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:''Big Powered is an [[Autobot]] [[Powered Master]] from the [[Transformers: Zone (franchise)|Zone]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | :''Big Powered is an [[Autobot]] [[Powered Master]] from the [[Transformers: Zone (franchise)|Zone]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
'''Big Powered''' (ビッグパワード ''Biggu Pawādo'') is the combined form of [[Dai Atlas ( | [[File:Zone10-Bigpowered.jpg|thumb|400px]] | ||
'''Big Powered''' (ビッグパワード ''Biggu Pawādo'') is the combined vehicle form of [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]], [[Sonic Bomber (G1)|Sonic Bomber]], and [[Roadfire|Road Fire]]. It can travel at a maximum speed of "9999 Powered Knots" and emits a rainbow when traveling through space. Yes, really. | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===''Zone'' | ===''Zone''=== | ||
[[File:ViolenJigerPhoenix.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Voted "Most Likely to be Airbrushed onto the Side of a Van" Class of 1990]] | |||
Chasing | After [[Violengiguar]] attacked the [[Earth]], stole the [[Zodiac]] and took [[Galaxy Rocket]] and all inside it hostage, the [[Powered Master]]s combined into Big Powered for the first time in order to give chase. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 10}} | ||
Chasing Violengiguar to the [[Tenth Planet]], the villain eventually revealed his true form: that of a hideous phoenix-monster. The Powered Masters combined into Big Powered yet again, but using the Zodiac as a power-up, increased their strength thirty-fold. Blasting Violengiguar with the "Rainbow Powered Attack", they destroyed the monster and used the power of the Zodiac to turn the once desolate Tenth Planet into a lush utopia. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 12}} | |||
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===''Legends'' comic=== | |||
{{stub|{{storylink|LG-EX Daiatlas}}}} | |||
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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===''Zone''== | ===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''=== | ||
{{anchor|Zone}} | |||
[[File:Zone-big-powered.gif|thumb|300px|Rainbow not included.]] | |||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''[[Sonic Bomber (G1)#Zone|Sonic Bomber]]''' (Powered Master, [[1990]])}}</ul> | |||
:*''ID Number:'' '''C-347''' | |||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''[[Dai Atlas (G1)#Zone|Dai Atlas]]''' (Powered Master, 1990)}}</ul> | |||
:*''ID Number:'' '''C-348''' | |||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''[[Roadfire#Zone|Roadfire]]''' (Powered Master, 1990)}}</ul> | |||
:*''ID number'': '''C-349''' | |||
{{toydesigner|[[Motoki Takaya]] (TakaraTomy)}} | |||
: Released in the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1990 (Zone)|Zone]]'' portion of Takara's ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' toyline, the three individually-released [[Powered Master]]s could be combined into this single enormous jet-ish thing. Big Powered retains the use of Dai Atlas's [[battery-powered motor|motorized movement]] gimmick. | |||
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[[File:ZoneToy bigpowered giftset.jpg|thumb|300px]] | [[File:ZoneToy bigpowered giftset.jpg|thumb|300px]] | ||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Big Powered''' ([[Giftset]], [[1990]])}}</ul> | |||
:*''ID number'': '''C-353''' | |||
:*''Accessories'': "Vulcan Shot" rifle, gun (Dai Atlas), drill, runners/skids, gun platform, dual cannon, 2 wings (left & right), tail fin, 2 large ramps (left and right) 2 ramps, 2 radar dishes, pipe, "Burst cannon", container/launcher | |||
{{toydesigner|[[Motoki Takaya]] (TakaraTomy)}} | |||
:This huge giftset contained all three Powered Masters necessary to form Big Powered along with their [[Micromaster]] partners [[Sonic (G1)#Toys|Sonic]], [[Speeder#Toys|Speeder]] and [[Drillbuster#Toys|Drillbuster]]. Each toy was identical to its individual release. | |||
: This set is particularly expensive on the secondary market today, being pretty late-run (thanks to Roadfire's late release) at a time when ''Transformers'' had already seriously started to wane in sales and popularity. | |||
