Editing Slash (AOE)

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:''Slash is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:AOE velociraptor concept.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Somehow more scientifically progressive than a 2015 movie, despite being a ''giant robot''.]]
'''Slash''' is surprisingly sneaky for a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]. Skilled in the arts of stealth and tracking, he can cut down his target without getting detected or hunt down his next victim with ease. Equipped with cyber scythes in robot mode and claws as a ''Velociraptor'', Slash can fight his way out of a bad situation if things go south.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/characters.cfm?bot=Dinobot_Slash Dinobot Slash bio at Hasbro.com]</ref>

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride a Dinobot!'' comic===
Slash and the other Dinobots were happily frolicking in a [[China|Chinese]] forest when five [[Autobot]]s arrived. One of them, [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], attempted to ride Slash, but the Dinobot immediately sent him flying. [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] then tried to win the Dinobots' favor with a snack of nuts and bolts, which Slash and his allies quickly wolfed down. When [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] caught the scent of [[Decepticon]]s, Slash allowed Hound to ride him into battle to a war-torn city. {{Storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
[[File:Onestepchangerslash.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Note: Guitar not included.]]
*'''Dinobot Slash''' (One-Step Changer, 2014) 
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA08'''
:Slash transforms from robot to mechanical ''Velociraptor'' in a single step. This is achieved using [[autotransformation]], triggered by folding his robot arms/dinosaur legs. Slash shares his engineering with One-Step Changer [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]], but the two are otherwise different molds.

:The Japanese release of Slash features extensive silver paint, rendering his ''Velociraptor'' mode mostly silver, and has red dino eyes. 

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/OSCSlash/slash.htm More information on One-Step Changers Slash at TFU.info]''
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[[File:AoeGenerationsDeluxeSlash.jpg|right|300px|thumb|For a Dinobot who got cut from the film, I sure seem to have a lot of merchandise, don't I?]]
*'''Dinobot Slash''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Two cyber scythes 
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD25'''
:Slash transforms from a robot to a mechanical ''Velociraptor''. The feather-spikes on his beast mode arms remove in robot mode to become his cyber scythe weapons, which he can hold via [[5mm post]]s which plug into his robot mode hands.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Slash/slash.htm More information on Deluxe Slash at TFU.info]''
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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:ConstructBots Dinobot Slash.jpg|right|300px|thumb|“Alas, poor [[Snarl (AOE)|Snarl]]! I knew him, [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]].” ]]
* '''Dinobot Slash''' (Dinobot, 2014)
: Slash is part of the second wave of Dinobots and transforms from a blue ''Velociraptor'' into a robot. In dinosaur mode, Slash is the right size to be ridden by the smaller 'Dinobot Rider' toys in this line. Like all Construct-Bots Dinobots, Slash features a gear-driven gimmick. Spinning the gear on Slash's back causes his dino-mode claws to slash up and down in a back-scratching manner.

:His nominal Dinobot Rider counterpart is [[Hound (Movie)#Construct-Bots|Hound]].

:Unlike the other Movie Dinobots who have a corresponding ''Construct-Bots'' counterpart, Slash's head sculpt is entirely different from his ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)#Generations (Series M4)|Age of Extinction Generations]]'' release. Interestingly, the ''Construct-Bots'' version has a head that is very reminiscent of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/CBSlash/slash.htm More information on ''Construct-Bots'' Slash at TFU.info]''

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===Kre-O===
:*''See: '''[[Slash (Kre-O)]]'''''

==Notes==
*''Velociraptor'' Dinobots were at one stage planned to appear in the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|''Age of Extinction'' film]], with concept art depicting a large number of them charging into [[Hong Kong]] alongside [[Scorn (AOE)|Scorn]].<ref>[https://studiomadeinpb.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/transformers-4-a-era-da-extincao-conheca-as-artes-conceituais-de-wesley-burt-para-o-filme/ Transformers: Age of Extinction concept art by Wesley Burt]</ref> Multiple colorations of these are known; one which was silver and gray, one which was blue and brown, one which was brown and gray. Slash's toy design is based on these pieces of concept artwork; while the deco seems closest to the blue-ish version, though the toy's beast mode eyes are red instead of green, and the brown has also been replaced by green.
**Additionally, one piece of concept art portrays the proto-Slash with ''[https://studiomadeinpb.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/transformers-4-age-of-extinction-by-wesley-burt-38.jpg?w=1000&h= buzzsaws]'' on his legs!
*[[How to Ride a Dinobot!|Some tie-in materials]] released seem to indicate that ''had'' Slash appeared in the movie, he would have been paired up with [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], the only Autobot in the finished movie who didn't have his own Dinobot partner.
*Slash also has the distinction of being the only Dinobot that did not appear in the film to recieve a Construct-Bots and recognizable Kre-O figure on top of a Generations release; this, along with his appearances in some promotional material and multiple pieces of concept art, might indicate that he was scrapped later on in production than [[Slog (AOE)|Slog]] or Snarl were.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese'': '''Slash''' (スラッシュ ''Surasshu'')
*''French'': '''Sabrer'''
==References==
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[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Knights]]