-pack, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Projectile
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}

:A Target exclusive redeco of Voyager Class Megatron in primarily beige and chocolate brown colors with brown paintwashes, this version replaces the ice colored translucent plastic with two shades of translucent orange to replicate a look that resembles Megatron's fiery demise (or atmospheric re-entry). Unlike the previous releases, this version's wings are painted to match the body color, so they give the appearance of molten slag. This version was only available in a two-pack with a mostly unchanged Deluxe Class [[Jazz (Movie)#TargetvsMegatron|Final Battle Jazz]] in reference to their fight on the skyscraper featured in the film.

:As the colors on this Megatron are very similar to the colors on the Screen Battles version of Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]], it can be assumed that those two sets are meant to also represent the climactic final battle at the end of the film.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/ScreenBattlesMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Screen Battles'' Voyager Class Megatron at TFU.info]''
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====Leader Class toys====
[[File:TF07-Leader-Megatron.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|"Ohhhh! I turn into a big-boned guy!"]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader Class, 2007)
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''MD-07'''
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Released in the second wave of [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|''Transformers'']] Leaders, Megatron transforms into a gray Cybertronian jet. Unlike the Voyager Class toy above, this mold does not feature any molded ice details; instead it uses metallic blue paint to represent his frozen form. In robot mode, Megatron's right "[[Rocket Claw]]" disconnects at the wrist to become the spiked end of the extendable "[[Mace (weapon)|chain]] [[whip]]" weapon concealed within his forearm; pressing the black switch on the arm pulls the chain taut for a whipping attack. His arms also link together at the wrists to form a "[[fusion cannon]]," with the pod on his left forearm concealing the weapon's [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]]ing twin barrels, exposed by pulling a switch. His other automorph features include his wings folding up as his vehicle nosecone is moved into place, and his feet unfolding as his knees are straightened. Finally, pressing the button on his waist activates a small friction motor, which moves various torso plates and blades on his back into place, accompanied by a metallic shrieking sound and flashing yellow lights.

: Megatron's instructions summarily fail to actually tell the reader about how his gimmicks work. The whipping-action black switch for his flail is not mentioned; they do not detail how to connect the arms for fusion cannon mode; and the fact that the cannon is on a slider, allowing it to be center-aligned, rather than sitting off to one side, is also omitted.

: There is an error in Megatron's legs, in that his left and right hip joints have been swapped for reasons unknown. Switching them allows for a slightly smoother transformation. In addition to ''that'', both of Megatron's hands have a finger misassembly. Two pieces are molded to have two fingers, while one is obviously supposed to be a thumb–however, this thumb is on the 'outside' of his hands instead of the inside. The prototype on the packaging's stock photos show the correct assembly.

: Possibly a dropped feature [[for safety reasons]], the right hand (partly a projectile tethered to the arm) is designed to launch out of his wrist via a spring-loaded firing mechanism. However, the spring for the launching mechanism was removed, though the firing trigger remains.

: The back of Megatron's box depicts him with the almost-used head from concept art. The panel that conceals his face in jet mode is sculpted to fit the face of that head, so while it still covers up his final head reasonably well, it is not a perfect fit.

: In Japan, starting on [[July 19]]th, buying Megatron from [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores netted customers the [[exclusive]] [[campaign item|promotional freebie]] [[Mini-Con|Micron]] [[Torque Gain]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Leader Class Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Premium Movie Megs.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|"Hey, I got a tan!"]]
*'''Megatron''' ("Premium Series" Leader Class, 2008)

:Premium Megatron is a redeco of the previously released Leader Class Megatron. The figure is now given far more movie-accurate paint applications of black, gold, & silver. Premium Megatron also features the classic transformation sound when the chest Automorph function is activated. The original "metal shriek" sound is retained when the sound button is pressed in vehicle mode.

:In the promotional photos of the toy, this version was pictured with a new vehicle mode face cover that fit the new head better. However, this retool was apparently dropped before actual production but can still be seen on the box back photography. All manufacturing errors from the first release are still present.

:Unlike some of the early "Premium Series" toys, Premium Leader Megatron was mass-released at a variety of retailers, instead of being an exclusive to any particular store.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/PremiumMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Premium Series'' Leader Class Megatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Transformers Commemorative Box Set (Decepticon)''' (2008)

:Released an an exclusive for Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong (ACG, also known as Ani-Con) 2008, The ''Premium Series'' Megatron toy is released without any changes along with [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Starscream_(Movie)/toys#DeepSpace|Deep Space Starscream]], [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Premium|''Premium'' Barricade]], [[Blackout (Movie)#Premium|''Premium'' Blackout]], and a [[Brawl (Movie)#Deluxe Class toys|Brawl]]. The toys are packaged with a synthetic, leather-like box with a half-trimmed Decepticon Symbol, and it comes with a sheet of Certificate of Authenticity.

:The boxsets are limited to 100 pieces.
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====''Fast Action Battlers''====
[[File:Movie FAB Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Just back from filming ''Predator 3''.]]
*'''Fusion Blast Megatron''' ([[Fast Action Battlers|Fast Action Battler]], 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:''
**''Accessories:'' 2 projectiles

:Fusion Blast Megatron is a simple version of Megatron with dorky-looking proportions in robot mode, and it turns into an even dorkier-looking vehicle mode. The transformation sequence manages to be even more simple and non-involved than the other ''Movie'' Megatron toys by means of an Automorph feature very similar to the early Beast Wars flipchangers. Moving his back section down causes the torso to flip up, hiding the head and positioning the arms skywards. Though the figure requires a little more repositioning and folding, most of the transformation is done with a single step.

:The figure's packaging depicts Megatron with a different head sculpt and silver paint instead of unpainted gray plastic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/FABMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Fusion Blast Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:NA megatron FAB.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Night Attack Megatron''' (Fast Action Battler, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 projectiles
:A redeco of Fast Action Battler Megatron, this time cast primarily in black plastic, with opaque grey missiles.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/FABMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Night Attack Megatron at TFU.info]''
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====Jollibee Kids Meal====
*'''Megatron''' (Jollibee Kids Meal toy, 2007)

:Available only at Jollibee fast food chains in the Philippines, this Megatron toy is functionally an upscaled version of his Legends class figure though with minor transformation differences. It also has a new head sculpt which is markedly more detailed than the Legends toy but still has the concept design head rather than the final version in the film.
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===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
====Legends Class toys====
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*'''Megatron''' (Legends, [[2009]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''EZ-02'''

:Megatron transforms from a reasonably accurate version of his movie robot mode to a reasonably accurate version of his tank mode (with a teeny extra Megatron face in his groin, without paint details probably to avoid creepiness). He has ball-jointed shoulders and hips in robot mode, plus elbow and knee joints. His alt mode turret is formed by merging his left and right arms, which is a neat callback to the first movie's fusion cannon, but means the turret can't rotate side to side, only pivot at the barrel.

:Several samples suffer from a disconnected lower left leg, which should be connected to the metal rod inside the upper leg. While the loose appendage cannot be repaired without extensive tooling, the upper leg is tight enough to prevent the leg from falling out during display or careful play. Speaking of legs, this Legends Class Megatron is somewhat prone to falling down with a light breeze of wind. The kibble on his robot mode back doesn't help the balancing at all.

:Megatron also saw release as a blindpacked figure for the first wave of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' EZ Collection sets. And like all first waves, He comes with a flyer advertising the TakaraTomy releases of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline. In Malaysia, this toy is also one of the four Legends Class figures to be released as promotional merchandise for the Petronas Gas Station. He can be obtained starting from the 12th of July along with Optimus Prime, via RM30 ($7.04) worth of gas or RM15 ($3.52) worth of foods and items in the Mesra Shop.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/LegMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Megatron at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TF-ROTF-EZ-Collection-EZ-10-Megatron-Battle-Damaged-Ver.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron Damage Version''' (EZ Collection, 2009)
**''EZ Collection Number'': '''EZ-10'''
:A "Battle Damaged" redeco of the Legends Class Megatron appears in the second wave of EZ Collection, featuring more elaborate, weathered paint applications.

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====Voyager Class toys====
[[File:ROTF-Voyager-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|First blue, then green. Watch, in the next movie, it'll be red.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, 2009)
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''RD-11'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:The second mainline ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Megatron toy is more slender than the larger Leader-Class Megatron, as it was based (more or less) on the finalized Megatron design, and as such, features a sleeker tank mode, a large lobster-claw like right arm and a normal-sized left arm. Unlike the larger toy, the Voyager's firing missile is located on the left arm, though the end is still sculpted to look like a set of fingers, and he also wears the entire top of the tank as a [[kibble]] backpack instead of having jet turbines like the Leader class toy. For some reason, he's also green.

:He features two [[Mech Alive]] gimmicks. Turning his waist turns internal gears in his chest, while bending his right elbow makes a blade extend in and out of his claw.

:The highlighted box to the far right showcases one alternative to positioning his back kibble; this ultimately leads to a ton of junk protruding out from his back, but also makes his silhouette from the front look cleaner.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/VoyagerMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Voyager Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:ROTFtoy-GatheringattheNemesis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Pay no attention to my translucent parts!]]
*'''Gathering At the Nemesis''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:This [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive three pack includes a redeco of Megatron's Voyager-Class toy from the first movie in a scheme basically identical to the first movie's Voyager "Premium Series" version (but with much fewer paint details), as well as the Voyager-Class [[The Fallen#GatheringNemesis|The Fallen]] and a redeco of Deluxe-Class [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#GatheringNemesis|Soundwave]]. The back of the box and samples shown before release portrayed this Megatron as using the unrevised original head design from the first film, but the final version has the same head as past Voyager-Class Megatrons.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TRUMegatron/megatron.htm More information on "Gathering at the Nemesis" Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:ROTF UniteforUniverse Megatron toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class)
**''ID number:'' '''MR-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Unite for the Universe|Unite for the Universe]]'' Megatron was to be a screen-accurate silver redeco of Voyager class ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Megatron, but the toy (along with a [[Jetfire (Movie)#Voyager Class toys|Jetfire]]-armoured Voyager class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#VoyagerJetPower|Jet Power Optimus Prime]]) was canceled.

:Both Megatron and the accompanying Jet Power Optimus Prime would have come with an issue of the [[Unite for the Universe issue 1|''Unite for the Universe'' comic book]], but due to the cancellation of both figures, the comics were eventually included with the [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Movie Masterpiece]] releases of Leader class [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Masterpiece|Starscream]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Masterpiece|Bumblebee]]. Of amusement is the fact the comics are essentially showcasing toys that have been canceled.

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====Leader Class toys====
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[[File:ROTF Leader Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Beefcake!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader Class, 2009)
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''RD-01'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:The first and largest ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Megatron toy is based on an earlier design for Megatron that differs slightly from the final CG model. This design is more bulky and hunchbacked than the final design, has a right arm with a shoulder pad that doubles as a bladed shield, and also has a very short and wimpy left arm. Like the Voyager Class toy, he also features feet that do not look like the CGI model, which has large two-toed feet formed by the tank treads rather than flat, clawed feet that resemble those of the first movie's design. Leaving the feet retracted creates a more movie-accurate appearance when the legs are viewed from the front (when viewed from the side, Megatron's legs look like stubs).

:The figure transforms into a Cybertronian tank, though it lacks the wings seen in the film and is also less streamlined. In robot mode, Megatron's entire lower right arm is a spring-loaded missile launcher and the tank turret's armour/shroud can be mechanically repositioned to partially cover the cannon, with flip-out sword blade, as seen in the early concept design. Due to the amount of [[gimmick]]ry involved, the right arm has no elbow.

:Pressing the Decepticon symbol-emblazoned button on his chest activates his light, [[Mech Alive]], and voice sound effects ("I am Megatron!"). The Mech Alive mechanics involve shaking his head to and fro while panels in his chest shudder. The European release (sold in the UK and non-English speaking countries) proclaims just simply "Megatron!" with laughter. After a month or two, the American release became available in the UK as well as the Canadian province of Quebec, while English Canada (which usually stocks the American release) somehow got the European version in some areas.

:Interestingly, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|while]] [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|other]] [[Demolishor (ROTF)|figures]] in the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' line suffered mold simplifications from budget cuts, Megatron got mold ''additions''. Hasbro's stock pictures depict a vastly different and much smaller shield which lacks the outer claw prongs and has different detailing, and there is no evidence that the flip-down feet had been implemented at all. These late mold changes may have been done to slightly increase the toy's accuracy to his movie depiction and, in the case of the flip-down feet, to make Megatron look like he actually has ''feet'' rather than stubs to walk on.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Leader Class Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:ROFTMegatronWCamshaft.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Why do I have someone else with me?! My box looks the same, except with that guy sticking out!]]
*'''Megatron''' with '''Autobot Camshaft''' (Leader Class value pack, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Missile

: This [[Walmart]] exclusive value pack featured an unchanged Leader-class Megatron sold with an unchanged [[Camshaft (Movie)|Camshaft]] from the first movie toyline. They came packaged in a special wider box and were sold for the same price as a normal Leader toy.

:Leader-class ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Optimus Prime was available in a similar value pack at the same time, which likewise included Camshaft.

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[[File:ROTFtoy-MegatronLeaderShadowCommand.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm back in black...YES I'M BACK IN BLACK! OH!]]
*'''Shadow Command Megatron''' (Leader Class, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' Missile
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

:Shadow Command Megatron, as the name suggests, is a mostly black redeco of Leader class Megatron, which much resembles the previous Fast Action Battlers ''Night Attack Megatron'' redeco. The figure sports more paint applications than the first release. The voice chip has been changed, instead of saying "I am Megatron!" like the initial release, it says "There is no command but mine!". The blast sound effect has also been changed to a laser sound, and a G1-esque sound effect plays when rotating Megatron's legs during transformation.

:Initial shipments of Shadow Command Megatron have a minor misassembly in his right shoulder that causes the laser sound effect to go off only when his arm is pointing backwards, as opposed to forward. It is fixable, but only after knocking out a pin.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Shadow Command Megatron at TFU.info]''
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====''Fast Action Battlers''====
[[File:ROTF FAB Megatron toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I sure hope {{w|Metal Slug (series)|SNK}} don't sue...]]
*'''Cannon Blast Megatron''' (Fast Action Battler, 2009)
**''Accessories'': Projectile

:Part of the first wave of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Fast Action Battlers]], "Cannon Blast" Megatron is a simplified figure that transforms into a Cybertronian tank. His right arm has a spring-launched missile fired via a switch on the side, as well a soft plastic blade that can be folded out. Twisting the figure's right arm produces a chopping action. Due to the weird design of the feet and weight distribution, Megatron is difficult to stand up unless he is hunched forward.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/FABMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Cannon Blast Megatron at TFU.info]''

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====''Battle Chargers''====
[[File:ROTF-toy BattleChargers Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''Two'' faces? Optimus is going to have a field day with this.]]
* '''Megatron''' (Battle Charger, 2010)

:Part of the [[Robot Powered Machines]] subline, Battle Charger Megatron is a rounded-off tank with a [[pull-back motor]]. When pulled back and let go, his turret flips open and a cutesified depiction of his robot mode pops out. Amusingly, because of the tank mode featuring Megatron's face, he ends up with two faces in "robot mode".

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====''Power Bots''====
[[File:ROTF PowerBots Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|At least nobody’ll forget what faction he belongs to....]]

*'''Megatron''' (Power Bot, 2009)

:The [[Power Bots]] version of Megatron is a large, sturdy action figure for younger children. Pressing the various Decepticon symbol buttons activates battle phrases, sound effects and light-up eyes, although for the European release, almost all of the battle phrases were cut in order to avoid language barriers (except for the occasional nonsensical utterance of "Decepticon!" and "Megatron!" among a huge, long string of blasting noises).

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====''Robot Replicas''====
[[File:ROTF-toy RobotReplicas Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I swear his chest is someone's face. Well, [[Mudflap (ROTF)|some 'bots can sympathize with that]].]]
*'''Megatron''' (Robot Replica, 2009)

:This non-transformable Megatron action figure was ''supposed'' to be very movie-accurate, but is actually a combination of the bulkier, earlier design used for his Leader class toy and the more slender final design used for the Voyager class toy. Although his arms are normal-sized and the right arm has the "lobster claw" seen in the final design, Megatron appears hunchbacked due to the fact that he has no neck (though not to the same extent as the Leader class toy).

:Strangely, the head sculpt of this figure is reused on the [[Megatron_(Movie)/merchandise#Stealth_Force|Stealth Force]] version of the character.

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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[File:TF-2010-VotF-Legends-Class-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Such heroic nonsense."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''The Victory of The Fallen''' (Multi-pack, 2010)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]: [[Hunt for the Decepticons]]'' Megatron is a redeco of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class mold, in khaki and with a dark brown chest.

: He came in a [[Kmart]]-exclusive five-pack of Legends Class figures, packed in with redecos of [[The Fallen#Transformers (2010)|The Fallen]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#VictoryFallen|Optimus Prime]], [[Jetfire (Movie)#Legends Class toys 2|Jetfire]], and [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys 3|Starscream]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/KMLegMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Victory of The Fallen Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF2010-toy Activators Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sadly, this is the most accurate-looking one.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron''' (Activator, 2010)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Lenny Panzica]] (Hasbro)}}

: [[Activators]] Megatron is a simple, [[Size class|Deluxe]]-sized toy based on his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' incarnation. He features [[autotransformation]] from tank mode to robot mode, activated via the press of a button.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/ActMegatron/megatron.htm More information on 2010 Activators Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF2010MegsRisingMegsAndConstructs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Man, this mold just doesn't want to be re-released ''at all''...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron Rising''' (Multi-pack, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Missile

: This retailer-exclusive multi-pack recreated the scene in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' where the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] resurrect Megatron. The Megatron figure itself is a redeco of his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Voyager class toy, partially cast in a metallic green plastic, to represent his time at the bottom of the ocean.

: He was going to be packed with Legends Class figures of [[Long Haul (ROTF)#MegatronRising|Long Haul]], [[Mixmaster (ROTF)#MegatronRising|Mixmaster]], [[Rampage (ROTF)#MegatronRising|Rampage]], and a red redeco of [[Scrapper (ROTF)#MegatronRising|Scrapper]], who was probably intended to be [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]].

: But he ultimately did not as the set was never actually released. It has never been revealed for which retailer this multi-pack was intended for.
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===''EZ Collection Real''===
[[File:TF-EZ-Collection-Real-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron (Real Color Ver)''' (2011)
*'''Megatron (Metallic Color Ver.)''' (2011)

:Released as part of The blindpacked EZ Collection Real by TakaraTomy's "TakaraTomy A.R.T.S", this Megatron is a redeco of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class figure. In comparison to the stock photos, the actual product has the entire plastic unpainted and applied with a number of paint details instead. Megatron comes with two variants: The "Real Color" features a yellowish-gray plastic, while the "Metallic Color" features a normal silver plastic instead.

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===''Dark of the Moon''===
====''Cyberverse''====
[[File:DOTM CyberverseCommander Megatron toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|If you can't beat [[Autobot|them]], join them.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2011)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''003'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV07'''
**''Accessories:'' Fuel tank halves/Double Cannons
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro), [[Hisao Nishimoto]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]] Commander Class Megatron is an abbreviated version of his Voyager counterpart, transforming into a single piece fuel tanker. The fuel tank splits in half, forming hand-held double cannons which then can be combined into a large cannon, extremely reminiscent of his fusion cannon in the first movie. The [[C joint]] mounting clip of the fuel tank is on a swivel, allowing the large cannon to be mounted onto the smokestacks and used in vehicle mode. His head is also on a pivot joint, allowing him to look up and down.

:Care must be taken while forming the rear cabin: The instructions tell you to fold the feet panels up after transforming the legs first, but it will cause some slight stress marks on the feet panels/smokestacks' joints. We recommend folding the panels up first while the legs are still separated.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/CommanderMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Cyberverse Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-DOTM-Cyberverse-Action-Set-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Megatron might regret babysitting those hatchlings since they always puke onto his face.]]
[[File:TF-DOTM-Cyberverse-Megatron-Blastwave-Weapons-Accessory.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Blast that Blastwave! ''*yyywaaawwwwwwn*'']]
*'''Megatron / Blastwave Weapons Base''' (Cyberverse Action Set, 2011)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''003'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV13'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, Africa
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)}}

:This version of Megatron uses the same mold as the single Cyberverse Commander toy, but lacks the fuel tank/Double Cannons accessory, and features some deco changes: Most of the paintable khaki plastic parts are replaced with silver plastic, the paint on the leg details are omitted, and the head now features a teal splat on the right side of his face, with his right eye paint being omitted. and of course, comes with the [[Blastwave Weapons Base]].

:This set's packaging includes a cardboard backdrop that is intended to be removed and reused for display. The backdrop depicts a field in Serengeti, [[Africa]], with an [[elephant]] standing nearby in the left panel.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/BWBMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Megatron / Blastwave Weapons Base at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-DOTM-Target-Cyberverse-2-pack-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Garbage-day!]]
*'''Bumblebee vs Megatron''' (Cyberverse 2-pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Fuel tank halves/Double Cannons

:[[Exclusive]] to [[Target]], this release of Cyberverse Commander Megatron has a deco inspired by [[Motormaster (G1)|Generation 1 Motormaster]]. He has [[Cybertronian]] symbols around his body, one of which is the [[Dynasty of Primes]]'. He comes packed with a [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Legends class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TargetCyberverseVs|Bumblebee]].

:This set was also sold in Turkey as a {{w|Carrefour}} exclusive.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/TargetMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Target Cyberverse Megatron at TFU.info]''
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[File:DOTMMegatron Voyager toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You know, I'm beginning to like this Megaweapon.]]
*'''Megatron''' (MechTech Voyager, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DD01'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Blaster/[[Fusion Cannon]], tarp/cape
{{toydesigner|[[Tomoya Miyake]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Voyagers, ''MechTech'' Megatron now transforms into a <s>disfigured Mad Max truck</s> officially licensed Mack M915 Line-Haul Replacement Tractor and trailer, although it lacks many of the features in the movie, such as the spikes on the roof and the rope mesh on the hood. The forward half of the trailer-mounted oil tank converts into Megatron's [[MechTech]] Blaster, which in turn converts into a Fusion Cannon when the ladder is pushed in. Like all MechTech Voyager toys, his weapon can lock into this mode by pushing the ladder all the way in and rotating it to the right. Megatron has six MechTech [[5 mm post|5mm post]]/MechTech ports in vehicle mode, including three on his MechTech weapon, two on the steps below the truck cab doors, and a self-covering port (which automatically fills in the hole when a weapon is not inserted) on the roof. Though the truck cab and its "trailer" are a single entity that cannot be separated, Megatron does have an articulation joint between where the trailer and cab connect where the fifth wheel hitch would be, despite being formed from his independently-jointed legs.

:The rubbery tarp over the tanker is a two piece affair, with a detachable 'hood' accessory that slots into a port beside Megatron's neck. This deliberately obscures Megatron's badly mutilated face, a callback to the injuries he received at the climax of ''Revenge of the Fallen''. In [[robot mode]], two more MechTech ports become available on his legs, and two on the truck steps end up on his arms; all other MechTech ports from vehicle mode are still usable. Megatron's fusion cannon can even be mounted on his back, like in the movie, thanks to the truck's cab (and associated MechTech port) winding up on his back. Care should be taken when transforming the shoulders, as the tiny Mack dog hood ornament is prone to being snapped off by the shifting black bumper section. It is also quite difficult to get his chest to tab into his shoulder panels due to his arms getting in the way, and his already short pegs having to tab into very shallow holes.

:Megatron was also sold in Universal theme parks in new packaging based on the ride, advertised as a Universal Studios Exclusive, but has no visible changes from his original widespread release.

:The gun from the Evasion Mode Optimus Prime toy, released several years after, is intended to be compatible with this figure-not only is it sculpted to resemble the shotgun Megs used (twice) in the movie, a tab on the handle (not the post that was supposed to be the handle for ''Age of Extinction'' Optimus) allows him to wield it properly by slotting onto a slot on his hand. It even has 5mm posts on its side so that it can mount in movie-accurate fashion on his back!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Dark of the Moon'' Voyager Megatron at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TF-DOTM-Tritanium-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Tritanium Megatron''' (MechTech Voyager, 2011)
**''Accessories'': MechTech Blaster/Fusion Cannon, tarp/cape

:This gold vacuum metallized version of Voyager Class Dark of the Moon Megatron is a prize in TakaraTomy's MechTech campaign. To qualify for winning this toy, one needed to enter the second batch of the campaign (12 August to 31 October). This toy is limited to 10 pieces.

:In 2014, Tritanium Megatron is one of the prize figures that is re-issued (probably remaining stock) again for the ''Transformers Celebration 2014'' event held at Ikebukuro Sunshine City store's Toys"R"Us.

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====Leader Class toys====
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*'''Optimus Prime versus Megatron''' (Leader two-pack, 2012)
:A re-release of the first Leader Class Megatron toy was released in a Taiwanese-exclusive Leader Class two-pack alongside the first [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#DOTMMovie2Pack|Optimus Prime]] Leader Class toy.

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[[File:LC Dark Energon Megatron (RM).jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hey look what I found continuity surfing last night!]]
*'''Dark Energon Edition Megatron''' (Leader, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Missile
:A redeco of the Revenge of the Fallen Leader class toy in black, silver, and purple to represent his infusion with Dark Energon, (despite not existing in this continuity) Dark Energon Edition Megatron is an Asian-exclusive release that's also available through online stores.

:An identical knockoff of the toy is available, so buyers beware! The only way to identify is the packaging's ''very obvious'' "Transforms" and "Takasa Tony" logo, and the lack of "Dark Energon Edition Megatron" text.
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[[File:Nightmare Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Nightmare Megatron''' (October 24, 2015/2017)
**''Accessories:'' Missile
:A very similar yet distinct redeco of the Revenge of the Fallen Leader Class figure, this Megatron is largely identical to the Dark Energon release but features a much brighter, almost maroon-like purple, and with some deco differences, notably on the head and arms.

:Originally released in 2015 through TakaraTomyMall and limited to 2000 pieces, Nightmare Megatron was later reissued in wider numbers in 2017.

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====''Robo Power''====
=====''Bash Bots''=====
[[File:TF-DOTM-Bash-Bots-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Looks like I swatted a bee, and ''squashed a [[Sam Witwicky|bug]]''."]]
*'''Bumblebee Vs Megatron''' (2011)
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:''Bash Bots'' Megatron is a small, rock-em-sock-em-styled toy that transforms from a super-deformed truck into a robot by pulling or pushing the lever below its built-in stand. He & his stand can connect with any Bash Bots to fight with, especially the included Bumblebee, instead of his nemesis Optimus Prime.
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=====''Activators''=====
[[File:DOTM Activators Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|owie owie i hurt my face]]
*'''Megatron''' (2011)
{{toydesigner|[[Lenny Panzica]] (Hasbro)}}

:Released as part of the [[Robo Power]] subline, Megatron possesses a one-step transformation: squeezing down on the purple section at the rear of his truck mode causes him to transform into robot mode, and squeezing down on it again will turn him back into truck mode. In robot mode, Megatron boasts both sculpted battle damage on his head and shoulder articulation.

:Megatron was released in an open package that allowed children to touch the toy, but did not allow for transformation due to twist ties and a plastic tray being present.
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=====''Robo Fighters''=====
[[File:DOTM RoboFighters Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|RICHAAAAAAARDS!]]
*'''Megatron''' (2011)
:Robo Fighters Megatron is a non-transforming figure with four points of [[articulation]]. Sliding a switch on his right shoulder activates four extending barrels from his arm-mounted fusion shotgun. Unlike other Robo Fighters, Megatron lacks any gimmickry in his torso.

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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
* '''Megatron''' (2011)
**''Set number'': '''30688'''
**''Pieces'': '''310'''
**''Kreons'': [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Megatron]], [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Shockwave]], [[Specialist]], [[Police Officer]]
**''Accessories'': Clip-on Megatron cannon

: The large brick-built Megatron in this ''[[Kre-O]]'' set is based on the live-action film Megatron in his ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' body; the robot can be rebuilt from a robot into what resembles a Mack truck. In truck mode, up to two Kreons can ride in the front of the cab, or be locked up in a cramped prison cell at the back of the cab. The truck also features a functioning [[trailer]] hitch. In robot mode, Megatron features hands with articulated claw fingers (built on top of a pair of ''regular fists''), a shoulder-mounted pressure-launched [[missile]] launcher, as well as a small, rotating, back-mounted prison "box" of sorts.

:Like many other ''Kre-O'' sets, the [[stock photography]] and [[package art]] feature robot construction that differs from the final product, as Megatron's upper arms have several of the extraneous parts, mainly his truck cab doors, added to the construction. Whether this is due to a change in the design or the photographers creative liberty with the figure is left to be seen. The [[sticker]] sheet also features an unused sticker depicting a bolted metal panel with an amusing message ("OPTIMUS PRIME WAS HERE! [[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|15px]]") scrawled on it, although its shape and coloration suggest that it's meant to go on the back wall of the prison cell.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/Kre-OMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-toy Megatron Universal4pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He somehow gets less sharp but brighter at the same time.]]
*'''Kreon 4-Pack''' (2014)
**''Kreons'': [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Universal4pack|Bumblebee]], [[Evac (Ride)#Kre-O|Evac]] (pre-2020 releases), Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Universal4pack|Optimus Prime]], [[N.E.S.T. Sentry]] (2020 release)
**''Accessories'': Megatron cannon

: The only non-Galvatron [[Kreon]] of movie Megatron in the ''[[Kre-O]]'' line, [[Kreon]] Megatron is based on his ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' body, which is odd since it's his ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]'' body that shows up in the Ride (and as a photo-opportunity "mascot" character on the park grounds). He was available exclusively in a box set sold at the ''[[Transformers: The Ride – 3D]]'' gift shop at [[Universal]] Studios theme parks. After several years of only being available at the park proper, the 4-pack was eventually added to Universal's online store.

: In 2015, a new run of the set was produced, this time using the revamped-from-the-head-down 2015-style Kreon bodies (and a logo-plate rather than the older 2x4 logo-brick). Megatron's [[tampograph]]s are slightly sharper, with thinner black outlines, but are otherwise unchanged. This set would later see slight production changes; all of the figures' tampographs have gone back to thicker lines and being a bit sloppier, while Megatron's medium-pearlescent-gray plastics have been lightened considerably.

: In mid-2020, the set was revamped again, now removing Evac and replacing him with the [[N.E.S.T. Sentry]]. This version of the set uses the latter version of the other three characters with the thicker tampograph lines and lighter medium-gray plastic.

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{{note|All of the ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] [[Kre-O]]'' sets were [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]] in the US... though some did eventually filter to closeout stores in mid-2015.}}
[[File:KreO-Toy GalvatronAOECustomKreon.jpg|thumb|300px|Why are drills my primary weapon, again? Did I use drills in the movie?]]
* '''Galvatron''' (Custom Kreon, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''A9230'''
**''Pieces'': '''30'''
**''Accessories'': Rack, pistol, 2 clip-on drills, treaded backpack

: Part of the second wave of ''Age of Extinction'' [[Kreon#Custom Kreons|Custom Kreon]]s, Galvatron comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his many many extra pieces. His "normal" helmet and two drills (attached to clip-on turbines/cannons) are [[Vacuum metallizing|chromed]], plus he comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso and legs. He also has a pair of extra arms (originally from the ''Kre-O Battleship'' aliens) and a spare hand, plus buildable tread-backpack, and a pistol (originally a [[Klingon]] disruptor from ''Kre-O [[Star Trek]]'').

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[[File:KreO-Toy GalvatronFBKreon.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Where is the ''Kragle''!?]]
* '''Galvatron Factory Battle''' (Kre-O set, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''A6952'''
**''Pieces'': '''388'''
**''Kreons'': Bumblebee, KSI Worker (lab worker), KSI Worker (security), Dr. Littleman, Optimus Prime, Vehicon

: The centerpiece of the "[[Galvatron Factory Battle]]" set, Galvatron is rendered as a large buildable super-robot, a sort of mega-Kreon, with a new hip piece using larger balljoints. He does not seem to be based on... anything. Certainly not something that would become a vehicle.

:He's designed to fit on a large movable working slab in the factory playset.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-OGFBGalvatron/galvatron.htm More information on Factory Battle Galvatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-Toy GalvatronGrimUnleashed.jpg|thumb|250px|And these arm-cannon things. They're neat sure, but did I lift them off of [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]'s corpse at some point?]]
* '''Grimlock Unleashed''' (Kre-O set, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''A8600'''
**''Pieces'': '''333'''
**''Kreons'': [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)#GrimlockUnleashed|Bumblebee]], Galvatron, [[Grimlock (Kre-O)#GrimlockUnleashed|Grimlock]], [[Lockdown (ROTF)#GrimlockUnleashed|Lockdown]], [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)#GrimlockUnleashed|Optimus Prime]]
**''Accessories'': 2 clip-on arm cannons

: The first "normal" Kreon of Galvatron available, this one was only available in the "[[Grimlock Unleashed]]" set.

: This set popped up at Toys"R"Us a few short weeks after the initial product without any advance warning... and retailed for a mere $25, despite the size of the set.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-OGUGalvatron/galvatron.htm More information on Grimlock Unleashed Galvatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-Toy GalvatronAOEDVD.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Yes, someone bought the movie ''just'' for the Kreons. We know. We know.]]
* '''Transformers Kre-O + Movie Gift Pack''' (2014)
**''Accessories'': 2 clip-on turbine/cannons

: This Toys"R"Us [[exclusive]] Blu-Ray + DVD release of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'' includes a unique Galvatron Kreon, though at first glance you probably wouldn't realize that it's different from the "Grimlock Unleashed" version (see above). This version changes up which body parts use metal-flake medium-gray plastic and which use the metallic silver plastic (including his hands), has an even ''darker'' gray helmet, and completely new tampographs all around, possibly more movie-model-accurate? It's kind of hard to tell.

:This set also included a similarly "just different enough to make you mad" [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#MovieGiftSet|Optimus Prime Kreon]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-ODVDGalvatron/galvatron.htm More information on Movie Gift Set Galvatron at TFU.info]''
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===''Chronicle''===
[[File:Chronicletoy-CH02MovieVoyagerMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''G1 Megatron & Movie Megatron''' (multi-pack, 2011)
**''ID number:'' '''CH02'''
**''Accessories:'' [[MechTech]] Blaster/Fusion Cannon, tarp/cape

:This [[e-HOBBY]]-exclusive redeco of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Voyager-Class Megatron comes in a two-pack with a reissue of the original [[Megatron (G1)/toys|''Generation 1'' Megatron]] [[Megatron (G1)/toys#G1MovieMegatron|toy]]. ''[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]'' Megatron replaces all of the pale brown and most of the light gray plastic with dark metallic olive-green, replaces the remaining gray plastic (including his tarp/cape) with a cooler shade, switches out the black for his wheels with dark brown, and redecoes his translucent red plastic into clear colorless plastic. Among other minor deco changes, he replaces the pale brown paint on his wheels and toolboxes/forearms with tan, features a silver-painted MechTech weapon, tanker, and front bumpers, and has some additional reddish "rust" paint details.

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[[File:Chronicle EZ MegatronMovie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Megatron''' (EZ Collection, 2011)

:A redeco of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends-Class Megatron was released in Japan as part of the ''Chronicle'' EZ Collection line. This toy was only available [[Blindpacking|blindpacked]].

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===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:Bot Shots S1 BP004 Megatron.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Nemesis Prime / Megatron / Acid Storm''' (Multi-pack, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''BP004'''
***''Fist strength'': '''170'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''820'''
***''Sword strength'': '''625'''

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' Series 1 three-packs, Megatron is a teeny tank that borrows some elements from both the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Megatron designs. He has [[Autotransformation|a spring-loaded automatic transformation]] to robot mode triggered when his front is pressed, and has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels.

:He comes with [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Super Bot Acid Storm]]. He shares parts with [[Brawl (Movie)#Bot Shots|Decepticon Brawl]] and [[Shockwave (Movie)#Bot Shots|Shockwave]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BS3pkMegatron/megatron.htm More information on 3-pack Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BStoy-MegatronLauncher.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Megatron Launcher''' (Launcher, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''BL002'''
**''Acessories'': Trailer/ launcher base
***''Fist strength'': '''530'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''900'''
***''Sword strength'': '''210'''

:Part of the first wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 1 Launchers, this is a [[redeco]] of the ''Bot Shots'' tank Megatron mold in bronze. He comes with a large "trailer" tank body extension that transforms into a battle station with flip-out cannons and a launching mechanism. The large, main cannon on the launcher has detailing reminiscent of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[fusion cannon]], such as the "dials" on the sides.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BSLMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Launcher Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Bot_Shots_Super_Bot_Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Megatron''' (2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''Super Bot 003'''
***''Fist strength'': '''285'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''465'''
***''Sword strength'': '''870'''

:Part of the third wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 1 single-packs, "Super Bot" Megatron transforms into a semi-truck with trailer, taking inspiration from the ''[[Kre-O]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Megatrons. As a Super Bot, he has more lopsided stats (sorta), and was [[Shortpacking|shortpacked]] one per case.

:This mold was redecoed into [[Motormaster (G1)|Motorbreath]]. He shares parts with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Optimus Prime]] and Nemesis Prime.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BSSBMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Super Bot Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BStoy-BattlefortheMatrix-LauncherMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''UB003'''
***''Fist strength'': '''875'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''330'''
***''Sword strength'': '''415'''

: This redeco of the tank version of Megatron is cast in a warmer, non-metallic shade of black, with bronze details, a brighter silver face, and brighter red eyes. He comes with a redeco of his launcher, also in black, bronze, and silver.

: The set also comes with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#BotShotBattleForMatrix|Optimus Prime with his launcher]], [[Brawl (Movie)#BotShotBattleForMatrix|Decepticon Brawl]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#BotShotBattleForMatrix|Bumblebee]], and a [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Bot Shots|Matrix]] prize.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BSBFTMMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Battle for the Matrix Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BStoy-CybertruckMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Megatron doesn't ''need'' your puny windshields.]]
*'''Megatron''' (2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''B018'''
***''Fist strength'': '''800'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''520'''
***''Sword strength'': '''300'''

:Part of the fifth wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 1 single-packs, this Megatron is a redeco of Super Bot Megatron in opaque plastics and with a painted "tanker" trailer section. The online Bot Shots checklist refers to this toy as "Megatron Cybertruck", a name not found on the packaging.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BSB018Megatron/megatron.htm More information on "Cybertruck" Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots Dragon Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Infused with the power of DORK Energon.]]
*'''Dragon Track''' (Playset, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''UB002'''
***''Fist strength'': '''480'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''735'''
***''Sword strength'': '''405'''
**''Accessories'': Launcher

:Available only with the Dragon Track set, this version of Megatron is a new Flip Shot mold, changing into a purple jet with animalistic styling on its nose, and featuring a robot mode that's inspired more by ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' Megatron. An impact to the front of the jet will cause Megatron to flip back into robot mode. He comes with a launcher that can be connected to the track, as well as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#DragonTrack|Flip Shot Optimus Prime and his launcher]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BSDTMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Dragon Track Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots FireAssault Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"I—I stayed out in the sun too long, okay!?"]]
*'''Decepticon Fire Assault Team''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''T016'''
***''Fist strength'': '''290'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''86?'''
***''Sword strength'': '''462'''

:A redeco of the original Megatron mold in red and orange, this version of Megatron was available in a five-pack with similar redecos of [[Shockwave (Movie)#FireAssaultTeam|Shockwave]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys#FireAssaultTeam|Starscream]], [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#FireAssaultTeam|Barricade]], and [[Lockdown (ROTF)#FireAssaultTeam|Lockdown]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BSDFAMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Fire Assault Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BStoy-SpinShotMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|At least, we think it's a car.]]
*'''Megatron''' (2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''B008'''
***''Fist strength'': '''725'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''220'''
***''Sword strength'': '''675'''

:Part of the third wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 single-packs, this new-mold Megatron transforms into a vaguely-animalistic black-and-silver car with wings, and with a robot mode that's also inspired by ''Prime'' Megatron. As a Spin Shot, one manually winds up his upper body beforehand when transforming him into vehicle mode, where striking the front of the vehicle will cause him to burst open and spin while auto-transforming.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BSSSMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Spin Shot Megatron at TFU.info]''

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===''Age of Extinction''===
====''Robots in Disguise''====
{{note|The Japanese releases of the toys below feature no changes from the American release, other than the packaging.}}
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[[File:AoE 1-step Galvatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Movie-verse [[Grand Galvatron]].]]
*'''Galvatron''' (One-Step Changer, 2014)
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the fourth wave of One-Step Changers, Galvatron transforms into a licensed 2012 Freightliner Argosy truck cab. His transformation is triggered when you depress a tab on the back of his wind vane and spin the wind vane a full 360 degrees, deploying his robot mode. Rotating the wind vane clockwise changes him back into a truck. He features articulation at his shoulders.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/OSCGalvatron/galvatron.htm More information on One-Step Changer Galvatron at TFU.info]''
*'''Final Battle 4-Figure Set''' (Multi-pack, 2014-[[October 18|10-18]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA-SP'''
:Galvatron was later released in the Final Battle 4-Pack (along with Sliver Knight Optimus Prime, Slug, and Helicopter Drift) by Takara Tomy.
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[[File:AoE 1-step ROTF Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67| "Ignore me, it's better that way."]]
*'''Megatron''' (One-Step Changer, 2014)
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the fifth wave of One-Step Changers, Megatron changes from Cybertronian tank mode to robot mode at the push of a button. He features articulation at his shoulders. As with many tail-end ''Age of Extinction'' products, Megatron saw poor distribution and is among the most rare figures from the line and demands crazy hefty sums on the secondary market.

:Oddly, this toy is based on Megatron's ''Revenge of The Fallen'' body, is packaged in a card depicting his ''Dark of the Moon'' self, and was released in the ''Age of Extinction'' toyline. Confused yet?
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[[File:Power-battler-aoe-galvatron.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A little hip articulation would have gone SO far.]]
*'''Galvatron''' (Power Attacker, 2014)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''LA18'''

:Released in the third wave of Power Attackers figures, Galvatron changes again into a licensed Freightliner Argosy. Pressing a tab on his back sends a rather intricate and ornate vortex grinder telescoping out of his chest.
[[File:TF-AOE-Power-Attacker-Galvatron-packaging-variants.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]
:Despite having a deluxe-sized robot mode, his vehicle mode is ''smaller'' than his one-step counterpart.

:Galvatron is released in two different packaging variants: he is either released in open, bubble-less card in robot mode, or boxed packaging in vehicle mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/PBGalvatron/galvatron.htm More information on Power Attacker Galvatron at TFU.info]''

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====''Generations''====
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[[File:TF4-Voyager-Galvatron.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|'''''[[Trukk not munky|KANNON NOT TRUKK]]''''' ''(Hasbro Version pictured)'']]
[[File:Takara-tomy-movie-advanced-galvatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You want me, and [[BigBadToyStore|you can have me]]. ''(TakaraTomy Version pictured)'']]
*'''Galvatron''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD22'''
**''Accessories:'' Cannon, Missile
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (deco, TakaraTomy)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''Age of Extinction: [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, Galvatron transforms into a 2012 Freightliner Argosy. Given that it would be impossible to emulate his on-screen transformation, he is a ''complete'' [[Shellformer|shell-former]], with his truck mode folding up solely along his back and calves. As with Evasion Optimus Prime, he has a different paint scheme than seen on his packaging, with fewer paint applications on his body and weapon. His cannon can either be held like a gun or fitted on his hand in a way that appears as if it is coming out of his arm.

:Due to his transformation scheme and design, his thighs are disproportionally short. The ankle hinges that fold his feet up in truck mode also make his lower legs extremely long by about half an inch, adding extra wire-like details that aren't present on his [[character model|CGI model]].

:Galvatron's package is the only packaging in the Age of Extinction toyline that neglects to mention what his alternate mode is called. The only mention of Freightliner being involved with his alternate mode is in the tiny copyright information section of the box.

:The ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)#Movie Advanced Series|Movie Advanced Series]]'' version adds some additional paint applications for a more screen-accurate look, most notably, a darker face with yellowish-red eyes. This mold was later retooled into JD.com exclusive [[JD Red Knight]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Galvatron/galvatron.htm More information on ''Generations'' Galvatron at TFU.info]''

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===''Construct-Bots''===
[[File:Construct-bots-dinobot-riders-galvatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"No! Impossible! They're ruining everything!"]]
* '''Galvatron''' (Dinobot Riders, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Cannon
:Galvatron is a smaller toy that transforms into a futuristic truck. Galvatron can ride any of the larger Dinobot sets. His vehicle mode is photographed backwards in the stock photos.

:Like Starscream, Dinobot Riders Galvatron never saw release.

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* '''Galvatron with ???''' (Dinobot Warriors, 2014)
:Galvatron is a larger set that transforms from a futuristic truck into a robot. He probably comes with a Dinobot partner that can change into accessories.

:Unfortunately, Dinobot Warriors Galvatron never saw release.

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===''Timelines''===
[[File:BotCon2015-Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|GIVE ME [[Megatron (G1)|''YOUR'' FACE]]!]]
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*'''Cybertron's Most Wanted''' (BotCon 2015 box set)
**''Accessories'': [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]], [[Heavyweight]], and [[Boombox]] Arms Micron

:<s>C-81</s> Megatron is a retool of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]'' [[Silas#Prime|Silas Breakdown]] sans the Silas panel piece, a toy which was originally exclusive to Japan. Now with a new head that evokes both the original Megatron and the live-action Megatron, he transforms into his massive armored truck mode, which features a single C joint bar at the rear of the truck and multiple 5mm pegholes. He comes with three smaller partners: Scalpel, Heavyweight, and Boombox. This toy was previously retooled from regular old "[[Breakdown (WFC)|War Breakdown]]," also exclusive to Japan.

: According to [[Jesse Wittenrich]], the [[BotCon]] team wanted to bring over the Japan-only War Breakdown mold, with [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], [[Cannonball (disambiguation)|Cannonball]] and [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] all being considered. However, these bots, among others weren't selected as their heads would need to be shrunken down to fit the mold, forcing him to look into non G1 trucks, eventually leading to ''Dark of the Moon'' Megatron being selected.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/1763977873084371193|year=2024|month=03|day=02|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=Twitter|quote=BotCon wanted to bring the Breakdown mold to the US, and were looking at everything from Wreck-Gar, Cannonball, to Motormaster. But a traditional design head wouldn't fit in the chest without being small, so I looked at non-G1 Decepticon trucks. Which led to DotM Megatron}}</ref>
:[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#TargetCyberverseVs|The above Motormaster based repaint of Megatron's ''Cyberverse'' figure]] also played a part.
<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/1765169314011705394?t=vLXLpQE3LEF7rWaFiA2ozA&s=19|year=2024|month=03|day=06|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=Twitter|quote=This repaint of the Cyberverse Megatron toy also helped with the leap from Motormaster concept to DotM Megatron}}</ref>

:Megatron was available exclusively in a five-figure box set, packaged with [[Battletrap (G1)|Battletrap]], [[Packrat]], [[Stepper (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Stepper]], and [[Oilmaster]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/BCMegatron/megatron.htm More info on Botcon 2015 Megatron on TFU.info]''

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===''EZ Collection Gum''===
*'''Megatron''' (EZ Collection Gum)

:Released as part of the blindpacked ''EZ Collection Gum'' series, this Megatron is basically a clean version of the "battle damaged" figure seen in the second wave of the EZ Collection set.

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===''Movie The Best''===
[[File:Transformers-Movie-MB-03-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wait, never mind.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager, [[2017]]-[[February 4|02-04]])
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''MB-03'''
**''Accessories'': Missile

:Released as part of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Movie The Best]]'' toyline to conclude the 10th anniversary of the [[live-action film series]], this Megatron is an extensive redeco of his Voyager Class toy, featuring a screen-accurate/concept art-accurate deco unlike his two cancelled ''Unite for the Universe'' and ''Megatron Rising'' set's figure.

:Like the rest of the ''Movie The Best'' figures, Megatron is packaged in Vehicle Mode.

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[[File:TF-Movie-The-Best-MB-14-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You customized your figure already? too bad.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader, [[2018]]-[[February 24|2-24]])
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''MB-14'''
**''Accessories'': Sword-axe, Fusion Cannon, two flame effects

:This Megatron is a slight redeco of the Premier Edition Leader Class figure below, featuring a more screen-accurate gray plastic, and slightly darker gold paint details and a red mark on his right face, evoking his appearance in the film.

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===''The Last Knight''===
====''Turbo Changers''====
[[File:TLK-toy TTC Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Megatron''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2017)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Bag code'': '''B'''

:Released in Series 2 of [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Megatron changes from robot to Cybertronian jet and back. This toy uses the design from ''The Last Knight'' and features ball-jointed shoulders and his hands are compatible with ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' weapons and other small accessories.

:The final product differs slightly from the promotional images, his arms are painted in a ''much'' darker grey.

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[[File:TF-TLK-Turbo-Changers-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (1-Step Turbo Changer, 2017)
**''Japanese Release Date'': 2017-[[July 15|07-15]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TLK-16'''

:Released as part of the second wave of Turbo Changers, Megatron is a Scout-ish toy that converts from Cybertronian Jet into robot in just one...no, a few steps, by folding his wings down, fold the whole jet into his robot mode, and flip out the legs.

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[[File:TF-TLK-RtS-Turbo-Changer-6-pack-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''1-Step Turbo Changer 6 Pack''' (2017)
**''Accessories'': Axe, Club, 2 spear-like weapons, Scimitar, Shield

:This Megatron is a redeco of the figure above, featuring various Tech Spec-sque patterns on Jet mode nose and his pair of arms, which can be decoded with their transparent red weapons, which is molded in a sprue similar to the ones used for the Arms Microns kits & ''Robots in Disguise (2015)'' Mini-Con figures. Megatron is the only figure in this set who is actually left unarmed, but he can use the other Bots' weapons in this set. The deco appears similar to his Mission to Cybertron Legion class figure.

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[[File:TF-TLK-Knight-Armor-Turbo-Changer-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-TLK-TC-03-Big-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Megatron''' (Knight Armor Turbo Changer, 2017/2018)
**''Japanese Name'': '''Big Megatron'''
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TC-03'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2018-[[February 3|02-03]]'''

:Knight Armor Turbo Changer Megatron is a Voyager-sized figure that transforms from a Cybertronian Jet to robot in just a few steps. His only articulation is the elbows, and he features 5mm compatible hands. He also features a "Knight Armor" gimmick, which consists of his mask popping out to his head with the press of the button on his back. Take note that you need to flip back the mask manually before you turn him back into Cybertronian Jet Mode. His arm-mounted Fusion Cannon is very, very small.

:The TakaraTomy release of the figure features extensive paint applications to resembles his on-screen appearances, and his pop-out mask is now vacuum metallized with some metallic red and gold details.
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====Legion Class====
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[[File:TF-TLK-Legion-Class-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"You were right, Diana, they don't deserve our help. They only deserve destruction."]]
*'''Megatron''' (Legion, 2017)

:Released in wave 2 of legion class figures, Megatron changes from Cybertronian jet to robot in a few simple steps. His nose cone rotates to reveal a sculpted fusion cannon barrel on his right arm. His hands are compatible with 3mm post weapons. For his size, he is quite well articulated, though most of it is used for his transformation scheme.

:In Japan, Megatron was available as a giveaway item for Mitsui Shopping Park's Toys"R"Us stores located at Lalaport Tokyo Bay, and he can be obtained by purchasing 5000 yen worth of ''Transformers'' products. The figure is limited to the first 300 customers, by the way.

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[[File:TF-TLK-TV-Magazine-Burning-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|That's a...spicy Meg-a-tron!]]
*'''Burning Megatron''' (TV-Kun exclusive freebie, 2017-[[August 1|08-01]])

:Burning Megatron is a redeco of the Legion Class Megatron in entirely red with some hint of gold, and he was released as a freebie for the September 2017 issue of ''[[TV Magazine]]'' (along with a DIY Geed Riser paper craft from ''Ultraman Geed''). Megatron also comes with cutout stands of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Sqweeks, Grimlock, and Drift, which was reused from the main stock photos of the Takara release of the figures, printed with Ultraman Geed's cutout mask.

:It should be noted that ''every'' photos of the toy featured in the magazine (including the commercial) is slightly mistansformed: his cockpit/cannon is not rotated in robot mode, although the magazine's 115th page shows that his cannon is rotated correctly. It didn't help that [[The Explosive Birth of Energon Charge Bumblebee|his illustrated appearances]] also utilizes the same mistranformation.

:Explosive Burning Sword not included.
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[[File:TF-TLK-Walmart-Legion-Megatron-and-Berserker-2-pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron & Berserker''' (Mission to Cybertron 2-pack, 2017)

:The unchanged release of Legion Class Megatron was available in a two-pack with [[Berserker]], a redeco of [[Breakdown (WFC)#Cyberverse|''Prime'' Legion Class Breakdown]], under the ''Autobots Unite'' subline imprint. This set was ''intended'' to be [[exclusive]] to [[Walmart]] stores in the United States, but although it ''was'' stocked by the Walmart US online store, it supposedly never actually made it to brick and mortar Walmart stores, instead ending up at US discount retailers, primarily Ross stores. Internationally, it was available in Hong Kong (possibly as a non-exclusive general retail release), at Walmart's subsidiary Asda in the United Kingdom, as a Prisma exclusive in Finland, and as a Walmart exclusive in Mexico. It was also listed at the websites of Dutch retailers Bart Smit and Intertoys (owned by the same parent company), but again, it's unsure if it was ever actually released in the Netherlands.
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[[File:TF-TLK-Mission-to-Cybertron-Legion-Class-2-pack-BvM-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|'''"MEGATRON'S ARMS ARE NOT BLUE! FIX MEGATRON'S ARMS IMMEDIATELY HASBRO!!!111"''']]
*'''Bumblebee VS Megatron''' (Mission to Cybertron 2-pack, 2017)

:Available along with Bumblebee, this Megatron is a repaint of the Legion Class figure above, sporting the same paint mask as the original Legion Class release, but features ''<s>blue</s> blue-ish purple arms'', feet and canopy. He features Cybertronic glyphs on the left side of his canopy, which translates as his own name.

:He and Bumblebee was available as as Toys"R"Us exclusive, including Japan, which also makes the first Legion Class ''The Last Knight'' Megatron to be released in Japanese retail.
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====''Titan Changers''====
[[File:TF-TLK-Titan-Changer-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|This diet is ''killin''' me! .....help me.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Titan Changer, 2017)

:''Titan Changers'' Megatron is an all-new mold that transforms from a tall robot into a Cybertronian Jet in just 5 easy steps! He features a minimal articulation on the arms and 5mm-compatible hands, though he cannot hold weapons with longer handles/hilts due to the wing kibble.
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====''Allspark Tech''====
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[[File:Transformers-TLK-Allspark Tech-Megatron.jpg|thumb|300px|No, not the [[AllSpark]] again!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Allspark Tech, 2017)

:Released as part of the individual carded ''Allspark Tech'' figures, This Megatron is a super-deformed styled robot that converts into a deformed Cybertronian jet and back. His chest also features a cavity for the electronic Allspark Cube (Oh, [[Transformers (film)|the irony!]]), which gives him different sound effects for his robot & vehicle modes. He also features 5mm compatible hands, but no weapon accessories.

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====''Premier Edition''====
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[[File:TF-TLK-Mission-to-Cybertron-Deluxe-Class-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''New Megatron<br>Is punishing<br>His Fusion cannon is illin'!'']]
*'''Megatron''' (Mission to Cybertron Deluxe Class, 2017)
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips/cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:"Mission to Cybertron" Megatron is a redeco/new head retool of [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Deluxe|''Generations Thrilling 30'' Megatron]] (and also the first Deluxe Class Movie Megatron toy that is not a Fast Action Battler), featuring a new head based on his appearance in the movie, albeit in a ''Generation 1''-ish style. He transforms from robot into Don Figueroa's stealth bomber design from IDW Publishing's ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' ongoing series (which resembles a Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit). In robot mode, his wingtips detach to combine and transform into his fusion cannon. The cannon can peg into 5mm ports on his hands and forearms. Many figures were erroneously released with [[Quality control|two left fists]]. The instructions still depict his original mold's head.

:As with most "Mission to Cybertron" figures, Megatron features Cyberglyphics on both sides of the wings/fusion cannon, which translate to his own name. He also comes with a card, with the glyphs being decoded as "ENERGON", while the back features a piece (which includes Megatron) for the 6-part "Mission to Cybertron" poster.

:The figure also saw release in Japan, also as a Toys"R"Us exclusive (''stealth'' Megatron), without any changes from the American release. This mold was also used to make ''Generations'' [[Dreadwing (G2)#Generations|Dreadwing]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Krok (G1)#Timelines|Krok]].

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[[File:TF-TLK-Voyager-Megatron.jpg|upright=2|thumb|He's gonna axe you a question.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, 2017)
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2017-[[August 5|08-05]]'''
**''Accessories'': [[Megatron's Konda|Konda sword]]
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Released in the second wave of ''Premier Edition'' Voyagers, Megatron transforms from robot to Cybertronian jet. It is armed with a weapon resembling the [http://www.higgins-collection.org/artifacts/1605 Ikakalaka] weapon, and it can be stored on the robot's back which also can end up under the cockpit in jet mode if left place, or may be stored on the jet's top. While the fusion cannon on the right forearm is non-removable, it can be folded up against the back of his arm to replicate his ‘unarmed’ look in the movie. While the figure appears nearly black in promotional images, it's actually a metallic graphite gray with darker gunmetal gray paint applications. As with the other TLK Megatron figure, this one lacks the red facial "scar" from the film, but has red light piping in the eyes, forehead... and neck! The jet mode cockpit is also cast in transparent red. The port on the robot back/jet undercarriage is compatible with most figure flight stands. The jet mode lacks any sort of landing gear. There is a minor variant, in regards to the Decepticon symbol. While the stock photos and vast majority of the release feature the Decepticon symbol as it appears with its movie styling, some copies have been found sporting the traditional Decepticon logo, with the difference being in the eyes.

:Some stock photos depict Megatron's sword handle as being an unpainted red, however the final release and later stock photos have it the same color as the rest of the sword. The stock renders also depict the sword's bladed section and several body details being painted silver.

:The figure saw release in Japan as a Toys"R"Us exclusive. As with most Wave 2 Deluxes and Voyagers, Megatron's release was delayed in some territories, leading to [[Toy scalping|scalping]] on the aftermarket.

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[[File:TF-TLK-Leader-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader, 2017)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TLK-19'''
**''Accessories'': Konda sword, Fusion Cannon, two flame effects
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the first wave of ''Premier Edition'' Leader Class figures, Megatron changes from Cybertronian jet to robot and back. He includes a large sword-axe which can store on his back in robot mode, and on the top of his jet in his vehicle form. In addition, he also comes with two flame effects which can plug into his turbine exhausts in jet mode or his arm-mounted fusion cannon in robot mode. On the back of his head there is a lever that can be pulled up to rotate a portion of his head, and close in the tusks to form his battle mask; this he space limitations that this gimmick needs makes his unmasked jaw hilariously skinny. In jet mode, he has an opening cockpit and his nosecone can be opened up to expose the fusion cannon by the push of a button right behind the cockpit. Because this action is spring-loaded and the two halves of the nosecone are made of soft plastic, it does not hold together well. When the cannon barrel is retracted in robot mode, the fusion cannon vaguely resembles the shield he's seen wielding on the [[Package art|package art]].

:Of all the Megatron toys above, this Leader Class figure bears the largest jet mode in the lineup.

:His battle axe was redecoed as a promotional campaign item, which used gold chrome. In 2018, Megatron is released along with either 1) [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#CaliburOP|Calibur Optimus Prime]] as part of the "Optimus Prime VS Megatron" set, or 2) [[Berserker#The Last Knight|Berserker]] and [[Nitro Zeus#The Last Knight|Decepticon Nitro]] as part of the "Decepticon Set". Both sets are exclusive to Takara Tomy Mall.

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[[File:TF-TLK-TF-Expo-2017-Taiwan-Lucky-Draw-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|So, you have the blood of the old gods in you! The old gods died.]]
*'''Megatron Gold Version''' (Leader Class, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Sword-axe, Fusion Cannon, two flame effects

:Available as a lottery prize for Taiwan TF Expo 2017, this Megatron is a vacuum-metallized redeco (this includes unpaintable plastic) of the Leader Class figure above.
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===''Transformers Fan Book''===
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*'''''[[Transformers Fan Book 2020]]''''' (TV-Magazine Mook, 2020)

:This release of the Legion Class ''The Last Knight'' Megatron mold is a slight repaint of the original, with the chest and lower jaw being painted with the very same gold used for the toes and the canopy. He is packed with an unchanged version of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Transformers Fan Book|''The Last Knight'' Legion Class Optimus Prime mold as it appeared in the Mission to Cybertron 2-pack]] as part of the "Battle Set" freebie included in the 2020 edition of [[Kodansha]]'s ''[[Transformers Fan Book (series)|Transformers Fan Book]]''.
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===''Turbo Change Series''===
*'''Megatron''' ([[April 21]], 2018)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TC-07'''

:''Turbo Change Series'' Megatron is essentially a re-release of the Turbo Changer figure with new packaging. Like most of the wave's Turbo Changers, Megatron is likely to feature a pin on the legs that is used to activate the second Battle Command Optimus Prime toy's gimmicks.

:In 2019, the toy was given away free for the school kids who attended the [https://art.parco.jp/parcomuseum/detail/?id=168 ”The World Of Transformers” Exhibition] held at the Parco Museum in Ikebukuro from March 15th to Monday, April 1st, 2019.

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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:StudioSeries-13-MV2-Voyager-Megatron.jpg|thumb|350px|Har, har, you bought ''Movie The Best'' Voyager Megatron didn't ya?]]
* '''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[2018]])
**''Movie'': '''''Revenge of the Fallen'''''
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''13'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-11'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[July 28]], 2018
**''Accessories:'' "Forest Fight" backdrop (1st version)
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:''[[Studio Series]]'' Megatron transforms into a Cybertronian tank and is generally more accurate to his appearance in ''Revenge of the Fallen''. It features a flip-out sword for his [[death-lock pincer]] with an articulated thumb sticking out of the side to make up for his lack of a right hand, as well as side turrets for his tank mode. His tank mode is ''mostly'' accurate to the film, however, it does not include its wings. The figure also includes a cardboard backdrop depicting the forest battle in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.

:The lower rear leg panels fall off very easily due to the pegs being molded too short. Due to transformation, Megatron is left with a glaringly hollow robot mode if viewed from the sides; this problem can be somewhat rectified by gently forcing the turrets downward.

:While some [[Toy Fair]] [[Toy Fair 2018|2018]] painted samples showed Megatron with a dark, metallic color scheme, the final product features light grey plastic. Likewise, the CG stock render depicts Megatron having brighter & duller gold parts instead of the final product's bronze, and his pair of turrets is depicted as being molded in black, among other minor deco differences, including a Decepticon symbol on his left shoulder that was omitted. The sword on the render is also bent impossibly far upwards, clipping into the rest of his cannon arm.

:Unsurprisingly, the [https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/archive/1/16/20180531120445%21StudioSeries-13-MV2-Voyager-Megatron.jpg stock photo] featured on many websites don't have the feet fully transformed (making them look long and flat). As shown in the accurately-transformed figure to the right: his toes can split in two; the back half of the foot must be folded down for accuracy; and the kibble that forms his face-guard in tank mode helps balance the feet out. Speaking of feet: the small wheel on Megatron's right foot in the CG stock render is molded in the same light gray color, while the other small wheels are molded in the same color as the treads.

:Later issues of this mold have a problem with the left ankle - the pin holding it in place with the shin is inserted too far on the inside. With some figures, this issue severely affects the poseability of the left leg. Another as-of-yet unidentified issue in the right leg can also cause the right front treads to lift high off the ground in tank mode, which can be annoying.

:Megatron is one of the earliest victims of rapid photodegradation; His unpaintable gray joints can potentially give a yellow tint.

:In a rather ''bizarre'' case of parts reuse, several of this figure's parts (notably the arm joints and the hip pieces) were also used for ''Studio Series'' Leader Class [[Shockwave (Movie)#Studio Series|Shockwave]], whereas his chest piece was also used for ''Studio Series'' Voyager Class Megatron in his body from the 2007 film (see below).

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[[File:TF-SS-33-Battle-Damaged-Megatron.jpg|thumb|350px| So ''that's'' why he has a hollow torso.]]
* '''Battle Damaged Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[2019]])
**''Movie'': '''''Revenge of the Fallen'''''
**''ID number:'' '''31'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Operation: Firestorm|Pyramid Desert Battle]]" backdrop (1st version)

:Released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', this ''Studio Series'' Megatron is a redeco and retool of the figure above, featuring a metallic shade of plastic with some paint wash details, multiple parts casted in a very dark grey and metallic plastic, and a new damaged head representing his injuries from Optimus Prime at the end of the movie. The figure includes a cardboard backdrop depicting the [[Operation: Firestorm]] desert battle.

:The figure was first stocked by Hong Kong online shops without any prior announcement from Hasbro. In March, the [http://www.toysrus.ca/product/index.jsp?productId=169340646 figure was listed in Toys"R"Us Canada's online store]. Around the same time, the figure was released as a Target exclusive in the US. It later saw a re-release by Target in late 2021.

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[[File:Studio-Series-34-MV3-Leader-Megatron.jpg|thumb|350px|Homeless millionaire!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader Class, 2019)
**''Movie'': '''''Dark of the Moon'''''
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''34'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-27'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 23]], 2019
**''Accessories:'' Cloak, chains, shotgun, [[Igor#Studio Series|Igor]] minifigure, "[[Namibia|Serengeti Hideout]]" backdrop

:This ''Studio Series'' Megatron transforms into a licensed Mack M915 Line-Haul Replacement Tractor and is accurate to his appearance in ''Dark of the Moon'', complete with a new cloak accessory and chains. He also comes with a shotgun, a minifigure of [[Igor]], and a cardboard backdrop display depicting the Decepticon camp in [[Namibia]], [[Africa]]. The Igor figure can plug into small pegs behind his head in robot mode or on the truck mode's trailer.

:Megatron's shotgun can store underneath the cab of the truck or on his robot back using a small peg. The shotgun is actually molded in beige plastic and then completely coated with gunmetal and silver paint for increased screen-accuracy. Care should be taken when tabbing in his shotgun to his hand as the hand's rubbery plastic can strip away the gun's paint, especially if left there for prolonged periods of time. While only the right hand is molded to be able to hold it via 5 mm post, a small peg near the handle allows him to wield the shotgun in his left hand by plugging it into a gap on his thumb, though it takes some fiddling with his fingers (which are also molded in soft plastic) to make it look presentable.

:It can be difficult to get enough clearance in truck mode for the cab's rear wheels to roll freely, as the chest pieces hang very low to the ground when in alternate mode. In addition, due to the sheer length of the truck mode and the internal forces from plastic tolerances, it can be difficult to get all ten wheels on the ground at once. The peg that connects the truck frame together in prevents his left calf from sliding completely flush into his leg, but this does not affect posability.

:Leaving Megatron in vehicle mode with the chains attached for an extended period of time can cause the forearm panels to warp just enough that they refuse to tab in properly in robot mode, but simply keeping him in robot mode for a few days can fix this issue.

:The rubber chains take a bit of stretching to properly attach. Some orientations are easier to hook on than others, and the order of operations can also make it easier or harder to get all four eyelets hooked in place. As a result of the transformation, the truck cab is noticeably hollow, and cannot pivot at the trailer connection. As the front grills/spikes are molded in soft plastic, the pieces may warp in robot mode, in and out of package.

:Presumably as a result of being accidentally assigned to the wrong toy during the same photo shoot, the Hasbro stock photos of Megatron depict [[Jetfire (Movie)#Studio Series|Jetfire]]'s cane as an accessory, rather than Jetfire's own stock photos.

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[[File:TF-Studio-Series-Universal-Studios-Megatron.jpg|thumb|350px|Warning: Figure may shoot you if you attempt to do the ''[[Fortnite]]'' dance.]]
*'''As Seen In Parks Megatron''' (Leader Class, 2019)
**''Movie'': '''''Transformers: The Ride – 3D'''''
**''ID number:'' '''48'''
**''Accessories:'' Shotgun, chains, "Megatron Wreaks Havoc on Universal Studios" backdrop

:Planned as a [[Transformers: Universal Studios|Universal Studios]] exclusive, this Megatron is a redeco of the Leader Class figure above, featuring an entirely gray body meant to resemble the Megatron meet and greet in Universal Studios. Unlike the previous ''Studio Series'' Leader Class figure, he does not come with the cloak accessory or the minifigure of Igor. His backdrop depicts the door and queue area where the Megatron performer exits and greets park guests.

:Though we're not ''entirely'' sure whether "As Seen In Parks Megatron" is indeed supposed to be the toy's official name, the "As Seen In Parks" descriptor ''is'' featured in the same location where other ''Studio Series'' toys have their prefixes, such as "[[Stinger (AOE)#Studio Series|Decepticon Stinger]]", "[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Studio Series|Autobot Ratchet]]", "[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS26|WWII Bumblebee]]" or "[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS27|Clunker Bumblebee]]", plus it's what the official [[Hasbro Pulse]] listing calls the figure, so...

:Due to the global {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}, the toy was released as a "shared exclusive" between several online retailers such as [[Hasbro Pulse]], [[BigBadToyStore]] and Entertainment Earth in the US.

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[[File:TF-Studio-Series-Voyager-Megatron.jpg|thumb|350px|''I whip my chain back and forth, I whip my chain back and forth'']]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, 2019)
**''Movie'': '''''Transformers'''''
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''54'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-46'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 28]], [[2020]]
**''Accessories:'' Flail, "Mission City Battle" backdrop
:This Voyager Megatron sculpt is based on his body from the 2007 film, transforming into a Cybertronian jet and drawing some engineering cues from his [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' figure]]. Like his wave-mate [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#Studio Series|Soundwave]], he's slathered in metallic silver paint. As such, exercise some caution if you don't want to get them scratched from handling.

:Confusingly, his chest is redecoed from that of his initial ''Revenge of the Fallen'' ''Studio Series'' figure, making it inaccurate to its appearance in the 2007 film. In a bizarre reversal of this, Megatron's CG model render on the front of the packaging depicts his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' head photoshopped onto his 2007 chest and body. As a byproduct of his transformation scheme, his knee joints are placed extremely far back on his legs, resulting in unsightly gaps in some poses. Due to being hinge joints, the heel panels are ''sometimes'' not strong enough to support the weight of the figure.

:There appears to be a minor sculpting mistake on his left toes: the bits near the top are offset rather than symmetrical like on his right toes. This error is not present on the toy's digital render or the movie CGI model.

:Due to its transformation, the jet mode's fuselage is rather visually compromised, consisting of robot kibble instead of accurate detailing. The jet lacks his distinctive exposed head as well as the top spikes on the ends of his wings, though the latter may be [[for safety reasons]]. As he has no landing gear, the jet rests on Megatron's torso, which may scratch the paint. He does possess a 3mm stand port for jet mode, but unfortunately it is difficult to access.

:This figure's flail, attached using a [[mushroom joint]], differs from those of his previous Leader Class and ''Masterpiece'' toys; it uses a proper spiked head rather than repurposing one of his hands and is connected using two separate chains sculpted from a somewhat flexible material. The flail's chain assembly features a [[5_mm_post|5 mm post]] on each side for storage in jet mode and a special tab that is shaped to fit a slot in either of Megatron's wrists while his hands are folded, though its width also makes it compatible with most 5 mm ports. Unfortunately, he does not come equipped with his fusion cannon.

:Lastly, he comes with backdrop display depicting the Battle of [[Mission City]].

:Like the rest of the Voyager figures in the same wave, Megatron first saw release in Hong Kong independent stores.

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[[File:TF-SS-90-Voyager-AOE-Galvatron.jpg|thumb|350px|Clean back? All done without a hitch.]]
*'''Galvatron''' (Voyager Class, 2022)
**''Movie'': '''''Age of Extinction'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''90'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-93'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November]], 2022
**''Accessories'': Cannon, rocket cluster, "Hong Kong Pursuit" backdrop
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref name="insta">Sam Smith's [https://www.instagram.com/p/CdMoATBFlDv/ Instagram] [https://www.instagram.com/p/CdMoNm7F3uz/ posts] [https://www.instagram.com/p/CdMoUo0FQyY/ about] ''Studio Series'' Galvatron</ref>

:''Studio Series'' Galvatron is a Voyager Class figure, transforming into a licensed 2012 Freightliner Argosy. Like the original Voyager Class figure from 2014, he has truck kibble on his robot mode due to the impossible-to-emulate transformation on-screen; despite this, he comes out looking much cleaner in robot mode compared to his 2014 figure, even managing to replicate the back of his torso grinder and featuring (small) sculpted-in arm blades! Unfortunately, his feet form ''very'' noticeable kibble on his truck mode's trailer hitch as a trade-off.

:He comes with his cannon and a rocket cluster. The cannon is designed to be used in his right hand. In vehicle mode, it can be stored under the truck using a slot in the left foot, but has no robot mode storage (officially). The rockets store in his chest in robot mode and under the cab in truck mode.

:Omitted from the instructions but shown in his Instagram reveal, the rocket cluster can peg into his arms or the sides of his truck mode. Undocumented by either, the cannon sports another tab that also allows it to peg into his arm or the sides of the truck. Additionally, in robot mode, there is enough space to [https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/studio-series-90-age-of-extinction-voyager-class-galvatron.1234541/page-5#post-20825378 store both accessories in his chest with a bit of finagling].

:Don't forget to rotate his head when transforming to truck mode, otherwise the roof will not sit flush.

:Like all ''Studio Series'' figures in the Deluxe class and above, he comes with a backdrop, which depicts the chase in [[Hong Kong]] for the [[Seed]].

:Galvatron sports a several differences between his digital render and the final product, notably the sculpting on the upper parts of his torso panel and the stripes on his forehead (which ended up almost completely removed), as well as additional paint apps that did not make it to release.

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*'''''Transformers'' 15th Anniversary Decepticon Multipack''' (Multi-pack, 2023)
**''Movie'': '''''Transformers'''''
**''ID number'': '''54'''
**''Accessories'': Flail, "Decepticon AllSpark Hunt" reversible backdrop

:"15th Anniversary" Megatron is a seemingly unchanged re-release of the original SS-54 Megatron above, still sporting his inaccurate chest design. He comes with his flail.

:This figure comes in an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive 4-pack alongside ''Studio Series'' [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#SS15thAnniversary|Starscream]], [[Blackout (Movie)#SS15thAnniversary|Blackout]]/[[Scorponok (Movie)#SS15thAnniversary|Scorponok]], and [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#SS15thAnniversary|Barricade]], released to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the first live-action [[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'' film]] (though it was released after the ''16th'' anniversary). The pack comes with a unique reversible backdrop depicting [[Hoover Dam]] on one side and battle of [[Mission City]] on the other. Notably, fellow Decepticons [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] are absent from this team pack.

:The front of the box reuses the odd render of 2007 Megatron with his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' head from the original SS54 box.

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[[File:TF-Studio-Series-Concept-Megatron.jpg|thumb|350px|I would have waited an eternity for this.]]
*'''Concept Art Megatron''' (Leader Class, [[2024]])
:*''Movie'': '''''Bumblebee'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''109'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-127'''
:*''Accessories'': Fusion Cannon, "Cybertron Falls" backdrop (3rd version)
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)}}<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy9lj7xssPx/ Design notes] on Concept Art Megatron from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Sam Smith]] on Instagram</ref>

: Released as the only Leader Class figure in the first wave of ''Studio Series'' in 2024, Megatron is one of the first figures in the "concept art" subset based upon unused designs and CAD from ''Bumblebee''. This version of Megatron is also a triple changer inspired by the unreleased ''Animated'' [[Megatron (Animated)#Marauder|Marauder Megatron]]! He transforms into a Cybertronian tank in 32 steps, as well as a Cybertronian jet in 39. He comes with a unique version of the "Cybertron Falls" backdrop that features three Seekers in battle position.

: The fusion cannon features a 5mm barrel and can reconfigure for different vehicle modes or collapse to store on Megatron's back via one of two available 5mm ports. Megatron features extensive articulation for a mainline figure, including butterfly joint shoulders and the most expressive hands found outside of a ''Masterpiece'' figure. Each hand can point thanks to a separate index finger and the double jointed fingers allow for a much more anatomically correct clenched fist than you're likely to see on anything else that also has a 5mm hole. This feature does come at a cost, as getting Megatron's digits into the correct position to allow them to properly fold away into his forearms without snagging isn't straightforward; while the index finger folds into the regular "fist" position, the other three fingers must first be folded down at the knuckle as far as the joint can go, then the mid-finger joints should be folded down as if to cover his wrist with the fingertips.

: Instead of the usual tiny wheels in the tank treads, he merely features little static nubs sculpted where they would be. You can't have it all.

: In a small undocumented feature, the top fin (with a 5mm peg) on the fusion cannon can unclip and swivel out to 45°, which allows the cannon to angle down over Megatron's shoulder when pegged on to his back.

: Megatron, alongside the first wave of 2024 Studio Series product, was revealed at MCM London 2023. He was then made available to attendees of [[Singapore Comic Con#2023|Cybertron Fest]] at Singapore Comic Con 2023 before anywhere else.

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy9lj7xssPx/ Designer commentary on Concept Art Megatron from Sam Smith on Instagram]''

===''Movie Edition''===
[[File:Movie-Edition-Tiny-Turbo-Changers-Series-4-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Why is my code "N"? I'm not "Negatron"!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''4'''
:*''Bag code'': '''N'''

: Released in Series 4 of [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Megatron is based off his appearance in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and as such changes into a (very) rough interpretation of his Cybertronian tank alternate form. He features articulation in his cannon arm, but not his standard arm. His torso features a hinge through the top of his torso that is not used in his transformation and allows his whole upper body to split in half, but otherwise has no purpose.

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[[File:TTC-toy Movie-Edition-Series-5-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2019)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''5'''
:*''Bag code'': '''B'''

: Released in series 5 of Tiny Turbo Changers, this version of Megatron is based off an unused design that would have appeared in the ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' film, transforming from Earth-ish tank of made-up model to a more "Generation 1"-inspired robot mode. He features ball-jointed shoulders and 3mm compatible hands.

: Series 5 only ''barely'' made it to retail. Very few retailers and virtually no online outlets offered this Series, and the few places they could be found, like Target, apparently got very very few of them.

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[[File:TTC-toy Megatron TLK Shadow.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Shadow Spark Megatron''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2019)
**''Series'': '''5'''
**''Bag code'': '''G'''

: Also part of Series 5, "Shadow Spark" Megatron is a purple redeco of the [[#Turbo Changers|Series 2 ''The Last Knight'' jet-Megatron design]].
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===''Bumblebee''===
[[File:Bumblebee-Titan-Changer-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=0.66]]
*'''Megatron''' (Titan Changer, 2018)
:The [[#Titan Changer|''Last Knight'' Titan Changer]] Megatron toy is re-released with a new ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)|Bumblebee]]'' movie-themed packaging.
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====''Energon Igniters''====
[[File:EnergonIgnitersPowerMegatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Taking "Peekaboo I see you" to the next level.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Power Series, 2018)
:Standing approximately 5-inches, ''Bumblebee'' Power Megatron shares an identical design to his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' body, transforming into a Cybertronian tank. Like other Power figures, he can interact with the Cores of larger Energon Igniters toys.

:The original stock photography has his robot mode mistransformed: His legs are not straightened. Unlike the CG renders, the instructions do not mention that the wings must be flipped in vehicle mode. The renders also depict Megatron's (unpaintable) forearms and thighs as silver instead of a light metallic gray from the final product.

:This was retooled into [[Blitzwing (BB)#Bumblebee|Blitzwing]].
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===''Masterpiece Movie Series''===
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[[File:Masterpiece-MPM8-Megatron.jpg|thumb|500px|"Join the other wallets in extinction!"]]
*'''Megatron''' ([[2019]])
**''Movie'': '''''Transformers'''''
**''ID number'': '''MPM-8'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[August 31]], 2019
**''Accessories'': "[[Fusion cannon|Weapon Blaster]]", chain whip, "[[AllSpark#Masterpiece Movie Series|Allspark Cube]]"

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece Movie Series]]'' Megatron is a large (12" tall), complex, mostly screen-accurate mold, and for the first time in ''years'' is based on his appearance in the 2007 film rather than the sequels, transforming into a Cybertronian jet mode in 50 steps. He features [[die-cast]] in his feet and multiple pieces in his back. Both of Megatron's weapon gimmicks are based on his removable hands: he includes a rubber "chain" piece which can connect either hand to its wrist to represent his flail in the film, albeit closer to the [[Rocket Claw]], as the flail end in the film is not his hand. The "Weapon Blaster", as the box calls it, can plug into a single wrist in its smaller "handgun" form, or into both wrists in its extended "[[fusion cannon]]" form. His blaster can also plug into the chain in order to represent the flail head, albeit oversized and lopsided. His hands can be stored on slots on his back (making them tower over his head), but they do ''not'' need to be removed for transformation. Both weapons have dedicated storage in robot and vehicle modes, with the blaster usefully filling out the jet's rear end.

:Megatron also includes a silver-painted [[AllSpark#Masterpiece Movie Series|AllSpark]] cube containing die-cast, which, under a removable portion of his chest, can fit into his red translucent innards to represent his death at the end of the film. Like several other ''Masterpiece Movie Series'' figures, he has an articulated jaw. His transformation scheme allows his wings to be unfurled in robot mode, representing the brief scene in the movie when he carried Jazz to a rooftop before killing him.

:Megatron was revealed and released alongside MPM-9 [[Jazz (Movie)#Masterpiece Movie Series|Autobot Jazz]], as the two can replicate Jazz's death from the 2007 film.

:Megatron's head is based on a unfinalized model that was often used in previsualization material in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''Dark of the Moon''. This is especially noticable as it lacks Cybertronian text on the back of his head, as well as sporting excessive material around the sides of his head and his crown.<ref>[https://youtu.be/AtU_I4Wdg_c Unfinalized 2007 Megatron CGI model used for animatic clips throughout the first three films.]</ref>

:Exercise caution while transforming him into both modes: as many of his parts are painted, some of the sections are prone to chipping.
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===''Premium Finish''===
[[File:Premium-finish-SS-Megatron.jpg|thumb|300px|Showing up again in 2022 means that I'll have at least a cameo in the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|next movie]], right? RIGHT!?]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[December 29]], [[2021]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PF SS-03 / PFSS 03'''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''SS-03'''
**''Accessories'': Flail

:As part of the third wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Premium Finish|''Premium Finish'']]'' subline, Megatron is a redeco of the ''Studio Series'' [[#SS54 |2007 Movie]] mold to represent his appearance in [[Transformers_(film)|''Transformers'']]. Notable deco changes include: The unpaintable plastic parts have been replaced with a similar shade with the paintable brown plastic, the silver paint operations are swapped with gray with silver weathering, and the paint operations on the legs, arms, torso, and head are altered.
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===''Rise of the Beasts''===
[[File:ROTB_Autobots_Unite_Megatron.jpg|thumb|300px|Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Film, again?!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Power Plus Series/Spark Chargers, 2023)
**Accessories: Igniter Core

:The [[Megatron_(Movie)/toys#Energon_Igniters|Power Series]] Megatron from the ''Bumblebee'' movie toyline has been repacked as part of the "Spark Changers" for the ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (toyline)|Rise of the Beasts]]'' ''Autobots Unite'' subline. While the figure is unchanged from the original release, Megatron comes with an additional Energon Core for his tank mode to roll with.

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[[File:TF-ROTB-Titan-Changer-Megatron-repack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|...you're buying this for the box art, aren't you?]]
*'''Megatron''' (Titan Changer, 2023)
**Accessories: Fusion Cannon

:The ''[[Transformers Authentics|Authentics]]'' Titan Changer [[Megatron_(G1)/toys#TitanChanger|Megatron]] is repackaged without any changes on the figure, and he transforms from a thin robot to a tank. The fusion cannon can be mounted on either arm or held in either fist via a 5 mm post. Like most Titan Changers, he only features articulation in his ball-jointed shoulders.

:The packaging also featured the first look at what Megatron would've looked like in the ''Bumblebee'' movie. Yes, the render ''does'' resemble the [[#S5TTC|Tiny Turbo Changer]]’s detailing.
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*'''Megatron''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2023)
:This Megatron is another ''Rise of the Beasts''-themed re-release of the ''Bumblebee'' [[#Bumblebee|Power Series Megatron]], this time without the Energon core like the original release. Listings referred to these toys as "Legends of Cybertron." The packaging also features the same ''Bumblebee'' Megatron render as the Titan Changer toy above.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Decepticons]]
[[Category:Attacktix]]
[[Category:Bumblebee Decepticons]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kmart exclusives]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]
[[Category:Movie Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Rise of the Beasts Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Studio Series Decepticons]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:Titanium Series]]
[[Category:Toys"R"Us exclusives]]
[[Category:Toys"R"Us Japan exclusives]]
[[Category:The Last Knight Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]
[[Category:Masterpiece]]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2024-08-15T16:05:39Z

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[[File:TMNT-Infestation-2.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|"[[A Tribe Called Quest|Can I kick it? Yes you can]]!"]]
The '''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''' are a quartet of, as the name suggests, mutated crime-fighting turtles. These heroes in a half-shell consist of the four brothers:
*[[Leonardo]]
*[[Donatello]]
*[[Raphael]]
*[[Michelangelo (TMNT)|Michelangelo]]

==Fiction==
===''Infestation 2''===
The world of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was one of many universes invaded by the [[Elder God]]s. {{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

==Toys==
===''Collaborative''===
[[File:CollaborativePartyWallop figure.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Likely the closest we can get to a Transformers answer to the ''[[Nintendo|Mario]] and [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic]] at the Olympics'' series.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-multi|'''Party Wallop''' (2024)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 5 skullcaps (Party Wallop, Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo), 2 katana, bo staff, 2 sai, 2 nunchaku, mini-pizza
{{toydesigner|[[Amy Bence]] (packaging artist), [[Matthew Cohen]] (photography)}}<ref>[[March 28]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlrpW_ZFKvE Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 28, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Kelly Rose]], and [[Matt Ferguson]].</ref>

:''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' [[Party Wallop]] is a roughly-Voyager-sized toy, transforming from a humanoid-turtle-like robot into the Turtles' "Party Wagon" vehicle, based on its design in the original {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 cartoon series}}. In van mode, the roof-mounted (non-firing) guns and side-mounted red "lights" can rotate/elevate, plus the ends of the cannons are [[Fire Blast effect]]-compatible. The logo/shield in the van's front center can pop off, revealing a tiny personal pan pizza.

