Trithyllium
Trithyllium is a metal used to construct some of the toughest Transformer bodies and weapons. It is often a dark steel color.
Fiction
[edit]Generation 1 character bios
[edit]Several of Ironhide's bodies were created with trithyllium as a defining component.[1]
Sundor's blasters could produce enough heat to melt even trithyllium.[2]
The Transformers Trilogy
[edit]Sentinel Prime's armor was made of trithyllium alloy impregnated with irradiated carbon fibers. Hardwired
Dreamwave Armada comic
[edit]Overload was capable of generating the concussive force needed to penetrate up to two feet of trithyllium.[3]
3H and Fun Publications comics
[edit]Sentinel Maximus had trithyllium-steel armor. Sentinel Maximus's profile in Club magazine #7
Movie character bios
[edit]Ironhide had a body made strong by the addition of trithyllium.[4]
2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity
[edit]In addition to his standard Maximal Security Force blaster, Tigatron carried a Trithyllium blade for close combat. BotCon 2016 Tigatron profile card
Toys
[edit]Dark of the Moon
[edit]Several TakaraTomy promotional MechTech weapons and other "prize" toys were identified as "Trithyllium" versions, all of which were plated in gunmetal chrome. They included:
- Trithyllium null ray sword, a redeco of Starscream's weapon
- Trithyllium plasma blaster, a redeco of Bumblebee's weapon
- Trithyllium triple wrecking claw, a redeco of Barricade's weapon
Notes
[edit]Foreign names
[edit]- Japanese: Trithyllium (トリサイリウム torisairiumu)
References
[edit]- ↑ Ironhide's original toy bio, his Timelines toy bio & Ironhide Protect Black's bio.
- ↑ Sundor's toy bio
- ↑ Armada: More Than Meets The Eye
- ↑ Ironhide's pre-movie profile
