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&lt;div&gt;{{suite}}[[File:MP Starscream book cover art.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|&amp;quot;Next person who says &#039;[[Dull surprise]]&#039; gets a null-ray to the face!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
Many toys have been made of [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, enough to warrant this page!&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|Generation 1}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1Starscream toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|[[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Then]] [[Sunstorm (G1)|about]] [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|eight]] [[:File:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|million]] [[Seeker (body-type)|redecos]] [[E-HOBBY|followed]].]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/1986/1990)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Takara ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream&#039;s first toy began life as &amp;quot;Jet Robo&amp;quot; from the &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; line, transforming into a grey, red and blue F-15 Eagle fighter jet. To transform Starscream, one must essentially take most of his plane parts off and transform his body, then reattach most of plane parts on again, along with the addition of two blue fists. If you don&#039;t mind being fiddly, though, transformation can certainly be achieved by only removing the fists, weapons and landing gear (which can store in Starscream&#039;s cockpit). Owing to the modular nature of his design and the fact that it is impossible to store all the parts in either mode, it can be quite difficult to find an intact original set of this toy.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream is armed with a pair of missile launchers that mount on his arms in robot mode, and under his wings in jet mode, with a pair of specialized projectiles for each. In jet mode, two short &amp;quot;[[cluster bomb]]&amp;quot; projectiles are fitted into the launchers to make them resemble the drop tanks a real F-15 carries, while in robot mode, they are replaced with the long barrels of Starscream&#039;s [[null-ray]]s. The original &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; version of the mold featured spring-loaded firing mechanisms in these launchers; while this feature was removed for the [[Hasbro]] release of the toy, it was left intact for the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version, and all subsequent reissues.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; version of the Starscream mold featured tailfins with solid tips and solid fists, and both these features carried over to the earliest &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; releases. Soon, however, the &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; mold was modified to add hollow tips to the fins, and tabs to the insides of the fists to allow them to hold onto his arms tighter, resulting in a visible slit on either side of each one. These altered versions became the standard for all subsequent reissues of the mold. Like all his 1984 brethren, a [[rubsign]] was added to Starscream in 1985.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The Italian release of Starscream (as &amp;quot;Astrum&amp;quot;) by [[GiG]] put him in a generic &amp;quot;Distructor Planes&amp;quot; box, featuring names and tech specs for all three planes in the assortment.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream&#039;s mold was [[redeco]]ed into the concurrently-available [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]]. It would later be redecoed again to make [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], and [[retool]]ed into [[Dirge (G1)/toys|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)/toys|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)/toys|Thrust]]. On top of this, given his role as a major Generation 1 character, Starscream himself would be reissued many times down the years, the first being [[Classics (Europe)|still in his original packaging in Australia]] in 1990.  Subsequent reissues had more distinctive presentation, and this article strives to list each one under its own header. The long lifespan of his toy actually began in 1986, when Starscream remained part of the assortment for that year despite the departure of nearly every other 1984 toy from store shelves.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Generation 1 Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-decepticon-jets-starscream/375/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Starscream at Transformerland.com]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1984/instr_starscream.jpg Instruction booklet for Generation 1 Starscream at Botchthecrab.com]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{anchor|GoodbyeMegatron}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1toy goodbye megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|More of a &amp;quot;See ya later&amp;quot;, really]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Good Bye Megatron&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 1986)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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:The second release of Starscream&#039;s toy came with this Japanese-exclusive two-pack, which saw him packaged alongside [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]], in commemoration of the Decepticon leader&#039;s passing ([[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|of sorts]]) in &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: The Movie]]&#039;&#039;. Starscream himself was &#039;&#039;actually&#039;&#039; dead, but where was his &amp;quot;Good Bye Starscream&amp;quot; set, eh?&lt;br /&gt;
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{{anchor|Pretender}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You can tell he&#039;s evil because he&#039;s spiky.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Classic Pretender, 1989)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: 2-part Pretender shell, helmet, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right &amp;quot;lasers&amp;quot;/tail wings, rifle&lt;br /&gt;
:The first new Starscream toy since the original brought the treacherous Air Commander back as a [[Classic Pretender]]. He still transforms into a grey, red and blue F-15 fighter jet, though his vehicle mode now borders on the [[super deformed]]. He is armed with a pair of blue lasers, which become his tail fins in jet mode.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream&#039;s two-piece [[Pretender]] shell resembles a human in a teal, grey and brown space armored suit with a removable helmet. The shell is armed with a large blue rifle. When Starscream is inside the shell, his removable grey wings store in holes on the shell&#039;s back, while the blue lasers get plugged into the sides of the large rifle.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Classic Pretender&#039;&#039; Starscream at TFU.info]&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1989/instr_starscream_(pretender).jpg Instruction booklet for &#039;&#039;Classic Pretender&#039;&#039; Starscream at Botchthecrab.com]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{anchor|G1Legend}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1toy legends starscream.jpg|thumb|Pretending he&#039;s not evil or spiky.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends, 1989)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right &amp;quot;lasers&amp;quot;/tail wings&lt;br /&gt;
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:The inner robot of Pretender Starscream was also sold as a [[Kmart]] [[exclusive]] &amp;quot;[[Legends (G1)|Legends]]&amp;quot; figure, sans its shell and the shell&#039;s accessories. It was otherwise identical to the Classic Pretender release.&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1989/instr_starscream_(legends).jpg Instructions for &#039;&#039;Legends&#039;&#039; Starscream at Botchthecrab.com]&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}{{anchor|Heroset}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1toy japanese legends giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Odd &#039;Con out]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Hero Set&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 1989)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right &amp;quot;lasers&amp;quot;/tail wings&lt;br /&gt;
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:Released exclusively in Japan &#039;&#039;instead&#039;&#039; of the individual Classic Pretender figures, rather than in addition to them, this giftset contained the &amp;quot;Legends&amp;quot; versions of Pretender Starscream and his fellow Classic Pretenders, [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Hero Set|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#HeroSet|Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#HeroSet|Grimlock]]. This version of Starscream featured a silver face, as opposed to the Hasbro version&#039;s black.&lt;br /&gt;
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:In Italy, [[GiG]] also forewent releasing the individual Classic Pretenders, and instead released their own version of the Hero Set named &amp;quot;Set Commandos&amp;quot;. Starscream was given the name &amp;quot;Tornado&amp;quot;, which was originally the Italian name of [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]. The &amp;quot;Set Commandos&amp;quot; toys were identical to the Japanese &amp;quot;Hero Set&amp;quot; versions.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{anchor|ActionMaster}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:ActionmasterStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He loved the gray helmet so much, he used it again.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream / Turbo Jet&#039;&#039;&#039; (Action Master, 1990)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Turbo Jet, rifle, 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
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: [[Action Master]] Starscream is a non-transforming action figure based loosely on his cartoon [[character model]], but using a color scheme derived from the Pretender toy. His main accessory is the [[Turbo Jet]], a small personal attack craft that Starscream can set astride like a motorcycle. The Turbo Jet rolls on three small wheels, and can transform into a gun emplacement.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was [[redeco]]ed as [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Action Master Thundercracker]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Action Master Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/action_masters/instr_starscream.jpg Instruction booklet for Action Master Starscream at Botchthecrab.com]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{-}}{{anchor|Reissue}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1toy 2001 starscream reissue.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|In a box, no one can hear you &#039;Scream]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Re-issue, 2001)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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:The first of numerous reissues of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy in the 21st century, this Japanese release of the figure included functional spring-loaded launchers, and was also simultaneously available as three different exclusive redecos, [[#Collector&#039;s Edition|listed below]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G2Starscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|With my camouflaged wings, I&#039;ll appear to be merely a fuselage flying through the sky!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Decepticon Jet, 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear, 2 missile launchers, 3 missiles, sound/light energy unit&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]&#039;&#039; release is a slight [[retool]] of his original toy, armed with new, functional spring-loaded launchers and missiles, and an electronic light-and-sound &amp;quot;energy unit&amp;quot; in the shape of a tank. The electronic box lights up with the press of either button, and emits electronic &amp;quot;machine gun&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;jet engine&amp;quot; noises. In robot mode, the box attaches to Starscream&#039;s back; in jet mode, it plugs into his tail-end.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This version of the mold would have been used to make &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; [[Blackout (G2)|Blackout]]. The new accessories were also used, in different colors, for &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Ramjet]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Generation 2 Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{-}}{{anchor|ATB}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G2toy ATB megs and screamer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Transforms from backstabber to backpack and back!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Advanced Tactical Bomber Megatron&#039;&#039;&#039; (Decepticon, limited test market release)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: 12 missiles, 2 missiles launchers&lt;br /&gt;
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: A planned-but-more-or-less-canceled redeco of &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; [[Dreadwing (G2)#Toys|Dreadwing]], &amp;quot;Advanced Tactical Bomber&amp;quot; [[Megatron (G1)/toys#ATB|Megatron]] would have come with Starscream, a redeco of Dreadwing&#039;s partner [[Smokescreen (G2)#Toys|Smokescreen]]. The pair can combine into the &amp;quot;flying wing&amp;quot; Advanced Tactical Bomber, while Starscream can detach to become a smaller solo jet, leaving Megatron to transform into a treaded tank mode. According the Toy Fair 1995 Transformers presentation, the toy&#039;s missiles are intended to glow in the dark.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This toy&#039;s deco was modified to make &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]&#039;&#039;&#039;s [[BB#Toys|BB]] and [[Starscream (BWII)#Toys|Starscream]] out of the same mold-set. Importantly, &#039;&#039;this&#039;&#039; Starscream has light gray plastic rather than &#039;&#039;Beast Wars II&#039;&#039; Starscream&#039;s silver plastic, as well as an unpainted gray head with a blue faceplate where &#039;&#039;Beast Wars II&#039;&#039; has a painted-black helmet with silver faceplate, and of course, different stickers between the two.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was also used to make &#039;&#039;Robots in Disguise&#039;&#039; [[Dreadwind (RID)#Toys|Dreadwind]] and [[Smokejumper#Toys|Smokejumper]], while Starscream&#039;s mold was sold separately during the &#039;&#039;[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]&#039;&#039; line as [[Smokesniper#Toys|Smokesniper]].&lt;br /&gt;
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: This figure was only released to test markets in Ohio, USA in very limited quantities. It was never available as a wide release.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/issue02/atbmegs.htm ATB Megatron in packaging at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1784/Generation+2/Starscream.html Image gallery of a loose ATB Starscream at Transformers @ The Moon]&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Machine Wars&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:MWStarscream Toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I have no mouth and I must Starscream.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Ultra, 1997)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 10 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]&#039;&#039; incarnation is a redeco of the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]] [[Skyquake (G1)#Toys|Skyquake]], transforming into a large bomber jet based vaguely upon an SR-71 Blackbird. The main feature of the toy is its &amp;quot;carpet bombing&amp;quot; gimmick; each wing contains a drum that holds up to four missiles, which drop out as the drum is rotated. A further two missiles can also store on each wing, and one on each side of his fuselage, but while Skyquake came with enough missiles to fill all these ports, Starscream only comes with ten. The short length of the missiles necessary for this gimmick to function means that Starscream does not come with Skyquake&#039;s firing missile launcher, since the missiles are shorter than [[for safety reasons|safety reasons]] allow, although it is incorrectly shown on his packaging. Starscream also lacks Skyquake&#039;s [[Megavisor]] gimmick. The figure also features a barely noticeable yet enormous Decepticon symbol on the [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/view/machine-wars/starscream/608/2/25/ top of the plane] rendered in black paint on black plastic.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream is known to have come with either pale grey missiles, better fitting his new color scheme, or bright green missiles like Skyquake&#039;s.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was later redecoed to make [[King Atlas]]. The toy [[Repurposing|doubles]] as the [[Starscream drone]]s in &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]&#039;&#039; and as [[Starscream (MW)|an unnamed character]] in [[2019 IDW continuity]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Machine Wars&#039;&#039; Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transtech&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Starscream-transtech.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Obscure both by design and by accident]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream would have been made available in the aborted &#039;&#039;[[Transcendent Technomorph|Transtech]]&#039;&#039; series in 2001. Control art and early [[Prototype]] images have surfaced, showing that the toy would have been at the Deluxe scale and featured internal lighting mechanisms that changed color depending on its mode. The toy is clearly a homage to his &#039;&#039;Machine Wars&#039;&#039; body, which at the time of &#039;&#039;Transtech&#039;s&#039;&#039; intended release would have been the last form Starscream had inhabited in American markets.&lt;br /&gt;
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: In 2008, this design would be [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] universe&#039;s [[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]].&lt;br /&gt;
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: This design was revived by [[Draxhall Jump]] when they were contracted to create the &#039;&#039;[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] Megamorphs&#039;&#039; line for Toy Biz; Starscream ultimately became the [[Iron Man]] toy.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Collector&#039;s Edition&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|GhostStarscream}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:GhostStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wait a minute. Since when do ghosts have painted metal chests?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Ghost Version&#039;&#039;&#039; (e-Hobby Exclusive, 2001)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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: Available concurrently with the 2001 reissue of the original Generation 1 Starscream figure, &amp;quot;Starscream Ghost Version&amp;quot; is an [[e-HOBBY]] [[exclusive]] &#039;&#039;[[Collector&#039;s Edition]]&#039;&#039; redeco of the 2001 Starscream reissue, cast almost entirely in translucent plastics (except for those parts made of die-cast metal) in homage to Starscream&#039;s tenure as a ghost in the third season of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original &#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; cartoon]]. To make the toy further match Starscream&#039;s cartoon appearance, it features a notably lighter shade of blue, and a translucent orange cockpit as opposed to the traditional smoky grey. The toy came in unique monochrome-blue window box packaging featuring [[CGI]] artwork of Starscream.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/StarscreamClear/starscream.htm More information on Starscream Ghost Version at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{-}}{{anchor|BlackStarscream}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Who am I again?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Black Version&#039;&#039;&#039; (e-Hobby Exclusive, 2001)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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: The second &#039;&#039;Collector&#039;s Edition&#039;&#039; e-HOBBY-exclusive redeco available concurrently with the 2001 reissue of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy, &amp;quot;Starscream Black Version&amp;quot; sports a color scheme loosely based upon &#039;&#039;[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]&#039;&#039; [[#Machine_Wars|Starscream]], despite the only real point of similarity being that they are both black. The toy&#039;s [[bio]] makes a rare fictional reference to &#039;&#039;Machine Wars&#039;&#039;, describing [[Machine Wars (event)|the events]] of the series in the past tense. The toy shared the window-box packaging of the &amp;quot;Ghost Version&amp;quot; (see above), except its box was monochrome-black.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/StarscreamBlack/starscream.htm More information on Starscream Black Version at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers Generations&#039;&#039; Lucky Draw===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|SecretStarscream}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Secret Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Songs are made of mystery... and clouds are made of moonbeams... Secret Starscream.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Secret Version&#039;&#039;&#039; (Lucky Draw figure, 2001)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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: The third exclusive redeco of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy released alongside the 2001 reissues, &amp;quot;Starscream Secret Version&amp;quot; was available through the [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] contest held in conjunction with the first edition of &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]&#039;&#039; (with a &#039;&#039;[[Super Collection Figure]]&#039;&#039; Skywarp figurine as second prize). The figure was limited to only &#039;&#039;five&#039;&#039; pieces, making it one of the rarest officially-released &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; toys in the world, and to cap it off, the toy was not actually &#039;&#039;shown&#039;&#039; during the contest, hence its &amp;quot;Secret&amp;quot; moniker. Given its amazingly limited availability, it was not even 100% known &#039;&#039;what the toy looked like&#039;&#039; until a picture of it appeared in &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Generations 2009]]&#039;&#039;, showing it as being primarily clear and colorless. Prior to this appearance, it was suggested that both this toy and the &#039;&#039;SCF&#039;&#039; Skywarp were &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; officially released, due to the bankruptcy of &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; publisher [[Keibunsha]]. Whether or not this scenario is accurate is still unknown at this time, as no one has publicly translated the text regarding the figure from &#039;&#039;Generations 2009&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1219/Collectors+Edition+Japanese/Secret+Starscream.html More information on what is probably Starscream Secret Version at Transformers @ The Moon]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Commemorative Series&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1toy commemorative starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He&#039;s back, with a big boost of confidence.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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:The first reissue of the original Starscream toy in North America since the Generation 1 toyline reached its end, this &amp;quot;[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]&amp;quot; edition of the figure was a [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]] exclusive. It featured functional missile launchers for the first time on a Hasbro version of the toy, but because the launchers now worked, both sets of missiles had to be lengthened [[for safety reasons]]. This didn&#039;t work out &#039;&#039;so&#039;&#039; badly with the null-rays, but the cluster bombs just wound up looking &#039;&#039;stupid&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/CSStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Commemorative Series Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;The Transformers Collection&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TFC09ScreamerHoldingMegs.jpg|thumb|&amp;quot;Megatron...I am &#039;&#039;&#039;ever&#039;&#039;&#039; your humble and willing servant.&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;9&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear, two-piece gun mode Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] fist&lt;br /&gt;
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:As another in an increasingly large number of reissues of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy, this entry in the Japanese-exclusive &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers Collection]]&#039;&#039; line of reissues decided to mix things up by giving the figure a full-scale redeco into [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]] colors. His blue plastic became much lighter, while his cockpit was made bright orange, and even featured new grey paint applications running across it. Several of his stickers were replaced with new, show-accurate paint applications, including new wing-stripes and [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon symbols on his wings and nosecone (of course, Starscream didn&#039;t have one on his nosecone in the cartoon, so it isn&#039;t perfect!).&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream&#039;s fists were remolded with new circular peg-holes so he could wield his missile launchers in his hands, which also worked in conjunction with a new tab on the fists&#039; undersides to allow him to hold his new accessory: Megatron in gun mode. This miniature Megatron splits into two pieces at the handle, with each half plugging into the new hole and tab added to each of Starscream&#039;s fists. Megatron can also plug into Starscream&#039;s underside in jet mode, replicating the time the characters linked up in this fashion in the cartoon episode, &amp;quot;[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]&amp;quot;. The set also came with a remolded fist for the original Optimus Prime toy, allowing him to hold the Megatron accessory, and a DVD featuring a trailer for the upcoming Playstation 2 video game &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers]]&#039;&#039; and Japanese toy [[commercial]]s for Optimus Prime, [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/AnimeStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Transformers Collection Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Smallest Transforming Transformers&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:STFStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I will rule all the redecos, Megatron!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;GTF-03&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers/cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tailfins&lt;br /&gt;
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: Standing at only two inches tall, &#039;&#039;[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; small-scale simplification of the original Starscream toy. It retains a surprising amount of the larger toy&#039;s functionality and accessories, except its tail fins and wings are combined into single pieces, and his null-rays and landing gear are left out. &lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was, of course, redecoed into &#039;&#039;Smallest Transforming&#039;&#039; versions of Skywarp and Thundercracker, and retooled into Thrust.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/SmallestStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Smallest Transforming Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Robotmasters&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:RobotMastersStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I have thighs?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;RM-12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-rays, 2 missile pods&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]&#039;&#039; toy is a re-imagining of the original Generation 1 figure, retaining its basic [[transformation scheme]], but designed to be closer to the animation model, with greater articulation and integrated parts that do not require detachment during transformation. The only pieces that now need to be removed are Starscream&#039;s null-ray rifles, which move from his wings to his arms. He has three peg-holes on each arm, allowing the null-rays to be mounted on his shoulders, on his forearms, or in his fists. These holes are also designed to accommodate the generic spring-loaded missile launcher weapon included with &#039;&#039;Robotmasters&#039;&#039; [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|G1 Convoy]], [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Robotmasters|Beast Convoy]] and [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Robotmasters|Beast Megatron]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream came with two &amp;quot;missile pods&amp;quot; based on weapons Starscream used but once, in the Generation 1 cartoon episode &amp;quot;[[Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain]]&amp;quot;. These chromed accessories plug into the square holes in Starscream&#039;s chest, and feature opening covers that reveal (non-firing) missiles within.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was redecoed into &#039;&#039;Robotmasters&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|Thundercracker]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Destron/RMStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Robotmasters Starscream&#039;&#039; at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{anchor|RobotmastersBlack}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Robot Masters black starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Okay now I feel used. That&#039;s much better.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Limited Black Version&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;RM-12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-rays, 2 missile pods, Jamming Trident&lt;br /&gt;
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: Available only via mail-order through &#039;&#039;[[Figure Ō]]&#039;&#039; No. 80, the &amp;quot;Limited Black Version&amp;quot; of Starscream is just that: a straight [[black repaint]] of the Starscream toy, replacing the original toy&#039;s blue, red and the grey of his wings with black. He comes with all his original accessories, as well as a gold-chromed version of the &amp;quot;Jamming Trident&amp;quot; [[Solitarium]] weapon that came with [[Wingstun]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Destron/HHStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Starscream Limited Black Version at TFU.info]&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;See also:&#039;&#039; [[#Masterpiece 2]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{MPSeekerMold}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:MasterpieceStarscream toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And the fandom complained (and rejoiced).]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[September 28]], [[2006]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MP-3&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-rays, 2 missile racks, [[Doctor Arkeville#Masterpiece|Doctor Arkeville]] pilot figurine, gun clip, two-piece display stand&lt;br /&gt;
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:The second new mold in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]&#039;&#039; line, this highly-detailed version of Starscream is the &amp;quot;odd man out&amp;quot; of the series, eschewing the slavish cartoon-accuracy of the other &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; figures in favor of creating as accurate an F-15 Eagle alternate mode as possible, with a somewhat more stylized robot mode. The toy features several unobtrusive built-in gimmicks, including &#039;&#039;numerous&#039;&#039; opening panels on his jet mode surface (highlighting the attention this mode received), flip-up panels in his chest that reveal missile racks based on the weapons seen in the Generation 1 episode &amp;quot;Fire on the Mountain&amp;quot;, and a rotating face that allows Starscream to switch his expression from stony-faced to sneering. Owners of the toy are given quite a few customization options, as Starscream comes with an extensive sheet of sticker decals, including variously sized Decepticon symbols, and squadron numbers and markings, including one of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]!&lt;br /&gt;
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:In addition to his built-in features, Starscream comes with several accessories. He is armed with both his traditional null-ray rifles, but his familiar cluster bombs are replaced with a rack of (slightly inaccurate) Sidewinder missiles. He also comes with a clip that mounts under his nosecone, allowing him to hold the Megatron pistol accessory that came with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary.2FMasterpiece|&#039;&#039;20th Anniversary&#039;&#039; Optimus Prime]] in emulation of the way the characters linked up in &amp;quot;S.O.S. Dinobots&amp;quot;, and a small figurine of [[Doctor Arkeville]], his partner in crime from several first-season episodes of the Generation 1 cartoon, which can fit in his cockpit. Finally, he includes a two-piece, reconfigurable display base that allows the figure to be posed in mid-flight in either jet or robot mode, and can store Starscream&#039;s accessories while they are not in use. [[Control drawing|Control art]] for &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream which showed the figure wearing his [[Transformer clothing|Crown of Leadership]] (as seen in the coronation scene of the original animated movie) and a pair of otherwise-pointless flip-out notches in the finished toy&#039;s shoulders indicated that Takara planned for a set of clip-on coronation gear. Ultimately, it would take &#039;&#039;six years&#039;&#039; before these accessories were finally released.&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream&#039;s creation was overseen by famed Japanese mecha designer [[Shōji Kawamori]], who was particularly intent on hiding the robot-mode details on the underside of the fighter mode. The first prototype for the figure was essentially an upgraded, more complex version of the original toy, with much more accurate robot and jet modes, but Kawamori&#039;s desire to avoid simply making a new version of an old toy saw the figure go through a major redesign into its finished form. Perhaps the most notable change was the repositioning of Starscream&#039;s tail-fin structures from his legs to his hips, with the intent of creating the feel of a samurai wearing a pair of swords at his waist (presumably, if somewhat oddly, based on the then-recent &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]&#039;&#039; cartoons&#039; portrayal of their [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] as a noble swordsman). Even so, Kawamori was still unhappy with the amount of robotic parts visible underneath the plane, but conceded that too many changes would essentially not make the toy look like Starscream in robot mode. In this pursuit of realism, the most visible concession to the design was the abandonment of his traditional color scheme, replaced with an all-over greenish-tinged grey. Given that this color is inaccurate to most real F-15 fighters (whose Gunship Gray coloration is &#039;&#039;much&#039;&#039; closer to Starscream&#039;s traditional shade), the question of why it was changed at all is not an unreasonable one. However, there are instances of [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6VLv-xwhhag/TZ7hPg5UX-I/AAAAAAAAAXo/UW1469Fm19M/s1600/F-15_three_shipper.jpg F-15 Strike Eagles] that actually utilize this (seldom seen) color scheme.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was later retooled into the &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; versions of [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Thundercracker]], and was recolored by Hasbro into a [[#MasterpieceUS|more cartoon-accurate Starscream color scheme]] released under their &#039;&#039;[[#Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; line as well as redecoed into Hasbro&#039;s version of Masterpiece [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Universe .282008.29|Skywarp]] under the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]] line. It was also redecoed and retooled to create the eleventh &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; figure, [[#MP11|Starscream]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:Though not stated on the package, Starscream is in fact a 1/60 scale F-15. The same scale used by many popular Japanese mecha toys including Kawamori&#039;s own &#039;&#039;Macross&#039;&#039; Valkyries. Coincidence?&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/MPStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Masterpiece Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Masterpiece ghost starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Oh sure. Make a Transformer from the line that has some of the most complex figures ever cast ENTIRELY out of translucent plastic. Great idea.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Ghost Version&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[2010]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MP-3G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-rays, 2 missile racks, [[Doctor Arkeville#MP3G|Doctor Arkeville]] pilot figurine, gun clip, two-piece display stand&lt;br /&gt;
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:Cast almost entirely in translucent plastic, this &amp;quot;Ghost Version&amp;quot; &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; figure is yet another callback to Starscream&#039;s spectral tenure from the Generation 1 cartoon. When purchased from [[e-HOBBY]], buyers received an [[MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver.|exclusive comic]] packaged with the figure. Surprisingly, Ghost Starscream comes with the same sticker sheet as the original MP-3 Starscream, only with the numbering designation changed.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Like Gentei Ghost Starscream, Masterpiece Ghost Starscream is cast in light purple translucent plastic instead of just colorless clear plastic like the G1 Ghost Starscream figure.&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Extreme&#039;&#039; caution is needed while transforming/posing this toy: Several parts of him (especially the wing connectors) are prone to breakage.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This figure was also released in [[Australia]], as an [[exclusive]] through [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]], in late [[2010]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-11-Starscream.jpg|thumb|Expect him to crumble into dust after a few transformations and fiddling.|upright=1.66]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;New Emperor of Destruction Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/toy/search/masterpiece/mp11/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ([[March 31]], [[2012]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MP-11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Crown, pauldrons (left and right), cape, 2 null-rays, hologram pilot figurine&lt;br /&gt;
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:Following up on the original plan for the &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream figure six years after the fact, MP-11 decks Screamer out in his coronation gear from &#039;&#039;The Transformers: The Movie&#039;&#039;, including crown, twin shoulder pads, and a sculpted plastic cape (rather than a fabric one). In addition to his new accessories—which also include a new hologram pilot figure in place of Doctor Arkeville—Starscream features some extensive retooling to wind his &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; design away from Kawamori&#039;s original, less Generation 1-accurate look, with most of the robot mode being newly tooled parts, including chunkier legs that now incorporate his tail-fins, [[retool]]ed shoulders and wingtips that no longer curve into one another, a new head (with collapsible head fins), new heel spurs that flip out for added support in robot mode, and re-engineered null-rays attached to extending armatures that mean they no longer have to be [[Partformer|removed]] for transformation. Despite the similarity to the original MP-3 prototype, the retooled parts are in fact a whole new design heavily based on the original concept. This new version of the mold was redecoed into [[Sunstorm (G1)#Masterpiece|Sunstorm]] and (without the coronation gear) into Hasbro&#039;s [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Thundercracker]], [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#MP11SW|Skywarp]] and [[Acid Storm (G1)#Masterpiece|Acid Storm]]. It was later retooled into the [[Seeker (body-type)#Coneheads|Coneheads]] [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Ramjet]], [[Thrust (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Dirge]], although the mold by that point had noticeably [[Mold#Deterioration|deteriorated]], resulting in numerous quality control issues.&lt;br /&gt;
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:2013 saw a China-only re-release of MP-11 Starscream. While announced as the same as the original, it featured some changes. Chief among them is the head is no longer molded in light gray plastic painted over gloss black and dark metallic gray (for the face) but it&#039;s molded in a more cartoon accurate dark gray (for the helmet) and a lighter metallic gray for the face. This release also features the nosecone molded in light gray plastic rather than molded in blue and then painted over light gray. The black tabs on the top of the jet are now the same grey as the rest of the jet. It also included a collector&#039;s coin like the original Asian (excluding Japan) release.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This version was released by Hasbro [[#Masterpiece 2|under &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; co-branding]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Masterpiece-MP44-Convoy-V3-StarscreamMode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Robots in disguise.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;(The Optimus body does not split in half.)&#039;&#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Convoy&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[August 31]], [[2019]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MP-44&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:This version of Starscream is created by attaching the included shoulder intakes and alternate Starscream head to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP44|MP-44 Convoy ver. 3.0]], recreating the scene from &amp;quot;[[Megatron&#039;s Master Plan, Part 1]]&amp;quot; (as well as a different shot in [[Megatron&#039;s Master Plan, Part 2|Part 2]]) where an impostor Optimus Prime was portrayed by Starscream.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-52-Starscream.jpg|upright=2|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-52-Coronation-Starscream-Kit.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Ver. 2.0&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[June 26]], [[2021]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MP-52&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: 5 alternate faces, Gun mode Megatron, 5 [[Fire Blast effect|effect parts]], 2-part stand base, stand arm, stand cradle, pincer, drill, asteroid fragment&lt;br /&gt;
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:This new iteration of the &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream features more cartoon-accurate proportions compared to previous releases. He can also convert into his Gerwalk-styled &amp;quot;Alternate Transformation&amp;quot; while in Jet mode. Popular toy magazine &#039;&#039;Figure King&#039;&#039; profiled this new cartoon/Anime accurate version in issue #242.&lt;br /&gt;
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:A &#039;&#039;Hobby Magazine&#039;&#039; issue revealed that his chest was redesigned during the prototype&#039;s production, allowing the parts to correctly sit flush.&lt;br /&gt;
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:For accessories, he comes with 5 alternate faces, various effect parts and, like many other newer &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; figures, a bunch of accessories referring to determinate appearances of the character in the G1 cartoon, such as Megatron in gun mode (the first time such an accessory has been included with a &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream), the drill arm seen in &amp;quot;[[The Core]]&amp;quot; and the pincer he used in &amp;quot;[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]&amp;quot; to remove the asteroid fragment from Megatron&#039;s arm, alongside said asteroid fragment. He also comes with a 2-piece stand with an adaptable arm, a purple redeco of the one that came with [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Masterpiece|Dinobot]], plus a specific cradle adapter to attach Starscream in Gerwalk mode to the stand.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Upon the announcement of the second version of &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#MP52|Skywarp]], a competition for Starscream&#039;s add-on kit was revealed; giving him his iconic crown and cape from &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: The Movie]]&#039;&#039;. Those who purchase Starscream, Skywarp, and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#MP52|Thundercracker]] will receive the exclusive kit.&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream Ver. 2.0 was redecoed into the [[TakaraTomy Mall]] [[exclusive]] Thundercracker.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:ClassicsStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Fear my extra-long null-rays!!!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2006)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-ray cannons (left and right), 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
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: Like the other entries in the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; series, Starscream is a faithful &amp;quot;modernizing&amp;quot; of his original Generation 1 form, updating his original toy with modern standards of toy engineering, transformation, sculpting detail and articulation (not dissimilar in principle from his &#039;&#039;[[#Robotmasters|Robotmasters]]&#039;&#039; incarnation, but with less of an adherence to his cartoon [[character model]]). Sharing many design elements with his &#039;&#039;[[#Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]&#039;&#039; toy, Starscream still transforms into an F-15 Eagle, but has the nose of an {{w|F-14 Tomcat}} fighter jet. His color scheme is, of course, based on the traditional Starscream palette, but seems to owe its new layout to {{w|File:F-15A first prototype 2.jpg|the original F-15 prototype}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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:As usual, Starscream is armed with his familiar null-rays, which can mount under his wings, on his shoulders, or in his fists, and fire spring-loaded projectiles. The large size of his null-rays (necessary [[for safety reasons]]) restrict his arm movement somewhat in robot mode, as they bump into his wings. Like all &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; figures, he has a heat-activated rubsign on his left wing. Certain parts of Starscream, like his back panel and tailfin assemblies, are made of unusually rigid gray plastic that is slightly prone to cracking or breaking, and should be handled with care.&lt;br /&gt;
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: [[Variant#Running changes|Later versions]] of Starscream saw a [[retool]] in the jet intake area, which involved the slope of his shoulders being decreased, and a fifth small rectangle being added to the vertical area. This version of Starscream is the harder to find of the two, but was used as the basis for all subsequent redecos and retools. Despite its age, the mold has been frequently reused for various Seeker characters in the years since its first use, though its last few uses have exhibited visible signs of mold degredation.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Hasbro Masterpiece Starscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wait, you say the &#039;&#039;Hasbro&#039;&#039; version is the slavishly &#039;toon-accurate one? Your credibility is on shaky ground, Wiki.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Masterpiece Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2007, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip, display stand&lt;br /&gt;
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: A [[Walmart]] exclusive, Hasbro&#039;s Masterpiece Starscream is an &#039;&#039;extensive&#039;&#039; redeco of the previous year&#039;s &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; figure from Takara, recolored to resemble the character&#039;s animation model, down to the orange canopy and the silver nosecone, although the cartoon-accurate silver paint on the nosecone actually covers &#039;&#039;toy&#039;&#039;-accurate blue plastic.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons-customs/206593-clean-mp-ss-cleanscream-blue-nosecone.html Clean MP SS - Cleanscream(blue nosecone) - tfw2005.com]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In an effort to bring out detail in the sculpt, he has also been given an extensive paint wash to bring out his panel lines. His colors were not the only thing changed, however; the tips of his vertical stabilizers were shortened and rounded, and the plastics used overall have greater resilience to impact and damage than the fragile Japanese release.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream includes the same accessories as the Takara version of the toy, including a two-piece display stand, null-rays, sidewinder missiles, a small figurine of Doctor Arkeville (which now has the correct skin color), and a clip to hold 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime&#039;s Megatron gun while in jet mode. Starscream was finally given the correct tech spec stats he was originally supposed to have back in 1984 for this release, which had been mistakenly given to Skywarp instead.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Takara got in on the act the following year when they released Hasbro&#039;s version of Masterpiece Starscream as a &amp;quot;[[USA Edition]]&amp;quot;, adding a Japanese sticker to the Hasbro &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; packaging. This version of the toy was not without a few changes: the original mold for the tail fins was used, an extra Decepticon symbol was added to Starscream&#039;s nosecone (which was present on his original toy, but not his animation model), and his black &amp;quot;scorch mark&amp;quot; [[paint operation]]s were dialed back, and those that remained were switched to a lighter gray.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/MPStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Masterpiece Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Titanium Series&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TitaniumHeroesWWStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|&amp;quot;How &#039;&#039;dare&#039;&#039; you make &#039;&#039;me&#039;&#039; a redeco! Do you know who I am?!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (6&amp;quot; Cybertron Heroes, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Display stand&lt;br /&gt;
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:Perversely enough, &#039;&#039;[[Titanium Series|Titanium]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is actually a redeco of &#039;&#039;Titanium&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Thundercracker]], instead of the other way around. Based on the Seekers&#039; [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] forms as seen in the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] comic series &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]&#039;&#039;, this version of Starscream transforms into Cybertronian &amp;quot;tetrajet&amp;quot;, as designed by [[Don Figueroa]]. As a &#039;&#039;Titanium&#039;&#039; figure, Starscream is made in large part from die-cast metal, and comes with the generic display stand shared by all of the 6&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Cybertron Heroes&amp;quot;, with a unique removable nameplate.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was redecoed into &#039;&#039;Titanium&#039;&#039; versions of [[Sunstorm (G1)#Titanium Series|Sunstorm]], [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Skywarp]], and [[Thrust (G1)#Titanium Series|Thrust]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/TitStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Titanium Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Sports Label&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Sports label starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sportscream? Shoescream? So many possible nicknames...]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream featuring Nike Free 7.0&#039;&#039;&#039; (unreleased)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Gun&lt;br /&gt;
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:This red and black redeco of the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Sports Label|Sports Label]]&#039;&#039; [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Sports Label|Megatron]] figure (itself a retool of the &#039;&#039;Sports Label&#039;&#039; [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Sports Label|Optimus Prime]]) appeared on eBay in mid-2007, identified by the auctioneer as Starscream. More pictures followed from a different source a month later, but after that, this strange little redeco quietly vanished, never released, and never even officially &#039;&#039;acknowledged&#039;&#039; by [[TakaraTomy]]. Was it a [[knockoff|knock-off]], or an abandoned official product? We may never know.&lt;br /&gt;
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:As a redeco of the one communal mold used for all the &#039;&#039;Sports Label&#039;&#039; toys, Starscream, if that&#039;s who he really was, would have transformed into an undersized Nike sneaker with real fabric shoelaces, and would have been armed with a modular two-piece gun that split and stored inside each half of the large sneaker &amp;quot;shell&amp;quot; that made up a big chunk of his alternate mode.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Encore&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Encore starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Meet the new box, same as the old box.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2007)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;04&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear &lt;br /&gt;
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:A new series of reissues means a new release of the original Generation 1 Starscream figure, and Takara&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]&#039;&#039; series proved no different. This edition of the figure featured no extra accessories, with its only notable change from past versions being a pale yellow window instead of dark gray, and the inclusion of [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon insignias on its wings and nosecone, rather than stickers (similar to the &#039;&#039;[[#Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]]&#039;&#039; reissue before it but not flipped like the animation and metallic purple and silver instead of glossy purple and white). The sculpted copyright date is still the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]] release. &lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Henkei! Henkei!&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Henkei Starscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He feels much better in the boring ol&#039; stripes.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2008-[[March 13|03-13]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;D-02&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a redeco of &#039;&#039;[[#Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; Starscream, decorated in entirely different colored paint applications to more closely mimic a more detailed version of the original Generation 1 cartoon model. Like all &#039;&#039;Henkei&#039;&#039; toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign that the &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; counterpart featured, but has two [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] barrels on his missile launchers.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/ClassicsStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Henkei Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Henkei ghost starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Starscream&#039;s transparency; sometimes it isn&#039;t just figurative.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Ghost Version&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
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: Available only as a mail-away exclusive offered through &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Generations 2009]]&#039;&#039; Vol 2 that was released in November 2009, this redeco of Starscream is the second in the character&#039;s history to pay homage to his time as a ghost in the third season of the Generation 1 cartoon by casting him almost entirely in traslucent colored plastic. Parts of the figure made in softer plastic, like his thighs, remain opaque.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream Ghost Version uses the altered version of the &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Starscream mold that originated with Classics [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]] and was last seen with [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] (down to the 2006 copyright date stamped on it), rather than the modified version first used on &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; Starscream and the iterations that followed ([[#Universe (2008)|see below]]). He has the date K0409 (11/04/2009) etched into the inside of his leg.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; (2008)===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Universe2008-toy LegendsG1Starscream.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|On casual Fridays, Starscream prefers to wear his wings down.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends Class, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: Classic Series&lt;br /&gt;
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: The first &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; toy of Starscream is a [[redeco]] of &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]&#039;&#039; [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends]] [[Thundercracker (Armada)#LOC|Thundercracker]], transforming into an Su-37 fighter jet.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was also used to make the &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Legends-class [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#ClassicLegend|Jetfire]] and &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; [[Silverbolt (G1)#2008Legends|Silverbolt]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/LegendsUniStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Universe Classics Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TFU08-toy StarscreamDeluxe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yep, he&#039;s still feelin&#039; good in the stripes.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: Generation 1 Series&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right missile launchers, 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
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:The second &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; Starscream toy is a redeco of [[#Classics|&#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Starscream]], with a considerably lighter gray base color, more vibrant red paint, his face painted in dark gray compared to &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Starscream&#039;s flat gray plastic color for the face and a deco more faithful to Starscream&#039;s original Generation 1 toy, very similar to the &#039;&#039;Henkei! Henkei!&#039;&#039; release.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Several minor changes were made to the sculpt for this release: his launcher pegs were widened, and the peg-holes for them on his shoulders and wings were modified in order to accommodate them. His air intakes were further modified (on top of the changes made to the mold for [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Classics (2006)|&#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Skywarp]]) so that the bottom-most rectangle goes completely across the air intake&#039;s surface rather than just the center.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The figure is reported to suffer from heavy quality control issues, most commonly mentioned are the joints and hinges being incredibly weak. As a result, Starscream&#039;s wings are difficult to keep in place in robot mode. The elbows, which previously snapped into place when articulated, now slide freely, and the entire hip joint system can be shifted out of alignment.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This modified version of the mold was used for &#039;&#039;Henkei! Henkei!&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Thundercracker]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TFUStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Universe Generation 1 Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Alternity&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Alternity starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And the fandom shall dub thee &amp;quot;Carscream&amp;quot;, and complain (and rejoice).]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream White Pearl&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[2010]]-[[May 29|05-29]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;A-04&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:The first transformable Starscream toy not to turn into a jet, &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]&#039;&#039; Starscream transforms into a licensed 1:32 scale {{w|Mitsuoka Orochi}}. Like the other toys in the line, he features [[die-cast]] metal parts and rubber tires, as well as an opening hood, trunk and doors. This is also currently the only &#039;&#039;Alternity&#039;&#039; mold to feature [[Kibble#&amp;quot;Faux-parts&amp;quot;|a fake kibble chest]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:In car mode, small wings are &#039;&#039;supposed to&#039;&#039; be able to flip out from under Starscream&#039;s rear wheels, giving him the appearance of a flying car. Unfortunately, this [[gimmick]] suffers from a rather nasty [[design flaw]]: there is simply not enough clearance under the car for the wheels to be able to pass and hinge through, and attempting to do so will result in the plastic reinforcement struts underneath &#039;&#039;deforming the rims and chipping the tires&#039;&#039;. His door panels also tend to detach from their [[ball joint]]s &#039;&#039;very easily&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold, with a different head sculpt, was also used to make the simultaneously released &#039;&#039;Alternity&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Alternity|Skywarp]], and later [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Alternity|Thundercracker]] and [[Banzai-Tron (G1)#Alternity|Banzai-Tron]] as well.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; (2010)===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TF2010-toy StarscreamLegends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Pocket Screamer, now in original and limited edition grey helmet flavors.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends Class, 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
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:[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] Starscream is a new sculpt based on his Generation 1 jet appearance with many fuselage details borrowed from the [[#Masterpiece|Masterpiece version]]. This is the first Starscream in many years to attempt an entirely new transformation for him, with the arms now forming the rear of the jet and the legs folding under the wings. Amusingly, he has &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; cockpits, with the one that is actually part of his jet mode folding &#039;&#039;right behind&#039;&#039; the [[kibble#faux-parts|fake]] one on his chest in robot mode. As part of the &amp;quot;[[Reveal the Shield]]&amp;quot; [[subline imprint]], Starscream sports a [[rubsign]].&lt;br /&gt;
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: Early specimens of the toy released in Asia and at United States retail feature an unpainted gray-plastic helmet, a comparatively rare [[variant]]. This variant is the one featured in the Hasbro [[stock photography]], although the stock photo depicting the figure in [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] has the more common black helmet, as this was the only version ever available at European retail.&lt;br /&gt;
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: The &amp;quot;Reveal the Shield&amp;quot; Legends figures saw exceedingly limited release at large-scale retail chains in the US. Throughout 2011, they eventually started appearing in discount stores like Ross, TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Tuesday Morning, with perhaps the largest and most consistent outlet being Five Below stores.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This sculpt was also redecoed and retooled to make &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Chronicle|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Chronicle|Skywarp]], as well as &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Generations|Thundercracker]] and [[Transformers (2014 toyline)|&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; (2014)]] [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Transformers (2014)|Skywarp]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/RTSLegStarscream/starscream.htm More information on 2010 Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends Class, 2012)&lt;br /&gt;
:*&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Two guns (running change variant only)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The &amp;quot;[[Reveal the Shield]]&amp;quot; [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] Starscream sculpt in the deco from the first &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]&#039;&#039; EZ Collection wave (see below) was released as a &amp;quot;Dollar Store&amp;quot; exclusive (available at stores such as Dollar General and Big Lots) in generic 2010 &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; packaging alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Bumblebee]] and [[Megatron (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Megatron]]. A later [[variant#running changes|running change variant]] featured the new tooling originally used for &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Legends Class [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Legends|Thundercracker]], with not only the retooled hands and holes inside his wings compatible with [[C joint|3mm posts]], but also Thundercracker&#039;s gun accessories.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Chronicle&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:EZCollectionStarscreamToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (EZ Collection, 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a redeco of the Legends Class Starscream toy. This version of the figure is nearly identical to the painted helmet variant of the Hasbro release, except &#039;&#039;the entirety&#039;&#039; of his head is painted black (making it look strange in F-15 mode) and his heat sensitive symbol is replaced with a [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon symbol on each wing. Like many Japanese &amp;quot;EZ Collection&amp;quot; toys, Starscream was [[blindpacking|blindpacked]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:Amusingly, the [[Cross-sell]] on the box depicts the jet mode&#039;s painted black patch as completely unpainted.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Kre-O&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:KreO Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Go Team Venture!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; w/Starscream and Pilot Kreon (2011)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;30667&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Pieces&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;316&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Kreons&#039;&#039;: Starscream, Pilot&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Seeker arm rifle x2&lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the first wave of &#039;&#039;[[Kre-O]]&#039;&#039; sets, Starscream can be built in either robot or red, white, and blue G1-inspired fighter jet. Although the head is based on G1 Starscream, the body&#039;s design, especially the broad body, is similar to [[Starscream (Movie)|movie Starscream]]. The set comes with a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; Generation-1-inspired Starscream [[Kreon]], as well as a [[human]] [[Pilot (Kre-O)|Pilot]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:The Starscream Kreon&#039;s helmet has been reused by a metric buttload of other Kreons. (That&#039;s 1.1 American buttloads.)&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/Kre-OStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:KreO-Toy StarscreamCustomKreon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Better than the original [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Custom Kreon, 2013)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;A6089&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Pieces&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;36&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Rack, large gun, Seeker arm rifle x2, &amp;quot;Megatron&amp;quot; pistol, large wing pack, curved blade&lt;br /&gt;
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: Part of the first assortment of &amp;quot;Custom Kreons&amp;quot;, this version of Starscream comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his many many extra pieces. His [[tampograph]]s are much more heavily-detailed than the original Kreon, based on the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Starscream toy]]. His &amp;quot;normal&amp;quot; helmet and arm-rifles are [[chrome]]d, plus he comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso and legs. He also has a pair of extra arms (originally from the &#039;&#039;Kre-O Battleship&#039;&#039; aliens), plus a buildable hand-cannon, a &amp;quot;Megatron&amp;quot; pistol, a buildable wing-pack, an a curved energon blade.&lt;br /&gt;
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: The cross-sell advertisement from the back of the packaging features a bizarre error: Soundwave is labeled as Starscream.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:KreO-Toy StarscreamC84.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kreon Class of 1984&#039;&#039;&#039; (Kreon figure set, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;B0090&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Voted&#039;&#039;: Best Frenemies (with Megatron)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Megatron pistol&lt;br /&gt;
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: This version of Starscream has &#039;&#039;even more&#039;&#039; detailed toy-based [[tampograph]]s than his prior versions. He is still white instead of gray though, despite the set&#039;s overall theme of being &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; 80&#039;s-based.&lt;br /&gt;
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:He was only available in a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2014 [[exclusive]] pack of 30 Kreons dubbed the &amp;quot;[[Kreon Class of 1984]]&amp;quot;. Remaining stock was to be sold at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online, only there &#039;&#039;was&#039;&#039; no remaining stock after the show.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/SDCCKre-OStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Class of 1984 Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TF-Kre-O-Battle-Changer-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Voted &amp;quot;Most likely not to be redecoed/retooled [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Kre-O|into]] [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Kre-O|the]] [[Thrust (G1)/toys#Kre-O|rest]] [[Dirge (G1)/toys#Kre-O|of]] [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Kre-O|the]] [[Slipstream (Animated)#Kre-O|additional]] [[Sunstorm (G1)#Kre-O|seekers]]&amp;quot;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Battle Changers, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;B0717&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Pieces&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;75&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the new Battle Changers series, Battle Changers Starscream transforms from a fighter jet into a robot and back without removing any parts! Like all of the Battle Changers, Starscream uses the new hip piece using larger balljoints, as previously used by the Galvatron Kreon from the &amp;quot;Galvatron Factory Battle&amp;quot; set.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Like his wavemates, he was initially only available in selected Asian countries and Canada. However, the series eventually filtered into the US via &amp;quot;discount&amp;quot; stores like Ross and TJ Maxx.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kreon Warriors&#039;&#039;&#039; (Kreon figure set, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;EZ Collection Gum&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|EZCollectionGum}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Ez-collection-gum-starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (EZ Collection Gum, 2012)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Release Date: 2012-[[July 30|07-30]]&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;5&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Part of the new [[EZ Collection#Transformers: EZ Collection Gum|EZ Collection Gum]] made by TakaraTomy A.R.T.S., This Starscream is a metallic redeco of the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Transformers .282010.29|Transformers (2010) Legends Class]] toy. While all of his plastic is painted with metallic colors, the paint applications are identical to the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Chronicle|Chronicle toy]]. As per the toyline&#039;s name, he comes with a yellow candy-shelled piece of lemony-flavored gum. &lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Fall of Cybertron&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|GenerationsFOC}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Generationstoy-FOCStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2012)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series / Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;1 / #010&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;TG09&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 assault cannons&lt;br /&gt;
{{note|This toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 Starscream in [[IDW Publishing]]&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]&#039;&#039; comics.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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: Part of the third wave of [[2012]]-onwards &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class toys, &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]&#039;&#039; [[Starscream (WFC)#Generations|Starscream]] transforms into a Cybertronian jet fighter. He comes with two spinning, triple-barreled &amp;quot;assault cannons&amp;quot; which can combine to form a larger hand-held weapon that is geared to spin its two triple-barrels together, and resembles the [[Neutron assault rifle]] from &#039;&#039;Fall of Cybertron&#039;&#039;. Each of the weapon halves features two [[5 mm post]]s, as well as a peg-hole on their hollow sides, while the combined form features another peg-hole at the top, but makes the peg-holes on the hollow sides inaccessible. Starscream features numerous 5mm peg-holes, such as his hands, forearms, lower legs, and wing undersides.&lt;br /&gt;
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: In an undocumented feature, Starscream&#039;s tail-fin is attached via a 5 mm post on its underside, and can be detached to reveal three additional peg-holes, with two of these peg-holes being just the right distance to accommodate the two pegs found on the underside of the combined assault cannons/rifle, with the tail-fin pegging on the rifle&#039;s top peg-hole. This allows the weapon to mount on top of the vehicle mode, and store on his back in robot mode.&lt;br /&gt;
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: He was later redecoed into &#039;&#039;Fall of Cybertron&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (WFC)#Generations|Skywarp]] and &#039;&#039;Thrilling 30&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#T30Deluxe|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Skywarp]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/FOCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Thrilling 30&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Generationstoy-T30-LegendsStarscreamWaspinator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.83|Doctor Arkeville was traded for someone more used to abuse.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream &amp;amp; Waspinator&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends Class, 2013)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series / Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;02 / #003&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-ray cannons&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Part of the fourth wave of 2012-onwards &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Legends Class toys, &#039;&#039;[[Thrilling 30]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a new mold that is roughly the same size as a &#039;&#039;[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]&#039;&#039; Commander Class toy. Based on a [[Guido Guidi]] [[Seeker (body-type)|seeker]] concept for the [[The Transformers (IDW)|first IDW ongoing series]], Starscream transforms from a hybrid F-15/F-22 style jet. He features a fold out front landing gear, [[5 mm post|5 mm-compatible]] hands, and back/roof, and has [[C joint|3 mm-compatible]] upper arm ports. He comes with two removable null-rays that have both 5 mm and 3 mm pegs.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Alluding to the &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; episode &amp;quot;[[Possession]]&amp;quot;, Starscream is partnered with [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Generations|Waspinator]], who can transform into a wasp, a robot with 3 mm-compatible hands, and a gun with 5mm handle. He has an [[autotransformation]] feature that folds up his wings when his gun barrel is extended.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This figure was redecoed into &#039;&#039;Thrilling 30&#039;&#039; [[Acid Storm (G1)#Generations|Acid Storm]], &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039; Legends Class [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Thundercracker]], and &#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Skywarp]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/GenLegStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Legends Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TTGenerationsTG28StarscreamWaspinator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Megatron &amp;amp; Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 2013-[[December 28|12-28]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;TG28&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-ray cannons&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Part of the twelfth wave of Japanese &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; toys, the [[TakaraTomy]] release of Legends Class Starscream is a [[redeco]] with a number of minor differences in color, most notably a gray nosecone, null-ray cannons and tailfins. He also features different wing stripes and his torso is coated in metallic red and silver paint. Starscream and [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#TG28|Waspinator]] were only available in a two-pack with [[Megatron (G1)/toys#TG28|Megatron]] and [[Chop Shop (G1)#TG28|Chop Shop]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Generations armada starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Armada Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series / Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;02 / #011&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 Energon Swords, 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
{{note|This toy was repurposed as a body for the [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW 2005 incarnation]] of Starscream.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the eighth wave of 2012-onwards &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class toys, &#039;&#039;[[Thrilling 30]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;[[Starscream (Armada)#Generations|Armada Starscream]]&amp;quot; is a modern update of the original &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]&#039;&#039; [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Armada|Starscream]] figure. He comes with two &amp;quot;Energon Swords&amp;quot; which he holds via 5 mm post, and can fold up and store on his wings. He has numerous [[Powerlinx]] plugs on his forearms and turbines. Additionally, his turbines can each fire a missile in either mode via pressure-launch, and can be positioned in robot mode to either face forward or lay flat on his back.&lt;br /&gt;
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:While his [[bio]] paints this toy as &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; Starscream, the included comic by [[IDW Publishing]] repurposes this toy as a new body for Generation 1 Starscream in their &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]&#039;&#039; comic book series, debuting it in the [[Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|issue]] the figure comes packaged with.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenArmadaStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Armada Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Platinum Edition&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-Platinum-Edition-Supreme-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|&amp;quot;Who disrupts my coronation!?&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Supreme Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Missile, &amp;quot;Crown of Leadership&amp;quot;, Decepticon Cybertron Cyber Key, Gold Earth Cyber Planet Key&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Supreme Starscream&amp;quot; is a redeco of [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Supreme|&#039;&#039;Cybertron&#039;&#039; Supreme Class Starscream]] in Generation 1-inspired colors. He retains all the gimmicks from the previous toy. Batteries for activating the gimmick are not included.&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:CWLeaderStarscream.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|I&#039;ll come help you, so long as you don&#039;t steal my crown.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Leader Class, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Missile launcher, missile, 2 arm cannons, 2 leg cannons, 2 &amp;quot;Seeker guns&amp;quot;, crown&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream is a redeco of &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039; Leader Class [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#CWLeader|Thundercracker]], itself a retool of &#039;&#039;Thrilling 30&#039;&#039; [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Generations|Jetfire]]. He transforms from a robot into a jet fighter, and includes a missile launcher and four limb-mounted weapons, two guns based on the traditional Seeker arm rifles, and the infamous crown based on the equally infamous coronation scene from &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: The Movie]]&#039;&#039;, which fits around his head. He also features a faux cockpit.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream does not include the original Jetfire mold&#039;s &amp;quot;Turbo Thruster&amp;quot; booster pack accessory, but is still compatible with it.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was redecoed into [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#CWLeader|Skywarp]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Cyber Series&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Generations-Cyber-Battalion-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Was late to work and grabbed Skywarp&#039;s pants by mistake.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Cyber Battalion, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: 2 null-ray rifles&lt;br /&gt;
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:As one of seven toys in the [[Transformers: Generations#Cyber Battalion Series|Cyber Battalion]] series, Cyber Series Starscream is a Voyager-sized figure intended to be sold at a cheaper price point. Starscream features a transformation similar to his &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Legends Class counterpart. Undocumented in the instructions and as shown in the packaging art, Starscream&#039;s rifles can be attached underneath his wings and his robot mode arms.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Unfortunately, the figure 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. In 2016, the Cyber Battalion Starscream figure (along with &#039;&#039;Cyber Battalion&#039;&#039; Optimus Prime and Bumblebee) saw release in the Universal Studios Theme Park, and finally ended up being turned into a Walgreens exclusive.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was retooled to make [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Cyber Series|&#039;&#039;Cyber Series&#039;&#039; Jetfire]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;See also:&#039;&#039; [[#Masterpiece]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Hasbro_MP_Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And the award for the worst posed and badly transformed &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; photo goes to...]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MP-07&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-rays, 2 missile racks, hologram pilot figurine, two-piece display stand, gun clip&lt;br /&gt;
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:The Hasbro version of [[#MP11|MP-11]] differs from the Takara release in a toy-accurate blue nose cone, borders around the Decepticon logo, a slightly different grey plastic, the tabs of the top of the jet are in grey (like the second release of MP-11) and is missing the coronation gear. However, he does come with the stand from previous Masterpiece Seekers and two racks of missiles that can peg onto the bottom of his wings in place of the null-rays. Neither the box nor the instructions mention this, but he comes with the gray clip that can hold the Megatron gun that came with other &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; figures, such as MP-1 Optimus Prime or MP-13 Soundwave. Official images, including the box art, shows the top of the wings mis-transformed in robot mode.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Despite still using the numbering system of Hasbro&#039;s &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; line begun in 2013, Starscream was [[co-branding|co-branded]] as part of the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]&#039;&#039; line. He was available exclusively at [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]] stores in the US, Australia, and Canada.&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Alt-Modes&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Alt-Modes Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|That&#039;s the face of a bot that regrets everything.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Alt-Modes, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Alt-Modes]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a super deformed toy whose body transforms into a jet when the Decepticon faction symbol on his head is flipped. He was [[Blindpacking|blind-boxed]] and available in all four cases of the toyline.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was redecoed into &#039;&#039;Alt-Modes&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Alt-Modes|Skywarp]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Alt-Modes|Thundercracker]], [[Acid Storm (G1)#Alt-Modes|Acid Storm]] and [[Sunstorm (G1)#Alt-Modes|Sunstorm]], and would have been retooled into [[Dirge (G1)/toys#Alt-Modes|Dirge]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-POTP-Starscream-Combiner.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|The fun part is spending too much money on Unite Warriors &#039;Screams so that you can have an all-Starscream combiner.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PowerOfThePrimestoy-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|Arise, THICC-Scream.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Voyager Class, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;PP-19&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy release date&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;[[2018]]-[[July 28|07-28]]&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Two null-rays, 2 Prime Armor/combiner feet, [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Seeker Enigma]]&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is an all new mold that transforms from a robot that utilizes the [[Evergreen]]-styled design into a fighter jet. He also features some markings on his jet mode: an Autobot kill count on the right side of the cockpit, and a Decepticon symbol with the number &amp;quot;D-22&amp;quot; (a reference to Starscream&#039;s Japanese ID number). Starscream can also form the torso of [[Starscream Combiner|an unnamed combiner]] using any selection of &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039;-style Deluxe Class figures as limbs. His instructions and [[TakaraTomy]] stock photos depict him with the &#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class figures from Wave 1. He also includes Prime Armor that can hold a [[Prime Master]] (and by extension, a [[Titan Master]], [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]], or [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix core]]) and can turn into feet for said unnamed combiner. The silhouette of Starscream&#039;s torso mode appears to homage the robot mode of another [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Like all the other Voyager Class figures, Starscream includes an Enigma of Combination (dubbed the &#039;&#039;Seeker Enigma&#039;&#039;), based on a Prime Master, which can attach to Starscream via the previously mentioned Prime Armor or the combined mode chest, which can also facilitate the other previously mentioned objects.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:There are several reports of the peg that connects the wings often refusing to connect well. In 2018, a running change was made in the re-release of the toy: the peg that connects between the wings and the robot back has been retooled to connect firmly. The only way to identify this running change is the code &amp;quot;73101&amp;quot; stamped onto the box.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Starscream was later retooled into [[Elita One (G1)#Generations|Elita-1]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;War for Cybertron: Siege&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:WFCS-Voyager-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Rise of the Flyangles.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Voyager Class, [[2019]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Hasbro ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;WFC-S24&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;SG-19&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy release date&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;[[April 27]], 2019&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Hidden message code&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;NULLRAY&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 &amp;quot;HPI [[Null-ray|Null-Ray]] Laser Launchers&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Part of the second wave of &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]&#039;&#039; Voyager Class figures, Starscream transforms from a heavily G1-inspired robot into a Cybertronian &#039;tetrajet&#039; based on the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers&#039;]] appearance in &amp;quot;[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]&amp;quot;, although the jet mode has &amp;lt;s&amp;gt;the robot-mode legs&amp;lt;/s&amp;gt; pretty much his &#039;&#039;entire robot body&#039;&#039; sticking out from the undercarriage. He includes two &amp;quot;HPI Null-Ray Laser Launchers,&amp;quot; which can mount on his upper arms or under the wings in jet mode (or in any other 5 mm port, really). As part of the &#039;&#039;Siege&#039;&#039; [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]], Starscream has 5 mm ports on his biceps, forearms, shins, under his feet (vehicle-mode thrusters), and wings. The 3 mm pegs on his shins, forearms, left bicep, and the tips of his null-rays can accommodate effects parts (sold separately). Similar to his wavemate [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundwave]], Starscream is absolutely &#039;&#039;slathered&#039;&#039; in battle damage paint — it&#039;s heavily present on his legs, chest, forearms, and the &#039;&#039;entirety&#039;&#039; of his jet form. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Like the rest of &#039;&#039;Siege&#039;&#039;, his robot mode focuses on articulation, with double-jointed elbows, knees that bend at nearly 180 degrees, ankle rockers, and especially waist articulation being notable articulation points for a Starscream toy. As an interesting design addition, he also has spring-loaded panels in his lower legs to avoid hollow gaps when viewed from the back. As a rather heavy shellformer, Starscream can easily be separated into both a wingless robot mode and a nearly complete tetrajet via a single friction hinge.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Speaking of friction hinges, the initial release of Starscream suffers from a production flaw: his robot-mode chest easily pops off during transformation as a result of a late design change that removed a pin from the chest without adjusting plastic tolerances. Said initial releases also use the live-action &amp;quot;angry eyes&amp;quot; design for his Decepticon insignia. One or both errors were corrected for later wave shipments; both were fixed by the time the figure shipped again with Voyager Class [[Springer (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Springer]]. While the pin wasn&#039;t added back in, the plastic used for the grey strut the chest piece attaches to uses a stiffer plastic that is less likely to cause it to pop off.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Amusingly, the panel on his instruction sheet that demonstrates where to attach C.O.M.B.A.T. weapons depicts him mistransformed, with his left forearm opened along the transformation hinge. He is also slightly mistransformed in-package, with his arms rather adorably left unextended and the panel behind the head not being locked in place between the shoulder pylons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:As is tradition, this mold has seen numerous redecoes and retools:&lt;br /&gt;
:*It was redecoed into the &#039;&#039;Siege&#039;&#039; Seeker three-pack, consisting of [[Acid Storm (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Acid Storm]], [[Ion Storm#Generations|Ion Storm]], and [[Nova Storm (G1)#Generations|Nova Storm]]; and the later &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#NetflixToyline|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]&#039;&#039; [[Hotlink (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Hotlink]].&lt;br /&gt;
:*It was retooled into &#039;&#039;Siege&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Thundercracker]], &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Selects|Generations Selects]]&#039;&#039; [[Red Wing#Generations|Red Wing]] and the &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#NetflixToyline|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]&#039;&#039; Decepticon Sparkless Seeker, all featuring a new, smirking face.&lt;br /&gt;
:*It was retooled differently into &#039;&#039;Siege&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Skywarp]], released as part of the Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron set, with a new, sneering face.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The original figure eventually became a notorious shelfwarmer, due to him being reissued in the third wave and coincidentally around the time that the &#039;&#039;Earthrise&#039;&#039; figure was revealed at NYCC 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;War for Cybertron: Earthrise&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-WFC-E-Voyager-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No, I&#039;m not the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Classics|other guy.]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Voyager Class, [[2020]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Hasbro ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;WFC-E9&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy ID Number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;ER-05&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy release date:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;[[June 27]], 2020&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 [[null-ray]]s&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Released as part of the &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]&#039;&#039; Voyager Class lineup, this version of Starscream is an all-new cartoon-accurate mold. He transforms into an F-15 jet based on his traditional alternate mode and features a pair of G1-accurate null-rays. His design and transformation scheme is heavily based on his [[#Classics|2006 &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; figure]] while adding points of articulation the earlier figure did not have such as pivoting ankles, a more expressive ball-jointed head, and hinges that allow the wings to fold backwards in robot mode. However, due to this, his torso is very hollow at the sides and his intended waist articulation was dropped due to the physical space required for transformation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The stock renders have some minor differences from the prototype seen at New York Comic Con. The renders depict the section of his chest that covers part of his cockpit as being unpainted red, while the prototype has it painted a more animation-accurate white, also present on renders featuring [[Smashdown]], and &#039;&#039;four&#039;&#039; null-rays on his Jet mode, with two of them attached at the turbines of his chest, which is impossible to do on the toy. The render also depicts his shoulder joints as being molded in blue and knee joints in white, whereas the prototype has their colors swapped.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:At least &#039;&#039;one&#039;&#039; copy features a factory misassembled figure with a newly tooled head sculpt&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/alternate-head-for-earthrise-starscream.1190272/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; (with his expression being based on him being disintegrated by Galvatron in &#039;&#039;The Transformers: The Movie&#039;&#039;) which was meant for [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Skywarp]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:There have been reports of some units suffering from a cracked waist panel due to the left tab not being pushed in far enough during assembly. The unpaintable gray parts, such as the elbows and tailfins, are somewhat prone to [[photodegradation|photodegrading]] in-package. Moreover, the over reliance of red paint for his torso and black paint for his head means that he is extremely prone to chipping.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Like all Earthrise toys, the inside of the back of Starscream&#039;s package includes an exclusive clip-and-save piece of a larger star map. Also in the box is a thin red piece of transparent plastic with which to read markings on the map. Unusually for a larger Earthrise toy, Starscream&#039;s piece of the map does not contain the labeled location of a named planet; however it does include an unlabeled image of the planet [[Jupiter]], slightly obscured by another smaller sphere. It also shows a sliver of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], one of several planets too big for one map piece.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:As per the norm, Starscream was later redecoed into [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Skywarp]] (with the alternate head) and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Thundercracker]] (with the neutral-faced head). The mold would later be further retooled into the [[Conehead]]s [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ramjet]], [[Dirge (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Dirge]], and [[Thrust (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Thrust]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;War for Cybertron: Kingdom&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Core Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The &#039;&#039;Thrilling 30&#039;&#039; Legends figure is discontinued! Now I&#039;m the new leader of all Legends toys!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Core Class, [[2021]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Hasbro ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;WFC-K12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;KD EX-07&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy release date&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;[[July 31]], 2021&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 [[null-ray|Null Ray]]s&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]&#039;&#039; Core Class Starscream is a roughly Legends-sized toy that can interact with Titan Class figures, although its product description states that it is designed to pose with larger Starscream toys. The mold&#039;s sculpting is heavily inspired by its larger &#039;&#039;Earthrise&#039;&#039; counterpart, though featuring a gray pelvis instead of a red one, and having the underside of Starscream&#039;s wings facing forward. Starscream comes with his signature weapons—a pair of null-rays, which can either be plugged into his arms or held as handguns.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Bot Shots&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Bot Shots S1 B002 Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Transform and &amp;lt;s&amp;gt;Rise Up&amp;lt;/s&amp;gt; Roll Out]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2012)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;B002&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Fist strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;640&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Blaster strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;710&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Sword strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;240&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Part of the first wave of &#039;&#039;[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]&#039;&#039;, Starscream is a teeny little fighter jet very very vaguely like an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] with a spring-loaded automatic transformation to robot mode triggered when his nosecone is pressed. He has a &amp;quot;spinner&amp;quot; in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. His head is very much like his classic Generation 1 design.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Thundercracker (G1)#Bot Shots|Thundercracker]], [[Acid Storm (G1)#Bot Shots|Acid Storm]], [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]], and [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Bot Shots Launcher Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Launcher&#039;&#039;&#039; (Launcher, 2012)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;BL004&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Fist strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;230&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Blaster strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;590&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Sword strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;800&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Part of the second wave of &#039;&#039;Bot Shots&#039;&#039; launchers, Starscream is redecoed in grey. He comes with a launcher modeled after a jet, which is named the &#039;&#039;Harbinger&#039;&#039; in his online bio. The launcher can attach to him like a trailer, or open up into a base mode. Like all the Base-launchers, the weapon on top of it is an homage to a different version of the character it came with. In Starscream&#039;s case, it has a gun resembling G1 Starscream&#039;s null-Ray laser gun.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:BotShots FireAssault Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You&#039;ve denied us [[Red Wing]] yet again, Hasbro!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Decepticon Fire Assault Team&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 2013)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;T018&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Fist strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;454&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Blaster strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;386&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Sword strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;779&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:A redeco of the original Starscream mold in red and black, this version of Starscream was available in a five-pack with similar redecos of [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]], [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], [[Barricade (Movie)/toys|Barricade]] and [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:BotShotsCancelled StarscreamLauncher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Do cancelled Starscream toys become ghosts too?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Launcher&#039;&#039;&#039; (Launcher, 2013)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;BL005&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Acessories&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;Target&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Fist strength&#039;&#039;: ??&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Blaster strength&#039;&#039;: ??&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Sword strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;456&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Part of the third wave of Series 2 launchers, Starscream was to be a redeco of the [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#SuperBot|Super Bot Skywarp]], itself a new mold, transforming into a futuristic forward-swept wing fighter jet with two blasters at the front. As a Flip Shot, an impact to the front of his vehicle mode would cause him to flip up when autotransforming. He would be packaged with a launcher and a target. Like many of the Bot Shots from the second year, however, he was cancelled before release.&lt;br /&gt;
{{canceledtoy}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;United&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:United Starscream toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Fifth time&#039;s the charm.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Seekers: Aces&#039;&#039;&#039; (2012-[[December 21|12-21]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right launchers, 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers United|United]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a fifth redeco of the &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Starscream mold, and the first time he is offered with both of his wing mates [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]]. &lt;br /&gt;
: This version of Starscream is heavily based on his cartoon appearance. He features a light gray (lighter than the Henkei! Henkei! figure), shiny metallic blue paint on most of his blue plastic, an amber cockpit, and shiny metallic red paint on his torso. The [[paint operation]]s found on the Henkei! Henkei! release were shuffled around for the sake of cartoon accuracy.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Construct-Bots&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Construct-Bots_Starscream_Stock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|One of the few Starscreams you&#039;ll partly feel sorry for.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Scout, 2013)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Pieces: &#039;&#039;&#039;40&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Part of Wave 1 of Construct-Bots Scouts, Starscream can transform into a jet. He has a paint error on his head, with his eyes colored blue instead of red. Also, only the left 1/3 of his helmet painted its proper black, with the rest being left in unpainted gray. Rarely 2/3 of it is black, and if you&#039;re lucky, the whole head might be black! Hallelujah! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The box depicts him with Thundercracker&#039;s head, for some odd reason.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CBStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Construct-Bots&#039;&#039; Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:ConstructBots_ArsenalPackStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|They painted my helmet right, but what about my eyes? (&#039;&#039;Arsenal Pack&#039;&#039; version pictured&#039;&#039;)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Arsenal Pack Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Scout, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Pieces: &#039;&#039;&#039;47&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Part of the first wave of Construct-Bots Arsenal Pack Scouts, this toy is an update to the original Construct-Bot Starscream that includes 7 new pieces that can be used as weapons.&lt;br /&gt;
{{canceledtoy}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Hero Mashers&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:HM-toy Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Action Figure, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Pieces: &#039;&#039;&#039;9&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Wing-pack&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Part of the first wave of &#039;&#039;Transformers [[Hero Mashers]]&#039;&#039; basic Action Figures, Starscream is a non-transforming action figure with ratchet-joints, about six inches tall. He has multiple peg-holes all over that can be used to mount any &#039;&#039;Hero Mashers&#039;&#039; accessory. As a first-wave figure, he has extra ankle articulation that is not present in later waves (a cut that was made to all &#039;&#039;Hero Mashers&#039;&#039; lines, not just the &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039;-branded ones).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: He is designed with a removable head, forearms, thighs, and lower legs, 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 &#039;&#039;Hero Mashers&#039;&#039; figure... which includes figures from [[Marvel Comics]], &#039;&#039;[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;[[Jurassic Park|Jurassic World]]&#039;&#039;, meaning you can make some pretty freaky combinations.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Rather than coming with a (nominally) hand-held weapon accessory, Starscream comes with a wing-pack. Of course, being a &#039;&#039;Hero Mashers&#039;&#039; piece, it can be attached anywhere, including being hand-held, and the wings have multiple gun barrels on them, so have a blast.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: His right forearm was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Hero Mashers|Skywarp]]&#039;s arm in the [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Hero Mashers|Battle Upgrade Megatron]] set.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Starscream&#039;s torso sculpt is noticeably similar to that of the [[Titan Heroes|Titan Guardian]] Starscream released at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in [[2013]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/HMStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Hero Mashers&#039;&#039; Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;EZ Collection&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|EG07}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:EZ-Collection-EG-07-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (EZ Collection, [[April 27]], 2013)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;EG07&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:This individual release of &#039;&#039;EZ Collection&#039;&#039; Starscream is a redeco of the [[#Transformers .282010.29|2010 &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; Legends Class Starscream]] toy, and it features light blue paint applications replacing the original dark blue&#039;s. However, unlike the &#039;&#039;Chronicle&#039;&#039; toy and the vehicle stock photo, his head/cockpit is painted half black, which makes it slightly less glaring in jet mode. Stock photos also depict him having a greener shade of metallic blue.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; (2014)===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-2014-Legion-Class-Starscream.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Blasters not included. No, seriously, they&#039;re not.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legion Class, 2014/2017)&lt;br /&gt;
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: Another release of the &#039;&#039;Reveal the Shield&#039;&#039; Legends Class sculpt, this time as an odd mish-mash of prior releases. The tooling is identical to the 2012 release&#039;s running change variant, with the retooled hands and holes inside his wings compatible with [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]] [[C joint|3mm]] pegs, while the deco is nigh-identical the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Chronicle (toyline)|Chronicle]]&#039;&#039; release, with the fully-black hemlet making for a weird-looking jet-mode nosecone. The toy also now sports a large &amp;quot;CE&amp;quot; mark on the inside of one of the tailfins and number on the inner right leg, declaring the toy meets European product safety requirements. A later [[variant]] replaced the purple Decepticon insignia with black versions. &lt;br /&gt;
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: Bizarrely, the [[package art]] is lifted directly from the &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Legends Class Starscream/Waspinator two-pack&#039;s packaging, whereas the [[stock photography|stock photos]] depicted on the back of the packaging are taken from &#039;&#039;Reveal the Shield&#039;&#039; Starscream&#039;s packaging and only slightly altered, advertising a &amp;quot;[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]&amp;quot; [[rubsign]] [[gimmick]] the toy doesn&#039;t actually have. Meanwhile, Hasbro&#039;s official stock photos provided to online retailers (including an in-packaging photo) depict the toy with the null-rays that came with the running change variant of the sculpt&#039;s 2012 release, even though the actual toy doesn&#039;t include the weapons.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Legion Class Starscream has been found at Family Dollar and Dollar General stores in the United States. The later version was also released at general retail in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. This figure was re-released in 2017 in a minor variant of the 2014 version&#039;s packaging (including the original product code number and barcode) that now lacked the reference to the non-existing &amp;quot;Reveal the Shield&amp;quot; gimmick.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Like [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Transformers (2014)|Bumblebee]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Transformers (2014)|Optimus Prime]], the black insignia variant of the toy ended up being dumped to some hobby shop dealers in Asia, and even returned to discount stores like Five Below and 99 Cents Only in the US in 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Cloud&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Takaratomy-cloud-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Transforms from robot, to Arwing, to Landmaster and back! (Acid trip background not included).]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[August 28]], [[2014]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;TFC-D02&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Two &amp;quot;Null-Beam Cannons&amp;quot;, missile&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream is a [[redeco]] of &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]&#039;&#039; Voyager Class [[Doubledealer#Generations|Doubledealer]], itself a redeco/[[retool]] of [[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Generations|Blitzwing]] from the same line. Starscream transforms into two vaguely futuristic vehicles: a jet with an opening cockpit and back-mounted rocket boosters, as well as a tank with a rotating turret and a spring-loaded &amp;quot;Vertex Cannon&amp;quot; that launches its missile when the barrel is compressed. The cannon can also be swung out and deployed for use in jet mode. He lacks Doubledealer&#039;s blaster and sword accessories, but instead comes with two of [[#Masterpiece|&#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream]]&#039;s [[null-ray]] cannons that can plug into the [[5 mm post]]s on his shoulders/vehicle sides, cannon base, and wings. Unfortunately, his shoulders suffer from the same [[design flaw]] Blitzwing and Doubledealer suffered from. Starscream was sold exclusively through [[e-HOBBY]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bearbrick===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Bearbrick Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|&amp;quot;It&#039;s me, [[Mickey Mouse]]!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2014)&lt;br /&gt;
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: A special edition [[Bearbrick]] released in celebration of the &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; 30th anniversary, Starscream is a [[retool]] of the Bearbrick [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Optimus Prime]]/[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Megatron]] mold with a new chest and head, transforming from a Bearbrick painted up like himself to a bear-eared robot. He has no accessories, but holes in his robot mode hands can accommodate other toys&#039; weapons.&lt;br /&gt;
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: The chest used for this mold was also used to make the simultaneously released Bearbrick [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Bumblebee]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Q-Transformers&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:QTransformers Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[September 19]], [[2015]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;QT-29&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Q-Transformers]]&#039;&#039; Starscream transforms from a [[super deformed]] F-15 to a cute chubby little robot.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was also used, with slightly retooled facial expressions, for &#039;&#039;Q-Transformers&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Skywarp]], and given a whole new head for [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Jetfire]].&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Decepticons 3-Figure Set&#039;&#039;&#039; (2016)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;QTFS-03&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:During the second &#039;&#039;Q-Transformers&#039;&#039; series, the Starscream toy was available in a three-pack alongside [[Skywarp(G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Thundercracker]]. He is identical to the original &#039;&#039;Q-Transformers&#039;&#039; toy.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:QTransformers ClearStarscream.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Clear Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[January 30]], 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Clear Starscream is a clear plastic redeco of the original &#039;&#039;Q-Transformers&#039;&#039; mold given away at [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]] stores with purchases of 5 or more &#039;&#039;Q-Transformers&#039;&#039; toys, and was limited to 3000 pieces. In the announcement for the toy, Starscream himself points out its resemblance to the &amp;quot;ghost mode&amp;quot; he&#039;s always getting toys of. &lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Timelines&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TFCC-G2-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Light and Sound Power Pack not included.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;G2 Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (TFSS 3.0, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-ray cannons (left and right), 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
:This &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;G2 Starscream&amp;quot; toy is a redeco of &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Starscream in his [[#Generation 2|&#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; colors]]. It is part of the [[Transformers Collectors&#039; Club]] [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service#Series 3.0 (2015)|Figure Subscription Service 3.0]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/TFSSStarscream/starscream.htm More information on G2 Starscream on TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Unite Warriors&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:UW-toy StarscreamGhost.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|So if he gets shot in limb mode, does the combiner get phantom pain?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Grand Galvatron&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, [[April 30]] [[2016]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;UW-06&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Double-barreled blaster, hand/foot/gun&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Ghost Starscream&amp;quot; is a new-head [[retool]]ing of &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039; [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Generations|Skydive]], transforming into a made-up fighter jet that looks like a cross between an F-16 and an F-18. Like so many other &amp;quot;ghost&amp;quot; Starscream figures, he is cast almost completely in translucent plastics.&lt;br /&gt;
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: As a Deluxe-sized &#039;&#039;Unite Warriors&#039;&#039; figure, he can form the leg or arm of any &#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039;-style Combiner or into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|&#039;&#039;Legends&#039;&#039; Godbomber]]&#039;s legs, but is normally associated with [[Grand Galvatron#Unite Warriors 2|Grand Galvatron]]. As such, his large (non-firing) double-missile-launcher accessory can convert into either a hand or foot for combiner forms.&lt;br /&gt;
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: He was sold in an [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive giftset of Grand Galvatron along with [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Tactician Cyclonus]], [[Thrust (Armada)#Unite Warriors|Curse Armada Thrust]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#Unite Warriors 2|Zombie War Breakdown]], and [[Roller (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Wandering Roller]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:This tooling of the mold was also used to make &#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039; [[Starscream (SG)#Generations|Shattered Glass Starscream]] and served as the model for &#039;&#039;Shattered Glass&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (SG)#Timelines|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (SG)#Timelines|Skywarp]] in &amp;quot;[[Epilogue Two]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Legends&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:LG57-GhostStarscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I&#039;m still &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Starscream (Animated)|ahead]]&#039;&#039;&#039; of the game Megatron!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Octone (Octane)&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[December 30]], [[2017]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;LG57&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]&#039;&#039; Ghost Starscream is a semi transparent redeco/retool of &#039;&#039;[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]&#039;&#039; Titan Master [[Nightbeat (G1)#Titans Return|Nightbeat]], featuring a new faceplate. His Headmaster form is designed to invoke the look of his ghost form. He comes as an accessory with Octone, homaging &amp;quot;[[Starscream&#039;s Ghost]]&amp;quot; with the aforementioned transparency. The stock photography shows that, in order to differentiate him in control of the body from Octone, the shoulder and head pylons should both be moved up instead of leaving them down. This might be an attempt to replicate Starscream&#039;s iconic shoulder pylons and head embellishments.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Authentics&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Authentics 5inch Starscream.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|He doesn&#039;t really &amp;quot;transform&amp;quot; so much as &amp;quot;take a nap&amp;quot;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Decepticon Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2017)&lt;br /&gt;
:*&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Two null-rays&lt;br /&gt;
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:Released in the first wave of the [[Transformers Authentics|&#039;&#039;Authentics&#039;&#039;]] toyline, &amp;quot;Decepticon Starscream&amp;quot; is a new mold the size of a 2015 [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Mini-Con Battle Packs|&#039;&#039;Robots in Disguise&#039;&#039; Battle Pack]] toy, and changes from an [[evergreen]]-inspired robot into a more G1-based jet in just six steps. He comes with two null-rays that can attach to his arms or under his wings. His transformation is nigh-identical to his &#039;&#039;[[Thrilling 30]]&#039;&#039; toy, with a few minor changes; his null-rays can now peg to his wings, his face is hidden in jet mode, and the nosecone no longer flips back when forming his chest.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Amusingly, the Decepticon symbol on his chest is &#039;&#039;ridiculously&#039;&#039; tiny, to the point where it&#039;s little more than a purple triangle. &lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Titan Changer, 2020)&lt;br /&gt;
:*&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Two null-rays&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Released in the second wave of &#039;&#039;Authentics&#039;&#039; Titan Changers, Starscream transforms from a long, flat robot into a long, flat jet. He comes with two null-rays that can either be pegged onto his upper arms, in his fists, or under his jet mode wings.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Golden Lagoon&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF 35th Golden Lagoon Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Army-building|Buy him again for &#039;&#039;Golden Lagoon&#039;&#039; Skywarp and Thundercracker.]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (October 2018)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Hasbro ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;GL-02&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Blaster, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers Golden Lagoon|Golden Lagoon]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a gold and gold chrome redeco of &#039;&#039;Unite Warriors&#039;&#039; Starscream in homage of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]] [[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|episode of the same name]]. In exchange for the gun/fist/foot accessory of his original release, Starscream comes with the &#039;&#039;[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]&#039;&#039; Prime Armor that originally came with [[Dreadwind (G1)#Generations|Dreadwind]]. The Prime Armor has a place for a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]] (or [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]], or [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix core]]) and can transform into a hand for a Combiner. He also comes with a piece that can fill the gap in the chest armor or be held by Starscream as a gun. He was released by [[TakaraTomy Mall]] and in [[Cybertron Satellite]] stores as part of TakaraTomy&#039;s celebration of the brand&#039;s 35th anniversary. In 2019, he also saw an official release in Australia, where he was available from Mr Toys Toyworld.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This toy also appeared in &#039;&#039;[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]&#039;&#039; as a member of the [[Golden Age (Generations)|Golden Age]], who may or may not be named &amp;quot;Starscream&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Vintage G1&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-Walmart-exclusive-G1-Starscream-reissue.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|&amp;quot;[[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]] has fallen, WalMart is the new leader!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Walmart exclusive reissue, 2018)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear, two-piece gun mode Megatron&lt;br /&gt;
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:The original Starscream toy was reissued as a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] in 2018, under the &#039;&#039;[[Vintage G1]]&#039;&#039; label, using the version of the mold from [[#The Transformers Collection|&#039;&#039;The Transformers Collection&#039;&#039; release]], complete with a Megatron gun. However, he still retains the elongated null-rays and cluster bombs from the [[#Commemorative Series|&#039;&#039;Commemorative Series&#039;&#039; release]]. His eyes have also been painted gold rather than using the old terrible [[sticker]] across the bridge of his nose. His [[rubsign]] is an all-new type used on all of the &#039;&#039;Vintage G1&#039;&#039; toys; the insignia only turns red rather than the mood-ring multicolor of older rubsigns, plus the silver border is mirror-level reflective. &lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G2SSJungleprotojet.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
* During the development of the [[Conehead]]s, [[Ramjet (G1)/toys|Ramjet]] was initially planned as new wing tooling attached to an unchanged Starscream body. This [[prototype]] plan lasted long enough to receive [[package art]], which was published decades later in &#039;&#039;[[Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging]]&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* In the 1990s, Hasbro evidently had more redeco plans for Starscream (and the paired [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Ramjet]]) that fell through:&lt;br /&gt;
** A hand-painted mock-up and accompanying artwork for a proposed Generation 2-era redeco of Starscream appeared in auctions on eBay, amongst similar items put up for sale from the collection of a former Hasbro employee. Eventually, this black redeco of Starscream was revealed to have been labeled by Hasbro as &amp;quot;[[Blackout (G2)|Blackout]]&amp;quot;. Said redeco was probably planned for release alongside the Ramjet redeco named &amp;quot;[[Sandstorm (G2)|Sandstorm]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
** Another unproduced redeco of Starscream for the &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; line was found in 2007, in an auction on eBay. It is known to the fandom as &amp;quot;Jungle Attack Starscream&amp;quot; (as seen to the right). It is unclear if it was intended to actually be another Starscream toy; it may have been paired for release with &amp;quot;[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Notes|Cloud Camo Ramjet]]&amp;quot;, who was discovered at a similar level of &amp;quot;completion&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
* During early planning for &#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039;, Hasbro conceived [[McDonald&#039;s]] toys of vehicular [[Auto Roller (G2)|Auto Roller]]s, including one of Starscream as a jet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.instagram.com/p/CJIcRo5Aqym/ &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This toy concept may have been a parallel idea to the unreleased &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; [[jet Auto Roller]] ultimately used in Japan as &#039;&#039;Beast Wars II&#039;&#039; [[Autojetter#Toys|Autojetter]].&lt;br /&gt;