: In robot mode, Party Wallop has a ''lot'' of display options available. Party Wallop's head pops apart above the "muzzle", to be replaced with one of five different skullcaps: a baseline green for default Party Wallop, then four others with "bandanas", one each in one of the Turtles' colors (Leo in blue, Donnie in purple, Raph in red, Mikey in orange). The currently unused skullcaps can be stored in Party Wallop's back assembly/shell. The Wagon's entire front end can stay attached to the robot's torso, or be removed and placed on his back, revealing a more turtle-plastron-like torso design. This sub-torso features a rotating belt buckle, each side displaying one of the four Turtle's initials (L, D, R, M) in their trademark colors to match the chosen bandana (or not, go nuts).

: On top of that, he comes with Cybertronian versions of each of the boys' signature weapons: Leo's katanas, Donnie's bo staff, Raph's sais, and Mikey's nunchaku. All seven of these weapons can be stored in both robot and vehicle mode, with a series of tabs and [[5 mm post]]s/holes allowing all of them to be readily accessible for battle in robot mode, not merely stuffed into his back-shell.

==Notes==
*The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have seen a handful of ''Transformers'' characters inspired by their likenesses, including some [[Acolyte of Unicron|Unicron cultists]] featured in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comic]], and a few [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]] in ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers]]'' [[Departure|#1]] wearing their bandanna colors.
*Though a true crossover event with both ''TMNT'' and ''Transformers'' has yet to happen properly, both franchises have had a surprising amount of production overlap. Some of the more notable instances of this include:
**[[David Wise]], one of ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon's most prolific writers, later went on to act as the 1987 ''TMNT'' {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|animated series}}' head writer, writing and/or script-editing nearly all of the series' 193 episodes. [[David Wise#Recycle-o-matic|As he tended to do]], some of his ''TMNT'' scripts recycled elements (and even ''an entire episode plot'' in [[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide|one instance]]) from his ''Transformers'' scripts.
**[[Dreamwave Productions]], riding high from the success of their various ''Transformers'' comics, acquired the comic license for ''TMNT'' in 2003 and put out a [[Peter David]]-written ongoing based on the {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|concurrently-running animated series}} in June; however, it was suddenly canceled ([[Pat Lee#Business practices|three guesses as to why]]) and ended in December with its seventh issue. [[IDW Publishing]] has held the license since 2011, and they came ''very close'' to having both franchises meet: ''[[Infestation 2]]'' saw the Elder Gods invade the worlds of both ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' and their own ''TMNT'' {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW Publishing)|continuity}}, while the events of ''[[The X-Files: Conspiracy: The Transformers|The X-Files: Conspiracy]]'' take place in a universe where the Ninja Turtles and the ''Hearts of Steel'' Transformers co-exist, though neither event saw one franchise interact with the other.
**[[Michael Bay]] served as producer for the short-lived live-action duology released by [[Paramount Pictures]] (whose parent company, Paramount Global, has owned the ''TMNT'' franchise as a whole since 2009) under their [[Nickelodeon|Nickelodeon Movies]] banner from [[2014]] to [[2016]] in a two-year span. Actress [[Megan Fox]] was prominently featured in these movies as ''Turtles'' mainstay, reporter April O'Neil.

==External links==
*{{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}} at Wikipedia

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[[Category:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles| ]]

Zeonomicon

2024-08-15T16:04:14Z

Metalstar: /* Legacy */ it's out (doing a sweep of unneeded coming soon tags)

{{picsneeded|Mainpic, cartoon, Galaxy Force redeco, devoted toy pictures all around}}

The '''Zeonomicon''' (ゼオノミコン) is the "key" to [[Logos Prime]]'s power.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Reborn''===
[[File:Bwreborn text.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
As part of his contest to see who would be his "heir", Logos Prime, now Soundblaster, revealed the Zeonomicon. He sent it flying to [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Animatron]], where [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] were tasked with hunting it down. Connecting it to their systems would complete the rite of succession. {{Storylink|Planetfall (BWR)|Planetfall}}

===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
The Zeonomicon was utilized as [[Vector Prime]]'s personal [[Cyber Key]]. It featured all four symbols because, as guardian of space and time, he belonged to no one planet in particular.

===Ask Vector Prime===
Vector Prime stated that his Cyber Key was originally the Zeonomicon, created by [[Solus Prime]] for Logos Prime. After Logos Prime went mad, he infused it with some of his essence and used it to commit mayhem. Vector Prime found it necessary to confiscate the Zeonomicon from him. Inherently changeable, the relic manifests itself as a Cyber Key when operating in [[Aurex]] universal streams. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertrontoy_hasbro_and_takara_vector_primes.jpg|thumb|400px]]
*'''Vector Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2005)
**''Takara ID number'': '''GC-03'''
**''Cyber Key Code'': '''v38g'''
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] and [[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing)}}

:The Zeonomicon is a fictional expansion of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'' [[Vector Prime#Toys|Vector Prime]]'s [[Cyber Key]]. It was released in Japan with silver paint and in Hasbro markets without it. The Korean [[Mocom Toy]] version of Takara Vector Prime replaces the silver paint of his Cyber Planet Key with a light gray.

:The Cyber Key was also used to create [[BotCon 2007]] [[Alpha Trion (SG)#Toys|Alpha Trion]]'s key accessory.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/VectorPrime/vectorprime.htm More information on Vector Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy vprime vs sscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Starscream vs. Vector Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
**''Cyber Key Code'': '''v38g'''

:Vector Prime's Cyber Key also came in a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] set along with Vector Prime (duh) and a new-deco version of the Voyager-class [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#VsVector|Starscream]] mold. This version of the Zeonomicon (and Vector) is identical to the normal Hasbro release.

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*'''Galaxy Force Vector Prime''' (Voyager, 2006)
**''Cyber Key Code'': '''vz74'''
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Not to be confused with the ''Galaxy Force'' release of Vector Prime, Hasbro's "Galaxy Force Vector Prime" is a matte gold & clear-orange [[redeco]] of Vector Prime released in the eighth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Voyagers, the only new toy in that assortment. This version of Vector's Cyber Key is cast in amber plastic with bright silver paint overlay similar to the original Japanese release. The packaging photography shows the [[prototype]] as considerably more blinged out than the rather yellowish matte gold plastic actually used for the production run.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/GFVectorPrime/vectorprime.htm More information on Galaxy Force Vector Prime at TFU.info]''

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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008 VectorPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|]]
*'''Vector Prime with Mini-Con Safeguard!''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Series'': Cybertron Series
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: Vector Prime was re-released in the fourth wave of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' series]] Voyagers, redecoed in black, brown, and blue. The Zeonomicon is again cast in amber, this time with no paint.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/TFUVectorPrime/vectorprime.htm More information on ''Universe'' Vector Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Voyager-Vector-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Retooled with direction ''and'' magnitude.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Cybertron Universe Vector Prime''' (Voyager, [[2024]])}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[April 25]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s06YE02e844 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream | April 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy United]]'', ''Legacy'' [[Vector Prime]] includes a new version of the Zeonomicon cast in translucent blue sans paint a la its original Hasbro release. Like most ''Cybertron''-derived ''Legacy'' figures with Cyber Keys, it is only there as a callback to its functionality on the original toy, not activating any gimmicks. The Zeonomicon is inserted in a different location than as before, as it doesn't plug into his waist like his original toy, instead attaching to his chest (presumably to not block his new waist articulation).

: Vector Prime was revealed on the [[April 25]] fanstream, with pre-orders going up later that same day.

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C6TodbUuVLy/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Vector Prime from Mark Maher on Instagram'']''
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==Notes==
*The name is a take on the {{w|Necronomicon}} grimoire from [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s works.

[[Category:Beast Wars objects]]
[[Category:Cybertron franchise]]

Rhisling

2024-08-15T16:03:40Z

Metalstar: /* Legacy */ it's out (doing a sweep of unneeded coming soon tags)

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[[File:Cyb_ep50_rhisling.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|Not so much [[TVTropes:Main/AudibleSharpness|audible sharpness]] as ''deafening'' sharpness.]]
'''Rhisling''' is a sword, forged long ago from ethereal supermatter. Its edge is so fine that it is able to slice through the fabric of reality itself, allowing its wielder to open up [[Warp gate|dimension gate]]s. One capable of using Rhisling to its full potential is able to alter time itself.<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 5|Vector Prime's profile]]</ref>

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
Rhisling was owned by [[Vector Prime]]. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} Without the sword, Vector Prime could not teleport. When Rhisling became buried under rubble, Vector Prime was trapped until [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] rescued him. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} When the Autobots made their way to [[Gigantion]], Vector Prime attempted to teleport directly to the [[Cyber Planet Key]] only to discover that even Rhisling had fallen victim to the planet's anti-teleportation defences. {{storylink|Giant}}

After Vector Prime's death, his [[Spark]] communed with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and gave the sword to him, albeit increasing its size, weight and power immensely. Optimus wielded Rhisling for the remainder of his battle with [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], using it to impale his longtime foe, killing him and at last ending their conflict. The sword then disappeared soon after Galvatron's body did, {{storylink|Unfinished}} going back to its master in the afterlife and being used by Vector Prime's spirit in further battle against that of Galvatron. {{storylink|Beginning}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Rhisling was originally a version of the [[Cyber Caliber]], wielded by [[Mogahn the Mass]]. When Vector Prime and his [[Time Warrior (AVP)|Time Warrior]]s faced off against the creature, Vector Prime, after regaining his memories as one of the [[Thirteen]], took the sword from Mogahn and reformatted it using the power given to him by [[Amalgamous Prime]] into a sword that was able to slice through time. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/12}} Note, however, that Vector Prime's recounting of this incident was spotty due to the oncoming [[Shroud]], so how exactly it transpired is uncertain.

Rhisling apparently conforms to the spark of its user; Vector Prime theorized that if his brother [[Alchemist Prime]] wielded the sword, the weapon would take on properties based on transmutation while losing its power to manipulate time. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/20}}

In [[Aurex 1006.0 Beta]], [[Optimus Prime (Armada)#Beast Prime|Optimus Prime]] also vanquished [[Megatron (Armada)#Beast Megatron|Megatron]] with Rhisling. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/19}}

===''TransTech''===
In his new, non-[[Multiversal singularity|singular history]], the [[Vector Prime]] of [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]] possessed Rhisling in the present day but had not called it such in a long time. He hoped that he would not need it in his mission to [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/11/09}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
[[File:KreO vectorprime.jpg|right|thumb|upright=.75]]
In [[Fornax 813.0 Gamma|a universe]] built out of blocks, Vector Prime wielded Rhisling as he witnessed a Decepticon attack on [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cybertrontoy hasbro and takara vector primes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
* '''Vector Prime''' (Voyager Class, [[2005]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GC-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Sword, missile, Cyber Planet Key
:''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Vector Prime#Cybertron|Vector Prime]] came with a sword accessory, though it was not named as Rhisling on the package. The sword was cast entirely in translucent blue plastic, though on the Hasbro release it was flexible plastic [[for safety reasons]]; the Takara release was cast in more firm plastic.

:This sword was [[redeco]]ed into [[BotCon 2007]] [[Alpha Trion (SG)#Toys|Alpha Trion]]'s sword.

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[[File:Cybertrontoy vprime vs sscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Starscream vs. Vector Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
**''Accessories:'' Sword, missile, [[Zeonomicon|Cyber Key]]
**''Cyber Key Code'': '''v38g'''

:Rhisling also came in a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] set along with Vector Prime (duh) and a new-deco version of the Voyager-class [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#VsVector|Starscream]] mold. This version of Rhisling (and Vector) is identical to the normal Hasbro release.

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[[File:Cyb GFVectorPrime toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Galaxy Force Vector Prime''' (Voyager, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Sword, missile, Cyber Key
**''Cyber Key Code'': '''vz74'''
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Not to be confused with the ''Galaxy Force'' release of Vector Prime, Hasbro's "Galaxy Force Vector Prime" is a matte gold & clear-orange [[redeco]] of Vector Prime released in the eighth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Voyagers, the only new toy in that assortment. The packaging photography shows the [[prototype]] as considerably more blinged out than the rather yellowish matte gold plastic actually used for the production run. Rhisling is cast in bright orange.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/GFVectorPrime/vectorprime.htm More information on Galaxy Force Vector Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008 VectorPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Vector Prime with Mini-Con Safeguard!''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Series'': Cybertron Series
**''Accessories:'' Sword, missile, Cyber Key
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: Vector Prime was re-released in the fourth wave of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' series]] Voyagers, redecoed in black, brown, and blue with his sword cast in opaque black plastic. Notably, this is the ''only'' version of Rhisling to receive a paint application, namely a silver blade.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/TFUVectorPrime/vectorprime.htm More information on ''Universe'' Vector Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Voyager-Vector-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Retooled with direction ''and'' magnitude.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Vector Prime''' (Voyager, [[2024]])}}</ul>
*Accessories: Sword, [[Zeonomicon|Cyber Key]]
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[April 25]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s06YE02e844 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream | April 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>

:''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy United]]'' "Cybertron Universe" Vector Prime comes with a new version of Rhisling, once again cast in translucent blue plastic.

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C6TodbUuVLy/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Vector Prime from Mark Maher on Instagram'']''

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==Notes==
* As seen in early concept art, Vector Prime was originally intended to have ''two'' swords—inspired by the hands of a {{w|clock face}}!<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So his initial concept was that he was somehow going to be the controller of [...] time and space. That is why he was designed with clocklike gears and mechanism, 'cause he's a time machine, and the two swords that he was supposed to have represent like, a clock arm—the two clock arms—and that he would cut through, you know, the reality of time and space around him, to enter into other Transformer realities. So that was the original, like, ''need'' for the character. As we thought about that, that seemed pretty epic, that seemed like a skill set that no other Transformer seems to have—so are we going too far, right? You gotta be fair. And that's when it was like, "well what if this guy is even bigger than Autobot/Decepticon? What if he's one of the Thirteen? Then we can get away with a god power.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlVUQbW01Ys&t=938s|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>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vector Sword''' (ベクターソード ''Bekutā Sōdo'')

==See also==
*[[Blades of Time]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cybertron weapons]]
[[Category:Swords]]
[[Category:TransTech weapons]]

Cancer (robot)

2024-08-15T16:02:10Z

Metalstar: /* Legacy */ it's out

:''Cancer is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Squeezeplay boxart.jpg|thumb|300px]]

'''Cancer''' (キャンサー ''Kyansā'') is a former [[transtector]] who gained life from and independently of his former owner, [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]], via the power of [[Masterforce (technology)|Masterforce]]. As such, Cancer takes after the human's personality.

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[Image:Battle in the g nebula.jpg|150px|thumb|left|In the future, your Cancer comes to life and walks around and does stuff.]]

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
The three former Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior]]s, along with Clouder, accompanied the Autobots to the [[Grand Canyon]] on a mission to stop the composite [[Devil Z]]/[[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] entity. During the battle, however, all four of them were struck with a blast of the villain's [[Devil Power]], and were shocked to find their [[Master-Brace]]s had disappeared from their wrists. Devil Z had, in fact, separated them from their transtectors and brought the robot bodies to life as true super-robot lifeforms, all four of which rejoined the Decepticon side. {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} After God Ginrai destroyed Devil Z, all the other Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors were also separated from their transtectors. Cancer's living Transtector departed Earth with all the other Deception transtectors, and was pursued by the Autobots' Transtectors to carry on the Transformers' war in space. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}

====''Victory'' cartoon====
Cancer continued battle under the command of [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] against the Autobots led by God Ginrai in [[G Nebula 89]]. {{storylink|Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior}}

===''Super-God Masterforce'' comic===
With Devil Z's death, the bond he had forged between the humans and their Transtectors was severed, and the Transtectors themselves were truly brought to life. Cancer's Transtector subsequently departed for space along with all the others. {{storylink|The Birth of the Super Life-Forms}}

===''Kre-O'' comic===
[[File:Kre-O Squeezeplay.jpg|thumb]]

Cancer looked in confusion at the massive golden effigy of [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]'s head. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}}
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==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
{{anchor|Super-God Masterforce}}
[[File:MF-toy Cancer.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|The position of Jupiter says you should spend the rest of the week face down in the mud.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Cancer''' (Headmaster Junior Monster, [[1988]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''D-303'''
:*''Accessories:'' Transtector, "Aqua Blaster", "Tail Sword"

: 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, Cancer is identical to the [[Hasbro]]-release [[Lokos#Toys|Lokos]]; a small armored humanoid that transforms into a robot head compatible with any Headmaster body.

: He comes with his Headmaster Transtector, which is identical to the Hasbro-release [[Squeezeplay (G1)#Toys|Squeezeplay]], transforming into a monstrous bipedal crab-cobra-creature-thing. The Cancer Headmaster figure fits in a cockpit in the Transtector's stomach in its beast mode. The creature's tail disconnects and becomes a weapon for robot mode that sure as heck ''looks'' like a double-barrelled gun, but which is referred to as a sword in Cancer's [[Tech Spec]]s.

: Like all Headmaster toys, Cancer's robot mode features a spring-loaded mini-Tech Spec meter in its chest, which gives readings for Speed, Strength and Intelligence (although he and the other Decepticon Junior molds are unique in that their meters are not covered by flip-down panels). The meter is activated when Cancer (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into the neck socket; as a small Headmaster, all three readings are on a single tumbler, so any head plugged in will result in the same stats.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Squeezeplay/squeezeplay.htm More information on Cancer/Squeezeplay at TFU.info]''

===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-VS-Squeezeplay.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-multi|'''Prime Universe Cliffjumper VS Beast Wars Universe Tarantulas, G1 Universe Squeezeplay, Cyberverse Universe Tarn''' (Multi-pack, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': tail/mace, blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[March 28]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlrpW_ZFKvE Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 28, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Kelly Rose]], and [[Matt Ferguson]].</ref>

:Presented as an incarnation of Cancer in the [[Hasbro Pulse]] livestream, "G1 Universe Squeezeplay" is a ''heavy'' retool of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Titans Return|Mindwipe]], turning into a crustacean-esque monster. He (of course) includes "[[Lokos#Legacy|G1 Universe Lokos]]" as his ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]''-style Headmaster, though it is not a reuse of his previous ''Legends'' Headmaster figure. His weapons include a mace, and a blaster that represents [[Browning]] (though with it being silver instead of bronze). The figure itself contains off-white plastics with a slightly blue-tinged face, mimicking details that Cancer has in the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' cartoon.

:Squeezeplay is packed in a 4-pack with [[Tarantulas (BW)/toys#United|Beast Wars Tarantulas]], [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Legacy|Prime Universe Cliffjumper]], and [[Tarn (Cyberverse)#Legacy|Cyberverse Universe Tarn]]. Said 4-pack was [[exclusive]] to [[Target]].

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C52AN8xMxYI/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' "Cancer aka Squeezeplay" from Mark Maher on Instagram]''

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==Notes==
*''Kre-O'' Cancer uses the same helmet as [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Ironhide]], and has a backpack piece to simulate his Generation 1 counterpart's [[beast mode]] kibble.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:Victory Decepticons]]

Agent Knight

2024-07-29T18:16:36Z

Metalstar: /* Collaborative */ haniging

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:''Agent Knight is an [[Autobot]] from {{w|Knight Rider}} (via [[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]).''

[[File:Agent Knight Packaging Art.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Autohoff.]]

'''Agent Knight''' is a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of [[Decepticon|criminals]] who operate above the law.

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==Toys==
===''Collaborative''===
[[File:Transformers-Collaborative-Agent-Knight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|CATEGORY: Men that don't exist.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Agent Knight''' ([[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': pistol, machinegun

: ''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' Agent Knight transforms from a Deluxe-sized robot to a licensed [[General Motors]] custom Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, representing {{w|KITT}} from the television series ''{{w|Knight Rider}}''. The car mode slightly differs from KITT's onscreen appearances: it has the Pontiac logo on the hubcaps, the tail lights are red instead of black, and the rear license plate is an image of a knight chess piece. The headlights can be flipped up or down.

: In robot mode, Agent Knight has design elements to resemble {{w|David Hasselhoff|}}'s portrayal of {{w|Michael Knight (Knight Rider)|Michael Knight}}, including the face sculpt, the visor resembling large sunglasses, "blue jeans" on the legs, and Michael's wristwatch communicator for speaking with KITT. His forehead also features KITT's car-dashboard speech indicator light (the red rectangle from the first season, not the rising-volume indicator from later seasons).

: The first ''Collaborative'' toy with electronics, Agent Knight includes both [[soundbox|sound clips]] and an animated [[Light-emitting diode|scrolling light]] on the front sensor. Unfortunately, the space needed for the electronics means there's a bit of low-hanging chonk under the front bumper region not present on the actual car.

: This figure was revealed at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2024, with preorders going up the following week.
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==Notes==
*This isn't ''Knight Rider''{{'}}s first foray into transforming robot toys; KITT was previously immortalised in plastic as part of Ertl's [https://www.the-liberator.net/site-files/robot-toys/pow-r-trons-powertrons-ertl.htm ''Pow-R-Trons'' line] using a Nissan Fairlady 300ZX mold that was also used by [[Estrela]]'s Brazilian ''Transformers'' toyline as [[Turbo (G1)|Turbo]].
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Dracula

2024-07-22T00:50:11Z

Metalstar: /* Collaborative */ Link

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[[File:Collaborative-Draculus-package-art.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|It was not by my hand that I am once again given plastic. I was called here by TF fans who wished to pay me tribute.]]

Count '''Dracula''' bids you welcome to his [[Dracula's Castle|mysterious crumbling castle]], but you'd best not invite him into your home! Although this undead [[vampire]] appears quite dashing and dapper, his giant fangs reveal that he vants to suck your blood, whilst shouting ''blah!'' and such.

When augmented with [[Transformer]] technology, Dracula becomes '''Draculus''', a monstrous [[Decepticon]] who rises from his stasis pod by night so he can drink... not wine, but the [[Energon]] of the living!

==Fiction==
===Cyber Key Code content===
While in the city of [[London]] in [[1897]], [[Bram Stoker]] once witnessed a [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|mysterious, shadowy figure]] destroying a [[Ancient Decepticon|creature that appeared to be a vampire]]. This incident served as an inspiration for his writing, resulting in the novel ''Dracula''. {{storylink|Cyber Key Codes|Crosswise's Cyber Key Code text}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[File:TFA Along Spider Costume Bumblebee.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.4|What is an Autobot? A miserable little pile of circuits!]]
[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] dressed in the guise of "Count Dracubot" for [[Halloween]]. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

Dracula's popularity extending to film, the ''[[Detroit Powell Press]]'' advertised one of his movies, ''Colonel Dracula Joins the Navy'', playing at a local cinema. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe'' comic===
While in his death-throes, [[Doctor Mindbender]] saw a vision of his historical heroes laughing maniacally at him. Among them was Dracula, by whose presence Mindbender seemed particularly taken aback. {{storylink|Headmasters (issue)|Headmasters}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
When asked why Transformers based on Dracula and other classic monsters exist, [[Vector Prime]] replied that they were seen as fearsome and potent alternate forms. Evidently, robot-Dracula is actually the alternate form of an unknown Cybertronian, not the real Dracula. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 10, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/10}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] considered dressing up as Dracula for Earliween. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (RB)|Ghost in the Machine}}
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==Games==
===''DreamMix TV World Fighters''===
Dracula's resurrection in [[1691]] was stopped by [[Simon Belmondo]]. A second attempt to resurrect Dracula took place seven years later, but this was again foiled by Simon. The competitors on ''[[DreamMix TV]]'' later participated in battles in [[Dracula's Castle|his castle]]. {{storylink|DreamMix TV World Fighters}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:DraculaTransformer01.jpg|thumb|200px|Little did Dracula know, his new robot body was ''solar powered''...]]
: A transforming Dracula toy was proposed in the '80s to be part of a "[[Vintage Horror Movie Series]]". The series never made it past production art, unfortunately, though said art could be found in the Deluxe edition of ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]''.
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===''Collaborative''===
[[File:Collab-toy Draculus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I don't need to know which Dracula I am to be a Dracula. Nerd.]]
*'''Draculus''' ([[November 28]], [[2021]])
**''Accessories'': Cape, blaster, Impaler Claw<ref>Hasbro Pulse description: "Draculus figure comes with cape, blaster, and Impaler claw accessories"</ref>
{{toydesigner|[[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (Packaging), [[Mario Carreiro]] (Package Design)}}<ref>{{Cite social|quote=So here's some fun facts about Draculus box:<br>1) Box was fully my idea to make VHS box and sleeve (That being said, Mario killed it with the graphics and playing along with my stupid ideas lol)<br>2) I had to fight to keep it because it cost more but it looked dope soooooo.....<br>3) The box locks to the sleeve, so you can't pull it all the way out. HOWEVER, if you open it from the left side (regular tuck box side) then you can slide out the VHS tape without damaging it<br>4) BUY IT|name=[[AJ Piejko-Brown]]|site=Discord}}</ref>

:The ninth figure released in the ''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' line, Draculus is a [[retool]] of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Titans Return|Mindwipe]] and transforms into a robotic bat. With a sculpted tuxedo, soft-goods cape, and largely black-and-white deco in his robot mode, Draculus is specifically meant to represent Bela Lugosi's portrayal of Dracula from the [[1931]] [[Universal|Universal Studios]] horror film {{w|Dracula (1931 English-language film)|of the same name}}. The new head and torso-front replace the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]-style transformation of the base mold, so his head does not need to be removed during transformation. While he does retain Mindwipe's cockpit, the interior is remolded, preventing a [[Titan Master]] from being able to sit inside. The figure's newly-tooled hands in robot mode are modelled after the open hand molds of [[Scourge_(G1)/toys#Studio_Series|''Studio Series'' Scourge]] (left hand) and the [[Sweep (G1)#Studio Series|Sweep]] (right hand). His bat mode's head, the tip of the wings, and the [[Kibble#.22Faux-parts.22|fake wings in robot mode]] use softer plastic. The cracking wing hinges issue IS carried over from the original toy, so caution is advised.

:The two weapons redecoed from Mindwipe can still combine, and they can attach as a tail in bat mode when pegged into the 5mm hole under Dracula's head. The melee-like weapon with a flip-out blade is named the "Impaler Claw", which references the popular "{{w|Vlad the Impaler}}" nickname of Vlad III, inspiration for the literary Dracula (and for [[Serpentor|others too]]). Draculus also includes a cloth cape that can be worn in both modes; as seen on his packaging, it's supposed to fill out his silhouette when the bat wings are detached from the body.

:The packaging for this figure is designed to resemble a VHS tape. The "tape" cannot be pulled completely out of the open side of the sleeve, but can be safely removed from the other side by opening the sleeve box.

:Draculus was a [[Target]] and [[Hasbro Pulse]] [[exclusive]] in the [[United States of America|U.S.]]. Draculus was also a Mighty Ape exclusive in [[New Zealand]].

:This mold was used to make [[Convobat#Legends|Convobat]], and heavier retooled into ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' [[Squeezeplay_(G1)#Legacy|Squeezeplay]].
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==Notes==
*''The Transformers'' Dracula's alternate mode appears as a [[mechanimal]] in the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' story "[[Not All Megatrons]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dracula''' (ドラキュラ ''Dorakyura'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{w|Count Dracula}} on Wikipedia

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Be-Oh

2024-06-26T22:23:53Z

Metalstar: /* BotBots */ link

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:''Be-Oh is a member of the [[Toilet Troop]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]].

[[File:Be-Oh.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He was in the front row of [[Wreckstock]] with [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]].]]

That "all-natural" smell is '''Be-Oh''', a hippie stick of deodorant made without any harsh chemicals. He's all about peace, love, and happiness and lives that by tending his Energon garden and helping make the bathroom a better place.

==Fiction==
===''BotBots Official Sticker Book''===
Be-oh had the power to promote an organic lifestyle through stinking. {{storylink|Transformers BotBots Official Sticker Book|BotBots Official Sticker Book}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''BotBots''===
[[File:BotBots-toys Be-Oh.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-bbmusic|'''Music Mob''' (5-pack, 2019)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''2'''
:*''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Part of the second Series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]'', Be-Oh is a [[redeco]] of [[Nobeeoh#Toys|Nobeeoh]] and transforms from a tiny robot into a stick of deodorant.

: Be-Oh is available in one of the "Music Mob" themed 5-packs, along with [[Grampiano#Toys|Grampiano]], [[Nacho Problem#Toys|Nacho Problem]], [[Pink Key Pop#Toys|Pink Key Pop]], and [[Lost Bots|Lost Bot]] [[Overpack#Toys|Overpack]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Grave Rave]].

{{note|This pack is a "recommended minimum buy" for a complete set of Series 2 BotBots.}}

<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-bbspoiled|'''Spoiled Rottens''' (8-pack, 2019)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''2'''
:*''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Be-Oh is also available in one of the "[[Spoiled Rottens]]"-themed 8-packs, along with [[Atomic Freeze#Toys|Atomic Freeze]], [[Grumpy Clumpy#Toys|Grumpy Clumpy]], Nacho Problem, [[Short Edge#Toys|Short Edge]], [[Spots the Rock#Toys|Spots the Rock]], [[Toughdown#Toys|Toughdown]], and Lost Bot [[Ol' Tic Toc#Toys|Ol' Tic Toc]].

<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-bbswag|'''Swag Stylers''' (8-pack, 2019)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''2'''
:*''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Be-Oh is also ''also'' available in one of the "[[Swag Stylers]]" themed 8-packs, along with Atomic Freeze, [[Big Botti#Toys|Big Botti]], Nacho Problem, [[Ollie Bite#Toys|Ollie Bite]], [[Prince Perfumius#Toys|Prince Perfumius]], [[Steve From Accounting#Toys|Steve From Accounting]], and Lost Bot [[Sprinkleberry Duh'Ball#Toys|Sprinkleberry Duh'Ball]].

[[Category: Toilet Troop]]

Talk:Override (Cybertron)

2024-05-13T18:39:10Z

Metalstar: /* Links to other continuities? */ new section

Does anybody remember the rather suggestive bio that came with the 2-pack version of Override? I recall something about her having a private race track, one so private that Hot Shot has been the only outsider to race upon it, or something. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 19:05, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

:''As leader of the Speed Planet, Override raced mostly on public tracks - roads owned and used by every Speed Planet citizen. But she also has a private refuge, a network of tracks roughly the size of Texas, off limits to the rest of the planet. It is on these roads she races against only her toughest opponent - herself. Now, humbled by her defeat by Hot Shot, and his grace in victory, she has invited her new Autobot ally onto her private roads for a secluded race to truly determine who is the fastest in the galaxy.'' --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:50, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

should it be noted that the override figuer looks like Elita One somewhat?--[[User:71.79.69.129|71.79.69.129]] 20:39, 3 November 2007 (UTC)vortak
:.... no.--[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:07, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Is the merchandise header really needed? --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 01:35, 1 April 2009 (EDT)
: There is merchandise of Override. There's a Legends-ish toy of him/her that was available in Japan. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:41, 1 April 2009 (EDT)

=="Little miss"==
Does that convey any special meaning or is it just coincidence that it is what the robot Andrew in Asimov's story Bicentennial man called the daughter of his owner?--[[User:Cyberman|Cyberman]] 07:24, 10 August 2011 (EDT)
:It's just a phrase. Trying to draw a connection is like saying there's a connection between Dark of the Moon and The Land Before Time because they both have "the" in their titles--even calling it a coincidence is pushing it. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 15:15, 8 February 2012 (EST)

== Speed Racer? ==

From "Notes": "Override's alternate mode of a futuristic race car, as well as its red and white color scheme, evokes the Mach 5 from the Speed Racer series." i agree, but i'm curious if anyone knows whether or not it was deliberate, or subconscious on the part of whoever designed the toy/character model (whichever came first) or chose the deco, or if it was just a coincidence?[[Special:Contributions/70.17.204.115|70.17.204.115]] 00:46, 8 February 2012 (EST)
:I think if someone meant it to be deliberate, the resemblance would be a lot greater than it is. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:54, 8 February 2012 (EST)

== Re: Nicole Oliver ==
Despite having the name "Override" in her resume, might she have instead meant "Joyride?" [[User:Dobsondob|Dobsondob]] ([[User talk:Dobsondob|talk]]) 17:56, 17 February 2016 (EST)
:[[Joyride (Cybertron)|Joyride]] didn't get a name until the Facebook edition of Ask Vector Prime, so...no, not really. -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 18:09, 17 February 2016 (EST)

== Legacy Override ==

I finally got my Override from Walmart earlier today and I notices an oddity with my copy that doesn't seem to be present in the stock photos. Her right thigh, hip, shoulder internals, and left bicep and heel strut are all a darker shade of red than then rest of her red parts. Has anyone else seen something like this happen? --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 19:34, 30 October 2022 (EDT)

== Alternative spelling? ==

Like apparently the legacy comic separated her name into 2 words. I that noteworthy to mention?[[User:Poliwag06|Poliwag06]] ([[User talk:Poliwag06|talk]]) 10:44, 12 March 2023 (EDT)

== Links to other continuities? ==

Why is there a link to Override's Animated incarnation on this page? Isn't that what the disambiguation page is for? [[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 14:39, 13 May 2024 (EDT)

Vector Prime

2024-04-25T20:27:49Z

Metalstar: /* Legacy */ redundancy

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[[File:VectorPrime dvd.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He gives a new meaning to the term "grandfather clock".]]
'''Vector Prime''' is [[Primus]]'s appointed guardian of time and space. Though recorded history pegs him as 25 million years old,<ref>[[Revelations Part 4]]</ref> he has identified himself as 9 billion years old,<ref name="AVP">[[Ask Vector Prime]]</ref> making the clockwork-covered Transformer one of the [[Thirteen]]. He's so old that in many timelines, the locals have called him "the First Autobot".<ref>[[Ask Vector Prime]], 11 September 2015: "Come to think of it, in many timelines, I was not called "Vector Prime" but "The First Autobot." Indeed, this was from time-to-time shortened to simply "Autobot," though usually as an invective hurled at me."</ref> Despite his age, Vector Prime is very powerful, and can warp both space and time, though excessive use of this power can severely weaken him. His powers allow him to traverse the [[multiverse]] at will, allowing Vector Prime to track and record events across a countless number of realities.

Vector Prime was once a holder of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]<ref name="AVP">[[Ask Vector Prime]]</ref> before he left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to guard space and time, a lonely job which isolated him from Cybertronian culture for tens of millions of years. Though he has rejoined the timestream on occasion to protect it from large-scale dangers,<ref>[[Vector Prime: In the Beginning]]</ref> his extraordinary exile has left him emotionally, culturally, and politically disconnected from his race. He speaks in archaic terminology steeped in chivalry from an age long past, which has led [[Transcendent Technomorph|some]] to believe him to be little more than a doddering relic (a front he admittedly finds useful at times). Despite this disconnect, Vector Prime never forgets that these strange modern creatures are the reason he guards space and time so fiercely. It is the miracle of time that allows these precious lives to continue and flourish across the multiverse.

Vector Prime has a "Guardian [[Mini-Con]]" called [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]], and is also responsible for the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]].

{{bigquote|I finally understand the true value of time, for it is the bonds between us that give time its meaning.|Vector Prime's last words|"[[Guardian (episode)|Guardian]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Unicron Trilogy continuity family===
====Fun Publications comics====
[[File:Vectorprimeut.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Hey, I can see THE DAWN OF TIME from here! Hi, Phil!]]
Vector Prime was created by Primus at the very beginning of its struggle with Unicron, 'drawn from the sublime material of a multiverse at the far end of entropy'. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 5|Vector Prime's profile in Club magazine #5}} During the long dormancy of [[Primus]] and [[Unicron]] at the beginning of time, Vector Prime retreated from the march of history to prepare for when his skills would once again be called upon. From this isolation he watched the greatest victories and defeats of the Transformers across various timelines, intervening only when his hand was needed to preserve the balance of time. (For example, Vector Prime helped mend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and repair the [[The Agenda (Part III)|timestorm]] that [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] had unleashed in the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]].) However, the awakening of Primus and Unicron returned Vector Prime to active service, following the wake of Unicron across the multiverse to prevent or restore what damage the Dark God had inflicted with its contaminating presence.

After the [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Powerlinx Battles]], Primus attempted to lock Unicron's essence away in the center of a newborn sun, but this plan backfired and the sun collapsed into a black hole, also known as the [[Unicron Singularity]]. This threatened the multiverse itself, so Vector Prime was called back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to assist the Autobots in locating artifacts which would destroy the black hole. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

[[File:Vectorprimeutramjet.jpg|thumb|Hey, we got swords. Let's parry.]]
During the Autobots' search, Vector Prime would routinely confer with [[Alpha Trion (Energon)|Alpha Trion]] on their progress. During one such visit, Unicron's heralds [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] attacked Cybertron, prompting Alpha Trion to recruit some extra-dimensional help in the form of [[Sentinel Maximus]]. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}} No sooner had Maximus arrived than Ramjet and Nemesis came blasting into Alpha Trion's chamber; Vector duelled with Ramjet, but was unable to prevent him from heavily damaging Alpha Trion and destroying [[Vector Sigma]]. {{storylink|Balancing Act}} After placing Alpha Trion in a repair chamber, Vector Prime explained to Sentinel Maximus the extent of the peril they faced; it was Ramjet's plan that Nemesis Prime would unleash his [[Dead Matrix]] to destroy their Creator. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}} Deducting that their opponents would likely next strike at the [[Kalis Primary Energon Reserves Control]], Vector Prime and his allies preemptively traveled there to defend it. Sure enough, another one of Unicron's pawns, [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]], soon turned up and attacked the facility. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 3}} Dark Scorponok was felled, but Vector Prime came to realize that the shambling creature had acted as a distraction while Ramjet and Nemesis Prime had made their way towards their true target: the chamber housing Primus's essence, deep within Cybertron. Vector Prime opened a warp gate and traveled with Sentinel Maximus to head off their enemies before the wicked machinations came to fruition. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 4}} Vector Prime and Ramjet's fight left the chamber and took them high above Cybertron. Ramjet offered Vector Prime another option to his plan: it was within Vector Prime's power to restore Unicron from the Singularity, dooming this Cybertron but saving all others. Vector Prime refused, claiming that they could restore balance to the multiverse without saving Unicron. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Pt 5}} Though Vector Prime was able to defeat Ramjet and seal him away in another dimension, {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}} this act weakened him considerably. The guardian of space and time returned to the Autobots on [[Earth]] and left Cybertron in the care of [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], a Mini-Con who had taken the reins of what remained of Vector Sigma. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

While on Cybertron of [[Primax 509.28 Epsilon]], [[Nexus Prime]] decided to tell his companion [[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]] about the ancient artifact he was trying to find, the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. As he explained to Aquarius that the artifact was originally intended to serve good Transformers, the face of Vector Prime flashed through his mind. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}} Eventually, Nexus succeeded in finding all the pieces of the shattered sword, and united the rebuilt blade with the [[Terminus Blade]] with the intention of strengthening the multiverse and making the walls between dimensions less permeable. Vector Prime and the rest of the Thirteen were drawn to this momentous event from across space and time, but as a consequence of Nexus's actions, Vector and his brothers and sisters ceased to exist as multiversal singularities. They were splintered into infinite variations of themselves and scattered throughout the multiverse, sentient reoccurring themes each appearing in their own way, if at all, in all the worlds of the multiverse. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Richard Newman]] (English), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese)|[[Joscha Fischer-Antze]] (German), [[Sepuh Apikian]] (Armenian), [[Ossi Valo]] (Finnish), [[Fredrik Beckmann]] (Swedish), [[Michel Dodane]] (French), [[Davide Marzi]] (Italian), [[Salvador Serrano]] (Castilian Spanish), [[José Mendez]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Mariusz Leszczyński]] (Polish)}}

[[File:Cyb ep47 outside of time.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Twelfth Doctor, Transformerfied]]

Vector Prime spent much of his existence outside the linear flow of time, observing reality from afar. When he sensed the effect of the [[Unicron Singularity]] upon the timestream, he attempted to voyage further into the future to see what the outcome would be, only to strike a barrier which he found he could not pass beyond. Peering through the barrier and seeing only endless nothingness, Vector Prime realized that the black hole would go on to consume all space and time if he did not finally leave the safety of his extra-dimensional realm and re-enter the linear flow of time to help seal it. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} Appearing in the skies over Cybertron, Vector Prime immediately made contact with Optimus Prime and his Autobot team, making them aware of the Cyber Planet Keys and how they could stop the black hole. As Vector Prime then synchronized his map of the keys’ locations to the current arrangement of the cosmos, he was approached by the evil [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who exploited Vector Prime's diminished memory of the Autobot/Decepticon conflict and convinced him to hand over the map. Alas, Vector Prime realized his mistake just as the other Autobots arrived to attack Megatron. The villain made good his escape, but not before his lieutenant [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] caused Autobot warrior [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] to be caught in the black hole's gravitational pull, forcing Vector Prime to open a portal to save him, transporting him to [[Earth]].

[[File:Cyb ep1 loris shirt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"This is Clara, my carer. She cares so I don't have to."]]

Vector Prime joined with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots in relocating to Earth. En route, Vector Prime explained to Optimus that the black hole threatened not only Cybertron, but would go on to swallow all of creation if not dealt with. He then doubled back, explaining he had to retrieve the cosmic map Megatron had stolen. Optimus Prime insisted on having [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]], and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] accompany him, deeming the task too dangerous for Vector Prime to handle on his own. Vector Prime's team came upon Megatron and Starscream inside an asteroid belt. While Jetfire and Vector Prime dealt with Starscream, Overhaul and Hot Shot tackled Megatron. Unfortunately, the Decepticons proved to be simply too powerful, and the Autobots were unable to prevent them from escaping once more. Vector Prime then rendezvoused with Optimus back on Earth, where the Autobots had already befriended three human children. Upon meeting these humans, Vector Prime recognized a symbol decorating the T-shirt of the female, [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], as the pattern of the Omega Lock, the device that focused the power of the Cyber Planet Keys, and deduced that it lay in hiding somewhere on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

Vector Prime then aided his Autobot allies in building their base of operations on Earth. During the blasting that preceded construction, he discovered that the children were able to hear the [[Omega Frequency]], the trans-sonic signal given off by the Omega Lock that was inaudible to the Autobots. This would make them invaluable in the search for the artifact. As the base neared completion, Megatron and Starscream were detected heading towards Earth once again. The base's stealth coating had yet to be fully applied, and so Vector Prime joined Optimus, Jetfire, and Hot Shot in keeping the villains out of sensor range while the rest of the team finished this task. Vector Prime used the power of a Cyber Planet Key to send the Decepticon leader and his lackey fleeing, awing his comrades. Having deemed them worthy, Vector Prime then granted Optimus, Hot Shot, and Jetfire the ability to also summon their own Cyber Planet Keys. {{storylink|Haven}}

Walking in on the Autobots receiving word that the latest attempt at collapsing the black hole had failed, Vector Prime reiterated that they needed to track down the keys to the Omega Lock. The Autobots were doubtful at first, but Red Alert spoke up on Vector Prime's behalf, convincing his comrades that the keys should be their priority. Thundercracker was then detected by the airforce, forcing Vector Prime to help take him down before he caused too much trouble. He saved two human pilots from the Decepticon by opening a temporal portal for them to escape through. Megatron and Starscream then joined the battle, and explained that they had already found the first of the Cyber Planet Keys before they were forced away. {{storylink|Hidden}}

Further studies on the Omega Lock's pattern around the world led the Autobots to a museum in Mexico. While Vector Prime studied the artifacts within it, the rest of the team held off Thundercracker and Starscream, who had been tracking them. This Omega Lock turned out to be merely an imitation, but Vector Prime's scans yielded the co-ordinates of [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet, resting place of the first Cyber Planet Key. Using his sword in conjunction with Optimus Prime's Matrix, Vector Prime opened a portal to this other world, through which Hot Shot and Red Alert were sent as an advance party. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}} The search for the Omega Lock next took the Autobots to the [[United Kingdom|British Isles]]. They excavated an ancient druid site, only to be met with another dead end. Once more, they were pestered by Starscream and Thundercracker, who managed to isolate Vector Prime and Optimus from their ground-based reinforcements. Though Starscream was fighting more strategically however, the Primes managed to lure their opponents close enough to the ground to overpower them and force them into another retreat. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Vector Prime teamed up with Landmine to continue searching for the Omega Lock, but returned from their excursion with nothing to show for it. That evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Lock's "Atlantis Pattern". Vector Prime and the team sped off to what seemed like a lucky break at last, only to find that the signal had been created by the Decepticons to lure them into a trap. As Optimus took on the enemy, Jolt reported that humans were inbound to their location. As neither side wanted to be discovered by more of the locals, the battle was brought to an abrupt halt, and all combatants withdrew. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep9 time slip.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|But where's Cringer, his fearless friend?]]

Jetfire and Vector Prime were contacted by Scattorshot and Optimus to alert them of an emergency in [[Rockville]]: the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underwater reservoir, which would lead to a catastrophic flooding of the entire town. Thankfully, Coby came up with a plan to drain the reservoir, and the Autobots created a controlled collapse of the mountain to prevent further harm from coming to Rockville. After this plan was successfully implemented, Vector Prime congratulated his comrades on a job well done. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock, Vector Prime next headed for a tropical island, allowing the children to tag along for a mini-vacation of sorts. This turned out to be another false lead. Before heading off to their next destination, Vector Prime took the time to discuss his temporal powers with the children, informing them that though they might seem impressive, they had become limited in his old age. The group next headed for the [[Sahara]], where they were joined by Optimus and Jetfire. There, they found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within some ancient ruins. But the Decepticons had been following them, and the battle for the artifact had catastrophic consequences: Megatron's managed to kill the Mini-Cons! Distraught over their untimely demise, Vector Prime drew on a greater portion of his powers for the first time in ages. He rewound time to save the Mini-Cons, though the resulting drain on his systems left him too weak to continue fighting. The lock in question was proven to be a fake. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

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After rescuing an Autobot civilian from Thundercracker, the Autobots were led to another iteration of the Atlantis pattern. The inscription detailed the coordinates to the next planet where a Cyber Planet Key was hidden: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. Vector Prime opened a dimension gate to transport Overhaul and Landmine to this new world, but was struck by the returning Thundercracker before Landmine could traverse the portal. Due to his injuries, Vector Prime couldn't open up another dimension gate, leaving Overhaul stranded on an alien world alone. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}} Shortly afterwards, another Autobot civilian alerted Optimus Prime's team to another sighting of the Atlantis seal, this time on the ocean bottom in the [[Bermuda Triangle]]. Making their way underwater, the Autobots explored the area. Vector Prime, the Mini-Cons and the children found an entrance leading to a control room, and the elder Cybertronian concluded that Atlantis was in fact an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed in Earth's prehistory. In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} Using the children's sensitivity to the Omega Frequency, Vector Prime tracked down the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ''Atlantis''. Though Megatron appeared to claim the relic for himself, activating the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to his old foe and dueled him for the Omega Lock. Meanwhile, Vector Prime took the children to safety. Optimus emerged victorious. When Vector Prime laid hands on the Omega Lock afterwards, it created a new spacebridge network, linking all of the planets hosting Cyber Planet Keys. Vector Prime accompanied Optimus and Landmine to the Speed Planet in response to a distress call from Red Alert. {{storylink|Ship}}

There, he observed [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] try to win the world's Cyber Planet Key in a racing tournament. {{storylink|Hero (episode)|Hero}} He did not actually participate-mainly because his vehicle mode lacked wheels-but he offered encouragement and advice when he could. {{storylink|Race}} The races were intense enough to get even him worked up, although he did his best to restrain his enthusiasm to Optimus Prime's mild amusement. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}}

[[File:Cyb ep16 feed me seymour.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|But whatever they offer you, don't feed the plants!]]

While Hot Shot trained for a particularly grueling track, the Autobots received a transmission urging them to come to the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] to help [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]], sent there in advance to seek out the second Cyber Planet Key. [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] offered to go, but Vector Prime and Optimus decided to make the trip, as they could open the dimension gate necessary to go there anyway. When they arrived, they were attacked by a massive plant monster, but Overhaul-now in the form of Leobreaker-saved them with his claws. Vector Prime joined Optimus in explaining the black hole's threat to Leobreaker's new friends, [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] and [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]], but was confused to learn that they had not, in fact, sent a distress signal at all. He then joined the others in confronting world leader [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], battling [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] (who had sent the distress signal simply to watch the factions battle) and witnessing Optimus and Leobreaker's first combination into Savage Claw Mode. {{storylink|Savage}}

[[File:Cyb ep9 meteor attack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hitting you where the sun definitely shines.]]

Soon after, Vector Prime and the other Autobots met Scourge and Megatron's forces in another battle, lured into a canyon thanks to Sideways's trickery. He was also among the 'bots who watched Leobreaker's attempted interrogation of the two-faced trickster when the battle ended, {{storylink|Sand}} and returned to Velocitron in time to stop Megatron from stealing the Planet Cup after Hot Shot defeated Override in the final race. {{storylink|Champion}}

While most of the Autobots went back to Earth to investigate a disturbance created by the Omega Lock, Vector Prime returned to the Jungle Planet with Optimus Prime and Leobreaker, intending to secure the second Cyber Planet Key. {{storylink|Ice}} Their attempt to reason with Scourge failed miserably, leading to Leobreaker separating from Optimus mid-speech and futilely attacking the dragon-bot himself. With the lion storming off in a huff, Vector Prime accompanied Optimus back to Backstop's cave, where he learned of Scourge's beginnings as a student of Backstop's. Vector Prime was also present at the volcano Leobreaker had chosen to seclude himself in, and witnessed his reconciliation with Optimus Prime, the latter at last deciding to face Scourge in battle. {{storylink|Honor}} The Autobots ran into a Decepticon ambush en route to Scourge's temple, and Vector Prime had to use his sword to free the beast 'bots and Hot Shot from a net. He later stood back and watched Optimus and Leobreaker finally defeat Scourge in battle, winning the right to take the Cyber Planet Key. {{storylink|Primal (Cybertron)|Primal}}

[[File:Cyb ep22 autobots together.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]

Unfortunately, Megatron led his Decepticons on an immediate counterattack, desperate to obtain the Planet Key. While most of the Autobots fended off Starscream and Thundercracker, Vector Prime came up with a plan to splinter the Decepticons. He distributed boxes amongst the Autobots, with the key's location unknown to even them, and bade them scatter to force the Decepticons to spread out. Vector Prime himself came face-to-visor with Sideways, intent on acquiring the "key". The enigmatic jet managed to steal the box, warping around Vector Prime and bypassing Safeguard with his faction-switching abilities, but learned it was a fake when he found naught but a rock inside. He later joined the rest of the Autobots in fending off Megatron and Starscream's attempted theft of the true key. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}}

[[File:Cyb ep22 shell game.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]

The insertion of the Jungle Planet Key into the Omega Lock transported the Autobots into a strange dimension that Vector Prime identified as the consciousness of Primus. The god himself briefly spoke to them through the Mini-Cons before fading away, and a signal again alerted them to something in the North Pole. {{storylink|Trap}} Unfortunately, what came out of the North was Starscream, Sideways, and ''legions'' of [[Ancient Decepticon]]s, hell-bent on finding the Cyber Planet Key hidden on Earth. Vector Prime soon joined the fray, using his sword to warp in the main Autobot forces to back Snarl up. The Autobots were eventually forced to fall back, but made two new allies in the form of [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] and [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]]. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}}

Knowing that Starscream would come looking for the Omega Lock and the other two Keys, the Autobots established a communications blackout, using a direct link to the human telephone network to keep the refugee Autobots calm. Vector Prime soon brought up another worry, however-the children and Mini-Cons were missing! The kids soon returned, bringing the eccentric scientist [[Lucy Suzuki]] with them, but [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]]'s advance transmission about the government's knowledge of the Autobots allowed Sideways to find the Autobot's base. With no other option, Optimus Prime led a full retreat to Velocitron while Evac retrieved the Cyber Planet Key of Earth, but Starscream followed them up the space bridge and launched a one-bot assault to claim the artifacts for himself. Vector Prime was the last to stand in the Decepticon's way, vowing to give up his spark before he relinquished the Lock. Despite being blackened and battered from previous attacks, Starscream still managed to take down the ancient guardian of time, stealing the Lock and all three Planet Keys. {{storylink|Retreat}}

Vector Prime was present at the Autobot's base when it received a strange signal after Starscream inserted the third Cyber Planet Key. Enlisting the aid of [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] to decrypt it, he reported that it came from Cybertron itself, instructing them to return the Lock and Keys to the planet itself. Unfortunately, the part about ''what'' happens when the Lock is returned was lost due to interference from the black hole-and worse yet, Megatron's Decepticons were on their way to Earth to settle their own grudge with Starscream. Vector Prime generated a warp to speed his allies' trip to [[Niagara Falls]], and found himself battling the traitorous Autobot [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. He was shocked to discover that Landmine had practically raised the disgruntled warrior back on Cybertron...and even more dismayed to see Megatron cut down Hot Shot, Red Alert, and Scattorshot with a single volley from his newly unlocked Cyber Key machine gun. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}}

[[File:Cyb ep27 giant vector.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtkGtXtDlQA Lets go on a journey / a journey through all time / a TIME that's changing all the TIME / it's TIME to go to TIME!]]]

While others kept Megatron busy, Vector Prime evacuated the fallen warriors, assuring the pessimistic Scattorshot that they'd be fine. Upon returning to the battlefield, however, he grimly informed Optimus Prime that the situation of the trio was dire at best. Thankfully, Hot Shot, Scattorshot, and Red Alert recovered and reformatted, returning as the powerful [[Cybertron Defense Team (Cybertron)|Cybertron Defense Team]]. They kept the Decepticons occupied while Vector Prime warped Optimus, Override, and Evac to Starscream's newly discovered island base. {{storylink|Critical}}

Megatron's forces soon made a break for the island, causing Vector Prime to warp the rest of his team into the fray as well. He and Optimus pursued Megatron into a volcano, and Vector Prime saved Optimus' life by blocking Megatron's shots with his own body. They would have both met their ends nonetheless, had [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] not chosen that moment to join the party as well. In response to Coby's warning that the black hole was distorting the space around Cybertron, Vector Prime would suggest sending an advance team to clear a path for the return of the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Assault}}

[[File:Cyb ep28 vector takes the hit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]

The two Primes continued their descent into the volcano, soon joined by Leobreaker. Vector Prime used a small warp to redirect one of Sideways's traps, hitting Scourge instead of them. When they finally met Sideways in battle, Vector Prime had the novel idea of attaching Safeguard to the warping enigma's back, allowing him to detect where Sideways would appear. When Starscream manifested himself as a giant, courtesy of Primus' stolen power, Vector Prime was trapped in the volcano, unable to move and with his sword out of reach. Wing Saber came to his rescue, and the pair escaped with the Omega Lock after fending off [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]]. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} After seeing the Lock off with Leobreaker, Evac, and Override, he continued fighting against Starscream, and witnessed Optimus' combination with Wing Saber into Sonic Wing Mode to defeat the behemoth. {{storylink|United (episode)|United}}

With Starscream defeated, Vector Prime joined the rest of the Autobots in crossing the space bridge to Cybertron. They engaged Megatron, who managed to escape with the Omega Lock, but Optimus Prime battled him for possession of the Lock and keys within [[Fire dimension|Megatron's personal fiery dimension]]. At Optimus' order, Vector Prime used his portal-generating abilities to collapse the dimension in upon itself, forcing Megatron to use all his power just to keep it open. Combining his own power with that of the Lock, Vector Prime fired a beam straight into the occupied Decepticon, apparently destroying Megatron. Vector Prime later encouraged Optimus to place the Lock within Cybertron-and the planet started coming apart beneath their feet. After evacuating the team to a nearby moon, Vector Prime realized that the planet wasn't separating; it was transforming into Primus himself! {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}}

After Primus revealed that the fourth Cyber Planet Key rested on [[Gigantion]], homeworld of the Recon Mini-Con Team, Vector Prime recounted how he met the diminutive Transformers when they were lost playing hide-and-seek. He joined his friends in confronting the Decepticons (tenuously led by Scourge), and then joined everyone in gaping at Starscream's brazen attack on Primus himself. Vector Prime doubted Starscream's sanity for daring to attack their creator, but Primus' disposal of the treacherous jet allowed Vector Prime to finally regain the Planet Map. {{storylink|Balance}}

Sadly, a series of problems presented themselves after this small victory; Megatron returned in a mysterious ghost-like form, and the Mini-Cons seemingly disappeared along with the children. Vector Prime left to investigate the latter development, and reviewed the security camera footage at their headquarters. Discovering that Sideways had stolen the Mini-Cons and that the children had pursued him, Vector Prime requested Scattorshot and Red Alert's aid in locating them. {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} Continuing to work as the battle raged outside {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}}, they finally received a signal from the kids, reporting that they were trapped on the ''Atlantis'' in the shadow of Earth's moon. Vector Prime led Scattorshot and Red Alert through a warp gate to the ship and caught an escape pod carrying Coby, Lori, and [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]]. Unfortunately, the other pod (carrying Bud, Jolt, and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]]) was caught in the warp field of the ''Atlantis'' before the Autobots could retrieve it and was teleported away to parts unknown. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

[[File:Cyb ep36 autobots revealed.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]

Predicting that the ''Atlantis'' would be heading for Gigantion, Vector Prime reassured Coby and Lori that their friends would be fine in the warp gate to the planet, thanks to their flexible minds. Transformers, however, are not so flexible, and so Red Alert began working on a stabilizing program, partially based on Vector Prime's sword. Vector Prime would join Optimus Prime in convincing the kids' doubting parents to allow Coby and Lori to join them on the trip to Gigantion. He also denied their fathers' wish to go as well, citing the requirement of an open mind (which the adults had just proven they lacked), but joined Optimus in promising to protect the children with his life. {{storylink|Family}}

With the children's assistance cemented, Vector Prime began rigorously studying the Planet Map for the location of the dimensional rift that led to Gigantion. He discovered the gate just after Primus defeated a superpowered Starscream, {{storylink|Titans}} informing the others that the gate was open for only a few days every year. After again reminding Coby and Lori about their immunity to the warp's effects, he helped load supplies onto the newly arrived ''[[Ogygia (Cybertron)|Ogygia]]'' starship. After receiving his copy of the stabilizing program via injection (and observing Primus shooting down Jetfire's attempt to avoid getting one), Vector Prime boarded the ''Ogygia'' as it entered the warp, warning everyone that even the slightest moment of doubt or fear could destabilize the tunnel. After an unpleasant encounter with the Starscream-controlled ''Atlantis'', he joined his comrades in blasting a hole through a massive asteroid in the ''Ogygia''{{'}}s path before finally arriving in the dimension of Gigantion. {{storylink|Warp}}

After landing on the Giant Planet, Vector Prime joined the search for the Cyber Planet Key, and came up empty-handed. When the Autobots met planet leader [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] and his lieutenant [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]], neither of whom allowed them access to the lower levels of the planet, Vector Prime attempted to create a warp, but found he could not due to security measures around the planet. After a confrontation with Megatron's goons, now including rebellious Gigantion native [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] and enigmatic impersonator [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], Metroplex and Quickmix were more willing to cooperate, {{storylink|Giant}} but admitted that they deleted all data on the lower levels from their memories to escape their past.

[[File:Cyb ep45 save the universe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

Undeterred, the team set up equipment to help Vector Prime determine the general location of the Cyber Planet Key. Using the Omega Lock, Vector Prime found the Key, but also realized that someone else had drawn power from it. Fearing the worst, the Autobots split into teams, with Vector Prime accompanying Optimus and Metroplex. Unfortunately, this allowed them to be picked off by Megatron, who had used the Cyber Planet Key to upgrade himself. By the time Optimus's team caught up with the Decepticon leader, he had dealt with every other Autobot, completed his transformation, and renamed himself Galvatron! In this state, he struck down Vector Prime with a single blow, and only the combined strength of Optimus Prime and Metroplex was enough to force his retreat. {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}}

When Scattorshot determined that there were four potential routes to the Cyber Planet Key, the Autobots again split up to cover all of the paths. Vector Prime teamed up with Optimus, Metroplex, Bud, and the Mini-Cons to travel down one of the trails. He joined Optimus in pursuit of Ransack and Crumplezone when the bumbling lackeys snatched Jolt, unable to fire for fear of hurting his friend, and gave Coby an approving thumbs-up when he dramatically transformed [[Cobybot|his personal mech]] to save Jolt. {{storylink|City}} After that, the journey was mostly uneventful, save for watching the Velocitronian partners in grime get beaten up and sent off (repeatedly), {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} and meeting up with Lori and Override. {{storylink|Challenge}}

When Bud and the Mini-Cons accidentally fell down a secret passage, Vector Prime remained with the group, as Optimus claimed they would be more effective as a team searching for their lost comrades. When they found their small friends, Bud had given Scourge an eye-opening talk, and the Jungle Planet leader immediately challenged them all to a duel (for reasons only they seemed to understand). Vector Prime was the second opponent, and easily defeated the dragon, who nonetheless challenged the next comer with enthusiasm. {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}}

[[File:Cyb ep45 matrix glow.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Two hearts beat as one..."]]

At last, the Autobots reached the central, organic layer of Gigantion, where the Cyber Planet Key rested in the ancient starship ''[[Lemuria (Cybertron)|Lemuria]]''. Unfortunately, both Galvatron and Starscream chose that moment to make their appearances, and the former's taunts were enough to force Optimus into a breakdown of self-doubt. Finding his best logic to the contrary useless, Vector Prime was forced to drastic measures: ''punching'' Optimus in the face. Berating his peer for his arrogance, Vector Prime explained that Optimus' men trust him with their lives, but ''he'' has to trust ''them'' to do their jobs. His words snapped Prime out of his momentary funk, and the duo continued on in time to see a super-sized Landmine defeat Starscream and engage Galvatron. The combined strength of the Autobots was enough to send the Decepticon leader into retreat, leaving Optimus to claim the Cyber Planet Key and thank Vector Prime for his support (and comment on his mean right hook). {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}}

Vector Prime personally inserted the final key into the Omega Lock, opening a path to their home universe (via opening the planet layers and creating a space bridge). Barring their path, however, was Galvatron, intent on taking the now-completed Lock and achieving his dark plans. Vector Prime moved to stop him, but was aghast to learn that Galvatron could warp-as well as summon a massive blast that sent all the Autobots sprawling. With the Lock in Decepticon hands, Vector Prime made a final attempt to take it back, but Galvatron simply electrocuted the ancient Transformer through his own sword and knocked him back. Perhaps due to this beating, Vector Prime was only able to watch Galvatron's apocalyptic confrontation with Starscream and subsequent escape through the space bridge. He theorized that Starscream (and the two Planet X survivors also caught in the final clash of superpowered Decepticons) had been blasted into ''another'' dimension rather than destroyed, but bigger concerns arose when the gate between universes closed, leaving the Autobots stranded on Gigantion. {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}}

[[File:Cyb ep47 vector prime dies.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I'll see you in another life, brother!]]

In the wake of this shock, Vector Prime was the only Autobot with any ideas on what to do, but Jolt, seemingly aware of what was coming, insisted against it. Instead, an attempt to create a space bridge generator was made, but Vector Prime was forced to destroy it after it released hordes of [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|bird-like drone robots]]. Optimus assured Vector Prime that he had done the right thing, but it was realized by all that the only way back was through the warp, which would not open again for a year. With no other options, Vector Prime revealed the only way to get back to Cybertron was for him to reverse time to the point where the warp to Gigantion was open. Jolt cut in to point out that the effort would be enough to destroy him-in the conventional sense, anyways. Despite this, Vector Prime was adamant, knowing that the black hole would destroy all of time itself if left unchecked. In preparation for this final act, he released Safeguard, telling his old partner to live on Cybertron with the other Mini-Cons, gave his Planet Map to Bud, and told Optimus Prime that it was an honor to work with him. As the three Autobot starships took off, Vector Prime gave it his all to get his allies back to Cybertron, finally returning them to their own dimension before his energy gave out and his body dissolved into green particles of light. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} Primus was aware of Vector Prime's sacrifice and assured Optimus Prime that Vector Prime would live on and that he would be honoured by the closing of the black hole. {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}}

[[File:Cyb ep49 vector ghost.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Remember, the force will be with you. Always...]]

However, as Vector Prime had already explained to the Autobots, since he had existed for most of his life outside of time, he would ''always'' exist there, able to observe the passage of time, even though he could now no longer enter the linear universe. He swore to always watch over Optimus Prime and the Autobots, and would be there for them in spirit when their need was greatest. The first such moment came during Optimus Prime's pivotal moment within the black hole, as he appeared alongside the Autobot leader as he reached for the Omega Lock. {{storylink|End}}

[[File:Vector Primevs.Megatron.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|Battling... IN THE NEXT DIMENSION!]]
Subsequently, the black hole was sealed, but Galvatron was not yet through, and challenged Prime to a final one-on-one duel. During the battle, as Galvatron stood poised to deliver the final blow, Vector Prime's Planet Map flew from the pocket of the watching Bud and moved between the two combatants, blocking Galvatron's blow. Vector Prime spoke to Optimus once more, promising to always be there for him, and bestowing upon him the greatest of gifts—his own sword, [[Rhisling]], with which Optimus Prime defeated and destroyed Galvatron once and for all. {{storylink|Unfinished}} Not long afterwards, as the Autobots departed on a mission across the universe to create a new [[space bridge]], Vector Prime appeared to Optimus once more, smiling at his old friend. {{storylink|Beginning}}

Vector Prime was last seen dueling Galvatron in an existence after death. {{storylink|Beginning}}
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====''Cybertron'' toy bios====
Inspired by {{w|The Time Machine (1960 film)|an old movie he once saw on Earth}}, Vector Prime once picked up a hobby whereby he would phase in and out of time to visit a small-town store in the Midwest, looking in the window every day. In 1986, he 'befriended' a gentleman in a fine suit who was always standing still in the window. For the next 110 years, Vector Prime visited the store to see the gentleman's different outfits. Eventually, after changing owners, the store closed down, but Vector Prime regarded this temporary diversion fondly.<ref>Galaxy Force Vector Prime's [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] [http://tfwiki.net/~fortmax/codes/index.html secret bio content]</ref>

====''Galaxy Force'' manga====
When the [[Unicron Singularity|Grand Black Hole]] began to devour Cybertron, Vector Prime opened a warp and sent [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] to Earth. When the humans Coby, Bud, and Lori failed to repair Landmine, Vector Prime arrived through a warp and thanked the kids for their efforts before repairing Landmine himself. Vector Prime revealed he was unable to save Optimus Prime, but his despair was distracted by the human children bombarding him with questions about Transformers (sound familiar?). Then Megatron showed up and used his hypnotic powers to mesmerize Vector into handing over the Map to the [[Cyber Planet Key|Ancient Power]]. Luckily, Coby was able to yell loud enough to snap Vector out of it. And then Optimus Prime showed up, alive and well, and forced Megatron into retreat. {{storylink|Touchdown! Optimus Prime}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Devil's Dogfight! Coby's Courage}} {{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.8}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}

====''Beast Wars Reborn''====
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When his brother [[Logos Prime]] plucked the [[spark]]s of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] out of their home dimension following [[Great Transformation|their deaths]] and brought them into the "Unicron Trilogy" dimension with the intention of choosing one of them to be his successor and the recipient of his power, Vector Prime was forced to intervene. {{storylink|Master of the Game}} Remembering his sibling as a noble being, Vector was horrified to learn that he planned to pass his power to the evil Megatron, and the two did battle on the astral plane. {{storylink|Planetfall (BWR)|Planetfall}}

====''Kiss Players''====
[[File:KPVectorPrime.jpg|left|thumb|"Scary-Faced Gear Man", she calls him.]]
When the human [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]] became scattered across the dimensions after their vessel [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] collided into the "wall of time" while pursuing a mysterious golden hand through the timestream, [[Shaoshao Li]] found herself in another universe, around [[Aurex 105.08 Alpha|the time of the search]] for the Cyber Planet Keys. Finding herself on the deserted Cybertron, she was set upon by a horde of [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]], but was then saved by Safeguard. He explained what had befallen her, then Vector Prime showed up and used his sword to slash a hole in spacetime itself, from which the golden hand—actually that of Primus himself—emerged to pull Shaoshao through. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 50|Kiss Players #50}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 3}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
====As a multiversal singularity====

[[File:Ask Vector Prime Facebook.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Vector Prime: causing wiki headaches since 2015.]]

At some undetermined point in Vector Prime's life, he took the time to answer a series of questions about himself, other Transformers, and the ''Transformers: Cybertron'' toyline in a recurring feature on Hasbro's official ''Transformers'' website, to be reprised in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', and a [[Fun Publications]]-provided Facebook account, called [[Ask Vector Prime]]. Because of his mastery of time and space, it is impossible to determine when exactly he communicated with our universe, but it may have been during the course of events in the ''Cybertron'' animated series, as he answered questions regarding those events and other characters who he had not met before the series began.

Vector revealed much about himself in these pages, including much new information about his early life. He fondly remembered all his brothers, even knowing how three of them turned into dread monsters, and listened with rapt attention to the [[Liege Maximo]]'s tales of the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]] and [[Primon]], stories he was not even sure were real or just legends. He and his brothers and sisters spent an extended period of time on Earth in ancient Greece, where the [[holomatter]] avatar he used formed the basis for human legends of {{w|Hermes}}, while Rhisling was likewise interpreted as the {{w|Caduceus}}.

[[File:WatchRoboCard.jpg|188px|thumb|right|Available in the finest vending machines across the country.]]

Following the final falling out between the Primes, after the shattering of the Star Saber, Vector helped hide away the five components that [[Nexus Prime]] had split himself into, then went into hiding in the universe [[Aurex 404.11 Kappa]] and locked away all memories of his trauma. Out of necessity, he took a much simpler form, one that turned into a device similar to a wristwatch. There, he became the Autobot leader and wielded the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. He had a bodyguard, [[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]], during his Matrix-bearer days, and the two became [[Transformer romance|close]] despite the difference in rank (and his initial reluctance to act on his feelings for a subordinate). After leading the Autobots to victory in the [[second Cybertronian war (Armada)|second Cybertronian war]] against such foes as [[Devron (Armada)|Devron]], [[Megazarak (Armada)|Megazarak]], and the [[Destructon]]s, he was called on by the [[Chronarchitect]] to help fix damage to Time itself! Reluctantly, he passed the Matrix to [[Guardian Major]].

With a group of fellows, the [[Time Warrior (AVP)|Time Warriors]]—Scorpia, medical officer [[Kaltor]], intelligence officer [[Autoceptor]], and quantum scientist [[Deceptor]]—Vector Prime faced foe and threat innumerable, with some timelines only knowing him as "First Autobot" or, when shortened, "Autobot" as a slur, meaning his watch self has often been mistaken for a person ''called'' Autobot. Eventually the Warriors discovered their true enemy, [[Mogahn the Mass]], an indescribable entity that absorbed entire star systems into itself. In the final battle, Vector found his mind entering the [[Realm of the Primes]] and learning his true identity once more; [[Amalgamous Prime|Adaptus]] gifted him the power to create the mighty sword Rhisling, and he smote Mogahn so hard that his remains went back in time and detonated in [[the Big Bang]]. Now once more aware of his true role in the multiverse, Vector Prime had to say a tearful goodbye to Scorpia. He tries not to remember her and does not like talking about it. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/10 and 2015/07/12}}

In another adventure, the GoBot '''Vec-Tor''' was forced to intervene after the always-mischievous [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]] recruited [[Renegade#Gong|Gong]] to destabilize two universes, using the [[Omega Lock]]s far beneath [[Gobotron]]. After warping to a [[Primax]] universe, Vector Prime managed to undo the damage before Unicron could devour Cybertron, allowing history to progress along its proper course. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

Notable other revelations:

*His favorite human authors were [[Peter David]] and [[Alan Dean Foster]], though he seldom had time to read.
*He was a fan of the [[Dinobot (disambiguation)|Dinobot]]s.
*His favorite planet was Cybertron, and his favorite city there was [[Apophenia]].
*He was over nine billion years old, almost as old as the galaxy itself.
*He did not need to shave.
*He used to "boogie down" with [[Disco ball]] when he was younger, but not so much any more. He still enjoyed the symphonies created by the [[Eurythma]] natives. On the other hand, he was not a fan of the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]], since he found their name tasteless.
*He found the [[Viron]] universal cluster to be underrated.
*He was unable to visit the [[Quadwal]] universal cluster.
*He knows which universes have manifested as fiction in Quadwal.
*Despite having traveled far and wide, he could not see why kids loved [[Cinnamon Toast Crunch]].
*He feared the [[Elder God]]s.
*He missed Safeguard, as well as Lori, Bud, and Coby.
*If he had to choose an Earth mode, he would choose a dirigible, though he didn't because he was "not here to blend."
*If he had to choose a beast mode, it would be a large sea mammal.
*He was not a fan of dragons.
*He was definitely not [[Santa Claus]].
*He held several misconceptions about humans, such as how long we could survive decapitation, and whether or not they enjoyed molten boron.
*Though he vehemently dismissed the Decepticon ideology, he did find his species too quick to jump to philosophical extremes, and wished they were more apt to find a middle ground.
*He could view events from elsewhere in the [[Omniverse]], and was impressed by the adventures of [[Ben 10]].
*He cherished his relationship with each of his fellow Thirteen original Primes, though he acknowledged that some of them had gone bad.
*He enjoyed [[Energon Z]] and Stanixian energon wine, but did not care for [[Red Energon]].
*The large glowing hole in his chest was a [[Critias Gate]]way.
*He answered to many names, including [[GoBots|Vec-Tor]], [[Convoy (disambiguation)|Vector Convoy]], Vector Maximus, Vector Maximo, and [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Vector Prima-Vectorum]].
*He was in the process of absorbing the memories and experiences of his [[Vector Prime#Aligned continuity family|Uniend counterpart]], which would eventually alter his physical appearance.
*Since there were constant threats across the multiverse, he had no intentions of retiring anytime soon. If Vector Prime ever got the opportunity to settle down without jeopardizing space or time, however, he would like to become a factory and help build useful things.
*He eventually grew tired of having people ask him about the identities of nameless Transformers, and politely suggested that his audience could ask him more cosmically significant questions.
*In his downtime, he enjoys the art galleries of [[Axiom Nexus]].
*Everyone he ever cares about will grow old and die in what, to him, is just the pulse of a spark. Sometimes, he feels alone even when he's in a crowd.
*He had bravely faced down many threats during his life, but he dreaded the prospect of going up against [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]]'s legal department.
*He found biological functions confusing, and thus he had no wish to become a [[synthoid]].
*His favorite anime was ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)#Galaxy Force|Galaxy Force]]''. (don't think about this one too hard)
*His favorite character from [[Babylon 5]] was the ambassador {{w|Kosh Naranek|Kosh}}.
*In some universes, Vector is female. She would purchase ''[[Venus (magazine)|Venus]]'' as a guilty pleasure more often than when she is male. She sounds like [[Star Trek|Kate Mulgrew]].
*Though he doesn't have a birthday, per se, he suggests that a celebration could be held on [[September 19]], the day he first arrived on Earth (and, not coincidentally, the day [[Fallen (episode)|the first episode]] of Cybertron aired in the U.S.)
*He doesn't like talking about the various conflicts and tribulations that his species regularly undergo. He'd rather discuss music, art, and the beautiful things that he's seen across the multiverse; he rarely has the opportunity to talk about the nature of his work to someone on an equal level.
*His favourite human movie was ''[[Back to the Future]]'', due to the performance of lead actor {{w|Eric Stoltz}}.
*Among his favorite human television shows are ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', ''[[Sliders]]'', and ''[[Quantum Leap]]''.
*He revealed himself as a [[Point One Percenter]] (after the Shroud).

The answers Vector Prime gave on Facebook were delivered at a time when he was living in [[Axiom Nexus]], and was employed to write an advice column position with [[Axiom Nexus News]] in [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]]. {{storylink|Axiom Nexus News Editor|Axiom Nexus News Editor, 2015/05/13}} He was viewed by the TransTech public as a respected if a bit eccentric elder 'bot, but ANN journalist [[Rook (TransTech)|Rook]] (correctly) suspected that Vector Prime was merely putting on an act. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/06/05}}

At one point during his tenure at ANN, he was kidnapped and tortured by [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]]. While Vector Prime was indisposed, Sideways took over his inventory of unanswered questions, and offered decidedly unhelpful answers. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Ask Sideways|Ask Sideways, 2015/06/27}} He was able to escape the clutches of Sideways when a [[David Willis|particularly infuriating question]] caused the head of the Herald of Unicron to suddenly explode. However, [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]] was part of the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration|OZSA]] team sent to rescue Vector Prime, and the Mini-Con initiated a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] sequence with Sideways, allowing the Herald of Unicron to escape capture via a [[Dimensional Interfacer]]. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/07/08}}

After a few decades of recovery in other universes, Vector Prime resumed his advice columnist position in Axiom Nexus but, after [[Nexus Prime]] summoned him {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}, the column fell into the hands of [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|a Grimlock]]. After being falsely told that Vector Prime lied about Dinobots and said they looked like jerks, Grimlock snarled "him look like jerks!" and, in a burst of wit, said Vector was ''old''. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Grim Grams|Grim Grams, 2015/10/03}} When [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] took over the column, he was dismayed to note that he was filling in for a "filthy Guardian do-gooding dunce" and refused to answer any questions about Vec-Tor. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (1), 2015/10/18}}

====As a TransTech====
{{voiceactor|[[Richard Newman]] ("Special Guest")}}

Vector Prime returned to Axiom Nexus soon after "the [[Shroud]]" had cut it off from every other universe. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|ANN live coverage, 2015/10/29}} Little did anyone in the city know, this "Shroud" was the product of Nexus Prime's unification of the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] and [[Terminus Blade]], and the Vector who returned was not truly the same being as the one who had left: per the results of Nexus Prime's actions, the Vector who resumed his duties as host of the column was no longer a multiversal singularity, but a single incarnation of the many that now existed throughout the multiverse. This was a TransTech Vector Prime, native to Axiom Nexus, a "mere" 25 million years old, with a unique history of his own as a professor at the [[Academy of Science and Technology]] who had been the teacher of [[Rhinox (TransTech)|the local Rhinox]], and who had come up with the theoretical foundation of the [[universal stream]] classification system. Accordingly, he was left with only unclear memories of exactly had happened, much like a dream, and was no longer aware of his original nature: he believed his exploits as one of the Thirteen had happened to the (possibly newly created) other Vector Primes.

[[Image:AVP Vector and Scorpia do Nebulos.jpg|thumb|300px|right|That's Vector's holomatter disguise in the centre, but we get the feeling he'll change it a few times.]]

Briefly leaving his column in the hands of [[Spacewarp]] while he responded to a summons from the city's Ministry of Higher Dimensional Sciences, Vector Prime's experience with multiversal travel led to him taking part in an Axiom Nexus scheme to try to establish contact with one of the nine fundamental realities: specifically, [[Primax 984.0 Gamma]], requiring him to be stationed on [[Nebulos]] as a factory manufacturing [[hoverboard]]s, binary bonded to a local codenamed [[Safeguard (TransTech)|Safeguard]] and with a bodyguard known as [[Scorpia (TransTech)|Scorpia]]. He hoped he'd got on well with them!

In the interim, he endeavoured to answer questions and among his answers:

*He has 'dreams' of the exploits of other Vector Primes and believes this is down to an unusual physiology of his. While he has a vague sense of having been greater once, these memories "are but oneiric wisps, gossamer threads that vanish when I touch them."

*He's ''dramatically'' less interested in questions about who came from what universal stream. Stop wasting his time, nerds!

*He has visited a few other realities as a scholar. It was Rhinox that challenged him into getting out into the field.

*The students he remembers the most fondly after Rhinox are [[Perceptor (TransTech)|Perceptor]], [[Apelinq (TransTech)|Apelinq]], [[Proxima (TransTech)|Proxima]], and [[Brainstorm (TransTech)|Brainstorm]], who all did great things in their respective fields. [[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]], on the other hand, often challenged him to excel but they did not go on, each believing the other had deep problems. [[Deluge (TransTech)|Deluge]] and [[Herr Fiend]] were frustrating as neither seemed likely to do nice things with their skills.

Not long into his voyage on [[Galaxy Shuttle]], he started to develop tentative feelings for Scorpia. Unfortunately, his trip was interrupted by an abduction. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/11/19}} [[Spacewarp]] came to his aid on behalf of the wounded Galaxy Shuttle. {{storylink|Transformers: Spacewarp's Log|Spacewarp's Log (2), 2015/11/21 and 2015/11/22}} During the long, meandering journey, he fell in love with Scorpia and they became [[Conjunx Endura]]. He eventually arrived safely at Nebulos. He looked forward to exploring its wonders with his new guide and binary bonded Target/Powermaster, Safeguard. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2016/02/14 and 2016/02/15}}

===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
When the battle between [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] caused the [[AllSpark]] to discharge an energy flare, this massive surge of cosmic power caught Vector Prime's attention. Peering through the dimensions, he observed the growing conflict between these Autobots and Decepticons and recorded his thoughts in a journal. {{storylink|Dispatches}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}} When he manifests in this dimension, Vector is known by the grandiose name of "Vector Prima-Vectorum".<ref>Originally an idea of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]]'s that never made it into any official media; later referenced in [[Ask Vector Prime]] (2015/06/24)</ref>

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
After the Fallen was caught trying to harvest a [[Sun|star]] from a system with life, he turned on the other Primes and made war on them. In order to prevent the Fallen from harvesting the star, the remaining Primes (including Vector Prime) hid the [[Matrix of Leadership|key to the harvester]] inside a tomb made of their own bodies and sealed it with their own life essence. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
{{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

[[File:ROTF-sixprimes.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|I was the handsome one.]]

{{note|Vector Prime was among the [[Dynasty of Primes]], though it was unclear which exact Prime he was. However, since he simply claims that he was the "handsome one", this may have all been a joke. If not, Vector Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]."}}

===Generation 1 continuity family===
====''Alternity''====
Vector Prime was contacted by his fellow defenders of space and time, the hyper-evolved Autobots known as the [[Alternity (species)|Alternity]], when they were facing their final hours. At the Alternity's behest, Vector Prime communicated with a race of two-dimensional beings called [[Planicron]]s who were under threat from [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]], and discovered that they were attempting to evolve beyond their two-dimensional existence. To do so, they had to pass through a doorway that took the form of a diagram somewhere on the Earth of [[universal stream]] [[Story of Binaltech|Primax 903.0 Beta]]. A team consisting of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Arcee (Energon)|Elita Seven]], and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] successfully located the diagram, and Vector Prime proceeded to lead the Planicrons through it, successfully evolving them into higher-dimensional lifeforms that took the Alternity's place as defenders of reality. {{storylink|Alternation}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|''Transformers vol. 2'' #47]] (mentioned); [[Heavy|''Transformers: Till All Are One'' #9]] (obscured image); [[Origin Myths|''Optimus Prime'' #10]] (full appearance)

Vector Prime was one of the Thirteen Primes, who led the [[Thirteen Tribes]] of Cybertron that formed after the [[Knights of Cybertron]] left the planet. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}} He joined his tribe with those of [[Solus Prime]], [[Alchemist Prime]], [[Nexus Prime]], and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], the quintet commissioning the construction of [[Crystal City]], on the site where [[Primus]] had supposedly delivered his [[Prime Pastoral]], as a way of honoring their creator.

After [[Septimus Prime]] perished, Vector ran to his fellow Primes to inform them of the development that the [[The Fallen|killer]] had conquered Septimus's lands and was on the warpath. There was a mixed reception to this news. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} In the era that followed, Vector would come to command the loyalty of the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Tempo]]. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

The death of [[Nexus Prime]] at the hands of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] prompted all the remaining Primes, except [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], to flee Cybertron. Eons later, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] would send one of his [[Regenesis]] ores, [[Ore-1]], to [[LV-117]], a planet associated with Vector. {{storylink|The Crucible}} {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} {{storylink|Ceremony}}

In the modern day, Vector Prime's name was remembered in the [[Way of Flame]], the religion of [[Solus Prime]]'s colony [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]]. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
In the 34th century CE, '''Vector Convoy''' was one of the [[Convoy Council]]. He usually abstained from voting the same as his peers. When the stolen ship ''[[Terrastar (BWU)|Terrastar]]'' left the Milky Way Galaxy, in violation of the Council's decree, Vector took part in the vote to send [[Astral Knight (BWU)|Astral Knight]] and his crew after them. Surprisingly, he agreed, though Astral noted it was with "infinite sadness". {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material====
Vector Prime's [[Spark]] passed into the possession of one of the twelve [[Prime Master]]s; hidden within a suit of decoy armor, they safeguarded the abilities of the Primes until the present day. By uniting with a larger Transformer, the Prime Master could channel the powers of Vector Prime's Spark and grant them unique abilities that varied with each new partner. {{storylink|#Generations|''Power of the Primes'' Metalhawk / Vector Prime online bio}}

{{note|For a list of every permutation of Vector Prime's abilities, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this link]].}}

====2019 IDW continuity====
Vector Prime was one of the Thirteen. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====''The Covenant of Primus''====
[[File:VectorPrime-CovenantOfPrimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|"The only mystery worth solving here is how this thing passed its MOT."]]
Stern, serious, Vector Prime considered himself a force of order and balance in the universe, a mere extension of his creator [[Primus]]. His powers over time and space allowed him to create and prevent temporal paradoxes to suit his needs, and even distort reality as he saw fit. His personal artifact of power was the [[Blades of Time]], which he could use to travel through other dimensions. He also had [[Badge of Vector Prime|a badge]], seemingly for decoration.

The second of the Thirteen Primes to be created, Vector was a warrior Prime, joining Prima, Onyx, Amalgamous and Megatronus in the groupings among the Thirteen. After [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] had caused [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] to fall into stasis, Vector Prime created a time loop around the inert form of the Chaos Bringer ensuring he would never awaken. Like the others however, Vector Prime was tainted by a touch of Unicron's darkness, which would mark the downfall of the Thirteen.