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: | ===''Legends''=== | ||
[[File:Legends-LGEX-Big-Powered.jpg|thumb|300px|Big Surprised!]] | |||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Bigpowered''' {{sic}} (Multi-pack, [[2019]])}}</ul> | |||
:*''ID number'': '''LG-EX''' | |||
:*''Release date'': [[March 30]] 2019 | |||
:*''Accessories'': Rifle, Cannon, left & right wings, Turret-cannon, [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] units | |||
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}} | |||
::*[ | :''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Big Powered is a set consisting of retools of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Twin Twist (G1)#Titans Return|Twin Twist]] as [[Roadfire#Legends|Roadfire]], [[Black Shadow (G1)#TitansReturn|Sky Shadow]] as [[Dai Atlas (G1)#Legends|Dai Atlas]], and [[Misfire (G1)#Titans Return|Misfire]] as [[Sonic Bomber (G1)#Legends|Sonic Bomber]]. | ||
: A new comic-based form, [[Ultra Powered]], can be formed by adding the ''Legends'' incarnations of Roadfire's [[Jumpstarter]] mold-mates Twin Twist and [[Topspin (G1)#Titans Return|Topspin]] on the behemoth's sides. | |||
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==Merchandise== | |||
===Transformers Gum=== | |||
*'''[[Dai Atlas (G1)#Transformers Gum|Dai Atlas]]''' ([[2012]]) | |||
*'''[[Sonic Bomber (G1)#Transformers Gum|Sonic Bomber]]''' (2012) | |||
*'''[[Roadfire#Transformers Gum|Roadfire]]''' (2012) | |||
:Part of the sixth wave of Kabaya's revived ''Transformers Gum'' Series, the individual releases of Dai Atlas, Sonic Bomber, and Roadfire are snap-together model kits reproducing all of their original modes. Thus, the three kits can combine to form Big Powered. | |||
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{{-}} | |||
[[File:DXGattai-BigPowered.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|200px]] | |||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Big Powered''' (2016)}}</ul> | |||
: The Dai Atlas, Sonic Bomber, and Roadfire kits were re-released as a bundle under the ''DX Gattai'' label in 2016. They feature changes to plastic color compared to their initial separate releases, and foil stickers. | |||
: As with other ''DX Gattai'' toys featuring box art in homage to their original figures, God Ginrai's packaging mimics that of the original 1990 Big Powered gift set. | |||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* | [[File:Legend of Diaclone Big Powered.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6|]] | ||
*''Zone'' toy designer [[Motoki Takaya]] notes that Big Powered's name reflects not only the obvious Powered Master connection but an homage to an earlier toy in the [[pre-Transformer]] ''[[Diaclone]]'' toyline, reflecting the older line's strong influence on ''Zone'' with play patterns like playset modes and motorized gimmicks.<ref>"当初はソニックボン バーとダイアトラスの2体だ けの予定でしたが、開発途中 で「もう1体を追加、3体を 合体させて巨大ジェットにす 「る」という方針変更があり ました。この大型ジェットの名 前は「ビッグパワード」で巨大 なパワードマスターという意 味と、ダイアクロンのアイテム 名のダブルミーニングでした。" - [[TakaraTomy]] designer [[Motoki Takaya]] in an interview on ''Transformers: Zone'' in ''Takara SF Land Evolution'', p 90</ref> | |||
**Like this incarnation, the original Big Powered consists of three vehicles, although they formed a robot instead of a combined vehicle. | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[Land Powered]] | |||
* [[Sky Powered]] | |||
* [[Ultra Powered]] | |||
[[Category:Combined forms]] | [[Category:Combined forms]] | ||
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]] | [[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]] | ||
[[Category:Legends Autobots]] | |||
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]] | |||
[[Category:Zone Autobots]] | [[Category:Zone Autobots]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:02, 23 February 2026
- Big Powered is an Autobot Powered Master from the Zone portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Big Powered (ビッグパワード Biggu Pawādo) is the combined vehicle form of Dai Atlas, Sonic Bomber, and Road Fire. It can travel at a maximum speed of "9999 Powered Knots" and emits a rainbow when traveling through space. Yes, really.