* Aside from Starscream&#039;s &#039;&#039;Unite Warriors&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class toy (as the alternate head of &#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039; [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Generations|Skydive]]) and his &#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; Voyager Class toy (as his own body tooling), Hasbro also designed an unused combining body for Starscream as the &amp;quot;pretooled&amp;quot; alternate head of &#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039; Voyager Class [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Cyclonus]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Action Masters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Authentics]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Bot Shots Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Cloud Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Combiners]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Combiner Wars Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Construct-Bots Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Headmasters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Hero Mashers Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:KB Toys exclusives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kreons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Machine Wars Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Masterpiece]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Power of the Primes Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Pretenders]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Robotmasters Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Triple Changers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unite Warriors Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Many toys have been made of [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, enough to warrant this page!&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|Generation 1}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1Starscream toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|[[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Then]] [[Sunstorm (G1)|about]] [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|eight]] [[:File:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|million]] [[Seeker (body-type)|redecos]] [[E-HOBBY|followed]].]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/1986/1990)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Takara ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream&#039;s first toy began life as &amp;quot;Jet Robo&amp;quot; from the &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; line, transforming into a grey, red and blue F-15 Eagle fighter jet. To transform Starscream, one must essentially take most of his plane parts off and transform his body, then reattach most of plane parts on again, along with the addition of two blue fists. If you don&#039;t mind being fiddly, though, transformation can certainly be achieved by only removing the fists, weapons and landing gear (which can store in Starscream&#039;s cockpit). Owing to the modular nature of his design and the fact that it is impossible to store all the parts in either mode, it can be quite difficult to find an intact original set of this toy.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream is armed with a pair of missile launchers that mount on his arms in robot mode, and under his wings in jet mode, with a pair of specialized projectiles for each. In jet mode, two short &amp;quot;[[cluster bomb]]&amp;quot; projectiles are fitted into the launchers to make them resemble the drop tanks a real F-15 carries, while in robot mode, they are replaced with the long barrels of Starscream&#039;s [[null-ray]]s. The original &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; version of the mold featured spring-loaded firing mechanisms in these launchers; while this feature was removed for the [[Hasbro]] release of the toy, it was left intact for the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version, and all subsequent reissues.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; version of the Starscream mold featured tailfins with solid tips and solid fists, and both these features carried over to the earliest &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; releases. Soon, however, the &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; mold was modified to add hollow tips to the fins, and tabs to the insides of the fists to allow them to hold onto his arms tighter, resulting in a visible slit on either side of each one. These altered versions became the standard for all subsequent reissues of the mold. Like all his 1984 brethren, a [[rubsign]] was added to Starscream in 1985.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The Italian release of Starscream (as &amp;quot;Astrum&amp;quot;) by [[GiG]] put him in a generic &amp;quot;Distructor Planes&amp;quot; box, featuring names and tech specs for all three planes in the assortment.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream&#039;s mold was [[redeco]]ed into the concurrently-available [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]]. It would later be redecoed again to make [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], and [[retool]]ed into [[Dirge (G1)/toys|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)/toys|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)/toys|Thrust]]. On top of this, given his role as a major Generation 1 character, Starscream himself would be reissued many times down the years, the first being [[Classics (Europe)|still in his original packaging in Australia]] in 1990.  Subsequent reissues had more distinctive presentation, and this article strives to list each one under its own header. The long lifespan of his toy actually began in 1986, when Starscream remained part of the assortment for that year despite the departure of nearly every other 1984 toy from store shelves.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Generation 1 Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-decepticon-jets-starscream/375/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Starscream at Transformerland.com]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1984/instr_starscream.jpg Instruction booklet for Generation 1 Starscream at Botchthecrab.com]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{anchor|GoodbyeMegatron}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1toy goodbye megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|More of a &amp;quot;See ya later&amp;quot;, really]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Good Bye Megatron&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 1986)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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:The second release of Starscream&#039;s toy came with this Japanese-exclusive two-pack, which saw him packaged alongside [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]], in commemoration of the Decepticon leader&#039;s passing ([[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|of sorts]]) in &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: The Movie]]&#039;&#039;. Starscream himself was &#039;&#039;actually&#039;&#039; dead, but where was his &amp;quot;Good Bye Starscream&amp;quot; set, eh?&lt;br /&gt;
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{{anchor|Pretender}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You can tell he&#039;s evil because he&#039;s spiky.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Classic Pretender, 1989)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: 2-part Pretender shell, helmet, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right &amp;quot;lasers&amp;quot;/tail wings, rifle&lt;br /&gt;
:The first new Starscream toy since the original brought the treacherous Air Commander back as a [[Classic Pretender]]. He still transforms into a grey, red and blue F-15 fighter jet, though his vehicle mode now borders on the [[super deformed]]. He is armed with a pair of blue lasers, which become his tail fins in jet mode.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream&#039;s two-piece [[Pretender]] shell resembles a human in a teal, grey and brown space armored suit with a removable helmet. The shell is armed with a large blue rifle. When Starscream is inside the shell, his removable grey wings store in holes on the shell&#039;s back, while the blue lasers get plugged into the sides of the large rifle.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Classic Pretender&#039;&#039; Starscream at TFU.info]&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1989/instr_starscream_(pretender).jpg Instruction booklet for &#039;&#039;Classic Pretender&#039;&#039; Starscream at Botchthecrab.com]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:G1toy legends starscream.jpg|thumb|Pretending he&#039;s not evil or spiky.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends, 1989)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right &amp;quot;lasers&amp;quot;/tail wings&lt;br /&gt;
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:The inner robot of Pretender Starscream was also sold as a [[Kmart]] [[exclusive]] &amp;quot;[[Legends (G1)|Legends]]&amp;quot; figure, sans its shell and the shell&#039;s accessories. It was otherwise identical to the Classic Pretender release.&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1989/instr_starscream_(legends).jpg Instructions for &#039;&#039;Legends&#039;&#039; Starscream at Botchthecrab.com]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:G1toy japanese legends giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Odd &#039;Con out]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Hero Set&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 1989)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right &amp;quot;lasers&amp;quot;/tail wings&lt;br /&gt;
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:Released exclusively in Japan &#039;&#039;instead&#039;&#039; of the individual Classic Pretender figures, rather than in addition to them, this giftset contained the &amp;quot;Legends&amp;quot; versions of Pretender Starscream and his fellow Classic Pretenders, [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Hero Set|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#HeroSet|Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#HeroSet|Grimlock]]. This version of Starscream featured a silver face, as opposed to the Hasbro version&#039;s black.&lt;br /&gt;
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:In Italy, [[GiG]] also forewent releasing the individual Classic Pretenders, and instead released their own version of the Hero Set named &amp;quot;Set Commandos&amp;quot;. Starscream was given the name &amp;quot;Tornado&amp;quot;, which was originally the Italian name of [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]. The &amp;quot;Set Commandos&amp;quot; toys were identical to the Japanese &amp;quot;Hero Set&amp;quot; versions.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:ActionmasterStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He loved the gray helmet so much, he used it again.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream / Turbo Jet&#039;&#039;&#039; (Action Master, 1990)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Turbo Jet, rifle, 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
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: [[Action Master]] Starscream is a non-transforming action figure based loosely on his cartoon [[character model]], but using a color scheme derived from the Pretender toy. His main accessory is the [[Turbo Jet]], a small personal attack craft that Starscream can set astride like a motorcycle. The Turbo Jet rolls on three small wheels, and can transform into a gun emplacement.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was [[redeco]]ed as [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Action Master Thundercracker]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Action Master Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/action_masters/instr_starscream.jpg Instruction booklet for Action Master Starscream at Botchthecrab.com]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:G1toy 2001 starscream reissue.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|In a box, no one can hear you &#039;Scream]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Re-issue, 2001)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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:The first of numerous reissues of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy in the 21st century, this Japanese release of the figure included functional spring-loaded launchers, and was also simultaneously available as three different exclusive redecos, [[#Collector&#039;s Edition|listed below]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G2Starscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|With my camouflaged wings, I&#039;ll appear to be merely a fuselage flying through the sky!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Decepticon Jet, 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear, 2 missile launchers, 3 missiles, sound/light energy unit&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]&#039;&#039; release is a slight [[retool]] of his original toy, armed with new, functional spring-loaded launchers and missiles, and an electronic light-and-sound &amp;quot;energy unit&amp;quot; in the shape of a tank. The electronic box lights up with the press of either button, and emits electronic &amp;quot;machine gun&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;jet engine&amp;quot; noises. In robot mode, the box attaches to Starscream&#039;s back; in jet mode, it plugs into his tail-end.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This version of the mold would have been used to make &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; [[Blackout (G2)|Blackout]]. The new accessories were also used, in different colors, for &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Ramjet]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Generation 2 Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:G2toy ATB megs and screamer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Transforms from backstabber to backpack and back!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Advanced Tactical Bomber Megatron&#039;&#039;&#039; (Decepticon, limited test market release)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: 12 missiles, 2 missiles launchers&lt;br /&gt;
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: A planned-but-more-or-less-canceled redeco of &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; [[Dreadwing (G2)#Toys|Dreadwing]], &amp;quot;Advanced Tactical Bomber&amp;quot; [[Megatron (G1)/toys#ATB|Megatron]] would have come with Starscream, a redeco of Dreadwing&#039;s partner [[Smokescreen (G2)#Toys|Smokescreen]]. The pair can combine into the &amp;quot;flying wing&amp;quot; Advanced Tactical Bomber, while Starscream can detach to become a smaller solo jet, leaving Megatron to transform into a treaded tank mode. According the Toy Fair 1995 Transformers presentation, the toy&#039;s missiles are intended to glow in the dark.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This toy&#039;s deco was modified to make &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]&#039;&#039;&#039;s [[BB#Toys|BB]] and [[Starscream (BWII)#Toys|Starscream]] out of the same mold-set. Importantly, &#039;&#039;this&#039;&#039; Starscream has light gray plastic rather than &#039;&#039;Beast Wars II&#039;&#039; Starscream&#039;s silver plastic, as well as an unpainted gray head with a blue faceplate where &#039;&#039;Beast Wars II&#039;&#039; has a painted-black helmet with silver faceplate, and of course, different stickers between the two.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was also used to make &#039;&#039;Robots in Disguise&#039;&#039; [[Dreadwind (RID)#Toys|Dreadwind]] and [[Smokejumper#Toys|Smokejumper]], while Starscream&#039;s mold was sold separately during the &#039;&#039;[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]&#039;&#039; line as [[Smokesniper#Toys|Smokesniper]].&lt;br /&gt;
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: This figure was only released to test markets in Ohio, USA in very limited quantities. It was never available as a wide release.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/issue02/atbmegs.htm ATB Megatron in packaging at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1784/Generation+2/Starscream.html Image gallery of a loose ATB Starscream at Transformers @ The Moon]&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Machine Wars&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:MWStarscream Toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I have no mouth and I must Starscream.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Ultra, 1997)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 10 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]&#039;&#039; incarnation is a redeco of the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]] [[Skyquake (G1)#Toys|Skyquake]], transforming into a large bomber jet based vaguely upon an SR-71 Blackbird. The main feature of the toy is its &amp;quot;carpet bombing&amp;quot; gimmick; each wing contains a drum that holds up to four missiles, which drop out as the drum is rotated. A further two missiles can also store on each wing, and one on each side of his fuselage, but while Skyquake came with enough missiles to fill all these ports, Starscream only comes with ten. The short length of the missiles necessary for this gimmick to function means that Starscream does not come with Skyquake&#039;s firing missile launcher, since the missiles are shorter than [[for safety reasons|safety reasons]] allow, although it is incorrectly shown on his packaging. Starscream also lacks Skyquake&#039;s [[Megavisor]] gimmick. The figure also features a barely noticeable yet enormous Decepticon symbol on the [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/view/machine-wars/starscream/608/2/25/ top of the plane] rendered in black paint on black plastic.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream is known to have come with either pale grey missiles, better fitting his new color scheme, or bright green missiles like Skyquake&#039;s.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was later redecoed to make [[King Atlas]]. The toy [[Repurposing|doubles]] as the [[Starscream drone]]s in &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]&#039;&#039; and as [[Starscream (MW)|an unnamed character]] in [[2019 IDW continuity]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Machine Wars&#039;&#039; Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transtech&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Starscream-transtech.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Obscure both by design and by accident]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream would have been made available in the aborted &#039;&#039;[[Transcendent Technomorph|Transtech]]&#039;&#039; series in 2001. Control art and early [[Prototype]] images have surfaced, showing that the toy would have been at the Deluxe scale and featured internal lighting mechanisms that changed color depending on its mode. The toy is clearly a homage to his &#039;&#039;Machine Wars&#039;&#039; body, which at the time of &#039;&#039;Transtech&#039;s&#039;&#039; intended release would have been the last form Starscream had inhabited in American markets.&lt;br /&gt;
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: In 2008, this design would be [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] universe&#039;s [[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]].&lt;br /&gt;
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: This design was revived by [[Draxhall Jump]] when they were contracted to create the &#039;&#039;[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] Megamorphs&#039;&#039; line for Toy Biz; Starscream ultimately became the [[Iron Man]] toy.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Collector&#039;s Edition&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|GhostStarscream}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:GhostStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wait a minute. Since when do ghosts have painted metal chests?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Ghost Version&#039;&#039;&#039; (e-Hobby Exclusive, 2001)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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: Available concurrently with the 2001 reissue of the original Generation 1 Starscream figure, &amp;quot;Starscream Ghost Version&amp;quot; is an [[e-HOBBY]] [[exclusive]] &#039;&#039;[[Collector&#039;s Edition]]&#039;&#039; redeco of the 2001 Starscream reissue, cast almost entirely in translucent plastics (except for those parts made of die-cast metal) in homage to Starscream&#039;s tenure as a ghost in the third season of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original &#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; cartoon]]. To make the toy further match Starscream&#039;s cartoon appearance, it features a notably lighter shade of blue, and a translucent orange cockpit as opposed to the traditional smoky grey. The toy came in unique monochrome-blue window box packaging featuring [[CGI]] artwork of Starscream.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/StarscreamClear/starscream.htm More information on Starscream Ghost Version at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Who am I again?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Black Version&#039;&#039;&#039; (e-Hobby Exclusive, 2001)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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: The second &#039;&#039;Collector&#039;s Edition&#039;&#039; e-HOBBY-exclusive redeco available concurrently with the 2001 reissue of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy, &amp;quot;Starscream Black Version&amp;quot; sports a color scheme loosely based upon &#039;&#039;[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]&#039;&#039; [[#Machine_Wars|Starscream]], despite the only real point of similarity being that they are both black. The toy&#039;s [[bio]] makes a rare fictional reference to &#039;&#039;Machine Wars&#039;&#039;, describing [[Machine Wars (event)|the events]] of the series in the past tense. The toy shared the window-box packaging of the &amp;quot;Ghost Version&amp;quot; (see above), except its box was monochrome-black.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/StarscreamBlack/starscream.htm More information on Starscream Black Version at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers Generations&#039;&#039; Lucky Draw===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|SecretStarscream}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Secret Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Songs are made of mystery... and clouds are made of moonbeams... Secret Starscream.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Secret Version&#039;&#039;&#039; (Lucky Draw figure, 2001)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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: The third exclusive redeco of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy released alongside the 2001 reissues, &amp;quot;Starscream Secret Version&amp;quot; was available through the [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] contest held in conjunction with the first edition of &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]&#039;&#039; (with a &#039;&#039;[[Super Collection Figure]]&#039;&#039; Skywarp figurine as second prize). The figure was limited to only &#039;&#039;five&#039;&#039; pieces, making it one of the rarest officially-released &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; toys in the world, and to cap it off, the toy was not actually &#039;&#039;shown&#039;&#039; during the contest, hence its &amp;quot;Secret&amp;quot; moniker. Given its amazingly limited availability, it was not even 100% known &#039;&#039;what the toy looked like&#039;&#039; until a picture of it appeared in &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Generations 2009]]&#039;&#039;, showing it as being primarily clear and colorless. Prior to this appearance, it was suggested that both this toy and the &#039;&#039;SCF&#039;&#039; Skywarp were &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; officially released, due to the bankruptcy of &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; publisher [[Keibunsha]]. Whether or not this scenario is accurate is still unknown at this time, as no one has publicly translated the text regarding the figure from &#039;&#039;Generations 2009&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1219/Collectors+Edition+Japanese/Secret+Starscream.html More information on what is probably Starscream Secret Version at Transformers @ The Moon]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Commemorative Series&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1toy commemorative starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He&#039;s back, with a big boost of confidence.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear&lt;br /&gt;
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:The first reissue of the original Starscream toy in North America since the Generation 1 toyline reached its end, this &amp;quot;[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]&amp;quot; edition of the figure was a [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]] exclusive. It featured functional missile launchers for the first time on a Hasbro version of the toy, but because the launchers now worked, both sets of missiles had to be lengthened [[for safety reasons]]. This didn&#039;t work out &#039;&#039;so&#039;&#039; badly with the null-rays, but the cluster bombs just wound up looking &#039;&#039;stupid&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/CSStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Commemorative Series Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;The Transformers Collection&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TFC09ScreamerHoldingMegs.jpg|thumb|&amp;quot;Megatron...I am &#039;&#039;&#039;ever&#039;&#039;&#039; your humble and willing servant.&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;9&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear, two-piece gun mode Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] fist&lt;br /&gt;
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:As another in an increasingly large number of reissues of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy, this entry in the Japanese-exclusive &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers Collection]]&#039;&#039; line of reissues decided to mix things up by giving the figure a full-scale redeco into [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]] colors. His blue plastic became much lighter, while his cockpit was made bright orange, and even featured new grey paint applications running across it. Several of his stickers were replaced with new, show-accurate paint applications, including new wing-stripes and [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon symbols on his wings and nosecone (of course, Starscream didn&#039;t have one on his nosecone in the cartoon, so it isn&#039;t perfect!).&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream&#039;s fists were remolded with new circular peg-holes so he could wield his missile launchers in his hands, which also worked in conjunction with a new tab on the fists&#039; undersides to allow him to hold his new accessory: Megatron in gun mode. This miniature Megatron splits into two pieces at the handle, with each half plugging into the new hole and tab added to each of Starscream&#039;s fists. Megatron can also plug into Starscream&#039;s underside in jet mode, replicating the time the characters linked up in this fashion in the cartoon episode, &amp;quot;[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]&amp;quot;. The set also came with a remolded fist for the original Optimus Prime toy, allowing him to hold the Megatron accessory, and a DVD featuring a trailer for the upcoming Playstation 2 video game &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers]]&#039;&#039; and Japanese toy [[commercial]]s for Optimus Prime, [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/AnimeStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Transformers Collection Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Smallest Transforming Transformers&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:STFStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I will rule all the redecos, Megatron!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;GTF-03&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers/cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tailfins&lt;br /&gt;
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: Standing at only two inches tall, &#039;&#039;[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; small-scale simplification of the original Starscream toy. It retains a surprising amount of the larger toy&#039;s functionality and accessories, except its tail fins and wings are combined into single pieces, and his null-rays and landing gear are left out. &lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was, of course, redecoed into &#039;&#039;Smallest Transforming&#039;&#039; versions of Skywarp and Thundercracker, and retooled into Thrust.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/SmallestStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Smallest Transforming Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Robotmasters&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:RobotMastersStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I have thighs?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;RM-12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-rays, 2 missile pods&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]&#039;&#039; toy is a re-imagining of the original Generation 1 figure, retaining its basic [[transformation scheme]], but designed to be closer to the animation model, with greater articulation and integrated parts that do not require detachment during transformation. The only pieces that now need to be removed are Starscream&#039;s null-ray rifles, which move from his wings to his arms. He has three peg-holes on each arm, allowing the null-rays to be mounted on his shoulders, on his forearms, or in his fists. These holes are also designed to accommodate the generic spring-loaded missile launcher weapon included with &#039;&#039;Robotmasters&#039;&#039; [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|G1 Convoy]], [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Robotmasters|Beast Convoy]] and [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Robotmasters|Beast Megatron]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream came with two &amp;quot;missile pods&amp;quot; based on weapons Starscream used but once, in the Generation 1 cartoon episode &amp;quot;[[Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain]]&amp;quot;. These chromed accessories plug into the square holes in Starscream&#039;s chest, and feature opening covers that reveal (non-firing) missiles within.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was redecoed into &#039;&#039;Robotmasters&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|Thundercracker]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Destron/RMStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Robotmasters Starscream&#039;&#039; at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{anchor|RobotmastersBlack}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Robot Masters black starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Okay now I feel used. That&#039;s much better.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Limited Black Version&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;RM-12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-rays, 2 missile pods, Jamming Trident&lt;br /&gt;
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: Available only via mail-order through &#039;&#039;[[Figure Ō]]&#039;&#039; No. 80, the &amp;quot;Limited Black Version&amp;quot; of Starscream is just that: a straight [[black repaint]] of the Starscream toy, replacing the original toy&#039;s blue, red and the grey of his wings with black. He comes with all his original accessories, as well as a gold-chromed version of the &amp;quot;Jamming Trident&amp;quot; [[Solitarium]] weapon that came with [[Wingstun]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Destron/HHStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Starscream Limited Black Version at TFU.info]&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;See also:&#039;&#039; [[#Masterpiece 2]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{MPSeekerMold}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:MasterpieceStarscream toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And the fandom complained (and rejoiced).]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[September 28]], [[2006]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MP-3&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-rays, 2 missile racks, [[Doctor Arkeville#Masterpiece|Doctor Arkeville]] pilot figurine, gun clip, two-piece display stand&lt;br /&gt;
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:The second new mold in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]&#039;&#039; line, this highly-detailed version of Starscream is the &amp;quot;odd man out&amp;quot; of the series, eschewing the slavish cartoon-accuracy of the other &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; figures in favor of creating as accurate an F-15 Eagle alternate mode as possible, with a somewhat more stylized robot mode. The toy features several unobtrusive built-in gimmicks, including &#039;&#039;numerous&#039;&#039; opening panels on his jet mode surface (highlighting the attention this mode received), flip-up panels in his chest that reveal missile racks based on the weapons seen in the Generation 1 episode &amp;quot;Fire on the Mountain&amp;quot;, and a rotating face that allows Starscream to switch his expression from stony-faced to sneering. Owners of the toy are given quite a few customization options, as Starscream comes with an extensive sheet of sticker decals, including variously sized Decepticon symbols, and squadron numbers and markings, including one of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]!&lt;br /&gt;
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:In addition to his built-in features, Starscream comes with several accessories. He is armed with both his traditional null-ray rifles, but his familiar cluster bombs are replaced with a rack of (slightly inaccurate) Sidewinder missiles. He also comes with a clip that mounts under his nosecone, allowing him to hold the Megatron pistol accessory that came with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary.2FMasterpiece|&#039;&#039;20th Anniversary&#039;&#039; Optimus Prime]] in emulation of the way the characters linked up in &amp;quot;S.O.S. Dinobots&amp;quot;, and a small figurine of [[Doctor Arkeville]], his partner in crime from several first-season episodes of the Generation 1 cartoon, which can fit in his cockpit. Finally, he includes a two-piece, reconfigurable display base that allows the figure to be posed in mid-flight in either jet or robot mode, and can store Starscream&#039;s accessories while they are not in use. [[Control drawing|Control art]] for &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream which showed the figure wearing his [[Transformer clothing|Crown of Leadership]] (as seen in the coronation scene of the original animated movie) and a pair of otherwise-pointless flip-out notches in the finished toy&#039;s shoulders indicated that Takara planned for a set of clip-on coronation gear. Ultimately, it would take &#039;&#039;six years&#039;&#039; before these accessories were finally released.&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream&#039;s creation was overseen by famed Japanese mecha designer [[Shōji Kawamori]], who was particularly intent on hiding the robot-mode details on the underside of the fighter mode. The first prototype for the figure was essentially an upgraded, more complex version of the original toy, with much more accurate robot and jet modes, but Kawamori&#039;s desire to avoid simply making a new version of an old toy saw the figure go through a major redesign into its finished form. Perhaps the most notable change was the repositioning of Starscream&#039;s tail-fin structures from his legs to his hips, with the intent of creating the feel of a samurai wearing a pair of swords at his waist (presumably, if somewhat oddly, based on the then-recent &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]&#039;&#039; cartoons&#039; portrayal of their [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] as a noble swordsman). Even so, Kawamori was still unhappy with the amount of robotic parts visible underneath the plane, but conceded that too many changes would essentially not make the toy look like Starscream in robot mode. In this pursuit of realism, the most visible concession to the design was the abandonment of his traditional color scheme, replaced with an all-over greenish-tinged grey. Given that this color is inaccurate to most real F-15 fighters (whose Gunship Gray coloration is &#039;&#039;much&#039;&#039; closer to Starscream&#039;s traditional shade), the question of why it was changed at all is not an unreasonable one. However, there are instances of [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6VLv-xwhhag/TZ7hPg5UX-I/AAAAAAAAAXo/UW1469Fm19M/s1600/F-15_three_shipper.jpg F-15 Strike Eagles] that actually utilize this (seldom seen) color scheme.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was later retooled into the &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; versions of [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Thundercracker]], and was recolored by Hasbro into a [[#MasterpieceUS|more cartoon-accurate Starscream color scheme]] released under their &#039;&#039;[[#Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; line as well as redecoed into Hasbro&#039;s version of Masterpiece [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Universe .282008.29|Skywarp]] under the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]] line. It was also redecoed and retooled to create the eleventh &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; figure, [[#MP11|Starscream]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:Though not stated on the package, Starscream is in fact a 1/60 scale F-15. The same scale used by many popular Japanese mecha toys including Kawamori&#039;s own &#039;&#039;Macross&#039;&#039; Valkyries. Coincidence?&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/MPStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Masterpiece Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Masterpiece ghost starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Oh sure. Make a Transformer from the line that has some of the most complex figures ever cast ENTIRELY out of translucent plastic. Great idea.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Ghost Version&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[2010]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MP-3G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-rays, 2 missile racks, [[Doctor Arkeville#MP3G|Doctor Arkeville]] pilot figurine, gun clip, two-piece display stand&lt;br /&gt;
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:Cast almost entirely in translucent plastic, this &amp;quot;Ghost Version&amp;quot; &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; figure is yet another callback to Starscream&#039;s spectral tenure from the Generation 1 cartoon. When purchased from [[e-HOBBY]], buyers received an [[MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver.|exclusive comic]] packaged with the figure. Surprisingly, Ghost Starscream comes with the same sticker sheet as the original MP-3 Starscream, only with the numbering designation changed.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Like Gentei Ghost Starscream, Masterpiece Ghost Starscream is cast in light purple translucent plastic instead of just colorless clear plastic like the G1 Ghost Starscream figure.&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Extreme&#039;&#039; caution is needed while transforming/posing this toy: Several parts of him (especially the wing connectors) are prone to breakage.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This figure was also released in [[Australia]], as an [[exclusive]] through [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]], in late [[2010]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-11-Starscream.jpg|thumb|Expect him to crumble into dust after a few transformations and fiddling.|upright=1.66]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;New Emperor of Destruction Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/toy/search/masterpiece/mp11/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ([[March 31]], [[2012]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MP-11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Crown, pauldrons (left and right), cape, 2 null-rays, hologram pilot figurine&lt;br /&gt;
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:Following up on the original plan for the &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream figure six years after the fact, MP-11 decks Screamer out in his coronation gear from &#039;&#039;The Transformers: The Movie&#039;&#039;, including crown, twin shoulder pads, and a sculpted plastic cape (rather than a fabric one). In addition to his new accessories—which also include a new hologram pilot figure in place of Doctor Arkeville—Starscream features some extensive retooling to wind his &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; design away from Kawamori&#039;s original, less Generation 1-accurate look, with most of the robot mode being newly tooled parts, including chunkier legs that now incorporate his tail-fins, [[retool]]ed shoulders and wingtips that no longer curve into one another, a new head (with collapsible head fins), new heel spurs that flip out for added support in robot mode, and re-engineered null-rays attached to extending armatures that mean they no longer have to be [[Partformer|removed]] for transformation. Despite the similarity to the original MP-3 prototype, the retooled parts are in fact a whole new design heavily based on the original concept. This new version of the mold was redecoed into [[Sunstorm (G1)#Masterpiece|Sunstorm]] and (without the coronation gear) into Hasbro&#039;s [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Thundercracker]], [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#MP11SW|Skywarp]] and [[Acid Storm (G1)#Masterpiece|Acid Storm]]. It was later retooled into the [[Seeker (body-type)#Coneheads|Coneheads]] [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Ramjet]], [[Thrust (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Dirge]], although the mold by that point had noticeably [[Mold#Deterioration|deteriorated]], resulting in numerous quality control issues.&lt;br /&gt;
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:2013 saw a China-only re-release of MP-11 Starscream. While announced as the same as the original, it featured some changes. Chief among them is the head is no longer molded in light gray plastic painted over gloss black and dark metallic gray (for the face) but it&#039;s molded in a more cartoon accurate dark gray (for the helmet) and a lighter metallic gray for the face. This release also features the nosecone molded in light gray plastic rather than molded in blue and then painted over light gray. The black tabs on the top of the jet are now the same grey as the rest of the jet. It also included a collector&#039;s coin like the original Asian (excluding Japan) release.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This version was released by Hasbro [[#Masterpiece 2|under &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; co-branding]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Masterpiece-MP44-Convoy-V3-StarscreamMode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Robots in disguise.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;(The Optimus body does not split in half.)&#039;&#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Convoy&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[August 31]], [[2019]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MP-44&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:This version of Starscream is created by attaching the included shoulder intakes and alternate Starscream head to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP44|MP-44 Convoy ver. 3.0]], recreating the scene from &amp;quot;[[Megatron&#039;s Master Plan, Part 1]]&amp;quot; (as well as a different shot in [[Megatron&#039;s Master Plan, Part 2|Part 2]]) where an impostor Optimus Prime was portrayed by Starscream.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-52-Starscream.jpg|upright=2|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-52-Coronation-Starscream-Kit.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Ver. 2.0&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[June 26]], [[2021]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MP-52&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: 5 alternate faces, Gun mode Megatron, 5 [[Fire Blast effect|effect parts]], 2-part stand base, stand arm, stand cradle, pincer, drill, asteroid fragment&lt;br /&gt;
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:This new iteration of the &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream features more cartoon-accurate proportions compared to previous releases. He can also convert into his Gerwalk-styled &amp;quot;Alternate Transformation&amp;quot; while in Jet mode. Popular toy magazine &#039;&#039;Figure King&#039;&#039; profiled this new cartoon/Anime accurate version in issue #242.&lt;br /&gt;
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:A &#039;&#039;Hobby Magazine&#039;&#039; issue revealed that his chest was redesigned during the prototype&#039;s production, allowing the parts to correctly sit flush.&lt;br /&gt;
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:For accessories, he comes with 5 alternate faces, various effect parts and, like many other newer &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; figures, a bunch of accessories referring to determinate appearances of the character in the G1 cartoon, such as Megatron in gun mode (the first time such an accessory has been included with a &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream), the drill arm seen in &amp;quot;[[The Core]]&amp;quot; and the pincer he used in &amp;quot;[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]&amp;quot; to remove the asteroid fragment from Megatron&#039;s arm, alongside said asteroid fragment. He also comes with a 2-piece stand with an adaptable arm, a purple redeco of the one that came with [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Masterpiece|Dinobot]], plus a specific cradle adapter to attach Starscream in Gerwalk mode to the stand.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Upon the announcement of the second version of &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#MP52|Skywarp]], a competition for Starscream&#039;s add-on kit was revealed; giving him his iconic crown and cape from &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: The Movie]]&#039;&#039;. Those who purchase Starscream, Skywarp, and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#MP52|Thundercracker]] will receive the exclusive kit.&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream Ver. 2.0 was redecoed into the [[TakaraTomy Mall]] [[exclusive]] Thundercracker.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:ClassicsStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Fear my extra-long null-rays!!!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2006)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-ray cannons (left and right), 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
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: Like the other entries in the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; series, Starscream is a faithful &amp;quot;modernizing&amp;quot; of his original Generation 1 form, updating his original toy with modern standards of toy engineering, transformation, sculpting detail and articulation (not dissimilar in principle from his &#039;&#039;[[#Robotmasters|Robotmasters]]&#039;&#039; incarnation, but with less of an adherence to his cartoon [[character model]]). Sharing many design elements with his &#039;&#039;[[#Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]&#039;&#039; toy, Starscream still transforms into an F-15 Eagle, but has the nose of an {{w|F-14 Tomcat}} fighter jet. His color scheme is, of course, based on the traditional Starscream palette, but seems to owe its new layout to {{w|File:F-15A first prototype 2.jpg|the original F-15 prototype}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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:As usual, Starscream is armed with his familiar null-rays, which can mount under his wings, on his shoulders, or in his fists, and fire spring-loaded projectiles. The large size of his null-rays (necessary [[for safety reasons]]) restrict his arm movement somewhat in robot mode, as they bump into his wings. Like all &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; figures, he has a heat-activated rubsign on his left wing. Certain parts of Starscream, like his back panel and tailfin assemblies, are made of unusually rigid gray plastic that is slightly prone to cracking or breaking, and should be handled with care.&lt;br /&gt;
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: [[Variant#Running changes|Later versions]] of Starscream saw a [[retool]] in the jet intake area, which involved the slope of his shoulders being decreased, and a fifth small rectangle being added to the vertical area. This version of Starscream is the harder to find of the two, but was used as the basis for all subsequent redecos and retools. Despite its age, the mold has been frequently reused for various Seeker characters in the years since its first use, though its last few uses have exhibited visible signs of mold degredation.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Hasbro Masterpiece Starscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wait, you say the &#039;&#039;Hasbro&#039;&#039; version is the slavishly &#039;toon-accurate one? Your credibility is on shaky ground, Wiki.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Masterpiece Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2007, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip, display stand&lt;br /&gt;
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: A [[Walmart]] exclusive, Hasbro&#039;s Masterpiece Starscream is an &#039;&#039;extensive&#039;&#039; redeco of the previous year&#039;s &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; figure from Takara, recolored to resemble the character&#039;s animation model, down to the orange canopy and the silver nosecone, although the cartoon-accurate silver paint on the nosecone actually covers &#039;&#039;toy&#039;&#039;-accurate blue plastic.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons-customs/206593-clean-mp-ss-cleanscream-blue-nosecone.html Clean MP SS - Cleanscream(blue nosecone) - tfw2005.com]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In an effort to bring out detail in the sculpt, he has also been given an extensive paint wash to bring out his panel lines. His colors were not the only thing changed, however; the tips of his vertical stabilizers were shortened and rounded, and the plastics used overall have greater resilience to impact and damage than the fragile Japanese release.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream includes the same accessories as the Takara version of the toy, including a two-piece display stand, null-rays, sidewinder missiles, a small figurine of Doctor Arkeville (which now has the correct skin color), and a clip to hold 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime&#039;s Megatron gun while in jet mode. Starscream was finally given the correct tech spec stats he was originally supposed to have back in 1984 for this release, which had been mistakenly given to Skywarp instead.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Takara got in on the act the following year when they released Hasbro&#039;s version of Masterpiece Starscream as a &amp;quot;[[USA Edition]]&amp;quot;, adding a Japanese sticker to the Hasbro &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; packaging. This version of the toy was not without a few changes: the original mold for the tail fins was used, an extra Decepticon symbol was added to Starscream&#039;s nosecone (which was present on his original toy, but not his animation model), and his black &amp;quot;scorch mark&amp;quot; [[paint operation]]s were dialed back, and those that remained were switched to a lighter gray.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/MPStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Masterpiece Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Titanium Series&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TitaniumHeroesWWStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|&amp;quot;How &#039;&#039;dare&#039;&#039; you make &#039;&#039;me&#039;&#039; a redeco! Do you know who I am?!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (6&amp;quot; Cybertron Heroes, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Display stand&lt;br /&gt;
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:Perversely enough, &#039;&#039;[[Titanium Series|Titanium]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is actually a redeco of &#039;&#039;Titanium&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Thundercracker]], instead of the other way around. Based on the Seekers&#039; [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] forms as seen in the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] comic series &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]&#039;&#039;, this version of Starscream transforms into Cybertronian &amp;quot;tetrajet&amp;quot;, as designed by [[Don Figueroa]]. As a &#039;&#039;Titanium&#039;&#039; figure, Starscream is made in large part from die-cast metal, and comes with the generic display stand shared by all of the 6&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Cybertron Heroes&amp;quot;, with a unique removable nameplate.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was redecoed into &#039;&#039;Titanium&#039;&#039; versions of [[Sunstorm (G1)#Titanium Series|Sunstorm]], [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Skywarp]], and [[Thrust (G1)#Titanium Series|Thrust]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/TitStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Titanium Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Sports Label&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Sports label starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sportscream? Shoescream? So many possible nicknames...]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream featuring Nike Free 7.0&#039;&#039;&#039; (unreleased)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Gun&lt;br /&gt;
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:This red and black redeco of the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Sports Label|Sports Label]]&#039;&#039; [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Sports Label|Megatron]] figure (itself a retool of the &#039;&#039;Sports Label&#039;&#039; [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Sports Label|Optimus Prime]]) appeared on eBay in mid-2007, identified by the auctioneer as Starscream. More pictures followed from a different source a month later, but after that, this strange little redeco quietly vanished, never released, and never even officially &#039;&#039;acknowledged&#039;&#039; by [[TakaraTomy]]. Was it a [[knockoff|knock-off]], or an abandoned official product? We may never know.&lt;br /&gt;
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:As a redeco of the one communal mold used for all the &#039;&#039;Sports Label&#039;&#039; toys, Starscream, if that&#039;s who he really was, would have transformed into an undersized Nike sneaker with real fabric shoelaces, and would have been armed with a modular two-piece gun that split and stored inside each half of the large sneaker &amp;quot;shell&amp;quot; that made up a big chunk of his alternate mode.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Encore&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Encore starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Meet the new box, same as the old box.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2007)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;04&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear &lt;br /&gt;
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:A new series of reissues means a new release of the original Generation 1 Starscream figure, and Takara&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]&#039;&#039; series proved no different. This edition of the figure featured no extra accessories, with its only notable change from past versions being a pale yellow window instead of dark gray, and the inclusion of [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon insignias on its wings and nosecone, rather than stickers (similar to the &#039;&#039;[[#Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]]&#039;&#039; reissue before it but not flipped like the animation and metallic purple and silver instead of glossy purple and white). The sculpted copyright date is still the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]] release. &lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Henkei! Henkei!&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Henkei Starscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He feels much better in the boring ol&#039; stripes.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2008-[[March 13|03-13]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;D-02&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a redeco of &#039;&#039;[[#Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; Starscream, decorated in entirely different colored paint applications to more closely mimic a more detailed version of the original Generation 1 cartoon model. Like all &#039;&#039;Henkei&#039;&#039; toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign that the &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; counterpart featured, but has two [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] barrels on his missile launchers.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/ClassicsStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Henkei Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Henkei ghost starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Starscream&#039;s transparency; sometimes it isn&#039;t just figurative.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Ghost Version&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
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: Available only as a mail-away exclusive offered through &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Generations 2009]]&#039;&#039; Vol 2 that was released in November 2009, this redeco of Starscream is the second in the character&#039;s history to pay homage to his time as a ghost in the third season of the Generation 1 cartoon by casting him almost entirely in traslucent colored plastic. Parts of the figure made in softer plastic, like his thighs, remain opaque.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream Ghost Version uses the altered version of the &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Starscream mold that originated with Classics [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]] and was last seen with [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] (down to the 2006 copyright date stamped on it), rather than the modified version first used on &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; Starscream and the iterations that followed ([[#Universe (2008)|see below]]). He has the date K0409 (11/04/2009) etched into the inside of his leg.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; (2008)===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Universe2008-toy LegendsG1Starscream.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|On casual Fridays, Starscream prefers to wear his wings down.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends Class, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: Classic Series&lt;br /&gt;
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: The first &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; toy of Starscream is a [[redeco]] of &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]&#039;&#039; [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends]] [[Thundercracker (Armada)#LOC|Thundercracker]], transforming into an Su-37 fighter jet.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was also used to make the &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Legends-class [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#ClassicLegend|Jetfire]] and &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; [[Silverbolt (G1)#2008Legends|Silverbolt]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TFU08-toy StarscreamDeluxe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yep, he&#039;s still feelin&#039; good in the stripes.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: Generation 1 Series&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right missile launchers, 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
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:The second &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; Starscream toy is a redeco of [[#Classics|&#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Starscream]], with a considerably lighter gray base color, more vibrant red paint, his face painted in dark gray compared to &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Starscream&#039;s flat gray plastic color for the face and a deco more faithful to Starscream&#039;s original Generation 1 toy, very similar to the &#039;&#039;Henkei! Henkei!&#039;&#039; release.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Several minor changes were made to the sculpt for this release: his launcher pegs were widened, and the peg-holes for them on his shoulders and wings were modified in order to accommodate them. His air intakes were further modified (on top of the changes made to the mold for [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Classics (2006)|&#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Skywarp]]) so that the bottom-most rectangle goes completely across the air intake&#039;s surface rather than just the center.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The figure is reported to suffer from heavy quality control issues, most commonly mentioned are the joints and hinges being incredibly weak. As a result, Starscream&#039;s wings are difficult to keep in place in robot mode. The elbows, which previously snapped into place when articulated, now slide freely, and the entire hip joint system can be shifted out of alignment.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This modified version of the mold was used for &#039;&#039;Henkei! Henkei!&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Thundercracker]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TFUStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Universe Generation 1 Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Alternity&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Alternity starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And the fandom shall dub thee &amp;quot;Carscream&amp;quot;, and complain (and rejoice).]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream White Pearl&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[2010]]-[[May 29|05-29]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;A-04&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:The first transformable Starscream toy not to turn into a jet, &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]&#039;&#039; Starscream transforms into a licensed 1:32 scale {{w|Mitsuoka Orochi}}. Like the other toys in the line, he features [[die-cast]] metal parts and rubber tires, as well as an opening hood, trunk and doors. This is also currently the only &#039;&#039;Alternity&#039;&#039; mold to feature [[Kibble#&amp;quot;Faux-parts&amp;quot;|a fake kibble chest]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:In car mode, small wings are &#039;&#039;supposed to&#039;&#039; be able to flip out from under Starscream&#039;s rear wheels, giving him the appearance of a flying car. Unfortunately, this [[gimmick]] suffers from a rather nasty [[design flaw]]: there is simply not enough clearance under the car for the wheels to be able to pass and hinge through, and attempting to do so will result in the plastic reinforcement struts underneath &#039;&#039;deforming the rims and chipping the tires&#039;&#039;. His door panels also tend to detach from their [[ball joint]]s &#039;&#039;very easily&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold, with a different head sculpt, was also used to make the simultaneously released &#039;&#039;Alternity&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Alternity|Skywarp]], and later [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Alternity|Thundercracker]] and [[Banzai-Tron (G1)#Alternity|Banzai-Tron]] as well.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; (2010)===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TF2010-toy StarscreamLegends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Pocket Screamer, now in original and limited edition grey helmet flavors.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends Class, 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
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:[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] Starscream is a new sculpt based on his Generation 1 jet appearance with many fuselage details borrowed from the [[#Masterpiece|Masterpiece version]]. This is the first Starscream in many years to attempt an entirely new transformation for him, with the arms now forming the rear of the jet and the legs folding under the wings. Amusingly, he has &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; cockpits, with the one that is actually part of his jet mode folding &#039;&#039;right behind&#039;&#039; the [[kibble#faux-parts|fake]] one on his chest in robot mode. As part of the &amp;quot;[[Reveal the Shield]]&amp;quot; [[subline imprint]], Starscream sports a [[rubsign]].&lt;br /&gt;
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: Early specimens of the toy released in Asia and at United States retail feature an unpainted gray-plastic helmet, a comparatively rare [[variant]]. This variant is the one featured in the Hasbro [[stock photography]], although the stock photo depicting the figure in [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] has the more common black helmet, as this was the only version ever available at European retail.&lt;br /&gt;
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: The &amp;quot;Reveal the Shield&amp;quot; Legends figures saw exceedingly limited release at large-scale retail chains in the US. Throughout 2011, they eventually started appearing in discount stores like Ross, TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Tuesday Morning, with perhaps the largest and most consistent outlet being Five Below stores.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This sculpt was also redecoed and retooled to make &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Chronicle|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Chronicle|Skywarp]], as well as &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Generations|Thundercracker]] and [[Transformers (2014 toyline)|&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; (2014)]] [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Transformers (2014)|Skywarp]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/RTSLegStarscream/starscream.htm More information on 2010 Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends Class, 2012)&lt;br /&gt;
:*&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Two guns (running change variant only)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The &amp;quot;[[Reveal the Shield]]&amp;quot; [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] Starscream sculpt in the deco from the first &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]&#039;&#039; EZ Collection wave (see below) was released as a &amp;quot;Dollar Store&amp;quot; exclusive (available at stores such as Dollar General and Big Lots) in generic 2010 &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; packaging alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Bumblebee]] and [[Megatron (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Megatron]]. A later [[variant#running changes|running change variant]] featured the new tooling originally used for &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Legends Class [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Legends|Thundercracker]], with not only the retooled hands and holes inside his wings compatible with [[C joint|3mm posts]], but also Thundercracker&#039;s gun accessories.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Chronicle&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:EZCollectionStarscreamToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (EZ Collection, 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a redeco of the Legends Class Starscream toy. This version of the figure is nearly identical to the painted helmet variant of the Hasbro release, except &#039;&#039;the entirety&#039;&#039; of his head is painted black (making it look strange in F-15 mode) and his heat sensitive symbol is replaced with a [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon symbol on each wing. Like many Japanese &amp;quot;EZ Collection&amp;quot; toys, Starscream was [[blindpacking|blindpacked]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:Amusingly, the [[Cross-sell]] on the box depicts the jet mode&#039;s painted black patch as completely unpainted.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Kre-O&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:KreO Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Go Team Venture!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; w/Starscream and Pilot Kreon (2011)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;30667&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Pieces&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;316&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Kreons&#039;&#039;: Starscream, Pilot&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Seeker arm rifle x2&lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the first wave of &#039;&#039;[[Kre-O]]&#039;&#039; sets, Starscream can be built in either robot or red, white, and blue G1-inspired fighter jet. Although the head is based on G1 Starscream, the body&#039;s design, especially the broad body, is similar to [[Starscream (Movie)|movie Starscream]]. The set comes with a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; Generation-1-inspired Starscream [[Kreon]], as well as a [[human]] [[Pilot (Kre-O)|Pilot]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:The Starscream Kreon&#039;s helmet has been reused by a metric buttload of other Kreons. (That&#039;s 1.1 American buttloads.)&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/Kre-OStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:KreO-Toy StarscreamCustomKreon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Better than the original [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Custom Kreon, 2013)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;A6089&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Pieces&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;36&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Rack, large gun, Seeker arm rifle x2, &amp;quot;Megatron&amp;quot; pistol, large wing pack, curved blade&lt;br /&gt;
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: Part of the first assortment of &amp;quot;Custom Kreons&amp;quot;, this version of Starscream comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his many many extra pieces. His [[tampograph]]s are much more heavily-detailed than the original Kreon, based on the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Starscream toy]]. His &amp;quot;normal&amp;quot; helmet and arm-rifles are [[chrome]]d, plus he comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso and legs. He also has a pair of extra arms (originally from the &#039;&#039;Kre-O Battleship&#039;&#039; aliens), plus a buildable hand-cannon, a &amp;quot;Megatron&amp;quot; pistol, a buildable wing-pack, an a curved energon blade.&lt;br /&gt;
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: The cross-sell advertisement from the back of the packaging features a bizarre error: Soundwave is labeled as Starscream.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:KreO-Toy StarscreamC84.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kreon Class of 1984&#039;&#039;&#039; (Kreon figure set, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;B0090&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Voted&#039;&#039;: Best Frenemies (with Megatron)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Megatron pistol&lt;br /&gt;
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: This version of Starscream has &#039;&#039;even more&#039;&#039; detailed toy-based [[tampograph]]s than his prior versions. He is still white instead of gray though, despite the set&#039;s overall theme of being &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; 80&#039;s-based.&lt;br /&gt;
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:He was only available in a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2014 [[exclusive]] pack of 30 Kreons dubbed the &amp;quot;[[Kreon Class of 1984]]&amp;quot;. Remaining stock was to be sold at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online, only there &#039;&#039;was&#039;&#039; no remaining stock after the show.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/SDCCKre-OStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Class of 1984 Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TF-Kre-O-Battle-Changer-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Voted &amp;quot;Most likely not to be redecoed/retooled [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Kre-O|into]] [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Kre-O|the]] [[Thrust (G1)/toys#Kre-O|rest]] [[Dirge (G1)/toys#Kre-O|of]] [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Kre-O|the]] [[Slipstream (Animated)#Kre-O|additional]] [[Sunstorm (G1)#Kre-O|seekers]]&amp;quot;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Battle Changers, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;B0717&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Pieces&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;75&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the new Battle Changers series, Battle Changers Starscream transforms from a fighter jet into a robot and back without removing any parts! Like all of the Battle Changers, Starscream uses the new hip piece using larger balljoints, as previously used by the Galvatron Kreon from the &amp;quot;Galvatron Factory Battle&amp;quot; set.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Like his wavemates, he was initially only available in selected Asian countries and Canada. However, the series eventually filtered into the US via &amp;quot;discount&amp;quot; stores like Ross and TJ Maxx.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kreon Warriors&#039;&#039;&#039; (Kreon figure set, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;EZ Collection Gum&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Ez-collection-gum-starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (EZ Collection Gum, 2012)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Release Date: 2012-[[July 30|07-30]]&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;5&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the new [[EZ Collection#Transformers: EZ Collection Gum|EZ Collection Gum]] made by TakaraTomy A.R.T.S., This Starscream is a metallic redeco of the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Transformers .282010.29|Transformers (2010) Legends Class]] toy. While all of his plastic is painted with metallic colors, the paint applications are identical to the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Chronicle|Chronicle toy]]. As per the toyline&#039;s name, he comes with a yellow candy-shelled piece of lemony-flavored gum. &lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Fall of Cybertron&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|GenerationsFOC}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Generationstoy-FOCStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2012)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series / Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;1 / #010&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;TG09&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 assault cannons&lt;br /&gt;
{{note|This toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 Starscream in [[IDW Publishing]]&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]&#039;&#039; comics.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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: Part of the third wave of [[2012]]-onwards &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class toys, &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]&#039;&#039; [[Starscream (WFC)#Generations|Starscream]] transforms into a Cybertronian jet fighter. He comes with two spinning, triple-barreled &amp;quot;assault cannons&amp;quot; which can combine to form a larger hand-held weapon that is geared to spin its two triple-barrels together, and resembles the [[Neutron assault rifle]] from &#039;&#039;Fall of Cybertron&#039;&#039;. Each of the weapon halves features two [[5 mm post]]s, as well as a peg-hole on their hollow sides, while the combined form features another peg-hole at the top, but makes the peg-holes on the hollow sides inaccessible. Starscream features numerous 5mm peg-holes, such as his hands, forearms, lower legs, and wing undersides.&lt;br /&gt;
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: In an undocumented feature, Starscream&#039;s tail-fin is attached via a 5 mm post on its underside, and can be detached to reveal three additional peg-holes, with two of these peg-holes being just the right distance to accommodate the two pegs found on the underside of the combined assault cannons/rifle, with the tail-fin pegging on the rifle&#039;s top peg-hole. This allows the weapon to mount on top of the vehicle mode, and store on his back in robot mode.&lt;br /&gt;
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: He was later redecoed into &#039;&#039;Fall of Cybertron&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (WFC)#Generations|Skywarp]] and &#039;&#039;Thrilling 30&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#T30Deluxe|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Skywarp]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/FOCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Thrilling 30&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Generationstoy-T30-LegendsStarscreamWaspinator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.83|Doctor Arkeville was traded for someone more used to abuse.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream &amp;amp; Waspinator&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends Class, 2013)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series / Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;02 / #003&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-ray cannons&lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the fourth wave of 2012-onwards &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Legends Class toys, &#039;&#039;[[Thrilling 30]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a new mold that is roughly the same size as a &#039;&#039;[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]&#039;&#039; Commander Class toy. Based on a [[Guido Guidi]] [[Seeker (body-type)|seeker]] concept for the [[The Transformers (IDW)|first IDW ongoing series]], Starscream transforms from a hybrid F-15/F-22 style jet. He features a fold out front landing gear, [[5 mm post|5 mm-compatible]] hands, and back/roof, and has [[C joint|3 mm-compatible]] upper arm ports. He comes with two removable null-rays that have both 5 mm and 3 mm pegs.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Alluding to the &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; episode &amp;quot;[[Possession]]&amp;quot;, Starscream is partnered with [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Generations|Waspinator]], who can transform into a wasp, a robot with 3 mm-compatible hands, and a gun with 5mm handle. He has an [[autotransformation]] feature that folds up his wings when his gun barrel is extended.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This figure was redecoed into &#039;&#039;Thrilling 30&#039;&#039; [[Acid Storm (G1)#Generations|Acid Storm]], &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039; Legends Class [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Thundercracker]], and &#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Skywarp]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/GenLegStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Legends Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TTGenerationsTG28StarscreamWaspinator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Megatron &amp;amp; Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 2013-[[December 28|12-28]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;TG28&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-ray cannons&lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the twelfth wave of Japanese &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; toys, the [[TakaraTomy]] release of Legends Class Starscream is a [[redeco]] with a number of minor differences in color, most notably a gray nosecone, null-ray cannons and tailfins. He also features different wing stripes and his torso is coated in metallic red and silver paint. Starscream and [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#TG28|Waspinator]] were only available in a two-pack with [[Megatron (G1)/toys#TG28|Megatron]] and [[Chop Shop (G1)#TG28|Chop Shop]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Generations armada starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Armada Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series / Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;02 / #011&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 Energon Swords, 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
{{note|This toy was repurposed as a body for the [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW 2005 incarnation]] of Starscream.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the eighth wave of 2012-onwards &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class toys, &#039;&#039;[[Thrilling 30]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;[[Starscream (Armada)#Generations|Armada Starscream]]&amp;quot; is a modern update of the original &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]&#039;&#039; [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Armada|Starscream]] figure. He comes with two &amp;quot;Energon Swords&amp;quot; which he holds via 5 mm post, and can fold up and store on his wings. He has numerous [[Powerlinx]] plugs on his forearms and turbines. Additionally, his turbines can each fire a missile in either mode via pressure-launch, and can be positioned in robot mode to either face forward or lay flat on his back.&lt;br /&gt;
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:While his [[bio]] paints this toy as &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; Starscream, the included comic by [[IDW Publishing]] repurposes this toy as a new body for Generation 1 Starscream in their &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]&#039;&#039; comic book series, debuting it in the [[Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|issue]] the figure comes packaged with.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenArmadaStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Armada Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Platinum Edition&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-Platinum-Edition-Supreme-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|&amp;quot;Who disrupts my coronation!?&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Supreme Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Missile, &amp;quot;Crown of Leadership&amp;quot;, Decepticon Cybertron Cyber Key, Gold Earth Cyber Planet Key&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Supreme Starscream&amp;quot; is a redeco of [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Supreme|&#039;&#039;Cybertron&#039;&#039; Supreme Class Starscream]] in Generation 1-inspired colors. He retains all the gimmicks from the previous toy. Batteries for activating the gimmick are not included.&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:CWLeaderStarscream.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|I&#039;ll come help you, so long as you don&#039;t steal my crown.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Leader Class, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Missile launcher, missile, 2 arm cannons, 2 leg cannons, 2 &amp;quot;Seeker guns&amp;quot;, crown&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream is a redeco of &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039; Leader Class [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#CWLeader|Thundercracker]], itself a retool of &#039;&#039;Thrilling 30&#039;&#039; [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Generations|Jetfire]]. He transforms from a robot into a jet fighter, and includes a missile launcher and four limb-mounted weapons, two guns based on the traditional Seeker arm rifles, and the infamous crown based on the equally infamous coronation scene from &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: The Movie]]&#039;&#039;, which fits around his head. He also features a faux cockpit.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream does not include the original Jetfire mold&#039;s &amp;quot;Turbo Thruster&amp;quot; booster pack accessory, but is still compatible with it.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was redecoed into [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#CWLeader|Skywarp]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Cyber Series&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Generations-Cyber-Battalion-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Was late to work and grabbed Skywarp&#039;s pants by mistake.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Cyber Battalion, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: 2 null-ray rifles&lt;br /&gt;
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:As one of seven toys in the [[Transformers: Generations#Cyber Battalion Series|Cyber Battalion]] series, Cyber Series Starscream is a Voyager-sized figure intended to be sold at a cheaper price point. Starscream features a transformation similar to his &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Legends Class counterpart. Undocumented in the instructions and as shown in the packaging art, Starscream&#039;s rifles can be attached underneath his wings and his robot mode arms.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Unfortunately, the figure 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. In 2016, the Cyber Battalion Starscream figure (along with &#039;&#039;Cyber Battalion&#039;&#039; Optimus Prime and Bumblebee) saw release in the Universal Studios Theme Park, and finally ended up being turned into a Walgreens exclusive.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was retooled to make [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Cyber Series|&#039;&#039;Cyber Series&#039;&#039; Jetfire]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;See also:&#039;&#039; [[#Masterpiece]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Hasbro_MP_Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And the award for the worst posed and badly transformed &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; photo goes to...]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MP-07&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-rays, 2 missile racks, hologram pilot figurine, two-piece display stand, gun clip&lt;br /&gt;
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:The Hasbro version of [[#MP11|MP-11]] differs from the Takara release in a toy-accurate blue nose cone, borders around the Decepticon logo, a slightly different grey plastic, the tabs of the top of the jet are in grey (like the second release of MP-11) and is missing the coronation gear. However, he does come with the stand from previous Masterpiece Seekers and two racks of missiles that can peg onto the bottom of his wings in place of the null-rays. Neither the box nor the instructions mention this, but he comes with the gray clip that can hold the Megatron gun that came with other &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; figures, such as MP-1 Optimus Prime or MP-13 Soundwave. Official images, including the box art, shows the top of the wings mis-transformed in robot mode.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Despite still using the numbering system of Hasbro&#039;s &#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; line begun in 2013, Starscream was [[co-branding|co-branded]] as part of the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]&#039;&#039; line. He was available exclusively at [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]] stores in the US, Australia, and Canada.&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Alt-Modes&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Alt-Modes Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|That&#039;s the face of a bot that regrets everything.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Alt-Modes, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Alt-Modes]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a super deformed toy whose body transforms into a jet when the Decepticon faction symbol on his head is flipped. He was [[Blindpacking|blind-boxed]] and available in all four cases of the toyline.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was redecoed into &#039;&#039;Alt-Modes&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Alt-Modes|Skywarp]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Alt-Modes|Thundercracker]], [[Acid Storm (G1)#Alt-Modes|Acid Storm]] and [[Sunstorm (G1)#Alt-Modes|Sunstorm]], and would have been retooled into [[Dirge (G1)/toys#Alt-Modes|Dirge]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-POTP-Starscream-Combiner.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|The fun part is spending too much money on Unite Warriors &#039;Screams so that you can have an all-Starscream combiner.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PowerOfThePrimestoy-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|Arise, THICC-Scream.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Voyager Class, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;PP-19&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy release date&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;[[2018]]-[[July 28|07-28]]&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Two null-rays, 2 Prime Armor/combiner feet, [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Seeker Enigma]]&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is an all new mold that transforms from a robot that utilizes the [[Evergreen]]-styled design into a fighter jet. He also features some markings on his jet mode: an Autobot kill count on the right side of the cockpit, and a Decepticon symbol with the number &amp;quot;D-22&amp;quot; (a reference to Starscream&#039;s Japanese ID number). Starscream can also form the torso of [[Starscream Combiner|an unnamed combiner]] using any selection of &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039;-style Deluxe Class figures as limbs. His instructions and [[TakaraTomy]] stock photos depict him with the &#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class figures from Wave 1. He also includes Prime Armor that can hold a [[Prime Master]] (and by extension, a [[Titan Master]], [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]], or [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix core]]) and can turn into feet for said unnamed combiner. The silhouette of Starscream&#039;s torso mode appears to homage the robot mode of another [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Like all the other Voyager Class figures, Starscream includes an Enigma of Combination (dubbed the &#039;&#039;Seeker Enigma&#039;&#039;), based on a Prime Master, which can attach to Starscream via the previously mentioned Prime Armor or the combined mode chest, which can also facilitate the other previously mentioned objects.&lt;br /&gt;
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:There are several reports of the peg that connects the wings often refusing to connect well. In 2018, a running change was made in the re-release of the toy: the peg that connects between the wings and the robot back has been retooled to connect firmly. The only way to identify this running change is the code &amp;quot;73101&amp;quot; stamped onto the box.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream was later retooled into [[Elita One (G1)#Generations|Elita-1]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;War for Cybertron: Siege&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:WFCS-Voyager-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Rise of the Flyangles.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Voyager Class, [[2019]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Hasbro ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;WFC-S24&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;SG-19&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy release date&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;[[April 27]], 2019&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Hidden message code&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;NULLRAY&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 &amp;quot;HPI [[Null-ray|Null-Ray]] Laser Launchers&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the second wave of &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]&#039;&#039; Voyager Class figures, Starscream transforms from a heavily G1-inspired robot into a Cybertronian &#039;tetrajet&#039; based on the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers&#039;]] appearance in &amp;quot;[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]&amp;quot;, although the jet mode has &amp;lt;s&amp;gt;the robot-mode legs&amp;lt;/s&amp;gt; pretty much his &#039;&#039;entire robot body&#039;&#039; sticking out from the undercarriage. He includes two &amp;quot;HPI Null-Ray Laser Launchers,&amp;quot; which can mount on his upper arms or under the wings in jet mode (or in any other 5 mm port, really). As part of the &#039;&#039;Siege&#039;&#039; [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]], Starscream has 5 mm ports on his biceps, forearms, shins, under his feet (vehicle-mode thrusters), and wings. The 3 mm pegs on his shins, forearms, left bicep, and the tips of his null-rays can accommodate effects parts (sold separately). Similar to his wavemate [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundwave]], Starscream is absolutely &#039;&#039;slathered&#039;&#039; in battle damage paint — it&#039;s heavily present on his legs, chest, forearms, and the &#039;&#039;entirety&#039;&#039; of his jet form. &lt;br /&gt;
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:Like the rest of &#039;&#039;Siege&#039;&#039;, his robot mode focuses on articulation, with double-jointed elbows, knees that bend at nearly 180 degrees, ankle rockers, and especially waist articulation being notable articulation points for a Starscream toy. As an interesting design addition, he also has spring-loaded panels in his lower legs to avoid hollow gaps when viewed from the back. As a rather heavy shellformer, Starscream can easily be separated into both a wingless robot mode and a nearly complete tetrajet via a single friction hinge.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Speaking of friction hinges, the initial release of Starscream suffers from a production flaw: his robot-mode chest easily pops off during transformation as a result of a late design change that removed a pin from the chest without adjusting plastic tolerances. Said initial releases also use the live-action &amp;quot;angry eyes&amp;quot; design for his Decepticon insignia. One or both errors were corrected for later wave shipments; both were fixed by the time the figure shipped again with Voyager Class [[Springer (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Springer]]. While the pin wasn&#039;t added back in, the plastic used for the grey strut the chest piece attaches to uses a stiffer plastic that is less likely to cause it to pop off.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Amusingly, the panel on his instruction sheet that demonstrates where to attach C.O.M.B.A.T. weapons depicts him mistransformed, with his left forearm opened along the transformation hinge. He is also slightly mistransformed in-package, with his arms rather adorably left unextended and the panel behind the head not being locked in place between the shoulder pylons.&lt;br /&gt;
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:As is tradition, this mold has seen numerous redecoes and retools:&lt;br /&gt;
:*It was redecoed into the &#039;&#039;Siege&#039;&#039; Seeker three-pack, consisting of [[Acid Storm (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Acid Storm]], [[Ion Storm#Generations|Ion Storm]], and [[Nova Storm (G1)#Generations|Nova Storm]]; and the later &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#NetflixToyline|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]&#039;&#039; [[Hotlink (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Hotlink]].&lt;br /&gt;
:*It was retooled into &#039;&#039;Siege&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Thundercracker]], &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Selects|Generations Selects]]&#039;&#039; [[Red Wing#Generations|Red Wing]] and the &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#NetflixToyline|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]&#039;&#039; Decepticon Sparkless Seeker all featuring a new, smirking face.&lt;br /&gt;
:*It was retooled differently into &#039;&#039;Siege&#039;&#039; [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Skywarp]], released as part of the Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron set, with a new, sneering face.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The original figure eventually became a notorious shelfwarmer, due to him being reissued in the third wave and coincidentally around the time that the &#039;&#039;Earthrise&#039;&#039; figure was revealed at NYCC 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;War for Cybertron: Earthrise&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-WFC-E-Voyager-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No, I&#039;m not the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Classics|other guy.]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Voyager Class, [[2020]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Hasbro ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;WFC-E9&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy ID Number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;ER-05&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy release date:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;[[June 27]], 2020&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 [[null-ray]]s&lt;br /&gt;
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:Released as part of the &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]&#039;&#039; Voyager Class lineup, this version of Starscream is an all-new cartoon-accurate mold. He transforms into an F-15 jet based on his traditional alternate mode and features a pair of G1-accurate null-rays. His design and transformation scheme is heavily based on his [[#Classics|2006 &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; figure]] while adding points of articulation the earlier figure did not have such as pivoting ankles, a more expressive ball-jointed head, and hinges that allow the wings to fold backwards in robot mode. However, due to this, his torso is very hollow at the sides and his intended waist articulation was dropped due to the physical space required for transformation.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The stock renders have some minor differences from the prototype seen at New York Comic Con. The renders depict the section of his chest that covers part of his cockpit as being unpainted red, while the prototype has it painted a more animation-accurate white, also present on renders featuring [[Smashdown]], and &#039;&#039;four&#039;&#039; null-rays on his Jet mode, with two of them attached at the turbines of his chest, which is impossible to do on the toy. The render also depicts his shoulder joints as being molded in blue and knee joints in white, whereas the prototype has their colors swapped.&lt;br /&gt;
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:At least &#039;&#039;one&#039;&#039; copy features a factory misassembled figure with a newly tooled head sculpt&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/alternate-head-for-earthrise-starscream.1190272/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; (with his expression being based on him being disintegrated by Galvatron in &#039;&#039;The Transformers: The Movie&#039;&#039;) which was meant for [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Skywarp]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:There have been reports of some units suffering from a cracked waist panel due to the left tab not being pushed in far enough during assembly. The unpaintable gray parts, such as the elbows and tailfins, are somewhat prone to [[photodegradation|photodegrading]] in-package. Moreover, the over reliance of red paint for his torso and black paint for his head means that he is extremely prone to chipping.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Like all Earthrise toys, the inside of the back of Starscream&#039;s package includes an exclusive clip-and-save piece of a larger star map. Also in the box is a thin red piece of transparent plastic with which to read markings on the map. Unusually for a larger Earthrise toy, Starscream&#039;s piece of the map does not contain the labeled location of a named planet; however it does include an unlabeled image of the planet [[Jupiter]], slightly obscured by another smaller sphere. It also shows a sliver of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], one of several planets too big for one map piece.&lt;br /&gt;
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:As per the norm, Starscream was later redecoed into [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Skywarp]] (with the alternate head) and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Thundercracker]] (with the neutral-faced head). The mold would later be further retooled into the [[Conehead]]s [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ramjet]], [[Dirge (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Dirge]], and [[Thrust (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Thrust]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;War for Cybertron: Kingdom&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Core Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The &#039;&#039;Thrilling 30&#039;&#039; Legends figure is discontinued! Now I&#039;m the new leader of all Legends toys!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Core Class, [[2021]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Hasbro ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;WFC-K12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;KD EX-07&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy release date&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;[[July 31]], 2021&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 [[null-ray|Null Ray]]s&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]&#039;&#039; Core Class Starscream is a roughly Legends-sized toy that can interact with Titan Class figures, although its product description states that it is designed to pose with larger Starscream toys. The mold&#039;s sculpting is heavily inspired by its larger &#039;&#039;Earthrise&#039;&#039; counterpart, though featuring a gray pelvis instead of a red one, and having the underside of Starscream&#039;s wings facing forward. Starscream comes with his signature weapons—a pair of null-rays, which can either be plugged into his arms or held as handguns.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Bot Shots&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Bot Shots S1 B002 Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Transform and &amp;lt;s&amp;gt;Rise Up&amp;lt;/s&amp;gt; Roll Out]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2012)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;B002&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Fist strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;640&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Blaster strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;710&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Sword strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;240&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the first wave of &#039;&#039;[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]&#039;&#039;, Starscream is a teeny little fighter jet very very vaguely like an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] with a spring-loaded automatic transformation to robot mode triggered when his nosecone is pressed. He has a &amp;quot;spinner&amp;quot; in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. His head is very much like his classic Generation 1 design.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Thundercracker (G1)#Bot Shots|Thundercracker]], [[Acid Storm (G1)#Bot Shots|Acid Storm]], [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]], and [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Bot Shots Launcher Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Launcher&#039;&#039;&#039; (Launcher, 2012)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;BL004&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Fist strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;230&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Blaster strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;590&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Sword strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;800&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the second wave of &#039;&#039;Bot Shots&#039;&#039; launchers, Starscream is redecoed in grey. He comes with a launcher modeled after a jet, which is named the &#039;&#039;Harbinger&#039;&#039; in his online bio. The launcher can attach to him like a trailer, or open up into a base mode. Like all the Base-launchers, the weapon on top of it is an homage to a different version of the character it came with. In Starscream&#039;s case, it has a gun resembling G1 Starscream&#039;s null-Ray laser gun.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:BotShots FireAssault Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You&#039;ve denied us [[Red Wing]] yet again, Hasbro!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Decepticon Fire Assault Team&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 2013)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;T018&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Fist strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;454&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Blaster strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;386&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Sword strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;779&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:A redeco of the original Starscream mold in red and black, this version of Starscream was available in a five-pack with similar redecos of [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]], [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], [[Barricade (Movie)/toys|Barricade]] and [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:BotShotsCancelled StarscreamLauncher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Do cancelled Starscream toys become ghosts too?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream Launcher&#039;&#039;&#039; (Launcher, 2013)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;BL005&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Acessories&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;Target&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Fist strength&#039;&#039;: ??&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Blaster strength&#039;&#039;: ??&lt;br /&gt;
***&#039;&#039;Sword strength&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;456&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: Part of the third wave of Series 2 launchers, Starscream was to be a redeco of the [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#SuperBot|Super Bot Skywarp]], itself a new mold, transforming into a futuristic forward-swept wing fighter jet with two blasters at the front. As a Flip Shot, an impact to the front of his vehicle mode would cause him to flip up when autotransforming. He would be packaged with a launcher and a target. Like many of the Bot Shots from the second year, however, he was cancelled before release.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;United&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:United Starscream toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Fifth time&#039;s the charm.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Seekers: Aces&#039;&#039;&#039; (2012-[[December 21|12-21]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right launchers, 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers United|United]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a fifth redeco of the &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Starscream mold, and the first time he is offered with both of his wing mates [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]]. &lt;br /&gt;
: This version of Starscream is heavily based on his cartoon appearance. He features a light gray (lighter than the Henkei! Henkei! figure), shiny metallic blue paint on most of his blue plastic, an amber cockpit, and shiny metallic red paint on his torso. The [[paint operation]]s found on the Henkei! Henkei! release were shuffled around for the sake of cartoon accuracy.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Construct-Bots&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Construct-Bots_Starscream_Stock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|One of the few Starscreams you&#039;ll partly feel sorry for.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Scout, 2013)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Pieces: &#039;&#039;&#039;40&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Part of Wave 1 of Construct-Bots Scouts, Starscream can transform into a jet. He has a paint error on his head, with his eyes colored blue instead of red. Also, only the left 1/3 of his helmet painted its proper black, with the rest being left in unpainted gray. Rarely 2/3 of it is black, and if you&#039;re lucky, the whole head might be black! Hallelujah! &lt;br /&gt;
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:The box depicts him with Thundercracker&#039;s head, for some odd reason.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CBStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Construct-Bots&#039;&#039; Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:ConstructBots_ArsenalPackStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|They painted my helmet right, but what about my eyes? (&#039;&#039;Arsenal Pack&#039;&#039; version pictured&#039;&#039;)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Arsenal Pack Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Scout, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Pieces: &#039;&#039;&#039;47&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
: Part of the first wave of Construct-Bots Arsenal Pack Scouts, this toy is an update to the original Construct-Bot Starscream that includes 7 new pieces that can be used as weapons.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Hero Mashers&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:HM-toy Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Action Figure, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Pieces: &#039;&#039;&#039;9&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Wing-pack&lt;br /&gt;
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: Part of the first wave of &#039;&#039;Transformers [[Hero Mashers]]&#039;&#039; basic Action Figures, Starscream is a non-transforming action figure with ratchet-joints, about six inches tall. He has multiple peg-holes all over that can be used to mount any &#039;&#039;Hero Mashers&#039;&#039; accessory. As a first-wave figure, he has extra ankle articulation that is not present in later waves (a cut that was made to all &#039;&#039;Hero Mashers&#039;&#039; lines, not just the &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039;-branded ones).&lt;br /&gt;
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: He is designed with a removable head, forearms, thighs, and lower legs, 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 &#039;&#039;Hero Mashers&#039;&#039; figure... which includes figures from [[Marvel Comics]], &#039;&#039;[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;[[Jurassic Park|Jurassic World]]&#039;&#039;, meaning you can make some pretty freaky combinations.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Rather than coming with a (nominally) hand-held weapon accessory, Starscream comes with a wing-pack. Of course, being a &#039;&#039;Hero Mashers&#039;&#039; piece, it can be attached anywhere, including being hand-held, and the wings have multiple gun barrels on them, so have a blast.&lt;br /&gt;
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: His right forearm was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Hero Mashers|Skywarp]]&#039;s arm in the [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Hero Mashers|Battle Upgrade Megatron]] set.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Starscream&#039;s torso sculpt is noticeably similar to that of the [[Titan Heroes|Titan Guardian]] Starscream released at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in [[2013]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/HMStarscream/starscream.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Hero Mashers&#039;&#039; Starscream at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;EZ Collection&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:EZ-Collection-EG-07-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (EZ Collection, [[April 27]], 2013)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;EG07&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:This individual release of &#039;&#039;EZ Collection&#039;&#039; Starscream is a redeco of the [[#Transformers .282010.29|2010 &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; Legends Class Starscream]] toy, and it features light blue paint applications replacing the original dark blue&#039;s. However, unlike the &#039;&#039;Chronicle&#039;&#039; toy and the vehicle stock photo, his head/cockpit is painted half black, which makes it slightly less glaring in jet mode. Stock photos also depict him having a greener shade of metallic blue.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; (2014)===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-2014-Legion-Class-Starscream.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Blasters not included. No, seriously, they&#039;re not.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legion Class, 2014/2017)&lt;br /&gt;
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: Another release of the &#039;&#039;Reveal the Shield&#039;&#039; Legends Class sculpt, this time as an odd mish-mash of prior releases. The tooling is identical to the 2012 release&#039;s running change variant, with the retooled hands and holes inside his wings compatible with [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]] [[C joint|3mm]] pegs, while the deco is nigh-identical the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Chronicle (toyline)|Chronicle]]&#039;&#039; release, with the fully-black hemlet making for a weird-looking jet-mode nosecone. The toy also now sports a large &amp;quot;CE&amp;quot; mark on the inside of one of the tailfins and number on the inner right leg, declaring the toy meets European product safety requirements. A later [[variant]] replaced the purple Decepticon insignia with black versions. &lt;br /&gt;
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: Bizarrely, the [[package art]] is lifted directly from the &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Legends Class Starscream/Waspinator two-pack&#039;s packaging, whereas the [[stock photography|stock photos]] depicted on the back of the packaging are taken from &#039;&#039;Reveal the Shield&#039;&#039; Starscream&#039;s packaging and only slightly altered, advertising a &amp;quot;[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]&amp;quot; [[rubsign]] [[gimmick]] the toy doesn&#039;t actually have. Meanwhile, Hasbro&#039;s official stock photos provided to online retailers (including an in-packaging photo) depict the toy with the null-rays that came with the running change variant of the sculpt&#039;s 2012 release, even though the actual toy doesn&#039;t include the weapons.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Legion Class Starscream has been found at Family Dollar and Dollar General stores in the United States. The later version was also released at general retail in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. This figure was re-released in 2017 in a minor variant of the 2014 version&#039;s packaging (including the original product code number and barcode) that now lacked the reference to the non-existing &amp;quot;Reveal the Shield&amp;quot; gimmick.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Like [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Transformers (2014)|Bumblebee]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Transformers (2014)|Optimus Prime]], the black insignia variant of the toy ended up being dumped to some hobby shop dealers in Asia, and even returned to discount stores like Five Below and 99 Cents Only in the US in 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Cloud&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Takaratomy-cloud-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Transforms from robot, to Arwing, to Landmaster and back! (Acid trip background not included).]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[August 28]], [[2014]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;TFC-D02&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Two &amp;quot;Null-Beam Cannons&amp;quot;, missile&lt;br /&gt;
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: Starscream is a [[redeco]] of &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]&#039;&#039; Voyager Class [[Doubledealer#Generations|Doubledealer]], itself a redeco/[[retool]] of [[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Generations|Blitzwing]] from the same line. Starscream transforms into two vaguely futuristic vehicles: a jet with an opening cockpit and back-mounted rocket boosters, as well as a tank with a rotating turret and a spring-loaded &amp;quot;Vertex Cannon&amp;quot; that launches its missile when the barrel is compressed. The cannon can also be swung out and deployed for use in jet mode. He lacks Doubledealer&#039;s blaster and sword accessories, but instead comes with two of [[#Masterpiece|&#039;&#039;Masterpiece&#039;&#039; Starscream]]&#039;s [[null-ray]] cannons that can plug into the [[5 mm post]]s on his shoulders/vehicle sides, cannon base, and wings. Unfortunately, his shoulders suffer from the same [[design flaw]] Blitzwing and Doubledealer suffered from. Starscream was sold exclusively through [[e-HOBBY]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bearbrick===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Bearbrick Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|&amp;quot;It&#039;s me, [[Mickey Mouse]]!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2014)&lt;br /&gt;
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: A special edition [[Bearbrick]] released in celebration of the &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; 30th anniversary, Starscream is a [[retool]] of the Bearbrick [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Optimus Prime]]/[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Megatron]] mold with a new chest and head, transforming from a Bearbrick painted up like himself to a bear-eared robot. He has no accessories, but holes in his robot mode hands can accommodate other toys&#039; weapons.&lt;br /&gt;
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: The chest used for this mold was also used to make the simultaneously released Bearbrick [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Bumblebee]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Q-Transformers&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:QTransformers Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[September 19]], [[2015]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;QT-29&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Q-Transformers]]&#039;&#039; Starscream transforms from a [[super deformed]] F-15 to a cute chubby little robot.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was also used, with slightly retooled facial expressions, for &#039;&#039;Q-Transformers&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Skywarp]], and given a whole new head for [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Jetfire]].&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Decepticons 3-Figure Set&#039;&#039;&#039; (2016)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;QTFS-03&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:During the second &#039;&#039;Q-Transformers&#039;&#039; series, the Starscream toy was available in a three-pack alongside [[Skywarp(G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Thundercracker]]. He is identical to the original &#039;&#039;Q-Transformers&#039;&#039; toy.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:QTransformers ClearStarscream.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Clear Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[January 30]], 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Clear Starscream is a clear plastic redeco of the original &#039;&#039;Q-Transformers&#039;&#039; mold given away at [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]] stores with purchases of 5 or more &#039;&#039;Q-Transformers&#039;&#039; toys, and was limited to 3000 pieces. In the announcement for the toy, Starscream himself points out its resemblance to the &amp;quot;ghost mode&amp;quot; he&#039;s always getting toys of. &lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Timelines&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TFCC-G2-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Light and Sound Power Pack not included.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;G2 Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (TFSS 3.0, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 null-ray cannons (left and right), 2 missiles&lt;br /&gt;
:This &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;G2 Starscream&amp;quot; toy is a redeco of &#039;&#039;Classics&#039;&#039; Starscream in his [[#Generation 2|&#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; colors]]. It is part of the [[Transformers Collectors&#039; Club]] [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service#Series 3.0 (2015)|Figure Subscription Service 3.0]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/TFSSStarscream/starscream.htm More information on G2 Starscream on TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Unite Warriors&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:UW-toy StarscreamGhost.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|So if he gets shot in limb mode, does the combiner get phantom pain?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Grand Galvatron&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, [[April 30]] [[2016]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;UW-06&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Double-barreled blaster, hand/foot/gun&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Ghost Starscream&amp;quot; is a new-head [[retool]]ing of &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039; [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Generations|Skydive]], transforming into a made-up fighter jet that looks like a cross between an F-16 and an F-18. Like so many other &amp;quot;ghost&amp;quot; Starscream figures, he is cast almost completely in translucent plastics.&lt;br /&gt;
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: As a Deluxe-sized &#039;&#039;Unite Warriors&#039;&#039; figure, he can form the leg or arm of any &#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039;-style Combiner or into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|&#039;&#039;Legends&#039;&#039; Godbomber]]&#039;s legs, but is normally associated with [[Grand Galvatron#Unite Warriors 2|Grand Galvatron]]. As such, his large (non-firing) double-missile-launcher accessory can convert into either a hand or foot for combiner forms.&lt;br /&gt;
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: He was sold in an [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive giftset of Grand Galvatron along with [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Tactician Cyclonus]], [[Thrust (Armada)#Unite Warriors|Curse Armada Thrust]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#Unite Warriors 2|Zombie War Breakdown]], and [[Roller (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Wandering Roller]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:This tooling of the mold was also used to make &#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039; [[Starscream (SG)#Generations|Shattered Glass Starscream]] and served as the model for &#039;&#039;Shattered Glass&#039;&#039; [[Thundercracker (SG)#Timelines|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (SG)#Timelines|Skywarp]] in &amp;quot;[[Epilogue Two]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Legends&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:LG57-GhostStarscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I&#039;m still &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Starscream (Animated)|ahead]]&#039;&#039;&#039; of the game Megatron!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Octone (Octane)&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[December 30]], [[2017]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;LG57&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]&#039;&#039; Ghost Starscream is a semi transparent redeco/retool of &#039;&#039;[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]&#039;&#039; Titan Master [[Nightbeat (G1)#Titans Return|Nightbeat]], featuring a new faceplate. His Headmaster form is designed to invoke the look of his ghost form. He comes as an accessory with Octone, homaging &amp;quot;[[Starscream&#039;s Ghost]]&amp;quot; with the aforementioned transparency. The stock photography shows that, in order to differentiate him in control of the body from Octone, the shoulder and head pylons should both be moved up instead of leaving them down. This might be an attempt to replicate Starscream&#039;s iconic shoulder pylons and head embellishments.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Authentics&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Authentics 5inch Starscream.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|He doesn&#039;t really &amp;quot;transform&amp;quot; so much as &amp;quot;take a nap&amp;quot;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Decepticon Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (2017)&lt;br /&gt;
:*&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Two null-rays&lt;br /&gt;
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:Released in the first wave of the [[Transformers Authentics|&#039;&#039;Authentics&#039;&#039;]] toyline, &amp;quot;Decepticon Starscream&amp;quot; is a new mold the size of a 2015 [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Mini-Con Battle Packs|&#039;&#039;Robots in Disguise&#039;&#039; Battle Pack]] toy, and changes from an [[evergreen]]-inspired robot into a more G1-based jet in just six steps. He comes with two null-rays that can attach to his arms or under his wings. His transformation is nigh-identical to his &#039;&#039;[[Thrilling 30]]&#039;&#039; toy, with a few minor changes; his null-rays can now peg to his wings, his face is hidden in jet mode, and the nosecone no longer flips back when forming his chest.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Amusingly, the Decepticon symbol on his chest is &#039;&#039;ridiculously&#039;&#039; tiny, to the point where it&#039;s little more than a purple triangle. &lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Titan Changer, 2020)&lt;br /&gt;
:*&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Two null-rays&lt;br /&gt;
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:Released in the second wave of &#039;&#039;Authentics&#039;&#039; Titan Changers, Starscream transforms from a long, flat robot into a long, flat jet. He comes with two null-rays that can either be pegged onto his upper arms, in his fists, or under his jet mode wings.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Golden Lagoon&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF 35th Golden Lagoon Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Army-building|Buy him again for &#039;&#039;Golden Lagoon&#039;&#039; Skywarp and Thundercracker.]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (October 2018)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Hasbro ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;GL-02&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Blaster, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers Golden Lagoon|Golden Lagoon]]&#039;&#039; Starscream is a gold and gold chrome redeco of &#039;&#039;Unite Warriors&#039;&#039; Starscream in homage of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]] [[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|episode of the same name]]. In exchange for the gun/fist/foot accessory of his original release, Starscream comes with the &#039;&#039;[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]&#039;&#039; Prime Armor that originally came with [[Dreadwind (G1)#Generations|Dreadwind]]. The Prime Armor has a place for a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]] (or [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]], or [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix core]]) and can transform into a hand for a Combiner. He also comes with a piece that can fill the gap in the chest armor or be held by Starscream as a gun. He was released by [[TakaraTomy Mall]] and in [[Cybertron Satellite]] stores as part of TakaraTomy&#039;s celebration of the brand&#039;s 35th anniversary. In 2019, he also saw an official release in Australia, where he was available from Mr Toys Toyworld.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This toy also appeared in &#039;&#039;[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]&#039;&#039; as a member of the [[Golden Age (Generations)|Golden Age]], who may or may not be named &amp;quot;Starscream&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Vintage G1&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-Walmart-exclusive-G1-Starscream-reissue.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|&amp;quot;[[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]] has fallen, WalMart is the new leader!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; (Walmart exclusive reissue, 2018)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Left &amp;amp; right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left &amp;amp; right wings, left &amp;amp; right tail fins, left &amp;amp; right tail wings, landing gear, two-piece gun mode Megatron&lt;br /&gt;
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:The original Starscream toy was reissued as a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] in 2018, under the &#039;&#039;[[Vintage G1]]&#039;&#039; label, using the version of the mold from [[#The Transformers Collection|&#039;&#039;The Transformers Collection&#039;&#039; release]], complete with a Megatron gun. However, he still retains the elongated null-rays and cluster bombs from the [[#Commemorative Series|&#039;&#039;Commemorative Series&#039;&#039; release]]. His eyes have also been painted gold rather than using the old terrible [[sticker]] across the bridge of his nose. His [[rubsign]] is an all-new type used on all of the &#039;&#039;Vintage G1&#039;&#039; toys; the insignia only turns red rather than the mood-ring multicolor of older rubsigns, plus the silver border is mirror-level reflective. &lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G2SSJungleprotojet.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
* During the development of the [[Conehead]]s, [[Ramjet (G1)/toys|Ramjet]] was initially planned as new wing tooling attached to an unchanged Starscream body. This [[prototype]] plan lasted long enough to receive [[package art]], which was published decades later in &#039;&#039;[[Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging]]&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* In the 1990s, Hasbro evidently had more redeco plans for Starscream (and the paired [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Ramjet]]) that fell through:&lt;br /&gt;
** A hand-painted mock-up and accompanying artwork for a proposed Generation 2-era redeco of Starscream appeared in auctions on eBay, amongst similar items put up for sale from the collection of a former Hasbro employee. Eventually, this black redeco of Starscream was revealed to have been labeled by Hasbro as &amp;quot;[[Blackout (G2)|Blackout]]&amp;quot;. Said redeco was probably planned for release alongside the Ramjet redeco named &amp;quot;[[Sandstorm (G2)|Sandstorm]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
** Another unproduced redeco of Starscream for the &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; line was found in 2007, in an auction on eBay. It is known to the fandom as &amp;quot;Jungle Attack Starscream&amp;quot; (as seen to the right). It is unclear if it was intended to actually be another Starscream toy; it may have been paired for release with &amp;quot;[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Notes|Cloud Camo Ramjet]]&amp;quot;, who was discovered at a similar level of &amp;quot;completion&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
* During early planning for &#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039;, Hasbro conceived [[McDonald&#039;s]] toys of vehicular [[Auto Roller (G2)|Auto Roller]]s, including one of Starscream as a jet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.instagram.com/p/CJIcRo5Aqym/ &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This toy concept may have been a parallel idea to the unreleased &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; [[jet Auto Roller]] ultimately used in Japan as &#039;&#039;Beast Wars II&#039;&#039; [[Autojetter#Toys|Autojetter]].&lt;br /&gt;
* Aside from Starscream&#039;s &#039;&#039;Unite Warriors&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class toy (as the alternate head of &#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039; [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Generations|Skydive]]) and his &#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; Voyager Class toy (as his own body tooling), Hasbro also designed an unused combining body for Starscream as the &amp;quot;pretooled&amp;quot; alternate head of &#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039; Voyager Class [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Cyclonus]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Action Masters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Authentics]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Bot Shots Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Cloud Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Combiners]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Combiner Wars Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Construct-Bots Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Headmasters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Hero Mashers Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:KB Toys exclusives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kreons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Machine Wars Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Mail order exclusives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Masterpiece]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Power of the Primes Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Pretenders]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Q-Transformers characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Robotmasters Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Timelines characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Titanium Series]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Triple Changers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unite Warriors Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:United Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Kingdom Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege Decepticons]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Deep Cover</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generations */&lt;/p&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Deep Cover is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:DeepCover-card.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Jerry Orbot.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Deep Cover&#039;&#039;&#039; (ディープカバー &#039;&#039;Dīpu Kabā&#039;&#039;) is part of the [[Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program]] set up between the Autobots and the [[human]] police forces. He and his brother [[Clampdown (G1)|Clampdown]] work with local authorities to stem the tide of human crime. His many years of undercover work have taken their toll on him; though he remains vigilant and a fierce defender of the innocent, he sometimes comes across as very weary, struggling with inner demons. &lt;br /&gt;
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He has quite the impressive bag of tricks, as he can not only  project illusions, but is capable of [[size changing|shrinking]] himself down to 1/40th his normal size for brief periods of time. These special powers are perfect for the solo infiltration missions that have become his specialty.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Collector&#039;s Edition&#039;&#039; Deep Cover bio card&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;TransTech&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Deep Cover was one of many countless &amp;quot;offworlders&amp;quot; living in [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Wings Universe&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
During the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]], Deep Cover fought in defense of the Autobot city-states when [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his clone army invaded the planet. {{storylink|Termination}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Collector&#039;s Edition&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:DeepCover-toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Shrinking feature not included.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Deep Cover&#039;&#039;&#039; (Autobot, March 2003) &lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;92&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Rifle, missile launcher, 3 missiles &lt;br /&gt;
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:An [[e-HOBBY]] [[exclusive]] available only in a set with [[Clampdown (G1)|Clampdown]], &#039;&#039;[[Collector&#039;s Edition]]&#039;&#039; Deep Cover is a [[redeco]] of the [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Toys|original Sideswipe toy]], based on the black version of the &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; toy [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Lamborghini Countach|New Countach LP500S]]. Several decals that were factory-applied on the original &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; version were replaced by painted [[tampograph]]s, like his headlamps. As a Japanese-only release, Deep Cover&#039;s spring-loaded missile launcher is fully operational; many &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; released in Western markets had their springs weakened [[for safety reasons]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Pre-orders for the set closed on [[January 10]], 2003, with the toys shipping out in March.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:This mold is also used for [[Tigertrack#Toys|Tigertrack]] and—with added roof lights—Clampdown and [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Red Alert]]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Cybertron/DeepCover/deepcover.htm More information on Deep Cover at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