In the aftermath, Vector joined with Prima and [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] to create rules and order for a new community and the upcoming birth of the Cybertronian species, though their rules were found restrictive by the other Primes. Along with Trion and Prima, Vector was greatly confused by the romance between Solus and Megatronus. Despite this however, Vector commissioned a new mandala from Solus.

The end of the Thirteen came after [[Prima]] discovered that Megatronus, [[Quintus Prime]], and [[Liege Maximo]] had worked on a secret "farm" of robotic creatures, which Alchemist found troubling. Suspecting a sinister motive, Prima forced the rest of the Thirteen into a vote on the matter, and Vector voted against letting the project continue. Furious with the results of the debate, Megatronus inadvertently killed Solus in a dispute that [[Liege Maximo]] had orchestrated. Drawn by the commotion, the rest of the Thirteen arrived in time to see Solus's body return to the [[Core]], its passage creating the [[Well of All Sparks]].

Even after Megatronus offered his side of the story, accusations began to fly. The investigation degenerated into a free-for-all brawl between the remaining twelve siblings, which ended with Maximo getting killed by the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]] through uncertain means.

The survivors buried Liege Maximo's remains in a chasm and held a memorial to Solus Prime in deep space. Hoping to put their ugly past behind them, the Primes then turned their attention to Cybertron and their plans for the future. They decided to use [[Onyx Prime]]'s [[Triptych Mask]] to create a new race of robotic beings, as Primus had created them, with Onyx, Micronus, and Optimus travelling into the Well resulting in the creation of a new wave of Cybertronian creatures which the surviving Primes oversaw. Vector Prime's faith in his siblings however had long since been shattered and he quietly retreated to [[Realm of the Primes|another dimension]] when no one was looking.

One way or another his badge wound up in [[Vector Sigma]]'s possession. Millenia later, Alpha Trion would gift it to Sentinel Prime. Millenia after that, Optimus reassembled the Blades of Time.
{{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}
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====Aligned novels====
In the past, the once idealistic Vector Prime held the Thirteen together with his idealism, but despaired as his fellow Primes fell to fighting and backstabbing. He could understand a moment of anger that caused [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] to lash out and kill [[Solus Prime]], but when he discovered [[Liege Maximo]] actively scheming against his brothers, he could tolerate no more, and created a miniature pocket dimension for himself. This could only be accessed through the [[Blades of Time]], which were scattered across the [[Cybertronian colonies]] and guarded by [[Nexus Prime]]'s fractured selves. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

When he defeated [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] in combat, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] noticed he wore the sigil of the noble myth of Vector Prime. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

After discovering and assembling the Blades of Time, Optimus stepped through into Vector Prime's pocket dimension. Vector Prime had been expecting him, and called Optimus "Prime". He agreed to aid the [[Autobot]]s, and seemed surprised that Alpha Trion was still alive. He wondered how many of the Thirteen were still around. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[File:OneShallRise1-VectorPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]

According to legend, at the beginning of time, [[Unicron]] and [[Primus]] battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

At some point, statues of Vector Prime and his brothers were made. They were placed in the chamber of the High Council. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
The [[Uniend]] incarnation of Vector Prime was initially not part of the "multiversal singularity" Vector, as the Uniend Cluster was separated from the rest of the multiverse by a quantum membrane. When this membrane was punctured by the [[Dark Spark]], Uniend Vector began to be absorbed into the wavestructure of the living quantum event that was the singularity incarnation. As this process carried itself out, the singularity Vector began to experience and absorb the memories of the Uniend Vector, recalling how he had convinced [[Ironfletch]] to join the Autobot cause, and briefly worked alongside [[Rampart Punch]] and [[Avatar Brave]]. In particular, he expressed a fondness for his Uniend equivalent's [[Facial hair|beard]], and wondered if he would adopt it into his own facial structure. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Troy Baker]] (English), [[Yasuhiro Kikuchi]] (Japanese)|[[Xavier Percy]] (French), [[Glauco Marques]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
[[File:BattlegroundsPt1 vector prime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|He knows about Setsuna Meiou being demoted to a dwarf planet.]]
When the evil of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] threatened to return, endangering both Earth and Cybertron, [[Micronus Prime]] brought [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] before Vector and the other four Primes who dwelled within the [[Realm of the Primes]]. Speaking for the group, Vector announced that they could sense Optimus had not yet completed the necessary preparations that would allow him to safely receive a portion of power from each of the assembled Primes so that he could effectively combat Megatronus, but an impassioned speech from Optimus convinced them to go through with the power transfer. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}}

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===''Kre-O'' online comic===
[[File:KreO vectorprime.jpg|right|thumb|upright=.75]]
In [[Fornax 813.0 Gamma|a universe]] built out of blocks, Vector Prime witnessed a Decepticon attack on [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}
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===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
Vector Prime was one of the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}} {{storylink|Silent Strike}} {{storylink|The Other One}}

==Games==
===Transformers Power Up: The Game===
{{Note|Vector Prime is one of four Transformers that can be built over the course of the game.}}
{{storylink|Transformers Power Up: The Game}}

==Toys==
===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2AutobotGenerations.jpg|100px|thumb|Sadly not featured in a hilarious rap-filled commercial.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Autobot''' (Watch, 1993)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Watchband
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}
{{note|This toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] into an older form of Vector Prime via an entry of [[Ask Vector Prime]].}}

: [[Autobot (G2)|Autobot]] originated in the [[1983]] ''[[Microman]]'' ''[[Micro Change]]'' line as MC-06 Watch Robo, where he was available in four different colors. In [[1993]], he was released directly by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in North America as part of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', alongside [[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]] and the wristwatches of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].

: He transforms from a boxy silver chrome robot to a boxy functional digital watch that attaches to a plastic wristband.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Autobot/autobot.htm More information on Autobot at TFU.info]''
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cybertrontoy hasbro and takara vector primes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The [[Last Autobot]]'s beiger cousin.<br>(Hasbro Vector Prime at left, Takara release on the right, and their respective Cyber Keys from top to bottom at center.)]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Vector Prime''' (Voyager, 2004/2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-03'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': [[Rhisling|Sword]], missile, [[Zeonomicon|Cyber Key]]
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''v38g'''
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] and [[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]/[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' toys, Vector Prime transforms into a large Cybertronic space cruiser with "solar panel" wings and a ''ton'' of clockwork/filigree detailing. His nosecone has a spring-loaded missile launcher at the tip, and an indented area over his cockpit for his pack-in Mini-Con partner [[Safeguard (Cybertron)#Toys|Safeguard]] to attach in jet/cannon mode. The nosecone ''also'' holds his [[Rhisling|sword]], the guard sticking out of the side to form a small stabilizer fin (with an immobile matching fin on the other side). In robot mode, raising his right arm triggers electronic laser sounds; inserting his unique [[Cyber Key]] into his <s>fly</s> abdomen in either mode activates a vague electronic charging sound, and replaces his arm-activated laser sounds with those of a clashing sword.

: First made available in Japan by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] several months ahead of [[Hasbro]]'s release, ''Galaxy Force'' Vector Prime has some significant differences between these two separate releases. Where Hasbro's release features a high-contrast color scheme of stark white and rich chocolate-brown plastics, Takara's uses a softer metallic-tinged grey and burgundy. [[For safety reasons]], Hasbro uses a softer, bendable translucent plastic for Vector Prime's wings and sword, where Takara was able to cast these parts in firmer materials. Finally, there are numerous [[paint operation]] differences between the two: Takara's version features a burgundy trim that runs all around the figure's wings, extra red circles on his shoulders, silver paint on the thigh vents, and several additional gold details on his forearm guards, helmet crest, and the sides of his legs, while Hasbro's does away with these and adds instead a larger gold application around his midriff and Cyber Key slot, and an Autobot [[insignia]] on his vehicle-mode cockpit. Hasbro's Cyber Key is entirely unpainted translucent blue with a [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] printed on the back, Takara's features a generous metallic silver paint coating and no code.

: Unhelpfully, [[:File:VectorPrime toy.jpg|stock photos of Vector Prime]] depicted a conglomerated version of the figure with Hasbro's white plastic, Takara's burgundy, and all the different paint applications from both versions.

: The Korean [[Mocom Toy]] version of Takara Vector Prime replaces the silver paint of his Cyber Planet Key with a light gray.

: This mold was also used to create [[BotCon 2007]] [[Alpha Trion (SG)#Toys|Alpha Trion]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/VectorPrime/vectorprime.htm More information on Vector Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy vprime vs sscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Starscream vs. Vector Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': [[Rhisling|Sword]], missile, [[Zeonomicon|Cyber Key]]
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''v38g'''

: The Vector Prime in this [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] set is identical to the regular-retail version. He comes with a unique version of [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#VsVector|Starscream]], a Voyager-class mold that was otherwise not available at normal US retail, and in an entirely new deco to boot.

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[[File:Cyb-toy VectorPrime LOC.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|And I'm his poorer cousin who can't afford paint.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Vector Prime''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2006)}}</ul>

: As part of the ''[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]]'' line, Vector Prime is a miniature, heavily-simplified version of the Voyager-class toy, yet retaining much of the sculpted detailing. He was part of the third wave of product, the first wave to be sold outside of "[[market six]]" stores and in "big box" chains like Toys 'R' Us and Kmart.

: Some stock photos of this figure, including the ones on the back of its packaging,<ref name="locvprime">[http://www.shmax.com/product_details/271/vector_prime Legends of Cybertron Vector Prime's packaging] at Shmax.com</ref> depict Vector Prime with functional elbows. Evidently, a [[design change]] was implemented at some point; on the final release, the arms are cast as one piece, with ''fake elbow joints'' as moulded detail. OK then.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Scattershot (G1)#Universe (2008)|Scattershot]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/LOCVectorPrime/vectorprime.htm More information on ''Legends of Cybertron'' Vector Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cyb GFVectorPrime toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Safeguard pimps his ride. Fo sho.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Force Vector Prime''' (Voyager, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Sword, missile, Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''vz74'''
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Not to be confused with the ''Galaxy Force'' release of Vector Prime, Hasbro's "Galaxy Force Vector Prime" is a matte gold & clear-orange [[redeco]] of Vector Prime released in the eighth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Voyagers, the only new toy in that assortment. The packaging photography shows the [[prototype]] as considerably more blinged out than the rather yellowish matte gold plastic actually used for the production run. He retains all of his normal gimmickry from the original release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/GFVectorPrime/vectorprime.htm More information on Galaxy Force Vector Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008 VectorPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Last Autobot [[homage]]: Denied!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Vector Prime with Mini-Con Safeguard!''' (Voyager, 2009)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': Cybertron Series
:*''Accessories:'' Sword, missile, Cyber Key
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: Vector Prime was re-released in the fourth wave of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' series]] Voyagers, redecoed in black, brown, and blue. Notably, this is the first Hasbro iteration of the figure to have painted wings like the Takara Galaxy Force version, as well as being the only version with a painted sword blade. Like [[BotCon]] exclusive [[Alpha Trion (SG)#Toys|Alpha Trion]], sadly, he has been gutted of his electronic features, rendering the Cyber Key pointless; though the battery compartment can be opened.

:This toy was shipped in extremely low quantities, and as a result was a very rare sight at U.S. retail stores.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/TFUVectorPrime/vectorprime.htm More information on ''Universe'' Vector Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:TF-POTP-Prime-Master-Vector-Prime-with-Metalhawk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Vector Prime''' (Prime Master, [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-03'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 25]], [[2018]]
:*''Accessories'': [[Metalhawk (G1)#Power of the Primes|Metalhawk]] decoy armor, cannon
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Vector Prime is a [[Prime Master]] with [[Metalhawk (G1)#Toys|Metalhawk]] "decoy armor", visually based on the original [[Pretender]]'s inner robot and shell.

: This toy has identical features to the other Prime Masters in the line. The decoy armor has a weapon piece which can fold out to create a weapon mode, or detach and be held in the armor's 3 mm-compatible hand. The [[Titan Master]]-like robot can store inside the decoy armor or ride [[Size class|Legends Class]] figures in vehicle mode, and is fully compatible with toys from the previous ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' line. The "Power Swap" gimmick means its [[spark]] form can plug onto any decoy armor's weapon form (which has a [[5 mm post]] to be held by larger figures), Deluxe Class figures' chest armor, Voyager Class figures' bucklers, Leader Class figures' [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] (in place of their Matrix core), [[combiner]]s' torsos (in place of their [[Enigma of Combination]]), or the [[Scepter of Sparks]]. With the power of [[you]]r imagination, this bestows the Prime Master's [[Prime Master/Combinations|unique power]] on the larger figure.

: Unlike every other Titan Master/Prime Master, Vector Prime and his fellow first wave Prime Masters feature backpacks/symbols secured by pins instead of screws.

: Though designated for a first quarter 2018 release, Vector Prime/Metalhawk's wave reached U.S. store shelves in November 2017.

:Vector Prime/Metalhawk was retooled with a new [[Prime Master]] sigil and decoy armor front as [[Alpha Trion (G1)#Power of the Primes|Alpha Trion]]/[[Landmine (G1)#Power of the Primes|Landmine]], and again replacing the entire gray sprue with new parts for [[Quintus Prime#Power of the Primes|Quintus Prime]]/[[Bludgeon (G1)#Power of the Primes|Bludgeon]]. Vector Prime alone was given a different replacement sprue for the [[Thirteenth Prime#Power of the Primes|Thirteenth Prime]].
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Voyager-Vector-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Retooled with direction ''and'' magnitude.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Vector Prime''' (Voyager, [[2024]])}}</ul>
*Accessories: Rhisling, Cyber Key
:Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy United]]'' Voyagers, Vector Prime is a partial remold of [[Jhiaxus (G2)#Legacy|G2 Universe Jhiaxus]], only retaining the legs, arms and part of the chest. While teased at WonderCon with this ''Binder of Revelation '' artwork, the toy itself is based on his ''Cybertron'' design.

:He comes with Rhisling and his personal Cyber Key. Like most ''Cybertron'' derived figures with them his Cyber planet key is only there as a callback to it's functionality on the original toy, but unlike most of them it doesn't plug into his waist like his original toy, instead attaching to his chest.

:Like with most characters partnered with Mini-Cons, Safeguard is omitted from this release, though Vector Prime’s jet mode has a port for the original to plug into and rest.

:Vector Prime was revealed on the [[April 25]] fanstream, with pre-orders going up later that same day.
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==Merchandise==
===''Attacktix''===
[[File:Attacktix VectorPrime.jpg||thumb|upright=1.1|Go ahead. Ask me again about how well I blend.]]
*'''Vector Prime''' (Booster, 2006)
{{attacktix
|ID=TF11
|faction=Autobot
|class=Leader
|special=Vengeance—2525 (77%) success ratio
|cost=40
|speed=4
|attacktype=Shooter (Energy Blast)
}}
:Part of the first assortment of ''[[Attacktix]]'' Transformers-series Booster packs, Vector Prime is one of the less stable shooters of his size. He has three points of articulation (shoulders and waist) which you can use to put him in a more stable stance than his default, though it doesn't look very comfortable.

:Vector Prime appears to have been created as the counterpart to the powerful Decepticon [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] figure. His Special Power is the antithesis of Scorponok's, allowing you to instantly remove up to two of your opponent's in-play [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]]. Who knew Vector Prime hated Terrorcons so much?

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/AttacktixVectorPrime/vectorprime.htm More information on ''Attacktix'' Vector Prime at TFU.info]''
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===Jollibee===
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[[File:JollibeeCybVector.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|The Guardian of Shakes and Fries]]
*'''Vector Prime''' (Jollibee Kids Meal, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Cup topper stand

:Released under the "Robot Blasters" promotion from [[Jollibee]], Vector Prime is a simplified rendition of the [[Vector Prime#LOC|Legends of Cybertron]] figure, missing several joints and shaving off a few transformation steps in the process. Like all four pieces in this set, Vector includes a stand with his name and faction symbol sculpted on one side and the ''Cybertron'' logo on the other. This stand can also be used to cover up a regular-sized cup from a fast food joint.

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==Notes==
===General===
[[File:VectorPrimeGoldCG.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Vector Prime goes Super Saiyan.]]
*Like other members of the Thirteen, Vector Prime was once established as a [[multiversal singularity]], existing as one being across all of time and space, but that is [[Shroud|no longer the case]].
*The original concept for Vector Prime was for him to be a character who could cut through spacetime to summon different characters from across the multiverse.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Multiverse travel was really what he was created for, he was initially created as a character that could cut through the Multiverse with his sword and potentially bring characters from different versions of the franchise together. Now that changed a little bit in the execution of ''Cybertron'' and how that finished up, but initially he would have been a character that would have helped the Autobots, or guided somehow them getting to the different places, and meeting up with different versions of different characters that maybe they would have brought forward.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQLQ4VzuCGA&t=281s|name=Aaron Archer|site=''The Toy Armada''|title=Toy Armada Friday night LIVE: Creating characters and lore|year=2023|month=05|day=26}}</ref>
*"Vector Prime" was the originally proposed name for [[Sentinel Maximus]], going so far as to be printed on Sentinel Maximus's shipping cases.
*During pre-production of the ''Cybertron'' franchise, Hasbro requested [[Don Figueroa]] produce a concept design for Vector Prime. [http://www.unicron.us/tf2007/figueroa/DonceptVector-b.jpg Figueroa's design] depicted the character as much older and with a noticeable hunch, and ultimately went unused in favor of his final design.
*Vector Prime's design drew heavily from Egyptian imagery and {{w|Swiss made}} watches.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=One of my favorite character designs. He was created for Cybertron animation and incorporated into the TF aligned continuity project. Heavily based on Egyptian influences as well as swiss watches, we wanted his age to show in his design that he came from an much older time than #Optimus and the gang. I altered his head colors to create a more uniform look.|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CEuFhNtA5bn/|name=Aaron Archer|site=Instagram|year=2020|month=09|day=04}}</ref> The vaguely pharaonic head of one of the earliest known sketches of Vector Prime had a resemblance to {{w|Giant Robo (OVA)|Giant Robo}}, but [[Aaron Archer]] had no idea what Giant Robo was when questioned about it—although, to be fair, the sketch was not one Archer had done himself.<ref>http://tfu.info/issue12/aaronsdesk.htm Stuff From Aaron's Desk, Day 22</ref>
*According to the [[Hasbro]] panel at [[BotCon 2006]], Vector Prime's head was largely based around the [[Autobot]] insignia. At one point in the design process, a flip-down battle mask identical to the Autobot symbol was proposed.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/naladahc/256973979/in/set-72157594305640507/ BotCon - Friday - Vector Prime's original head]</ref> Also, he was originally going to have two swords, as seen in the image on the right.
*Aaron Archer feels that Vector Prime's vehicle mode was a little undercooked, in comparison to the robot mode.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I wish we worked on the vehicle mode as much as we did the bot....|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CEuFhNtA5bn/c/17860106990087566/r/17913964018469268/|name=Aaron Archer|site=Instagram|year=2020|month=09|day=04}}</ref>
*The "Galaxy Force Vector Prime" color scheme appears to have been inspired by a [[GONZO]] CGI color mock-up done before Vector Prime's final coloration was decided. A Hasbro design chart showing this and other concepts was first seen at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2005, and was present at [[BotCon 2005]] later that same year. The image also made an appearance during a slideshow at one of Hasbro's [[BotCon 2006]] presentations, and in Galaxy Force Vector Prime's unlockable online Cyber Key content.
*The released version of the Vector Prime ''Attacktix'' figure featured the Takara coloration of the ''Cybertron'' toy, gray with a metallic burgundy. [[:File:WhiteVectorPrimeAttacktix.jpg|A more Hasbro-release-like white-and-brown redeco]] was seen through various avenues, such as Toy Fair 2006 and Hasbro publicity photos, but ultimately never came out at retail.
* Vector Prime is [[Aaron Archer]]'s favorite character he's created.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=mine too|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bubcs5Kn9dr/c/17978356441205690/r/17907536086292250/|name=Aaron Archer|site=Instagram|year=2019|month=05|day=03}}</ref>

===''Generation 2'' "Autobot" watch toy===
[[File:RobotTimeMachineSixModes.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Robot Time Machine in watch, "battle station", "galactic shuttle", "cosmic tank", "solar creature", and robot forms. No, this time we're not joking.]]
*After being released in ''Micro Change'', Autobot was sold by Takara in a line called '''''Watch Q''''' in 1984. The watches who would become [[Kaltor]] and [[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]] were also sold in ''Watch Q'', as were a bunch of other transforming watches who were never sold as Transformers. Autobot was also sold as part of Takara's North American ''[[Kronoform]]'' line, where he was called "Robot Time Machine" and had the unique honor of appearing in a television commercial that advertised him as being, at the least, a [[Six Changer]] (albeit a highly unconvincing one).
*He has the distinction of being THE prototypical transforming watch toy of the 1980s, with scores of knock-offs produced during that era. Surprisingly, one of these was advertised ''within'' an issue of Marvel's ''Transformers'' series! "[[The Next Best Thing to Being There!]]" featured [[:File:BonkersRobotWatch.jpg|an ad from the Nabisco company]] for a "Robot-Watch" (plainly Autobot, with "Quartz" replacing "Takara" on his chest) at the cost of $3.95 and 3 "Bonkers" candy labels.
*Two versions of Autobot's packaging are depicted in ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]'', one using his ''Micro Change'' art with an Autobot symbol slapped on and the other with original art. According to the text, the former was a packaging mock-up; the one shown on this page is how he was released.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vector Prime''' (ベクタープライム ''Bekutā Puraimu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Vector Fővezér'''
*''Korean:'' '''Mega Vector Prime''' (메가 벡터 프라임 ''Mega Bekteo Peuraim'')
*''Indonesian:'' '''Dexter Prime'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Vector''' (Taiwan, 貝克達 ''Bèikèdá''), '''Yǐntiānxíng''' (China, 引天行, "Guide Heaven Walk")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Vektor Naykrashchyy''' (Вектор Найкращий, "Vector the Best")

==External links==
*[http://www.insecticons.com/vector-qa-00.html Ask Vector Prime archive at ''In Space, No One Can Hear Starscream'']
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNlb0h6qig8 Kronoform Robot Time Machine commercial on youtube]

==References==
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Talk:Bumblebee (Movie)/toys

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Metalstar: /* Two things */ new section

==Split AGAIN?==
Apparently this page is 52 KB, which is fuckoff huge by Wiki standards. I propose splitting it into Bumblebee/toys and Bumblebee/merchandise. Any opposition? [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 09:31, 15 November 2009 (EST)
:52 kB isn't that large—only old browsers have trouble editing. 100 kB is a better point to split it. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 20:27, 15 November 2009 (EST)

==Leader Bumblebee==

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/285964-5th-rotf-leader-class-mold.html

Is it time to add a new sub section? [[User:Dinoman96|Dinoman96]] 13:13, 4 January 2010 (EST)
: Not until we get official confirmation, and not something stolen or leaked. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:01, 4 January 2010 (EST)

== Battle Blade Bumblebee losing his head? ==

I got Battle Blade Bumblebee today (the first of any of the Movieverse Bumblebees I've ever gotten) and the head seems to come off fairly easy when I convert him. For article noting purposes, I would like to know if anybody else has had this problem with this particular toy. - [[User:Zadok Rox|Zadok Rox]] 22:42, 2 August 2010 (EDT)
:Nope, and sorry, but you're better off asking a message board, because this question is not a discussion about the content of the article. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 23:06, 2 August 2010 (EDT)
::I only ask because if this problem is widespread, it should be noted like other flaws with toys (ROTF's Sideswipe's torso problem, for example). However, I'll yield and drop the subject (no more message boards for me). - [[User:Zadok Rox|Zadok Rox]] 10:08, 3 August 2010 (EDT)
:::I've seen some with the heads somewhere rattling around in the box.--[[User:TOM|TOM]] 14:49, 19 February 2011 (EST)
::::Never had a problem with mine and I've owned it since August. I'm not aware of the Sideswipe problem either as never had an issue with any of the three different Sideswipes I have had (I only own Sidearms now having sold off the others) {{Unsigned|86.29.57.94}}

== DOTM ==

I think someoneshould add a DOTM secton. But not me. Who knows what I could mess up!--[[User:TOM|TOM]] 14:52, 19 February 2011 (EST)

==DOTM Deluxe Bee==

Before we get into ANOTHER edit-war, could SOMEONE ELSE kindly clarify whether Deluxe Bee is a retool or a remold? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 14:12, 26 March 2011 (EDT)
: I really have no idea. I don't own Battle Blades Bumblebee, and I didn't pay much attention to deluxe Bee at Toy Fair, either. I do wonder how TOM can claim to know DOTM Bee is "smaller," though. Officially, that is. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:18, 26 March 2011 (EDT)
:: In this video from Optibotimus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpqamRtmGRE Quote: because this figure is smaller than any other version of bumblebee, they technically are all brand new parts. They couldn't reuse any other Bumblebee parts cause they no longer would fit. -Optibotimus --[[User:TOM|TOM]] 14:48, 26 March 2011 (EDT)
: So like I said. You got this information from illegal sources. How many times have I asked you to not do that? Would you say one million times? What will it take to make you learn, or do I just have to get rid of you? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:50, 26 March 2011 (EDT)
:: Illegal? How?--[[User:TOM|TOM]] 14:56, 26 March 2011 (EDT)
:::The toy has not been released for sale. Therefore, anyone who has one has acquired it through illegal means. THEY ARE STOLEN!!!!!!! --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:58, 26 March 2011 (EDT)
:::: Peaugh hs one LEAGALY; he bought it from KAPOW! Toys. I even asked a guy who reviews the toys for the company, and he said KAPOW! is 100% legit, and they DO NOT sell stolen items!--[[User:TOM|TOM]] 15:02, 26 March 2011 (EDT)
:::::Because people who sell stolen items always say that. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN RELEASED FOR SALE. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:08, 26 March 2011 (EDT)
::::::''He'' doesn't sell them, he just reviews them for the company.--[[User:TOM|TOM]] 15:11, 26 March 2011 (EDT)
:::::::Kapow Toys's own site says that: "PRE-ORDER Transformers Dark of the Moon Deluxe Bumblebee US Card PRE-ORDER DUE MAY - JUNE 2011". How can he have it from them if they won't have it for another month? And what company does he do the reviews for? And how do you know? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:13, 26 March 2011 (EDT)
:::::::He is still reviewing stolen property. The release date for these toys is not for several months. Because you can't seem to learn, and me telling you to stop adding stolen information to our wiki is at least a once-a-week occurrence that has gone on for as long as you've been editing this wiki, you are going on an extended vacation. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:14, 26 March 2011 (EDT)
:::::::: What's the Deluxe Bee that has a weapon hole on his hood rather than the roof? I saw a pic of it somewhere but can't seem to find it again. {{Unsigned|86.29.57.94}}
:::::::::: The cries of "ILLEGAL" sound awfully corporate to me. What moral obligation are you pulling here to disregard sources of information that aren't press releases? "Stolen information" is one of the most pompous things I've seen on this site, and that's saying a lot seeing as how more than half it is dedicated to proxy rage against raging fans. {{Unsigned|74.63.112.139}}
:::::::::::Familiarize yourself with [[Help:Official info#Stolen toys are bad|this]]. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 04:16, 12 July 2011 (EDT)

== Lunchables ==

What with the lockdown, I can't correct the following errors in the Lunchables section: plateform ---> platform, creatre ---> create, itiration ---> iteration. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:59, 26 March 2011 (EDT)

== Redeco Jokes ==

Yes, there's a billion Bumblebee redecos. We all know that. Can we stop making caption jokes about it? [[User:TheMZone|TheMZone]] 19:40, 17 June 2011 (EDT)

== Nitro 'bee ==
Is Nitro 'bee's molded license plate a new thing for Transformers? Usually it's either a sticker, or just a flat space, but Nitro 'bee has the whole thing molded on his back-end.--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 15:37, 30 July 2011 (EDT)

==Leader writeup==
The previous edit's writeup wasn't great, but it wasn't worthless, either. I was going to rewrite it myself based on what our anonymous editor contributed, but I don't have the toy so I can't figure out quite what he means about some of it. Still, I think someone should try to overhaul it rather than just revert it outright to a version of the entry with no information at all. -[[User:LV|LV]] 14:11, 7 August 2011 (EDT)
:This was the previous entry:
"Leader class Bumblebee is a new mold made to be more movie accurate like all other figures under the leader class title. Bumblebee has no electronics or voice capabilities in the figure itself. Instead all the electronics are found in a jet pack/ weapon pack that can be clipped to either his back or the rear end of the car. The pack includes three weapons, a non firing shoulder cannon and two non firing missile packs that can be angled around his shoulders however you want it. The shoulder cannon plays a firing noise when pressed as well as deploys a scope that is entirely useless to the character for it comes nowhere near his face. the rocket launchers play a different noise of rockets being fired when pressed. The only other sound is the pack has a switch that, when pushed forward or pulled back, deploys/retracts the weapons and plays to notably different sounding transformation sounds between retracting and deploying (it also flashes blue or yellwolights when the above mentioned sounds play). ''Besides the pack, Bumblebee's only packaged weapon is the pulse cannon on his right arm. this cannon can't be replaced with a normal hand but it does telepathically pop out'' and the yellow piece on the lower arm can come forward (this doesn't happen on the other arm)to create what looks like a blade weapon.on his The Cameron mode can be put the weapon pack on and give him a sort of attack mode, likely based off the scene when Bumblebee briefly used weapons while in vehicle form. The form changes basically nothing, just opens the hood parts and reveals the arms where the door used to be (the door hangs over them now). Bumblebee has four five millimeter holes for the mech tech feature, one on the top of his shoulder (though the one on the side of his shoulder is to small for mech tech weapons) and one on his lower arms. The weapon system/ jet pack has five, two on the body of the pack, the third on the middle cannon, and one on each of the rocket launchers. The two launchers packs can be equiped with a c joint rung each. The alt mode has none but the attack form has the same four located on his arms as well as it includes the wepaon pack's seven mech tech points. In total, Bumblebee can store up to nine mech weapons. The pack can't really be placed on any other mech tech characters due to it's massive size and the connector peg, though the Deluxe calss Laserbeak can be plugged onto it and his arms if you want." --[[User:Primo|Primo]] 16:31, 7 August 2011 (EDT)

== Citation needed ==

As the person who added the bit that was given the "citation needed" treatment, I can confirm that there was a weird version of the checklist on Hasbro's website a few years ago that listed all sorts of unreleased toys (that list is where we got the name "Halloween Horrorcons" from) which also listed all the Screen Battles sets with four instead of three human figures. That list should be long gone by now.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 20:01, 29 May 2012 (EDT)

== "Impossible!" ==
As I was editing the page myself (not sure if it will still be kept on or not), I found it daunting trying to edit the page because it was so long it is nearly impossible to go where you need to be, or your mind is just screwed.

So my Idea to rectify the problem (and perhaps to make the "Bumblebee toys" a little less overwhelming for those who read or edit it), is perhaps to split the page apart to equal sections (as in parts to continue) or towards which movie (e.g. Bumblee toys ROTF) with a hint of what came afterwards (e.g. the 2010 line) before moving to the next page (Bumblebee toys DOTM) and so forth.

Not sure if anyone could agree on this, but It is I hope a good point on a result of why we hate Bumblebee so much.[[User:Go(toby070)Bots|Go(toby070)Bots]] ([[User talk:Go(toby070)Bots|talk]]) 10:53, 10 May 2014 (EDT)
:That's what the headers and table of contents are for. Ctrl+F is your best friend. Besides, this isn't even the longest page.

:And who's this "we" you're talking about? --[[User:Inkblot|Inkblot]] ([[User talk:Inkblot|talk]]) 22:40, 10 May 2014 (EDT)

== Studio Series toy ==

Any consensus from owners on whether ''Studio Series'' Bumblebee best qualifies as a heavy retool or a partial-tool? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 23:56, 6 March 2018 (EST)

== mpm07 ==

mpm07 beatle bumblebee needs to be added {{unsigned|Optimusprimerotfrocks}}
:The listng has no pictures and comes from an unofficial affiliate of Hasbro, therefore, it constitutes as leak, and has no place on the wiki. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 20:32, 1 September 2018 (EDT)

mpm07 has been listed on tfsource for preorder and has been revealed on tfw2005 by hasbro
http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/09/21/tranformers-masterpiece-movie-mpm-07-bumblebee-vw-beetle-official-images-and-announcement-372059 {{unsigned|Optimusprimerotfrocks}}
:We already have the toy up. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 20:49, 22 September 2018 (EDT)

== This page is desperately in need of splitting. ==

Right now this page ranks as eighth longest page on the wiki, and it is surprising that loading all the images does not crash my browser. Something has to give. Where would be an adequate point to partition Bumblebee toys? Unfortunately, it is possible the 2018 ''Bumblebee'' movie is an insufficient benchmark to trim down the first page of toys to a manageable user experience. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 07:25, 16 June 2022 (EDT)
:Why not split the six movie franchise evenly in half? Same for Movie OP. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 08:26, 16 June 2022 (EDT)
::Probably the best place to split right now would be from the ''Age of Extinction'' toyline onward, as both pages would have approximately the same lenght. But considering that this Bumblebee is inevitably going to keep getting ''a lot'' of toys in the foreseeable future, I'd suggest we split the first decade (2007-2016) from everything past 2017. Basically the split would happen between ''Q-Transformers'' and ''Movie the Best'', allowing for the second page to keep growing to the lenght of the first one until we reach 2026 and decide if yet another split becomes a necessity. --[[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 17:39, 16 June 2022 (EDT)

:::I think give the sheer length another split may be needed down the road, but I do agree that the original trilogy is a workable boundary line for now! [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 14:01, 26 June 2022 (EDT)
Reviving this topic because we all know this page is only going to grow bigger next year and we'll have to split it sooner or later. MrRald has suggested on the Discord that we start by splitting the ''Studio Series'' toys (along with ''Buzzworthy SS'' and ''Premium Finish'') to their own page separate from all the other toys. While I personally agree that it's a good starting point, I also think that we could just go straight to the "second phase of the split"—so to speak—where we keep the first page with everything from 2007 to 2017 and the second page with everything else starting with 2018, conveniently splitting the original 10 years of the Bayverse from this new era of softly-rebooted movies and toylines that started with ''Bumblebee'' and ''Studio Series''. It's only a matter of time until we get loads of ''Rise of the Beasts'' toys anyway so it wouldn't hurt to be prepared for their eventual arrival. Does anyone else agree with this proposal? --[[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 22:09, 7 December 2022 (EST)

While I have no strong feelings on which way we split the page, I second the need to split this page as soon as possible for the sake of making it stable and navigable.
The reason I chose the studio series toyline for the split is because it's been going for 5 years, it shows no sign of stopping and Bumblebee gets the most toys in it. Therefore, it's gonna be our main source of bloating from here on. The upcoming Rise of The Beasts Tie-in toyline will probably also feature a lot of Bumblebee merchandise, so I find sensitive to move it alongside the Studio Series toys as it will be another source of bloating.
[[User:MrRald|MrRald]] ([[User talk:MrRald|talk]]) 22:20, 7 December 2022 (EST)

:I think keeping the five Bay films' toylines and the attached lines (TF2010, Kre-O, etc) on one page, then starting a second page for ''Bumblebee'', ''Studio'', ''Beasts'' and forward would probably be as clean and intuitive a breakpoint as possible. Start the soft page reboot at the soft franchise reboot. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 02:23, 8 December 2022 (EST)

::My thought process is: he got a new body in AOE, so that might be a good place to split off. Leave Movie, ROTF and DOTM on this page, along with any depictions of him in that body. Have AOE, TLK, Bumblebee, and ROTB on another. Don't know how useful that would be, but that's my two cents. [[User:ThatGuy79|ThatGuy79]] ([[User talk:ThatGuy79|talk]]) 11:59, 8 March 2023 (EST)

:::So what you're saying is we should split the Studio Series section in two separate pages on an arbitrary basis. That doesn't sound helpful at all. -- [[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 12:08, 8 March 2023 (EST)
::::I support Sipher's plan. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 12:57, 8 March 2023 (EST)
:::::Looking at my argument, I have come to the conclusion that it was dumb. I'm with Fritz and Sipher on this one. [[User:ThatGuy79|ThatGuy79]] ([[User talk:ThatGuy79|talk]]) 13:45, 8 March 2023 (EST)

I think enough people have agreed on the split and so I propose we move the discussion to the next topic that needs a consensus: how do we name the pages? I personally can't think of anything other than "/toys (2007-2017)" and "/toys (2018 onwards)", but I'm not saying it's the best option. Any better ideas? -- [[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 14:23, 8 March 2023 (EST)
:I'm gonna cast my vote for "/toys (pre-''Bumblebee'')" and "/toys (post-''Bumblebee''). [[User:ThatGuy79|ThatGuy79]] ([[User talk:ThatGuy79|talk]]) 18:22, 8 March 2023 (EST)
:...oops. Yes. Yes, I did. Thank you. [[User:ThatGuy79|ThatGuy79]] ([[User talk:ThatGuy79|talk]]) 19:15, 8 March 2023 (EST)
:For lack of a better idea, (2007-2017) and (2018 onwards) seem about as concise a parenthetical as any. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 01:21, 9 March 2023 (EST)
: (2007-2017) and (2018-) makes sense to me. Clean, simple and descriptive. No nice words that are more representative of the split that I can think of. [[User:Bumblebee2000|Bumblebee2000]] ([[User talk:Bumblebee2000|talk]]) 09:30, 9 March 2023 (EST)
:My take is put SS in its own separate category since G1 Prime and Megatron do that, and then sort those SS toys by movie.[[User:Poliwag06|Poliwag06]] ([[User talk:Poliwag06|talk]]) 01:48, 9 March 2023 (EST)
::Problem with that: I don't think there are really enough Studio Series toys to have much of an impact on the page's length. It'd still be HUGE, and it'll get bigger right away once ROTB comes out. I think "2007-2017" and "2018 onward" are the optimal way to split. [[User:ThatGuy79|ThatGuy79]] ([[User talk:ThatGuy79|talk]]) 12:32, 9 March 2023 (EST)
:::No need to discuss where to split anymore, it's clear now that 2017/2018 is the better option. Though it has been brought up in the Discord that the Masterpiece line (and possibly others) span from before 2017 to after 2018, but I think it would be unwise to split toylines between pages, so I suggest we make an exception for these cases and leave their entirety on the first page alone. If necessary, we can note at the top of the pages that the split refers to the year each line started and not the specific release of each individual toy. After all, it's better to have one exception that helps to keep everything else as simple as possible than to keep coming up with any more convoluted ways to make the split. Also thanks for the support on my name suggestions! -- [[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 13:10, 9 March 2023 (EST)
I have created three sandboxes of Bayverse Bumblebee's toys in increments of [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47/Sandbox/Bayverse page size test 1|2007-2013]], [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47/Sandbox/Bayverse page size test 2|2014-2017]], and [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47/Sandbox/Bayverse page size test 3|2018-2023]]. From the sheer vertical length and according number of images, I would argue that three partitions of Bayverse Bumblebee's toys are necessary, and the same applying to Bayverse Optimus Prime. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 14:52, 9 March 2023 (EST)
:Good work, it's crazy to see that we can actually split them in three pages already. I'm okay with this. -- [[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 15:09, 9 March 2023 (EST)
:As am I. Unless further agreement is needed, I suggest we get on with the docking sequence- er, page splitting. [[User:ThatGuy79|ThatGuy79]] ([[User talk:ThatGuy79|talk]]) 15:36, 9 March 2023 (EST)
:...so, what happened with this? [[User:ThatGuy79|ThatGuy79]] ([[User talk:ThatGuy79|talk]]) 16:06, 6 April 2023 (EDT)
:Well, has anyone else looked at the sandbox partitions I have tested just above? I want 3 partitions, but I can accept 2. And I really don't want to hear complaints after the fact from anyone who did not try to pare down the page's sheer loading time. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 14:59, 7 April 2023 (EDT)
::Seems sound enough. Two pages ''feels'' better but if '07-TLK produces a compy-choking page still, the split as-is works. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 18:46, 7 April 2023 (EDT)

== Construct-Bots ==

Does anyone have the Construct-Bots Dinobot Warrior Bumblebee? If so, are you willing to take a picture of him combined with Nosecone? [[User:ThatGuy79|ThatGuy79]] ([[User talk:ThatGuy79|talk]]) 11:57, 8 March 2023 (EST)

== Give Universal Studios Bee His Own Section? ==

I recently just got a Universal Studios Deluxe Class Bumblebee and I noticed that he is slightly different from the 2011 DOTM MechTech one. The clear blue plastic pieces are a lighter shade and the yellow is a little more orangey. He also has paint on his knees. I edited the DOTM Deluxe Bumblebee wiki page with this information but I think it would make more sense to give Universal Bee his own section. Thoughts? {{unsigned|TurtleLover}}
:I think it's a valid addition to make, though it would be better to try and pinpoint when exactly did the Universal version started to differ from the original DOTM release, since the Universal one has been rereleased multiple times in at least two different packagings. Was it since the early days, the most recent repackaging, or somewhere in between? -- [[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 06:48, 1 August 2023 (EDT)
:The one I got with the painted knees is the packaging from 2015, so at least since then. —[[User:TurtleLover|TurtleLover]] ([[User talk:TurtleLover|talk]]) 18:59, 1 August 2023 (EDT)

== Two things ==

1, can we please split the page already (maybe like SS and Post Bayverse on a new page)? It's getting annoying to have to scroll for a good few minutes then wait for it to load. 2, am I going crazy or does the text towards the bottom of the page (around where the Rise of the beasts section starts) seem bigger than normal? [[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 13:34, 9 April 2024 (EDT)

Talk:Rhinox (ROTB)

2024-04-02T16:54:58Z

Metalstar: /* Rhinox speaks (?) */ new section

So, I've noticed that Rhinox's main image is his alternate mode.
I've found an image of Rhinox's robot mode, and I want to put that as his main image.
However, the current image would then go where?
I need a veteran's opinion on this.
Here's the image:
https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/4ecf6bb3-e5c2-49aa-8300-365ddf7e83fa/dg12d4e-295d1dcb-8c89-4264-bc71-2dd6cd42bd6f.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzRlY2Y2YmIzLWU1YzItNDlhYS04MzAwLTM2NWRkZjdlODNmYVwvZGcxMmQ0ZS0yOTVkMWRjYi04Yzg5LTQyNjQtYmM3MS0yZGQ2Y2Q0MmJkNmYucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.JncgnrTnTa397kAYTi7L3XC6DU6LG8kqybg8U6P8aa4

::I'm honestly wondering, since Rhinox and Cheetor spend the vast majority of their screentime in beast mode, is it more appropriate to have that as the main-pic? Probably against our style conventions, but worth a thought.[[User:AkibaSilver|AkibaSilver]] ([[User talk:AkibaSilver|talk]]) 21:35, 28 June 2023 (EDT)

== Rhinox speaks (?) ==

I'm pretty sure that Rhinox says "We'll clear a path" at some point during the final battle. It's possible it was Primal but it while looking it up, I saw someone point out was a different voice from Primal. So while he only has one line, that is still a line. Can someone with access to the movie (either via streaming service or a physical disc) check? [[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 12:54, 2 April 2024 (EDT)

Michelangelo (TMNT)

2024-03-29T18:03:45Z

Metalstar: little more detail, along with a reference to classic theme song

{{disambig2|the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle|the real-world artist|Michelangelo}}
{{mainpic}}

'''Michelangelo''' is one of the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]. He's a party dude, wields nunchucks, and wears orange.

==Fiction==
===''Infestation 2''===
The world of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was one of many universes invaded by the [[Elder God]]s. {{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

==Toys==
===''Collaborative''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-multi|'''[[Party Wallop#Collaborative|Party Wallop]]''' (2024)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Amy Bence]] (packaging artist), [[Matthew Cohen]] (photography)}}<ref>[[March 28]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlrpW_ZFKvE Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 28, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Kelly Rose]], and [[Matt Ferguson]].</ref>
{{charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
*Michelangelo has been voiced by several ''Transformers'' alumni, including [[Townsend Coleman]], [[Robbie Rist]], [[Kirby Morrow]], [[Mikey Kelley]], [[Pierce Cravens]], and [[Robbie Daymond]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{w|Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Michelangelo}} at Wikipedia

[[Category:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]

Raphael

2024-03-29T18:03:02Z

Metalstar: little more detail, along with a reference to classic theme song

{{mainpic}}

'''Raphael''' is one of the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]. He's cool (but rude), wields sais, and wears red.

==Fiction==
===''Infestation 2''===
The world of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was one of many universes invaded by the [[Elder God]]s. {{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

==Toys==
===''Collaborative''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-multi|'''[[Party Wallop#Collaborative|Party Wallop]]''' (2024)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Amy Bence]] (packaging artist), [[Matthew Cohen]] (photography)}}<ref>[[March 28]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlrpW_ZFKvE Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 28, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Kelly Rose]], and [[Matt Ferguson]].</ref>

{{charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
*Raphael has been voiced by several ''Transformers'' alumni, including [[Rob Paulsen]], [[Hal Rayle]], [[Laurie Faso]], [[Matt Hill]], [[Kim Strauss]], [[Nolan North]], [[Carlos Alazraqui]], [[Mark Whitten]], [[Sam Riegel]], [[Omar Benson Miller]], and [[Darren Criss]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{w|Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Raphael}} at Wikipedia

[[Category:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]

Leonardo

2024-03-29T18:02:11Z

Metalstar: little more detail, along with a reference to classic theme song

{{mainpic}}

'''Leonardo''' is one of the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]. He leads, wields a katana, and wears blue.

==Fiction==
===''Infestation 2''===
The world of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was one of many universes invaded by the [[Elder God]]s. {{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

==Toys==
===''Collaborative''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-multi|'''Party Wallop''' (2024)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Amy Bence]] (packaging artist), [[Matthew Cohen]] (photography)}}<ref>[[March 28]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlrpW_ZFKvE Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 28, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Kelly Rose]], and [[Matt Ferguson]].</ref>

{{charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
*Leonardo has been voiced by several ''Transformers'' alumni, including [[Michael Dobson]], [[James Arnold Taylor]], [[Scott Whyte]], [[Nolan North]], [[Eric Bauza]], [[Yuri Lowenthal]], and [[Ben Schwartz]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{w|Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Leonardo}} at Wikipedia

[[Category:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]

Donatello

2024-03-29T18:01:02Z

Metalstar: little more detail, along with a reference to classic theme song

{{mainpic}}

'''Donatello''' is one of the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]. He does machines, wields a bo staff and wears purple.

==Fiction==
===''Infestation 2''===
The world of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was one of many universes invaded by the [[Elder God]]s. {{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

==Toys==
===''Collaborative''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-multi|'''[[Party Wallop#Collaborative|Party Wallop]]''' (2024)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Amy Bence]] (packaging artist), [[Matthew Cohen]] (photography)}}<ref>[[March 28]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlrpW_ZFKvE Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 28, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Kelly Rose]], and [[Matt Ferguson]].</ref>
{{charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
*Donatello has been voiced by several ''Transformers'' alumni, including [[Greg Berg]], [[Sam Riegel]], [[Mitchell Whitfield]], [[Rob Paulsen]], [[Yuri Lowenthal]], [[Oliver Vaquer]], and [[Eric Bauza]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{w|Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Donatello}} at Wikipedia

[[Category:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]

Tarn (Cyberverse)

2024-03-28T15:11:17Z

Metalstar: /* Notes */ No longer cartoon only

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Tarn}}
:''Tarn is a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon supersoldier|supersoldier]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Cyberverse-S4E2-The-Perfect-Decepticon-Tarn.jpg|thumb|350px|I hope they are watching. They'll see... they'll see... and they'll know... and they'll say... "why, he wouldn't even harm a fly..."]]

Part of the supposed [[Decepticon supersoldier|perfect Decepticon race]], '''Tarn''' was once simply a nameless drone, but no longer. With a mind of his own, his missing arm and battered state belies his sheer strength, though it pales in comparison to his deceptiveness. Living up to the symbol he wears on his face, Tarn deceives those around to accomplish his one goal: to surpass [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] by finishing what he started. Much like the great leader he replaced, he fancies theatrics in front of a large audience to prove his capabilities and that of his army. If he did not believe other Decepticons would follow in his peace-destroying footsteps, Tarn would have been, and maybe still is, the perfect Decepticon.

{{bigquote|I have not betrayed. I have ''deceived''. Have you forgotten, Optimus... that I am a ''Decepticon?''|Tarn, "[[The Perfect Decepticon]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Marc Thompson]] (English)}}

[[File:ThePerfectDecepticon-Tarnaims.jpg|left|thumb|250px|I don't always have the hat.]]

In another universe, [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] used the power of Vector Sigma to create a race of [[Decepticon supersoldier]]s. One of these soldiers evolved beyond his programming and named himself Tarn. He had, at some point, killed his universe's [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]].

Following Megatron's demise, the supersoldiers began fighting each other for leadership. Tarn was attacked by two other clones and escaped to another universe that Megatron had previously attempted to conquer, with the other supersoldiers in pursuit. Despite the Autobots and Decepticons restraining his pursuers, Tarn shot them with his cannon, claiming they posed a threat to everyone. After attempts to stop the fighting between the supersoldiers proved fruitless, Tarn offered a solution in the form of the [[Cortex Helm]].

Tarn accompanied a small group of Autobots and Decepticons to find [[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)|Thunderhowl]], who led them to [[Onyx Prime]]'s invisible floating island. Upon reaching the Cortex Helm’s chamber, Tarn stole the helm and reprogrammed the Decepticon supersoldiers to obey him. He then gave the other Decepticons an opportunity to join him.

Tarn brought Optimus Prime to an arena to fight his minions while rekindling the civil war between the factions. He sent wave upon wave of his soldiers to fight Prime until he was overwhelmed by superior numbers. Tarn intended to execute Optimus until Prime was saved by a group of Autobots. Tarn then ordered the Decepticons to attack, but they refused, sparking a battle between the combined Cybertronian factions and the invaders.

Tarn took the fight to Optimus himself while beaming in more forces. Having captured everyone, he gloated and again attempted to execute Prime. Hot Rod attempted to steal the Helm, but was beaten by Tarn. Soundwave arrived with Laserbeak and stole the Helm for himself. Tarn soon retrieved it, but Soundwave responded with a huge sound blast, killing Tarn while sacrificing himself. {{storylink|The Perfect Decepticon}}

==Toys==
===''Legacy''===
[[File:LegacyToy-CyberverseTarn.jpg|right|thumb|300px|If you weren't afraid of Tarn before, how about Tarn with a sword???]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-multi|'''Prime Universe Cliffjumper VS Beast Wars Universe Tarantulas, G1 Universe Squeezeplay, Cyberverse Universe Tarn''' (Multi-pack, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Tank turret base, 2x tank barrels, sword

:''Legacy: United'' "Cyberverse Universe Tarn" is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' [[Tarn (G1)#Legacy|Comic Universe Tarn]] figure, transforming into a Cybertronian tank. Tarn's tank turret can detach, and the barrels can split off and peg into the turret itself to make an extra-long [[fusion cannon]]. His hands feature hinged knuckles, allowing them to open and close, but are unfortunately exposed on the tank mode's rear end. While transforming into tank, the head can turn 180 degrees to provide better clearance for the robot back/front tank turret panel.

:The toy is not decoed to have a scar across its face and torso, and is (understandably) not missing an arm, so it better represents the [[Decepticon supersoldier|Perfect Decepticon]] generics. Have fun troopbuilding!

:Tarn was packed in a 4-pack with [[Tarantulas (BW)/toys#United|Beast Wars Tarantulas]], [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Legacy|Prime Universe Cliffjumper]], and [[Squeezeplay (G1)#Legacy|G1 Universe Squeezeplay]]. Said 4-pack is [[exclusive]] to [[Target]].

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==Notes==
*Tarn and the Decepticon supersoldiers are modeled after the original [[Tarn (G1)|Tarn]], the fanatic [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] loyalist and leader of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] in the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005-2018 comics]] from [[IDW Publishing]].

[[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Legacy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]

Cannonball (Cybertron)

2024-03-22T23:30:29Z

Metalstar: /* Legacy */ typo

{{disambig3|Cannonball}}
{{factions|decepticon|cybearth|starseeker}}
:''Avast! Cannonball do be a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Cannonball UT.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Life is pain. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something.]]
Leader of a gang of interstellar pirates and captain of the ''[[Sea Slag]]'', the dread pirate they call '''Cannonball''' is only a Decepticon because [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] lets his crew roam free, provided they leave the Decepticon starships alone and focus their attentions more on the [[Autobot]]s. Cannonball is all too happy to do so. When he and his crew aren't looting and pillaging, they're causing trouble in some seedy port on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], using their ill-gotten gains to purchase black-market [[energon star]]s or dubious-sounding "pleasure programs".

Cannonball's crew can be readily identified by the bright airbrushed graphics that adorn their [[alternate mode]]s. Cannonball himself features bright green {{w|Oingo Boingo}}-style skeletons.

Though "Cannonball" has been terrorizing spacelanes for centuries, it has not been ''this'' Cannonball... he is in fact the tenth space pirate to use that name and legacy. One day he will train a replacement to take his name, and that pirate will take on the legacy with a whole new crew. Until that day, though, Cannonball plans to live it up!

On [[Earth]], Cannonball and his then-landlubber crew prowl the highways, robbing shipments and retreating to the mythical [[Pirate Oasis]].

Arrrr.

==Fiction==
===''Timelines''===
[[File:The-Dark-Heart-of-Sandokan-Decepticons.jpg|thumb|left]]
The latest in the line of pirates known as Cannonball was captain of the ''[[Kalis' Lament (Cybertron)|Kalis' Lament]]'' after the defeat of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. He had recruited several former Decepticons into his crew, including [[Brushguard]], [[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)|Buzzsaw]], [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Runamuck]] and his first mate, [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]]. One dark night in space, a probe returned to the ship with information about possible treasure—a [[Force Chip]] aboard an Autobot ship that had been shot down over the planet [[Sandokan]]. Cannonball cautioned his crew about journeying to Sandokan, for it was a cursed planet if the tales were true. He gave Buzzsaw a good thrashing for doubting the stories. Instead of proceeding directly for the planet, Cannonball decided to come at the treasure sideways—he called in an old favor from the mercenary [[Astrotrain (Cybertron)|Astrotrain]], sending him on ahead to test the planet's defenses and seek out the Force Chip. If he were successful, so much the better; if he failed, at least Cannonball would have a better understanding of the planet and what protected it.

True enough, Astrotrain was overpowered by [[Synthos]], the dark creature who controlled the world, empowered by the ancient [[Dark Heart of Sandokan]]. Cannonball and some of his crew arrived in advance of the ''Kalis' Lament'' in a small shuttle, seeking to take advantage of the creature after Astrotrain softened it up. Unfortunately for Cannonball, he lost track of the Autobots in the melee, and they managed to sneak aboard his shuttle and hijack the vessel, making off with the Force Chip and leaving Cannonball and crew stranded waiting for a pick-up. It wasn't a total loss, though—Cannonball managed to recover the Dark Heart itself from Synthos, and left it in the gleeful and capable hands of his science officer, Brushguard, to unlock the crystal's secrets. {{storylink|The Dark Heart of Sandokan}}

===''TransTech''===
The 10th Cannonball of [[Aurex 1107.23 Beta]] was brought up on a trivia bonus on the [[Axiom Nexus Cybernet Infocore]] by [[I-QUEUE]], as part of a lesson on the pirates throughout the [[multiverse]] who have used the "[[Cannonball (disambiguation)|Cannonball]]" persona. {{storylink|Transformers I.Q.|Transformers I.Q. in TCC #55}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Cannonball_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|75px|thumb]]
Cannonball attacked the city along with [[Smolder (PCC)|Smolder]]. {{storylink|Bad at Fighting? Rescue Team Protectobots, Dispatch!}}

===Spacewarp's Log===
[[Spacewarp]] had engaged in some manner of business with Cannonball. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Spacewarp's Log (1), 2015/10/27}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cyb-toy Cannonball.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hide the rum.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Cannonball''' (Deluxe class, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Hammer attachment, claw attachment, Earth Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''d2rz'''
{{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Part of the seventh wave of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Deluxes, Cannonball is a [[redeco]] of the ''Cybertron'' Deluxe [[Red Alert (Armada)#Cybertron|Red Alert]] toy, transforming into a {{w|Dodge Magnum}} with roof-mounted lights and giant, vibrant green detailing of a skull and skeletons on his roof and doors, respectively. In both vehicle and robot mode, inserting a [[Cyber Key]] into his rear window releases a pair of flip-out (non-firing) blasters. Hidden in his legs (his car-mode hood) are hammer and claw attachments for the "blaster" stub on his left arm in place of a hand.

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

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/Cannonball/cannonball.htm More information on Cannonball at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Downshift vs. Cannonball: Search for the Pirate Moon''' (Multi-pack, 2007)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Hammer attachment, claw attachment, Earth Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''d2rz'''

: As a 2007 [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] special, [[Walmart]] got two ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]''-branded two-packs of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Deluxes. Cannonball was repackaged with [[Downshift (Energon)#Cybertron|the ''Cybertron'' version of Downshift]], with a cardback story about Downshift hunting Cannonball's gang of pirates... in a setting that had nothing to do with a [[Barbarossa|moon]]. Oh well. Both toys were identical to their individual releases.
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:Legacy_United_Cannonball.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You wear fine redecoes well.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-ss|'''Star Raider Cannonball''' (Deluxe Class, 2024)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Cyber Key, claw attachment, hammer attachment, lightbar/key port
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shuhei Umezu]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[March 14]], 2024's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESK6ZEhqM5Y Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 14, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Mark Maher]].</ref>

:''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy United]]'' "Star Raider Cannonball" is an extensive retool of [[Crankcase (G1)#Legacy|''Legacy'' Crankcase]], itself a heavy retool of [[Skids (G1)#Legacy|Skids]] from the same line, transforming into a SUV with a lightbar.

: He comes with a [[Cyber Key]] which can be inserted into a slot on the roof of his vehicle mode. This homages the original concept, but does not activate any features. Instead, he retains Crankcase's shoulder guns as a nod to his original gimmick. He also has sculpted [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|faux-door kibble]] on his shoulders and a faux-head between his lightbars to further resemble the original toy. The green skeleton on his doors has been replaced with a flaming skull. His lightbar and Cyber Key port are molded together as a single removable part attached with a 5 mm post.

:Cannonball’s hammer and claw can fit in the gaps of his shins like his original toy, as pointed out by Mark Maher during Hasbro Pulse’s March 14th 40th anniversary fan stream.

:Cannonball was revealed in the [[Walmart]] Collector Con online event on [[March 7]], [[2024]], as part of the Walmart-[[exclusive]] "Star Raider" collection.

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C40GX5luy1l/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Cannonball from Mark Maher on Instagram]''

{{LegacySkidsMold}}
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
* The idea that the "Cannonball" persona is passed from pirate to pirate over the years is an obvious nod to the Dread Pirate Roberts from ''{{w|The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride}}''.
* Cannonball's online bio note has a discrepancy from the version on the package back. The online note refers to Cannonball's crew spending their loot on (in addition to black-market [[energon star]]s) something referred to as "[[Holo-chip|pleasure programs]]"; on the package, the line is the same, but "pleasure programs" has been replaced by the more family-friendly "hot, airbrushed graphics for their vehicle modes".
*''Kre-O'' Cannonball uses existing ''Kre-O'' pieces as part of his build, as he uses the [[Ironhide (Kre-O)|Ironhide]] helmet and the [[Shockwave (Kre-O)|Shockwave]] gun-hand, although his door pieces appear to be unique (to better represent the original character).

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cybertron Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legacy Star Raiders]]
[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Talk:Slag (G1)/toys

2024-03-22T15:03:56Z

Metalstar: /* Merge? */ new section

== Merge? ==

Does Slag really have enough toys to actually warrant this page? I feel like it would be best to merge it with his main page.--[[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 11:03, 22 March 2024 (EDT)

Shard

2024-03-21T15:07:33Z

Metalstar: /* Legacy */

:''Shard is an [[Armorizer]] from the [[Infernac Universe]] by way of the [[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]] toyline.''
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Deluxe-Shard-art.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|"And we've got a [[Pokeformers|Glimmora]] lead! Wow, I've never seen that before!"]]

'''Shard''' isn't a rock...

She's a '''''ro-ock copter!'''''

'''''Rock copter!'''''

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==Toys==
===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Deluxe-Shard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Well, at least they remembered to ''lead'' with Glimmora, unlike a certain champion...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Infernac Universe Shard''' (Deluxe, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name'':
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'':
:*''TakaraTomy release date'':
:*''Accessories'': 2 turbine cannons, 4 rotor blades/swords
{{toydesigner|}}

: Released in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]]'' Deluxes, Shard transforms from rocky robot to a rocky helicopter. Her rotor blades separate from the main rotor to form hand-held swords, while the turbines become (non-firing) cannons.

: As an [[Armorizer]], Shard can also disassemble into a variety of rocky chunks, forming weapons and armor to attach to other figures via [[5 mm post]].

: Shard appeared for sale from CMDstore on [[March 8]], [[2024]], before an official Hasbro reveal. [[Stock photography]] of the toy depicts a non-final color scheme lacking the blue sections.

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese'':

[[Category:Armorizers]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Legacy characters]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Skullcruncher (ROTB)

2024-03-19T21:01:06Z

Metalstar: /* Notes */ not how you use a semicolon

{{disambig3|Skullcruncher}}
{{factions|decepticon|maximal}}
:''Skullcruncher is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (franchise)|Rise of the Beasts]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''

[[File:marcelo-matere-skullcruncher-toy-concept.jpg|thumb|480px|"I'll find you, rip your flesh like paper!"]]

'''Skullcruncher''' is a crocodilian [[Decepticon]]. Though, maybe, he's also a [[Maximal]] (see [[Skullcruncher_(ROTB)#Notes|notes]]).

Really, the sole lore we have for this character is the fact that no one ''knows'' for sure what his faction is.

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==Toys==
===''Rise of the Beasts''===
[[File:Skullcruncher_rotb_bm_croc.jpg|right|thumb|300px| '' pocket crocodile, hold him in your hand'']]
*'''Skullcruncher''' (Beast Battle Masters, [[2023]])
**''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Kakusei Weapon Skullcruncher'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''BW-03'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[April 15]], 2023
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (toyline)|Rise of the Beasts]]'' Beast Battle Masters, Skullcruncher is a 4-inch figure that transforms from robotic crocodile into a gun and back. In weapon form, he can be wielded by any other figure with [[5 mm post|5 mm ports]]. He features an opening jaw and has ball jointed limbs, giving him a fairly impressive range of motion.

: In the realm of undocumented features, his gun barrel ends in a 5 mm hole, making him compatible with certain [[Fire Blast effect]]s, while his handle is compatible with [[Mini-Con]] [[Powerlinx]] sockets.

:According to his designer Shogo Hasui, Skullcruncher was selected for the Battle Master class in homage to Generation 1 gun gator [[Gatoraider]].<ref>Interview with [[TakaraTomy]] designer [[Shogo Hasui]] in the April 2023 issue of ''[[Figure King]]''.</ref>

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[[File:ROTBtoy-BeastAllianceSkullcruncher.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"You know, you SAY 'Beast Alliance' but I feel like this is more 'Beast You-Wear-Me-As-A-Suit'."]]
*'''Optimus Primal & Skullcruncher''' (Beast Combiners, 2023)
**''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Kakusei Change Armor Set Optimus Primal & Skullcruncher'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''BCAS-03'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[June 24]], 2023
**''Accessories'': Tail/blade-weapon, crocodile head/shield
{{toydesigner|[[Koki Yamada]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the first wave of "Beast Combiners" two-packs, this version of Skullcruncher transforms from robotic crocodile to a set of armor for compatible figures via partial [[autotransformation]]. His tail detaches to become a hand-held weapon and his upper skull detaches to become a shield. His lower jaw houses a cannon, which can be rotated forward in combined robot mode.

: He was only available packed in with [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)#Toys|Optimus Primal]], and his armor mode features a new robot-mode head designed as a merger between Primal's head and Skullcruncher's beast styling. However, he is compatible with any other "main" figure in the Beast Combiner assortment, not just Primal.
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==Notes==
[[File:Skullcruncher ROTB Beast Mode.jpg|thumb|"It's all a machine, partner. Live free, don't join."]]
*Skullcruncher is labelled as a Decepticon on the packaging of both his toys, but the instructions for the Beast Battle Masters release designates him as a [[Maximal]] instead.
**Naturally, it is also rather odd that he is packed and meant to combine with Optimus Primal, who is, obviously a Maximal himself.
**Adding to the confusion, his Beast Battle Masters packaging shows him being brandished by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], an ally of the Maximals rather than the Decepticons. This could have been done to skip on rendering a separate character since his [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (toyline)#Beast Battle Masters|other wave-mates]] also feature Optimus as the weapon mode holder on the packaging - however, this does make sense for the other characters since they're all Maximals, whereas Skullcruncher isn't.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Skullcruncher''' (スカルクランチャー ''Sukarukuranchā'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Rise of the Beasts Decepticons]]
[[Category:Rise of the Beasts Maximals]]

Talk:Prime Target (G1)

2024-03-19T14:32:13Z

Metalstar: /* We interrupt as the kitchen sinks */ new section

Unless someone violently objects I want to delete these three lines from the Misc. Trivia section...

:*Where the hell did Lord Chumley get the giant robot insects?
:*For that matter, where the hell did Lord Chumley get even half of his wacky traps?
:*And how did he know where each Autobot would be found?

...because they're just questions and they are unanswerable. It's a cartoon about giant alien robots. You ''may'' have to suspend your disbelief from time to time. --[[User:Suzyprime|Suzyprime]] 05:35, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

On the question of what Chumley does, there's plenty of occupations that would supply such vast amounts of money that he can own all those things, spend all his time hunting endangered animals and machines, set up huge traps in public areas and construct all that technological crap (although it doesn't explain much else about them). Oil Baron and Drug Baron are just two of them. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 12:54, 3 November 2009 (EST)
: His job is "Dick Cheney." [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 13:01, 3 November 2009 (EST)
:: *golf claps* Come up with that one yourself? {{unsigned|173.11.36.165|09:42, April 29, 2010 (EDT)}}

== Boobies ==
This line is so immortal, I simply must know the context. What could he have possibly meant? A 'boob' can be a bumbler, but a 'booby' is almost exclusively a bird, isn't it? {{unsigned|173.11.36.165|09:42, April 29, 2010 (EDT)}}
:According to the dictionary, "booby" can mean a person regarded as stupid. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:47, 29 April 2010 (EDT)

== I Can Read book ==
Amazon.com lists a "Prime Target" in the ''[[Hunt for the Decepticons]]'' "[[I Can Read!]]" range for publication in January. How do we go about disambiguating it and this article? "Prime Target (episode)" and "Prime Target (HFTD)"? [[User:Alientraveller|Alientraveller]] 18:05, 26 August 2010 (EDT)
:"Prime Target (book)" perhaps. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:14, 26 August 2010 (EDT)

== We interrupt as the kitchen sinks ==

Okay, I noticed something kind of weird regarding the news announcer saying the above. Assuming the bulletin is being broadcast nationwide, which given the topic, it most likely is, then it probably would interrupt multiple programs, not just As The Kitchen Sinks. So it doesn't make sense for him to specifically acknowledge one show. Shouldn't this be listed as a continuity error or something? --[[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 10:32, 19 March 2024 (EDT)

Beast Wars: Uprising

2024-03-18T12:39:23Z

Metalstar: /* Notes */ Wrong link

[[File:BWUprising logo.jpg|510px|center]]
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[[File:Botcon2016beastwarsuprising.jpg|right|upright=2.5|thumb|''You say you want a revolution'' <br> ''Well, you know'' <br> ''We all want to change the world'']]
'''''Beast Wars: Uprising''''' is a [[2014]]-[[2016]] publishing imprint of the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]]'s [[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|''Timelines'']] fiction that radically re-imagines the [[Beast Era|setting of the various ''Beast Wars'' cartoons]] into an elaborate doorstop sci-fi epic of a [[continuity]] with a cast of thousands chronicling the dramatic fall of the [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]] hegemony and rise of the new generation of [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s as related via a fantastically nerdy series of prose stories and comics by Club proprietor [[Fun Publications]].

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==Overview==
{{chapters|title=''Beast Wars: Uprising''|align=center|content=
<div class="list-header">''[[Alone Together]]'':</div>
*[[Alone Together: Prologue|Prologue]]
*[[Paranoia|Chapter 1]]
*[[Perception|Chapter 2]]
*[[Kindred|Chapter 3]]
*[[Delirious|Chapter 4]]
*[[Clarity|Chapter 5]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Uprising'' prose:</div>
*"[[Broken Windshields]]"
*"[[Head Games]]"
*"[[Burning Bridges]]"
*"[[Micro-Aggressions]]"
*"[[Intersectionality]]"
*"[[Trigger Warnings]]"
*"[[Identity Politics]]"
<br/><div class="list-header">''Uprising'' finale:</div>
*"[[Not All Megatrons]]" (Part 1)
*"[[Cultural Appropriation]]" (Part 2)
*"[[Safe Spaces]]" (Part 3)
*"[[Derailment]]" (Part 4)
*"[[The Inexorable March]]" (Coda)
<br/><div class="list-header">''Uprising'' bonus content:</div>
*"[[A Brush With Infamy–Prologue]]"
*"[[The Predacon Manifesto]]"
*"[[Book of Logos]]"
*"[[Lio Convoy: Unity Through Tyranny]]"
<br/><div class="list-header">Other:</div>
*"[[A Change to the Agenda]]"
}}
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[[File:AloneTogetherP-Dynobot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Evolutionary Revolutionaries]]
''Beast Wars: Uprising'' focuses on a dystopian, late 24th century [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], ages after the conclusion of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. Forcibly disarmed and exiled to their homeworld by the vastly superior [[Human Confederacy]], the decrepit [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s have become the immobile [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]], constructing the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s as their successors. In addition to maintaining most of the essential functions of society, the Maximals and Predacons also provide entertainment and preserve the devolved Autobot-Decepticon conflict via [[Games (competition)|gladiatorial matches]]. [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|Unsurprisingly]], however, the planet descends into war as [[Lio Convoy]] launches the [[Grand Uprising]] against the Builders. His [[Resistance]] battles [[Micromaster]] troops and [[Maximal Command Security Force|Maximal]] and [[Predacon Secret Police|Predacon]] loyalists for control of their homeworld.

The ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' universe was first glimpsed as the backstory for two characters who played significant roles in other ''Timelines'' stories: the profiles for [[Blackarachnia (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|"''TransTech''" Blackarachnia]] and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] released in Collectors' Club magazine issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 25|#25]] and [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 49|#49]] (the writers sought to explain why Blackarachnia might side with Alpha "steal people's souls and hang 'em from the ceiling" Trion).<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I would like to hear Jim's answer for how he got his ideas for the universe. The initial initial spark way back in Transtech Blackarachnia's bio came from the idea that we wanted a bit of a sympathetic character. Even if she was working for a guy potentially more evil than SG Optimus Prime (that guy being SG Alpha Trion). So we pondered the idea of why she would go against the Transtech in such a conniving and twisted way - extracting sparks to steal the empty bodies for espionage meant she had to have a VERY good reason to go that far. That all led to the idea that the Maximals and Predacons in her universe were kept as slaves under an unreachable aristocracy. Just as the Transtech sat far above the Lowtech. But why would Maximals and Predacons exist if Autobots and Decepticons were still around? Ah, they're too old to fight and force the other factions to do it for them. The Games then entered into play when Eject was turned into a BWU character. As a guy obsessed with sports - and the chess analogy already in BA's bio - it made sense to make the Maximal/Predacon conflict into a sports thing. Especially with the gladiatorial background in so many TF universes.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218015723/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360055#entry3360144|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360144|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15|defunct=y}}</ref> The actual name ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' was first given in a Collectors' Club tweet on [[February 14]] [[2014]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/The_TF_Club/status/434375769330958337|name=@The_TF_Club|site=Twitter|year=2014|month=02|day=14|defunct=y}}</ref> and the setting was finally seen in full in that year's magazine comic arc ''[[Alone Together]]'', which promoted their new toys for [[Rampage (BW)#Timelines 2|Rampage]] and [[Transmutate (BW)#Timelines|Trans-Mutate]].

[[File:Beast Wars Uprising - Map of Cybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|left|You know you're in for a good nerd book when there's a big map like this in the front.]]

[[Jim Sorenson]] was approached by Fun Publications to develop the world further in a 2015 prose story promoting their [[Eject (G1)#Timelines|Eject]] and [[Lio Convoy#Timelines 2|Lio Convoy]] figures—one which would also serve to continue Blackarachnia's storyline. At first he found the "''Beast Wars'' meets ''{{w|The Hunger Games|The Hunger Games}}''" conceit unappealing, but was inspired by contemporary social movements such as 2014's {{w|Ferguson unrest|Ferguson protests}} to craft a story about a marginalized people rising up against a corrupt authority (and to name individual entries after social phenomena).<ref>{{citesocial|link=http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360155|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15|defunct=y}}</ref> Over the next two years, he and co-writer [[David Bishop]] produced eleven more prose stories, which together cemented the world as one of the darkest interpretations of the ''Transformers'' story.

For the most part, each prose story focused on new sets of cast members drawn not just from the Beast Era but from all across the franchise's history. Many [[Mini-Con]]s appeared as [[Micromaster]]s. Characters with [[beast mode]]s or [[Thunderhoof (RID)|animalistic robot modes]] were [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as new, analogous Maximals and Predacons. As the majority of the stories were set before any characters obtained their more recognisable beast forms, various vehicular figures were given [[Redeco#"Virtual" redecos|"virtual" redecos]] to create Cybertronian forms for most of the cast. To help address the [[Female Transformer|gender imbalance]] typical of ''Transformers'' fiction (particularly at the time), the authors would occasionally establish existing characters (particularly those who had no specified gender) to be female.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=[Why do I sometimes make traditionally male characters female?] I hesitate to say it's random, but there aren't any hard and fast rules. One frustration I have with the TF mythology is the dearth of female characters, so for my stories I try to remedy somewhat. For characters with minimal fiction, I generally feel free to reimagine species and faction and personality and, yes, gender. Characters with no specified gender (Major Altitude comes to mind, as does Spacewarp) I'm especially prone to making female as it's not even genderbending in my head.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218015723/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360055#entry3360150|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15}}</ref>

In keeping with the intent of the original 1996 [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]], ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' uses an ambiguous mishmash of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]] and the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Sunbow cartoon]] for its version of the Great War (for instance, [[Grimlock (G1)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Grimlock]] takes his speech patterns from the cartoon but his personality from the comic) — though it throws in a number of elements from the [[2005 IDW continuity|contemporaneous IDW comics]] (such as [[Conjunx Endura]]e and [[functionism]]) for good measure.

A comic cobbled together out of screenshots from the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, "[[A Change to the Agenda]]", was published in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 70|the seventieth issue of the magazine]]. It was intended to provide an "origin story" for the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' universe, but as it was written after the fact many of its details didn't really match up with the lore established by Sorenson and Bishop.

The prose stories are chock-full of geeky minutiae on just about every page — obscure characters and locations from all across the mythos, hidden [[cybertronix]] messages (and even full-blown secret stories), [[GoBot]]s, and numerous pop-culture homages... but when you hire the [[Jim Sorenson|guy]] who penned the [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|nerdiest thing ever to nerd]], what do you expect?

Sorenson and Bishop have expressed interest in producing revised versions of their prose stories, but—with Fun Publications having lost the ''Transformers'' license and with ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' being arguably one of the least accessible ''Transformers'' stories to date—the future of the continuity remains uncertain.

==Creative team==
''Alone Together'' was written by [[Trent Troop|S. Trent Troop]] and [[Greg Sepelak]], with [[Jesse Wittenrich]] and [[Pete Sinclair]] writing the prologue. Art duties were handled by [[Naoto Tsushima]], with [[Evan Gauntt]] on colors and letters by Jesse Wittenrich.

The prose stories were written by [[Jim Sorenson]] and [[David Bishop]] (starting with "Head Games"), with Jesse Wittenrich, [[Will Mangin|William Mangin]], [[Josh Burcham]], [[Tomoya Hosono|Hosono Tomoya]], [[Christopher Colgin]], [[Dan Perico]], and [[Robby Musso]] providing illustrations.

==Toys==
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The prose story authors described the ''Uprising'' universe as being populated by characters primarily using toy designs, whether by [[repurposing]] physical figures or coming up with [[Redeco#"Virtual" redecos|"virtual" redecos]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=We usually come up with them as-needed in the story. We all liked the Titans Return Mindwipe and thought he might be neat for someone like Psychobat.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218015723/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360055#entry3360052|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=It's always my preference to have a preexisting toy design. non-toy designs mostly just slipped though the cracks. The exception to that rule was the Destructons, I wanted to keep their unique aesthetic while introducing the idea of them transforming, as teased at the end of ''Alone Together''.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218015723/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360055#entry3360052|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15}}</ref> The latter kind were necessary as a result of the story's focus on ''Beast Wars'' characters, despite the fact that they only [[Beast mode|obtain beast forms]] towards the end of the series—and when they do so, the intent was for them to be [[technorganic]], meaning characters without existing [[Transmetal]] bodies would look different from their original toys anyway.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=In my head, TM for Cheetor. I actually never gave Blackarachnia's body all that much thought. Since they were never depicted in artwork and we didn't write with a specific body and mind, you should imagine them in whatever body you think is most appropriate. It could even be a slightly mechanized version of their non transmetal body, like Ram Horn.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20201203134006/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/140167-ama-bish-jesse-jim/page-2#entry3512177|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=AMA: Bish, Jesse, & Jim|year=2017|month=05|day=22}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=The original idea was that all of the beast-upgrade characters would take on their TM bodies. Any that didn't have a TM or TM2 toy would become a mechanical version of their beast frame. If I had to tell Jim what toy to use for BA, it would probably be her TM2 toy. Although her Beast Machines toy (since it differed so much from the show model) would be tempting too.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20201203134006/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/140167-ama-bish-jesse-jim/page-2#entry3512197|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=The Allspark forums|title=AMA: Bish, Jesse, & Jim|year=2017|month=05|day=22}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=For my part I honestly kind of imagined her as a metallic version of her first BW body - black and gold, kind of small and sleek. I don't think we ever described her in enough detail to really pin it down though.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20201203134006/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/140167-ama-bish-jesse-jim/page-2#entry3512249|name=David Bishop|site=The Allspark forums|title=AMA: Bish, Jesse, & Jim|year=2017|month=05|day=22}}</ref> As a complete list of repurposed figures and "virtual" redecos would be farcically long, the below list merely includes Collectors' Club figures appearing contemporaneously in ''Uprising'' stories.
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|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[File:TFCC-Lio-Convoy.jpg|200px|thumb|Lio Convoy]]
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Transformers Collectors' Club]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Depth Charge (BW)#Timelines|Depth Charge]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Transmutate (BW)#Timelines|Trans-Mutate]]}}
*[[Rampage (BW)#Timelines 2|Rampage]]
{{Bp-m1|[[Lio Convoy#Timelines 2|Lio Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Eject (G1)#Timelines|Eject]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Thrustinator|Thrustinator]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Scorponok (BW)#Generations|Scorponok]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[BotCon 2015]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Galva Convoy#Toys|Galva Convoy]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[BotCon 2016]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Megatron_(BW)/toys#Combiner_Wars|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Terrorsaur (BW)#Combiner_Wars|Terrorsaur]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Tarantulas (BW)/toys#Combiner_Wars|Tarantulas]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Lio Convoy#Legends|Leo Prime]]}}
|}
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==Naming conventions==
''Beast Wars: Uprising'' made a point of drawing from characters throughout the ''Transformers'' franchise, not just the presumed G1/BW setting. In order to deal with the prolific name reuse in ''Transformers'', a Cybertronian social convention was invented by the creative team that discouraged Cybertronians from having the same name as a previous Cybertronian.
*Minor differences in spelling were deemed acceptable to distinguish citizens from each other, allowing the existence of [[Blackout (G1)|Blackout]] (based on the G1 Micromaster), [[Black Out]] (based on the [[Blackout (Armada)|''Armada'' Mini-Con]]), and [[Black-Out]] (based on the [[Blackout (Movie)|movieverse Decepticon]]) in ''Uprising''.
*The rule about name reuse was apparently developed as the ''Uprising'' story went on, first mentioned and elaborated upon in "[[Micro-Aggressions]]". Therefore, while it was typical for G1 characters to have the traditional spelling and BW characters to be spelled differently, proto-formers mentioned or introduced early on managed to snag the traditional spelling sometimes, leading to the classic [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] "[[Skywarp (G1)|Sky Warp]]" and the classic [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] "[[Scavenger (G1)|Skavenger]]" getting alternate spellings.
*On other occasions, proto-formers were given completely different names based on foreign releases. The Beast Warriors [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]] and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] therefore became "Diablo" and "Formikon" after their Italian toy names, in deference to [[Snarl (G1)|the G1 characters]] [[Inferno (G1)|of the same name]].
*In some instances, a character was split into two distinct versions of themselves when name reuse was not an issue. [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] and her preliminary name "[[Binary]]" became separate characters to serve story purposes. A number of Unicron Trilogy Mini-Cons with multiple decoes were split as well (e.g. the aforementioned Black Out is based on ''Armada'' Blackout's [[Blackout (Armada)#Powerlinx|Powerlinx deco]] while Black Out's partner [[Search (BWU)|Search]] takes on ''Armada'' Blackout's [[Blackout (Armada)#Armada|regular deco]] and Japanese market name). The same occurred for some contemporary ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' toys (e.g. [[Apex (BWU)|Apex]], based on the revamped ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' form of [[Hi-Q#Generations|Hi-Q]] was characterized as a separate individual from Hi-Q himself).
*And in a few instances, characters with the same name were merged. Thus, [[Deluge (G1)|Deluge]] the G1 Autobot and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] the G2 Decepticon are the same individual, [[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] the G1 Autobot and [[Wideload (Classics)|Wideload]] the ''Classics'' Decepticon are as well, and [[Crazybolt (BW)|Crazybolt]] the ''Beast Wars Neo'' Predacon takes on some elements of his [[Crazybolt (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' counterpart]].
*Only 3 intentional exceptions to this rule are known: [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], who is vainglorious and sees himself as worthy of [[Megatron (G1)|the original Megatron]]'s name; [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]], who is a reincarnation of [[Galvatron (G1)|the original Galvatron]]; and [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], who has a general disregard for societal norms.

==Notes==
* Despite the title ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' having been assigned to the continuity from the very beginning, there were originally no plans for an actual uprising of any sort to take place—when tasked with fleshing out the universe, Jim Sorenson had to pitch Fun Publications on the idea of a rebellion!<ref>Jim Sorenson in conversation at TFNation 2023</ref>
* Being set in the late 24th century, ''Uprising'' contains a number of references to ''[[Star Trek]]: {{w|Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Next Generation}}''.
* Jim Sorenson revealed the titles of three more prose stories which he might have written had he had more time: "False Equivalencies", featuring [[Immorticon (BW)|Immorticon]],<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Sometimes we start with a character and then build the story around him or her. Immorticon was like that... I liked the name, and eventually a story clicked. (''False Equivalencies'', if I ever have the chance to write it.) Sometimes it's a request from editorial. ''Identity Politics'' came about because FP requested a story to help promote the FSS5 Scorponok figure. Sometimes the idea for the story comes first. ''Intersectionality'' was because I didn't like leaving Transmutate and Rampage hanging in deep space when the main thrust of the action was on Cybertron. The idea of the Beast Wars Neo Predacons as the heroes came from brainstorming.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218015723/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360055#entry3360052|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15}}</ref> "Virtue Signaling", featuring [[Maxima]],<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The finale will have some flashbacks and the like about the past, but most of it will be in the here and now. Should the universe continue, I've got plenty of stories ranging from minus eleven million years all the way to the 34th century. That said, I like that the focus of the universe is the Maximals and Predacons, so I'd mostly want to focus on stories that are relevant to them. I think it's neat to get a glimpse of the mythology, but probably wouldn't write a whole story about, say, Jazz vs Starscream in 1985. But the story of Maxima, ''Virtue Signaling'', is set in the past. So was the aforementioned Immorticon tale.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218015723/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360055#entry3360052|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15|archived=y}}</ref> and "Other Victims", featuring the [[Vok]].<ref>{{citesocial|link=http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3361191|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=16|defunct=y}}</ref>
* An early idea for [[BotCon 2016]]'s [[Dawn of the Predacus|exclusive comic]] would have involved the ''Uprising'' storyline, depicting [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]] as an antagonistic Builder creation.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=VERY early on in the process, I was asked to pitch an idea for what Dawn of the Predacus would have looked like in the BWU universe. It would have been a story where the ghost of Prowl (Prowl II maybe) was acting from beyond the grave to put together a Builder threat, the Magnaboss. In the end, the Tri-Predacus Council itself would have had to intervene to stop the rampage. You can still see the toys solicited as such: https://www.toyarama.com/store/2016-botcon-beast-wars-uprising-dawn-of-the-predacus-five-figure-combiner-wars-boxed-convention-set-non-attending-1-pc-p1414.php In the end, though, FP opted to outsource the comic to IDW, so that story got shelved.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218015723/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360055#entry3360055|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/140167-ama-bish-jesse-jim/?p=3516969|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=AMA: Bish, Jesse, & Jim|year=2017|month=05|day=28|defunct=y}}</ref> For more information, see the page for that comic.
* When asked about a possible ''Uprising'' incarnation of [[Vector Prime]] (star of Sorenson's previous work on [[Ask Vector Prime]]), Sorenson stated there probably wasn't one, but that [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] was probably a [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] in this universe.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I don't think there is a Vector Prime analog in this universe. If there is, I haven't found a place for him. Maybe in the distant past or future. Safeguard was probably active during the Great War and, being Targetmaster-y, probably isn't alive anymore.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218015723/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360055#entry3360151|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15}}</ref>
* ''Uprising'' sometimes based Cybertronians on franchises adjacent to ''Transformers'', such as [[Vampire_(BWU)|Vampire]] from ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|M.A.S.K.]]'' or [[Battlefennec|Fennec]] from ''[[Beastformers (franchise)|Battle Beasts]]''.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Not as such. Quantum Harmonic Resonance is such that their analogues in this dimension tend to be Cybertronian. We've already seen that with guys like Fennec and will probably continue to do so. The same goes for MASK characters, like Aura and Vampire.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218015723/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360055#entry3360152|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15}}</ref>
* Sorenson cited his favorite characters to write as being [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] and [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Oooh, that's a toughie. There's one from the first part of the finale who was really difficult to write for but came out very nicely. Wolfang was a hoot, but Bish did most of the heavy lifting there. Longrack was a lotta fun; I love his officiousness. There's a little bit of Arnold J. Rimmer in there.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218015723/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360055#entry3360052|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15}}</ref>
* Early in ''Beast Wars: Uprising'', the term "protoform" is used with its conventional definition as a developmental stage for Cybertronians, sometimes used analogously to "child", or more clinically as the basic form of Maximals and Predacons. "[[Intersectionality]]" introduced the phrase "Proto-races" to refer to these groups, which entered regular usage in "[[Not All Megatrons]]". "[[Cultural Appropriation]]" briefly used the phrase "Proto-Cybertronian". In "[[Safe Spaces]]", the term "proto-formers" first appeared, which by "[[Derailment]]" had become the most common term used to refer to the Maximals and Predacons; presumably to match this new term, "proto-races" was no longer capitalised. Often, "proto-" can just be used as a prefix, as in "proto-sized" (in "[[Trigger Warnings]]"), "Proto point one percenter" (in "Cultural Appropriation"), "proto-scale", "proto-nations", "proto-soldiers", "proto-punks", and the "[[League of Autonomous Proto-States]]" (all in "Derailment").