Fiction
[edit]Zone
[edit]
After Violengiguar attacked the Earth, stole the Zodiac and took Galaxy Rocket and all inside it hostage, the Powered Masters combined into Big Powered for the first time in order to give chase. Zone Part 10
Chasing Violengiguar to the Tenth Planet, the villain eventually revealed his true form: that of a hideous phoenix-monster. The Powered Masters combined into Big Powered yet again, but using the Zodiac as a power-up, increased their strength thirty-fold. Blasting Violengiguar with the "Rainbow Powered Attack", they destroyed the monster and used the power of the Zodiac to turn the once desolate Tenth Planet into a lush utopia. Zone Part 12
Legends comic
[edit]Toys
[edit]Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
[edit]

- Sonic Bomber (Powered Master, 1990)
- ID Number: C-347
- Dai Atlas (Powered Master, 1990)
- ID Number: C-348
- Roadfire (Powered Master, 1990)
- ID number: C-349
- Known designers: Motoki Takaya (TakaraTomy)
- Released in the Zone portion of Takara's Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers toyline, the three individually-released Powered Masters could be combined into this single enormous jet-ish thing. Big Powered retains the use of Dai Atlas's motorized movement gimmick.

- ID number: C-353
- Accessories: "Vulcan Shot" rifle, gun (Dai Atlas), drill, runners/skids, gun platform, dual cannon, 2 wings (left & right), tail fin, 2 large ramps (left and right) 2 ramps, 2 radar dishes, pipe, "Burst cannon", container/launcher
- Known designers: Motoki Takaya (TakaraTomy)
- This huge giftset contained all three Powered Masters necessary to form Big Powered along with their Micromaster partners Sonic, Speeder and Drillbuster. Each toy was identical to its individual release.
- This set is particularly expensive on the secondary market today, being pretty late-run (thanks to Roadfire's late release) at a time when Transformers had already seriously started to wane in sales and popularity.
Legends
[edit]
- ID number: LG-EX
- Release date: March 30 2019
- Accessories: Rifle, Cannon, left & right wings, Turret-cannon, Headmaster units
- Known designers: Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy)
- Legends Big Powered is a set consisting of retools of Titans Return Twin Twist as Roadfire, Sky Shadow as Dai Atlas, and Misfire as Sonic Bomber.
- A new comic-based form, Ultra Powered, can be formed by adding the Legends incarnations of Roadfire's Jumpstarter mold-mates Twin Twist and Topspin on the behemoth's sides.
Merchandise
[edit]Transformers Gum
[edit]- Dai Atlas (2012)
- Sonic Bomber (2012)
- Roadfire (2012)
- Part of the sixth wave of Kabaya's revived Transformers Gum Series, the individual releases of Dai Atlas, Sonic Bomber, and Roadfire are snap-together model kits reproducing all of their original modes. Thus, the three kits can combine to form Big Powered.

- Big Powered (2016)
- The Dai Atlas, Sonic Bomber, and Roadfire kits were re-released as a bundle under the DX Gattai label in 2016. They feature changes to plastic color compared to their initial separate releases, and foil stickers.
- As with other DX Gattai toys featuring box art in homage to their original figures, God Ginrai's packaging mimics that of the original 1990 Big Powered gift set.
Notes
[edit]
- Zone toy designer Motoki Takaya notes that Big Powered's name reflects not only the obvious Powered Master connection but an homage to an earlier toy in the pre-Transformer Diaclone toyline, reflecting the older line's strong influence on Zone with play patterns like playset modes and motorized gimmicks.[1]
- Like this incarnation, the original Big Powered consists of three vehicles, although they formed a robot instead of a combined vehicle.
References
[edit]- ↑ "当初はソニックボン バーとダイアトラスの2体だ けの予定でしたが、開発途中 で「もう1体を追加、3体を 合体させて巨大ジェットにす 「る」という方針変更があり ました。この大型ジェットの名 前は「ビッグパワード」で巨大 なパワードマスターという意 味と、ダイアクロンのアイテム 名のダブルミーニングでした。" - TakaraTomy designer Motoki Takaya in an interview on Transformers: Zone in Takara SF Land Evolution, p 90