{{G1SideswipeRedAlertMold}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{WFCSiegeSideswipeMold}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Deep-Cover.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Bake &#039;em away, toys!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Deep Cover&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, [[2021]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;WFC-GS23&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Missile launcher, missile, blaster&lt;br /&gt;
:A &#039;&#039;[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]&#039;&#039; add-on to &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]&#039;&#039;, Deep Cover is a redeco of &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]&#039;&#039; [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Sideswipe]], transforming from robot to Cybertronian car and back. Deep Cover keeps a similar deco layout to [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#S26|&amp;quot;Covert Clone Sideswipe&amp;quot;]], but has royal blue plastic in place of Sideswipe&#039;s red, as well as police badges placed on his chest and the side of his vehicle mode. Deep Cover has multiple [[5 mm post|5 mm ports]] and 3 mm posts to accommodate the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]/[[F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology]] weaponry and &amp;quot;Fire Blast&amp;quot; effects, respectively. As with [[Tigertrack#Generations|Tigertrack]], Deep Cover borrows Sideswipe&#039;s (non-firing) missile launcher and missile, and [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Red Alert]]&#039;s gun, both of which are compatible with the C.O.M.B.A.T. System.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:A unique case amongst &#039;&#039;Generations Selects&#039;&#039; releases during the &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]&#039;&#039; era, the toy packaging features &#039;&#039;Earthrise&#039;&#039;-style graphics and &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]&#039;&#039;-styled plastic tray-less packaging. The toy is only marked as being part of the &#039;&#039;War for Cybertron Trilogy&#039;&#039;, though was announced and released in 2021 alongside &#039;&#039;Kingdom&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Deep Cover was first listed for sale in mid-January 2021 by online retailer [https://roguetoys.com/products/transformers-war-for-cybertron-deepcover Rogue Toys], before they promptly removed the product&#039;s description page (tsk, tsk). The toy was properly revealed by [[Hasbro Pulse]] about two and a half weeks later on [https://www.instagram.com/p/CKzJIoBJ4FA/ TransformersTuesday], suggesting that Rogue Toys had suffered a street date slip-up. Interestingly, the announcement stock photography has &amp;quot;VICTORY&amp;quot; written in [[Cybertronian language|Ancient Autobot]] on the background.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}{{anchor|Netflix}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:WFC_Netflix_Deep_Cover.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.67|He&#039;s a member of the boys in blue.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Autobot Deep Cover&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, 2021)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;WFC-17&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy release date&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;[[September 25]], [[2021]]&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Missile launcher, missile, blaster&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Promoting the &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]&#039;&#039; season of the [[Netflix]] [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|&#039;&#039;War for Cybertron Trilogy&#039;&#039; cartoon]], &amp;quot;Autobot Deep Cover&amp;quot; is a redeco of the above mold (without Red Alert&#039;s blaster) with a paint wash coating to represent battle damage, and the radical difference of switching the black and blue plastic colors around. This is likely a homage to &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]&#039;&#039; [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Sideswipe]]&#039;s deco changes, which effectively inverted Sideswipe&#039;s red and black parts from his previous toy. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Perhaps unintentionally, the color scheme is somewhat close to one of the [[generic]] Sideswipe-type Autobots in the &#039;&#039;War for Cybertron Trilogy&#039;&#039; cartoon, notably one that was [[:File:WFC-Siege-Ep3-Generics-in-camp.jpg|missing their arm]] from [[Siege episode 3]]. Coincidentally, he is also colored very similarly to Vanguard, the small partner of Action Master Sideswipe.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:This toy, like most Netflix &#039;&#039;War for Cybertron Trilogy&#039;&#039; toys, was a [[Walmart]] exclusive in the U.S. and Canada. Like the rest of its Deluxe Class wave, Deep Cover was found in Walmart stores in mid-March 2020&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/wave-3-deluxes-from-netflix-transformers-line-found-in-us-first-look-at-netflix-deep-cover/45744/ &#039;&#039;War for Cybertron Trilogy&#039;&#039; Wave 3 found at US retail]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; before an official unveiling.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
* Deep Cover&#039;s coloration is based on a [[pre-Transformer|pre-&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039;]] &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; coloration of the toy. This coloration was originally only available in the &amp;quot;Powered Convoy DX set&amp;quot;, which also contained the &amp;quot;[[Delta Magnus#Toys|Powered Convoy]]&amp;quot; toy (pre-[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Toys|Ultra Magnus]]) and an exclusive red redeco of the &amp;quot;F-1 Ligier JS-11&amp;quot; stock car (pre-[[Mirage (G1)/toys#Toys|Mirage]]). &lt;br /&gt;
* Deep Cover&#039;s shrinking ability puts him at about the same height as his &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039;-mold toy, making him one of the few Transformers to have a true 1:1 [[scale]] toy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:E-Hobby]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generations Selects]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Law enforcement]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:TransTech Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise Autobots]]&amp;lt;!--Generations Selects toy--&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Kingdom Autobots]]&amp;lt;!--Netflix toy--&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Ractonite&amp;diff=1496780</id>
		<title>Ractonite</title>
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		<updated>2021-04-04T03:20:10Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generations */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{factions|predacon}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Ractonite 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]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Kingdom Ractonite boxart.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|&#039;&#039;When the clock strikes/Half past six, babe&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Time to head for/Golden lights&#039;&#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Taking the form of a fossilized &#039;&#039;Styracosaurus&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Ractonite&#039;&#039;&#039; is able to separate into skeletal armor and weaponry for their comrades thanks to the power of [[F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology]]!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{TOCclear}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Deluxe Ractonite.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|&#039;&#039;It&#039;s a good time/for a great taste&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Dinner at McDonald&#039;s&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;It&#039;s Ractonite!&#039;&#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Ractonite&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Fossilizer, [[2021]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Hasbro ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;WFC-K15&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;KD EX-04&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;TakaraTomy release date&#039;&#039;: [[June 26]], 2021&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Tail&lt;br /&gt;
:Part of the second wave of &#039;&#039;[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class figures, Ractonite transforms from skeletal &#039;&#039;Styracosaurus&#039;&#039; to robot and back in 16 steps. As a [[F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology|Fossilizer]], Ractonite can split into weapons and armor compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]] for use by other &#039;&#039;War for Cybertron Trilogy&#039;&#039; figures. Uniquely, Ractonite lacks traditional 5-mm port hands in robot mode. Rather, their arms end in fold-out 5-mm &#039;&#039;pegs&#039;&#039; instead, and the tail weapon is designed for Ractonite to wield with those pegs in mind. The peg-hand is depicted as a blaster on Ractonite&#039;s package art.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Initial renders had both his beast and robot eyes as light blue, but were changed to red during development. Additionally, contrary to what their instructions suggest, on some copies, Ractonite&#039;s nasal horn is glued in place and can&#039;t be removed easily.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Ractonite is packaged with their &#039;&#039;Styracosaurus&#039;&#039; beak pointing downwards, in contrast to the instructions, box-back renders, and package art.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:As with other Deluxe Class &#039;&#039;Kingdom&#039;&#039; toys, Ractonite comes with a [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] card that &amp;quot;[[Source:Golden Disk destinies|reveals a possible destiny of a key character]]&amp;quot;, with each character having three possible destiny variants.&lt;br /&gt;
{{--}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
===Foreign names===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Japanese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Ractonite&#039;&#039;&#039; (ラクトナイト &#039;&#039;Rakutonaito&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Fossilizers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Kingdom Predacons]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggleo&amp;diff=1408619</id>
		<title>Dark Eggleo</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggleo&amp;diff=1408619"/>
		<updated>2020-05-07T05:47:16Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Beast Wars */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{factions|predacon|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Dark Eggleo is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Egg Beast]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
{{mainpic}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggleo&#039;&#039;&#039; (ダークエッグレオ &#039;&#039;Dāku Eggureo&#039;&#039;) is a strange little critter with a bizarre altmode and a set of very evil teeth, with which he supports the Predacons through biting. Like [[Ravage (G1)|many evil Cybertronic cats]], he is an expert saboteur and among the oldest known Predacons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
Dark Eggleo was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Predacon society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron&#039;s own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Angela]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Generations Selects&#039;&#039; Special Comic===&lt;br /&gt;
In [[2011]], [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] fought against the combined [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]] attempt to seal him into the [[Triple Z Point]] by reconstructing himself from [[Ark Unicron]]s and the Dark [[Egg Beast]]s. {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 1}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Beast Wars===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BW-toy DarkEggleo.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hush my darling, be still my darling, the lion keeps your keys.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggleo&#039;&#039;&#039; (Egg Beast, 1998)&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;ED-1&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Dark Eggleo transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an &amp;quot;egg&amp;quot; mode) into a lion. He is cast in translucent dark green plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his [[robot mode]] back (well, you &#039;&#039;can&#039;&#039; remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-15 toy, giving him a new loop for his attached keychain. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base, as well as 2 guns that could be plugged in to the back of the mane in lion configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:This mold was also used to make [[Eggleo]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]&#039;&#039; [[Angela#Toys|Angela]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/1998/Destron/DarkEggLeo/darkeggleo.htm More information on Dark Eggleo at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Eggleo&amp;diff=1408618</id>
		<title>Eggleo</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Eggleo&amp;diff=1408618"/>
		<updated>2020-05-07T05:46:31Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Beast Wars */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{factions|maximal|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Eggleo is a [[Maximal]] [[Egg Beast]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-toy Eggleo.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Eggleo&#039;&#039;&#039; (エッグレオ &#039;&#039;Eggureo&#039;&#039;) is a strange little critter with a bizarre altmode and among the oldest known Maximals. Despite his small size, he exudes bravery and excels in quick combat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
Eggleo was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Maximal society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron&#039;s own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Angela]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 29/9/2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Beast Wars===&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Eggleo&#039;&#039;&#039; (Egg Beast, 1998)&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;EC-1&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Eggleo transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an &amp;quot;egg&amp;quot; mode) into a lion. He is cast in translucent yellow plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his [[robot mode]] back (well, you &#039;&#039;can&#039;&#039; remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-15 toy, giving him a new loop for his attached keychain. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base, as well as 2 guns that could be plugged in to the back of the mane in lion configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:This mold was also used to make [[Dark Eggleo]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]&#039;&#039; [[Angela]].&lt;br /&gt;
::* &#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/1998/Cybertron/EggLeo/eggleo.htm More information on Eggleo at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Star_Dust&amp;diff=1272990</id>
		<title>Star Dust</title>
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		<updated>2018-08-04T15:06:38Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Kiss Players */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{factions|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Star Dust is a [[Sparkbot]] from the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Stardust.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|But which one&#039;s on the leash?]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Star Dust&#039;&#039;&#039; (スターダスト &#039;&#039;Sutā Dasuto&#039;&#039;) is one of the three [[Sparkbot]]s. Star Dust can fly, communicate telepathically and transport others through space and time when activated by a [[kiss]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He has &amp;quot;attached&amp;quot; himself to perennial victim [[Atari Hitotonari]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;15 Go! Go!&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Mysterious Falling Star Volume}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 1}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 2}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 3}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 4}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 5}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Kiss Players Position&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{voiceactor|[[Satomi Akesaka]] (Japanese)}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the year 2007, following the destruction of [[Unicron]] and the end of the [[Legion]] threat, Star Dust, [[Angela]], and [[Zangetsu]] suddenly appeared in the sky above the &amp;quot;[[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]&amp;quot; singing group at the [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] Fortress concert of their world tour or [[Earth]]. The Sparkbots introduced themselves to the performers telepathically and insisted that the three humans in the group kiss them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When Atari Hitotonari, [[Shaoshao Li]], and [[Marissa Faireborn]] complied, they and Brave Maximus were engulfed by a bright light and taken on a journey through time and space. At each destination, one of the girls encountered and kissed (while remaining unseen, unfelt and undetected) a famous [[Autobot]] or [[Maximal]] leader of the past, causing a fragment of the [[AllSpark]] to emerge from the Transformer&#039;s body for the Sparkbots to collect. Star Dust and Atari traveled to ancient Earth, witnessing a battle between [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] before taking a fragment from Primal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:KPStardust.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Oh, Atari. You can&#039;t make art on a computer!]]&lt;br /&gt;
After a particularly narrow escape on the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], the girls decided to decorate their &amp;quot;partner&amp;quot; Sparkbots; Atari created a pattern on her computer for Star Dust based on the green robot&#039;s energy wings. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Following a brief shunt into [[Aurex 103.10 Alpha|an Aurex universe]], where Star Dust and Atari helped reunite the lost [[Mini-Con]] [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]] with his larger [[Decepticon]] partner [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], the Kiss Players came face to face with the Transformer god, [[Primus]]... and the Sparkbots&#039; true allegiance to [[Unicron]] was revealed. Having tricked the girls into assembling the chaos god&#039;s [[Angolmois]] energy rather than the &amp;quot;Allspark&amp;quot;, the Sparkbots fled back in time to Earth&#039;s prehistoric past and resurrected their master. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Defeated by Primus&#039; might, Unicron was again reduced to Angolmois energy and, together with Star Dust and the other Sparkbots, locked away within the planet with [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] assigned to watch over them for eternity. Or at least until 2007. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players Position}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{--}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Kiss Players===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:KP-toy StarDust.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kiss Players Sparkbot x3&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Available only in the Sparkbot three-pack with his teammates [[Angela]] and [[Zangetsu]], Star Dust is a green [[redeco]] of the [[Eggbot (BW)|Eggbot]]/[[Dark Eggbot]] mold (itself a [[retool]] of &#039;&#039;[[Micro Change]]&#039;&#039; Metal Man MC-14), transforming from a sphere into a humanoid robot. He has a keychain attached to his back.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-14 toy. The original [[Micro Change]] toy was remolded as part of another Takara line named Mashin Hero Wataru giving him a new head and chest. This is the version used for this toy with an additional remold to give him a loop for his attached keychain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Sparkbots set was only available at the Tokyo Toy Festival 2007 on [[March 18]]th, and is the final release in the &#039;&#039;Kiss Players&#039;&#039; toy line. The set also came with a new CD.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1127/Kiss-Play/Stardust.html Star Dust toy gallery at Transformertoys.co.uk]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
*Star Dust&#039;s name, color scheme and decoration were created by [[Satomi Akesaka]], who also portrays his voice in the &#039;&#039;Kiss Players&#039;&#039; radio drama series. [[Sundor]] was created by her as well.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kiss Players Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggbot&amp;diff=1272984</id>
		<title>Dark Eggbot</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggbot&amp;diff=1272984"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T14:11:11Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Beast Wars */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{factions|predacon|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbot is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Egg Beast]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-art DarkEggbot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Note: On his packaging, Dark Eggbot is incorrectly depicted as being capable of pooping kana.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Despite belonging to the group of Cybertronians called the &amp;quot;[[Egg Beast]]s&amp;quot;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (ダークエッグボット &#039;&#039;Dāku Eggubotto&#039;&#039;) does not actually possess a [[beast mode]]. He does, however, have a fiendishly complex and calculating processing center which he uses to devise evil plots and nefarious acts of espionage against the [[Maximal]]s. How his transformation into a ball helps him carry them out is unknown, but if it&#039;s good enough for [[Samus Aran]]...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Like his fellow Egg Beasts, he is among the oldest operational Predacons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{TOC}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Dreamwave &#039;&#039;Generation One&#039;&#039; continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
Dark Eggbot was present at the [[Forge]] when [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] tore off [[Emirate]] [[Xeon]]&#039;s head and presented it to the crowd. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
Dark Eggbot was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Predacon society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron&#039;s own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Star Dust]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-toy DarkEggbot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (Egg Beast, [[1998]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;ED-3&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Dark Eggbot transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an &amp;quot;egg&amp;quot; mode) into a robot. He is cast in translucent black plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his [[robot mode]] back (well, you &#039;&#039;can&#039;&#039; remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-14 toy. The original [[Micro Change]] toy was remolded as part of another Takara line named Mashin Hero Wataru giving him a new head and chest. This is the version used for this toy with an additional [[retool]] to give him a loop for his attached keychain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:This mold was also used to make [[Eggbot (BW)|Eggbot]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]&#039;&#039; [[Star Dust]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/1998/Destron/DarkEggRobo/darkeggrobo.htm More information on Dark Eggbot at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Eggbot_(BW)&amp;diff=1272983</id>
		<title>Eggbot (BW)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Eggbot_(BW)&amp;diff=1272983"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T14:10:47Z</updated>

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&lt;div&gt;{{factions|maximal|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{disambig2|the Maximal from &#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039;|the eggs from &#039;&#039;Angry Birds&#039;&#039;|Eggbot (AB)}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Eggbot is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-art Eggbot.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]&lt;br /&gt;
Despite being one of the &amp;quot;[[Egg Beast]]s&amp;quot;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (エッグボット &#039;&#039;Eggubotto&#039;&#039;) does not actually possess a [[beast mode]]. Regardless, he is remarkably brave for his small size and excels in hand-to-hand combat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Like his fellow Egg Beasts, Eggbot is among the oldest operational Maximals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
Eggbot was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Maximal society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron&#039;s own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Star Dust]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 29/9/2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Beast Wars===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-toy Eggbot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Or, as he was known in the early translations, &amp;quot;Robotnikbot&amp;quot;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (Egg Beast, 1998)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;EC-3&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Eggbot transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an &amp;quot;egg&amp;quot; mode) into a robot. He is cast in translucent blue plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his [[robot mode]] back (well, you &#039;&#039;can&#039;&#039; remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-14 toy. The original [[Micro Change]] toy was remolded as part of another Takara line named Mashin Hero Wataru giving him a new head and chest. This is the version used for this toy with an additional [[retool]] to give him a loop for his attached keychain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold was also used to make [[Dark Eggbot]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]&#039;&#039; [[Star Dust]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::* &#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/1998/Cybertron/EggRobo/eggrobo.htm More information on Eggbot at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Angela&amp;diff=1272982</id>
		<title>Angela</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Angela&amp;diff=1272982"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T14:09:02Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Kiss Players */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{factions|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Angela is a [[Sparkbot]] from the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Angela.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Angela, meet [[Rachel]]. Rachel, Angela.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Angela&#039;&#039;&#039; (アンジェラ &#039;&#039;Anjera&#039;&#039;) is one of the three [[Sparkbot]]s, secret agents of [[Unicron]], though she professes to work for [[Primus]]. She can fly, communicate telepathically, and transport others through time when activated by a [[kiss]]. She has &amp;quot;linked&amp;quot; herself to [[Marissa Faireborn]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;15 Go! Go!&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Mysterious Falling Star Volume}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 1}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 2}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 3}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 4}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 5}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Kiss Players Position===&lt;br /&gt;
{{voiceactor|[[Lyrian]] (Japanese)}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the year 2007, Angela, [[Star Dust]], and [[Zangetsu]] suddenly appeared in the sky above the &amp;quot;[[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]&amp;quot; singing group at the [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] Fortress concert of their world tour. The Sparkbots introduced themselves to the performers telepathically and insisted that the three humans in the group kiss them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When [[Atari Hitotonari]], [[Shaoshao Li]], and Marissa Faireborn complied, Brave Maximus was engulfed by a bright light and transported back to the [[Sherman Dam]] in the year 1985 to witness the battle between [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Marissa kissed Angela, who transformed into her lion mode. The two flew to Prime, who was unable to see the time travelers. Angela directed Marissa to kiss the [[Autobot]] commander, gaining them a fragment of the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:KPAngela.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|&amp;quot;Lookit, [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Daddy]], I drew it myself!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Angela and her fellow Sparkbots continued to guide the Kiss Players from one point in time and space to the next, collecting an Allspark fragment from a famous [[Autobot]] or [[Maximal]] leader at each stop. After a particularly narrow escape on the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], the girls decided to decorate their &amp;quot;partner&amp;quot; Sparkbots; Marissa drew a pretty heart with legs and upside-down wings on Angela, apparently in permanent marker. This says a lot more about Marissa than about Angela.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Following a brief shunt into [[Aurex 103.10 Alpha|an Aurex universe]], the Kiss Players came face to face with the Transformer god, [[Primus]]... and the Sparkbots&#039; true allegiance to [[Unicron]] was revealed. Having tricked the girls into assembling the chaos god&#039;s [[Angolmois]] energy rather than the &amp;quot;Allspark&amp;quot;, the Sparkbots fled back in time to Earth&#039;s prehistoric past and resurrected their master.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Defeated by Primus&#039;s might, Unicron was again reduced to Angolmois energy and, together with Angela and the other Sparkbots, locked away within the planet with [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] assigned to watch over them for eternity. Or at least until 2007. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players Position}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{--}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Kiss Players===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:KP-toy Angela.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|There&#039;s an angry baboon inside all of us.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Kiss Players Sparkbot x3&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Available only in the Sparkbot three-pack with her teammates [[Star Dust]] and [[Zangetsu]], Angela is a shock-pink [[redeco]] of the [[Eggleo]]/[[Dark Eggleo]] mold (itself a [[retool]] of &#039;&#039;[[Micro Change]]&#039;&#039; Metal Leo MC-15), transforming from a sphere into a robotic lion. She has a keychain attached to her spine. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base, as well as 2 guns that could be plugged in to the back of the mane in lion configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Sparkbots set was only available at the Japanese Tokyo Toy Festival 2007 on [[March 18]]th, and is the final release in the &#039;&#039;Kiss Players&#039;&#039; toy line. The set also came with a new CD.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1126/Kiss-Play/Angela.html Angela toy gallery at Transformertoys.co.uk]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
* Angela&#039;s name, pink color scheme, and heart symbol were created by [[Lyrian]], who portrays her voice in the &#039;&#039;Kiss Players&#039;&#039; radio drama series.&lt;br /&gt;
* Lyrian also designed and named [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]], in case you couldn&#039;t guess by the thematic similarity. Lyrian grew up in [[Italy]] and apparently has a thing for using Italian names, regardless of whether or not they sound Transformery.&lt;br /&gt;
* Despite having a mane in lion mode, Angela is presumably female.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Female Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kiss Players Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggleo&amp;diff=1272981</id>
		<title>Dark Eggleo</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggleo&amp;diff=1272981"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T14:08:08Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Beast Wars */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{factions|predacon|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Dark Eggleo is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Egg Beast]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
{{mainpic}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggleo&#039;&#039;&#039; (ダークエッグレオ &#039;&#039;Dāku Eggureo&#039;&#039;) is a strange little critter with a bizarre altmode and a set of very evil teeth, with which he supports the Predacons through biting. Like [[Ravage (G1)|many evil Cybertronic cats]], he is an expert saboteur and among the oldest known Predacons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
Dark Eggleo was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Predacon society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron&#039;s own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Angela]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Beast Wars===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BW-toy DarkEggleo.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hush my darling, be still my darling, the lion keeps your keys.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggleo&#039;&#039;&#039; (Egg Beast, 1998)&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;ED-1&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Dark Eggleo transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an &amp;quot;egg&amp;quot; mode) into a lion. He is cast in translucent blue plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his [[robot mode]] back (well, you &#039;&#039;can&#039;&#039; remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-15 toy, giving him a new loop for his attached keychain. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base, as well as 2 guns that could be plugged in to the back of the mane in lion configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:This mold was also used to make [[Eggleo]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]&#039;&#039; [[Angela#Toys|Angela]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/1998/Destron/DarkEggLeo/darkeggleo.htm More information on Dark Eggleo at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Eggleo&amp;diff=1272980</id>
		<title>Eggleo</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Eggleo&amp;diff=1272980"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T14:07:42Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Beast Wars */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{factions|maximal|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Eggleo is a [[Maximal]] [[Egg Beast]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-toy Eggleo.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Eggleo&#039;&#039;&#039; (エッグレオ &#039;&#039;Eggureo&#039;&#039;) is a strange little critter with a bizarre altmode and among the oldest known Maximals. Despite his small size, he exudes bravery and excels in quick combat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
Eggleo was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Maximal society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron&#039;s own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Angela]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 29/9/2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Beast Wars===&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Eggleo&#039;&#039;&#039; (Egg Beast, 1998)&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;EC-1&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Eggleo transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an &amp;quot;egg&amp;quot; mode) into a lion. He is cast in translucent blue plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his [[robot mode]] back (well, you &#039;&#039;can&#039;&#039; remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-15 toy, giving him a new loop for his attached keychain. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base, as well as 2 guns that could be plugged in to the back of the mane in lion configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:This mold was also used to make [[Dark Eggleo]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]&#039;&#039; [[Angela]].&lt;br /&gt;
::* &#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/1998/Cybertron/EggLeo/eggleo.htm More information on Eggleo at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Zangetsu&amp;diff=1272979</id>
		<title>Zangetsu</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Zangetsu&amp;diff=1272979"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T14:04:57Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Kiss Players */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{factions|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Zangetsu is a [[Sparkbot]] from the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Zangetsu.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Pucker up, birdie.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Zangetsu&#039;&#039;&#039; (残月, &amp;quot;Morning Moon&amp;quot;) is one of the three [[Sparkbot]]s, who are secretly agents of Unicron. Zangetsu can fly, communicate telepathically and transport others through time when activated by a [[kiss]]. Zangetsu transforms from a flying, glowing sphere into a robotic hawk.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Deep down, Zangetsu begs to be noticed and to share his deep well of knowledge... but he&#039;s also almost terminally shy. However, this does help him not be noticed and makes him an excellent air-strike ninja. He has &amp;quot;attached&amp;quot; himself to [[Shaoshao Li]], who believes that he has ninja transformative powers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;15 Go! Go!&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Mysterious Falling Star Volume}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 1}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 2}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 3}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 4}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 5}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Kiss Players Position===&lt;br /&gt;
{{voiceactor|[[Yui Kano]] (Japanese)}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the year 2007, Zangetsu, [[Angela]], and [[Star Dust]] suddenly appeared in the sky above the &amp;quot;[[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]&amp;quot; singing group at the [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] Fortress concert of their world tour. The Sparkbots introduced themselves to the performers telepathically and insisted that the three humans in the group kiss them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When Shaoshao Li, [[Atari Hitotonari]], and [[Marissa Faireborn]] complied, they and Brave Maximus were engulfed by a bright light and taken on a journey through time and space. At each destination, one of the girls encountered and kissed (while remaining unseen, unfelt, and undetected) a famous [[Autobot]] or [[Maximal]] leader of the past, causing a fragment of the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] to emerge from the Transformer&#039;s body for the Sparkbots to collect.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:KPZangetsu.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Zangetsu, I choose you!]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After a particularly narrow escape on the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], the girls decided to decorate their &amp;quot;partner&amp;quot; Sparkbots; Shao used her calligraphy skills to write the character &amp;quot;shinobi&amp;quot; (signifying &amp;quot;ninja&amp;quot;) in {{w|kanji}} on Zangetsu. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Following a brief shunt into the [[Aurex 103.10 Alpha|MD World]] (with Zangetsu and Shaoshao traveling through [[Aurex 105.08 Alpha|a latter timeframe]]), the Kiss Players came face to face with the Transformer god, [[Primus]]... and the Sparkbots&#039; true allegiance to [[Unicron]] was revealed. Having tricked the girls into assembling the chaos god&#039;s [[Angolmois]] energy rather than the &amp;quot;Allspark&amp;quot;, the Sparkbots fled back in time to Earth&#039;s prehistoric past and resurrected their master. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Defeated by Primus&#039;s might, Unicron was again reduced to Angolmois energy and, together with Zangetsu and the other Sparkbots, locked away within the planet with [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] assigned to watch over them for eternity. Or at least until 2007. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players Position}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{--}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Kiss Players===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:KP-toy Zangetsu.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|He has a second job being the ice sculpture at fancy parties.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Kiss Players Sparkbot x3&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Available only in the Sparkbot three-pack with his teammates [[Angela]] and [[Star Dust]], Zangetsu is a bright white clear-plastic [[redeco]] of the [[Eggbird]]/[[Dark Eggbird]] mold (itself a [[retool]] of &#039;&#039;[[Micro Change]]&#039;&#039; Metal Hawk MC-16), transforming from a sphere into a robotic bird of prey of some kind. He has a keychain attached to his breast. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Sparkbots set was only available at the Tokyo Toy Festival 2007 on [[March 18]]th, and is the final release in the &#039;&#039;Kiss Players&#039;&#039; toy line. The set also came with a new CD.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1128/Kiss-Play/Zangetsu.html Zangetsu toy gallery at Transformertoys.co.uk]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
*Zangetsu&#039;s name, color scheme, and decoration were created by his voice actor [[Yui Kano]], who also designed [[Glit (KP)|Glit]]&#039;s deco. Zangetsu is also the only one of the three Sparkbots to have been given any form of characterization by his creator.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kiss Players Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Ninjas]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Eggbird&amp;diff=1272978</id>
		<title>Eggbird</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Eggbird&amp;diff=1272978"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T14:03:24Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Beast Wars */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{factions|maximal|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Eggbird is a [[Maximal]] [[Egg Beast]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-toy Eggbird.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Reeeeeed Robot! &#039;&#039;Yummmmm&#039;&#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Eggbird&#039;&#039;&#039; (エッグバード &#039;&#039;Eggubādo&#039;&#039;) is the airborne Maximal [[Egg Beast]], able to transform from a hawk mode into, uh, a ball. Like his fellow Egg Beasts, he is among the oldest of the Maximals. His small stature belies his bravery and experience in aerial combat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
Eggbird was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Maximal society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron&#039;s own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Zangetsu]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 29/9/2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Beast Wars===&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Eggbird&#039;&#039;&#039; (Egg Beast, 1998)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;EC-2&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Eggbird transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an &amp;quot;egg&amp;quot; mode) into a robotic hawk. He is cast in red translucent plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his beast-mode breast (well, you &#039;&#039;can&#039;&#039; remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-16 toy, giving him a new loop for his attached keychain. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold was also used to make [[Dark Eggbird]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]&#039;&#039; [[Zangetsu]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::* &#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/1998/Cybertron/EggBird/eggbird.htm More information on Eggbird at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggbird&amp;diff=1272977</id>
		<title>Dark Eggbird</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggbird&amp;diff=1272977"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T14:02:29Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Beast Wars */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{faction|predacon|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbird is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-art DarkEggbird.jpg|right|thumb|250px|All of his meat is dark meat.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbird&#039;&#039;&#039; (ダークエッグバード &#039;&#039;Dāku Eggubādo&#039;&#039;) is the airborne Predacon [[Egg Beast]], able to transform from a stealthy and lethal hawk mode into, uh, a ball. Presumably he has found this worthwhile as part of his role as one of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]&#039;s top saboteurs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Like his fellow Egg Beasts, he is among the oldest of the Predacons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
Dark Eggbird was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Predacon society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron&#039;s own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Zangetsu]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Beast Wars===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-toy DarkEggbird.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Which mode do you think came first?]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbird&#039;&#039;&#039; (Egg Beast, 1998)&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;ED-2&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Dark Eggbird transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an &amp;quot;egg&amp;quot; mode) into a robotic hawk. He is cast in purple translucent plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his beast-mode breast (well, you &#039;&#039;can&#039;&#039; remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-16 toy, giving him a new loop for his attached keychain. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold was also used to make [[Eggbird]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]&#039;&#039; [[Zangetsu]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/1998/Destron/DarkEggBird/darkeggbird.htm More information on Dark Eggbird at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Star_Dust&amp;diff=1272976</id>
		<title>Star Dust</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Star_Dust&amp;diff=1272976"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T13:55:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Kiss Players */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{factions|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Star Dust is a [[Sparkbot]] from the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Stardust.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|But which one&#039;s on the leash?]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Star Dust&#039;&#039;&#039; (スターダスト &#039;&#039;Sutā Dasuto&#039;&#039;) is one of the three [[Sparkbot]]s. Star Dust can fly, communicate telepathically and transport others through space and time when activated by a [[kiss]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He has &amp;quot;attached&amp;quot; himself to perennial victim [[Atari Hitotonari]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;15 Go! Go!&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Mysterious Falling Star Volume}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 1}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 2}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 3}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 4}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 5}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Kiss Players Position&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{voiceactor|[[Satomi Akesaka]] (Japanese)}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the year 2007, following the destruction of [[Unicron]] and the end of the [[Legion]] threat, Star Dust, [[Angela]], and [[Zangetsu]] suddenly appeared in the sky above the &amp;quot;[[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]&amp;quot; singing group at the [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] Fortress concert of their world tour or [[Earth]]. The Sparkbots introduced themselves to the performers telepathically and insisted that the three humans in the group kiss them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When Atari Hitotonari, [[Shaoshao Li]], and [[Marissa Faireborn]] complied, they and Brave Maximus were engulfed by a bright light and taken on a journey through time and space. At each destination, one of the girls encountered and kissed (while remaining unseen, unfelt and undetected) a famous [[Autobot]] or [[Maximal]] leader of the past, causing a fragment of the [[AllSpark]] to emerge from the Transformer&#039;s body for the Sparkbots to collect. Star Dust and Atari traveled to ancient Earth, witnessing a battle between [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] before taking a fragment from Primal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:KPStardust.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Oh, Atari. You can&#039;t make art on a computer!]]&lt;br /&gt;
After a particularly narrow escape on the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], the girls decided to decorate their &amp;quot;partner&amp;quot; Sparkbots; Atari created a pattern on her computer for Star Dust based on the green robot&#039;s energy wings. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Following a brief shunt into [[Aurex 103.10 Alpha|an Aurex universe]], where Star Dust and Atari helped reunite the lost [[Mini-Con]] [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]] with his larger [[Decepticon]] partner [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], the Kiss Players came face to face with the Transformer god, [[Primus]]... and the Sparkbots&#039; true allegiance to [[Unicron]] was revealed. Having tricked the girls into assembling the chaos god&#039;s [[Angolmois]] energy rather than the &amp;quot;Allspark&amp;quot;, the Sparkbots fled back in time to Earth&#039;s prehistoric past and resurrected their master. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Defeated by Primus&#039; might, Unicron was again reduced to Angolmois energy and, together with Star Dust and the other Sparkbots, locked away within the planet with [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] assigned to watch over them for eternity. Or at least until 2007. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players Position}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{--}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Kiss Players===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:KP-toy StarDust.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kiss Players Sparkbot x3&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Available only in the Sparkbot three-pack with his teammates [[Angela]] and [[Zangetsu]], Star Dust is a green [[redeco]] of the [[Eggbot (BW)|Eggbot]]/[[Dark Eggbot]] mold (itself a [[retool]] of &#039;&#039;[[Micro Change]]&#039;&#039; Metal Man), transforming from a sphere into a humanoid robot. He has a keychain attached to his back.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-14 toy. The original [[Micro Change]] toy was remolded as part of another Takara line named Mashin Hero Wataru giving him a new head and chest. This is the version used for this toy with an additional remold to give him a loop for his attached keychain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Sparkbots set was only available at the Tokyo Toy Festival 2007 on [[March 18]]th, and is the final release in the &#039;&#039;Kiss Players&#039;&#039; toy line. The set also came with a new CD.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1127/Kiss-Play/Stardust.html Star Dust toy gallery at Transformertoys.co.uk]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
*Star Dust&#039;s name, color scheme and decoration were created by [[Satomi Akesaka]], who also portrays his voice in the &#039;&#039;Kiss Players&#039;&#039; radio drama series. [[Sundor]] was created by her as well.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kiss Players Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggbot&amp;diff=1272975</id>
		<title>Dark Eggbot</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggbot&amp;diff=1272975"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T13:55:14Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Beast Wars */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{factions|predacon|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbot is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Egg Beast]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-art DarkEggbot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Note: On his packaging, Dark Eggbot is incorrectly depicted as being capable of pooping kana.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Despite belonging to the group of Cybertronians called the &amp;quot;[[Egg Beast]]s&amp;quot;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (ダークエッグボット &#039;&#039;Dāku Eggubotto&#039;&#039;) does not actually possess a [[beast mode]]. He does, however, have a fiendishly complex and calculating processing center which he uses to devise evil plots and nefarious acts of espionage against the [[Maximal]]s. How his transformation into a ball helps him carry them out is unknown, but if it&#039;s good enough for [[Samus Aran]]...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Like his fellow Egg Beasts, he is among the oldest operational Predacons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{TOC}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Dreamwave &#039;&#039;Generation One&#039;&#039; continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
Dark Eggbot was present at the [[Forge]] when [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] tore off [[Emirate]] [[Xeon]]&#039;s head and presented it to the crowd. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
Dark Eggbot was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Predacon society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron&#039;s own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Star Dust]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-toy DarkEggbot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (Egg Beast, [[1998]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;ED-3&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Dark Eggbot transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an &amp;quot;egg&amp;quot; mode) into a robot. He is cast in translucent black plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his [[robot mode]] back (well, you &#039;&#039;can&#039;&#039; remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-14 toy. The original [[Micro Change]] toy was remolded as part of another Takara line named Mashin Hero Wataru giving him a new head and chest. This is the version used for this toy with an additional remold to give him a loop for his attached keychain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:This mold was also used to make [[Eggbot (BW)|Eggbot]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]&#039;&#039; [[Star Dust]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/1998/Destron/DarkEggRobo/darkeggrobo.htm More information on Dark Eggbot at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Eggbot_(BW)&amp;diff=1272974</id>
		<title>Eggbot (BW)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Eggbot_(BW)&amp;diff=1272974"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T13:54:48Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Beast Wars */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{factions|maximal|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{disambig2|the Maximal from &#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039;|the eggs from &#039;&#039;Angry Birds&#039;&#039;|Eggbot (AB)}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Eggbot is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-art Eggbot.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]&lt;br /&gt;
Despite being one of the &amp;quot;[[Egg Beast]]s&amp;quot;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (エッグボット &#039;&#039;Eggubotto&#039;&#039;) does not actually possess a [[beast mode]]. Regardless, he is remarkably brave for his small size and excels in hand-to-hand combat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Like his fellow Egg Beasts, Eggbot is among the oldest operational Maximals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
Eggbot was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Maximal society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron&#039;s own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Star Dust]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 29/9/2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Beast Wars===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-toy Eggbot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Or, as he was known in the early translations, &amp;quot;Robotnikbot&amp;quot;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (Egg Beast, 1998)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;EC-3&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Eggbot transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an &amp;quot;egg&amp;quot; mode) into a robot. He is cast in translucent blue plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his [[robot mode]] back (well, you &#039;&#039;can&#039;&#039; remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-14 toy. The original [[Micro Change]] toy was remolded as part of another Takara line named Mashin Hero Wataru giving him a new head and chest. This is the version used for this toy with an additional remold to give him a loop for his attached keychain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The original [[Micro Change]] toy also included a base and 2 guns that could be mounted in either configuration. These were excluded for all Transformers releases.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold was also used to make [[Dark Eggbot]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]&#039;&#039; [[Star Dust]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::* &#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/1998/Cybertron/EggRobo/eggrobo.htm More information on Eggbot at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Star_Dust&amp;diff=1272973</id>
		<title>Star Dust</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Star_Dust&amp;diff=1272973"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T13:52:29Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Kiss Players */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{factions|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Star Dust is a [[Sparkbot]] from the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Stardust.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|But which one&#039;s on the leash?]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Star Dust&#039;&#039;&#039; (スターダスト &#039;&#039;Sutā Dasuto&#039;&#039;) is one of the three [[Sparkbot]]s. Star Dust can fly, communicate telepathically and transport others through space and time when activated by a [[kiss]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He has &amp;quot;attached&amp;quot; himself to perennial victim [[Atari Hitotonari]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;15 Go! Go!&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Mysterious Falling Star Volume}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 1}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 2}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 3}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 4}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 5}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Kiss Players Position&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{voiceactor|[[Satomi Akesaka]] (Japanese)}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the year 2007, following the destruction of [[Unicron]] and the end of the [[Legion]] threat, Star Dust, [[Angela]], and [[Zangetsu]] suddenly appeared in the sky above the &amp;quot;[[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]&amp;quot; singing group at the [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] Fortress concert of their world tour or [[Earth]]. The Sparkbots introduced themselves to the performers telepathically and insisted that the three humans in the group kiss them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When Atari Hitotonari, [[Shaoshao Li]], and [[Marissa Faireborn]] complied, they and Brave Maximus were engulfed by a bright light and taken on a journey through time and space. At each destination, one of the girls encountered and kissed (while remaining unseen, unfelt and undetected) a famous [[Autobot]] or [[Maximal]] leader of the past, causing a fragment of the [[AllSpark]] to emerge from the Transformer&#039;s body for the Sparkbots to collect. Star Dust and Atari traveled to ancient Earth, witnessing a battle between [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] before taking a fragment from Primal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:KPStardust.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Oh, Atari. You can&#039;t make art on a computer!]]&lt;br /&gt;
After a particularly narrow escape on the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], the girls decided to decorate their &amp;quot;partner&amp;quot; Sparkbots; Atari created a pattern on her computer for Star Dust based on the green robot&#039;s energy wings. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Following a brief shunt into [[Aurex 103.10 Alpha|an Aurex universe]], where Star Dust and Atari helped reunite the lost [[Mini-Con]] [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]] with his larger [[Decepticon]] partner [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], the Kiss Players came face to face with the Transformer god, [[Primus]]... and the Sparkbots&#039; true allegiance to [[Unicron]] was revealed. Having tricked the girls into assembling the chaos god&#039;s [[Angolmois]] energy rather than the &amp;quot;Allspark&amp;quot;, the Sparkbots fled back in time to Earth&#039;s prehistoric past and resurrected their master. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Defeated by Primus&#039; might, Unicron was again reduced to Angolmois energy and, together with Star Dust and the other Sparkbots, locked away within the planet with [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] assigned to watch over them for eternity. Or at least until 2007. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players Position}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{--}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Kiss Players===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:KP-toy StarDust.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kiss Players Sparkbot x3&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Available only in the Sparkbot three-pack with his teammates [[Angela]] and [[Zangetsu]], Star Dust is a green [[redeco]] of the [[Eggbot (BW)|Eggbot]]/[[Dark Eggbot]] mold (itself a [[retool]] of &#039;&#039;[[Micro Change]]&#039;&#039; Metal Man), transforming from a sphere into a humanoid robot. He has a keychain attached to his back.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-14 toy. The original [[Micro Change]] toy was remolded as part of another Takara line named Mashin Hero Wataru giving him a new head and chest. This is the version used for this toy with an additional remold to give him a loop for his attached keychain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Sparkbots set was only available at the Tokyo Toy Festival 2007 on [[March 18]]th, and is the final release in the &#039;&#039;Kiss Players&#039;&#039; toy line. The set also came with a new CD.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1127/Kiss-Play/Stardust.html Star Dust toy gallery at Transformertoys.co.uk]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
*Star Dust&#039;s name, color scheme and decoration were created by [[Satomi Akesaka]], who also portrays his voice in the &#039;&#039;Kiss Players&#039;&#039; radio drama series. [[Sundor]] was created by her as well.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kiss Players Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Eggbot_(BW)&amp;diff=1272972</id>
		<title>Eggbot (BW)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Eggbot_(BW)&amp;diff=1272972"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T13:51:42Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Beast Wars */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{factions|maximal|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{disambig2|the Maximal from &#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039;|the eggs from &#039;&#039;Angry Birds&#039;&#039;|Eggbot (AB)}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Eggbot is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-art Eggbot.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]&lt;br /&gt;
Despite being one of the &amp;quot;[[Egg Beast]]s&amp;quot;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (エッグボット &#039;&#039;Eggubotto&#039;&#039;) does not actually possess a [[beast mode]]. Regardless, he is remarkably brave for his small size and excels in hand-to-hand combat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Like his fellow Egg Beasts, Eggbot is among the oldest operational Maximals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
Eggbot was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Maximal society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron&#039;s own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Star Dust]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 29/9/2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Beast Wars===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-toy Eggbot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Or, as he was known in the early translations, &amp;quot;Robotnikbot&amp;quot;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (Egg Beast, 1998)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;EC-3&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Eggbot transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an &amp;quot;egg&amp;quot; mode) into a robot. He is cast in translucent blue plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his [[robot mode]] back (well, you &#039;&#039;can&#039;&#039; remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-14 toy. The original [[Micro Change]] toy was remolded as part of another Takara line named Mashin Hero Wataru giving him a new head and chest. This is the version used for this toy with an additional remold to give him a loop for his attached keychain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the pre-&#039;&#039;[[Micro Change]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Metal Man&amp;quot; toy, giving him a new face and a loop for his attached keychain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold was also used to make [[Dark Eggbot]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]&#039;&#039; [[Star Dust]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::* &#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/1998/Cybertron/EggRobo/eggrobo.htm More information on Eggbot at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggbot&amp;diff=1272971</id>
		<title>Dark Eggbot</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggbot&amp;diff=1272971"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T13:50:48Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Beast Wars */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{factions|predacon|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbot is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Egg Beast]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-art DarkEggbot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Note: On his packaging, Dark Eggbot is incorrectly depicted as being capable of pooping kana.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Despite belonging to the group of Cybertronians called the &amp;quot;[[Egg Beast]]s&amp;quot;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (ダークエッグボット &#039;&#039;Dāku Eggubotto&#039;&#039;) does not actually possess a [[beast mode]]. He does, however, have a fiendishly complex and calculating processing center which he uses to devise evil plots and nefarious acts of espionage against the [[Maximal]]s. How his transformation into a ball helps him carry them out is unknown, but if it&#039;s good enough for [[Samus Aran]]...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Like his fellow Egg Beasts, he is among the oldest operational Predacons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{TOC}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Dreamwave &#039;&#039;Generation One&#039;&#039; continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
Dark Eggbot was present at the [[Forge]] when [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] tore off [[Emirate]] [[Xeon]]&#039;s head and presented it to the crowd. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
Dark Eggbot was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Predacon society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron&#039;s own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Star Dust]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-toy DarkEggbot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (Egg Beast, [[1998]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;ED-3&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Dark Eggbot transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an &amp;quot;egg&amp;quot; mode) into a robot. He is cast in translucent black plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his [[robot mode]] back (well, you &#039;&#039;can&#039;&#039; remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Micro Change]] MC-14 toy. The original [[Micro Change]] toy was remolded as part of another Takara line named Mashin Hero Wataru giving him a new head and chest. This is the version used for this toy with an additional remold to give him a loop for his attached keychain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:This mold was also used to make [[Eggbot (BW)|Eggbot]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]&#039;&#039; [[Star Dust]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/1998/Destron/DarkEggRobo/darkeggrobo.htm More information on Dark Eggbot at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggbot&amp;diff=1272969</id>
		<title>Dark Eggbot</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dark_Eggbot&amp;diff=1272969"/>
		<updated>2018-08-04T13:46:13Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Beast Wars */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{factions|predacon|unicron}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbot is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Egg Beast]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-art DarkEggbot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Note: On his packaging, Dark Eggbot is incorrectly depicted as being capable of pooping kana.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Despite belonging to the group of Cybertronians called the &amp;quot;[[Egg Beast]]s&amp;quot;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (ダークエッグボット &#039;&#039;Dāku Eggubotto&#039;&#039;) does not actually possess a [[beast mode]]. He does, however, have a fiendishly complex and calculating processing center which he uses to devise evil plots and nefarious acts of espionage against the [[Maximal]]s. How his transformation into a ball helps him carry them out is unknown, but if it&#039;s good enough for [[Samus Aran]]...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Like his fellow Egg Beasts, he is among the oldest operational Predacons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{TOC}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Dreamwave &#039;&#039;Generation One&#039;&#039; continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
Dark Eggbot was present at the [[Forge]] when [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] tore off [[Emirate]] [[Xeon]]&#039;s head and presented it to the crowd. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
Dark Eggbot was a sleeper agent of [[Unicron]], inserted into Predacon society. Like all the Egg Beasts, his alternate forms bore many similarities to Unicron&#039;s own structure. Unicron would reuse his design for the [[Sparkbot]] [[Star Dust]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-toy DarkEggbot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Eggbot&#039;&#039;&#039; (Egg Beast, [[1998]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;ED-3&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Dark Eggbot transforms from a mechanical sphere (ostensibly an &amp;quot;egg&amp;quot; mode) into a robot. He is cast in translucent black plastic except for a handful of chromed and die-cast parts. He has a non-removable keychain attached to his [[robot mode]] back (well, you &#039;&#039;can&#039;&#039; remove it if you bend the metal attaching ring).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Egg Beasts were late (and low-run) additions to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; line, and as such demand a higher price tag than one would expect at first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This mold is a [[retool]]ing of the pre-&#039;&#039;[[Micro Change]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Metal Man&amp;quot; toy, giving him a new head and chest and also a loop for his attached keychain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:This mold was also used to make [[Eggbot (BW)|Eggbot]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]&#039;&#039; [[Star Dust]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://tfu.info/1998/Destron/DarkEggRobo/darkeggrobo.htm More information on Dark Eggbot at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Popular beast alternate modes</title>
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		<updated>2018-04-26T04:22:42Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Scarabs and rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae) */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Earth is a planet literally teeming with organic life forms. Millions of genera, of all shapes and sizes, inhabit the planet, and a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] might scan any of them for a potential [[alternate mode]]. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;TFWiki.net: The Transformers Wiki&#039;&#039;&#039; has certain requirements for an animal to be listed here. There must be at least &#039;&#039;&#039;three unique toy molds&#039;&#039;&#039; (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the [[beast mode]]. There must also be at least &#039;&#039;&#039;one unique character per mold&#039;&#039;&#039;—a single character getting numerous revamps in similar bodies over the years would not count as a &amp;quot;popular mode.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/[[retool]]s on the same line. The list is organized in chronological order of toy release.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;See also&#039;&#039;: [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes]], [[Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes]], [[General Motors]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Arthropods==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Arachnids===&lt;br /&gt;
====Spiders====&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Black Widow Spiders&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Latrodectus mactans&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Arcee (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crystal Widow]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Scorpions====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BWtoy-ScorponokMega.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Willing to trade his bee for a city mode.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorponok (G1)]] / [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Pincher (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorpulator]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Double Punch]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorponok (BW)]] / [[Sandstorm (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Poison Bite]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorponok (Energon)]] / [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorponok (Movie)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Zori]] / [[Sting (Adventure)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sandsting]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorponok (WFC)]] / [[Paralon (RID)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Crustaceans===&lt;br /&gt;
====Crabs====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-BWN-toy Razorclaw-Rockbuster.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|When all the world is metrosexual, the Crab People will finally reign supreme!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cancix]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rampage (BW)]] / [[Shokaract]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Razorclaw (BW)]] / [[Rockbuster]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Razor-Sharp]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crab spy]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gabu]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gra]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Insects===&lt;br /&gt;
====Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1 Chopshop toy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Not [[Pokeformers|Pinsir]].]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Shrapnel (G1)]] / [[Zaptrap]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Chop Shop (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Insecticon (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Beetle]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scarem]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Shrapnel (Adventure)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Scarabs and rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae)====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] / [[Bombshell (SG)|Bombshell (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Salvo (G1)|Salvo]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Barrage (Insecticon)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ram Horn]] / [[Motorarm (BWII)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Needler (G1)|Needler]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Insecticon (Energon)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hardshell (Prime)]] / [[Bombshock (Prime)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bido]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bombshell (Adventure)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Grasshoppers and locusts (order Caelifera)====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kickback (G1)]] / [[Kickback (SG)|Kickback (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Shothole]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 125]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ransack (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scourge (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Wasps and ants (order Hymenoptera)====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Waspinatortelemocha.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|A rare shot of Waspinator not getting blown up.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Buzz Saw (BW)]] / [[Waspinator (BW)]] / [[Starscream (G1)]] {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirgegun]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Injector]] / [[Rartorata]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Inferno (BW)]] / [[Antagony (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scavenger (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Buzzer-Bot]] / [[Billy (Go-Bots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wasp|Waspinator (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Venin]] / [[Buzz Saw (AOE)]] / [[Ripper (Diaclone)]] / [[Buzzer (Diaclone)]] / [[Thrasher (Diaclone)]] / [[Crusher (Diaclone)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Storm Rider]] / [[Paralyzer]] / [[Parasite]] / [[Mudfighter]] / [[Skywasp]] / [[Bug Bite II]] / [[Waspinator (BWSG)|Waspinator (Shattered Glass)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Mantises (order Mantodea)====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Manterror]] / [[Mantis]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Magi]] / [[Shou]] / [[Scalpel (ROTF)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Dragonflies (order Odonata)====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Jetstorm (BW)]] / [[Tonbot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dobo]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Mythical creatures==&lt;br /&gt;
===[[Dragon]]s===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Cryotekridtoy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Moonlights as a Yu-Gi-Oh! card.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Mechatron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (BW)]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cryotek (RID)]] / [[Cryotek (Universe)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Doublecross]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)]] / [[Deathsaurus (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Likely&#039;&#039; [[Esmeral (Victory)|Esmeral]] / [[Esmeral (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Galvatron (BWII)]] / [[Unicron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nightscream (Classics)]] / [[Dragoyell]] / [[Brimstone (Universe)]] / [[Sling (AOE)|Sling (AoE)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Noble (BM)|Savage]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)]] / [[Sinnertwin (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (RID)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)]] / [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon (Classics)]] / [[Bruticus (RID)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Predaking (Prime)]] / [[Dragotron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ripclaw (Prime)]] / [[Ser-Ket (Prime)|Ser-Ket]] / [[Bakudora]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Skystalker (Prime)]] / [[Backbite (Prime)]] / [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]] / [[Judora (Go!)|Judora]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Lazerback (Prime)|Lazerback]] / [[Vertebreak (Prime)]] / [[Gaidora (Go!)|Gaidora]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Twinstrike (Prime)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hydrax]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Exprime|Optimus Exprime]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dragonus]] / [[Windra]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Drake_(RB)|Drake]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wingblaze]] / [[Freezer Burn]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Knight Watch|Knight Watch Bumblebee]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock_(G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill_(G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] (partner drone)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Steelbane]] / [[Skullitron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dragonstorm]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fishes==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Chondrichthyes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Rays====&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Manta Ray&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Manta birostris&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BM-toy Hammerstrike.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Starring in the next &#039;&#039;Shark Attack&#039;&#039; movie.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]] / [[Kraken]] / [[Terrormander]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Manta Ray (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Depth Charge (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Sharks====&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Hammerhead shark&#039;&#039; (genus &#039;&#039;Sphyrna&#039;&#039; and others)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cybershark]] / [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] / [[Overbite (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Air Hammer]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hammerstrike (BM)|Hammerstrike]] / [[Sharkticon (G1)]] {{storylink|Betrayal}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reptiles==&lt;br /&gt;
===Crocodylians===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Don&#039;t flush him down the toilet.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;American alligator&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Alligator mississippiensis&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[Albitron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Terragator]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Krok (G1)|Krok]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gatoraider]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dai]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Lizards===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Geckobot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wreckloose (Cybertron)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Iguanus (BW)]] / [[Crazybolt (BWN)|Crazybolt]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Reptilion]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Zad (Prime)]] / [[Zad (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Snakes===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Cobras&#039;&#039; (genus &#039;&#039;Naja&#039;&#039; and others)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cohrada]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Night Viper]] (even though vipers aren&#039;t cobras)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cobrabreast]] (presumably)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gob (Prime)]] / [[Gob (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Turtles===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Snapping turtles&#039;&#039; (genera &#039;&#039;Chelydra&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Macroclemmys&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] / [[Turtler]] / [[Halfshell]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snapper]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Terragator]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dado (Prime)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Dinosaurs===&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;Brontosaurus&amp;quot;→Apatosaurus→Brontosaurus&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sludge (G1)]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Saur]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rairyu]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sludge (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Zaur]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sludge (FOC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slog (AOE)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Stegosaurus&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1Snarl toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|&amp;quot;[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] stole my name.&amp;quot; :&#039;(]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slugfest (G1)]] / [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest (Shattered Glass)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Doryu (Victory)|Doryu]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Saberback]] / [[Striker]] / [[Snarl (Dinobots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hacksaw]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Doryu (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (FOC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (AOE)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase the Rescue Dinobot (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slag (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kakuryu (Victory)|Kakuryu]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Guiledart]] / [[Triceradon (BM)]] / [[Triceradon (Dinobots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Knockdown (Classics)]] / [[Ironlunge]] / [[Stockade (Universe 2008)]] / [[Triceradon (DOTM)]] / [[Thunderlips]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (Animated)]] / [[Slug (Adventure)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slug (FOC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slug (AOE)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Boulder|Boulder the Rescue Dinobot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tricerashot]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Tyrannosaurus&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BM T-Wrecks toy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|&amp;quot;Down, Dino. Down, boy! Down, boy! Down!!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (G1)]] / NBE 08 &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Overkill (G1)]] / [[Overkill (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Goryu (Victory)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[T-Wrecks]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Trypticon (G1)]] / [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tyrannitron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Terrorsaur (Classics)]] / [[Gnashteeth]] / [[Ransack (Universe 2008)]] / [[Dualor (DOTM)]] / [[Ivan]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Predacon (Armada)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (Energon)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron (Cybertron)]] / [[Cindersaur (G1)|Cindersaur]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Goryu (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock (FOC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (AOE)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Primal (Rescue Bots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock_(G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill_(G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] (partner drone)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Velociraptor&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] / [[Grimlock (G1)]] / [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]] / [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dinobot II]] / [[Rapticon (BM)|Rapticon]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Razor Claw]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Reptron (Go-Bots)]] / [[Dino-Bot]] / [[Greg (Go-Bots)]] / [[Reptron (Universe)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slash (AOE)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Velocirazor]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slash (Generations)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*The [[Raptoricon]]s&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Ankylosaurus&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gairyu]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bazooka (BWN)|Bazooka]] / [[Slapper (Dinobots)|Slapper]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|Ankylosaurus drone]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Roughneck]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Styracosaurus&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Killer Punch]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kakuryu (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimstone (PCC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pterosaurs===&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Pteranodon&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Cybertron Brimstone toy.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Swoop (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Graphy]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Yokuryu]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] / [[Fractyl]] / [[Lazorbeak]] / [[Hydra (BWN)|Hydra]] / [[Terranotron (Dinobots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Terranotron (BM)]] / [[Terrorsaur (Armada)]] / [[Ravenus]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Reptix]] / [[Windrazor (Universe)]] / [[Rav (DOTM)]] / [[Paulie]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Swoop (Energon)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Brimstone (Cybertron)]] / [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop (Shattered Glass)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Swoop (Animated)]] / [[Swoop (Adventure)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Swoop (WFC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nosedive]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Birds==&lt;br /&gt;
===Condors (genera &#039;&#039;Vultur&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Gymnogyps&#039;&#039;)===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]] / [[Garboil (G1)]] / [[Sundor]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 57]] / [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw (Shattered Glass)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Silverbolt (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Laserbeak (Cybertron)]] / [[Hell Buzzsaw]] / [[Blockrock]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Booster X10]] / [[Night Beat 7]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Laserbeak (Animated)]] / [[Buzzsaw (Animated)]] / [[Garboil (Animated)]] / [[Sunder (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Eagles (order Accipitriformes)===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Divebomb (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Squawktalk (G1)|Squawktalk]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Eaglebreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Silverbolt (G1)]] / [[Skywarp (BWII)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Silverbolt (BW)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Screech (Action Master)|Screech]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dreadwing (Classics)]] / [[Wedge Shape]] / [[Longview (Universe)]] / [[Divebomb (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Talon (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Hawks and falcons (order Falconiformes)===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|It&#039;s a bird! It&#039;s a plane! It&#039;s both!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hawkbreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wingspan]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Doubledealer]] / [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Airazor (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Air Hammer]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sights (G1)|Sights]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Airazor (Armada)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Divebomb (Energon)]] / [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout (Energon)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Baru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synapsids==&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Dimetrodon&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sling (BWN)|Sling]] / [[Sludge (Dinobots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|&amp;quot;Spinosaurus&amp;quot; drone]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gnaw (AOE)|Gnaw (Construct-Bot)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Mammals==&lt;br /&gt;
===Bats===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|He tried to get a recurring role in &#039;&#039;Batman Beyond&#039;&#039;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kōmoribreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] / [[Convobat]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nightscream (BM)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Batscout]] / [[Nightshriek]] / [[True One]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Noctorro]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] / [[Onyx Primal]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ratbat (G1)]] / [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Skar (Decepticon)|Skar]] / [[Clouder]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sonar (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (RID)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ratbat (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hades]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Bovids===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1toy-Horri-Bull.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Not a Terror dog, we swear.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Noctorro]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Horri-Bull]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Longhorn]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bonecrusher (BW)]] / [[Bighorn]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bisonbreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ramulus]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Balo]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bolt]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Canines===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Wolves / Dogs&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Canis lupus&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-toy WolfangMaximal.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Timber from &#039;&#039;G.I. Joe&#039;&#039; Crossovers...if such a toyline existed.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wolfang (Maximal)]] / [[Wolfang (Predacon)]] / [[K-9]] / [[BB|Max-B]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sixshot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*the [[Cub]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Silverbolt (BW)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Quickstrike (BM)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Noble (BM)|Noble]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Overbite (Classics)]] / [[Gredator]] / [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Scavenger (Universe 2008)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bruticus (RID)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Beast-Bot|Preditron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Steeljaw (DOTM)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Servo (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Growl (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sawback]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Fireplug]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Elephants/Mammoths===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Shuffler]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ironhide (G1)]] / [[Santon]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Torca (BW)]] / [[Elphaorpha]] ([[Fuzor|partially]])&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Big Convoy]] / [[Black Big Convoy]] / [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)]] / [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Mammoth]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron (RID)]] / [[Deathsaurus (Victory)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ozu (Prime)]] / [[Geki]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Equines===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Battle Unicorn]] / [[Magna Stampede]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dropshot (Armada)]] / [[Dropshot (SG)|Dropshot (Shattered Glass)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Mach Kick]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Strada]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Felines===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Jaguars&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Panthera onca&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ravage (G1)]] / [[Glit (KP)|Glit]] / [[Howlback (G1)]] / [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage (Shattered Glass)]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Panther]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Jaguarbreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Battle Ravage]] / [[Command Ravage]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Beast-Bot|Beast-Bot II]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Tigers&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Panthera tigris&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Tigatron-HasbroToy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Tigertron after visiting a tanning salon.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[CatSCAN]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rampage (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (Classics)]] / [[Apexus]] / [[Snow Cat (Universe)]] / [[Rampage (SG)|Rampage (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Catilla (DOTM)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tigerbreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Toraizer]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tigatron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] ([[Fuzor|partially]])&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bantor (BW)]] ([[Fuzor|partially]])&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tigertron]] / [[George (Go-Bots)|George]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Stripes]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Lions&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Panthera leo&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Angela]] / [[Dark Eggleo]] / [[Eggleo]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Lio Convoy]] / [[Black Lio Convoy]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Lionbreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Leonicus]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Prowl (G1)]] / [[Lio Junior]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Razorclaw (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Lionizer (G1)|Lionizer]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (BM)]] / [[Alpha Trion (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Lione]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Steeljaw (G1)]] / [[Steeljaw (SG)]] / [[Nightstalker (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Under-3]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Victory Leo]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] / [[Nemesis Breaker]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Steeljaw (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Thundertron]] / [[Go Prime]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Valor|Valor the Lion-Bot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hunter (RB Mini-Con)|Hunter the Lion-Bot]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cheetahs&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Acinonyx jubatus&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cheetor (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Che]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cataclysm (BW)]] / [[Cheetor (Armada)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cheetor (Go-Bots)]] / [[Chuck (Go-Bots)|Chuck]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Swift (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Primates===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Gorillas&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Gorilla gorilla&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Apeface]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)]] / [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Primal Prime]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Beast-Bot|Gorillabot]] / [[Max (Go-Bots)]] / [[Beast-Bot]] / [[Gorilla-Bot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Oilmaster]] / [[Optimus_Prime_(G1)/toys#Timelines|Optimus Prime]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Humans&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Homo sapiens&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|&amp;quot;I&#039;m not an animal! I&#039;m a &amp;lt;s&amp;gt;human being&amp;lt;/s&amp;gt; Pretender shell!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cloudburst]] / [[Phoenix (Masterforce)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Landmine (G1)]] / [[Lander]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Waverider]] / [[Diver (Masterforce)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Groundbreaker]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sky High (Pretender)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Splashdown]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Metalhawk (Masterforce)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Doubleheader]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Pincher (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Stranglehold]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crossblades (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Skyhammer (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Vroom (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Simon Furman]] &#039;&#039;(In a [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan]] magazine [[Letters page|letters column]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] joked that Furman was a [[Maximal]])&#039;&#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Michael Bay]] &#039;&#039;([[Hasbro]] jokingly produced a toy of him, included as an &amp;quot;[[easter egg]]&amp;quot; on the [[Transformers (film)|live-action movie]] DVD.)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Alice]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Reflector (G1)#Alternity|Reflector (G1)]] (pretender shells only)&lt;br /&gt;
*The [[new lab assistant]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sovereign]] / [[G.B. Blackrock]] (IDW continuity only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Rhinos===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Transmetal rhinox toy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Just when you thought a rhino&#039;s skin couldn&#039;t get any tougher,...]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ramhorn (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Stranglehold]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Greatshot]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hornbreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Top-Heavy]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Fire Beast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rhinox (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rhino (BW)|Rhino]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rhinox (Armada)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Backstop (Cybertron)]] / [[Backstop (TF 2010)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ramhorn (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Zamu]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Ursines===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Bears&#039;&#039;&#039; (genus &#039;&#039;Ursus&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Chainclaw (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grizzly-1]] / [[Polar Claw]] / [[Survive]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Icebird]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kuma Kinkin]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bear Transformer]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sequoia]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Animals]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Earth]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Toys]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Popular_beast_alternate_modes&amp;diff=1255210</id>
		<title>Popular beast alternate modes</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Popular_beast_alternate_modes&amp;diff=1255210"/>
		<updated>2018-04-26T04:18:59Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Scarabs and rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae) */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Earth is a planet literally teeming with organic life forms. Millions of genera, of all shapes and sizes, inhabit the planet, and a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] might scan any of them for a potential [[alternate mode]]. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;TFWiki.net: The Transformers Wiki&#039;&#039;&#039; has certain requirements for an animal to be listed here. There must be at least &#039;&#039;&#039;three unique toy molds&#039;&#039;&#039; (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the [[beast mode]]. There must also be at least &#039;&#039;&#039;one unique character per mold&#039;&#039;&#039;—a single character getting numerous revamps in similar bodies over the years would not count as a &amp;quot;popular mode.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/[[retool]]s on the same line. The list is organized in chronological order of toy release.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;See also&#039;&#039;: [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes]], [[Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes]], [[General Motors]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Arthropods==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Arachnids===&lt;br /&gt;
====Spiders====&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Black Widow Spiders&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Latrodectus mactans&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Arcee (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crystal Widow]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Scorpions====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BWtoy-ScorponokMega.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Willing to trade his bee for a city mode.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorponok (G1)]] / [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Pincher (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorpulator]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Double Punch]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorponok (BW)]] / [[Sandstorm (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Poison Bite]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorponok (Energon)]] / [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorponok (Movie)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Zori]] / [[Sting (Adventure)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sandsting]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scorponok (WFC)]] / [[Paralon (RID)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Crustaceans===&lt;br /&gt;
====Crabs====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-BWN-toy Razorclaw-Rockbuster.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|When all the world is metrosexual, the Crab People will finally reign supreme!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cancix]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rampage (BW)]] / [[Shokaract]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Razorclaw (BW)]] / [[Rockbuster]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Razor-Sharp]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crab spy]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gabu]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gra]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Insects===&lt;br /&gt;
====Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1 Chopshop toy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Not [[Pokeformers|Pinsir]].]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Shrapnel (G1)]] / [[Zaptrap]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Chop Shop (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Insecticon (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Beetle]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scarem]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Shrapnel (Adventure)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Scarabs and rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae)====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] / [[Bombshell (SG)|Bombshell (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Salvo (G1)|Salvo]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Barrage (Insecticon)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ram Horn]] / [[Motorarm (BWII)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Needler (G1)|Needler]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Insecticon (Energon)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bido]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bombshell (Adventure)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hardshell (Prime)]] / [[Bombshock (Prime)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Grasshoppers and locusts (order Caelifera)====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kickback (G1)]] / [[Kickback (SG)|Kickback (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Shothole]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 125]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ransack (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scourge (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Wasps and ants (order Hymenoptera)====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Waspinatortelemocha.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|A rare shot of Waspinator not getting blown up.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Buzz Saw (BW)]] / [[Waspinator (BW)]] / [[Starscream (G1)]] {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirgegun]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Injector]] / [[Rartorata]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Inferno (BW)]] / [[Antagony (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scavenger (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Buzzer-Bot]] / [[Billy (Go-Bots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wasp|Waspinator (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Venin]] / [[Buzz Saw (AOE)]] / [[Ripper (Diaclone)]] / [[Buzzer (Diaclone)]] / [[Thrasher (Diaclone)]] / [[Crusher (Diaclone)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Storm Rider]] / [[Paralyzer]] / [[Parasite]] / [[Mudfighter]] / [[Skywasp]] / [[Bug Bite II]] / [[Waspinator (BWSG)|Waspinator (Shattered Glass)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Mantises (order Mantodea)====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Manterror]] / [[Mantis]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Magi]] / [[Shou]] / [[Scalpel (ROTF)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Dragonflies (order Odonata)====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Jetstorm (BW)]] / [[Tonbot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dobo]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Mythical creatures==&lt;br /&gt;
===[[Dragon]]s===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Cryotekridtoy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Moonlights as a Yu-Gi-Oh! card.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Mechatron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (BW)]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cryotek (RID)]] / [[Cryotek (Universe)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Doublecross]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)]] / [[Deathsaurus (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Likely&#039;&#039; [[Esmeral (Victory)|Esmeral]] / [[Esmeral (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Galvatron (BWII)]] / [[Unicron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nightscream (Classics)]] / [[Dragoyell]] / [[Brimstone (Universe)]] / [[Sling (AOE)|Sling (AoE)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Noble (BM)|Savage]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)]] / [[Sinnertwin (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (RID)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)]] / [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon (Classics)]] / [[Bruticus (RID)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Predaking (Prime)]] / [[Dragotron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ripclaw (Prime)]] / [[Ser-Ket (Prime)|Ser-Ket]] / [[Bakudora]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Skystalker (Prime)]] / [[Backbite (Prime)]] / [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]] / [[Judora (Go!)|Judora]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Lazerback (Prime)|Lazerback]] / [[Vertebreak (Prime)]] / [[Gaidora (Go!)|Gaidora]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Twinstrike (Prime)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hydrax]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Exprime|Optimus Exprime]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dragonus]] / [[Windra]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Drake_(RB)|Drake]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wingblaze]] / [[Freezer Burn]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Knight Watch|Knight Watch Bumblebee]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock_(G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill_(G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] (partner drone)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Steelbane]] / [[Skullitron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dragonstorm]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fishes==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Chondrichthyes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Rays====&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Manta Ray&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Manta birostris&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BM-toy Hammerstrike.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Starring in the next &#039;&#039;Shark Attack&#039;&#039; movie.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]] / [[Kraken]] / [[Terrormander]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Manta Ray (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Depth Charge (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Sharks====&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Hammerhead shark&#039;&#039; (genus &#039;&#039;Sphyrna&#039;&#039; and others)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cybershark]] / [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] / [[Overbite (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Air Hammer]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hammerstrike (BM)|Hammerstrike]] / [[Sharkticon (G1)]] {{storylink|Betrayal}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reptiles==&lt;br /&gt;
===Crocodylians===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Don&#039;t flush him down the toilet.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;American alligator&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Alligator mississippiensis&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[Albitron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Terragator]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Krok (G1)|Krok]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gatoraider]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dai]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Lizards===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Geckobot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wreckloose (Cybertron)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Iguanus (BW)]] / [[Crazybolt (BWN)|Crazybolt]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Reptilion]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Zad (Prime)]] / [[Zad (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Snakes===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Cobras&#039;&#039; (genus &#039;&#039;Naja&#039;&#039; and others)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cohrada]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Night Viper]] (even though vipers aren&#039;t cobras)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cobrabreast]] (presumably)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gob (Prime)]] / [[Gob (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Turtles===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Snapping turtles&#039;&#039; (genera &#039;&#039;Chelydra&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Macroclemmys&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] / [[Turtler]] / [[Halfshell]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snapper]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Terragator]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dado (Prime)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Dinosaurs===&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;Brontosaurus&amp;quot;→Apatosaurus→Brontosaurus&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sludge (G1)]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Saur]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rairyu]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sludge (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Zaur]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sludge (FOC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slog (AOE)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Stegosaurus&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1Snarl toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|&amp;quot;[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] stole my name.&amp;quot; :&#039;(]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slugfest (G1)]] / [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest (Shattered Glass)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Doryu (Victory)|Doryu]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Saberback]] / [[Striker]] / [[Snarl (Dinobots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hacksaw]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Doryu (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (FOC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (AOE)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase the Rescue Dinobot (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slag (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kakuryu (Victory)|Kakuryu]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Guiledart]] / [[Triceradon (BM)]] / [[Triceradon (Dinobots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Knockdown (Classics)]] / [[Ironlunge]] / [[Stockade (Universe 2008)]] / [[Triceradon (DOTM)]] / [[Thunderlips]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (Animated)]] / [[Slug (Adventure)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slug (FOC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slug (AOE)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Boulder|Boulder the Rescue Dinobot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tricerashot]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Tyrannosaurus&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BM T-Wrecks toy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|&amp;quot;Down, Dino. Down, boy! Down, boy! Down!!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (G1)]] / NBE 08 &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Overkill (G1)]] / [[Overkill (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Goryu (Victory)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[T-Wrecks]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Trypticon (G1)]] / [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tyrannitron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Terrorsaur (Classics)]] / [[Gnashteeth]] / [[Ransack (Universe 2008)]] / [[Dualor (DOTM)]] / [[Ivan]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Predacon (Armada)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (Energon)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron (Cybertron)]] / [[Cindersaur (G1)|Cindersaur]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Goryu (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock (FOC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (AOE)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Primal (Rescue Bots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock_(G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill_(G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] (partner drone)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Velociraptor&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] / [[Grimlock (G1)]] / [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]] / [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dinobot II]] / [[Rapticon (BM)|Rapticon]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Razor Claw]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Reptron (Go-Bots)]] / [[Dino-Bot]] / [[Greg (Go-Bots)]] / [[Reptron (Universe)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slash (AOE)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Velocirazor]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Slash (Generations)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*The [[Raptoricon]]s&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Ankylosaurus&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gairyu]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bazooka (BWN)|Bazooka]] / [[Slapper (Dinobots)|Slapper]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|Ankylosaurus drone]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Roughneck]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Styracosaurus&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Killer Punch]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kakuryu (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimstone (PCC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pterosaurs===&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Pteranodon&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Cybertron Brimstone toy.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Swoop (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Graphy]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Yokuryu]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] / [[Fractyl]] / [[Lazorbeak]] / [[Hydra (BWN)|Hydra]] / [[Terranotron (Dinobots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Terranotron (BM)]] / [[Terrorsaur (Armada)]] / [[Ravenus]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Reptix]] / [[Windrazor (Universe)]] / [[Rav (DOTM)]] / [[Paulie]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Swoop (Energon)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Brimstone (Cybertron)]] / [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop (Shattered Glass)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Swoop (Animated)]] / [[Swoop (Adventure)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Swoop (WFC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nosedive]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Birds==&lt;br /&gt;
===Condors (genera &#039;&#039;Vultur&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Gymnogyps&#039;&#039;)===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]] / [[Garboil (G1)]] / [[Sundor]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 57]] / [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw (Shattered Glass)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Silverbolt (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Laserbeak (Cybertron)]] / [[Hell Buzzsaw]] / [[Blockrock]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Booster X10]] / [[Night Beat 7]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Laserbeak (Animated)]] / [[Buzzsaw (Animated)]] / [[Garboil (Animated)]] / [[Sunder (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Eagles (order Accipitriformes)===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Divebomb (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Squawktalk (G1)|Squawktalk]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Eaglebreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Silverbolt (G1)]] / [[Skywarp (BWII)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Silverbolt (BW)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Screech (Action Master)|Screech]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dreadwing (Classics)]] / [[Wedge Shape]] / [[Longview (Universe)]] / [[Divebomb (SG)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Talon (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Hawks and falcons (order Falconiformes)===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|It&#039;s a bird! It&#039;s a plane! It&#039;s both!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hawkbreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wingspan]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Doubledealer]] / [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Airazor (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Air Hammer]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sights (G1)|Sights]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Airazor (Armada)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Divebomb (Energon)]] / [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout (Energon)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Baru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synapsids==&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;Dimetrodon&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sling (BWN)|Sling]] / [[Sludge (Dinobots)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|&amp;quot;Spinosaurus&amp;quot; drone]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gnaw (AOE)|Gnaw (Construct-Bot)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Mammals==&lt;br /&gt;
===Bats===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|He tried to get a recurring role in &#039;&#039;Batman Beyond&#039;&#039;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kōmoribreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] / [[Convobat]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nightscream (BM)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Batscout]] / [[Nightshriek]] / [[True One]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Noctorro]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] / [[Onyx Primal]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ratbat (G1)]] / [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Skar (Decepticon)|Skar]] / [[Clouder]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sonar (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (RID)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ratbat (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hades]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Bovids===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1toy-Horri-Bull.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Not a Terror dog, we swear.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Noctorro]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Horri-Bull]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Longhorn]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bonecrusher (BW)]] / [[Bighorn]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bisonbreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ramulus]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Balo]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bolt]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Canines===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Wolves / Dogs&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Canis lupus&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BW-toy WolfangMaximal.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Timber from &#039;&#039;G.I. Joe&#039;&#039; Crossovers...if such a toyline existed.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wolfang (Maximal)]] / [[Wolfang (Predacon)]] / [[K-9]] / [[BB|Max-B]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sixshot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*the [[Cub]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Silverbolt (BW)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] (partially)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Quickstrike (BM)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Noble (BM)|Noble]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Overbite (Classics)]] / [[Gredator]] / [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Scavenger (Universe 2008)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bruticus (RID)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Beast-Bot|Preditron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Steeljaw (DOTM)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Servo (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Growl (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sawback]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Fireplug]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Elephants/Mammoths===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Shuffler]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ironhide (G1)]] / [[Santon]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Torca (BW)]] / [[Elphaorpha]] ([[Fuzor|partially]])&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Big Convoy]] / [[Black Big Convoy]] / [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)]] / [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Mammoth]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron (RID)]] / [[Deathsaurus (Victory)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ozu (Prime)]] / [[Geki]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Equines===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Battle Unicorn]] / [[Magna Stampede]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dropshot (Armada)]] / [[Dropshot (SG)|Dropshot (Shattered Glass)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Mach Kick]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Strada]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Felines===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Jaguars&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Panthera onca&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ravage (G1)]] / [[Glit (KP)|Glit]] / [[Howlback (G1)]] / [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage (Shattered Glass)]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Panther]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Jaguarbreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Battle Ravage]] / [[Command Ravage]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Beast-Bot|Beast-Bot II]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Tigers&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Panthera tigris&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Tigatron-HasbroToy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Tigertron after visiting a tanning salon.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[CatSCAN]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rampage (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (Classics)]] / [[Apexus]] / [[Snow Cat (Universe)]] / [[Rampage (SG)|Rampage (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Catilla (DOTM)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tigerbreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Toraizer]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tigatron]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] ([[Fuzor|partially]])&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bantor (BW)]] ([[Fuzor|partially]])&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tigertron]] / [[George (Go-Bots)|George]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Stripes]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Lions&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Panthera leo&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Angela]] / [[Dark Eggleo]] / [[Eggleo]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Lio Convoy]] / [[Black Lio Convoy]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Lionbreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Leonicus]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Prowl (G1)]] / [[Lio Junior]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Razorclaw (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Lionizer (G1)|Lionizer]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Snarl (BM)]] / [[Alpha Trion (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Lione]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Steeljaw (G1)]] / [[Steeljaw (SG)]] / [[Nightstalker (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Under-3]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Victory Leo]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] / [[Nemesis Breaker]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Steeljaw (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Thundertron]] / [[Go Prime]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Valor|Valor the Lion-Bot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hunter (RB Mini-Con)|Hunter the Lion-Bot]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cheetahs&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Acinonyx jubatus&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cheetor (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Che]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cataclysm (BW)]] / [[Cheetor (Armada)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cheetor (Go-Bots)]] / [[Chuck (Go-Bots)|Chuck]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Swift (RB)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Primates===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Gorillas&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Gorilla gorilla&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Apeface]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)]] / [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Primal Prime]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Beast-Bot|Gorillabot]] / [[Max (Go-Bots)]] / [[Beast-Bot]] / [[Gorilla-Bot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Oilmaster]] / [[Optimus_Prime_(G1)/toys#Timelines|Optimus Prime]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Humans&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Homo sapiens&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|&amp;quot;I&#039;m not an animal! I&#039;m a &amp;lt;s&amp;gt;human being&amp;lt;/s&amp;gt; Pretender shell!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cloudburst]] / [[Phoenix (Masterforce)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Landmine (G1)]] / [[Lander]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Waverider]] / [[Diver (Masterforce)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Groundbreaker]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sky High (Pretender)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Splashdown]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Metalhawk (Masterforce)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Doubleheader]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Pincher (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Stranglehold]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crossblades (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Skyhammer (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Vroom (G1)]] (pretender shell only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Simon Furman]] &#039;&#039;(In a [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan]] magazine [[Letters page|letters column]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] joked that Furman was a [[Maximal]])&#039;&#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Michael Bay]] &#039;&#039;([[Hasbro]] jokingly produced a toy of him, included as an &amp;quot;[[easter egg]]&amp;quot; on the [[Transformers (film)|live-action movie]] DVD.)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Alice]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Reflector (G1)#Alternity|Reflector (G1)]] (pretender shells only)&lt;br /&gt;