==See also==
*[[Source:Beast Wars: Uprising translations|''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Cybertronix translations]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://sites.google.com/site/goingfullsorenson/beast-wars-uprising ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' annotations] by Jennifer Alexis Carlo

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User:Metalstar

2024-03-18T00:26:09Z

Metalstar: /* Favorite Figures */

Metalstar is a mercenary from the tfwiki continuity

Metalstar isn't the most consistent of Mercs. He can go from being so quiet that you forget he's there to being so chatty you wish he wasn't there in the blink of an eye. This used to get him in trouble with his superiors, but these days, Metalstar is a bit more helpful, fixing anomalies known as "grammar and spelling" errors, doing so quickly. He also seems to be a budding recon expert, occasionally updating sightings of smaller Transformers in the United States. His alt-mode is a black Mazda CX5, though he hopes to upgrade to a Camero one day. He also has ADHD and autism, though he tries not to let that get in the way.

He tends to hold certain transformers on a pedestal, most notably Soundwave, Predaking, Nemesis Prime, Waspinator, Barricade, Mirage, Scourge (if he turns into a truck or dragon), Bludgeon, Depth Charge, Slag, Redwing, Repugnus, and Exhaust. He is not a fan of any version of Sentinel Prime. He has way too many Kreons for his own good, he thinks The Last Knight is a good movie (did you know that Optimus never transforms in that movie, by the way?), he accidentally predicted Frankentron in his notes app the day it was revealed (He figured Project francis was either Frankenstein or Punisher), he has broken every Power Core Combiner commander figure, with only Bombshock still intact enough to function, he is writing a script for a ROTB spinoff/sequel fan film called Might of The Beasts, as well as one for a fan film called Wrath of The Wreckers (he's even made playlists for them), he cannot be trusted with a screwdriver, as he will disassemble nearly everything in the room, he has created a fanbot for almost every faction, and he can spot a Transformers car decal from a mile away.

== Favorite Figures ==
*Beastfire Predaking
*POTP Predaking
*POTP Nemesis Prime
*Legacy Nemesis Leo Prime
*Legacy Leo Prime
*Oil Slick
*TR Sixshot
*SS86 Hot Rod
*One Step Earthspark Soundwave
*Earthrise Exhaust
*Siege Springer
*PCC Bombshock
*MP Soundwave
*Battle Ops Bumblebee (for some Primus-Forsaken reason)
*SS Dino (even if transforming it is a nightmare)
*Amazon TR Repugnus
*Kingdom Waspinator
*SS Mirage (again, transforming it is a nightmare)
*Legacy Thundertron

== Dream figures ==
*SS86 Springer
*WFC/Legacy style G1 Sandstorm (which might end up happening) (YES!)
*JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Collaborative (WE WERE ROBBED, Y'ALL)
*SS TLK Barricade
*SS TLK... the entire decepticon cast really (we might be getting core mohawk (CALLED IT!))
*Botanica
*Legacy Quickstrike
*Titan class Animated Omega Supreme
*Legacy Prime Soundwave
*Commander Thunderclash
*Legacy Crumplezone and Ransack
*SS Dragonstorm
*DJD Capsule Line
*Legacy Sky-Byte

Topspin (G1)

2024-02-26T20:17:47Z

Metalstar: /* Titans Return */ ARGH. Again with the links!

{{factions|autobot|wreckers}}
{{disambig3|Topspin}}
:''Topspin is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:G1boxart-Topspin.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Flies like a brick! A brick with wings!]]
Facing off against [[Decepticon]]s isn't nearly enough of a challenge for '''Topspin'''. He'd rather pit himself against Nature itself. No mountain is tall enough, no river treacherous enough to give him pause. Alone against rough terrain, be it on land or in the sea, is where this [[Wreckers|Wrecker]]'s fuel pump really gets going. Though he loves the challenge he's not fixated on conquering new terrain, he simply enjoys pitting himself against it. As he says, "The thrill is in the journey."

As [[Jumpstarter]]s, Topspin and his brother [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]] can transform between modes in a fraction of an instant, significantly faster than most Transformers.

Sometimes he is partnered with the [[Titan Master]] [[Freezeout (TR)|Freezeout]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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Topspin was a member of the elite Autobot force the [[Wreckers]]. Along with his teammates he threw himself into preparations for [[Operation: Volcano]] practising against [[facsimile construct]]s based on their [[Decepticon]] targets. [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] classified him as their 'resident glory-hog' as he tended to take on too many foes at once. Topspin was easily able to take care of two constructs based on [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] but had to be rescued from the advancing [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] by [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]]. After the practice session it was obvious that without [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] the operation would be a suicide mission and along with the other Wreckers Topspin agreed to abandon it. Despite the unanimous decision [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] was able to convince Impactor to resume preparations for Operation: Volcano. When the Wreckers leader asked for volunteers Topspin and the rest of the unit did not hesitate to come forward and threw themselves back into their training. Unfortunately the operation to trap the Decepticons' [[Ten Deadliest Killers|deadliest killers]] was unsuccessful as [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] recalled them to [[Polyhex]] before the trap could be sprung. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Topspin was next seen being led into battle by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] attacking a Decepticon [[Energon]] distribution facility. Inspired by the return of the Autobot leader Topspin threw himself into battle leaping through the air and firing wildly. This raid was one in a series, and Topspin was sent on a final one orchestrated by Optimus to distract the Decepticon rank and file the Autobot leader went after Megatron personally. {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

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Once Prime was transported back to Earth things returned to normal on Cybertron. [[Autobase]] was moved to [[Kalis]] and was soon rocked by a huge explosion. Believing the explosion to be caused by an underground reactor, Topspin and the other Wreckers searched in vain for the chamber. Upon their return to headquarters, the Autobots were overcome by a legion of [[zombie]]s! Springer, still ill-at-ease in his role as leader, floundered when the shambling horde burst through the floor, and without anyone to coordinate them, the Wreckers were easily vanquished. They were captured by the undead horde's controller, [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]], fitted with [[inhibitor band]]s, and detained within an underground cell. Though things seemed grim, Springer regained his senses following a pep-talk from Xaaron and managed to escape. {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}}

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Topspin and the rest of the Wreckers managed to break out of their cell as well, reacquired their weapons, and once more took up the fight against the zombies patrolling Flame's headquarters. They then bumped into a returning Springer, now accompanied by Ultra Magnus, [[Fizzle]], [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]], and [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]]. Unfortunately, any further progress towards Flame's inner sanctum was blocked off by a massive blast door. Though their weapons proved completely ineffective against it, the Autobots managed to get through when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] arrived, repaying a favor that fellow Decepticon [[Flywheels]] owed Ultra Magnus. Unfortunately, they came to confront Flame too late; his machines had already destabilized, and the countdown to Cybertron's destruction had already begun. Springer tasked Topspin with going through Flame's computers to find a solution, but Xaaron already knew that only one presented itself; one of them had to go into a control room, bathed in deadly radiation, to put an end to the chain reaction.

Springer, Ultra Magnus, and Xaaron argued between themselves over which one would make a heroic sacrifice for all their sakes, while Topspin urged them to hurry up and make up their minds. The argument distracted him from keeping an eye on Flame, allowing the madbot from releasing more zombies upon the Autobots. Topspin helped cut down the horde and headed for the surface. There, he learned that it had been a zombified [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] who ended up sacrificing himself to put an end to Flame's scheme. Topspin joined his fellows in honoring the Wrecker's sacrifice in solemn silence. {{storylink|Meltdown!}}

[[File:WreckingHavoc-yourfoe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Topspin was in the top two or three in his class...]]
The Wreckers' next mission was to deal with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Topspin attended the mission briefing and, along with his teammates, was able to correctly identify their foe and his primary weapon. They then warped themselves down to Earth to face him... and appeared right into the middle of a heavily populated Earth city. Though Springer worried that this had totally compromised their mission, as they didn't want to inflict any casualties on the innocent humans, the Wreckers nonetheless threw themselves at Galvatron. Topspin and his [[Jumpstarter]] partner Twin Twist focused their efforts on Galvatron's equally time-tossed [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] brethren, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Topspin was shot by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] but was not seriously injured. Eventually, to stave off further collateral damage, Springer lured the two Decepticon cronies out of town, leaving the rest of his crew with the opportunity to gang-up on Galvatron. However, they were unwilling to leave Springer to the Decepticons' mercies, and instead pursued him, allowing Galvatron to escape them. The Wreckers' mission ended as a total failure, and they returned to Cybertron to plan anew. {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}}

[[File:TimeWars TopspinTerminated.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|Blah blah [[Titan Master]] joke blah.]]
For the return bout the Wreckers teamed up with the [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhems]]. The teams argued as they entered the Decepticon base only to discover that Galvatron had now teamed up with Megatron (or at least, a [[Straxus (G1)|clone]] thereof). This proved a deadly combination and Topspin's overconfidence lead to an angered Megatron blasting his head off before he could even get a shot in. The Wreckers and Mayhems were soon forced to retreat leaving Topspin's corpse where it had fallen. To add insult to injury Megatron gave it a good kick before he and Galvatron followed the survivors to brutally massacre them too. {{storylink|Time Wars}}
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=====Transformers Annual 1985=====
{{note|Due to being published early in the franchise, this story is out of continuity with the above.}}
When [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] detected Decepticon activity in the Amazon, the pair brought Topspin and Twin Twist along to investigate. Prowl was hesitant throughout the mission, and suggested the group turn back upon encountering a road block. But Topspin wouldn't hear it, as he and Twin Twist were eager for some action. The group soon picked up [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]]'s trail, and headed through a nearby swamp. Bumblebee was attacked by a boa constrictor in its waters, forcing Topspin to shoo off the creature with his electric blaster.

The Autobots continued their trek for days until they found the Decepticons' headquarters. There, the enemy was excavating crystals that could bring new Decepticons to life. Prowl suggested that they hold their position and contact the Ark for reinforcements, prompting a debate within the group. While the others were distracted by their argument, Bumblebee took it upon himself push on alone, only to be caught in [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]'s cross-hairs. Prowl and the Jumpstarters were forced into action, only to find themselves paralyzed with fear partway in their descent; [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] had also been posted as a guard, and was using his fear-inducing engines on the Autobots. Prowl managed to neutralize Dirge, and the Jumpstarters resumed their rescue attempt. Together, they blasted Starscream out of the sky, and sending him plummeting into the mining operation, destroying it utterly. Thrust retaliated by burying the Autobots in an avalanche, and by the time Topspin clawed his way out, the Decepticons had already fled. {{storylink|Hunted!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Rodimus technobots wreckers peace.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
In the year [[2510]], Topspin witnessed the end of the old war and the start of a new one. With the last Decepticon destroyed, the Autobots began arguing among themselves as to whether Springer or Ultra Magnus should be [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s chosen successor. A scuffle broke out and casualties happened on both sides, leading to a new Autobot Civil War between the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and the Wreckers, with Rodimus sitting in the middle of the war zone, emotionally crushed by the resuming conflict. {{storylink|Peace}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Wreckers loose ends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He's that one... Yeah, that guy with the label "Topspin" next to him...]]
Topspin took part in taking down a bunch of Neo-Decepticons who were holding up a bomb depot. He later volunteered to come with [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and the rest of the Wreckers to go to Earth. Once they reached Earth's orbit, they dispatched drones to survey the planet, finding it in ruins, and Megatron at the head of it all. Megatron then launched a string of missiles, destroying their ship. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

After the Wreckers escaped the ship using its escape pods, they regrouped to try to think of a plan. Broadside and Topspin were both left injured, and, in Broadside's case, seeing double. When Rack 'n' Ruin accidentally scared a handful of humans, Topspin tried to talk him down, explaining that the humans would naturally be scared of them after 21 years of Megatron's tyranny. They were then attacked by an enraged, cybernetically enhanced human calling himself [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}} The man blasted Rack 'n' Ruin, disabling the robot. Topspin identified the super human as the Autobots former ally, Spike Witwicky, and stated his confusion at the fact that Spike would attack his former allies and hate Cybertronians, when he, being binary bonded to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] meant that he was also part Cybertronian. He then had to talk Springer and the others out of attacking Spike. He, and the other humans led the Autobots back to their base, which was led by [[G.B. Blackrock]]. Together, the Wreckers and the humans made a plan to take down the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], which Megatron had taken over. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}}

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Despite his injuries, Topspin was part of the team sent to disable the Ark and its supercomputer [[Aunty|Auntie]]. He transformed and began shooting out the Ark's defenses from the air along with Broadside. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} Once they were through the Ark's outer defenses, he helped the Wreckers battle [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] units while Circuit Smasher disarmed Auntie. {{Storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}}

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Topspin was out of action for a time after returning to Cybertron, presumably to finish treatment of his injuries. When the Neo-Decepticons' civil disobedience stepped up to outright insurrection, however, Topspin and the Wreckers raided Soundwave's headquarters in [[Fort Scyk]], only to find it empty. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} The Neo-Decepticons were soon backed up by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s space-based faction, who invaded Cybertron with their [[Warworld]] and [[Blitz Engine]]s. Topspin and the Wreckers were assigned a surgical strike mission by [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] to infiltrate the Warworld and cancel out the broadcast signal powering the Engines. They ran afoul of Bludgeon himself, but the divine intervention of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]'s arrival in the stolen Ark led to a successful mission. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

After Rodimus Prime declared war on the genocidal tyrant [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], Kup kept the Wreckers in reserve in case things went south. When they did, Topspin and the others staged a chaotic series of guerrilla sabotage attacks on Jhiaxus's Hub, providing the advantage for Rodimus to free the other Autobots. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} Back on Cybertron, the [[Dark Matrix]] entity had consumed most of the world, and was using the [[space bridge]] network to extend its grasp to [[Nebulos]] and Earth. Topspin joined Ultra Magnus on a mission to Nebulos where they battled the possessed [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] and Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
[[File:Wreckers secrets and lies.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
When [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] walked in on [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] informing [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] that he needed a "wrecking crew" to deal with [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] restarting [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Planetary engine|planetary turbines]], they recruited Topspin, [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]], and [[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack'n'Ruin]] to form a new unit called the "[[Wreckers]]". {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 3|Secrets & Lies #3}}

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Arriving at the nerve centre of [[Project Dreadnought]], the newly formed Wreckers assumed their designated holding positions until their fearless leader Impactor could think of an appropriate signal; upon a surprise attack by [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] he spontaneously ordered them to "wreck and rule" and Topspin followed Twin Twist as he began tunnelling towards the control centre. While their fellow Wreckers battled the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] above, the Jumpstarters held off a squad of [[generic]] Decepticons while laying enough explosives to destroy the base for good. When the job was done, they gave Impactor the signal to pull out and the Wreckers withdrew from their first mission victorious. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 4|Secrets & Lies #4}}
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===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
In one micro-continuity-nexus path, Skids came back to the Ark with a report about a Decepticon base in [[Mount Lomas]] where black coral from nearby [[Dolphin's Bay]] was being converted into a superfuel. The Autobots stationed [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] and Topspin in the water nearby, as they were apparently the only Autobots with seafaring alt-modes. That evening, either [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl's]] or [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger's]] attack plan would ensure an Autobot victory, but the latter course of action led to a battle in which [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] dropped a heat-seeking missile on the Jumpstarter. It's unclear if Topspin survived, but he didn't really do anything else regardless. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}
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====Autobot Alert!====
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Topspin was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.

He and the other Autobots learned of two Decepticon plots simultaneously occurring. One of which was the theft of a coded message meant for Ultra Magnus's eyes only. If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize theft of the coded message, Topspin was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Topspin took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn't decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Topspin was part of the main group of Autobot forces led by Ultra Magnus towards the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus's troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

If Ultra Magnus decided to have his Autobots hide while the Decepticons raised the ship, Topspin found himself in a cave with Seaspray and Springer. The three Autobots spied Devastator retrieving the sunken ship from the water, and decided that the three of them would snatch the sphere away from the Decepticons.

If Springer, Topspin and Seaspray executed their plan to retrieve the sphere from Decepticon clutches, Topspin and Seaspray headed out to sea, then doubled back in order to distract the Decepticons. With the evil robots preoccupied, Springer snatched the cybertite sphere and headed back to Metroplex. Seeing their ally had succeeded in his part of the plan, Seaspray and Topspin retreated out to sea. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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===Frito-Lay posters===
Topspin was on the battlefield alongside Optimus Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], surrounded by Decepticons. {{storylink|The Power Struggle}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Soon after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had newly been selected as [[Prime (rank)|leader of the Autobots]], the Decepticons launched an all-out assault on the Autobot stronghold in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Topspin [[Yellow and black Jumpstarter|may or may not]] helped in extracting essential hardware and artifacts from the city while the aggressors were kept at bay by the bulk of the Autobots' forces. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

In the [[Dark Ages]], Topspin split off from the Autobots with his fellow Wreckers to act as an independent faction. Under [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s command, they frequently clashed with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s [[Ultracon]]s for territorial control, especially in the manufacturing area known as the [[Tagan Heights]]. During one such clash, Topspin helped his fellow Wreckers in battling [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] until [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] turned up to take on the Decepticon combiner. {{storylink|Escalation}}

After the creation of the Micromasters in fuel-starved times, Topspin came to work for a unified Autobot faction once more. He was guarding Autobot HQ when [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]] and [[Groundshaker]] returned from an interplanetary mission. He asked the little 'bots where Optimus Prime was, only to learn that the Micromasters had failed to locate the lost Autobot leader. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}} Later, due to the machinations of the Decepticon-allied Micromaster [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]], the Autobots and Decepticons were tricked into an all-out brawl, despite resources being at an all-time low for both sides. Topspin was battered in the conflict that came about, but the Autobots were spared total defeat when a cross-faction group of Micromasters revealed the scheme that had brought the fight about. The Autobots and Decepticons abandoned the battlefield in response, allowing the war to prolong itself further. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}

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In the modern era, Topspin continued serving with the Wreckers in the new Unified Cybertronian forces. The Wreckers now operated under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] as his personal guard, though neither Topspin or Twin Twist were confident that the planet's new ruler, Shockwave, had their race's best interests at heart. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} When the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] were unleashed on Cybertron as [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], the Wreckers took arms to bring him down. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} After Twin Twist drilled the combiner in the foot and brought him down to ground level, Topspin shot Menasor right in the face with his electro-blasters. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} The Jumpstarters remained in Magnus's command after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s deposing, and later attended a meeting where the Autobots' forces were divided up to better defend their planet against future threats. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Stormbringer issue 2|Transformers: Stormbringer #2]]

The Jumpstarters have a [[branched spark]]: a rare condition that means the two of them can share each other's pain and feelings, and sometimes perceive each other's circumstances. Twin Twist went into the Wreckers first. Topspin was happy to just be a cartographer, but it was impossible to stay in such a role when his 'other half' was running around chasing down [[Squadron X]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}

[[File:Animals-RadarGatoraider.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|Don't mind me, guys, I'm just passing through!]]
Topspin was serving with the Wreckers when they came up against a squad of Decepticons that included [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], [[Gatoraider]] and [[Radar]]. During the battle, [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] ripped out Radar's spine and ate it while high on [[Syk]]—leaving Krok as the only survivor. {{Storylink|Animals}}

[[File:Roadbustertotherescue.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Topspin is the one on the right with the distractingly Photoshopped-in Autobot insignia.]]
Topspin fired heavy artillery at the Decepticon [[Infiltration protocol|siege mode armature]] on [[Varas Centralus]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} He medically treated [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] on Cybertron after the Wreckers rescued him and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] from [[Centurion droid]]s. He then voiced the Wreckers' PR campaign to the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. ("Leave it to the ''professionals''".) {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

He also led the hit and run against [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. He is a true Robot of All Trades. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

When the Wreckers were again called upon to battle Thunderwing on [[Corata-Vaz]], Topspin was there, trying alongside his comrades to get past the massive [[Pretender]] to a [[Nega-Core]] it was guarding; a device essential for bringing forth the [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

[[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] managed to remotely override Thunderwing's predetermined directives for a brief time, so the Wreckers got by and found the Nega-Core. Topspin and Twin Twist then began attempting to decommission it, ultimately prepping it for transport through a [[space bridge]] portal. Once Autobot teams on different planets had reached the other Nega-Cores, it was Topspin who carefully explained to everyone the process by which to properly unlatch and move them. Jetfire lost control of Thunderwing by this point and it turned back to resume attacking the Wreckers, but they survived. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

After a battle with the Decepticons, Topspin was taken prisoner by [[Turmoil]] alongside several other Autobots. [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] and Springer sprung them from the detention block on Turmoil's cruiser, but the Wreckers apparently went their separate ways after this mission. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers1-Jumpstarters 'explain'.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Topspin's favorite song is "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".]]
Over two years later, the Wreckers were reformed and were taking on new recruits; Topspin and Twin Twist were still part of the team. While meeting the new guys, they saw [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] briefly fall unconscious. Topspin was concerned, but Ironfist claimed he was fine... while [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] revealed that Ironfist was the secret identity of "[[Fisitron (G1)|Fisitron]]", the [[fandom|historian]] behind the ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' datalogs. They were amused to find their official files were top secret, with Topspin joking (badly) he should call himself Top Secret. When Ironfist raised the idea of finding out what was in their files, Topspin remarked there was nothing special: they were just two normal guys. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}}

After adding their old commander [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] to the team, the Wreckers prepared for their mission: to infiltrate [[Garrus-9]], which had been taken over by [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], rescue the Autobot prisoners there and find [[Aequitas]]. Topspin was teamed with [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]], Ironfist, [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] and [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]], and to his chagrin, he soon learned that [[Verity Carlo]] had stowed aboard their pod as well. They successfully crashlanded on Garrus-9, only to find themselves face-to-face with Overlord himself. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}

[[File:LSOTW3 TopspinexplainstoPyro.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|"If you die, Twin Twist dies, and the Dragon Balls will turn to stone!!"{{-}}"Uh...sure, Pyro. Sure."]]
Topspin felt a sting of pain as Twin Twist was injured on the other team, but that was the least of his worries: Rotorstorm was killed, and he and the others failed to even dent Overlord. They opted to make a run for it, but were tied down by Ironfist, who had gone into shock after witnessing Rotorstorm's death. Annoyed, Topspin slammed Ironfist against a wall and questioned why someone like him was even part of the Wreckers: they certainly hadn't voted him in. He went to tell the fanboy "People die in stupid, pointless ways. Deal with it.", which at least snapped him out of it and allowed them to keep going. As the team made their way toward Aequitas, Topspin told Pyro about his branched spark with Twin Twist and voiced his opinion on the late Rotorstorm, whom he hadn't been too fond of, but respected anyway because he had been a Wrecker. After Perceptor opened Aequitas's chamber, Topspin helped carry the comatose [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]] inside. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4- JumpstartersEnd.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Oh my [[Primus|God]], we killed Kenny." <br> "''We killed Kenny''?!" <br> "We killed Kenny. We're bastards."]]
Topspin was unimpressed to learn that Aequitas was just a big computer, and that their important mission was to download its contents. Suddenly, he was struck with intense pain as Twin Twist began to be tortured by the Decepticons. After a few minutes of agony, he recovered in time to learn that Aequitas was password-protected and demanded a spark donation in order to boot up. He suggested that they force-feed the computer a Decepticon, but was told that the victim had to be willing to do it. The other Wreckers agreed that Topspin could not be sacrificed, as that would kill Twin Twist as well, which would be a waste of a life. However, Topspin began perceiving his brother's feelings as he pleaded for the torture to stop, and eventually got up and volunteered to take his life for both of their sakes. After explaining that since the two of them would die anyway, they could at least go out with some dignity, Topspin plugged himself into Aequitas and exclaimed "Wreck and rule!" as he let it take his spark. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}

After the liberation of G-9, Topspin's remains, as well as that of the other fallen Wreckers, were transported to [[Earth]] along with the survivors. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} They were later interred in the Zone of Remembrance at ''[[Debris]]'', the Wreckers' headquarters. {{storylink|Zero Point}}
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===''Legends'' comic===
Topspin and Twin Twist were [[Powered Master]]s and space pioneers. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 65|Bonus Edition Vol. 65}} In the late 1980s, they entered the scene to protect the [[Transform Super Cog]] from falling into [[Decepticon]] hands, and they managed to defeat the [[Battlecharger]]s who were attempting to steal it from within the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. When the Jumpstarters joined the battle outside, they attacked who they thought was [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], but it turned out to be the decoy, [[Megaplex]], and they were left open to attacks from [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and [[Enemy (G1)|Enemy]], but [[Nightstalker (G1)|Nightstalker]] was able to protect them from Enemy's finishing blow. That didn't stop them from losing the Super Cog to [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]], but the other Autobots were able to end his threat. {{Storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

Topspin would keep watch when Twin Twist fell prey to his uncontrollable urge to drill holes in the Autobot base, simply because he enjoyed the thrilling feeling of possibly getting caught. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#G1 Warrior Twin Twist|G1 Warrior Twin Twist}} One time they were caught by [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and fled using Topspin's jet mode, though he had to talk his brother out of drilling holes in his wings. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#G1 Warrior Topspin|G1 Warrior Topspin}} [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] eventually put a stop to their vandalism by appointing both Topspin and Twin Twist leader of the Jumpstarters, leaving them too busy arguing about who was in charge to have time for drilling. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#The Commander's Good Idea|The Commander's Good Idea}} In [[2004]], the Jumpstarters were recruited by [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] into his new Wreckers unit. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 7|Bonus Edition Vol. 7}} {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#LG-07 Jetfire Sequel|LG-07 Jetfire Sequel}} When the team was charged with the decidedly un-thrilling job of cleaning up around [[Mount St. Hilary]], a disappointed Springer left for [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], leaving Topspin jealous. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#G1 Wreckers Birth Story|G1 Wreckers Birth Story}} During this time, he and Twin Twist learned that their fellow Wreckers [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] had come from a peaceful dimension known as the [[Legends World]] and hoped to help found such a place themselves someday. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}}

Decades later in the [[2030]]s, the Jumpstarters were approached by [[Katsu Don]] and asked for their help in creating a dimension called Legends, causing them to realize their friends were from the future. Concluding that they had to accept or else their friends would never be born, they stole the [[Zodiac]] from fellow Powered Master [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] and used it to create the Legends World, leaving it in the care of the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}} Topspin was later present when his teammates raised concern about Springer's's increasing girth. {{Storylink|LG19 Sprung Prologue}} When their commander return from a trip to the Legends World with a new body, Topspin thought it was cool and, assuming he was now ready to ask [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] out, pushed him towards her. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#LG19 Springer Sequel|LG19 Springer Sequel}} Upon learning that the Zamojin were attempting to destroy their creation through [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], the Jumpstarters explained the circumstances to the other Wreckers before traveling there to stop Katsu Don. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#LG65 Twin Twist Prologue|LG65 Twin Twist Prologue}} During the battle, Topspin grabbed the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] [[Peacemaker]] after Twin Twist cut Windblade's control over him, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 65|Bonus Edition Vol. 65}} then used the Zodiac to become a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]], declaring himself a [[Triplemaster]]. Determined to defend the world he'd helped create, he then had the Zodiac repair all that Windblade had destroyed before combining with Twin Twist into their [[Attack Powered]] form and defeating both Windblade and Katsu Don. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}}

When [[Majin Zarak]] was released on the Legends World, the Jumpstarters worked with many other parties to defeat him. Twin Twist's Drill Base mode, linked to his Powered Engine, was used to funnel power into [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'s ultra-drill, a device for transporting between dimensions. It was hoped that the ultra-drill could remove Majin Zarak to a safe pocket dimension without destroying (due to a time paradox involving his presence in this time period). Together, the defenders of the Legends World used their combined firepower to force Majin Zarak through the breach. However, the Targetmaster partners were also modified by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Devil Z]] into plasma energy bombs which threatened to destroy the Legends World. Unable to disarm the Targetmasters without killing them, Mayor Megatron ordered the population evacuated through portals created by Twin Twist's Drill Base. The Jumpstarters theorized it might still be possible to one day recreate the Legends World if it were destroyed, with the help of their Powered Master leader, [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]]. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two}}

Getting aid from the Powered Masters would not be easy, however. Back in 2038 of the OG World, the Jumpstarters discovered the Powered Masters had been possessed by the malevolent entity [[Violengiguar]]. Although Dai Atlas, [[Sonic Bomber (G1)|Sonic Bomber]], and [[Roadfire]] still lived on in new Headmaster bodies, their Powered Engines remained in their original forms. Having stolen the [[Zodiac]], Vion (in the body of Dai Atlas) attempted to use its power. Luckily, Topspin and Twin Twist were able to combine with the real Dai Atlas, allowing him access to ''their'' Powered Engines to counter Vion's efforts and temporarily deplete the Zodiac's power. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 2}}

The battle progressed to the [[Zone Base]] on Planet [[Micro]], where Violengiguar and his master [[Dark Nova]] intended to steal energon to recharge the Zodiac. Dark Nova forcibly merged with Mayor Megatron to recreate the powerful [[Star Giant]] colossus. Roadfire focused on reclaiming the Powered Engines from the Powered Masters' original bodies, and rallied Topspin and Twin Twist to do it. Topspin and Roadfire merged into Wing Powered while Twin Twist and Dai Atlas formed Drill Powered. Their combined firepower destroyed Lenger and Iguarn in the bodies of Sonic Bomber and Road Fire. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX 2 Roadfire Chapter|Roadfire Chapter}}

As Vion was destroyed as well and the last Powered Engine recovered, however, the Jumpstarters received surprising resistance from the other Powered Masters. Dai Atlas's hatred of Megatron was such that he not only had no compunctions about striking down Star Giant (with the innocently possessed Megatron inside), but he would also refuse to restore the Legends World if Megatron was the one who wished it. Having seen the benevolent Mayor Megatron and the peaceful Legends World, Topspin and Twin Twist tried to convince the Powered Masters otherwise, but to no avail. When they tried to prevent Dai Atlas from killing Star Giant, he mercilessly cut off their heads and forcibly incorporated their Powered Engines and [[Transtector]]s into the [[Ultra Powered]] combination. Only as he prepared for his final strike did Dai Atlas realize Star Giant wasn't fighting back. Megatron held Star Giant at bay inside the creature, and accepted his death while imploring Dai Atlas to recreate the Legends World as his final wish. Dai Atlas killed Star Giant and begrudgingly agreed to help the Jumpstarters restore the Legends World afterwards. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX 3 Dai Atlas Chapter|Dai Atlas Chapter}}

Together, the five Powered Masters used their Zone Base modes, the Zodiac, and many other energy sources and ingredients to spark the resurrection of the Legends World, allowing the inhabitants to return to New Akihibara City and their homes. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Topspin stood with a united [[Autobot]]/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] force opposing the [[Decepticon]]/[[Cobra]] alliance before the final battle. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
[[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] considered Topspin to be a trusted ally and included him in a list of potential recruits for a new team of Wreckers. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 4}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Topspin and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] were enlisted to assist [[Nova Prime]] in battle against Nemesis Prime, an evil future version of Nova. They were unable to prevail against this future threat. {{storylink|Prime Evil}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
Given Topspin and Twin Twist's absence from Earth, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] recruited [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] to be the Wreckers' new resident driller. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Nosecone arrival}}
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==Toys==
{{picsneeded|Topspin's American G1 release}}
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1TopspinToy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Flip, Jump, and... yeah, that's it]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Topspin''' (Jumpstarter, [[1985]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': [[particle beam rifle]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Topspin transforms into some kind of amphibious Cybertronic vehicle. He features a pull-back motor in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] that propels him forward on smooth surfaces; after a short run the latch that keeps his spring-loaded legs releases, causing him to flip forward and into upright [[robot mode]].

:Early versions of Topspin contain the letters "D.A.R." on the wings. These are a holdover from the original pre-''Transformers'' ''[[Diaclone]]'' release, and evidently stand for "Diaclone Attack Robo". Usually his face is painted silver; the red-faced toy shown in the picture here is one of the common Mexican IGA Plastico variations found in Europe.

:This mold was used to make [[Salt-Man X]] and [[Robot-Man X]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Topspin/topspin.htm More information on Topspin at TFU.info]''
{{G1TopspinMold}}
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===''Kre-O''===
{{anchor|SDCC2015}}
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Kreon Class of '85''' (Kreon figure set, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''B5152'''
:*''Voted'': Most Likely to [[Back to the Future|Make Like a Tree And Get Out of Here]]
:*''Accessories'': Small pistol

:''[[Kre-O]]'' Topspin is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier "peg-in-peg" torso/waist connection. He uses the new-for-that-year maskless version of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Optimus Prime]] helmet.

:He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] "[[Kreon Class of '85]]" 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/SDCCKre-OTopspin/topspin.htm More information on Class of '85 Topspin at TFU.info]''
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TitansReturntoy-TopspinFreezeout.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You actually have to spend time with me.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Freezeout & Autobot Topspin''' (Deluxe Class, [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': [[Freezeout (TR)#Generations|Freezeout]] Titan Master, blaster
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:"Autobot Topspin" is part of the fourth wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Deluxe Class toys. No longer featuring an autotransformation, Topspin now transforms traditionally using multiple steps from a space ship to a robot and back. Like [[Triggerhappy (G1)#Titans_Return|Triggerhappy]] from the same line, Topspin's transformation is surprisingly complex for a Deluxe figure, involving multiple swiveling sections. He's also noticeably taller and bulkier than a standard Deluxe figure, though still smaller than a Voyager Class figure.

:His partner [[Freezeout (TR)|Freezeout]] transforms into his head, plus Freezeout can either pilot Topspin's vehicle mode inside his opening cockpit compartment or sit within the combined form of his two weapons.

:Some Autobot Topspin figures came with a misprinted collector's card calling him "Autbot Topspin".

:He was later retooled into [[Twin Twist (G1)#Titans Return|Twin Twist]], who was also retooled into [[Roadfire#Legends|Roadfire]].

:Topspin was first released at retail in the Philippines, and subsequently the United States, in early 2017, with [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Perceptor]] and [[Kup (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Sergeant Kup]] being the only figures that from his wave had been officially announced by Hasbro by that point. Hasbro didn't acknowledge the existence of Topspin, [[Quake (G1)#Titans Return|Quake]] and [[Krok (G1)#Titans_Return|Krok]] until [[Toy Fair]], over a month after their release in the Philippines and two weeks after the first sighting at US retail.
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-Topspin-with-Peaceman.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Oh man, [[Twin Twist (G1)#Legends|bro!]] I found this Targetmaster all alone too! Let's keep them!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Targetmaster Topspin''' ([[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''LG66'''
:*''Release date'': [[March 24]], 2018
:*''Accessories'': Headmaster, [[Peacemaker#Legends|Peaceman]] Targetmaster

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' "Targetmaster Topspin" is a redeco of ''Titans Return'' Topspin. The Headmaster, appendages, and wings are a vibrant blue, rather than his mold-mate's turquoise.

: He is inexplicably packaged with [[Peacemaker#Legends|Peaceman]]; the new pairing is presumably due to the lack of a contemporary [[Pointblank|Pointblank/Blanker]] mold being available for use.
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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
*'''Autobot Topspin''' (Tiny Titans, [[2015]])
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''2/12'''
:Part of the second assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Topspin is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode... though his actual resemblance to his original form is... dubious.

:He includes a collectible card that renders him in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] styling. The card includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

:This wave saw fairly minimal release at "big box" retailers, but unlike other waves, was ''not'' picked up by drug stores and the like later, making them particularly hard to find.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W5Topspin.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Topspin, Air & Space Assault''' (2020)
**'''Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T39/T46'''
**''Stars: ''9
:Topspin, Air & Space Assault is one of forty-six double sided character cards released as part of Wave 5 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], Titans Masters Attack. As a character with a body mode, Topspin begins the game with a Titan Master attached in head mode. Once Topspin is KO'd, said Titan Master is deployed.

:The card's artwork is based on the ''Titans Return'' Topspin toy, with the body mode artwork being reused from the toy's packaging art (minus the Freezeout Titan Master). The card features original Alt Mode artwork, with lines by [[Dan Khanna]].

:This card's set was originally set for an April 2020 release, however due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the release was pushed back to May 29, 2020.

:The original stock art does not show the card's star count. It was later clarified by the official Transformers Trading Card Game Twitter account that the card has 9 stars. When the set was released the error remained in the final product.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Topspin in 9 stars. Fixing the image shortly. -Drew|link=https://twitter.com/TransformersTCG/status/1245036328355418112|name=Transformers TCG|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=03|day=31|(defunct=)}}</ref> With the cancellation of the game shortly after Wave 5's release it is unlikely that a corrected version will be printed.
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==Notes==
[[File:DiacloneTopspin.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bizarro Topspin #1 and #2.]]
[[File:1985MuralTopspins.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bizarro Topspin #3 and #4.]]
*The Jumpstarters were originally ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Baku-ten Attack Robo" (爆転アタックロボ, roughly "Explosive Flip Attack Robo") toys. The "Jet Type" (ジェットタイプ) that would become Topspin was available in two different color schemes: both had dark blue torsos, but one had red limbs while the other had light blue limbs.
*According to early Hasbro production materials obtained from the collection of [[Ron Friedman]], Topspin was at one point going to be the "red pop-up vehicle". This notation presumably stems from his red-limbed ''Diaclone'' colors. Then again, a red-limbed and -headed version of Topspin (i.e. one of [[Salt-Man X]]'s color schemes) appears on the cover of a French ''Prisunic'' toy catalog from 1985,<ref name="prisunic">[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nhtpirate/albums/72157694774224085 1985 ''Prisunic'' toy catalog], by Nathalie NHT on Flickr.</ref> which depicts the standard blue and white ''Transformers'' version on the inside (partially covered up by the page number), so maybe that is what the figure was initially supposed to look like?
*A pair of Topspins appear on the 1985 packaging mural that do not match the colors of the released toy. They appear to be either in Topspin's light and dark blue ''Diaclone'' scheme or an inversion of his final blue and white scheme. The tininess of the images makes accurate color assessment difficult.
*The portraits of Topspin and Twin Twist on their [[packaging]] [[bio]]s next to their [[Tech Spec]]s were originally reversed, causing some children a bit of confusion. This was eventually fixed. In addition, both of their [[weapon]]s were named as a [[Ion impulse blaster|twin ion impulse blaster]], most likely a placeholder name that otherwise only appears in [[Bombshell (G1)#Toys|Bombshell]]'s [[instructions]].
*[[Character model|Animation models]] were created for both [[:File:TopspinCharDesign.jpg|Topspin]] and [[:File:TwinTwistCharacterSheet.jpg|Twin Twist]] back in the '80s, but they were never animated, not even in a [[commercial]].
*In [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[The War Within issue 3|''The War Within'' #3]], a [[yellow and black Jumpstarter|yellow and black Autobot with Topspin's body-type]] appears. Whether this is a miscolored Topspin or an original cameo character is unclear.
*Topspin met [[Godzilla]]! ...sort of. The 1986 [[Commodore 64]] Godzilla game ''{{w|The Movie Monster Game}}'' used [[:File:The monster movie game -- mechatron.png|Topspin's likeness]] (adding a visor) for '''Mechatron''', a city-destroying giant robot. The game's monsters (save Godzilla) are all thinly-veiled copies of better-known movie monsters such as {{w|The Blob}} or the {{w|Stay Puft Marshmallow Man}}. While the game manual attempts to imply the inclusion of a giant robot is a reference to {{w|Moguera}} in ''{{w|The Mysterians}}'' the name, likeness and dating all suggest it was a deliberate salute to all things Transformers. Topspin's likeness was only used for the game manual; Mechatron's in-game appearance utilized blobby blocks of color that do not match that design.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Topspin''' (トップスピン ''Toppusupin'')
*''French:'' '''Virevolteur''' (Canada)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://diaclone.net/orid/diabaku/d058.html Baku-Ten Attack Robot Jet Type at Diaclone.net]

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Optimus Prime (ES)

2024-02-26T18:19:45Z

Metalstar: /* EarthSpark */ Florence Kentucky target has it.

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{{disambig3|Optimus Prime}}
:''Optimus Prime is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Optimusprime-earthspark-stock.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|The dad of the task force.]]

Long ago, '''Optimus Prime''' took up arms to save [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] and his [[Decepticon]]s, a conflict that eventually brought him and his followers to [[Earth]]. Although he and the [[Autobot]]s finally blunted the Decepticon advance and shattered their ranks for good, victory left them stranded on a world that had turned against them.

In his new role as a [[G.H.O.S.T.]] operative, Optimus now serves as a liaison between humanity and his own kind as he mops up Decepticon stragglers with the assistance of [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] and the repentant Megatron. The bumpy post-war transition weighs heavily upon him, as do the occasionally-amoral actions of his human colleagues, but Optimus perseveres; only by bringing the people of Earth and Cybertron together can they forge a unified future, and the rise of a new generation of Earth-born "[[Terran]]s" might be the first step on the road to permanent peace.

To this end, Optimus tries hard, really ''really'' hard, to be #Relatable to the humans, earnestly attempting to put on a non-threatening, light-hearted tone when dealing with them... despite the fact that it smashes headlong into the wall of his natural stoicism and gravitas. He needs handwritten cue cards to remind him to smile. He's given to Dad Jokes that would even give [[Alex Malto]] pause. His text messages are overloaded with emojis. But as laughably cringe as his attempts are, it's all utterly ''sincere''. His desire for peace and harmony with the people of Earth burns deep in the core of his [[spark]]. He's honestly trying his hardest, no matter how difficult it is. He wouldn't be Optimus if he didn't.

{{bigquote|After decades of fighting, humans have reason to fear my kind. We found that visual aids and cheerful slogans make us less... scary.|Optimus is really trying|"[[Classified]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Alan Tudyk]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Víctor Hugo Aguilar]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Gabriel Jiménez]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Alberto Angrisano]] (Italian), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Imre Szélyes]] (Hungarian, first voice), [[László Horányi]] (Hungarian, second voice), [[François Berland]] (French)}}

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[[File:Disarmed-OrionPax.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66]]
Long ago, '''Orion Pax''' was a humble laborer on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], {{storylink|Disarmed}} and a former friend of [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]. The two once co-led a revolution in an attempt to end inequality on their planet; {{storylink|Transformers EarthSpark The Official Guidebook|The Official Guidebook}} eventually, however, their differences drove them apart. {{storylink|Warzone}} With all-out [[Great War (ES)|civil war]] on the horizon, Orion became the bearer of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], a [[Artifacts of the Primes|relic]] of the [[Thirteen]] original Transformers. Thus empowered, Orion became Optimus Prime; {{storylink|Disarmed}} and Prime subsequently led the Autobots in a lengthy campaign against Megatron's Decepticons for control of the life-giving [[AllSpark]]. Although they were now on opposite sides of the war, Optimus believed that there was still good in Megatron's [[spark]] and hoped that they could one day be friends again. {{storylink|Transformers EarthSpark The Official Guidebook|The Official Guidebook}}

In [[1984]], the Autobots and Decepticons travelled to Earth via [[space bridge]], where their war continued for many years. Shortly after arriving on the planet, Optimus chose to [[Scanning|scan]] a semi-truck as his new [[alternate mode]]—one of the few shapes that was fast, inconspicuous, and able to accommodate his proportions. {{storylink|Transformers EarthSpark The Official Guidebook|The Official Guidebook}} At some point during the conflict, Optimus and the Autobots formed an alliance with [[G.H.O.S.T.]], a clandestine human organization who assisted the Autobots in the war effort. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 1}} When [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]], seeing how radicalized the Decepticons had become, sought to aid the Autobots in ending the conflict, a skeptical Optimus asked his foe to scan an Earth form to prove his word. Although initially hesitant to do so, Megatron eventually scanned a human helicopter. {{storylink|Outtakes}} After the [[AllSpark]] had been retrieved from the Decepticons, Optimus attempted to return the artifact to Cybertron through the space bridge in the hopes that returning the artifact to its rightful place would revitalize the dying planet. However, the Decepticons intercepted the AllSpark, and the chaotic game of hot potato ended with Megatron hurling the AllSpark through the space bridge to Cybertron before Optimus destroyed the portal completely, permanently stranding the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth. {{storylink|Warzone}}

[[File:Optimus and Elita alt-modes.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|"Hey honey, it's been [[:File:ElitaVehicle01.jpg|a while]] since we drove together like this. Weren't you on my left side last time?"]]

Over the next fifteen years, Optimus, Megatron, and a number of Autobots established a working relationship with G.H.O.S.T., who'd shifted focus to undercover operations aimed at capturing Decepticon stragglers. Although Optimus genuinely believed that cooperating with G.H.O.S.T. was the best path forward for their race, not all the Cybertronians he worked with saw things the same way, least of all Megatron. {{storylink|Decoy}}

One evening, Optimus and Elita-1 ambushed [[Swindle (ES)|Swindle]] and [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]], and despite being unexpectedly attacked by [[Arachnamech]]s, managed to capture Hardtop. While later investigating the crash of the truck transporting Hardtop, Optimus and Elita encountered old ally [[Dot Malto]], and were joined by Megatron. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}} Optimus released some of [[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]]'s drones in an attempt to learn more about the mysterious Arachnamechs. When that turned up nothing, Optimus's group continued the search and found the Arachnamechs in the process of attacking Dot's children and two new Transformers who had been created on Earth. Optimus's belief that [[Twitch]] and [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] would be safest in G.H.O.S.T. custody resulted in the pair being captured by human villain [[Mandroid]] who provided a fake G.H.O.S.T. transport. Following the rescues of the two "Terrans", Optimus was instead in favor of Dot taking care of them, and assigned [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] as their teacher. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 2}}

[[File:ES-Ep01-05 OptimusCoolPose.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb||left|Fonzimus Prime]]

Bumblebee attempted to contact Optimus to get advice on teaching, only to get Megatron and Elita-1 as Optimus was indisposed. Optimus later returned his calls, but Bee was busy with Family Game Night by that point. {{storylink|Moo-ving In}} While searching for a dangerous Decepticon who'd been spotted near [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]], Optimus found the Terrans and Dot's kids caught in a Decepticon pit trap. He hid them in his trailer in the G.H.O.S.T. base while he took Dot on her orientation. He and Dot later had to extract the kids from Megatron's combat simulation after they went wandering, and smuggled them out of the base, though Optimus was uncomfortable at having to show Dot the accommodations provided for the captured Decepticon. {{storylink|Classified}}

Optimus and Megatron were lured to an abandoned factory after [[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]], [[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]] and [[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]] stole [[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]]'s ID badge, and with his comms down, Optimus was forced to phone [[Mo Malto]] to ask Bumblebee to send backup. Bumblebee instead turned up himself, and the trio managed to subdue the three cassettes. They headed back to base and en route were ambushed by [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]. With the help of [[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]] and the Maltos, Optimus and his team were able to triumph, however Megatron talked Optimus into at least letting the three cassettes go before they took Soundwave to G.H.O.S.T. {{storylink|Decoy (episode)|Decoy}}

[[File:Earthspark-AOE1-SayCheese.jpg|upright=1.66|right|thumb]]

When G.H.O.S.T. held a ceremony celebrating the human/Autobot alliance, Optimus and Megatron found themselves defending the humans against [[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]] and [[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]], who had come intending to procure Optimus's left arm for Mandroid. Though the Decepticons were successfully defeated, they avoided being captured. Regrouping with the Maltos and Terrans at a burger bar, Optimus learned that the Terrans had been brought online by a glowing rock and resolved to investigate further. This led them to recover the [[Emberstone]], just in time for Skywarp and Nova Storm to again attack, this time revealing that Megatron and Dot had been captured by Mandroid as barter for Optimus's arm. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 1}} Optimus and Bumblebee managed to capture the pair and discovered that the Emberstone had created three more Terrans. Aiming to rescue Dot and Megatron, Optimus came up with a plan for him, Thrash and Twitch to pose as prisoners being brought in by the newborn Terrans. Mandroid quickly saw through the ruse, however it gave the group the opportunity to free Dot and Megatron, and after Mandroid revealed his base was actually a giant mech, the group fought together to destroy it, with Optimus expressing pride and hope in the bonds between the Maltos, both human and Terran. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 2}}

Sometime after Bumblebee got exposed by G.H.O.S.T., Optimus sent the scout on another undercover mission infiltrating a "Bot Brawl" ring to find the missing [[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Home, Part 1}} Optimus met with Dot at the [[Witwicky Ranger Station]] where she'd been picking up strange energon readings. They turned out to be Swindle, whom Optimus captured, but in the process Robby's [[cyber-sleeve]] was revealed to have the power to manifest a shield. Believing this to be the power of [[Quintus Prime]], Optimus smuggled the Malto family into G.H.O.S.T. HQ so that [[Teletraan I (ES)|Teletraan I]] could scan the sleeves. Mandroid devised a distraction to pull Optimus away, allowing him to trap the kids in the Autobot rec room simulator. {{storylink|Disarmed}}

After a mass escape by Decepticons, Optimus found that his concerns were being ignored by [[Karen Croft|Executive Agent Croft]], who forbade him from entering the tunnels to give pursuit. Disgruntled, he and Megatron went to the entrance to the tunnels where he saw off the ex-Decepticon on a mission to pursue the fugitives. {{storylink|What Dwells Within}} When Robby's health degraded due to the damage to his cyber-sleeve, Optimus visited the [[Dugout]] and expressed his concern that only the Emberstone might be able to help the boy. {{storylink|Prime Time (episode)|Prime Time}}

Concerned by the amount of secrets being kept from him by G.H.O.S.T., Optimus gave Bumblebee the task of infiltrating the HQ and investigating an off-limit area. During later clashes with Croft, Optimus was able to run interference while Bee was carrying out the mission and filled Megatron in on what he was doing. {{storylink|Stowed Away, Stowaways}} Responding to Hashtag's distress call, Optimus brought a group of Autobots to the Malto farm where they fought Croft's [[Ghoid]] soldiers. Though they were victorious, when Optimus confronted Croft directly, she activated a device given to her by Mandroid which shut down Optimus and the other Autobots present. {{storylink|The Battle of Witwicky}} They were still unconscious when Mandroid arrived back from space in a new semi-robotic form. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 1}} Reactivated under Mandroid's mind control, Optimus and Elita tracked Bumblebee, Twitch, and Nightshade down. Bumblebee attempted to fight the Autobot leader, but it was only when the Maltobots also got involved and drained Optimus's energon using Mandroid's control spear that Optimus was taken down. Both he and Elita were later revived when Robby and Mo used their cyber-sleeves to reverse the effects of Mandroid's energon-draining superweapon. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 2}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: EarthSpark - Expedition''===
{{voiceactor|[[Bill Rogers]] (English)|[[Marcel Jonker]] (Dutch), [[Martial Le Minoux]] (French), [[Viktor Pavel]] (German), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian), [[Maciej Konopiński]] (Polish), [[José García]] (Spanish)}}
{{charfictionstub|{{storylink|Transformers: EarthSpark - Expedition}}}}

==Toys==
===''EarthSpark''===
{{Note|The TakaraTomy releases of most toys feature additional/altered paint patterns (complete with [[G.H.O.S.T.]] emblems) to make him closely resemble the character's on-screen appearances.}}
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[[File:TF-Earthspark-Tacticon-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Tacticon Assortment, 2022)}}</ul>

: Part of the first wave of the ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (toyline)|EarthSpark]]'' "Tacticon assortment", Optimus Prime is a small figure that converts from a small truck into an [[Brick (term)|unposeable]] robot with just a single step controlled by your fingertip. Unlike most toys below, Optimus is molded with a truck carriage/trailer, which also hides the finger while transforming.

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[[File:TF-Earthspark-1-Step-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-ES-JP-ESS-01-Supatto-(Flip-Changer)-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (1-Step Flip Changer, 2022)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy Name'': '''Supatto Change Optimus Prime'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID Number'': '''ESS-01'''

: "1-Step Flip Changer" Optimus Prime is a simple toy that converts in a single step; Pulling back his upper truck cab transforms him into robot mode, and laying him down on a flat surface automatically turns him back into a truck, triggered by his kneecaps. This feature can also be activated by simply pressing his knees without even touching the ground.

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[[File:Transformers-EarthSpark-Warrior-Class-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|HEREEE'S PRIMEEEE!-]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Warrior, 2023)}}</ul>

: Released as part of the first wave of ''EarthSpark'' Warrior Class toys, Optimus Prime is a 5-inch figure. His action feature is an axe that flips out from the underside of his right arm. His forearms also feature 5mm-compatible hands, though the weapons with longer posts do not fully sit through due to the panel underneath.

: Because of the tight ball-and-socket forearm joints and the shoulder joints on his torso, transforming him into truck mode can be a bit troubling, as the arms can pop off if excessive force is used. The third step on the instructions also erroneously depicts his head being unturned while flipping back to the truck cavity (doing so prevents the head from being tucked in) before later steps show his head correctly rotated.

: Initial preview photos of the toy feature his tires being molded in the same gray color as the unpaintable parts.

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[[File:TF-EarthSpark-Deluxe-Optimus-Prime.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.66|His axe is minty fresh! ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-ES-JP-ESD-01-Deluxe-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe Class, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID Number'': '''ESD-01'''
:*''Build-a-Figure part'': [[Mandroid#Toys|Mandroid]] left leg (Hasbro release only)
:*''Accessories'': "Iron cannon blaster", axe<ref>Transformers EarthSpark Deluxe Optimus Prime [https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-earthspark-deluxe-optimus-prime Hasbro Pulse listing]: "Convert Optimus Prime toy from robot to truck mode in 19 steps. Comes with iron cannon blaster and axe accessories"</ref>

: Released as a part of the second wave of ''EarthSpark'' Deluxe Class toys, Optimus Prime is a heavy retool of the ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Deluxe Class Optimus Prime]], sharing the same blaster, crotch, wheels, back, ankle joints, shoulder joints, and neck platform. He transforms into a semi-truck in 19 steps and comes with a handheld Energon axe that is stored underneath his legs in vehicle mode, while the blaster is stored on his back to keep the legs straight. In an undocumented feature, his gun can be stored on his lower back and his axe can be stored on top of his backpack (where there are two storage ports) in robot mode.

:Optimus Prime also includes the left leg of the [[Build a Figure]] Mandroid, while the TakaraTomy release doesn't.

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[[File:TF-ES-Spin-Changer-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-ES-JP-ESC-01-Spin-Changer-Optimus-Prime-Robby.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime & Robby Malto''' (Spin Changer, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID Number'': '''ESC-01'''
:*''Accessories'': Robby Malto figurine, Cyber-sleeve shield

:Spin Changer Optimus Prime is a roughly Voyager Class-sized figure that features a spinning gimmick on the upper torso if the included Robby Malto figurine is mounted onto it. Optimus also comes with a small shield that doubles as a Cyber-sleeve shield for Robby. Optimus only features very limited articulation on the elbows and features 5mm-compatible hands.

:The initial preorders made for the TakaraTomy release of the toy will come with an additional "Burning [[Chainclaw (ROTB)|Chainclaw]]" [[Battle Master]].
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[[File:TF-Earthspark-Battle-Base-Trailer-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Prime Battle Base Trailer''' (2024)

:This Optimus Prime is a repaint of the [[Optimus_Prime_(Cyberverse)#TrailerPlayset|Battle Base Trailer playset]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|''Cyberverse'']] toyline. He also features a pop-out axe on his left hand when pushing his back after the gimmick is set up. Because of this, he has no sculpted hand and elbow articulation. The trailer can interact with some of the Warrior or Deluxe Class figures. It also features a pair of pop-out small cannons, activated on the front of the Trailer. The Trailer, when folded open, has a turret that a small figure can sit awkwardly on. A single Warrior Class (or smaller) car can be stored in the trailer in vehicle mode. The trailer attaches by his feet slotting into the front end of the trailer, though it does not turn easily. Through a seeming design fluke, the trailer also attaches to the above Warrior Class Optimus Prime figure in much the same manner.

:In terms of deco, Optimus's black and light blue details are swapped with silver and yellow, while the trailer's ramp detail and the scanner's colors were changed as well.

:The figure was first found on an [[eBay]] listing.

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[[File:TF-Earthspark-JP-ESD-S-Battle-Station-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''DX Battle Station Optimus Prime''' (2024)
**''Release Date: [[March 16]], [[2024]]
**''ID Number'': '''ESD-S'''

:The Warrior Class Optimus Prime is also released for the Japanese markets, featuring additional paint operations on the front hood and wheels, and an altered deco on the flip-out axe. He also features additional Autobot symbols on his shoulders, rather than G.H.O.S.T. emblems from the show. Like the toy above, Optimus also comes with the same Battle Base trailer from the ''Cyberverse'' toyline (a first for Japanese markets), with the inner Trailer/Base being extensively decoed.

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (オプティマスプライム ''Oputimasu Puraimu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Optimusz Prime, a fővezér''' ("Optimus Prime the Supreme Commander")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:EarthSpark Autobots]]
[[Category:G.H.O.S.T.]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]

Grimlock (G1)/toys

2024-02-26T18:11:54Z

Metalstar: /* Generations Comic Edition */

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[[File:G1 Grimlock boxart.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Me Grimlock have been shaking fists at uptight paleontologists since 1985.]]
Me [[Grimlock (G1)|'''Grimlock''']] have lots of toys and merchandise!
{{picsneeded|silver G2 toy, Decoy, Myclone}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1Grimlock toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And the debate goes on: <br />"Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!" <br />"No! Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, [[1985]]/[[1986]]/[[1990]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''26'''
:*''Accessories'': [[Energo weapon|energo sword]], "stunner" lasers, [[galaxial rocket launcher]], 3 [[Missile|rocket]]s
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy), , [[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])}}

: Grimlock's toy was originally part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' Dinosaur Robo series. When [[Hasbro]] imported the toy in 1985 for the ''Transformers'' line, its blue pelvis was changed to red, its sword was changed from chrome to flat red, the Diaclone driver mini-figure was dropped but still retained the cockpit though later releases had it permanently locked shut, and its teeth were altered [[for safety reasons]].

: The original Grimlock changes from robot into a robotic ''{{w|Tyrannosaurus}}'', and comes with a red [[energo weapon|energo-sword]], a black double-barreled rifle, and a rocket launcher with three silver rockets.

: In Japan, he and the other four Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]''; Grimlock cost 2300 yen (his original retail price) and 2 [[Robot Point]]s.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-dinobots-grimlock/671/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Grimlock at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Generation 1 Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G1toy VSY.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Grimlock vs Soundwave''' ([[1985]])
**''ID number:'' '''VSY'''
**''Accessories:'' Energo sword, "stunner" lasers, galaxial rocket launcher, 3 rockets

:Takara also released Grimlock in a "versus" [[Giftset|set]] along with [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Frenzy (G1)/toys|Frenzy]]. The set also included a short storybook about those characters fighting, and an audiocassette narrating the storybook.

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[[File:G1-toy GrimlockPretender.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock have fleshy bits!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' ([[Classic Pretender]], [[1989]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Pretender shell, helmet, "Atom-Smashing Submachine Gun", "rocket launcher" dino-tail

:The [[Classic Pretender]] version of Grimlock is much smaller, simplified and slightly modified, but still transforms into a robotic ''T. rex''. His dino tail becomes a rocket-launcher-gauntlet thing that can be held by either the inner robot or outer shell, but either way has got to be a ''bear'' to aim properly. He came with a large human [[Pretender]] shell with a rather knight-like armor theme, with a helmet and large cannon with a blade on the barrel, giving him a pseudo-sword.

:His shell's head looks a lot like a younger {{w|Ed Asner}}, and also bears a passing resemblence to his voice actor, [[Gregg Berger]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Pretender Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:GrimlockLegends toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock say cut it out.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' ([[Legends (G1)|Legends]], 1989)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "rocket launcher" dino-tail

:A [[Kmart]] [[exclusive]] in its [[Hasbro]] release, this version of Grimlock is simply the inner robot of his Classic Pretender form without the shell or its accessories, leaving him only his tail/gun.

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[[File:G1toy japanese legends giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Hero Set''' (Multi-pack, 1989)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Tail/gun

: In Japan, Legends Grimlock was available only in a boxed "Hero Set" with the Legends versions of [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#G1Legend|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#G1Legend|Jazz]] and [[Starscream (G1)/toys#G1Legend|Starscream]]. Grimlock was mostly unchanged from to the Hasbro release, but sported a silver painted face instead of Hasbro's orange painted one.

: In Italy, [[GiG]] released their own version of the Hero Set, named "Set Commandos", instead of the Classic Pretender versions of the toys. Grimlock, was renamed from "Tiran" to "Drago", originally the Italian name of [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]. The "Set Commandos" toys were identical to the Japanese "Hero Set" versions.

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[[File:G1-toy Grimlock AM.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Me Grimlock make big deal out of this in comics.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock with anti-tank cannon''' (Action Master, [[1990]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Anti-tank cannon partner, "[[particle beam cannon]]"

: Part of the initial assortment of carded [[Action Master]] figures, Grimlock is a 3¾-inch non-transforming posable action figure, his design combining his cartoon model with extra toy-based detailing. He is designed to be compatible with all other Action Master accessories and vehicles.

: He came with the [[Anti-tank cannon]] "partner" machine, which he can ride, though its fairly small size makes it so he has to squat to do so, which leaves him both very back-heavy and very funny-looking. The cannon can also unfold via spring-loaded [[gimmick]] to form a really ''big'' hand-held "long-range mortar launcher", completed by plugging Grimlock's "particle beam cannon" weapon into its barrel.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Action Master Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1991)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': [[Energo weapon|'Energo' sword]], twin 'stunner' laser rifle, galaxial rocket launcher, 3 rockets

:Grimlock's original toy was reissued in the European/Australian-exclusive "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" series, with the minor change that his missiles were noticeably shortened - probably for safety reasons about 5 mm was cut off from the tip, leaving them blunt. In Greece, these releases were added to re-releases of the [[Defensor (G1)#Toys|Defensor]] and [[Devastator (G1)/toys#Toys|Devastator]] [[giftsets]].
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2GrimlockBlue.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me am Blue! Me am Blue! You could be too! ''(Blue variant pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-G2-Turquoise-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(Turquoise variant pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, [[1993]])
**''Accessories:'' 'Energo' sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle,

:Grimlock's original toy was [[redeco]]ed for release in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', this time lacking the missile launcher accessory. He was available in three different colors; the first—and rarest—in his original silver (the easiest way to spot if this is a ''Generation 2'' or original is by the "Autobot" [[tampograph]] on his leg), then in a medium turquoise-blue, and finally (and most commonly) in a dark blue.

{{note|Grimlock outranked Optimus Prime in the Generation 2 toyline! Prime had a rank of 9.}}

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlcok.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWtoy-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Ben Yee]] think me Grimlock look like dalmatian... :(]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Deluxe Class, [[1997]])
**''Accessories:'' "[[Cyber-slash tail weapon|Spinning slasher sword]]", tail-bone-sword

:The only new toy in the third wave of second-year ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Deluxes, Grimlock is a [[redeco]] of [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Toys|Dinobot]] in gray and gold with dark blue spots, transforming into a "raptor" of some variety. His tail detaches and separates to form a gear-powered, spinning blade weapon, while the central "tail bone" separates to be used as a sword. The entire assembly can store in [[robot mode]] by flipping down the tail-mount and pegging the blade's base to the peg on his lower back. He also has a "mutant mask", halves of a dino-skull that flip up to cover his more robotic head. Thankfully these pieces are not pinned in, and can be easily removed for better clearance. He was also slightly [[retool]]ed from the original mold to have ratcheting shoulders and space for an "energon chip" [[rubsign]].

: Grimlock is extra-notable for suffering from [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]], making his hip-joints in particular prone to snapping off. Grim.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Beast Wars'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Alternators''===
{{anchor|Alternators/Binaltech}}
[[File:AlternatorsGrimlock toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock no can munch metal, but can burn rubber!]]
* '''Grimlock''' (2005)
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''9'''
**''Binaltech ID number:'' '''BT-10'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, energo-sword
{{toydesigner|[[Mark McCall]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: For the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' line, Grimlock's [[alternate mode]] was changed from a dinosaur into a [[licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensed]], 1:24 scale silver {{w|Ford Mustang}} with opening doors, hood, and trunk, a detailed interior, [[rubber tires]] and a working steering mechanism. His engine transforms into a double-barreled gun, and he also carries an orange "energo-sword" which can attach to the underside of his vehicle mode. The toy is one of the most-complained-about ''Alternators'' toys, due to its notoriously finicky transformation (with many small steps that must be performed in exactly the right order) and to several pieces which have a tendency to pop off with relatively small amounts of force. And it's a Grimlock who doesn't transform into a ''Tyrannosaurus rex.

: The main difference between Hasbro's ''Alternators'' version of the toy and the Japanese ''Binaltech'' version is that the latter has its vehicle shell partially made out of painted [[die-cast]] metal parts, whereas the ''Alternators'' version is made entirely out of plastic (not counting the rubber tires). In addition, the ''Binaltech'' version's engine/gun and the wheel's rims are [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metalized]], whereas they're simply painted silver for the ''Alternators'' version.

:This sculpt was retooled into ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Wheeljack]].

::*[[Source:Transformers Binaltech bios#10|Archive of ''Binaltech'' Grimlock's bio and tech specs]]
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/AltGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Classics''===
[[File:Class06-toy Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock want to try new appearance, how me look in thigh high boots and stiletto heels?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' (Deluxe, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile launcher, missile, tail/lash
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist), [[Don Figueroa]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Deluxes, Grimlock once again transforms into a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', but he has been heavily re-imagined in both modes, with his dino form designed to run rather than tail-drag (theories on the ''T. rex'' having changed from "caveman adversary" to "Carl Lewis in lizard skin" since the Generation 1 incarnation).

: This mold features a few design elements likely influenced by Grimlock's Pretender toy; his bayonet blaster is an homage to his gun/blade combo weapon from said toy, and his heavily-jointed tail detaches to become a handheld weapon as it does for the inner robot of his Pretender toy. Another similarity is the ''T. rex''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s upper-body forming the [[robot mode]] legs (though the ''T. rex'' head forms his feet this time around).

: Grimlock's bayonet blaster (dubbed the "[[Guardian Blaster]]" in his [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 13|TFCC profile]]) can be deployed in either mode and fires a clear red projectile. Both weapons can be stored on his back when not used. As with most ''Classics'' toys, Grimlock features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]], placed on the left side of the tyrannosaurus torso/his left leg.

: A common issue with the figure is the size of the peg that locks his arms in place being too small in relation to the peg-hole, making it difficult to keep transformed. The black shoulder flaps above this assembly are meant to tab into these and lock the whole thing together, but the flaps don't align properly and the tabs themselves are too short to even reach the slots. In addition, the bayonet blaster has a hair-trigger and his fist holes are a few fractions of a millimeter too small to accommodate standard [[5 mm post]] accessories that most modern ''Transformers'' toys use.

: An unpainted ''Classics'' Grimlock was used at the [[BotCon 2007]] customization classes to create ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Overkill (G1)#Timelines|Overkill]]. The mold was also [[redeco]]ed to make [[Grimlock (SG)#Toys|''Shattered Glass'' Grimlock]] and [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|''Universe'' (2008)]] [[Overkill_(G1)#Universe_.282008.29|Overkill]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/ClassicsGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Classics'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Jetfire and Grimlock Twin Pack''' (2-pack, 2007)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile launcher, missile, removable tail

:''Classics'' Grimlock was also available in Asian markets in a two-pack with [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Grimlock2pack|''Classics'' Jetfire]]. Both toys are identical to their normal individual releases.
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===''Titanium Series''===
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[[File:TitaniumWarWithin Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock turn into tank? Me mash brains with style!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, Energo-sword

:Based upon his appearance from ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'', this version of Grimlock transforms into a Cybertronic heavy tank. This transforming partly die-cast and plastic Grimlock was initially unreleased due to the cancellation of the ''Transformers'' series of ''Titanium'' toys at retail (the line would continue on for ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' at the three-inch scale). The toy was eventually released in the fall of 2008 as a Toys-R-Us exclusive, alongside the also-almost-unreleased War Within [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Prowl]].

:He includes a cannon and his trademark sword. In vehicle mode, the sword can peg onto the side of his rear treads, while the cannon can peg into the back of the cabin. The cannon has a joint on its connector so it can swivel around.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TitGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Titanium'' Cybertron Heroes Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:TakaraTomy-Henkei!Henkei!-C-03-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Witness me Grimlock, shiny and chrome!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Deluxe, 2008-[[March 13|03-13]])
**''ID number:'' '''C-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, removable tail

: ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Grimlock is an extensive redeco of ''Classics'' Grimlock, with generally more intricate paint detailing to make him more closely resemble the ''Generation 1'' toy. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat sensitive rubsign seen on the ''Classics'' release, and instead features vacuum-metalized "chromed" plastic (in a similar [[gimmick]] to the ''Beast Wars'' [[Transmetal]]s toys). The vac-metal is used on his [[beast mode]] feet, as well as the ''Tyrannosaurus'' torso, which was, oddly enough, in Hasbro's original deco plan for ''Classics'' Grimlock.
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===''Masterpiece''===
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[[File:Grimlock Masterpiece.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock be smaller than Prime, but me Grimlock more expensive!]]
*'''Grimlock''' ([[March 26]], [[2009]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-8'''
**''Accessories:'' Energo sword, twin 'stunner' lasers rifle, waiter apron, waiter bow tie, waiter tray, 7 unique waiter glasses, intelligence transfer helmet, crown (reissue exclusive), flame (reissue exclusive)
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (concept artist)}}

: Released in March of 2009, ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Grimlock is based upon his original toy and cartoon model, transforming into an outdated view of the ''Tyrannosaurus'' rather than the more accurate depiction seen on ''Classics'' Grimlock. Of all the Masterpiece figures, Grimlock features both the least complex transformation, as well as the least deviation from his original toy's essential [[transformation|transformation scheme]].

: ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock features the usage of [[die-cast]] metal for his dinosaur mode's toes and an LED mounted within his right fist which illuminates both his gun's barrels and his sword. As a result of said mechanism, the only articulated part of his right hand is the thumb. Similarly his left hand is modeled much like [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Masterpiece Starscream]]'s hands with the thumb and index finger fully articulated with the remaining fingers joined together. Possibly as a show of good faith regarding the sacrificed articulation, [[TakaraTomy]] designed his alternate mode's arms to be highly poseable, featuring full articulation of the claws with the arms themselves attached to the body with ball joints.

: He features many gimmicks, including the ability to change his eye color in either mode from red to blue with the flip of a switch found at the back of his head in robot mode, and by opening the top of his head in dino mode and switching the eyes around. This allows the owner the choice of representing the use of blue in the cartoon (and his IDW alternate mode) or the use of red in most other media, including his original toy. His tail is connected to his head, and by wiggling and moving it, the head rotates at the base of the neck. Pushing down on his torso in dinosaur mode makes his legs move up higher into his body, and as a result his head will look up. His alt mode's head features jaws that snap shut at the press of a button hidden on his cheek; in addition, it also has a tiny sculpted flame thrower in its mouth, but [[for safety reasons|for your safety]], it does not actually breathe fire (boo). Besides his weapons, he also comes with a cloth apron and bow tie to go with a drinks serving tray he carried in "[[Madman's Paradise]]", as well as the device he used to transfer his super-intelligence into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] in "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]".

:When he was reissued, he came with a crown redecoed from the King Grimlock release and a new flame attachment to go over his sword.

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[[File:Masterpiecetoy-GrimlockKing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Best accessory ever! Me Grimlock know you know it.]]
*'''King Grimlock''' (December, 2009)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-8X'''
**''Accessories:'' Energo sword, twin 'stunner' lasers rifle, crown

:King Grimlock is a redeco of the ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock with a color scheme based on his appearance in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1 Marvel comic]]. All of his previously flat gray surfaces are coated in silver paint, his gold chrome is more vibrant, and his previously black plastic is now a dark blue in reference to the limited color palette of the Marvel Comics issues, and the colorless chrome used for his tail and arms is now a light blue chrome. He also features some different paint applications: on his dinosaur chest, inside the clear panel on his robot mode chest, and on his robot mode knees. In addition, his toes are now metallic yellow instead of metallic gray. He also lacks the faceplate paint of the original Masterpiece Grimlock. His sword is also tinted orange rather than neutral clear, and the clear panel on his chest is clear dark green plastic instead of neutral clear. Curiously what were the red eyes in dinosaur mode on the original ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock are now the blue eyes on King Grimlock, and the blue eyes are now the red. The product also features the crown worn by Grimlock in the comics instead of the accessories from the cartoon, such as the waiter apron or the glasses. The [[package art]] is drawn in an homage to the early style of ''The Transformers'' published by Marvel Comics, as well as a bilingual ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' style [[bio]] on the back of the package.

:King Grimlock was only available via [[TakaraTomy Mall|Toy Hobby Market]], the official shopping site of TakaraTomy. Pre-orders were open through [[July 31]]st through [[September 11]]th 2009, with the toy shipping out in December.

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*'''Grimlock''' (2013)
**''Accessories:'' Energo sword, twin 'stunner' lasers rifle, crown

:Another release of the Masterpiece Grimlock figure, in conjunction with [[Cybertron Con]] alongside a redeco of ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (franchise)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#CC2013|Jetfire]]. Like Hasbro's previous 2010 release, includes all the accessories from the MP-08X "King" version with the figure in traditional Grimlock colors. Packaged in minimalist black and white Chinese-themed box.

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[[File:Masterpiece-grimlock-hasbro-2014.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock's legs backwards! Me need [[Ratchet (G1)|doctor]] to fix Grimlock's legs!]]
*'''Masterpiece Grimlock''' (2014)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Dinobot Crown of Leadership, sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle

:(Yet) another Hasbro re-release of the figure, four years after the ''Transformers'' version (see below), ''again'' available as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive.

:This figure was also available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in many international Hasbro markets such as Canada, Australia, and Europe. Unusually for a Hasbro-branded release, if purchased through Toys"R"Us in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, or mainland China, or Toys Retailing in Thailand, this figure included a Hasbro Asia "Masterpiece King Grimlock" [[collector coin]].

:Oddly, the Hasbro stock photos display his dino-mode legs as being ''backwards''.
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===''Device Label''===
[[File:Device Label Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Me Grimlock turn into computer-thingy... something not right.]]
*'''Device Grimlock''' (Device Label, 2009)

: Takara's ''[[Transformers Device Label|Device Label]]'' Grimlock transforms from a working USB laser mouse into a mechanoid raptor. He shares this mold with ''Device Label'' [[Trypticon_(G1)#Device_Label|Trypticon]].

: According to early [[BigBadToyStore]] solicitations, the mice were originally supposed to depict Generation 1 [[Overkill (G1)#Device Label|Overkill]] and ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Device Label|Dinobot]].
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
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[[File:MPGrimlock Hasbro.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Beryllium baloney not included. Grimlock: 1. Slag: 0.]]
*'''Masterpiece Grimlock''' (2010)
**''Accessories:'' [[Dinobot Crown of Leadership]], sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle

: [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] Grimlock is a [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] redeco and minor retool of ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock with King Grimlock's accessories (also redecoed). His gray is darker, he features additional painted details on his thighs, biceps, and waist to mimic label stickers included on the original 1985 figure, the dark gray painted details on his robot mode toes are now gold, the dinosaur mode's toenails are now coated in a thick gold paint rather than the polished golden look of the TakaraTomy version, and the red paint used on the metal area on his crotch is a lighter shade, matching the adjacent red plastic less.

:Grimlock's teeth and claws have been slightly rounded for this release.

:The stock photography to the right is mistransformed, depicting Grimlock's beast mode claws as pointing straight down (as they are in robot mode) instead of laying flat to the ground.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/MasterpieceGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on 2010 Masterpiece Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generations fall of cybertron voyager grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Talk about monkey paw wishes—the most [[geewun]] version of this mold is on the ''Age of Extinction'' Grimlock page.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager Class, 2012)
**''Series / number'': '''1 / #003'''
**''Accessories'': Sword, shield
{{note|''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Grimlock (WFC)#Generations|Grimlock]] was repurposed as Generation 1 Grimlock by ''Transformers Legends''.}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' Grimlock transforms into a robotic ''[[Popular beast alternate modes|Tyrannosaurus rex]]''. He comes with a sword with a [[5 mm post|5mm handle]] and a peg on either side of the hilt, as well as a shield which can mount via its single peg. Grimlock features 5mm ports for his hands, as well as on his forearms/lower dino legs and shoulders/dino hips. Interestingly, the hollow sides of his dinosaur arms feature [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]-compatible [[C joint|3mm ports]].

:His main [[gimmick]]s, however, are that he has a light in his dinosaur mouth, and a chomping dinosaur jaw. When a lever behind his dino head is pulled, his mouth opens, and the light turns on, strongly illuminating his head. This gimmick can also be used in robot mode, as his dino head ends up inside his hollow chest, although it's not as effective. The [[insignia]] on his chest is the Lightning Strike Coalition variant of the Autobrand.

:This toy was [[redeco]]ed for all the other versions of ''Fall of Cybertron'' Grimlock, but was also used for ''Age of Extinction'' [[Grimlock (AOE)#Voyager Class toys|Grimlock]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/FOCGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Generations'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Age of Extinction''===
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[[File:AOEtoy-1984Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Me Grimlock feel like me once had [[Mega-Dinobot|bigger purpose in life]]...]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
**'''24 OF 30'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[2014]]-[[August 3|08-03]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Sword

: Available only at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, this ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]''-branded two-pack features "1984 Grimlock" in the form of a Generation 1-inspired redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Grimlock (Energon)#Toys|Grimlock]]. The toy is slightly retooled to give it [[5 mm post|5mm ports]] in its hands, allowing it to hold the included redeco of [[Razorclaw (G1)|Generation 1 Razorclaw]]'s sword (not pictured in stock photography). Undocumented in the instructions, he can be combined with ''Energon'' [[Swoop (Energon)#Toys|Swoop]] to form an inter-continuity version of [[Mega-Dinobot]]. As an Evolution 2-Pack, Grimlock was packaged alongside an ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' Voyager Class [[Grimlock (AOE)#TRUEvolution|Grimlock]] toy.

: The two-pack was one of the three Evolution 2-packs available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in Japan, with no changes on the figures with an exception of the packaging, which the front box features Japanese translated versions of the English text, shrunken character renders for both Grimlocks, and a sticker on the back confirming that this was a Japanese release. The sword is also packaged on the center of the bubble, instead of hiding underneath it. This figure was also the first release of the [[Grimlock (Energon)#Toys|''Energon'' Grimlock]] mold in Japan.
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===''Transformers'' (2014)===
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[[File:TF2014toy-SDCCGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Me Grimlock make the Bayformer style look ''good''!]]
*'''Dinobots Generation One 4-pack''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Mace head, mace shaft

:Available only as part of the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] [[exclusive]] "Dinobots Generation One 4-pack" that was first made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[2014]], Grimlock is a redeco of the ''Age of Extinction'' Voyager Grimlock figure, and features heavy use of vacuum metalization, transparent plastic and paint applications to recreate the look of the Generation 1 Grimlock toy. He retains the mace accessory, and its head, or the entire weapon, can be attached to Grimlock's dinosaur mode tail. Grimlock was packaged with [[Swoop (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Strafe]], [[Snarl (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Snarl]], and [[Slag (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Slug]], and their box unfolds into a diorama of the crashed [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in [[Mount St. Hilary]]. A similarly-themed toy of [[Slog (AOE)#Amazon|Sludge]] was released via Amazon in ''Age of Extinction'' packaging.

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[[File:TF2014toy-LegionGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Me Grimlock get ''bad'' [[Beast (G1)|feelings]] about combining...]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Legion, 2014)

:Part of the Generation 1-inspired 2014 Legion Class assortment, Grimlock is a redeco of ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' ''[[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Rippersnapper (Prime)|Rippersnapper]], and transforms into a vaguely shark-like dragon, although his package art, recolored from the [[:File:MTMTE8 cvrRI.jpg|RI cover]] of [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|''More than Meets the Eye'' #8]], and the Hasbro website product description would have you believe that it's a mechanical ''T. rex''. Being the sixth use of the sculpt, it's starting to show instances of [[Mold#Deterioration|mold deterioration]], as several sections (such as the tabs that hold the robot mode torso together, or the parts of the beast mode neck formed by the robot mode feet) don't fit properly anymore.

:In the United States, Grimlock has thus far been found at Big Lots and Family Dollar stores. In Australia and Europe, he is available at general retail again, just like the previous [[wave]] of Legion Class figures. In 2015, he was re-released in redesigned packaging now resembling the currently released ''Combiner Wars''-era ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''' packaging template, but replacing the name ''Generations'' with "Authentic Transformers".

:The [[stock photography|stock photo]] on the back of the packaging depicts him with ''Beast Hunters'' Cyberverse Commander Class [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BHCyberverse|Optimus Prime]]'s sword, which is also listed as an accessory in the Hasbro website product listing for this toy. The actual toy doesn't include a weapon. Furthermore, the [[instructions]] printed on the back of the packaging of the 2014 release are completely inaccurate, as they are for an [[Grimlock (AOE)#WalmartENmold|entirely different "Grimlock" toy]]! (This was fixed for the 2015 release.) Even if the instructions ''had'' been accurate, they probably wouldn't have mentioned that Grimlock can also form a leg of [[Abominus (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Abominus]] (or a combiner of his redecoes).
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===''Kre-O''===
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[[File:KreO-toy Grimlock Unleashed.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|The Lego Dino Attack line got '''''weird''''' after a while...]]
*'''Grimlock Unleashed''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A8600'''
**''Pieces'': '''333'''
**''Kreons'': [[Bumblebee (Movie)#Grimlock Unleashed|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Grimlock Unleashed|Galvatron]], Grimlock, [[Lockdown (ROTF)#Grimlock Unleashed|Lockdown]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)#Grimlock Unleashed|Optimus Prime]]
**''Accessories'': Sword, crown

: Released in the fourth year of the ''[[Kre-O]]'' building-brick line, the ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)| Age of Extinction]]''-themed "Grimlock Unleashed" set actually features a "Generation 1"-design large dino-mode Grimlock build. This massive beast uses multiple ball-and-socket joints to give it quite a range of posability, but unfortunately the build is a bit too heavy to keep any poses that aren't upright tail-dragging ones, plus his head is prone to drooping due to the weight of his skull in any position. The uneven and not-super-secure builds of his dino feet do not help.

: You could probably rebuild it into a robot mode, but there is no large pre-made Grimlock head to top it off, so you'll have to get creative or add more bricks to the set.

: The accompanying Gromlock [[Kreon]] is also based on the original [[The Transformers (toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[#The Transformers|Grimlock toy]], and even comes with an extra "crown" piece to place on his little rounded noggin, in tribute to his stint as Autobot leader in the Marvel comics. All of the other Kreons in the set, however, are based on their ''Age of Extinction'' namesakes.

: This set popped up at [[Toys"R"Us]] a few short weeks after the initial product without any advance warning... and retailed for a mere $25, despite the size of the set.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Kre-OGUGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Grimlock Unleashed Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-toy Grimlock C85.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Don't you, forget about me, Grimlock.]]
*'''Kreon Class of 1985''' (Kreon figure set, [[2015]])
**''Set number'': '''B5152'''
**''Voted'': Me Best Looking
**''Accessories'': Sword, double-barreled blaster

: [[Kreon Class of '85]] Grimlock's deco is very much toy-based, but is ''not'' the same deco as the "Grimlock Unleashed" deco seen above. Which one is more "accurate" is kind of a toss-up, really. Weirdly, he ''doesn't'' use the Kreon sword that was based on the actual original Grimlock sword design, but does gain a toy-like twin-barreled blaster accessory.

: Like the rest of the set, he uses the almost-totally-[[retool]]ed 2015 style of Kreon body, making most of his parts incompatible with older Kreon parts.

: This box set of thirty Kreons was a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2015 [[exclusive]], with leftovers being sold on [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online after the show.

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[[File:Kre-O-Battle-Changers-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Time to play some foosball again.]]
* '''Grimlock''' (Battle Changers, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0718'''
**''Pieces'': '''82'''
**''Accessories'': Energon-Sword

: Part of the "Battle Changers" series, released i n the line's fifth year, Battle Changers Grimlock transforms from a really badly-proportioned ''T. rex'' into a robot and back without removing any parts! His appearance is reminiscent of his Generation 1 counterpart, while the deco is based on his ''Age of Extinction'' counterpart's toys. Like all of the Battle Changers, Grimlock uses a new hip piece using larger balljoints than the normal Kreons. He also comes with a weapon that, once stickers are applied, resembles the sword used by ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], and can be wielded by his C-joint hands.

: All of the 2015 ''Transformers [[Kre-O]]'' product was skipped by retailers in the US (at first), seeing release in Canada, Australia and various Asian markets. In late 2015, much of the line was finally released at discount in the US through TJ Maxx and Marshalls stores, including this set.
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===''Hero Mashers''===
[[File:HM-toy Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock no need robot mode! Me Grimlock king!]]
* '''Electronic Grimlock''' (Electronic Action, 2014)
**''Pieces'': '''18'''
**''Accessories'': Twin-cannon, left & right missile launchers, 2 missiles, left & right gun-pods, large rifle, flame-blast

: Part of the first (and only) wave of Electronic Action ''[[Hero Mashers]]'' toys, Grimlock is a non-transforming action figure with ratchet-joints... and considerably larger than any other figure in the line at that. His design is based on his ''Age of Extinction'' counterpart, but also takes some cues and the coloration from the Generation 1 version of the character. He has multiple peg-holes all over that can be used to mount any ''Hero Mashers'' accessory.

