Swerve (Prime)

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Swerve is an Autobot from the Prime portion of the Aligned continuity family.
This probably doesn't bode well for his bartending aspirations....

Swerve (スワーブ Suwābu) tends to get lost in his own thoughts a lot. Which is pretty dangerous when he's driving through traffic. An incredibly intelligent geologist, he's vital to the Autobots' mission on Earth, scouting out energon deposits and other resources with the sensors in his arms. He tends to work alone, simply sending reports back to base as he roams the planet.

Well, mostly alone. Swerve long ago discovered the secret of the Arms Microns, but promised the diminutive robots that he would keep their existence a secret. As such, he's always got company in the form of his own Arms Micron partner Sou.<ref>Prime Swerve bio</ref>

Fiction

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2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

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Following the restoration of Cybertron from the Great War, Swerve was one of the many Autobots blacklisted by the new High Council for being a supporter of Optimus Prime. Enemy of My Enemy

Toys

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Prime

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Was this what Swerve was talking about when he mentioned going on a "Prime Quest"?
  • Autobot Swerve (Voyager Class, 2012)
  • ID number AM-17
  • Release date: August 25, 2012
  • Accessories: "Sou" Arms Micron
Part of the sixth wave of TakaraTomy Prime toys, Swerve is a redeco and new-head retooling of Voyager Class War Breakdown, transforming into an armored truck of probably-made-up model. He lacks many normal paint operations, leaving much of his detail to customer-applied stickers. Swerve has a single C joint bar at the rear of the truck, and features an incredible number of 5mm post-holes to attach Arms Microns to.
As part of the line-wide Arms Micron gimmick, he comes with his packed-in partner, Sou, who transforms from a humanoid robot into a circular saw weapon, and also has numerous 5mm posts and holes.
This mold was also differently redecoed/retooled into Silas Breakdown, which was further retooled to make Timelines Megatron.


Notes

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  • Swerve's new head sculpt had been seen prior to his toy's release... but on a completely different toy. The instructions for Prime: Robots in Disguise Deluxe Class Ratchet show a non-Ratchet head sculpt that looks a lot like Swerve's.
    • Apparently, the headsulpt was meant for a (never released) Prime version of the Generation 1 Minibot Gears... who was later retooled to make Generation 1 Swerve. Eh? Eh? See what they did there?
    • Correlating with these similarities, Swerve is depicted in a body heavily inspired by his Generation 1 counterpart in Robots in Disguise.

Arms Up Modes

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  • Blitz Mode (ブリッツモード Burittsu Mōdo)
    • Arms Microns: B.2, C.L., Sou
Seen on his box-back photo, this mode is simply Swerve holding the Eclipse Barrett Combo Weapon... really, TakaraTomy? Are you even trying to sell your own gimmick?

References

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