*The [[new lab assistant]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sovereign]] / [[G.B. Blackrock]] (IDW continuity only)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Rhinos===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Transmetal rhinox toy.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Just when you thought a rhino&#039;s skin couldn&#039;t get any tougher,...]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ramhorn (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Stranglehold]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Greatshot]] &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Hornbreast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Top-Heavy]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Fire Beast]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rhinox (BW)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rhino (BW)|Rhino]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rhinox (Armada)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Backstop (Cybertron)]] / [[Backstop (TF 2010)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ramhorn (Animated)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Zamu]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Ursines===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Bears&#039;&#039;&#039; (genus &#039;&#039;Ursus&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Chainclaw (G1)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Grizzly-1]] / [[Polar Claw]] / [[Survive]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Icebird]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kuma Kinkin]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bear Transformer]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sequoia]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Animals]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Earth]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Toys]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Stars&amp;diff=1254419</id>
		<title>User:Stars</title>
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		<updated>2018-04-22T04:01:41Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Hi. Just a brief note to the community. Been an avid TF fan and collector since I was 10 years old in 1984 and got my first Minicar. Favorite G1 TF toys are Jazz, Soundwave, Ravage, Trailbreaker, Topspin and Twin Twist.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
New-ish here. Longtime reader, fairly new to editing, etc. Just wanted to be a helpful member of the community and add things that may be helpful. Really just wanted to post something here so I would have a page.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Reflector_(G1)&amp;diff=1254409</id>
		<title>Talk:Reflector (G1)</title>
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		<updated>2018-04-22T03:23:19Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generations Thrilling 30 Skrapnel/Reflector */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;It does indeed appear that Reflector was originally intended for wider release.  Who would be able to discover Hasbro&#039;s reasoning for deciding not to include this toy (until the mail-in promotion)?  Would there be anybody who (used to) work(s) for Hasbro who would even know?  This is one of the few great mysteries of the G1 era remaining to be disciphered.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 17:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#039;d suggest asking Budainsky if he rembers anything about him. He did fairly early caracter work on them all. Might give us a timeframe for his being cut, at least. Bud. might not remember the character, but if you describe 3 robots combining into a camera maybe he&#039;d recall something. Could give us insight into whether he was ever gonna be in the comic too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Reflector appears in MTMTE, but was not on the list of tech spec stats that Bob worked out over that famed Thanksgiving weekend.  I know because I took a picture of it at Iacon One [http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=187880176&amp;amp;size=l].  That would indicate that he was dropped before the characters&#039; names were invented.  If so, it&#039;s a little odd that he ended up in the cartoon, since one would think the cartoon didn&#039;t go into development (storywise at least) until after Marvel had come up with their treatment.  If Reflector had already been dropped by that time, why was he in the show at all?  Likewise with Hauler and Shockwave.  So... it could be that Reflector was tentatively &#039;&#039;added&#039;&#039; to the toyline after the first batch of bios were written, and then taken out again (until released as a mail order exclusive).  That would, in many ways I think, be consistent with his rather personality-less portrayal.  --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 15:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Didn&#039;t the partial TF bible floating around online include a note that the character Reflector had been dropped from the cartoon, and not to use him?  (The same one which talked about having Skyfire in his Macross-style form in his intro episode, and rebuilding him to not look like a Veritech after-- apparently the original motivation for his &#039;death&#039;.)&lt;br /&gt;
::: I&#039;d say the axe just fell too late, and they&#039;d already been put in the cartoon.  Or the Japanese production company didn&#039;t get the note, or the storyboardes had already been done, or a buncha reasons.  -Derik18:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::[http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage34.html Here.] - Derik&lt;br /&gt;
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::::: Two things I have on this matter: One, after I posted my interview with George Dunsay, I continued the mail exchange for a few days until health reasons made me take a break from Transformers for a while. Most of the questions that were never published because of the abrupt end of our conversation were centered around oddities from the first few years of the TF line (red and yellow Bumblebee/Cliffjumper, Bumper, possibility of Shockwave having been delayed for a year as per appearing as early as the pilot/show bible using a drastically different character description than the toy&#039;s tech spec, even though the rest of the TF Bible profiles are almost verbatim quotes from the tech specs etc.). Most questions he couldn&#039;t answer, but he was able to fill me in on the Reflector issue a bit: The reason why Reflector was cancelled as a mass release was because Hasbro considered the toy &amp;quot;not interesting in both modes&amp;quot;, as Hasbro had decided that one mode had to be a vehicle (so how about Megatron, Soundwave etc.?). Hasbro considered it a good mail-away premium, however, as it was &amp;quot;too expensive&amp;quot; with normal markups, and offered a bad price/value relationship. The other point I have is [[Heavy Metal War#Trivia|this]] find. The &#039;&#039;cartoon&#039;&#039; confirms the existence of a mass retail Hasbro product code number, which fits perfectly within a gap in my list of Hasbro product codes for TF toys.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 00:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::That&#039;s an awesome picture by the way. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==Extra pic==&lt;br /&gt;
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This pic of his camera mode was uglying things up, so I removed it. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 03:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:...who is responsible for this caption? I&#039;m in AWE. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::...In awe of a Goosebumps title? --[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 03:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::No kidding. That&#039;s a really bizarre reference. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Reflector-Camera.jpg|thumb|250px|Say cheese and die!]]&lt;br /&gt;
::::...That demanded recycling.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 06:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Spy Shot 6 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Uh, I&#039;m inclinded to call shenanagans on that &amp;quot;molded on reflector from solar adventure&amp;quot; thing unless someone can point to something more solid than &amp;quot;they&#039;re both cameras.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;m inclined to agree. Seems quite far-fetched. -[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:24, 2 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== reflector joke ==&lt;br /&gt;
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We three camras of orient times tried to smoke a rubber cigar it was loaded, it exploded...&lt;br /&gt;
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==Dirty Reflector Joke==&lt;br /&gt;
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If Reflector has sex with himself, is it a regular Threesome, Incest, or Masturbation? [[User:86.17.124.125|86.17.124.125]] 14:18, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Most appropriate picture? ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Might&#039;nt it make more sense to have the Cartoon-style Reflector be the first profile section picture? That universe contains &#039;&#039;&#039;by far&#039;&#039;&#039; his most prominent, important, and numerous appearences in any continuity. (That&#039;s what we try to go by right?) --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 14:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marvel US #4 pic ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Shouldn&#039;t that go on Viewfinder&#039;s page, not here?  Anyway- Spectro appears in the same issue, he&#039;s on the page in the Decepticon med-bay.  One of those other fellows might be Spyglass I suppose. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Uh, pic [http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/reflectorii.jpg here], can you ID the guy on the topmost bed? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:13, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Guy on the topmost bed is probably another Frumble, judging by the legs.  It&#039;s weird that non-identical non-cartoon Reflectors show up in the comic, if they do.  It means either that Springer worked from the toy, which seems like an abberation, or there were earlier character models that were more toy-accurate.  --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I&#039;m guessing that the side-view guy in that image is Viewfinder, or the fellow giving Skywarp a transfusion, since the other 2 are present.  I agree it&#039;s odd- but there you go. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:I am personally in the &amp;quot;debateable as actually being Reflector&amp;quot; camp on the repairing guys, especially as there are about five generic-looking guys in that scene. (Yes, the one on the table is colored like Frenzy and has his legs, but is missing the tape-hole design that the Rumble in that same scene has.) I would lean towards the note being of a &amp;quot;may or may not be&amp;quot; nature. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:53, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Nah, it&#039;s gonna be.  The guy fafind forward has chest-detailing unique to Spectro, and in the longshot at the end of the page (when he shoots Starscream) it&#039;s the guy has Spyglasses chest right. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Cartoon generics==&lt;br /&gt;
I don&#039;t really like how the cartoon section handles cartoon Reflector, but maybe it is the best that can be done without making stuff up.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It seems to play dumb, pretending there are more than three Reflector units when in other places the wiki doesn&#039;t seem to have trouble calling something a [[generic]]. I wish we could take a stand on a few things, like there are three Reflector-bots, and they talk in unison. If someone doesn&#039;t match that, he is generic. I like the analysis at [http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscartoon/warrior.htm the obscure TF page]. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;d be down with that, if there wasn&#039;t a scene that explicitly shows Reflector duplciates disappearing when colliding with other units (it&#039;s more than just generic weirdness, it&#039;s something that the script obviously had to call for) &#039;&#039;and&#039;&#039; instances of only &#039;&#039;one&#039;&#039; Reflector unit standing around and talking with the triplicate-voice on its own. He is &#039;&#039;wierd&#039;&#039;. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:45, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Is this why did we deleted the &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; page? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:56, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I don&#039;t remember us even &#039;&#039;having&#039;&#039; a Warrior page. That must&#039;ve been a good long time back. I only wrote up Reflector&#039;s cartoon section in detail recently.  - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:06, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The cartoon section is well done, everything clearly documented with notes and everything. I hope I didn&#039;t give the impression I was trashing it. I just wish we could say more with certainty, but the cartoon did leave a lot open for interpretation. I think it is a good case that &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; is a separate generic, however. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 21:19, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Alternity ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Reflector was dispatched to universal stream 905.0 Beta&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I assume this should be Primax 905.0 Beta, or am I missing something here? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:34, 14 October 2010 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Toy Listings ==&lt;br /&gt;
Should any further toy listings also be included on the separate component&#039;s pages? He&#039;s not named Viewfinder here, but is Viewfinder considered to be this guy (like Octane=Universe Tankor)?[[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] ([[User talk:Riddlerj|talk]]) 09:03, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Interesting question. The bot mode seems to be very heavily based on Viewfinder&#039;s package art (unsurprising, considering Kyde also mentioned that the Micromaster-homage guys were based primarily on their package art), but it&#039;s called Reflector and turns into an entire camera. I guess put it at just [[Reflector (G1)]] and [[Viewfinder]], maybe? [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 09:15, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I would say no, Universe Tankor is Octane with a new name. A new toy named Reflector is a toy of Reflector. And Reflector is a singular character sometimes (he was in the cartoon), no matter how many bodies he has or which toy component he looks like. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 09:18, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Generations Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
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As I said on the Skrapnel talk page, should we mention that Reflector can be held by the arms in camera mode?  Also, is it worth noting that he&#039;s actually spring loaded? --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 16:08, 11 November 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Generations Thrilling 30 Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I posted this statement in the notes section of Reflector&#039;s page: &amp;quot;*Generations Thrilling 30 Reflector&#039;s robot mode has more than a passing resemblance to the GoBots water pistol Rogun.&amp;quot; Why was this removed? It is an accurate statement. --[[User:Stars|Stars]]&lt;br /&gt;
:Because it isn&#039;t accurate. The head is different. The chest is different. The legs are different. The arms are different. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 23:08, 21 April 2018 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Khajidha:&lt;br /&gt;
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This is the toy I am talking about&lt;br /&gt;
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https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/554435404107744200/&lt;br /&gt;
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http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Arco/SquirtGun.html&lt;br /&gt;
:I know which toy you mean. Everything I said stands. EVERY part of it is different. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 23:19, 21 April 2018 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I said it has more than a passing resemblance, I didn&#039;t say it is an exact copy. The general shape of the head, arms and overall silhouette are very similar. To me it looks like a clear influence on the Reflector toy, but to each his own I suppose.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Reflector_(G1)&amp;diff=1254407</id>
		<title>Talk:Reflector (G1)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Reflector_(G1)&amp;diff=1254407"/>
		<updated>2018-04-22T03:16:52Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generations Thrilling 30 Skrapnel/Reflector */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;It does indeed appear that Reflector was originally intended for wider release.  Who would be able to discover Hasbro&#039;s reasoning for deciding not to include this toy (until the mail-in promotion)?  Would there be anybody who (used to) work(s) for Hasbro who would even know?  This is one of the few great mysteries of the G1 era remaining to be disciphered.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 17:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I&#039;d suggest asking Budainsky if he rembers anything about him. He did fairly early caracter work on them all. Might give us a timeframe for his being cut, at least. Bud. might not remember the character, but if you describe 3 robots combining into a camera maybe he&#039;d recall something. Could give us insight into whether he was ever gonna be in the comic too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Reflector appears in MTMTE, but was not on the list of tech spec stats that Bob worked out over that famed Thanksgiving weekend.  I know because I took a picture of it at Iacon One [http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=187880176&amp;amp;size=l].  That would indicate that he was dropped before the characters&#039; names were invented.  If so, it&#039;s a little odd that he ended up in the cartoon, since one would think the cartoon didn&#039;t go into development (storywise at least) until after Marvel had come up with their treatment.  If Reflector had already been dropped by that time, why was he in the show at all?  Likewise with Hauler and Shockwave.  So... it could be that Reflector was tentatively &#039;&#039;added&#039;&#039; to the toyline after the first batch of bios were written, and then taken out again (until released as a mail order exclusive).  That would, in many ways I think, be consistent with his rather personality-less portrayal.  --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 15:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Didn&#039;t the partial TF bible floating around online include a note that the character Reflector had been dropped from the cartoon, and not to use him?  (The same one which talked about having Skyfire in his Macross-style form in his intro episode, and rebuilding him to not look like a Veritech after-- apparently the original motivation for his &#039;death&#039;.)&lt;br /&gt;
::: I&#039;d say the axe just fell too late, and they&#039;d already been put in the cartoon.  Or the Japanese production company didn&#039;t get the note, or the storyboardes had already been done, or a buncha reasons.  -Derik18:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::[http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage34.html Here.] - Derik&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::: Two things I have on this matter: One, after I posted my interview with George Dunsay, I continued the mail exchange for a few days until health reasons made me take a break from Transformers for a while. Most of the questions that were never published because of the abrupt end of our conversation were centered around oddities from the first few years of the TF line (red and yellow Bumblebee/Cliffjumper, Bumper, possibility of Shockwave having been delayed for a year as per appearing as early as the pilot/show bible using a drastically different character description than the toy&#039;s tech spec, even though the rest of the TF Bible profiles are almost verbatim quotes from the tech specs etc.). Most questions he couldn&#039;t answer, but he was able to fill me in on the Reflector issue a bit: The reason why Reflector was cancelled as a mass release was because Hasbro considered the toy &amp;quot;not interesting in both modes&amp;quot;, as Hasbro had decided that one mode had to be a vehicle (so how about Megatron, Soundwave etc.?). Hasbro considered it a good mail-away premium, however, as it was &amp;quot;too expensive&amp;quot; with normal markups, and offered a bad price/value relationship. The other point I have is [[Heavy Metal War#Trivia|this]] find. The &#039;&#039;cartoon&#039;&#039; confirms the existence of a mass retail Hasbro product code number, which fits perfectly within a gap in my list of Hasbro product codes for TF toys.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 00:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::That&#039;s an awesome picture by the way. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==Extra pic==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This pic of his camera mode was uglying things up, so I removed it. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 03:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:...who is responsible for this caption? I&#039;m in AWE. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::...In awe of a Goosebumps title? --[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 03:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::No kidding. That&#039;s a really bizarre reference. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Reflector-Camera.jpg|thumb|250px|Say cheese and die!]]&lt;br /&gt;
::::...That demanded recycling.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 06:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Spy Shot 6 ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Uh, I&#039;m inclinded to call shenanagans on that &amp;quot;molded on reflector from solar adventure&amp;quot; thing unless someone can point to something more solid than &amp;quot;they&#039;re both cameras.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;m inclined to agree. Seems quite far-fetched. -[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:24, 2 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== reflector joke ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We three camras of orient times tried to smoke a rubber cigar it was loaded, it exploded...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Dirty Reflector Joke==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If Reflector has sex with himself, is it a regular Threesome, Incest, or Masturbation? [[User:86.17.124.125|86.17.124.125]] 14:18, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Most appropriate picture? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Might&#039;nt it make more sense to have the Cartoon-style Reflector be the first profile section picture? That universe contains &#039;&#039;&#039;by far&#039;&#039;&#039; his most prominent, important, and numerous appearences in any continuity. (That&#039;s what we try to go by right?) --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 14:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Marvel US #4 pic ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shouldn&#039;t that go on Viewfinder&#039;s page, not here?  Anyway- Spectro appears in the same issue, he&#039;s on the page in the Decepticon med-bay.  One of those other fellows might be Spyglass I suppose. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Uh, pic [http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/reflectorii.jpg here], can you ID the guy on the topmost bed? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:13, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Guy on the topmost bed is probably another Frumble, judging by the legs.  It&#039;s weird that non-identical non-cartoon Reflectors show up in the comic, if they do.  It means either that Springer worked from the toy, which seems like an abberation, or there were earlier character models that were more toy-accurate.  --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I&#039;m guessing that the side-view guy in that image is Viewfinder, or the fellow giving Skywarp a transfusion, since the other 2 are present.  I agree it&#039;s odd- but there you go. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:I am personally in the &amp;quot;debateable as actually being Reflector&amp;quot; camp on the repairing guys, especially as there are about five generic-looking guys in that scene. (Yes, the one on the table is colored like Frenzy and has his legs, but is missing the tape-hole design that the Rumble in that same scene has.) I would lean towards the note being of a &amp;quot;may or may not be&amp;quot; nature. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:53, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Nah, it&#039;s gonna be.  The guy fafind forward has chest-detailing unique to Spectro, and in the longshot at the end of the page (when he shoots Starscream) it&#039;s the guy has Spyglasses chest right. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Cartoon generics==&lt;br /&gt;
I don&#039;t really like how the cartoon section handles cartoon Reflector, but maybe it is the best that can be done without making stuff up.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It seems to play dumb, pretending there are more than three Reflector units when in other places the wiki doesn&#039;t seem to have trouble calling something a [[generic]]. I wish we could take a stand on a few things, like there are three Reflector-bots, and they talk in unison. If someone doesn&#039;t match that, he is generic. I like the analysis at [http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscartoon/warrior.htm the obscure TF page]. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;d be down with that, if there wasn&#039;t a scene that explicitly shows Reflector duplciates disappearing when colliding with other units (it&#039;s more than just generic weirdness, it&#039;s something that the script obviously had to call for) &#039;&#039;and&#039;&#039; instances of only &#039;&#039;one&#039;&#039; Reflector unit standing around and talking with the triplicate-voice on its own. He is &#039;&#039;wierd&#039;&#039;. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:45, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Is this why did we deleted the &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; page? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:56, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I don&#039;t remember us even &#039;&#039;having&#039;&#039; a Warrior page. That must&#039;ve been a good long time back. I only wrote up Reflector&#039;s cartoon section in detail recently.  - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:06, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The cartoon section is well done, everything clearly documented with notes and everything. I hope I didn&#039;t give the impression I was trashing it. I just wish we could say more with certainty, but the cartoon did leave a lot open for interpretation. I think it is a good case that &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; is a separate generic, however. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 21:19, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Alternity ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Reflector was dispatched to universal stream 905.0 Beta&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I assume this should be Primax 905.0 Beta, or am I missing something here? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:34, 14 October 2010 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Toy Listings ==&lt;br /&gt;
Should any further toy listings also be included on the separate component&#039;s pages? He&#039;s not named Viewfinder here, but is Viewfinder considered to be this guy (like Octane=Universe Tankor)?[[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] ([[User talk:Riddlerj|talk]]) 09:03, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Interesting question. The bot mode seems to be very heavily based on Viewfinder&#039;s package art (unsurprising, considering Kyde also mentioned that the Micromaster-homage guys were based primarily on their package art), but it&#039;s called Reflector and turns into an entire camera. I guess put it at just [[Reflector (G1)]] and [[Viewfinder]], maybe? [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 09:15, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I would say no, Universe Tankor is Octane with a new name. A new toy named Reflector is a toy of Reflector. And Reflector is a singular character sometimes (he was in the cartoon), no matter how many bodies he has or which toy component he looks like. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 09:18, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Generations Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As I said on the Skrapnel talk page, should we mention that Reflector can be held by the arms in camera mode?  Also, is it worth noting that he&#039;s actually spring loaded? --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 16:08, 11 November 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Generations Thrilling 30 Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I posted this statement in the notes section of Reflector&#039;s page: &amp;quot;*Generations Thrilling 30 Reflector&#039;s robot mode has more than a passing resemblance to the GoBots water pistol Rogun.&amp;quot; Why was this removed? It is an accurate statement. --[[User:Stars|Stars]]&lt;br /&gt;
:Because it isn&#039;t accurate. The head is different. The chest is different. The legs are different. The arms are different. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 23:08, 21 April 2018 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Khajidha:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is the toy I am talking about&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/554435404107744200/&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Arco/SquirtGun.html&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Reflector_(G1)&amp;diff=1254406</id>
		<title>Talk:Reflector (G1)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Reflector_(G1)&amp;diff=1254406"/>
		<updated>2018-04-22T03:16:26Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generations Thrilling 30 Skrapnel/Reflector */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;It does indeed appear that Reflector was originally intended for wider release.  Who would be able to discover Hasbro&#039;s reasoning for deciding not to include this toy (until the mail-in promotion)?  Would there be anybody who (used to) work(s) for Hasbro who would even know?  This is one of the few great mysteries of the G1 era remaining to be disciphered.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 17:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I&#039;d suggest asking Budainsky if he rembers anything about him. He did fairly early caracter work on them all. Might give us a timeframe for his being cut, at least. Bud. might not remember the character, but if you describe 3 robots combining into a camera maybe he&#039;d recall something. Could give us insight into whether he was ever gonna be in the comic too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Reflector appears in MTMTE, but was not on the list of tech spec stats that Bob worked out over that famed Thanksgiving weekend.  I know because I took a picture of it at Iacon One [http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=187880176&amp;amp;size=l].  That would indicate that he was dropped before the characters&#039; names were invented.  If so, it&#039;s a little odd that he ended up in the cartoon, since one would think the cartoon didn&#039;t go into development (storywise at least) until after Marvel had come up with their treatment.  If Reflector had already been dropped by that time, why was he in the show at all?  Likewise with Hauler and Shockwave.  So... it could be that Reflector was tentatively &#039;&#039;added&#039;&#039; to the toyline after the first batch of bios were written, and then taken out again (until released as a mail order exclusive).  That would, in many ways I think, be consistent with his rather personality-less portrayal.  --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 15:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Didn&#039;t the partial TF bible floating around online include a note that the character Reflector had been dropped from the cartoon, and not to use him?  (The same one which talked about having Skyfire in his Macross-style form in his intro episode, and rebuilding him to not look like a Veritech after-- apparently the original motivation for his &#039;death&#039;.)&lt;br /&gt;
::: I&#039;d say the axe just fell too late, and they&#039;d already been put in the cartoon.  Or the Japanese production company didn&#039;t get the note, or the storyboardes had already been done, or a buncha reasons.  -Derik18:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::[http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage34.html Here.] - Derik&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::: Two things I have on this matter: One, after I posted my interview with George Dunsay, I continued the mail exchange for a few days until health reasons made me take a break from Transformers for a while. Most of the questions that were never published because of the abrupt end of our conversation were centered around oddities from the first few years of the TF line (red and yellow Bumblebee/Cliffjumper, Bumper, possibility of Shockwave having been delayed for a year as per appearing as early as the pilot/show bible using a drastically different character description than the toy&#039;s tech spec, even though the rest of the TF Bible profiles are almost verbatim quotes from the tech specs etc.). Most questions he couldn&#039;t answer, but he was able to fill me in on the Reflector issue a bit: The reason why Reflector was cancelled as a mass release was because Hasbro considered the toy &amp;quot;not interesting in both modes&amp;quot;, as Hasbro had decided that one mode had to be a vehicle (so how about Megatron, Soundwave etc.?). Hasbro considered it a good mail-away premium, however, as it was &amp;quot;too expensive&amp;quot; with normal markups, and offered a bad price/value relationship. The other point I have is [[Heavy Metal War#Trivia|this]] find. The &#039;&#039;cartoon&#039;&#039; confirms the existence of a mass retail Hasbro product code number, which fits perfectly within a gap in my list of Hasbro product codes for TF toys.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 00:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::That&#039;s an awesome picture by the way. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==Extra pic==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This pic of his camera mode was uglying things up, so I removed it. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 03:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:...who is responsible for this caption? I&#039;m in AWE. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::...In awe of a Goosebumps title? --[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 03:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::No kidding. That&#039;s a really bizarre reference. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Reflector-Camera.jpg|thumb|250px|Say cheese and die!]]&lt;br /&gt;
::::...That demanded recycling.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 06:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Spy Shot 6 ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Uh, I&#039;m inclinded to call shenanagans on that &amp;quot;molded on reflector from solar adventure&amp;quot; thing unless someone can point to something more solid than &amp;quot;they&#039;re both cameras.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;m inclined to agree. Seems quite far-fetched. -[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:24, 2 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== reflector joke ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We three camras of orient times tried to smoke a rubber cigar it was loaded, it exploded...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Dirty Reflector Joke==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If Reflector has sex with himself, is it a regular Threesome, Incest, or Masturbation? [[User:86.17.124.125|86.17.124.125]] 14:18, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Most appropriate picture? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Might&#039;nt it make more sense to have the Cartoon-style Reflector be the first profile section picture? That universe contains &#039;&#039;&#039;by far&#039;&#039;&#039; his most prominent, important, and numerous appearences in any continuity. (That&#039;s what we try to go by right?) --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 14:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Marvel US #4 pic ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shouldn&#039;t that go on Viewfinder&#039;s page, not here?  Anyway- Spectro appears in the same issue, he&#039;s on the page in the Decepticon med-bay.  One of those other fellows might be Spyglass I suppose. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Uh, pic [http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/reflectorii.jpg here], can you ID the guy on the topmost bed? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:13, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Guy on the topmost bed is probably another Frumble, judging by the legs.  It&#039;s weird that non-identical non-cartoon Reflectors show up in the comic, if they do.  It means either that Springer worked from the toy, which seems like an abberation, or there were earlier character models that were more toy-accurate.  --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I&#039;m guessing that the side-view guy in that image is Viewfinder, or the fellow giving Skywarp a transfusion, since the other 2 are present.  I agree it&#039;s odd- but there you go. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:I am personally in the &amp;quot;debateable as actually being Reflector&amp;quot; camp on the repairing guys, especially as there are about five generic-looking guys in that scene. (Yes, the one on the table is colored like Frenzy and has his legs, but is missing the tape-hole design that the Rumble in that same scene has.) I would lean towards the note being of a &amp;quot;may or may not be&amp;quot; nature. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:53, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Nah, it&#039;s gonna be.  The guy fafind forward has chest-detailing unique to Spectro, and in the longshot at the end of the page (when he shoots Starscream) it&#039;s the guy has Spyglasses chest right. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Cartoon generics==&lt;br /&gt;
I don&#039;t really like how the cartoon section handles cartoon Reflector, but maybe it is the best that can be done without making stuff up.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It seems to play dumb, pretending there are more than three Reflector units when in other places the wiki doesn&#039;t seem to have trouble calling something a [[generic]]. I wish we could take a stand on a few things, like there are three Reflector-bots, and they talk in unison. If someone doesn&#039;t match that, he is generic. I like the analysis at [http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscartoon/warrior.htm the obscure TF page]. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;d be down with that, if there wasn&#039;t a scene that explicitly shows Reflector duplciates disappearing when colliding with other units (it&#039;s more than just generic weirdness, it&#039;s something that the script obviously had to call for) &#039;&#039;and&#039;&#039; instances of only &#039;&#039;one&#039;&#039; Reflector unit standing around and talking with the triplicate-voice on its own. He is &#039;&#039;wierd&#039;&#039;. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:45, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Is this why did we deleted the &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; page? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:56, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I don&#039;t remember us even &#039;&#039;having&#039;&#039; a Warrior page. That must&#039;ve been a good long time back. I only wrote up Reflector&#039;s cartoon section in detail recently.  - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:06, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The cartoon section is well done, everything clearly documented with notes and everything. I hope I didn&#039;t give the impression I was trashing it. I just wish we could say more with certainty, but the cartoon did leave a lot open for interpretation. I think it is a good case that &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; is a separate generic, however. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 21:19, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Alternity ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Reflector was dispatched to universal stream 905.0 Beta&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I assume this should be Primax 905.0 Beta, or am I missing something here? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:34, 14 October 2010 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Toy Listings ==&lt;br /&gt;
Should any further toy listings also be included on the separate component&#039;s pages? He&#039;s not named Viewfinder here, but is Viewfinder considered to be this guy (like Octane=Universe Tankor)?[[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] ([[User talk:Riddlerj|talk]]) 09:03, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Interesting question. The bot mode seems to be very heavily based on Viewfinder&#039;s package art (unsurprising, considering Kyde also mentioned that the Micromaster-homage guys were based primarily on their package art), but it&#039;s called Reflector and turns into an entire camera. I guess put it at just [[Reflector (G1)]] and [[Viewfinder]], maybe? [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 09:15, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I would say no, Universe Tankor is Octane with a new name. A new toy named Reflector is a toy of Reflector. And Reflector is a singular character sometimes (he was in the cartoon), no matter how many bodies he has or which toy component he looks like. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 09:18, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Generations Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As I said on the Skrapnel talk page, should we mention that Reflector can be held by the arms in camera mode?  Also, is it worth noting that he&#039;s actually spring loaded? --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 16:08, 11 November 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Generations Thrilling 30 Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I posted this statement in the notes section of Reflector&#039;s page: &amp;quot;*Generations Thrilling 30 Reflector&#039;s robot mode has more than a passing resemblance to the GoBots water pistol Rogun.&amp;quot; Why was this removed? It is an accurate statement. --[[User:Stars|Stars]]&lt;br /&gt;
:Because it isn&#039;t accurate. The head is different. The chest is different. The legs are different. The arms are different. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 23:08, 21 April 2018 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Khajidha:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is the toy I am talking about&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/554435404107744200/&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Arco/SquirtGun.html  --[[User:Stars|Stars]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Reflector_(G1)&amp;diff=1254405</id>
		<title>Talk:Reflector (G1)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Reflector_(G1)&amp;diff=1254405"/>
		<updated>2018-04-22T03:16:08Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generations Thrilling 30 Skrapnel/Reflector */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;It does indeed appear that Reflector was originally intended for wider release.  Who would be able to discover Hasbro&#039;s reasoning for deciding not to include this toy (until the mail-in promotion)?  Would there be anybody who (used to) work(s) for Hasbro who would even know?  This is one of the few great mysteries of the G1 era remaining to be disciphered.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 17:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#039;d suggest asking Budainsky if he rembers anything about him. He did fairly early caracter work on them all. Might give us a timeframe for his being cut, at least. Bud. might not remember the character, but if you describe 3 robots combining into a camera maybe he&#039;d recall something. Could give us insight into whether he was ever gonna be in the comic too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Reflector appears in MTMTE, but was not on the list of tech spec stats that Bob worked out over that famed Thanksgiving weekend.  I know because I took a picture of it at Iacon One [http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=187880176&amp;amp;size=l].  That would indicate that he was dropped before the characters&#039; names were invented.  If so, it&#039;s a little odd that he ended up in the cartoon, since one would think the cartoon didn&#039;t go into development (storywise at least) until after Marvel had come up with their treatment.  If Reflector had already been dropped by that time, why was he in the show at all?  Likewise with Hauler and Shockwave.  So... it could be that Reflector was tentatively &#039;&#039;added&#039;&#039; to the toyline after the first batch of bios were written, and then taken out again (until released as a mail order exclusive).  That would, in many ways I think, be consistent with his rather personality-less portrayal.  --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 15:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Didn&#039;t the partial TF bible floating around online include a note that the character Reflector had been dropped from the cartoon, and not to use him?  (The same one which talked about having Skyfire in his Macross-style form in his intro episode, and rebuilding him to not look like a Veritech after-- apparently the original motivation for his &#039;death&#039;.)&lt;br /&gt;
::: I&#039;d say the axe just fell too late, and they&#039;d already been put in the cartoon.  Or the Japanese production company didn&#039;t get the note, or the storyboardes had already been done, or a buncha reasons.  -Derik18:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::[http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage34.html Here.] - Derik&lt;br /&gt;
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::::: Two things I have on this matter: One, after I posted my interview with George Dunsay, I continued the mail exchange for a few days until health reasons made me take a break from Transformers for a while. Most of the questions that were never published because of the abrupt end of our conversation were centered around oddities from the first few years of the TF line (red and yellow Bumblebee/Cliffjumper, Bumper, possibility of Shockwave having been delayed for a year as per appearing as early as the pilot/show bible using a drastically different character description than the toy&#039;s tech spec, even though the rest of the TF Bible profiles are almost verbatim quotes from the tech specs etc.). Most questions he couldn&#039;t answer, but he was able to fill me in on the Reflector issue a bit: The reason why Reflector was cancelled as a mass release was because Hasbro considered the toy &amp;quot;not interesting in both modes&amp;quot;, as Hasbro had decided that one mode had to be a vehicle (so how about Megatron, Soundwave etc.?). Hasbro considered it a good mail-away premium, however, as it was &amp;quot;too expensive&amp;quot; with normal markups, and offered a bad price/value relationship. The other point I have is [[Heavy Metal War#Trivia|this]] find. The &#039;&#039;cartoon&#039;&#039; confirms the existence of a mass retail Hasbro product code number, which fits perfectly within a gap in my list of Hasbro product codes for TF toys.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 00:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::That&#039;s an awesome picture by the way. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==Extra pic==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This pic of his camera mode was uglying things up, so I removed it. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 03:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:...who is responsible for this caption? I&#039;m in AWE. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::...In awe of a Goosebumps title? --[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 03:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::No kidding. That&#039;s a really bizarre reference. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Reflector-Camera.jpg|thumb|250px|Say cheese and die!]]&lt;br /&gt;
::::...That demanded recycling.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 06:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Spy Shot 6 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Uh, I&#039;m inclinded to call shenanagans on that &amp;quot;molded on reflector from solar adventure&amp;quot; thing unless someone can point to something more solid than &amp;quot;they&#039;re both cameras.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;m inclined to agree. Seems quite far-fetched. -[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:24, 2 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== reflector joke ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We three camras of orient times tried to smoke a rubber cigar it was loaded, it exploded...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Dirty Reflector Joke==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If Reflector has sex with himself, is it a regular Threesome, Incest, or Masturbation? [[User:86.17.124.125|86.17.124.125]] 14:18, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Most appropriate picture? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Might&#039;nt it make more sense to have the Cartoon-style Reflector be the first profile section picture? That universe contains &#039;&#039;&#039;by far&#039;&#039;&#039; his most prominent, important, and numerous appearences in any continuity. (That&#039;s what we try to go by right?) --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 14:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marvel US #4 pic ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shouldn&#039;t that go on Viewfinder&#039;s page, not here?  Anyway- Spectro appears in the same issue, he&#039;s on the page in the Decepticon med-bay.  One of those other fellows might be Spyglass I suppose. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Uh, pic [http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/reflectorii.jpg here], can you ID the guy on the topmost bed? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:13, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Guy on the topmost bed is probably another Frumble, judging by the legs.  It&#039;s weird that non-identical non-cartoon Reflectors show up in the comic, if they do.  It means either that Springer worked from the toy, which seems like an abberation, or there were earlier character models that were more toy-accurate.  --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I&#039;m guessing that the side-view guy in that image is Viewfinder, or the fellow giving Skywarp a transfusion, since the other 2 are present.  I agree it&#039;s odd- but there you go. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:I am personally in the &amp;quot;debateable as actually being Reflector&amp;quot; camp on the repairing guys, especially as there are about five generic-looking guys in that scene. (Yes, the one on the table is colored like Frenzy and has his legs, but is missing the tape-hole design that the Rumble in that same scene has.) I would lean towards the note being of a &amp;quot;may or may not be&amp;quot; nature. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:53, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Nah, it&#039;s gonna be.  The guy fafind forward has chest-detailing unique to Spectro, and in the longshot at the end of the page (when he shoots Starscream) it&#039;s the guy has Spyglasses chest right. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Cartoon generics==&lt;br /&gt;
I don&#039;t really like how the cartoon section handles cartoon Reflector, but maybe it is the best that can be done without making stuff up.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It seems to play dumb, pretending there are more than three Reflector units when in other places the wiki doesn&#039;t seem to have trouble calling something a [[generic]]. I wish we could take a stand on a few things, like there are three Reflector-bots, and they talk in unison. If someone doesn&#039;t match that, he is generic. I like the analysis at [http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscartoon/warrior.htm the obscure TF page]. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;d be down with that, if there wasn&#039;t a scene that explicitly shows Reflector duplciates disappearing when colliding with other units (it&#039;s more than just generic weirdness, it&#039;s something that the script obviously had to call for) &#039;&#039;and&#039;&#039; instances of only &#039;&#039;one&#039;&#039; Reflector unit standing around and talking with the triplicate-voice on its own. He is &#039;&#039;wierd&#039;&#039;. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:45, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Is this why did we deleted the &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; page? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:56, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I don&#039;t remember us even &#039;&#039;having&#039;&#039; a Warrior page. That must&#039;ve been a good long time back. I only wrote up Reflector&#039;s cartoon section in detail recently.  - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:06, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The cartoon section is well done, everything clearly documented with notes and everything. I hope I didn&#039;t give the impression I was trashing it. I just wish we could say more with certainty, but the cartoon did leave a lot open for interpretation. I think it is a good case that &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; is a separate generic, however. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 21:19, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Alternity ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Reflector was dispatched to universal stream 905.0 Beta&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I assume this should be Primax 905.0 Beta, or am I missing something here? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:34, 14 October 2010 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Toy Listings ==&lt;br /&gt;
Should any further toy listings also be included on the separate component&#039;s pages? He&#039;s not named Viewfinder here, but is Viewfinder considered to be this guy (like Octane=Universe Tankor)?[[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] ([[User talk:Riddlerj|talk]]) 09:03, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Interesting question. The bot mode seems to be very heavily based on Viewfinder&#039;s package art (unsurprising, considering Kyde also mentioned that the Micromaster-homage guys were based primarily on their package art), but it&#039;s called Reflector and turns into an entire camera. I guess put it at just [[Reflector (G1)]] and [[Viewfinder]], maybe? [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 09:15, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I would say no, Universe Tankor is Octane with a new name. A new toy named Reflector is a toy of Reflector. And Reflector is a singular character sometimes (he was in the cartoon), no matter how many bodies he has or which toy component he looks like. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 09:18, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Generations Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
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As I said on the Skrapnel talk page, should we mention that Reflector can be held by the arms in camera mode?  Also, is it worth noting that he&#039;s actually spring loaded? --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 16:08, 11 November 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Generations Thrilling 30 Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I posted this statement in the notes section of Reflector&#039;s page: &amp;quot;*Generations Thrilling 30 Reflector&#039;s robot mode has more than a passing resemblance to the GoBots water pistol Rogun.&amp;quot; Why was this removed? It is an accurate statement. --[[User:Stars|Stars]]&lt;br /&gt;
:Because it isn&#039;t accurate. The head is different. The chest is different. The legs are different. The arms are different. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 23:08, 21 April 2018 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Khajidha:&lt;br /&gt;
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This is the toy I am talking about&lt;br /&gt;
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https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/554435404107744200/&lt;br /&gt;
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http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Arco/SquirtGun.html&lt;br /&gt;
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 --[[User:Stars|Stars]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generations Thrilling 30 Skrapnel/Reflector */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;It does indeed appear that Reflector was originally intended for wider release.  Who would be able to discover Hasbro&#039;s reasoning for deciding not to include this toy (until the mail-in promotion)?  Would there be anybody who (used to) work(s) for Hasbro who would even know?  This is one of the few great mysteries of the G1 era remaining to be disciphered.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 17:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#039;d suggest asking Budainsky if he rembers anything about him. He did fairly early caracter work on them all. Might give us a timeframe for his being cut, at least. Bud. might not remember the character, but if you describe 3 robots combining into a camera maybe he&#039;d recall something. Could give us insight into whether he was ever gonna be in the comic too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Reflector appears in MTMTE, but was not on the list of tech spec stats that Bob worked out over that famed Thanksgiving weekend.  I know because I took a picture of it at Iacon One [http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=187880176&amp;amp;size=l].  That would indicate that he was dropped before the characters&#039; names were invented.  If so, it&#039;s a little odd that he ended up in the cartoon, since one would think the cartoon didn&#039;t go into development (storywise at least) until after Marvel had come up with their treatment.  If Reflector had already been dropped by that time, why was he in the show at all?  Likewise with Hauler and Shockwave.  So... it could be that Reflector was tentatively &#039;&#039;added&#039;&#039; to the toyline after the first batch of bios were written, and then taken out again (until released as a mail order exclusive).  That would, in many ways I think, be consistent with his rather personality-less portrayal.  --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 15:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::Didn&#039;t the partial TF bible floating around online include a note that the character Reflector had been dropped from the cartoon, and not to use him?  (The same one which talked about having Skyfire in his Macross-style form in his intro episode, and rebuilding him to not look like a Veritech after-- apparently the original motivation for his &#039;death&#039;.)&lt;br /&gt;
::: I&#039;d say the axe just fell too late, and they&#039;d already been put in the cartoon.  Or the Japanese production company didn&#039;t get the note, or the storyboardes had already been done, or a buncha reasons.  -Derik18:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::[http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage34.html Here.] - Derik&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::: Two things I have on this matter: One, after I posted my interview with George Dunsay, I continued the mail exchange for a few days until health reasons made me take a break from Transformers for a while. Most of the questions that were never published because of the abrupt end of our conversation were centered around oddities from the first few years of the TF line (red and yellow Bumblebee/Cliffjumper, Bumper, possibility of Shockwave having been delayed for a year as per appearing as early as the pilot/show bible using a drastically different character description than the toy&#039;s tech spec, even though the rest of the TF Bible profiles are almost verbatim quotes from the tech specs etc.). Most questions he couldn&#039;t answer, but he was able to fill me in on the Reflector issue a bit: The reason why Reflector was cancelled as a mass release was because Hasbro considered the toy &amp;quot;not interesting in both modes&amp;quot;, as Hasbro had decided that one mode had to be a vehicle (so how about Megatron, Soundwave etc.?). Hasbro considered it a good mail-away premium, however, as it was &amp;quot;too expensive&amp;quot; with normal markups, and offered a bad price/value relationship. The other point I have is [[Heavy Metal War#Trivia|this]] find. The &#039;&#039;cartoon&#039;&#039; confirms the existence of a mass retail Hasbro product code number, which fits perfectly within a gap in my list of Hasbro product codes for TF toys.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 00:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::That&#039;s an awesome picture by the way. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==Extra pic==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This pic of his camera mode was uglying things up, so I removed it. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 03:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:...who is responsible for this caption? I&#039;m in AWE. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::...In awe of a Goosebumps title? --[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 03:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::No kidding. That&#039;s a really bizarre reference. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Reflector-Camera.jpg|thumb|250px|Say cheese and die!]]&lt;br /&gt;
::::...That demanded recycling.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 06:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Spy Shot 6 ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Uh, I&#039;m inclinded to call shenanagans on that &amp;quot;molded on reflector from solar adventure&amp;quot; thing unless someone can point to something more solid than &amp;quot;they&#039;re both cameras.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;m inclined to agree. Seems quite far-fetched. -[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:24, 2 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== reflector joke ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We three camras of orient times tried to smoke a rubber cigar it was loaded, it exploded...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Dirty Reflector Joke==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If Reflector has sex with himself, is it a regular Threesome, Incest, or Masturbation? [[User:86.17.124.125|86.17.124.125]] 14:18, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Most appropriate picture? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Might&#039;nt it make more sense to have the Cartoon-style Reflector be the first profile section picture? That universe contains &#039;&#039;&#039;by far&#039;&#039;&#039; his most prominent, important, and numerous appearences in any continuity. (That&#039;s what we try to go by right?) --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 14:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Marvel US #4 pic ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shouldn&#039;t that go on Viewfinder&#039;s page, not here?  Anyway- Spectro appears in the same issue, he&#039;s on the page in the Decepticon med-bay.  One of those other fellows might be Spyglass I suppose. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Uh, pic [http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/reflectorii.jpg here], can you ID the guy on the topmost bed? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:13, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Guy on the topmost bed is probably another Frumble, judging by the legs.  It&#039;s weird that non-identical non-cartoon Reflectors show up in the comic, if they do.  It means either that Springer worked from the toy, which seems like an abberation, or there were earlier character models that were more toy-accurate.  --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I&#039;m guessing that the side-view guy in that image is Viewfinder, or the fellow giving Skywarp a transfusion, since the other 2 are present.  I agree it&#039;s odd- but there you go. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:I am personally in the &amp;quot;debateable as actually being Reflector&amp;quot; camp on the repairing guys, especially as there are about five generic-looking guys in that scene. (Yes, the one on the table is colored like Frenzy and has his legs, but is missing the tape-hole design that the Rumble in that same scene has.) I would lean towards the note being of a &amp;quot;may or may not be&amp;quot; nature. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:53, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Nah, it&#039;s gonna be.  The guy fafind forward has chest-detailing unique to Spectro, and in the longshot at the end of the page (when he shoots Starscream) it&#039;s the guy has Spyglasses chest right. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Cartoon generics==&lt;br /&gt;
I don&#039;t really like how the cartoon section handles cartoon Reflector, but maybe it is the best that can be done without making stuff up.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It seems to play dumb, pretending there are more than three Reflector units when in other places the wiki doesn&#039;t seem to have trouble calling something a [[generic]]. I wish we could take a stand on a few things, like there are three Reflector-bots, and they talk in unison. If someone doesn&#039;t match that, he is generic. I like the analysis at [http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscartoon/warrior.htm the obscure TF page]. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;d be down with that, if there wasn&#039;t a scene that explicitly shows Reflector duplciates disappearing when colliding with other units (it&#039;s more than just generic weirdness, it&#039;s something that the script obviously had to call for) &#039;&#039;and&#039;&#039; instances of only &#039;&#039;one&#039;&#039; Reflector unit standing around and talking with the triplicate-voice on its own. He is &#039;&#039;wierd&#039;&#039;. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:45, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Is this why did we deleted the &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; page? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:56, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I don&#039;t remember us even &#039;&#039;having&#039;&#039; a Warrior page. That must&#039;ve been a good long time back. I only wrote up Reflector&#039;s cartoon section in detail recently.  - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:06, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The cartoon section is well done, everything clearly documented with notes and everything. I hope I didn&#039;t give the impression I was trashing it. I just wish we could say more with certainty, but the cartoon did leave a lot open for interpretation. I think it is a good case that &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; is a separate generic, however. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 21:19, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Alternity ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Reflector was dispatched to universal stream 905.0 Beta&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I assume this should be Primax 905.0 Beta, or am I missing something here? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:34, 14 October 2010 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Toy Listings ==&lt;br /&gt;
Should any further toy listings also be included on the separate component&#039;s pages? He&#039;s not named Viewfinder here, but is Viewfinder considered to be this guy (like Octane=Universe Tankor)?[[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] ([[User talk:Riddlerj|talk]]) 09:03, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Interesting question. The bot mode seems to be very heavily based on Viewfinder&#039;s package art (unsurprising, considering Kyde also mentioned that the Micromaster-homage guys were based primarily on their package art), but it&#039;s called Reflector and turns into an entire camera. I guess put it at just [[Reflector (G1)]] and [[Viewfinder]], maybe? [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 09:15, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I would say no, Universe Tankor is Octane with a new name. A new toy named Reflector is a toy of Reflector. And Reflector is a singular character sometimes (he was in the cartoon), no matter how many bodies he has or which toy component he looks like. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 09:18, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Generations Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
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As I said on the Skrapnel talk page, should we mention that Reflector can be held by the arms in camera mode?  Also, is it worth noting that he&#039;s actually spring loaded? --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 16:08, 11 November 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Generations Thrilling 30 Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I posted this statement in the notes section of Reflector&#039;s page: &amp;quot;*Generations Thrilling 30 Reflector&#039;s robot mode has more than a passing resemblance to the GoBots water pistol Rogun.&amp;quot; Why was this removed? It is an accurate statement. --[[User:Stars|Stars]]&lt;br /&gt;
:Because it isn&#039;t accurate. The head is different. The chest is different. The legs are different. The arms are different. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 23:08, 21 April 2018 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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This is the toy I am talking about&lt;br /&gt;
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https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/554435404107744200/&lt;br /&gt;
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http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Arco/SquirtGun.html&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;Hi. Just a brief note to the community. Been an avid TF fan and collector since I was 10 years old in 1984 and got my first Minicar. Favorite G1 TF toys are Jazz, Soundwave, Ravage, Trailbreaker, Topspin and Twin Twist.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: Created page with &amp;quot;Hi. Just a brief note to the community. Been an avid TF fan and collector since I was 10 years old in 1984. Favorite TF&amp;#039;s are Jazz, Soundwave, Ravage, Trailbreaker, Topspin an...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Hi. Just a brief note to the community. Been an avid TF fan and collector since I was 10 years old in 1984. Favorite TF&#039;s are Jazz, Soundwave, Ravage, Trailbreaker, Topspin and Twin Twist.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:Reflector (G1)</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generations Thrilling 30 Skrapnel/Reflector */ new section&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;It does indeed appear that Reflector was originally intended for wider release.  Who would be able to discover Hasbro&#039;s reasoning for deciding not to include this toy (until the mail-in promotion)?  Would there be anybody who (used to) work(s) for Hasbro who would even know?  This is one of the few great mysteries of the G1 era remaining to be disciphered.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 17:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#039;d suggest asking Budainsky if he rembers anything about him. He did fairly early caracter work on them all. Might give us a timeframe for his being cut, at least. Bud. might not remember the character, but if you describe 3 robots combining into a camera maybe he&#039;d recall something. Could give us insight into whether he was ever gonna be in the comic too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Reflector appears in MTMTE, but was not on the list of tech spec stats that Bob worked out over that famed Thanksgiving weekend.  I know because I took a picture of it at Iacon One [http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=187880176&amp;amp;size=l].  That would indicate that he was dropped before the characters&#039; names were invented.  If so, it&#039;s a little odd that he ended up in the cartoon, since one would think the cartoon didn&#039;t go into development (storywise at least) until after Marvel had come up with their treatment.  If Reflector had already been dropped by that time, why was he in the show at all?  Likewise with Hauler and Shockwave.  So... it could be that Reflector was tentatively &#039;&#039;added&#039;&#039; to the toyline after the first batch of bios were written, and then taken out again (until released as a mail order exclusive).  That would, in many ways I think, be consistent with his rather personality-less portrayal.  --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 15:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Didn&#039;t the partial TF bible floating around online include a note that the character Reflector had been dropped from the cartoon, and not to use him?  (The same one which talked about having Skyfire in his Macross-style form in his intro episode, and rebuilding him to not look like a Veritech after-- apparently the original motivation for his &#039;death&#039;.)&lt;br /&gt;
::: I&#039;d say the axe just fell too late, and they&#039;d already been put in the cartoon.  Or the Japanese production company didn&#039;t get the note, or the storyboardes had already been done, or a buncha reasons.  -Derik18:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::[http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage34.html Here.] - Derik&lt;br /&gt;
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::::: Two things I have on this matter: One, after I posted my interview with George Dunsay, I continued the mail exchange for a few days until health reasons made me take a break from Transformers for a while. Most of the questions that were never published because of the abrupt end of our conversation were centered around oddities from the first few years of the TF line (red and yellow Bumblebee/Cliffjumper, Bumper, possibility of Shockwave having been delayed for a year as per appearing as early as the pilot/show bible using a drastically different character description than the toy&#039;s tech spec, even though the rest of the TF Bible profiles are almost verbatim quotes from the tech specs etc.). Most questions he couldn&#039;t answer, but he was able to fill me in on the Reflector issue a bit: The reason why Reflector was cancelled as a mass release was because Hasbro considered the toy &amp;quot;not interesting in both modes&amp;quot;, as Hasbro had decided that one mode had to be a vehicle (so how about Megatron, Soundwave etc.?). Hasbro considered it a good mail-away premium, however, as it was &amp;quot;too expensive&amp;quot; with normal markups, and offered a bad price/value relationship. The other point I have is [[Heavy Metal War#Trivia|this]] find. The &#039;&#039;cartoon&#039;&#039; confirms the existence of a mass retail Hasbro product code number, which fits perfectly within a gap in my list of Hasbro product codes for TF toys.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 00:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::That&#039;s an awesome picture by the way. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==Extra pic==&lt;br /&gt;
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This pic of his camera mode was uglying things up, so I removed it. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 03:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:...who is responsible for this caption? I&#039;m in AWE. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::...In awe of a Goosebumps title? --[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 03:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::No kidding. That&#039;s a really bizarre reference. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Reflector-Camera.jpg|thumb|250px|Say cheese and die!]]&lt;br /&gt;
::::...That demanded recycling.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 06:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Spy Shot 6 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Uh, I&#039;m inclinded to call shenanagans on that &amp;quot;molded on reflector from solar adventure&amp;quot; thing unless someone can point to something more solid than &amp;quot;they&#039;re both cameras.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;m inclined to agree. Seems quite far-fetched. -[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:24, 2 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== reflector joke ==&lt;br /&gt;
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We three camras of orient times tried to smoke a rubber cigar it was loaded, it exploded...&lt;br /&gt;
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==Dirty Reflector Joke==&lt;br /&gt;
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If Reflector has sex with himself, is it a regular Threesome, Incest, or Masturbation? [[User:86.17.124.125|86.17.124.125]] 14:18, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Most appropriate picture? ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Might&#039;nt it make more sense to have the Cartoon-style Reflector be the first profile section picture? That universe contains &#039;&#039;&#039;by far&#039;&#039;&#039; his most prominent, important, and numerous appearences in any continuity. (That&#039;s what we try to go by right?) --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 14:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marvel US #4 pic ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Shouldn&#039;t that go on Viewfinder&#039;s page, not here?  Anyway- Spectro appears in the same issue, he&#039;s on the page in the Decepticon med-bay.  One of those other fellows might be Spyglass I suppose. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Uh, pic [http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/reflectorii.jpg here], can you ID the guy on the topmost bed? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:13, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Guy on the topmost bed is probably another Frumble, judging by the legs.  It&#039;s weird that non-identical non-cartoon Reflectors show up in the comic, if they do.  It means either that Springer worked from the toy, which seems like an abberation, or there were earlier character models that were more toy-accurate.  --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I&#039;m guessing that the side-view guy in that image is Viewfinder, or the fellow giving Skywarp a transfusion, since the other 2 are present.  I agree it&#039;s odd- but there you go. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:I am personally in the &amp;quot;debateable as actually being Reflector&amp;quot; camp on the repairing guys, especially as there are about five generic-looking guys in that scene. (Yes, the one on the table is colored like Frenzy and has his legs, but is missing the tape-hole design that the Rumble in that same scene has.) I would lean towards the note being of a &amp;quot;may or may not be&amp;quot; nature. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:53, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Nah, it&#039;s gonna be.  The guy fafind forward has chest-detailing unique to Spectro, and in the longshot at the end of the page (when he shoots Starscream) it&#039;s the guy has Spyglasses chest right. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Cartoon generics==&lt;br /&gt;
I don&#039;t really like how the cartoon section handles cartoon Reflector, but maybe it is the best that can be done without making stuff up.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It seems to play dumb, pretending there are more than three Reflector units when in other places the wiki doesn&#039;t seem to have trouble calling something a [[generic]]. I wish we could take a stand on a few things, like there are three Reflector-bots, and they talk in unison. If someone doesn&#039;t match that, he is generic. I like the analysis at [http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscartoon/warrior.htm the obscure TF page]. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;d be down with that, if there wasn&#039;t a scene that explicitly shows Reflector duplciates disappearing when colliding with other units (it&#039;s more than just generic weirdness, it&#039;s something that the script obviously had to call for) &#039;&#039;and&#039;&#039; instances of only &#039;&#039;one&#039;&#039; Reflector unit standing around and talking with the triplicate-voice on its own. He is &#039;&#039;wierd&#039;&#039;. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:45, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Is this why did we deleted the &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; page? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:56, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I don&#039;t remember us even &#039;&#039;having&#039;&#039; a Warrior page. That must&#039;ve been a good long time back. I only wrote up Reflector&#039;s cartoon section in detail recently.  - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:06, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The cartoon section is well done, everything clearly documented with notes and everything. I hope I didn&#039;t give the impression I was trashing it. I just wish we could say more with certainty, but the cartoon did leave a lot open for interpretation. I think it is a good case that &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; is a separate generic, however. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 21:19, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Alternity ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Reflector was dispatched to universal stream 905.0 Beta&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I assume this should be Primax 905.0 Beta, or am I missing something here? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:34, 14 October 2010 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Toy Listings ==&lt;br /&gt;
Should any further toy listings also be included on the separate component&#039;s pages? He&#039;s not named Viewfinder here, but is Viewfinder considered to be this guy (like Octane=Universe Tankor)?[[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] ([[User talk:Riddlerj|talk]]) 09:03, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Interesting question. The bot mode seems to be very heavily based on Viewfinder&#039;s package art (unsurprising, considering Kyde also mentioned that the Micromaster-homage guys were based primarily on their package art), but it&#039;s called Reflector and turns into an entire camera. I guess put it at just [[Reflector (G1)]] and [[Viewfinder]], maybe? [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 09:15, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I would say no, Universe Tankor is Octane with a new name. A new toy named Reflector is a toy of Reflector. And Reflector is a singular character sometimes (he was in the cartoon), no matter how many bodies he has or which toy component he looks like. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 09:18, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Generations Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
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As I said on the Skrapnel talk page, should we mention that Reflector can be held by the arms in camera mode?  Also, is it worth noting that he&#039;s actually spring loaded? --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 16:08, 11 November 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Generations Thrilling 30 Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I posted this statement in the notes section of Reflector&#039;s page: &amp;quot;*Generations Thrilling 30 Reflector&#039;s robot mode has more than a passing resemblance to the GoBots water pistol Rogun.&amp;quot; Why was this removed? It is an accurate statement. --[[User:Stars|Stars]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generations Skrapnel/Reflector */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;It does indeed appear that Reflector was originally intended for wider release.  Who would be able to discover Hasbro&#039;s reasoning for deciding not to include this toy (until the mail-in promotion)?  Would there be anybody who (used to) work(s) for Hasbro who would even know?  This is one of the few great mysteries of the G1 era remaining to be disciphered.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 17:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I&#039;d suggest asking Budainsky if he rembers anything about him. He did fairly early caracter work on them all. Might give us a timeframe for his being cut, at least. Bud. might not remember the character, but if you describe 3 robots combining into a camera maybe he&#039;d recall something. Could give us insight into whether he was ever gonna be in the comic too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Reflector appears in MTMTE, but was not on the list of tech spec stats that Bob worked out over that famed Thanksgiving weekend.  I know because I took a picture of it at Iacon One [http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=187880176&amp;amp;size=l].  That would indicate that he was dropped before the characters&#039; names were invented.  If so, it&#039;s a little odd that he ended up in the cartoon, since one would think the cartoon didn&#039;t go into development (storywise at least) until after Marvel had come up with their treatment.  If Reflector had already been dropped by that time, why was he in the show at all?  Likewise with Hauler and Shockwave.  So... it could be that Reflector was tentatively &#039;&#039;added&#039;&#039; to the toyline after the first batch of bios were written, and then taken out again (until released as a mail order exclusive).  That would, in many ways I think, be consistent with his rather personality-less portrayal.  --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 15:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Didn&#039;t the partial TF bible floating around online include a note that the character Reflector had been dropped from the cartoon, and not to use him?  (The same one which talked about having Skyfire in his Macross-style form in his intro episode, and rebuilding him to not look like a Veritech after-- apparently the original motivation for his &#039;death&#039;.)&lt;br /&gt;
::: I&#039;d say the axe just fell too late, and they&#039;d already been put in the cartoon.  Or the Japanese production company didn&#039;t get the note, or the storyboardes had already been done, or a buncha reasons.  -Derik18:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::[http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage34.html Here.] - Derik&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::: Two things I have on this matter: One, after I posted my interview with George Dunsay, I continued the mail exchange for a few days until health reasons made me take a break from Transformers for a while. Most of the questions that were never published because of the abrupt end of our conversation were centered around oddities from the first few years of the TF line (red and yellow Bumblebee/Cliffjumper, Bumper, possibility of Shockwave having been delayed for a year as per appearing as early as the pilot/show bible using a drastically different character description than the toy&#039;s tech spec, even though the rest of the TF Bible profiles are almost verbatim quotes from the tech specs etc.). Most questions he couldn&#039;t answer, but he was able to fill me in on the Reflector issue a bit: The reason why Reflector was cancelled as a mass release was because Hasbro considered the toy &amp;quot;not interesting in both modes&amp;quot;, as Hasbro had decided that one mode had to be a vehicle (so how about Megatron, Soundwave etc.?). Hasbro considered it a good mail-away premium, however, as it was &amp;quot;too expensive&amp;quot; with normal markups, and offered a bad price/value relationship. The other point I have is [[Heavy Metal War#Trivia|this]] find. The &#039;&#039;cartoon&#039;&#039; confirms the existence of a mass retail Hasbro product code number, which fits perfectly within a gap in my list of Hasbro product codes for TF toys.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 00:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::That&#039;s an awesome picture by the way. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==Extra pic==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This pic of his camera mode was uglying things up, so I removed it. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 03:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:...who is responsible for this caption? I&#039;m in AWE. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::...In awe of a Goosebumps title? --[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 03:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::No kidding. That&#039;s a really bizarre reference. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Reflector-Camera.jpg|thumb|250px|Say cheese and die!]]&lt;br /&gt;
::::...That demanded recycling.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 06:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Spy Shot 6 ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Uh, I&#039;m inclinded to call shenanagans on that &amp;quot;molded on reflector from solar adventure&amp;quot; thing unless someone can point to something more solid than &amp;quot;they&#039;re both cameras.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;m inclined to agree. Seems quite far-fetched. -[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:24, 2 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== reflector joke ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We three camras of orient times tried to smoke a rubber cigar it was loaded, it exploded...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Dirty Reflector Joke==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If Reflector has sex with himself, is it a regular Threesome, Incest, or Masturbation? [[User:86.17.124.125|86.17.124.125]] 14:18, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Most appropriate picture? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Might&#039;nt it make more sense to have the Cartoon-style Reflector be the first profile section picture? That universe contains &#039;&#039;&#039;by far&#039;&#039;&#039; his most prominent, important, and numerous appearences in any continuity. (That&#039;s what we try to go by right?) --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 14:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Marvel US #4 pic ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shouldn&#039;t that go on Viewfinder&#039;s page, not here?  Anyway- Spectro appears in the same issue, he&#039;s on the page in the Decepticon med-bay.  One of those other fellows might be Spyglass I suppose. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Uh, pic [http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/reflectorii.jpg here], can you ID the guy on the topmost bed? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:13, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Guy on the topmost bed is probably another Frumble, judging by the legs.  It&#039;s weird that non-identical non-cartoon Reflectors show up in the comic, if they do.  It means either that Springer worked from the toy, which seems like an abberation, or there were earlier character models that were more toy-accurate.  --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I&#039;m guessing that the side-view guy in that image is Viewfinder, or the fellow giving Skywarp a transfusion, since the other 2 are present.  I agree it&#039;s odd- but there you go. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:I am personally in the &amp;quot;debateable as actually being Reflector&amp;quot; camp on the repairing guys, especially as there are about five generic-looking guys in that scene. (Yes, the one on the table is colored like Frenzy and has his legs, but is missing the tape-hole design that the Rumble in that same scene has.) I would lean towards the note being of a &amp;quot;may or may not be&amp;quot; nature. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:53, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Nah, it&#039;s gonna be.  The guy fafind forward has chest-detailing unique to Spectro, and in the longshot at the end of the page (when he shoots Starscream) it&#039;s the guy has Spyglasses chest right. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Cartoon generics==&lt;br /&gt;
I don&#039;t really like how the cartoon section handles cartoon Reflector, but maybe it is the best that can be done without making stuff up.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It seems to play dumb, pretending there are more than three Reflector units when in other places the wiki doesn&#039;t seem to have trouble calling something a [[generic]]. I wish we could take a stand on a few things, like there are three Reflector-bots, and they talk in unison. If someone doesn&#039;t match that, he is generic. I like the analysis at [http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscartoon/warrior.htm the obscure TF page]. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;d be down with that, if there wasn&#039;t a scene that explicitly shows Reflector duplciates disappearing when colliding with other units (it&#039;s more than just generic weirdness, it&#039;s something that the script obviously had to call for) &#039;&#039;and&#039;&#039; instances of only &#039;&#039;one&#039;&#039; Reflector unit standing around and talking with the triplicate-voice on its own. He is &#039;&#039;wierd&#039;&#039;. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:45, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Is this why did we deleted the &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; page? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:56, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I don&#039;t remember us even &#039;&#039;having&#039;&#039; a Warrior page. That must&#039;ve been a good long time back. I only wrote up Reflector&#039;s cartoon section in detail recently.  - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:06, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The cartoon section is well done, everything clearly documented with notes and everything. I hope I didn&#039;t give the impression I was trashing it. I just wish we could say more with certainty, but the cartoon did leave a lot open for interpretation. I think it is a good case that &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; is a separate generic, however. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 21:19, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Alternity ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Reflector was dispatched to universal stream 905.0 Beta&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I assume this should be Primax 905.0 Beta, or am I missing something here? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:34, 14 October 2010 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Toy Listings ==&lt;br /&gt;
Should any further toy listings also be included on the separate component&#039;s pages? He&#039;s not named Viewfinder here, but is Viewfinder considered to be this guy (like Octane=Universe Tankor)?[[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] ([[User talk:Riddlerj|talk]]) 09:03, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Interesting question. The bot mode seems to be very heavily based on Viewfinder&#039;s package art (unsurprising, considering Kyde also mentioned that the Micromaster-homage guys were based primarily on their package art), but it&#039;s called Reflector and turns into an entire camera. I guess put it at just [[Reflector (G1)]] and [[Viewfinder]], maybe? [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 09:15, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I would say no, Universe Tankor is Octane with a new name. A new toy named Reflector is a toy of Reflector. And Reflector is a singular character sometimes (he was in the cartoon), no matter how many bodies he has or which toy component he looks like. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 09:18, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Generations Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
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As I said on the Skrapnel talk page, should we mention that Reflector can be held by the arms in camera mode?  Also, is it worth noting that he&#039;s actually spring loaded? --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 16:08, 11 November 2014 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generations Skrapnel/Reflector */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;It does indeed appear that Reflector was originally intended for wider release.  Who would be able to discover Hasbro&#039;s reasoning for deciding not to include this toy (until the mail-in promotion)?  Would there be anybody who (used to) work(s) for Hasbro who would even know?  This is one of the few great mysteries of the G1 era remaining to be disciphered.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 17:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I&#039;d suggest asking Budainsky if he rembers anything about him. He did fairly early caracter work on them all. Might give us a timeframe for his being cut, at least. Bud. might not remember the character, but if you describe 3 robots combining into a camera maybe he&#039;d recall something. Could give us insight into whether he was ever gonna be in the comic too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Reflector appears in MTMTE, but was not on the list of tech spec stats that Bob worked out over that famed Thanksgiving weekend.  I know because I took a picture of it at Iacon One [http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=187880176&amp;amp;size=l].  That would indicate that he was dropped before the characters&#039; names were invented.  If so, it&#039;s a little odd that he ended up in the cartoon, since one would think the cartoon didn&#039;t go into development (storywise at least) until after Marvel had come up with their treatment.  If Reflector had already been dropped by that time, why was he in the show at all?  Likewise with Hauler and Shockwave.  So... it could be that Reflector was tentatively &#039;&#039;added&#039;&#039; to the toyline after the first batch of bios were written, and then taken out again (until released as a mail order exclusive).  That would, in many ways I think, be consistent with his rather personality-less portrayal.  --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 15:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::Didn&#039;t the partial TF bible floating around online include a note that the character Reflector had been dropped from the cartoon, and not to use him?  (The same one which talked about having Skyfire in his Macross-style form in his intro episode, and rebuilding him to not look like a Veritech after-- apparently the original motivation for his &#039;death&#039;.)&lt;br /&gt;
::: I&#039;d say the axe just fell too late, and they&#039;d already been put in the cartoon.  Or the Japanese production company didn&#039;t get the note, or the storyboardes had already been done, or a buncha reasons.  -Derik18:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::[http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage34.html Here.] - Derik&lt;br /&gt;
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::::: Two things I have on this matter: One, after I posted my interview with George Dunsay, I continued the mail exchange for a few days until health reasons made me take a break from Transformers for a while. Most of the questions that were never published because of the abrupt end of our conversation were centered around oddities from the first few years of the TF line (red and yellow Bumblebee/Cliffjumper, Bumper, possibility of Shockwave having been delayed for a year as per appearing as early as the pilot/show bible using a drastically different character description than the toy&#039;s tech spec, even though the rest of the TF Bible profiles are almost verbatim quotes from the tech specs etc.). Most questions he couldn&#039;t answer, but he was able to fill me in on the Reflector issue a bit: The reason why Reflector was cancelled as a mass release was because Hasbro considered the toy &amp;quot;not interesting in both modes&amp;quot;, as Hasbro had decided that one mode had to be a vehicle (so how about Megatron, Soundwave etc.?). Hasbro considered it a good mail-away premium, however, as it was &amp;quot;too expensive&amp;quot; with normal markups, and offered a bad price/value relationship. The other point I have is [[Heavy Metal War#Trivia|this]] find. The &#039;&#039;cartoon&#039;&#039; confirms the existence of a mass retail Hasbro product code number, which fits perfectly within a gap in my list of Hasbro product codes for TF toys.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 00:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::That&#039;s an awesome picture by the way. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==Extra pic==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This pic of his camera mode was uglying things up, so I removed it. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 03:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:...who is responsible for this caption? I&#039;m in AWE. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::...In awe of a Goosebumps title? --[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 03:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::No kidding. That&#039;s a really bizarre reference. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Reflector-Camera.jpg|thumb|250px|Say cheese and die!]]&lt;br /&gt;
::::...That demanded recycling.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 06:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Spy Shot 6 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Uh, I&#039;m inclinded to call shenanagans on that &amp;quot;molded on reflector from solar adventure&amp;quot; thing unless someone can point to something more solid than &amp;quot;they&#039;re both cameras.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;m inclined to agree. Seems quite far-fetched. -[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:24, 2 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== reflector joke ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We three camras of orient times tried to smoke a rubber cigar it was loaded, it exploded...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Dirty Reflector Joke==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If Reflector has sex with himself, is it a regular Threesome, Incest, or Masturbation? [[User:86.17.124.125|86.17.124.125]] 14:18, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Most appropriate picture? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Might&#039;nt it make more sense to have the Cartoon-style Reflector be the first profile section picture? That universe contains &#039;&#039;&#039;by far&#039;&#039;&#039; his most prominent, important, and numerous appearences in any continuity. (That&#039;s what we try to go by right?) --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 14:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Marvel US #4 pic ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shouldn&#039;t that go on Viewfinder&#039;s page, not here?  Anyway- Spectro appears in the same issue, he&#039;s on the page in the Decepticon med-bay.  One of those other fellows might be Spyglass I suppose. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Uh, pic [http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/reflectorii.jpg here], can you ID the guy on the topmost bed? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:13, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Guy on the topmost bed is probably another Frumble, judging by the legs.  It&#039;s weird that non-identical non-cartoon Reflectors show up in the comic, if they do.  It means either that Springer worked from the toy, which seems like an abberation, or there were earlier character models that were more toy-accurate.  --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I&#039;m guessing that the side-view guy in that image is Viewfinder, or the fellow giving Skywarp a transfusion, since the other 2 are present.  I agree it&#039;s odd- but there you go. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:I am personally in the &amp;quot;debateable as actually being Reflector&amp;quot; camp on the repairing guys, especially as there are about five generic-looking guys in that scene. (Yes, the one on the table is colored like Frenzy and has his legs, but is missing the tape-hole design that the Rumble in that same scene has.) I would lean towards the note being of a &amp;quot;may or may not be&amp;quot; nature. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:53, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Nah, it&#039;s gonna be.  The guy fafind forward has chest-detailing unique to Spectro, and in the longshot at the end of the page (when he shoots Starscream) it&#039;s the guy has Spyglasses chest right. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Cartoon generics==&lt;br /&gt;
I don&#039;t really like how the cartoon section handles cartoon Reflector, but maybe it is the best that can be done without making stuff up.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It seems to play dumb, pretending there are more than three Reflector units when in other places the wiki doesn&#039;t seem to have trouble calling something a [[generic]]. I wish we could take a stand on a few things, like there are three Reflector-bots, and they talk in unison. If someone doesn&#039;t match that, he is generic. I like the analysis at [http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscartoon/warrior.htm the obscure TF page]. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;d be down with that, if there wasn&#039;t a scene that explicitly shows Reflector duplciates disappearing when colliding with other units (it&#039;s more than just generic weirdness, it&#039;s something that the script obviously had to call for) &#039;&#039;and&#039;&#039; instances of only &#039;&#039;one&#039;&#039; Reflector unit standing around and talking with the triplicate-voice on its own. He is &#039;&#039;wierd&#039;&#039;. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:45, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Is this why did we deleted the &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; page? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:56, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I don&#039;t remember us even &#039;&#039;having&#039;&#039; a Warrior page. That must&#039;ve been a good long time back. I only wrote up Reflector&#039;s cartoon section in detail recently.  - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:06, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The cartoon section is well done, everything clearly documented with notes and everything. I hope I didn&#039;t give the impression I was trashing it. I just wish we could say more with certainty, but the cartoon did leave a lot open for interpretation. I think it is a good case that &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; is a separate generic, however. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 21:19, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Alternity ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Reflector was dispatched to universal stream 905.0 Beta&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I assume this should be Primax 905.0 Beta, or am I missing something here? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:34, 14 October 2010 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Toy Listings ==&lt;br /&gt;
Should any further toy listings also be included on the separate component&#039;s pages? He&#039;s not named Viewfinder here, but is Viewfinder considered to be this guy (like Octane=Universe Tankor)?[[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] ([[User talk:Riddlerj|talk]]) 09:03, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Interesting question. The bot mode seems to be very heavily based on Viewfinder&#039;s package art (unsurprising, considering Kyde also mentioned that the Micromaster-homage guys were based primarily on their package art), but it&#039;s called Reflector and turns into an entire camera. I guess put it at just [[Reflector (G1)]] and [[Viewfinder]], maybe? [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 09:15, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I would say no, Universe Tankor is Octane with a new name. A new toy named Reflector is a toy of Reflector. And Reflector is a singular character sometimes (he was in the cartoon), no matter how many bodies he has or which toy component he looks like. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 09:18, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Generations Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As I said on the Skrapnel talk page, should we mention that Reflector can be held by the arms in camera mode?  Also, is it worth noting that he&#039;s actually spring loaded? --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 16:08, 11 November 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I posted the following in the notes section of Reflector&#039;s notes: *Generations Thrilling 30 Reflector&#039;s robot mode has more than a passing resemblance to the GoBots water pistol Rogun.&amp;quot; Why was this removed? It is an accurate statement.  --[[User:Stars|Stars]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generations Skrapnel/Reflector */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;It does indeed appear that Reflector was originally intended for wider release.  Who would be able to discover Hasbro&#039;s reasoning for deciding not to include this toy (until the mail-in promotion)?  Would there be anybody who (used to) work(s) for Hasbro who would even know?  This is one of the few great mysteries of the G1 era remaining to be disciphered.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 17:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I&#039;d suggest asking Budainsky if he rembers anything about him. He did fairly early caracter work on them all. Might give us a timeframe for his being cut, at least. Bud. might not remember the character, but if you describe 3 robots combining into a camera maybe he&#039;d recall something. Could give us insight into whether he was ever gonna be in the comic too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Reflector appears in MTMTE, but was not on the list of tech spec stats that Bob worked out over that famed Thanksgiving weekend.  I know because I took a picture of it at Iacon One [http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=187880176&amp;amp;size=l].  That would indicate that he was dropped before the characters&#039; names were invented.  If so, it&#039;s a little odd that he ended up in the cartoon, since one would think the cartoon didn&#039;t go into development (storywise at least) until after Marvel had come up with their treatment.  If Reflector had already been dropped by that time, why was he in the show at all?  Likewise with Hauler and Shockwave.  So... it could be that Reflector was tentatively &#039;&#039;added&#039;&#039; to the toyline after the first batch of bios were written, and then taken out again (until released as a mail order exclusive).  That would, in many ways I think, be consistent with his rather personality-less portrayal.  --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 15:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::Didn&#039;t the partial TF bible floating around online include a note that the character Reflector had been dropped from the cartoon, and not to use him?  (The same one which talked about having Skyfire in his Macross-style form in his intro episode, and rebuilding him to not look like a Veritech after-- apparently the original motivation for his &#039;death&#039;.)&lt;br /&gt;
::: I&#039;d say the axe just fell too late, and they&#039;d already been put in the cartoon.  Or the Japanese production company didn&#039;t get the note, or the storyboardes had already been done, or a buncha reasons.  -Derik18:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::[http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage34.html Here.] - Derik&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::: Two things I have on this matter: One, after I posted my interview with George Dunsay, I continued the mail exchange for a few days until health reasons made me take a break from Transformers for a while. Most of the questions that were never published because of the abrupt end of our conversation were centered around oddities from the first few years of the TF line (red and yellow Bumblebee/Cliffjumper, Bumper, possibility of Shockwave having been delayed for a year as per appearing as early as the pilot/show bible using a drastically different character description than the toy&#039;s tech spec, even though the rest of the TF Bible profiles are almost verbatim quotes from the tech specs etc.). Most questions he couldn&#039;t answer, but he was able to fill me in on the Reflector issue a bit: The reason why Reflector was cancelled as a mass release was because Hasbro considered the toy &amp;quot;not interesting in both modes&amp;quot;, as Hasbro had decided that one mode had to be a vehicle (so how about Megatron, Soundwave etc.?). Hasbro considered it a good mail-away premium, however, as it was &amp;quot;too expensive&amp;quot; with normal markups, and offered a bad price/value relationship. The other point I have is [[Heavy Metal War#Trivia|this]] find. The &#039;&#039;cartoon&#039;&#039; confirms the existence of a mass retail Hasbro product code number, which fits perfectly within a gap in my list of Hasbro product codes for TF toys.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 00:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::That&#039;s an awesome picture by the way. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==Extra pic==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This pic of his camera mode was uglying things up, so I removed it. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 03:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:...who is responsible for this caption? I&#039;m in AWE. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::...In awe of a Goosebumps title? --[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 03:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::No kidding. That&#039;s a really bizarre reference. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 03:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Reflector-Camera.jpg|thumb|250px|Say cheese and die!]]&lt;br /&gt;
::::...That demanded recycling.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 06:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Spy Shot 6 ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Uh, I&#039;m inclinded to call shenanagans on that &amp;quot;molded on reflector from solar adventure&amp;quot; thing unless someone can point to something more solid than &amp;quot;they&#039;re both cameras.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;m inclined to agree. Seems quite far-fetched. -[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:24, 2 September 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== reflector joke ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We three camras of orient times tried to smoke a rubber cigar it was loaded, it exploded...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Dirty Reflector Joke==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If Reflector has sex with himself, is it a regular Threesome, Incest, or Masturbation? [[User:86.17.124.125|86.17.124.125]] 14:18, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Most appropriate picture? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Might&#039;nt it make more sense to have the Cartoon-style Reflector be the first profile section picture? That universe contains &#039;&#039;&#039;by far&#039;&#039;&#039; his most prominent, important, and numerous appearences in any continuity. (That&#039;s what we try to go by right?) --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 14:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Marvel US #4 pic ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shouldn&#039;t that go on Viewfinder&#039;s page, not here?  Anyway- Spectro appears in the same issue, he&#039;s on the page in the Decepticon med-bay.  One of those other fellows might be Spyglass I suppose. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Uh, pic [http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/reflectorii.jpg here], can you ID the guy on the topmost bed? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:13, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Guy on the topmost bed is probably another Frumble, judging by the legs.  It&#039;s weird that non-identical non-cartoon Reflectors show up in the comic, if they do.  It means either that Springer worked from the toy, which seems like an abberation, or there were earlier character models that were more toy-accurate.  --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I&#039;m guessing that the side-view guy in that image is Viewfinder, or the fellow giving Skywarp a transfusion, since the other 2 are present.  I agree it&#039;s odd- but there you go. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:I am personally in the &amp;quot;debateable as actually being Reflector&amp;quot; camp on the repairing guys, especially as there are about five generic-looking guys in that scene. (Yes, the one on the table is colored like Frenzy and has his legs, but is missing the tape-hole design that the Rumble in that same scene has.) I would lean towards the note being of a &amp;quot;may or may not be&amp;quot; nature. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:53, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Nah, it&#039;s gonna be.  The guy fafind forward has chest-detailing unique to Spectro, and in the longshot at the end of the page (when he shoots Starscream) it&#039;s the guy has Spyglasses chest right. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Cartoon generics==&lt;br /&gt;
I don&#039;t really like how the cartoon section handles cartoon Reflector, but maybe it is the best that can be done without making stuff up.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It seems to play dumb, pretending there are more than three Reflector units when in other places the wiki doesn&#039;t seem to have trouble calling something a [[generic]]. I wish we could take a stand on a few things, like there are three Reflector-bots, and they talk in unison. If someone doesn&#039;t match that, he is generic. I like the analysis at [http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscartoon/warrior.htm the obscure TF page]. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:21, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;d be down with that, if there wasn&#039;t a scene that explicitly shows Reflector duplciates disappearing when colliding with other units (it&#039;s more than just generic weirdness, it&#039;s something that the script obviously had to call for) &#039;&#039;and&#039;&#039; instances of only &#039;&#039;one&#039;&#039; Reflector unit standing around and talking with the triplicate-voice on its own. He is &#039;&#039;wierd&#039;&#039;. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:45, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Is this why did we deleted the &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; page? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:56, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I don&#039;t remember us even &#039;&#039;having&#039;&#039; a Warrior page. That must&#039;ve been a good long time back. I only wrote up Reflector&#039;s cartoon section in detail recently.  - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:06, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The cartoon section is well done, everything clearly documented with notes and everything. I hope I didn&#039;t give the impression I was trashing it. I just wish we could say more with certainty, but the cartoon did leave a lot open for interpretation. I think it is a good case that &amp;quot;Warrior&amp;quot; is a separate generic, however. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 21:19, 29 April 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Alternity ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Reflector was dispatched to universal stream 905.0 Beta&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I assume this should be Primax 905.0 Beta, or am I missing something here? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:34, 14 October 2010 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Toy Listings ==&lt;br /&gt;
Should any further toy listings also be included on the separate component&#039;s pages? He&#039;s not named Viewfinder here, but is Viewfinder considered to be this guy (like Octane=Universe Tankor)?[[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] ([[User talk:Riddlerj|talk]]) 09:03, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Interesting question. The bot mode seems to be very heavily based on Viewfinder&#039;s package art (unsurprising, considering Kyde also mentioned that the Micromaster-homage guys were based primarily on their package art), but it&#039;s called Reflector and turns into an entire camera. I guess put it at just [[Reflector (G1)]] and [[Viewfinder]], maybe? [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 09:15, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I would say no, Universe Tankor is Octane with a new name. A new toy named Reflector is a toy of Reflector. And Reflector is a singular character sometimes (he was in the cartoon), no matter how many bodies he has or which toy component he looks like. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 09:18, 5 March 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Generations Skrapnel/Reflector ==&lt;br /&gt;
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As I said on the Skrapnel talk page, should we mention that Reflector can be held by the arms in camera mode?  Also, is it worth noting that he&#039;s actually spring loaded? --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 16:08, 11 November 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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I posted the following in the notes section of Reflector&#039;s notes: *Generations Thrilling 30 Reflector&#039;s robot mode has more than a passing resemblance to the GoBots water pistol Rogun.&amp;quot; Why was this removed? It is an accurate statement. [[User:Stars|Stars]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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:&#039;&#039;Reflector is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:ReflectorG1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|It&#039;s a Kodak moment. Top down: Viewfinder, Spyglass, Spectro]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Reflector&#039;&#039;&#039; likes to watch. He lives (they live?) to observe anything and everything, from scenery, to wildlife, to architecture. But above all else, Reflector likes to watch his (their?) comrades, learn their dark secrets, and profit from them. Reflector is also very impressed with his (their) own abilities both in the fields of observation and blackmail. &lt;br /&gt;
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Reflector is generally composed of three separate robots—[[Spectro]], [[Spyglass]], and [[Viewfinder]]—who combine into the one single-lens-reflex camera [[alternate mode|altmode]] that is Reflector. &lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; cartoon====&lt;br /&gt;
{{voiceactor|[[Chris Latta]] (English), [[Ken Sansom]] (English; &amp;quot;[[Divide and Conquer]]&amp;quot;), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese, &amp;quot;Fire in the Sky&amp;quot;)|[[Wang Wèi]] (Chinese), [[Ulrich Bernsdorff]] (German), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039;, &amp;quot;More than Meets the Eye, Part 1&amp;quot;), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039;, &amp;quot;S.O.S. Dinobots&amp;quot;), [[Mário Monjardim]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:MTME1 Reflector camera.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|[[Scale]] in a camera-con? Don&#039;t be silly.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Reflector was among the warriors who accompanied [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] aboard the Decepticons&#039; [[Nemesis (G1)|space cruiser]] during its assault on the Autobots&#039; [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] four million years ago. When the Ark crashed on Earth, Reflector was entombed in stasis with the other Transformers and awoke with the other Decepticons on Earth in 1984. Withdrawing from the Ark, the Decepticons immediately set about constructing a temporary base for themselves, and Reflector and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] were assigned to patrol the perimeter. As they surveyed the desert landscape, Reflector expressed his disbelief that the Autobots had also survived the crash. Thundercracker then spotted something off in the distance, and Reflector transformed to camera mode so that Thundercracker could use him to zoom in on the mystery object. Reflector dispensed a Polaroid photograph of the truck that had caught their attention, and Thundercracker reported the intruder to Megatron as a possible Autobot (which it wasn&#039;t). {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} &lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:GenericDecepticons MTMTE.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Anything you need reflected? I (we?) gotcha covered.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Reflector later battled the Autobot forces on an offshore oil rig, {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} and joined in the Decepticons&#039; attack on [[Sherman Dam]]. Soon after, numerous Reflector robots were seen pillaging energy all across the world and helping stack [[energon cube]]s in the [[ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} Reflector participated in the battle royale with the Autobots shortly before the Decepticons&#039; failed attempt at returning to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard a new space cruiser. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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While the Decepticons were in the midst of testing their new intergalactic &amp;quot;[[space bridge]]&amp;quot; transport system, Reflector took part in two battles with the Autobots when the heroic robots tried to interfere with the test run. The battle ended badly when Megatron was sucked through the space bridge and back to Cybertron, {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}} but Reflector seemed unfazed by the apparent loss of his leader, as he went on to carry out orders that had previously been given to him and began staking out the laboratory of [[antimatter]] researcher [[Alcazar|Doctor Alcazar]]. Using his photographic abilities to obtain the entry code for the laboratory&#039;s security system in secret, Reflector concluded his stakeout just as Megatron returned to Earth, and he quickly reported his findings to the Decepticon leader. Reflector subsequently followed Megatron back to the lab and entered the entry code for him, allowing the villains to enter the complex stealthily. Reflector was no doubt rather cheesed off to learn that his spying had been for naught when it turned out that Alcazar had gotten rid of the antimatter formula by transmitting it to [[Chip Chase]]. When the Decepticons acquired the formula from Chip, Reflector helped charge energon cubes with the antimatter they created, and then participated in the subsequent battle with the Autobots, which ended when the antimatter cubes Megatron was using to power himself threatened to overload. {{storylink|Roll for It}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:DivideandConquer SympatheticDecepticon.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Hey, Reflector, want this candy bar? *tosses it to the ground and stomps on it.*]]&lt;br /&gt;
Reflector later worked with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] on another attempt to transport energon cubes to Cybertron via the space bridge. In addition to the normal three Reflector robots, a fourth robot sharing their body type was present for this operation, and when Starscream required a pilot for the space bridge vessel, this unfortunate warrior was selected. He begged that he not be chosen, but his words fell on deaf ears as Starscream picked him up and dropped him into the transport craft. Fortunately for this robot, his piloting skills allowed him to traverse the space bridge, and he safely arrived on Cybertron with his energon payload.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{note|This hapless little guy was scripted to just be a generic Decepticon, but the animators substituted in a Reflector. He was voiced by [[Ken Sansom]], rather than Reflector&#039;s normal voice actor, Chris Latta.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:ReflectorCartoon1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|I (we?) see EVERYTHING!]]&lt;br /&gt;
A group of Autobots soon arrived to investigate the Decepticon goings-on, but Reflector was quick to act and dazzled them with a blinding flash from his central lens. The Autobots soon got themselves together, though, and Reflector was dispatched when his duplicates were hurled into one another, causing them to recombine into one. Reflector&#039;s component selves later took part in a Decepticon attack on [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] and were fired upon by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], but the three robots were confident that the Earth germ couldn&#039;t hit all of them at once. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} &lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:FireintheSky Reflector formation.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Presenting... the Cirque du So-lame! ok I&#039;ll show myself out.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Reflector did most of the grunt work when the Decepticons sought to drain the energy of the [[Earth&#039;s core]] via a crystal shaft in the Arctic, operating machinery and gathering energon cubes. When their digging unearthed the frozen Autobot [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], Reflector tried attacking the towering robot by running at him in a sort of cheerleader-pyramid formation, only to be—unsurprisingly—knocked to the ground with a swipe of Skyfire&#039;s arm. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Along with [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], Reflector gathered valuable intelligence on the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power station, and he took part in the attack that their information-gathering helped facilitate. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}} Soon after, Reflector went with the other Decepticons on a mission to Peru in another attempt to seize the power of the Earth&#039;s core. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}} Later still, Reflector was part of the Decepticon team who tried harnessing energy from an unstable meteorite. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When the Decepticons used their space bridge to pull Cybertron itself into Earth&#039;s orbit in order to reap the energy released by the natural disasters that would result, Reflector was at Megatron&#039;s side as the Decepticon leader watched the construction of a hydroelectric energy collector. When an unexpectedly strong tidal wave demolished the structure, Megatron and Reflector escaped aboard a transport ship, though Reflector was given pause to wonder on the fate of the Decepticons&#039; human ally, [[Doctor Arkeville]]. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} Cybertron was soon blasted out of Earth&#039;s proximity, but some robots of Reflector&#039;s body design were seen on the planet not long after, carrying the wounded Arkeville to a medical bay. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After taking part in another energy-raiding attempt with the help of new arrivals the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}} Reflector joined the other Decepticons in relinquishing his [[power chip rectifier]] to a machine that would transfer all of the Decepticons&#039; special abilities to Megatron, enabling him to best [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] easily in a one-on-one duel. During the combat, Megatron employed Reflector&#039;s power to generate a brilliant flash of light to blind Optimus Prime. When Megatron&#039;s deception was exposed, Reflector and the other Decepticons were sent tumbling into a river of lava by the enraged Autobots. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} &lt;br /&gt;