: He is designed with a removable head, forelimbs, thighs, lower legs, and tail, all of which use the same clip-peg/hole joint. This means his pieces can be swapped around in any order, as well as swapped with any other ''Hero Mashers'' figure... which includes figures from [[Marvel Comics]], ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'', and ''[[Jurassic Park|Jurassic World]]'', meaning you can make some pretty freaky combinations.

: His large size is augmented by a large number of accessories and gimmicks. The signature electronic aspect is a light-up mouth, used to illuminate his "flame blast" accessory, or any other transparent accessory you care to stuff into his gaping maw. He also comes with two spring-loaded missile launchers.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/HMGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Hero Mashers'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Platinum Edition''===
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[[File:Platinum-Edition-G1-Dinobots-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me talk pretty one day!]]
*'''Dinobots''' (Platinum Edition 5-pack, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Two-piece spiked maul

:Part of the ''Generations [[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Dinobots 5-pack, Grimlock is a redeco and retool of [[Grimlock (AOE)#Voyager Class toys|''Age of Extinction'' Voyager Class Grimlock]], sporting a Generation-1 inspired deco and a head. This release also suffers from a small degree of mold deterioration: the ''T. rex'' heels that connect with his forearms and the shoulders/''T. rex'' upper jaw halves seemed to connect loosely.

:Grimlock was bundled with Slug, Slog, Snarl, and Strafe.

: This set was initially released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in Canada in October 2015, followed by Singapore a month later (although it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular store there or not). Much later, it became available via the Australian Toys"R"Us website (but never found in stores). In the United States, it was initally only available online via [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[BigBadToyStore]] before being found at discount chain Ross a year after its intial release in Canada.
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===''Cyber Series''===
[[File:Generations-Cyber-Battalion-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock having identity crisis!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Cyber Battalion, 2015)

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#PrimeWarsTrilogyAsian|Generations: Cyber Series]]'' Cyber Battalion class figures, this Voyager-sized mold of Grimlock transforms from robot to dinosaur and back. The figure has a far greater range of articulation than many other Cyber Series figure to date. A small switch on the back of his beast-mode head moves his jaw up and down.

:This version of Grimlock is a unique amalgamation of three versions of the character; the robot mode head, torso, and transformation scheme take cues from [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#Warrior Class|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' Grimlock]], the coloration is borrowed from [[Grimlock (AOE)#Toys|the toys of the live-action movie Grimlock]], lastly the styling and (scientifically outdated) stance of the dinosaur mode resembles the classic G1 Grimlock look.

:Like all of the ''Cyber Series'' figures, Grimlock initially did not get distribution in the United States, but has been reported showing up in Asian markets and was also solicited to South America. Toy importers did stock this series in a limited capacity and they sold out quickly in 2015 and effectively disappeared at that time. The line was later distributed in larger quantities by [[Walgreens]] stores in parts of the United States.
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===''Q-Transformers''===
[[File:Q-transformers_grimlock.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock not cute!]]
*'''Grimlock''' ([[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''QTF-10'''

:''[[Q-Transformers]]'' Grimlock was to be a retool of [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Q-Transformers|Bumblebee]] with a new head, transforming from a [[super deformed]] 2014 Camaro Concept to a cute little robot. This toy was intended to be released in March 2016 and was first listed alongside other Q-Transformers like Ratchet and Ironhide who did end up in stores, however Grimlock was ultimately cancelled.

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===''Titans Return''===
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[[File:TitansReturntoy-Clobber.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Now me Grimlock can take any form me want! Tank, dragon, car, me Grimlock do it all!]]
*'''Clobber''' (Titan Master, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' Dragon/bird/gun accessory
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Titan Master]]s, Clobber is a retool of [[Squeezeplay (G1)#Titans Return|Crashbash]] and transforms from a robot into a head compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger figure in the line. Clobber features a new head piece based on Generation 1 Grimlock's animation model. [[Hasbro]] stated at [[BotCon 2016]] that Clobber ''is'' Grimlock himself, leaving the reasons for his name unclear, but some kind of attempt to avoid confusion with the contemporaneous ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|character]] seems a likely explanation. Clobber features peg holes in his feet to allow him to stand on a variety of ''Titans Return'' figures, and is packaged with a beast accessory with three modes: a dragon for Clobber to ride, a ''T. rex'' formed by combining with Clobber, or a 5mm-compatible gun for larger figures. His new face piece was molded in black plastic, rather than gunmetal. Clobber gives his larger partners super strength.

:As with Crashbash, Clobber's instructions feature the same error for steps 6(5)-8(7).

:The beast accessory released with Clobber also has more than a passing resemblance to [[Snarl (G1)#AM|Snarl]]'s [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] [[Action Master partner]] [[Tyrannitron]], though, whether this was an intentional nod or just pure coincidence, is yet to be seen.

:This toy also doubles as the independent ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Clobber (BWU)|Clobber]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRClobber/clobber.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Clobber at TFU.info]''
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===''Legends''===
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[[File:TF-Legends-LG-EX-Headmaster-Set-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|WHERE IS CLOB...no, WHERE ME GRIMLOCK'S BODY GO?]]
*'''Headmaster Set''' ([[2017]]-[[February 19|02-19]])
**''ID Number'': '''LG-EX'''

:Released as a Wonder Festival 2017 exclusive, this Grimlock is a redeco of the ''Titans Return'' [[#Clobber|Clobber]] head, featuring plastic color changes and extensive paint apps to resemble his appearance in the cartoon.

:Grimlock is released along with "[[Stylor#Legends|Chromedome]]", [[Brawn (G1)/toys#Legends|Gong]], "[[Duros#Legends|Hardhead]]", [[Flywheels#Legends|Flywheel]], and "[[Arcana#Legends|Brainstorm]]".
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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:PotP Grimlock.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|Bandicoots! Me Grimlock can squash Bandicoots.]]
*'''Dinobot Grimlock''' (Voyager Class, 2018)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-15'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[2018]]-[[June 30|06-30]]'''
**''Accessories'': 2 Prime Armor/combiner feet, [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Dinobot Enigma]]
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)|[[Robby Musso]] (concept artist)}}

:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' "Dinobot Grimlock" transforms into a very Generation 1-inspired, wide-hipped robotic ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. He can combine with his fellow Dinobots to form [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Toys|Volcanicus]] and can attach any ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style Deluxe Class figure. Like the other Dinobots in this subline, he features translucent plastic with gold paint on the inside to give him a 'layered' look reminiscent of [[#Generation 1|his original toy]]. He also includes two pieces of Prime Armor that each can hold a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]] (and by extension, an [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]] or [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix core]]) and attach to his forearms as battle claws. These also double as feet for Volcanicus. Like all the other Voyager Class figures, Grimlock includes an Enigma of Combination (dubbed the ''Dinobot Enigma''), based on a Prime Master, which can attach to him via the previously mentioned Prime Armor. In beast mode, he can carry an Enigma, Matrix core, or Prime Master ''in his mouth'', where Volcanicus's chest would be. If you're particularly creative, you could place a Matrix in his mouth.

:Though designated for a first quarter 2018 release, Grimlock's wave reached U.S. store shelves in December 2017.

:In China, Grimlock was also released along with the other four Deluxe Dinobots as a gift-set, exclusive to Hasbro China's TianMao site.<ref>https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=559183834163&skuId=3853426938808</ref>
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===''Authentics''===
[[File:Authentics_7inch_Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|{{w|Jurassic World|"She is learning where she fits on the food chain, and I'm not sure you want her to figure that out."}}]]
*'''Dinobot Grimlock''' (Alpha, 2018)
**''Accessories'': Dinosaur head, "wing" assembly

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers Authentics|Authentics]]'' Alpha Class figures, "Dinobot Grimlock" is a simplified Voyager-sized toy based on his [[evergreen]] design. He transforms into a robotic ''T. rex'' in just seven steps. His "wings" and dinosaur head come detached in the packaging. Despite the figure's simple engineering, it features over 9 points of articulation. The fists have 5mm holes, though the toy itself comes with no weapons.

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[[File:TF-Authentics-5-Inch-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock's arms are flatter than a pancake!]]
*'''Dinobot Grimlock''' (Bravo, 2018)
:Released in wave 2 of ''Authentics'' Bravo class figures, this version of Grimlock is basically a downscaled version of the 7-inch figure to the size of a Commander/Legends/Scout Class toy, and his ''T. rex'' arms are permanently molded on his "wings"/dinosaur body. Grimlock's dinosaur head comes detached in the packaging. While the neck is painted gold unlike the 7-inch figure, the paint operations on Grimlock's robot torso, the robot legs, and the ''T. rex'' toes are omitted.

:This Grimlock was first found at Australian shops. He was also available at some Malaysian Family Mart shops.

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[[File:TF-Authentics-Bravo-2024-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Bravo, 2024)
**''Accessories:'' Blade/''T. rex'' tail
:One of the figures released in the 2024 ''Authentics'' line with simplified conversions, Grimlock transforms from robot to ''T. rex'' in six steps. Unlike the previous Bravo figure, Grimlock has greatly reduced articulation as well as lacking 5mm hands. The tip of his ''T. rex'' tail can be attached to his, err, "hands" as a bladed weapon of some sorts.

:This figure was first listed by the [https://hasbrostore.cl/product/transformers/9540-figura-de-accion-transformers-authentics-bravo-grimlock-5010996196149.html Chilean Hasbro store] website without prior announcements.

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[[File:TF-Authentics-Titan-Changer-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Why me Grimlock's back hurt?]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Titan Changer, 2020)

:Released in the second wave of ''Authentics'' Titan Changers, This Grimlock transforms from a thin robot into an oddly proportioned robotic ''T. rex''. The alt mode photo is mistransformed: His legs/T-rex back is supposed to collapse down properly.
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock don't have pesky stickers anymore! Now spend $207 on me Grimlock!]]
*'''Volcanicus''' (Gift set, [[February 27]], 2021)
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''TT-GS11'''
** ''Accessories'': 2 guns, 2 swords, 2 "[[Magma Blade (GS)|Magma Blade]]s", 2 arm-mounted "Volca-Vulcan" cannons, twin 'stunner' laser rifle, 2 foot-plates, left & right fists

:''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' Grimlock is a redeco of his earlier ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' toy, but now with a cartoon-inspired deco, which includes his blue visor. He STILL doesn't have his "Energo Sword", but he can more than compensate by using the newly-molded guns or even one of the two "Magma Blades" (based on the sword Volcanicus wields in ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'', itself based on the one used by ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generations|Grimlock]]) that the set comes with. [[TakaraTomy Mall]] gives this figure the [[Function|title]] "Dinobot Commander Grimlock".<ref>[https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810172079/ <nowiki>[Domestic: Limited to TAKARATOMY MALL]</nowiki> Transformer GENERATION SELECTS Volcanicas]</ref>

:The Magma Swords and Volca-Vulcan cannons can be plugged onto his dinosaur mode's back to create his "Wing Dragon Mode".
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:SS-toy Grimlock 86.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Me Grimlock Hollywood star!]]
[[File:Studio-Series-86-Grimlock-early-stock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|'''Left:''' ''Stock renders of the toy.''<br>'''Right:''' ''Hasbro stock photography depicting a [[prototype]] of the toy.'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|''' Grimlock & Autobot Wheelie''' (Leader Class, [[2021]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-06'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-64'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 29]], 2021
:*''Accessories'': [[Wheelie (G1)#Studio Series|Autobot Wheelie]], slingshot, Galaxial rocket launcher, "Mockery of Justice" backdrop
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' Grimlock is inspired by the ''Masterpiece'' figure, which hybridized the look of his appearance in [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the Generation 1 cartoon]] and his original toy, while sporting multiple aesthetic details unique to the ''Masterpiece'' toy. His blaster "stores" kind of awkwardly on his dino-mode back thanks to a pair of small tabs on the weapon.

: Grimlock has a number of design elements shared with the concurrently-running ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' (which have continued to feature in the followup line ''[[Transformers: Legacy]]''). The figure was designed with the Trilogy's concerns for cartoon-based scale in mind, making him the tallest Leader Class figure in the format at the time. On top of that, he has numerous [[5 mm post]]-holes all over his body, making him compatible with [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]] toys, and he also has [[Fire Blast effect]] posts on the ends of his blaster's barrels and on the inside of his dino-mouth so he can properly spew plastic flame.

: He also comes with a semi-posable, non-transformable figure of [[Wheelie (G1)#Studio Series|Wheelie]], designed to ride the Dinobot in both modes. In dino mode, small posts at the base of Grimlock's neck slot into grooves in Wheelie's ankles, securing the little Autobot in place. In robot mode, holes in Grimlock's shoulders match up with a peg on the back of Wheelie's left thigh, letting him sit securely there as well.

: Grimlock's colors were subject to multiple changes during development (see right). Physical samples were not shown on the [[October 16]]th [[Hasbro Pulse#Fan First Friday|Fan First Friday]] due to in-progress color changes by [[TakaraTomy]]. The original renders shown at the time had yellow parts, a clear chest panel, and an opaque dino neck, evoking the Generation 1 cartoon model. [[Hasbro]] stock photography somewhat reflected this, but the dino neck was made translucent-yellow instead to reveal inner details, much like the [[#The Transformers|Generation 1 toy]]. In the end, the final toy (used in TakaraTomy stock photography) featured gold paint instead of yellow, a translucent-black chest panel instead of clear (both of which closer evoke the original toy), and an opaque dino neck. Despite the translucent Generation 1 toy-styled neck feature being scrapped on the final toy, the neck halves are still molded in translucent plastic (the same translucent-black plastic used on his chest panel) and the detailed piece inside the neck assembly still remains, meaning one could remove the gold paint from the neck halves and salvage this feature for a more toy-accurate look.

: Like the other ''Studio Series'' toys, the interior of the package forms a diorama display for the figure. In this case, it is the Dinobots' famous (ahem) ''self-invited'' entrance at [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s execution.

: Grimlock was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Shattered Glass Collection|Shattered Glass Collection]]'' [[Grimlock (SG)#Shattered Glass Collection|Grimlock]] and the Toxitron Collection G2 Universe Grimlock. It was ''almost'' going to be retooled as a ''Legacy'' release of [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] until the success of his [[Star Saber (G1)#Legacy|nemesis']] HasLab campaign prompted the Decepticon Emperor of Destruction to be moved to be another [[Deathsaurus (G1)#Legacy|Haslab funded project]].
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===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Voyager Maximal Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock HATE gold plastic and dalmatian spots!]]
*'''Autobot Mirage & Maximal Grimlock''' (2-pack, [[2021]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K40'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD EX-13'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[January 29]], [[2022]]
**''Accessories'': [[Cyber-slash tail weapon#Generations|Cyber slash tail weapon]], sword
{{toydesigner|[[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}

:Released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'', ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' "Maximal Grimlock" is a retool of [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Generations|Dinobot]] from the same line, transforming from a robot mode based on Dinobot's ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon appearance into a ''[[Jurassic Park]]''-accurate ''Velociraptor'' in 28 steps. Grimlock features a new head based directly on Grimlock's (and therefore, Dinobot's) original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' figure. Grimlock's hands have a [[5 mm post|5 mm port]] that can hold both his weapons and can close to hold objects. He also has 5 mm ports under his heels and one under his back-[[kibble]]. His tail can detach and split into two components: his Cyber Slash tail weapon, and his sword. If one chooses to, the 5 mm port on the hand or the hand's swivel joint can allow the Cyber Slash weapon to spin in his hand. The sword's tip is molded with the same texture as Grimlock's skin, presumably to better blend in as the tail tip in beast mode. Due to the Cyber Slash weapon connection, the sword cannot be held by other Transformers toys with traditional 5 mm port hands. The Cyber Slash weapon can store in robot mode by attaching to the same port as beast mode.

:Oddly for a modern ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' figure, Grimlock's ''Velociraptor'' mode features a deco that strays from the original ''Beast Wars'' toy and ''[[Transformers: Dinobots|Dinobots]]'' [[Grimlock (Dinobots)#Toys|Grimlock]]'s decoes and includes some particularly odd choices like leaving the fake "eyes" on the chest unpainted, but painting exactly ''half'' the knee section white, despite that portion being mostly concealed in beast mode.

:And in what can be considered a surprise, Grimlock is mentioned in Hasbro's official description for the figure to be inspired by the character's appearance in ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]''!<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-kingdom-battle-across-time-collection-deluxe-wfc-k40-autobot-mirage-maximal-grimlock "Beast Wars: Uprising-inspired Maximal Grimlock toy converts from robot to raptor mode in 28 steps"]</ref> Even though his [[Beast mode#Beast Wars: Uprising|Beast Upgrade]] appearance was never shown.

:The nylon plastic used for Grimlock's shoulder joints, thigh joints, and forearms has been reported to yellow quickly over time.

:Revealed on [https://www.instagram.com/p/COvYKODJgGf/ #TransformersTuesday], Grimlock was released with [[Mirage (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Mirage]] as a part of the "Battle Across Time Collection". Though similar to the ''Siege'' "Final Strike Figure Series", being exclusive multi-packs with package art that combines into a larger piece, the "Battle Across Time Collection" label is printed on the box. The two-pack is exclusive to [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[Hasbro Pulse]] in the US, and in the UK on Hasbro Pulse and several online retailers. Initially set for a [[January 29]], [[2022]] release by TakaraTomy, the 2-pack was delayed to March 2022.
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
[[File:Behold Galvatron Grimlock.JPG|thumb|200px]]
* '''Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack''' (Leader Class, 2022)
:''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' Grimlock is 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#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy|"reformatting" version of Galvatron]]. The set was [[exclusive]] to [[Hasbro Pulse]].
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===''Classic Heroes Team''===
[[File:Classic Heroes Team Rescan Grimlock toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock feeling cute, might delete later!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (All Star Rescan, [[2022]])
{{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: ''[[Transformers: Classic Heroes Team|Classic Heroes Team]]'' Grimlock is a ''Rescue Bots''-style Rescan figure, featuring a simple conversion from robot mode to ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Core-Class-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock no want to be crummy leg, me want to be the head!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' (Core Class, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*'''3 of 6: [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Legacy|Volcanicus]]'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-31'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[August 26]], 2023
:*''Accessories'': Tail gun
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Shuhei Umezu]] and [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CjNwidkuAN4/ Design notes on the ''Legacy Evolution'' Dinobots] from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Evan Brooks]] on Instagram.</ref>

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' Core Class toys, Grimlock is a miniature version of the famous Dinobot leader, converting into a blocky ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Part of his beast mode tail detaches to become a twin-barrelled gun in robot mode. Grimlock also forms the left leg for Volcanicus, the first combiner released within the Core Class scale. He's probably disappointed at not forming the torso... Similar to how [[Goryu (G1)|Goryu]] is the leader of the [[Dinoforce]], but only forms the left leg of [[Dinoking]]. Hmmm... Like Snarl, the underside of Grimlock's crotch features an H-shaped-ish port, most likely used for a foot panel like Monstructor/Dinoking does.

: Due to being connected with the frame that holds the dino body/arms and head, the combiner knee joint may cause it to bend up due to how (slightly) tight the construction is. While Grimlock's combiner peg can be attached to either of the thighs, he is ''only'' designed to attach to the left side, given the joint's placement, and the cavity on Grimlock's left robot foot providing clearance on the gestalt's thigh panels (the left half of Sludge's robot legs/rear tail).

: His stock photography is mistransformed, the legs can flip around to form a better-looking tail, reducing the amount of kibble hanging off his back section.

: Grimlock and the other Core Class figures from his wave arrived at US retail ''less than a week'' after their initial reveal.

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CoLLERvuq_I/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Grimlock from Evan Brooks]''

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[[File:TF-Legacy-G2-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''G2 Universe Grimlock''' (Leader Class, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Double-barreled blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBqMyy6HYxE San Diego Comic-Con 2023 Generations panel recording] at the "Memo's collection" YouTube channel</ref>}}

: ''[[Transformers: Legacy#Walmart|Toxitron Collection]]'' "G2 Universe Grimlock" is a redeco of [[#Studio Series|''Studio Series'' Grimlock]], now featuring an eye-searing "tropical" striped color scheme. In keeping with the theme of the other members of this [[Walmart]]-exclusive collection, its colors are based off a redeco that had been proposed for the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' toyline]] but was ultimately never realized (see [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Notes|Notes]]).

: This version of the mold leaves the translucent plastic on his dino mode neck unpainted, revealing some previously-unseen mechanical detailing, keeping the deco even more in-line with the original toy. It also lacks a [[Wheelie (G1)#Studio Series|Wheelie figure]], which is a pity because we ''really'' wanna know how that would have shaken out.

: This figure was revealed inadvertently by Hasbro, when they published a picture of its box in an announcement that was supposed to be about [[Toxitron (Universe)#Legacy|Toxitron]]. He was later spotted at a Walmart in Florida<ref>https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/14/transformers-legacy-toxitron-collection-g2-grimlock-sighted-at-us-retail-489573</ref>, prior to any official announcement by Hasbro.
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===Robosen Collector's Edition===
*'''Grimlock Auto-Converting Robot''' (2023)
**''Accessories:'' carrying case, galaxial rocket launcher, energon sword, crown, wall charger, USB-C to USB 2.0 cable, [[collector coin]]

:The third entry in Robosen's series of G1-style ''Transformers'' robots, this Grimlock is a highly-interactive, programmable transforming robot. Made with 85 microchips, 37 servo motors, and a 6-axis IMU, and capable of speaking over 150 voicelines (all newly-recorded by [[Gregg Berger]]), Grimlock straddles the line between "toy" and "high-end showroom electronics" like the other Robosen robots... though it ''definitely'' leans more towards the latter, given that Robosen not only touts Grimlock as "The World's First Dual-form, Bipedal Walking Robot," but his regular asking price is also an absurd '''$1700'''. Using either voice commands or a companion iOS/Android bluetooth app interface, users can control Grimlock's movements by either using pre-programmed commands or creating movement routines of their own. From an aesthetic perspective, on the other hand, this Grimlock is essentially a 15" tall upscale of his Masterpiece figure, down to various sculpted details that were seemingly recreated 1:1.

:Grimlock is primarily powered by an internal lithium ion battery, charged via a USB-C connection. Based on [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Robosen Collector's Edition|Optimus Prime]], the LEDs for Grimlock's Galaxial Rocket Launcher and "energon sword" are likely powered by a replaceable CR 1220 3V battery.

:Like Optimus Prime before him, the voice command that triggers Grimlock's transformation is officially "[[convert]]", but "transform" works just the same. All told, Grimlock has 42 built-in voice commands he can respond to, from simple movement commands like turning left or right to actions like leaning forward and roaring in dino mode. Carried over from Robosen's [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Robosen|Bumblebee]] is "mini-theater" mode, a selection of longer pre-programmed action sequences with matching sounds, with sequences featuring Grimlock either by himself or with other Robosen G1 robots available to pick from. Considering that Robosen continually rolled out new commands and firmware updates for Optimus Prime for months after his release with no clear end date, Grimlock will more than likely recieve additional commands for some time after his release.

:37 servo motors is definitely a ''lot'', but that effort was moreso put into ensuring Grimlock can transform and remain balanced while doing so – compared to contemporary 1st-party figures costing ''over a thousand dollars less'', Grimlock's robot mode lacks basic neck and wrist rotation, and his legs are incapable of rotating such that his feet can point any direction other than straight forward. Dino mode likewise has a notable sacrifice: while his ''T. rex'' neck can rotate a bit to the left or right and his head can look up and down, this comes at the cost of no arm articulation whatsoever.

:When asked to turn right or left in robot mode, Grimlock is not able to perform that action in two or three normal steps with ankle and hip rotation like a human would. He lacks any leg joints that rotate around a vertical axis, so for him to rotate his body to the right, he must perform a startling stutter shuffle move. He pushes one foot out slightly forward, the other foot slightly backward, and maintains that orientation while rapidly sliding his legs together and apart more than once per second until the asymmetrical rapid sliding friction of his feet against the floor eventually scoots him into facing a different direction. This movement can wear out the paint on his inner soles pretty fast, even on smoother surfaces.

:Sadly, Grimlock shares the same inability to stand in robot mode without power as Optimus Prime – when turned off, Grimlock will lean forward and rest his robot arms and legs on the ground. Dino mode fares better, as he ''will'' stay standing up when he's powered off... but as his joints have now gone limp, he's liable to tip or slouch at the slightest bit of disturbance, so if you do decide to put him on display in this mode, make sure he's somewhere ''very'' stable.

:Grimlock's pre-programmed animation set assumes his rocket launcher is in his right hand and his sword in his left. There aren't any sensors to detect whether they and/or the crown are in place, so it's best to avoid, say, <strike>transforming</strike> converting Grimlock while they're in place. On a lighter note, Grimlock is capable of wearing the crown in both modes, meaning it no matter whether he robot or dino – Grimlock always king!

:The app-controlled motion programming interface is extremely complex. The position of each joint at each step in an animation can be dictated either with numerical parameters, or by sensing the positions of the joints on the toy during programming. Many poses can be strung together to form long action sequences. The app uses long gamified sequences of tutorials to teach programming techniques and unlock more sound clips for use in more animations. Despite that available complexity though, there are some actions used by official animations that cannot be performed in customized sequences (if Optimus Prime is anything to go by, at least), such as a head nod or a full mode conversion.

:Given this piece's fragility, complexity, and high cost, it is appropriate that it is packaged in a heavy duty foam-padded carrying case, complete with clasps and a handle. But the case can't protect from paint wear issues that arise quickly via actual use. Grimlock's knuckles and feet will almost certainly instantly get severe scrape marks if he transforms on a rough surface like concrete, but even smooth unvarnished wood can wear the gloss off the paint before long. Even soft carpeting might not be safe, as some users of Optimus Prime have reported toppling issues due to a lack of traction. Grimlock ''is'' designed to be more stable thanks to his IMU, but heed caution all the same.

:Grimlock was revealed on [[Hasbro Pulse]] on July 19, 2023, with orders set to ship out from both Pulse and Robosen's own online store in late Fall 2023. When revealed, Grimlock was made available at a special introductory price of $1500; this is set to last until September 30, at which point his regular price will go into place.

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===''Generations Comic Edition''===
[[File:Generations comic edition grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Me Grimlock going to join the Blue Man Group!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' (2024)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Double-barreled blaster, 3 swords, [[Dinobot Crown of Leadership|crown]]

:''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations Comic Edition]]'' Grimlock is a redeco of [[#Studio Series|the ''Studio Series'' figure]], now colored to depict his appearance in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|original ''Transformers'' comic]] published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The figure comes in a display box featuring the cover of "[[Repeat Performance!]]." Grimlock includes [[Dinobot Crown of Leadership|his crown]] from the comic, as well as a set of three swords. One sword is based on Grimlock's original toy sword, and incorporates the chipped blade which only [[José Delbo]] drew. The other two swords are intended for the ''[[Studio Series]]'' releases of [[Sludge (G1)#Studio Series|Dinobot Sludge]] and [[Slag (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Dinobot Slug]], who do not come with swords.

:When placed next to ''[[Shockwave_(G1)/toys#Generations_Comic_Edition|Generations Comic Edition Shockwave]]'' the art on the side of both figures' boxes will form a small mural of Grimlock and Shockwave fighting.

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==Merchandise==
===''Decoy''===
*'''Grimlock''' (Decoy, 1986)
**''Decoy ID number:''

: Coming packaged at random on carded ''Transformers'' toys during 1986, ''[[Decoy]]'' Grimlock is a red soft-rubber figure depicting him in his robot mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Decoy Grimlock at TFU.info]''

===''Super Collection Figure''===
[[File:SCF Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock see dead people.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (March 2001)
**''Act'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Brainwave Transfer Device, stand

:A three-inch-tall [[plastic|PVC]] figurine of Grimlock's dinosaur mode was available in the second wave of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron (toyline)|Super Collection Figure]]'' line. Like all the figures in the wave, it was available as both a standard full-color figure and a clear plastic version, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures.

: He comes with the [[Brainwave Transfer Device]]<ref>Unnamed here, but later called as such on Takara's ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Grimlock figure.</ref> seen in the cartoon episode "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]", which... ''can'' sit on his head, but it's not a great fit and falls off at the slightest provocation, especially if you keep the hose attached. Speaking of, in the color version of the figure, the post on top of the helmet may be painted over, making it too thick to fit into the ''very'' small hole in the hose.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/SCFGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Super Collection Figure'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/ClearGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on clear Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:SCF Grimlock metallic.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (September 2001)
**''Act'': '''4'''
**''Accessories'': Brainwave Transfer Device, stand

: The Grimlock PVC was re-released in the fourth act of the "Super Collection Figure" series, this time painted over entirely in metallics, with more toy-like gold replacing the yellow. He was available only as a rare "[[chase figure|Secret Figure]]", packed at a ''presumed'' ratio of one in every ten cases. (This ratio was given for Secret Figures in later Acts, and it seems unlikely it would change.)

: It is unknown if he replaced a random figure in the lucky case, or was a consistent replacement for a specific one.

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===''Heroes of Cybertron''===
[[File:HOC Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Me Grimlock join Mechs Without Hats.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2003)

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Heroes of Cybertron (toyline)|Heroes of Cybertron]]'', this version of the ''Super Collection Figure'' Grimlock mold was cast in translucent blue plastic and painted over, leaving his eyes and a stripe on the top of his head unpainted to attempt a [[light-piping]] gimmick. This version lacks the Brainwave Transfer Device from the Japanese release, which, let's be honest, was probably for the best.

: This toy was sold on a blister card rather than blindpacked, and a collector card of the character was included instead of the stand.
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===Hard Hero===
[[File:HardHero Grimlock bust.JPG|upright=1.2|thumb|'''ME GRIMLOCK DEMAND TO KNOW WHERE ME GRIMLOCK'S LEGS ARE!''']]
*'''Grimlock''' (2003)

: [[Hard Hero]]'s Grimlock is a 6.5 inches tall cold-cast porcelain bust, sculpted after his cartoon appearance (complete with blue eyes) and holding a white energo-sword in his right hand. The bust was limited to 2500 pieces, with an additional 100 being specially signed by sculptor [[Jason Ray]]. Grimlock was number 9 in Hard Hero's main series of ''Transformers'' busts.
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===''MyClone''===
*'''Grimlock''' (Takara, 2003)
** ''ID number:'' '''MTF015'''
** ''Accessories:'' Grey display stand
{{toydesigner|[[Kazutami Yasuhiko]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Released in the second wave of the ''[[MyClone]]'' line of Transformers PVC figures, this [[super deformed]] Grimlock comes with a hexagonal grey display stand, which can link up with the identical stands included with other ''MyClone'' figures. His modular design allows his parts to be mixed and matched with those of any other ''MyClone'' figure, though he stands out as rather unique about the Transformers MyClones, as he's the only one in alternate mode.
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===''Generation 1 Figure-Collection''===
[[File:Bottlecap grimlock.JPG|thumb|Me Grimlock in black-and-white movie...me feel like [[Godzilla]]!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2003)
**''ID number:'' '''C-5'''
**''Accessories:'' Display base

:At only one inch in height, this Grimlock "bottlecap" figurine (so named because its display base is the size of a bottlecap) was one of fourteen blindpacked figures available in Kabaya's Transformers [[Generation 1 Figure-Collection]]. The figure was rendered in a "retro" black and white color scheme, and came with a leaflet, personalized with cartoon screen captures.
::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/misc_item/kabaya_bottle.htm More information on the Generation 1 collection at Autobase Aichi]''
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===''Titanium Series''===
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[[File:Titanium RM Grimlock.jpg|125px|thumb|Me Grimlock say boogie down!!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (3" Robot Masters, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, sword, Autobot stand

: ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Grimlock is a non-transforming, three inch die-cast metal figurine based on his toy and comic/cartoon model. He has very limited articulation, in his neck, waist and shoulders. Grimlock is posed squatting and/or dancing.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/TitGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Titanium'' Robot Masters Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Titanium cancelled figure checklist.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Grimlock''' (unreleased)
:*''Accessories:'' Autobot stand?
:The final ''[[Titanium Series]]'' catalogue listed a number of "Micro Figures" intended for release, though many of them never saw the light of day. Right at the end of the checklist, after a number of current and (supposedly) upcoming 3" Robot Master toys, was Grimlock's name, with no further information or disambiguation. Was he to be a repaint? A new ''[[War Within (comic)|War Within]]'' or ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' mold? Or was his name just a typographical error? This is just one of life's great mysteries.
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===''Attacktix''===
[[File:Attacktix Grimlock.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Me Grimlock can't move. [[The Last Stand|Seem]] [[Blast from the Past|to]] [[Spotlight: Shockwave|happen]] [[Still Life!|a lot]].]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Booster, 2007)

:Attacktix Grimlock is depicted in his ''Tyrannosarus'' mode, and has a sculpt based heavily upon his original G1 toy. Pressing down on his back will cause his head to extend and presumably hit whatever he's facing.

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===''Transformers - Mini Bust''===
[[File:Grimlock Mini-bust.jpg|thumb|When me Grimlock get legs back, you in ''BIG TROUBLE!'']]
* '''Grimlock''' (Diamond Select, 2007)

: A mini-bust of Grimlock based on his appearance in the cartoon was released by Diamond Select in 2007. The figure includes the upper body of Grimlock, wielding his energo-sword, acting as if rushing into the battlefield. There is the head of his beast mode sculpted into the base of the statue.

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* '''War Within Grimlock''' (Diamond Select, 2007)

[[File:Grimlock sdcc.jpg|thumb|Me Grimlock say no fun to be exclusive all of time.]]
: War Within Grimlock was an Action Figure Xpress exclusive at the 2007 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]. He was sculpted by Chris Lee of Art Asylum and limited to 600 pieces. The sculpt features Grimlock holding his flaming sword. The front of his vehicle mode is sculpted onto the base of the bust.
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:G1 RobotHeroes ShockwaveVsGrimlock.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Me Gwimwock no cutie, me king!]]
*'''Grimlock & Shockwave''' (Two-pack, 2007)
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}

: Packed with [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Robot Heroes|Shockwave]], ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Grimlock is a detailed two-inch tall soft-plastic figurine with exaggerated, cartoonish proportions and an amusing "raised eyebrow" look on his face. He is sculpted holding his sword in his right hand. He has swivel joints at his shoulders and neck. He brings cuddly wuddly death.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/RHGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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*'''Grimlock''' (Single-pack, 2008)

: In some countries outside of North America, Grimlock was released individually in a blindpack with no notable changes.
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===''3D Battle-Card Game''===
[[File:3DBattleCard Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|A head to match his ego.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2007)

: A 48-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Grimlock "transforms" into a gray vague approximation of a ''T. rex''. He uses the same parts layout as [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]] and [[Cruellock]].
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===Sota Toys===
*'''Transformers Chess Set''' (<s>2007</s>)
:Two identical Grimlock pieces in dino mode were to be the Autobot-side Knights on a [[Chess#Sota Toys|chess set]] based on Generation 1, but the set apparently never saw release.
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===''Mighty Muggs''===
[[File:MightyMuggs Grimlock.jpg|thumb|Me Grimlock am huuge hit with lady-bots!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2009)
**''Accessories:'' Energo-sword

: This [[super deformed]], non-transformable PVC figure uses the standard [[Mighty Muggs]] body template, with swivel joints in Grimlock's neck and arms. He comes with a similarly super-deformed version of his trademark energo-sword.

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[[File:MightyMuggs 2018 Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|Me Grimlock not appreciate recurring head trauma.]]
*'''Grimlock''' ([[2019]])
**''ID number:'' '''07'''

: Influenced by his [[evergreen]] design, this new Grimlock is part of the second wave of the line's 2018 relaunch. Gently push his precious little head to access one of three different faces: irritable, impatient, and incensed.
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===''Titan Warriors''===
*'''Titan Warrior 5-Pack''' (2013)
:Available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013, this Grimlock is a 6" PVC [[Titan Heroes|Titan Warrior]] figure (similar to Bandai's ''Ultra/Sentai/Rider Hero, Movie Monster Series'') with articulated arms. He was packed with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Megatron]], [[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Soundwave]]. Unlike the other four, Grimlock never received an individual release.
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===''The Loyal Subjects''===
*'''Grimlock''' (2013)
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*'''Grimlock w/ Dino Head''' (2014)
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*'''5.5" Grimlock''' (2014)
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*'''5.5" Grimlock w/ Dino Accessories''' (2014)
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*'''Cybertron Edition 2-Pack''' (2014)
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===''EX Gōkin''===
*'''Grimlock''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Two fists, two open hands, two gripping hands, energo-sword, stunner laser, galaxial rocket launcher, alternate head, display stand

: A 7-inch tall non-transforming Grimlock action figure was produced by [[Art Storm]] as part of their ''EX Gōkin Transformers Series'' line. He comes with a number of extra hands as well as the energo-sword, double-barreled rifle and (non-firing) rocket launcher of the original toy. While his mold and paint details are heavily based on the original Generation 1 Grimlock toy, his proportions are cartoon-based and he includes an alternate blue-eyed headsculpt based on his [[:File:Grimhead.JPG|early cartoon head]].

::*''[http://artstorm.co.jp/exgokin_transformersseries_grimlock.html More information on ''EX Gōkin'' Grimlock at Art Storm's official site]''
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===''Thrilling 30''===
*'''Grimlock''' (Collectible Figurine, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''2 / #19'''
**''Accessories:'' Collector's base

:A super-deformed Grimlock was released among the blindpacked [[Thrilling 30#Collectible Figurines|''Thrilling 30'' Collectible Figurines]] by [[Goldie Marketing]]. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.

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*'''Collectible Figurines''' (5-pack, 2014)
**''Series:'' '''2'''
**''Accessories:'' 5 collector's bases

:The same Grimlock figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Bumblebee]], [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Shockwave]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Rodimus]].
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===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:TinyTitans-Series6-Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|Me Grimlock say don't eat yellow lightsaber!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''6'''
**''Number'': '''10/12'''

: Part of the sixth and final assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Grimlock is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode.

: He includes a collectible card that renders him in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] styling. The card includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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===''Magic: The Gathering''===
[[File:MTG-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Tap for mana?" Me Grimlock no just tap, me smash!]]
*'''Grimlock, Dinobot Leader / Grimlock, Ferocious King''' (Hasbro and [[Wizards of the Coast|Wizards]], 2017)

: A [[HasCon 2017]] exclusive, this trading card was released as part of the "2017 ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' HasCon Collection" three-card promo set, alongside "[[Nerf]] War" and "Sword of Dungeons & Dragons" cards. The card is reversible, depicting Grimlock in robot mode on one side ("Dinobot Leader") and his alternate mode on the other ("Ferocious King"), with each side having different stats and abilities. Each side of the card's flavor text features a different Grimlock quote: one from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', and one from "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]". The card bears a silver border, indicating it is illegal to use in official ''Magic'' tournament play. Notably, unlike many similar cards, Grimlock doesn't "transform" to its other face, and instead is worded to "become" it, probably due for the sake of [[trademark]].
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===Kidrobot===
[[File:Kidrobot GIJoe Enamel Pin Series.jpg|thumb|250px]]
====Enamel Pin Series====
*'''Grimlock''' ([[November 3]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 1 in 20
:Released by [[Kidrobot]] in their Enamel Pin Series, this is a flat, enamel pin badge of Grimlock inspired by the art of [[Tom Scioli]]'s ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'', albeit with [[Super deformed|cutesy proportions]]. Unlike the rest of the characters in the series, Grimlock is depicted in dino mode! The pin series was [[Blindpacking|blindboxed]], with some pins being rarer than others.
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*'''Grimlock Blue Metallic''' ([[November 3]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 1 in 80
:And speaking of which, a [[chase figure|chase]] pin of Grimlock was available, decoed in metallic blue. This deco doesn't seem to be from the comic.
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====Vinyl Mini Series====
[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Grimlock mini.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
*'''Grimlock''' ([[November 14]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 2 in 24
:The same character design was reused for the Vinyl Mini Series, with Grimlock receiving a three-inch tall, blindboxed figurine retaining the vibrant colours and exaggerated proportions. Grimlock featured articulation in his tiny little dino shoulders.
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[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Grimlock Blue Metallic mini.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Someone at Kidrobot must really like Grimlock.]]
*'''Grimlock Blue Metallic''' ([[November 14]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 1 in 96
:Grimlock received another chase figure in the Vinyl Mini Series, again in metallic blue.
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[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Megatron mini.jpg|thumb|upright=1|...or maybe not.]]
*'''Megatron''' ([[November 14]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 2 in 24
:The Vinyl Mini Series figure for Megatron includes Grimlock's severed head as a handheld accessory, as seen in the issue "[[Everybody Hates Metroplex]]". The head is much smaller than the head of Grimlock's own mini figure.
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====Medium Figure Series====
[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Megatron medium.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
*'''Megatron''' ([[November 14]], [[2017]])
:*''Accessories'': Grimlock's head
:Megatron was scaled up to seven inches for the Medium Figure Series, and his decapitated Grimlock head accessory followed suit.
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[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Megatron medium exclusive.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
*'''Megatron''' ([[November 14]], [[2017]])
:*''Accessories'': Grimlock's head
:Released at the same time as the standard version, this variant of Megatron was limited to 200 pieces and exclusive to the Kidrobot online store. Megatron is now decoed in a lighter grey, as was Grimlock's head.
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====Vinyl Keychain Series====
[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Grimlock Blue Metallic keychain.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
*'''Grimlock Blue Metallic''' ([[December 1]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 1 in 24
:Grimlock was also released as part of the once again blindboxed Vinyl Keychain Series, now standing at about one to two inches. He included a keychain molded into his head and, due to his small scale, did not feature any articulation. Yet again he was a metallic blue chase figure... but this time, there was no regular grey Grimlock keychain!
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===Bouncing Ball Heads===
[[File:BouncingBallHead Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2017)
:"Bouncing Ball Head" Grimlock is a small, super deformed figurine with a removable head that doubles as a bouncy ball. Despite having a completely round head and a somewhat humanoid body shared by all figurines in this collection, Grimlock's tampographed face is based on a front view of his dino mode head, resulting in a very unsettling appearance. An Autobot logo is tampographed on the back of his head and his name is written under his feet.

:He is (apparently) available in both gacha-style machines and in an 8-pack with the whole collection, and comes inside a spherical capsule with a unique dark gray color.

:Despite clearly representing Generation 1 characters, the collection is advertised as a 2015 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' product.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W1Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock do splash damage.]]
*'''Grimlock, Dinobot Leader''' (2018)
**'''Wave 1'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T21/T40'''
**''Stars: ''10

:'''Grimlock, Dinobot Leader''' is one of forty double-sided character cards available in Wave 1 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]].

:The artwork on the card is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile card game.

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[[File:W2Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock not competitively viable!]]
*'''Grimlock, Powerful Commander''' (2019)
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T27/T46'''
**''Stars: ''9

:Grimlock, Powerful Commander 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, Grimlock, Powerful Commander 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 Grimlock, Powerful Commander depicts [[Volcanicus (POTP)|Volcanicus']] head and torso, which is formed by Grimlock in the artwork.

:The artwork for Bot and Alt Mode is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game.

:Grimlock, Powerful Commander can be used to form Volcanicus, Fiery Champion with the use of the Action card [[Enigma of Combination|Dinobot Enigma]] while he and the other Wave 2 Dinobots are in Bot mode on the battlefield or KO area.
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*'''Clobber''' (2020)
**'''Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T15/T46'''
**''Stars: ''4

:This card's set was originally set for an April 2020 release, however due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the release was pushed back to May 29, 2020.

He is the only Titan Master in the game with 3 traits, due to being a Dinobot.
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===''Keshi Surprise''===
*'''Autobots''' (2018)

:The ''[[Keshi Surprise]]'' series by [[Super7]] consisted of 1.75" soft rubber figures in a style deliberately resembling the 1980s [[Decoy]]s. These [[blind-packed]] figures were sold individually or in cases depicting only their faction. Grimlock (in his dino mode) was available in red, yellow, blue, and purple, and included a foil trading card / sticker.
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===Imaginarium Art===
[[File:ImaginariumGrimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Me Grimlock want to munch <s>metal</s> polystone!"]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2018)

:This 20-inch-tall statue set depicts Grimlock in his dinosaur mode and a slingshot-wielding Wheelie as they face off against five [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s. Only 150 were produced, with an MSRP of $2,100.
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===McDonald's===
[[File:2018-McD-Authentics-Bumblebee-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Happy Meal Toy, 2018)
:Released as part of the [[McDonald's]] June 2018 Happy Meal Toys along with [[My Little Pony]], Grimlock is a stubby, [[super deformed]] little dino with fire coming out of his mouth. He has a light-up [[gimmick]] where pressing the [[Autobot]] [[insignia]] on his back lights up his eyes and the fire effect.

:This toy was rereleased in the US as [[Grimlock (AOE)#McDonald's|Grimlock]] for the ''[[Bumblebee (franchise)|Bumblebee]]'' promotion.
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===''ReAction''===
[[File:TF-Super-7-ReAction-Figures-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' (2020)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'' Energo Sword, Twin Laser Rifle

:Released in the first wave of [[Super7]]'s line of multi-property 3.75-inch "retro" action figures, ''[[Super7#ReAction|ReAction]]'' Grimlock is a non-converting 3 3/4-inch action figure based on his appearance in the original cartoon, with five points of articulation (swivel neck, shoulders, hips) and holes in his feet for use with some variety of stand. Unlike most figures in the line, he comes with two accessories instead of just one, and both of this hands can hold an accessory.

: As with all releases in the ''ReAction'' toyline, Grimlock comes packaged on a small cardback that emulates the nostalgic packaging style of [[Kenner]]'s ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' action figures from the late 1970s to early '80s.

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: This depiction of Grimlock, released in the fifth wave of the ''ReAction'' line, has him in his dinosaur mode, taking up a significantly larger chunk of cardback real estate and requiring a much deeper bubble.

: It retains the "five points of articulation" theme, as this figure lacks neck articulation, but instead has a jointed jaw for talky-talky or bitey-bitey action, which we can all agree is awesome. ''Jawsome'', if you will. We'll give you props for that, Super7.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock G2''' (2022)}}</ul>

: This [[redeco]] of the above dino-mode Grimlock figure is now redone in rich blue, to match his ''Generation 2'' toy color scheme (well, his most well-known and well-distributed color scheme of the three he had, anyway). However, he still has the original Autobot faction symbol on his chest rather than the ''Generation 2'' version, which isn't ''not'' accurate to the original toy really, but still. Boo.

: He was released as part of the fifth round of [[Target]]-exclusive ''ReAction'' figures, alongside the similarly-toy-based "[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#ReActionGray|Galvatron G1]]" figure.
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===Figural Bag Clip===
[[File:FiguralBagClip GrimlockDino.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2020)
:Released by Monogram, this 2.5" 3D foam bag clip takes the form of a chibi dino mode Grimlock running towards you.

:It was available only as part of a [[Blindpacking|mystery blind bag]] collection.

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[[File:FiguralBagClip GrimlockRobot.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock Alt. mode''' (2020)
:A second bag clip was also released, this time based on Grimlock's evergreen robot mode.

:It was one of two "chase" figures in the collection.
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===Mondo===
[[File:Mondo Grimlock Tiki Mug.jpg|upright=1.11|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock Tiki Mug''' (2021)

:Released by Mondo, this tiki mug in the form of Grimlock's dinosaur mode is roughly 6.5 inches high and holds up to 18 oz of your favorite drink.

:The mug is handmade and its design was co-created by [[Ken Christiansen]].
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===''Pop!''===
[[File:Funko Pop Grimlock G1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Nice.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2021)
**''ID number:'' '''69'''

:Released as part of the ''Pop! Retro Toys'' segment and exclusive to both GameStop and the Emerald City Comic Con 2021, [[Funko Pop!|Funko]]'s ''Pop!'' Grimlock is a super deformed vinyl figure based on his original Generation 1 toy.

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*'''Grimlock''' ([[Funko Pop!#Digital Pop! NFTs|Digital ''Pop!'']], 2022)
**''Rarity:''
***''Monochrome:'' '''Common'''
***''Static:'' '''Common'''
***''Glowing:'' '''Uncommon'''
***''Chrome:'' '''Rare'''
***''Original:'' '''Epic'''
:{{W|Non-fungible token|NFT}}s depicting Grimlock in the Funko style.
<center><gallery heights=200>
File:TRANSFORMERS_COMMON_GRIMLOCK_MONOCHROME.gif|Me Grimlock want color back!
File:TRANSFORMERS_COMMON_GRIMLOCK_STATIC.gif|Me Grimlock mastered ability of standing so incredibly still that me Grimlock become invisible to eyes.
File:TRANSFORMERS_UNCOMMON_GRIMLOCK_GLOW.gif|Me Grimlock have too much color!
File:TRANSFORMERS_RARE_GRIMLOCK_REDCHROME.gif|Me Grimlock bulletproof!
File:TRANSFORMERS_EPIC_GRIMLOCK_ORIGINAL.gif|Me Grimlock HATE crypto ponzi scheme!
</gallery></center>
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===''ULTIMATES!''===
*'''Grimlock''' (ULTIMATES!, 2023)
**''Accessories'': [[Wheelie (G1)#ULTIMATES!|Wheelie]] figure, mind transfer helmet, apron, serving tray, 6 drinking glasses, fish, crown, 6 sets of dino forelimb claws

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers ULTIMATES!]]'' from [[Super7]], Grimlock is a 9-inch-tall non-transforming representation of his dinosaur mode. He includes a non-transforming Wheelie figure to ride him, and also representations of many of the accessories that were also included with the ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock toy above, including his serving tray with drinking glasses, a soft cloth waiter apron, the mind transfer helmet, and a crown. Never-before-seen accessories include 6 different interchangeable dinosaur "hands," and the fish that he held in "Grimlock's New Brain."

: Preorders for Grimlock (and the rest of Wave 2) opened on [[July 29]] 2021, and closed on [[August 27]], with the toys slated for shipping in summer 2022... a vague date Super7 missed by a full year.

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===''Zōteki''===
[[File:ZOTEKI-029-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Grimlock''' ([[2021]])
**''ID number'': '''029'''

:A collaboration between [[Hasbro]] and statue/replica brand [[Jazware]], ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|The Transformers]]'' was added as a part of the ''[[Zōteki]]'' line alongside other iconic brands such as [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]], to recreate some of the main "Generation 1" characters. The 29th figure of the ''Zōteki'' line is Grimlock in his dino mode.

:Each statue of the line features a connection point for it to be connected to the others, in order to form a battle scene.
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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 Grimlock was slated to be one of the Bishop 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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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card King Grimlock and Coronation Starscream.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''King Grimlock & Starscream Set''' ([[November 1]], [[2022]])
**''ID number:'' '''31 & 32'''

:Released as part of the fifth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of Grimlock and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in their regal finery from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]] and the [[The Transformers: The Movie|1986 film]] respectively, along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#31 |Translation of King Grimlock's Transformers Character Card]]''

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===''Minimates''===
*'''Grimlock''' (Series 2, 2022)
**''Accessories'': Energo sword, stand

:Part of the second wave of Transformers [[Minimates]] from [[Diamond Select Toys|Diamond Select]], this Grimlock is a 2-inch-tall figurine featuring metallic paint, 12-14 points of articulation, and accessories and body parts interchangeable with other Minimates. Due to their small size, all 4 figures in each series are sold in the same blister card.
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===Icon Heroes===
*'''Grimlock X Ironhide Retro Pin Set''' (2022)
: A hard enamel pin based on Grimlock's original G1 package art made by Icon Heroes. It comes carded with an [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Icon Heroes|Ironhide]] pin.

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===Milestone===
*'''Grimlock''' (<s>2022</s>)
A statue-sized PVC figure of Grimlock was solicited by Diamond Select in 2022 but later canceled.
{{canceledtoy}}
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===XM Studios===
[[File:XMStudiosGrimlockStatue.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Apatosaurus was nowhere near as confusing as this.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2022)

:[[XM Studios]]' statue of Grimlock is nearly 40" tall, made of hand-painted porcelain. Grimlock has [[LED|light-up eyes]] and comes with alternate sets of arms that allow him to brandish his signature sword, gun, and... giant spiked mace? The mace and some of the color and detail choices on this statue suggest it mixes elements of both the G1 character and his [[Grimlock (AOE)|live-action movie counterpart]]. The set also includes a sculpted representation of Grimlock's dino mode that can be displayed next to the robot.

:399 pieces were produced, with a suggested price of about $1,900 US.

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==Notes==
[[File:G2GrimlockArtwork.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Heavy Metal Greymon.]]
* Grimlock was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "[[:File:DiacloneGrimlock.jpg|Dinosaur Robo Tyrannosaurus]]". The only differences between this incarnation and the ''Transformers'' release are that the ''Diaclone'' version has a silver-chromed sword and a blue crotch piece rather than red, as well as coming with a green-and-black Diaclone pilot figure.
* The original ''Diaclone'' commercial for the mold that became Grimlock showed him spewing fire from his mouth. So much for truth in advertising!
* There is (or ''was'') [[:File:Grimlock Natural History Museum.JPG|a Grimlock toy]] placed in the showcase in the dinosaur section of the {{w|Natural History Museum}} in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]; oddly, this doesn't make him the [[Slag (G1)|only one]]. Sadly, however, he has since been removed from the display. Boo!
* Despite being released in three different color schemes during the ''Generation 2'' toyline, a piece of recolored card artwork—seemingly from the collection of a former [[Hasbro]] employee—has surfaced on [[eBay]] (alongside recolored artwork of [[:File:G2SwoopArtwork.jpg|Swoop]] and [[:File:G2SludgeBoxart.jpg|Sludge]]), showing what may have been an intended fourth version of the Grimlock toy for that line. Being bright yellow with teal stripes, it certainly ''looks'' very [[neon|'90s]], and would delight such fans when it reached fruition in a modern mold in [[2023]].
* [[T-Wrecks]] may have been intended to be a new form for Grimlock, based on the references in his tech spec bio to his ''Beast Wars'' "Attack Specialist" function and other hints. However, T-Wrecks' appearances in the [[3H Productions]] ''[[Transformers: Universe (comic)|Universe: The Wreckers]]'' comics suggest he is a new, unrelated character.
* A working name for the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' Ford Mustang mold which ultimately ended up as Grimlock was "[[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]]", according to various early store listings.
* The [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] toy released in the [[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|''Energon'' toyline]] was originally created by [[Hasbro]] for release as a special new-mold addition for the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|2003 ''Universe'' toyline]], and was intended to represent Generation 1 Grimlock. However, it wasn't and it didn't for the combination of budgetary concerns and keeping the combination gimmick (since he combines with the packed-in [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]] to form "[[Mega-Dinobot]]") only in the ''Energon'' toyline, which had combination as a central theme.

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Talk:Strongarm (SG)

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== Regarding the notes ==

What source do we have for the Zenyatta thing? Because if we don't have one, we really have no reason to include it. [[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 19:01, 16 February 2024 (EST)
:Nevermind. [[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 19:05, 16 February 2024 (EST)

Talk:Strongarm (SG)

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Smokescreen (Armada)

2024-02-16T23:54:05Z

Metalstar: /* Armada */ *SIGH* Another link issue

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{{disambigm|Smokescreen (disambiguation)|Hoist (disambiguation)}}
:''Smokescreen is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Smokescreen-armada-cardart.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Wanna be my friend? I have to smash you with this first.]]

Few Autobots are as tough and steadfast as '''Smokescreen'''. He doesn't believe in giving up, and he's ready to lay down his life to defend the weak, be they Autobot, [[Mini-Con]], or [[human]]. Though he's ironheaded and unshakable in battle (and a little bit careless), showing no mercy to the [[Decepticon]]s, around the base is another matter entirely. He's a kind, friendly bot who always seems to have a good word or good-natured joke ready.

This iron resolve only intensified after Smokescreen fell in battle from a near-fatal encounter with [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. Rebuilt entirely and now calling himself '''Hoist''', his jovial moments come less frequently now, and his occasional lapses in judgment are a thing of the past. Even tougher than before, he sometimes quips that nearly dying was the best thing that ever happened to him.

==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] contacted him from [[Autobot Headquarters (Armada)|Autobot Headquarters]]. {{Storylink|Armada Volume 2}} He later cheered on Optimus's defeat of [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Armada Volume 4}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
[[File:DreamwaveArmada4 Smokescreen Scavenger.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95|Smokescreen: "Heroic" Autobot.]]

A million years ago, Smokescreen and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] were guarding the entrance to the [[Loop]] when [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] barged in, demanding to know where [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. Smokescreen informed him that Prime was in the satellite room and asked if anything was wrong. All Hot Shot would say was that wrong doesn't begin to describe the situation. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} What had happened was that a group of renegade Cybertronians calling themselves "[[Decepticon]]s" were attacking [[Mini-Con]] villages and capturing the inhabitants for some reason. While sifting through the rubble of Village C-52, Smokescreen lost his temper at the plight of the "poor little guys" and couldn't wait to get his hands on these Decepticon aggressors. Unfortunately, he got his wish when the Decepticon leader, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] attacked [[Cyber City]], with his captured Mini-Cons re-engineered to [[Powerlinx]] with [[Bulk]]s, providing them great power. The Autobots were beaten up and forced to retreat. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}

[[File:DreamwaveArmada5 Smokescreen crumbledmountain.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]

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 sent from a distant world called [[Earth]] and the Autobots resolved to go there and fight for Truth, Justice and Freedom. Almost immediately after arriving on Earth, Smokescreen was destroying public property and suggesting that they simply smash their way across the planet to find the Mini-Cons, a plan that Scavenger agreed to, as Cybertron was their priority. This callous attitude earned them both a sharp, furious rebuke from Optimus Prime, who refused to stoop down to the level of the Decepticons. However, he also understood their frustration, telling them to save their anger for the Decepticons. Smokescreen apologised, as he was just longing for things to go back to the way they were before. {{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]]. While Optimus Prime kept Megatron distracted by trash talking the Decepticon's failure to defeat the Autobots with all of their power, Smokescreen snuck up and demolished the cliff face Megatron was perched upon with his head. This only succeeded in infuriating Megatron, who eventually got the upper hand in his fight with Prime when he Powerlinxed with all of the Decepticon Mini-Cons. Smokescreen tried to assist, only to have Prime thrown into him for his trouble. As things looked grim, [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]]'s group of Mini-Cons arrived and Powerlinxed with the Autobots. [[Liftor]] linked with Smokescreen, giving him a mighty shoulder-mounted cannon. 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 Smokescreen sneaking up on Starscream, and Red Alert 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 had a change of heart and turned on the Decepticons. Unfortunately, the Autobots were unable to stop the Decepticons from taking Swindle back with them when they retreated. {{storylink|Armada Free Comic Book Day}}

[[File:DWArmadaFire&Ice Smokescreen Scavenger.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Smokescreen sure knows how to kill a conversation.]]

Soon after establishing their base, Optimus detected unusually high energy readings in the vicinity of Death Valley in [[California]], and sent Smokescreen and Scavenger to investigate. After some time, they reported back that the Decepticons were readying to launch some sort of rocket. Unfortunately, the Autobots were occupied with a Mini-Con rescue operation in [[Alaska]], so [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] brought them orders to do whatever was necessary to stop the Decepticons... about twenty minutes after the rocket had been launched. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}}

After arriving back from Death Valley, Smokescreen and Scavenger found an extensively damaged [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] inside [[Autobase|Autobase: Earth]] and rushed him to the medical bay. When the others returned from Alaska sans ''their'' Optimus Prime, together worked to save this Prime's life and find out what had happened to ''their'' Optimus Prime. Sadly, despite their best efforts, this Prime awakened momentarily to deliver a cryptic warning about the walls of reality crumbling and the coming chaos before dying. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}}

[[File:DWArmada18 TheEnd Autobots Smokescreen.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]

When the Decepticons detected the Autobots searching the [[multiverse]] for Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] launched an attack on Autobase: Earth, seizing the opportunity to hit the Autobots while their biggest guns was missing. During the battle, Smokescreen and Scavenger were the front-line defense sent to buy time, but were run off the narrow road they were on by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]. Smokescreen tried to recover, but got blasted in the chest by Megatron's cannon at point-blank range. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}}

Though the blast didn't kill him, it left him in critical condition. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}} He was taken to the Autobase on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for extensive repairs, though there was a fear he might never recover. During the final battle against [[Unicron]], Hot Shot, Scavenger and Red Alert blasted Megatron into the Chaos Bringer to avenge Smokescreen. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}

====''Energon'' comic====
Ten years later, Smokescreen returned to action with a new body and a new name, "Hoist". When thousands of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] clones attacked four Earth cities, Hoist was dispatched to handle the [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] clones invading [[Toronto]] as part of Hot Shot's unit. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} Though the Terrorcons weren't built to withstand much punishment, Hoist and his allies found themselves being overwhelmed by their sheer numbers. Then, help arrived in an unlikely form: Megatron, revived in a new, more powerful body. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} Hot Shot was so awetruck by the villain's return that he failed to take note of several Divebomb units gunning for him. Hoist took care of these Terrorcons, and snapped Hot Shot back to reality. He confessed he was just as confused over the situation as Hot Shot was, but Megatron was giving them a fighting chance, which he wasn't about to let slip him by. Megatron was so thorough in his extermination of the Terrorcons that the horde was forced to retreat, allowing Hoist and the rest of the Autobots to live to fight another day. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}
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===''Armada'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Dale Wilson]] (English), [[Katsuhisa Hōki]] (Japanese)|[[Gerhard Acktun]] (German), [[Håkan Skoog]] (Swedish), [[Pauli Virta]] (Finnish), [[Michel Dodane]] (French), [[Luis Vicente Ivars]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Luis Lugo]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Eduardo Dascar]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
[[File:Prehistory-Smokescreen takes up gardening.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
When the signal released by the reactivation of the Mini-Con panels on Earth reached Cybertron, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] quickly assembled a small team of Autobots to travel to the planet and investigate. As they were departing through the space bridge, Smokescreen came running through the crowd, intent on joining them. He leapt through the space bridge portal at the last second, just as it was closing, and as a consequence, was separated from his comrades and deposited on a different part of the planet. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} {{storylink|Prehistory}}

Smokescreen was first encountered by the kids in a semi-abandoned subway complex, while they were helping the Autobots search for the Mini-Con [[Drill Bit (Armada)|Drill Bit]]. For some reason, Smokescreen did not make verbal contact with the humans, and instead decided to chase after them menacingly in vehicle mode, almost killing them with his crane hook. Only after the mission failed, with [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] securing Drill Bit, did Smokescreen reveal himself, apologizing for scaring the children. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}}
[[File:Underground-Hug.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb]]

Smokescreen traveled to the underwater city of [[Atlantis]] with the other Autobots in search of another Mini-Con. They stumbled into a Decepticon ambush, prompting Optimus to divide their forces; Smokescreen and himself pressed forward while Hot Shot and Red Alert dealt with Megatron's goons. After the kids had safely made it inside an air pocket, Smokescreen and Optimus doubled back to help deal with the Decepticons. Once Megatron managed to grab the Mini-Con panel, Smokescreen and the others were forced to leave empty-handed as the entire underwater structure began collapsing on itself. {{storylink|Ruin}}

When the Autobots' alarm sounded, signaling that another Mini-Con had been detected, Smokescreen griped that it seemed to be coming from the middle of the ocean again. Thankfully, the Mini-Con was actually on a small volcanic island. Which erupted in the middle of the retrieval mission. Red Alert tasked Smokescreen to dig a trench to change the path of the lava flow, so the Autobots wouldn't get hit by it as they fought with the Decepticons. With their position secured, the Autobots were able to retrieve the Mini-Con for themselves. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

When the Decepticons managed to invade the Autobots' base, Smokescreen managed to temporarily confound them with a... smokescreen. Each intruder was then split up and taken care of individually. Smokescreen sneaked up on Demolishor and tied him up with his grapple-cable. He then left him hanging until the Decepticons warped away. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

[[File:Overmatch Smokescreen Liftor.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Say hello to my little friend?]]
Smokescreen retrieved a Mini-Con partner for himself while Hot Shot held off the Decepticons with the Star Saber among some rocky peaks. Though he was quite content with having [[Liftor]] at his side, he left him behind during their next confrontation against the Decepticons. At that time, [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]]'s interference cost the Autobots a victory and a Mini-Con. {{storylink|Overmatch}}

When the next Mini-Con was detected, Smokescreen was of the opinion that the children shouldn't continue to accompany the Autobots into the field. He was outvoted, though he let the other Autobots take on the passengers. During the subsequent clash, he took on Cyclonus until the Decepticon ditched the battle to pursue Hot Shot. With no one to oppose him, Smokescreen unearthed [[Spiral]] while Optimus and Red Alert forced Megatron to warp away.{{storylink|Gale}}

Smokescreen and Optimus searched for a Mini-Con panel while Hot Shot held the Decepticons at bay with the Star Saber. The Autobots were left to deal with a more dire situation when Hot Shot and [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] were teleported away alongside the retreating Decepticons. Unable to pinpoint the Decepticons' base on the Moon, Smokescreen and the others had little choice but wait at their own headquarters. Hot Shot eventually returned, without his sword, and Sideways was revealed to be a traitor. {{storylink|Credulous}} Due to the Star Saber being in Decepticon hands, the Autobots were dealt a series of defeats. After their latest beat-down, Smokescreen got himself fixed up by Liftor. The Autobots still trudged forward in their mission though, their next search taking them to a foggy forest. There, Smokescreen and Red Alert came across Starscream, and jumped at the opportunity to take his sword while they had him at a disadvantage. Demolishor turned up and foiled their attempt at recovering the Star Saber. With the sword still in Decepticon hands, the Autobots returned to base empty-handed once more. Afterwards, Scavenger turned up at the Autobots' hq, and Optimus informed his troops that though he had been posing as a Decepticon, Scavenger was really his double-agent. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}

[[File:Trust-Bots Gossip.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Smokescreen was the most vocal in voicing his distrust of Scavenger, whom he labeled a no-good traitor, and his overall dissatisfaction over Optimus's trust in the turncoat. He tried to convince fellow Autobots [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] about Scavenger's alleged duplicity and lack of resolve during a battle. However, Scavenger's absence for the majority of the battle was due to a plan that only he, Optimus and Red Alert were privy to, and when Scavenger's involvement proved vital to the subsequent victory, all doubts Smokescreen had as to his teammate's loyalty were erased, forcing him to make an apology. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

[[File:Vacation-RedAlert joins the fun.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Smokescreen went on a camping trip with the boys and Red Alert to wind down a little. When he saw Rad try his hand at fishing, Smokescreen joined in, and surprisingly managed to catch them dinner. Later, a severe downpour caused a mudslide, which swept over Red Alert while Carlos and [[Shaun|a younger boy]] were trapped inside him. Smokescreen tried digging them out, but it was slow work while he was stuck in vehicle mode; the local news network was filming the scene, and he couldn't risk blowing his cover under the circumstances. He and Scavenger managed to dig them out just as a flash flood came bearing down on their position, and all filmed footage of the Autobots was luckily lost. {{storylink|Vacation}}

When [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] joined the Autobots' ranks, Smokescreen taunted Hot Shot over it, as the two 'bots clearly did not get along. This eventually caused problems though, as Hot Shot and Blurr fought each other more than the Decepticons when the last member of the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] trio activated on his own, and sped away from anyone approaching him. Smokescreen was tasked with helping the two of them capturing the Mini-Con while the rest of the team held the Decepticons at bay. He used Liftor to activate his crane cannon, which brought down both Starscream and Sideways as they tried to grab [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]] themselves. He was unable to bring down Cyclonus unfortunately, who claimed the Mini-Con for the Decepticons. {{storylink|Reinforcement}}

Smokescreen joined Blurr and Hot Shot during a training exercise. Though Blurr told him he wouldn't be able to keep up with them through their obstacle course, Smokescreen proved him wrong by simply muscling his way through the obstacles instead of dodging them. Their training was then interrupted; the Autobots received a message from Megatron, issuing a challenge. They would meet each other in battle in order to bring an end to the war. Though the Decepticons had both the Skyboom Shield and the Star Saber, the Autobots managed to snatch away the former, thanks in part to Smokescreen running interference. Scavenger heaped praise upon him for his contribution to their victory after the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

The Autobots began building their battle strategies around the use of the Skyboom Shield, and Smokescreen was given the important task of carrying it, as he could quickly pass the shield on to whoever needed it with his "Long-arm Launcher." The strategy was unfortunately preempted when the bulk of the Autobot forces stepped into a Decepticon trap, which sent them all over the globe through a series of Warp Gates. Worse yet, they couldn't reconvene while their communication system was being scrambled. When they finally managed to get their transmissions sorted out, the Autobots regrouped and Smokescreen pulled off his part in the newly established tactic without a hitch. Thanks to the Autobots' teamwork, Megatron was forced to abandon several of his Mini-Cons into Autobot custody. {{storylink|Vow}}

While Smokescreen and the other Autobots were away, Alexis, Carlos, and Rad traveled into a digital realm and met with an [[Unicron|evil force]]. The Autobots returned to base and safely extricated the kids before said force could do them any harm though. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}

Smokescreen henceforth balanced his roles of both carrier of the Skyboom Shield and sniper. Once the Skyboom Shield was launched to whoever needed it most, Smokescreen would supply them with cover fire. The strategy went off without a hitch in the fight for [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]]'s Mini-Con panel, where Smokescreen helped Optimus hold his own against both Megatron and Starscream. Smokescreen soon became overconfident, believing the Autobots no longer needed to fear losing the war... Though their strategy nearly failed when the Autobots had to deal with [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]]'s superior tactical prowess. They would have lost had [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] not joined the battle at a crucial moment. {{storylink|Tactician}} However, Optimus Prime was badly damaged in the fight, so Jetfire took over as leader. But Jetfire wound up flying into another one of Thrust's ambushes, prompting Hot Shot, Blurr, and Smokescreen to try and assist the airborne Autobot from a nearby island... only for them to wind up in a secondary ambush set up by the Decepticon tactician! The Decepticons immediately took out Smokescreen's crane-arm, disallowing him from passing the Skyboom Shield over to Jetfire. The three grounded Autobots were forced to crowd behind the shield as their enemies rained fire down upon them. In little time, Megatron overpowered Smokescreen and demanded he hand over the Skyboom to Decepticon custody. Though the situation looked grim, Optimus Prime arrived, repaired, just in time to combine with Jetfire and save the day. {{storylink|Linkup}}

In a rare moment of downtown, Jetfire and Smokescreen relaxed by having an arm wrestling competition. Smokescreen lost several matches in a row, though he tried to play it off as his arm "falling asleep" instead of admitting that Jetfire was the stronger of the pair. Later, Smokescreen and the Autobots squared off against the Decepticons on a beachfront, {{storylink|Detection}} but Smokescreen wasn't able to help out much once [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] joined to conflict. He instead laid down some cover fire while other players tried their hand at taking on the colossal Decepticon. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} Tidal Wave, of course, shot back. Though Smokescreen helped by first passing the Skyboom Shield to Hot Shot, and then to Optimus in the sky, he was kept from further interfering with the Decepticons' attempt to eliminate Optimus by a team of Mini-Cons led by Demolishor. The timely appearance of [[Space Mini-Con Team]], and their combination into the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] saved the day for the Autobots; with the weapon in Optimus's hands, the Decepticons were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Desperate}}

The Requiem Blaster was a source of argument for the Autobots, however. With this new weapon, several of them were eager to storm the Decepticon base in the hopes of ending the war. Before a decision could be reached, it was discovered that the Space Mini-Con Team had run off along with the kids. The Autobots went out looking for them, though Smokescreen wound up getting stuck in traffic during the search. He rejoined Optimus later in the day, once the Autobot leader had already found the runaways and dealt with Thrust, who had attacked them. The Autobots all agreed that the Mini-Cons would be free to decide for themselves whether or not they would take part in an attack on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Runaway}}

[[File:Smokescreen dies sacrifice.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
After attempting to have the Autobots bring the Requiem Blaster into the open, only to realize they had purposely left it behind, the Decepticons launched an all-out attack on their enemies' base. There, Smokescreen had been tasked with guarding the Mini-Cons, and had to contend with Megatron on his own. As the Autobots realized they had been outmaneuvered and warped back, Megatron forced the Space Mini-Con Team to form the Requiem Blaster. Then, Megatron prepared to fire the super-weapon at the Autobots, only for Smokescreen to use his towline to pull the Requiem Blaster's barrel away from his friends, toward himself. To everyone's shock, the gun's terrible beam cut straight through Smokescreen, burying him into a wall. Megatron then turned to Optimus Prime, intending to finish what he started, but Smokescreen staggered out of the hole and collapsed to his knees. As the dying Autobot reached out to the Decepticon leader, [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] suggested that they retreat, and Megatron agreed. Smokescreen collapsed into a heap as Megatron warped away. Optimus Prime cradled his soldier, who reported his failure to protect the Mini-Cons and went into [[stasis lock]]. Optimus Prime led the distressed Autobots into a military salute for their fallen comrade before letting out a cry of anguish. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}

[[File:Hoist-ship-preparations Depart.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"This is my strong hand."]]
Fortunately, despite Smokescreen's body being ninety percent unsalvageable, his spark was left undamaged. Red Alert rebuilt him into a new body and he returned just in time to stop Hot Shot and the recently defected [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] from killing each other (Hot Shot still thought Smokescreen needed avenging until his reappearance). Using data provided by Starscream, the Autobots then opened a warp gate to the Moon to storm the Decepticon camp. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}} The attack on the Decepticon moonbase begun with the Autobots besieging Megatron's throne room, where Smokescreen blocked a shot from the Requiem Blaster with the Skyboom Shield. The battle then spread throughout the Decepticons' base. Smokescreen came across Tidal Wave stuck in a doorway, and managed to take a single potshot at the titan, inadvertently freeing him. Tidal Wave "thanked" Smokescreen by clocking him in the face. The Decepticon-held Mini-Cons were then rounded-up and warped back to the Autobots' base, alongside their rescuers. {{storylink|Rescue}}

When a Mini-Con was detected on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Smokescreen handed the Skyboom Shield over to Jetfire, as he and Starscream were the only two capable of traveling to the other planet. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}

[[File:Hoist-in-awe Miracle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Anime robots cry a lot.]]
Smokescreen helped the Autobots in the construction of a spaceship. The ship was in the final stages of construction when Billy and Fred reported that they had seen Starscream "chase off" Thrust after the Decepticon had asked him to steal the Skyboom Shield. As it turns out, [[Dirt Boss (Armada)|Dirt Boss]], [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]], and [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]] were nowhere to be found just then. Smokescreen was among those who threw around accusations that Starscream had complied with Thrust's request, but the conversation was cut short when the Decepticons attacked. Smokescreen drove out to meet them, and while he fought, Hot Shot brought him the Skyboom Shield; it turned out the kids had been taking the Mini-Cons for a walk. Making a note to apologize to Starscream later, Smokescreen brought the shield to Optimus to help him against Tidal Wave. But after he had tossed the shield over, Starscream snatched it, and took both it and the Star Saber back with him to the Decepticons' side. {{storylink|Crack (episode)|Crack}} Afterwards, the Autobots scrambled to deal with the Decepticons' new super-weapon, the [[Hydra Cannon]], powered by the stolen Mini-Con weapons. Ultimately, Smokescreen was only able to watch from afar as Optimus gave up his life to block its destructive power from reaching the Earth. {{storylink|Crisis (Armada)|Crisis}} Over the following week, the Autobots tried their best to carry on without Optimus. Though Smokescreen became short-tempered and irritable, Hot Shot was hit hardest by the loss of the Autobot leader, and his outbursts threatened to tear apart the already strained team. Scavenger took it upon himself to knock some sense back into Hot Shot, while Smokescreen and the others watched from afar. Though it took the Mini-Cons stepping in, Hot Shot's temper eventually cooled. Smokescreen then watched as Jetfire handed over command of the Autobots to Hot Shot. With their morale renewed, the Autobots redoubled their efforts to finish the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' and catch up to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Remorse}} Smokescreen watched confusedly as the Mini-Cons protested Hot Shot's decision to leave the children behind while the Autobots pursued the Decepticons. Hot Shot eventually relented, and the Autobots, Mini-Cons, and children all boarded the newly completed ''Axalon'' and begun their journey to Cybertron. {{storylink|Depart}}

[[File:Smokescreen now goes by Hoist-Miracle.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"You better have those papers on my desk by Friday, Hoist!" <br>
"Yeah, yeah, I'm working on it."]]
Smokescreen eventually decided to go by the name "Hoist," feeling the new name suited his new body. A space-battle against the Decepticons ensued shortly afterwards, during which Optimus was revived by the Mini-Cons through the Matrix. {{storylink|Miracle (episode)|Miracle}} No sooner had the Autobots welcomed their leader back than their ship was pulled through a worm hole to a dead planet, where they were menaced by a twisted clone of Optimus named [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]]. Optimus had Hoist launch him and his new weapons system, [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]], from the ''Axalon'' so that he could end his dark doppelgänger's threat. {{storylink|Puppet}}

By the time the Autobots had repaired the ''Axalon'' and arrived over Cybertron, the Decepticons had managed to take over the planet. Hoist and Scavenger fought through Decepticons tank troops on the planet's surface, while a black hole appeared in the sky. The Mini-Con continued to display their mysterious powers, and helped keep the black hole at bay. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}} Hoist and the rest of Optimus's crew were forced to remain in orbit on the ''Axalon'' while Jetfire scouted Cybertron's surface for a safe landing zone. When Hoist learned that Hot Shot went off on his own to meet Galvatron face-to-face, he tried to convince the others to go after the young 'bot, but was overruled. It was deemed more important that the remaining Autobots stay together in preparation for Unicron's arrival. The ''Axalon'' then received a transmission from Jetfire, pointing them towards a region where they could set themselves down. Thanks to the Mini-Cons providing them cover with illusory copies of their ship, the Autobots managed to bypass the Decepticons' defenses and make planetfall. {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}} Hoist then helped Scavenger spread the word to the Autobot masses that they were being evacuated from the planet. Though they met with resistance, informing the Autobot generals that the order came directly from Optimus helped convince them to clear out. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} As more Autobots became assembled before him, Hoist passed on the message that their enemies were no longer the Decepticons, but Unicron and his minions. {{storylink|Portent}}

The Autobots put in action a plan to force Galvatron into a situation where Optimus would have the opportunity to reason with him. Hoist and the other Autobots forestalled the Decepticons while Optimus drew their leader away from the battleground. The Autobots' and Decepticons' firefight was interrupted by an energy discharge from Unicron, and soon thereafter Galvatron was swayed by Starscream's death to unite his forces with Optimus's. {{storylink|Cramp}} After barely escaping Cybertron's surface aboard the ''Axalon'', Hoist attended a formal ceremony where Prime and Galvatron shook hands, uniting the Autobots and Decepticons into an armada that struck at Unicron together. {{storylink|Alliance}} All attempts to damage Unicron proved futile. Determining their best plan of attack laid in attacking Unicron from within, Optimus and Galvatron infiltrated their gargantuan foe's body. Meanwhile, Hoist and the rest of the troops kept Unicron occupied with their ships, in the hopes of forestalling Cybertron's annihilation. {{storylink|Union}} No matter how much damage they inflicted upon him, however, Unicron would regenerate his wounds. {{storylink|Origin}}

Thankfully, the team inside of Unicron succeeded in retrieving the Mini-Con weapons, de-powering the Chaos Bringer. The Transformers then scrambled to eliminate Unicron before he recovered, but this proved unnecessary; once Galvatron sacrificed himself, there was no longer enough hatred in the universe to sustain Unicron, and he vanished from existence. The Transformers' war now at an end, Hoist and his fellow Cybertronians stood united as a race, and begun rebuilding their war-torn planet. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
In the distant past, Smokescreen defended the main Autobot base on Cybertron from a Decepticon attack, and retreated when it turned out the base was lined with explosives. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}}

Stationed on Cybertron while Optimus Prime went to [[Earth]], Smokescreen and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] were sent to the alien planet's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] by [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to stop the Decepticons from searching for Mini-Cons there. Upon arrival, they didn't have time to do much other than complain about [[space bridge]]s before they came under attack by Mini-Con-augmented Decepticons. The outgunned Autobots fled, but Smokescreen was shot and injured by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], who decided to end things by running him over. Luckily, the helpful Mini-Con [[Liftor]] showed up and power-linked with Smokescreen, allowing him simply to punch the Decepticon tank aside. With Scavenger also obtaining a Mini-Con of his own, the Decepticons gave up on the search and retreated. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}}

Later, the Decepticons returned to the Moon, where they constructed a base and planned to fire missiles at the Autobot base on Earth. Smokescreen and Scavenger were again summoned to help out (or maybe they never left the Moon to begin with), but the security around the Decepticons' missile silo was too much for them. However, the security around their [[space bridge]] controls was minimal, so the Autobots devised a new plan. When the missiles were fired, Smokescreen and Scavenger linked the Decepticons' space bridge to the Autobots' one on Earth, allowing them to transport the warheads straight back to the Decepticon base. Victorious, Smokescreen drove away as the base went up in flames. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Smokescreen was part of the Autobot forces during a battle in [[Yellowstone National Park]]. After Optimus Prime warned that the area was too geologically unstable to battle in, he suggested that they find a more stable battleground. {{storylink|Lonesome Diesel}}

===''Universe'' comic===
[[File:Cauldron-SmokescreenSmokescreen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|You mean the guy from 1985 ''doesn't'' win?! How often does ''that'' happen?]]

A Smokescreen hailed from [[Aurex 204.0 Kappa]] and was abducted by [[Unicron]] to be one of his [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minions]] in the [[Cauldron]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/14}} When several abductees from [[Primax 797.18 Epsilon]] arrived in the Cauldron, they witnessed Smokescreen engaged in a death-duel with another [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] within the Cauldron arena, deep inside the shattered remnants of Unicron. Both robots' minds corrupted by the dark god, crane-Smokescreen mercilessly killed car-Smokescreen, gaining in power, while Unicron fed on the defeated robot's released [[spark]]. {{storylink|Abduction}}

Smokescreen escaped the Cauldron and returned to his home reality along with a [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] who were unable to return to their own home reality. Haunted by what he had done under Unicron's influence, Smokescreen found it therapeutic to help Red Alert and Firebot adapt to their new home. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/14}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Armada-Smokescreen.jpg|thumb|400px|Why the long face?]]
Armada Smokescreen participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! His Mini-Con, Liftor, could attach to Smokescreen in the latter's vehicle mode.
He was an Epic character who was available as a reward to 55 leagues in the "Armada: Episode 3: Between Two Worlds" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada Smokescreen toy.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|"Hi, kids! Sorry for chasing you menacingly in the abandoned subway and almost killing you for no apparent reason."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Smokescreen with Liftor''' (Super-Con Class, [[2002]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Grap'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''MC-04'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Missile
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (Takara)}}

: Sold in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Super-Cons, Smokescreen transforms into a heavy Cybertronic truck with a large crane boom and tow-cable. Flipping a switch on his back end connects the tow-cable spool to his rear axle, reeling in the cable as he rolls in vehicle mode. He also features an opening hatch on his roof (with an Autobot symbol on top) that reveals a molded gear underneath; it's unknown what the actual intent of this was. Smokescreen's head is also linked to an internal rotating mechanism with the crane boom, making his head turn in the same direction whenever the boom is rotated. The head is also on a separately-ratcheted joint, allowing the head to move independently of the boom as well.

: Attaching a Mini-Con (such as his pack-in partner [[Liftor#Toys|Liftor]]) to the [[Powerlinx]] plug on his crane boom allows it to extend and unfold to almost three times its original length, forming a ''huge'' spring-loaded missile launcher. This launcher can sometimes leave the figure unbalanced, as it becomes too large for the figure to hold up while deployed in robot mode. The lack of any flip-out heels also causes balancing issues. One can plug the [[Skyboom (Armada)#Toys|Skyboom Shield]] onto the extended crane boom to replicate the various scenes from the cartoon where he'd launch it to his teammates.

: Unusually for this line, there are no obvious differences between the [[Hasbro]] ''Armada'' Smokescreen and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Legend of the Microns'' "Grap" toys, except the Takara version has clearer paint on his Autobot symbol.

: This toy proved to be one of the biggest [[shelfwarmer]]s of the entire ''Armada'' line, with some lingering on pegs well into the follow-up ''Energon'' toyline's run.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/Smokescreen/smokescreen.htm More information on Smokescreen at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grap & Race Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Smoky & Race'''
:*''ID number'': '''MS-02'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Missile

: In Japan, "Grap" was available both as an individual and in a multi-pack with the [[Race Mini-Con Team#Toys|Race Microns]]. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual Japanese releases.

: This set was also released by [[Sonokong]] in Korea, as part of their ''Eunha Yeongung: Cybertron'' toyline, with no changes other than the packaging. This was the only way to obtain the set in Korea.

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[[File:Armada Hoist toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Back and better than ever! You can keep calling me Smokescreen until somebody remembers I'm Hoist!"<br>''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:LOTM Grap Super Mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(Takara version pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Hoist with Refute''' (Super-Con Class, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Grap Super Mode'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''MC-11'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[August 28]], 2003
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)}}

: Smokescreen returned in a new body with the name "Hoist", transforming into a Cybertronic excavator, released in the sixth wave of ''Armada'' Super-Cons (the first wave to feature the "''Unicron Battles''" branding). Plugging a Mini-Con onto his right arm unlocks his shovel-arm punch attack, which is activated by pressing in the plunger on the "back" of the arm, although it can also be unlocked manually without a Mini-Con as well. This feature remains unlocked until the block is manually returned to its latched position. For some reason, Hoist's head is based on [[Dinobot (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Dinobot]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=''Cybertron'' Scourge… is that… that's the… backhoe guy. *Mimes Hoist's arm gimmick.* Yeah, his head is very much like Dinobot, I think I did design it like that. I don't know why. But I like that look. [Could you think of him as the Unicron Trilogy's Dinobot?] Yeah, you totally could. Definitely with those colors, it even has that ''Velociraptor'' color vibe that they were using back then.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ToNlyjgeZc&t=445s|name=Aaron Archer|site=''The Toy Armada''|title=Toy Armada Friday Night LIVE - General discussion|year=2023|month=03|day=24}}</ref>

: He comes with a new Mini-Con partner [[Refute (Armada)#Toys|Refute]], who, in Japan, is the upgraded form of Liftor, dubbed "Spark Lift".

