Hoverboard

Oh my god, these were so cool.

A hoverboard is a piece of equipment that the user stands on in order to travel around by hovering above the ground.

Fiction

Generation 1

The Transformers cartoon

They recalled all of them because some kid in Florida broke his neck or something.

While fishing with Hot Rod, Daniel Witwicky picked up the signal of an Autobot shuttle on his hand-held scanner. He excitedly raced off on his hoverboard to watch it land. He soon lost control and crashed on some rocks. Fortunately, Hot Rod was there to catch him. Hot Rod transformed and "Danno" rode the rest of the way in style. The Transformers: The Movie

Wings Universe

Wings Universe is based on the Generation 1 cartoon, but deviates from it in cosmetic ways and continuity points.

Apelinq frequently uses his Transfer Interlink to create his hoverboard. Apelinq's tech specs Primal Prime also has a hoverboard of his own. Apelinq's personal logs

Marvel The Transformers comics

Triggerhappy once fell off a hoverboard and hit his head while practicing with a proton machine gun in Decepticon boot camp. The accident led to the deaths of a half dozen teachers and possible brain damage on Triggerhappy's part. Triggerhappy's Universe profile

The New Battle!!

Electro saved Junpei from a Decepticon attack at the Self Defense-Force by giving him a hoverboard. The New Battle!!

United

Optimus Primal had a hoverboard. United Optimus Primal toy bio

2005 IDW continuity

I brought mine for show and tell. But the teacher took it.

Inspired by a human film, Tailgate purchased a hoverboard in Fortuna, capital city of the planet Scarvix and proceeded to ride it around in the corridors of the Lost Light. Ten later constructed a working replica of it. Our Steps Will Always Rhyme

Beast Wars

Beast Wars cartoon

I totally have one, but it's down at my grandma's house.

Optimus Primal's Transmetal form has a built-in hoverboard that he uses for transportation.

3H comics

My dad got it for me on a trip to Japan. They still have them there.

Apelinq downloads his hoverboard from his Transfer Interlink. The Wreckers

Aligned continuity

Rescue Bots cartoon

Cody Burns's ComTab has a hoverboard mode. You've Been Squilshed

Evan and Myles have a matching pair of hoverboards which they use for quick getaways. Bots and Robbers

TransTech

Ask Vector Prime

The Vector Prime of Axiom Nexus was dispatched to Nebulos to monitor Primax 984.0 Gamma while undercover as a hoverboard factory. Ask Vector Prime

Toys

Rescue Bots

• Heatwave the Fire-Bot and Cody Burns (two-pack, 2014)

This two-pack contains a toy of Cody Burns wearing his superhero costume from "Rescue Boy" and his hoverboard. The hoverboard is a separate accessory that pegs into Cody's foot, and is compatible with pegholes in the feet of the line's other human figures (and Trex).

Titans Return

Eat my shorts!

• Optimus Prime & Shreddicus Maximus (Leader Class, 2017)
  • Accessories: Hoverboard

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The Primitive Skateboarding Optimus Prime set comes with a hoverboard modeled after Daniel Witwicky's board from The Transformers: The Movie. The board has 2 pegs to accommodate a Titan Master or a Prime Master. More specifically: the board is meant for “Shreddicus Maximus”, the Titan Master included in the set.

Shreddicus Maximus and his hoverboard were only available in an SDCC 2017 exclusive set with Optimus Prime.

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Hoverboard (ホバーボード Hobābōdo)