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Learning that the Autobots had transferred Spike&#039;s mind into a robot body, Megatron had Reflector watch over Autobot Headquarters, and his spying soon bore fruit when the unstable &amp;quot;Autobot Spike&amp;quot; came bursting through a wall and flew off. Reflector followed and summoned the other Decepticons to his position. Megatron proceeded to try and turn Spike against the Autobots, but the attempt ultimately ended in failure. {{storylink|Autobot Spike}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Reflector joined in the Decepticons&#039; attempt to conquer [[Washington, D.C.]], {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}} followed Megatron in an attempt to hijack a rocket, {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (episode)|Attack of the Autobots}} and clashed with the Insecticons over stolen [[electro-cell]]s. {{storylink|Traitor (episode)|Traitor}} A little later, he helped battle the Autobots for control of [[korlonium crystal]]s. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}} After this, having being absent for a prolonged period, Reflector reappeared as part of a group of Decepticons on the rampage in [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]], {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur&#039;s Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur&#039;s Court}} and soon after, he was among the Decepticons who coated themselves with [[electrum]] to cause havoc. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} Reflector later battled the mutinous Starscream and his [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|Starscream&#039;s Brigade}} &lt;br /&gt;
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Reflector was present at the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and the coronation of Starscream soon afterward. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{note|Reflector’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]&#039;&#039;.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====&lt;br /&gt;
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=====&#039;&#039;Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers&#039;&#039; manga=====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:SRLF4 astrotrain snaps metroplex.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|After a long day at work, the Autobot city sat down for a beer.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] photographed the incomplete [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] with the aid of Reflector&#039;s camera mode, so that Megatron could decipher whether or not it was powerful enough to stand up to [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=====&#039;&#039;Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers&#039;&#039; story pages=====&lt;br /&gt;
Reflector was amongst the Decepticons who attacked New York City early in their conflict with the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 1|Broadcasting on TV! Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=====Full Throttle Scramble Power!=====&lt;br /&gt;
The Decepticons constructed a new weapon to pursue their energy-plundering campaign on Earth, the [[Omega Whip]]. Reflector and Shockwave were charged with manning the device&#039;s control as other teams of the Decepticons would go out and attack power plants to retrieve the energy stored within them. The whole plot was foiled when [[Jenny (G1)|Jenny]], a captive of the Decepticons, managed to reprogram Starscream into blowing up the Omega Whip&#039;s controls. Reflector was sent tumbling away from his post. He then followed Megatron into battle, but was forced to flee along with the rest of the Decepticons when a massive amount of Autobot reinforcements joined the fray. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Reflector trio were amongst the Decepticons who attacked the &#039;&#039;[[Trigger]]&#039;&#039; as it neared completion. They took it over easily, thanks in part to the human collaborator, [[Trov]]. One human, [[Makoto (Star Gate)|Makoto]], had been overlooked by the Decepticons however, and managed to pin down Reflector and the rest of the group under Megatron’s command in the &#039;&#039;Trigger&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;s rail room with a powerful electromagnetic field. Reflector was almost sent hurdling to the farthest side of the galaxy by the &#039;&#039;Trigger&#039;&#039;, but a blast from Megatron&#039;s fusion cannon disabled the portal. Then the Autobots showed up, and the two factions began their battle aboard the space station. The Decepticons lost the fight and fled. {{storylink|First Contact (Star Gate)|First Contact}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Reflector trio were &amp;quot;one&amp;quot; of fourteen [[Decepticon Warlord|Warlords]] that arose championing the Decepticon cause. His / their legion, the [[Photon]]s, were an endless series of identical Cybertronians apparently patterned after their leader. As the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Autobot Elite Guard]] began picking off the Decepticon Warlords one at a time, Reflector attended the War Councils with the other Decepticon leaders to discuss strategy. It was Reflector who suggested they pool secrets and information for the greater good of the Decepticon cause. It was also Reflector who assimilated his / their Photons into the ranks of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]&#039;s Decepticons after the Warlords gave up their secrets to each other. This merger allowed him / them to avoid certain destruction when [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] sent an unwitting suicide bomber to the next council meeting, wiping out all the remaining Warlords besides Megatron. {{storylink|A Team Effort}}&lt;br /&gt;
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As [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] breached [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]&#039;s walls, Reflector was there with the rest of Megatron&#039;s forces. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Marvel &#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; comics===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Reflectormarvel.jpg|100px|thumb|A [[To sell toys#Hi-and-die|hi-then-die]] who didn&#039;t even get to say hi!]]&lt;br /&gt;
Prior to the Decepticons&#039; departure from Cybertron, at least one member of the Reflector trio attended a presentation from [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], where the Decepticon strategist outlined how they would board the &#039;&#039;Ark&#039;&#039; and overpower its crew. {{storylink|Warrior School!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After failing in this strike, falling offline on [[Earth]] for eons and awakening once more, [[Spectro]], [[Spyglass]], and [[Viewfinder]] worked with the [[Decepticon medics|Decepticon medic]] to repair their fellow Decepticons. Subsequently an oddly colored Viewfinder was seen decorating the cavern floor of [[Mount St. Hilary]] after all the [[Decepticon]]s were rendered inoperable by [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]&#039;s poisoned fuel. They didn&#039;t even get to introduce themselves in [[Introdump|painfully lengthy exposition]]. Alas, Reflector was taken away from us before his prime. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;S.T.A.R.S.&#039;&#039; continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
Using the human power known as &amp;quot;imagination,&amp;quot; S.T.A.R.S. recruits could perceive what it was like to be Reflector. {{storylink|You Have Been Chosen.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Before the construction of Autobot City on Earth, Optimus led a convoy of Autobots to find the ideal location for their new base&#039;s construction. Reflector was (maybe) amongst the Decepticons who lay in wait to ambush Optimus and the Autobots. The battle that ensued later came to be known as &amp;quot;[[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (G1)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]].&amp;quot; {{storylink|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Evidently, the battle went in the Decepticons&#039; favour, as Optimus was forced to send some of his troops away to fetch reinforcements. {{storylink|Transformers Combat Data}} Later, Reflector discovered that the same squad of Autobots was out scouting for new energy source. {{storylink|The Autobots Are Under Attack!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{note|Reflector is never seen in any of the illustrations depicting &amp;quot;Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction,&amp;quot; but is implied to be involved as all other toys advertised in the flyer are participants in the battle.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Dreamwave &#039;&#039;Generation One&#039;&#039; continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;Reflector was part of Megatron&#039;s crew, active on Earth in the 1980s before the &#039;&#039;[[Ark II]]&#039;&#039; incident. When Megatron was snatched up by the Keepers, not all Decepticons fell into line under Starscream&#039;s maniacal command. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and the three Reflector robots chose to make a stand against Starscream&#039;s leadership at [[Hoover Dam]], outside the Decepticon&#039;s new base in [[Las Vegas]]. Spyglass and Skywarp drew [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]&#039;s electronic attention, prompting Starscream and his communications officer to make an appearance at the Dam. As Skywarp rejected Starscream&#039;s rule, the other Reflector robots leapt out of hiding to attack the usurper. The battle quickly turned against Skywarp and Reflector, though, as Soundwave&#039;s sonic attack ripped Spectro apart, sending him over the edge of the dam and into stasis lock. Once Skywarp was disabled as well, Spyglass and Viewfinder wisely chose to abdicate to Starscream. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;The surviving two Reflector parts remained under Starscream&#039;s command only as long as necessary, and left Las Vegas with Megatron&#039;s splinter faction of Decepticons soon after their former leader returned to Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}} After the Decepticons reunited, Reflector was instrumental in several attempts at blackmail and media manipulation against the [[President of the United States]], first recording him whimpering helplessly in Megatron&#039;s massive hand during an attack on the White House, and later sending the media outlets footage of the U.S. Armed Forces attempting to assassinate Autobots AND Decepticons in the Nevada desert. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:BrothersBurden Reflector.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|&amp;quot;Who added Sky-Lynx to our Skype call?!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;A duplicate of&#039;&#039; Reflector remained on Cybertron and worked for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], monitoring the planet and its inhabitants for him from a central mainframe. {{storylink|Brothers&#039; Burden}} They were destroyed by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when he broke ranks with Shockwave&#039;s command structure; using Soundwave&#039;s expertise, Starscream delayed footage of himself as he encroached on Shockwave&#039;s monitor womb, within which the Reflector trio were posted. They thus were unable to foresee Starscream sneaking up on them, and he blasted all three &#039;cons to death. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} &#039;&#039;The true Reflector, on Earth, dismissed this duplicate as an inferior copy.&#039;&#039; {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{note|The presence of two Reflectors originally arose as a continuity error, when the &#039;&#039;Annihilation&#039;&#039; novel depicted Reflector on Earth while the concurrently published comics showed him to be on Cybertron. Like a couple of other errors in the novels, this was paved over in the third book, &#039;&#039;Fusion&#039;&#039;, with the true, Earth-bound Reflector making the above &amp;quot;inferior copy&amp;quot; remark. Coincidentally, the situation echoes the body-duplication theme seen in the Generation 1 cartoon, discussed above, but regardless, what happened to the so-called true Reflector after &#039;&#039;The Transformers Trilogy&#039;&#039; remains a mystery.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:GIJoevsTF4 Reflector.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|&amp;quot;Oh Yeah!&amp;quot;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool-Aid_Man]]]&lt;br /&gt;
The three Reflector components were among the Transformers who crashed on Earth millions of years in the past, and upon being discovered by humans, they were reprogrammed to serve the terrorist organization [[Cobra]]. The Autobot [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] eventually restored everyone&#039;s original programming, and the angry Reflector trio broke into Cobra&#039;s control center to teach the fleshlings a thing or two about messing with their heads. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} Reflector was then ordered by Megatron to assist [[Doctor Mindbender]] and [[Firefly]] while they used the [[SPS Satellite]] to create [[energon cube]]s. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] arrived to halt their scheme, the three Reflectors attacked him, but were easily swatted aside. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:ArtofWar4 Reflector message.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|30th anniversary Viewfinder, Spyglass and Spectrum Gold Edition! Buy Now! (&#039;&#039;while stocks last&#039;&#039;)]]&lt;br /&gt;
In a dark alternate future where the Decepticons had conquered Earth, three black Reflectors guarded human slaves imprisoned near a factory, but were killed by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Tomax and Xamot]]. As this future was also full of multiple [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]], [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon swarms]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage packs]], it is possible these Reflectors were some sort of [[Cloning|clones]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Viewfinder was present for a Decepticon gathering on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], during which [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] took control of the Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} During a subsequent Decepticon assault on an Autobot peace ceremony, the Reflector trio were charged with delivering a message to Optimus Prime. After being carried to Prime in [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]&#039;s palm, Viewfinder used his chest lens to project a hologram of Serpent O.R., allowing the Decepticon leader to negotiate with Prime. Reflector came under attack by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] during the negotiation, but Viewfinder managed to continue the transmission despite being injured. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
Early in the war, the Reflector trio tried to stop an Autobot prison break in the [[Citadel]] only to be blown away by [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. {{storylink|Rise}} Spectro and Spyglass were later seen aboard a Decepticon orbital outpost, terrified of walking down the same hallway as [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:AHM3 Reflector Rumble.jpg|thumb|275px]]&lt;br /&gt;
All three Reflector units (speaking entirely in unison), eventually joined Megatron on [[Earth]], and helped defeat the Autobots there. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} Following this victory, the Reflector trio help destroy [[New York City]] along with the other Decepticons. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3|All Hail Megatron #3}} Spectro and Spyglass enjoyed &amp;quot;playing games&amp;quot; with the city&#039;s fleshy inhabitants, but were disappointed about how easily they came apart. Viewfinder preferred to brood by himself, while still echoing the other two&#039;s dialogue. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} Reflector stayed with Megatron when [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] rebelled against his leader {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}, and fought back against the Autobots when they returned to Earth. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} The Decepticons were ultimately defeated {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} and Viewfinder and Spectro left the planet aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|All Hail Megatron #13}} Spyglass was left behind, however, and was still trying to get off the planet two years later. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: &amp;quot;New Arrivals, Old Encounters&amp;quot;|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In the aftermath of the war with [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] and [[D-Void]], the trio was instructed by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] to undertake a special mission beginning with the theft of [[Turmoil|Turmoil&#039;s]] time-sliding space cruiser. {{storylink|Night and the City}} Using the ship, they were supposed to locate [[LV-117]] and report its circumstances back to Shockwave, but were unprepared for the planet&#039;s erratic movement through time. Appearing out of nowhere right in front of them, LV-117 flung the Reflector trio over one hundred years into the past, depleting the ship&#039;s fuel supply and causing it to crash. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}} &lt;br /&gt;
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Viewfinder was killed in the crash when a large piece of the bridge&#039;s shattered canopy impaled through his chest. Spectro and Spyglass survived and eventually they located [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], who had previously crashed on the same planet and had been building an escape vessel with a [[Varta|friendly alien]]. They managed to hijack the vessel shortly before it launched by threatening to kill Wheelie&#039;s friend, but the tiny Autobot removed the safety catch from his energon converter before disembarking, causing it to explode violently shortly after takeoff, killing the last two fragments of Reflector&#039;s being. {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Timelines&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BotCon2016 Reflector CardArt.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.0|Yeah! Punch that card user!]]&lt;br /&gt;
After the apparent death of Viewfinder, Spectro and Spyglass sought out [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] to stabilize them for individualized life. However, when Viewfinder&#039;s body was recovered from LV-117, it was discovered that exposure to [[Ore-1]] would allow his spark to be reignited, and thus Reflector was reborn from this process. {{storylink|#CombinerWars|BotCon 2016 Reflector profile card}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Hearts of Steel&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Reflectortrioandfriendrailway-HOS3.jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|I&#039;ve been working on the railroad, all the livelong Solar Cycle.]]&lt;br /&gt;
The Reflector trio were three of the many Decepticons under Starscream&#039;s command during Earth&#039;s industrial revolution. They helped overlook the construction of the railway that would allow The [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to reach [[New York City|New York]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Alternity===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Worldisflat alternity bumblebee.jpg|left|thumb|&amp;quot;I swear to god Peppy, if you say &amp;quot;do a barrel roll&amp;quot; one more time...&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Three Reflector units hailing from an unknown [[universal stream]] were among the minions serving under [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]] during his complicated, cross-dimensional war with the Autobot [[Alternity]]. This incarnation of Reflector was a [[Pretender]], with each of his components able to disguise itself as an ordinary-sized human being.&lt;br /&gt;
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Reflector was dispatched to [[Primax 905.0 Beta|universal stream 905.0 Beta]] to search for the source of a new dimensional flux of previously unheard type. In their Pretender guises, the trio tracked the source of the disruption to the Otsuka Museum of Art, and found that it was a strange tablet. Reflector was about to make off with the tablet when he was accosted by [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (Energon)|Elita Seven]], and his components promptly dropped their Pretender forms to battle the little Autobot. Unfortunately for Reflector, he was no match for the unearthly powers of an Alternity: Bumblebee snatched the tablet away, and with a snap of his fingers, reduced Reflector to a nearly two-dimensional state. From across the dimensions, Megatron saw his minions collapse like paper, and lashed out with his tesseractal swords, destroying the museum and the tablet, and wounding Bumblebee. By the time Bumblebee came to, Reflector was long gone. {{storylink|The World Is Flat!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Games==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Sector Seven&#039;&#039; game===&lt;br /&gt;
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Dubbed &amp;quot;[[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial]] - 115&amp;quot;, a video of Reflector transforming in the midst of a child&#039;s birthday party reached the public through &amp;quot;hacked evidence&amp;quot; files. {{storylink|Sector Seven (game)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers Legends&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Reflector rallied with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when the latter became Decepticon leader in Megatron&#039;s absence. The Autobots soon had the Decepticons defeated and Starscream&#039;s plan thwarted. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (Legends)|Countdown to Extinction}} After the Decepticons discovered a [[Crystal of Power]] in [[South America]], Starscream and Reflector were sent to steal materials for a cannon. They succeeded, despite Autobot interference, though the Autobots later managed to destroy the cannon anyway. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (Legends)|Fire on the Mountain}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Angry Birds Transformers&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Reflector is an &amp;quot;Accessory&amp;quot; character, giving Deceptihogs he&#039;s attached to a boost to their weapon&#039;s power. This bonus can be increased with upgrades won from random-prize Crates or in the &amp;quot;[[King Pig|Shockwave]]&#039;s Tower&amp;quot; mini-game.&lt;br /&gt;
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He can be unlocked by purchasing him with Gems in the Barracks, with Tokens during specific [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)/Challenge Events|Challenge Events]], or won from Crates and [[King Pig|Shockwave]]&#039;s Tower. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Earth Wars&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[file:ReflectorEarthWars.jpg|thumb|250px|Three in one, one in three, we are the ones who heal thee. ]]&lt;br /&gt;
Spyglass, Spectro, and Viewfinder were selected to spy on and gather intelligence on the [[Nova Power Core|Nova Core]]. They sneaked through the base&#039;s security and found the Nova Core. Unfortunately, by their own incompetence and curiosity they removed the device with the power plant still running. As soon as the reactor was set off, Reflector fled the scene. &lt;br /&gt;
{{storylink| Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Project Supernova}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Reflector were out of contact while the two snipers [[Wildrider (G1)|Brake-Neck]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] fought it out. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Bit of a Longshot}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Viewfinder had absorbed most of the damage from the blast, and the other two set up a shielding unit to protect them while they complete repairs. Megatron reminded them of their mission, and Brake-Neck reminded them of Smokescreen. They naively thought they could be three less targets by transforming into camera mode. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Battle Hardened}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Reflector soon informed Megatron they were back to being 100% operational and going to make a move to recover the Nova Core.  As the battle was taking place, they were spotted by Smokescreen. Reflector asks for Brake-Neck&#039;s cover fire, but he refused and told Spyglass it was stupid of them to be in a open field in the first place. Then Viewfinder is hit by a sniper bullet as they ran and cranked up their shields.  &lt;br /&gt;
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As [[First Aid (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|First Aid]] heads to an extraction site where his Medi-bots will meet him, Brake-Neck is compromised by Smokescreen, and Reflector steals the Core and tries to take off with it. First Aid intervenes, and... unexpectedly, Spectro drops the Nova Core into... water, of all things. The Core enters critical mode, and First Aid convinces Reflector to help him shield  the energy as the Nova Core melts down. The Nova Core fades, and Viewfinder only asks that the Autobot not tell Megatron about what just happened. Then Viewfinder gets hit by Brake-Neck&#039;s bullet. Reflector is tellingly pissed. {{storylink| Transformers: Earth Wars/Events| Big Bang!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When Reflector comes through the Spacebridge, Shockwave thought it was malfunctioning, seeing as it had multiple lifeforms coming through at once. After they made their entrance,  Starscream warns Shockwave about their meddlesome nature, in which Shockwave replies the four of them of them would get along well together. &lt;br /&gt;
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While Swindle was having a sale with Luca, Reflector eavesdrops on the two, and learns Luca has a &amp;quot;plan&amp;quot; for Starscream involving a box. Naturally, Reflector goes to tattle on Starscream about the ploy. Starscream destroys the box, much to Swindle&#039;s chagrin. Apparently it wasn&#039;t a trap, but in fact a gift for Starscream&#039;s Inception Day! -  Cybertron-21, a high-fidelity holographic battlefield simulator. Starscream was shocked he had just destroyed a game (in mint condition). Reflector thinks that it was a bad call to have done that, and they decide to go back to blackmailing people.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Class:&#039;&#039;&#039; Medic&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Lowest Star rating&#039;&#039;&#039;: 2 stars&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Weapons:&#039;&#039;&#039;: Viewfinder uses a medi-gun of unusual make in which it shoots out health bombs, instead of one continous stream. Spectro and Spyglass both use medi-beams like Hook and Shockwave to provide 40-45% resistant shields. If any of Reflectors&#039; components are not healing bots, they use their pistols to shoot targets. &lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Ability: Reflector Team Up! &#039;&#039;&#039;Summon Spectro and Spyglass, each with an ability to shield friendly bots blocking 40/45% of incoming damage.&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;&#039;Cost&#039;&#039;&#039;: 4 ability points +2 cost increase.&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:reflector| Reflector at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Generation 1===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1 Reflector toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|We three kings of orient are... Left to right: Spectro, Viewfinder, Spyglass]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Reflector&#039;&#039;&#039; (Mail-away, 1986/1987; wide release in Japan, 1985)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;21&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Spectro&#039;s &amp;quot;Shutter Gun&amp;quot;, Viewfinder&#039;s &amp;quot;Lens Laser&amp;quot;, Spyglass&#039; &amp;quot;Optic Blaster&amp;quot;, flash cube/missile launcher, 3 missiles, telephoto lens.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Reflector was first sold in Japan in 1985 as an ordinary retail item. However, [[Hasbro]] delayed selling him in the US until 1986, and only then via mail-order from a [[The Autobots Have a Special Mission for:|direct-mail flyer promoting &#039;&#039;The Transformers: The Movie&#039;&#039;]]&#039;&#039;.&#039;&#039; (Oddly, this came just as the character was being fully phased out of the fiction.) The toy would be a common offering in [[Pack-in material|pack-in flyers]] from then on, at a cost of $10 and two [[Robot Point]]s.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Reflector is composed of three distinct robots that combine to form a camera: Viewfinder as the central component with the lens, Spectro as the right-side component with the shutter button, and Spyglass as the left-side component with the flash. It includes a telephoto lens and old-style flashcube that doubles as a missile launcher, but of course, the Hasbro version has the spring-loaded mechanism neutered [[for safety reasons]]. Undocumented in the instructions is that the telephoto lens is supposed to fit onto Viewfinder&#039;s gun to reduce kibble.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Spectro/spectro.htm More information on (part of) Reflector at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Viewfinder/viewfinder.htm More info on yet another part of Reflector at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Generations===&lt;br /&gt;
====Thrilling 30====&lt;br /&gt;
 [[File:Generationstoy-SkrapnelReflector.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|&amp;quot;Didn&#039;t there used to be two more of you, you?&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Skrapnel &amp;amp; Reflector&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends Class, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series / Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;02 / #008&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: Part of the sixth wave of 2012-onwards &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]&#039;&#039; [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] toys, &#039;&#039;[[Thrilling 30]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;[[Shrapnel (G1)#Generations|Skrapnel]]&amp;quot; comes with Reflector, a smaller robot based on [[Viewfinder]]&#039;s [[package art]]. Reflector can transform into a camera or a weapon modeled after Shrapnel&#039;s grenade launcher, both of which Skrapnel can wield via its [[5mm post]], or mount onto Skrapnel&#039;s back in insect mode. The only way Reflector&#039;s camera mode can be held right-side-up is loosely by the unfolded robot arms – the 5mm post is on top of the camera, and is sculpted to resemble a camera&#039;s flashcube.&lt;br /&gt;
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: [[Stock photography]] of Reflector depicts him with his [[:File:GenerationsSkrapnelandReflectortoypromo.jpg|arms swapped, and therefore facing backwards.]] This mold was redecoed into [[Spy-Eye]] for Botcon 2015.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenReflector/reflector.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Reflector at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Combiner Wars====&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Reflector&#039;&#039;&#039; (3-pack, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BotCon2016toy-Reflector.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The only camera here is a dash-cam.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:Released as a [[BotCon 2016]] souvenir exclusive, &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039; Reflector (Spectro, Spyglass, and Viewfinder) is a redeco and retool of &#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039; [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Shockwave]], utilizing the mold&#039;s preexisting alternate head. Reflector transforms into a spaceship based on Shockwave&#039;s Cybertronian handgun mode. Undocumented in the instructions, Reflector can transform into a gun mode for any &#039;&#039;Combiner Wars&#039;&#039; gestalt.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Hasbro has encouraged finding ways to combine the three into a vaguely camera-shaped object, and as such there are multiple unofficial attempts. The links below are listed in order of increasing structural integrity.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This version of the mold was also used to make BotCon 2016 [[Flash Sentry#Generations|Flash Sentry]]. This mold also served as the model for the non-toy &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]&#039;&#039; incarnation of [[Movor#Beast Wars: Uprising|Movor]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/BCReflector/reflector.htm More information on Combiner Wars Reflector at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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::*[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/1065216-new-botcon-2016-configuration.html Deceptigtar&#039;s instructions]&lt;br /&gt;
::*[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/127373-botcon-reflector-pictoral-guide-for-camera-mode/?p=3204916 Robowang&#039;s instructions]&lt;br /&gt;
::*[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/127373-botcon-reflector-pictoral-guide-for-camera-mode/?p=3209858 NightViper&#039;s instructions]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Masterpiece===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:MP-05G-Reflector.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Doesn&#039;t split into three figures, doesn&#039;t transform, doesn&#039;t take photos]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Megatron Gold Ver.&#039;&#039;&#039; (12/2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MP-05G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; None&lt;br /&gt;
: A non-transforming Reflector comes with [[Megatron (G1)/toys#MasterpieceGoldMegs|MP-05G Megatron]], the Hasbro Asia gold-chrome redeco of the MP-5 mold Megatron.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Merchandise==&lt;br /&gt;
===Transformers Milk Caramel===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Tfcaramel reflector.jpg|thumb|Sweet and observant, like a mother. Who takes pictures of your every action.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Reflector&#039;&#039;&#039; (1985)&lt;br /&gt;
:A small soft-rubber figurine of Reflector (known as a &#039;&#039;keshigomu&#039;&#039; in Japan) was released as part of [[Kabaya]]&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]&#039;&#039; line of [[candy toy]]s. Based specifically on the Viewfinder toy, the figure was available in multiple colors and came packaged with a piece of chocolate-covered caramel.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Transformers Gum===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Reflector&#039;&#039;&#039; (1985)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Spectro&#039;s &amp;quot;Shutter Gun&amp;quot;, Viewfinder&#039;s &amp;quot;Lens Laser&amp;quot;, Spyglass&#039; &amp;quot;Optic Blaster&amp;quot;, flash cube/missile launcher, missile, telephoto lens&lt;br /&gt;
:Essentially a downsized version of the original Reflector toy, the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Gum]]&#039;&#039; kit is sculpted from black, red and grey plastic, features stickers rather than paint applications for details, and came with a stick of gum. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Decoy===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:ReflectorDecoy1.jpg|thumb|&amp;quot;HI! I&#039;M SUPPOSED TO BE CONSPICUOUS! AM I DOING IT RIGHT? HI!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Destron Hero Collection 22&#039;&#039;&#039; (multi-pack, 1986)&lt;br /&gt;
:Reflector was among the larger &#039;&#039;keshigomu&#039;&#039; developed by Takara, molded from soft purple rubber and initially sold in a multi-pack with twenty-one other Decepticon figurines. The figure, based on Reflector&#039;s animation model (unlike the earlier &#039;&#039;Caramel&#039;&#039; figure), features a number etched into its back which is the sum total of Reflector&#039;s [[Tech Spec]] ratings, for use in the various simple games that could be played with the figures. Reflector was later available in a peach coloration as part of various other multi-packs.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Reflector&#039;&#039;&#039; (1987)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Decoy number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;52&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Reflector 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 &amp;quot;checklist&amp;quot; number (52, in Reflector&#039;s case). Like all Decepticons Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], and was, very early on in the promotion, available in an alternate red coloration that was only packed in with the Throttlebots. Unsurprisingly, this red figurine is much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Reflector/reflector.htm More information on Reflector at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PreReflector.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Say &amp;quot;Cheese&amp;quot; and die.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Reflector was originally the &amp;quot;Camera Robo&amp;quot; from Takara&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Micro Change]]&#039;&#039; sub-series of the &#039;&#039;[[Microman|New Microman]]&#039;&#039; line. The only noteworthy difference between the two releases, besides the whole missile-launcher-neuter-in-the-United-States thing, is that the &#039;&#039;Microman&#039;&#039; release has &amp;quot;MICROX&amp;quot; emblazoned on the center unit&#039;s decals instead of &amp;quot;REFLECTOR&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*Not so surprisingly, the Camera Robo was first designed as a single unit. Apparently, the primary designer of the final toy, and possibly this initial design, was mecha designer [[Shinji Aramaki]], who designed the robots for &#039;&#039;[[wikipedia:Megazone 23|Megazone 23]]&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;[[wikipedia:Genesis Climber Mospeada|Genesis Climber Mospeada]]&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
*Reflector&#039;s role early in the cartoon makes it seem likely his toy was originally planned for inclusion in the initial 1984 line, a theory supported by the inclusion of a Hasbro product code consistent with the other 1984 toys in [[Teletraan I]]&#039;s files on the Decepticons in &amp;quot;[[Heavy Metal War]]&amp;quot;. Why Hasbro decided not to release it until so late in the game is unknown, as is the reason they later reversed that decision to make it a viable mail-away. In accordance with Hasbro&#039;s decision not to release the figure, the [[Production bible|series story bible]] specifically discouraged writers from use of the character after season one ended.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://tfarchive.com/cartoons/bible/#043 Reflector&#039;s page in the series bible]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Indeed, following &amp;quot;City of Steel&amp;quot;, Reflector is never called for by an episode script again, and appears only in group shots of the Decepticons at the animators&#039; discretion.&lt;br /&gt;
*At the script stage, Reflector was intended to be a singular robot who possessed the ability to split into three duplicates, identical save for the lens aperture in the chest of the robot who forms the center of their camera mode, who all act with the same mind and talk in unison, with the same voice. This ability was never shown on-screen, having apparently been consciously erased from the series: it was displayed in deleted scenes from &amp;quot;[[Divide and Conquer]]&amp;quot;, [[S.O.S. Dinobots]]&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;[[War of the Dinobots]]&amp;quot;. However, &amp;quot;Divide and Conquer&amp;quot; &#039;&#039;did&#039;&#039; show the three robots &#039;&#039;re-combining&#039;&#039;, as the three components collide with one another and disappear until only one is left. Reflector was usually just seen in his triplicate state most of the time, but on rare occasions, he would appear as a single robot. His character model was also sometimes used for [[generic]] Decepticon troops.&lt;br /&gt;
*In the Japanese dub of &#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; cartoon, and in true anime fashion, Reflector announces the name of his special attack every time he uses it: &amp;quot;Flash Beam!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*At [[BotCon 2010]], it was announced at the Hasbro design panel&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2010-hasbro-designers-panel-170066/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; that Reflector was being considered as the redeco for the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers:]] [[Reveal the Shield]]&#039;&#039; [[Perceptor (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Perceptor]] toy, using a built-in [[retool#Gang-molded alternate parts|alternate &amp;quot;pretool&amp;quot; head]] for the sculpt that was designed to look like Perceptor&#039;s toy head (which does bear a passing resemblance to Viewfinder). Thus far, Hasbro [[unreleased toy|didn&#039;t follow through with this plan]], whereas TakaraTomy later used it for the [[e-HOBBY]] [[exclusive]] &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]&#039;&#039; [[Magnificus (G1)#Generations|Magnificus]] toy.&lt;br /&gt;
*Generations Thrilling 30 Reflector&#039;s robot mode has more than a passing resemblance to the GoBots water pistol Rogun.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Foreign names===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Japanese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Reflector&#039;&#039;&#039; (リフレクター &#039;&#039;Rifurekutā&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Mandarin:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Fǎn-shè-chìn&#039;&#039;&#039; (Taiwan, 反射鏡, &amp;quot;Reflector&amp;quot;), &#039;&#039;&#039;Zhàoxiàngjī&#039;&#039;&#039; (China, 照相机, &amp;quot;Camera&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Alternity Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Combined forms]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Deceptihogs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Decoys]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Mail order exclusives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Multi-component Transformers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Pretenders]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
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		<title>Misassembly</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[File:MegatronUltimateBattle.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Doomed to walk backwards, but oddly has become a much better dancer as a result.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Misassembly&#039;&#039;&#039; is what happens when something goes wrong in the production process and parts of a toy are assembled in a way other than their design intended. It can happen for a variety of reasons, but the result is that many or even &#039;&#039;all&#039;&#039; units of a given production run on a toy will contain some form of incorrect assembly.&lt;br /&gt;
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The most common form of misassembly is the swapping of two similar parts from left to right, such as feet, forearms, door kibble etc., and/or having parts attached backwards.&lt;br /&gt;
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Misassembled toys will often appear normal at first glance, having made it through the manufacture and packaging process including [[quality control]], either without anyone noticing or, if they did, without thinking it was a significant enough problem to warrant the trouble of making a mid-run correction.  Mistaken assemblies can create problems with [[articulation]] or [[transformation]], such as toys which can essentially transform but have parts that are difficult or impossible to click fully into place.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Examples of widespread cases==&lt;br /&gt;
===Swapped parts===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[JaAm|WhY mY ELboWs huRt]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:RANSACKvh1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The way it was meant to be!]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Classicstoy ultimate battle megatron.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|[Fixed]]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Human Alliance Bumblebee Prototype.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Don&#039;t try this at home, kids!]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]&#039;s forearms&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; [[Battle in a Box]] two-pack [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Universe|Ultra Magnus]]&#039;s forearms (error carried over onto the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]] [[redeco]] released as a mass-retail Deluxe Class toy for the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]&#039;&#039; line, then fixed with a [[variant|running change]] version)&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]&#039;s [[beast mode]] mandibles (the same error is repeated on the [[BotCon 2005]] reuses of the sculpt.)&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]&#039;&#039; [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]&#039;s upper arms&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]&#039;&#039; [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]] has his inside legs swapped so that the knee joint faces the wrong way. Furthermore, his shoulders are also misassembled, since there is a moulded chevron...in his armpit. The same error is repeated on every subsequent reuse of the sculpt, such as &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; [[Silverbolt (G1)#Universe (2008)|Silverbolt]] and the [[rebranding|rebranded]] &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039; [[Silverbolt (ROTF)#toys|Silverbolt]].&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Energon&#039;&#039; [[Steamhammer (Energon)|Steamhammer]] and his redeco, &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], have the treads in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] swapped. As a result, the small tabs on the sides of the treads that are supposed to peg into the holes in the gray flaps on the hips, thereby stabilizing the robot torso, are located on the sides of the head instead. Fortunately, the treads can be easily swapped using a screwdriver.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ooebi&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://ooebihara.sakura.ne.jp/toys/TF/Slink/ex01/ex01.htm Ooebi&#039;s Hobby Factory gallery of Superlink Buildron]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Hasbro&#039;s official [[stock photography|stock photos]] depict the treads correctly assembled, and the [[instructions]] show the tabs in the correct place in [[robot mode]] (oddly enough, the instructions imply that the tabs peg in less well than they do in reality).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Cybertron&#039;&#039; [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack&#039;s]] rear wheel struts (the same error is repeated on every subsequent reuse of the sculpt except for [[BotCon 2006]]&#039;s [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]].)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; [[Mini-Con]] [[Grindor (Classics)|Grindor]] is odd: His official stock photos depict the wheels with the pegs as the rear wheels and the wheels with the corresponding holes as the front wheels. The toy itself has the wheels swapped, which is backed up by his [[instructions]]. His redeco, &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; [[Bodyblock (Universe)|Bodyblock]], features the wheel assembly from Grindor&#039;s stock photos, which contradicts his own instructions (which are recycled from Grindor). Since neither wheel assembly affects his functionality or transformation in any way whatsoever, it&#039;s unclear which one is supposed to be the &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; assembly and which one is the &amp;quot;misassembly&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Transformers: Classics|Classics]] Ultimate Battle [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Ultimate.2BBattle|Megatron&#039;s]] feet are swapped and put on backwards, resulting in them not folding up properly in his tank mode.&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe 2.0]]&#039;&#039; Mini-Con [[Makeshift (Universe)|Makeshift]]&#039;s legs are swapped on the hips both on the actual toy and in official stock photos compared to his own instructions and the original iteration of the sculpt, &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; [[Oil Slick (Classics)|Oil Slick]]. This results in the crotch section facing the wrong way in robot mode, with his sole [[Powerlinx]] socket facing forward and the sculpted crotch details facing backwards. Not only does this location of the Powerlinx port in robot mode result in [[anatomic euphemism|unfortunate implications]], it also makes the socket inaccessible in vehicle mode. This applies to the [[Kmart]] [[exclusive]] Mini-Con 12-pack release of the toy; at least some samples of the individually packaged version available at discount store chains like Big Lots! were assembled correctly.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe 2.0]]&#039;&#039;&#039;s [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Classic Series|Prowl]]/[[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Classic Series|Silverstreak]]/[[Smokescreen (G1)#Universe .282008.29|Smokescreen]] [[mold]] has most sliding feet assemblies swapped. The balance is far better when the feet are swapped, allowing for a more leveled hood-chest and reducing the depressed look they commonly sport.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Revenge of the Fallen&#039;&#039; [[Human Alliance]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee&#039;s]] legs were supposedly swapped because the extra transformation step (rotating the legs and waist) would have been too difficult for kids to do. Although [[prototype]] photos seen via [[TakaraTomy]] show the legs with the wheels in a more [[show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] setup, the official [[Hasbro]] stock photos and the [[instructions]] show the &amp;quot;misassembly&amp;quot; as the &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; assembly, thus making this (arguably) an intentional [[design change]] rather than a genuine misassembly.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Beast Hunters]]&#039;&#039; Voyager Class [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Beast Hunters|Ultra Magnus]] has swapped leg panels, meaning that the pegs used to secure them in robot mode are on the wrong sides.&lt;br /&gt;
* The initial release of &#039;&#039;[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]&#039;&#039; [[Jinbu#Go.21|Jinbu]] toy suffers from swapped thighs, preventing him from bending his knees past 90 degrees, and from allowing his legs to be tabbed and secured properly in the &amp;quot;GoKenzan&amp;quot; combined mode.&lt;br /&gt;
* Initial shipments of &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]&#039;&#039; [[Skids (G1)#Generations|Autobot Skids]]&#039;s upper thighs are swapped, compromising the hip articulation. The issue was fixed in the [[Crosscut (Autobot)#Generations|Crosscut]] retool and later releases of Skids himself.&lt;br /&gt;
*Some of the &#039;&#039;Timelines&#039;&#039; Mini-Cons such as Stylor, Frenzy, &amp;amp; Gatoraider. Since they&#039;re redecoed from the Arms Micron kits, their parts can be swapped back with ease. &lt;br /&gt;
*Many (if not all) samples of &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039; [[Pyra Magna#Generations|Pyra Magna]], [[Onslaught (G1)#G2BruticusSet|&amp;quot;G2&amp;quot; Onslaught]] and [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]] come with misassembled knee struts. They are reversed on both legs, preventing their knee assemblies from locking in properly for robot mode. &lt;br /&gt;
*Many &#039;&#039;Titans Return&#039;&#039; Titan Master figures (such as Loudmouth, Terri-Bull, &amp;amp; Titan Force Infinitus) have flipped upper legs.&lt;br /&gt;
*Many copies of &#039;&#039;Titans Return&#039;&#039; [[Kup (G1)#Generations|Sergeant Kup]] have the outside panels covering the rear wheels placed on the wrong side of the vehicle. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Nonfunctioning/compromised gimmick===&lt;br /&gt;
* The blue lever at the base of &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; [[Transmetal 2]] [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]]&#039;s dragon mode neck, which allows his neck to be moved around like a puppet, features a flip-down tab which is supposed to fit into a groove in the neck and lock it in its fully-extended position. The lever is attached backwards, however, and tab cannot meet groove, though this can be easily remedied by unscrewing the lever and reattaching in the proper orientation. This persisted with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]].&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]&#039;&#039; [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Runamuck]]&#039;s punching gimmick.&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Transformers (film)|Movie]] [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]] features a spring in the forearm that was supposed to fire his chain-fist, but was instead installed in his fusion cannon arm, causing it to snap shut. Switching the spring from one arm to the other corrects the function of both gimmicks.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Transformation-inhibiting errors===&lt;br /&gt;
* Voyager Class &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039; [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] appears to have the joint that attaches the cab to the robot inverted, with the released toy having the cab joint upside-down as compared with what is in the instructions and box pictures, meaning that the toy cannot &#039;&#039;exactly&#039;&#039; mimic the battle mode that is depicted on the instructions or [[stock photography|stock photo]]s. This only applies to the Hasbro version of the instructions, however, as the Japanese Takara release had instructions depicting a completely different battle mode,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showpost.php?p=124022&amp;amp;postcount=13 Thread about Mixmaster&#039;s faulty instructions.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; which utilised the joint in the direction it is assembled, as well as pegs and holes present on the rear wheel segments and the inside of the cab respectively. Unfortunately, the transformation instructions have since been removed from the Takara website. The &#039;impossible&#039; battle mode was reprinted in the instructions for the Hasbro G1-styled redeco.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Isolated incidents==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BTAltProwlMisassemblies.jpg|thumb|left|Just give me a call and we can swap parts...]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Aside from these widespread misassemblies, there are also countless instances of isolated incidents where a single specimen of a toy, or at least very &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; low quantities, feature assembly errors. Chances are that every toy collector has encountered at least one of these over the years, and trying to compile a list is pretty much pointless considering their sheer &#039;&#039;variety&#039;&#039;, as well as their (usually) low quantities.&lt;br /&gt;
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A toy with an unusually large amount of reported errors, many of them of the really &#039;&#039;odd&#039;&#039; variety, was &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]&#039;&#039; [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]: One specimen of the &#039;&#039;Binaltech&#039;&#039; version sported the &amp;quot;Type S&amp;quot; rims of his &#039;&#039;Alternators&#039;&#039; counterpart on both his front wheels (but the correct &amp;quot;Type R&amp;quot; rims on his rear wheels); one specimen of the blue &#039;&#039;Binaltech&#039;&#039; version had the wrong set of fingers on one hand, resulting in an articulated &#039;&#039;pinky finger&#039;&#039; instead of the index finger. The most commonly reported error, however, was of the toy sporting two of the same hand. This error was apparently &#039;&#039;so&#039;&#039; common that it even showed up in &#039;&#039;two different sets of [[stock photography|stock photos]]&#039;&#039; (which also featured two of the same forearms, and one of them even two of the same &#039;&#039;shoulders&#039;&#039;)!&lt;br /&gt;
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Reportedly, some specimens of &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039; [[Superion (ROTF)|Superion]] also came with a very unusual problem, where one of [[Silverbolt (ROTF)|Silverbolt&#039;s]] legs was assembled the wrong way (a widespread error, as noted above), but the other one was assembled &#039;&#039;correctly&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Solutions==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TFU08-toy Makeshift.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|One of the easiest fixes &#039;&#039;ever&#039;&#039;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Many cases of misassembly can easily be fixed with the aid of a screwdriver and a modicum of judiciously applied pressure. Most Transformers include many parts that are held together with Phillips-head screws, which can generally be removed quite easily, allowing the misassembled pieces to be reversed, swapped out or otherwise re-aligned. Also, many toys from &#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039; onwards feature [[ball joint]]s or similar that can usually be popped free and easily reconfigured. Examples include &#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Blitzwing, whose left-right swapped upper arms can be easily popped out of his shoulders and unscrewed from his forearms and then reassembled.&lt;br /&gt;
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However, sometimes the assembly process involves adhesives or metal rods, which makes certain parts virtually impossible to separate without serious risk of damaging the toy permanently.  Also, toys involving electronic [[gimmick]]s can be particularly tricky to tinker with. All but those confident in their [[customizing]] skills should be wary of attempting such fixes.&lt;br /&gt;
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Arguably, such fixes mean the toy is no longer in its &amp;quot;original&amp;quot; state, so extreme semanticists might argue that this counts as a form of customizing. But really, do we care?&lt;br /&gt;
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In cases where individual specimens erroneously come with the wrong parts assembled (such as two of the same hand), there&#039;s the additional problem of finding someone who either has the same problem in reverse (i.e. two of the &#039;&#039;other&#039;&#039; hand) or a broken toy with the missing part intact (or at least someone selling a toy [[for parts]]). More often than not, however, you&#039;re better off returning the faulty toy to the store and getting a new one.&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Unusual cases==&lt;br /&gt;
In some cases, there is an evident problem where something doesn&#039;t quite work properly, but the [[stock photography]] and even elements of the [[deco]] would suggest that everything is in order. Although it is difficult to prove without official confirmation, cases like this may be due to a misassembly happening quite early in the design process, after the [[prototype]] phase but before finalising the deco, and thereafter being assumed to be correct at each subsequent stage of production.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TitaniumHero UltraMagnus.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|Nature... or nurture?]]&lt;br /&gt;
An example of this is the [[Titanium Series]] series [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]], whose shoulder-mounted rocket launchers appear to have been been flipped horizontally, as their pegs cause them to attach top-down in robot mode. Although it is &#039;&#039;possible&#039;&#039; that some kind of mirror-flip occurred in the moulding of the launchers, an arguably more likely explanation notes that if the shoulders are simply swapped out they can attach correctly, suggesting instead a case of &amp;lt;strong class=&amp;quot;selflink&amp;quot;&amp;gt;misassembly&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;. However, the fact that the shoulders feature Autobot-sigil [[tampograph]]s that would then be rendered visible only from the back would seem to argue against this, as does the packaging photography of the prototype. Conversely, the instructions depict the &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; shoulder assembly as distinguished by showing frontwards the moulding detail that is backwards-facing on the toy as released.&lt;br /&gt;
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Such a case &#039;&#039;could&#039;&#039; be an example of misassembly occurring very early in the process. The decision to &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; the toy by swapping out the parts may make the accessories attach correctly, but at the cost of hiding some of the deco.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Misassembly &#039;&#039;is not...&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Ultimate Bumblebee toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|I am not an animal! I AM A MECHY BEING!!]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Misassembly is not the same thing as toys which are incorrectly transformed in their packaging and/or [[stock photography|promotion photography]], such as &amp;quot;Ultimate&amp;quot; [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Movie Bumblebee]] and his non-collapsed chest.&lt;br /&gt;
* Misassembly is not the same thing as a [[design change]], where the way parts were clearly intended to move, align or otherwise function has been altered in a manner which partly or fully compromises its optimal function, such as [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]&#039;s wrists, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|&#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Bumblebee]]&#039;s stingers, or [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys|&#039;&#039;Movie&#039;&#039; Ratchet]]&#039;s thumbs. These changes can sometimes appear to be oversights or mistakes, but are in fact often done [[for safety reasons]]. Occasionally these issues are corrected in later re-uses of the mould, such as with &#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Bumblebee.&lt;br /&gt;
* Misassembly is not the same thing as a [[design flaw]], where a toy has been produced with parts that do not function as they were clearly intended, but are not the result of a deliberate design change. Manufacturing errors can result from pieces being manufactured fractionally too small or large, or subtly not quite the right shape, resulting in parts that don&#039;t move as intended, such as &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ironhide]]. Sometimes large numbers of units from a production run will have these problems while others from the same run will not, such as with [[Grimlock (Animated)#Toys|&#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Grimlock]]&#039;s partially-retracting leg/forearms.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{toystub|pictures, more concrete examples}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Footnotes==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Toys]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Misassembly</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Swapped parts */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[File:MegatronUltimateBattle.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Doomed to walk backwards, but oddly has become a much better dancer as a result.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Misassembly&#039;&#039;&#039; is what happens when something goes wrong in the production process and parts of a toy are assembled in a way other than their design intended. It can happen for a variety of reasons, but the result is that many or even &#039;&#039;all&#039;&#039; units of a given production run on a toy will contain some form of incorrect assembly.&lt;br /&gt;
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The most common form of misassembly is the swapping of two similar parts from left to right, such as feet, forearms, door kibble etc., and/or having parts attached backwards.&lt;br /&gt;
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Misassembled toys will often appear normal at first glance, having made it through the manufacture and packaging process including [[quality control]], either without anyone noticing or, if they did, without thinking it was a significant enough problem to warrant the trouble of making a mid-run correction.  Mistaken assemblies can create problems with [[articulation]] or [[transformation]], such as toys which can essentially transform but have parts that are difficult or impossible to click fully into place.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Examples of widespread cases==&lt;br /&gt;
===Swapped parts===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[JaAm|WhY mY ELboWs huRt]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:RANSACKvh1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The way it was meant to be!]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Classicstoy ultimate battle megatron.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|[Fixed]]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Human Alliance Bumblebee Prototype.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Don&#039;t try this at home, kids!]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]&#039;s forearms&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; [[Battle in a Box]] two-pack [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Universe|Ultra Magnus]]&#039;s forearms (error carried over onto the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]] [[redeco]] released as a mass-retail Deluxe Class toy for the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]&#039;&#039; line, then fixed with a [[variant|running change]] version)&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]&#039;s [[beast mode]] mandibles (the same error is repeated on the [[BotCon 2005]] reuses of the sculpt.)&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]&#039;&#039; [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]&#039;s upper arms&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]&#039;&#039; [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]] has his inside legs swapped so that the knee joint faces the wrong way. Furthermore, his shoulders are also misassembled, since there is a moulded chevron...in his armpit. The same error is repeated on every subsequent reuse of the sculpt, such as &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; [[Silverbolt (G1)#Universe (2008)|Silverbolt]] and the [[rebranding|rebranded]] &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039; [[Silverbolt (ROTF)#toys|Silverbolt]].&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Energon&#039;&#039; [[Steamhammer (Energon)|Steamhammer]] and his redeco, &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], have the treads in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] swapped. As a result, the small tabs on the sides of the treads that are supposed to peg into the holes in the gray flaps on the hips, thereby stabilizing the robot torso, are located on the sides of the head instead. Fortunately, the treads can be easily swapped using a screwdriver.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ooebi&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://ooebihara.sakura.ne.jp/toys/TF/Slink/ex01/ex01.htm Ooebi&#039;s Hobby Factory gallery of Superlink Buildron]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Hasbro&#039;s official [[stock photography|stock photos]] depict the treads correctly assembled, and the [[instructions]] show the tabs in the correct place in [[robot mode]] (oddly enough, the instructions imply that the tabs peg in less well than they do in reality).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Cybertron&#039;&#039; [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack&#039;s]] rear wheel struts (the same error is repeated on every subsequent reuse of the sculpt except for [[BotCon 2006]]&#039;s [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]].)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; [[Mini-Con]] [[Grindor (Classics)|Grindor]] is odd: His official stock photos depict the wheels with the pegs as the rear wheels and the wheels with the corresponding holes as the front wheels. The toy itself has the wheels swapped, which is backed up by his [[instructions]]. His redeco, &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; [[Bodyblock (Universe)|Bodyblock]], features the wheel assembly from Grindor&#039;s stock photos, which contradicts his own instructions (which are recycled from Grindor). Since neither wheel assembly affects his functionality or transformation in any way whatsoever, it&#039;s unclear which one is supposed to be the &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; assembly and which one is the &amp;quot;misassembly&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Transformers: Classics|Classics]] Ultimate Battle [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Ultimate.2BBattle|Megatron&#039;s]] feet are swapped and put on backwards, resulting in them not folding up properly in his tank mode.&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe 2.0]]&#039;&#039; Mini-Con [[Makeshift (Universe)|Makeshift]]&#039;s legs are swapped on the hips both on the actual toy and in official stock photos compared to his own instructions and the original iteration of the sculpt, &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; [[Oil Slick (Classics)|Oil Slick]]. This results in the crotch section facing the wrong way in robot mode, with his sole [[Powerlinx]] socket facing forward and the sculpted crotch details facing backwards. Not only does this location of the Powerlinx port in robot mode result in [[anatomic euphemism|unfortunate implications]], it also makes the socket inaccessible in vehicle mode. This applies to the [[Kmart]] [[exclusive]] Mini-Con 12-pack release of the toy; at least some samples of the individually packaged version available at discount store chains like Big Lots! were assembled correctly.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe 2.0]]&#039;&#039;&#039;s [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Classic Series|Prowl]]/[[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Classic Series|Silverstreak]]/[[Smokescreen (G1)#Universe .282008.29|Smokescreen]] [[mold]] has most sliding feet assemblies swapped. The balance is far better when the feet are swapped, allowing for a more leveled hood-chest and reducing the depressed look they commonly sport.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Revenge of the Fallen&#039;&#039; [[Human Alliance]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee&#039;s]] legs were supposedly swapped because the extra transformation step (rotating the legs and waist) would have been too difficult for kids to do. Although [[prototype]] photos seen via [[TakaraTomy]] show the legs with the wheels in a more [[show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] setup, the official [[Hasbro]] stock photos and the [[instructions]] show the &amp;quot;misassembly&amp;quot; as the &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; assembly, thus making this (arguably) an intentional [[design change]] rather than a genuine misassembly.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Beast Hunters]]&#039;&#039; Voyager Class [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Beast Hunters|Ultra Magnus]] has swapped leg panels, meaning that the pegs used to secure them in robot mode are on the wrong sides.&lt;br /&gt;
* The initial release of &#039;&#039;[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]&#039;&#039; [[Jinbu#Go.21|Jinbu]] toy suffers from swapped thighs, preventing him from bending his knees past 90 degrees, and from allowing his legs to be tabbed and secured properly in the &amp;quot;GoKenzan&amp;quot; combined mode.&lt;br /&gt;
* Initial shipments of &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]&#039;&#039; [[Skids (G1)#Generations|Autobot Skids]]&#039;s upper thighs are swapped, compromising the hip articulation. The issue was fixed in the [[Crosscut (Autobot)#Generations|Crosscut]] retool and later releases of Skids himself.&lt;br /&gt;
*Some of the &#039;&#039;Timelines&#039;&#039; Mini-Cons such as Stylor, Frenzy, &amp;amp; Gatoraider. Since they&#039;re redecoed from the Arms Micron kits, their parts can be swapped back with ease. &lt;br /&gt;
*Many (if not all) samples of &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039; [[Pyra Magna#Generations|Pyra Magna]], [[Onslaught (G1)#G2BruticusSet|&amp;quot;G2&amp;quot; Onslaught]] and [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]] come with misassembled knee struts. They are reversed on both legs, preventing their knee assemblies from locking in properly for robot mode. &lt;br /&gt;
*Many &#039;&#039;Titans Return&#039;&#039; Titan Master figures (such as Loudmouth, Terri-Bull, &amp;amp; Titan Force Infinitus) have flipped upper legs.&lt;br /&gt;
*Many copies of &#039;&#039;Titans Return&#039;&#039; [[Kup (G1)#Generations|Kup]] Sergeant Kup have the outside panels covering the rear wheels placed on the wrong side of the vehicle. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Nonfunctioning/compromised gimmick===&lt;br /&gt;
* The blue lever at the base of &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; [[Transmetal 2]] [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]]&#039;s dragon mode neck, which allows his neck to be moved around like a puppet, features a flip-down tab which is supposed to fit into a groove in the neck and lock it in its fully-extended position. The lever is attached backwards, however, and tab cannot meet groove, though this can be easily remedied by unscrewing the lever and reattaching in the proper orientation. This persisted with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]].&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]&#039;&#039; [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Runamuck]]&#039;s punching gimmick.&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Transformers (film)|Movie]] [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]] features a spring in the forearm that was supposed to fire his chain-fist, but was instead installed in his fusion cannon arm, causing it to snap shut. Switching the spring from one arm to the other corrects the function of both gimmicks.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Transformation-inhibiting errors===&lt;br /&gt;
* Voyager Class &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039; [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] appears to have the joint that attaches the cab to the robot inverted, with the released toy having the cab joint upside-down as compared with what is in the instructions and box pictures, meaning that the toy cannot &#039;&#039;exactly&#039;&#039; mimic the battle mode that is depicted on the instructions or [[stock photography|stock photo]]s. This only applies to the Hasbro version of the instructions, however, as the Japanese Takara release had instructions depicting a completely different battle mode,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showpost.php?p=124022&amp;amp;postcount=13 Thread about Mixmaster&#039;s faulty instructions.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; which utilised the joint in the direction it is assembled, as well as pegs and holes present on the rear wheel segments and the inside of the cab respectively. Unfortunately, the transformation instructions have since been removed from the Takara website. The &#039;impossible&#039; battle mode was reprinted in the instructions for the Hasbro G1-styled redeco.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Isolated incidents==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BTAltProwlMisassemblies.jpg|thumb|left|Just give me a call and we can swap parts...]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Aside from these widespread misassemblies, there are also countless instances of isolated incidents where a single specimen of a toy, or at least very &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; low quantities, feature assembly errors. Chances are that every toy collector has encountered at least one of these over the years, and trying to compile a list is pretty much pointless considering their sheer &#039;&#039;variety&#039;&#039;, as well as their (usually) low quantities.&lt;br /&gt;
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A toy with an unusually large amount of reported errors, many of them of the really &#039;&#039;odd&#039;&#039; variety, was &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]&#039;&#039; [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]: One specimen of the &#039;&#039;Binaltech&#039;&#039; version sported the &amp;quot;Type S&amp;quot; rims of his &#039;&#039;Alternators&#039;&#039; counterpart on both his front wheels (but the correct &amp;quot;Type R&amp;quot; rims on his rear wheels); one specimen of the blue &#039;&#039;Binaltech&#039;&#039; version had the wrong set of fingers on one hand, resulting in an articulated &#039;&#039;pinky finger&#039;&#039; instead of the index finger. The most commonly reported error, however, was of the toy sporting two of the same hand. This error was apparently &#039;&#039;so&#039;&#039; common that it even showed up in &#039;&#039;two different sets of [[stock photography|stock photos]]&#039;&#039; (which also featured two of the same forearms, and one of them even two of the same &#039;&#039;shoulders&#039;&#039;)!&lt;br /&gt;
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Reportedly, some specimens of &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039; [[Superion (ROTF)|Superion]] also came with a very unusual problem, where one of [[Silverbolt (ROTF)|Silverbolt&#039;s]] legs was assembled the wrong way (a widespread error, as noted above), but the other one was assembled &#039;&#039;correctly&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Solutions==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TFU08-toy Makeshift.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|One of the easiest fixes &#039;&#039;ever&#039;&#039;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Many cases of misassembly can easily be fixed with the aid of a screwdriver and a modicum of judiciously applied pressure. Most Transformers include many parts that are held together with Phillips-head screws, which can generally be removed quite easily, allowing the misassembled pieces to be reversed, swapped out or otherwise re-aligned. Also, many toys from &#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039; onwards feature [[ball joint]]s or similar that can usually be popped free and easily reconfigured. Examples include &#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Blitzwing, whose left-right swapped upper arms can be easily popped out of his shoulders and unscrewed from his forearms and then reassembled.&lt;br /&gt;
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However, sometimes the assembly process involves adhesives or metal rods, which makes certain parts virtually impossible to separate without serious risk of damaging the toy permanently.  Also, toys involving electronic [[gimmick]]s can be particularly tricky to tinker with. All but those confident in their [[customizing]] skills should be wary of attempting such fixes.&lt;br /&gt;
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Arguably, such fixes mean the toy is no longer in its &amp;quot;original&amp;quot; state, so extreme semanticists might argue that this counts as a form of customizing. But really, do we care?&lt;br /&gt;
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In cases where individual specimens erroneously come with the wrong parts assembled (such as two of the same hand), there&#039;s the additional problem of finding someone who either has the same problem in reverse (i.e. two of the &#039;&#039;other&#039;&#039; hand) or a broken toy with the missing part intact (or at least someone selling a toy [[for parts]]). More often than not, however, you&#039;re better off returning the faulty toy to the store and getting a new one.&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Unusual cases==&lt;br /&gt;
In some cases, there is an evident problem where something doesn&#039;t quite work properly, but the [[stock photography]] and even elements of the [[deco]] would suggest that everything is in order. Although it is difficult to prove without official confirmation, cases like this may be due to a misassembly happening quite early in the design process, after the [[prototype]] phase but before finalising the deco, and thereafter being assumed to be correct at each subsequent stage of production.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TitaniumHero UltraMagnus.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|Nature... or nurture?]]&lt;br /&gt;
An example of this is the [[Titanium Series]] series [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]], whose shoulder-mounted rocket launchers appear to have been been flipped horizontally, as their pegs cause them to attach top-down in robot mode. Although it is &#039;&#039;possible&#039;&#039; that some kind of mirror-flip occurred in the moulding of the launchers, an arguably more likely explanation notes that if the shoulders are simply swapped out they can attach correctly, suggesting instead a case of &amp;lt;strong class=&amp;quot;selflink&amp;quot;&amp;gt;misassembly&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;. However, the fact that the shoulders feature Autobot-sigil [[tampograph]]s that would then be rendered visible only from the back would seem to argue against this, as does the packaging photography of the prototype. Conversely, the instructions depict the &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; shoulder assembly as distinguished by showing frontwards the moulding detail that is backwards-facing on the toy as released.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Such a case &#039;&#039;could&#039;&#039; be an example of misassembly occurring very early in the process. The decision to &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; the toy by swapping out the parts may make the accessories attach correctly, but at the cost of hiding some of the deco.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Misassembly &#039;&#039;is not...&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Ultimate Bumblebee toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|I am not an animal! I AM A MECHY BEING!!]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Misassembly is not the same thing as toys which are incorrectly transformed in their packaging and/or [[stock photography|promotion photography]], such as &amp;quot;Ultimate&amp;quot; [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Movie Bumblebee]] and his non-collapsed chest.&lt;br /&gt;
* Misassembly is not the same thing as a [[design change]], where the way parts were clearly intended to move, align or otherwise function has been altered in a manner which partly or fully compromises its optimal function, such as [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]&#039;s wrists, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|&#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Bumblebee]]&#039;s stingers, or [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys|&#039;&#039;Movie&#039;&#039; Ratchet]]&#039;s thumbs. These changes can sometimes appear to be oversights or mistakes, but are in fact often done [[for safety reasons]]. Occasionally these issues are corrected in later re-uses of the mould, such as with &#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Bumblebee.&lt;br /&gt;
* Misassembly is not the same thing as a [[design flaw]], where a toy has been produced with parts that do not function as they were clearly intended, but are not the result of a deliberate design change. Manufacturing errors can result from pieces being manufactured fractionally too small or large, or subtly not quite the right shape, resulting in parts that don&#039;t move as intended, such as &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ironhide]]. Sometimes large numbers of units from a production run will have these problems while others from the same run will not, such as with [[Grimlock (Animated)#Toys|&#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Grimlock]]&#039;s partially-retracting leg/forearms.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{toystub|pictures, more concrete examples}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Footnotes==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Toys]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Misassembly</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Misassembly&amp;diff=1253628"/>
		<updated>2018-04-19T04:37:33Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Swapped parts */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[File:MegatronUltimateBattle.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Doomed to walk backwards, but oddly has become a much better dancer as a result.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Misassembly&#039;&#039;&#039; is what happens when something goes wrong in the production process and parts of a toy are assembled in a way other than their design intended. It can happen for a variety of reasons, but the result is that many or even &#039;&#039;all&#039;&#039; units of a given production run on a toy will contain some form of incorrect assembly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The most common form of misassembly is the swapping of two similar parts from left to right, such as feet, forearms, door kibble etc., and/or having parts attached backwards.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Misassembled toys will often appear normal at first glance, having made it through the manufacture and packaging process including [[quality control]], either without anyone noticing or, if they did, without thinking it was a significant enough problem to warrant the trouble of making a mid-run correction.  Mistaken assemblies can create problems with [[articulation]] or [[transformation]], such as toys which can essentially transform but have parts that are difficult or impossible to click fully into place.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Examples of widespread cases==&lt;br /&gt;
===Swapped parts===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[JaAm|WhY mY ELboWs huRt]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:RANSACKvh1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The way it was meant to be!]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Classicstoy ultimate battle megatron.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|[Fixed]]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Human Alliance Bumblebee Prototype.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Don&#039;t try this at home, kids!]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]&#039;s forearms&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; [[Battle in a Box]] two-pack [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Universe|Ultra Magnus]]&#039;s forearms (error carried over onto the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]] [[redeco]] released as a mass-retail Deluxe Class toy for the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]&#039;&#039; line, then fixed with a [[variant|running change]] version)&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]&#039;s [[beast mode]] mandibles (the same error is repeated on the [[BotCon 2005]] reuses of the sculpt.)&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]&#039;&#039; [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]&#039;s upper arms&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]&#039;&#039; [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]] has his inside legs swapped so that the knee joint faces the wrong way. Furthermore, his shoulders are also misassembled, since there is a moulded chevron...in his armpit. The same error is repeated on every subsequent reuse of the sculpt, such as &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; [[Silverbolt (G1)#Universe (2008)|Silverbolt]] and the [[rebranding|rebranded]] &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039; [[Silverbolt (ROTF)#toys|Silverbolt]].&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Energon&#039;&#039; [[Steamhammer (Energon)|Steamhammer]] and his redeco, &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], have the treads in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] swapped. As a result, the small tabs on the sides of the treads that are supposed to peg into the holes in the gray flaps on the hips, thereby stabilizing the robot torso, are located on the sides of the head instead. Fortunately, the treads can be easily swapped using a screwdriver.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ooebi&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://ooebihara.sakura.ne.jp/toys/TF/Slink/ex01/ex01.htm Ooebi&#039;s Hobby Factory gallery of Superlink Buildron]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Hasbro&#039;s official [[stock photography|stock photos]] depict the treads correctly assembled, and the [[instructions]] show the tabs in the correct place in [[robot mode]] (oddly enough, the instructions imply that the tabs peg in less well than they do in reality).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Cybertron&#039;&#039; [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack&#039;s]] rear wheel struts (the same error is repeated on every subsequent reuse of the sculpt except for [[BotCon 2006]]&#039;s [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]].)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; [[Mini-Con]] [[Grindor (Classics)|Grindor]] is odd: His official stock photos depict the wheels with the pegs as the rear wheels and the wheels with the corresponding holes as the front wheels. The toy itself has the wheels swapped, which is backed up by his [[instructions]]. His redeco, &#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039; [[Bodyblock (Universe)|Bodyblock]], features the wheel assembly from Grindor&#039;s stock photos, which contradicts his own instructions (which are recycled from Grindor). Since neither wheel assembly affects his functionality or transformation in any way whatsoever, it&#039;s unclear which one is supposed to be the &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; assembly and which one is the &amp;quot;misassembly&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Transformers: Classics|Classics]] Ultimate Battle [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Ultimate.2BBattle|Megatron&#039;s]] feet are swapped and put on backwards, resulting in them not folding up properly in his tank mode.&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe 2.0]]&#039;&#039; Mini-Con [[Makeshift (Universe)|Makeshift]]&#039;s legs are swapped on the hips both on the actual toy and in official stock photos compared to his own instructions and the original iteration of the sculpt, &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]&#039;&#039; [[Oil Slick (Classics)|Oil Slick]]. This results in the crotch section facing the wrong way in robot mode, with his sole [[Powerlinx]] socket facing forward and the sculpted crotch details facing backwards. Not only does this location of the Powerlinx port in robot mode result in [[anatomic euphemism|unfortunate implications]], it also makes the socket inaccessible in vehicle mode. This applies to the [[Kmart]] [[exclusive]] Mini-Con 12-pack release of the toy; at least some samples of the individually packaged version available at discount store chains like Big Lots! were assembled correctly.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe 2.0]]&#039;&#039;&#039;s [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Classic Series|Prowl]]/[[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Classic Series|Silverstreak]]/[[Smokescreen (G1)#Universe .282008.29|Smokescreen]] [[mold]] has most sliding feet assemblies swapped. The balance is far better when the feet are swapped, allowing for a more leveled hood-chest and reducing the depressed look they commonly sport.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Revenge of the Fallen&#039;&#039; [[Human Alliance]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee&#039;s]] legs were supposedly swapped because the extra transformation step (rotating the legs and waist) would have been too difficult for kids to do. Although [[prototype]] photos seen via [[TakaraTomy]] show the legs with the wheels in a more [[show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] setup, the official [[Hasbro]] stock photos and the [[instructions]] show the &amp;quot;misassembly&amp;quot; as the &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; assembly, thus making this (arguably) an intentional [[design change]] rather than a genuine misassembly.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Beast Hunters]]&#039;&#039; Voyager Class [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Beast Hunters|Ultra Magnus]] has swapped leg panels, meaning that the pegs used to secure them in robot mode are on the wrong sides.&lt;br /&gt;
* The initial release of &#039;&#039;[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]&#039;&#039; [[Jinbu#Go.21|Jinbu]] toy suffers from swapped thighs, preventing him from bending his knees past 90 degrees, and from allowing his legs to be tabbed and secured properly in the &amp;quot;GoKenzan&amp;quot; combined mode.&lt;br /&gt;
* Initial shipments of &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]&#039;&#039; [[Skids (G1)#Generations|Autobot Skids]]&#039;s upper thighs are swapped, compromising the hip articulation. The issue was fixed in the [[Crosscut (Autobot)#Generations|Crosscut]] retool and later releases of Skids himself.&lt;br /&gt;
*Some of the &#039;&#039;Timelines&#039;&#039; Mini-Cons such as Stylor, Frenzy, &amp;amp; Gatoraider. Since they&#039;re redecoed from the Arms Micron kits, their parts can be swapped back with ease. &lt;br /&gt;
*Many (if not all) samples of &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039; [[Pyra Magna#Generations|Pyra Magna]], [[Onslaught (G1)#G2BruticusSet|&amp;quot;G2&amp;quot; Onslaught]] and [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]] come with misassembled knee struts. They are reversed on both legs, preventing their knee assemblies from locking in properly for robot mode. &lt;br /&gt;
*Many &#039;&#039;Titans Return&#039;&#039; Titan Master figures (such as Loudmouth, Terri-Bull, &amp;amp; Titan Force Infinitus) have flipped upper legs.&lt;br /&gt;
*Many copies of &#039;&#039;Titans Return&#039;&#039; Kup have the outside panels covering the rear wheels placed on the wrong side of the vehicle. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Nonfunctioning/compromised gimmick===&lt;br /&gt;
* The blue lever at the base of &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; [[Transmetal 2]] [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]]&#039;s dragon mode neck, which allows his neck to be moved around like a puppet, features a flip-down tab which is supposed to fit into a groove in the neck and lock it in its fully-extended position. The lever is attached backwards, however, and tab cannot meet groove, though this can be easily remedied by unscrewing the lever and reattaching in the proper orientation. This persisted with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]].&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]&#039;&#039; [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Runamuck]]&#039;s punching gimmick.&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Transformers (film)|Movie]] [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]] features a spring in the forearm that was supposed to fire his chain-fist, but was instead installed in his fusion cannon arm, causing it to snap shut. Switching the spring from one arm to the other corrects the function of both gimmicks.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Transformation-inhibiting errors===&lt;br /&gt;
* Voyager Class &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039; [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] appears to have the joint that attaches the cab to the robot inverted, with the released toy having the cab joint upside-down as compared with what is in the instructions and box pictures, meaning that the toy cannot &#039;&#039;exactly&#039;&#039; mimic the battle mode that is depicted on the instructions or [[stock photography|stock photo]]s. This only applies to the Hasbro version of the instructions, however, as the Japanese Takara release had instructions depicting a completely different battle mode,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showpost.php?p=124022&amp;amp;postcount=13 Thread about Mixmaster&#039;s faulty instructions.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; which utilised the joint in the direction it is assembled, as well as pegs and holes present on the rear wheel segments and the inside of the cab respectively. Unfortunately, the transformation instructions have since been removed from the Takara website. The &#039;impossible&#039; battle mode was reprinted in the instructions for the Hasbro G1-styled redeco.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Isolated incidents==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:BTAltProwlMisassemblies.jpg|thumb|left|Just give me a call and we can swap parts...]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Aside from these widespread misassemblies, there are also countless instances of isolated incidents where a single specimen of a toy, or at least very &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; low quantities, feature assembly errors. Chances are that every toy collector has encountered at least one of these over the years, and trying to compile a list is pretty much pointless considering their sheer &#039;&#039;variety&#039;&#039;, as well as their (usually) low quantities.&lt;br /&gt;
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A toy with an unusually large amount of reported errors, many of them of the really &#039;&#039;odd&#039;&#039; variety, was &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]&#039;&#039; [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]: One specimen of the &#039;&#039;Binaltech&#039;&#039; version sported the &amp;quot;Type S&amp;quot; rims of his &#039;&#039;Alternators&#039;&#039; counterpart on both his front wheels (but the correct &amp;quot;Type R&amp;quot; rims on his rear wheels); one specimen of the blue &#039;&#039;Binaltech&#039;&#039; version had the wrong set of fingers on one hand, resulting in an articulated &#039;&#039;pinky finger&#039;&#039; instead of the index finger. The most commonly reported error, however, was of the toy sporting two of the same hand. This error was apparently &#039;&#039;so&#039;&#039; common that it even showed up in &#039;&#039;two different sets of [[stock photography|stock photos]]&#039;&#039; (which also featured two of the same forearms, and one of them even two of the same &#039;&#039;shoulders&#039;&#039;)!&lt;br /&gt;
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Reportedly, some specimens of &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039; [[Superion (ROTF)|Superion]] also came with a very unusual problem, where one of [[Silverbolt (ROTF)|Silverbolt&#039;s]] legs was assembled the wrong way (a widespread error, as noted above), but the other one was assembled &#039;&#039;correctly&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Solutions==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TFU08-toy Makeshift.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|One of the easiest fixes &#039;&#039;ever&#039;&#039;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Many cases of misassembly can easily be fixed with the aid of a screwdriver and a modicum of judiciously applied pressure. Most Transformers include many parts that are held together with Phillips-head screws, which can generally be removed quite easily, allowing the misassembled pieces to be reversed, swapped out or otherwise re-aligned. Also, many toys from &#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039; onwards feature [[ball joint]]s or similar that can usually be popped free and easily reconfigured. Examples include &#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Blitzwing, whose left-right swapped upper arms can be easily popped out of his shoulders and unscrewed from his forearms and then reassembled.&lt;br /&gt;
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However, sometimes the assembly process involves adhesives or metal rods, which makes certain parts virtually impossible to separate without serious risk of damaging the toy permanently.  Also, toys involving electronic [[gimmick]]s can be particularly tricky to tinker with. All but those confident in their [[customizing]] skills should be wary of attempting such fixes.&lt;br /&gt;
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Arguably, such fixes mean the toy is no longer in its &amp;quot;original&amp;quot; state, so extreme semanticists might argue that this counts as a form of customizing. But really, do we care?&lt;br /&gt;
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In cases where individual specimens erroneously come with the wrong parts assembled (such as two of the same hand), there&#039;s the additional problem of finding someone who either has the same problem in reverse (i.e. two of the &#039;&#039;other&#039;&#039; hand) or a broken toy with the missing part intact (or at least someone selling a toy [[for parts]]). More often than not, however, you&#039;re better off returning the faulty toy to the store and getting a new one.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Unusual cases==&lt;br /&gt;
In some cases, there is an evident problem where something doesn&#039;t quite work properly, but the [[stock photography]] and even elements of the [[deco]] would suggest that everything is in order. Although it is difficult to prove without official confirmation, cases like this may be due to a misassembly happening quite early in the design process, after the [[prototype]] phase but before finalising the deco, and thereafter being assumed to be correct at each subsequent stage of production.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TitaniumHero UltraMagnus.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|Nature... or nurture?]]&lt;br /&gt;
An example of this is the [[Titanium Series]] series [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]], whose shoulder-mounted rocket launchers appear to have been been flipped horizontally, as their pegs cause them to attach top-down in robot mode. Although it is &#039;&#039;possible&#039;&#039; that some kind of mirror-flip occurred in the moulding of the launchers, an arguably more likely explanation notes that if the shoulders are simply swapped out they can attach correctly, suggesting instead a case of &amp;lt;strong class=&amp;quot;selflink&amp;quot;&amp;gt;misassembly&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;. However, the fact that the shoulders feature Autobot-sigil [[tampograph]]s that would then be rendered visible only from the back would seem to argue against this, as does the packaging photography of the prototype. Conversely, the instructions depict the &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; shoulder assembly as distinguished by showing frontwards the moulding detail that is backwards-facing on the toy as released.&lt;br /&gt;
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Such a case &#039;&#039;could&#039;&#039; be an example of misassembly occurring very early in the process. The decision to &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; the toy by swapping out the parts may make the accessories attach correctly, but at the cost of hiding some of the deco.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Misassembly &#039;&#039;is not...&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Ultimate Bumblebee toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|I am not an animal! I AM A MECHY BEING!!]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Misassembly is not the same thing as toys which are incorrectly transformed in their packaging and/or [[stock photography|promotion photography]], such as &amp;quot;Ultimate&amp;quot; [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Movie Bumblebee]] and his non-collapsed chest.&lt;br /&gt;
* Misassembly is not the same thing as a [[design change]], where the way parts were clearly intended to move, align or otherwise function has been altered in a manner which partly or fully compromises its optimal function, such as [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]&#039;s wrists, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|&#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Bumblebee]]&#039;s stingers, or [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys|&#039;&#039;Movie&#039;&#039; Ratchet]]&#039;s thumbs. These changes can sometimes appear to be oversights or mistakes, but are in fact often done [[for safety reasons]]. Occasionally these issues are corrected in later re-uses of the mould, such as with &#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Bumblebee.&lt;br /&gt;
* Misassembly is not the same thing as a [[design flaw]], where a toy has been produced with parts that do not function as they were clearly intended, but are not the result of a deliberate design change. Manufacturing errors can result from pieces being manufactured fractionally too small or large, or subtly not quite the right shape, resulting in parts that don&#039;t move as intended, such as &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ironhide]]. Sometimes large numbers of units from a production run will have these problems while others from the same run will not, such as with [[Grimlock (Animated)#Toys|&#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Grimlock]]&#039;s partially-retracting leg/forearms.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Footnotes==&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Sky Blast is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Skyblast-armada-packageart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Be small and have a big stick for an arm.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Sky Blast&#039;&#039;&#039; is a hothead with hot feet. He&#039;s always rushing into battle without a second thought, and sometimes not even a first. This gets on the nerves of his friends on the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], but they know he means well. Still, his battle-cry of &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;BLAST OFF!&#039;&#039;&amp;quot; can get annoying quickly.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; cartoon===&lt;br /&gt;
Sky Blast was a Mini-Con whose storage panel lay dormant deep inside the crashed ship that was Autobot headquarters on Earth. When his partner [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] was pinpointed on a deserted island, a signal went out that located Sky Blast and [[Astroscope]] beneath the Autobot base and on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], respectively. The [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]] and the Autobots&#039; pet kids went looking for the Mini-Con in the bowels of the base while most of the Autobots were engaged with the enemy on the island. They found Sky Blast and activated him but, in his petrified state, he fired on the children with his hand-cannon. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite his fearsome firepower, the kids quickly realized Sky Blast was more scared than they were, and [[Rad White|Rad]] tried his best to be comforting to the Mini-Con. The Autobots were having a rough time against the new super-warrior [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], and so Rad, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] took Sky Blast to the battlefield in the hopes that he could do something. The timid Mini-Con was still too unnerved to help, but after both Red Alert and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] were injured trying to protect him, and Rad constantly stood up for Sky Blast&#039;s right to choose for himself, Sky Blast made the brave choice and got involved in the fight. He summoned his fellow [[Space Mini-Con Team]] partners, calling up Payload from the ground and calling down Astroscope from the Moon. The three of them linked up into the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] in mid-air for [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], as he plummeted to the ground after a disastrous fight with [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Dark Fleet armor]]. Prime used the Requiem Blaster to carve out a landing spot for himself in the middle of the ocean, and was saved. {{storylink|Desperate}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sky Blast and his teammates briefly ran away from the Autobots, because they didn&#039;t want to be used for combat. After Optimus Prime rescued them from [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], he promised the Mini-Cons they would only join the battles against the Decepticons if they desired it—no Autobots would force them to fight. Sky Blast got a snazzy cowboy hat out of this escapade! {{storylink|Runaway}}&lt;br /&gt;
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True to his word, Optimus Prime left Sky Blast and the others back at headquarters when the Autobots were called into battle against the Decepticons, with [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] watching over them. The battle was only a lure for the Requiem Blaster, however - Megatron and Thrust soon doubled back to attack the undermanned Autobot headquarters. Smokescreen fought bravely to defend the Space Mini-Con Team, but Megatron managed to subvert their programming and [[powerlinx]] with the trio, forcing them to form the Requiem Blaster and obliterate their Autobot protector. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sky Blast and the Space Team had little time to act as individuals after that, remaining powerlinxed as the Requiem Blaster as Megatron&#039;s personal weapon, and later when the Decepticons used the gun as one-third of the [[Hydra Cannon]], before it was stolen by Thrust and used to provide power to the heart of Unicron. Sky Blast, Payload and Astroscope reawakened as individuals with the help of [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and the Street Action Team, who had journeyed to Unicron&#039;s core with Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and the Earth children to grant the super-weapon Mini-Cons their freedom. {{storylink|Origin}} Sky Blast fled Unicron aboard the Autobot [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] just before the Chaos-Bringer was finally destroyed. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Dreamwave &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; comic===&lt;br /&gt;
Back in the day, Sky Blast lived in [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con village D10]] alongside the other Space Team members, until one day when the [[Decepticon]]s trashed the village and captured them. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} Along with most other imprisoned Mini-Cons, they eventually escaped and made their way to [[Earth]], where their [[Exodus (Armada)|ship]] crashed on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. For the next million years, Sky Blast and the others built and resided in a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress base]] on the moon under the command of [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]. Him and the Space Team were apparently responsible for the signal that called all the Mini-Cons living on Earth to the moonbase. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Unfortunately, this attracted the Decepticons, who attacked the base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}&lt;br /&gt;
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As Mini-Cons&#039; defenses failed them, Sky Blast packed up his belongings (such as a [[Rubber Ducky|rubber ducky]]) and prepared to take the next escape pod outta there. He was stopped by [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], who needed the Space Team&#039;s help to save [[Rad White]], a [[human]] who was stuck in one of the moonbase&#039;s orbital mines. The team was hesitant, but were eventually convinced that they couldn&#039;t just run away. Sky Blast obtained the recall code for the relevant mine, but it didn&#039;t work properly, so he improvised a plan to bring the whole minefield to low lunar orbit. When this was done, Sky Blast headed out in person, using his rocket mode to reach the mine and pull it on board an approaching [[Autobot]] shuttle. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}&lt;br /&gt;
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With nowhere else to go, the former moonbase residents temporarily sided with the Autobots. Sky Blast was seen listening to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]&#039;s speeches about Mini-Con independence. {{storylink|Fire &amp;amp; Ice}} A while later, the Space Team oversaw a battle in [[Alaska]], and Sky Blast recognized that the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team|Destruction Team]] had driven [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] berserk by deactivating their [[safety interlock]]s. He was later ordered by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to head into space and shoot down [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]&#039;s destructive [[Solar Scalpel]] satellite, which he did at the very last second. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sky Blast was at the [[Autobase]] when the Autobots found an alternate-dimension [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], who passed away after giving them a mysterious warning. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} With their own Optimus Prime missing somewhere in the [[Multiverse]], the Space Team started researching alternate dimensions in an attempt to find him. While Astroscope went on another mission, Sky Blast and Payload stayed at base, where they sent a temporal probe into a [[space bridge]] to scan different realities for Prime. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} While the defending Autobots were taken out one by one in a Decepticon attack, the two Mini-Cons had no choice but to sit tight, keep scanning and hope for the best. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} After 75,890,007 realities, the probe finally found Optimus Prime, and Sky Blast quickly sent his spatial coordinates to Sparkplug, [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] and [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] so that they could retrieve him. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}} &lt;br /&gt;
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Some time later, all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered to join the fight against [[Unicron]], including Sky Blast. They traveled to the [[Loop]] on their home planet, where they focused their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and released a blast that crippled Unicron. {{storylink|The End}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Panini &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; comic===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PaniniArmada9 allthoseinfavour.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]&lt;br /&gt;
In the early stages of the war, Sky Blast was among the Mini-Cons who supported [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]&#039;s plan to kill [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] by luring him to the [[Autobot]] headquarters and blowing it up. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{--}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Cybertron&#039;&#039; comic===&lt;br /&gt;
A version of Sky Blast hailed from [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]] and was a slave to the dimension-hopping warlord [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]]. When Megazarak&#039;s forces were abducted by [[Unicron]], Sky Blast and [[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] came along with him. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/01}} Sky Blast and Gunbarrel apparently became [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] and fought under [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]&#039;s command in the [[Cauldron]] in the final battle of the [[Universe War]]. Unfortunately, they were killed by [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Armada===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Armada-toy SkyBlast.JPG|thumb|250px|Rocket! Yeeah! Satellite of looove!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Space Mini-Con Team&#039;&#039;&#039; (Basic, 2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;MM-13&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Sky Blast transforms into a multi-thruster rocket based on the Vostok Rocket. He is designed to be carried on his teammate [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]]&#039;s truck-mode. He also forms the main chamber of the combined [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] weapon. He was only available in the Space Team set with [[Astroscope]] and Payload.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Space Team was put in &amp;quot;clamshell&amp;quot; packaging with other Mini-Con teams as &amp;quot;bonus buy&amp;quot; packs in several different store chains, including the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]], [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team]], and [[Race Mini-Con Team|Road Assault Mini-Con Team]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This toy doubles as the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW Generation 1]] character [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]], and this mold was also used to make [[Backblast]]. It was slated for a few other [[redeco]]es that were ultimately not released (see below).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The figure to the right is mistransformed. The left red robot shoulder needs to be swivelled up.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/SkyBlast/skyblast.htm More information on Sky Blast at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:2003-spacemicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|But, if he&#039;s the rocket, and Astroscope the satellite of love, then what the heck is Payload?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Space Micron X-Dimensions&#039;&#039;&#039; (Basic, 2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;MM-14&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: For their Japanese [[X-Dimensions Micron|X-Dimensions]] release, the entire Space Team was redecoed in shades of green and brown... an oddly terrestrial color scheme for a space-based group.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Apollo (Armada)|Apollo]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XApollo/apollo.htm More information on X-Dimensions Apollo at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Apollo&#039;&#039;&#039; (Candy toy, 2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Change Micron ID number&#039;&#039;: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Sky Blast was sold as an individual in the second series of [[Kabaya]] &amp;quot;[[Change Micron]]&amp;quot; [[candy toy]]s in Japan. This mold is based on the original, but is in fact an entirely new mold with numerous minor sculpting differences. It&#039;s likely this toy is also not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. The most notable differences between the [[Hasbro]]/[[TakaraTomy|Takara]] Sky Blast and the Kabaya version is the latter has darker-blue plastic for the left arm and head, plus lacks the &amp;quot;burn mark&amp;quot; spray-painting on his legs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMApollo/apollo.htm More information on Change Micron Apollo at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Jetfire w/ Comettor&#039;&#039;&#039; (Ultracon, 2003)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Space Team was placed in a bubble attached to the top of normal &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] packages as a bonus-buy in Target stores for a limited time in the US.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Energon===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Ultra Magnus&#039;&#039;&#039; (Ultra, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Space Team was redecoed and packaged in with &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]&#039;&#039; [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]]. Magnus was originally going to be packed with a new-characters redeco of the [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]] ([[Brakedown (Energon)|Brakedown]], [[Clocker (Energon)|Clocker]] and [[Override (Energon)|Override]], later named the [[Courier Mini-Con Team]]), but were changed towards the last minute. Exactly why the change to the Space Team was made has yet to be determined.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The toy was a last-minute redeco, along with [[Rapid Run (Energon)|Rapid Run]] and [[Treadbolt]]. As such, their packaging photography had to be completed before properly painted samples could be obtained, so the box-back photos use the original decos; Magnus&#039;s box also shows the original Street Speed Team rather than the Space Team.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Magnus, Rapid Run and Treadbolt were produced in smaller numbers than the rest of the normal retail &#039;&#039;Energon&#039;&#039; line (reportedly only about 10,000 units each) and were only available in the initial shipments of the line. However, Magnus&#039;s shipment saw a very limited release, quickly replaced with the second assortment in the U.S., making him hard to come by. Magnus later showed up in much larger numbers in Australia, Canada, and some European markets, and was made available in Japan through [[e-HOBBY]] with the box altered via a black and white sticker, reflecting the Space Team&#039;s addition. The back of the European release&#039;s box was further corrected, as the Mini-Cons shown were changed along when more languages were added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Skyblast/skyblast.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Energon&#039;&#039; Sky Blast at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Road Assault Mini-Con Team &amp;amp; Space Mini-Con Team&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Space Team was part of a Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] &#039;&#039;Energon&#039;&#039;-series six-pack, in their original &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; deco. They came with the &amp;quot;Road Assault&amp;quot; version of the Race Team.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Unreleased===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TFU03-toy SkyBlast.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don&#039;t eat the brown acid!]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Test-shots of a slightly altered Space Team have popped up from various sources. It&#039;s possible this was intended to be a mid-series deco-change for the team, though it looks unfinished at best. The team has &#039;&#039;exactly&#039;&#039; the same [[Paint operation|paint application]] layouts in exactly the same &#039;&#039;colors&#039;&#039; as the original. Sky Blast&#039;s white and blue plastics changed to black, and that&#039;s it.&lt;br /&gt;
* The Space Team was also slated to be redecoed as pack-in partners for &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; [[Spacewarp]]. When the toy was saved from limbo by [[Fun Publications]], they intended to keep the Mini-Con partners, but were told by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] that the &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039;-era Team molds were too worn out to use again. As such, the team was replaced by a redeco of the [[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team]] when &amp;quot;Astrotrain&amp;quot; finally saw release.&lt;br /&gt;
** This deco of Sky Blast became the basis of the character [[Jump Drive]].&lt;br /&gt;
{{--}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
* Sky Blast&#039;s persona seems to be based on the [[Fantastic Four]]&#039;s [[Human Torch]], to go with Astroscope being [[Mister Fantastic]] and Payload being the Thing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Foreign names===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Japanese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Apollo&#039;&#039;&#039; (アポロ &#039;&#039;Aporo&#039;&#039;), &#039;&#039;&#039;Sky Blast&#039;&#039;&#039; (スカイブラスト &#039;&#039;Sukai Burasuto&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act281/ Gallery of the unreleased &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; Space Team at TFkenkon]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.blackgears.com/gallery/micro2.html Gallery of the unreleased Spacewarp team at Black Gears]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Candy toys]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Children of Primus]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Combiners]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Universe Mini-Cons]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
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		<title>Sky Blast (Armada)</title>
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{{disambig3|Skyblast}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Sky Blast is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Skyblast-armada-packageart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Be small and have a big stick for an arm.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Sky Blast&#039;&#039;&#039; is a hothead with hot feet. He&#039;s always rushing into battle without a second thought, and sometimes not even a first. This gets on the nerves of his friends on the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], but they know he means well. Still, his battle-cry of &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;BLAST OFF!&#039;&#039;&amp;quot; can get annoying quickly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; cartoon===&lt;br /&gt;
Sky Blast was a Mini-Con whose storage panel lay dormant deep inside the crashed ship that was Autobot headquarters on Earth. When his partner [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] was pinpointed on a deserted island, a signal went out that located Sky Blast and [[Astroscope]] beneath the Autobot base and on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], respectively. The [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]] and the Autobots&#039; pet kids went looking for the Mini-Con in the bowels of the base while most of the Autobots were engaged with the enemy on the island. They found Sky Blast and activated him but, in his petrified state, he fired on the children with his hand-cannon. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Despite his fearsome firepower, the kids quickly realized Sky Blast was more scared than they were, and [[Rad White|Rad]] tried his best to be comforting to the Mini-Con. The Autobots were having a rough time against the new super-warrior [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], and so Rad, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] took Sky Blast to the battlefield in the hopes that he could do something. The timid Mini-Con was still too unnerved to help, but after both Red Alert and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] were injured trying to protect him, and Rad constantly stood up for Sky Blast&#039;s right to choose for himself, Sky Blast made the brave choice and got involved in the fight. He summoned his fellow [[Space Mini-Con Team]] partners, calling up Payload from the ground and calling down Astroscope from the Moon. The three of them linked up into the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] in mid-air for [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], as he plummeted to the ground after a disastrous fight with [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Dark Fleet armor]]. Prime used the Requiem Blaster to carve out a landing spot for himself in the middle of the ocean, and was saved. {{storylink|Desperate}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sky Blast and his teammates briefly ran away from the Autobots, because they didn&#039;t want to be used for combat. After Optimus Prime rescued them from [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], he promised the Mini-Cons they would only join the battles against the Decepticons if they desired it—no Autobots would force them to fight. Sky Blast got a snazzy cowboy hat out of this escapade! {{storylink|Runaway}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
True to his word, Optimus Prime left Sky Blast and the others back at headquarters when the Autobots were called into battle against the Decepticons, with [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] watching over them. The battle was only a lure for the Requiem Blaster, however - Megatron and Thrust soon doubled back to attack the undermanned Autobot headquarters. Smokescreen fought bravely to defend the Space Mini-Con Team, but Megatron managed to subvert their programming and [[powerlinx]] with the trio, forcing them to form the Requiem Blaster and obliterate their Autobot protector. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sky Blast and the Space Team had little time to act as individuals after that, remaining powerlinxed as the Requiem Blaster as Megatron&#039;s personal weapon, and later when the Decepticons used the gun as one-third of the [[Hydra Cannon]], before it was stolen by Thrust and used to provide power to the heart of Unicron. Sky Blast, Payload and Astroscope reawakened as individuals with the help of [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and the Street Action Team, who had journeyed to Unicron&#039;s core with Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and the Earth children to grant the super-weapon Mini-Cons their freedom. {{storylink|Origin}} Sky Blast fled Unicron aboard the Autobot [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] just before the Chaos-Bringer was finally destroyed. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Dreamwave &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; comic===&lt;br /&gt;
Back in the day, Sky Blast lived in [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con village D10]] alongside the other Space Team members, until one day when the [[Decepticon]]s trashed the village and captured them. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} Along with most other imprisoned Mini-Cons, they eventually escaped and made their way to [[Earth]], where their [[Exodus (Armada)|ship]] crashed on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. For the next million years, Sky Blast and the others built and resided in a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress base]] on the moon under the command of [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]. Him and the Space Team were apparently responsible for the signal that called all the Mini-Cons living on Earth to the moonbase. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Unfortunately, this attracted the Decepticons, who attacked the base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As Mini-Cons&#039; defenses failed them, Sky Blast packed up his belongings (such as a [[Rubber Ducky|rubber ducky]]) and prepared to take the next escape pod outta there. He was stopped by [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], who needed the Space Team&#039;s help to save [[Rad White]], a [[human]] who was stuck in one of the moonbase&#039;s orbital mines. The team was hesitant, but were eventually convinced that they couldn&#039;t just run away. Sky Blast obtained the recall code for the relevant mine, but it didn&#039;t work properly, so he improvised a plan to bring the whole minefield to low lunar orbit. When this was done, Sky Blast headed out in person, using his rocket mode to reach the mine and pull it on board an approaching [[Autobot]] shuttle. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
With nowhere else to go, the former moonbase residents temporarily sided with the Autobots. Sky Blast was seen listening to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]&#039;s speeches about Mini-Con independence. {{storylink|Fire &amp;amp; Ice}} A while later, the Space Team oversaw a battle in [[Alaska]], and Sky Blast recognized that the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team|Destruction Team]] had driven [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] berserk by deactivating their [[safety interlock]]s. He was later ordered by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to head into space and shoot down [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]&#039;s destructive [[Solar Scalpel]] satellite, which he did at the very last second. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sky Blast was at the [[Autobase]] when the Autobots found an alternate-dimension [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], who passed away after giving them a mysterious warning. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} With their own Optimus Prime missing somewhere in the [[Multiverse]], the Space Team started researching alternate dimensions in an attempt to find him. While Astroscope went on another mission, Sky Blast and Payload stayed at base, where they sent a temporal probe into a [[space bridge]] to scan different realities for Prime. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} While the defending Autobots were taken out one by one in a Decepticon attack, the two Mini-Cons had no choice but to sit tight, keep scanning and hope for the best. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} After 75,890,007 realities, the probe finally found Optimus Prime, and Sky Blast quickly sent his spatial coordinates to Sparkplug, [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] and [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] so that they could retrieve him. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}} &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Some time later, all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered to join the fight against [[Unicron]], including Sky Blast. They traveled to the [[Loop]] on their home planet, where they focused their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and released a blast that crippled Unicron. {{storylink|The End}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Panini &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; comic===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PaniniArmada9 allthoseinfavour.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]&lt;br /&gt;
In the early stages of the war, Sky Blast was among the Mini-Cons who supported [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]&#039;s plan to kill [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] by luring him to the [[Autobot]] headquarters and blowing it up. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{--}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Cybertron&#039;&#039; comic===&lt;br /&gt;