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version has a fairly significant color difference from the [[Hasbro]] version, replacing the dark brown plastic with a swirled, semi-translucent gunmetal.

: This mold has a common misassembly error; his left arm's ratchet-joint can end up off a notch, preventing the arm from "clicking" to a proper level-with-the-ground position in vehicle mode. This misassembly error is not present on the Takara release.

: The same mold (with the molded Autobot sigil replaced by a smooth block for a sigil [[tampograph]]) is used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ransack (Universe 2003)|Ransack]]. A heavily-[[retool]]ed version of the mold was used to make ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Longrack (Cybertron)#Toys|Longrack]] and [[BotCon 2006]]'s [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Timelines|Darksyde Dinobot]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Hoist/hoist.htm More information on Hoist at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Arm-toy HoistAdventure.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Also known as "Grapventure"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grap Super Mode & Adventure Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[August 28]], 2003
:*''ID number'': '''MS-07'''

: In Japan, Grap Super Mode was available both separately and in a multi-pack with the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team#Toys|Adventure Microns]]. All of the toys in the set were identical to their individual releases.
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===''Built to Rule!''===
[[File:BTR-Smokescreen.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Smokescreen w/ Liftor''' (2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile

: One of the smaller-scale ''[[Built to Rule!]]'' sets, Smokescreen can be rebuilt from a truck-crane sorta resembling the original toy into what can charitably be called a robot mode, with the core "Trans-Skeleton" actually doing a little bit of traditional transforming. His crane-arm contains a spring-loaded missile launcher. He came with a building-brick version of Liftor.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/BTRSmokescreen/smokescreen.htm More info on Built to Rule! Smokescreen at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Uni2003-toy Smokescreen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Smokescreen with Liftor vs. Ransack with Refute''' (Battle in a Box, [[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile

: A blue and yellow redeco of his first toy, this ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of Smokescreen was only available in a "[[market six]]" [[Battle in a Box]] set.

: He was packed in with his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Liftor#Universe (2003)|Liftor]], facing off against the [[Decepticon]] [[Ransack (Universe 2003)|Ransack]] and his Mini-Con [[Refute (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Refute]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/TFUSmokescreen/smokescreen.htm More information on Universe Smokescreen at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
{{anchor|McDs}}
===McDonald's===
[[File:McdonaldsArmadaSmokescreen.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67]]
*'''Smokescreen''' (Happy Meal, 2002)
**''Accessories'': Crane arm

: One of eight [[McDonald's]] ''Armada'' promotional toys, Smokescreen is an ''extremely'' simplified version of the ''Armada'' toy, transforming into a crane-truck. He features a "battle damage" gimmick where hitting a button on his front grill makes his crane-boom pop off, a gimmick similar to Happy Meal [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]].

:He has a [[Powerlinx]] post on his left shoulder which you can attach Mini-Cons to, though its main purpose is allow him to combine with the other Autobots from the set to form [[Mighty Robot]]. He also has a Mini-Con Powerlinx port on the bottom on his feet/ vehicle mode which allows him to activate Mini-Con features on larger figures.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/McSmokescreen/smokescreen.htm More info on McDonald's Smokescreen at TFU.info]''
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===''Super Collection Figure''===
[[File:SCF Smokescreen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Aw, Grap.]]
*'''Grap''' (2003)
**''Act'': '''10'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

:A soft-plastic PVC of Smokescreen was made for "Act 10" of the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' line in 2003. It came in both full-color and pewter-finish versions, one each per case of twelve. Due to his top-heavy build and very small feet, he has difficulty standing on his own... not helped by the fact that Act 10 uses much softer plastic than the previous Acts, meaning his waist-pegs give way easier. The included display stand doesn't help much, as his wide stance keeps him from planting both feet evenly on the stand.

: The pewter version has an additional 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 parts; shaving down the socket interior with a thin hobby knife is usually sufficient to fix the issue.

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===''Transformers Mini Car Collection''===
*'''Grap''' (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. Smokescreen was a redeco of Majorette toy #283—a GMC Brigadier Crane Truck—now bearing the ''Legends of the Microns'' logo, along with an image of Smokescreen’s robot mode on its hood. The toy also features an articulated crane cab, arm, and hook. Also included is a pack of gum.

==Notes==
===Smokescreen===
[[File:Armada Smokescreen Smoky.jpg|thumb|]]
* Designer [[Aaron Archer]] envisioned Smokescreen as being like the [[Thing]],<ref>{{citesocial|quote=hes not all bad but i made some weird choices. I originally wanted himto be like "the thing" from fantastic four but that was difficult to translate to the takara Japanese teammate's.|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/BuraGrjn4Qk/c/18015775858142589/r/18024180211114598/|name=Aaron Archer|site=Instagram|year=2019|month=03|day=06}}</ref> but ultimately considers Smokescreen to be his "bottom of the barrel", blaming the fact that it was the last toy in the wave to be designed. He also regrets giving him the name "Smokescreen".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=This guy was the last designed in wave one so he wasn't as overworked as some of the characters. His robot face isn't good, the colors are garish, his name is wrong for character and it's all my fault. You have to have a design bottom of barrel and Armada Smokescreen is mine.|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/BuraGrjn4Qk/|name=Aaron Archer|site=Instagram|year=2019|month=03|day=06}}</ref> It was implied by a Hasbro representative at [[BotCon 2002]] or [[OTFCC 2003]] that Smokescreen was not the name they intended for the character (the ones they proposed had not passed [[trademark]] examinations), suggesting they "borrowed" the Smokescreen name from the already-in-development ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' toy of the original [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] because it had passed legal clearances and they needed to call the ''Armada'' character ''something''.
* In his comics portrayal, Smokescreen is shown to often have his crane flipped and folded behind his back, making it far less cumbersome.
* Smokescreen's two-pack ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' bio with [[Ransack (Universe 2003)|Ransack]] appears to take a lot of inspiration from Generation 1 [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]'s bio and highlight episode "[[The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders]]", as Smokescreen apparently likes to build parks, buildings and sculptures, and "was once responsible for some of the most amazing buildings on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]"; taking a lot of pride in his work. Given Smokescreen's Japanese name is "Grap" (short for "Grapple"), it's likely that this was the intention.
** This is also ''quite'' the contrast compared to his original ''Armada'' bio published on Hasbro.com back in the day, which pretty much describes him as a walking wrecking ball, tearing down any Decepticons in his path.
* Smokescreen made a few [[Easter egg]] cameo appearances in the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005-2018 comics]] from [[IDW Publishing]]. A Cybertronian based on his Hoist form appears in [[The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|''More than Meets the Eye'' #35]] and [[Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|''Lost Light'' #2]], and the latter issue also contains a Cybertronian based on his Smokescreen form. Meanwhile, the one-issue character [[Hefter]] was given Smokescreen's colors as an homage by [[Josh Burcham|the issue's colorist]].

===Hoist===
* A piece of behind-the-scenes speculation that has yet to be confirmed is that the Hoist mold was originally designed to be a separate character, but was changed to become a new Smokescreen body at the behest of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]. Unlike other cases in the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]] where separate-character toys and [[redeco]]s were [[repurposing|repurposed]] as upgraded forms for existing characters in the respective cartoons, Hoist's Hasbro.com bio was explicitly written to reflect his cartoon origins, making it harder to know what the original intent was for the toy.
* The Hoist mold was originally planned to have a gear system like that of [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] that would activate gear-driven Mini-Con gimmicks (like those of Refute and the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]]) when his shovel rod was pushed.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=He did but it was dropped.|link=https://news.tfw2005.com/2003/09/02/orsons-world-90203-830|name=Aaron Archer|site=TFW2005|year=2003|month=09|day=02}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=we did at one point. It would be a great feature to have across an new line someday.|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CEpFr7vgfCY/c/18040286680300312/r/17875128049872203/|name=Aaron Archer|site=Instagram|year=2020|month=09|day=02}}</ref> Refute retains the gear gimmick, but is too big to fit onto Cyclonus. Hoist's card art also depicts a Cyclonus-styled "clip" in place of the final toy's Mini-Con peg.
* The "'''S.D. 74'''" printed on the [[Hasbro]] version of the Hoist mold is an in-joke, according to Aaron Archer. He had pointedly and repeatedly refused to ''explain'' the joke for the longest time, so its meaning remained a mystery for several years. An initial explanation of sorts was first offered at [[BotCon 2008]]: The marking originates from an incident at the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] involving an unfortunate mix of Hasbro employees, alcohol, and a construction crane. Whatever happened, apparently the {{w|Petco Park}} stadium was nearly not built because of it. Yowza. A second elaboration was finally given at [[BotCon 2016]], at which Archer hinted that it was merely the crane's model number, and that the "'''S.D. 74'''" on the toy was Archer's homage to that night. He also revealed that he had kept the crane's key as a keepsake, which they later used as a reference, matching the toy's "'''S.D. 74'''" font to the key's font.

===Foreign names===
====Smokescreen====
*''Japanese:'' '''Grap''' (グラップ ''Gurappu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Füstfüggöny'''
*''Korean:'' '''Smoky''' (스모키 ''Seumoki'')

====Hoist====
*''Japanese:'' '''Grap Super Mode''' (グラップスーパーモード ''Gurappu Sūpā Mōdo'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Csörlő'''

==References==
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Transformers: Beast Wars Gum

2024-02-16T23:41:11Z

Metalstar: /* Part 1 (Beast Wars) */ Fixing links. Again.

[[File:Bwgum wv1 packaging.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4]]
'''''Transformers: Beast Wars Gum''''' (トランスフォーマービーストウォーズガム) was a line of [[candy toy]]s produced by [[Kabaya]], the successor to [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]''. The toys took the form of transformable snap-together model kits, formed from two colours of plastic, decorated with stickers, and packaged with a stick of gum. Unlike their predecessors, however, the ''Beast Wars Gum'' kits did not fully "transform", instead having been designed to break down into their component pieces, which could be rebuilt into the [[alternate mode]].

Four ''Beast Wars Gum'' waves were released (each identified as a numbered "Part" from the second wave onward), spanning the original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' series, and the Japanese-exclusive ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'' and ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' lines. Three "deluxe" (or "DX") ''Gum'' waves were also available, consisting first of larger models, then non-transforming PVC figurines.

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==Standard series==
===Part 1 (Beast Wars)===
[[File:Bwgum primal.jpg|right|thumb]]
#[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Gum|Convoy]]
#[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Gum|Megatron]]
#[[Rhinox (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Gum|Rhinox]]

These three kits were all sculpted from black and purple plastic, and each one featured the characters' [[mutant head]]s in addition to their standard ones. Primal came with his mace and swords, while Rhinox came with sword and "chain gun".
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===Part 2 (Beast Wars II)===
[[File:Bwgum galvatron.jpg|right|thumb]]
#[[Lio Convoy#Beast Wars Gum|Lio Convoy]]
#[[Galvatron (BW)#Beast Wars Gum|Galvatron]]
#[[Apache#Beast Wars Gum|Apache]]
#[[Megastorm#Beast Wars Gum|Megastorm]]

The second wave of figures were made from purple and gold plastic ([[Gold Plastic Syndrome|yikes!]]). Each came with their standard weapons except for Galvatron, though he retained his [[Triple Changer|triple-changing]] abilities despite his small size.
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===Part 3 (Beast Wars II)===
[[File:Bwgum tripledacus.jpg|right|thumb]]
#[[DJ (BW)#Beast Wars Gum|DJ]]
#[[Motorarm (BW)#Beast Wars Gum|Motorarm]]
#[[Gimlet#Beast Wars Gum|Gimlet]]

The three [[Jointron]] brothers were made from red and brownish-grey plastic, and could combine to form [[Tripledacus]].
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===Part 4 (Beast Wars Neo)===
[[File:Bwgum guiledart.jpg|right|thumb]]
#[[Longrack (BW)#Beast Wars Gum|Longrack]]
#[[Guiledart#Beast Wars Gum|Guiledart]]
#[[Colada#Beast Wars Gum|Colada]]
#[[Saberback#Beast Wars Gum|Saberback]]

The final wave of figures were sculpted from blue and yellow plastic; the two [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] were made out of both colors, while Longrack was entirely yellow, and Colada was completely blue.
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==DX series==
===Part 1 (Beast Wars)===
[[File:BWmerch-KabayaDinobotkit.jpg|right|thumb]]
#[[Terrorsaur (BW)#Kabaya|Terrorsaurer]]
#[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Kabaya|Cheetus]]
#[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Kabaya|Rattle]]
#[[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Kabaya|Dinobot]]

These larger kits were all made from tan and yellow plastic, and each came with their signature weapons. Although larger than the standard ''Beast Wars Gum'' kits, they were unfortunately not any more complex, and still transformed through dis- and reassembly.
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===Part 2 (Beast Wars II)===
[[File:Bwgumdx megastorm.jpg|right|thumb]]
#[[Lio Convoy#Beast Wars Gum DX|Lio Convoy]]
#[[Apache#Beast Wars Gum DX|Apache]]
#[[Megastorm#Beast Wars Gum DX|Megastorm]]
#[[Galvatron (BW)#Beast Wars Gum DX|Galvatron]]

===Part 3 (Beast Wars II)===
#[[Magnaboss (BWII)#Beast Wars Gum DX|Magnaboss]]
#[[God Neptune#Beast Wars Gum DX|God Neptune]]
#[[Tripledacus#Beast Wars Gum DX|Tripledacus]]

The figures from the second and third wave were not model kits at all, but instead, painted soft-rubber figurines, similar to the [[Decoy]]s of Generation 1.
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==See also==

*[[Kabaya#Beast Era|List of Beast Era Kabaya products]]

==External links==

*[http://bowbowdaijin.blog96.fc2.com/ Japanese fan blog with complete Beast Wars Gum gallery]

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Sky Hyper

2024-02-16T23:30:08Z

Metalstar: We have a toy picture now

{{factions|autobot}}
:''The Sky Hyper is a [[Micromaster]] vehicle from the [[Transformers: Zone (franchise)|Zone]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:G1 - Deadwheeler - Boxart.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]

The most powerful aerial machine on [[Micro|planet Zone]], the '''Sky Hyper''' (スカイハイパー ''Sukai Haipā'') is a high-speed interceptor unit ready to defend the planet from any Decepticon invasion. Capable of reaching bursts of Mach 3 with jet propulsion, it is piloted by [[Deadwheeler]], who uses its communication array to coordinate the other Micromaster air forces for maximum efficiency.

==Fiction==
===''Zone'' story pages===
Deadwheeler was introduced as the operator of Sky Hyper, a vital piece of battle equipment within the [[Zone Base]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 4}} Later, Deadwheeler (operating Sky Hyper) and [[Gunrunner (Zone)|Gunrunner]] (operating [[Landshaker]]) were taken prisoner by [[Nine Great Demon Generals|Evil Spirit General]] [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]. Empowered by the need to save his friends, [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] swiftly defeated the [[Decepticon]] and rescued the two. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 5}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
The Sky Hyper was an integrated part of [[Micropolis]] on a post-war Cybertron. Hot Rod traveled over the bridge connecting the Sky Hyper to the [[Rocket Base]] on his way to his [[Star Convoy (facility)|Star Convoy]] base, after being summoned to help fight against [[Lio Convoy]]'s [[Resistance|anti-government faction]]. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}
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==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
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[[File:Zone-toy SkyHyper.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sky Hyper''' (Micro Transformer Base, [[1990]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-346'''
:*''Accessories'': 2 long ramps, short ramp, radar dish, rotor blade, 2 guns, front gun, figure stand

: Released in the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1990 (Zone)|Zone]]'' portion of Takara's ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' toyline, the Sky Hyper is a [[redeco]] of the unnamed Hasbro-release Decepticon [[Helicopter|Micromaster Base helicopter]] piloted by [[Skyhopper]]. It can convert from an assault helicopter to a "command center" with radar/comm tower, non-firing missile banks and three removable ramps to connect it to other Micromaster bases. It also came with three non-firing weapons that can be added to both forms.

: It includes the Autobot [[Micromaster]], [[Deadwheeler]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Cybertron/DeadWheeler/deadwheeler.htm More information on Sky Hyper (with Deadwheeler) at TFU.info]''

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Mo Malto

2024-02-16T14:38:43Z

Metalstar: /* EarthSpark */ I can't be the only one who noticed this. If it were just the dome and nothing else I'd leave it but this particular detail caught my eye.

:''Mo Malto is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Mo-earthspark-stock.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Mo Malto, mo cuteness.]]
'''Morgan Violet "Mo" Malto''' was the youngest of the Malto kids until [[Twitch]] and [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] came into being. Your typical rambunctious 9-year-old, Mo deeply cares for the rest of her family and tries her best to help her brother [[Robby Malto|Robby]] get used to their rapidly-changing circumstances. Unfortunately, trying to keep her siblings happy has the tendency to get her into trouble with parents [[Dot Malto|Dot]] and [[Alex Malto|Alex]].

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Zion Broadnax]] (English), [[Misaki Kuno]] (Japanese)|[[Clara Soares]] (French), [[Tiziana Martello]] (Italian), [[Melissa Hernández]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Sofia Manso]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
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Mo once had a bicycle named Rocinante. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 2}} After the Maltos moved from [[Philadelphia]] to [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]], Mo tried to help her brother settle in. When he attempted to cycle back to Philly, she followed him, only for her own bike to break and the pair were caught up in a battle between a [[G.H.O.S.T.]] convoy and [[Arachnamech]]s. The two kids took shelter in a cave where they found the [[Emberstone]] which equipped them with [[cyber-sleeve]]s and created new [[Transformer]]s [[Twitch]] and [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]. The four of them soon realized that they were emotionally bonded, and Robby and Mo opted to take them home and keep them hidden. They managed to persuade Alex to retell the story of the Transformers while Twitch and Thrash were in earshot. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}} Thrash practiced juggling using Mo and some rocks, and observed that Mo seemed a lot happier than she had been before. When they discovered that Twitch had scanned an alternate mode, Mo had the idea they should go into town to look for things to scan. The pair were attacked by Arachnamechs and saved by the arrival of first Robby and Twitch, and then [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]]. Reunited with their mother, they tried unsuccessfully to persuade her not to let G.H.O.S.T. take Twitch and Thrash away. Unfortunately it turned out the two Terrans had actually been abducted by evil scientist [[Mandroid]], and Mo and Robby had to use their emotional link to guide the rescue team to find the pair. In the aftermath of the rescue, the Maltos took the two Terrans home to be part of their family. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 2}}

[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]'s attempts to train the Terrans fell on deaf ears, as they were too busy picking apples and appreciating [[Fluffy Ears|cute cows]] with Robby and Mo. Mo took part in Malto Family Game Night, and when Twitch stormed out and caused a herd of cows to stampede, Mo and Thrash worked together to round them up again. {{storylink|Moo-ving In}} Following damage to the house caused by a game of capture the flag that Robby, Mo and the Terrans were playing, Dot and Alex imposed a new rule that the bots couldn't go in the house. Thrash persuaded Mo to smuggle him in anyway so they could watch wrestling. The pair again managed to damage the house and were grounded by Dot, but Thrash talked Mo into following their mother into town. There they encountered the Decepticon [[Swindle (ES)|Swindle]], who befriended them and duped them into helping him search for his brother [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]]. When he eventually turned on them when Mo refused to help him break into a G.H.O.S.T. truck, Mo called up her mother, who arrived with Bumblebee and rescued the pair. {{storylink|House Rules}}

Dot took Mo, Robby, Twitch and Thrash to her ranger station work to show them her workplace, only to discover it was built atop the G.H.O.S.T. HQ. The four kids fell into a Decepticon trap while attempting to avoid detection by [[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]], at which point Mo was angered to find out that Roddy and Twitch had been going out exploring at night without telling her or Thrash. They were found in the pit trap by Optimus, who hid them in his trailer in the G.H.O.S.T. base, however it wasn't long before they went wandering and ended up trapped in one of [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]'s combat simulations. After working together to defeat the simulation, Robby and Mo got over their previous fight. {{storylink|Classified}} Robby and Mo listened to their father's tale of the [[Wakwak]] before heading off to bed. The next day, Mo was too busy teaching Thrash to play the guitar to go on a Wakwak hunt, and later the pair serenaded the rest of the family with their musical abilities. {{storylink|Traditions}}

When the emotional feedback from their link caused problems for Robby and Mo on their first day of school, they asked the Terrans to stay home. They later found the Terrans had gone missing, and with Bumblebee's help, tracked the pair down and found Twitch and Thrash were critically low on energy. Fortunately they discovered that the Terrans seemed to be powered by water rather than [[energon]]. {{storylink|Friends and Family}} Bumblebee's lesson on using decoys wasn't particularly successful until Mo came up with the idea of turning it into a song. Bee left Mo, Robby, Twitch and Thrash to be trained by [[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]] for a while, and she forced them to do work until they eventually rebelled and she revealed the lesson was to not let others order them around. After learning that Bumblebee had ditched them in order to join an in-progress battle, Arcee took the kids to join in, and Mo's song turned out to be effective in combating the cassette Decepticons' sonic attacks. {{storylink|Decoy (episode)|Decoy}}

Mo and the other Maltos attended a G.H.O.S.T. Autobot Alliance ceremony which came under attack by [[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]] and [[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]], resulting in them having to take cover. Optimus later had the kids lead him to the cave where the Terrans were created, where they found the Emberstone. Again attacked by the two Seekers along with a swarm of Arachnamechs, the kids took shelter in the cave where Mo's plea for help resulted in the creation of three more Terrans. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 1}} With Dot and Megatron captured by Mandroid, Mo and the others regrouped to come up with a plan. The rescue became dangerous when it turned out Mandroid's base was a giant mech, and Mo joined Robby, [[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]] and their father in taking out the mech's external cameras. Once the mech was destroyed, the Malto family was reunited with three new Terran members. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 2}}

The Malto family got to explore the underground [[Dugout]] base that [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] had built. {{storylink|Hashtag: Oops}} Mo borrowed her father's video camera so she and Thrash could create their own kaiju monster movie, inspiring Jawbreaker to use the camera in an attempt to learn more about alternate mode selection. She was part of an attempt in the Dugout as [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] tried to help Jawbreaker by filming Twitch and Thrash, and the Malto family was later treated to the end results of the filming. {{storylink|Outtakes}} The kids' fun on a day off was temporarily interrupted by Nightshade's technology exploding. They attempted to fix up the damaged device for Nightshade and later had to come to their sibling's aid after it turned out the Decepticon Nightshade had befriended had mistaken their parents for their captors. {{storylink|Missed Connection}}

After helping out Bumblebee with his racing practice, Robby, Mo and the Terrans became trapped in the Dugout for an extended period thanks to its malfunctioning defense system and Agent Schloder turning up at the farm. {{storylink|Security Protocols}} Mo created a diorama for Dot for Mother's Day. While Dot returned the baby bear Twitch had abducted to the wild, Mo stayed behind with Jawbreaker, Nightshade and Thrash, only for the mother bear to turn up at the farm looking for her cub. The kids had to lead the bear back to the wild, eventually finding Dot and the cub. {{storylink|Bear Necessities}} Megatron took the kids to [[Spacebridge Memorial Park]] to teach the Terrans about the end of the war, however they were attacked by [[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]], forcing them to stop the rogue Decepticon's scheme. {{storylink|Warzone}}

Robby and Mo took the Terrans on a clandestine nighttime trip to Philly. Mo, Jawbreaker and Trash ended up invited to [[Bot Brawl]], only for Jawbreaker to be roped in as a combatant. Reunited with Bumblebee, they had to face [[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]], but were able to release the Dinobot from the device controlling him. {{storylink|Home, Part 1}} They later returned to the Bot Brawl arena to look for Grimlock, only to encounter Mandroid and the giant Arachnamech centipede he unleashed on them. Hashtag was temporarily taken over by Mandroid's control device, but Mo and her siblings were able to help Hashtag overcome it. {{storylink|Home, Part 2}}

The Malto kids were collecting flowers in the woods when they were menaced by Grimlock, still suffering the after-effects of Mandroid's control. After the resulting battle, Robby and Mo consoled Jawbreaker who'd been benched due to not having an alternate mode. Mo was later in the quarry watching Elita-1 help Hashtag train when Jawbreaker inadvertently caused Grimlock to lose control. She gave the unhappy Jawbreaker a pep talk and he was able to talk Grimlock down from the rampage. {{storylink|A Stygi Situation}} Optimus smuggled the Malto family into G.H.O.S.T. HQ so that the sleeves could be scaned with [[Teletraan I (ES)|Teletraan I]] and left the kids practicing in the rec room simulator. When Mandroid took remote control of the rec room and unleashed a sim Megatron on the kids, they had to work together to regain control. Robby apparently died after empowering himself via the cyber-sleeve and Mo was able to bring him back to life using her own sleeve, though their emotional link with their Terran siblings was gone. {{storylink|Disarmed}}

Mo and the other kids went in search of the cave in which the Terrans had been born, believing the water might restore the emotional link, however they instead fell into a deeper cave system through which [[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]], Nova Storm and Skywarp were escaping from G.H.O.S.T. They also encountered the [[Dweller (ES)|Dweller]], which fed on [[energon]], and cooperated to overcome the creature. Afterwards, Robby revealed to Mo that his recent brush with death had caused an infection to start spreading through his body. {{storylink|What Dwells Within}} Finding Robby lapsed into a coma, Mo was upset by her parents' claim that they'd get through it. Mo ran off into the woods and plead with Quintus Prime for help and wishing she'd never touched the Emberstone. She fell into her own dream state where she relived crucial points of the Terran story, but with the difference that she had not touched the stone. Eventually these culminated in her, Robby and their parents facing off against Mandroid, and after they overcame the mad scientist, the four of them woke up in the Dugout with Robby restored to full health. {{storylink|Prime Time (episode)|Prime Time}}

When Bumblebee was given a mission to infiltrate G.H.O.S.T. HQ, the kids resolved to help him as much as they could. Mo remained in the Dugout with Hashtag and Jawbreaker to monitor things from afar while the others sneaked in to the HQ. {{storylink|Stowed Away, Stowaways}} Mo's group rejoined Robby, Twitch, Thrash and Nightshade when the group of infiltrators was pursued into Witwicky by Shockwave. The group was able to defeat Shockwave only to find themselves surrounded by G.H.O.S.T. until their parents helped them make a getaway. This led to Croft bringing [[Ghoid]] troops to the Malto farm, and though the Ghoids were defeated with the help of Autobot reinforcements, Mandroid arrived sporting a new robotic body. {{storylink|The Battle of Witwicky}}

As the family attempted to flee from Mandroid and his new [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] minions, they were slowly picked off and Mandroid was able to capture Robby and Mo, rendering them unconscious and wiring them to the spacebridge in order to turn it into a superweapon that would wipe out energon-based life across the planet. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 1}} He was ultimately successful in activating his weapon, wiping out ever Transformer bar Twitch, at which point the Maltos regained consciousness. Robby and Mo were able to use their cyber-sleeves to channel the power of Quintus Prime and reverse the effects of Mandroid's weapon, bringing everyone back to life and reuniting the Malto family as a new insignia appeared in the sky {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 2}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: EarthSpark - Expedition''===
{{voiceactor|[[Tunisia Hardison]] (English)|[[Lotte Horlings]] (Dutch), [[Isabelle Volpe]] (French), [[Rieke Werner]] (German), [[Giulia Maniglio]] (Italian), [[Maja Gadzińska]] (Polish), [[Anna Mestre]] (Spanish)}}
Sometime after stopping Mandroid's tower, Mo and her family were contacted by Bumblebee, who had encountered some Arachnamechs and now believed Mandroid had somehow returned. To keep her Terran siblings from leaving before Bumblebee got back to the farm, she and Robby recapped their past encounters with Mandroid to try and determine if there really was any chance of the scientist's survival. Not long before Bumblebee arrived, she and Robby left with their mother and Megatron to respond to another call. {{storylink|Transformers: EarthSpark - Expedition}}

==Toys==
===''EarthSpark''===
[[File:TF-ES-Spin-Changer-OP-Mo-Malto-figurine.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Bumblebee & Mo Malto''' (Spin Changer, 2022)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Vehicle spoiler/Flight unit for Mo

: A figurine of Mo Malto comes as an accessory for Spin Changer Bumblebee, able to be mounted on Bumblebee's vehicle and robot modes. When mounted on his shoulders while in robot mode, it activates his spinning gimmick. Bumblebee's spoiler can also be attached to Mo's back to form a flight unit.
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Bumblebee & Mo Malto''' (Cyber Combiner, 2024)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Cyber-Sword

:Released as part of the "Cyber Combiners" assortment, this figure of Mo Malto (in her power armor-like configuration) can combine (inspired by the [[Powerlinx]] feature) with her pack-in mate Bumblebee to form a "Super-Powered" combiner, as either the lower or the upper body. Whether by coincidence or by design, the domelike helmet of her armor resembles that of Spike's and Daniel's Exo-Suits, with the triangular panels on the sides.

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Mo Malto''' (モー・マルト ''Mō Maruto'')

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[[Category:EarthSpark humans]]

Ratbat (G1)/toys

2024-02-12T20:50:10Z

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'''Ratbat''' is often not a cassette.

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
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[[File:G1-toy Ratbat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ratbat''' / '''Frenzy''' (Cassette 2-pack, [[1986]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 "radar-guided free-electron laser" thrusters
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Released in the third year of ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' toyline (second year in Europe), and the only new Decepticon cassette that year, Ratbat transforms from a robot bat into a microcassette that can fit in the chest compartment of the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Blaster]] molds. He was released in a two-pack with [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#G1FrenzyRatbat|Frenzy]] in 1986 in the US and European markets. The toy had either gold or silver weapons, and either painted or sticker cassette detail. It is unknown if the color of the weapons corresponded to the detailing types.

: Ratbat's tiny "ears" are among the more easily lost parts in the original ''Transformers'' toyline.

: This mold was later used to make ''Encore'' [[Wingthing (G1)#Encore|Wingthing]] and ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Ratbat (SG)#Toys|Ratbat]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Ratbat/ratbat.htm More information on G1 Ratbat at TFU.info]''
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ratbat''' (Cassettron, 1986/[[1987]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-61''', '''D-107'''
:*''Accessories'': 2 "radar-guided free-electron laser" thrusters, cassette case (1987 release only)
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: In Japan, Ratbat was initially released by himself on an individual card in the second year of Takara's ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' toyline. This version of the toy came with golden weapons and stickered paint detailing.

: The following year, he was re-released in the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1987 (The Headmasters)|Headmasters]]''-themed era of the line, this time in a small box with a new ID number. The toy itself appears to have no significant changes from the first Takara release, though it did gain a clear-plastic cassette case Ratbat (or any other cassette) could be stored in.
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe 2008 Ratbat toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Batman]] always did need a space ship.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Standoff Beneath the Streets''' (2-Pack, [[2008]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''War Within Series'''
:*''Accessories'': Left & right wing-swords, Decepticon [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]-style [[Cyber Key]]
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}

: A [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Sideways (Armada)#Cybertron|Sideways]], [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'']] Ratbat is a purple, alien spacefighter with a pop-out "internal displacement cannon". When his [[Cyber Key]] is inserted into the back of the cannon, he switches factions (from Decepticon to Ultracon) and the built-in spring-loaded "combat blades" deploy. His wings can also detach from his ankles and be used as blades, with both [[5 mm post|pegging]] into either 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. His (conveniently color-coded) purple Cyber Key is unpainted, save for its silver Decepticon symbol. He was available only with [[Springer (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Springer]].

: His [[packaging]] [[stock photography]] has his [[robot mode]] flipped, and his [[instructions]] and [[packaging]] call-out erroneously mention that his key-activated faction-changing [[gimmick]] makes him switch from "''Autobot'' to Decepticon at will!" Worse yet, in an effort for him to fit in the box, he is ''horribly'' mis-transformed, with his crotch being left split open, and the panel above it not being fully attached to his main body.

: Despite being a redeco of a ''Cybertron'' mold, ''Universe'' Ratbat is a remarkable [[homage]] to his ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|Dark Ages]]'' robot mode and altmode. This is further enhanced by packaging him with [[Springer (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Springer]], whom Ratbat had a rivalry with in the story. See [[Ratbat (G1)#Dreamwave Generation One continuity|the relevant story section]] for more details.

: In its first release in Canada, the set did not include a comic (in spite of the ''INCLUDES COMIC!'' marking on the package), and in its [http://forums.tformers.com/talk/index.php?&showtopic=15367&view=findpost&p=1449552 first reported US sighting], included the wrong comic. Instead of a reprint of "[[Target: 2006]]" parts [[Target: 2006#Wreck and Rule.21|4]] and [[Target: 2006#The Devil You Know...|5]], which was meant for the "Autobot Ambush" Deluxe-Voyager two-pack of [[Roadbuster (G1)#Universe (2008)|Roadbuster]] and [[Dirge (G1)#Universe (2008)|Dirge]], the right comic was to be ''The Dark Ages'' issue "[[Escalation]]", which was similarly and erroneously included with the "Autobot Ambush" two-pack.

: This mold was also used to make the [[Noisemaze Mass Production Type Version#Galaxy Force|Noisemaze Mass Production Type Version]], and [[retool]]ed into ''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/2008/Decepticon/TFURatbat/ratbat.htm More information on Universe Ratbat at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm a cassette... I'm a bat... I'm adorable!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Soundwave''' (Multi-pack, [[2009]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''G1 Series'''
:*''Accessories:'' 2 "radar-guided free-electron laser" thrusters, cassette case

: In 2009, the original Ratbat toy was included with yet another [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|reissue of the original 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. This release has stickered tape detailing and gold weapons, as well as a clear cassette case.

: Surprisingly for a reissue, the US San Diego Comic-Con release and the ''Encore'' release were near simultaneous, both occurring on the same weekend... but the two have a significant difference (see below).
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===''Encore''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Great Cassette Operation Vol.2''' (Multi-pack, 2009)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''17'''
:*''Accessories'': 2 thrusters

: As part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line, Ratbat was reissued in a box set along with [[Slugfest (G1)#Encore|Slugfest]], [[Ramhorn (G1)#Encore|Ramhorn]], and [[Steeljaw (G1)#Encore|Steeljaw]]. While this release retains the gold weapons, its tape detailing is now a tampograph, a first for Japanese Ratbats.

: In 2014, this and the other two cassette four-packs were re-released as lucky draw prizes for the Transformers Celebration 2014 event held at Ikebukuro Sunshine City store's [[Toys"R"Us]], though this was likely just leftover stock.
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===''Generations''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Hardhead vs. Ratbat''' (2-pack, <s>2011</s>)}}</ul>

: This figure would have been a [[Retool#Gang-molded alternate parts|pretool]]/redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class [[Scourge (G1)/toys#Generations|Scourge]], utilizing the alternate head sculpt depicted in Scourge's instructions (inspired by Ratbat's pre-war [[Senate|Senator]] body [[Ratbat (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|as seen]] in [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'').

: It was intended to be released as part of a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] two-pack with [[Hardhead (G1)#Generations|Hardhead]], a redeco of ''Generations'' [[Warpath (G1)#Generations|Warpath]] that would have similarly used that toy's alternate head sculpt. The intended deco sheets for the two figures were revealed by the unofficial [[Pete Sinclair|Pete]]'s Robot Convention on Facebook in 2020, but later taken down again at the request of Hasbro.
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===''Generations'' (Japan)===
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[[File:Generationstoy-TakaraTomy-Ratbat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Made from yet another Unicron agent.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ratbat''' (Deluxe, [[2013]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[June 29]], 2013
:*''ID number'': '''TG20'''
:*''Accessories'': 2 handguns

: Part of the seventh wave of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers: Generations (Japan)|Generations]]'' toys, Ratbat is a pretool/redeco of ''Generations'' Deluxe Class Scourge that utilizes the alternate head sculpt previously intended for the unreleased Hasbro ''Generations'' figure listed above, but features a considerably different deco. He transforms into a jet loosely based on the {{w|Boeing X-48}} blended wing body concept aircraft, and comes with two weapons that are both held via [[5 mm post]]. They can combine via [[C joint]] into a triple-barreled weapon, and can store inside each of his cape halves/aircraft wings.

: Aside from the actual toys sharing the same basic tooling as Ratbat, this particular version using the Ratbat head also served as the basis of the non-toy [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW]] incarnation of [[Deathcobra (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Deathcobra]] and the [[Ex-Jet]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/GenRatbat/ratbat.htm More information on ''Generations'' Ratbat at TFU.info]''
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===''Linkin Park × Transformers''===
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[[File:LPRatbat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''[[Iridescent|Insides crying: "Save me now"<br>You were there, impossibly alone]]'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Transformers Linkin Park Soundwave: Special Edition''' (Multi-pack, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[September 23]], 2013
:*''Accessories'': 2 "radar-guided free-electron laser" thrusters

: [[Linkin Park]] Ratbat is a gold and... also gold [[redeco]] of the original Ratbat microcassette toy. He has no stickers, factory-applied or otherwise, leaving his tape mode bereft of tape detail.

: At least one Ratbat (*ahem*) was misassembled so that the tips of the feet are unable to swing forward for bat mode, requiring disassembly and reassembly. Currently unknown if this is a widespread problem.

: He's packaged with Linkin Park gold redecoes of [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Linkin|Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Linkin|Laserbeak]], [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#Linkin|Buzzsaw]], and [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Linkin|Ravage]] on a flocked-purple plastic tray inside a special commemorative box. Linkin Park Soundwave: Special Edition was exclusive to [http://www.suru-la.com SURU] and limited to 2000 pieces.
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:MP-Soundblasterwithratbat.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Soundblaster''' ([[2014]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[March 23]], 2014
:*''Accessories'': Cassette case
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Ratbat transforms from micro-cassette to a character model-accurate mechanical bat. Similar to ''Masterpiece'' [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Buzzsaw]]/[[Laserbeak (G1)/toys|Laserbeak]] and [[Ravege (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Ravage]], Ratbat's gold accessories are now integrated into the transformation and separation is not possible. Unlike the other [[TakaraTomy]] Cassettrons however, Ratbat comes with a colorless-clear cassette case instead of a hot pink cassette case.

: Due to the modified [[transformation]] scheme compared to the original toy, the [[alternate mode|cassette mode]] details are visible on the front of his wings. The line art of these details were actually part of Ratbat's original [[character model]], although in most depictions of this model in fiction the wings remained solid purple. The details ''were'' properly colored in for his appearance in ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' [[All Hail Megatron issue 5|#5]], however, as shown in Ratbat's [[Ratbat (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|IDW section]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Wingthing (G1)#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' Wingthing]].
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===Xiaomi/''Transformers''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Soundwave''' ([[2016]])}}</ul>

: The result of a team-up between [[Hasbro]] and Chinese consumer electronics company {{w|Xiaomi}}, Ratbat is included with the larger Soundwave figure that transforms from an officially licensed Mi Pad 2 tablet to a Voyager-sized robot in 30 steps. Ratbat is a somewhat large figure formed from part of Soundwave's [[kibble]], and can be mounted on his back as a wing attachment, or perched on his arm. Ratbat's whole design seems like something of an afterthought and lacks any semblance of a bat face other than a Micro-USB port that is perhaps meant to represent his head in this form. Soundwave's weapons store within Ratbat's wings while the two are combined in tablet mode.
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===''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''===
[[File:Ninja Force Ratbat toy.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|And I'd like to submit a formal request for you to shut your face whenever it's convenient for you, and if not, then no problem!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''G.I. Joe featuring Ninja Force and Transformers''' (Multi-pack, 2017)}}</ul>

: Part of a comics-inspired ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (toyline)|G.I. Joe / Transformers]] '' crossover set sold by [[Fun Publications]], this redeco of ''Masterpiece'' Ratbat has super-comic-inspired colors, most notably replacing his black with blue, as was the way "black" was usually depicted in comic coloring through the '80s and '90s.

: Also included in the box set were [[Megatron (G1)/toys#ClubCrossover|Megatron]], the ''Joe'' figures [[Scarlett#NinjaForce|Ninja Force: Scarlett]], [[Sidney Biggles-Jones#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Dr. Sidney Biggles-Jones]], and [[Cobra Commander#FubPub|Cobra Commander]], a figurine of [[Blackcat (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Autobot Black Cat]], and accessories of gun mode Megatron, [[Toaster#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Autobot Toaster]], and three [[Crusticon#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Crusticon]]s.

::*''[https://www.yojoe.com/action/17/ratbat.shtml More information on Ratbat at YoJoe.com]''
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===''War for Cybertron: Siege''===
[[File:Siegetoy-Ratbat.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Not in the face!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Rumble & Ratbat''' (Micromaster 2-pack, [[2019]])}}</ul>
:*''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-S46'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SG-41'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[January 25]], [[2020]]

: Part of the fifth wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Micromaster two-packs, Ratbat transforms into the "V4 Sonicsurge Drone Armor". This flattened box mode is theoretically compatible with ''Siege'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundwave]], but in practice it is slightly too large to fit into his chest compartment without bending the clear plastic door. He can, however, attach to Soundwave and other figures as some sort of shield.

: Ratbat was only available packaged together with [[Rumble (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Rumble]].

: This mold was also redecoed to make ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' [[Wingthing (G1)#Generations_Selects|Wingthing]], and retooled with a new head as [[Skar (G1)#Generations|Skar]].
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Senator-Ratbat.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|As seen on [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Rise of Tyranny 2-Pack''' (2-pack, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Blaster
{{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 on the [[May 16]]th, 2023 Transformers Fanstream, and released as part of an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive ''Pre-Cybertronian War Collection'' subline, ''[[Transformers: Legacy| Legacy]]'' "Senator Ratbat" is a retool of ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Scourge (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Scourge]], transforming into a Cybertronian hovercraft in 17 steps. The figure's new head, shoulders, and chestplate are based on his appearance in the ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'' comic. His new vehicle mode face cover features an embossed [[senate]] insignia. He lacks the [[Fire Blast effect|blast effect]] accessory included with original iterations of the mold.

: Ratbat comes in a 2-pack with [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#RiseofTyranny|"Miner Megatron"]].

: 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.

: The original version of this mold was also used to make ''Studio Series'' [[Sweep (G1)#Studio Series|Sweep]], and retooled to make ''Legacy'' [[Alpha Trion (G1)#Legacy|Alpha Trion]].

::''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CsUU9MpO8M9/ Designer commentary on Senator Ratbat from Evan Brooks on Instagram]''
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==Merchandise==
===Diamond Select===
[[File:Soundblaster statue.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Sorry, Soundblaster, but you having legs was JUST NOT in the budget. Squeak.]]
*'''Sound Blaster''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Sound Blaster]] bust was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]], limited to 1,000 pieces. It includes a new sculpt of Ratbat perching on Sound Blaster's shoulder.

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[[File:Rumble statue.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|They took the plastic that would have been used for Rumble's legs to make me! Because really, who's more adorable: Me, or Rumble's legs? Yeah, I thought so.]]
*'''Rumble''' (Diamond Select, 2009)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2009, [[Rumble (G1)/toys|Rumble]] was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 1000 pieces. Ratbat is seen blazing over his shoulder and decoed in a deeper purple than he is usually depicted in.
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===''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''===
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*'''Shockwave H.I.S.S. Tank with two figures & Energon''' ([[July 12]], [[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 (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Ravage]], and 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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===Imaginarium Art===
[[File:ImaginariumSoundwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Is this really an efficient use of resources?]]
*'''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:W4RaiderRatbat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Raider Ratbat, Spy Patrol-Fuel Scout''' (2019)
**'''Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Siege II'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T37/T52'''
**''Stars: ''6

:Raider Ratbat, Spy Patrol-Fuel Scout 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 Ratbat's size, Raider Ratbat, Spy Patrol-Fuel Scout 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]]'' Ratbat toy, with the Bot Mode artwork being reused from the toy's packaging art, and original Alt Mode artwork with lines by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]].
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===''Super Cyborg''===
*'''Soundblaster''' (2021)
**''Accessories'': Concussion blaster, torso plate, Ratbat cassette

:''Super Cyborg'' Soundblaster is an 11-inch-tall non-transforming figure with 7 points of articulation, released by [[Super7]]. The figure's main selling point is the ability to remove the entire front of the torso, revealing sculpted mechanical innards (including internal speakers and tape reels, appropriately enough). The figure includes a non-transforming cassette that is purportedly Ratbat, even though it is clearly a [[repaint]] of the previously-released [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#SuperCyborg|''Super Cyborg'' Laserbeak]] cassette.
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===XM Studios===
[[File:XMStudiosSoundwaveStatue.jpg|thumb|[[Komoribreast|Batbreast]], eat your heart out!]]
*'''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 (written as "Redbat" on the XM Studios website), 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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Jazz (G1)/toys

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Metalstar: /* Flame Toys */ SOMEHOW TFSource sent me this instead of the Legacy Override I ACTUALLY ordered.

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[[File:G1 packagingart Jazz.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't be racist. Be like the panda. They're black, white, and Asian.]]
'''[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]''' has appeared as many toys. All of them cool.

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
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[[File:G1 Jazz toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|At least he doesn't like music as much as [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster.]]]]
*'''Jazz''' (Autobot Car, [[1984]])
**''Takara ID number'': '''06'''
**''Takara release date'': [[1985]]
**''Accessories'': [[photon rifle]], missile launcher, 3 missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
:Originally a pre-''Transformers'' ''[[Diaclone]]'' Porsche 935 Turbo, ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Jazz was part of the original assortment of Autobots released in 1984. He transforms into a Martini Racing Porsche 935/76, specifically the Martini-sponsored 935 which won the first circuit of the {{w|1976 World Championship for Makes}}, the Mugello Circuit. Like other Autobots who sported similar "sponsor" decals, however, Jazz's stickers deliberately misspell his sponsor as "Martinii". In [[robot mode]], he is armed with a silver [[photon rifle]] and a shoulder-mounted, spring-loaded rocket launcher that can fire three silver missiles. Like all his 1984 brethren, Jazz gained a heat-activated [[rubsign]] in 1985, added to the right-hand side of his hood.

:The packaging for the [[Milton Bradley]] release of Jazz in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain sported an additional "Porsche" remark after his name. The significance of this is still unknown at this point.

:In an undocumented feature, unpegging the hands from the shoulders in vehicle mode gives the figure working steering.

:This mold was also used to make (the originally Japanese-exclusive) [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Stepper]], later renamed Ricochet for Hasbro's reissue.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-autobot-cars-jazz/84/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Jazz at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Jazz/jazz.htm More information on Jazz at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G1-toy Jazz CookieCrisp.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|HOT RALSTON]]
*'''Jazz''' (Limited edition promotional variant, 1985)
**''Accessories'': photon rifle, missile launcher, 3 missiles
:In 1985, Jazz was also made available as a giveaway [[exclusive]] through a [[Cookie Crisp]] cereal contest. This edition of the figure features modified [[sticker]]s that lack all "Martinii" and "Porsche" detailing: the factory-applied door stickers (which were simply placed directly on top of the normal door stickers!) and the customer-applied stickers on the windscreen, spoiler top and sides. He came with his normal [[instructions]] and a copy of his box-back bio (minus the "[[Tech Spec]]" part) as a glossy-paper mini-card, printed in black and white.

:Per the contest rules, as many as 25,000 of these figures may have been given away.

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[[File:Pretender Jazz toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|In a just world, Jazz's Pretender shell would look like Richard Roundtree.]]
*'''Jazz''' ([[Classic Pretender]], [[1989]])
**''Accessories:'' 2-piece [[Pretender]] shell, helmet, laser, rifle
:Classic Pretender Jazz is a highly simplified version of his original toy, still transforming into a Porsche 935 Turbo. He is armed with a black gun (named only a "laser" in his instructions, but identified as a [[photon rifle]] in his [[Tech Spec]]s), which can mount on his roof in vehicle mode.

:Jazz's two-piece Pretender shell resembles a human in a blue and white armored space suit with a removable helmet. The shell is armed with a large black rifle (given the dramatic identifier of a semi-automatic [[ion pulse gun]], according to his Tech Specs), and when Jazz is stored inside, it can also hold the smaller robot's photon rifle, thanks to the weapon's multi-width peg.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Jazz/jazz.htm More information on Classic Pretender Jazz at TFU.info]''

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*'''Jazz''' (Legend, 1989)
**''Accessories:'' laser
:Available [[exclusive]]ly at American [[Kmart]] stores, the [[Legends (G1)|Legends]] version of Jazz is simply the inner robot of the Classic Pretender toy without the shell or its accessories, leaving him only a small handgun... however, it happens to be ''[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#G1Legend|Bumblebee]]'s'' [[laser pistol]]. (Legends Bumblebee has Pretender Jazz's gun.)

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[[File:G1toy japanese legends giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Hero Set''' (Multi-pack, 1989)
**''Accessories:'' laser
:In Japan, Legends Jazz was only available in a boxed "Hero Set" with the Legends versions of [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Hero Set|Bumblebee]], [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#HeroSet|Grimlock]] and [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Heroset|Starscream]]. There are two known versions of Jazz. In one version the factory applied sticker on the car hood is applied upside down. The other version is the same as the Hasbro release.

:In Italy, [[GiG]] released their own version of the Hero Set, named "Set Commandos", instead of the Classic Pretender versions of the toys. Here, Jazz was named "Folgore", originally the Italian name of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. The "Set Commandos" toys were identical to the Japanese "Hero Set" versions, including the two sticker variations.

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[[File:G1-toy Jazz AM.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now he can shred the streets on his board.]]
*'''Jazz w/ Turbo Board''' ([[Action Master]], [[1990]])
**''Italian Name:'' '''Bionic'''
**''Accessories:'' [[electromagnetizer gun]], Turbo Board
:Part of the first assortment of individually-carded [[Action Master]] figures, Jazz's sculpt was based upon his cartoon model, but with some of the toy details added in. Like all (well, most) Action Master figures, he cannot transform, but has extra posability (mostly in his legs) far beyond that of his original toy. He is compatible with all Action Master accessories and vehicles, and comes with the [[Turbo Board]] mini-vehicle, which also converts into a colossal cannon he can carry.

:There are reportedly several minor variations of this figure, all regarding the color of his headlights. Some have them unpainted, while others are light blue or greenish-blue.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Jazz/jazz.htm More information on Action Master Jazz at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1toy classic heroes jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Classic Jazz''' (1990)
**''Accessories:'' photon rifle, missile launcher, 3 missiles
:Jazz was reissued in Europe and Australia in 1990 as part of the ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' line. This version is ''mostly'' identical to the original toy, but it uses the Cookie Crisp edition's factory-applied door stickers that lack the "Martinii" logos. The customer-applied stickers are the same as the original release, and thus did include the "Martinii Porsche" decals for the windshield and rear spoiler.
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2 Jazz.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Jazz''' (Autobot Car, [[1993]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Photon rifle, missile launcher, 2 missiles

:''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' Jazz is a slight [[retool]] and (literal) [[repaint]] of the original toy. The chrome feet have been narrowed, omitting two tabs. His face (apparently degraded from [[mold]] usage) now has a strange unintentional smirk. His roof has been retooled with a small hole to accommodate his new bright green, spring-loaded missile launcher. All of his "Martinii" stickers have been replaced with various new stickers depicting his name and the number "1" laid over a rainbow-colored musical note.

:This mold became the basis for future reissues of Jazz, minus the roof hole retooling but retaining his smirk.

:The missile launcher was not created for the ''Generation 2'' line, but came from the [http://www.yojoe.com/action/91/snowserpent2.shtml Snow Serpent] from the ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' toyline. The same launcher was used in the ''Generation 2'' re-releases of [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys|Sideswipe]] and [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Jazz/jazz.htm More information on Generation 2 Jazz at TFU.info]''
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[[File:LaserCycleJazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He's ready to [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-images/tech-specs/Generation-2-Tech-Specs/1995-Transformers-Tech-Specs/Jazz__1995_.jpg.html smash Decepticons like he jams on his guitar!] Uh, assuming he has an Autobot guitar somewhere. They [[Rock Bot (G1)|didn't actually make those]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Jazz''' (Laser Cycle, <strike>[[1995]]</strike>)}}</ul>

:A [[redeco]] of the [[Laser Cycle]] [[Road Rocket (G2)#Toys|Road Rocket]] was planned as Jazz, but like many other planned late-1995 ''Generation 2'' redecos, ultimately never saw release. Interestingly, many of these — including Jazz and fellow Laser Cycle redeco [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#LaserCycle|Soundwave]] — ''were'' solicited in various store catalogues, such as the Sears Wish Book. Some packaged samples of this toy do exist, but there are estimated to be less than a dozen in existence. Jazz would have transformed from a white, yellow, and green Yamaha GTS1000 motorcycle, with an LED-lit arm-mounted buzzsaw that formed part of his rear wheel assembly in cycle mode.

:This mold was later [[retool]]ed to make the ''[[Microman]]: [[Microman#Micro Millennium (1998-2000)|LED Powers]]'' toys [[Microman#MachSpeeder|Mach Speeder]] and [[Microman#HyperSpeeder|Hyper Speeder]]; the retooled mold was then used to make [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Sideways (RID)#Toys|Sideways]] and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[Road Rocket (G2)#Robotmasters|Road Rocket]].
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[[File:G2JazzLegacyArt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Spicy Dorito Jazz (''Concept/packaging art shown in lieu of any physical model'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Jazz'''? (<strike>1995</strike>?)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Presumably rifle, missile launcher, 2 missiles

: Packaging art for an orange redeco of the original Jazz toy has surfaced, and was eventually published in the [[2014]] hardcover book ''[[Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging]]''. Said art revealed it would have had some kind of abstract sunshine decals on the vehicle mode doors.

: Though documentation is (currently) sparse, it seems most likely that this was a concept for 1995 product, as multiple other similar pieces of art have surfaced for similar concepts, and the assortment numbers on those indicate mid-1995 toys. However, it's also likely that these toys were killed very early in the development of 1995 product, as Hasbro was trying to shift the line ''away'' from looking too much like the old line by that point. It could theoretically have been intended as a new character, as some other [[Blackout (G2)|discovered ''Generation 2'' concepts]] were, but [[:File:G2MirageVaultArt.jpg|the art]] for a probable-wavemate [[Mirage (G1)/toys#G2DiacloneUnreleased|Mirage]] with a similar garish deco is still labeled as "Mirage", so... most likely Jazz again. Unlike some of the concepts in this art batch, no physical prototype of this Jazz has ever surfaced.

: This deco would, decades later, get used for the [[Transformers: Legacy|''Legacy: Evolution'']] [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers: Legacy#Walmart|Toxitron Collection]]'' "[[#Legacy|"G2 Universe Jazz]]" toy. In fact, when spotlighting that figure behind the scenes [https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp6c5EbMA_V/ on Instagram], designer [[Mark Maher]] would show the ''Legacy'' book page of orange Jazz's G2 art.
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===''The Transformers Collection''===
[[File:G1toy tfc jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Meister''' (Transformers Collection, [[July 20]], [[2002]])
**''ID number:'' '''1'''
**''Accessories:'' photon rifle, missile launcher, 3 missiles
:Jazz was the first entry in Takara's ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' series of reissues, featuring collectible "book-box" packaging. The figure uses the retooled version of the Jazz mold used in ''Generation 2'', with narrower feet, though the peg-hole in his roof has been removed. Continued degradation of the mold in the intervening years led to further problems with the toy: in addition to the overall looseness of its joints, the toy's face is further deteriorated from the ''Generation 2'' use of the mold, now displaying a gape-mouthed smirk (see inset in picture), and its roof and rear windows no longer align perfectly.

:In addition to these unfortunate, unintentional changes from the original, some intentional changes were made to the figure's stickers. The original toy's "Martinii" sponsor decals on his hood and door are modified to instead display his Japanese name, "Meister", while the "Martinii Porsche" decal across the top of his windshield now reads "Agent Meister".

:A second production run of this figure replaced the original toolings for the weapons with the modified versions that came with Hasbro's ''Commemorative Series'' reissue (see [[#Commemorative Series|below]]).
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===''Collector's Edition''===
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[[File:Ehobby Meister.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bling bling~!!!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Meister Gold Version''' (Cyebrtron, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''06'''
:*''Accessories'': photon rifle, missile launcher, 3 missiles

: A ''[[The Transformers: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]]'' [[e-HOBBY]] [[exclusive]], this version of the original Jazz toy is almost entirely covered in vacuum-metalized gold. Fingerprints and chipping, ahoy! This toy's coloration re-creates the "Gold Porsche" [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] figure available in limited numbers during the pre''Transformers'' Takara ''[[Diaclone]]'' toyline. That said, the original e-HOBBY listing noted its resemblance to the [[electrum]]-coated characters in the episode "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020705205134/http://e-hobby.sputniknext.com:81/index9_1277.html e-HOBBY listing:] "This item really reminds you of the episode 'Secret of the Golden Lagoon'."</ref> (despite Jazz appearing only briefly in that episode, with no speaking lines).

: Unfortunately, it uses the degraded mold of the ''Transformers Collection'' figure.

: This toy was only available in a set with the "Anime Version" redeco of [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Collector's Edition|Bluestreak]], shipping in July of 2002. Both figures came in the generic red Autobot packaging shared by nearly all e-HOBBY Autobot figures.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/Jazz/jazz.htm More information on Meister Gold Version at TFU.info]''
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===''Commemorative Series''===
*'''Autobot Jazz''' (Commemorative Series III, [[2003]])
**''Accessories:'' photon rifle, missile launcher, 3 missiles
:Hasbro's own reissue of the 1984 Jazz as part of the ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Generation One Commemorative Series]]'', now named "Autobot Jazz" for [[trademark]] reasons, is based on Takara's ''Transformers Collection'' version, retaining the ugly smirk and the "Agent Meister" stickers. The alignment problem with the roof and the rear windows has been fixed.

:The weapons have been heavily [[retool]]ed [[for safety reasons]]: The chrome finish is missing, the missiles have been elongated and can only be inserted one way, the nub on the back of the launcher has also been elongated, the launcher barrel can come off the mount, and the trigger has been altered as well.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/AutobotJazz/jazz.htm More information on Commemorative Series Jazz at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:TFU03-toy Jazz.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Well, he still can't see his toes, so that part's accurate...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Jazz''' (Spy Changer, [[2004]]-[[2005]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Rifle

:''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Spychanger|Spy Changer]] Jazz is a redeco of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Spychanger]] [[Side Burn (RID)#Spychanger|Side Burn]], transforming into a 1:64-scale [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|Dodge Viper]] with Jazz's classic white Martini Racing colour scheme and livery, via [[sticker]]s. Like all [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]] molds, he features high-speed axles and can roll very well across smooth surfaces, but lacks the weight to propel him quickly. His rifle is stored between his legs, acting as a tailpipe in vehicle mode.

: This toy was originally exclusively available at [[KB Toys]] stores in 2004, in generic ''Transformers'' packaging with no additional sub-line header. The same toy was later re-released in packaging in 2005, now available from discount chains such as Dollar General and Family Dollar. Jazz was one of three figures released again as part of a second wave of the ''Universe''-branded line-up, with several alterations to the packaging such as a different [[cross-sell]] on the back, a different "Hasbro" logo, and even a different ''function'' (wave 1 Jazz is a "special operations expert", whereas wave 2 Jazz is a "special ops agent").

: This mold was originally intended for release in ''Generation 2'' as an [[Black Viper Go-Bot|unspecified character]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/SpyJazz/jazz.htm More information on Universe Jazz at TFU.info]''
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===''Smallest Transforming Transformers''===
[[File:WSTF Meister.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Tiny Jazz]]
*'''Meister''' (2004)
:''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' Jazz is a tiny replica of the original Jazz toy. His wheels do not roll, and he has a simplified [[Transformation (toys)|transformation scheme]] with considerably more restricted articulation.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/SmallestJazz/jazz.htm More information on Smallest Transforming Jazz at TFU.info]''
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===''Alternators''===
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[[File:Alternators Meister.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Zoom zoom zoom!<br>Ya! zoomzoomzoom.]]
*'''Meister''' Mazda RX-8 (Alternator, 2004/[[2006]])
**''Alternators ID number:'' '''7'''
**''Binaltech ID number:'' '''BT-08'''
**''Accessories:'' muffler-blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Mark McCall]] (Hasbro), [[Hironori Kobayashi]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist, rerelease)}}

:For the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' line, "Meister" (the Hasbro release uses the Japanese-market name as well for a change) was given a new [[alternate mode]], namely a highly accurate, [[licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensed]] 1:24 [[scale]] white [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|Mazda RX-8]]. He features an opening hood with engine, opening "suicide" doors and an opening trunk, as well as a detailed interior with seats and a dashboard complete with steering wheel. His front wheels feature a working "steering" mechanism (which is not connected to the steering wheel, though), and all four wheels are equipped with [[rubber tires]]. In robot mode, Meister is sculpted to resemble both the original Generation 1 Jazz toy and the G1 [[character model|cartoon model]]. He is armed with a rifle that transforms from his muffler; the peg used to attach the muffler in vehicle mode actually plugs into the holes on his forearms near the elbow joints, allowing the blaster to be attached there.

:Takara's ''Binaltech'' version of this sculpt differs from Hasbro's ''Alternators'' version by having his car shell partially constructed of [[die-cast]] metal, as well as having all the car body parts (including those made out of plastic) covered in paint and the side mirrors [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum metalized]], while the steering wheel is made of hard plastic. By contrast, the ''Alternators'' version has the car shell made entirely out of plastic (in standard white compared to the ''Binaltech'' version's slightly more creamy shade), the side mirrors are unpainted, and the steering wheel is made of a rubber-y plastic. Furthermore, there are some tooling differences as well: Like [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Streak/Silverstreak]] before, the ''Binaltech'' version's steering wheel is placed on the right side of the dashboard (like on a Japanese car), whereas it's located on the left side on the ''Alternators'' version (like on an American car). In addition, the ''Binaltech'' version's "steering" mechanism uses a magnet assembly to connect the steering axle to the front wheels (which are attached to the robot mode shoulders), whereas the ''Alternators'' version uses a plastic insertion point. The ''Binaltech'' version also comes with a large Autobot [[insignia]] sticker that can be applied to a real car.

:This toy was redecoed into the simultaneously available "Velocity Red Mica Edition" (see below), and later retooled into a Mazdaspeed RX-8 as [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Shockblast/Laserwave]], the [[Autorooper]], and later as Argent Meister (see below).

::*[[Source:Transformers Binaltech bios#8|Archive of ''Binaltech'' Meister's bio and tech specs]]
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/AltMeister/meister.htm More information on Alternators Jazz at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BT-toy ZoomZoom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Meister Velocity Red Mica Edition''' (Binaltech, 2004)
**''ID number:'' '''BT-08'''
**''Accessories:'' Muffler-blaster

: Simultaneous with his standard release, ''Binaltech'' Meister was also available in a red variant in its own unique packaging. The two figures shipped in cases together in an equal ratio. All of the regular version's white parts, both plastic and metal, are replaced with red, while the panels on the upper hips that are painted teal on the "white" version are painted silver. This version also includes the Autobot car sticker.

: This toy was released concurrently with the "standard" white version of the figure, shipping in the same case, in an equal ratio. This figure's packaging is identical to the standard version (including images of the regular white toy on the back), save for a photograph on the front, and a label identifying it as the "Velocity Red Mica Edition".

: Velocity Red Meister was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as the separate character [[Zoom-Zoom]] by the official ''Binaltech'' fiction.

::*[[Source:Transformers Binaltech bios#8|Archive of ''Binaltech'' Meister's bio and tech specs]]
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/Zoom-Zoom/zoom-zoom.htm More information on Velocity Red Meister/Zoom-Zoom at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BinaltechMayukoIwasaMeister.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Jazz, or Vaporwave?]]
*'''MEISTER feat. MAZDA RX-8 ~'''<font color=blue>MAYUKO IWASA</font>''' Edition~''' (Binaltech, 2004)
**''ID number:'' '''BT-08'''
**''Accessories:'' Muffler-blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Mayuko Iwasa]] (deco artist)}}

:A one-of-a-kind pastel blue, pink, yellow, and indigo redeco of the Binaltech Meister toy, ~<font color=blue>MAYUKO IWASA</font> Edition~ Meister was designed and autographed by Japanese "{{w|gravure idol}}" [[Mayuko Iwasa]]. Yahoo!Japan Auctions listed the figure for auction starting [[September 19]]th 2004, with the auction ending on [[September 26]].<ref name="auction1">[http://web.archive.org/web/20040926033130/http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k7991073 Original auction] for "Mayuko Iwasa" Meister at Yahoo! Japan auctions, archived version.</ref> However, they relisted the figure on [[October 8]]th 2004 (seemingly due to an issue arising between the original buyer and the charity, going by its feedback<ref name="auctionfeed">[http://rating5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/show/rating?userID=npo_actas_charity&u=npo_actas_charity&filter=&extra=&role=&apg=2 feedback rating Feedback] for original auction of "Mayuko Iwasa" Meister at Yahoo! Japan auctions, archived version.</ref>), and the auction finally finished on [[October 15]], 2004.<ref name="auction2">[http://web.archive.org/web/20041012014838/http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k8718622 Re-listing] for "Mayuko Iwasa" Meister at Yahoo! Japan auctions, archived version.</ref> The winner of the auction also received a signed photograph of Iwasa.

:All proceeds of the sale went to the Asian Children Orphaned by Traffic Accidents Support Association (ACTAS).<ref name="auctionnews">[http://tformers.com/transformers-bt-08-meister-mayuko-iwasa-edition-auction/3555/news.html TFormers news story] about the auction for "Mayuko Iwasa" Meister.</ref> In contrast to the placard in its public appearance at the "Binaltech BT-08 Meister / Mazda RX-8 Launch Event", the auction gave the designation of the toy as the "Original Coloring Transformer Binaltech BT-08 Meister feat. Mazda RX-8" (オリジナルカラーリングトランスフォーマー　バイナルテック　ＢＴ－０８　マイスターｆｅａｔ．マツダ　ＲＸ－８).

:To date, ~<font color=blue>MAYUKO IWASA</font> Edition~ Meister has never been seen in robot mode.

::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/event/0409coredo.htm More images of ~MAYUKO IWASA~ Edition Meister at Autobase Aichi]''

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[[File:Binaltech ArgentMeister.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|What's crackin'?]]
*'''Argent Meister''' (Binaltech, [[2008]])
**''ID number:'' '''BT-20'''
**''Accessories:'' muffler-blaster
:One of the first releases of the short-lived (and final) revival of the ''Binaltech'' line, this version of Meister utilizes the "Mazdaspeed Version II" retooled RX-8 body introduced with [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Shockblast/Laserwave]], but using the original Meister head and left hand, rather than Shockblast's arm cannon. It is touted as a "Movie Version", somewhat resembling the look of the [[Movie (franchise)|live-action movie]] [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], due to its silver paint job. The name is a pun on his Japanese function, "Agent Meister", and the Latin-derived word "argent" for "silver".

:Argent Meister was only released in Japan, with no direct ''Alternators'' counterpart.
::*[[Source:Transformers Binaltech bios#20|Archive of ''Binaltech'' Argent Meister's bio and tech specs]]
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===''Encore''===
*'''Meister''' (Encore, Japan 2008)
**''ID number:'' '''08'''
**''Accessories:'' photon rifle, missile launcher, 3 missiles
:Another Takara reissue of the original 1984/1985 Jazz/Meister toy, following the success of the [[Transformers (film)|2007 Movie]].

:For the most part, the tooling is identical to the second production run of the 2002 ''Transformers Collection'' release, with the modified weapon from Hasbro's ''Commemorative Series'' release. The face uses the fixed mouth originally made for the ''Transformers Collection''/''Commemorative Series'' [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Stepper/Ricochet]] reissue from 2004. The feet are still the narrowed ''Generation 2'' version.

:Other changes unique to this version include the replacement of many stickers (such as the Autobot [[insignia]] on the hood/chest and the "Meister" decals on the doors) with tampographed versions, retooled shoulder mounted flame thrower aligned 90 degree from the axis but unlike the previous iterations, is quite difficult to maintain mounted, and a [[show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]] painted blue visor.
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
{{anchor|uni2008}}[[File:Universe2008 LegendsG1Jazz.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Slightly less tiny Jazz.]]
*'''Autobot Jazz''' (Legends Class, 2008)
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)}}

:Legends Class ''Universe'' Jazz, like the Legends Class ''Universe'' [[Hound (G1)/toys|Hound]], emulates Jazz's original toy rather than a modern vehicle re-imagination. Due to the budgetry limitation of Legends Class toys, he features an altered transformation sequence and a limited number of [[paint operation]]s, which leave several car windows unpainted.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/LegendsUniJazz/jazz.htm More information on Universe 2008 Jazz at TFU.info]''
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[File:TF2010 deluxe SpecialOpsJazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|A Solstice with the 1984 robot mode and the 1989 rifle? Just gimme a skateboard and some nunchucks and I am the OMEGA JAZZ!]]
*'''Special Ops Jazz''' (Deluxe, [[2010]]/[[2011]])
**''Accessories:'' "Blaster," two speakers
{{toydesigner|[[Tomoya Miyake]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}
:Part of the fifth wave of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)#RTS|2010 ''Transformers'']] Deluxe class toys, Special Ops Jazz transforms from robot into a "street rally" white sports car that looks like Jazz's original Porsche front-end wearing [[Jazz (Movie)|Pontiac Solstice]] headlights for a hat. Jazz has deployable speakers in both robot and vehicle mode,<ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2010-hasbro-designers-panel-170066/</ref> and his rifle is an update of his [[Classic Pretender]] weapon. The speakers can also combine with his rifle via clips to form a super rifle, or they can be used on any other clip-compatible ''Transformers'' toy. A theme noticed in a few of the updated G1 Transformers is the backwards compatibility with the original character's weapons. Jazz is able to wield his G1 toy's shoulder rocket launcher on his neck though sadly both his original toy's photon rifle and his Pretender figure's weapon are incompatible with the toy. As part of the first wave of the ''Reveal the Shield'' promotion, he sports a [[rubsign]].

:This mold was later redecoed into ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#United 2|Stepper]], ''Timelines''/''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Longarm (SG)|Longarm]] and [[Stepper (SG)|Stepper]], and the mold's alternate head was used to make [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]]. It was also retooled to make ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Wheelie (G1)#Generations|Wheelie]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Kick-Off (G1)#Timelines|Kick-Over]], and was ''intended'' to be retooled into ''Generations'' [[Nightbeat (G1)#Generations|Nightbeat]], who ended up as a retool of an [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe|entirely different sculpt]] instead.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Jazz/jazz.htm More information on Reveal the Shield Jazz at TFU.info]''
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===''United''===
[[File:Unitedtoy-AutobotJazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|People are willing to pay more money for their Jazz to be whiter. ... wait, that doesn't sound right...]]
*'''Autobot Jazz''' ([[January 29]], 2011)
**''ID number:'' '''UN-12'''
**''Accessories:'' "Handgun", two speakers
:Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' toys, this redeco of Deluxe Class Special Ops Jazz is cast in brighter non-metallic glossy white plastic, uses darker blue and red paints, and has a painted grill, feet, shins, stomach, rear windows, taillights, and wheel rims. He also has an Autobot logo on the hood and no rubsign. Unlike the earlier variants of Special Ops Jazz, ''United'' Jazz's forearms are molded in white plastic. The toy's packaging names his combined speaker-gun a "[[sonic cannon]] mode".
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===''Chronicle''===
[[File:EZCollectionChronicleMeisterToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Meister''' (EZ Collection, 2011)
:''[[Transformers Chronicle (toyline)|Chronicle]]'' EZ Collection Meister is... a redeco ([[repaint]]?) of ''Universe'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] Jazz. His visor is silver and features a slightly different Autobot sigil from the Hasbro release. Like other ''Chronicle'' Legends toys, he is sold in a blindpacked box.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO toy Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Mama says "[[Spock]] you Out".]]
*'''Autobot Jazz''' (2011)
**''Set number'': '''31146'''
**''Pieces'': '''122'''
**''Kreons'': Jazz, Race Driver
**''Accessories'': pistol
:The ''[[Kre-O]]'' Jazz set is based primarily on Generation 1 Jazz in deco, with a head sculpt heavily based on ''Reveal the Shield'' [[#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]]'s head, but with [[Live-action film series|Movie]] [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]'s silver coloration. He transforms into a generic sports car that doesn't really look like either of Jazz's alternate modes, with opening doors and a flip-up roof. Sadly, neither of these features is actually useful for inserting a driver (the gap left by opening the roof is too small, and the sides are blocked by unfortunately-placed horizontal bars), but at least the thought was there.

:The included Jazz Kreon is based directly on his ''Generation 1'' self, with his characteristic coloration and deco, and "door wings." He also comes with a generic light gray gun used by some of the other Kreons that can resemble Jazz's [[photon rifle]] if you squint hard enough. The "Race Driver" Kreon wears a red and light gray racing suit and helmet, and also has a light gray baseball cap so he doesn't have to wear his helmet all the time. How thoughtful!

:This set shows signs of having been slightly redesigned late in production. Included among the pieces is a red seat which is not used in either mode; there is an obvious place where it "belongs" in the middle of the car's cabin, but it cannot actually fit there due to other parts interfering. (Interestingly enough, [[LEGO|a certain other company's]] equivalent piece ''will'' fit, thanks to its slightly different design.) Similarly, there is a black sticker with "vent" detailing which the builder is never instructed to apply anywhere, though according to stock photography, it is intended for Jazz's abdomen/pelvis section. Later releases of the set didn't include the seat, but still retained the unused sticker.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Kre-OJazz/jazz.htm More information on Kre-O Jazz at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-Toy UltimateVehiclePack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Ultimate Vehicle Pack''' ([[2012]])
**''Set number'': '''A4583'''
**''Pieces'': '''279'''
**''Kreons'': Bluestreak, Sideswipe
:This [[Red Bucket|bucket]] contains unchanged versions of the Jazz (sans Kreons), [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)#74pc|Bumblebee]] and [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)#90pc|Optimus Prime]] sets, as well as the [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Bluestreak]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Sideswipe]] Kreons.

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*'''Kreon Figure Pack''' ([[2013]])
**''Set number'': '''A4642'''
**''Kreons'': Bumblebee, Jazz, Mirage, Red Alert, Skywarp
**''Accessories'': small pistol
:A boxed set of five Kreons, with [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Bumblebee]], [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Red Alert]], [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Mirage]], Jazz, and a fifth "mystery" Kreon (actually [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Skywarp]]). These toys are all identical to their prior releases.

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[[File:kre-o_jazz_custom_kreon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|As close to the Movieverse Kreon Jazz as we're ever going to get.]]
*'''Autobot Jazz''' (Custom Kreon, [[2014]])
**''Set number'': '''A7318'''
**''Pieces'': '''43'''
**''Accessories'': rack, twin cannons, sword, blaster, rifle, baton
:Part of the second wave of custom Kreons, Jazz comes with a buildable rack to store his customizable parts. His torso, arms, waist and legs have a metal-flake sheen, plus his [[tampograph]]s are more detailed than the ones on his original figure. His "normal" helmet and pistol (originally a [[Klingon]] disruptor from ''Kre-O [[Star Trek]]'') are chromed, plus he comes with transparent legs, torso and helmet. He also has a pair of extra arms (originally from the ''Kre-O Battleship'' aliens), a buildable backpack, buildable rifle, baton, sword, and the [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Wheeljack]] mini-wing backpack.

:Though widely solicited, this wave of Custom Kreons ultimately never saw release outside of Chinese-market distribution circles and [[Hasbro Toy Shop]].

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[[File:SDCC2014_KreonClassof1984_Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]
*'''Kreon Class of 1984''' (Kreon figure set, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''B0090'''
**''Voted'': Most Rad
**''Accessories'': [[Andorian]] blaster
:This version of Jazz has a ''different'' set of toy-based [[tampograph]]s, giving him a more detailed face. His weapon comes from the ''Kre-O [[Star Trek]]'' line.

: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.

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*'''Army Jazz''' (Kreon Warrior, <s>2015</s>)
**''Collection'': '''4'''
**''Accessories'': Gatling gun, display stand

: Part of the canceled fourth assortment of Kreon Warriors, Army Jazz has the Autobot done up as if he transformed into an old World-War-era automobile, though he keeps his "4" in the chest.

: The Collection 4 Kreon Warriors were never released anywhere, but a complete (presumably unbagged) set eventually was found in China in 2023.

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*'''Ninja Jazz''' (Kreon Warrior, <s>2015</s>)
**''Collection'': '''4'''
**''Accessories'': 2 bladed nunchaku, display stand

: Part of the canceled fourth assortment of Kreon Warriors, Ninja Jazz is a Kreon that re-envisions the Autobot warrior in ornate ninja armor, complete with hood. He also has a pair of ninja stars attached to his legs. He carries two nunchaku, which each have a half-moon blade attached to one end.

: The Collection 4 Kreon Warriors were never released anywhere, but a complete (presumably unbagged) set eventually was found in China in 2023.

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===''Generations''===
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[[File:Generationstoy-G2Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|We've gotten new toys of all the kinds of Jazz except the elusive "Utah" variant.]]
*'''Ultimate Gift Set''' (2012)
**''Accessories:'' blaster, two speakers
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Franks]], [[Sam Smith]]<ref>https://youtu.be/jVenhxXrQVs</ref> (Hasbro)}}

:This release of Jazz comes in a colorful deco in the festive spirit of the ''Generation 2'' [[#Generation 2|release]] of the original Jazz toy. He comes packed with Deluxe Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Generations|Combat Hero Optimus Prime]], as well as unchanged releases of ''Generations'' Legends Class [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#UltimateGiftSet|Thundercracker]] and [[Motormaster (G1)#UltimateGiftSet|Motorbreath]].

:His back-of-the-[[Packaging|box]] [[stock photography]] depicts his blaster as white, yet the final product casts it in black plastic.

:The Ultimate Gift Set was exclusive to online retailers in the United States, but was available at general retail in Asia.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/GenUGSJazz/jazz.htm More information on Ultimate Gift Set Jazz at TFU.info]''
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{{anchor|Fall of Cybertron}}
[[File:Generationstoy-Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Generations-JP-TG-02-Jazz.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Autobot Jazz''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Series / Number:'' '''01 / #002'''
**''Accessories:'' blaster pistol
{{note|The Aligned [[Jazz (WFC)#Toys|Jazz]] toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 Jazz in multiple continuities.}}
:Part of the first wave of [[2012]] ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#FOC|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' "Autobot Jazz" transforms into a Cybertronian racer. His blaster pistol has a [[C joint|3 mm hole]] running through it, and can mount via [[5 mm post]] onto his roof, forearms/rear vehicle side, and hands.

:In robot mode, he features a case of [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|faux parts]]: The centers of his feet are fake wheels (attached to the legs via [[Ratchet (mechanism)|ratchet joints]]) that are hidden in the rear section of his vehicle mode, while his real vehicle mode wheels end up on his forearms and on the sides of his chest (partially obscured by panels).

:A [[Variant#Colors and deco|running change variant]] of Jazz exists in the fourth wave, wherein his white plastic is darker and his translucent visor is cast in light blue instead of the previous extremely dark blue, allowing the light piping to work properly. The [[TakaraTomy]] release features an extensive paint job, with his white plastic being coated in grayish off-white paint, along with numerous additional details.

:This toy was redecoed/retooled into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Sideswipe (WFC)#Toys|Sideswipe]].

:Unsurprisingly, the ''Fall of Cybertron'' Jazz toy was used for several Generation 1-based stories. The TakaraTomy deco [[Jazz (G1)#Cloud|appeared]] in the ''[[Transformers: All Spark]]'' manga series. This toy also serves as a rough stand-in for Jazz's appearance in "Season 1" of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comic series.<ref>[[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] was redesigned by [[Andrew Griffith]] in [[The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|''Robots in Disguise'' #1]] based on [[:File:WFC Jazz.jpg|the game render]] from ''War for Cybertron'' and ''Fall of Cybertron''. Your mileage may vary on how fitting the toy is.</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/GenJazz/jazz.htm More information on ''War for Cybertron'' Jazz at TFU.info]''
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:Bot Shots Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Jazz''' (Bot Shot, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''B014'''
***''Fist strength'': '''555'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''370'''
***''Sword strength'': '''695'''
:Jazz is part of the fourth wave of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'', transforming from a blue and white sports car with "4" decals into a [[super deformed]] robot when his front bumper is pressed. His head is heavily based on [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s head. This mold was also used for [[Drag Strip (G1)|Bot Shots Dragstrip]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BSJazz/jazz.htm More information on Jazz at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots 3pack Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Cindersaur / Optimus Prime / Jazz''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''Super Bot 008'''
***''Fist strength'': '''849'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''?'''
***''Sword strength'': '''262'''
:Part of the second wave of three-packs in Series 2, Super Bot Jazz is a redeco of the original Bot Shots Jazz mold in translucent white with blue wheels.

:The second wave of Series 2 three-packs didn't reach mass retail in the United States, only showing up in discount stores like Ross.
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===''BeCool''===
[[File:BeCool GreenSportsCar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Acid Jazz?]]
*'''Green Sports Car (Autobot Jazz)''' (2013)
**''ID number'': '''B15'''
:''[[Bot Shots (toyline)#BeCool|BeCool]]'' "Green Sports Car" is a bright green redeco of ''Bot Shots'' Jazz with orange wheels, retaining the same blue stripes and "4" [[paint operation]]s. Instead of game stats, his chest stickers display images of his vehicle mode, a car's dashboard and a racing track.
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===''Q-Transformers''===
[[File:QTransformers Meister.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|'''DÉJÀ VU!''' He's running in the 90s!]]
*'''Autobot Meister''' ([[February 21]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''QT-11'''
:''[[Q-Transformers]]'' Meister transforms from a [[super deformed]] Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 to a cute little robot. He comes with a code for unlocking Jazz as a playable character in the ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (mobile game)|Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'' game.
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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:PowerOfThePrimestoy-Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Still a Martini, still a Porsche, all the more chill.]]
*'''Autobot Jazz''' (Deluxe Class, [[2017]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-07'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[May 25]], [[2018]]'''
**''Accessories'': blaster, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}
:Transforming into a Le Mans-like racing car [[Porsche#Porsche 962|subtly inspired by a Porsche 962]], the ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' version of Jazz is a mostly new mold that reuses the wheels and combiner peg of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Drag Strip (G1)#Generations|Dragstrip]]. Jazz can form a limb for any ''Combiner Wars''-style Combiner (or become one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs). Fans wanting to open this figure should take note that almost all of the roof, hood, and front grill of the figure is simply translucent plastic painted over, so be careful to avoid scratching or chipping these areas. Worse still, some fans have reported that this translucent plastic does not age well; it has a nasty tendency to crack after a few transformations. Again, ''be careful.''

:Like all other ''Power of the Primes'' Deluxe Class figures, he comes with Prime Armor with a place for a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]] (and by extension, a [[Titan Master#Toys|Titan Master]], [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]], or [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix core]]) that can transform into a hand for a Combiner. He also comes with a piece that can fill the gap in the Prime Armor or be held as a gun. Also like the other Deluxe Class figures, the instructions explaining how exactly the armor connects are extremely vague. To connect the armor, the grill portion of Jazz's chest has two indents that fit the tabs on the "thumbs" when inserted at a slight angle. While this matches up to both the instructions and the packaging art, it should be noted that the connection is rather loose. Curiously, Jazz's engineering includes wrist swivels, but the panels molded underneath his forearms render them largely worthless. On another note, his Prime Armor was redecoed for [[Moonracer (G1)#Generations|Moonracer]], [[Firestar (G1)#Generations|Novastar]], [[Punch (G1)#Power of the Primes|Punch-Counterpunch]], and ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Greenlight#Generations|Greenlight]].

:While not necessarily part of a certain combiner team, his packaging and [[TakaraTomy]] stock photos depict him as part of [[Elita-Infin1te]] while his instructions show him combined with [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Grimlock]] and the rest of ''Power of the Primes'' Deluxe Class figures in Wave 1.

:Curiously, the roof and upper section of his hood both sport the iconic Martini racing stripes that were also present on the original Generation 1 figure. [[Copyright|Hopefully, nothing will go wrong.]]

:In November of 2017, ''Power of the Primes'' Jazz became the center of a minor controversy when it was discovered that the figure's deco included the acronym "[[President of the United States|MAGA]]" in tiny [[Cybertronix]] text underneath Jazz's Autobot insignia ({{w|Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|which, for those of you who have been living under a rock since 2016...}}). When reached for questioning, Hasbro responded that they had not sanctioned the political message and would address the issue with the vendor (corporate language for "freelance artist") responsible.<ref>[https://io9.gizmodo.com/uh-is-this-transformers-toy-a-trump-supporter-1820555691 Uh, Is This Transformers Toy a Trump Supporter?]</ref> A re-release of Jazz as part of wave 3 of the ''Power of the Primes'' Deluxe Class featured a [[variant#Running changes|running change]] that saw the "MAGA" text removed, leaving a blank black space. The variant's date stamp is '''80671'''. While official stock photos of the TakaraTomy release of the figure featured the "MAGA" acronym in Cybertronix, the final toy when released featured the edited tampograph of the Hasbro running change version with a blank black section in its stead.

:The figure was redecoed into ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Generations|Ricochet]].
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-86-01-Deluxe-Autobot-Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|''Hollywoooooood! Hollywood swingin'!'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Jazz''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-01'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-59'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[April 20]], [[2021]]
:*''Accessories'': photon rifle, "[[Moonbase One]] Destruction" backdrop
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Ittoku Kuwazu]] (TakaraTomy)| [[Michael DiTullo]] (concept artist)<ref>Evan Brooks's [https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb-_mqBuIp_/ Instagram post]</ref>, [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:Released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' Jazz is based on his appearance in the original Generation 1 cartoon. Jazz features the number "14" on his side, a combination of the racing numbers on [[#Toys|his original]] and [[#Generation 2|''Generation 2'' toys]] according to designer [[John Warden]], with the intent to "keep it fresh in the alternate universe of [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War For Cybertron]]" and ensure customizers could choose which number they preferred.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Hi All! We mixed up the numbers of G2 (1) and G1 (4) to keep it fresh in the alternate universe of War For Cybertron. That way customisers could choose which number they preferred. Jazz has always been a favorite of mine, glad people are excited by this figure.|link=https://twitter.com/wardenfive/status/1317412380750585856|name=John Warden|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=10|day=17|(defunct=)}}</ref> Coincidentally, it is also the release number of his ''Diaclone'' toy.

