Editing Steelbane

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:''Steelbane is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Guardian Knight|Knight]] from [[Transformers: The Last Knight (franchise)|The Last Knight]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TLK Steelbane concept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"Growls" BANEEEEEE!!!]]

'''Steelbane''' is one of the mythic [[Guardian Knight]]s and a sworn defender of the [[Staff of Merlin]].

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==Fiction==
===''The Last Knight'' film===
{{note|At least two separate Guardian Knights use the Steelbane design; with none of them named on-screen, it is impossible to know which, if any, is ''the'' Steelbane.}}
[[File:TLK-KnightBeatdownSteelbane.jpg|left|thumb|300px|If I pull that off, will you die?]]
[[File:TLK-Knightstogether.jpg|left|thumb|300px|A lot of loyalty for a hired sword!]]
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}}}

==Toys==
===The Last Knight===
[[File:TLKDeluxeSteelbane.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Titanium Megatron hast loose joints? Yond's cute."]]
*'''Steelbane''' (Deluxe Class, 2017)
**''Japanese Release Date'': 2017-[[July 15|07-15]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TLK-11'''
**''Accessories'': Sword

:Released as part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers:_The_Last_Knight_(toyline)#Deluxe_Class|The Last Knight]]'' Deluxe Class figures, Steelbane transforms from a robot clad in medieval armor into a dragon. He is armed with a sword, which can be stored on the figure's back in dragon mode, or on either thigh in robot mode. Due to his transformation scheme, Steelbane's robot mode feet end up sticking out of his tail and his dragon mode neck.

:Unfortunately, Steelbane suffers from loose ball joints, which prevent his dragon mode from staying together.  Additionally, the figure's larger wings are molded in a softer plastic, and are prone to being warped straight out of the package.

:He was also retooled into [[Skullitron#The Last Knight|Skullitron]].

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[[File:TLK-toy TTC-Steelbane.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Oy! Ten thousand years will give you ''such'' a crick in the neck!]]
*'''Optimus Prime / Steelbane / Bumblebee''' (Tiny Turbo Changer 3-Pack, [[2017]])
**''Accessories'': "Autobot" weapons sprue (2 swords, flail-axe, left shield-half), "Decepticon" weapons sprue (2 cutlasses, knife, right shield-half)

:The [[Tiny Turbo Changer]] Steelbane is included in a [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] three-pack with redecoes of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#RtSTinyTurbo3pack|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#RtSTinyTurbo3pack|Bumblebee]], part of Target's ''Reveal the Shield'' subline. Molded in soft vinyl (and in two different plastic colors, the only Tiny Turbo Changer to have more than one plastic color), Steelbane transforms from a super-deformed robot into a super-deformed mechanical dragon in just a few steps. As part of the subline gimmick, Steelbane's wings feature a red-and-blue pattern with a hidden faction [[insignia]], revealed by using the included transparent red weapon accessories as a filter. For some reason, Steelbane has Decepticon symbols despite his instructions labeling him an Autobot.

: Caution needs to be taken when he is first taken out of the package, as there have been multiple reports of his tail being pretty firmly stuck in robot-mode position. It ''will'' eventually come loose, but it can feel like the peg will snap before it does. In addition, although both the official photography and in-package arrangement miss it, his dragon head can slide fully into his abdomen, giving him a cleaner robot mode and fixing the "looking vaguely up" problem (seen in the picture at right).
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==Notes==
*For reasons unclear, Steelbane's on-screen model does not use the head from his original concept design (as seen on his toys), instead substituting it for [[Stormreign]]'s.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Steelbane''' (スティールベイン ''Sutīrubein'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Gāngwǔtiěqí''' (Taiwan, 鋼武鐵騎, "Valiant Steel Cavalry")

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