A version of Sky Blast hailed from [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]] and was a slave to the dimension-hopping warlord [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]]. When Megazarak&#039;s forces were abducted by [[Unicron]], Sky Blast and [[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] came along with him. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/01}} Sky Blast and Gunbarrel apparently became [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] and fought under [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]&#039;s command in the [[Cauldron]] in the final battle of the [[Universe War]]. Unfortunately, they were killed by [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Armada===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Armada-toy SkyBlast.JPG|thumb|250px|Rocket! Yeeah! Satellite of looove!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Space Mini-Con Team&#039;&#039;&#039; (Basic, 2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;MM-13&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Sky Blast transforms into a multi-thruster rocket based on the Vostok Rocket. He is designed to be carried on his teammate [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]]&#039;s truck-mode. He also forms the main chamber of the combined [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] weapon. He was only available in the Space Team set with [[Astroscope]] and Payload.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Space Team was put in &amp;quot;clamshell&amp;quot; packaging with other Mini-Con teams as &amp;quot;bonus buy&amp;quot; packs in several different store chains, including the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]], [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team]], and [[Race Mini-Con Team|Road Assault Mini-Con Team]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This toy doubles as the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW Generation 1]] character [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]], and this mold was also used to make [[Backblast]]. It was slated for a few other [[redeco]]es that were ultimately not released (see below).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The figure to the right is mistransformed. The left red robot shoulder needs to be swivelled up.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/SkyBlast/skyblast.htm More information on Sky Blast at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:2003-spacemicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|But, if he&#039;s the rocket, and Astroscope the satellite of love, then what the heck is Payload?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Space Micron X-Dimensions&#039;&#039;&#039; (Basic, 2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;MM-14&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: For their Japanese [[X-Dimensions Micron|X-Dimensions]] release, the entire Space Team was redecoed in shades of green and brown... an oddly terrestrial color scheme for a space-based group.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Apollo (Armada)|Apollo]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XApollo/apollo.htm More information on X-Dimensions Apollo at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Apollo&#039;&#039;&#039; (Candy toy, 2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Change Micron ID number&#039;&#039;: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Sky Blast was sold as an individual in the second series of [[Kabaya]] &amp;quot;[[Change Micron]]&amp;quot; [[candy toy]]s in Japan. This mold is based on the original, but is in fact an entirely new mold with numerous minor sculpting differences. It&#039;s likely this toy is also not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. The most notable differences between the [[Hasbro]]/[[TakaraTomy|Takara]] Sky Blast and the Kabaya version is the latter has darker-blue plastic for the left arm and head, plus lacks the &amp;quot;burn mark&amp;quot; spray-painting on his legs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMApollo/apollo.htm More information on Change Micron Apollo at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Jetfire w/ Comettor&#039;&#039;&#039; (Ultracon, 2003)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Space Team was placed in a bubble attached to the top of normal &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] packages as a bonus-buy in Target stores for a limited time in the US.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Energon===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Ultra Magnus&#039;&#039;&#039; (Ultra, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Space Team was redecoed and packaged in with &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]&#039;&#039; [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]]. Magnus was originally going to be packed with a new-characters redeco of the [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]] ([[Brakedown (Energon)|Brakedown]], [[Clocker (Energon)|Clocker]] and [[Override (Energon)|Override]], later named the [[Courier Mini-Con Team]]), but were changed towards the last minute. Exactly why the change to the Space Team was made has yet to be determined.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The toy was a last-minute redeco, along with [[Rapid Run (Energon)|Rapid Run]] and [[Treadbolt]]. As such, their packaging photography had to be completed before properly painted samples could be obtained, so the box-back photos use the original decos; Magnus&#039;s box also shows the original Street Speed Team rather than the Space Team.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Magnus, Rapid Run and Treadbolt were produced in smaller numbers than the rest of the normal retail &#039;&#039;Energon&#039;&#039; line (reportedly only about 10,000 units each) and were only available in the initial shipments of the line. However, Magnus&#039;s shipment saw a very limited release, quickly replaced with the second assortment in the U.S., making him hard to come by. Magnus later showed up in much larger numbers in Australia, Canada, and some European markets, and was made available in Japan through [[e-HOBBY]] with the box altered via a black and white sticker, reflecting the Space Team&#039;s addition. The back of the European release&#039;s box was further corrected, as the Mini-Cons shown were changed along when more languages were added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Skyblast/skyblast.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Energon&#039;&#039; Sky Blast at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Road Assault Mini-Con Team &amp;amp; Space Mini-Con Team&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Space Team was part of a Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] &#039;&#039;Energon&#039;&#039;-series six-pack, in their original &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; deco. They came with the &amp;quot;Road Assault&amp;quot; version of the Race Team.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Unreleased===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TFU03-toy SkyBlast.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don&#039;t eat the brown acid!]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Test-shots of a slightly altered Space Team have popped up from various sources. It&#039;s possible this was intended to be a mid-series deco-change for the team, though it looks unfinished at best. The team has &#039;&#039;exactly&#039;&#039; the same [[Paint operation|paint application]] layouts in exactly the same &#039;&#039;colors&#039;&#039; as the original. Sky Blast&#039;s white and blue plastics changed to black, and that&#039;s it.&lt;br /&gt;
* The Space Team was also slated to be redecoed as pack-in partners for &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; [[Spacewarp]]. When the toy was saved from limbo by [[Fun Publications]], they intended to keep the Mini-Con partners, but were told by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] that the &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039;-era Team molds were too worn out to use again. As such, the team was replaced by a redeco of the [[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team]] when &amp;quot;Astrotrain&amp;quot; finally saw release.&lt;br /&gt;
** This deco of Sky Blast became the basis of the character [[Jump Drive]].&lt;br /&gt;
{{--}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
* Sky Blast&#039;s persona seems to be based on the [[Fantastic Four]]&#039;s [[Human Torch]], to go with Astroscope being [[Mister Fantastic]] and Payload being the Thing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Foreign names===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Japanese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Apollo&#039;&#039;&#039; (アポロ &#039;&#039;Aporo&#039;&#039;), &#039;&#039;&#039;Sky Blast&#039;&#039;&#039; (スカイブラスト &#039;&#039;Sukai Burasuto&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act281/ Gallery of the unreleased &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; Space Team at TFkenkon]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.blackgears.com/gallery/micro2.html Gallery of the unreleased Spacewarp team at Black Gears]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Candy toys]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Children of Primus]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Combiners]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Universe Mini-Cons]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Sky_Blast_(Armada)&amp;diff=1250900</id>
		<title>Sky Blast (Armada)</title>
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		<updated>2018-04-04T22:41:45Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Armada */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{factions|minicon}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{picsneeded}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{disambig3|Skyblast}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Sky Blast is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Skyblast-armada-packageart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Be small and have a big stick for an arm.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Sky Blast&#039;&#039;&#039; is a hothead with hot feet. He&#039;s always rushing into battle without a second thought, and sometimes not even a first. This gets on the nerves of his friends on the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], but they know he means well. Still, his battle-cry of &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;BLAST OFF!&#039;&#039;&amp;quot; can get annoying quickly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; cartoon===&lt;br /&gt;
Sky Blast was a Mini-Con whose storage panel lay dormant deep inside the crashed ship that was Autobot headquarters on Earth. When his partner [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] was pinpointed on a deserted island, a signal went out that located Sky Blast and [[Astroscope]] beneath the Autobot base and on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], respectively. The [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]] and the Autobots&#039; pet kids went looking for the Mini-Con in the bowels of the base while most of the Autobots were engaged with the enemy on the island. They found Sky Blast and activated him but, in his petrified state, he fired on the children with his hand-cannon. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Despite his fearsome firepower, the kids quickly realized Sky Blast was more scared than they were, and [[Rad White|Rad]] tried his best to be comforting to the Mini-Con. The Autobots were having a rough time against the new super-warrior [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], and so Rad, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] took Sky Blast to the battlefield in the hopes that he could do something. The timid Mini-Con was still too unnerved to help, but after both Red Alert and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] were injured trying to protect him, and Rad constantly stood up for Sky Blast&#039;s right to choose for himself, Sky Blast made the brave choice and got involved in the fight. He summoned his fellow [[Space Mini-Con Team]] partners, calling up Payload from the ground and calling down Astroscope from the Moon. The three of them linked up into the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] in mid-air for [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], as he plummeted to the ground after a disastrous fight with [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Dark Fleet armor]]. Prime used the Requiem Blaster to carve out a landing spot for himself in the middle of the ocean, and was saved. {{storylink|Desperate}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sky Blast and his teammates briefly ran away from the Autobots, because they didn&#039;t want to be used for combat. After Optimus Prime rescued them from [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], he promised the Mini-Cons they would only join the battles against the Decepticons if they desired it—no Autobots would force them to fight. Sky Blast got a snazzy cowboy hat out of this escapade! {{storylink|Runaway}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
True to his word, Optimus Prime left Sky Blast and the others back at headquarters when the Autobots were called into battle against the Decepticons, with [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] watching over them. The battle was only a lure for the Requiem Blaster, however - Megatron and Thrust soon doubled back to attack the undermanned Autobot headquarters. Smokescreen fought bravely to defend the Space Mini-Con Team, but Megatron managed to subvert their programming and [[powerlinx]] with the trio, forcing them to form the Requiem Blaster and obliterate their Autobot protector. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sky Blast and the Space Team had little time to act as individuals after that, remaining powerlinxed as the Requiem Blaster as Megatron&#039;s personal weapon, and later when the Decepticons used the gun as one-third of the [[Hydra Cannon]], before it was stolen by Thrust and used to provide power to the heart of Unicron. Sky Blast, Payload and Astroscope reawakened as individuals with the help of [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and the Street Action Team, who had journeyed to Unicron&#039;s core with Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and the Earth children to grant the super-weapon Mini-Cons their freedom. {{storylink|Origin}} Sky Blast fled Unicron aboard the Autobot [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] just before the Chaos-Bringer was finally destroyed. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Dreamwave &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; comic===&lt;br /&gt;
Back in the day, Sky Blast lived in [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con village D10]] alongside the other Space Team members, until one day when the [[Decepticon]]s trashed the village and captured them. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} Along with most other imprisoned Mini-Cons, they eventually escaped and made their way to [[Earth]], where their [[Exodus (Armada)|ship]] crashed on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. For the next million years, Sky Blast and the others built and resided in a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress base]] on the moon under the command of [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]. Him and the Space Team were apparently responsible for the signal that called all the Mini-Cons living on Earth to the moonbase. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Unfortunately, this attracted the Decepticons, who attacked the base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As Mini-Cons&#039; defenses failed them, Sky Blast packed up his belongings (such as a [[Rubber Ducky|rubber ducky]]) and prepared to take the next escape pod outta there. He was stopped by [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], who needed the Space Team&#039;s help to save [[Rad White]], a [[human]] who was stuck in one of the moonbase&#039;s orbital mines. The team was hesitant, but were eventually convinced that they couldn&#039;t just run away. Sky Blast obtained the recall code for the relevant mine, but it didn&#039;t work properly, so he improvised a plan to bring the whole minefield to low lunar orbit. When this was done, Sky Blast headed out in person, using his rocket mode to reach the mine and pull it on board an approaching [[Autobot]] shuttle. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
With nowhere else to go, the former moonbase residents temporarily sided with the Autobots. Sky Blast was seen listening to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]&#039;s speeches about Mini-Con independence. {{storylink|Fire &amp;amp; Ice}} A while later, the Space Team oversaw a battle in [[Alaska]], and Sky Blast recognized that the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team|Destruction Team]] had driven [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] berserk by deactivating their [[safety interlock]]s. He was later ordered by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to head into space and shoot down [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]&#039;s destructive [[Solar Scalpel]] satellite, which he did at the very last second. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sky Blast was at the [[Autobase]] when the Autobots found an alternate-dimension [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], who passed away after giving them a mysterious warning. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} With their own Optimus Prime missing somewhere in the [[Multiverse]], the Space Team started researching alternate dimensions in an attempt to find him. While Astroscope went on another mission, Sky Blast and Payload stayed at base, where they sent a temporal probe into a [[space bridge]] to scan different realities for Prime. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} While the defending Autobots were taken out one by one in a Decepticon attack, the two Mini-Cons had no choice but to sit tight, keep scanning and hope for the best. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} After 75,890,007 realities, the probe finally found Optimus Prime, and Sky Blast quickly sent his spatial coordinates to Sparkplug, [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] and [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] so that they could retrieve him. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}} &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Some time later, all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered to join the fight against [[Unicron]], including Sky Blast. They traveled to the [[Loop]] on their home planet, where they focused their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and released a blast that crippled Unicron. {{storylink|The End}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Panini &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; comic===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PaniniArmada9 allthoseinfavour.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]&lt;br /&gt;
In the early stages of the war, Sky Blast was among the Mini-Cons who supported [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]&#039;s plan to kill [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] by luring him to the [[Autobot]] headquarters and blowing it up. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{--}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Cybertron&#039;&#039; comic===&lt;br /&gt;
A version of Sky Blast hailed from [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]] and was a slave to the dimension-hopping warlord [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]]. When Megazarak&#039;s forces were abducted by [[Unicron]], Sky Blast and [[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] came along with him. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/01}} Sky Blast and Gunbarrel apparently became [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] and fought under [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]&#039;s command in the [[Cauldron]] in the final battle of the [[Universe War]]. Unfortunately, they were killed by [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Armada===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Armada-toy SkyBlast.JPG|thumb|250px|Rocket! Yeeah! Satellite of looove!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Space Mini-Con Team&#039;&#039;&#039; (Basic, 2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;MM-13&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Sky Blast transforms into a multi-thruster rocket based on the Vostok Rocket. He is designed to be carried on his teammate [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]]&#039;s truck-mode. He also forms the main chamber of the combined [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] weapon. He was only available in the Space Team set with [[Astroscope]] and Payload.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Space Team was put in &amp;quot;clamshell&amp;quot; packaging with other Mini-Con teams as &amp;quot;bonus buy&amp;quot; packs in several different store chains, including the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]], [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team]], and [[Race Mini-Con Team|Road Assault Mini-Con Team]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This toy doubles as the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW Generation 1]] character [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]], and this mold was also used to make [[Backblast]]. It was slated for a few other [[redeco]]es that were ultimately not released (see below).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The figure to the right is mistransformed. The left red robot shoulder needs to be swivelled up.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/SkyBlast/skyblast.htm More information on Sky Blast at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:2003-spacemicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|But, if he&#039;s the rocket, and Astroscope the satellite of love, then what the heck is Payload?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Space Micron X-Dimensions&#039;&#039;&#039; (Basic, 2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;MM-14&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: For their Japanese [[X-Dimensions Micron|X-Dimensions]] release, the entire Space Team was redecoed in shades of green and brown... an oddly terrestrial color scheme for a space-based group.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Apollo (Armada)|Apollo]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XApollo/apollo.htm More information on X-Dimensions Apollo at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Apollo&#039;&#039;&#039; (Candy toy, 2003)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Change Micron ID number&#039;&#039;: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Sky Blast was sold as an individual in the second series of [[Kabaya]] &amp;quot;[[Change Micron]]&amp;quot; [[candy toy]]s in Japan. This mold is based on the original, but is in fact an entirely new mold with numerous minor sculpting differences. It&#039;s likely this toy is also not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. The most notable differences between the [[Hasbro]]/[[TakaraTomy|Takara]] Sky Blast and the Kabaya version is the latter has darker-blue plastic for the left arm and head, plus lacks the &amp;quot;burn mark&amp;quot; spray-painting on his legs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMApollo/apollo.htm More information on Change Micron Apollo at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Jetfire w/ Comettor&#039;&#039;&#039; (Ultracon, 2003)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Space Team was placed in a bubble attached to the top of normal &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] packages as a bonus-buy in Target stores for a limited time in the US.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Energon===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Ultra Magnus&#039;&#039;&#039; (Ultra, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Space Team was redecoed and packaged in with &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]&#039;&#039; [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]]. Magnus was originally going to be packed with a new-characters redeco of the [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]] ([[Brakedown (Energon)|Brakedown]], [[Clocker (Energon)|Clocker]] and [[Override (Energon)|Override]], later named the [[Courier Mini-Con Team]]), but were changed towards the last minute. Exactly why the change to the Space Team was made has yet to be determined.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The toy was a last-minute redeco, along with [[Rapid Run (Energon)|Rapid Run]] and [[Treadbolt]]. As such, their packaging photography had to be completed before properly painted samples could be obtained, so the box-back photos use the original decos; Magnus&#039;s box also shows the original Street Speed Team rather than the Space Team.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Magnus, Rapid Run and Treadbolt were produced in smaller numbers than the rest of the normal retail &#039;&#039;Energon&#039;&#039; line (reportedly only about 10,000 units each) and were only available in the initial shipments of the line. However, Magnus&#039;s shipment saw a very limited release, quickly replaced with the second assortment in the U.S., making him hard to come by. Magnus later showed up in much larger numbers in Australia, Canada, and some European markets, and was made available in Japan through [[e-HOBBY]] with the box altered via a black and white sticker, reflecting the Space Team&#039;s addition. The back of the European release&#039;s box was further corrected, as the Mini-Cons shown were changed along when more languages were added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Skyblast/skyblast.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Energon&#039;&#039; Sky Blast at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Road Assault Mini-Con Team &amp;amp; Space Mini-Con Team&#039;&#039;&#039; (Multi-pack, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: The Space Team was part of a Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] &#039;&#039;Energon&#039;&#039;-series six-pack, in their original &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; deco. They came with the &amp;quot;Road Assault&amp;quot; version of the Race Team.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Unreleased===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TFU03-toy SkyBlast.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don&#039;t eat the brown acid!]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Test-shots of a slightly altered Space Team have popped up from various sources. It&#039;s possible this was intended to be a mid-series deco-change for the team, though it looks unfinished at best. The team has &#039;&#039;exactly&#039;&#039; the same [[Paint operation|paint application]] layouts in exactly the same &#039;&#039;colors&#039;&#039; as the original. Sky Blast&#039;s white and blue plastics changed to black, and that&#039;s it.&lt;br /&gt;
* The Space Team was also slated to be redecoed as pack-in partners for &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]&#039;&#039; [[Spacewarp]]. When the toy was saved from limbo by [[Fun Publications]], they intended to keep the Mini-Con partners, but were told by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] that the &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039;-era Team molds were too worn out to use again. As such, the team was replaced by a redeco of the [[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team]] when &amp;quot;Astrotrain&amp;quot; finally saw release.&lt;br /&gt;
** This deco of Sky Blast became the basis of the character [[Jump Drive]].&lt;br /&gt;
{{--}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
* Sky Blast&#039;s persona seems to be based on the [[Fantastic Four]]&#039;s [[Human Torch]], to go with Astroscope being [[Mister Fantastic]] and Payload being the Thing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Foreign names===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Japanese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Apollo&#039;&#039;&#039; (アポロ &#039;&#039;Aporo&#039;&#039;), &#039;&#039;&#039;Sky Blast&#039;&#039;&#039; (スカイブラスト &#039;&#039;Sukai Burasuto&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act281/ Gallery of the unreleased &#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; Space Team at TFkenkon]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.blackgears.com/gallery/micro2.html Gallery of the unreleased Spacewarp team at Black Gears]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Candy toys]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Children of Primus]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Combiners]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Universe Mini-Cons]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Sludge_(G1)&amp;diff=1249170</id>
		<title>Sludge (G1)</title>
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		<updated>2018-03-27T21:32:03Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Power of the Primes */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{factions|autobot|autobotg2|lightningstrike|skywatch}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Disambigm|Sludge (disambiguation)|Slog (disambiguation)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{suite}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Sludge is an [[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Sludgeg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|&amp;quot;Me now transform into scientifically-accurate dino!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sludge&#039;&#039;&#039; dumb&amp;quot; is how [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander himself, describes the plodding Autobot (also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Slog&#039;&#039;&#039;). The Dinobots have a perhaps undeserved reputation for being dimwitted, but Sludge is the genuine article. He makes the other four look like scholars in comparison.&lt;br /&gt;
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As Sludge can&#039;t make much of an impression in the mental department, he likes to make his presence known physically. He&#039;ll stomp his hefty hide around just so you know he&#039;s there. &lt;br /&gt;
None of the Dinobots really like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but he and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] share an especially intense dislike for him. Sludge believes that the strongest should lead, and in his mind, Grimlock is the strongest Autobot. But Sludge genuinely believes in the Autobot cause, so he tolerates Prime. Beyond that, Sludge is actually what you might call nice... Maybe not to [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]&#039;s level, but nicer than [[Grimlock (G1)|the]] [[Slag (G1)|other]] [[Snarl (G1)|guys]].&lt;br /&gt;
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{{bigquote|Sludge no like [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Let&#039;s stomp!|Sludge&#039;s solution to every problem|&amp;quot;[[Call of the Primitives]]&amp;quot;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; cartoon====&lt;br /&gt;
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese, &amp;quot;Dark Awakening&amp;quot;), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, &amp;quot;Webworld&amp;quot;), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese, &amp;quot;Grimlock&#039;s New Brain&amp;quot;), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese, &amp;quot;Call of the Primitives&amp;quot;), [[Minoru Inaba]] (Japanese, &#039;&#039;The Movie&#039;&#039;)|[[Liu Qin]] (Chinese), [[Georges Atlas]] (French), [[Edgar Wald]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Manfred Schmidt]] (German, &#039;&#039;Webworld&#039;&#039;), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, &#039;&#039;Grimlocks New Brain&#039;&#039; &amp;amp; &#039;&#039;Call of the Primitives&#039;&#039;), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, The Movie TV Dub), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, Generation 2 Dub), [[Garcia Neto]] (Brazilian Portuguese, second voice)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:SOSDinobots-Sludge Insignia.jpg|thumb|Those with face like this good. Except when they aren&#039;t.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge was developed, along with his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], after the Autobots discovered dinosaur bones in their volcanic headquarters. Inspired by the power of the prehistoric beasts, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built a trio of Dinobots to add firepower to the Autobot forces. The Dinobots proved too dangerous at first, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] ordered Wheeljack to abandon the Dinobot project. Wheeljack continued improving the trio of titans in secret, crafting memory components that made them smarter and easier to control. When the rest of the Autobots were captured by the Decepticons at the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Wheeljack dispatched the Dinobots to free their comrades and destroy the Decepticons. The Dinobots succeeded in forcing a Decepticon retreat and were welcomed as members of the Autobot team. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge&#039;s greatest weakness was his sheer stupidity. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] exploited the Dinobots&#039; weaknesses to turn them against Optimus Prime, Sludge merely choosing to follow whichever leader was &amp;quot;strongest&amp;quot;. When Optimus Prime risked his life to boldly save Grimlock, the Dinobots rejoined him. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:SludgeUltimateDoom.jpg|left|thumb|&amp;quot;Hello, pretty trees. Me Sludge stomp you now.&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge and his fellow Dinobots were called upon to stop a colossal tidal wave, {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} and afterwards, he and Grimlock helped repair a city that was destroyed during the terror. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dinobots were in the Ark to fight off the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] who came for [[Teletraan I]]. Sludge didn&#039;t recognize the new Decepticons, but was still willing to pummel them. When the Constructicons merged into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] created a [[Halonix Maximus|giant hologram]] that distracted the beast and gave the Dinobots an advantage, forcing Devastator into a crevice of lava. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} &lt;br /&gt;
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During a game of football, Sludge was tackled by Hound. The other Autobots later went on a mission to stop [[Nergill]] and the Decepticons at [[Washington, D.C.]], and when in dire need of assistance, Wheeljack called in the Dinobots as reinforcements. When they arrived, Sludge was pleased to hear Grimlock&#039;s order to &amp;quot;transform and destroy&amp;quot;, and his powerful feet created earthquakes. Later, Sludge and the rest of the Dinobots were deposited on Negill’s home base of [[Sub-Atlantica]], with instructions to act prehistoric. The Dinobots subsequent destruction made Nergill decide to detonate the entire base rather than let the Autobots have it, and everyone was forced to flee the vanquished Sub-Atlantica. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:DayOfMachines SludgeStomp.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|&amp;quot;Oops. Pardon me. Coming this way. Excuse me!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Once again, when the Autobots were overwhelmed and needed good brute force, the Dinobots were called in. This time at [[Quantum Laboratories]] where the super computer, [[TORQ III]], began remote controlling machines to go on the offensive. Sludge helped out with the destruction of trucks, stomping them like ants. Sludge&#039;s long neck gave Optimus Prime a boost so that he could rescue [[Paul Gates]] who was held captive in his office. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} &lt;br /&gt;
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After Wheeljack&#039;s attempt to show off the Dinobots&#039; finesse was a failure, (Sludge stepped on Slag&#039;s tail, unleashing his [[Fire-breath|flame-breath]], and it only got worse from there) they were sent to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], a place where the Dinobots would be at home. Sludge didn&#039;t mind, because he thought that more room was a good thing for a big guy like him. On the island, he rescued Spike from a lake and had a rock fly in his face (courtesy of Snarl), but with the other four Dinobots, he was cornered by Megatron and fell over a cliff, plunging into a tar pit. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} Luckily, Sludge survived, and the Dinobots got out of the pit and outnumbered the Decepticons who had arrived, forcing them to retreat. Sludge then helped release the island&#039;s energy return the flow of time to normal. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:DesertionOfDinobots2-DinoLabour.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Me Sludge celebrate Labour Day.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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When [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] saw Decepticons at a public airport and Optimus Prime&#039;s squad was unavailable, Wheeljack sent in the Dinobots. At the airport, Sludge rescued Bumblebee from the incoming [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], and helped overpower Megatron’s forces, but when he recklessly changed into [[robot mode]]s with his comrades, Sludge was vanquished by the Decepticons&#039; assault. Though the Autobot doctors did their best, Sludge was no longer interested in doing labour for Optimus Prime and quit with his fellow Dinobots. When the Autobots were incapacitated by the deterioration of [[cybertonium]] in their bodies, Spike and Carly pleaded with the Dinobots to help steal some of the critical component from the Decepticons.&lt;br /&gt;
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Instead, the Dinobots used the Decepticon [[space bridge]] to go to Cybertron, {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} where Sludge and the others were captured by Shockwave and reprogrammed into thinking that they obeyed the Decepticons. Shockwave stuck them down in the Cybertonium pits to mine more of the element. Luckily, they was rescued by Spike and Carly, and sent back to Earth with a healthy supply of [[cybertonium]] for the weakened Autobots. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Purple sludge.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Dissertation of the Dinobot.]]&lt;br /&gt;
By the year 2005, The Auobots had been driven off Cybertron completely, but were formulating an assault from two of the planet’s moons. The Dinobots worked in the armament factories, until the [[Battle of Autobot City]] had them accompany Optimus Prime to earth. Sludge and the Dinobots were charged with destroying [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], but were overmatched. During the attack, Devastator struck Sludge so hard his [[Sensors|optic sensors]] bulged out of his head. Fortunately, none of the Dinobots suffered any fatal damage as they were all present when Spike and Bumblebee contacted them from Moon Base 2 about [[Unicron|Unicron’s]] attack.&lt;br /&gt;
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When [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and his troops attacked the city, the Dinobots escaped with [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], only to have their spaceship shot down over [[Quintessa]]. The Dinobots managed to save the two Autobots from an army of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] with the help of [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and Sludge and Slag dispatched a [[Quintesson]] prosecutor—by standing on top of a door under which he&#039;d been caught. They all escaped Quintessa and flew to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], reuniting with their fellow Autobots. Later, Sludge was part of the Dinobot attack on Unicron and was able to tail-whip the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. Unicron wasn’t quite a sport about this and the Dinobots just barely escaped being grabbed by the planet eater. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{note|Sludge’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]” and the storybook “[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]].&amp;quot;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge and Snarl were later left to guard [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when a seemingly resurrected Optimus Prime returned, saying that Hot Rod, Kup, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] had been killed by the Quintessons. When the aforementioned Autobots turned up on Cybertron alive, Arcee said that she was happy to see them, but Sludge was not happy, as he thought that meant he and Snarl were dead. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When Grimlock detected [[dinosaur transform static]] at the crime scene where [[Fort Knox]] once stood, all the Dinobots (and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]) were interrogated about the theft of the building. They were quickly cleared by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], though. Sludge and the other Dinobots later accompanied the Autobots in the liberation of [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]] from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}} &lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge helped the Autobots mine [[isidrite]] on an asteroid. When the Decepticons arrived, Sludge kicked aside a ”Dumb Sweep” that Sky Lynx tossed his way, and later knocked Galvatron over before he could blast Ultra Magnus. Sludge escaped with the other Autobots aboard Sky Lynx. {{storylink|Webworld}} &lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Grimlock&#039;s New Brain Dinobots fishing.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|We&#039;ll assume they built those palm trees just for the Dinobots.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge was on hand to watch the activation of the Autobots’ new power generator. After Grimlock had suffered an accident which dramatically increased his intelligence, Sludge, along with Slag and Snarl, found their offer to fish with them rebuked. Grimlock explained the more important things he had to do, but Sludge really didn’t understand what he was talking about. Later, the Dinobots came looking for Grimlock who was working on a new spaceship. Grimlock remarked that they were just in time to assist him, but Sludge complained about the Dinobot leader’s new demeanor and the disapproving Dinobots left to go hunting without Grimlock. The Dinobots were much happier when Grimlock was returned to his normal self and they all went back to fishing together. {{storylink|Grimlock&#039;s New Brain}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge was present during a battle with the Decepticons on the Moon, and was among the [[Primitive]]s who were summoned by [[Primacron]]&#039;s [[Oracle (G1)|assistant]]. Travelling on board [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], when [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] insulted Grimlock, Sludge, who didn&#039;t like the Predacons, suggested that they stomp them. Soon a scuffle broke out, until Trypticon shook everyone back into place. The Primitives kept their tempers in check for the rest of their journey, locating the assistant and learning their mission to fight [[Tornedron]]. When Tornedron arrived on the Oracle&#039;s planet, Sludge and the Dinobots were defeated during an attempted ambush on the creature, as were most of the other Primitives. However, everyone was restored to normal thanks to the actions of Grimlock. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When the Decepticons invaded Cybertron to conquer [[Vector Sigma]], Sludge defended the planet alongside his fellow Dinobots. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After blasting off of Quintessa aboard one of its ships, Sludge and the other Dinobots huddled around Kup near the vessel&#039;s control panel. He stood about, muted, as the spacecraft came under assault from Cyclonus. Thanks to Kup and Hot Rod, they managed to escape their attacker, and Sludge later disembarked to meet up with Arcee and Wreck-Gar on the planet Junk. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Together with [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], the Dinobots were on board a shuttle fleeing from [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, though they were more concerned about hearing one of Kup&#039;s war stories than being under attack. When they found temporary safety inside a nebula, Kup relented and told them about the time he was in the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] and fought on [[Beta-Nine]]. Eventually the Decepticons found them, but Sludge and the other Dinobots were so angry about the interruption that they made short work of the attackers. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In one particularly strange iteration of the [[Unicron War]], Sludge was among the Dinoobots when they evacuated [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] City aboard a [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] after Galvatron and his Renegade-Decepticon alliance attacked. Kup entertained the Dinobots with a few tall tales as they headed to Cybertron, but Galvatron attacked their ship, stranding them on [[Antares III]]. &lt;br /&gt;
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The four Dinobots tried to search for the missing Kup and Hot Rod, but not even Swoop could locate their whereabouts. Instead, they encountered the RoGuns. After a misunderstanding, they formed an alliance and barged into the court of the [[Master Renegade]] just in time to save Kup and Hot Rod from execution. After stealing the Master Renegade&#039;s ship and dubbing it &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;Grungy&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;, the group headed to [[Quartex (planet)|Quartex]]. Kup met up with [[gbwiki:Boulder|Boulder]], and together they alliance rescued [[gbwiki:Major Mo|Major Mo]]&#039;s group of Autobots and Guardians from [[gbwiki:Magmar|Magmar]]&#039;s evil [[Rock Lord]]s. Sludge took part in the party that commemorated their alliance.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Autobots, Guardians, Rock Lords, and RoGuns returned to Cybertron aboard the Grungy and a Rock Lord vessel, where they battled Unicron. Before they were finished their fight, [[Vector Prime]] managed to disentangle the two universes, setting history back on its proper course. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In a timeline where Optimus Prime killed Megatron during their Autobot City duel, Sludge was on Optimus Prime&#039;s shuttle when the Autobots set off to reclaim Cybertron from the leaderless Decepticons. They were attacked en route by &amp;quot;Megascream&amp;quot;: a reformatted Starscream now in the thrall of Unicron. They managed to escape after Megascream and his troops retreated, touching down on Quintessa to repair the damage.&lt;br /&gt;
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On the watery surface of the planet, the Autobots encountered a group of Sharkticons. Kup&#039;s universal greeting ended poorly, so Optimus dispatched the Dinobots to take care of the threat. Optimus, Kup, and the Dinobots stormed into a Quintesson courtroom, where they rescued Kranix and learned more about the threat of Unicron. When repairs on the ship had completed, the group rescued Hot Rod, who was marooned on Junkion, and returned to Cybertron, where Optimus announced his intent to confront Unicron head-on. &lt;br /&gt;
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When Hot Rod saved the day by opening the Matrix, Sludge was present to witness Optimus&#039;s declaration that the Cybertronian Wars had indeed ended. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Marvel Comics continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge was among a number of Autobots under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]&#039;s command who crewed the [[Ark (G1)|ark]]. After it crashed into [[Earth]], the ark detected [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and repaired Sludge and three others into the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. The Dinobots soon tracked down Soundwave, but he proved too much for them to handle until Grimlock used his brain and brought the nearby cliff down, knocking them all offline. {{storylink|In the Transformers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge and the other Dinobots live in an underground jungle environment, hidden beneath the Antarctic ice cap. He can fly. Sludge was travelling to the Autobots’ headquarter when he and the Dinobots were attacked by Starscream and the Decepticon superjets. The Dinobots managed to fend off the Decepticons, and continued to Autobot headquarters.&lt;br /&gt;
Back at the Dinobots’ base, another Sludge, immersed in his tar cocoon, awaited activation to join the Autobot ranks. When the [[Crusher (G1)|Crusher]], a Decepticon juggernaut, forced its way into the Dinobots’ headquarters, the vibrations it produced inadvertently freed the cocooned Dinobots, who charged at Megatron and Soundwave to fend them off. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Optimus had requested Sludge and the rest of the Dinobots’ assistance when he and Prowl investigated Decepticon activity on the island of [[Buru]]. Upon their arrival, the Dinobots quickly began overpowering the Insecticons on the island. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Marvel Storybooks continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
Sludge and the other Dinobots stood by while Swoop mercilessly butchered Devastator and killed the Constructicons one by one. The rest of the Dinobots then joined in ripping the Constructicons&#039; carcasses into scrap metal for good measure. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] learned that his &amp;quot;twin Autobot&amp;quot; had been captured by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], he swore to rescue [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] himself. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] advised him to take Sludge and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] with him, as their muscle would come in handy against Devastator. The three Autobots made their way to Decepticon headquarters, avoiding best they could the many traps that lay before it. The trio then encountered a couple of Decepticon guards, but made short work of them. Once within Decepticon headquarters, they encountered Devastator. Despite their best efforts, they were unable to defeat the Decepticon gestalt, and were themselves taken prisoner. Some time later, Megatron took Sludge and the others out of their cell to show them that the Autobots had agreed to surrender; on the Decepticons&#039; doorstep was left a statue of Devastator, with a note attached explaining that it was a peace offering. The statue turned out to be a ruse however, and Autobot reinforcements burst forth from within it. Sludge participated in the battle that ensued, which eventually ended in a victory for the Autobots. {{storylink|The Autobots&#039; Secret Weapon}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When Optimus learned from Cosmos that the Decepticons were razing a human village to build a fuel plant in its place, he had the Dinobots hide within the other Autobots&#039; vehicle modes to sneak up on the enemy. Once they were in close enough proximity to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his minions, the Dinobots were released and the battle against the evil robots commenced. Sludge struck the first blow in combat, tackling [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] into a pit to &amp;quot;make him go crunch!&amp;quot; Kickback and Ravage then nearly managed to sneak up on Sludge and Slag, but [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] intercepted the two Decepticons before they could harm the Dinobots. The Decepticons were beaten up, shoved into a pit, and covered with quick-drying cement to trap them. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge and the rest of the Dinobots gathered around Grimlock as Hot Rod explained to them that he was being chased by a squad of Decepticons. Hot Rod then took off towards Autobot City to warn Ultra Magnus while the Dinobots headed to confront the Decepticons. In the battle that ensued, Sludge was taken by surprise by Starscream, who managed to land a hit on Swoop. The Autobots were eventually able to beat the Decepticons back, and were cheered on by the nearby humans as they headed back for Autobot city. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge took part in a battle over energon cubes at [[Mount St. Hilary]] which ended when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] scarfed all the energon. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge and the rest of the Dinobots accompanied Hot Rod, Kup and Arcee on a space-faring mission. Sludge helped load the ship’s cargo. The ship wound up malfunctioning, and they crash-landed on the planet Quintesson. There, they encountered Wheelie, who warned them about the planet’s evil inhabitants. They soon encountered a few Quintessons leading their Sharkticon soldiers to apprehend them. Sludge used his armoured tail to swat away three Sharkticons at once. After the Quintessons had been defeated, the Autobots left the planet in the ship that had once been piloted by Wheelie’s parents. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge, along with the rest of the Dinobots, was present during Earth&#039;s distant past, when [[you]], Ravage and Laserbeak travelled through time. The Dinobots quickly learned about the Decepticons&#039; plan to attack the Autobots still slumbering in stasis aboard the crashed Ark, and set out to oppose them. Whether or not they succeeded was up to you!&lt;br /&gt;
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====Dinobots Strike Back====&lt;br /&gt;
Sludge, along with the rest of Dinobots, was feeling disagreeable and bored while on lookout duty in [[Hidden Valley]]. Sludge absent-mindedly splashed Slag, causing the later to pick a fight with Sludge, which in turn caused the Dinobots to be distracted from the vigil long enough for the Decepticon Bombshell to sneak nearby and fire a mortar at the group. Sludge and most of the Dinobots were knocked down by the blast, and injected with mind-controlling [[cerebro-shell]]s. Now Bombshell&#039;s mind-slave, Sludge was ordered to go about and wreak havoc.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the only Dinobot to have escaped the cerebro-shells, Swoop decided to go warn Optimus of what has transgressed, Sludge went freely about the country side, destroying farmlands and endangering human lives. In order to stop the Dinobots, Optimus was presented with two options. The first was to use Windcharger&#039;s magnetic abilities to try and dislodge the cerebro-shells. This was a risky plan, and with the Dinobots approaching [[Bandit&#039;s Bluff]], [[Mirage suggested they could alternatively use his own holographic powers to subdue the Dinobots. Going with the original plan involving Windcharger has an equal chance of either removing the cerebro-shells harmlessly, or pulling the Dinobots apart and destroying them. In the event that Windcharger manages to successfully extract the cerebro-shells without killing the Dinobots, the Autobots discover that what has transpired is only the beginning of a Decepticon plot. Optimus sends a squad of Autobots to [[Dolphin&#039;s Bay]], prompting Sludge to volunteer himself for the underwater mission that is to come. If Optimus decides to send Sludge along, he arrives first on-location by accidently taking a shortcut. Finding himself waiting for Bumblebee and Skids, he decides to take a nap, and becomes indistinguishable from a rock, half-submerged in the water. Events can unfold so that the Autobots decide to trick the Decepticons into thinking the Dinobots are still under their control in order to rescue Bumblebee, who has been captured while Sludge slumbered. In this case, Swoop flies to Dolphin&#039;s Bay and quickly finds his fellow Dinobot. The plan is a success, and during the course of the battle that ensues, Starscream&#039;s gun is melted after Thrust&#039;s laser bounces off Sludge&#039;s tough hide and hits it. The Decepticons defeated, the Autobots party in celebration. If events unfold differently, Sludge rescues Skids after the mini-sub the later is piloting goes haywire. Thanks to Sludge&#039;s help, the Autobots successfully mount a direct attack against the Decepticons operating out of Dolphin&#039;s Bay, and win the day. If events play out differently still, Sludge rescues Bumblebee and defeats the Decepticons by himself by creating massive waves in the Bay, using the great size of his dinosaur mode. &lt;br /&gt;
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If Optimus decided to use Mirage&#039;s abilities to subdue the Dinobots, Sludge is the first to see Optimus&#039;s false-image made to fool the Dinobots into tumbling into the ocean. The Dinobots fall for the Autobots&#039; ruse, and the cerebro-shells are then removed safely at the Autbots&#039; base.&lt;br /&gt;
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Optimus may also opt to go for a full-frontal assault to stop the Dinobots&#039; rampage. If he does so, Sludge&#039;s cerebro-shell is the second to be dislodged in the midst of the ensuing battle. Though disgruntled, the Dinobots return to their usual selves once the mind-control devices are destroyed.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the event that Swoop manages to overpower Bombshell early on and prevent the Dinobots from going on a rampage at all, Sludge may resumes his fight with Slag, leading Swoop to get bumped on the head and forget all of the events that had just transpired. Even if Swoop retains his memory, Sludge remains oblivious to being mind-controlled at all. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.&lt;br /&gt;
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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, Sludge was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Sludge 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&#039;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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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. Sludge 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.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ultra Magnus came up with three separate possible plans, one of which required Sludge to use his powerful dinosaur mode to retrieve the sunken ship, and haul it out of the water. Hot Rod would then retrieve the sphere within. Though Sludge had difficulty following the orders barked to him by Ultra Magnus, he and Hot Rod eventually managed to retrieve the sphere. The Autobots’ celebration was cut short by the arrival of the Decepticons. Quickly hiding themselves, the Autobots ambushed their enemies, and successfully shot them all out of the sky. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Dreamwave &#039;&#039;Generation One&#039;&#039; continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
After Optimus Prime and Megatron disappeared into a prototype space-bridge and were presumed dead, Sludge became part of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]&#039;s [[Lightning Strike Coalition]], a sub-faction that arose as the Autobots splintered into smaller groups. Together, they would run amok disrupting the Decepticons&#039; activities. On one of their missions, they managed to swipe a plenty of energon from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]&#039;s [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} Later he and his fellow Dynobots (minus Grimlock who was busy tracking down Jetfire for treason) aided [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]&#039;s group deal with [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], though the fight went unfinished when Trypticon simply left to respond to other orders. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} When Sludge&#039;s group went to meet up with Grimlock they found him missing. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} On finding that their leader had been captured by [[The Fallen]], the Dynobots joined forces with [[Shockwave (G1)|good ol&#039; one eye]] to rescue him. The Fallen was ultimately done in by the power of [[Primus]] himself, and the Dynobots were reunited with their leader. {{storylink|Conflagration}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Afterwards, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] managed to unite the Autobots once more, and under his leadership gained a significant hold over Cybertron&#039;s resources and territories. This eventually forced the [[Ultracon]]s and Shockwave&#039;s Decepticons to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots. Sludge and the other Dynobots were posted as perimeter guards during the peace talks, in anticipation for any attacks that might come their way. Sure enough, Starscream and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]]s struck by sending in a pair of shuttles filled with neutronium plasma to crash into [[Tyger Pax]], where the treaty was being signed. Sludge and his teammates were unable to halt the shuttles, ending any hope of an easy truce. The dramatic return of Megatron with his cloned [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] ended any ideas of truce at all. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Later, Sludge went to Earth along with the other Dynobots to go crush some [[Insecticon (G1)|bugs]] and eventually wound up under [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]&#039;s control. {{storylink|Extermination}} They were used to blackmail Grimlock to serve the Decepticons once again; however, Megatron&#039;s defeat allowed them to be freed by their mighty leader {{storylink|Brothers&#039; Burden}} and taken to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] (in a stolen Decepticon vessel no less) where they did what they did best, causing massive destruction against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]&#039;s totalitarian regime by rampaging about. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Though the Dinobots made much headway towards [[Shockwave&#039;s Tower]], their progress was halted by the newly reawakened [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinel]]s. One of these titans blasted the Dinobots, leading to some &#039;rest time&#039; for Sludge and the others. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Later, once Shockwave&#039;s government had been overthrown, Sludge was among the Autobots assembled by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] to help fortify Cybertron&#039;s planetary defenses. The Dinobots were to help Kup bolster the new Autobot bases on Cybertron&#039;s moons. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}&lt;br /&gt;
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En-route to Cybertron&#039;s moon, Kup had an amusing conversation with Sludge while [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], Slag, and Snarl looked on. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When [[Teletran 3]] malfunctioned and sent a random number of Transformers into different points in Earth&#039;s timeline, Sludge and his comrades ended up in the planet&#039;s distant past, where they were reformatted into dinosaurs and took on the &amp;quot;Dinobot&amp;quot; moniker. They were eventually brought back to present day Cybertron by a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and a [[Cobra]] [[Cobra Viper|Viper]], where their powerful dinosaur modes easily overwhelmed [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his troops. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge agreed with Grimlock&#039;s plan to deal with a helpless Starscream by slagging the Decepticon and scattering the pieces. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Four million years ago, Sludge combined with his fellow Dinobots to form [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], a savage abomination of a gestalt that knew no mercy. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In the present day, Slag participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons. He did not fare too well in the early stages of the battle, being on the receiving end of a volley of Decepticon laser blasts. Then, Grimlock called upon him and the other Dinobots to combine once more into their gestalt form. The merge complete, the Dinobots then rampaged once more as The Beast. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
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Before the war, Sludge and the other Dynobots were a [[Primal Vanguard]] counter-terrorism unit. During a mission to the caverns of the [[Toraxxis Plains]], they discovered [[cyber-morphic predator]]s, subterranean creatures that attacked and nearly killed them, forcing them to hastily take on [[alternate mode|alt-modes]] based on the monsters themselves to escape alive. Already grieving over the death of their comrade [[Skar (Dynobot)|Skar]], the Dynobots snapped and deserted from the Vanguard when their superiors cold-heartedly locked them up to study their alt-modes. {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}} On the run from the law, Sludge and his pals began fighting in underground [[gladiatorial combat|gladiator battles]], and was one of many bots to come from distant regions of Cybertron to attend Megatron&#039;s speeches and demonstrations of power as the Decepticon faction begun to take shape. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Sludge and the Dynobots were in the [[Ring of Trials]] in [[Ironfall]] when they witnessed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime&#039;s]] rallying call for additional support against the Decepticon tyranny. {{storylink|Broadcast}} They responded to the call and joined the Autobots in the following battle for control of Cybertron, during which they took out [[Onslaught (G1)|a lot]] [[Brawl (G1)|of tanks]]. {{storylink|Endgame}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dynobots time as part of the Autobots was short, as they were now losing control of their unnatural alt-modes and becoming increasingly violent as a result. Fearing they might turn into monsters for good and endanger people around them, they stopped transforming and turned to a life of crime looking to earn the money needed to leave Cybertron. {{storylink|Derelicts}} During a heist on the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]], Swoop air-dropped Sludge onto the facility, using him as a wrecking ball to break through its [[permacrete]] walls. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} The Dynobots&#039; energon theft was interrupted by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]&#039;s forces, having come to conquer the facility for the Decepticons, forcing them to trigger the alarm and escape. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} After the refinery was destroyed in the chaos, Sludge and the others agreed to turn themselves over to the Autobots in hopes that they could help. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge&#039;s trip to Autobot HQ was sidetracked when a riot broke out at [[Starsreach Spaceport]], and the Dynobots arrived there just in time to be caught in Decepticon attack that caused Grimlock to lose control and transform into his berserking monster form. {{storylink|Massacre}} While Grimlock&#039;s display repelled the Decepticons, it only made Sludge and the other Dynobots lose any hope they had for redemption, and they left Cybertron on one of the spaceport&#039;s shuttles. {{storylink|Unleashed}} They had a change of heart upon learning that the ancient beast [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] had awakened, and returned home to help fight its minions, the very same cyber-morphic predators from earlier. {{storylink|Annihilation}} After Grimlock was able to take down Trypticon from the inside, the Dynobots rejoined Optimus Prime in hopes that Autobot scientists could cure them. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}} Through cleansing of their energon and restoration of their original altmodes, the Dynobots were indeed cured of their rage in time to participate in the defense of Iacon against a major Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Over ten thousand years ago, the Dynobots followed Grimlock to revenge themselves against [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], who had blown up a cache of [[energon]] they had stolen. When Shockwave traveled to [[Earth]], the Dynobots pursued him and reformatted themselves to transform into robotic dinosaurs with a synthetic skin as a defense against energon overload. Sadly, it did not protect the Dynobots from Shockwave&#039;s energy blasts, which melted the artificial skin and caused the Dynobots to go into [[stasis lock]] due to excessive [[energon radiation]]. Due to a deadman&#039;s switch, the [[Skyfire (ship)|Dynobots&#039; ship]] blasted a volcano that buried everyone in molten lava. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Thousands of years later, the Dynobots were eventually excavated by [[Skywatch]], {{storylink|Escalation issue 5|Escalation #5}} and though Grimlock was the first to be brought back online, he was freed from Skywatch&#039;s control through a virus implanted by a [[Machination]] spy (under orders from Scorponok). Scorponok wanted Grimlock to join him, but Grimlock refused, fought Scorponok and escaped, vowing to find and rescue Sludge and the other Dynobots. Scorponok, however, plans to take control of the Dynobots himself and use them to assassinate Grimlock. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Skywatch activated Sludge, and in a test run, had him attack a bi-plane. When Grimlock showed up in [[Fallon]], he and the other Dynobots were sent to intercept him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}} He smashed through buildings, rammed Grimlock and got chucked around by his neck before his reprogramming was toned down, allowing him to find out Grimlock had set up a dead man&#039;s switch without telling the team and then hear Grimlock&#039;s defense. Sludge&#039;s face went &amp;quot;:(&amp;quot; during this. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Along with the other Dinobots, Sludge walked away after Swoop read Grimlock the riot act. When Grimlock was attacked and almost destroyed by the Sunstreaker clones, however, the team reunited once again for battle. Although fighting valiantly, they might have been destroyed, if not for the intervention of the Monsterbots, who were earlier contacted by Grimlock. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Aboard the Monsterbots&#039; ship, Sludge and the others wonder why Grimlock would side with the outcasts. They gave Grimlock a stern look when he exited the cockpit. The Dynobots didn&#039;t see the point of fighting Scorponok, but Grimlock said that Scorponok made it their fight when he turned the Dynobots against him. Snarl disagreed, saying that it has always been Grimlock&#039;s fight, that he and the other Dynobots went along with him, and that it was now Grimlock&#039;s wounded pride at stake. After the Monsterbots blasted away the defenses, Grimlock exited the ship, saying that there was no way he could let this go, and that with or without the Dynobots, there would be a reckoning for Scorponok. The Dynobots decided that arguing is pointless and followed Grimlock. When Hunter O&#039;Nion pulled the cords from Sunstreaker&#039;s head, shutting him down, the clones ceased to function. Sludge cried out in victory, but the moment is short-lived as Scorponok blasted Sludge into stasis. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Sludge gets blasted MD4.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|&amp;quot;And I have the power too!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
Grimlock stared down at Sludge&#039;s dead body, brooding about how it was his fault Sludge was dead... while a battle between Scorponok and Shockwave (for rights of revenge upon Grimlock) raged on around him. Eventually Snarl, Slag, and Swoop decide to get to the Monsterbots&#039; ship while the getting was good, but Grimlock stayed behind with Sludge. Grimlock tried infusing some of his spark energy into Sludge to revive him, but it seemed to have no effect. Shockwave got the upper hand and let Scorponok escape, and in frustration, Grimlock attacked Shockwave. Grimlock and Shockwave were too busy fighting to notice the return of Slag, Snarl, and Swoop, who reasoned that, while helping Grimlock might not be much of a cause, it still beat being no better than the Monsterbots. They were noticed by Sludge, however, who seemed to have recovered due to Grimlock&#039;s treatment after all. The four of them dove into the fray proper, but Grimlock ordered them to go after Scorponok instead. When Hot Rod was about to get squished by Scorponok, the remaining Dynobots showed up in just the nick of time. At Hot Rod&#039;s urgings, Swoop severed the connections keeping Scorponok&#039;s head conscious. But before the Dynobots could kill the rest of Scorponok, Ultra Magnus showed up and told them that Scorponok would be revived and made to answer to a tribunal instead. He then said they should purge the entire Machination facility, gather up all related Machination technology, and get as far away from Earth as possible as soon as possible—a plan that the Dynobots, Hot Rod, and Hunter were all perfectly OK with. Ultra Magnus later told Grimlock that having Scorponok and Shockwave in custody could help offset Grimlock&#039;s own sentence, and that the other Dynobots&#039; warrants had been canceled, and Grimlock was content with that and the fact that Sludge was alive again thanks to him. Sludge and the others meanwhile happily repaired the &#039;&#039;[[Skyfire (ship)|Skyfire]]&#039;&#039;. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After traveling space for a few years, Sludge and the other &amp;quot;Dinobots&amp;quot; returned to a reborn Cybertron where they joined [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] for a mission to find the missing [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. Traveling into the untamed wilderness on [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], they made short work of a ferocious [[turbofox]] before discovering signs of Transformer weaponry and deciding to set up camp for the night. That night, Sludge was attacked and decapitated by an unknown foe as he rested in dinosaur mode on the roof of their hastily constructed hut. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}} Since the dinosaur mode head wasn&#039;t his true head, he was fine, which he had to correct not only Ironhide but Swoop about. The attacker turning out to be one of the other Dinobots under the same mysterious influence that had claimed the Aerialbots. Sludge fell under the effect and became violent as well, first turning on his fellow Dinobots, then joining with them to chase down Ironhide until they were finally stopped by &amp;quot;[[Superion (G1)|The Superion]]&amp;quot;. {{storylink|Night and the City}} With Dinobots, Aerialbots and Ironhide all gathered in one place, the influence that had made the Dinobots aggressive and created Superion ceased to affect them. {{storylink|Second Exodus}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dinobots returned to Iacon with Superion, only to find it under attack by Megatron. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Sludge joined the battle against the Decepticons, getting swung around as a club by [[Turmoil]] {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} and using his tail to give Ironhide the boost he needed to punch [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] in the face. The Autobots were victorious, but [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] turned the neutral population against them and had both factions banished from the city. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}} Traveling back into the wilderness, the Dinobots briefly scuffled with the approaching [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] before the Decepticon group clarified that they were there in peace. {{storylink|Second Exodus}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Eager to find something to punch, the Dinobots were among the Autobots who went to investigate a mysterious light on the horizon, only to bear witness to the [[Necrotitan]] bursting out of the ground. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Since the giant showed no signs of aggression, the Autobots surrounded it and stayed on their guard until the exiled Decepticons showed up and attacked them. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} The two groups battled until the Necrotitan suddenly unleashed an energy wave that caused extensive damage on both sides, prompting them to set aside their differences. {{storylink|Winners &amp;amp; Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners &amp;amp; Losers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}} {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} {{storylink|City of Steel (issue)|City of Steel}} {{storylink|Fight or Flee (issue)|Fight or Flee}} {{storylink|Quest for Fire}} {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}} {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ask Vector Prime===&lt;br /&gt;
In [[Primax 096.0 Beta]], Grimlock, Sludge, and Swoop appeared at the last minute to save the day for the Autobots at the Battle for [[Sherman Dam]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; marketing material===&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dinobot Sludge could wield powers of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|#Power of the Primes|&#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; Dinobot Sludge packaging bio}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Commercial appearances==&lt;br /&gt;
*Sludge, [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] battled against [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] in the middle of a thunderstorm. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Dinobots|Dinobots commercial}}&lt;br /&gt;
*Sludge and the Dinobots were beating up [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] when the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] intervened. The new arrivals barreled over Sludge before combining into Predaking and attack the Dinobots from the skies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Predacons|Predacons commercial}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Games==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; (PS2)===&lt;br /&gt;
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{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers Legends&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
When Grimlock went missing, Swoop and Sludge paid a visit to the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], but were unable to find him there. {{storylink|Wreckage (Legends)|Wreckage}} They and the rest of the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] tracked down Grimlock to the Sea of Rust, where they were captured by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] who experimented on them and gave them dinosaur alternate modes. They repaid him by trashing his lab. {{storylink|Rescue the King}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Following the disappearance of Grimlock and Swoop, Sludge and the other remaining Dinobots refused to obey Autobot orders and set out for the Decepticon base, attacking Optimus when he tried to stop them. Having dealt with Optimus, the Dinobots continued towards the Decepticon base until the Autobots managed to overwhelm and imprison them. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 1}} The trio were released during a night raid by Grimlock and Swoop. The five Dinobots marched on the Decepticon base, but were defeated by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dinobots supported Grimlock when their leader decided to take control of the Autobot army, and took part in an attack on the Decepticons, capturing Megatron and Shockwave. {{storylink|Me, Grimlock, King}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When Optimus fell in battle during a massive Decepticon attack on Autobot City and Grimlock took command, Sludge and the other Dinobots joined him in crushing the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots (Legends)|S.O.S. Dinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Sludge was caught up somehow in a [[Quintesson]] plot to kidnap several Autobots during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers Rising&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Charstubgames}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Note|In this game, Sludge is referred to as Slog}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Battle Tactics&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Slog.jpg|thumb|400px]]&lt;br /&gt;
Slog participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, 95 units of Transmetal, and 20 event cores. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Frontiers&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Charstubgames}}{{Storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Earth Wars&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:EarthWars-Slog.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Me don&#039;t wanna fight, but me have to. Grimlock said.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Despite his plodding, lumbering gait and bulldozer-like approach to anything in his way, Slog is a gentle and even shy &#039;bot at heart. But conscious of his bellicose fellow Dinobots, and wary of their scorn, he keeps his sensitive side hidden. Slog&#039;s seismic footfalls have been known to cause inadvertent landslides, which sometimes bury Slog and anyone nearby, making others dismiss him as clumsy and accident prone.&lt;br /&gt;
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Slog was practicing his walking when he stumbled into [[Polyhex]]. [[Straxus (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Straxus]] had his eyes on him, and sent the Insecticons to ambush him. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Dark Deeds}} He shrugged off the stings of the Insecticons and swatted away a cerebro-shell, but another one drilled into his head. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Mind Games}} With Slog under Bombshell&#039;s control, he was transported to Earth.  Starscream then presented him as a gift to Megatron, which actually impresssed him. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Out of Control}} The Decepticons then headed to an abandoned spaceport where they had set up for a Moonbase operation, and lured the Dinobots there. Under the command &amp;quot;Crush Dinobots&amp;quot;, Slog battled his fellow Dinobots and overpowered them. As Megatron was preparing for the finishing kill, Slog, according to Starscream&#039;s command, pushed him down an empty rocket silo. He then fell unconscious, and Drift, who was observing the course of events, called for an emergency shuttle extraction.  {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Double-Crossed}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Back the base, Bumblebee was going to fetch Ratchet, but Grimlock insisted that they would take care of him. It didn&#039;t help when Slog heard that Slug was going to fetch a drill to fix his head.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Class&#039;&#039;&#039; - Warrior&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Lowest Star Rating&#039;&#039;&#039;: 2 stars&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Weapons&#039;&#039;&#039;: Slog mainly sticks to his beast mode, and smashes things with his feet and head. When in bot mode, he uses a triple barreled &amp;quot;seismic gun&amp;quot; of the same model as [[Seaspray (G1)| Seaspray]] to create seismic quakes that damage walls immensely.&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Ability: Seismic Charge&#039;&#039;&#039; - Target an enemy wall with a resonating seismic charge. The explosion deals damage for each wall within the radius, and quadruple damage to walls.&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;&#039;Cost:&#039;&#039;&#039; 8 ability points +3 for reuses.&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:slog| Slog at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Generation 1===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1Sludge toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Me Sludge crush Littlefoot&#039;s mama.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Sludge&#039;&#039;&#039; (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;27&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: &amp;quot;Energo-Sword&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Electron Cannon&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Rocket Pod&amp;quot;, 3 rockets&lt;br /&gt;
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:Sludge was released as part of the second series of Transformers in 1985, transforming into a robotic &#039;&#039;[[wikipedia:Brontosaurus|Brontosaurus]]&#039;&#039;. He has a trio of silver rockets, a rocket launcher, a black gun, and a red sword. Like most &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039;-era molds, Sludge also has a conspicuous driver compartment located in his chest.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Sludge was re-released in the European &amp;quot;[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]&amp;quot; line in 1991. In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]; Sludge cost 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two [[Robot Point]]s.&lt;br /&gt;
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:In stark contrast to most Transformers toys of his era, Sludge is fairly well articulated in [[robot mode]]. He has a waist swivel, his legs move in and out at the hips as well as back and forth, and he has articulated knees. He also has articulated elbows and wrists, although they can only bend inward. Still, impressive for his time. He can totally facepalm.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-dinbots-sludge/630/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Sludge at Transformerland.com]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Sludge/sludge.htm More information on Sludge at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Generations===&lt;br /&gt;
====Platinum Edition====&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|DinobotsSet}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Platinum-Edition-G1-Dinobots-Slog.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Sludge work for [[Jason David Frank|Tommy Oliver]].]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobots&#039;&#039;&#039; (Platinum Edition 5-pack, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]&#039;&#039; Dinobots 5-pack, Slog is another slight G1-inspired redeco/new-head retool of [[Slog (AOE)#Generations|&#039;&#039;Age of Extinction&#039;&#039; Voyager Class Slog]]. While the deco is pretty much the same as the &#039;&#039;Thrilling 30&#039;&#039; figure, this Slog doesn&#039;t feature chromed side thighs.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Slog was bundled with Grimlock, Slug, Snarl, and Strafe.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This set was initially released as a [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]] exclusive in Canada in October 2015, followed by Singapore a month later (although it&#039;s currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular store there or not). Much later, it became available via the Australian Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Power of the Primes====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PotP Sludge.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobot Sludge&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2018)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;PP-14&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese release date&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2018-[[June 30|06-30]]&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Blaster, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Dinobot Sludge&amp;quot; (he got his name back!) is a heavy retool of [[Slag (G1)#Power of the Primes|Dinobot Slug]] (unlike Slug, Sludge gets to keep the robot mode wings from his original design) and transforms into a robotic &#039;&#039;Brontosaurus&#039;&#039;, as well as a limb for [[Volcanicus]] or any &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039;-style combiner. Like the other Dinobots in this subline, Sludge is partially composed of translucent plastic with gold paint on the inside, to give him a &#039;layered&#039; look reminiscent of his original toy. This includes the hind legs of his Dino Mode, which unlike Slug&#039;s are single-cast translucent pieces. As with all &#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class figures, he comes with Prime Armor with a place for a [[Prime Master]] (and by extension, a [[Titan Master]], [[Enigma of Combination]], and [[Matrix|Matrix core]]) that can transform into a hand for a combiner. The filler piece in the Armor&#039;s &amp;quot;Master socket&amp;quot; can be removed and wielded as a weapon accessory. He also comes packaged with the same blaster weapon packaged with Slug. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Kre-O===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|SDCC2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kreon Class of &#039;85&#039;&#039;&#039; (Kreon figure set, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;B5152&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Voted&#039;&#039;: Most Likely to Lose a Spelling Bee By Misspelling &amp;quot;Bee&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Scoped pistol, sword&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;[[Kre-O]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Slog&amp;quot; (renamed thanks to [[trademark]]) is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier &amp;quot;peg-in-peg&amp;quot; torso/waist connection. His body [[tampograph]]s are heavily toy-based.&lt;br /&gt;
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: He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] &amp;quot;[[Kreon Class of &#039;85]]&amp;quot; 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/SDCCKre-OSlog/slog.htm More information on Slog at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Merchandise==&lt;br /&gt;
===Decoy===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Cybertron Hero Collection 9&#039;&#039;&#039; (multi-pack, 1986)&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Sludge&#039;&#039;&#039; (1987)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Decoy number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;14&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: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 &amp;quot;checklist&amp;quot; number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Sludge/sludge.htm More information on Decoy Sludge at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===The Loyal Subjects===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Tlssludge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Me Sludge deformed, but scientifically accurate!]]&lt;br /&gt;
:[[The Loyal Subjects]] Sludge is a Wave 3 figure with standard articulation. He has a cute widdle dino head on his back. For every 16 figures, there is one Sludge.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Like most of his wave, Sludge&#039;s bio card plagiarizes this wiki article&#039;s opening paragraphs.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:SLUDGEev.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Evolution of Sludges character model]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G2SludgeBoxart.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|WANT.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Sludge was originally a &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Dinosaur Robo Brontosaurus&amp;quot;. The only differences between this incarnation and the &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; release is that the &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; version has a gold-chromed sword, as well as coming with a red-and-black Diaclone pilot figure.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sludge went through several preliminary names, including &#039;&#039;&#039;Brontobot&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Piledrive&#039;&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://web.archive.org/web/20071230210811/http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=41003 Jim Sorenson revealed] that the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original &#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; cartoon]] [[production bible|series bible]] features a descriptions of him typed with the name &amp;quot;Piledrive&amp;quot;, then crossed out by hand and relabeled &amp;quot;Sludge&amp;quot;. He was also listed parenthetically as &amp;quot;Brontobot&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and &#039;&#039;&#039;Bronton&#039;&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Bronton&amp;quot; is from the [[Sunbow Productions]] cast list page for &amp;quot;[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]&amp;quot;, and was evidently coined by writer [[Donald F. Glut]].[http://web.archive.org/web/20070217131842/http://members.aol.com/tfencyc/interview_glut.html]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Sludge&#039;s alt mode was originally identified as a &#039;&#039;Brontosaurus&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;But not that often, really. Dinobot toy packaging and instructions identified them only as &amp;quot;dinosaurs.&amp;quot; It didn&#039;t seem to come up in the comics or his bios either. Specific mentions of him being a &#039;&#039;Brontosaurus&#039;&#039; include the cartoon [[production bible]] and the episode [[S.O.S. Dinobots]].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; (a sauropod dinosaur), more recent depictions (such as the IDW continuity) have updated this to &#039;&#039;[[wikipedia:Apatosaurus|Apatosaurus]]&#039;&#039;, as the two were long considered to be the same animal. Recently, &#039;&#039;Brontosaurus&#039;&#039; has been rehabilitated as a proper genus of animal. Hooray, Sludge!&lt;br /&gt;
*The overall design and transformation sequence of the original Sludge toy served as the basis for &#039;&#039;&#039;[[:File:ThunderGeist.jpg|Thunder Geist]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, one of four recurring villainous henchmen on the Takara/Sunrise co-production &#039;&#039;[[Brave (franchise)|Brave Exkaiser]]&#039;&#039;. In what might be called [[Beast (G1)|a vision of things to come]], the four &amp;quot;Geisters&amp;quot; were once briefly fused into a single robot called &amp;quot;[[:File:MadGeister.jpg|Mad Geister]]&amp;quot; (マッドガイスター &#039;&#039;Maddogaisutā&#039;&#039;). However, because each Geister controlled a portion of the combined body—and, aside from [[:File:PteraGeist.jpg|Ptera Geist]], they had the accumulated brain power of a Froot Loop—this ended rather badly. In a more successful (if not [[Mega-Dinobot|also prescient]]) later development, the Geisters learned to merge in groups of two, with Thunder Geist forming the lower body of &amp;quot;[[:File:PtederAndHormor.jpg|Pteder]]&amp;quot; (プテダー &#039;&#039;Putedā&#039;&#039;).&lt;br /&gt;
*Swoop and Sludge&#039;s absence from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|&#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; toyline]] has never been fully explained, though rumors of what might have been persist. In the late 2000s, packaging art of both in new colors was put up for auction on [[eBay]] — seemingly from the collection of a former Hasbro employee — indicating what he &#039;&#039;might&#039;&#039; have looked like in the line. This art surfaced alongside a [[:File:G2GrimlockArtwork.jpg|screaming yellow-orange and turquoise Grimlock]], so it is possible that the three were at one time planned for a second wave of Dinobots.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Foreign names===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Japanese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Sludge&#039;&#039;&#039; (スラージ &#039;&#039;Surāji&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Czech:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Bochánek&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;French:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Slug&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Terro&#039;&#039;&#039; (Canada)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Hungarian:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Iszap&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Italian:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Bronto&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Mandarin:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Níbā&#039;&#039;&#039; (Taiwan, 泥巴, &amp;quot;Mud&amp;quot;), &#039;&#039;&#039;Yūní&#039;&#039;&#039; (China, 淤泥, &amp;quot;Sludge&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Portuguese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Chafurda&#039;&#039;&#039; (Brazil comic) &#039;&#039;&#039;Lama&#039;&#039;&#039; (Portugal)&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Combiners]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Decoys]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Demolitions specialists]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generation 1 Dinobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kreons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Mail order items]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Power of the Primes]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Primal Vanguard]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:SDCC exclusives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
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		<title>Slag (G1)</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generation 1 */&lt;/p&gt;
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{{Disambigm|Slag (disambiguation)|Slug (disambiguation)|Snarl (disambiguation)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Slag is an [[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Dinobot Hunt Slag.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Slapper (Dinobots)|His name is a swear word]]. Just the way he likes it.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka &#039;&#039;&#039;Slug&#039;&#039;&#039;) is the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] most likely to live up to the team&#039;s bad reputation. Slag is surly, mean-spirited, nasty, and disturbingly violent, to the point where it really is a wonder he&#039;s not a [[Decepticon]]. Slag will fight anyone, over anything, at the drop of a microchip, and fight dirty. Slag enjoys nothing more than reducing his enemies to pools of molten metal with his [[fire-breath]] (and he&#039;s more than willing to include annoying Autobots on that list). He&#039;d swim in the pools to celebrate if he could.&lt;br /&gt;
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None of the Dinobots really like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but he and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] share an especially intense dislike of him. But it&#039;s not just Prime&#039;s orders he questions. He&#039;ll even mouth off at [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] every now and then, but somehow does not end up as scrap or lunch. Slag&#039;s bad attitude means the rest of the Autobot forces are unlikely to come to his aid when he bites off more than he can chew.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{bigquote|Me Slag no like anything.|Slag on Life, the Universe, and Everything|&amp;quot;[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]&amp;quot;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; cartoon====&lt;br /&gt;
{{voiceactor|[[Neil Ross]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, &amp;quot;Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2&amp;quot;), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, &#039;&#039;The Movie&#039;&#039;), [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese, &#039;&#039;2010&#039;&#039;)|[[Li Danqing]] (Chinese), [[Georges Atlas]] (French), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, &amp;quot;Grimlock&#039;s New Brain&amp;quot;), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, &amp;quot;Call of the Primitives&amp;quot;), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; Season 1), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; Season 2)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:SlagG1.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|One angry mother slagger!]]&lt;br /&gt;
Slag was developed, along with his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], after the Autobots discovered dinosaur bones in their volcanic headquarters. Inspired by the power of the prehistoric beasts, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built a trio of Dinobots to add firepower to the Autobot forces. The Dinobots proved too dangerous at first, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] ordered Wheeljack to abandon the Dinobot project. Wheeljack continued improving the trio of titans in secret, crafting memory components that made them smarter and easier to control. When the rest of the Autobots were captured by the Decepticons at the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Wheeljack dispatched the Dinobots to free their comrades and destroy the Decepticons. The Dinobots succeeded in forcing a Decepticon retreat and were welcomed as members of the Autobot team. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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One of Slag&#039;s greatest weaknesses was his hostility, and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was able to use this to his advantage, turning the Dinobots against Optimus Prime. A new pair of Dinobots, [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], stalled the old trio until [[Meteorini Chipperoni|the unstable meteor]] nearby exploded. Witnessing Optimus Prime valiantly save Grimlock from the explosion, the Dinobots decided that he was a good, passionate leader, and turned against Megatron as his squad escaped. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When Cybertron was being pulled into Earth&#039;s orbit, Slag pitched in to help stop the destruction. He and his fellow Dinobots created a moat that successfully captured an incoming tidal wave. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} After that, the Dinobots were called upon to fight against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} &lt;br /&gt;
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[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] had trouble teaching Slag and the other Dinobots how to play football. However, when the Autobots needed help to stop the Decepticons and [[Nergill|King Nergill]]&#039;s attack on [[Washington, D.C.]], the Dinobots responded quickly. After the battle, Slag pitched in by using his fire breath to repair the Washington Monument. He came to [[Sub-Atlantica]] with the other Autobots, where he raised hell with his fellow Dinobots.{{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dinobots&#039; powers proved invaluable when they needed to save Optimus Prime from rogue vehicles. Slag transformed into &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039; mode and melted them down. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} &lt;br /&gt;
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While Wheeljack attempted to show off Grimlock&#039;s newfound finesse, Slag bumped into Grimlock and caused him to run amok. Then Sludge stepped on Slag&#039;s tail, and Slag instinctively breathed fire, scorching the Ark&#039;s computers. Afterwards, the Dinobots were sent to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|a new island]] that Bumblebee and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] had discovered so they could master their abilities. Slag liked it, and thought that it&#039;d offer room to move and stumble around. After practicing his &amp;quot;fire stuff&amp;quot;, Megatron arrived and using fear, led a pack of dinosaurs to push the Dinobots into a tar pit. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} However, they managed to get out, and Slag used his fire breath to get the tar off his comrades. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}} &lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:DesertionOfDinobots2-SlagCircuits.jpg|thumb|left|H-hey! That&#039;s my funny circuit!]]&lt;br /&gt;
Slag was sent with the four other Dinobots to an airport with Decepticons in the vicinity, despite his dislike of everything. Breaking into [[Hangar|their secret hideout]] with Snarl, Slag then melted [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]&#039;s [[null-ray]], to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]&#039;s horror, and when he was dogpiled by [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], threw them into a plane. When the Dinobots carelessly reverted to [[robot mode]], an explosion knocked them down. Back at the base, Ratchet, Hoist and Wheeljack were able to repair them after countless hours of work. But after the Dinobots heard Optimus send them out for another mission, they had enough. Slag was sick of taking orders and decided to take orders from Grimlock only, and the Dinobots left the Ark. However, when [[Carly]] informed the Dinobots that the Autobots were low on [[cybertonium]], Slag refused to help out, but Grimlock dragged him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] anyway, since they would be away from the Autobots. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} When they reached Cybertron, Slag rammed [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and then tried to turn him into a chew-toy. For this, the logic-driven Decepticon altered the Dinobots&#039; [[Circuits|memory circuits]] and put them to work in the [[Cybertonium Pit]]. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Two]] [[Carly|squishies]] ended up saving them. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], the Dinobots battled [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Slag was the only one that managed to get a hit on Devastator, ramming into him at full speed. After evacuating Autobot City in the wake of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]&#039;s attack, the Dinobots refused to leave, and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] was forced to push Slag into the ship. Possibly to avoid being killed, Kup told the Dinobots about one of his encounters with an [[Ick-Yak]]. The Dinobots, along with Kup and [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], were shot down and crashed on [[Quintessa]]. The Dinobots searched for the two Autobots, with Grimlock believing they were close by, but Slag disagreed. They started hurling insults, and things might have turned violent, had [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] not appeared and pointed them in the right direction. He and Sludge broke down a door as [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] prepared to execute the Autobots, giving a belated &amp;quot;Excuse me!&amp;quot; to a [[Quintesson]] prosecutor—who was being crushed under the combined weight of Slag, Sludge, and the door. Later, Slag literally burned the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag was one of the [[Primitive]]s who were called by [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron&#039;s assistant]] to battle [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]]&#039;s newest creation, [[Tornedron]]. When Grimlock was believed destroyed when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] crashed on him, Slag took command of the Dinobots. He came up with an incredibly innovative strategy—lead the Dinobots away until he got a better idea. [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] thought it was the best idea yet. After Tornedron dispatched the other Primitives, Slag and the Dinobots attacked him, only to have their energy sucked from them. Fortunately, Grimlock survived Trypticon&#039;s weight and destroyed Tornedron, fixing everything. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In the year 2011, Slag, along with his fellow Dinobots, was deployed by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] to deal with the sudden invasion of the Decepticon forces. Slag and his team attempted a resistance but were quickly disabled by one of [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]&#039;s hypnotic spells, which forced them all to fall asleep.&lt;br /&gt;
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Later, Slag fought alongside [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]], Optimus, and his fellow Dinobots against Galvatron and his lieutenants. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After blasting off of Quintessa aboard one of its ships, Slag and the other Dinobots huddled around Kup near the vessel&#039;s control panel. Slag stood about, muted, as the spacecraft came under assault from Cyclonus. Thanks to Kup and Hot Rod, they managed to escape their attacker, and the group later made their way to the planet Junk. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Together with [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], the Dinobots were on board a shuttle fleeing from [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]], though they were more concerned about hearing one of Kup&#039;s war stories than being under attack. When they found temporary safety inside a nebula, Kup relented and told them about the time he was in the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] and fought on [[Beta-Nine]]. Eventually the Decepticons found them, but Slag and the other Dinobots were so angry about the interruption that they made short work of the attackers. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When [[Renegade#Gong|Gong]] and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] mashed two universes together, they created a world where the Transformers and [[GoBot]]s co-existed during the [[Unicron War]]. Slag evacuated [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] City aboard a [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] after Galvatron and his Renegade-Decepticon alliance attacked, and Kup entertained the Dinobots with a few tall tales as they headed to Cybertron. Galvatron attacked their ship, stranding them on [[Antares 3|Antares III]]. &lt;br /&gt;
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The four Dinobots tried to search for the missing Kup and Hot Rod, but not even Swoop could locate their whereabouts. Slag and Grimlock briefly got into a fight, but encountered the [[Guardian (GoBots)#RoGuns|RoGuns]], who led them to the twisted court of the [[Master Renegade]], where Kup and Hot Rod were on trial. The Dinobots barged their way into the courtroom, with Slag pausing to apologize to the squashed [[Renegade#Klaws|Klaws]]. After stealing the Master Renegade&#039;s ship and dubbing it &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;Grungy&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;, the group headed to [[Quartex (planet)|Quartex]]. Kup met up with [[Rock Lord#Boulder|Boulder]], and together the alliance rescued [[Guardian (GoBots)#Major Mo|Major Mo]]&#039;s group of Autobots and Guardians from [[Rock Lord#Magmar|Magmar]]&#039;s evil [[Rock Lord]]s.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Autobots, Guardians, Rock Lords, and RoGuns returned to Cybertron aboard the Grungy and a Rock Lord vessel, where they battled Unicron. Before they were finished their fight, [[Vector Prime]] managed to disentangle the two universes, setting history back on its proper course. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In a timeline where Optimus Prime killed Megatron during their Autobot City duel, Slag was on Optimus Prime&#039;s shuttle when the Autobots set off to reclaim Cybertron from the leaderless Decepticons. They were attacked en route by &amp;quot;Megascream&amp;quot;: a reformatted Starscream now in the thrall of Unicron. They managed to escape after Megascream and his troops retreated, touching down on Quintessa to repair the damage.&lt;br /&gt;
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On the watery surface of the planet, the Autobots encountered a group of Sharkticons. Kup&#039;s universal greeting ended poorly, so Optimus dispatched the Dinobots to take care of the threat. Optimus, Kup, and the Dinobots stormed into a Quintesson courtroom, where they rescued Kranix and learned more about the threat of Unicron. When repairs on the ship had completed, the team picked up Hot Rod from Junkion and returned to Cybertron, where Optimus announced his intent to confront Unicron head-on. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag was among a number of Autobots under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]&#039;s command who crewed the [[Ark (G1)|ark]]. After it crashed into [[Earth]], the ark detected [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and repaired Slag and three others into the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. The Dinobots soon tracked down Soundwave, but he proved too much for them to handle until Grimlock used his brain and brought the nearby cliff down, knocking them all offline. {{storylink|In the Transformers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the other Dinobots live in an underground jungle environment, hidden beneath the Antarctic ice cap. He can fly. The Dinobots left together from their home to head to Autobot headquarters. Slag complained that they shouldn’t stick to a large formation, as he felt that this would make them an easy target for the Decepticons. His advice was ignored. Later, when they were attacked by Starscream and the Decepticon superjets, as Slag had predicted, Slag decided to break off from the group and continue on his way by himself. As he moved away from the other Dinobots, he was caught off-guard by Ramjet, who smashed a hole in Slag’s side. Slag was ordered to return to the Dinobots’ recovery base to get his wounds treated by Ratchet. There, Ratchet finished his repairs just as the [[Crusher]] forced its way into the Dinobots base. Though Slag was initially frightened by the machine, the vibrations it made caused hundred of Dinobots to be freed from their tar cocoons. Slag joined his brethren and beat back the Decepticons. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Optimus had requested Slag and the rest of the Dinobots’ assistance when he and Prowl investigated Decepticon activity on the island of [[Buru]]. Upon their arrival, the Dinobots quickly began overpowering the Insecticons on the island. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the other Dinobots stood by while Swoop mercilessly butchered Devastator and killed the Constructicons one by one. The rest of the Dinobots then joined in ripping the Constructicons&#039; carcasses into scrap metal for good measure. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] learned that his &amp;quot;twin Autobot&amp;quot; had been captured by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], he swore to rescue [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] himself. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] advised him to take [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and Slag with him, as their muscle would come in handy against Devastator. The three Autobots made their way to Decepticon headquarters, avoiding best they could the many traps that lay before it. The trio then encountered a couple of Decepticon guards, but made short work of them. Once within Decepticon headquarters, they encountered Devastator. Despite their best efforts, they were unable to defeat the Decepticon gestalt, and were themselves taken prisoner. Some time later, Megatron took Slag and the others out of their cell to show them that the Autobots had agreed to surrender; on the Decepticons&#039; doorstep was left a statue of Devastator, with a note attached explaining that it was a peace offering. The statue turned out to be a ruse however, and Autobot reinforcements burst forth from within it. Slag participated in the battle that ensued, which eventually ended in a victory for the Autobots. {{storylink|The Autobots&#039; Secret Weapon}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When Optimus learned from Cosmos that the Decepticons were razing a human village to build a fuel plant in its place, he had the Dinobots hide within the other Autobots&#039; vehicle modes to sneak up on the enemy. Once they were in close enough proximity to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his minions, the Dinobots were released and the battle against the evil robots commenced. Kickback and Ravage nearly managed to sneak up on Slag and Sludge, but [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] intercepted the two Decepticons before they could harm the Dinobots. After Shockwave had been tied up and loaded into Long Haul&#039;s  open-box bed, Slag shoved them both down a pit so Grimlock could cover them with quick-drying cement, trapping the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the rest of the Dinobots gathered around Grimlock as Hot Rod explained to them that he was being chased by a squad of Decepticons. Hot Rod then took off towards Autobot City to warn Ultra Magnus while the Dinobots headed to confront the Decepticons. In the battle that ensued, Slag spewed his firebreath at Buzzsaw. Then Starscream snuck up on him and injured the Dinobot with a couple of well-placed shots. Luckily, at this stage of the battle, Autobot reinforcements were arriving. Ratchet headed straight for Slag and tended to his wounds. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the rest of the Dinobots accompanied Hot Rod, Kup and Arcee on a space-faring mission. Though Kup warned Slag not to overload the ship, Grimlock ignored him, reasoning that he didn’t want to make a second trip. The ship wound up malfunctioning, and they crash-landed on the planet Quintesson. There, they encountered Wheelie, who warned them about the planet’s evil inhabitants. They soon encountered a few Quintessons leading their Sharkticon soldiers to apprehend them. Slag melted a bunch of them into puddles of molten metal with his fiery breath. After the Quintessons had been defeated, the Autobots left the planet in the ship that had once been piloted by Wheelie’s parents. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag, along with the rest of the Dinobots, were present during Earth&#039;s distant past, when [[you]], Ravage and Laserbeak travelled through time. The Dinobots quickly learned about the Decepticons&#039; plan to attack the Autobots still slumbering in stasis aboard the crashed Ark, and set out to oppose them. Whether or not they succeeded was up to you!{{storylink|Dinobot War}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag was so bored while on look-out duty that he and Sludge began to fight. Distracted, he didn&#039;t notice Bombshell sneaking up on the Dinobots, which led to the Insecticon injecting a Cerebro-shell into each of them save Swoop. Slag and the Dinobots are ordered to go on a rampage, attacking Autobots and humans alike. If Swoop reports directly back to Autobot base about what transpired, the Autobots weigh multiple options on how to best stop the Dinobots&#039; rampage.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the Autobots choose to use Mirage&#039;s abilities against the Dinobots, Slag and the rest of the sub-group are tricked into believing Optimus is standing at the edge of Bandit Bluff&#039;s precipice, and charge for the Autobot leader. Their target turns out to be an illusion fabricated by Mirage, and the Dinobots are knocked unconscious by their fall, and subsequently freed of Bombshell&#039;s control.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the Autobots choose to use Windcharger&#039;s abilities against the Dinobots, the outcome of the Dinobots&#039; and the rest of the Autobots&#039; confrontation has two possible outcomes. If Windcharger uses his magnetic powers too close to the Dinobots, the powerful magnetic field sends Slag and the other Dinobots into convulsions before killing them. If Windcharger decides to use his magnetic powers from a greater distance, the Cerebro-shells are harmlessly extracted from the Dinobots. Later, Slag is celebrating with the Autobots when Grimlock recalls Bombshell announcing that controlling the Dinobots was only a part of the Insecticon&#039;s plan.&lt;br /&gt;
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Optimus in turn can send Bumblebee, Skids and Sludge to investigate nearby electromagnetic activity. If he does, and Skids returns to Autobot base after the Decepticons has captured Bumblebee, Prowl suggests to send Slag and his ilk as undercover agents into the Decepticons&#039; local operation. Prowl explains that the Decepticons are likely unaware that the Dinobots are no longer under Bombshell&#039;s control. If Optimus goes with this plan, Slag and the Dinobots successfully carry out their infiltration. When the time comes to engage the Decepticons, Slag proves himself invulnerable to Starscream&#039;s lasers, one of which bounces off his armour and back into Starscream&#039;s weapon, The Autobots successfully defeat the Decepticons thanks to the Dinobot&#039;s strategic placement.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the Autobots choose to simply attack the Dinobots immediately and brutally, Slag ends up attacking Powerglide with a jet of fire. He is brought down when Swoop fires a missile near him, causing Slag to tumble over and his Cerebro-shell to come loose. This leads to the Autobots realizing they can knock the Cerebro-shells out of the Dinobots, and the whole team is freed from mind-control.&lt;br /&gt;
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If Swoop chooses to stay and fight Bombshell instead of reporting back to base after the Dinobots have become Bombshell&#039;s slaves, and successfully defeats the Insecticon, Slag is freed along with the other Dinobots. Whatever other choices are made in this path, Slag stays unaware of what has transpired, his memory a blank during the mind-control. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag helped defend [[Boulder Dam]] from the Decepticons. He, alongside Hound, rumbled in for the final crisis! Ultimately, the Autobots were successful in staving off the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle in the Desert Valley}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag, Grimlock, and Snarl, were roaming about in a desert in their &amp;quot;undetectable everyday forms&amp;quot; when they came under attack from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]! {{storylink|Sweepstakes Offer!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag was chosen by Grimlock to join his commando unit, and was with them in the [[Dark Ages]] when they split off to become the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. On one of the group&#039;s missions, they managed to steal a plenty of energon from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} Upon learning that [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] was meeting with Shockwave in the [[Neutral Territories]], Grimlock took the Dynobots to kill them for treason. The others, however, were more worried about [[Trypticon (G1)|the new Decepticon battlestation]] that was massacring [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]&#039;s Autobots (Slag didn&#039;t care about the bots, he wanted a piece of the action). Grimlock grew angry, poked Slag, and ordered him to follow his orders or get physical. Swoop finally convinced Grimlock to let them go while the latter went for Jetfire and Shockwave himself. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} After the battle, Slag&#039;s group discovered that someone had taken Grimlock and Jetfire, and there was no sign of Shockwave. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} When it was discovered that [[The Fallen]] was behind Grimlock&#039;s disappearance, the LSC were forced into a temporary alliance with Shockwave&#039;s Decepticons to put an end to the ancient Transformer&#039;s diabolical scheme. Despite the truce, Slag still decked [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]. Nobody cared. Ultimately, The Fallen&#039;s plan to bring a [[Unicron/Generation 1|greater, more malevolent force]] to Cybertron was foiled by the power of [[Primus]] himself. {{storylink|Conflagration}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Afterwards, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] managed to unite the Autobots once more, and under his leadership gained a significant hold over Cybertron&#039;s resources and territories. This eventually forced the [[Ultracon]]s and Shockwave&#039;s Decepticons to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots. Slag and the other Dynobots were posted as perimeter guards during the peace talks, in anticipation for any attacks that might come their way. Sure enough, Starscream and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]]s struck by sending in a pair of shuttles filled with neutronium plasma to crash into [[Tyger Pax]], where the treaty was being signed. Slag and his teammates were unable to halt the shuttles, ending any hope of an easy truce. The dramatic return of Megatron with his cloned [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] ended any ideas of truce at all. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and the &#039;&#039;[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]&#039;&#039; crash-landed on Earth, the Dynobots followed the Insecticons there. They trounced the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], who subsequently played dead until Grimlock and Slag got bored and wandered off. {{storylink|Extermination}} However, the Dinobots became trapped in [[stasis lock]]. After awakening, Megatron captured the Dinobots, using their imprisonment to force Grimlock to side with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3}} Grimlock freed them after Shockwave captured Megatron and Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Brothers&#039; Burden}} Using a stolen Decepticon shuttle, the DInobots traveled back to Cybertron, finding it under the totalitarian rule of Shockwave. [[Octane]] was the first to come upon the group once they had made planet-fall, and poked Slag in the head calling him a &amp;quot;primitive&amp;quot; as he prepared to take him in. This only served to make Slag angry, and Octane was afterwards left without a body. Slag was keen on keeping Octane&#039;s head as a trophy, but Grimlock had him get rid of it before they started their rampage proper to disrupt Shockwave&#039;s rule. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dinobots launched an attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], heading for [[Shockwave&#039;s Tower]]. Grimlock ordered Slag and the others to keep pushing forward as he made a side-trip to the [[Smelting pool|smelting pits]] to personally confront Shockwave. Before they could reach their destination, the Dinobots were halted by the newly reawakened [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]]. Slag barely managed to send a distress call to Grimlock before being defeated. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Much later, after Shockwave&#039;s defeat, the Dinobots were ordered by Ultra Magnus to accompany Kup on a trip to establish a base on one of Cybertron&#039;s moons. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}&lt;br /&gt;
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En route to Cybertron&#039;s moon, Kup had an amusing conversation with [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] while [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], Slag, and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] looked on. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Along with Grimlock, Snarl, Sludge and Swoop, Slag was transported into Earth&#039;s distant past by a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]], where he was reformatted into a &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039;. A group consisting of three [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and a [[Cobra]] [[Cobra Viper|Viper]] successfully retrieved them, and the new &amp;quot;Dinobots&amp;quot; made short work of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his troops. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Four million years ago, Slag combined with his fellow Dinobots to form [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], a savage abomination of a gestalt that knew no mercy. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In the present day, Slag participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons. He squared off against Headstrong, until Grimlock called upon the Dinobots to once more combine into their gestalt form. The merge complete, the Dinobots then rampaged once more as The Beast. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag, later renamed Slug, has been fighting for a long, long time. He learned his earliest values and what the world was like in the [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiator]] pits: it was him against the world and the world had to die so he wouldn&#039;t. The brutalisation took a deep toll on his psyche. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag joined the [[Primal Vanguard]] and first met [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] in a brig, after he&#039;d &#039;&#039;shot his commanding officer in the back&#039;&#039; to convince him they were outflanked and had to make a frontal assault. Grimlock thought this made him an awesome, clear-thinking guy, and the two of them discussed forming their own semi-autonomous strike team, one that Slag declared would follow no rules. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}} Apparently their new Dynobot unit ended up more amiable than he had hoped, however, as they went on to receive numerous commendations. Their time in the Vanguard came to an end after a mission to Cybertron&#039;s underground, during which they ran into powerful [[cyber-morphic predator]]s and were forced to take on [[alternate mode|alt mode]]s based on the monsters in order to survive. Grieving the loss of their comrade [[Skar (Dynobot)|Skar]] and locked up for study by their superiors, the Dynobots deserted from the Vanguard. {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}}&lt;br /&gt;
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On the run, Slag and the other Dynobots began fighting in illegal pit fights once more. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption}} They were in the [[Ring of Trials]] in [[Ironfall]] when they witnessed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime&#039;s]] rallying call for additional support against the Decepticon tyranny. {{storylink|Broadcast}} They responded to the call and joined the Autobots in the following battle for control of Cybertron, during which they took out [[Onslaught (G1)|a lot]] [[Brawl (G1)|of tanks]]. {{storylink|Endgame}} They subsequently joined the Autobots, but struck out on their own again as they began to lose control of their hastily acquired alt modes, which was affecting their minds and threatening to transform them into mindless beasts for good. Unwilling to risk the lives of others, the Dynobots resorted to robbing to earn their way off-world where they could isolate themselves. {{storylink|Derelicts}}&lt;br /&gt;
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During one of their heists, the Dynobots broke into the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]], intending to drain and sell the [[energon]] within. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} When Grimlock began hurrying them along, Slag lost his temper, blamed him for their situation and walked out, but calmed down and returned to them in time to fight off some Decepticons &#039;&#039;also&#039;&#039; looking to steal from the refinery. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} As the Autobots arrived to fight off the Decepticons, the Dynobots retreated into the refinery, but were followed by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. As Grimlock dueled the &#039;con, he began to lose control and transform into his [[beast mode]], forcing Slag and Swoop to intervene and calm him down. {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}} Following the destruction of the refinery, the Dynobots got sick of it all and convinced Grimlock to accept Optimus Prime&#039;s offer to help. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the others were brought to Prime at [[Starsreach Spaceport]], where a Decepticon attack caused Grimlock to transform and go berserk. {{storylink|Massacre}} His ensuing rampage caused the Dynobots to lose all faith in redemption, and they boarded a ship bound off-world then and there. {{storylink|Unleashed}} However, they changed their minds when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], the creator of the cyber-morphic predator, was unleashed upon Cybertron, and returned to help the Autobots fight it. {{storylink|Annihilation}} As they held off Trypticon&#039;s minions, Grimlock ended up devoured by the giant beast and the others began to lose hope, but Slag urged them to keep fighting in the belief that Grimlock could defeat it from the inside. And he was right! Once Trypticon was defeated, the Dynobots returned home with the Autobots with hope that their scientists could find a cure for their affliction. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}} The efforts of Autobot science succeeded, and the Dynobots were purged of their rage and beast mode in time to defend Iacon from a Decepticon invasion. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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As the war went on, Slag&#039;s contribution to the grand Autobot cause of freedom for all was to murder Decepticons who surrendered and play &amp;quot;kick the can&amp;quot; with severed heads. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}} He constantly tried to deny the Dynobots were a team at &#039;&#039;all&#039;&#039;, saying they put the &amp;quot;un&amp;quot; into &amp;quot;unit&amp;quot; (and apparently he put the &amp;quot;lame&amp;quot; into &amp;quot;jokes&amp;quot;). {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}} The Dynobots were involved with the battle of [[Varas Centralus]], where their actions were as brutal and horrific as any Decepticon&#039;s. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} In a particular horrific moment, he &#039;&#039;incinerated [[spark]]s&#039;&#039; in a rage so they could never be born as Decepticons. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the other Dynobots followed Grimlock to revenge themselves against [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], who blew up a cache of [[energon]] they had stolen. When Shockwave traveled to [[Earth]], the Dynobots pursued him. Slag appeared to be the team&#039;s tech specialist, originating the idea of organic [[beast mode]]s as a defense against energon overload. That&#039;s pretty innovative for a guy who spends most of his time thinking how better to kill everyone around him. Sadly, it did not protect the Dynobots from Shockwave&#039;s energy blasts, which melted the artificial skin and caused the Dynobots to go into [[stasis lock]] due to excessive [[Energon radiation]]. Due to a dead man&#039;s switch, the [[Skyfire (ship)|Dynobots&#039; ship]] blasted a volcano that buried everyone in molten lava. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dynobots were eventually excavated by [[Skywatch]], and though Grimlock was the first to be brought back online, he was freed from Skywatch&#039;s control through a virus implanted by a [[Machination]] spy (under orders from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]). Scorponok wanted Grimlock to join him, but Grimlock refused, fought Scorponok and escaped, vowing to find and rescue Slag and the other Dynobots. Scorponok, however planned to take control of the Dynobots himself and use them to assassinate Grimlock. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Skywatch activated Slag, and in a test run, had him melt a tank. When Grimlock showed up in [[Fallon]], he and the other Dynobots were sent to intercept him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Grimlock tried to break Slag&#039;s programming by reminding him of their shared past, which not only didn&#039;t work but got him set on fire. Making matters worse, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] decided to reduce the programming remotely, at which point Slag shot Grimlock &#039;&#039;more&#039;&#039; and got enraged to find out Grimlock had set up a dead man&#039;s switch that nearly killed them without telling &#039;&#039;anyone&#039;&#039;. Slag even decided they had been a team after all and this was a betrayal. However, Grimlock silenced him by reminding Slag of what he wanted the Dynobots to be, and how what he did was following Slag&#039;s ethos &#039;&#039;exactly&#039;&#039;. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Grimlock took the opportunity to inform the others of the current situation and what they needed to do, but Slag and the others weren&#039;t going to fall in line so easily. In particular, Swoop expressed his anger and disappointment in Grimlock&#039;s actions and decided to leave on his own. Slag, Snarl, and Sludge departed as well, leaving Grimlock standing there and fuming. Scorponok had his [[Sunstreaker clone]] army attack Grimlock at this point and they did so with gusto, ignoring the other Dynobots. Seeing their leader besieged, Slag and the others decided, for better or worse, that they were still Dynobots and had to stick together. They set to the task of trashing Sunstreaker clones until they were surrounded and nearly overwhelmed. But the [[Monsterbot]]s arrived on the scene, having been summoned by Grimlock earlier, and began to turn the tide. Slag was quite disbelieving that Grimlock would even think of calling upon [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus&#039;]] crew for help, but that didn&#039;t stop him from continuing to wreck Sunstreaker clones. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Realizing they didn&#039;t have the advantage anymore, the surviving Sunstreaker clones retreated. The Dynobots hitched a ride in the Monsterbots&#039; ship and headed for Machination headquarters. Aboard the ship, Grimlock discussed the matter of payment with Repugnus as the other Dynobots discussed how distasteful they found the whole situation (And you know it &#039;&#039;had&#039;&#039; to be &#039;&#039;really&#039;&#039; distasteful if the Dynobots were grousing about it!). Slag kept quiet but appeared as annoyed as the others as Grimlock told them he had worked out a temporary alliance with the Monsterbots. But again, as annoyed as the other Dynobots were, it didn&#039;t stop them from leaping into battle after Grimlock when they arrived at Machination HQ. They were greeted by yet more Sunstreaker clones, and proceeded to go about demolishing them. Finally, the clones were switched-off when [[Hunter O&#039;Nion]] disconnected the original [[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]]&#039;s head, thus robbing the Machination grunts of their ability to control the clone bodies. The badly-damaged Hot Rod arrived, having just escaped from Machination HQ and explained what had occurred to the Dynobots. Sludge began to celebrate their victory when he was suddenly blasted by Scorponok, who decided to take a personal hand in the battle. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}} &lt;br /&gt;