:Jazz comes packaged with his back kibble unfolded, although his instructions address how to fold it up for robot mode properly. His roof assembly is made of painted translucent plastic—including ''the hinge that holds it to the chassis''—so caution is advised when transforming him. Unfortunately, the two pins used to attach the car roof to the body and rear half have been observed to cause the part itself to inevitably over time develop vertical stress fractures at both ends, regardless of whether or not the figure is transformed even once or if anything is inserted into the 5mm peg hole on top.

:The [[unpaintable plastic]] parts, such as the thighs, front wheel wells, and the skeletal joints that hold most of his torso together, are prone to a form of [[photodegradation]]. Strangely—similar to [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' Wheeljack]]—the white paint used on the translucent parts ''also'' discolors to a yellowish tinge. This yellowing paint phenomenon is something that had not been observed on ''Transformers'' toys before the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''-era of toys, suggesting a different manner of paint mix has been used.

:As with other ''Studio Series'' toys, the interior of the package forms a diorama display for the figure. In that case, it shows Jazz's computer terminal and observation window from [[Moonbase One]].

:This figure was retooled with a new head into ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' [[Jackpot (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Jackpot]], and retooled more extensively into ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' [[Knock Out (Prime)#Legacy|Prime Universe Knock-Out]].
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===''Masterpiece''===
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[[File:Transformers-Masterpiece-MP-57-Skyfire.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Shh... let him enjoy this small victory.]]
*'''Skyfire''' ([[2023]])
**''ID number'': '''MP-57'''
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Yuki Ohshima]] (concept artist)}}
:Included with the massive [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' Skyfire]] is an articulated, [[show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]] figurine of "Meister", made to scale with Skyfire's jet mode. Funnily enough, after 20 years of the ''Masterpiece'' line this is its first depiction of Jazz/Meister at all.
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===''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''===
[[File:Buzzworthy-Bumblebee-Origin-Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Origin Autobot Jazz''' (Deluxe Class, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': ''[[Transformers: Legacy#Evolution|Legacy Evolution]]''
:*''Accessories'': Blaster, grappling hook, grappling hook base
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Mark worked on this with Yuyu-San, has clear canopy and G1 styled weapon.|link=https://twitter.com/TFU_INFO/status/1622711935820087302|name=TFU.info|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=02|day=06}}</ref>

: Part of the cross-franchise ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' subline, "Origin Autobot Jazz" transforms from cartoon-accurate robot to <s>handheld vacuum cleaner</s> his Cybertronian vehicle mode seen in the opening scenes of "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" and back, similar to the earlier [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#BuzzworthyOrigin|Origin Bumblebee]] toy. He transforms in 20 steps and includes both his blaster and a two part grappling hook attachment for either arm, attaching to a 5 mm port revealed when his hands are tucked away. The grapple stores underneath the vehicle mode via a 5 mm port hidden under Jazz's chest while the blaster more conventionally plugs on top. The toy's "[[Evo-Fusion]]" gimmick involves combining the blaster and grapple by plugging either just the hook or the hook on its base onto the end of Jazz's gun via a 3 mm connection. His alt mode features two dedicated 5 mm [[Fire Blast effect]] compatible ports on the back which, while technically housed in his feet, are entirely separate from the 5 mm ports also in his feet.

: Like other ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' toys, Jazz is exclusive to Target stores in the United States. Due to the open-windowed packaging, it is not uncommon for the paint on his chest to be scratched or chipped while still unopened. Also, the hinge that connects Jazz's vehicle roof to the rest of the backpack may cause the translucent blue plastic to crack, especially on the knurled side of the pin.

: Origins Jazz was officially revealed during a ''Transformers'' team roundtable with fans on [[February 6]], 2023.

:*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CogRwHUMFP5/ Mark Maher's designer commentary on Origin Autobot Jazz]''
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:Legacy-toy Jazz Toxitron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb||No, that weapon configuration is not official, but it ''works''.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''G2 Universe Autobot Jazz''' (Deluxe Class, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Blaster, rocket launcher, rocket, totally-not-a-hologram gun

: ''[[Transformers: Legacy#Evolution|Legacy: Evolution]] [[Transformers: Legacy#Walmart_2|Toxitron Collection]]'' "G2 Universe Autobot Jazz" is a redeco of his ''[[Studio Series]]'' toy, based on ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' concept art for a [[#G2DiacloneUnreleased|bright orange-and-red Jazz]] that never saw release).

: In addition to his standard blaster, Jazz also includes a pair of new 5 mm compatible weapons, originally designed for a ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Hound]] toy that had not been released or even officially acknowledged by the time Jazz had been revealed. Though not shown in the instructions, numerous stock images show him using both of these accessories to simulate the original 1984 toy's over-the-shoulder missile launcher (as seen at right), since the concept art for this deco was just painted-over art of the normal ''Generation 2'' art which also featured that accessory the actual ''Generation 2'' Jazz did not have. Due to the base mold's dearth of 5 mm holes, there's no way to mount all of these accessories in car mode in a not-ridiculous fashion, but, well, "ridiculous" is obviously not out of the question here.

: The ''Toxitron Collection'' was exclusive to [[Walmart]] in the US, with [[Hasbro Pulse]] receiving limited quantities of the figure. This toy was one of three figures put up for preorder on Walmart.com and Pulse on [[March 13]] 2023, with them shipping in mid-July, about the time when the rest of the assortment went up for order on Pulse (but not Walmart.com, grumble grumble).

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[[File:TF-Legacy-G2-Laser-Cycle.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Quick! Someone get [[Benni Latham]] on the phone!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''G2 Universe Laser Cycle''' (Deluxe Class, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 [[Energon]] blades, front tire/Energon blaster

: A surprise—and surprising—entry in the ''Toxitron Collection'', "G2 Universe Laser Cycle" is a [[redeco]] of ''Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection'' [[Road Rocket (G2)#Legacy|G2 Universe Road Rocket]], a new-head retool of the mainline [[Arcee (WFC)#Legacy|''Legacy'' Prime Universe Arcee]] toy, transforming into a '90s-style sportbike motorcycle. The toy's deco is based on the unreleased ''Generation 2'' [[#LaserCycle|Jazz Laser Cycle]]. That said, probably to avoid confusion with the G2 Universe Jazz toy above, it doesn't sport the Jazz name.

: The blaster weapon formed by splitting the front tire can also be plugged into a 5 mm port on the back, allowing the figure to better resemble the original Laser Cycle Jazz figure with its distinctive shoulder wheels. Unfortunately, unlike the original figure, there is no buzzsaw weapon, instead coming with two clear-plastic blades that form a circular disc. The back of the head is molded in translucent blue plastic to allow for [[light-piping]].

: This toy also turned out to be far less in demand than the rest of the ''Toxitron Collection'', though time will tell whether it persists as a true [[shelfwarmer]].

: The original version of this mold was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Shattered Glass Collection|Shattered Glass Collection]]'' [[Flamewar (SG)#Toys|Decepticon Flamewar]], and further retooled into ''Legacy: Evolution'' [[Elita One (G1)#WarDawn|Cybertronian Erial]].
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==Merchandise==
===Stamp Bot===
*'''Jazz''' (Stamp Bot, 1984)
:Made by HG Toys, Stamp Bot Jazz is a small, non-poseable figurine of Jazz based on his toy with a rubber stamp on the base, and a cap with a felt "floor" that was soaked in ink. The stamp made an image of Jazz's sports car mode.

===''Transformers Milk Caramel''===
[[File:TFCaramel jazz.jpg|thumb|Nobody calls me yellow.]]
*'''Meister''' (1985)
:A soft rubber figurine—known in Japan as a ''keshigomu''— of Jazz was released as part of the second wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' [[candy toy]] range. He came packaged with chocolate-covered caramel candies, and was available in red, blue, and yellow.
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===Decoy===
[[File:Jazz decoy.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 22''' (multi-pack, 1986)
:Jazz was among the many characters rendered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of their series of 1.5" ''keshigomu'' figurines. Like all the Autobots in the series, Jazz was molded in soft red rubber, and featured a number sculpted into his back that was the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]]s, for use in the various games that could be played with the figurines. Jazz was available as part of a 22-piece box set of Autobot figures, and later, in a peach coloration randomly packed as part of various other box sets.

*'''Jazz''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''13'''
: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 the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, Jazz 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/Jazz/jazz.htm More information on Decoy Jazz at TFU.info]''
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===''Super Collection Figure''===
[[File:SCF Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Jazz and his brother Heavy Metal.]]
*'''Meister''' (2002)
**''Act'': '''8'''
**''Accessories'': stand
:Released in the eighth "Act" of ''[[Heroes of Cybertron (toyline)|Super Collection Figure]]'', Meister is a PVC figurine based on the cartoon rendition of Jazz. He came in both full-color and pewter-painted versions, both packed one per case.

: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.

:The color versions of Jazz came packaged with the waist of the Act's "build-a-figure" [[Scorponok (G1)#Super Collection Figure|Scorponok]]. This part too could be in either full-color or pewter, packed at a ratio of six color parts to four pewters.
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===''Heroes of Cybertron''===
[[File:HOC Jazz.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Autobot Jazz''' (2003)
:Released in the fourth wave of ''[[Heroes of Cybertron (toyline)|Heroes of Cybertron]]'' Jazz is a redeco of the ''SCF'' Meister figure. He is cast in blue plastic almost completely painted over, leaving the visor and the back of the head unpainted to take advantage of a [[light-piping]] gimmick. His backpack-windshield is also unpainted, which is a cute touch.

:He has a large number of other paint differences from Meister, including a more cartoon-accurate light blue waist deco, red stripes on his rear wheels rather than blue, a much darker gray face, a more complex stripe on his backpack... and for some reason, his boots are light gray all over, including the vehicle-mode wheel hubs, rather than white. Oops.

:Like all ''Heroes of Cybertron'' releases, he came on an individual cardback, with a character bio card. He also included the left leg to the wave's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Heroes of Cybertron|Fortress Maximus]] "build-a-figure".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/HoCJazz/jazz.htm More information on ''Heroes of Cybertron'' Jazz at TFU.info]''
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===''MyClone''===
[[File:MYCLONE MISTER AS5-4.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Mister''' (MyClone, [[2003]])
**''ID number'': '''MTF013'''
**''Accessories'': stand
{{toydesigner|[[Kazutami Yasuhiko]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:A "[[super deformed]]" mini-figure of Jazz was created as part of the second wave of [[MyClone]] Transformers in Japan. These toys could be disassembled and their parts mixed-and-matched thanks to a generic base body.
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===''Generation 1 Figure-Collection''===
[[File:Bottlecap jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*'''Meister''' (2003)
**''ID number:'' '''C-3'''
**''Accessories:'' Display base
:At only one inch in height, this Jazz "bottlecap" figurine (so named because its display base is the size of a bottlecap) was one of fourteen blindpacked figures available in Kabaya's Transformers [[Generation 1 Figure-Collection]]. The figure was rendered in a "retro" black and white color scheme, and came with a leaflet, personalized with cartoon screen captures.
::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/misc_item/kabaya_bottle.htm More information on the Generation 1 collection at Autobase Aichi]''
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===Hard Hero===
[[File:HardHero Jazz bust.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|Shares the same fate as his movie counterpart.]]
*'''Jazz''' (2004)
:Jazz is number 12 in [[Hard Hero]]'s series of cold-cast porcelain ''Transformers'' busts, measuring six inches in height and sculpted holding his photon rifle in his right hand. Jazz was limited to 2500 pieces worldwide, with an additional 100 being specially signed by sculptor [[Jason Ray]].
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===''Titanium Series''===
[[File:Titanium RM Jazz.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Won't you take me to Funkytown?]]
*'''Autobot Jazz''' (Robot Masters, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Muffler-blaster, Autobot display stand
:Titanium Jazz is a small, 3" non-transformable die-cast metal figurine based upon his ''Alternators'' design, but with a little bit of his "traditional" deco thrown into the mix. He has articulation in his waist, shoulders, and head.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/TitJazz/jazz.htm More information on ''Titanium Series'' Jazz at TFU.info]''
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===First 4 Figures===
*'''Soundwave vs Jazz''' (<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 [[Soundwave (G1)/merchandise#First 4 Figures|Soundwave]] fighting against Jazz. According to a look at the digital sculpt afforded to the toy news press at New York [[Toy Fair]] in 2006, the set featured Soundwave holding Jazz above his head, about to throw him down onto the trashed form of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] at his feet.<ref>[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>

: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 set was likely intended to be limited to 1,850 pieces worldwide, given that the certificate of authenticity for the first set allowed buyers to reserve the same numbered release on their next purchase in the series.

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===''Attacktix''===
[[File:Jazz-atx.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|#1 Super Guy!]]
*'''Autobot Jazz''' (Booster, <s>2007</s>)
:Jazz was one of many Generation 1 characters slated to appear in ''[[Attacktix]]''. A presumed wave-3 Booster, this piece was ultimately never released, but was shown at the ''Star Wars Celebration IV'' convention.

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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:Robotheroesjazzthundercracker.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Do the Hustle!]]
*'''Autobot Jazz & Thundercracker''' (Two-pack, 2007)
:''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Jazz is an adorable, [[super deformed]] figurine of Jazz, with limited articulation in his arms, but no head movement. He came packaged with [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Robot Heroes|Thundercracker]].

:This figurine was later [[redeco]]ed into [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Robot Heroes|Ricochet]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/RHG1Jazz/jazz.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Jazz at TFU.info]''

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*'''Autobot Jazz''' (Single-pack, 2008)
:In some countries outside of North America, Jazz was released individually in a blindpack with no notable changes.
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===Sota Toys===
*'''Transformers Chess Set''' (<s>2007</s>)
:Two identical Jazz pieces were to be the Autobot-side Rooks on a [[Chess#Sota Toys|chess set]] based on Generation 1, but the set apparently never saw release.
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===Boss Coffee===
*'''Meister''' (2008)
:A non-transforming PVC figure of Jazz was released as part of a promotion by [[Boss Coffee]]. The small figure was randomly included with single cans of the company's "Rainbow Mountain Blend" coffee, contained in a plastic capsule affixed to the top of can which then became a display base for the figurine once removed. Jazz features articulation at the shoulders and waist, and came with a small catalog leaflet that could be folded up and attached to the lid/base to form a diorama background for added display value.

===''Transformers - Mini Bust''===
[[File:Jazz statue.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|One cold cast cat.]]
*'''Jazz''' (Diamond Select, 2008)
:Jazz was released by [[Diamond Select Toys]] in 2008 and exclusive to online retailer Big Bad Toy Store. He was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1000 pieces. The bust features both his photon rifle and shoulder-mounted rocket launcher, which, along with the car door pieces, are attached magnetically and are optional for display.
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===''Mighty Muggs''===
[[File:MightyMuggs Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*'''Jazz''' (2009)
**''Accessories:'' Photon rifle, doors
:Part of the third wave of [[Mighty Muggs]], Jazz is a [[super deformed]], non-transformable PVC figure with articulated arms and head. He is made largely using the standard Mighty Muggs body mold, with the exception of the head, which uses the same "horn" mold as [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]]. Jazz comes with a super-deformed photon rifle and a pair of car doors that attach to his back.

:Jazz and his wavemate [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockwave]] were initially reported to be canceled, but were eventually released as exclusives at Diamond Distributors and [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.
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===''The Loyal Subjects''===
*'''Jazz''' (2013)
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*'''Illest Jazz''' (2013)
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*'''Gold Jazz''' (2013)
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===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:TinyTitans Jazz G1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Autobot Jazz''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''12/12'''
:Part of the second assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Jazz is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode.

:He includes a collectible card that renders him in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] styling. The card includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

:This wave saw fairly minimal release at "big box" retailers, but unlike other waves, was ''not'' picked up by drug stores and the like later, making them particularly hard to find.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/TTJazz/jazz.htm More information on ''Tiny Titans'' Jazz at TFU.info]''
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===''Q-Transformers''===
[[File:QTransformers Gacha Meister.jpg|thumb|]]
*'''Meister''' (2016)
:A non-transforming figure of Jazz based on his appearance in the ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (cartoon)|Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'' cartoon was available as part of the ''Q-Transformers'' {{w|gashapon|capsule toy}} lineup.
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===''Transformers Figure Collection''===
[[File:TF-Transformers-Figure-Collection-Jazz-Decoy.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Meister''' (01-2016)
:Standing 42mm tall, ''Transformers Figure Collection'' Meister is a non-poseable soft-rubber figure greatly based on a [[Decoy]] figure.
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===Bitfig===
[[File:Bitfig-Part-1.jpg|thumb|]]
*'''Meister''' (12-2016)
:Part of the first wave of Transformers Bitfig capsule toys.

:Meister's design is inspired by his appearance in the G1 cartoon, and is articulated at the neck and shoulders.

:Bitfig toys were packaged in capsules color coded to the toy they contained.
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===Imaginarium Art===
[[File:ImaginariumJazz.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hard rock.]]
*'''Jazz''' (2018)
:[[Imaginarium Art]]'s "Legacy of Cybertron" Jazz statue stands 16 inches tall. Owners have the option of exchanging his left fist with the grappling hook he used in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]". The statue's base can be connected to those of the other statues in the "Legacy of Cybertron" series in order to form a larger battle scene. Only 500 of this item were produced, exclusive to [[BigBadToyStore]].
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W1AutobotJazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Autobot Jazz, Special Ops''' (2018)
**'''Wave 1'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T04/T40'''
**''Stars: ''6
:'''Autobot Jazz, Special Ops''' is one of forty double-sided character cards available in Wave 1 of the ''[[Transformers Trading Card Game]]''.

:The artwork on the card is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile card game.
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===''Keshi Surprise''===
*'''Autobots''' (2018)
:The ''[[Keshi Surprise]]'' series by [[Super7]] consisted of 1.75" soft rubber figures in a style deliberately resembling the 1980s [[Decoy]]s. These blindpacked figures were sold individually or in cases depicting only their faction. Jazz was available in red, yellow, blue, and purple, and included a foil trading card / sticker.

===''ReAction''===
[[File:ReAction_Jazz.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|]]

*'''Jazz''' (2020)
**''Accessories'': blaster
:Released in the first wave of [[Super7]]'s line of multi-property 3.75-inch "retro" action figures, ''[[Super7#ReAction|ReAction]]'' Jazz is a non-converting 3 3/4-inch action figure based on his appearance in the original cartoon, with 5 points of articulation (swivel neck, shoulders, hips) and holes in his feet for use with some variety of stand. He comes with a blaster which can only be held in his right hand.

:As with all releases in the ''ReAction'' toyline, Jazz comes packaged on a small cardback that emulates the nostalgic packaging style of [[Kenner]]'s ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' action figures from the late 1970s to early '80s.

:This mold was also used to make [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#ReAction|Stepper]].
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===Jada Toys===
====''Metals Die Cast / Hollywood Rides''====
*'''Jazz''' (Scale 1/24 Die Cast Vehicle, <s>2019</s>)
**''Accessories'': collectible coin
:Announced by [[Jada Toys]] in 2019, ''Hollywood Rides'' Jazz was planned to be a 1/24 scaled non-transforming die-cast car with rubber tires based on his original Martini Racing Porsche alternate mode and possibly featuring opening doors, front hood and back trunk. Similar to the ''Robot Powered Machines'', the car would have featured a sculpted robot mode underneath. However, the product remains unreleased and is most likely cancelled by now.

:Jazz would have come with a collectible coin with his face engraved on it.
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*'''Jazz''' (Scale 1/32 Die Cast Vehicle, <s>2019</s>)
:A 1/32 scaled version of Jazz was also announced, but remains equally unreleased.
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====''Nano Hollywood Rides''====
*'''Jazz / Sideswipe / Jetfire''' (1.65" Die Cast Vehicle 3-pack, <s>2020</s>)
:''[[Jada Toys|Nano Hollywood Rides]]'' Jazz was going to be a small non-transforming die-cast car measuring approximately 1.65 inches long.

:He was planned to be part of a 3-pack alongside [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Nano Hollywood Rides|Sideswipe]] and [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Jada Toys|Jetfire]], but the pack got replaced and by 2022 Jazz got replaced by [[Hot Rod (G1)/merchandise#Nano Hollywood Rides|Hot Rod]]. As of 2023, however, it's unclear if the pack will ever get to see an official release in any form.
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====''Nano Metalfigs''====
[[File:JadaNanoMetalfigsG1-18pack.jpg|upright=1.44|thumb]]
*'''Transformers Series 1 18-pack''' (4cm Die Cast Figure Multipack, 2022)
:Jada finally managed to released a Jazz in their ''Nano Metalfigs'' line. This Jazz is an incredibly small die-cast figurine molded holding his blaster. 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]].
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===Hallmark Keepsake Ornament===
[[File:Jazz-Keepsake-Ornament.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Transformers Jazz Ornament''' (2020)
:Part of the Keepsake Ornament line, the "Transformers Jazz Ornament" is a plastic ornament "crafted" by Orville Wilson. He is not poseable but comes with his blaster molded into his right hand. The name "Agent Meister" can be found in multiple places on the ornament.
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===Eaglemoss===
[[File:EaglemossChess Jazz.jpg|upright=0.66|thumb]]
*'''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 Jazz 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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===''Pop!''===
[[File:Funko Pop Jazz G1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Jazz''' (2021)
**''ID number:'' '''25'''
:Released as part of the ''Pop! Retro Toys'' segment, [[Funko Pop!|Funko]]'s ''Pop!'' Jazz is a super deformed vinyl figure based on his original Generation 1 toy.

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*'''Jazz''' ([[Funko Pop!#Digital Pop! NFTs|Digital ''Pop!'']], 2022)
**''Rarity:''
***''Monochrome:'' '''Common'''
***''Static:'' '''Common'''
***''Glowing:'' '''Uncommon'''
***''Chrome:'' '''Uncommon'''
***''Original'': '''Epic'''
:{{W|Non-fungible token|NFT}}s depicting Jazz in the Funko style.
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File:TRANSFORMERS_COMMON_JAZZ_MONOCHROME.gif
File:TRANSFORMERS_COMMON_JAZZ_STATIC.gif
File:TRANSFORMERS_UNCOMMON_JAZZ_GLOW.gif
File:TRANSFORMERS_UNCOMMON_JAZZ_REDCHROME.gif
File:TRANSFORMERS_EPIC_JAZZ_ORIGINAL.gif
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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Jazz and Banzai-Tron.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Meister and Banzai-Tron Set''' ([[April 14]], [[2022]])
**''ID number:'' '''19 & 20'''

:Released as part of the third wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of "Meister" in his [[Action Master]] body and [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]] along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#19|Translation of Jazz's Transformers Character Card]]''
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===''Minimates''===
*'''Autobot Jazz''' (Series 3, 2022)
**''Accessories'': rifle, stand
:Part of the third wave of Transformers [[Minimates]] from Diamond Select, this Jazz is a 2-inch-tall figurine featuring metallic paint, 12-14 points of articulation, and accessories and body parts interchangeable with other Minimates. Due to their small size, all 4 figures in each series are sold in the same blister card.

===Flame Toys===
*'''Jazz''' (2023)
**''Accessories'': rifle, alternate hands, alternate face, backpack, back skirt, door kibble, flight stand
:At [[Wonderfest 2022]], [[Flame Toys]] revealed Jazz as an addition to their ''Kuro Kara Kuri'' line of ultra-high-detail articulated action figures. Jazz has [[LED]] features in both his headlights and his visor, activated by the buttons on the rear left and rear right parts of his chest. His included weapon can be either held in his hand as a rifle or mounted backwards on his included backpack accessory to serve as his rocket launcher. He includes a pair of car door accessories that can be mounted on either his forearms or the aforementioned backpack. He has 4 sets of hands that he can use: two closed fists, two posed for holding his weapon, and two pairs of open hands. He also includes a removable back skirt item resembling his rear kibble. He ''also'' comes with an alternate angry face, which can be swapped out by removing his forehead and slotting it in where the previous face was. Finally, he has an adjustable flight stand. It's recommended to remove the back skirt in order to have the clearance to plug Jazz onto said stand.

==Notes==
[[File:PorscheMiniSubaru.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*The first toy planned for the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' line was Jazz as a Porsche 986. A prototype was made, but Porsche refused to grant Hasbro and Takara the license, stating that "Transformers are not worthy [of] carrying the Porsche trademark. They are war machines, and the toyline in no way represents the lifestyle and ideas which Porsche represents."<ref>[http://www.tfarchive.com/community/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24622 Former Porsche employee Addl recounting an informal inquiry with Porsche's licensing department at TF Archive]</ref> As a consequence, the toy ultimately never went into production. Photos of the prototype were depicted in the Japanese book ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide]]'', and Hasbro later also displayed the prototype during the [[BotCon 2007]] Hasbro Tour.
*The ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' Mazda RX-8 (which ultimately ended up as Meister) was originally intended to be named "[[Camshaft (G1)|Camshaft]]", according to various early store listings and a premature reply from Hasbro's customer service. This would also fit with the early idea of making the ''Alternators'' toys "direct updates" of their characters' G1 predecessors. A prototype was leaked to the public in early 2004 sporting the same basic colors as the later ''Alternators'' "Autobot Camshaft" toy (the Acura RSX), although it's uncertain whether the prototype colors for the RX-8 were supposed to be indicative of the proposed colors for Camshaft (since the Acura redeco was originally intended as a G1 Bluestreak [[homage]] before being renamed into "Autobot Camshaft"). The reason why the RX-8 Alternator was ultimately not named "Camshaft" was apparently because the real-life Mazda RX-8 car doesn't ''have'' a camshaft. The irony is staggering, as Camshaft's original toy was an RX-7, which ALSO lacks a camshaft.
*There have been at least two different reasons stated why the Hasbro toy was named "Meister" rather than "Autobot Jazz": For one, Hasbro was still hoping that Porsche would have a change of mind and grant them the license after all, as Chevrolet had done; also, Aaron Archer has been quoted stating that he thought a third toy named "Autobot someone" following "[[Hound (G1)/toys|Autobot Hound]]" and "[[Tracks (G1)/toys|Autobot Tracks]]" would have been somewhat "redundant".
*By coincidence or by design, the 2006 ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'' [[Ransack (Cybertron)#GTS|Ransack GTS]] toy, with a Velocitronian motorcycle alt-mode, employs a deco loosely similar to that of the canceled 1995 [[#LaserCycle|Laser Cycle incarnation of Jazz]].

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Transformers: Reactivate

2024-02-07T18:01:43Z

Metalstar: /* Notes */ link fix

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'''''Transformers: Reactivate''''' is an upcoming online multiplayer game developed by [[Splash Damage]].

It was announced on [[December 8]], 2022 at The Game Awards via a teaser trailer that doesn't tell us a whole lot about the play style. A closed beta is planned to happen [[soon]]. Like some of the [[Transformers: Earth Wars|previous]] [[Transformers: Battle Tactics|games]], ''Reactivate'' will also utilize microtransactions for in-game purchases.

==Plot==
[[File: Transformers Reactivate screenshot20220812 05.jpeg|upright=1.4|thumb|"We can rebuild him."]]

Per the official site, "The gravest threat to [[human]]ity has arrived. And it's already won. [[Earth]] is no longer ours; it belongs to them. All we have left is our hope for the [[Autobot]]s, as we salvage them from the rubble left behind."

Social media pages for the game tell fans to "fight back against the [[Legion (Reactivate)|Legion]]", indicating the name of the game's alien occupiers.

==Featured characters==
[[File: Transformers Reactivate screenshot20220812 06.jpeg|upright=1.4|thumb|You are a Transformer!]]
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*Bumblebee
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==Notes==
* ''Transformers: Reactivate'' has been in development in some form or another since 2017, shortly after the end of [[Activision]]'s exclusivity deal with [[Hasbro]], though that dev cycle has been...''tumultuous'', let's say. Reports of the game's existence first emerged way back in 2018, when it was announced that Certain Affinity was working on a new ''Transformers'' game (tentatively known as ''Transformers: Impact'' and ''Transformers Online''). In 2021, it was confirmed through members of the development team that the game had been retitled ''Transformers: Rise''. It wasn't until the game's official reveal in December 2022 that the current title was revealed, along with the shift in developer, and it would be another year before any new information on the game emerged, that being the announcement of a further delay due to shifting the game engine to Unreal Engine 5. Perhaps most telling about the game's long dev cycle is the fact that a [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Reactivate|couple]] [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Reactivate|toys]] based on the game's designs were released through [[Hasbro Pulse]] in December 2023 (and initially revealed with the "''Rise''" branding despite the name change) before anything beyond the teaser trailer had been shown.
* The teaser trailer featured a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9uyAVi9wWc song cover] of {{w|Bon Jovi}}'s "{{w|Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)|Wanted Dead or Alive}}", performed by [[Empara Mi]] and [[dreamchild]].
* The game's cover art features the head of the [[Statue of Liberty]] with the text [[The New Order|"ARE ALL DEAD?"]] scratched into it.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.playtfr.com/ Official website]
* [https://www.tiktok.com/@playtfr Tiktok page]
* [https://twitter.com/PlayTFR Twitter page]
* [https://www.instagram.com/playtfr/ Instagram page]
* [https://www.youtube.com/@PlayTFR YouTube page]

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Arcee (Movie)

2024-02-07T17:36:12Z

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:''Arcee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Movie continuity family]].''

[[File:Arceemovie.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|She's got legs, she knows how to use them. Temporarily, anyway.]]
Originally a member of the Autobots' science team, '''Arcee''' never stood out as being the "soldier" type until the war broke out. Though small compared to many of her peers and adversaries, she compensates with speed and aggressive maneuvers. Quickly developing hunter skills to be reckoned with, Arcee became one of the most dangerous Autobots around.<ref>''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' trade paperback bonus material</ref> She is a crack shot with her crossbow weapon, and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] has trained her to use her speed to her advantage in battle, striking suddenly and swiftly and then vanishing away again as fast as she appeared.

The events at [[Tyger Pax]] created a nagging doubt in Arcee about her abilities. She carries some guilt about [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s injuries, and part of what drives her is the desire to prove herself, not only in the optics of her friends, comrades, and even her sisters [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] and [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]], but most importantly in her own.

For a time, Arcee used experimental technology that allowed her mind to control ''three'' bodies at once! When two of these bodies were destroyed, she stayed out of sight to adjust to the return to single-body status.<ref>Hasbro's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm#/characters/arcee Vector Sigma: Arcee profile]</ref>
{{bigquote|Did someone call for backup?!|Arcee|''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The seven movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Grey Griffin]] (English), [[Masako Katsuki]] (Japanese)|[[Chen Qian]] (Chinese), [[Martina Treger]] (German), [[Chiara Colizzi]] (Italian), [[Gabriela Bicalho]] (Brazil), [[Erica Edwards]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Gemma Ibáñez]] (Spanish-Spain), [[Özlem Abacı]] (Turkish)}}
:''Holographic rider:'' [[Erin Naas]]

[[File:Arcee-ROTFshoot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Why couldn't she be the other kind of motormaid, with the motorcycle part on top and the lady part on the bottom?"]]

{{note|The film goes into no detail on whether or not Arcee is one entity, or three separate beings. See [[#Arcee triplets|Notes]] at the bottom of this article for a thorough dissection; for the purposes of this section, all three bike-bots are collectively referred to as "Arcee".}}

Arcee was held in reserve as NEST entered Shanghai to deal with Demolishor, only being called into action when the presence of a second Decepticon, [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], was detected. Together with the twins, Arcee pursued the sneaky speedster through the streets of Shanghai, smashing through buildings and everything else in her way, but ultimately, none of her three components were able to do much damage, so Sideswipe was brought up to bat, and he quickly put the Decepticon down.

[[File:Arcee-ROTFthreebikes.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|The [[Chromia (ROTF)|blue one]] likes to sit next to [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] for [[transformer romance|some reason]].]]

While not on missions, Arcee was parked with the other Autobots in their hangar at [[Diego Garcia]]. It was here that the Autobots received word from the [[President of the United States]], via [[Theodore Galloway|Director Galloway]], that the White House was concerned that the Autobots' living on Earth was the reason for the Decepticon activity, and that if need be, they would ask the Autobots to leave. Later, after Optimus Prime died in battle and [[The Fallen]] issued an ultimatum to Earth, the US government decided that the Autobots would be shipped back to Diego Garcia.
[[File:ROTF Arcee shot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Michael Bay displays his usual attitude towards women.]]
NEST had a different idea, and instead shipped Arcee and the other Autobots to [[Egypt]] on the advice of [[Sam Witwicky]], who had the means to resurrect Optimus Prime. During the climactic battle between NEST and The Fallen's Decepticons, Sam and Mikaela attempted to make their way through the bombed-out Egyptian town that had become the battlefield. Arcee arrived with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to escort them through the warzone, but unfortunately, two of her bodies were shot down by enemy forces, with only the blue component remaining operational when last seen. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Arcee's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''; the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]'' and ''[[Movie Trilogy]]'' comics; and the storybook "[[The Last Prime]]".}}

====''Age of Extinction'' film====
Five years after the Battle of Chicago, Arcee was listed as deceased by the CIA task force, [[Cemetery Wind]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

====''Bumblebee'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Grey Griffin]] (English)|[[Danann Huicochea]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:BumblebeeMovieArcee.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|You think you're impressed now? Just wait until she turns into a motormaid.]]
{{note|''Bumblebee'' takes place before the other films (supposedly), but was released later. As such, it is placed here after ''Age of Extinction''.}}
Arcee was among the Autobots fending off a wave of Decepticon forces led by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], where Arcee tried to contact the capital of the last remaining Autobot city for reinforcements only to fail in establishing a connection. She was eventually ordered to retreat by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. Tasked with finding other Autobots scattered throughout the galaxy and rendezvous on [[Earth]], they left Cybertron in various escape pods. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

====''Rise of the Beasts'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Liza Koshy]] (English), [[Fairouz Ai]] (Japanese)|[[Michelle Rodríguez]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Sophia Flörsch]] (German), [[Fernanda Paes Leme]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Ophélie Kleerekoper]] (European French), [[Martina Felli]] (Italian)}}

Arcee was among the crew of Autobots that had become stranded on Earth after arriving in 1987. Seven years later in 1994, she and the others were in [[New York City]] when Optimus witnessed the activation of the transwarp key. The Autobots regrouped in a warehouse to find [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]] had taken in a stowaway, [[Noah Díaz]], who Arcee researched and discovered his past as a soldier. Arcee confirmed the existence of the transwarp key in the museum on Ellis Island, and the group realized they could use it to return to Cybertron. Arcee pointed out they couldn't take the key themselves without evading detection, but Mirage convinced Noah to steal the key for them, despite the group's misgivings. Arcee helped stakeout the museum during Noah's infiltration, only for the Terrorcons to arrive in force. Arcee was knocked out of the fight by the burly [[Battletrap (ROTB)|Battletrap]], and the group lost Bumblebee to [[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge's]] blade. The group was saved by the timely arrival of Airazor, who explained Scourge had only taken half of the key, and Arcee convinced [[Elena Wallace]] to help lead them to the remaining half in Peru after encouraging her with the knowledge she'd be saving two worlds in the process.

On the flight to Peru aboard [[Stratosphere]], Arcee wondered if the slain Bumblebee could be revived with an Energon treatment, but Optimus lamented that they likely couldn't without returning to Cybertron. The group linked up with Wheeljack and Arcee rode inside his vehicle mode as they took positions keeping watch while Noah and Elena hunted for the key. The Terrorcons arrived and engaged the Autobots in battle. While Wheeljack drove, Arcee provided some firepower in her robot mode, but once again Battletrap took her and Wheeljack out of the fight by making them tumble down a mountainside in the ensuing car chase. Arcee regrouped with the others when they confronted the Maximals, aiming at [[Cheetor (ROTB)|Cheetor]] until Airazor defused the stand-off. When Scourge obtained the complete key and began to bring [[Unicron]] to Earth, Arcee took part in the battle against the Terrorcons and their Predacon reinforcements. Though Arcee's speed and blasters served her well, things looked grim when Unicron appeared in the sky and the Autobot-Maximal alliance began to be submerged by the sheer numbers of their enemy. Arcee was aghast when Optimus declared his intention to sacrifice himself to destroy the portal bringing forth Unicron, but luckily, Noah and [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] saved Optimus and the day from the Chaos Bringer.
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}
{{note|Arcee's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the books "[[Mission at the Museum]]" and "[[The Search Is On]]".}}
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===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Foudnation2 ArceeChromiaElita.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Thousands of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Arcee lived in [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]] with her sister Chromia, while their eldest sibling, Elita-One, became a follower of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Following Sentinel's successful unification of the warring tribes of Cybertron, Arcee and Chromia came to [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]] to hear his speech for the future. It was announced that the planet would be governed by a [[Science Division]] headed by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], and a [[Defense Force]] led by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]; while Chromia elected to join the latter, Arcee, intrigued at the prospect of investigating the legacy of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], signed up with Optimus's team. The Science Division began an archaeological excavation of the area around [[Simfur]], uncovering a strange object that they believed to be connected to the Dynasty. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[File:Defiance1 Arcee vehicle.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"I transform into a vacuum cleaner!"]]

Some time later, while Optimus was showing Megatron around their work, Arcee's team discovered a mysterious relic with a [[Decepticon|strange symbol]] etched into it. She led her superiors to the ancient relic and watched as Megatron and Optimus began to argue when the former demanded the relic be relocated to his private quarters, with Optimus relenting due to a sudden alien attack. Arcee assisted with its evacuation from the dig site. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}}

After the attack, Arcee tried to save the life of one of the aliens, but was unsuccessful. She and [[Clocker (Movie)|Clocker]] moved the bodies to [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]'s lab, where they discovered that the beings were similar in structure to the Cybertronians, only lacking the ability to [[transformation|transform]]. Before they could speculate further about the common ancestry of the two races, [[Signal Flare (Movie)|Signal Flare]] arrived with orders from Optimus to assemble at the Simfur excavation site for a meeting. There, Arcee and the other scientists learned of Protector Megatron's demand for war and Optimus's thoughts on the issue. After most of the scientists agreed to follow Optimus, they travelled to [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]] to watch Megatron deliver his saber-rattling war rally. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

[[File:Foundation4Arceechromiaknockeoutbymegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|That's not how you treat 2 ladies, Megatron.]]

Ratchet, Arcee and Elita-One returned to the lab to analyze the other relic fragments recovered from the Simfur excavation, while Optimus, [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] broke into Megatron's quarters to examine the intact relic. Before Optimus could explain to Ratchet the strange condition of the artifact, Arcee reported finding a symbol that appeared in the same place on all the different fragments: the same symbol that was on Optimus's head. Ratchet theorised that the legend of the [[Dynasty of Primes]] was true, and that Optimus was somehow connected to all of this. Later, at the dig site near [[Burthov]], Arcee, Ratchet and Optimus were arrested by Prowl's security forces on orders from Megatron for treason. What they didn't know was they were all being led into a trap, and the assassins Megatron sent would only take Optimus alive. After [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]'s initial attack, Optimus ordered the group to escape to Burthov while he took care of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and his soldiers. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}{{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

Arcee was part of the team who captured the disenchanted soldier [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and brought him before Optimus Prime. Ironhide pledged allegiance to Prime and brought news of the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', a massive starship that Megatron was building. While observing its construction and taking images of the ship, Arcee remarked that she had never seen its like before. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} From [[Tyger Pax]], she witnessed the departure of the ''Nemesis'' with the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

[[File:MoviePrequel1 Arcee Bumblebee.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Can I say something?"<br/> "Whatever it is, now is not the right time!"]]

During the subsequent civil war, Arcee defended civilians who were being targeted by Megatron's Decepticons for refusing to join in the war against Optimus Prime's Autobots. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} As the war raged on, Sentinel invented a "[[pillar|torch]]" that he promised would end the war, which required the [[AllSpark]] to be activated. Arcee and Chromia flanked Ironhide at the lead of the assault on Simfur Temple. As the battle raged, Arcee and Chromia were swatted aside by Megatron, but Optimus attacked, allowing Elita to activate the torch and deliver it to Sentinel. Sentinel arrived in the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]], but Starscream blew up the ship. Ironhide picked up Arcee and Chromia as the Autobots retreated. However, the assault had weakened Decepticon morale and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] commanded another [[Ark (Movie)|Ark]] for Arcee and Chromia to steal the AllSpark itself! {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

Later, Arcee fought the Decepticons during an attempt to reclaim the Cube at Tyger Pax. However, Arcee and the rest of those under Bumblebee's command didn't know the true purpose of their battle: they were a diversion to keep Megatron busy while other Autobots readied the AllSpark for launch from Cybertron. She was captured and interrogated by the Decepticons but survived the ordeal. She recounted to their Autobot rescuers Bumblebee's heroics in delaying Megatron, which prevented the Decepticon from intercepting the wormhole-bound AllSpark. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}}

[[File:ReignofStarscream4 Arcee.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb]]

Following the Autobots' victory in Mission City, which culminated in the death of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and the destruction of the AllSpark on [[Earth]], Arcee was in command of an Autobot assault team on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and led [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] and others in an attack on [[Nemesis (Movie)|Starscream's ship]]. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}} While her team made short work of the [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]], [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]], and [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] drones the Decepticons sent against them, Arcee killed the Decepticon sniper [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]] before he could take out [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]]. Her teammates were unprepared for the arrival of [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]], however, and he quickly slew [[Camshaft (Movie)|Camshaft]] and wounded [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]]. Remembering her failure at Tyger Pax, Arcee leapt into action, and soon she and Cliffjumper had Thundercracker at their mercy. The arrival of Starscream changed that, as he killed Smokescreen and Air Raid and badly damaged Cliffjumper. As she attempted to pull the last surviving member of her team to safety, Arcee was kicked aside by Starscream. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}}

However, Arcee recovered an instant later. The Decepticon starship was already taking off, but she jumped and grabbed onto a piece of landing gear, holding on tight... through the [[space bridge]]. Wow. Later, she made her way back to an Autobot facility, where she unexpectedly met Clocker and [[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]]. Along with a large force of Autobots, the three moved in on the Simfur temple, where Starscream was using captured Autobots for a strange project of his. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|The Reign of Starscream #4}}

She split her troops into two forces: One would attack the city of Trypticon as a diversion, while the other moved in on Simfur. Arcee and her team could only watch helplessly as Starscream drained the life out of the Autobot prisoners strapped onto the [[replica AllSpark]], despite her sister Elita-One's pleas for mercy. An opportunity to cause havoc presented itself when [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]]'s forces attempted a coup. Arcee lined up her sights on the generator holding the life energy of the deceased prisoners, dedicated the shot to Elita, and destroyed it, annihilating the Cube and sending the Decepticons into disarray. Arcee's team fought their way through the disorganised Decepticons, linked up with [[Wingblade]]'s team, and rolled out just as the crippled starship came crashing down on the city. With the destruction of the capitol and the defeat of a significant portion of the Decepticon drone army, Arcee considered this to be the turning point of the war, but as long as Starscream was alive, he was a threat that she had to track down. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream #5}}

[[File:TalesoftheFallen6-Arceeprotoforms.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|The best part of waking up is ... still being in your own body.]]

Some time later, a ship carrying Arcee and her crew was shot down over an unidentified planet, and when Arcee managed to escape the wreckage, she saw that the culprit was her old nemesis, Thundercracker. She blacked out, and an indeterminate amount of time later, she awoke on an operating table—or rather, next to her old body on an operating table. Her [[spark]] had been transplanted into a new body by the Decepticon mad scientist [[Flatline (ROTF)|Flatline]], as part of a twisted plan to create a new breed of tripartate soldier by using her spark to reignite those of her deceased sisters, Elita-One and Chromia. Flatline had not considered Arcee's strong will, however, and her original programming persisted. She broke free and escaped with two of Flatline's other experiment victims, the twins [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], but was surprised to learn that Flatline's experiment had worked: her sisters lived again in two bodies similar to her own new form, but now, they were connected at the spark, sharing the thoughts, feelings and memories of one another, thinking with one mind yet still retaining a degree of autonomy and recollection of their previous selves. [[File:TalesoftheFallen6-whereishe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|WASSSS A MAAANNN (now three man)]] The united sisters defeated Flatline, and with the Twins, headed for the exit, but Thundercracker and some Decepticon drones blocked them. Thundercracker laughed, since Arcee hadn't fared too well the last time they tangled, but... that was then. Thundercracker was easily bested by the new and improved Arcee, and escaped while Flatline's headquarters detonated by remote. Arcee wondered whether her weird new existence was a mistake, or if she was merely destined for greater things. Regardless, she refused to become bent on revenge against Thundercracker for the deaths of her crew, so she and the Twins made plans to join the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 6|Tales of the Fallen #6}} {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}

A short time later, Arcee and her sisters, along with [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]], [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], [[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]], [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] and [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] arrived on Earth on the [[Wreckers]] ship [[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]. (While the ship and the Wreckers stayed behind in [[NASA]]) {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}{{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 3}} in response to a summons beamed into space by Optimus Prime Joining the allied Autobot-human strikeforce [[NEST]], the new recruits received some training, and were soon called upon to put it into use: the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] had been sighted in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

[[File:ArceeROTFIDWCombo.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Remember what [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] did with [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] and the [[Duocon]]s?]]
Arcee participated in the [[Shanghai]] battle. When [[Twins (ROTF)|the Twins]] botched their chase of [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], the Arcee motorcycles gave chase before [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] finished the job. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 1|Revenge of the Fallen #1}} When the Autobots were on the move to the US East Coast investigating on multiple detected Decepticon contacts, at least one of the Arcee bikes was seen alongside [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. Later, while Optimus was fighting [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] in the forest, at least two Arcee bikes were approaching the battle site alongside [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]. An Arcee robot was also seen with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and Ironhide when the latter was firing at Starscream and Megatron who were fleeing from the site. The Arcee robot was the first one to notice Optimus Prime's severe damage before Ratchet pronounced him "nearly gone". {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 2|Revenge of the Fallen #2}} All three Arcee robots were with the other Autobots when they were facing the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] in the desert of Egypt. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}}

[[File:TFSpaceCase-SpaceCasehitsArcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]
Sometime later after [[Operation: Firestorm]], Arcee joined Bumblebee and Sam for a picnic, which was cut short when they went to investigate an energy signal that had appeared after an earthquake. The trio proceeded deep underground and, just as Arcee was admonishing Sam to be careful, Space Case ambushed them. Despite their numeric superiority, the Autobots had trouble with their enemy because they were afraid firing weapons might cause their unstable surroundings to collapse. Space Case, angry at what he perceived as persecution from the Autobots, activated his plasma afterburners and rocketed out of the cave, triggering the feared cave-in and burying Sam and the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Space Case}} Arcee managed to send out a distress signal, to which Ratchet responded. The medic fended off Space Case and managed to free Arcee from a pile of rubble, allowing her to go after Space Case a fleeing Space Case. {{storylink|Transformers: Ratchet}} The chase took them towards a densely populated city. Despite Space Case's engine damage, he still had a significant speed advantage over Arcee. As she paused to consider her options, she received a holographic communication from Ratchet. The Autobot medic reported that Sam Witwicky and Bumblebee had survived their encounter with Space Case with no serious injuries, and suggested that Arcee meet back up with them. Arcee cut him off abruptly, inwardly observing that while Ratchet thought she continued to chase Space Case out of a misplaced sense of pride, that's not really what she was doing at all. Arcee then caught up with Space Case. Panicking, Space Case threw Arcee through a storefront and took to the air in another attempt to escape. Arcee, determined not to let anything keep her down, sped after Space Case, used a building to ramp up to his altitude, and destroyed his other engine. Space Case went plummeting into the distance, headed for the waterfront. As he vanished from sight, he promised to be back. Arcee knew she'd be ready for his eventual return. {{storylink|Transformers: Arcee}}

[[File:RisingStorm1 ArceeInjured.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
When NEST discovered that Starscream was selling Transformer weaponry to humans, a sting operation was staged in which [[Theodore Galloway]] would pose as a buyer to lure the Decepticons in. When [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]], [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]] and [[Fearswoop (ROTF)|Fearswoop]] took the bait, Arcee and her sisters joined the twins and the human forces of NEST in tackling them. The sisters did not take kindly to Skystalker's incredulity about the Autobots "sending their women" to do their fighting for them, and killed him with practised ease. The battle aggravated the wounds Arcee had taken in Egypt the previous year, however, and she was brought back to Diego Garcia for medical attention courtesy of Ratchet. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}

After Sam Witwicky contacted Optimus Prime as Philadelphia was being attacked by Decepticons, Optimus decided that the sisters should be left out of the fight due to Arcee's wounds. Arcee wanted to go despite Chromia's attempt to let her stay behind while her two sisters went. In the end, Optimus decided to allow her to go with Chromia and Elita-1. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

[[File:RisingStorm 3 Arcee, Ravage and Ratbat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Ravage and Ratbat teach you how to get dates]]

She and her sisters went to New York thinking they would get information on Starscream selling his weapons to humans, but instead they found Astrotrain and a monster. And they also found out that Shockwave was on earth, so they tried to inform Optimus, but [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] jammed their communication and sent his minions after the girls. Arcee and Chromia told Elita-1 to find Optimus. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}}

As Ravage was attacking her. Arcee began to feel the pain of her wounds (and Chromia began to feel them too), later Elita-1 died and Arcee and Chromia felt her death. Despite Arcee's attempts to stop her, Chromia activated some bombs they brought with them (which possibly killed Soundwave's minions). Arcee and Chromia survived the explosion. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

====''Transformers: Beginnings''====
{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]] that is detailed above this section.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}
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===Titan movie comics===
Originally, Arcee didn't serve either faction, working alone to solve injustices in her own way. [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] personally decided to make an example of her, and only an Autobot extraction team led by [[Kup (Movie)|Kup]] saved her life. This debt saw her join the Autobots. She's chimerical in nature and is constantly changing her [[Alternate mode|altmode]] in an effort to go as fast as possible (maybe that's why her [[robot mode]] always looks different!). She [[Arcee (G1)|previously had a hover-car form]], but on Earth takes a modified bike mode. Once you earn her trust, she's [[Rick Astley|never going to let you down]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Arcee bio}}

During the AllSpark launch, she led the six-bot team that drew Megatron's attention to Tyger Pax. And Optimus only told ''Bumblebee'' that's what their mission was! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|#2's reprint of Movie Prelude}}

[[File:Titan5 Sidewayssideswipes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I'm such good friends that I all dress alike!]]

Arcee had been on Earth for some time before [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] arrived. When using all three of her bodies, she refers to her collective self as "we". Back then, she was keeping her pink paint job!

She went on to assist Optimus Prime in a [[NEST]] mission in [[Australia]], and so was in a perfect position to capture the Decepticon [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. Pursuing him in bike(s) mode, she found it near impossible to blow out his tyres and kept getting sideswiped by him during the pursuit. When a stunned Optimus ordered her to stay on the Decepticon's tail, she responded that the Decepticon's alt mode was far better suited for the terrain... inspiring Optimus to ''blow up'' that terrain.
[[File:Titan2-8 dronesurrender.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Geez, this just getting ''confusing''.]]
With Sideways stunned and taking robot form, Arcee sent one bike in to take him down but almost got hit before human military helicopters arrived to back her up. The mission over, she and Optimus took their prisoner back to [[Diego Garcia]], with Arcee escorting him to a cell. But surprise, [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] was waiting to free him! She was quickly stunned and unable to stop the Decepticons escaping. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

She later decided it'd be fun to switch back to her older, single-form body! Her old body got a good workout when she was part of the strike team on the Decepticon's [[Mars (planet)|Phobos]] base. After a brief but violent battle, the [[Purple generic drone|drone hordes]] surrendered to her and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

====Alternate timeline====
[[File:Titan13 Arcee.jpg|thumb|"I don't ''want'' to look retro!!"]]
In an [[Tyran 208.28 Gamma|alternate timeline]] where the Decepticons won the battle of [[Mission City]], Arcee was a member of a small group of reinforcements summoned to Earth by the remaining Autobots on the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} Touching down on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to await contact from Earth, they were attacked by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], but the quick-thinking Arcee took command and rallied the troops. When this still failed to work, she ordered them to Earth (following [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]]'s initiative) and their prearranged targets. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} Joining up with the Earth-bound Autobots, Arcee refused to accept defeat, and helped [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]] defend [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] while he destroyed the AllSpark, foiling the Decepticons' plan to cyberform Earth using its power. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

Arcee was left bewildered by the idea that Humanity would not trust and love the Autobots, and Optimus explained to her that, from a human point of view, all the Transformers are alien horrors fighting on their planet. Following this, she guarded the [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]] shelter and was caught in an ambush staged by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Part 1}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}}

[[File:Titan22 Arcee.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"''That's'' better!"]]

Later, after serving with Bumblebee in protecting an Alaskan pipeline, among other engagements to protect the American infrastructure, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}} Arcee was part of Ironhide's team in retrieving [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] from Cybertron, which ran afoul of [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}} She acted as Bumblebee's distraction, drawing [[Storm Surge (Movie)|Storm Surge]] and [[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]] away, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}} and doubled back to regroup with Ironhide (and pull him out of rubble) when [[Unicron]] arrived. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} Later, she got Optimus Prime up to speed on the situation. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

Following the Decepticon re-conquest of Savannah, Arcee was part of the raid to rescue [[Mikaela Banes]]. She got off one bit of bravado about how hitting things was her kind of shindig before [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] hit ''her''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

When the Autobots launched their final strike, Arcee was part of the spearhead team hitting the [[Decepticon Heartland]]. She started off the 'tagging' of Decepticons to teleport them away from Earth, getting [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] in the back and looking very happy about it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}
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===Toy bios===
Arcee was well trained by Ironhide, making her one of the most dangerous Autobots. She believes without question that the Decepticons must be stopped at all costs. {{storylink|#Scout Class toys|Arcee (Scout)}}

Arcee honed her speed by hunting [[turbofox]]es with other speedsters, challenging herself to get as close as possible before tagging them with her bow. Arriving on [[Earth]] at some point in the early 21st Century, she would spend her days stalking unsuspecting Decepticons until she drew them close enough to strike. {{storylink|#2007dlx|Arcee (Movie Deluxe)}} However, when the situation on Earth began to ramp up into out-and-out combat, Arcee was reassigned to the [[Charii system]]. It was there where her stealth skills would be of more use, fighting against a Decepticon splinter cell working on a star-breaking weapon. {{storylink|Robo-Vision|Arcee (Robo-Vision)}}

Nevertheless, Arcee jumped at the chance to get back on Earth and was soon handed control of her own strike team, made up of robots similar to her in attitude and design. She stalked Decepticons and killed them on the quiet. {{storylink|#Deluxe Class toys 2|Arcee (ROTF Deluxe)}} She also started following the tradition of inscribing Cybertronian words on your chassis: while she wasn't superstitious, the ''Decepticons'' sure were! It also gave her a nice confidence boost. {{storylink|#Deluxe Class toys 4|Arcee (DOTM Deluxe)}}

Whenever Arcee partook in a fight, she was fighting to win. She always made sure her weapons were fully charged and her engine was tuned to perfection. By the time Decepticons saw Arcee in their rearview mirrors, there was no escape for them. {{storylink|#Fast Action Battlers|Cyber Pursuit Arcee}}

While fighting the dread [[Tailwhip]], Arcee was trapped in his vortex and her only chance was to shoot out the blades of the evil robot above her. {{storylink|#Deluxe Class toys 3|Rotorwash Rumble}} Her closest comrade was Ratchet, as they both carried a standing feud with [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] for [[The Thrill of the Hunt|unknown reasons]].<ref name="battlebio">[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Hasbro Arcee Battle Bio]</ref>

Arcee and her sisters have hunted [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] in the past, but he always got away. After begging [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the three of them got another shot at bringing him down. {{storylink|#SidewaysSneakAttack|Sideways Sneak Attack}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Arcee was among the heroic female Transformers who appeared in one of [[Tigatron]]'s dreams to protect him from the evil female Transformers. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 11|Bonus Edition Vol. 11}}

==Toys==
===''Transformers'' (2007)===
====Scout Class toys====
[[File:Movie-toy Arcee-TargetScout.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Not Chrom- Well, maybe I am!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (Target exclusive Scout Class, [[2007]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Launcher, missile, scope, 2 tailpipes, "Energon" star

: Arcee is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]], replacing her pinks and most of her whites and blacks with blue, and her translucent red with smoky brown plastic. She transforms into a "superbike"-type racing motorcycle. Unusually for a Transformer, she does not hold her weapon in her hands as most figures do. Instead, her Energon Bow mounts on a peg on either arm, with her hands being positioned to give the appearance of her using the bow. The bow itself is spring-loaded, firing a grey "arrow" missile.

:Arcee (and the rest of the Scout wave) were [[exclusive]] to [[Target]] stores, where they were all part of a [[Robo-Vision]] promotion. Arcee came with a Robo-Vision Decoder which allows you to see the Robo-Vision Code ("BULLSEYE") printed on her cardback. Starting [[June 2]], 2007, Target's website allowed users to input those codes to access exclusive content, a concept similar to the online [[Cyber Planet Key]] info from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'' toyline]].

:This toy was also sold as a Farmers exclusive in [[New Zealand]], and was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]]'s Cybertronian form in the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] movie comics.

:This mold was also used to make ''Superlink'' Ariel Paradron Type, as well as the [[BotCon 2005]] "[[Descent into Evil]]" set's [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]], [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], and the fellow Target-exclusive [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|movieverse]] [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]], which was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Arcee (SG)|Arcee]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/TargetArcee/arcee.htm More information on Scout Arcee at TFU.info]''
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====Deluxe Class toys====
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[[File:Movie Deluxe Arcee toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Pretty in...purple?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (Deluxe Class, [[2007]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''MA-11'''
:*''Accessories:'' Launcher, missile
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Deluxe Arcee transforms into a purple 2006 Buell Firebolt XB12R motorcycle, genericised to get around licensing issues. Arcee has references [[tampograph]]ed on her [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], such as her motorcycle's fictional model name, "RC 1100" <small>(Get it? "RC" as in "Arcee")</small>, and her [[Massachusetts]] [[license plate]] marked TF7407, the original release date of the movie.

: Arcee's [[Automorph Technology|Automorphing]] feature is located in her crossbow weapon (formed out of the seat/storage area of the bike), activated when the projectile (the bike's tailpipe) is inserted, which pushes out the recurved lath parts on the sides of the weapon. The rectangular peg which is supposed to be used to attach her weapon to her forearm in [[robot mode]] is sometimes a poor fit, and the weapon may pop off. As an alternative, the round peg by which the weapon is attached in ''vehicle'' mode can also be used in robot mode, with a little rearranging of parts.

: Undocumented in the instructions, the two shoulder-mounted half-wheels contain a small niche on the edge of the tires. By folding the wheels down with the hubcaps pointing towards the chest and turning the tires towards the shoulders, one can feel the wheels gently click into place via the tire niches and hidden tabs in the shoulders, allowing the wheels to remain in place and more closely resemble the figure as pictured on its packaging. Probably coincidentally, Arcee is almost perfectly scaled to 3.75 inch figures like Hasbro's own ''G.I. Joe'', though this would put her vehicle mode more in line with the size of the larger Kawasaki Ninja than the Firebolt.

: As with most larger Transformers toys that become motorcycles, Arcee has a kickstand on the left side of the bike; unfortunately, it's mounted so low that she will fall in the opposite direction if it is fully extended.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/Arcee/arcee.htm More information on Deluxe Arcee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Movietoy-Arceebattledamaged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|She's a dirty girl.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Arcee, Starscream & Optimus Prime''' (Sam's Club exclusive three-pack, 2007)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Launcher, missile

: A three-pack, [[exclusive]] to Sam's Club stores, consisting of redecos of Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] and Deluxe Class Arcee, both with battle damage deco, and an unchanged Voyager Class [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]].

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (Deluxe Class, 2007)}}</ul>

: A single release of the battle damaged redeco of Deluxe Class Arcee from the Sam's Club exclusive three-pack, sold in the same packaging as the non-redecoed original release. This version was officially available in Hasbro's Southeast Asian markets, but sightings hailing from a US [[Walmart]] store and retail in Belgium (!) suggest it might have been available there in small quantities as well... however, whereas the Asian release sports an additional sticker on the packaging highlighting the "Exclusive! Battle-damage!", the version found at US retail lacks the sticker, yet has a different UPC bar code than the original version, suggesting an isolated flub rather than an official release.<ref name="arceewm">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/168922-battle-damaged-deluxe-arcee-found-california-walmart.html "Battle-damaged Deluxe Arcee found at California Walmart"] at TFW2005.</ref>

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[[File:Movie Arcee Black toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I shall go back...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Black Arcee''' (Deluxe Class, [[2008]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''MA-20'''
:*''Accessories:'' Launcher, missile, AllSpark cube

: This Japan-only [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class Arcee is cast in black in an attempt to match the look of the motorcycle [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]] rides near the end of the film. Surprisingly, it is not [[Black redeco|evil]].

: Like all Japanese "[[AllSpark Power]]" toys, Black Arcee comes with a small AllSpark cube accessory.

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[[File:Movie Arcee Wonder Festival G1 redeco.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|...all the way to 1986...!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee G1 Color Edition''' (Deluxe Class, 2008)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Launcher, missile

:Arcee G1 Color Edition (アーシーG1カラーエディション) is decoed in pink and white, in homage to Generation 1 [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and debuted at [[Wonder Festival]] 2008 Winter in Tokyo, Japan.
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===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
====Legends Class toys====
{{anchor|Legends}}
[[File:ROTFtoy-ArceeLegends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|If you wanted Legends Class figures of the other two, you'd have needed to buy Arcee again. And Sideways. Geez, thanks!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (Legends Class, [[2010]])}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:Legends Arcee is a pink and black motorcycle that transforms into a pink and black robot. Black chunks are strategically placed on her two wheels so she can stand up in robot mode. There's an odd jointed piece above her rear wheel that has a [[Powerlinx]]-like [[5 mm post|hardpoint]] and a peg hole on the other side; since the entire piece serves no function, it may have been designed with a combined form similar to the Deluxes in mind.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/LegArcee/arcee.htm More information on Legends Arcee at TFU.info]''
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====Deluxe Class toys====
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[[File:ROTF Deluxe Chromia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hey, I'm Arcee too, sometimes! Well, actually most times.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Chromia''' ([[2009]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''RA-11'''
:*''Accessories:'' Missile, figure stand/cycle cannons

:[[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] converts from an unlicensed approximation of a {{w|Suzuki B-King}} to a robot with a unicycle for legs. Her vehicle mode weapon can attach as a display stand for either mode, ironically making a unicycle-bot one of the more stable robot-modes. In robot mode, there is a spring-loaded missile between the tailpipes on Chromia's left hand in addition to the aforementioned non-firing blaster-stand. There is also a piece on the bottom of the vehicle mode (or back of the robot mode) that folds out, but there is no indication in the instructions as to what this piece is for. However, the piece can slide into a similar piece in the later Arcee toy, starting the supposed combined mode.

:While the instructions depict the motorcycle seat remaining flat so that it ends up covering the bottom wheel, the robot mode more closely resembles the movie design if the seat is folded in and locked into a slot on the motorcycle's bottom, as shown on the back of the packaging. The packaging photo also shows Chromia's front wheel resting behind the robot's shoulders, while the instructions leave it above her head. Furthermore, while it is not mentioned either in the instructions or shown on the box, the stand can be attached backwards and rotated with the guns facing up so that it acts as a prop for the toy, allowing the wheel to actually touch the ground, and letting the toy look from the front like it is unsupported. In addition, the stand can also be attached to right arm as an inordinately large handgun by sliding the two pegs inside the gun into two slots on the inside of the arm.

:The stand has sculpted tank treads on the bottom, most likely to make it look that she's still mobile while using it.

:Though the instructions do not explain it, the back of the blister card mentions she has a [[Mech Alive]] gimmick in her left arm. While it isn't quite the "spinning gears" the card refers to, swinging her left forearm towards and away from her body makes a blue piston slide back and forth inside the large gun.

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[[File:ROTF Deluxe Arcee toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Help! I have scoliosis, and I can't stand on my own.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (2009)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''RA-23'''
:*''Accessories:'' Sidecar/blaster/figure stand
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

:Deluxe class ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Arcee converts from an unlicensed {{w|Ducati 848}} to a robot mode that can look quite awkward if not properly aligned. The figure has a sidecar which can become a Dual Sniper Pistol<ref name="battlebio"/> or a display stand. In robot mode, she is equipped with a small cannon on her right wrist that can deploy a spring-loaded energy blade. Small [[Cyberglyphics]] inscriptions are molded onto the surface of the blade.

:Her [[Mech Alive]] feature is located not in her elbow, as the packaging would suggest, but instead in her chest; tilting her neck up and down causes a pair of exposed gears to turn.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/Arcee/arcee.htm More information on Deluxe Arcee at TFU.info]''
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====''Fast Action Battlers''====
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[[File:ROTF-toy FAB CyberPursuitArcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Cyber Pursuit Arcee''' (Fast Action Battler, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Exhaust pipes/missile

:A simplified version of her ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toy, [[Fast Action Battlers]] Arcee is targeted at the age 5 and under demographic, being a simplified version of her Deluxe-Class toy and having more limited articulation (that's better than most Fast Action Battlers toys). This version does away with the sidecar/stand in favor of a built-in, fully retractable stand, as well as featuring a kickstand and free spinning wheels. Her main gimmick is the ability to fire her dual exhaust pipes as a single missile in both robot and vehicle mode. She features fully working suspension, but due to the transformation locking both wheels in place, it is not available in vehicle mode.

:Despite being intended for a sub-line that focuses on fast and fairly easy transformations, the design of the shoulder joints and the nature of the transformation can make transforming from robot to vehicle mode frustrating. Ironic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/FABArcee/arcee.htm More information on Cyber Pursuit Arcee at TFU.info]''
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====''Human Alliance''====
{{anchor|HAArcee}}
[[File:ROTFtoy-ArceeHumanAlliance.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm the red bike, but I transform into the blue bike's robot, but with the red bike's colors - look, women are complicated, okay?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Skids / Arcee / Mikaela Banes''' (Human Alliance, 2009)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''RA-25'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Coming with [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mikaela Banes]], ''[[Human Alliance]]'' Arcee is a robot that transforms into a motorcycle. As with the other Human Alliance vehicles, Mikaela can ride her in her vehicle mode.

: This figure, which is somewhere in between [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends]] and [[size class|Scout Class]] size, has a motorcycle mode that is slightly similar to Arcee's Ducati 848, with some elements resembling the Aprilia RS125 Mikaela is riding at one point in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|movie]], and some elements entirely made up. The robot mode, meanwhile, is clearly that of the blue motorcycle, [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]]. Hasbro explained in their monthly Q&A that it ''is'' meant to resemble Mikaela's bike, and they called it "Arcee" so kids wouldn't be confused by two separate red/pink bikes.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=65426 Hasbro December 09 Q&A, AllSpark]</ref> Also, the face, which is mostly unpainted save for a few small details, doesn't resemble ROTF Arcee's movie design at all. In fact, the head design bears some resemblance to [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]].

: Despite being larger than a Legends Class figure, Arcee features less [[articulation]] than most of them. While her right elbow features a swivel joint, the left arm is sculpted in one piece, and the elbow fixed in a permanent position.

: This mold was later redecoed into ''Dark of the Moon'' Human Alliance [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-1]].

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[[File:Humanalliancechromiatoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|Red repaint in 3... 2... 1...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Mudflap / Chromia / Seymour Simmons''' (Human Alliance, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''RA-31'''

: Coming with [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] and [[Seymour Simmons]], Human Alliance Chromia is, you guessed it, a robot that transforms into a motorcycle. Simmons can ride her in her vehicle mode as well.

: Aside from the colour scheme, this "Chromia" is clearly meant to be Arcee as it has the main component's robot mode, and its vehicle mode is closer to Arcee's than either the motorcycle included with Human Alliance Skids or the Deluxe Chromia. Its higher level of movie-accuracy includes a much more accurate head sculpt, and although its left arm is also cast in one piece, the extra articulation in the shoulders, waist and hips makes the figure more posable than the other HA motorcycle.

: The transformation is surprisingly complex and fiddly for a figure this size, which is basically a non-autotransforming version of the larger FAB. In robot mode the figure has a piece than the wheels can stand on to support them, or be rotated behind to prop the figure up with some care. The kickstand is too short to hold the bike upright in vehicle mode, although this is easily fixed by gluing a small piece of black plastic to its base to lengthen it. She suffers from balance issues in robot mode as well, since her robot-mode stand ends up placed more towards her left side instead of at the center, meaning she tends to fall to her right side often.

: She also comes packaged incompletely transformed, with her (difficult to open) right hand left untransformed as the motorbike's seat. Good luck getting ''that'' out.
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
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[[File:Hunt for the Decepticons Deluxe Elita-1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|(''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
[[File:TakaraTomyAutobotAllianceElita.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|(''TakaraTomy version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Elita-1''' (Deluxe Class, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''AA-08'''
:*''Accessories:'' Missile, figure stand/cannons

:Elita-1 is a black, white and metallic pink [[redeco]] of Chromia, transforming from a unicycle-robot into a {{w|Suzuki B-King}} motorcycle. Her vehicle mode weapon can attach as a display stand for either mode, ironically making a unicyclebot one of the most stable robot-modes. In robot mode, there is a spring-loaded missile between the tailpipes on Chromia's left hand in addition to the aforementioned non-firing blaster-stand. She is slightly retooled from the original Chromia figure, sporting an extra tab that allows her chest to lock together more securely. She was released as part of the [[Hunt for the Decepticons]] promotion.

:Elita-1 features a small [[Mech Alive]] gimmick: swinging her left forearm towards and away from her body makes a blue piston slide back and forth inside the large gun. Her stand has sculpted tank threads on the bottom, most likely to make it look that she's still mobile while using it. Her license plate has ''3L 174'' written on it as an stylish way of spelling her own name. [[Headmaster (Animated)|A certain fellow]] would approve of that.

:[[TakaraTomy]] initially mistakenly solicited their release of Elita-1 using the purple Arcee redeco from the "Rotorwash Rumble" pack. The actual released toy uses the Chromia mold just like Hasbro, with a more [[show-accuracy|screen accurate]] deco that uses more purple paint.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/Elita-1/elita-1.htm More information on Elita-1 at TFU.info]''

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[[File:HFTD rotorwash arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Rotorwash Rumble''' ([[Target]] exclusive multi-pack, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Sidecar/cannons/figure stand

:A pink redeco of the ''ROTF'' Arcee mold. She is packaged with the Decepticon [[Blazemaster]]-redeco [[Tailwhip]]. Her packaging successfully identifies her Mech Alive gimmick as being in her chest, rather than her left elbow.

:As noted above, TakaraTomy mistakenly used this figure in solicitation images of their Elita-1.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/TargetArcee/arcee.htm More information on Rotorwash Rumble Arcee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF2010toy sideways sneak attack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Sideways Sneak Attack''' (Multi-pack)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

:This [[Target]] exclusive multi-pack was to contain redecos of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends class Arcee mold as Chromia and Elita-1, plus an Arcee possibly lacking the black [[paint operation]]s on the handles from the single ''ROTF'' release ([[prototype|samples]] on display at [[BotCon 2010]] came in both flavors) plus ''possibly'' a different paint mask for the face. The set furthermore includes a redeco of Deluxe class [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], whose painted battle damage evokes the scene in the film where he's been cut in half. Ouchies.
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===''Animated''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (EZ Collection, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[April 24]] 2010
:*''ID number'': '''EZ-24'''

: Yes, you read that correctly. The Legends-class Arcee was released under the ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Transformers Animated]]'' brand in Japan, as part of the first assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-packed]] "[[EZ Collection]]" toys, which was half-''Animated'', half-movie. This version of Arcee appears to be identical to the [[#Legends Class toys|original Hasbro release]].
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===''Dark of the Moon''===
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[[File:DOTM MechTech Deluxe Arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (MechTech Deluxe Class, [[May 14|5-14]]-[[2011]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''DA11'''
:*''Accessories:'' Missile, figure stand/cannons, MechTech Blaster/Sonic Blade

:Originating from [[TakaraTomy]], this ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Deluxe class Arcee is a redeco and minor retool of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Chromia, adding two [[5 mm post]] hole MechTech ports on her sculpted engine, which end up on her arms in robot mode. She comes with a retool of [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]]'s [[MechTech]] weapon, replacing the chainsaw with a new Sonic Blade sword.

:Unlike the official image(left),the figure uses white plastic on more pieces, specially in the arms, noticeable in both modes, as well as clear orange instead of blue of the same official image.

:Arcee comes packed with a character card and an accompanying transparent plastic card of her MechTech weapon for the MechTech Wars online game.

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[[File:Arcee DOTM Deluxe Target.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Sidecar/blaster/figure stand
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

:A redeco of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Arcee figure, this version is mostly cast in smoky clear pink plastic, with her sidecar being white this time. Liberally scattered across her body are opaque pink [[Cyberglyphics]]. The packaging callouts return to falsely indicating that her left elbow contains moving gears.

:As with the other [[Target]] [[exclusive]] "Cyberglyph" redecos ([[Space Case (DOTM)#Dark of the Moon|Space Case]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Cyberglyph|Bumblebee]] and [[Jazz (Movie)#Dark of the Moon|Autobot Jazz]]), she comes with a comic book by [[IDW Publishing]], ''[[Transformers: Arcee]]''.

: She was also made available in Canada as a Zellers exclusive, in New Zealand as a Farmers exclusive (both in English-only US-style packaging minus the "only at Target" sticker), in the United Kingdom as a Tesco exclusive, and in Germany as a Müller exclusive (both in typical [[multilingual packaging|multilingual European packaging]] including a multilingual comic).

:At both [[BotCon 2011]] and [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2011, the Hasbro slide presentation referred to this figure as Elita-1. Alrighty then.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/TargetArcee/arcee.htm Dark of the Moon Arcee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Humanallianceelitaone.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Ugh! Wrong body again, Hasbro!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Skids / Elita-1 / Sergeant Epps''' (Human Alliance, 2011)}}</ul>

: A purple redeco of ''Human Alliance'' Arcee, ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Elita-1 comes with a redeco of ''Human Alliance'' [[Skids (ROTF)#Human Alliance|Skids]] and [[Robert Epps#Dark of the Moon|Sergeant Epps]]. Epps can ride her in vehicle mode.

:The mold Elita-1 is redecoed from actually uses Chromia's robot design (similarly to Elita-1's Deluxe-class toy) despite originally being named and colored like Arcee, meaning that the purple bike is a recolor of the red bike who somehow had the blue bike's body. Confused yet?

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/HAElita-1/elita-1.htm Human Alliance Elita-1 at TFU.info]''
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===''Movie Edition''===
[[File:TTC-toy Arcee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, [[2019]])}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''5'''
:*''Bag Code:'' '''D'''

: Released in the fifth Series of [[Tiny Turbo Changers]] under the ''Movie Edition'' banner, Arcee is a small soft-plastic figure that turns from wheel-footed robot into a pink sports motorcycle in a few short steps, based on her ''Revenge of the Fallen'' design.

: For reasons unknown, some Arcee figures came without instructions, though that may be a small sample size because Series 5 of the movie-based Tiny Turbo Changers only barely made it to retail. Very few retailers and virtually no online outlets offered this Series, and the few places they could be found, like [[Target]], apparently got very very few of them.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio_Series_52_Arcee_toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wait, why do I get second billing?!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Chromia / Arcee / Elita-1''' (Deluxe Class, 2019)}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Revenge of the Fallen'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''52'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-41'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[January 25]], [[2020]]
:*''Accessories'': 3 wheel stands, cannon, sword, shoulderpad, "[[Shanghai]] Pursuit" backdrop

[[File:Studio_Series_52_Arcee_combiner.JPG|upright=0.9|thumb|left|Team carry!]]
:''[[Studio Series]]'' Arcee is a Legion Class-sized mold accurate to her appearance in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', transforming into a pink approximation of a Ducati 848 sportbike unlike her previous toys, which were generally colored bright red. She comes packaged with [[Chromia (ROTF)#Studio Series|Chromia]] and [[Elita-One (Movie)#Studio Series|Elita-1]] in a three-pack priced at the standard Deluxe Class price value, making the trio the smallest transforming figures in the ''Studio Series'' line to date. The set includes three unique stands for each sister's bottom wheels, helping them stay upright, and a cardboard backdrop display of their pursuit of [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] through Shanghai's streets.

:Though not included in the toys' instructions, the three sisters can combine into a kind of motorcycle-centaur form, as originally proposed for (but cut from) the movie (see "[[#Notes|Notes]]," below). The combined form is assembled using special tabs on Elita-1 and Chromia's stands to link the figures together, and its appearance is completed with three accessories: a pink cannon, a blue sword, and a blue shoulder pad, which all attach to Arcee. Arcee can also wear the parts while in her individual robot mode (as can Chromia), but neither they nor the sisters' stands store anywhere in vehicle mode.

:Like the rest of the figures in the same wave, Arcee first saw release in some Toys"R"Us shops in Malaysia and independent stores in Hong Kong.

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[[File:Studio-Series-BB-Arcee.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Sideswipe (Movie)|A look so good]], even the girls want it.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Bumblebee'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''85'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-86'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[August 27]], [[2022]]
:*''Accessories'': 2 pistols, "Cybertron Falls" backdrop (2nd version)
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro), [[Shuhei Umezu]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept art)}}<ref>Sam Smith's [https://www.instagram.com/p/CbV7vwqrnjK/ Instagram post] about ''Studio Series Bumblebee'' Arcee</ref>

:Part of the 16th wave of ''[[Studio Series]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Arcee is an extremely accurate depiction of her appearance in ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' and transforms into a Cybertronian motorcycle that incorporates significant visual cues from [[Arcee (G1)|G1 Arcee]]'s Cybertronian convertible mode. Like most of ''Bumblebee'''s Cybertronian characters in the toyline, her alternate mode was created by Hasbro and TakaraTomy for the toy as the film model was not designed to transform.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=-SS BB intro figures all have altmodes designed post-film by Hasbro/TT for this line, only Ravage had an ILM-side design for an altmode since he uses it on-screen -these wouldn't have been SS candidates due to lack of altmodes but there was lots of internal love for the designs|link=https://twitter.com/Vangelus/status/1466819619063308289|name=Chris Ho|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=12|day=03|(defunct=)}}</ref>

:She comes with two pistols based on her weapon in the film, itself a shrunken down version of the larger blaster the other Autobots used. Since she only used one in the film, the other can be given to ''Studio Series'' [[Cliffjumper (Movie)#Studio Series|Cliffjumper]], who did not include the smaller blaster he had in the movie. The blasters can store on tabs molded onto her thrusters/backpack in robot mode. In vehicle mode, they are meant to be held in her hands at the rear of the vehicle. The tabs on her thrusters can also be used, but doing so will leave her hands ''very'' exposed. The heels can fold down to become wheels for Arcee to skate on in robot mode. There are molded gaps in the front wheels that are meant to line up with other parts of her feet; forgetting about them means the feet will not collapse all the way.

:Oddly, Arcee has no blue paint for her optics, giving her a very dead-eyed look. On some copies, it can be difficult to keep her neck tabbed into the front of her torso.

:Like all other ''Studio Series'' toys, the interior of the package forms a display backdrop. As with most ''Bumblebee'' ''Studio Series'' figures, this backdrop depicts a war-torn Cybertron as it appears in the beginning of the film.

:Arcee was officially revealed during the [[December 3]], [[2021]], ''Transformers'' team roundtable with fans.

:This figure was retooled to make ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' [[Javelin]].

::''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CbV7vwqrnjK/ Design notes on ''Bumblebee'' Arcee from Hasbro designer Sam Smith]''

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[[File:TF-Studio-Series-SS-Core-ROTB-Arcee.jpg|thumb|300px|She's lost some weight and gone down a size since the 80's thanks to all her core training.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (Core Class, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Rise of the Beasts'''''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-106'''
:*''Accessories'': Blaster, front wheel
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro), [[Koki Yamada]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Studio Series]]'' Core Class figures, Arcee is based on her appearance in ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]'' and transforms into an unlicensed approximation of a {{w|Ducati 916}} motorcycle in 11 steps. Her small size is to scale with other characters from the movie. She comes with her blaster, which stores underneath the motorcycle to form a kickstand. Like her ''Bumblebee'' toy above, the wheels on her legs can be flipped down as roller skates, but good luck getting her to stay upright, as she lacks any sort of support in this position.

:Her front wheel is on detachable 3mm peg, and comes as such in the box. It can be removed and wielded in her hands or just to clean up her back. The rest of her back kibble can also be removed if so desired, due to it using a friction hinge.

:Her head has sculpted in pigtails, accurate to her CG model

:The stock photo of her motorcycle mode is badly mistransformed, neglecting to transform the rear entirely. According to Sam Smith, this Arcee's face is pink and her wheels are on her legs based on an earlier version of the movie design.

:Notably, Arcee is packaged with her waist swiveled so that her legs are facing to her left, due to the size of the wheels on the back of her legs.

:Arcee and her wavemate [[Freezer]] were first revealed via [[Amazon (website)|Amazon Australia]] listings, days before their official reveal by Hasbro on [[January 10]], 2023.

::''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CnRya1UOE2j/ Design notes on ''Rise of the Beasts'' Arcee from Hasbro designer Sam Smith]''
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===''Rise of the Beasts''===
[[File:TF-ROTB-Beast-Combiners-Arcee-and-Silverfang.jpg||thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1m1|'''Arcee & Silverfang''' (Beast Combiners, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Kakusei Change Armor Set Arcee & Silverfang'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''BCAS-02'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': April 15, 2023
{{toydesigner|[[Koki Yamada]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the "Beast Alliance" subline for ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (toyline)|Rise of the Beasts]]'', Beast Combiners Arcee is a simplified figure that transforms into a motorcycle in 13 steps. One of the earliest designed toys for the line, this Arcee borrows a lot from her ''Bumblebee'' design, notably the arms and lower legs.

:She comes with [[Silverfang#toys|Silverfang]], who transforms into her armor mode in 8 steps. She is compatible with other armor mode partners in the Beast Combiner assortment.

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[[File:TF-ROTB-Weaponizer-Arcee.jpg||thumb|upright=1.66|Hi, I look better than the Studio Series version!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1m1|'''Arcee & Cheetor''' (Beast Weaponizers, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Kakusei Change Set Arcee & Cheetor'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''BCS-04'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': October 28, 2023
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: The "Beast Weaponizer" Arcee toy converts from a 5-inch robot to a motorcycle in 9 steps. She comes packaged with a slight redeco of the [[Cheetor (ROTB)#BeastWeaponizer|Cheetor]] Battlemaster.

: This figure was first found listed on Canadian store kidtoy.ca's website, prior to any announcement by Hasbro, as well as seen in Midwest Walmart stores.
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==Merchandise==
===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:Chromia and megs robot heroes.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.66|And now she's using Elita-1's robot mode. WTF?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Chromia & Megatron''' (Two-pack, 2009)}}</ul>

:Part of the third wave of ''Robot Heroes'' two-packs for ''Revenge of the Fallen'', [[Chromia (ROTF)#Robot Heroes|Chromia]] comes packaged versus [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#RHChromia|Megatron]]. Her robot mode design is actually [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-1]]'s, since Hasbro can't tell their bike chicks apart.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/RHChromia/chromia.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Chromia at TFU.info]''

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===Burger King===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Launchin' Arcee''' (free [[Burger King]] toy, 2009)}}</ul>

:Part of [[Burger King]]'s 2009 promotion of ''Revenge Of The Fallen'', Arcee is a non-transformable motorcycle that launches out of a purple base when a button in the shape of the Autobot symbol is pushed on the top. When she whooshes out of the front, which has her face on it, it only goes a few feet until it stops.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/BKArcee/arcee.htm More information on Launchin' Arcee at TFU.info]''
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===Trumpeter===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (Smart Kit, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Stand, Visored Head, Hands, Pistol
[[File:Trumpeter-Arcee.jpg‎||thumb|upright=1.25|Pocket sized!]]
:Released by [[Trumpeter]], Arcee is a pre-painted model kit based on her Cybertronian body from the ''Bumblebee'' movie. She comes with three sets of hands, an alternate visored head, a pistol, and a base.

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===Figural Bag Clip===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (2023)}}</ul>
:Released by Monogram, this 2.5" 3D foam bag clip takes the form of a chibi ''Rise of the Beasts'' Arcee.

:It was available only as part of a [[Blindpacking|mystery blind bag]] collection.
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===''Pop!''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Arcee''' (2023)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''1374'''
[[File:ROTB_Pop_Arcee.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.66|Pucker up, buttercup!]]

:Released as part of a ''Rise of the Beasts''-themed batch of the ''Pop! Movies'' segment, [[Funko Pop!|Funko]]'s ''Pop!'' Arcee is a super deformed vinyl figure based on her appearance in said movie and is molded skating on a small translucent plate with her wheels on her feet.

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===Threezero===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''DLX Arcee''' (Q4 2023)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': eight hands, two pistols, base, stand

:DLX scale Arcee is a highly articulated and detailed figure based off her appearance in the prologue of ''Bumblebee''. She also features LED-enabled optics (batteries not included), interchangeable hands and comes with a dynamic display stand.
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==Notes==
[[File:Movie scale chart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|In the time before time...]]
===Single Arcee===
*Arcee was originally going to be a member of the live-action movie's Autobot cast, but was later replaced by [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. According to screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]], they would have needed to explain the point behind female robots, which there wasn't any time for in the movie.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/07/02/exclusive-interview-robert-orci?page=3 Roberto Orci explaining the reasons for Arcee's removal from the script in an interview with IGN.]</ref> Oddly enough, there was no attempt to do so when she debuted in ''Revenge of the Fallen''. By the time of ''Bumblebee'' and ''Rise of the Beasts'', no comment is made on her gender either, the concept of [[Female Transformer|female Transformers]] having long since become a common, accepted part of the franchise; as well as the film industry and general audience now being open to virtually any concept put to film compared to the movie landscape of 2007.
*In another interview, Alex Kurtzman cited "scale issues" as an additional reason for dropping Arcee; allegedly, Michael Bay simply considered her too small as compared to the rest of the Autobots.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070714214451/http://www.wizarduniverse.com/movies/transformersmovie/005082421.cfm?page=1 Wizard interview with Kurtzman and Orci]</ref> The Arcee that appears in ''Rise of the Beasts'' is almost as small as she was planned to be in the 2007 film, but she isn't completely dwarfed this time as the other Autobots are scaled down compared to the 2007 roster.
*As part of [[BotCon 2007]]'s Hasbro tour, fans viewed "Robot Scale Chart v03", dated 11.22.05, which showed Arcee's height as 9' (2.7m). However, all of the designs on this chart were very early and later heavily revised (though [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] was revised far less than the others).
*It's commonly assumed that Arcee's big part in the movie would have been the scene in which [[William Lennox]] starts his solo assault on [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] using an abandoned motorcycle. However, the screenwriters rejected that notion, stating that this scene wasn't written until ''after'' Arcee had already been dropped from the script—but if she ''had'' remained in the movie, that scene ''would'' have probably featured her as the motorcycle.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2288318-post539.html Orci once again clearing up the story between Arcee and the motorcycle Lennox uses during the final battle]</ref>
*Arcee came close to being killed off in ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'', as the trade states that two revisions of the plot had her dying.
*Arcee was the host of a "Lonely Hearts" letter column in the Titan comic's [[letters page]].
[[File:BB-Arcee-model.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Ok, her legs were too skinny before, but now we're exaggerating..]]
*Arcee's Cybertronian design in ''Bumblebee'' is heavily inspired by her Generation 1 [[Arcee (G1)|namesake]].