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To top it off, Shockwave arrived on the scene, and quickly engaged Scorponok for the right to destroy the remaining Dynobots. With Sludge apparently dead, Grimlock told the others to retreat without him, as he was finally seeing the cost of his uncompromising attitude. Slag asked Hot Rod if he wanted to bolt with them, but Hot Rod declined. Slag, Snarl, and Swoop decided to cut out while the getting was good and headed due east to an extraction point where the Monsterbots were waiting. Upon arrival, Repugnus mentioned that they&#039;d be good fits for the team, due to their apparent concern with self-preservation. This remark did not seem to sit well with Slag and the others and they decided to go back and help Grimlock. When they returned to the battlefield, they found that Scorponok had retreated and Grimlock was fighting Shockwave. What&#039;s more, Sludge had come back online, thanks to a spark-jump from Grimlock. They leaped into battle with Shockwave, even as Grimlock implored them to go find Scorponok. Grimlock managed to drag himself and Shockwave away from the others, giving the other Dynobots an opportunity to infiltrate the main Machination complex. They managed to find their way to the chamber where Scorponok had stored his original head, and engaged the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] in battle there. Hot Rod directed Swoop to sever the connections keeping Scorponok&#039;s original head functional. Swoop did so, and Scorponok was painfully disabled and left at the Dynobots&#039; mercy. But before they could kill him, Ultra Magnus arrived and told them that Scorponok would instead be jailed and made to pay for his crimes. He also suggested that they quickly remove all Cybertronian technology from the facility and leave as soon as possible. Everyone was totally cool with this.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the end, Ultra Magnus canceled outstanding warrants he had on the other Dynobots when Grimlock (who had managed to disable Shockwave) took the fall and admitted that going rogue was completely his idea. Grimlock was satisfied that he managed to save Sludge and his team was online and together again. Slag and the others were seen repairing the &#039;&#039;Skyfire&#039;&#039; and preparing to leave Earth. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}&lt;br /&gt;
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With Grimlock gone, Slag took on the role of leader of the team. After traveling space for a few years, he and the newly dubbed &amp;quot;Dinobots&amp;quot; returned to a reborn Cybertron and joined [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] for a mission to find the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] who had gone missing in the wilderness. After a run-in with a ferocious [[turbofox]], which the Dinobots dealt with in their usual fashion, they discovered signs of Transformer weaponry which made Ironhide suspicious that [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was still around. His worried behavior bothered Slag, who had respected his toughness but now saw him as just another &#039;&#039;regular&#039;&#039; Autobot. Ironhide explained that he had changed because of a vision of the future, which Slag felt had a degree of truth to it. The night they set up camp, the Dinobots were overcome by an alien influence and began fighting amongst themselves, causing Slag and Swoop to impale Ironhide. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}}&lt;br /&gt;
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However, this didn&#039;t kill Ironhide and the Dinobots continued to fight each other. Eventually, they somehow stopped clashing among themselves and began to pursue Ironhide, who was saved thanks to the timely arrival of the combined form of the Aerialbots, [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Night and the City}} With everyone gathered in one place, the influence that had made the Dinobots aggressive and created Superion ceased to affect them. {{storylink|Second Exodus}} On returning to Iacon, the group found the city under attack by Megatron {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Quick to join the fray, Slag took the streets and fought [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] and [[Turmoil]]. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} Though the Autobots were victorious, [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] was able to turn the neutral population against them and have both factions banished from the city. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Out in the wilderness, the Dinobots defended the Autobot convoy from the approaching [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] until the Decepticon team revealed their good intentions. After setting up camp, they actually got along quite well with the Constructicons, who shared their interest in wrecking things and chugging energon. {{storylink|Second Exodus}} During his time in camp, Slag was informed by [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] that his name held an offensive meaning, prompting him to change it to &amp;quot;Slug&amp;quot;. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} When a mysterious light appeared in the wilderness, Slug had the Dinobots go on the offensive, ignoring Bumblebee&#039;s orders to wait and observe. His attack plans were then shelved when the light turned out to be heralding the arrival of the giant [[Necrotitan]]. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Fed up with Slug&#039;s continued attitude, Bumblebee gave him an ultimatum: either follow orders or leave the battlefield. Surprised by the little &#039;bot&#039;s courage, Slug begrudgingly fell into line and had the Dinobots aid in trying to contain the Necrotitan. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} A brief battle occurred when a group of Decepticons led by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] arrived at the scene, but was interrupted when the Titan emitted a deadly energy wave that injured and corroded many combatants, including Slug. {{storylink|Winners &amp;amp; Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners &amp;amp; Losers}} Autobots and Decepticons alike stopped fighting while their leaders tried to work out what was going on. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slug was taken to safety by the other Dinobots, complaining that he couldn&#039;t participate in the attack on Shockwave&#039;s base. When the Necrotitan began making its way towards Iacon, the Dinobots tried to slow it down to no effect. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} They and the other Autobots then retreated to Iacon, having no choice but to try and defend the city from the giant. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} Slug was cured from the death wave&#039;s effects when the Necrotitan was brought down by [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} In celebration of the Titan&#039;s defeat, Slug went to [[Swerve&#039;s]] to drink and sing alongside both Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} The peace was brief, as an army of [[Ammonite]]s then invaded Cybertron on Shockwave&#039;s orders, forcing the Autobots back into action. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Slug was ordered by Ironhide to drive the invaders out of the city, but in the chaos of battle the Dinobot couldn&#039;t even tell where the city limits were. Once the battle was won, he watched Megatron disembark the &#039;&#039;[[Lost Light]]&#039;&#039; wearing an Autobot insignia. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Six months after Shockwave&#039;s defeat, Slug was drinking at [[Maccadam&#039;s Old Oil House]] when [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] stopped by to get info on Starscream. After a couple of drinks he was all too willing to tell her what he thought about that jerk. {{storylink|A &#039;Bot and Her City}} He was still there two days later when Windblade showed up in search of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], {{storylink|Windblade issue 2|Windblade vol. 1 #2}} and was taken along for the ride when Windblade brought several bar patrons with her to Metroplex&#039;s insides to serve as witnesses to Starscream&#039;s illegal &amp;quot;mine&amp;quot; within. As they were attacked by three [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] on arrival, the Dinobot fought [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] until Starscream himself showed up with his [[Badgeless]] thugs and had the group captured. They were broken out of jail by [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], after which Slug and [[Blurr (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Blurr]] remained behind to keep Starscream at bay while Windblade made her escape. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade vol. 1 #3}} Slug pinned Starscream to a wall, but the Seeker got out of his grip by blowing him away with a missile. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Some time later, Slug helped investigate the murders of three Decepticons in the slums outside Metroplex, although he cared little about the case seeing as how it was just some &#039;&#039;&#039;Cons&#039;&#039; who&#039;d deserved it anyway. {{storylink|City of Steel (issue)|City of Steel}} Following more killings, Slug and the Dinobots stood guard at the murder site where they flung threats at an angry Decepticon mob placing the blame on Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (issue)|Fight or Flee}} Suspecting the [[Firecon]]s to be the culprits, Prime, Starscream and Windblade had a team including the Dinobots take the trio down, which Slug and his pals did with gusto. {{storylink|Quest for Fire}} After the Firecons were proven innocent, Optimus Prime confronted Slug and accused &#039;&#039;him&#039;&#039; of the murders, claiming his war experiences and life on Starscream&#039;s Cybertron had made him snap. Slug took poorly to the accusation and attacked Prime, but their battle was interrupted by reports of yet another killing—this time of Autobots. Slug believed this proved his innocence, but Prime wouldn&#039;t relent, reminding him of his team&#039;s war crimes on Varas Centralus and telling him his stubborn adherence to wartime thinking was dividing Cybertron and representing everything wrong with their race. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} That night, an infuriated Slug began plotting to kill Prime, only for him and his team be caught in an explosion, having become the killer&#039;s latest targets. As it turned out, Prime had only shouted about their crimes in order to lure out the culprit, the criminal killer [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], but had also arranged a trap door to open beneath them when the bomb struck, saving their lives. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Prime&#039;s remarks would linger with Slug for weeks afterwards. He began to drink more and more to blot out his pain, getting violent a lot of the time,{{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} and being pacified by the drink at other times, such as during a party to celebrate Cybertron&#039;s reunion with [[Caminus]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol.2 #4}} He took [[Chosen One Day]] to thank Blurr for the alcohol. {{storylink|Choose Me}} In his mind, that time they&#039;d been &#039;turned into&#039; beasts had just been showing the world what they really were. Barricade, who&#039;d keep busting him, was disgusted at the waste of potential and how this person the Decepticons had feared so much could be so pathetic. &lt;br /&gt;
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In a drunken rage, Slug tried to start a fight with [[Sterling|two]] [[Aileron|evangelists]] for Prime before being coaxed away by Swoop. (His antics almost crashed [[Sterling]]&#039;s faith) {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}{{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} He went back to the bar, started a massive fight, and was arrested by Barricade. That would just be a normal weekend except Barricade had a job for him: help him deliver some goods into the wilderness for the [[Caminus|Camien]] politician [[Strafe (IDW)|Strafe]] and the Dinobots would get a nice briefcase of untraceable money Barricade had been &amp;quot;collecting&amp;quot; in his police duties. Slug was desperate enough to take this job, to the disgust of the others until he said he&#039;d dob the crew into the [[Badgeless]] and take the money after they&#039;d been killed! It was a good plan until Slug discovered that the secret cargo were &#039;&#039;twelve sparks&#039;&#039; for delivery to a former &#039;hot spot&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Slug changed the plan and had his crew slaughtered the waiting coppers before they could see Barricade, [[Swift (G1)|Swift]], and Strafe: now Barricade and his friends could return to the city, but the Dinobots would always be wanted cop killers. Slug considered that usual Dinobot work, doing the dirty stuff so the &#039;heroes&#039; could stay clean. For the rest of the journey, Slug (thinking about the innocent sparks he&#039;d once murdered) and the Dinobots fought off warped [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s and Badgeless, while he was left bitter when he discovered Swift was actually &#039;&#039;dating&#039;&#039; Barricade and Strafe couldn&#039;t grasp his disgust. After all, he&#039;d done bad things in the war too. Slug said it wasn&#039;t the same (he knew it was).&lt;br /&gt;
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Things came to a head when [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who&#039;d been making the Sweeps, attacked them at a contaminated energon site. Barricade and all the sparks were killed and Strafe transformed into a monstrous new form, just as Slug had once been. In a ferocious battle, the Dinobots defeated Bliudgeon, Slug saved Swift in Barricade&#039;s name, and they learned the Alyon &#039;hot spot&#039; had &#039;&#039;reactivated&#039;&#039; and Bludgeon had been &#039;experimenting&#039; on it: without intending to, Slug had helped save the future of Cybertron. He did Barricade and Swift a solid by telling her to lie that the Dinobots had abducted them, Barricade had died doing heroic deeds, and she&#039;d discovered the sparks. That done, he departed into the wilderness with the Dinobots (Strafe now in tow), feeling on an upswing. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Months later, Slug and the rest of the Dinobots were still tracking Bludgeon but kept coming up empty.  Checking a cave on a hillside, they encountered the remains of numerous Sweeps where Bludgeon had been experimenting when an [[Sandstorm (G1) |unseen sniper]] suddenly shot Slug twice in the back, narrowly missing his Spark.  Realizing that his Combustion Chamber had been damaged, Slug ordered the other Dinobots to retreat before he fatally exploded. His corpse was recovered by Starscream, who wondered what might happen if it were given a mutated Sweep spark recovered from Bludgeon&#039;s lab. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Hearts of Steel&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:SlagIceAge-HOS1.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]&lt;br /&gt;
Slag was one of the many Autobots who fought against the Decepticons on prehistoric Earth. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{IDW HOS}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers vs. G.I. Joe&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Slag was present when [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] presented the offworlders [[Clutch (G.I. Joe)|Clutch]], [[Breaker]], [[Cover Girl]], and [[Jinx]] as P.O.W.s to King Grimlock. Grimlock had no mercy for his captives, and promptly dropped them in a pool of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Joes survived their trial, however, impressing Grimlock. The humans were escorted back to their allies on Cybertron, where Grimlock announced a truce between the Autobots and the Joes. Slag joined in the festivities that ensued to celebrate the newly forged alliance. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Soon thereafter, the mobile city of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] came under siege from both [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and a mind-controlled [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Slag rode into battle alongside [[Cover Girl]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] to drive back the enemy forces of Decepticobra. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} He and the other Dinobots participated in the final battle between the &amp;quot;Jotobot&amp;quot; alliance and Decepticobra. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: All Spark&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)|Revenge}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Prime Wars Trilogy&#039;&#039; cartoons===&lt;br /&gt;
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|Power of the Primes}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; marketing material===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PowerOfThePrimes-DinobotSlug-CardArt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dinobot Slug could wield powers of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|#Power of the Primes|&#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; Dinobot Slug packaging bio}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{note|For a list of powers manifested by Slug, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this chart]].}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Commercial appearances==&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] battled against [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] in the middle of a thunderstorm. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Dinobots|Dinobots commercial}}&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag and the Dinobots were beating up [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] when the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] intervened. The new arrivals then combined into Predaking and attacked the Dinobots from the skies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Predacons|Predacons commercial}}&lt;br /&gt;
*Grimlock and Slag were trotting along through a field when they came under attack by Predaking. Though Grimlock was worried that they were in big trouble, Slag spotted [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] swooping down and assured Grimlock that they were safe. Indeed, Sky Lynx made short work of the giant Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sky Lynx|Sky Lynx commercial}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Games==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; (PS2)===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Note|Slag is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Transformers Legends===&lt;br /&gt;
At a time when their group was the Lightning Strike Coalition, Slug and Snarl were on a mission to find their leader Grimlock, who had disappeared. While searching the [[Sea of Rust]], they were ambushed by Hardshell and the Insecticons. Slug and Snarl were overwhelmed and taken prisoners to Shockwave&#039;s lab, where they are reunited with the rest of their squadron. Shockwave experimented on the Lightning Strike Coalition, transforming them into the monstrous Dinobots. This backfired on the Decepticon scientist, however, when the Dinobots used their newfound power to rise up against Shockwave and thrash his lab. {{storylink|Rescue the King}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Following the disappearance of Grimlock and Swoop, Slug took charge of the remainder Dinobots, claiming he wouldn&#039;t obey orders from anyone else. The trio set out for the Decepticon base, and when Optimus tried to stop them, they attacked him. Wheeljack attempted to use his [[magnetic inducer]] on Slug and scanned the Dinobot. Having dealt with Optimus, the Dinobots continued towards the Decepticon base until the Autobots managed to overwhelm and imprison them. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 1}} The trio were released during a night raid by Grimlock and Swoop. The five Dinobots marched on the Decepticon base, but were defeated by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When Optimus fell in battle during a massive Decepticon attack on Autobot City and Grimlock took command, Slug and the other Dinobots joined him in crushing the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots (Legends)|S.O.S. Dinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slug was caught up somehow in a [[Quintesson]] plot to kidnap several Autobots during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Battle Tactics&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Slug.jpg|thumb|400px]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Slug-(G2).jpg|thumb|400px]]&lt;br /&gt;
Slug participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in two different bodies:&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Slug&#039;&#039; - This Epic character first appeared in the &amp;quot;Dinobots Destruction&amp;quot; stronghold event, and could could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character. &lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Slug (G2)&#039;&#039; - This Super Rare character was available as a reward in the &amp;quot;S.O.S. Dinobots!&amp;quot; stronghold event.&lt;br /&gt;
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Earth Wars&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:SlugEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|]]&lt;br /&gt;
The process it takes to build up a fiery (3,000 degrees centigrade plus) blast and reduce an enemy to molten slag is hardly energy-efficient, but he doesn&#039;t care. It&#039;s firepower well spent in his book. As he often says, &amp;quot;I have no need for friends, even less for enemies.&amp;quot; {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Slug Bio}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag had a few head-on encounters with the Predacon [[Headstrong (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Headstrong]].&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Class:&#039;&#039;&#039; Warrior&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Lowest Star Rating&#039;&#039;&#039;: 2 star&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Weapons&#039;&#039;&#039;: Slug headbutts and bashes opponents in his default dino mode.&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Ability: Flame Rush&#039;&#039;&#039;: Rushes into combat spreading fire along the way, dealing some damage over 7 seconds!&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;&#039;Cost&#039;&#039;&#039;: 4 ability points +2 for reuses.&lt;br /&gt;
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:slug| Slug at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Generation 1===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1Slag toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|This... good enough for... Slag!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;28&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: &amp;quot;Energo Sword&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Electron Blaster&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Rocket Pod&amp;quot;, 3 rockets&lt;br /&gt;
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:Slag was released as part of the second series of &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; in 1985. The toy transformed into a robotic &#039;&#039;[[wikipedia:Triceratops|Triceratops]]&#039;&#039;, and came with a missile launcher that could fit in the shoulder socket of both the robot and dinosaur, a red [[sword]], a silver &amp;quot;electro blaster&amp;quot; and three silver rockets. Like many &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039;-era toys, Slag had a conspicuous driver compartment contained in his chest.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Slag is mistransformed in the photo at right: His [[robot mode]] legs can be slid out further.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Slag was later re-released in the European-markets &amp;quot;[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]&amp;quot; series. In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]], at a cost of 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two [[Robot Point]]s.&lt;br /&gt;
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:It also seems that Slag was designed to have fully moving legs (not just at the knee) but this was squared off. Careful filing to where the molded circle is can restore this functionality.&lt;br /&gt;
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:In 1985 a variant of Slag was released in Canada. The variant has a red face, red fists, red tail support and white thighs. The red painted torso also appears to be a brighter shade of red than the regular release.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-dinobots-slag/616/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Slag at Transformerland.com]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Slag/slag.htm More information on Slag at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Generation 2===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G2SlagGreen toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Me, Slag, no like... green!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (Dinobot, 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: &amp;quot;Kinetic Sword&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Blaster Gun&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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:The original Slag toy went through several iterations in the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|&#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; line]]. First, he was re-released in the original silver base color; the only notable difference in the toy proper is the inclusion of the &amp;quot;AUTOBOT&amp;quot; [[tampograph]] on one of his robot mode legs.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The toy then had its silver changed to red, and &#039;&#039;then&#039;&#039; changed again to dark green. The final green coloration is the most common, while the red and silver variations go for a little more on the secondary market.&lt;br /&gt;
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:All three versions retain his original sword and rifle (which were renamed), but do not have the rocket pod or missiles from the Generation 1 release.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Slag/slag.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; Slag at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Age of Extinction===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|TRUEvolution}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:DOTM-toy Triceradon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|&#039;&#039;Ewww...&#039;&#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobot Slug&#039;&#039;&#039; (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;&#039;25 OF 30&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:Available only at [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us|ToysЯUs]] stores in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, this &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]&#039;&#039; two-pack features the &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Deluxe [[Slug (AOE)|Dinobot Slug]] toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, packed with a seemingly unchanged &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]&#039;&#039; Mini-Con [[Triceradon (DOTM)|Triceradon]], described as &#039;Classic&#039; Slug. &lt;br /&gt;
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:Unlike the Strafe Evolution two-pack, which incorrectly depicted the original Generation 1 [[package art]] of the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] rather than Slag&#039;s fellow Dinobot [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] on the card bubble, the Slug two-pack&#039;s packaging correctly depicts G1 Slag.&lt;br /&gt;
{{ClassicsKnockdownMold}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Transformers (2014)===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Anchor|SDCCDinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF2014toy-SDCCDinobotSlug.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobots Generation One 4-pack&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 swords&lt;br /&gt;
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:Available only as part of the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] [[exclusive]] &amp;quot;Dinobots Generation One 4-pack&amp;quot; that was first made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[2014]], Slug is a G1-inspired redeco of &#039;&#039;Age of Extinction&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class Slug. He comes packaged with [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#SDCCDinobots|Grimlock]], [[Swoop (G1)/toys#SDCCDinobots|Strafe]], and [[Snarl (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Snarl]], and their box unfolds into a diorama of the crashed [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in [[Mount St. Hilary]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/SDCCSlug/slug.htm More information on 2014 Slug at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Kre-O===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|SDCC2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kreon Class of &#039;85&#039;&#039;&#039; (Kreon figure set, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;B5152&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Voted&#039;&#039;: The Criminal&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Small pistol, sword&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;[[Kre-O]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Slug&amp;quot; (thank you, non-US slang) is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier &amp;quot;peg-in-peg&amp;quot; torso/waist connection. His body [[tampograph]]s are heavily toy-based, but he has a red helmet to match the toy as shown in the original catalog, not the final version released in the US.&lt;br /&gt;
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: He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] &amp;quot;[[Kreon Class of &#039;85]]&amp;quot; 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/SDCCKre-OSlug/slug.htm More information on Class of 1985 Slug at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Generations===&lt;br /&gt;
====Platinum Edition====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Platinum-Edition-G1-Dinobots-Slug.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobots&#039;&#039;&#039; (Platinum Edition 5-pack, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: 2 swords &lt;br /&gt;
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:Part of the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]&#039;&#039; Dinobots 5-pack, &amp;quot;Dinobot Slug&amp;quot; is another redeco of &#039;&#039;Age of Extinction&#039;&#039; Slug, this time retooled to have a more G1-inspired head. &lt;br /&gt;
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:Slug was bundled with Grimlock, [[Sludge (G1)#Platinum Edition|Slog]], Snarl, and Strafe.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This set was initially released as a [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]] exclusive in Canada in October 2015, followed by Singapore a month later (although it&#039;s currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular store there or not). Much later, it became available via the Australian Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Power of the Primes====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PotP Slug.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb|I&#039;m going to Sla-i mean Slug you!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobot Slug&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;PP-11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese release date&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2018-[[June 30|06-30]]&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Blaster, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]&#039;&#039; Slug is a all-new mold, visually simplified from his original G1 design, which can transform into a robotic &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039;, as well as form a limb for [[Volcanicus]] or any other &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039;-style combiner. Like the other Dinobots in this subline, Slug is partially composed of translucent plastic with gold paint on the inside to give him a &#039;layered&#039; look reminiscent of his original toy.  Like all other &#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class figures, he comes with Prime Armor with a place for a [[Prime Master]] (and by extension, a [[Titan Master]], [[Enigma of Combination]], and [[Matrix|Matrix core]]) that can transform into a hand for a combiner.  It can be plugged into his back in &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039; mode, or worn on either his chest or back in robot mode. He also comes with a piece that can fill the gap in the chest armor or be held as a gun.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Despite his colossal footprint in robot mode, Slug has an annoying tendency to be back-heavy, even with his dedicated heel pieces.&lt;br /&gt;
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:[[Stock photography]] shows him with a mistransformed beast mode: the &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039; head/neck is adjustable to have the frill around the head stand up closer to the G1 dinosaur model. This does however mean the Triceratops head does not lock in place in dino mode, it simply rests atop the tabs which would otherwise secure it in place.&lt;br /&gt;
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:While his instructions show his arms pointing toward the combiner torso in arm mode, the slots on the outside of his arms and pegs on his sides suggest they should be pointed backwards and pegged in place.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was retooled into fellow Dinobot  [[Sludge (G1)#Power of the Primes|Sludge]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Merchandise==&lt;br /&gt;
===Decoy===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Cybertron Hero Collection 9&#039;&#039;&#039; (multi-pack, 1986)&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (1987)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Decoy number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;5&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: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 &amp;quot;checklist&amp;quot; number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Slag/slag.htm More information on Decoy Slag at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Robot Heroes===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Snarl &amp;amp; Sharkticon G1 Robot Heroes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Snarl Vs Sharkticon&#039;&#039;&#039; (2009)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series:&#039;&#039; Generation 1 Series&lt;br /&gt;
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:A tiny, adorably homicidal &amp;quot;Slag&amp;quot; that came packaged with a [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]. Like &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]&#039;&#039; [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]], who was also designed with G1 Slag in mind, the Robot Heroes figure was released using the name of Slag&#039;s fellow Dinobot [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], so Hasbro could release the toy in the United Kingdom (&amp;quot;Slag&amp;quot; is considered an insult there).&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/RHSnarl/snarl.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Robot Heroes&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Snarl&amp;quot; at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:DiacloneSlag.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hey Weevil. Check it out. My dinosaur is horny.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag had the preliminary name of &#039;&#039;&#039;Tricerabot&#039;&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://web.archive.org/web/20071230210811/http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=41003 Post by Jim S on the Allspark Forums, 2007/12/25 (via the Internet Archive)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag&#039;s original toy was originally a &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; Dinosaur Robo Triceratops. In the &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; lore, this dinomech was a pilotable vehicle that could travel at speeds up of to 250 kilometers per hour and was designed for grasslands operation and melee combat. It also had a slightly different color scheme for its [[robot mode]] bits.&lt;br /&gt;
*The stock photos on Slag&#039;s box show him with colors closer to the cartoon: His head, hands, and back hinge are cast in red plastic and the legs are cast in white plastic. The Canadian release of Slag actually came in these colors. His horns are also chromed rather than bare red due to the mockup/prototype not needing to change them to soft plastic [[for safety reasons]].&lt;br /&gt;
*The European exclusive [[Action Master]] Decepticon [[Charger]] cribs Slag&#039;s quote, his [[function]], much of his [[bio]], and his [[Tech Spec]]s. Whether there was any relation intended between the characters or if the copywriters just got lazy is unknown.&lt;br /&gt;
*The overall design and transformation sequence of the original Slag toy served as the basis for &#039;&#039;&#039;[[:File:HornGeist.jpg|Horn Geist]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, one of four recurring villainous henchmen on the Takara/Sunrise co-production &#039;&#039;[[Brave (franchise)|Brave Exkaiser]]&#039;&#039;. In what might be called [[Beast (G1)|a vision of things to come]], the four &amp;quot;Geisters&amp;quot; were once briefly fused into a single robot called &amp;quot;[[:File:MadGeister.jpg|Mad Geister]]&amp;quot; (マッドガイスター &#039;&#039;Maddogaisutā&#039;&#039;). However, because each Geister controlled a portion of the combined body—and, aside from [[:File:PteraGeist.jpg|Ptera Geist]], they had the accumulated brain power of a Froot Loop—this ended rather badly. In a more successful (if not [[Mega-Dinobot|also prescient]]) later development, the Geisters learned to merge in groups of two, with Horn Geist forming the upper body of &amp;quot;[[:File:PtederAndHormor.jpg|Hormor]]&amp;quot; (ホーマー &#039;&#039;Hōmā&#039;&#039;).&lt;br /&gt;
*In the G1 cartoon, Neil Ross&#039;s portrayal of Slag was rarely consistent, frequently fluctuating in pitch between episodes, until it began steadily raising in pitch at a consistent rate. By the time of his final appearance in [[Call of the Primitives]], Slag&#039;s voice had hit a comically high register.&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag&#039;s name is also [[Slag (slang)|a popular Cybertronian expletive]]. That just seems right, for some reason. In The Real World, Slag is also a term of abuse in the United Kingdom and some parts of Europe, which forced [[Hasbro]] to release toys (such as an &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]&#039;&#039; [[Snarl (Animated)|toy designed with G1 Slag in mind]]) under the name &#039;&#039;&#039;Snarl&#039;&#039;&#039; in the late 2000s to avoid possible problems with cultural sensitivities. [[Snarl (G1)|The original Snarl]] has yet to comment on the matter. &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]&#039;&#039; solved the issue without causing an identity crisis by calling the character &amp;quot;[[Slug (FOC)|Slug]]&amp;quot;, a name that stuck with subsequent incarnations and was eventually applied to the original Slag as well.&lt;br /&gt;
*A Slag toy can be seen in the recreation of the Scottish artist [[Wikipedia:Eduardo Paolozzi|Sir Eduardo Paolozzi]]&#039;s studio at the Scottish [[Wikipedia:Dean Gallery|Dean Gallery]]. This makes him the second [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Dinobot]] to have a toy in a museum.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Foreign names===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Japanese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (スラッグ &#039;&#039;Suraggu&#039;&#039;), &#039;&#039;&#039;Slug&#039;&#039;&#039; (スラッグ &#039;&#039;Suraggu&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Czech:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Cent&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;French:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Scories&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Hungarian:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Salak&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Italian:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Tricex&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Mandarin:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Tiě Zhā&#039;&#039;&#039; (铁渣, &amp;quot;Iron Slag&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Portuguese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Chapado&#039;&#039;&#039; (Brazil comic)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Other continuities===&lt;br /&gt;
Alternate versions of Slag have appeared in other [[continuity family|continuity families]].&lt;br /&gt;
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File:TFAnimated Snarl.jpg|[[Snarl (Animated)|&#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Snarl]]&lt;br /&gt;
File:FOC-Slugart.jpg|[[Slug (FOC)|&#039;&#039;Fall of Cybertron&#039;&#039; Slug]]&lt;br /&gt;
File:AOE Triceratops concept.jpg|[[Slug (AOE)|&#039;&#039;Age of Extinction&#039;&#039; Slug]]&lt;br /&gt;
File:Adventureart-Slug.jpg|[[Slug (Adventure)|&#039;&#039;Adventure&#039;&#039; Slug]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Decoys]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Generation 1 Dinobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kreons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Mail order items]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Power of the Primes]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Primal Vanguard]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generation 1 */&lt;/p&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Slag is an [[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Dinobot Hunt Slag.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Slapper (Dinobots)|His name is a swear word]]. Just the way he likes it.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka &#039;&#039;&#039;Slug&#039;&#039;&#039;) is the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] most likely to live up to the team&#039;s bad reputation. Slag is surly, mean-spirited, nasty, and disturbingly violent, to the point where it really is a wonder he&#039;s not a [[Decepticon]]. Slag will fight anyone, over anything, at the drop of a microchip, and fight dirty. Slag enjoys nothing more than reducing his enemies to pools of molten metal with his [[fire-breath]] (and he&#039;s more than willing to include annoying Autobots on that list). He&#039;d swim in the pools to celebrate if he could.&lt;br /&gt;
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None of the Dinobots really like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but he and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] share an especially intense dislike of him. But it&#039;s not just Prime&#039;s orders he questions. He&#039;ll even mouth off at [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] every now and then, but somehow does not end up as scrap or lunch. Slag&#039;s bad attitude means the rest of the Autobot forces are unlikely to come to his aid when he bites off more than he can chew.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{bigquote|Me Slag no like anything.|Slag on Life, the Universe, and Everything|&amp;quot;[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]&amp;quot;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; cartoon====&lt;br /&gt;
{{voiceactor|[[Neil Ross]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, &amp;quot;Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2&amp;quot;), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, &#039;&#039;The Movie&#039;&#039;), [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese, &#039;&#039;2010&#039;&#039;)|[[Li Danqing]] (Chinese), [[Georges Atlas]] (French), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, &amp;quot;Grimlock&#039;s New Brain&amp;quot;), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, &amp;quot;Call of the Primitives&amp;quot;), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; Season 1), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; Season 2)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:SlagG1.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|One angry mother slagger!]]&lt;br /&gt;
Slag was developed, along with his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], after the Autobots discovered dinosaur bones in their volcanic headquarters. Inspired by the power of the prehistoric beasts, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built a trio of Dinobots to add firepower to the Autobot forces. The Dinobots proved too dangerous at first, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] ordered Wheeljack to abandon the Dinobot project. Wheeljack continued improving the trio of titans in secret, crafting memory components that made them smarter and easier to control. When the rest of the Autobots were captured by the Decepticons at the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Wheeljack dispatched the Dinobots to free their comrades and destroy the Decepticons. The Dinobots succeeded in forcing a Decepticon retreat and were welcomed as members of the Autobot team. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:SlagWarofDinos.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I know he&#039;s a raging sociopath... but he&#039;s so cute!]]&lt;br /&gt;
One of Slag&#039;s greatest weaknesses was his hostility, and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was able to use this to his advantage, turning the Dinobots against Optimus Prime. A new pair of Dinobots, [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], stalled the old trio until [[Meteorini Chipperoni|the unstable meteor]] nearby exploded. Witnessing Optimus Prime valiantly save Grimlock from the explosion, the Dinobots decided that he was a good, passionate leader, and turned against Megatron as his squad escaped. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When Cybertron was being pulled into Earth&#039;s orbit, Slag pitched in to help stop the destruction. He and his fellow Dinobots created a moat that successfully captured an incoming tidal wave. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} After that, the Dinobots were called upon to fight against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} &lt;br /&gt;
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[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] had trouble teaching Slag and the other Dinobots how to play football. However, when the Autobots needed help to stop the Decepticons and [[Nergill|King Nergill]]&#039;s attack on [[Washington, D.C.]], the Dinobots responded quickly. After the battle, Slag pitched in by using his fire breath to repair the Washington Monument. He came to [[Sub-Atlantica]] with the other Autobots, where he raised hell with his fellow Dinobots.{{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dinobots&#039; powers proved invaluable when they needed to save Optimus Prime from rogue vehicles. Slag transformed into &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039; mode and melted them down. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} &lt;br /&gt;
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While Wheeljack attempted to show off Grimlock&#039;s newfound finesse, Slag bumped into Grimlock and caused him to run amok. Then Sludge stepped on Slag&#039;s tail, and Slag instinctively breathed fire, scorching the Ark&#039;s computers. Afterwards, the Dinobots were sent to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|a new island]] that Bumblebee and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] had discovered so they could master their abilities. Slag liked it, and thought that it&#039;d offer room to move and stumble around. After practicing his &amp;quot;fire stuff&amp;quot;, Megatron arrived and using fear, led a pack of dinosaurs to push the Dinobots into a tar pit. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} However, they managed to get out, and Slag used his fire breath to get the tar off his comrades. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}} &lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:DesertionOfDinobots2-SlagCircuits.jpg|thumb|left|H-hey! That&#039;s my funny circuit!]]&lt;br /&gt;
Slag was sent with the four other Dinobots to an airport with Decepticons in the vicinity, despite his dislike of everything. Breaking into [[Hangar|their secret hideout]] with Snarl, Slag then melted [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]&#039;s [[null-ray]], to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]&#039;s horror, and when he was dogpiled by [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], threw them into a plane. When the Dinobots carelessly reverted to [[robot mode]], an explosion knocked them down. Back at the base, Ratchet, Hoist and Wheeljack were able to repair them after countless hours of work. But after the Dinobots heard Optimus send them out for another mission, they had enough. Slag was sick of taking orders and decided to take orders from Grimlock only, and the Dinobots left the Ark. However, when [[Carly]] informed the Dinobots that the Autobots were low on [[cybertonium]], Slag refused to help out, but Grimlock dragged him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] anyway, since they would be away from the Autobots. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} When they reached Cybertron, Slag rammed [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and then tried to turn him into a chew-toy. For this, the logic-driven Decepticon altered the Dinobots&#039; [[Circuits|memory circuits]] and put them to work in the [[Cybertonium Pit]]. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Two]] [[Carly|squishies]] ended up saving them. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TFTM-QuintessonLeader Crushed.jpg|thumb|He may be in favour of grisly murder, but no one could ever accuse Slag of not having manners.]]&lt;br /&gt;
During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], the Dinobots battled [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Slag was the only one that managed to get a hit on Devastator, ramming into him at full speed. After evacuating Autobot City in the wake of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]&#039;s attack, the Dinobots refused to leave, and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] was forced to push Slag into the ship. Possibly to avoid being killed, Kup told the Dinobots about one of his encounters with an [[Ick-Yak]]. The Dinobots, along with Kup and [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], were shot down and crashed on [[Quintessa]]. The Dinobots searched for the two Autobots, with Grimlock believing they were close by, but Slag disagreed. They started hurling insults, and things might have turned violent, had [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] not appeared and pointed them in the right direction. He and Sludge broke down a door as [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] prepared to execute the Autobots, giving a belated &amp;quot;Excuse me!&amp;quot; to a [[Quintesson]] prosecutor—who was being crushed under the combined weight of Slag, Sludge, and the door. Later, Slag literally burned the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{note|Slag’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]” and the storybook “[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]].&amp;quot;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} {{storylink|Thief in the Night}} {{storylink|Grimlock&#039;s New Brain}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag was one of the [[Primitive]]s who were called by [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron&#039;s assistant]] to battle [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]]&#039;s newest creation, [[Tornedron]]. When Grimlock was believed destroyed when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] crashed on him, Slag took command of the Dinobots. He came up with an incredibly innovative strategy—lead the Dinobots away until he got a better idea. [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] thought it was the best idea yet. After Tornedron dispatched the other Primitives, Slag and the Dinobots attacked him, only to have their energy sucked from them. Fortunately, Grimlock survived Trypticon&#039;s weight and destroyed Tornedron, fixing everything. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=====&#039;&#039;Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers&#039;&#039; story pages=====&lt;br /&gt;
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=====&#039;&#039;The Headmasters&#039;&#039; cartoon=====&lt;br /&gt;
{{voiceactor|[[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)|[[Simon Broad]] (English, Omni Productions dub), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American)}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:SleepySlagAnime1.jpg|left|upright=1.16|thumb|So cute when he&#039;s not killing things.]]&lt;br /&gt;
In the year 2011, Slag, along with his fellow Dinobots, was deployed by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] to deal with the sudden invasion of the Decepticon forces. Slag and his team attempted a resistance but were quickly disabled by one of [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]&#039;s hypnotic spells, which forced them all to fall asleep.&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag was &#039;&#039;adorable&#039;&#039;. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Later, Slag fought alongside [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]], Optimus, and his fellow Dinobots against Galvatron and his lieutenants. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====&lt;br /&gt;
After blasting off of Quintessa aboard one of its ships, Slag and the other Dinobots huddled around Kup near the vessel&#039;s control panel. Slag stood about, muted, as the spacecraft came under assault from Cyclonus. Thanks to Kup and Hot Rod, they managed to escape their attacker, and the group later made their way to the planet Junk. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Wings Universe&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
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Together with [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], the Dinobots were on board a shuttle fleeing from [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]], though they were more concerned about hearing one of Kup&#039;s war stories than being under attack. When they found temporary safety inside a nebula, Kup relented and told them about the time he was in the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] and fought on [[Beta-Nine]]. Eventually the Decepticons found them, but Slag and the other Dinobots were so angry about the interruption that they made short work of the attackers. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====Ask Vector Prime====&lt;br /&gt;
When [[Renegade#Gong|Gong]] and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] mashed two universes together, they created a world where the Transformers and [[GoBot]]s co-existed during the [[Unicron War]]. Slag evacuated [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] City aboard a [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] after Galvatron and his Renegade-Decepticon alliance attacked, and Kup entertained the Dinobots with a few tall tales as they headed to Cybertron. Galvatron attacked their ship, stranding them on [[Antares 3|Antares III]]. &lt;br /&gt;
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The four Dinobots tried to search for the missing Kup and Hot Rod, but not even Swoop could locate their whereabouts. Slag and Grimlock briefly got into a fight, but encountered the [[Guardian (GoBots)#RoGuns|RoGuns]], who led them to the twisted court of the [[Master Renegade]], where Kup and Hot Rod were on trial. The Dinobots barged their way into the courtroom, with Slag pausing to apologize to the squashed [[Renegade#Klaws|Klaws]]. After stealing the Master Renegade&#039;s ship and dubbing it &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;Grungy&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;, the group headed to [[Quartex (planet)|Quartex]]. Kup met up with [[Rock Lord#Boulder|Boulder]], and together the alliance rescued [[Guardian (GoBots)#Major Mo|Major Mo]]&#039;s group of Autobots and Guardians from [[Rock Lord#Magmar|Magmar]]&#039;s evil [[Rock Lord]]s.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Autobots, Guardians, Rock Lords, and RoGuns returned to Cybertron aboard the Grungy and a Rock Lord vessel, where they battled Unicron. Before they were finished their fight, [[Vector Prime]] managed to disentangle the two universes, setting history back on its proper course. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Deviations&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
In a timeline where Optimus Prime killed Megatron during their Autobot City duel, Slag was on Optimus Prime&#039;s shuttle when the Autobots set off to reclaim Cybertron from the leaderless Decepticons. They were attacked en route by &amp;quot;Megascream&amp;quot;: a reformatted Starscream now in the thrall of Unicron. They managed to escape after Megascream and his troops retreated, touching down on Quintessa to repair the damage.&lt;br /&gt;
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On the watery surface of the planet, the Autobots encountered a group of Sharkticons. Kup&#039;s universal greeting ended poorly, so Optimus dispatched the Dinobots to take care of the threat. Optimus, Kup, and the Dinobots stormed into a Quintesson courtroom, where they rescued Kranix and learned more about the threat of Unicron. When repairs on the ship had completed, the team picked up Hot Rod from Junkion and returned to Cybertron, where Optimus announced his intent to confront Unicron head-on. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Marvel Comics continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
{{main|Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Milton Bradley mini-comic===&lt;br /&gt;
Slag was among a number of Autobots under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]&#039;s command who crewed the [[Ark (G1)|ark]]. After it crashed into [[Earth]], the ark detected [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and repaired Slag and three others into the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. The Dinobots soon tracked down Soundwave, but he proved too much for them to handle until Grimlock used his brain and brought the nearby cliff down, knocking them all offline. {{storylink|In the Transformers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the other Dinobots live in an underground jungle environment, hidden beneath the Antarctic ice cap. He can fly. The Dinobots left together from their home to head to Autobot headquarters. Slag complained that they shouldn’t stick to a large formation, as he felt that this would make them an easy target for the Decepticons. His advice was ignored. Later, when they were attacked by Starscream and the Decepticon superjets, as Slag had predicted, Slag decided to break off from the group and continue on his way by himself. As he moved away from the other Dinobots, he was caught off-guard by Ramjet, who smashed a hole in Slag’s side. Slag was ordered to return to the Dinobots’ recovery base to get his wounds treated by Ratchet. There, Ratchet finished his repairs just as the [[Crusher]] forced its way into the Dinobots base. Though Slag was initially frightened by the machine, the vibrations it made caused hundred of Dinobots to be freed from their tar cocoons. Slag joined his brethren and beat back the Decepticons. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Optimus had requested Slag and the rest of the Dinobots’ assistance when he and Prowl investigated Decepticon activity on the island of [[Buru]]. Upon their arrival, the Dinobots quickly began overpowering the Insecticons on the island. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the other Dinobots stood by while Swoop mercilessly butchered Devastator and killed the Constructicons one by one. The rest of the Dinobots then joined in ripping the Constructicons&#039; carcasses into scrap metal for good measure. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] learned that his &amp;quot;twin Autobot&amp;quot; had been captured by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], he swore to rescue [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] himself. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] advised him to take [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and Slag with him, as their muscle would come in handy against Devastator. The three Autobots made their way to Decepticon headquarters, avoiding best they could the many traps that lay before it. The trio then encountered a couple of Decepticon guards, but made short work of them. Once within Decepticon headquarters, they encountered Devastator. Despite their best efforts, they were unable to defeat the Decepticon gestalt, and were themselves taken prisoner. Some time later, Megatron took Slag and the others out of their cell to show them that the Autobots had agreed to surrender; on the Decepticons&#039; doorstep was left a statue of Devastator, with a note attached explaining that it was a peace offering. The statue turned out to be a ruse however, and Autobot reinforcements burst forth from within it. Slag participated in the battle that ensued, which eventually ended in a victory for the Autobots. {{storylink|The Autobots&#039; Secret Weapon}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When Optimus learned from Cosmos that the Decepticons were razing a human village to build a fuel plant in its place, he had the Dinobots hide within the other Autobots&#039; vehicle modes to sneak up on the enemy. Once they were in close enough proximity to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his minions, the Dinobots were released and the battle against the evil robots commenced. Kickback and Ravage nearly managed to sneak up on Slag and Sludge, but [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] intercepted the two Decepticons before they could harm the Dinobots. After Shockwave had been tied up and loaded into Long Haul&#039;s  open-box bed, Slag shoved them both down a pit so Grimlock could cover them with quick-drying cement, trapping the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the rest of the Dinobots gathered around Grimlock as Hot Rod explained to them that he was being chased by a squad of Decepticons. Hot Rod then took off towards Autobot City to warn Ultra Magnus while the Dinobots headed to confront the Decepticons. In the battle that ensued, Slag spewed his firebreath at Buzzsaw. Then Starscream snuck up on him and injured the Dinobot with a couple of well-placed shots. Luckily, at this stage of the battle, Autobot reinforcements were arriving. Ratchet headed straight for Slag and tended to his wounds. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the rest of the Dinobots accompanied Hot Rod, Kup and Arcee on a space-faring mission. Though Kup warned Slag not to overload the ship, Grimlock ignored him, reasoning that he didn’t want to make a second trip. The ship wound up malfunctioning, and they crash-landed on the planet Quintesson. There, they encountered Wheelie, who warned them about the planet’s evil inhabitants. They soon encountered a few Quintessons leading their Sharkticon soldiers to apprehend them. Slag melted a bunch of them into puddles of molten metal with his fiery breath. After the Quintessons had been defeated, the Autobots left the planet in the ship that had once been piloted by Wheelie’s parents. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Dinobot War===&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag, along with the rest of the Dinobots, were present during Earth&#039;s distant past, when [[you]], Ravage and Laserbeak travelled through time. The Dinobots quickly learned about the Decepticons&#039; plan to attack the Autobots still slumbering in stasis aboard the crashed Ark, and set out to oppose them. Whether or not they succeeded was up to you!{{storylink|Dinobot War}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag was so bored while on look-out duty that he and Sludge began to fight. Distracted, he didn&#039;t notice Bombshell sneaking up on the Dinobots, which led to the Insecticon injecting a Cerebro-shell into each of them save Swoop. Slag and the Dinobots are ordered to go on a rampage, attacking Autobots and humans alike. If Swoop reports directly back to Autobot base about what transpired, the Autobots weigh multiple options on how to best stop the Dinobots&#039; rampage.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the Autobots choose to use Mirage&#039;s abilities against the Dinobots, Slag and the rest of the sub-group are tricked into believing Optimus is standing at the edge of Bandit Bluff&#039;s precipice, and charge for the Autobot leader. Their target turns out to be an illusion fabricated by Mirage, and the Dinobots are knocked unconscious by their fall, and subsequently freed of Bombshell&#039;s control.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the Autobots choose to use Windcharger&#039;s abilities against the Dinobots, the outcome of the Dinobots&#039; and the rest of the Autobots&#039; confrontation has two possible outcomes. If Windcharger uses his magnetic powers too close to the Dinobots, the powerful magnetic field sends Slag and the other Dinobots into convulsions before killing them. If Windcharger decides to use his magnetic powers from a greater distance, the Cerebro-shells are harmlessly extracted from the Dinobots. Later, Slag is celebrating with the Autobots when Grimlock recalls Bombshell announcing that controlling the Dinobots was only a part of the Insecticon&#039;s plan.&lt;br /&gt;
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Optimus in turn can send Bumblebee, Skids and Sludge to investigate nearby electromagnetic activity. If he does, and Skids returns to Autobot base after the Decepticons has captured Bumblebee, Prowl suggests to send Slag and his ilk as undercover agents into the Decepticons&#039; local operation. Prowl explains that the Decepticons are likely unaware that the Dinobots are no longer under Bombshell&#039;s control. If Optimus goes with this plan, Slag and the Dinobots successfully carry out their infiltration. When the time comes to engage the Decepticons, Slag proves himself invulnerable to Starscream&#039;s lasers, one of which bounces off his armour and back into Starscream&#039;s weapon, The Autobots successfully defeat the Decepticons thanks to the Dinobot&#039;s strategic placement.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the Autobots choose to simply attack the Dinobots immediately and brutally, Slag ends up attacking Powerglide with a jet of fire. He is brought down when Swoop fires a missile near him, causing Slag to tumble over and his Cerebro-shell to come loose. This leads to the Autobots realizing they can knock the Cerebro-shells out of the Dinobots, and the whole team is freed from mind-control.&lt;br /&gt;
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If Swoop chooses to stay and fight Bombshell instead of reporting back to base after the Dinobots have become Bombshell&#039;s slaves, and successfully defeats the Insecticon, Slag is freed along with the other Dinobots. Whatever other choices are made in this path, Slag stays unaware of what has transpired, his memory a blank during the mind-control. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag helped defend [[Boulder Dam]] from the Decepticons. He, alongside Hound, rumbled in for the final crisis! Ultimately, the Autobots were successful in staving off the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle in the Desert Valley}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag, Grimlock, and Snarl, were roaming about in a desert in their &amp;quot;undetectable everyday forms&amp;quot; when they came under attack from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]! {{storylink|Sweepstakes Offer!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Dreamwave &#039;&#039;Generation One&#039;&#039; continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
Slag was chosen by Grimlock to join his commando unit, and was with them in the [[Dark Ages]] when they split off to become the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. On one of the group&#039;s missions, they managed to steal a plenty of energon from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} Upon learning that [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] was meeting with Shockwave in the [[Neutral Territories]], Grimlock took the Dynobots to kill them for treason. The others, however, were more worried about [[Trypticon (G1)|the new Decepticon battlestation]] that was massacring [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]&#039;s Autobots (Slag didn&#039;t care about the bots, he wanted a piece of the action). Grimlock grew angry, poked Slag, and ordered him to follow his orders or get physical. Swoop finally convinced Grimlock to let them go while the latter went for Jetfire and Shockwave himself. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} After the battle, Slag&#039;s group discovered that someone had taken Grimlock and Jetfire, and there was no sign of Shockwave. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} When it was discovered that [[The Fallen]] was behind Grimlock&#039;s disappearance, the LSC were forced into a temporary alliance with Shockwave&#039;s Decepticons to put an end to the ancient Transformer&#039;s diabolical scheme. Despite the truce, Slag still decked [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]. Nobody cared. Ultimately, The Fallen&#039;s plan to bring a [[Unicron/Generation 1|greater, more malevolent force]] to Cybertron was foiled by the power of [[Primus]] himself. {{storylink|Conflagration}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Afterwards, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] managed to unite the Autobots once more, and under his leadership gained a significant hold over Cybertron&#039;s resources and territories. This eventually forced the [[Ultracon]]s and Shockwave&#039;s Decepticons to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots. Slag and the other Dynobots were posted as perimeter guards during the peace talks, in anticipation for any attacks that might come their way. Sure enough, Starscream and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]]s struck by sending in a pair of shuttles filled with neutronium plasma to crash into [[Tyger Pax]], where the treaty was being signed. Slag and his teammates were unable to halt the shuttles, ending any hope of an easy truce. The dramatic return of Megatron with his cloned [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] ended any ideas of truce at all. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:DWColdWar Slag Octane.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Slag like collect trophy like [[Lockdown (Animated)|him.]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
After the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and the &#039;&#039;[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]&#039;&#039; crash-landed on Earth, the Dynobots followed the Insecticons there. They trounced the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], who subsequently played dead until Grimlock and Slag got bored and wandered off. {{storylink|Extermination}} However, the Dinobots became trapped in [[stasis lock]]. After awakening, Megatron captured the Dinobots, using their imprisonment to force Grimlock to side with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3}} Grimlock freed them after Shockwave captured Megatron and Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Brothers&#039; Burden}} Using a stolen Decepticon shuttle, the DInobots traveled back to Cybertron, finding it under the totalitarian rule of Shockwave. [[Octane]] was the first to come upon the group once they had made planet-fall, and poked Slag in the head calling him a &amp;quot;primitive&amp;quot; as he prepared to take him in. This only served to make Slag angry, and Octane was afterwards left without a body. Slag was keen on keeping Octane&#039;s head as a trophy, but Grimlock had him get rid of it before they started their rampage proper to disrupt Shockwave&#039;s rule. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dinobots launched an attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], heading for [[Shockwave&#039;s Tower]]. Grimlock ordered Slag and the others to keep pushing forward as he made a side-trip to the [[Smelting pool|smelting pits]] to personally confront Shockwave. Before they could reach their destination, the Dinobots were halted by the newly reawakened [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]]. Slag barely managed to send a distress call to Grimlock before being defeated. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Much later, after Shockwave&#039;s defeat, the Dinobots were ordered by Ultra Magnus to accompany Kup on a trip to establish a base on one of Cybertron&#039;s moons. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}&lt;br /&gt;
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En route to Cybertron&#039;s moon, Kup had an amusing conversation with [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] while [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], Slag, and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] looked on. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Along with Grimlock, Snarl, Sludge and Swoop, Slag was transported into Earth&#039;s distant past by a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]], where he was reformatted into a &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039;. A group consisting of three [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and a [[Cobra]] [[Cobra Viper|Viper]] successfully retrieved them, and the new &amp;quot;Dinobots&amp;quot; made short work of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his troops. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===The Beast Within===&lt;br /&gt;
Four million years ago, Slag combined with his fellow Dinobots to form [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], a savage abomination of a gestalt that knew no mercy. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In the present day, Slag participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons. He squared off against Headstrong, until Grimlock called upon the Dinobots to once more combine into their gestalt form. The merge complete, the Dinobots then rampaged once more as The Beast. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag, later renamed Slug, has been fighting for a long, long time. He learned his earliest values and what the world was like in the [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiator]] pits: it was him against the world and the world had to die so he wouldn&#039;t. The brutalisation took a deep toll on his psyche. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag joined the [[Primal Vanguard]] and first met [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] in a brig, after he&#039;d &#039;&#039;shot his commanding officer in the back&#039;&#039; to convince him they were outflanked and had to make a frontal assault. Grimlock thought this made him an awesome, clear-thinking guy, and the two of them discussed forming their own semi-autonomous strike team, one that Slag declared would follow no rules. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}} Apparently their new Dynobot unit ended up more amiable than he had hoped, however, as they went on to receive numerous commendations. Their time in the Vanguard came to an end after a mission to Cybertron&#039;s underground, during which they ran into powerful [[cyber-morphic predator]]s and were forced to take on [[alternate mode|alt mode]]s based on the monsters in order to survive. Grieving the loss of their comrade [[Skar (Dynobot)|Skar]] and locked up for study by their superiors, the Dynobots deserted from the Vanguard. {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}}&lt;br /&gt;
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On the run, Slag and the other Dynobots began fighting in illegal pit fights once more. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption}} They were in the [[Ring of Trials]] in [[Ironfall]] when they witnessed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime&#039;s]] rallying call for additional support against the Decepticon tyranny. {{storylink|Broadcast}} They responded to the call and joined the Autobots in the following battle for control of Cybertron, during which they took out [[Onslaught (G1)|a lot]] [[Brawl (G1)|of tanks]]. {{storylink|Endgame}} They subsequently joined the Autobots, but struck out on their own again as they began to lose control of their hastily acquired alt modes, which was affecting their minds and threatening to transform them into mindless beasts for good. Unwilling to risk the lives of others, the Dynobots resorted to robbing to earn their way off-world where they could isolate themselves. {{storylink|Derelicts}}&lt;br /&gt;
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During one of their heists, the Dynobots broke into the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]], intending to drain and sell the [[energon]] within. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} When Grimlock began hurrying them along, Slag lost his temper, blamed him for their situation and walked out, but calmed down and returned to them in time to fight off some Decepticons &#039;&#039;also&#039;&#039; looking to steal from the refinery. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} As the Autobots arrived to fight off the Decepticons, the Dynobots retreated into the refinery, but were followed by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. As Grimlock dueled the &#039;con, he began to lose control and transform into his [[beast mode]], forcing Slag and Swoop to intervene and calm him down. {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}} Following the destruction of the refinery, the Dynobots got sick of it all and convinced Grimlock to accept Optimus Prime&#039;s offer to help. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the others were brought to Prime at [[Starsreach Spaceport]], where a Decepticon attack caused Grimlock to transform and go berserk. {{storylink|Massacre}} His ensuing rampage caused the Dynobots to lose all faith in redemption, and they boarded a ship bound off-world then and there. {{storylink|Unleashed}} However, they changed their minds when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], the creator of the cyber-morphic predator, was unleashed upon Cybertron, and returned to help the Autobots fight it. {{storylink|Annihilation}} As they held off Trypticon&#039;s minions, Grimlock ended up devoured by the giant beast and the others began to lose hope, but Slag urged them to keep fighting in the belief that Grimlock could defeat it from the inside. And he was right! Once Trypticon was defeated, the Dynobots returned home with the Autobots with hope that their scientists could find a cure for their affliction. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}} The efforts of Autobot science succeeded, and the Dynobots were purged of their rage and beast mode in time to defend Iacon from a Decepticon invasion. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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As the war went on, Slag&#039;s contribution to the grand Autobot cause of freedom for all was to murder Decepticons who surrendered and play &amp;quot;kick the can&amp;quot; with severed heads. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}} He constantly tried to deny the Dynobots were a team at &#039;&#039;all&#039;&#039;, saying they put the &amp;quot;un&amp;quot; into &amp;quot;unit&amp;quot; (and apparently he put the &amp;quot;lame&amp;quot; into &amp;quot;jokes&amp;quot;). {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}} The Dynobots were involved with the battle of [[Varas Centralus]], where their actions were as brutal and horrific as any Decepticon&#039;s. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} In a particular horrific moment, he &#039;&#039;incinerated [[spark]]s&#039;&#039; in a rage so they could never be born as Decepticons. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the other Dynobots followed Grimlock to revenge themselves against [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], who blew up a cache of [[energon]] they had stolen. When Shockwave traveled to [[Earth]], the Dynobots pursued him. Slag appeared to be the team&#039;s tech specialist, originating the idea of organic [[beast mode]]s as a defense against energon overload. That&#039;s pretty innovative for a guy who spends most of his time thinking how better to kill everyone around him. Sadly, it did not protect the Dynobots from Shockwave&#039;s energy blasts, which melted the artificial skin and caused the Dynobots to go into [[stasis lock]] due to excessive [[Energon radiation]]. Due to a dead man&#039;s switch, the [[Skyfire (ship)|Dynobots&#039; ship]] blasted a volcano that buried everyone in molten lava. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dynobots were eventually excavated by [[Skywatch]], and though Grimlock was the first to be brought back online, he was freed from Skywatch&#039;s control through a virus implanted by a [[Machination]] spy (under orders from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]). Scorponok wanted Grimlock to join him, but Grimlock refused, fought Scorponok and escaped, vowing to find and rescue Slag and the other Dynobots. Scorponok, however planned to take control of the Dynobots himself and use them to assassinate Grimlock. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Skywatch activated Slag, and in a test run, had him melt a tank. When Grimlock showed up in [[Fallon]], he and the other Dynobots were sent to intercept him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Grimlock tried to break Slag&#039;s programming by reminding him of their shared past, which not only didn&#039;t work but got him set on fire. Making matters worse, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] decided to reduce the programming remotely, at which point Slag shot Grimlock &#039;&#039;more&#039;&#039; and got enraged to find out Grimlock had set up a dead man&#039;s switch that nearly killed them without telling &#039;&#039;anyone&#039;&#039;. Slag even decided they had been a team after all and this was a betrayal. However, Grimlock silenced him by reminding Slag of what he wanted the Dynobots to be, and how what he did was following Slag&#039;s ethos &#039;&#039;exactly&#039;&#039;. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Grimlock took the opportunity to inform the others of the current situation and what they needed to do, but Slag and the others weren&#039;t going to fall in line so easily. In particular, Swoop expressed his anger and disappointment in Grimlock&#039;s actions and decided to leave on his own. Slag, Snarl, and Sludge departed as well, leaving Grimlock standing there and fuming. Scorponok had his [[Sunstreaker clone]] army attack Grimlock at this point and they did so with gusto, ignoring the other Dynobots. Seeing their leader besieged, Slag and the others decided, for better or worse, that they were still Dynobots and had to stick together. They set to the task of trashing Sunstreaker clones until they were surrounded and nearly overwhelmed. But the [[Monsterbot]]s arrived on the scene, having been summoned by Grimlock earlier, and began to turn the tide. Slag was quite disbelieving that Grimlock would even think of calling upon [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus&#039;]] crew for help, but that didn&#039;t stop him from continuing to wreck Sunstreaker clones. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Realizing they didn&#039;t have the advantage anymore, the surviving Sunstreaker clones retreated. The Dynobots hitched a ride in the Monsterbots&#039; ship and headed for Machination headquarters. Aboard the ship, Grimlock discussed the matter of payment with Repugnus as the other Dynobots discussed how distasteful they found the whole situation (And you know it &#039;&#039;had&#039;&#039; to be &#039;&#039;really&#039;&#039; distasteful if the Dynobots were grousing about it!). Slag kept quiet but appeared as annoyed as the others as Grimlock told them he had worked out a temporary alliance with the Monsterbots. But again, as annoyed as the other Dynobots were, it didn&#039;t stop them from leaping into battle after Grimlock when they arrived at Machination HQ. They were greeted by yet more Sunstreaker clones, and proceeded to go about demolishing them. Finally, the clones were switched-off when [[Hunter O&#039;Nion]] disconnected the original [[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]]&#039;s head, thus robbing the Machination grunts of their ability to control the clone bodies. The badly-damaged Hot Rod arrived, having just escaped from Machination HQ and explained what had occurred to the Dynobots. Sludge began to celebrate their victory when he was suddenly blasted by Scorponok, who decided to take a personal hand in the battle. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}} &lt;br /&gt;
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To top it off, Shockwave arrived on the scene, and quickly engaged Scorponok for the right to destroy the remaining Dynobots. With Sludge apparently dead, Grimlock told the others to retreat without him, as he was finally seeing the cost of his uncompromising attitude. Slag asked Hot Rod if he wanted to bolt with them, but Hot Rod declined. Slag, Snarl, and Swoop decided to cut out while the getting was good and headed due east to an extraction point where the Monsterbots were waiting. Upon arrival, Repugnus mentioned that they&#039;d be good fits for the team, due to their apparent concern with self-preservation. This remark did not seem to sit well with Slag and the others and they decided to go back and help Grimlock. When they returned to the battlefield, they found that Scorponok had retreated and Grimlock was fighting Shockwave. What&#039;s more, Sludge had come back online, thanks to a spark-jump from Grimlock. They leaped into battle with Shockwave, even as Grimlock implored them to go find Scorponok. Grimlock managed to drag himself and Shockwave away from the others, giving the other Dynobots an opportunity to infiltrate the main Machination complex. They managed to find their way to the chamber where Scorponok had stored his original head, and engaged the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] in battle there. Hot Rod directed Swoop to sever the connections keeping Scorponok&#039;s original head functional. Swoop did so, and Scorponok was painfully disabled and left at the Dynobots&#039; mercy. But before they could kill him, Ultra Magnus arrived and told them that Scorponok would instead be jailed and made to pay for his crimes. He also suggested that they quickly remove all Cybertronian technology from the facility and leave as soon as possible. Everyone was totally cool with this.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the end, Ultra Magnus canceled outstanding warrants he had on the other Dynobots when Grimlock (who had managed to disable Shockwave) took the fall and admitted that going rogue was completely his idea. Grimlock was satisfied that he managed to save Sludge and his team was online and together again. Slag and the others were seen repairing the &#039;&#039;Skyfire&#039;&#039; and preparing to leave Earth. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Slag Ironhide RID8.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|&amp;quot;You mean &#039;Frack you and everyone around you!&#039; isn&#039;t a rational philosophy??&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
With Grimlock gone, Slag took on the role of leader of the team. After traveling space for a few years, he and the newly dubbed &amp;quot;Dinobots&amp;quot; returned to a reborn Cybertron and joined [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] for a mission to find the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] who had gone missing in the wilderness. After a run-in with a ferocious [[turbofox]], which the Dinobots dealt with in their usual fashion, they discovered signs of Transformer weaponry which made Ironhide suspicious that [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was still around. His worried behavior bothered Slag, who had respected his toughness but now saw him as just another &#039;&#039;regular&#039;&#039; Autobot. Ironhide explained that he had changed because of a vision of the future, which Slag felt had a degree of truth to it. The night they set up camp, the Dinobots were overcome by an alien influence and began fighting amongst themselves, causing Slag and Swoop to impale Ironhide. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}}&lt;br /&gt;
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However, this didn&#039;t kill Ironhide and the Dinobots continued to fight each other. Eventually, they somehow stopped clashing among themselves and began to pursue Ironhide, who was saved thanks to the timely arrival of the combined form of the Aerialbots, [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Night and the City}} With everyone gathered in one place, the influence that had made the Dinobots aggressive and created Superion ceased to affect them. {{storylink|Second Exodus}} On returning to Iacon, the group found the city under attack by Megatron {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Quick to join the fray, Slag took the streets and fought [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] and [[Turmoil]]. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} Though the Autobots were victorious, [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] was able to turn the neutral population against them and have both factions banished from the city. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Out in the wilderness, the Dinobots defended the Autobot convoy from the approaching [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] until the Decepticon team revealed their good intentions. After setting up camp, they actually got along quite well with the Constructicons, who shared their interest in wrecking things and chugging energon. {{storylink|Second Exodus}} During his time in camp, Slag was informed by [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] that his name held an offensive meaning, prompting him to change it to &amp;quot;Slug&amp;quot;. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} When a mysterious light appeared in the wilderness, Slug had the Dinobots go on the offensive, ignoring Bumblebee&#039;s orders to wait and observe. His attack plans were then shelved when the light turned out to be heralding the arrival of the giant [[Necrotitan]]. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Fed up with Slug&#039;s continued attitude, Bumblebee gave him an ultimatum: either follow orders or leave the battlefield. Surprised by the little &#039;bot&#039;s courage, Slug begrudgingly fell into line and had the Dinobots aid in trying to contain the Necrotitan. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} A brief battle occurred when a group of Decepticons led by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] arrived at the scene, but was interrupted when the Titan emitted a deadly energy wave that injured and corroded many combatants, including Slug. {{storylink|Winners &amp;amp; Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners &amp;amp; Losers}} Autobots and Decepticons alike stopped fighting while their leaders tried to work out what was going on. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slug was taken to safety by the other Dinobots, complaining that he couldn&#039;t participate in the attack on Shockwave&#039;s base. When the Necrotitan began making its way towards Iacon, the Dinobots tried to slow it down to no effect. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} They and the other Autobots then retreated to Iacon, having no choice but to try and defend the city from the giant. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} Slug was cured from the death wave&#039;s effects when the Necrotitan was brought down by [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} In celebration of the Titan&#039;s defeat, Slug went to [[Swerve&#039;s]] to drink and sing alongside both Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} The peace was brief, as an army of [[Ammonite]]s then invaded Cybertron on Shockwave&#039;s orders, forcing the Autobots back into action. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Slug was ordered by Ironhide to drive the invaders out of the city, but in the chaos of battle the Dinobot couldn&#039;t even tell where the city limits were. Once the battle was won, he watched Megatron disembark the &#039;&#039;[[Lost Light]]&#039;&#039; wearing an Autobot insignia. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Six months after Shockwave&#039;s defeat, Slug was drinking at [[Maccadam&#039;s Old Oil House]] when [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] stopped by to get info on Starscream. After a couple of drinks he was all too willing to tell her what he thought about that jerk. {{storylink|A &#039;Bot and Her City}} He was still there two days later when Windblade showed up in search of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], {{storylink|Windblade issue 2|Windblade vol. 1 #2}} and was taken along for the ride when Windblade brought several bar patrons with her to Metroplex&#039;s insides to serve as witnesses to Starscream&#039;s illegal &amp;quot;mine&amp;quot; within. As they were attacked by three [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] on arrival, the Dinobot fought [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] until Starscream himself showed up with his [[Badgeless]] thugs and had the group captured. They were broken out of jail by [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], after which Slug and [[Blurr (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Blurr]] remained behind to keep Starscream at bay while Windblade made her escape. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade vol. 1 #3}} Slug pinned Starscream to a wall, but the Seeker got out of his grip by blowing him away with a missile. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Some time later, Slug helped investigate the murders of three Decepticons in the slums outside Metroplex, although he cared little about the case seeing as how it was just some &#039;&#039;&#039;Cons&#039;&#039; who&#039;d deserved it anyway. {{storylink|City of Steel (issue)|City of Steel}} Following more killings, Slug and the Dinobots stood guard at the murder site where they flung threats at an angry Decepticon mob placing the blame on Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (issue)|Fight or Flee}} Suspecting the [[Firecon]]s to be the culprits, Prime, Starscream and Windblade had a team including the Dinobots take the trio down, which Slug and his pals did with gusto. {{storylink|Quest for Fire}} After the Firecons were proven innocent, Optimus Prime confronted Slug and accused &#039;&#039;him&#039;&#039; of the murders, claiming his war experiences and life on Starscream&#039;s Cybertron had made him snap. Slug took poorly to the accusation and attacked Prime, but their battle was interrupted by reports of yet another killing—this time of Autobots. Slug believed this proved his innocence, but Prime wouldn&#039;t relent, reminding him of his team&#039;s war crimes on Varas Centralus and telling him his stubborn adherence to wartime thinking was dividing Cybertron and representing everything wrong with their race. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} That night, an infuriated Slug began plotting to kill Prime, only for him and his team be caught in an explosion, having become the killer&#039;s latest targets. As it turned out, Prime had only shouted about their crimes in order to lure out the culprit, the criminal killer [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], but had also arranged a trap door to open beneath them when the bomb struck, saving their lives. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Prime&#039;s remarks would linger with Slug for weeks afterwards. He began to drink more and more to blot out his pain, getting violent a lot of the time,{{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} and being pacified by the drink at other times, such as during a party to celebrate Cybertron&#039;s reunion with [[Caminus]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol.2 #4}} He took [[Chosen One Day]] to thank Blurr for the alcohol. {{storylink|Choose Me}} In his mind, that time they&#039;d been &#039;turned into&#039; beasts had just been showing the world what they really were. Barricade, who&#039;d keep busting him, was disgusted at the waste of potential and how this person the Decepticons had feared so much could be so pathetic. &lt;br /&gt;
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In a drunken rage, Slug tried to start a fight with [[Sterling|two]] [[Aileron|evangelists]] for Prime before being coaxed away by Swoop. (His antics almost crashed [[Sterling]]&#039;s faith) {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}{{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} He went back to the bar, started a massive fight, and was arrested by Barricade. That would just be a normal weekend except Barricade had a job for him: help him deliver some goods into the wilderness for the [[Caminus|Camien]] politician [[Strafe (IDW)|Strafe]] and the Dinobots would get a nice briefcase of untraceable money Barricade had been &amp;quot;collecting&amp;quot; in his police duties. Slug was desperate enough to take this job, to the disgust of the others until he said he&#039;d dob the crew into the [[Badgeless]] and take the money after they&#039;d been killed! It was a good plan until Slug discovered that the secret cargo were &#039;&#039;twelve sparks&#039;&#039; for delivery to a former &#039;hot spot&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Slug changed the plan and had his crew slaughtered the waiting coppers before they could see Barricade, [[Swift (G1)|Swift]], and Strafe: now Barricade and his friends could return to the city, but the Dinobots would always be wanted cop killers. Slug considered that usual Dinobot work, doing the dirty stuff so the &#039;heroes&#039; could stay clean. For the rest of the journey, Slug (thinking about the innocent sparks he&#039;d once murdered) and the Dinobots fought off warped [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s and Badgeless, while he was left bitter when he discovered Swift was actually &#039;&#039;dating&#039;&#039; Barricade and Strafe couldn&#039;t grasp his disgust. After all, he&#039;d done bad things in the war too. Slug said it wasn&#039;t the same (he knew it was).&lt;br /&gt;
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Things came to a head when [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who&#039;d been making the Sweeps, attacked them at a contaminated energon site. Barricade and all the sparks were killed and Strafe transformed into a monstrous new form, just as Slug had once been. In a ferocious battle, the Dinobots defeated Bliudgeon, Slug saved Swift in Barricade&#039;s name, and they learned the Alyon &#039;hot spot&#039; had &#039;&#039;reactivated&#039;&#039; and Bludgeon had been &#039;experimenting&#039; on it: without intending to, Slug had helped save the future of Cybertron. He did Barricade and Swift a solid by telling her to lie that the Dinobots had abducted them, Barricade had died doing heroic deeds, and she&#039;d discovered the sparks. That done, he departed into the wilderness with the Dinobots (Strafe now in tow), feeling on an upswing. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Months later, Slug and the rest of the Dinobots were still tracking Bludgeon but kept coming up empty.  Checking a cave on a hillside, they encountered the remains of numerous Sweeps where Bludgeon had been experimenting when an [[Sandstorm (G1) |unseen sniper]] suddenly shot Slug twice in the back, narrowly missing his Spark.  Realizing that his Combustion Chamber had been damaged, Slug ordered the other Dinobots to retreat before he fatally exploded. His corpse was recovered by Starscream, who wondered what might happen if it were given a mutated Sweep spark recovered from Bludgeon&#039;s lab. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Hearts of Steel&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:SlagIceAge-HOS1.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]&lt;br /&gt;
Slag was one of the many Autobots who fought against the Decepticons on prehistoric Earth. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers vs. G.I. Joe&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Slag was present when [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] presented the offworlders [[Clutch (G.I. Joe)|Clutch]], [[Breaker]], [[Cover Girl]], and [[Jinx]] as P.O.W.s to King Grimlock. Grimlock had no mercy for his captives, and promptly dropped them in a pool of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Joes survived their trial, however, impressing Grimlock. The humans were escorted back to their allies on Cybertron, where Grimlock announced a truce between the Autobots and the Joes. Slag joined in the festivities that ensued to celebrate the newly forged alliance. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Soon thereafter, the mobile city of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] came under siege from both [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and a mind-controlled [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Slag rode into battle alongside [[Cover Girl]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] to drive back the enemy forces of Decepticobra. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} He and the other Dinobots participated in the final battle between the &amp;quot;Jotobot&amp;quot; alliance and Decepticobra. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: All Spark&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)|Revenge}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; marketing material===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PowerOfThePrimes-DinobotSlug-CardArt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dinobot Slug could wield powers of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|#Power of the Primes|&#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; Dinobot Slug packaging bio}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{note|For a list of powers manifested by Slug, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this chart]].}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Commercial appearances==&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] battled against [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] in the middle of a thunderstorm. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Dinobots|Dinobots commercial}}&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag and the Dinobots were beating up [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] when the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] intervened. The new arrivals then combined into Predaking and attacked the Dinobots from the skies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Predacons|Predacons commercial}}&lt;br /&gt;
*Grimlock and Slag were trotting along through a field when they came under attack by Predaking. Though Grimlock was worried that they were in big trouble, Slag spotted [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] swooping down and assured Grimlock that they were safe. Indeed, Sky Lynx made short work of the giant Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sky Lynx|Sky Lynx commercial}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Games==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; (PS2)===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Note|Slag is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Transformers Legends===&lt;br /&gt;
At a time when their group was the Lightning Strike Coalition, Slug and Snarl were on a mission to find their leader Grimlock, who had disappeared. While searching the [[Sea of Rust]], they were ambushed by Hardshell and the Insecticons. Slug and Snarl were overwhelmed and taken prisoners to Shockwave&#039;s lab, where they are reunited with the rest of their squadron. Shockwave experimented on the Lightning Strike Coalition, transforming them into the monstrous Dinobots. This backfired on the Decepticon scientist, however, when the Dinobots used their newfound power to rise up against Shockwave and thrash his lab. {{storylink|Rescue the King}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Following the disappearance of Grimlock and Swoop, Slug took charge of the remainder Dinobots, claiming he wouldn&#039;t obey orders from anyone else. The trio set out for the Decepticon base, and when Optimus tried to stop them, they attacked him. Wheeljack attempted to use his [[magnetic inducer]] on Slug and scanned the Dinobot. Having dealt with Optimus, the Dinobots continued towards the Decepticon base until the Autobots managed to overwhelm and imprison them. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 1}} The trio were released during a night raid by Grimlock and Swoop. The five Dinobots marched on the Decepticon base, but were defeated by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When Optimus fell in battle during a massive Decepticon attack on Autobot City and Grimlock took command, Slug and the other Dinobots joined him in crushing the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots (Legends)|S.O.S. Dinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slug was caught up somehow in a [[Quintesson]] plot to kidnap several Autobots during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Battle Tactics&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Slug.jpg|thumb|400px]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Slug participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in two different bodies:&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Slug&#039;&#039; - This Epic character first appeared in the &amp;quot;Dinobots Destruction&amp;quot; stronghold event, and could could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character. &lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Slug (G2)&#039;&#039; - This Super Rare character was available as a reward in the &amp;quot;S.O.S. Dinobots!&amp;quot; stronghold event.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:SlugEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|]]&lt;br /&gt;
The process it takes to build up a fiery (3,000 degrees centigrade plus) blast and reduce an enemy to molten slag is hardly energy-efficient, but he doesn&#039;t care. It&#039;s firepower well spent in his book. As he often says, &amp;quot;I have no need for friends, even less for enemies.&amp;quot; {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Slug Bio}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag had a few head-on encounters with the Predacon [[Headstrong (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Headstrong]].&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Class:&#039;&#039;&#039; Warrior&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Lowest Star Rating&#039;&#039;&#039;: 2 star&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Weapons&#039;&#039;&#039;: Slug headbutts and bashes opponents in his default dino mode.&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Ability: Flame Rush&#039;&#039;&#039;: Rushes into combat spreading fire along the way, dealing some damage over 7 seconds!&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;&#039;Cost&#039;&#039;&#039;: 4 ability points +2 for reuses.&lt;br /&gt;
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:slug| Slug at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Generation 1===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1Slag toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|This... good enough for... Slag!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;28&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: &amp;quot;Energo Sword&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Electron Blaster&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Rocket Pod&amp;quot;, 3 rockets&lt;br /&gt;
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:Slag was released as part of the second series of &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; in 1985. The toy transformed into a robotic &#039;&#039;[[wikipedia:Triceratops|Triceratops]]&#039;&#039;, and came with a missile launcher that could fit in the shoulder socket of both the robot and dinosaur, a red [[sword]], a silver &amp;quot;electro blaster&amp;quot; and three silver rockets. Like many &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039;-era toys, Slag had a conspicuous driver compartment contained in his chest.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Slag is mistransformed in the photo at right: His [[robot mode]] legs can be slid out further.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Slag was later re-released in the European-markets &amp;quot;[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]&amp;quot; series. In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]], at a cost of 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two [[Robot Point]]s.&lt;br /&gt;
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:It also seems that Slag was designed to have fully moving legs (not just at the knee) but this was squared off. Careful filing to where the molded circle is can restore this functionality.&lt;br /&gt;
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:There is a variant of Slag that was released in Canada. The variant has a red face, red fists, red tail support and white thighs. The red painted torso also appears to be a brighter shade of red than the regular release.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-dinobots-slag/616/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Slag at Transformerland.com]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Slag/slag.htm More information on Slag at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Generation 2===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G2SlagGreen toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Me, Slag, no like... green!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (Dinobot, 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: &amp;quot;Kinetic Sword&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Blaster Gun&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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:The original Slag toy went through several iterations in the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|&#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; line]]. First, he was re-released in the original silver base color; the only notable difference in the toy proper is the inclusion of the &amp;quot;AUTOBOT&amp;quot; [[tampograph]] on one of his robot mode legs.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The toy then had its silver changed to red, and &#039;&#039;then&#039;&#039; changed again to dark green. The final green coloration is the most common, while the red and silver variations go for a little more on the secondary market.&lt;br /&gt;
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:All three versions retain his original sword and rifle (which were renamed), but do not have the rocket pod or missiles from the Generation 1 release.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Slag/slag.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; Slag at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Age of Extinction===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|TRUEvolution}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:DOTM-toy Triceradon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|&#039;&#039;Ewww...&#039;&#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobot Slug&#039;&#039;&#039; (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;&#039;25 OF 30&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Available only at [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us|ToysЯUs]] stores in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, this &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]&#039;&#039; two-pack features the &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Deluxe [[Slug (AOE)|Dinobot Slug]] toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, packed with a seemingly unchanged &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]&#039;&#039; Mini-Con [[Triceradon (DOTM)|Triceradon]], described as &#039;Classic&#039; Slug. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Unlike the Strafe Evolution two-pack, which incorrectly depicted the original Generation 1 [[package art]] of the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] rather than Slag&#039;s fellow Dinobot [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] on the card bubble, the Slug two-pack&#039;s packaging correctly depicts G1 Slag.&lt;br /&gt;
{{ClassicsKnockdownMold}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Transformers (2014)===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Anchor|SDCCDinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF2014toy-SDCCDinobotSlug.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobots Generation One 4-pack&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 swords&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Available only as part of the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] [[exclusive]] &amp;quot;Dinobots Generation One 4-pack&amp;quot; that was first made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[2014]], Slug is a G1-inspired redeco of &#039;&#039;Age of Extinction&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class Slug. He comes packaged with [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#SDCCDinobots|Grimlock]], [[Swoop (G1)/toys#SDCCDinobots|Strafe]], and [[Snarl (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Snarl]], and their box unfolds into a diorama of the crashed [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in [[Mount St. Hilary]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/SDCCSlug/slug.htm More information on 2014 Slug at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Kre-O===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|SDCC2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kreon Class of &#039;85&#039;&#039;&#039; (Kreon figure set, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;B5152&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Voted&#039;&#039;: The Criminal&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Small pistol, sword&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: &#039;&#039;[[Kre-O]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Slug&amp;quot; (thank you, non-US slang) is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier &amp;quot;peg-in-peg&amp;quot; torso/waist connection. His body [[tampograph]]s are heavily toy-based, but he has a red helmet to match the toy as shown in the original catalog, not the final version released in the US.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] &amp;quot;[[Kreon Class of &#039;85]]&amp;quot; 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/SDCCKre-OSlug/slug.htm More information on Class of 1985 Slug at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Generations===&lt;br /&gt;
====Platinum Edition====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Platinum-Edition-G1-Dinobots-Slug.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobots&#039;&#039;&#039; (Platinum Edition 5-pack, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: 2 swords &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Part of the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]&#039;&#039; Dinobots 5-pack, &amp;quot;Dinobot Slug&amp;quot; is another redeco of &#039;&#039;Age of Extinction&#039;&#039; Slug, this time retooled to have a more G1-inspired head. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Slug was bundled with Grimlock, [[Sludge (G1)#Platinum Edition|Slog]], Snarl, and Strafe.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: This set was initially released as a [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]] exclusive in Canada in October 2015, followed by Singapore a month later (although it&#039;s currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular store there or not). Much later, it became available via the Australian Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Power of the Primes====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PotP Slug.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb|I&#039;m going to Sla-i mean Slug you!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobot Slug&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;PP-11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese release date&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2018-[[June 30|06-30]]&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Blaster, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]&#039;&#039; Slug is a all-new mold, visually simplified from his original G1 design, which can transform into a robotic &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039;, as well as form a limb for [[Volcanicus]] or any other &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039;-style combiner. Like the other Dinobots in this subline, Slug is partially composed of translucent plastic with gold paint on the inside to give him a &#039;layered&#039; look reminiscent of his original toy.  Like all other &#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class figures, he comes with Prime Armor with a place for a [[Prime Master]] (and by extension, a [[Titan Master]], [[Enigma of Combination]], and [[Matrix|Matrix core]]) that can transform into a hand for a combiner.  It can be plugged into his back in &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039; mode, or worn on either his chest or back in robot mode. He also comes with a piece that can fill the gap in the chest armor or be held as a gun.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Despite his colossal footprint in robot mode, Slug has an annoying tendency to be back-heavy, even with his dedicated heel pieces.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[[Stock photography]] shows him with a mistransformed beast mode: the &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039; head/neck is adjustable to have the frill around the head stand up closer to the G1 dinosaur model. This does however mean the Triceratops head does not lock in place in dino mode, it simply rests atop the tabs which would otherwise secure it in place.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:While his instructions show his arms pointing toward the combiner torso in arm mode, the slots on the outside of his arms and pegs on his sides suggest they should be pointed backwards and pegged in place.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:This mold was retooled into fellow Dinobot  [[Sludge (G1)#Power of the Primes|Sludge]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Merchandise==&lt;br /&gt;
===Decoy===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Cybertron Hero Collection 9&#039;&#039;&#039; (multi-pack, 1986)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (1987)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Decoy number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;5&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: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 &amp;quot;checklist&amp;quot; number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Slag/slag.htm More information on Decoy Slag at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Robot Heroes===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Snarl &amp;amp; Sharkticon G1 Robot Heroes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Snarl Vs Sharkticon&#039;&#039;&#039; (2009)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series:&#039;&#039; Generation 1 Series&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:A tiny, adorably homicidal &amp;quot;Slag&amp;quot; that came packaged with a [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]. Like &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]&#039;&#039; [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]], who was also designed with G1 Slag in mind, the Robot Heroes figure was released using the name of Slag&#039;s fellow Dinobot [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], so Hasbro could release the toy in the United Kingdom (&amp;quot;Slag&amp;quot; is considered an insult there).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/RHSnarl/snarl.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Robot Heroes&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Snarl&amp;quot; at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:DiacloneSlag.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hey Weevil. Check it out. My dinosaur is horny.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag had the preliminary name of &#039;&#039;&#039;Tricerabot&#039;&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://web.archive.org/web/20071230210811/http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=41003 Post by Jim S on the Allspark Forums, 2007/12/25 (via the Internet Archive)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag&#039;s original toy was originally a &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; Dinosaur Robo Triceratops. In the &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; lore, this dinomech was a pilotable vehicle that could travel at speeds up of to 250 kilometers per hour and was designed for grasslands operation and melee combat. It also had a slightly different color scheme for its [[robot mode]] bits.&lt;br /&gt;
*The stock photos on Slag&#039;s box show him with colors closer to the cartoon: His head, hands, and back hinge are cast in red plastic and the legs are cast in white plastic. The Canadian release of Slag actually came in these colors. His horns are also chromed rather than bare red due to the mockup/prototype not needing to change them to soft plastic [[for safety reasons]].&lt;br /&gt;
*The European exclusive [[Action Master]] Decepticon [[Charger]] cribs Slag&#039;s quote, his [[function]], much of his [[bio]], and his [[Tech Spec]]s. Whether there was any relation intended between the characters or if the copywriters just got lazy is unknown.&lt;br /&gt;
*The overall design and transformation sequence of the original Slag toy served as the basis for &#039;&#039;&#039;[[:File:HornGeist.jpg|Horn Geist]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, one of four recurring villainous henchmen on the Takara/Sunrise co-production &#039;&#039;[[Brave (franchise)|Brave Exkaiser]]&#039;&#039;. In what might be called [[Beast (G1)|a vision of things to come]], the four &amp;quot;Geisters&amp;quot; were once briefly fused into a single robot called &amp;quot;[[:File:MadGeister.jpg|Mad Geister]]&amp;quot; (マッドガイスター &#039;&#039;Maddogaisutā&#039;&#039;). However, because each Geister controlled a portion of the combined body—and, aside from [[:File:PteraGeist.jpg|Ptera Geist]], they had the accumulated brain power of a Froot Loop—this ended rather badly. In a more successful (if not [[Mega-Dinobot|also prescient]]) later development, the Geisters learned to merge in groups of two, with Horn Geist forming the upper body of &amp;quot;[[:File:PtederAndHormor.jpg|Hormor]]&amp;quot; (ホーマー &#039;&#039;Hōmā&#039;&#039;).&lt;br /&gt;
*In the G1 cartoon, Neil Ross&#039;s portrayal of Slag was rarely consistent, frequently fluctuating in pitch between episodes, until it began steadily raising in pitch at a consistent rate. By the time of his final appearance in [[Call of the Primitives]], Slag&#039;s voice had hit a comically high register.&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag&#039;s name is also [[Slag (slang)|a popular Cybertronian expletive]]. That just seems right, for some reason. In The Real World, Slag is also a term of abuse in the United Kingdom and some parts of Europe, which forced [[Hasbro]] to release toys (such as an &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]&#039;&#039; [[Snarl (Animated)|toy designed with G1 Slag in mind]]) under the name &#039;&#039;&#039;Snarl&#039;&#039;&#039; in the late 2000s to avoid possible problems with cultural sensitivities. [[Snarl (G1)|The original Snarl]] has yet to comment on the matter. &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]&#039;&#039; solved the issue without causing an identity crisis by calling the character &amp;quot;[[Slug (FOC)|Slug]]&amp;quot;, a name that stuck with subsequent incarnations and was eventually applied to the original Slag as well.&lt;br /&gt;
*A Slag toy can be seen in the recreation of the Scottish artist [[Wikipedia:Eduardo Paolozzi|Sir Eduardo Paolozzi]]&#039;s studio at the Scottish [[Wikipedia:Dean Gallery|Dean Gallery]]. This makes him the second [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Dinobot]] to have a toy in a museum.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Foreign names===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Japanese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (スラッグ &#039;&#039;Suraggu&#039;&#039;), &#039;&#039;&#039;Slug&#039;&#039;&#039; (スラッグ &#039;&#039;Suraggu&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Czech:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Cent&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;French:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Scories&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Hungarian:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Salak&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Italian:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Tricex&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Mandarin:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Tiě Zhā&#039;&#039;&#039; (铁渣, &amp;quot;Iron Slag&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Portuguese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Chapado&#039;&#039;&#039; (Brazil comic)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Other continuities===&lt;br /&gt;
Alternate versions of Slag have appeared in other [[continuity family|continuity families]].&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;&amp;lt;gallery widths=&amp;quot;200px&amp;quot; heights=&amp;quot;150px&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
File:TFAnimated Snarl.jpg|[[Snarl (Animated)|&#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Snarl]]&lt;br /&gt;
File:FOC-Slugart.jpg|[[Slug (FOC)|&#039;&#039;Fall of Cybertron&#039;&#039; Slug]]&lt;br /&gt;
File:AOE Triceratops concept.jpg|[[Slug (AOE)|&#039;&#039;Age of Extinction&#039;&#039; Slug]]&lt;br /&gt;
File:Adventureart-Slug.jpg|[[Slug (Adventure)|&#039;&#039;Adventure&#039;&#039; Slug]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Combiners]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Decoys]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generation 1 Dinobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kreons]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Mail order items]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Power of the Primes]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Primal Vanguard]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:SDCC exclusives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Slag (G1)</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Stars: /* Generation 1 */&lt;/p&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Slag is an [[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Dinobot Hunt Slag.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Slapper (Dinobots)|His name is a swear word]]. Just the way he likes it.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka &#039;&#039;&#039;Slug&#039;&#039;&#039;) is the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] most likely to live up to the team&#039;s bad reputation. Slag is surly, mean-spirited, nasty, and disturbingly violent, to the point where it really is a wonder he&#039;s not a [[Decepticon]]. Slag will fight anyone, over anything, at the drop of a microchip, and fight dirty. Slag enjoys nothing more than reducing his enemies to pools of molten metal with his [[fire-breath]] (and he&#039;s more than willing to include annoying Autobots on that list). He&#039;d swim in the pools to celebrate if he could.&lt;br /&gt;
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None of the Dinobots really like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but he and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] share an especially intense dislike of him. But it&#039;s not just Prime&#039;s orders he questions. He&#039;ll even mouth off at [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] every now and then, but somehow does not end up as scrap or lunch. Slag&#039;s bad attitude means the rest of the Autobot forces are unlikely to come to his aid when he bites off more than he can chew.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{bigquote|Me Slag no like anything.|Slag on Life, the Universe, and Everything|&amp;quot;[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]&amp;quot;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
====&#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; cartoon====&lt;br /&gt;
{{voiceactor|[[Neil Ross]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, &amp;quot;Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2&amp;quot;), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, &#039;&#039;The Movie&#039;&#039;), [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese, &#039;&#039;2010&#039;&#039;)|[[Li Danqing]] (Chinese), [[Georges Atlas]] (French), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, &amp;quot;Grimlock&#039;s New Brain&amp;quot;), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, &amp;quot;Call of the Primitives&amp;quot;), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; Season 1), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; Season 2)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:SlagG1.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|One angry mother slagger!]]&lt;br /&gt;
Slag was developed, along with his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], after the Autobots discovered dinosaur bones in their volcanic headquarters. Inspired by the power of the prehistoric beasts, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built a trio of Dinobots to add firepower to the Autobot forces. The Dinobots proved too dangerous at first, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] ordered Wheeljack to abandon the Dinobot project. Wheeljack continued improving the trio of titans in secret, crafting memory components that made them smarter and easier to control. When the rest of the Autobots were captured by the Decepticons at the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Wheeljack dispatched the Dinobots to free their comrades and destroy the Decepticons. The Dinobots succeeded in forcing a Decepticon retreat and were welcomed as members of the Autobot team. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:SlagWarofDinos.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I know he&#039;s a raging sociopath... but he&#039;s so cute!]]&lt;br /&gt;
One of Slag&#039;s greatest weaknesses was his hostility, and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was able to use this to his advantage, turning the Dinobots against Optimus Prime. A new pair of Dinobots, [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], stalled the old trio until [[Meteorini Chipperoni|the unstable meteor]] nearby exploded. Witnessing Optimus Prime valiantly save Grimlock from the explosion, the Dinobots decided that he was a good, passionate leader, and turned against Megatron as his squad escaped. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When Cybertron was being pulled into Earth&#039;s orbit, Slag pitched in to help stop the destruction. He and his fellow Dinobots created a moat that successfully captured an incoming tidal wave. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} After that, the Dinobots were called upon to fight against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} &lt;br /&gt;
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[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] had trouble teaching Slag and the other Dinobots how to play football. However, when the Autobots needed help to stop the Decepticons and [[Nergill|King Nergill]]&#039;s attack on [[Washington, D.C.]], the Dinobots responded quickly. After the battle, Slag pitched in by using his fire breath to repair the Washington Monument. He came to [[Sub-Atlantica]] with the other Autobots, where he raised hell with his fellow Dinobots.{{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dinobots&#039; powers proved invaluable when they needed to save Optimus Prime from rogue vehicles. Slag transformed into &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039; mode and melted them down. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} &lt;br /&gt;
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While Wheeljack attempted to show off Grimlock&#039;s newfound finesse, Slag bumped into Grimlock and caused him to run amok. Then Sludge stepped on Slag&#039;s tail, and Slag instinctively breathed fire, scorching the Ark&#039;s computers. Afterwards, the Dinobots were sent to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|a new island]] that Bumblebee and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] had discovered so they could master their abilities. Slag liked it, and thought that it&#039;d offer room to move and stumble around. After practicing his &amp;quot;fire stuff&amp;quot;, Megatron arrived and using fear, led a pack of dinosaurs to push the Dinobots into a tar pit. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} However, they managed to get out, and Slag used his fire breath to get the tar off his comrades. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}} &lt;br /&gt;
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Slag was sent with the four other Dinobots to an airport with Decepticons in the vicinity, despite his dislike of everything. Breaking into [[Hangar|their secret hideout]] with Snarl, Slag then melted [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]&#039;s [[null-ray]], to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]&#039;s horror, and when he was dogpiled by [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], threw them into a plane. When the Dinobots carelessly reverted to [[robot mode]], an explosion knocked them down. Back at the base, Ratchet, Hoist and Wheeljack were able to repair them after countless hours of work. But after the Dinobots heard Optimus send them out for another mission, they had enough. Slag was sick of taking orders and decided to take orders from Grimlock only, and the Dinobots left the Ark. However, when [[Carly]] informed the Dinobots that the Autobots were low on [[cybertonium]], Slag refused to help out, but Grimlock dragged him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] anyway, since they would be away from the Autobots. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} When they reached Cybertron, Slag rammed [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and then tried to turn him into a chew-toy. For this, the logic-driven Decepticon altered the Dinobots&#039; [[Circuits|memory circuits]] and put them to work in the [[Cybertonium Pit]]. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Two]] [[Carly|squishies]] ended up saving them. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], the Dinobots battled [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Slag was the only one that managed to get a hit on Devastator, ramming into him at full speed. After evacuating Autobot City in the wake of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]&#039;s attack, the Dinobots refused to leave, and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] was forced to push Slag into the ship. Possibly to avoid being killed, Kup told the Dinobots about one of his encounters with an [[Ick-Yak]]. The Dinobots, along with Kup and [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], were shot down and crashed on [[Quintessa]]. The Dinobots searched for the two Autobots, with Grimlock believing they were close by, but Slag disagreed. They started hurling insults, and things might have turned violent, had [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] not appeared and pointed them in the right direction. He and Sludge broke down a door as [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] prepared to execute the Autobots, giving a belated &amp;quot;Excuse me!&amp;quot; to a [[Quintesson]] prosecutor—who was being crushed under the combined weight of Slag, Sludge, and the door. Later, Slag literally burned the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag was one of the [[Primitive]]s who were called by [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron&#039;s assistant]] to battle [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]]&#039;s newest creation, [[Tornedron]]. When Grimlock was believed destroyed when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] crashed on him, Slag took command of the Dinobots. He came up with an incredibly innovative strategy—lead the Dinobots away until he got a better idea. [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] thought it was the best idea yet. After Tornedron dispatched the other Primitives, Slag and the Dinobots attacked him, only to have their energy sucked from them. Fortunately, Grimlock survived Trypticon&#039;s weight and destroyed Tornedron, fixing everything. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In the year 2011, Slag, along with his fellow Dinobots, was deployed by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] to deal with the sudden invasion of the Decepticon forces. Slag and his team attempted a resistance but were quickly disabled by one of [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]&#039;s hypnotic spells, which forced them all to fall asleep.&lt;br /&gt;