===Arcee triplets===
[[File:ROTFConceptArceeCombinerDVD.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|So apparently Chromia and Elita-1 were green and silver at some point? Okay.]]
*It's not especially clear whether ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Arcee is one consciousness controlling three bodies, or three separate individuals. Writer [[Roberto Orci]] explained that she was written as a singular entity, but that [[Michael Bay]] "kept them as individuals".<ref>[http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2009/07/ask-orci-final-edition.html Roberto Orci answers questions on the Transformers Live blogspot, July 13, 2009.]</ref> If this was Bay's intention, it does not particularly come across in the movie (as the trio doesn't really ''do'' anything), beyond perhaps Arcee referring to her components in the plural form in one instance. The novelization of the film adheres to the script's intent, describing Arcee as a "[[Multi-component Transformer|Tripartite Cybertronian]]", while the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline chose instead to identify Arcee as only ''one'' of the bikes (the pink/red one), and characterize the other two as the separate characters [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-1]], who were characterised as Arcee's sisters.
**IDW Publishing's ''[[Transformers: Tales of the Fallen|Tales of the Fallen]]'' mini-series, complimented a few years later by ''[[Transformers: Rising Storm|Rising Storm]]'', goes to some lengths to marry the two concepts, depicting Arcee, Elita-1 and Chromia as a trio of robots animated by one spark, sharing thoughts and feelings but still possessing some degree of autonomy from one another.
**[[Titan Books|Titan]]'s comics, on the other hand, depict Arcee as having three bodies in their comic strips (sometimes even forgetting about ''that'' and drawing her in her original first movie toyline body), only to have their letters pages make the contradictory claims that a) they ''were'' separate robots who aren't related and Arcee's just the only one namechecked, and b) that ''nobody knows'' and that it depends "on who you ask".
**Hasbro ''Dark of the Moon'' website adheres to the original idea for Arcee, identifying her as a "a single mind that operates three bodies". Further, it follows through on the events of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' by stating that two of her components were destroyed during the battle at Giza. That, of course, is in fairly complete contradiction to previous Hasbro bios that have Elita-One still operating in the post-movie [[Hunt for the Decepticons]] setting.
[[File:ROTFAnimaticBikerGroups.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|SIX! SIX BIKE GIRLS! ah ha ha ha *sob*]]
*It was originally intended that the three individual "Arcees" would combine into a singular, larger robot in the film, but Michael Bay chose to drop the idea for fear of the confusion it would cause given how much else was already going on in the film.<ref>[http://www.siggraph.org/s2009/computer_animation_festival/sessions/details/?id=131 Q&A session with ILM effects supervisor Scott Farrar at Siggraph 2009]</ref> The idea evidently remained until comparatively late in production; both an unknown designer (see right) and [[Steve Jung]] [http://web.archive.org/web/20160323144936/http://stevejung.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=4&pos=0 created a model] for the combined robot, and it appears in both the film's novelization and in the animatic for the Shanghai battle scene included on the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' DVD. A vestigial reference to the combination even exists in the finished Arcee, Chromia and Elita-1 toys in the form of a fold-out tab on each that allows them to link up back-to-back. Despite claims made by Hasbro that instructions for the trio's combined form would be made available online, the eventual relegation of Elita to a simple redeco of Chromia neutralized any real chance of the figures attaining any true combination capability, though this was returned to in ''Studio Series''.
**The combined form of the ''Studio Series'' toy appears to be based on [[:File:Rotf-scale-autobots2-1-.jpg|concept art used in the Autobot scale chart]] that appeared on the film's second DVD, rather than any of the other concepts that can be found online.
*The toy [[bio]] for ''Revenge of the Fallen''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s other motorbike Autobot [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]] seems to refer to Arcee's change in form between the first and second movie toylines, claiming that he wants to undergo the new "combiner retrofit" he's been hearing about, strongly implying that Arcee underwent the same process. The absence of Arcee's combined mode from the film and IDW's own later explanation for her change in form never matched this implication, though.
*The animatics of the Shanghai battle scene included on the ROTF DVD serve to '''make Arcee more confusing'''. The "Lamborghini Jump" animatic depicts a trio of three female motorcycle Transformers (two red, one either silver or black) chasing Sideways, similar to the scene with Arcee and her compatriots as it appears in the final film. However, as the animatic continues, at least two of the bike-girls jump on Sideways in mid-pursuit, who he manages to throw off and into a building by swerving. Sideways is then confronted by ''another'' trio of bikes (pink, yellow and blue), who merge into a single robot and flip towards him, only to inexplicably disappear immediately afterwards. What the ''hell?''
*At some point between the film and the concept art stages of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Arcee's body was flipped horizontally; this resulted in all of her toys (at the time) being based on the concept art, making them inaccurate to her appearance in the film. Many years later, the ''Studio Series'' toy would correct this to be more in line with her CGI model used in the film.
*While ''Revenge of the Fallen'' is wholly apathetic on whether or not the shots that take down Arcee are fatal, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman would later claim that all three Arcee components were killed<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/274058-dvd-blu-ray-commentary-4.html#post4226117 DVD/Blu-Ray Commentary - Page 4 - TFW2005 - The 2005 Boards]</ref> at the behest of director Michael Bay.<ref>[https://www.mtv.com/news/1608508/michael-bay-reveals-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-death/ Michael Bay Reveals 'Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen' Death]</ref> IDW's comics ignored this and continued to feature the three sisters in ''Rising Storm''.
**[[Harold Attinger|Attinger]]'s playing card of Arcee lists her as "deceased", indicating that Orci and Kurtzman's claim has been supported. Of course, said card uses an image of Elita-1.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Arcee''' (アーシー ''Āshī'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Arcee''' (China, 阿尔茜 ''Āěrxī''; Taiwan, 雅希, ''Yǎxī'')
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==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Bumblebee Autobots]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Human Alliance]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Movie Autobots]]
[[Category:Multi-component Transformers]]
[[Category:NEST]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]
[[Category:Rise of the Beasts Autobots]]
[[Category:Sam's Club exclusives]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Studio Series Autobots]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Autobots]]

Vertebreak (Kingdom)

2024-02-07T17:30:14Z

Metalstar: /* War for Cybertron: Kingdom */ Regarding compatibility with larger figures

{{factions|predacon}}
{{disambig3|Vertebreak}}
:''Vertebreak is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology|Fossilizer]] from the [[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Vertebreak-EarthWars.jpg|right|thumb|300px|She'll vertebreak your heart. And your femurs. And your spine.]]

'''Vertebreak''' may be a fossil, but she's still brimming with primal beast power! Her slight, skeletal frame, uncoupled from the usual muscular might of other beasts, may make her appear to pose a lesser threat, but Vertebreak possesses every other trick in the book to compensate. Once you're in her jaws, she will never, ever let go.<ref>''Earth Wars'' Vertebreak bio</ref>

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}

==Toys==
===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Core Vertebreak.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Someday someone will dig up my dried up old bones; they'll say this poor man died of thirst in the desert alone.]]
*'''Vertebreak''' (Core Class, [[2020]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K3'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD EX-02'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[April 24]], 2021
**''Accessories'': Tail/"bone weapon"<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-kingdom-core-class-wfc-k3-vertebreak HasbroPulse description] of Vertebreak states: "Pull off the tail in raptor mode and use in robot mode as a cool bone weapon!"</ref>
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the first wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' Core Class figures, Vertebreak transforms from a ''Dracorex'' skeleton to a 3.5-inch tall robot and back. Her tail can detach in robot mode to use as a weapon or store on the robot mode's back.

:Unlike Deluxe Class [[F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology|dino-skeleton]] characters in ''Kingdom'', she cannot disassemble into weapons and armor for other figures. That said, the tail accessory is 5 mm compatible (The figure even has 5 mm hands rather than the 3 mm most core figures have), allowing larger figures to wield it, although the 3 mm post at the end makes it a little more difficult for those with more shallow hands.

:Be wary with her tail; as it's a rubberized plastic similar to fire blast effects. As such, it can cause paint chipping (her hands, being painted, can fall issue to this) or potentially warped plastic. Similar to blast effects, it has also been reported that her tail can deteriorate and bond with the harder plastic of her or other figures hands. This can lead it to stripping paint from the harder plastic on removal. [https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/psa-new-toy-plastic-condition-discovered-melted-soft-rubbery-parts.1107350/page-38#post-19297409]

:In Japan, Vertebreak was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive.

:She was redecoed into [[Dracodon#Toys|Dracodon]].
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==Notes==
[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Vertebreak-art.jpg|upright=1|thumb|The Dragon <s>King</s> ''Queen'' of Hogwarts—uh, I mean, Cybertron.]]
* At [[Hasbro PulseCon 2020]], [[John Warden]] referred to the toy with masculine pronouns. By contrast, Vertebreak was referred to with feminine pronouns at a November 2020 virtual unboxing event, as attested by [[Ben Yee]] in his [https://bwtf.com/toyreviews/generations/2019-20/vertebreak Vertebreak review]: "yes, she according to Hasbro at the ''Kingdom'' unboxing event". Her bio in the ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'' video game would continue this direction for the character by using feminine pronouns.
* Though Vertebreak doesn't completely disassemble in the same way as the Deluxe Fossilizers, designer [[Mark Maher]]—when revealing Dracodon—referred to him as a Fossilizer, indicating that they are considered one and the same.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU1IRBw_9_c&t=2401s Hasbro Pulse FAN FEST 2021]</ref>
*In a [[:File:PulseCon-Kingdom-promo-art.jpg|piece of promotional artwork]] for the ''Kingdom'' line revealed during said PulseCon, a mostly purple Vertebreak is shown with a different chest design, possibly reflecting an earlier stage of the character's development.
* In real life, the status of ''Dracorex'' as a valid genus is controversial as the type specimen has been argued to actually just be a misclassified juvenile ''{{w|Pachycephalosaurus}}'' (a common issue in paleontology due to the frequency of immature animals looking quite different from their adult forms).
* Product descriptions by [[Hasbro]] used on various online retailing websites, such as Amazon, refer to her alternate form being a "raptor fossil". This was later corrected in statements by Hasbro, presumably mentioned at the ''Kingdom'' unboxing event.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vertebreak''' (ヴァータブレイク ''Vātabureiku'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Fossilizers]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Kingdom Predacons]]

Dracodon

2024-02-07T17:29:21Z

Metalstar: /* War for Cybertron: Kingdom */ Regarding compatibility with larger figures

{{factions|maximal}}
:''Dracodon is a [[Maximal]] [[F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology|Fossilizer]] from the [[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Dracodon-art.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|I'M MEAN AND GREEN, AND I... AM... one of the good guys?]]

'''Dracodon''' is green... and radioactive!

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==Toys==
===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Core Dracodon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!]]
*'''Dracodon''' (Core Class, [[2021]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K22'''

**''Accessories'': Tail/"bone weapon"<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-kingdom-core-class-wfc-k3-vertebreak HasbroPulse description] of Vertebreak states: "Pull off the tail in raptor mode and use in robot mode as a cool bone weapon!"</ref>

:Part of the third wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' Core Class figures, Dracodon is a radioactive green-and-gold redeco of [[Vertebreak (Kingdom)#Toys|Vertebreak]]. He<ref>The character has no bio, though [[Mark Maher]] at [[Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest 2021]] referred to the toy with masculine pronouns.</ref> transforms from a ''Dracorex'' skeleton to a 3.5-inch tall robot and back. The tail can detach in robot mode to use as a weapon or store on the robot mode's back.

:Unlike Deluxe Class [[F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology|dino-skeleton]] characters in ''Kingdom'', neither Dracodon nor Vertebreak can disassemble into weapons and armor for other figures. That said, the tail accessory is 5 mm compatible (The figure even has 5 mm hands rather than the 3 mm most core figures have), allowing larger figures to wield it, although the 3 mm post at the end makes it a little more difficult for those with more shallow hands.

:Be wary with his tail; as it's a rubberized plastic similar to fire blast effects. As such, it can cause paint chipping or potentially warped plastic.

:Unlike every other ''Transformers'' toy revealed at [[Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest 2021]], Dracodon and [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Soundwave]] were not available for pre-order after the virtual panel. Dracodon ended up becoming a heavy [[shelfwarmer|pegwarmer]], particularly at Wal-marts across North America, where the figure eventually ended up being sold on clearance in massive amounts.
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==Notes==
* In real life, the status of ''Dracorex'' as a valid genus is controversial as the type specimen has been argued to actually just be a misclassified juvenile ''{{w|Pachycephalosaurus}}'' (a common issue in palaeontology due to the frequency of immature animals looking quite different from their adult forms).
* Though Dracodon doesn't completely disassemble in the same way as the Deluxe Fossilizers, designer [[Mark Maher]]—when revealing him—referred to him as a "radioactive bone [[F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology|Fossilizer]]", indicating that they are considered one and the same.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU1IRBw_9_c&t=2401s Hasbro Pulse FAN FEST 2021]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}



[[Category:Fossilizers]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Kingdom Maximals]]

User:Metalstar

2024-02-06T16:31:48Z

Metalstar: Insert that one scene of M Bison

Metalstar is a mercenary from the tfwiki continuity

Metalstar isn't the most consistent of Mercs. He can go from being so quiet that you forget he's there to being so chatty you wish he wasn't there in the blink of an eye. This used to get him in trouble with his superiors, but these days, Metalstar is a bit more helpful, fixing anomalies known as "grammar and spelling" errors, doing so quickly. He also seems to be a budding recon expert, occasionally updating sightings of smaller Transformers in the United States. His alt-mode is a black Mazda CX5, though he hopes to upgrade to a Camero one day. He also has ADHD and autism, though he tries not to let that get in the way.

He tends to hold certain transformers on a pedestal, most notably Soundwave, Predaking, Nemesis Prime, Waspinator, Barricade, Mirage, Scourge (if he turns into a truck or dragon), Bludgeon, Depth Charge, Slag, Redwing, Repugnus, and Exhaust. He is not a fan of any version of Sentinel Prime. He has way too many Kreons for his own good, he thinks The Last Knight is a good movie (did you know that Optimus never transforms in that movie, by the way?), he accidentally predicted Frankentron in his notes app the day it was revealed (He figured Project francis was either Frankenstein or Punisher), he has broken every Power Core Combiner commander figure, with only Bombshock still intact enough to function, he is writing a script for a ROTB spinoff/sequel fan film called Might of The Beasts, as well as one for a fan film called Wrath of The Wreckers (he's even made playlists for them), he cannot be trusted with a screwdriver, as he will disassemble nearly everything in the room, he has created a fanbot for almost every faction, and he can spot a Transformers car decal from a mile away.

== Favorite Figures ==
*Beastfire Predaking
*POTP Predaking
*POTP Nemesis Prime
*Legacy Nemesis Leo Prime
*Legacy Leo Prime
*Oil Slick
*TR Sixshot
*SS86 Hot Rod
*One Step Earthspark Soundwave
*Earthrise Exhaust
*Siege Springer
*PCC Bombshock
*MP Soundwave
*Battle Ops Bumblebee (for some Primus-Forsaken reason)
*SS Dino (even if transforming it is a nightmare)
*Amazon TR Repugnus
*Kingdom Waspinator
*SS Mirage (again, transforming it is a nightmare)

== Dream figures ==
*SS86 Springer
*WFC/Legacy style G1 Sandstorm (which might end up happening) (YES!)
*JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Collaborative (WE WERE ROBBED, Y'ALL)
*SS TLK Barricade
*SS TLK... the entire decepticon cast really (we might be getting core mohawk (CALLED IT!))
*Botanica
*Legacy Quickstrike
*Titan class Animated Omega Supreme
*Legacy Prime Soundwave
*Commander Thunderclash
*Legacy Crumplezone and Ransack
*SS Dragonstorm
*DJD Capsule Line
*Legacy Sky-Byte

Foldspace

2024-02-06T13:09:55Z

Metalstar: Disambig grammar fix

{{factions|minicon|decepticon}}
{{disambig2| the character|the method of FTL travel|Unspace}}
:''Foldspace is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Spacewarp-r.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Everyone's always in favor of saving Hitler's brain, but when you put it into the body of a great white shark, ooooooo, suddenly you've gone too far! <br> (Foldspace is the second Mini-Con from the left.)]]
Good news, everyone! The senile but brilliant scientist '''Foldspace''' has been a loyal companion to [[Spacewarp]] for years.

==Fiction==
===Ask Vector Prime===
in [[Aurex 006.0 Kappa]], Spacewarp rescued Foldspace from the clutches of [[Maxa Quintesson|Maxa Q]], earning his loyalty. With his help, she was able to break the [[Interstellar Marauders Mini-Con Team]] out of their [[stasis lock]] after she acquired the [[Transwarp Blaster]] in a high-stakes game of [[Cybertronian games|triad]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/17}}

===Spacewarp's Log===
On one early voyage, Spacewarp flew too close to a black hole, forcing Foldspace to step in and save both of them from getting crushed. They survived the experience, but wound up in [[Xobitor|another universe]], where [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was a rocky wasteland named [[Skalorr]]. Things went bad after the native [[Terrakor]]s betrayed them. Foldspace was subdued by the Terrakor's villainous [[human]] compatriots for dissection. Foldspace managed to escape the humans, and travelled to the nearby [[Protecton]] camp. There, he convinced Argus, their leader, to come to the rescue. The two of them travelled back to the Protecton's base, the ruined city of [[Zanador]]. Foldspace stayed behind while Spacewarp and the Protectons set off to repair the [[Compu-Core]]. After the Compu-Core was repaired and the Terrakors routed for the time being, Foldspace left Skalorr with Spacewarp, returning to their home dimension after a series of wacky adventures.

Foldspace was with Spacewarp when she was dimensionally displaced to [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]]. After Spacewarp received a visa to travel off-planet, Foldspace and the Interstellar Marauder Team were with her when she responded to [[Galaxy Shuttle]]'s distress call. Foldspace tracked Galaxy Shuttle's attacker to one of the smaller moons of [[Frellus IV]]. The five-team then boarded the ship of [[Dren'ead]] to rescue [[Vector Prime]] and [[Scorpia (TransTech)|Scorpia]]. They hightailed it as soon as possible but ended up returning when it turned out that Dren'ead was merely an alien toddler desperately trying to help his sick father [[Dren'strm]]. After Dren'strm was healed, he apologized for the trouble and then talked a bit about science with Vector Prime and Foldspace before Spacewarp and her Mini-Cons departed. {{storylink|Transformers: Spacewarp's Log|Spacewarp's Log (2), 2015/11/22}}

==Toys==
===''Universe'' (2003)===
*'''Spacewarp''' (Ultra Class, <strike>[[2004]]</strike>?)
{{note|Foldspace was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] from the unreleased ''Universe'' incarnation of [[Comettor (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Cometor]].}}

:''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Spacewarp#Toys|Spacewarp]] was an unproduced redeco of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Ultra-sized [[Jetfire (Armada)#Toys|Jetfire]], slated to come with a redeco of Comettor and the [[Space Mini-Con Team#Universe (2003)|Space Mini-Con Team]]. Judging from ''Universe'' [[Ramjet (Universe)#Toys|Ramjet]] and [[Sunstorm (Universe)#Toys|Sunstorm]] each being packaged with four redecoed Mini-Cons whose names were unchanged, Comettor would presumably have retained his name, albeit with a faction switch to Decepticon.

:This set was initially intended as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive but was shelved because no retail chain ultimately ended up wanting to carry it. Spacewarp was among several proposed exclusives that were ultimately put into retail limbo during the waning of the ''Universe'' line.

:In [[2007]], the Spacewarp concept was modified and revived as ''Timelines'' [[Astrotrain (Cybertron)#Toys|Astrotrain]], one of the first exclusives available for purchase from the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]]. Nearly identical to the canceled ''Universe'' version of Comettor, Astrotrain's Mini-Con partner was named [[Starcatcher (Cybertron)#Toys|Starcatcher]].

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==Notes==
* Spacewarp and all of her Mini-Cons have names deriving from fictional methods of FTL travel. Foldspace has been used in a variety of books and series, notably ''{{w|Dune (novel)|Dune}}'', ''{{w|Robotech}}'', and, ahem, ''Transformers''.
* According to [[Jim Sorenson]], his personality was loosely based on ''{{w|Futurama}}''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Professor Farnsworth.<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/143651-transformers-collectors-club-sale-everyone-can-purchase-from-them-now/?p=3587179 Post by Jim S on the Allspark Forums, 2017/08/28]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cybertron Decepticons]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Elderly Transformers]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:TransTech Mini-Cons]]

Party Poppinsky

2024-01-31T20:28:54Z

Metalstar: Oops

{{factions|partyfavors}}
:''Party Poppinsky is a member of the [[Party Favors]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]].
[[File:BotBots-toy PartyPoppinsky checklist.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Soda Poppinsky's less ambitious brother.]]
'''Party Poppinsky''' is ready to blow.

==Toys==
===''BotBots''===
*'''???''' ("Surprise Unboxing" 6-pack, <s>2020</s>)
**''Series'': '''<s>6</s>'''
**''Level'': '''2 Star'''

: Part of the originally-planned sixth Series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]'', Party Poppinsky is a [[redeco]] of [[Chic Cheeks]], transforming into a party popper.

: They were to be available exclusively in the "Surprise Unboxing" assortment, as one of six BotBots in ten mystery capsules (the other four having stickers inside). However, we do not know what the package breakdowns for those were planned to be, as the initial Series 6 that Party Poppinsky was part of never materialized. A different Series 6 was developed for release in [[2023]], leaving Party Poppinsky's release in limbo. What limited information we have on their planned availability comes from the [[:File:BotBots_series_6_checklist.jpg|''BotBots'' Series 6 checklist]] found on Hasbro's customer service website in early 2021.

: This mold was also used to make [[Makeover N. Over]].

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[[Category:Party Favors]]

Party Poppinsky

2024-01-31T20:26:28Z

Metalstar:

Talk:Spontaneous recoloration

2024-01-24T18:28:40Z

Metalstar: /* Gif */

Should we differentiate between repaints and black repaints? The concept of a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_body has been mentioned enough in those ehobby bios to warrent an article. [[Special:Contributions/24.192.196.242|24.192.196.242]] 14:28, 11 June 2009 (EDT)

== Killing Jar - No. ==

The Killing Jar listings here do not fit the article's subject. They were a result of light fuctioning differently on the otherside of the blackhole. No actual change to the TFs structure/pigment/power was implied... as Marissa and the Quint changed too, IIRC. --[[Special:Contributions/76.28.72.27|76.28.72.27]] 10:20, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
:Maybe light was functioning differently, maybe the whole universe was. I think it's worth a mention. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 12:31, 4 August 2009 (EDT)

== Becoming EEEEEVIL? ==

I'm wondering if transformers who change colours upon switching factions should count here? Like Rhinox, in that one episode where megatron turned him evil? Or the Constructicons, in Animated, when they were branded, and the rest of their bodies spontaneously changed to G-1-esque colours? --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] 12:07, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
:Plus there are the Micromaster Collection color changes. I think we need to tweak the article away from the 'power-up' section a bit, since there are lots of other examples--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 12:31, 4 August 2009 (EDT)

==Silver Coat==
What's a silver coat? It's not linked to anywhere else on the site. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 12:31, 4 August 2009 (EDT)

==Transformers Headmasters==
Shouldn't Soundblaster and Twincast be added here? And also what about Lioconvoy's minty coloration in BW Neo? Not to mention Burning Convoy and Flash Lioconvoy. Additionally in the Armada Section nobody put Optimus Prime, who does feature altered colors in the last two episodes.
:Twincast and Soundblaster's recolorations weren't spontaneous. As for Burning Convoy, Flash Lioconvoy and minty Lioconvoy, those were Burning Justice and suchlike instances where the body's colors weren't changed, they were just overshadowed by said Burning Justice. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 23:34, 12 October 2010 (EDT)

when it comes to the whole matter of a transformer powering up and becoming more powerful from it in the long term i have been giving this quite a bit of thought lately asa long time transformers /dragonball/z/gt/zoids fan

when it comes to rid about halfway through the series the 3 Autobot brothers x-brawn prowl and Sideburn were given the ability to power up into their supercharged modes.

now i have been giving this a bit of thought lately

when it comes to the matrix, vector sigma, cybertron, and the allspark, they are all parts of the same greater being that is primus

each living Cybertronian as a living being possesses a spark bond to the matrix , vector sigma , cybertron and the eternal Allspark of Primus itself

now imagine for a moment that each individual/ or at the very least certain individuals could actually possess to their person the potential the power and the ability to power up/supercharge/self evolve / self ascend at will for want of a better way of wording it as a way for that person to over time work their way up through the various stages of enhanced and upgraded Cybertronian that separates the average individual in question, say a minibot like bumblebee or cliffjumper from a bot or con like Optimus or Megatron in terms of over all physical strength, stamina, endurance, speed, agility, intelligence and over all firepower .

and through that bond possess the potential over time to go from being a relatively normal Cybertronain to being one who has used that bond to self enhance and otherwise evolve their body over time to being at the most extreme a Cybertronian who's overall power levels could potentially rival or even surpass those of even the most powerful of Autobots or Decepticons such as Optimus Prime or Megatron

in essence it being a case of the spirit being willing though the flesh be weak+ mind over matter due to that person channeling thier will power in such a way throughout the whole thing that it is literally a case of the character having to learn how to channel life energy through their sparkbond to cybertron,vector sigma, the allspark, and primus and the power of their very life spark with that person having to literally earn thier full body upgrade through a thoroughly brutal combination of fighting spirit hard work, determination,will power a truly grueling fighting training regimen and that person's desire to constantly push theirself to become a better and more powerful fighter over time for the sake of it itself to achieve over time that which would be the presumably impossible when seen through the optics of a cybertronian who has worked their way up through the ranks to achieve that same set of personal power levels through full body enhancements and upgrades

in a manner of speaking it would be a case of self evolution self ascenion at will and self reformatting happening all at once in the moment it happens to that person

as they say what does not kill a person can only make them stronger but this would be taking it to the extremes

In essence it being a reasonable comparison to a saiyan character from the dragonball/z/gt mythos ascending to super saiyan, 2, 3, 4

That is to say that one could look at this scenario as being a transformer adaption of the concept the idea and its execution as it were.

I actually think it would be interesting to see that idea explored throughout a animated series or comic storyline.

I actually think it would be possible for a g1 era Autobot or Decepticon or a beast era Maximal or Predacon to achieve that kind of self evolution assuming that the individual in question can successfully learn to control and properly channel the power of their lifespark , can also master processor over matter and in doing so use the two simultaneously together as a way to self evolve their body through the use of willpower as a way to both control and direct that persons metamorphosis into a more powerful being on a full body submoleculer/nanotechnological level.

== Blackarachnia==
Shouldn't Blackarachnia be counted in the temporary section seeing as she turned solid black in the episode where she absorbed the power of the floating island? {{unsigned|Nobleboivin}}
:Yep! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 21:32, 23 August 2014 (EDT)

== Gif ==

Um, the gif seems to stop before it can really show the recoloration results.[[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 13:37, 23 January 2024 (EST)
:Not sure what you mean? The colors are fully shown in the gif, and holds on them for a full second before looping. Besides, it's meant to focus on the actual transition between color schemes, not the new scheme itself. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:12, 23 January 2024 (EST)
::Nevermind, it was something on my end anyway.[[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 13:28, 24 January 2024 (EST)

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Cliffjumper (WFC)

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{{disambig3|Cliffjumper}}
:''Cliffjumper is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:PrimeCliffjumper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Cliffjumper will take you down to the corner of Know Your Role Boulevard and Jabroni Drive and check you directly into the Smackdown Hotel!]]

'''Cliffjumper''' ('''Cliff''' to his chums) isn't your run-of-the-mill Autobot freedom fighter. Armed with six-cylinder ion cannons, a quantum-sensitive multiphase targeting system that would make [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] jealous, and of course, the old-school technique of pummeling [[Decepticon]]s with his fists, Cliffjumper prefers to liven up the day with firefights while retrieving enemy intelligence. He more than lives up to his name: He'll fearlessly leap ''long'' before he bothers looking!

{{bigquote|Need backup?|[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]}}
{{bigquote|Do I ''ever'' need backup?|Cliffjumper tempting fate|"[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Cliffjumper concurred with [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] that while [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] was not an Autobot, he deserved to be rescued. He and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]'s [[Wreckers]] later escorted [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] to the [[Well of All Sparks]] when they made their journey to purge Cybertron's [[core]] of [[Dark Energon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} Cliffjumper was with the Wreckers when they went on mission to help Optimus Prime guard the Well of Allsparks from Megatron's encroaching forces. He was partnered up with Bumblebee, and tasked with harrying the Decepticons should they get passed the rest of the Wreckers. On their way to their post, they ran afoul of Barricade. They engaged the Decepticon, and after a brief tussle, left him behind beaten and unconscious. Cliffjumper and Bumblebee then doubled back to help the Wreckers flank the incoming Decepticons. In doing so, they helped disrupt the Decepticons' entire field position. The pair got separated during the battle.

After the AllSpark was launched into space and the Decepticons retreated, Cliffjumper would learn that Bumblebee had gotten his vocoder crushed while keeping Megatron at bay. {{storylink|Bumblebee at Tyger Pax}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====IDW ''Prime'' comic====
When the Decepticons returned to their dead homeworld, Cliffjumper went in with all guns blazing to investigate. The [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s piled onto him, grappling him until he was unconscious. He awoke to find himself in their base, which Cliffjumper commented looked like the sort of lair [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] would design. A Vehicon said Cliffjumper would live until he was no longer useful, and asked him to decode an offworld Autobot signal. It came from none other than Optimus himself, ordering his forces to gather on a planet called [[Earth]]. Awed, Cliffjumper then turned to his interrogator and said all the decoded message said was, "Megatron smells like [[Unicron]]'s armpit." The infuriated Vehicon ordered Cliffjumper's demise just before [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] burst in, slaughtering the Decepticons.

[[File:Primecomic-Cliffjumpershoot.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Trademark move: Sharpshooter]]
Cliffjumper tried to greet his old colleague, but she told him to be quiet, coldly informing him she had not come to rescue him, but to tap into the Decepticons' communications. Finding the coordinates of the enemy's weapons lab in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], she was prepared to go by herself until Cliffjumper convinced her that Kaon was too dangerous for her stealthy ways, and that she needed his brawn to back her brain. Entering the city through its maintenance tunnels, Arcee opened a secret passage. As he travelled up an ancient staircase, Cliffjumper's suspicions were confirmed when he saw Starscream overseeing the reactivation of a [[space bridge]]. Arcee wanted to destroy the device, but Cliffjumper saw it as their ticket to Earth. He distracted Starscream by going straight to him and his Vehicons, claiming he wanted to join them. Arcee activated the device, and when Starscream noticed, Cliffjumper jumped his pretense and started a fight, then jumped with Arcee into the space bridge.

As he plummeted, Cliffjumper momentarily wondered if he was one with the [[AllSpark]], but Arcee confirmed they had fallen onto Earth. Finding a ghost town, they [[scanning|scanned]] their alternate modes. Cliffjumper disdained a passing travel trailer (which he found too ugly) and a truck (which was too bulky) before selecting a muscle car, which Arcee found suitably noisy. He added horns on the hood of his new alternate mode as a finishing touch. As the two drove to find Optimus, Starscream—who had also jumped into the space bridge—attacked them, blasting off Arcee's arm. Cliffjumper fought Starscream and buried him under a pile of rocks, but then [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] appeared. It seemed like the end, but Optimus and Bumblebee came and fought off the two Decepticons before opening a [[GroundBridge]] to their base and sending Arcee through for repairs. Optimus told Cliffjumper his journey was over, but a new battle was just beginning. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}
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====''Prime'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Dwayne Johnson]] (English, "[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]"), [[Billy Brown]] (English, "[[Out of the Past]]"), [[Frank Welker]] (English, [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] Cliffjumper), [[Noriaki Sugiyama]] (Japanese)|[[Shen Lei]] (Chinese), [[Sang-hyeon Eom]] (Korean), [[Robin Kahnmeyer]] (German), [[Sergio Gutiérrez Coto]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Miguel Ángel Pérez]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Andrea Bolognini]] (Italian), [[Juhani Rajalin]] (Finnish), [[Rodrigo Araújo]] (Portuguese, "Darkness Rising, Part 1"), [[Luiz Laffey]] (Portuguese, "Out of the Past"), [[Péter Szokol]] (Hungarian)}}

[[File:Predatory-ArceeBeeCliff.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|We know who's {{w|Redshirt (character)|expendable}}.]]

During the Great War, Cliffjumper and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] invaded the lair of [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]], who had captured Arcee and [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. Airachnid had already killed Tailgate by the time Cliffjumper and Bumblebee arrived, but they were able to pull a shellshocked Arcee to safety. {{storylink|Predatory}}

[[File:OutofthePast-CliffArcee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|He's not solving murders with [[James Remar|Harry Morgan]].]]
Following the [[Great Exodus]], Cliffjumper was investigating reports of a Decepticon operation on the deserted Cybertron when he was captured by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s forces along with Arcee. When interrogated, he held out and faked a shutdown, being thrown into the same cell as Arcee. The pair were taken to [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], who used a [[cortical psychic patch]] on Arcee to decode the transmission—a message from [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] calling the Autobots to Earth. Cliffjumper subsequently kept Starscream busy long enough for Arcee to free herself and the pair went to destroy the [[space bridge]] that Shockwave had build. Cliffjumper distracted the Decepticons while Arcee sabotaged the bridge though Shockwave caught them in the act. Cliffjumper ended up fighting the Decepticon scientist and came off second best, though he was saved by Arcee. The two Autobots jumped through the space bridge, encountering Shockwave one last time mid-bridge before they ended up on Earth. As the pair went off to find Optimus, Cliffjumper regaled Arcee with the story of the time he was lost in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. {{storylink|Out of the Past}} The duo were unaware that Shockwave survived their encounter. {{storylink|Scattered}}

Three years after the last reported Decepticon activity on Earth, Cliffjumper was still marooned on the planet with his fellow Autobots. Still a strong-willed individual, Cliffjumper had sometimes run afoul of human authorities, resulting in receiving multiple traffic tickets and once having a [[Denver boot|boot]] affixed to his tire due to a parking violation. As he chatted with Arcee over the radio, she admonished him for his stubborn bullheadedness. He countered that Earth was so boring that sometimes he just had to stir things up.

[[File:DarknessRising1-Cliffjumperface.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|If you think he looks ornery now, you should see him later.]]
Just as Cliffjumper noted that he was starting to miss the Decepticons, his scanners caught nearby activity. He declined Arcee's suggestion for backup and sped off in the direction of the disturbance. He was surprised to find a wide crater full of [[energon]], and even more surprised to find it guarded by the Decepticons! Overwhelming [[Vehicon (Prime)|Decepticon forces]] demanded Cliffjumper put up a ferocious fight, but ultimately, the Autobot was overcome and taken on board the [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']], the Decepticons' warship, and thrown in front of Starscream. The interim Decepticon commander did not respond well to Cliffjumper's irreverence, and the Autobot was stabbed through the chest. Starscream then ordered his troops to clean up the body.

The remaining Earthbound Autobots arrived on the scene too late, and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] confirmed that Cliffjumper's [[spark]] had gone offline. Finding one of Cliffjumper's horns in the dirt, Arcee took the piece of her friend to the Autobots' memorial service. The loss of Cliffjumper hit her the hardest, and she stormed off amidst their eulogies, preferring to honor Cliffjumper's memory by keeping Earth safe. Ratchet confided in [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] that as long as the Autobots protected humanity, Cliffjumper's death would not be the only tragedy. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[File:DarknessRising2-letsgetyouhome.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|He's not supposed to die!]]
Though Cliffjumper had died, his body still had uses. When Megatron wanted a corpse on which to test [[Dark Energon]]'s resurrection powers, Cliffjumper's was used as a guinea pig. Once his torso was stabbed through by a shard of the material, Cliffjumper did spring back to life...though as a psychotic, screaming [[zombie]] that attacked anything in its path! Only being sliced in two by Megatron stopped Cliffjumper's rampage, and his two halves decorated varying levels of the Decepticons' energon mine.

The initial Dark Energon stabbing did briefly bring Cliffjumper's spark back online, but when Ratchet's sensors picked this up, he dismissed it as a glitch. Regardless, Arcee wanted to investigate. After the Autobots mounted an attack on the Decepticons, Arcee found the top half of Cliffjumper strewn about, but was horrified to see the monster that he had become. Whatever this thing was, it was no longer Cliffjumper, so the zombie was left behind as the Decepticon base exploded. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

When Arcee encountered Arachnid once again, she taunted Arcee by bringing up the deaths of Tailgate and Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Predatory}} Later, at Cliffjumper's memorial, Arcee said she had not given up on finding the Decepticon responsible for his death. When she discovered their prisoner Starscream was responsible, she attempted to kill him, only to stop when a shocked Bumblebee convinced her to stop and let him escape. She reflected to Optimus that her desire for vengeance had not brought the solace she sought. {{storylink|Partners (Prime)|Partners}} While under the influence of synthetic energon, Ratchet brought up Cliffjumper's death as something Prime should have been more proactive in preventing. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

In an effort to make small talk with a [[MECH]] operative, Starscream mentioned that he had personally "snuffed" an Autobot, referring to Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}} When Arcee learned that Bulkhead and Ratchet repaired Starscream's wounds after getting intel on [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]'s location, she became angry, saying that Starscream had also taken a partner from her. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}}

Miko, frustrated at Bulkhead's slow pace in recovering from the effects of [[Tox-En]] poisoning and the blast [[Hardshell]] gave him, stormed out of the base to cry at the top of the mesa where the Autobot base was located. Arcee tried to help Miko through her grief by telling her the story of how she first partnered up with Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Out of the Past}} When the Autobot base was destroyed by the ''Nemesis'', Cliffjumper's memorial was destroyed in the explosion. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} When confronted by [[Miko Nakadai]] in the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]], Starscream brought up his slaying of Cliffjumper only for the human to boast of her killing Hardshell. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}}

When Cybertron was reborn, Optimus honored all those who had made it possible, Cliffjumper among them. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
Despite his death, Cliffjumper was one of the Autobots blacklisted by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for associating with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
[[File:WFCDS-Cliffjumper.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.85|If Bumblebee were John Boehner.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English)}}

{{quote|Decepticons deserve a traitor's death!}}
Following the unleashing of [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]], Cliffjumper spotted a party of Decepticons preparing to assault the giant. He attempted to slow their advance with force fields and gun turrets, and when that didn't work, led them on a high-speed chase while trying to shoot them. They eventually caught up with him when he crashed into a wall and, though his spirit was still defiant, he was unable to stop them passing him. Of course, they immediately ran into Jetfire... {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}

{{note|Cliffjumper is an unlockable character in the Autobot version of the game, and as such, can be used as a playable character in the story and arena missions. He is unlocked by finding a data disk in the "Infiltration of Kaon" level.}}

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===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' (360/PS3/PC)===
[[File:FOC-Cliffjumper.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|They laughed when we said our ''War for Cybertron'' Cliffjumper toys sounded like The Rock, but who's laughing now?]]
{{voiceactor|[[Nolan North]] (English)}}

After [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] went missing from his post, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] met Cliffjumper and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] in the armory as they were preparing to go find Grimlock and his team. [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] took the duo in a [[dropship (WFC)|dropship]] to the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] where they explored the ruins. After encountering a number of Decepticon [[Guardian (FOC)|Guardians]], Cliff got the opportunity to save Jazz's life when the other Autobots was caught under debris during a rust storm. They followed a distress signal to a huge pit, which Jazz insisted on going down alone, though Cliff kept in contact with him via radio. Cliffjumper ended up facing the hordes of [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s that poured out of the pit when Jazz flooded it, but with the other Autobot's help, survived. Exploring further, they found an [[energon lake]] and spotted the huge tower in which [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] was conducting his [[space bridge]] experiments. Jazz and Cliffjumper infiltrated the facility, eventually finding Shockwave himself. Cliffjumper attempted to sneak up on the Decepticon, only to end up trapped behind a [[force field]]. While Jazz faced the swarm of Insecticons outside, Cliffjumper reversed the flow of toxic waste into the facility, escaping just before the place exploded. After being picked up by Sideswipe, they reported the energon lake back to Optimus before returning to finish preparing the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]] for launch. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}
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{{note|Cliffjumper also appears as a playable character in the Escalation map, ancients. He fights alongside [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]], [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]]. Strangely, Cliffjumper is the team's [[Tank (FOC)|Tank]].}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
====Console====
{{voiceactor|[[Nolan North]] (English)}}
When [[Swindle (FOC)|Swindle]] and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] were returning to Kaon, Dark Spark in hand, Cliffjumper led an Autobot attack in a desperate gambit to retrieve the Dark Spark from them. Unfortunately, he was defeated and forced to retreat, reporting to Optimus as he did so. Cliffjumper later tried to redeem himself on the outskirts of Kaon. Attempting to stop [[Bruticus (WFC)|Bruticus]]'s rampage, Cliffjumper attempted to place a det pack on the combiner, but was crushed for his troubles. The Decepticons then retreated into Kaon with Cliffjumper's unconscious body. Optimus Prime and Jazz then proceeded to infiltrate Kolkular to rescue Cliffjumper. They succeeded in freeing Cliffjumper, and, despite Cliffjumper's pleas, Optimus ordered Jazz to evacuate Cliffjumper while he went on to face Megatron alone. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}

====3DS====
{{Charstubgames}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
===''Generations''===
[[File:Cliffjumper Prime toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Voted "Most Likely To Be Bought For Ulterior [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Classics|Head-Swiping]] Motives."]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, 2010)
**''Accessories'': handgun
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro), [[Tomoya Miyake]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the fifth wave of [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|''Generations'']] Deluxe class toys, Cliffjumper is a red [[retool]]/[[redeco]] of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Toys|Cybertronian Bumblebee]] with a new head, transforming into a round "Cybertronian racer mode". His toy comes with a handgun and features two wrist-mounted, flip-out blades. The handgun can be stored inside his rear bumper in either robot or vehicle mode. Like the original mold, His legs are generally loose at the mid-thigh joint due to being used for transformation.

: The [[instructions]] for Bumblebee depicted him with Cliffjumper's head sculpt, thus revealing the retool before it was officially announced, a continuing trend in the ''Generations'' line.

: This toy was also (slightly) redecoed to make ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#United|Cliffjumper Cybertron Mode]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/Cliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm More information on Cliffjumper at TFU.info]''
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===''Prime''===
====''First Edition''====
{{anchor|FirstEdition}}
[[File:Primetoy-CliffjumperDeluxeFirstEdition.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|I have more toys which ''aren't'' made from Bumblebee molds than toys which ''are''. Something is seriously wrong here.]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
**''ID number:'' '''004'''
**''Takara release date:'' [[December 28]], 2011
**''Accessories:'' Stand
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of wave 1.5 of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Cliffjumper transforms from a muscle car that crossbreeds the rear of a Plymouth Barracuda with the front of a Dodge Challenger into a robot and back, and features flip-out triple-barreled blasters in each of his arms that can be swung out to replace his hands. He ''does'' have wrist articulation, but the plastic panels on the outer sides of his arms tend to get in the way, meaning his wrists can only easily [[Swivel joint|rotate]] up to 90 degrees. He features [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake sculpted wheels]] on the backs of his thighs.

: The Japanese version of this toy was packaged in robot mode (sans stand, despite the package call outs) and features a richer metallic red. His rear lights are also painted red instead of silver.

: He and the rest of the ''Transformers: Prime'' First Edition Wave 1 toys were released far earlier in Asia than the rest of the world. He was initially not released in the US, forcing fans to import him from Canada in order to get the Hasbro version. However, in late 2013, he started showing up at ToysRUs stores in the US, along with First Edition figures of Starscream and Bumblebee.

: This mold was retooled into ''Generations'' [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Generations|Cliffjumper]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Autobot/PrimeCliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm More information on ''First Edition'' Cliffjumper at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-FETerrorconCliffjumper.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|What he's cooking? Brains, apparently.]]
*'''Terrorcon Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''ID number:'' '''005'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

: Part of the second wave of ''Prime: First Edition'' toys, [[Terrorcon (Prime)#FirstEditionTerrorcon|Terrorcon]] Cliffjumper is a redeco and retooling of First Edition Cliffjumper, with unpainted wheel rims, purple translucent parts, a new, bashed-up head, and "[[Dark Energon]]" battle-damage [[paint operation]]s.

: His [[stock photography]] incorrectly depicts him with silver-painted wheel rims.

: The second wave of ''First Edition'' toys was initially only released in the Asian market in mid-2012. Terrorcon Cliffjumper was noticeably absent in this particular release, and was believed to be canceled. ([[TakaraTomy]] would then do their own drastically different interpretation of the toy, see below.) In late 2012, Wave 2 was finally released in its entirety in Hasbro's Asian markets, and [[Toys"R"Us]] picked up these toys, along with most of the "First Edition" line, as part of a ''huge'' block of US market [[exclusive]]s for the holiday season.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Autobot/PrimeTerrorconCliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm More information on ''First Edition'' Terrorcon Cliffjumper at TFU.info]''
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====''Cyberverse''====
[[File:Prime-toy CliffjumperCyberverse.jpg|right||thumb|upright=1.67|Wait, is this a gun?]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series/Number:'' '''2/005'''
**''Takara release date:'' [[March 31]], 2012
**''Takara Number:'' '''EZ-05'''
**''Accessories:'' Battle blade
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''Prime'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]] Legion-class toys (and the first wave in Japan), Cliffjumper transforms into his low-riding cruiser mode. He has 3mm holes in his roof, doors and fists for mounting Cyberverse-scale weapons. The battle blade he comes with is the same as Cyberverse [[Ratchet (WFC)#Cyberverse)|Ratchet]]'s, being modeled after the doctor's scalpel-weapons. The blade, in the same color, is also used by Cyberverse ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Dino#Cyberverse|Mirage]], while a green version is used by [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#CyberverseQuickblade|Quickblade Bumblebee]], and a purple version is used by [[Knock Out (Prime)#CyberverseSingle|Knock Out]].

: This sculpt was also used to make [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Autobot/LegCliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm More information on Cyberverse Cliffjumper at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Prime-EZ-Collection-Deception-Set-Terrorcon-Cliffjumper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Stiffjumper.]]
*'''Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, [[November 24]], 2012)
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
**''Accessories'': Battle blade

: Released as part of the EZ Collection Decepticon Set, "[[Terrorcon (Prime)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon]] Cliffjumper" is a translucent-purple redeco of his Cyberverse toy. He was only available in a TakaraTomy six-pack with [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Megatron]], the [[Vehicon (Prime)#EZ6pack|Vehicon]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#EZ6pack|Breakdown]], [[Starscream (WFC)#EZ6pack|Starscream]], and [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]].

: Despite being marked as a Decepticon, the zombified Cliffjumper has no alignment in-show. Also, the stock photos depict his purple plastic as either molded metallic or painted metallic.

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====''Robots in Disguise''====
[[File:Primetoy-CliffjumperDeluxeRID.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Lot of toys for a guy who bit the dust five minutes in. ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:Prime-toy CliffjumperTakTom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|''(TakaraTomy Arms Micron Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Series/Number'': '''1 / 002'''
**''Takara release date:'' [[March 31]], 2012
**''Takara ID number:'' '''AM-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun/hammer (Hasbro only), "C.L." Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

: Wave one of the "Robots in Disguise" Deluxe Class assortments includes an entirely new Cliffjumper mold. Unlike the first Cliffjumper toy, this Cliffjumper's transformation into robot mode involves stowing much of the car's roof on his back, while featuring a [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake car roof]] as the robot mode's chest. He is geared to have a "dramatic head reveal"; pulling his car-hood parts down into arm configuration pushes his robot head up into place. His battle hammer can also become a gun, which stores in vehicle mode on either the roof or in an additional peghole on the vehicle's rear right-hand side.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version of Cliffjumper has some very significant differences. Released as part of the first wave of Japanese ''Prime'' toys, his red plastic has a lighter, slightly-orange hue, plus he loses many of his [[paint operation]]s, which have been largely replaced by customer-applied foil [[Sticker|decal]]s. As part of the line-wide [[Arms Micron]] play-pattern, he has been [[retool]]ed to include [[5 mm post]]-hole mounts on his doors, driver's-side rear wheel hub (as there's already a post-hole on the passenger side from the Hasbro version), and robot mode shoulders. Rather than the hammer/rifle, he comes with his Arms Micron partner [[C.L.]], who transforms into an over-sized version of Cliffjumper's triple-barreled wrist-blaster... who unfortunately cannot be ''used'' as a wrist-blaster, the closest you can get to that is to use him as a hand-held cannon.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Autobot/Cliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm More information on ''Robots in Disguise'' Cliffjumper at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Prime-toy CliffjumperTerrorconTakTom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Think he looks edible? He'd probably think the same way about you... you know, if he ''could'' think.]]
*'''Terrorcon Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, 2012-[[April 28|04-28]])
**''ID number:'' '''AM-08'''
**''Accessories:'' "Jida" Arms Micron

: This version of the undead [[Dark Energon]]-infused Cliffjumper is available in the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, and was released in the second assortment. "Terrorcon" Cliffjumper is a translucent-purple and opaque-brown redeco and retooling of the "First Edition" Terrorcon Cliffjumper mold, with several added [[Mini-Con]] mounting points on his vehicle mode trunk and hood. As with the other toys in the Japanese ''Prime'' line, much of the toy is unpainted, (including his cannons) and relies on [[Sticker|decal]]s to add color detail, such as the windscreens, with a pair of unused Decepticon [[insignia]] stickers also being included. He comes with his [[Arms Micron]] partner, [[Jida]].

: Early [[stock photography]] showed Terrorcon Cliffjumper as being primarily opaque blue-purple plastic.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Autobot/PrimeTerrorconCliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm More information on Arms Micron Terrorcon Cliffjumper at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-CliffjumperRIP.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Sadly, you can't wear the head as a mask. It woulda been a great companion piece to the previous year's wearable Matrix.]]
*'''Rust In Peace Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, [[July 12]], 2012)
**''Accessories'': Dark Energon shard, "embedded" Dark Energon shard

: A [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2012 [[exclusive]], "Rust In Peace" Cliffjumper is a much more extensively-decoed and premium-packaged version of the "Terrorcon Cliffjumper" retool of the "First Edition" Cliffjumper mold, which was originally canceled worldwide, but was eventually released as an Asian market and [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive. Whew! He features a slightly darker shade of red and his paint operations have been expanded from the original retail plans to give him more battle damage deco. He comes with two Dark Energon accessories; a long shard of the stuff, and a shorter, more rubbery one ending in an "energy splash" that can grasp around the edges of his chest to represent, well, him being stabbed with Dark Energon to bring him back to "life."

: He comes in a special case shaped like Cliffjumper's zombified head, which itself comes inside a box with Cliffjumper's chest printed on the front. Gruesome!

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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-SS-WFC-Cliffjumper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|'''IT'S ABOUT DRIVE'''<br>'''IT'S ABOUT POWER'''<br>'''WE STAY HUNGRY'''<br>'''WE DEVOUR''']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Gamer Edition Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''Game'': '''''War for Cybertron'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''+05'''
:*''Accessories'': [[Plasma_cannon#Prime|plasma cannon]], [[Energon_battle_pistol|energon battle pistol]], sword hand, "Protect Omega Supreme" backdrop
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro)}}<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>

:A redeco and new head retool of ''Gamer Edition'' [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Studio Series|Bumblebee]], Cliffjumper transformers into a "Cybertronian courier" in 21 steps. Although his deco and new head are based on ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'', he is marketed as a ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' product for consistency with other ''Gamer Edition'' releases, which Hasbro team members have jokingly justified on the basis of his inclusion in that game's [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Nintendo DS version]]. Cliffjumper includes two blasters and a sword-arm attachment to replicate his arm blades. Cliffjumper and other figures in the ''Gamer Edition'' series have removable right arms, which can be swapped out for their blasters to emulate the way characters' arms in-game transformed into their weapons. These accessories can also attach to his vehicle mode. Speaking of his vehicle mode, the back of his head is a bit too big for the panel that covers it to close all the way.

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==Merchandise==

===Eaglemoss cards===
{{charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
[[File:FOC-HMS-render-Cliffjumper-robot mode.jpg|thumb|right]]
[[File:TfprimeCliffjumperCar.jpg|thumb|right|No, seriously, he's going to take you down to Jabroni Drive. Hop in already, he wants to beat the rush hour traffic.]]
* In ''Fall of Cybertron'' multiplayer, Cliffjumper's one unique body part (his head) is usable by [[Infiltrator (FOC)|Infiltrator]]-class characters as an Eliminator-type component. Amusingly, while that head is designed to look very much like the one seen in ''Prime'' for both alignment reasons and to distinguish him further from Bumblebee, Hasbro released the War for Cybertron figure two years earlier sporting a very G1 head sculpt.
* Cliffjumper was presented as a key Autobot in the ''Prime'' cartoon's publicity material, and he had a starring role in the comic released before the show's premiere. That, combined with the fandom's excitement over the news of his voice actor (an announcement that was actually very low-key,<ref>[http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=1&itemid=16332 Toy News International's notes on a Hasbro investors' webcast]</ref> but you know, ''fandoms''), made his death in the opening minutes of the pilot episode come as quiiiiiiite a shock to just about everyone. ''Prime''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sister show, ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]: Renegades'', pulled the same tactic with the hero Ripcord, but they gave that character more than five minutes to develop a personality and an attachment to the audience. Of course, later on, Ripcord was found alive.
* Cliffjumper has been mentioned in more episodes than he's appeared in, and mostly by ''Starscream''.
*This is not [[Cliffjumper (SG)|the first Cliffjumper to die and become a zombie]].
*In the [[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|3DS version of ''Rise of the Dark Spark'']], there are obvious hints at a relationship between Cliffjumper and Arcee. Cliffjumper constantly refers to Arcee as, "darling," and Hound flat out says to Arcee, "I see why Cliffjumper likes you, boss."
*Cliffjumper's role was originally going to [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], who was planned to die in the [[One Shall Rise, Part 3|season 1 finale]] instead of the [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|premiere]].

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Cliffjumper has powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Full Burst Mode''' (フルバーストモード ''Furu Bāsuto Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': B.B., C.L., O.P., R.A.
: Cliffjumper's "Arms Up Mode" pictured on his box-back is dubbed "Full Burst Mode", which has him brandishing a combination weapon formed from [[O.P.]] and [[B.B.]] in one hand, and another formed from C.L. and [[R.A.]] in the other.

*'''Death Mode''' (デスモード ''Desu Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Balo, Gora, Jida
: Terrorcon Cliffjumper's box-back "Arms Up Mode" uses [[Jida]] in "Big Saw" mode while also lugging around the [[Killer Bite]] weapon.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cliffjumper''' (クリフジャンパー ''Kurifujanpā'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fēi Gùo Shān''' (飞过山, "Flying across a Mountain")
*''Russian:'' '''Skalolaz''' (Скалолаз, "Rock-climber")

==References==
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[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Studio Series Autobots]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Zombies]]

Cliffjumper (WFC)

2023-12-19T20:41:33Z

Metalstar: /* Studio Series */ Trust me. I have tried. Several. Times.

{{faction|autobot|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Cliffjumper}}
:''Cliffjumper is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:PrimeCliffjumper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Cliffjumper will take you down to the corner of Know Your Role Boulevard and Jabroni Drive and check you directly into the Smackdown Hotel!]]

'''Cliffjumper''' ('''Cliff''' to his chums) isn't your run-of-the-mill Autobot freedom fighter. Armed with six-cylinder ion cannons, a quantum-sensitive multiphase targeting system that would make [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] jealous, and of course, the old-school technique of pummeling [[Decepticon]]s with his fists, Cliffjumper prefers to liven up the day with firefights while retrieving enemy intelligence. He more than lives up to his name: He'll fearlessly leap ''long'' before he bothers looking!

{{bigquote|Need backup?|[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]}}
{{bigquote|Do I ''ever'' need backup?|Cliffjumper tempting fate|"[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Cliffjumper concurred with [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] that while [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] was not an Autobot, he deserved to be rescued. He and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]'s [[Wreckers]] later escorted [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] to the [[Well of All Sparks]] when they made their journey to purge Cybertron's [[core]] of [[Dark Energon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} Cliffjumper was with the Wreckers when they went on mission to help Optimus Prime guard the Well of Allsparks from Megatron's encroaching forces. He was partnered up with Bumblebee, and tasked with harrying the Decepticons should they get passed the rest of the Wreckers. On their way to their post, they ran afoul of Barricade. They engaged the Decepticon, and after a brief tussle, left him behind beaten and unconscious. Cliffjumper and Bumblebee then doubled back to help the Wreckers flank the incoming Decepticons. In doing so, they helped disrupt the Decepticons' entire field position. The pair got separated during the battle.

After the AllSpark was launched into space and the Decepticons retreated, Cliffjumper would learn that Bumblebee had gotten his vocoder crushed while keeping Megatron at bay. {{storylink|Bumblebee at Tyger Pax}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====IDW ''Prime'' comic====
When the Decepticons returned to their dead homeworld, Cliffjumper went in with all guns blazing to investigate. The [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s piled onto him, grappling him until he was unconscious. He awoke to find himself in their base, which Cliffjumper commented looked like the sort of lair [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] would design. A Vehicon said Cliffjumper would live until he was no longer useful, and asked him to decode an offworld Autobot signal. It came from none other than Optimus himself, ordering his forces to gather on a planet called [[Earth]]. Awed, Cliffjumper then turned to his interrogator and said all the decoded message said was, "Megatron smells like [[Unicron]]'s armpit." The infuriated Vehicon ordered Cliffjumper's demise just before [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] burst in, slaughtering the Decepticons.

[[File:Primecomic-Cliffjumpershoot.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Trademark move: Sharpshooter]]
Cliffjumper tried to greet his old colleague, but she told him to be quiet, coldly informing him she had not come to rescue him, but to tap into the Decepticons' communications. Finding the coordinates of the enemy's weapons lab in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], she was prepared to go by herself until Cliffjumper convinced her that Kaon was too dangerous for her stealthy ways, and that she needed his brawn to back her brain. Entering the city through its maintenance tunnels, Arcee opened a secret passage. As he travelled up an ancient staircase, Cliffjumper's suspicions were confirmed when he saw Starscream overseeing the reactivation of a [[space bridge]]. Arcee wanted to destroy the device, but Cliffjumper saw it as their ticket to Earth. He distracted Starscream by going straight to him and his Vehicons, claiming he wanted to join them. Arcee activated the device, and when Starscream noticed, Cliffjumper jumped his pretense and started a fight, then jumped with Arcee into the space bridge.

As he plummeted, Cliffjumper momentarily wondered if he was one with the [[AllSpark]], but Arcee confirmed they had fallen onto Earth. Finding a ghost town, they [[scanning|scanned]] their alternate modes. Cliffjumper disdained a passing travel trailer (which he found too ugly) and a truck (which was too bulky) before selecting a muscle car, which Arcee found suitably noisy. He added horns on the hood of his new alternate mode as a finishing touch. As the two drove to find Optimus, Starscream—who had also jumped into the space bridge—attacked them, blasting off Arcee's arm. Cliffjumper fought Starscream and buried him under a pile of rocks, but then [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] appeared. It seemed like the end, but Optimus and Bumblebee came and fought off the two Decepticons before opening a [[GroundBridge]] to their base and sending Arcee through for repairs. Optimus told Cliffjumper his journey was over, but a new battle was just beginning. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}
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====''Prime'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Dwayne Johnson]] (English, "[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]"), [[Billy Brown]] (English, "[[Out of the Past]]"), [[Frank Welker]] (English, [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] Cliffjumper), [[Noriaki Sugiyama]] (Japanese)|[[Shen Lei]] (Chinese), [[Sang-hyeon Eom]] (Korean), [[Robin Kahnmeyer]] (German), [[Sergio Gutiérrez Coto]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Miguel Ángel Pérez]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Andrea Bolognini]] (Italian), [[Juhani Rajalin]] (Finnish), [[Rodrigo Araújo]] (Portuguese, "Darkness Rising, Part 1"), [[Luiz Laffey]] (Portuguese, "Out of the Past"), [[Péter Szokol]] (Hungarian)}}

[[File:Predatory-ArceeBeeCliff.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|We know who's {{w|Redshirt (character)|expendable}}.]]

During the Great War, Cliffjumper and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] invaded the lair of [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]], who had captured Arcee and [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. Airachnid had already killed Tailgate by the time Cliffjumper and Bumblebee arrived, but they were able to pull a shellshocked Arcee to safety. {{storylink|Predatory}}

[[File:OutofthePast-CliffArcee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|He's not solving murders with [[James Remar|Harry Morgan]].]]
Following the [[Great Exodus]], Cliffjumper was investigating reports of a Decepticon operation on the deserted Cybertron when he was captured by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s forces along with Arcee. When interrogated, he held out and faked a shutdown, being thrown into the same cell as Arcee. The pair were taken to [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], who used a [[cortical psychic patch]] on Arcee to decode the transmission—a message from [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] calling the Autobots to Earth. Cliffjumper subsequently kept Starscream busy long enough for Arcee to free herself and the pair went to destroy the [[space bridge]] that Shockwave had build. Cliffjumper distracted the Decepticons while Arcee sabotaged the bridge though Shockwave caught them in the act. Cliffjumper ended up fighting the Decepticon scientist and came off second best, though he was saved by Arcee. The two Autobots jumped through the space bridge, encountering Shockwave one last time mid-bridge before they ended up on Earth. As the pair went off to find Optimus, Cliffjumper regaled Arcee with the story of the time he was lost in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. {{storylink|Out of the Past}} The duo were unaware that Shockwave survived their encounter. {{storylink|Scattered}}

Three years after the last reported Decepticon activity on Earth, Cliffjumper was still marooned on the planet with his fellow Autobots. Still a strong-willed individual, Cliffjumper had sometimes run afoul of human authorities, resulting in receiving multiple traffic tickets and once having a [[Denver boot|boot]] affixed to his tire due to a parking violation. As he chatted with Arcee over the radio, she admonished him for his stubborn bullheadedness. He countered that Earth was so boring that sometimes he just had to stir things up.

[[File:DarknessRising1-Cliffjumperface.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|If you think he looks ornery now, you should see him later.]]
Just as Cliffjumper noted that he was starting to miss the Decepticons, his scanners caught nearby activity. He declined Arcee's suggestion for backup and sped off in the direction of the disturbance. He was surprised to find a wide crater full of [[energon]], and even more surprised to find it guarded by the Decepticons! Overwhelming [[Vehicon (Prime)|Decepticon forces]] demanded Cliffjumper put up a ferocious fight, but ultimately, the Autobot was overcome and taken on board the [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']], the Decepticons' warship, and thrown in front of Starscream. The interim Decepticon commander did not respond well to Cliffjumper's irreverence, and the Autobot was stabbed through the chest. Starscream then ordered his troops to clean up the body.

The remaining Earthbound Autobots arrived on the scene too late, and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] confirmed that Cliffjumper's [[spark]] had gone offline. Finding one of Cliffjumper's horns in the dirt, Arcee took the piece of her friend to the Autobots' memorial service. The loss of Cliffjumper hit her the hardest, and she stormed off amidst their eulogies, preferring to honor Cliffjumper's memory by keeping Earth safe. Ratchet confided in [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] that as long as the Autobots protected humanity, Cliffjumper's death would not be the only tragedy. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[File:DarknessRising2-letsgetyouhome.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|He's not supposed to die!]]
Though Cliffjumper had died, his body still had uses. When Megatron wanted a corpse on which to test [[Dark Energon]]'s resurrection powers, Cliffjumper's was used as a guinea pig. Once his torso was stabbed through by a shard of the material, Cliffjumper did spring back to life...though as a psychotic, screaming [[zombie]] that attacked anything in its path! Only being sliced in two by Megatron stopped Cliffjumper's rampage, and his two halves decorated varying levels of the Decepticons' energon mine.

The initial Dark Energon stabbing did briefly bring Cliffjumper's spark back online, but when Ratchet's sensors picked this up, he dismissed it as a glitch. Regardless, Arcee wanted to investigate. After the Autobots mounted an attack on the Decepticons, Arcee found the top half of Cliffjumper strewn about, but was horrified to see the monster that he had become. Whatever this thing was, it was no longer Cliffjumper, so the zombie was left behind as the Decepticon base exploded. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

When Arcee encountered Arachnid once again, she taunted Arcee by bringing up the deaths of Tailgate and Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Predatory}} Later, at Cliffjumper's memorial, Arcee said she had not given up on finding the Decepticon responsible for his death. When she discovered their prisoner Starscream was responsible, she attempted to kill him, only to stop when a shocked Bumblebee convinced her to stop and let him escape. She reflected to Optimus that her desire for vengeance had not brought the solace she sought. {{storylink|Partners (Prime)|Partners}} While under the influence of synthetic energon, Ratchet brought up Cliffjumper's death as something Prime should have been more proactive in preventing. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

In an effort to make small talk with a [[MECH]] operative, Starscream mentioned that he had personally "snuffed" an Autobot, referring to Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}} When Arcee learned that Bulkhead and Ratchet repaired Starscream's wounds after getting intel on [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]'s location, she became angry, saying that Starscream had also taken a partner from her. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}}

Miko, frustrated at Bulkhead's slow pace in recovering from the effects of [[Tox-En]] poisoning and the blast [[Hardshell]] gave him, stormed out of the base to cry at the top of the mesa where the Autobot base was located. Arcee tried to help Miko through her grief by telling her the story of how she first partnered up with Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Out of the Past}} When the Autobot base was destroyed by the ''Nemesis'', Cliffjumper's memorial was destroyed in the explosion. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} When confronted by [[Miko Nakadai]] in the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]], Starscream brought up his slaying of Cliffjumper only for the human to boast of her killing Hardshell. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}}

When Cybertron was reborn, Optimus honored all those who had made it possible, Cliffjumper among them. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
Despite his death, Cliffjumper was one of the Autobots blacklisted by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for associating with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
[[File:WFCDS-Cliffjumper.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.85|If Bumblebee were John Boehner.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English)}}

{{quote|Decepticons deserve a traitor's death!}}
Following the unleashing of [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]], Cliffjumper spotted a party of Decepticons preparing to assault the giant. He attempted to slow their advance with force fields and gun turrets, and when that didn't work, led them on a high-speed chase while trying to shoot them. They eventually caught up with him when he crashed into a wall and, though his spirit was still defiant, he was unable to stop them passing him. Of course, they immediately ran into Jetfire... {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}

{{note|Cliffjumper is an unlockable character in the Autobot version of the game, and as such, can be used as a playable character in the story and arena missions. He is unlocked by finding a data disk in the "Infiltration of Kaon" level.}}

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===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' (360/PS3/PC)===
[[File:FOC-Cliffjumper.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|They laughed when we said our ''War for Cybertron'' Cliffjumper toys sounded like The Rock, but who's laughing now?]]
{{voiceactor|[[Nolan North]] (English)}}

After [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] went missing from his post, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] met Cliffjumper and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] in the armory as they were preparing to go find Grimlock and his team. [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] took the duo in a [[dropship (WFC)|dropship]] to the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] where they explored the ruins. After encountering a number of Decepticon [[Guardian (FOC)|Guardians]], Cliff got the opportunity to save Jazz's life when the other Autobots was caught under debris during a rust storm. They followed a distress signal to a huge pit, which Jazz insisted on going down alone, though Cliff kept in contact with him via radio. Cliffjumper ended up facing the hordes of [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s that poured out of the pit when Jazz flooded it, but with the other Autobot's help, survived. Exploring further, they found an [[energon lake]] and spotted the huge tower in which [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] was conducting his [[space bridge]] experiments. Jazz and Cliffjumper infiltrated the facility, eventually finding Shockwave himself. Cliffjumper attempted to sneak up on the Decepticon, only to end up trapped behind a [[force field]]. While Jazz faced the swarm of Insecticons outside, Cliffjumper reversed the flow of toxic waste into the facility, escaping just before the place exploded. After being picked up by Sideswipe, they reported the energon lake back to Optimus before returning to finish preparing the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]] for launch. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}
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{{note|Cliffjumper also appears as a playable character in the Escalation map, ancients. He fights alongside [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]], [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]]. Strangely, Cliffjumper is the team's [[Tank (FOC)|Tank]].}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
====Console====
{{voiceactor|[[Nolan North]] (English)}}
When [[Swindle (FOC)|Swindle]] and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] were returning to Kaon, Dark Spark in hand, Cliffjumper led an Autobot attack in a desperate gambit to retrieve the Dark Spark from them. Unfortunately, he was defeated and forced to retreat, reporting to Optimus as he did so. Cliffjumper later tried to redeem himself on the outskirts of Kaon. Attempting to stop [[Bruticus (WFC)|Bruticus]]'s rampage, Cliffjumper attempted to place a det pack on the combiner, but was crushed for his troubles. The Decepticons then retreated into Kaon with Cliffjumper's unconscious body. Optimus Prime and Jazz then proceeded to infiltrate Kolkular to rescue Cliffjumper. They succeeded in freeing Cliffjumper, and, despite Cliffjumper's pleas, Optimus ordered Jazz to evacuate Cliffjumper while he went on to face Megatron alone. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}

====3DS====
{{Charstubgames}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
===''Generations''===
[[File:Cliffjumper Prime toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Voted "Most Likely To Be Bought For Ulterior [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Classics|Head-Swiping]] Motives."]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, 2010)
**''Accessories'': handgun
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro), [[Tomoya Miyake]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the fifth wave of [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|''Generations'']] Deluxe class toys, Cliffjumper is a red [[retool]]/[[redeco]] of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Toys|Cybertronian Bumblebee]] with a new head, transforming into a round "Cybertronian racer mode". His toy comes with a handgun and features two wrist-mounted, flip-out blades. The handgun can be stored inside his rear bumper in either robot or vehicle mode. Like the original mold, His legs are generally loose at the mid-thigh joint due to being used for transformation.

: The [[instructions]] for Bumblebee depicted him with Cliffjumper's head sculpt, thus revealing the retool before it was officially announced, a continuing trend in the ''Generations'' line.

: This toy was also (slightly) redecoed to make ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#United|Cliffjumper Cybertron Mode]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/Cliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm More information on Cliffjumper at TFU.info]''
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===''Prime''===
====''First Edition''====
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[[File:Primetoy-CliffjumperDeluxeFirstEdition.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|I have more toys which ''aren't'' made from Bumblebee molds than toys which ''are''. Something is seriously wrong here.]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
**''ID number:'' '''004'''
**''Takara release date:'' [[December 28]], 2011
**''Accessories:'' Stand
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of wave 1.5 of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Cliffjumper transforms from a muscle car that crossbreeds the rear of a Plymouth Barracuda with the front of a Dodge Challenger into a robot and back, and features flip-out triple-barreled blasters in each of his arms that can be swung out to replace his hands. He ''does'' have wrist articulation, but the plastic panels on the outer sides of his arms tend to get in the way, meaning his wrists can only easily [[Swivel joint|rotate]] up to 90 degrees. He features [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake sculpted wheels]] on the backs of his thighs.

: The Japanese version of this toy was packaged in robot mode (sans stand, despite the package call outs) and features a richer metallic red. His rear lights are also painted red instead of silver.

: He and the rest of the ''Transformers: Prime'' First Edition Wave 1 toys were released far earlier in Asia than the rest of the world. He was initially not released in the US, forcing fans to import him from Canada in order to get the Hasbro version. However, in late 2013, he started showing up at ToysRUs stores in the US, along with First Edition figures of Starscream and Bumblebee.

: This mold was retooled into ''Generations'' [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Generations|Cliffjumper]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Autobot/PrimeCliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm More information on ''First Edition'' Cliffjumper at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-FETerrorconCliffjumper.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|What he's cooking? Brains, apparently.]]
*'''Terrorcon Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''ID number:'' '''005'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

: Part of the second wave of ''Prime: First Edition'' toys, [[Terrorcon (Prime)#FirstEditionTerrorcon|Terrorcon]] Cliffjumper is a redeco and retooling of First Edition Cliffjumper, with unpainted wheel rims, purple translucent parts, a new, bashed-up head, and "[[Dark Energon]]" battle-damage [[paint operation]]s.

: His [[stock photography]] incorrectly depicts him with silver-painted wheel rims.

: The second wave of ''First Edition'' toys was initially only released in the Asian market in mid-2012. Terrorcon Cliffjumper was noticeably absent in this particular release, and was believed to be canceled. ([[TakaraTomy]] would then do their own drastically different interpretation of the toy, see below.) In late 2012, Wave 2 was finally released in its entirety in Hasbro's Asian markets, and [[Toys"R"Us]] picked up these toys, along with most of the "First Edition" line, as part of a ''huge'' block of US market [[exclusive]]s for the holiday season.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Autobot/PrimeTerrorconCliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm More information on ''First Edition'' Terrorcon Cliffjumper at TFU.info]''
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====''Cyberverse''====
[[File:Prime-toy CliffjumperCyberverse.jpg|right||thumb|upright=1.67|Wait, is this a gun?]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series/Number:'' '''2/005'''
**''Takara release date:'' [[March 31]], 2012
**''Takara Number:'' '''EZ-05'''
**''Accessories:'' Battle blade
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''Prime'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]] Legion-class toys (and the first wave in Japan), Cliffjumper transforms into his low-riding cruiser mode. He has 3mm holes in his roof, doors and fists for mounting Cyberverse-scale weapons. The battle blade he comes with is the same as Cyberverse [[Ratchet (WFC)#Cyberverse)|Ratchet]]'s, being modeled after the doctor's scalpel-weapons. The blade, in the same color, is also used by Cyberverse ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Dino#Cyberverse|Mirage]], while a green version is used by [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#CyberverseQuickblade|Quickblade Bumblebee]], and a purple version is used by [[Knock Out (Prime)#CyberverseSingle|Knock Out]].

: This sculpt was also used to make [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Autobot/LegCliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm More information on Cyberverse Cliffjumper at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Prime-EZ-Collection-Deception-Set-Terrorcon-Cliffjumper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Stiffjumper.]]
*'''Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, [[November 24]], 2012)
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
**''Accessories'': Battle blade

: Released as part of the EZ Collection Decepticon Set, "[[Terrorcon (Prime)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon]] Cliffjumper" is a translucent-purple redeco of his Cyberverse toy. He was only available in a TakaraTomy six-pack with [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Megatron]], the [[Vehicon (Prime)#EZ6pack|Vehicon]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#EZ6pack|Breakdown]], [[Starscream (WFC)#EZ6pack|Starscream]], and [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]].

: Despite being marked as a Decepticon, the zombified Cliffjumper has no alignment in-show. Also, the stock photos depict his purple plastic as either molded metallic or painted metallic.

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====''Robots in Disguise''====
[[File:Primetoy-CliffjumperDeluxeRID.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Lot of toys for a guy who bit the dust five minutes in. ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:Prime-toy CliffjumperTakTom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|''(TakaraTomy Arms Micron Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Series/Number'': '''1 / 002'''
**''Takara release date:'' [[March 31]], 2012
**''Takara ID number:'' '''AM-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun/hammer (Hasbro only), "C.L." Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

: Wave one of the "Robots in Disguise" Deluxe Class assortments includes an entirely new Cliffjumper mold. Unlike the first Cliffjumper toy, this Cliffjumper's transformation into robot mode involves stowing much of the car's roof on his back, while featuring a [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake car roof]] as the robot mode's chest. He is geared to have a "dramatic head reveal"; pulling his car-hood parts down into arm configuration pushes his robot head up into place. His battle hammer can also become a gun, which stores in vehicle mode on either the roof or in an additional peghole on the vehicle's rear right-hand side.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version of Cliffjumper has some very significant differences. Released as part of the first wave of Japanese ''Prime'' toys, his red plastic has a lighter, slightly-orange hue, plus he loses many of his [[paint operation]]s, which have been largely replaced by customer-applied foil [[Sticker|decal]]s. As part of the line-wide [[Arms Micron]] play-pattern, he has been [[retool]]ed to include [[5 mm post]]-hole mounts on his doors, driver's-side rear wheel hub (as there's already a post-hole on the passenger side from the Hasbro version), and robot mode shoulders. Rather than the hammer/rifle, he comes with his Arms Micron partner [[C.L.]], who transforms into an over-sized version of Cliffjumper's triple-barreled wrist-blaster... who unfortunately cannot be ''used'' as a wrist-blaster, the closest you can get to that is to use him as a hand-held cannon.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Autobot/Cliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm More information on ''Robots in Disguise'' Cliffjumper at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Prime-toy CliffjumperTerrorconTakTom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Think he looks edible? He'd probably think the same way about you... you know, if he ''could'' think.]]
*'''Terrorcon Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, 2012-[[April 28|04-28]])
**''ID number:'' '''AM-08'''
**''Accessories:'' "Jida" Arms Micron

: This version of the undead [[Dark Energon]]-infused Cliffjumper is available in the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, and was released in the second assortment. "Terrorcon" Cliffjumper is a translucent-purple and opaque-brown redeco and retooling of the "First Edition" Terrorcon Cliffjumper mold, with several added [[Mini-Con]] mounting points on his vehicle mode trunk and hood. As with the other toys in the Japanese ''Prime'' line, much of the toy is unpainted, (including his cannons) and relies on [[Sticker|decal]]s to add color detail, such as the windscreens, with a pair of unused Decepticon [[insignia]] stickers also being included. He comes with his [[Arms Micron]] partner, [[Jida]].

: Early [[stock photography]] showed Terrorcon Cliffjumper as being primarily opaque blue-purple plastic.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Autobot/PrimeTerrorconCliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm More information on Arms Micron Terrorcon Cliffjumper at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-CliffjumperRIP.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Sadly, you can't wear the head as a mask. It woulda been a great companion piece to the previous year's wearable Matrix.]]
*'''Rust In Peace Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, [[July 12]], 2012)
**''Accessories'': Dark Energon shard, "embedded" Dark Energon shard

: A [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2012 [[exclusive]], "Rust In Peace" Cliffjumper is a much more extensively-decoed and premium-packaged version of the "Terrorcon Cliffjumper" retool of the "First Edition" Cliffjumper mold, which was originally canceled worldwide, but was eventually released as an Asian market and [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive. Whew! He features a slightly darker shade of red and his paint operations have been expanded from the original retail plans to give him more battle damage deco. He comes with two Dark Energon accessories; a long shard of the stuff, and a shorter, more rubbery one ending in an "energy splash" that can grasp around the edges of his chest to represent, well, him being stabbed with Dark Energon to bring him back to "life."

: He comes in a special case shaped like Cliffjumper's zombified head, which itself comes inside a box with Cliffjumper's chest printed on the front. Gruesome!

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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-SS-WFC-Cliffjumper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|'''IT'S ABOUT DRIVE'''<br>'''IT'S ABOUT POWER'''<br>'''WE STAY HUNGRY'''<br>'''WE DEVOUR''']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Gamer Edition Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''Game'': '''''War for Cybertron'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''+05'''
:*''Accessories'': [[Plasma_cannon#Prime|plasma cannon]], [[Energon_battle_pistol|energon battle pistol]], sword hand, "Protect Omega Supreme" backdrop
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro)}}<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>

:A redeco and new head retool of ''Gamer Edition'' [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Studio Series|Bumblebee]], Cliffjumper transformers into a "Cybertronian courier" in 21 steps. Although his deco and new head are based on ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'', he is marketed as a ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' product for consistency with other ''Gamer Edition'' releases, which Hasbro team members have jokingly justified on the basis of his inclusion in that game's [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Nintendo DS version]]. Cliffjumper includes two blasters and a sword-arm attachment to replicate his arm blades. Cliffjumper and other figures in the ''Gamer Edition'' series have removable right arms, which can be swapped out for their blasters to emulate the way characters' arms in-game transformed into their weapons. These accessories can also attach to his vehicle mode. Speaking of his vehicle mode, the back of his head is a too big for the panel that covers it to close all the way.

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==Merchandise==

===Eaglemoss cards===
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==Notes==
[[File:FOC-HMS-render-Cliffjumper-robot mode.jpg|thumb|right]]
[[File:TfprimeCliffjumperCar.jpg|thumb|right|No, seriously, he's going to take you down to Jabroni Drive. Hop in already, he wants to beat the rush hour traffic.]]
* In ''Fall of Cybertron'' multiplayer, Cliffjumper's one unique body part (his head) is usable by [[Infiltrator (FOC)|Infiltrator]]-class characters as an Eliminator-type component. Amusingly, while that head is designed to look very much like the one seen in ''Prime'' for both alignment reasons and to distinguish him further from Bumblebee, Hasbro released the War for Cybertron figure two years earlier sporting a very G1 head sculpt.
* Cliffjumper was presented as a key Autobot in the ''Prime'' cartoon's publicity material, and he had a starring role in the comic released before the show's premiere. That, combined with the fandom's excitement over the news of his voice actor (an announcement that was actually very low-key,<ref>[http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=1&itemid=16332 Toy News International's notes on a Hasbro investors' webcast]</ref> but you know, ''fandoms''), made his death in the opening minutes of the pilot episode come as quiiiiiiite a shock to just about everyone. ''Prime''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sister show, ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]: Renegades'', pulled the same tactic with the hero Ripcord, but they gave that character more than five minutes to develop a personality and an attachment to the audience. Of course, later on, Ripcord was found alive.
* Cliffjumper has been mentioned in more episodes than he's appeared in, and mostly by ''Starscream''.
*This is not [[Cliffjumper (SG)|the first Cliffjumper to die and become a zombie]].
*In the [[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|3DS version of ''Rise of the Dark Spark'']], there are obvious hints at a relationship between Cliffjumper and Arcee. Cliffjumper constantly refers to Arcee as, "darling," and Hound flat out says to Arcee, "I see why Cliffjumper likes you, boss."
*Cliffjumper's role was originally going to [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], who was planned to die in the [[One Shall Rise, Part 3|season 1 finale]] instead of the [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|premiere]].

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Cliffjumper has powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Full Burst Mode''' (フルバーストモード ''Furu Bāsuto Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': B.B., C.L., O.P., R.A.
: Cliffjumper's "Arms Up Mode" pictured on his box-back is dubbed "Full Burst Mode", which has him brandishing a combination weapon formed from [[O.P.]] and [[B.B.]] in one hand, and another formed from C.L. and [[R.A.]] in the other.

*'''Death Mode''' (デスモード ''Desu Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Balo, Gora, Jida
: Terrorcon Cliffjumper's box-back "Arms Up Mode" uses [[Jida]] in "Big Saw" mode while also lugging around the [[Killer Bite]] weapon.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cliffjumper''' (クリフジャンパー ''Kurifujanpā'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fēi Gùo Shān''' (飞过山, "Flying across a Mountain")
*''Russian:'' '''Skalolaz''' (Скалолаз, "Rock-climber")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Studio Series Autobots]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Zombies]]

Zapfire

2023-12-04T14:37:47Z

Metalstar:

:''Zapfire is a member of the [[Play Plexers]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]].
[[File:BotBots-toy Zapfire checklist.jpg|upright=2|thumb|]]
'''Zapfire''' is a big shot.

==Fiction==
===Stop motion shorts===
Zapfire was among the BotBots training for the [[Goldrush Games (event)|Goldrush Games]], running on a treadmill. {{storylink|Get Ready, Get Set...}}

==Toys==
===''BotBots''===
*'''???''' (5-pack, <s>2020</s>)
**''Series'': '''<s>6</s>'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''
*'''???''' (8-pack, <s>2020</s>)
**''Series'': '''<s>6</s>'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Part of the originally-planned sixth Series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]'', Zapfire is a [[redeco]] of [[Frizzle Fry]], transforming into a toy gun of some sort, possibly of the [[Nerf]] variety, possibly water.

: They were to be available in the 5-pack and/or 8-pack assortment. However, as this version of Series 6 was not released, we do not know what the package breakdowns for those were planned to be. What limited information we have on their planned availability comes from the [[:File:BotBots series 6 checklist.jpg|''BotBots'' Series 6 checklist]] found on Hasbro's customer service website in early 2021.

{{canceledtoy}}

[[Category: Play Plexers]]

Go-Go-Go Gold

2023-12-04T14:36:56Z

Metalstar:

{{factions|winnerscircle}}
:''Go-Go-Go Gold is a member of the [[Winner's Circle]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]].
[[File:BotBots-toy GoGoGoGold checklist.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Going going going ''gone''.]]
'''Go-Go-Go Gold''' is ready to go go go... bots.

==Toys==
===''BotBots''===
*'''Blind Bag Mystery Figures''' (Single pack, <s>2020</s>)
**''Series'': '''<s>6</s>'''
**''ID Code'': '''?'''
**''Level'': '''3 Star'''

: Part of the originally-planned sixth Series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]'', Go-Go-Go Gold is a [[redeco]] of [[Nrjeez]], transforming into a golden can of energy drink or canned coffee or something meant to get the heart racing.

: They were to be available only in the [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] single-bot packages, 1 to a case of 24, like everyone else in the assortment. This version of Series 6 was ultimately canceled. Their status as a single-pack-only bot comes from the [[:File:BotBots series 6 checklist.jpg|''BotBots'' Series 6 checklist]] found on Hasbro's customer service website in early 2021.

: This mold was also used to make [[Carb O'Nate]].

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==Notes==
* They seem likely to join the [[Caffeine Collective]].

[[Category: Winner's Circle]]