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Later, Slag fought alongside [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]], Optimus, and his fellow Dinobots against Galvatron and his lieutenants. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After blasting off of Quintessa aboard one of its ships, Slag and the other Dinobots huddled around Kup near the vessel&#039;s control panel. Slag stood about, muted, as the spacecraft came under assault from Cyclonus. Thanks to Kup and Hot Rod, they managed to escape their attacker, and the group later made their way to the planet Junk. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Together with [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], the Dinobots were on board a shuttle fleeing from [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]], though they were more concerned about hearing one of Kup&#039;s war stories than being under attack. When they found temporary safety inside a nebula, Kup relented and told them about the time he was in the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] and fought on [[Beta-Nine]]. Eventually the Decepticons found them, but Slag and the other Dinobots were so angry about the interruption that they made short work of the attackers. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When [[Renegade#Gong|Gong]] and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] mashed two universes together, they created a world where the Transformers and [[GoBot]]s co-existed during the [[Unicron War]]. Slag evacuated [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] City aboard a [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] after Galvatron and his Renegade-Decepticon alliance attacked, and Kup entertained the Dinobots with a few tall tales as they headed to Cybertron. Galvatron attacked their ship, stranding them on [[Antares 3|Antares III]]. &lt;br /&gt;
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The four Dinobots tried to search for the missing Kup and Hot Rod, but not even Swoop could locate their whereabouts. Slag and Grimlock briefly got into a fight, but encountered the [[Guardian (GoBots)#RoGuns|RoGuns]], who led them to the twisted court of the [[Master Renegade]], where Kup and Hot Rod were on trial. The Dinobots barged their way into the courtroom, with Slag pausing to apologize to the squashed [[Renegade#Klaws|Klaws]]. After stealing the Master Renegade&#039;s ship and dubbing it &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;Grungy&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;, the group headed to [[Quartex (planet)|Quartex]]. Kup met up with [[Rock Lord#Boulder|Boulder]], and together the alliance rescued [[Guardian (GoBots)#Major Mo|Major Mo]]&#039;s group of Autobots and Guardians from [[Rock Lord#Magmar|Magmar]]&#039;s evil [[Rock Lord]]s.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Autobots, Guardians, Rock Lords, and RoGuns returned to Cybertron aboard the Grungy and a Rock Lord vessel, where they battled Unicron. Before they were finished their fight, [[Vector Prime]] managed to disentangle the two universes, setting history back on its proper course. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In a timeline where Optimus Prime killed Megatron during their Autobot City duel, Slag was on Optimus Prime&#039;s shuttle when the Autobots set off to reclaim Cybertron from the leaderless Decepticons. They were attacked en route by &amp;quot;Megascream&amp;quot;: a reformatted Starscream now in the thrall of Unicron. They managed to escape after Megascream and his troops retreated, touching down on Quintessa to repair the damage.&lt;br /&gt;
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On the watery surface of the planet, the Autobots encountered a group of Sharkticons. Kup&#039;s universal greeting ended poorly, so Optimus dispatched the Dinobots to take care of the threat. Optimus, Kup, and the Dinobots stormed into a Quintesson courtroom, where they rescued Kranix and learned more about the threat of Unicron. When repairs on the ship had completed, the team picked up Hot Rod from Junkion and returned to Cybertron, where Optimus announced his intent to confront Unicron head-on. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag was among a number of Autobots under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]&#039;s command who crewed the [[Ark (G1)|ark]]. After it crashed into [[Earth]], the ark detected [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and repaired Slag and three others into the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. The Dinobots soon tracked down Soundwave, but he proved too much for them to handle until Grimlock used his brain and brought the nearby cliff down, knocking them all offline. {{storylink|In the Transformers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the other Dinobots live in an underground jungle environment, hidden beneath the Antarctic ice cap. He can fly. The Dinobots left together from their home to head to Autobot headquarters. Slag complained that they shouldn’t stick to a large formation, as he felt that this would make them an easy target for the Decepticons. His advice was ignored. Later, when they were attacked by Starscream and the Decepticon superjets, as Slag had predicted, Slag decided to break off from the group and continue on his way by himself. As he moved away from the other Dinobots, he was caught off-guard by Ramjet, who smashed a hole in Slag’s side. Slag was ordered to return to the Dinobots’ recovery base to get his wounds treated by Ratchet. There, Ratchet finished his repairs just as the [[Crusher]] forced its way into the Dinobots base. Though Slag was initially frightened by the machine, the vibrations it made caused hundred of Dinobots to be freed from their tar cocoons. Slag joined his brethren and beat back the Decepticons. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Optimus had requested Slag and the rest of the Dinobots’ assistance when he and Prowl investigated Decepticon activity on the island of [[Buru]]. Upon their arrival, the Dinobots quickly began overpowering the Insecticons on the island. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the other Dinobots stood by while Swoop mercilessly butchered Devastator and killed the Constructicons one by one. The rest of the Dinobots then joined in ripping the Constructicons&#039; carcasses into scrap metal for good measure. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] learned that his &amp;quot;twin Autobot&amp;quot; had been captured by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], he swore to rescue [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] himself. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] advised him to take [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and Slag with him, as their muscle would come in handy against Devastator. The three Autobots made their way to Decepticon headquarters, avoiding best they could the many traps that lay before it. The trio then encountered a couple of Decepticon guards, but made short work of them. Once within Decepticon headquarters, they encountered Devastator. Despite their best efforts, they were unable to defeat the Decepticon gestalt, and were themselves taken prisoner. Some time later, Megatron took Slag and the others out of their cell to show them that the Autobots had agreed to surrender; on the Decepticons&#039; doorstep was left a statue of Devastator, with a note attached explaining that it was a peace offering. The statue turned out to be a ruse however, and Autobot reinforcements burst forth from within it. Slag participated in the battle that ensued, which eventually ended in a victory for the Autobots. {{storylink|The Autobots&#039; Secret Weapon}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When Optimus learned from Cosmos that the Decepticons were razing a human village to build a fuel plant in its place, he had the Dinobots hide within the other Autobots&#039; vehicle modes to sneak up on the enemy. Once they were in close enough proximity to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his minions, the Dinobots were released and the battle against the evil robots commenced. Kickback and Ravage nearly managed to sneak up on Slag and Sludge, but [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] intercepted the two Decepticons before they could harm the Dinobots. After Shockwave had been tied up and loaded into Long Haul&#039;s  open-box bed, Slag shoved them both down a pit so Grimlock could cover them with quick-drying cement, trapping the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the rest of the Dinobots gathered around Grimlock as Hot Rod explained to them that he was being chased by a squad of Decepticons. Hot Rod then took off towards Autobot City to warn Ultra Magnus while the Dinobots headed to confront the Decepticons. In the battle that ensued, Slag spewed his firebreath at Buzzsaw. Then Starscream snuck up on him and injured the Dinobot with a couple of well-placed shots. Luckily, at this stage of the battle, Autobot reinforcements were arriving. Ratchet headed straight for Slag and tended to his wounds. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the rest of the Dinobots accompanied Hot Rod, Kup and Arcee on a space-faring mission. Though Kup warned Slag not to overload the ship, Grimlock ignored him, reasoning that he didn’t want to make a second trip. The ship wound up malfunctioning, and they crash-landed on the planet Quintesson. There, they encountered Wheelie, who warned them about the planet’s evil inhabitants. They soon encountered a few Quintessons leading their Sharkticon soldiers to apprehend them. Slag melted a bunch of them into puddles of molten metal with his fiery breath. After the Quintessons had been defeated, the Autobots left the planet in the ship that had once been piloted by Wheelie’s parents. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag, along with the rest of the Dinobots, were present during Earth&#039;s distant past, when [[you]], Ravage and Laserbeak travelled through time. The Dinobots quickly learned about the Decepticons&#039; plan to attack the Autobots still slumbering in stasis aboard the crashed Ark, and set out to oppose them. Whether or not they succeeded was up to you!{{storylink|Dinobot War}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag was so bored while on look-out duty that he and Sludge began to fight. Distracted, he didn&#039;t notice Bombshell sneaking up on the Dinobots, which led to the Insecticon injecting a Cerebro-shell into each of them save Swoop. Slag and the Dinobots are ordered to go on a rampage, attacking Autobots and humans alike. If Swoop reports directly back to Autobot base about what transpired, the Autobots weigh multiple options on how to best stop the Dinobots&#039; rampage.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the Autobots choose to use Mirage&#039;s abilities against the Dinobots, Slag and the rest of the sub-group are tricked into believing Optimus is standing at the edge of Bandit Bluff&#039;s precipice, and charge for the Autobot leader. Their target turns out to be an illusion fabricated by Mirage, and the Dinobots are knocked unconscious by their fall, and subsequently freed of Bombshell&#039;s control.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the Autobots choose to use Windcharger&#039;s abilities against the Dinobots, the outcome of the Dinobots&#039; and the rest of the Autobots&#039; confrontation has two possible outcomes. If Windcharger uses his magnetic powers too close to the Dinobots, the powerful magnetic field sends Slag and the other Dinobots into convulsions before killing them. If Windcharger decides to use his magnetic powers from a greater distance, the Cerebro-shells are harmlessly extracted from the Dinobots. Later, Slag is celebrating with the Autobots when Grimlock recalls Bombshell announcing that controlling the Dinobots was only a part of the Insecticon&#039;s plan.&lt;br /&gt;
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Optimus in turn can send Bumblebee, Skids and Sludge to investigate nearby electromagnetic activity. If he does, and Skids returns to Autobot base after the Decepticons has captured Bumblebee, Prowl suggests to send Slag and his ilk as undercover agents into the Decepticons&#039; local operation. Prowl explains that the Decepticons are likely unaware that the Dinobots are no longer under Bombshell&#039;s control. If Optimus goes with this plan, Slag and the Dinobots successfully carry out their infiltration. When the time comes to engage the Decepticons, Slag proves himself invulnerable to Starscream&#039;s lasers, one of which bounces off his armour and back into Starscream&#039;s weapon, The Autobots successfully defeat the Decepticons thanks to the Dinobot&#039;s strategic placement.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the Autobots choose to simply attack the Dinobots immediately and brutally, Slag ends up attacking Powerglide with a jet of fire. He is brought down when Swoop fires a missile near him, causing Slag to tumble over and his Cerebro-shell to come loose. This leads to the Autobots realizing they can knock the Cerebro-shells out of the Dinobots, and the whole team is freed from mind-control.&lt;br /&gt;
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If Swoop chooses to stay and fight Bombshell instead of reporting back to base after the Dinobots have become Bombshell&#039;s slaves, and successfully defeats the Insecticon, Slag is freed along with the other Dinobots. Whatever other choices are made in this path, Slag stays unaware of what has transpired, his memory a blank during the mind-control. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag helped defend [[Boulder Dam]] from the Decepticons. He, alongside Hound, rumbled in for the final crisis! Ultimately, the Autobots were successful in staving off the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle in the Desert Valley}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag, Grimlock, and Snarl, were roaming about in a desert in their &amp;quot;undetectable everyday forms&amp;quot; when they came under attack from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]! {{storylink|Sweepstakes Offer!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag was chosen by Grimlock to join his commando unit, and was with them in the [[Dark Ages]] when they split off to become the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. On one of the group&#039;s missions, they managed to steal a plenty of energon from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} Upon learning that [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] was meeting with Shockwave in the [[Neutral Territories]], Grimlock took the Dynobots to kill them for treason. The others, however, were more worried about [[Trypticon (G1)|the new Decepticon battlestation]] that was massacring [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]&#039;s Autobots (Slag didn&#039;t care about the bots, he wanted a piece of the action). Grimlock grew angry, poked Slag, and ordered him to follow his orders or get physical. Swoop finally convinced Grimlock to let them go while the latter went for Jetfire and Shockwave himself. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} After the battle, Slag&#039;s group discovered that someone had taken Grimlock and Jetfire, and there was no sign of Shockwave. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} When it was discovered that [[The Fallen]] was behind Grimlock&#039;s disappearance, the LSC were forced into a temporary alliance with Shockwave&#039;s Decepticons to put an end to the ancient Transformer&#039;s diabolical scheme. Despite the truce, Slag still decked [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]. Nobody cared. Ultimately, The Fallen&#039;s plan to bring a [[Unicron/Generation 1|greater, more malevolent force]] to Cybertron was foiled by the power of [[Primus]] himself. {{storylink|Conflagration}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Afterwards, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] managed to unite the Autobots once more, and under his leadership gained a significant hold over Cybertron&#039;s resources and territories. This eventually forced the [[Ultracon]]s and Shockwave&#039;s Decepticons to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots. Slag and the other Dynobots were posted as perimeter guards during the peace talks, in anticipation for any attacks that might come their way. Sure enough, Starscream and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]]s struck by sending in a pair of shuttles filled with neutronium plasma to crash into [[Tyger Pax]], where the treaty was being signed. Slag and his teammates were unable to halt the shuttles, ending any hope of an easy truce. The dramatic return of Megatron with his cloned [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] ended any ideas of truce at all. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and the &#039;&#039;[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]&#039;&#039; crash-landed on Earth, the Dynobots followed the Insecticons there. They trounced the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], who subsequently played dead until Grimlock and Slag got bored and wandered off. {{storylink|Extermination}} However, the Dinobots became trapped in [[stasis lock]]. After awakening, Megatron captured the Dinobots, using their imprisonment to force Grimlock to side with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3}} Grimlock freed them after Shockwave captured Megatron and Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Brothers&#039; Burden}} Using a stolen Decepticon shuttle, the DInobots traveled back to Cybertron, finding it under the totalitarian rule of Shockwave. [[Octane]] was the first to come upon the group once they had made planet-fall, and poked Slag in the head calling him a &amp;quot;primitive&amp;quot; as he prepared to take him in. This only served to make Slag angry, and Octane was afterwards left without a body. Slag was keen on keeping Octane&#039;s head as a trophy, but Grimlock had him get rid of it before they started their rampage proper to disrupt Shockwave&#039;s rule. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dinobots launched an attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], heading for [[Shockwave&#039;s Tower]]. Grimlock ordered Slag and the others to keep pushing forward as he made a side-trip to the [[Smelting pool|smelting pits]] to personally confront Shockwave. Before they could reach their destination, the Dinobots were halted by the newly reawakened [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]]. Slag barely managed to send a distress call to Grimlock before being defeated. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Much later, after Shockwave&#039;s defeat, the Dinobots were ordered by Ultra Magnus to accompany Kup on a trip to establish a base on one of Cybertron&#039;s moons. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}&lt;br /&gt;
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En route to Cybertron&#039;s moon, Kup had an amusing conversation with [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] while [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], Slag, and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] looked on. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Along with Grimlock, Snarl, Sludge and Swoop, Slag was transported into Earth&#039;s distant past by a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]], where he was reformatted into a &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039;. A group consisting of three [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and a [[Cobra]] [[Cobra Viper|Viper]] successfully retrieved them, and the new &amp;quot;Dinobots&amp;quot; made short work of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his troops. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Four million years ago, Slag combined with his fellow Dinobots to form [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], a savage abomination of a gestalt that knew no mercy. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In the present day, Slag participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons. He squared off against Headstrong, until Grimlock called upon the Dinobots to once more combine into their gestalt form. The merge complete, the Dinobots then rampaged once more as The Beast. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag, later renamed Slug, has been fighting for a long, long time. He learned his earliest values and what the world was like in the [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiator]] pits: it was him against the world and the world had to die so he wouldn&#039;t. The brutalisation took a deep toll on his psyche. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag joined the [[Primal Vanguard]] and first met [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] in a brig, after he&#039;d &#039;&#039;shot his commanding officer in the back&#039;&#039; to convince him they were outflanked and had to make a frontal assault. Grimlock thought this made him an awesome, clear-thinking guy, and the two of them discussed forming their own semi-autonomous strike team, one that Slag declared would follow no rules. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}} Apparently their new Dynobot unit ended up more amiable than he had hoped, however, as they went on to receive numerous commendations. Their time in the Vanguard came to an end after a mission to Cybertron&#039;s underground, during which they ran into powerful [[cyber-morphic predator]]s and were forced to take on [[alternate mode|alt mode]]s based on the monsters in order to survive. Grieving the loss of their comrade [[Skar (Dynobot)|Skar]] and locked up for study by their superiors, the Dynobots deserted from the Vanguard. {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}}&lt;br /&gt;
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On the run, Slag and the other Dynobots began fighting in illegal pit fights once more. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption}} They were in the [[Ring of Trials]] in [[Ironfall]] when they witnessed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime&#039;s]] rallying call for additional support against the Decepticon tyranny. {{storylink|Broadcast}} They responded to the call and joined the Autobots in the following battle for control of Cybertron, during which they took out [[Onslaught (G1)|a lot]] [[Brawl (G1)|of tanks]]. {{storylink|Endgame}} They subsequently joined the Autobots, but struck out on their own again as they began to lose control of their hastily acquired alt modes, which was affecting their minds and threatening to transform them into mindless beasts for good. Unwilling to risk the lives of others, the Dynobots resorted to robbing to earn their way off-world where they could isolate themselves. {{storylink|Derelicts}}&lt;br /&gt;
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During one of their heists, the Dynobots broke into the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]], intending to drain and sell the [[energon]] within. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} When Grimlock began hurrying them along, Slag lost his temper, blamed him for their situation and walked out, but calmed down and returned to them in time to fight off some Decepticons &#039;&#039;also&#039;&#039; looking to steal from the refinery. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} As the Autobots arrived to fight off the Decepticons, the Dynobots retreated into the refinery, but were followed by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. As Grimlock dueled the &#039;con, he began to lose control and transform into his [[beast mode]], forcing Slag and Swoop to intervene and calm him down. {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}} Following the destruction of the refinery, the Dynobots got sick of it all and convinced Grimlock to accept Optimus Prime&#039;s offer to help. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the others were brought to Prime at [[Starsreach Spaceport]], where a Decepticon attack caused Grimlock to transform and go berserk. {{storylink|Massacre}} His ensuing rampage caused the Dynobots to lose all faith in redemption, and they boarded a ship bound off-world then and there. {{storylink|Unleashed}} However, they changed their minds when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], the creator of the cyber-morphic predator, was unleashed upon Cybertron, and returned to help the Autobots fight it. {{storylink|Annihilation}} As they held off Trypticon&#039;s minions, Grimlock ended up devoured by the giant beast and the others began to lose hope, but Slag urged them to keep fighting in the belief that Grimlock could defeat it from the inside. And he was right! Once Trypticon was defeated, the Dynobots returned home with the Autobots with hope that their scientists could find a cure for their affliction. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}} The efforts of Autobot science succeeded, and the Dynobots were purged of their rage and beast mode in time to defend Iacon from a Decepticon invasion. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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As the war went on, Slag&#039;s contribution to the grand Autobot cause of freedom for all was to murder Decepticons who surrendered and play &amp;quot;kick the can&amp;quot; with severed heads. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}} He constantly tried to deny the Dynobots were a team at &#039;&#039;all&#039;&#039;, saying they put the &amp;quot;un&amp;quot; into &amp;quot;unit&amp;quot; (and apparently he put the &amp;quot;lame&amp;quot; into &amp;quot;jokes&amp;quot;). {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}} The Dynobots were involved with the battle of [[Varas Centralus]], where their actions were as brutal and horrific as any Decepticon&#039;s. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} In a particular horrific moment, he &#039;&#039;incinerated [[spark]]s&#039;&#039; in a rage so they could never be born as Decepticons. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag and the other Dynobots followed Grimlock to revenge themselves against [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], who blew up a cache of [[energon]] they had stolen. When Shockwave traveled to [[Earth]], the Dynobots pursued him. Slag appeared to be the team&#039;s tech specialist, originating the idea of organic [[beast mode]]s as a defense against energon overload. That&#039;s pretty innovative for a guy who spends most of his time thinking how better to kill everyone around him. Sadly, it did not protect the Dynobots from Shockwave&#039;s energy blasts, which melted the artificial skin and caused the Dynobots to go into [[stasis lock]] due to excessive [[Energon radiation]]. Due to a dead man&#039;s switch, the [[Skyfire (ship)|Dynobots&#039; ship]] blasted a volcano that buried everyone in molten lava. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dynobots were eventually excavated by [[Skywatch]], and though Grimlock was the first to be brought back online, he was freed from Skywatch&#039;s control through a virus implanted by a [[Machination]] spy (under orders from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]). Scorponok wanted Grimlock to join him, but Grimlock refused, fought Scorponok and escaped, vowing to find and rescue Slag and the other Dynobots. Scorponok, however planned to take control of the Dynobots himself and use them to assassinate Grimlock. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Skywatch activated Slag, and in a test run, had him melt a tank. When Grimlock showed up in [[Fallon]], he and the other Dynobots were sent to intercept him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Grimlock tried to break Slag&#039;s programming by reminding him of their shared past, which not only didn&#039;t work but got him set on fire. Making matters worse, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] decided to reduce the programming remotely, at which point Slag shot Grimlock &#039;&#039;more&#039;&#039; and got enraged to find out Grimlock had set up a dead man&#039;s switch that nearly killed them without telling &#039;&#039;anyone&#039;&#039;. Slag even decided they had been a team after all and this was a betrayal. However, Grimlock silenced him by reminding Slag of what he wanted the Dynobots to be, and how what he did was following Slag&#039;s ethos &#039;&#039;exactly&#039;&#039;. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Grimlock took the opportunity to inform the others of the current situation and what they needed to do, but Slag and the others weren&#039;t going to fall in line so easily. In particular, Swoop expressed his anger and disappointment in Grimlock&#039;s actions and decided to leave on his own. Slag, Snarl, and Sludge departed as well, leaving Grimlock standing there and fuming. Scorponok had his [[Sunstreaker clone]] army attack Grimlock at this point and they did so with gusto, ignoring the other Dynobots. Seeing their leader besieged, Slag and the others decided, for better or worse, that they were still Dynobots and had to stick together. They set to the task of trashing Sunstreaker clones until they were surrounded and nearly overwhelmed. But the [[Monsterbot]]s arrived on the scene, having been summoned by Grimlock earlier, and began to turn the tide. Slag was quite disbelieving that Grimlock would even think of calling upon [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus&#039;]] crew for help, but that didn&#039;t stop him from continuing to wreck Sunstreaker clones. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Realizing they didn&#039;t have the advantage anymore, the surviving Sunstreaker clones retreated. The Dynobots hitched a ride in the Monsterbots&#039; ship and headed for Machination headquarters. Aboard the ship, Grimlock discussed the matter of payment with Repugnus as the other Dynobots discussed how distasteful they found the whole situation (And you know it &#039;&#039;had&#039;&#039; to be &#039;&#039;really&#039;&#039; distasteful if the Dynobots were grousing about it!). Slag kept quiet but appeared as annoyed as the others as Grimlock told them he had worked out a temporary alliance with the Monsterbots. But again, as annoyed as the other Dynobots were, it didn&#039;t stop them from leaping into battle after Grimlock when they arrived at Machination HQ. They were greeted by yet more Sunstreaker clones, and proceeded to go about demolishing them. Finally, the clones were switched-off when [[Hunter O&#039;Nion]] disconnected the original [[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]]&#039;s head, thus robbing the Machination grunts of their ability to control the clone bodies. The badly-damaged Hot Rod arrived, having just escaped from Machination HQ and explained what had occurred to the Dynobots. Sludge began to celebrate their victory when he was suddenly blasted by Scorponok, who decided to take a personal hand in the battle. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}} &lt;br /&gt;
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To top it off, Shockwave arrived on the scene, and quickly engaged Scorponok for the right to destroy the remaining Dynobots. With Sludge apparently dead, Grimlock told the others to retreat without him, as he was finally seeing the cost of his uncompromising attitude. Slag asked Hot Rod if he wanted to bolt with them, but Hot Rod declined. Slag, Snarl, and Swoop decided to cut out while the getting was good and headed due east to an extraction point where the Monsterbots were waiting. Upon arrival, Repugnus mentioned that they&#039;d be good fits for the team, due to their apparent concern with self-preservation. This remark did not seem to sit well with Slag and the others and they decided to go back and help Grimlock. When they returned to the battlefield, they found that Scorponok had retreated and Grimlock was fighting Shockwave. What&#039;s more, Sludge had come back online, thanks to a spark-jump from Grimlock. They leaped into battle with Shockwave, even as Grimlock implored them to go find Scorponok. Grimlock managed to drag himself and Shockwave away from the others, giving the other Dynobots an opportunity to infiltrate the main Machination complex. They managed to find their way to the chamber where Scorponok had stored his original head, and engaged the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] in battle there. Hot Rod directed Swoop to sever the connections keeping Scorponok&#039;s original head functional. Swoop did so, and Scorponok was painfully disabled and left at the Dynobots&#039; mercy. But before they could kill him, Ultra Magnus arrived and told them that Scorponok would instead be jailed and made to pay for his crimes. He also suggested that they quickly remove all Cybertronian technology from the facility and leave as soon as possible. Everyone was totally cool with this.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the end, Ultra Magnus canceled outstanding warrants he had on the other Dynobots when Grimlock (who had managed to disable Shockwave) took the fall and admitted that going rogue was completely his idea. Grimlock was satisfied that he managed to save Sludge and his team was online and together again. Slag and the others were seen repairing the &#039;&#039;Skyfire&#039;&#039; and preparing to leave Earth. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}&lt;br /&gt;
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With Grimlock gone, Slag took on the role of leader of the team. After traveling space for a few years, he and the newly dubbed &amp;quot;Dinobots&amp;quot; returned to a reborn Cybertron and joined [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] for a mission to find the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] who had gone missing in the wilderness. After a run-in with a ferocious [[turbofox]], which the Dinobots dealt with in their usual fashion, they discovered signs of Transformer weaponry which made Ironhide suspicious that [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was still around. His worried behavior bothered Slag, who had respected his toughness but now saw him as just another &#039;&#039;regular&#039;&#039; Autobot. Ironhide explained that he had changed because of a vision of the future, which Slag felt had a degree of truth to it. The night they set up camp, the Dinobots were overcome by an alien influence and began fighting amongst themselves, causing Slag and Swoop to impale Ironhide. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}}&lt;br /&gt;
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However, this didn&#039;t kill Ironhide and the Dinobots continued to fight each other. Eventually, they somehow stopped clashing among themselves and began to pursue Ironhide, who was saved thanks to the timely arrival of the combined form of the Aerialbots, [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Night and the City}} With everyone gathered in one place, the influence that had made the Dinobots aggressive and created Superion ceased to affect them. {{storylink|Second Exodus}} On returning to Iacon, the group found the city under attack by Megatron {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Quick to join the fray, Slag took the streets and fought [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] and [[Turmoil]]. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} Though the Autobots were victorious, [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] was able to turn the neutral population against them and have both factions banished from the city. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Out in the wilderness, the Dinobots defended the Autobot convoy from the approaching [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] until the Decepticon team revealed their good intentions. After setting up camp, they actually got along quite well with the Constructicons, who shared their interest in wrecking things and chugging energon. {{storylink|Second Exodus}} During his time in camp, Slag was informed by [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] that his name held an offensive meaning, prompting him to change it to &amp;quot;Slug&amp;quot;. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} When a mysterious light appeared in the wilderness, Slug had the Dinobots go on the offensive, ignoring Bumblebee&#039;s orders to wait and observe. His attack plans were then shelved when the light turned out to be heralding the arrival of the giant [[Necrotitan]]. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Fed up with Slug&#039;s continued attitude, Bumblebee gave him an ultimatum: either follow orders or leave the battlefield. Surprised by the little &#039;bot&#039;s courage, Slug begrudgingly fell into line and had the Dinobots aid in trying to contain the Necrotitan. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} A brief battle occurred when a group of Decepticons led by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] arrived at the scene, but was interrupted when the Titan emitted a deadly energy wave that injured and corroded many combatants, including Slug. {{storylink|Winners &amp;amp; Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners &amp;amp; Losers}} Autobots and Decepticons alike stopped fighting while their leaders tried to work out what was going on. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slug was taken to safety by the other Dinobots, complaining that he couldn&#039;t participate in the attack on Shockwave&#039;s base. When the Necrotitan began making its way towards Iacon, the Dinobots tried to slow it down to no effect. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} They and the other Autobots then retreated to Iacon, having no choice but to try and defend the city from the giant. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} Slug was cured from the death wave&#039;s effects when the Necrotitan was brought down by [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} In celebration of the Titan&#039;s defeat, Slug went to [[Swerve&#039;s]] to drink and sing alongside both Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} The peace was brief, as an army of [[Ammonite]]s then invaded Cybertron on Shockwave&#039;s orders, forcing the Autobots back into action. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Slug was ordered by Ironhide to drive the invaders out of the city, but in the chaos of battle the Dinobot couldn&#039;t even tell where the city limits were. Once the battle was won, he watched Megatron disembark the &#039;&#039;[[Lost Light]]&#039;&#039; wearing an Autobot insignia. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Six months after Shockwave&#039;s defeat, Slug was drinking at [[Maccadam&#039;s Old Oil House]] when [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] stopped by to get info on Starscream. After a couple of drinks he was all too willing to tell her what he thought about that jerk. {{storylink|A &#039;Bot and Her City}} He was still there two days later when Windblade showed up in search of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], {{storylink|Windblade issue 2|Windblade vol. 1 #2}} and was taken along for the ride when Windblade brought several bar patrons with her to Metroplex&#039;s insides to serve as witnesses to Starscream&#039;s illegal &amp;quot;mine&amp;quot; within. As they were attacked by three [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] on arrival, the Dinobot fought [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] until Starscream himself showed up with his [[Badgeless]] thugs and had the group captured. They were broken out of jail by [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], after which Slug and [[Blurr (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Blurr]] remained behind to keep Starscream at bay while Windblade made her escape. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade vol. 1 #3}} Slug pinned Starscream to a wall, but the Seeker got out of his grip by blowing him away with a missile. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Some time later, Slug helped investigate the murders of three Decepticons in the slums outside Metroplex, although he cared little about the case seeing as how it was just some &#039;&#039;&#039;Cons&#039;&#039; who&#039;d deserved it anyway. {{storylink|City of Steel (issue)|City of Steel}} Following more killings, Slug and the Dinobots stood guard at the murder site where they flung threats at an angry Decepticon mob placing the blame on Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (issue)|Fight or Flee}} Suspecting the [[Firecon]]s to be the culprits, Prime, Starscream and Windblade had a team including the Dinobots take the trio down, which Slug and his pals did with gusto. {{storylink|Quest for Fire}} After the Firecons were proven innocent, Optimus Prime confronted Slug and accused &#039;&#039;him&#039;&#039; of the murders, claiming his war experiences and life on Starscream&#039;s Cybertron had made him snap. Slug took poorly to the accusation and attacked Prime, but their battle was interrupted by reports of yet another killing—this time of Autobots. Slug believed this proved his innocence, but Prime wouldn&#039;t relent, reminding him of his team&#039;s war crimes on Varas Centralus and telling him his stubborn adherence to wartime thinking was dividing Cybertron and representing everything wrong with their race. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} That night, an infuriated Slug began plotting to kill Prime, only for him and his team be caught in an explosion, having become the killer&#039;s latest targets. As it turned out, Prime had only shouted about their crimes in order to lure out the culprit, the criminal killer [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], but had also arranged a trap door to open beneath them when the bomb struck, saving their lives. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Prime&#039;s remarks would linger with Slug for weeks afterwards. He began to drink more and more to blot out his pain, getting violent a lot of the time,{{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} and being pacified by the drink at other times, such as during a party to celebrate Cybertron&#039;s reunion with [[Caminus]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol.2 #4}} He took [[Chosen One Day]] to thank Blurr for the alcohol. {{storylink|Choose Me}} In his mind, that time they&#039;d been &#039;turned into&#039; beasts had just been showing the world what they really were. Barricade, who&#039;d keep busting him, was disgusted at the waste of potential and how this person the Decepticons had feared so much could be so pathetic. &lt;br /&gt;
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In a drunken rage, Slug tried to start a fight with [[Sterling|two]] [[Aileron|evangelists]] for Prime before being coaxed away by Swoop. (His antics almost crashed [[Sterling]]&#039;s faith) {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}{{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} He went back to the bar, started a massive fight, and was arrested by Barricade. That would just be a normal weekend except Barricade had a job for him: help him deliver some goods into the wilderness for the [[Caminus|Camien]] politician [[Strafe (IDW)|Strafe]] and the Dinobots would get a nice briefcase of untraceable money Barricade had been &amp;quot;collecting&amp;quot; in his police duties. Slug was desperate enough to take this job, to the disgust of the others until he said he&#039;d dob the crew into the [[Badgeless]] and take the money after they&#039;d been killed! It was a good plan until Slug discovered that the secret cargo were &#039;&#039;twelve sparks&#039;&#039; for delivery to a former &#039;hot spot&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Slug changed the plan and had his crew slaughtered the waiting coppers before they could see Barricade, [[Swift (G1)|Swift]], and Strafe: now Barricade and his friends could return to the city, but the Dinobots would always be wanted cop killers. Slug considered that usual Dinobot work, doing the dirty stuff so the &#039;heroes&#039; could stay clean. For the rest of the journey, Slug (thinking about the innocent sparks he&#039;d once murdered) and the Dinobots fought off warped [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s and Badgeless, while he was left bitter when he discovered Swift was actually &#039;&#039;dating&#039;&#039; Barricade and Strafe couldn&#039;t grasp his disgust. After all, he&#039;d done bad things in the war too. Slug said it wasn&#039;t the same (he knew it was).&lt;br /&gt;
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Things came to a head when [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who&#039;d been making the Sweeps, attacked them at a contaminated energon site. Barricade and all the sparks were killed and Strafe transformed into a monstrous new form, just as Slug had once been. In a ferocious battle, the Dinobots defeated Bliudgeon, Slug saved Swift in Barricade&#039;s name, and they learned the Alyon &#039;hot spot&#039; had &#039;&#039;reactivated&#039;&#039; and Bludgeon had been &#039;experimenting&#039; on it: without intending to, Slug had helped save the future of Cybertron. He did Barricade and Swift a solid by telling her to lie that the Dinobots had abducted them, Barricade had died doing heroic deeds, and she&#039;d discovered the sparks. That done, he departed into the wilderness with the Dinobots (Strafe now in tow), feeling on an upswing. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Months later, Slug and the rest of the Dinobots were still tracking Bludgeon but kept coming up empty.  Checking a cave on a hillside, they encountered the remains of numerous Sweeps where Bludgeon had been experimenting when an [[Sandstorm (G1) |unseen sniper]] suddenly shot Slug twice in the back, narrowly missing his Spark.  Realizing that his Combustion Chamber had been damaged, Slug ordered the other Dinobots to retreat before he fatally exploded. His corpse was recovered by Starscream, who wondered what might happen if it were given a mutated Sweep spark recovered from Bludgeon&#039;s lab. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag was present when [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] presented the offworlders [[Clutch (G.I. Joe)|Clutch]], [[Breaker]], [[Cover Girl]], and [[Jinx]] as P.O.W.s to King Grimlock. Grimlock had no mercy for his captives, and promptly dropped them in a pool of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Joes survived their trial, however, impressing Grimlock. The humans were escorted back to their allies on Cybertron, where Grimlock announced a truce between the Autobots and the Joes. Slag joined in the festivities that ensued to celebrate the newly forged alliance. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Soon thereafter, the mobile city of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] came under siege from both [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and a mind-controlled [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Slag rode into battle alongside [[Cover Girl]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] to drive back the enemy forces of Decepticobra. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} He and the other Dinobots participated in the final battle between the &amp;quot;Jotobot&amp;quot; alliance and Decepticobra. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: All Spark&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)|Revenge}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Prime Wars Trilogy&#039;&#039; cartoons===&lt;br /&gt;
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|Power of the Primes}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; marketing material===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PowerOfThePrimes-DinobotSlug-CardArt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dinobot Slug could wield powers of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|#Power of the Primes|&#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; Dinobot Slug packaging bio}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{note|For a list of powers manifested by Slug, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this chart]].}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Commercial appearances==&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] battled against [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] in the middle of a thunderstorm. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Dinobots|Dinobots commercial}}&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag and the Dinobots were beating up [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] when the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] intervened. The new arrivals then combined into Predaking and attacked the Dinobots from the skies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Predacons|Predacons commercial}}&lt;br /&gt;
*Grimlock and Slag were trotting along through a field when they came under attack by Predaking. Though Grimlock was worried that they were in big trouble, Slag spotted [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] swooping down and assured Grimlock that they were safe. Indeed, Sky Lynx made short work of the giant Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sky Lynx|Sky Lynx commercial}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Games==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; (PS2)===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Note|Slag is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Transformers Legends===&lt;br /&gt;
At a time when their group was the Lightning Strike Coalition, Slug and Snarl were on a mission to find their leader Grimlock, who had disappeared. While searching the [[Sea of Rust]], they were ambushed by Hardshell and the Insecticons. Slug and Snarl were overwhelmed and taken prisoners to Shockwave&#039;s lab, where they are reunited with the rest of their squadron. Shockwave experimented on the Lightning Strike Coalition, transforming them into the monstrous Dinobots. This backfired on the Decepticon scientist, however, when the Dinobots used their newfound power to rise up against Shockwave and thrash his lab. {{storylink|Rescue the King}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Following the disappearance of Grimlock and Swoop, Slug took charge of the remainder Dinobots, claiming he wouldn&#039;t obey orders from anyone else. The trio set out for the Decepticon base, and when Optimus tried to stop them, they attacked him. Wheeljack attempted to use his [[magnetic inducer]] on Slug and scanned the Dinobot. Having dealt with Optimus, the Dinobots continued towards the Decepticon base until the Autobots managed to overwhelm and imprison them. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 1}} The trio were released during a night raid by Grimlock and Swoop. The five Dinobots marched on the Decepticon base, but were defeated by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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When Optimus fell in battle during a massive Decepticon attack on Autobot City and Grimlock took command, Slug and the other Dinobots joined him in crushing the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots (Legends)|S.O.S. Dinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slug was caught up somehow in a [[Quintesson]] plot to kidnap several Autobots during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Battle Tactics&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Slug.jpg|thumb|400px]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Slug-(G2).jpg|thumb|400px]]&lt;br /&gt;
Slug participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in two different bodies:&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Slug&#039;&#039; - This Epic character first appeared in the &amp;quot;Dinobots Destruction&amp;quot; stronghold event, and could could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character. &lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Slug (G2)&#039;&#039; - This Super Rare character was available as a reward in the &amp;quot;S.O.S. Dinobots!&amp;quot; stronghold event.&lt;br /&gt;
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Earth Wars&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:SlugEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|]]&lt;br /&gt;
The process it takes to build up a fiery (3,000 degrees centigrade plus) blast and reduce an enemy to molten slag is hardly energy-efficient, but he doesn&#039;t care. It&#039;s firepower well spent in his book. As he often says, &amp;quot;I have no need for friends, even less for enemies.&amp;quot; {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Slug Bio}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Slag had a few head-on encounters with the Predacon [[Headstrong (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Headstrong]].&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Class:&#039;&#039;&#039; Warrior&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Lowest Star Rating&#039;&#039;&#039;: 2 star&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Weapons&#039;&#039;&#039;: Slug headbutts and bashes opponents in his default dino mode.&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Ability: Flame Rush&#039;&#039;&#039;: Rushes into combat spreading fire along the way, dealing some damage over 7 seconds!&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;&#039;Cost&#039;&#039;&#039;: 4 ability points +2 for reuses.&lt;br /&gt;
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:slug| Slug at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Generation 1===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1Slag toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|This... good enough for... Slag!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;28&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: &amp;quot;Energo Sword&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Electron Blaster&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Rocket Pod&amp;quot;, 3 rockets&lt;br /&gt;
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:Slag was released as part of the second series of &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; in 1985. The toy transformed into a robotic &#039;&#039;[[wikipedia:Triceratops|Triceratops]]&#039;&#039;, and came with a missile launcher that could fit in the shoulder socket of both the robot and dinosaur, a red [[sword]], a silver &amp;quot;electro blaster&amp;quot; and three silver rockets. Like many &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039;-era toys, Slag had a conspicuous driver compartment contained in his chest.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Slag is mistransformed in the photo at right: His [[robot mode]] legs can be slid out further.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Slag was later re-released in the European-markets &amp;quot;[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]&amp;quot; series. In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]], at a cost of 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two [[Robot Point]]s.&lt;br /&gt;
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:It also seems that Slag was designed to have fully moving legs (not just at the knee) but this was squared off. Careful filing to where the molded circle is can restore this functionality.&lt;br /&gt;
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:There is a variant of Slag that was released in Canada. The variant has a red face, red fists, red tail support and white thighs. The red painted metallic parts also appear to be a brighter shade of red than the regular release.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-dinobots-slag/616/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Slag at Transformerland.com]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Slag/slag.htm More information on Slag at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Generation 2===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G2SlagGreen toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Me, Slag, no like... green!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (Dinobot, 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: &amp;quot;Kinetic Sword&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Blaster Gun&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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:The original Slag toy went through several iterations in the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|&#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; line]]. First, he was re-released in the original silver base color; the only notable difference in the toy proper is the inclusion of the &amp;quot;AUTOBOT&amp;quot; [[tampograph]] on one of his robot mode legs.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The toy then had its silver changed to red, and &#039;&#039;then&#039;&#039; changed again to dark green. The final green coloration is the most common, while the red and silver variations go for a little more on the secondary market.&lt;br /&gt;
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:All three versions retain his original sword and rifle (which were renamed), but do not have the rocket pod or missiles from the Generation 1 release.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Slag/slag.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039; Slag at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Age of Extinction===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|TRUEvolution}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:DOTM-toy Triceradon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|&#039;&#039;Ewww...&#039;&#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobot Slug&#039;&#039;&#039; (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;&#039;25 OF 30&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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:Available only at [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us|ToysЯUs]] stores in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, this &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]&#039;&#039; two-pack features the &#039;&#039;Generations&#039;&#039; Deluxe [[Slug (AOE)|Dinobot Slug]] toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, packed with a seemingly unchanged &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]&#039;&#039; Mini-Con [[Triceradon (DOTM)|Triceradon]], described as &#039;Classic&#039; Slug. &lt;br /&gt;
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:Unlike the Strafe Evolution two-pack, which incorrectly depicted the original Generation 1 [[package art]] of the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] rather than Slag&#039;s fellow Dinobot [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] on the card bubble, the Slug two-pack&#039;s packaging correctly depicts G1 Slag.&lt;br /&gt;
{{ClassicsKnockdownMold}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Transformers (2014)===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Anchor|SDCCDinobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF2014toy-SDCCDinobotSlug.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobots Generation One 4-pack&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe, 2014)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; 2 swords&lt;br /&gt;
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:Available only as part of the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] [[exclusive]] &amp;quot;Dinobots Generation One 4-pack&amp;quot; that was first made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[2014]], Slug is a G1-inspired redeco of &#039;&#039;Age of Extinction&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class Slug. He comes packaged with [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#SDCCDinobots|Grimlock]], [[Swoop (G1)/toys#SDCCDinobots|Strafe]], and [[Snarl (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Snarl]], and their box unfolds into a diorama of the crashed [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in [[Mount St. Hilary]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/SDCCSlug/slug.htm More information on 2014 Slug at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Kre-O===&lt;br /&gt;
{{anchor|SDCC2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kreon Class of &#039;85&#039;&#039;&#039; (Kreon figure set, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;B5152&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Voted&#039;&#039;: The Criminal&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Small pistol, sword&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;[[Kre-O]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Slug&amp;quot; (thank you, non-US slang) is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier &amp;quot;peg-in-peg&amp;quot; torso/waist connection. His body [[tampograph]]s are heavily toy-based, but he has a red helmet to match the toy as shown in the original catalog, not the final version released in the US.&lt;br /&gt;
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: He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] &amp;quot;[[Kreon Class of &#039;85]]&amp;quot; 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/SDCCKre-OSlug/slug.htm More information on Class of 1985 Slug at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Generations===&lt;br /&gt;
====Platinum Edition====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Platinum-Edition-G1-Dinobots-Slug.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobots&#039;&#039;&#039; (Platinum Edition 5-pack, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: 2 swords &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Part of the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]&#039;&#039; Dinobots 5-pack, &amp;quot;Dinobot Slug&amp;quot; is another redeco of &#039;&#039;Age of Extinction&#039;&#039; Slug, this time retooled to have a more G1-inspired head. &lt;br /&gt;
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:Slug was bundled with Grimlock, [[Sludge (G1)#Platinum Edition|Slog]], Snarl, and Strafe.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This set was initially released as a [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us]] exclusive in Canada in October 2015, followed by Singapore a month later (although it&#039;s currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular store there or not). Much later, it became available via the Australian Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Power of the Primes====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:PotP Slug.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb|I&#039;m going to Sla-i mean Slug you!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Dinobot Slug&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;PP-11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese release date&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2018-[[June 30|06-30]]&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Blaster, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]&#039;&#039; Slug is a all-new mold, visually simplified from his original G1 design, which can transform into a robotic &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039;, as well as form a limb for [[Volcanicus]] or any other &#039;&#039;[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]&#039;&#039;-style combiner. Like the other Dinobots in this subline, Slug is partially composed of translucent plastic with gold paint on the inside to give him a &#039;layered&#039; look reminiscent of his original toy.  Like all other &#039;&#039;Power of the Primes&#039;&#039; Deluxe Class figures, he comes with Prime Armor with a place for a [[Prime Master]] (and by extension, a [[Titan Master]], [[Enigma of Combination]], and [[Matrix|Matrix core]]) that can transform into a hand for a combiner.  It can be plugged into his back in &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039; mode, or worn on either his chest or back in robot mode. He also comes with a piece that can fill the gap in the chest armor or be held as a gun.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Despite his colossal footprint in robot mode, Slug has an annoying tendency to be back-heavy, even with his dedicated heel pieces.&lt;br /&gt;
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:[[Stock photography]] shows him with a mistransformed beast mode: the &#039;&#039;Triceratops&#039;&#039; head/neck is adjustable to have the frill around the head stand up closer to the G1 dinosaur model. This does however mean the Triceratops head does not lock in place in dino mode, it simply rests atop the tabs which would otherwise secure it in place.&lt;br /&gt;
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:While his instructions show his arms pointing toward the combiner torso in arm mode, the slots on the outside of his arms and pegs on his sides suggest they should be pointed backwards and pegged in place.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was retooled into fellow Dinobot  [[Sludge (G1)#Power of the Primes|Sludge]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Merchandise==&lt;br /&gt;
===Decoy===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Cybertron Hero Collection 9&#039;&#039;&#039; (multi-pack, 1986)&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (1987)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Decoy number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;5&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: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 &amp;quot;checklist&amp;quot; number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Slag/slag.htm More information on Decoy Slag at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Robot Heroes===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Snarl &amp;amp; Sharkticon G1 Robot Heroes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Snarl Vs Sharkticon&#039;&#039;&#039; (2009)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series:&#039;&#039; Generation 1 Series&lt;br /&gt;
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:A tiny, adorably homicidal &amp;quot;Slag&amp;quot; that came packaged with a [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]. Like &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]&#039;&#039; [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]], who was also designed with G1 Slag in mind, the Robot Heroes figure was released using the name of Slag&#039;s fellow Dinobot [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], so Hasbro could release the toy in the United Kingdom (&amp;quot;Slag&amp;quot; is considered an insult there).&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/RHSnarl/snarl.htm More information on &#039;&#039;Robot Heroes&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Snarl&amp;quot; at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:DiacloneSlag.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hey Weevil. Check it out. My dinosaur is horny.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag had the preliminary name of &#039;&#039;&#039;Tricerabot&#039;&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://web.archive.org/web/20071230210811/http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=41003 Post by Jim S on the Allspark Forums, 2007/12/25 (via the Internet Archive)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag&#039;s original toy was originally a &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; Dinosaur Robo Triceratops. In the &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; lore, this dinomech was a pilotable vehicle that could travel at speeds up of to 250 kilometers per hour and was designed for grasslands operation and melee combat. It also had a slightly different color scheme for its [[robot mode]] bits.&lt;br /&gt;
*The stock photos on Slag&#039;s box show him with colors closer to the cartoon: His head, hands, and back hinge are cast in red plastic and the legs are cast in white plastic. The Canadian release of Slag actually came in these colors. His horns are also chromed rather than bare red due to the mockup/prototype not needing to change them to soft plastic [[for safety reasons]].&lt;br /&gt;
*The European exclusive [[Action Master]] Decepticon [[Charger]] cribs Slag&#039;s quote, his [[function]], much of his [[bio]], and his [[Tech Spec]]s. Whether there was any relation intended between the characters or if the copywriters just got lazy is unknown.&lt;br /&gt;
*The overall design and transformation sequence of the original Slag toy served as the basis for &#039;&#039;&#039;[[:File:HornGeist.jpg|Horn Geist]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, one of four recurring villainous henchmen on the Takara/Sunrise co-production &#039;&#039;[[Brave (franchise)|Brave Exkaiser]]&#039;&#039;. In what might be called [[Beast (G1)|a vision of things to come]], the four &amp;quot;Geisters&amp;quot; were once briefly fused into a single robot called &amp;quot;[[:File:MadGeister.jpg|Mad Geister]]&amp;quot; (マッドガイスター &#039;&#039;Maddogaisutā&#039;&#039;). However, because each Geister controlled a portion of the combined body—and, aside from [[:File:PteraGeist.jpg|Ptera Geist]], they had the accumulated brain power of a Froot Loop—this ended rather badly. In a more successful (if not [[Mega-Dinobot|also prescient]]) later development, the Geisters learned to merge in groups of two, with Horn Geist forming the upper body of &amp;quot;[[:File:PtederAndHormor.jpg|Hormor]]&amp;quot; (ホーマー &#039;&#039;Hōmā&#039;&#039;).&lt;br /&gt;
*In the G1 cartoon, Neil Ross&#039;s portrayal of Slag was rarely consistent, frequently fluctuating in pitch between episodes, until it began steadily raising in pitch at a consistent rate. By the time of his final appearance in [[Call of the Primitives]], Slag&#039;s voice had hit a comically high register.&lt;br /&gt;
*Slag&#039;s name is also [[Slag (slang)|a popular Cybertronian expletive]]. That just seems right, for some reason. In The Real World, Slag is also a term of abuse in the United Kingdom and some parts of Europe, which forced [[Hasbro]] to release toys (such as an &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]&#039;&#039; [[Snarl (Animated)|toy designed with G1 Slag in mind]]) under the name &#039;&#039;&#039;Snarl&#039;&#039;&#039; in the late 2000s to avoid possible problems with cultural sensitivities. [[Snarl (G1)|The original Snarl]] has yet to comment on the matter. &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]&#039;&#039; solved the issue without causing an identity crisis by calling the character &amp;quot;[[Slug (FOC)|Slug]]&amp;quot;, a name that stuck with subsequent incarnations and was eventually applied to the original Slag as well.&lt;br /&gt;
*A Slag toy can be seen in the recreation of the Scottish artist [[Wikipedia:Eduardo Paolozzi|Sir Eduardo Paolozzi]]&#039;s studio at the Scottish [[Wikipedia:Dean Gallery|Dean Gallery]]. This makes him the second [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Dinobot]] to have a toy in a museum.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Foreign names===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Japanese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Slag&#039;&#039;&#039; (スラッグ &#039;&#039;Suraggu&#039;&#039;), &#039;&#039;&#039;Slug&#039;&#039;&#039; (スラッグ &#039;&#039;Suraggu&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Czech:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Cent&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;French:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Scories&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Hungarian:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Salak&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Italian:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Tricex&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Mandarin:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Tiě Zhā&#039;&#039;&#039; (铁渣, &amp;quot;Iron Slag&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Portuguese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Chapado&#039;&#039;&#039; (Brazil comic)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Other continuities===&lt;br /&gt;
Alternate versions of Slag have appeared in other [[continuity family|continuity families]].&lt;br /&gt;
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File:TFAnimated Snarl.jpg|[[Snarl (Animated)|&#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Snarl]]&lt;br /&gt;
File:FOC-Slugart.jpg|[[Slug (FOC)|&#039;&#039;Fall of Cybertron&#039;&#039; Slug]]&lt;br /&gt;
File:AOE Triceratops concept.jpg|[[Slug (AOE)|&#039;&#039;Age of Extinction&#039;&#039; Slug]]&lt;br /&gt;
File:Adventureart-Slug.jpg|[[Slug (Adventure)|&#039;&#039;Adventure&#039;&#039; Slug]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{disambig3|Topspin}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Topspin is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1boxart-Topspin.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Flies like a brick! A brick with wings!]]&lt;br /&gt;
Facing off against [[Decepticon]]s isn&#039;t nearly enough of a challenge for &#039;&#039;&#039;Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039;. He&#039;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 [[Wrecker]]&#039;s fuel pump really gets going. Though he loves the challenge he&#039;s not fixated on conquering new terrain, he simply enjoys pitting himself against it. As he says, &amp;quot;The thrill is in the journey.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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As [[Jumpstarter]]s, Topspin and his brother [[Twin Twist]] can transform between modes in a fraction of an instant, significantly faster than most Transformers.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sometimes he is partnered with the [[Titan Master]] [[Freezeout (Generations)|Freezeout]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Marvel Comics continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
====Marvel &#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; comics====&lt;br /&gt;
{{noteukexclusive|Topspin}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Topspin target 2006.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95]]&lt;br /&gt;
Topspin was a member of the elite Autobot force the [[Wrecker]]s. Along with his team mates 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 &#039;resident glory-hog&#039; 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]]. 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&#039; [[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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Technician wreckers legion of the lost.jpg|thumb|upright=2]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Wreckers magnus meltdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.9]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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&#039;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&#039;s destruction had already begun. Springer tasked Topspin with going through Flame&#039;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;s scheme. Topspin joined his fellows in honoring the Wrecker&#039;s sacrifice in solemn silence. {{storylink|Meltdown!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:WreckingHavoc-yourfoe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Topspin was in the top two or three in his class...]]&lt;br /&gt;
The Wreckers&#039; next mission was to deal with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Topspin attended the mission briefing and, along with his team mates, 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&#039;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&#039;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&#039; mercies, and instead pursued him, allowing Galvatron to escape them. The Wreckers&#039; mission ended as a total failure, and they returned to Cybertron to plan anew. {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TimeWars TopspinTerminated.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|Blah blah [[Titan Master]] joke blah.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=====Transformers Annual 1986=====&lt;br /&gt;
{{note|Due to being published early in the franchise, this story is out of continuity with the above.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;t hear it, as he and Twin Twist were eager for some action. The group soon picked up [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]]&#039;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Autobots continued their trek for days until they found the Decepticons&#039; 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]]&#039;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!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Rodimus technobots wreckers peace.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]&lt;br /&gt;
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]]&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Regeneration One&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Wreckers loose ends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He&#039;s that one... Yeah, that guy with the label &amp;quot;Topspin&amp;quot; next to him...]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After the Wreckers escaped the ship using its escape pods, they regrouped to try to think of a plan. Broadside and Topsin were both left injured, and, in Broadside&#039;s case, seeing double. When Rack &#039;n&#039; 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&#039;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 &#039;n&#039; 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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Circuit smasher topspin roadbuster battlesuits rg1 loose ends 4.jpg|thumb|left]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;s defenses from the air along with Broadside. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} Once they were through the Ark&#039;s outer defenses, he helped the Wreckers battle [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] units while Circuit Smasher disarmed Auntie. {{Storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Topspin whirl destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]&lt;br /&gt;
Topspin was out of action for a time after returning to Cybertron, presumably to finish treatment of his injuries. When the Neo-Decepticons&#039; civil disobedience stepped up to outright insurrection, however, Topspin and the Wreckers raided Soundwave&#039;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]]&#039;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]]&#039;s arrival in the stolen Ark led to a successful mission. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;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 (G1)|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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Find Your Fate Junior&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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====Dinobots Strike Back====&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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&#039;s]] or [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger&#039;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&#039;s unclear if Topspin survived, but he didn&#039;t really do anything else regardless. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====Autobot Alert!====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:AutobotAlertTopspin&amp;amp;Seaspray.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]&lt;br /&gt;
Topspin was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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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.&lt;br /&gt;
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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.&lt;br /&gt;
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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!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Frito-Lay posters===&lt;br /&gt;
Topspin was on the battlefield alongside Optimus Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], surrounded by Decepticons.  {{storylink|The Power Struggle}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Dreamwave &#039;&#039;Generation One&#039;&#039; continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:DarkAges2 JumpstartersattackDevastator.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039; forces. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In the [[Dark Ages]], Topspin split off from the Autobots with his fellow Wreckers to act as an independent faction. Under [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]&#039;s command, they frequently clashed with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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 &#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:WarandPeace2 Jumpstartersgripe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;s new ruler, Shockwave, had their race&#039;s best interests at heart. {{storylink|Brothers&#039; 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&#039;s command after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]&#039;s deposing, and later attended a meeting where the Autobots&#039; forces were divided up to better defend their planet against future threats. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
The Jumpstarters have a [[branched spark]]: a rare condition that means the two of them can share each other&#039;s pain and feelings, and sometimes perceive each other&#039;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 &#039;other half&#039; was running around chasing down [[Squadron X]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Animals-RadarGatoraider.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|Don&#039;t mind me, guys, I&#039;m just passing through!]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;s spine and ate it while high on [[Syk]]—leaving Krok as the only survivor. {{Storylink|Animals}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Roadbustertotherescue.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Topspin is the one on the right with the distractingly Photoshopped-in Autobot insignia.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039; PR campaign to the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. (&amp;quot;Leave it to the &#039;&#039;professionals&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;.) {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] managed to remotely override Thunderwing&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After a battle with the Decepticons, Topspin was taken prisoner by [[Turmoil]] alongside several other Autobots. [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] and Springer sprung them from the detention block on Turmoil&#039;s cruiser, but the Wreckers apparently went their separate ways after this mission. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers1-Jumpstarters &#039;explain&#039;.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Topspin&#039;s favorite song is &amp;quot;Ain&#039;t No Mountain High Enough&amp;quot;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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 &amp;quot;[[Fisitron (G1)|Fisitron]]&amp;quot;, the [[fandom|historian]] behind the &#039;&#039;[[Wreckers: Declassified]]&#039;&#039; 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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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 (Masterforce)|Overlord]], rescue the Autobot prisoners there and find [[Aequitas]]. Topspin was teamed with [[Perceptor (G1)/IDW Generation 1 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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:LSOTW3 TopspinexplainstoPyro.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|&amp;quot;If you die, Twin Twist dies, and the Dragon Balls will turn to stone!!&amp;quot;{{-}}&amp;quot;Uh...sure, Pyro.  Sure.&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;s death. Annoyed, Topspin slammed Ironfist against a wall and questioned why someone like him was even part of the Wreckers: they certainly hadn&#039;t voted him in. He went to tell the fanboy &amp;quot;People die in stupid, pointless ways. Deal with it.&amp;quot;, 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&#039;t been too fond of, but respected anyway because he had been a Wrecker. After Perceptor opened Aequitas&#039;s chamber, Topspin helped carry the comatose [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Fortress Maximus]] inside. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4- JumpstartersEnd.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|&amp;quot;Oh my [[Primus|God]], we killed Kenny.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;We killed Kenny&#039;&#039;?!&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;quot;We killed Kenny. We&#039;re bastards.&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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 &amp;quot;Wreck and rule!&amp;quot; as he let it take his spark. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After the liberation of G-9, Topspin&#039;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 &#039;&#039;[[Debris]]&#039;&#039;, the Wreckers&#039; headquarters. {{storylink|Zero Point}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Cloud&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Cloud Topspin.jpg|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Metamorphosis (Cloud)|Metamorphosis}} {{storylink|Overwhelm}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Legends&#039;&#039; comic===&lt;br /&gt;
In the late 1980s, the Topspin and Twin Twist 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 &#039;&#039;[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]&#039;&#039;. 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&#039;s finishing blow. That didn&#039;t stop them from losing the Super Cog to [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]], but the other Autobots were able to end his threat. {{Storylink|Slugslinger&#039;s Ambition}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In [[2004]], Topspin was a founding member of the new Wreckers unit. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 7|Bonus Edition Vol. 7}} Their team continued to [[2005]] and beyond. He was present when his teammates raised concern about [[Springer (G1)|their commander]]&#039;s increasing girth in in the [[2030]]s. {{Storylink|LG19 Sprung Prologue}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers vs. G.I. Joe&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Games==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Transformers Legends&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Generation 1===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1TopspinToy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Flip, Jump, and... yeah, that&#039;s it]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (Jumpstarter, [[1985]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: &amp;quot;Particle Beam Rifle&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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: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]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:Early versions of Topspin contain the letters &amp;quot;D.A.R.&amp;quot; on the wings. These are a holdover from the original pre-&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; release, and evidently stand for &amp;quot;Diaclone Attack Robo&amp;quot;. 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.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was used to make [[Salt-Man X]] and [[Robot-Man X]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Topspin/topspin.htm More information on Topspin at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformers-universe.com/include.php?path=content/ToyDB_Info.php&amp;amp;Toy_ID=1039&amp;amp;Sprache=0 More information on Topspin at Transformers-Universe.com]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Kre-O===&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kreon Class of &#039;85&#039;&#039;&#039; (Kreon figure set, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;B5152&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Voted&#039;&#039;: Most Likely to Make Like a Tree And Get Out of Here&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Small pistol&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;[[Kre-O]]&#039;&#039; Topspin is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier &amp;quot;peg-in-peg&amp;quot; torso/waist connection. He uses the new-for-that-year maskless version of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Optimus Prime]] helmet.&lt;br /&gt;
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: He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] &amp;quot;[[Kreon Class of &#039;85]]&amp;quot; 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Generations===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TitansReturntoy-TopspinFreezeout.jpg|thumb|300px|You actually have to spend time with me.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Freezeout &amp;amp; Autobot Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, [[2017]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: [[Freezeout (Generations)#Generations|Freezeout]] Titan Master, blaster&lt;br /&gt;
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:&amp;quot;Autobot Topspin&amp;quot; is part of the fourth wave of &#039;&#039;[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]&#039;&#039; 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)#Generations|Triggerhappy]] from the same line, Topspin&#039;s transformation is surprisingly complex for a Deluxe figure, involving multiple swiveling sections. He&#039;s also noticeably taller and bulkier than a standard Deluxe figure, though still smaller than a Voyager Class figure.&lt;br /&gt;
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:His partner [[Freezeout (Generations)|Freezeout]] transforms into his head, plus Freezeout can either pilot Topspin&#039;s vehicle mode inside his opening cockpit compartment or sit within the combined form of his two weapons. Freezeout however, does not easily fit inside Topspin&#039;s cockpit, due to the height of the cockpit hatch. In order to fully fit Freezeout properly, one must position him with his arms up and leaning back far enough lower his head (as if he is sitting on a beach chair).&lt;br /&gt;
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:Some Autobot Topspin figures came with a misprinted collectors card calling him &amp;quot;Autbot Topspin&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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:He was later retooled into [[Twin Twist#Generations|Twin Twist]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===Legends===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-Legends-Topspin-with-Peaceman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hey [[Twin_Twist_(G1)#Legends|bro!]] Someone left this Targetmaster all alone! Can I keep him?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Targetmaster Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, [[2018]]-[[March 24|03-24]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;LG66&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Headmaster, [[Peacemaker#Legends|Peaceman]] Targetmaster&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Targetmaster Topspin&amp;quot; is a redeco of &#039;&#039;Titans Return&#039;&#039; Topspin. He is 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.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Merchandise==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Tiny Titans&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (Tiny Titans, [[2015]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2/12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:DiacloneTopspin.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bizarro Topspin #1 and #2.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:1985MuralTopspins.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bizarro Topspin #3 and #4.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*The Jumpstarters were originally &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Baku-ten (Blast-flip) Attack Robo&amp;quot; toys. The &amp;quot;Jet Type&amp;quot; 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.&lt;br /&gt;
*According to early Hasbro production materials obtained from the collection of [[Ron Friedman]], Topspin was at one point going to be the &amp;quot;red pop-up vehicle&amp;quot;. This notation presumably stems from his red-limbed &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; colors.&lt;br /&gt;
*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&#039;s light and dark blue &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; scheme or an inversion of his final blue and white scheme. The tininess of the images makes accurate color assessment difficult.&lt;br /&gt;
*The portraits of Topspin and Twin Twist on their box-back tech-specs were originally reversed, causing some children a bit of confusion. This was eventually fixed.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Character model|Animation models]] were created for both [[:File:TopspinCharDesign.jpg|Topspin]] and [[:File:TwinTwistCharacterSheet.jpg|Twin Twist]] back in the &#039;80s, but they were never animated, not even in a [[commercial]].&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Cloud&#039;&#039; Topspin is a minor &amp;quot;virtual redeco&amp;quot; of [[Topspin (FOC)|&#039;&#039;Fall of Cybertron&#039;&#039; Topspin]].&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:The monster movie game -- mechatron.png|thumb|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Topspin met [[Godzilla]]!  ...sort of.  The 1986 [[Commodore 64]] Godzilla game &#039;&#039;{{w|The Movie Monster Game}}&#039;&#039; used Topspin&#039;s likeness (adding a visor) for &#039;&#039;&#039;Mechatron&#039;&#039;&#039;, a city-destroying giant robot. The game&#039;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&#039;s likeness was only used for the game manual, Mechatron&#039;s in-game appearance utilized blobby blocks of color that do not match that design.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Foreign names===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Japanese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (トップスピン &#039;&#039;Toppusupin&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;French:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Virevolteur&#039;&#039;&#039; (Canada)&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://diaclone.net/orid/diabaku/d058.html Baku-Ten Attack Robot Jet Type at Diaclone.net]&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Topspin is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1boxart-Topspin.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Flies like a brick! A brick with wings!]]&lt;br /&gt;
Facing off against [[Decepticon]]s isn&#039;t nearly enough of a challenge for &#039;&#039;&#039;Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039;. He&#039;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 [[Wrecker]]&#039;s fuel pump really gets going. Though he loves the challenge he&#039;s not fixated on conquering new terrain, he simply enjoys pitting himself against it. As he says, &amp;quot;The thrill is in the journey.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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As [[Jumpstarter]]s, Topspin and his brother [[Twin Twist]] can transform between modes in a fraction of an instant, significantly faster than most Transformers.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sometimes he is partnered with the [[Titan Master]] [[Freezeout (Generations)|Freezeout]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Marvel Comics continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
====Marvel &#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; comics====&lt;br /&gt;
{{noteukexclusive|Topspin}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Topspin target 2006.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95]]&lt;br /&gt;
Topspin was a member of the elite Autobot force the [[Wrecker]]s. Along with his team mates 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 &#039;resident glory-hog&#039; 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]]. 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&#039; [[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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;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!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;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&#039;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&#039;s destruction had already begun. Springer tasked Topspin with going through Flame&#039;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;s scheme. Topspin joined his fellows in honoring the Wrecker&#039;s sacrifice in solemn silence. {{storylink|Meltdown!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Wreckers&#039; next mission was to deal with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Topspin attended the mission briefing and, along with his team mates, 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&#039;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&#039;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&#039; mercies, and instead pursued him, allowing Galvatron to escape them. The Wreckers&#039; mission ended as a total failure, and they returned to Cybertron to plan anew. {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;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&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;t hear it, as he and Twin Twist were eager for some action. The group soon picked up [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]]&#039;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Autobots continued their trek for days until they found the Decepticons&#039; 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]]&#039;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!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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]]&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Wreckers loose ends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He&#039;s that one... Yeah, that guy with the label &amp;quot;Topspin&amp;quot; next to him...]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After the Wreckers escaped the ship using its escape pods, they regrouped to try to think of a plan. Broadside and Topsin were both left injured, and, in Broadside&#039;s case, seeing double. When Rack &#039;n&#039; 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&#039;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 &#039;n&#039; 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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;s defenses from the air along with Broadside. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} Once they were through the Ark&#039;s outer defenses, he helped the Wreckers battle [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] units while Circuit Smasher disarmed Auntie. {{Storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039; civil disobedience stepped up to outright insurrection, however, Topspin and the Wreckers raided Soundwave&#039;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]]&#039;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]]&#039;s arrival in the stolen Ark led to a successful mission. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;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 (G1)|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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;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&#039;s]] or [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger&#039;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&#039;s unclear if Topspin survived, but he didn&#039;t really do anything else regardless. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Topspin was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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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.&lt;br /&gt;
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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.&lt;br /&gt;
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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!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Topspin was on the battlefield alongside Optimus Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], surrounded by Decepticons.  {{storylink|The Power Struggle}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039; forces. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In the [[Dark Ages]], Topspin split off from the Autobots with his fellow Wreckers to act as an independent faction. Under [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]&#039;s command, they frequently clashed with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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 &#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;s new ruler, Shockwave, had their race&#039;s best interests at heart. {{storylink|Brothers&#039; 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&#039;s command after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]&#039;s deposing, and later attended a meeting where the Autobots&#039; forces were divided up to better defend their planet against future threats. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Jumpstarters have a [[branched spark]]: a rare condition that means the two of them can share each other&#039;s pain and feelings, and sometimes perceive each other&#039;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 &#039;other half&#039; was running around chasing down [[Squadron X]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Animals-RadarGatoraider.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|Don&#039;t mind me, guys, I&#039;m just passing through!]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;s spine and ate it while high on [[Syk]]—leaving Krok as the only survivor. {{Storylink|Animals}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Roadbustertotherescue.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Topspin is the one on the right with the distractingly Photoshopped-in Autobot insignia.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039; PR campaign to the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. (&amp;quot;Leave it to the &#039;&#039;professionals&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;.) {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] managed to remotely override Thunderwing&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After a battle with the Decepticons, Topspin was taken prisoner by [[Turmoil]] alongside several other Autobots. [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] and Springer sprung them from the detention block on Turmoil&#039;s cruiser, but the Wreckers apparently went their separate ways after this mission. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers1-Jumpstarters &#039;explain&#039;.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Topspin&#039;s favorite song is &amp;quot;Ain&#039;t No Mountain High Enough&amp;quot;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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 &amp;quot;[[Fisitron (G1)|Fisitron]]&amp;quot;, the [[fandom|historian]] behind the &#039;&#039;[[Wreckers: Declassified]]&#039;&#039; 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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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 (Masterforce)|Overlord]], rescue the Autobot prisoners there and find [[Aequitas]]. Topspin was teamed with [[Perceptor (G1)/IDW Generation 1 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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:LSOTW3 TopspinexplainstoPyro.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|&amp;quot;If you die, Twin Twist dies, and the Dragon Balls will turn to stone!!&amp;quot;{{-}}&amp;quot;Uh...sure, Pyro.  Sure.&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;s death. Annoyed, Topspin slammed Ironfist against a wall and questioned why someone like him was even part of the Wreckers: they certainly hadn&#039;t voted him in. He went to tell the fanboy &amp;quot;People die in stupid, pointless ways. Deal with it.&amp;quot;, 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&#039;t been too fond of, but respected anyway because he had been a Wrecker. After Perceptor opened Aequitas&#039;s chamber, Topspin helped carry the comatose [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Fortress Maximus]] inside. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4- JumpstartersEnd.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|&amp;quot;Oh my [[Primus|God]], we killed Kenny.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;We killed Kenny&#039;&#039;?!&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;quot;We killed Kenny. We&#039;re bastards.&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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 &amp;quot;Wreck and rule!&amp;quot; as he let it take his spark. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After the liberation of G-9, Topspin&#039;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 &#039;&#039;[[Debris]]&#039;&#039;, the Wreckers&#039; headquarters. {{storylink|Zero Point}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Cloud&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Cloud Topspin.jpg|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Metamorphosis (Cloud)|Metamorphosis}} {{storylink|Overwhelm}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Legends&#039;&#039; comic===&lt;br /&gt;
In the late 1980s, the Topspin and Twin Twist 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 &#039;&#039;[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]&#039;&#039;. 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&#039;s finishing blow. That didn&#039;t stop them from losing the Super Cog to [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]], but the other Autobots were able to end his threat. {{Storylink|Slugslinger&#039;s Ambition}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In [[2004]], Topspin was a founding member of the new Wreckers unit. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 7|Bonus Edition Vol. 7}} Their team continued to [[2005]] and beyond. He was present when his teammates raised concern about [[Springer (G1)|their commander]]&#039;s increasing girth in in the [[2030]]s. {{Storylink|LG19 Sprung Prologue}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers vs. G.I. Joe&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Games==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Transformers Legends&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Generation 1===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1TopspinToy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Flip, Jump, and... yeah, that&#039;s it]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (Jumpstarter, [[1985]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: &amp;quot;Particle Beam Rifle&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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: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]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:Early versions of Topspin contain the letters &amp;quot;D.A.R.&amp;quot; on the wings. These are a holdover from the original pre-&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; release, and evidently stand for &amp;quot;Diaclone Attack Robo&amp;quot;. 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.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was used to make [[Salt-Man X]] and [[Robot-Man X]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Topspin/topspin.htm More information on Topspin at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformers-universe.com/include.php?path=content/ToyDB_Info.php&amp;amp;Toy_ID=1039&amp;amp;Sprache=0 More information on Topspin at Transformers-Universe.com]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Kre-O===&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kreon Class of &#039;85&#039;&#039;&#039; (Kreon figure set, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;B5152&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Voted&#039;&#039;: Most Likely to Make Like a Tree And Get Out of Here&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Small pistol&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;[[Kre-O]]&#039;&#039; Topspin is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier &amp;quot;peg-in-peg&amp;quot; torso/waist connection. He uses the new-for-that-year maskless version of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Optimus Prime]] helmet.&lt;br /&gt;
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: He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] &amp;quot;[[Kreon Class of &#039;85]]&amp;quot; 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Generations===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TitansReturntoy-TopspinFreezeout.jpg|thumb|300px|You actually have to spend time with me.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Freezeout &amp;amp; Autobot Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, [[2017]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: [[Freezeout (Generations)#Generations|Freezeout]] Titan Master, blaster&lt;br /&gt;
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:&amp;quot;Autobot Topspin&amp;quot; is part of the fourth wave of &#039;&#039;[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]&#039;&#039; 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)#Generations|Triggerhappy]] from the same line, Topspin&#039;s transformation is surprisingly complex for a Deluxe figure, involving multiple swiveling sections. He&#039;s also noticeably taller and bulkier than a standard Deluxe figure, though still smaller than a Voyager Class figure.&lt;br /&gt;
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:His partner [[Freezeout (Generations)|Freezeout]] transforms into his head, plus Freezeout can either pilot Topspin&#039;s vehicle mode inside his opening cockpit compartment or sit within the combined form of his two weapons. Freezeout however, does not easily fit inside Topspin&#039;s cockpit, due to the height of the cockpit hatch. In order to fully fit Freezeout properly, one must position him with his arms up and leaning back far enough lower his head (as if he is sitting on a beach chair).&lt;br /&gt;
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:Some Autobot Topspin figures came with a misprinted collectors card calling him &amp;quot;Autbot Topspin&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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:He was later retooled into [[Twin Twist#Generations|Twin Twist]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===Legends===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-Legends-Topspin-with-Peaceman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hey [[Twin_Twist_(G1)#Legends|bro!]] Someone left this Targetmaster all alone! Can I keep him?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Targetmaster Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, [[2018]]-[[March 24|03-24]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;LG66&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Headmaster, [[Peacemaker#Legends|Peaceman]] Targetmaster&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Targetmaster Topspin&amp;quot; is a redeco of &#039;&#039;Titans Return&#039;&#039; Topspin. He is 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.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Merchandise==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:topspin2.jpg]]===&#039;&#039;Tiny Titans&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (Tiny Titans, [[2015]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2/12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:DiacloneTopspin.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bizarro Topspin #1 and #2.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:1985MuralTopspins.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bizarro Topspin #3 and #4.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*The Jumpstarters were originally &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Baku-ten (Blast-flip) Attack Robo&amp;quot; toys. The &amp;quot;Jet Type&amp;quot; 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.&lt;br /&gt;
*According to early Hasbro production materials obtained from the collection of [[Ron Friedman]], Topspin was at one point going to be the &amp;quot;red pop-up vehicle&amp;quot;. This notation presumably stems from his red-limbed &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; colors.&lt;br /&gt;
*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&#039;s light and dark blue &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; scheme or an inversion of his final blue and white scheme. The tininess of the images makes accurate color assessment difficult.&lt;br /&gt;
*The portraits of Topspin and Twin Twist on their box-back tech-specs were originally reversed, causing some children a bit of confusion. This was eventually fixed.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Character model|Animation models]] were created for both [[:File:TopspinCharDesign.jpg|Topspin]] and [[:File:TwinTwistCharacterSheet.jpg|Twin Twist]] back in the &#039;80s, but they were never animated, not even in a [[commercial]].&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Cloud&#039;&#039; Topspin is a minor &amp;quot;virtual redeco&amp;quot; of [[Topspin (FOC)|&#039;&#039;Fall of Cybertron&#039;&#039; Topspin]].&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:The monster movie game -- mechatron.png|thumb|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Topspin met [[Godzilla]]!  ...sort of.  The 1986 [[Commodore 64]] Godzilla game &#039;&#039;{{w|The Movie Monster Game}}&#039;&#039; used Topspin&#039;s likeness (adding a visor) for &#039;&#039;&#039;Mechatron&#039;&#039;&#039;, a city-destroying giant robot. The game&#039;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&#039;s likeness was only used for the game manual, Mechatron&#039;s in-game appearance utilized blobby blocks of color that do not match that design.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Foreign names===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Japanese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (トップスピン &#039;&#039;Toppusupin&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;French:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Virevolteur&#039;&#039;&#039; (Canada)&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://diaclone.net/orid/diabaku/d058.html Baku-Ten Attack Robot Jet Type at Diaclone.net]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Topspin (G1)</title>
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{{disambig3|Topspin}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Topspin is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1boxart-Topspin.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Flies like a brick! A brick with wings!]]&lt;br /&gt;
Facing off against [[Decepticon]]s isn&#039;t nearly enough of a challenge for &#039;&#039;&#039;Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039;. He&#039;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 [[Wrecker]]&#039;s fuel pump really gets going. Though he loves the challenge he&#039;s not fixated on conquering new terrain, he simply enjoys pitting himself against it. As he says, &amp;quot;The thrill is in the journey.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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As [[Jumpstarter]]s, Topspin and his brother [[Twin Twist]] can transform between modes in a fraction of an instant, significantly faster than most Transformers.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sometimes he is partnered with the [[Titan Master]] [[Freezeout (Generations)|Freezeout]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Marvel Comics continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
====Marvel &#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; comics====&lt;br /&gt;
{{noteukexclusive|Topspin}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Topspin target 2006.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95]]&lt;br /&gt;
Topspin was a member of the elite Autobot force the [[Wrecker]]s. Along with his team mates 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 &#039;resident glory-hog&#039; 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]]. 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&#039; [[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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Technician wreckers legion of the lost.jpg|thumb|upright=2]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Wreckers magnus meltdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.9]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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&#039;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&#039;s destruction had already begun. Springer tasked Topspin with going through Flame&#039;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;s scheme. Topspin joined his fellows in honoring the Wrecker&#039;s sacrifice in solemn silence. {{storylink|Meltdown!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:WreckingHavoc-yourfoe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Topspin was in the top two or three in his class...]]&lt;br /&gt;
The Wreckers&#039; next mission was to deal with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Topspin attended the mission briefing and, along with his team mates, 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&#039;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&#039;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&#039; mercies, and instead pursued him, allowing Galvatron to escape them. The Wreckers&#039; mission ended as a total failure, and they returned to Cybertron to plan anew. {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:TimeWars TopspinTerminated.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|Blah blah [[Titan Master]] joke blah.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=====Transformers Annual 1986=====&lt;br /&gt;
{{note|Due to being published early in the franchise, this story is out of continuity with the above.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;t hear it, as he and Twin Twist were eager for some action. The group soon picked up [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]]&#039;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Autobots continued their trek for days until they found the Decepticons&#039; 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]]&#039;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!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Rodimus technobots wreckers peace.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]&lt;br /&gt;
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]]&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====&#039;&#039;Regeneration One&#039;&#039;====&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Wreckers loose ends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He&#039;s that one... Yeah, that guy with the label &amp;quot;Topspin&amp;quot; next to him...]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After the Wreckers escaped the ship using its escape pods, they regrouped to try to think of a plan. Broadside and Topsin were both left injured, and, in Broadside&#039;s case, seeing double. When Rack &#039;n&#039; 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&#039;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 &#039;n&#039; 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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Circuit smasher topspin roadbuster battlesuits rg1 loose ends 4.jpg|thumb|left]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;s defenses from the air along with Broadside. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} Once they were through the Ark&#039;s outer defenses, he helped the Wreckers battle [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] units while Circuit Smasher disarmed Auntie. {{Storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Topspin whirl destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]&lt;br /&gt;
Topspin was out of action for a time after returning to Cybertron, presumably to finish treatment of his injuries. When the Neo-Decepticons&#039; civil disobedience stepped up to outright insurrection, however, Topspin and the Wreckers raided Soundwave&#039;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]]&#039;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]]&#039;s arrival in the stolen Ark led to a successful mission. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;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 (G1)|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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Find Your Fate Junior&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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====Dinobots Strike Back====&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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&#039;s]] or [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger&#039;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&#039;s unclear if Topspin survived, but he didn&#039;t really do anything else regardless. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====Autobot Alert!====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:AutobotAlertTopspin&amp;amp;Seaspray.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]&lt;br /&gt;
Topspin was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.&lt;br /&gt;
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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&#039;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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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.&lt;br /&gt;
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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.&lt;br /&gt;
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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!}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Frito-Lay posters===&lt;br /&gt;
Topspin was on the battlefield alongside Optimus Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], surrounded by Decepticons.  {{storylink|The Power Struggle}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Dreamwave &#039;&#039;Generation One&#039;&#039; continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:DarkAges2 JumpstartersattackDevastator.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039; forces. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In the [[Dark Ages]], Topspin split off from the Autobots with his fellow Wreckers to act as an independent faction. Under [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]&#039;s command, they frequently clashed with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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 &#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:WarandPeace2 Jumpstartersgripe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;s new ruler, Shockwave, had their race&#039;s best interests at heart. {{storylink|Brothers&#039; 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&#039;s command after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]&#039;s deposing, and later attended a meeting where the Autobots&#039; forces were divided up to better defend their planet against future threats. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===&lt;br /&gt;
The Jumpstarters have a [[branched spark]]: a rare condition that means the two of them can share each other&#039;s pain and feelings, and sometimes perceive each other&#039;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 &#039;other half&#039; was running around chasing down [[Squadron X]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Animals-RadarGatoraider.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|Don&#039;t mind me, guys, I&#039;m just passing through!]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;s spine and ate it while high on [[Syk]]—leaving Krok as the only survivor. {{Storylink|Animals}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Roadbustertotherescue.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Topspin is the one on the right with the distractingly Photoshopped-in Autobot insignia.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039; PR campaign to the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. (&amp;quot;Leave it to the &#039;&#039;professionals&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;.) {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] managed to remotely override Thunderwing&#039;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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After a battle with the Decepticons, Topspin was taken prisoner by [[Turmoil]] alongside several other Autobots. [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] and Springer sprung them from the detention block on Turmoil&#039;s cruiser, but the Wreckers apparently went their separate ways after this mission. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers1-Jumpstarters &#039;explain&#039;.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Topspin&#039;s favorite song is &amp;quot;Ain&#039;t No Mountain High Enough&amp;quot;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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 &amp;quot;[[Fisitron (G1)|Fisitron]]&amp;quot;, the [[fandom|historian]] behind the &#039;&#039;[[Wreckers: Declassified]]&#039;&#039; 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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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 (Masterforce)|Overlord]], rescue the Autobot prisoners there and find [[Aequitas]]. Topspin was teamed with [[Perceptor (G1)/IDW Generation 1 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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:LSOTW3 TopspinexplainstoPyro.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|&amp;quot;If you die, Twin Twist dies, and the Dragon Balls will turn to stone!!&amp;quot;{{-}}&amp;quot;Uh...sure, Pyro.  Sure.&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;s death. Annoyed, Topspin slammed Ironfist against a wall and questioned why someone like him was even part of the Wreckers: they certainly hadn&#039;t voted him in. He went to tell the fanboy &amp;quot;People die in stupid, pointless ways. Deal with it.&amp;quot;, 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&#039;t been too fond of, but respected anyway because he had been a Wrecker. After Perceptor opened Aequitas&#039;s chamber, Topspin helped carry the comatose [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Fortress Maximus]] inside. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4- JumpstartersEnd.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|&amp;quot;Oh my [[Primus|God]], we killed Kenny.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;We killed Kenny&#039;&#039;?!&amp;quot; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;quot;We killed Kenny. We&#039;re bastards.&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;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 &amp;quot;Wreck and rule!&amp;quot; as he let it take his spark. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After the liberation of G-9, Topspin&#039;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 &#039;&#039;[[Debris]]&#039;&#039;, the Wreckers&#039; headquarters. {{storylink|Zero Point}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Cloud&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Cloud Topspin.jpg|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Legends&#039;&#039; comic===&lt;br /&gt;
In the late 1980s, the Topspin and Twin Twist 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 &#039;&#039;[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]&#039;&#039;. 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&#039;s finishing blow. That didn&#039;t stop them from losing the Super Cog to [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]], but the other Autobots were able to end his threat. {{Storylink|Slugslinger&#039;s Ambition}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In [[2004]], Topspin was a founding member of the new Wreckers unit. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 7|Bonus Edition Vol. 7}} Their team continued to [[2005]] and beyond. He was present when his teammates raised concern about [[Springer (G1)|their commander]]&#039;s increasing girth in in the [[2030]]s. {{Storylink|LG19 Sprung Prologue}}&lt;br /&gt;
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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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Games==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Transformers Legends&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Generation 1===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:G1TopspinToy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Flip, Jump, and... yeah, that&#039;s it]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (Jumpstarter, [[1985]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: &amp;quot;Particle Beam Rifle&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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: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]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:Early versions of Topspin contain the letters &amp;quot;D.A.R.&amp;quot; on the wings. These are a holdover from the original pre-&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; release, and evidently stand for &amp;quot;Diaclone Attack Robo&amp;quot;. 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.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This mold was used to make [[Salt-Man X]] and [[Robot-Man X]].&lt;br /&gt;
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::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Topspin/topspin.htm More information on Topspin at TFU.info]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
::*&#039;&#039;[http://www.transformers-universe.com/include.php?path=content/ToyDB_Info.php&amp;amp;Toy_ID=1039&amp;amp;Sprache=0 More information on Topspin at Transformers-Universe.com]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Kre-O===&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Kreon Class of &#039;85&#039;&#039;&#039; (Kreon figure set, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Set number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;B5152&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Voted&#039;&#039;: Most Likely to Make Like a Tree And Get Out of Here&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Small pistol&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;[[Kre-O]]&#039;&#039; Topspin is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier &amp;quot;peg-in-peg&amp;quot; torso/waist connection. He uses the new-for-that-year maskless version of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Optimus Prime]] helmet.&lt;br /&gt;
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: He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] &amp;quot;[[Kreon Class of &#039;85]]&amp;quot; 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Generations===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TitansReturntoy-TopspinFreezeout.jpg|thumb|300px|You actually have to spend time with me.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Freezeout &amp;amp; Autobot Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, [[2017]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: [[Freezeout (Generations)#Generations|Freezeout]] Titan Master, blaster&lt;br /&gt;
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:&amp;quot;Autobot Topspin&amp;quot; is part of the fourth wave of &#039;&#039;[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]&#039;&#039; 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)#Generations|Triggerhappy]] from the same line, Topspin&#039;s transformation is surprisingly complex for a Deluxe figure, involving multiple swiveling sections. He&#039;s also noticeably taller and bulkier than a standard Deluxe figure, though still smaller than a Voyager Class figure.&lt;br /&gt;
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:His partner [[Freezeout (Generations)|Freezeout]] transforms into his head, plus Freezeout can either pilot Topspin&#039;s vehicle mode inside his opening cockpit compartment or sit within the combined form of his two weapons. Freezeout however, does not easily fit inside Topspin&#039;s cockpit, due to the height of the cockpit hatch. In order to fully fit Freezeout properly, one must position him with his arms up and leaning back far enough lower his head (as if he is sitting on a beach chair).&lt;br /&gt;
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:Some Autobot Topspin figures came with a misprinted collectors card calling him &amp;quot;Autbot Topspin&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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:He was later retooled into [[Twin Twist#Generations|Twin Twist]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===Legends===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:TF-Legends-Topspin-with-Peaceman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hey [[Twin_Twist_(G1)#Legends|bro!]] Someone left this Targetmaster all alone! Can I keep him?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Targetmaster Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (Deluxe Class, [[2018]]-[[March 24|03-24]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;LG66&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories&#039;&#039;: Headmaster, [[Peacemaker#Legends|Peaceman]] Targetmaster&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Targetmaster Topspin&amp;quot; is a redeco of &#039;&#039;Titans Return&#039;&#039; Topspin. He is 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.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Merchandise==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Tiny Titans&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (Tiny Titans, [[2015]])&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Series&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Number&#039;&#039;: &#039;&#039;&#039;2/12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:DiacloneTopspin.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bizarro Topspin #1 and #2.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:1985MuralTopspins.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bizarro Topspin #3 and #4.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*The Jumpstarters were originally &#039;&#039;[[Diaclone]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Baku-ten (Blast-flip) Attack Robo&amp;quot; toys. The &amp;quot;Jet Type&amp;quot; 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.&lt;br /&gt;
*According to early Hasbro production materials obtained from the collection of [[Ron Friedman]], Topspin was at one point going to be the &amp;quot;red pop-up vehicle&amp;quot;. This notation presumably stems from his red-limbed &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; colors.&lt;br /&gt;
*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&#039;s light and dark blue &#039;&#039;Diaclone&#039;&#039; scheme or an inversion of his final blue and white scheme. The tininess of the images makes accurate color assessment difficult.&lt;br /&gt;
*The portraits of Topspin and Twin Twist on their box-back tech-specs were originally reversed, causing some children a bit of confusion. This was eventually fixed.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Character model|Animation models]] were created for both [[:File:TopspinCharDesign.jpg|Topspin]] and [[:File:TwinTwistCharacterSheet.jpg|Twin Twist]] back in the &#039;80s, but they were never animated, not even in a [[commercial]].&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Cloud&#039;&#039; Topspin is a minor &amp;quot;virtual redeco&amp;quot; of [[Topspin (FOC)|&#039;&#039;Fall of Cybertron&#039;&#039; Topspin]].&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:The monster movie game -- mechatron.png|thumb|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Topspin met [[Godzilla]]!  ...sort of.  The 1986 [[Commodore 64]] Godzilla game &#039;&#039;{{w|The Movie Monster Game}}&#039;&#039; used Topspin&#039;s likeness (adding a visor) for &#039;&#039;&#039;Mechatron&#039;&#039;&#039;, a city-destroying giant robot. The game&#039;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&#039;s likeness was only used for the game manual, Mechatron&#039;s in-game appearance utilized blobby blocks of color that do not match that design.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Foreign names===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Japanese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Topspin&#039;&#039;&#039; (トップスピン &#039;&#039;Toppusupin&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;French:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Virevolteur&#039;&#039;&#039; (Canada)&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://diaclone.net/orid/diabaku/d058.html Baku-Ten Attack Robot Jet Type at Diaclone.net]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Stars</name></author>
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