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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Autobot Micromaster|the Generation 1/Generation 2 Decepticon Skyscorcher, who in [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Japanese continuity]] is the '''same character''' as this guy|Eagle Eye (G2)}}
{{disambig3|Eagle Eye}}
{{disambigm|Hawk (disambiguation)|Eclipse (disambiguation)}}
:''Eagle Eye is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
:''Eagle Eye is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:EagleEyeBoxart.jpg|thumb|250px|Man, slowly I'm running out of stupid "''Grab your purse''"-captions...]]
[[File:EagleEyeBoxart.jpg|thumb|250px|Man, slowly I'm running out of stupid "''Grab your purse''"-captions...]]
'''Eagle Eye''' lives up to his name when it comes to aerial combat. His exceptional vision, capable of focusing on tiny objects up to 20 miles away, allows him to lock his weapons systems onto any target he can see. Despite his amazing visual acuity, he seems to turn a blind optic to the various interpersonal issues among the [[Air Patrol]], the team under his supervision. They just flat-out don't get along, and Eagle Eye does nothing to try and make them work things out. He barely even gives them orders, for that matter. He's practically the team's commander in title only. He reasons that it ultimately doesn't matter, because despite it all, the Air Patrol is still one of the Autobots' most effective aerial defense forces, and to his way of thinking, that's far more important than everyone getting along.<ref>''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' #2</ref>


He has also gone by the aliases '''Hawk''' and '''Eclipse'''.
'''Eagle Eye''' (aka '''Hawking''' and '''Eclipse''') lives up to his name when it comes to aerial combat. His exceptional vision, capable of focusing on tiny objects up to 20 miles away, allows him to lock his weapons systems onto any target he can see. Despite his amazing visual acuity, he seems to turn a blind optic to the various interpersonal issues among the [[Air Patrol]], the team under his supervision. They just flat-out don't get along, and Eagle Eye does nothing to try and make them work things out. He barely even gives them orders, for that matter. He's practically the team's commander in title only. He reasons that it ultimately doesn't matter, because despite it all, the Air Patrol is still one of the Autobots' most effective aerial defense forces, and to his way of thinking, that's far more important than everyone getting along.<ref>''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' #2</ref>
 
{{note|In Japan, Eagle Eye also leads the "Sky Patrol Team".}}


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{Note|In the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], Eagle Eye the Micromaster is the same individual as [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye the Skyscorcher]].  See the other Eagle Eye's page for more on his exploits in continuities where he is a separate individual.}}<!--This section is transcluded from another page.  To edit it, please edit the transcluded page.-->
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===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:SpotlightHardhead-CaughtInAVortex.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
[[File:SpotlightHardhead-CaughtInAVortex.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Eagle Eye was one of the legions of [[Dead Universe]] Micromasters who pursued [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] on [[Gorlam Prime]]. He survived to confront Hardhead with the [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]-controlled Nightbeat in the planet's subterranean tunnels, but failed to prevent the Autobot from escaping into the Dead Universe. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}
Eagle Eye was one of the legions of [[Dead Universe]] Micromasters who pursued [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] on [[Gorlam Prime]]. He survived to confront Hardhead with the [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]-controlled Nightbeat in the planet's subterranean tunnels, but failed to prevent the Autobot from escaping into the Dead Universe. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}
{{-}}


===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
====e-HOBBY comics====
Eagle Eye was assigned to the Micromaster [[58th Division]] during the [[Grand Uprising]]. His lackluster leadership of the [[Air Patrol]] led to some shoddy reports on troop movements near the [[Sonic Canyons]]. The [[Maximal National Army]] used force field projectors to make their own way across the canyons from [[Plurex]] to [[Tetrahex]]. Eagle Eye gave the order to fall back from the canyons. {{storylink|Derailment}}
[[File:Badlands Hawk Eagle Eye.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Eagle Eye (G2)|This]] is how I [[Mountain Dew|Dew]].]]
{{--}}
By the year [[2034]], Eagle Eye had left the Autobots behind and joined forces with the splinter faction of [[Decepticon]]s led by the High Regent [[Scrash (OC)|Scrash]], bringing with him the secrets of the Autobots' newly-developed [[Power Core Combination]] technology. Upgraded into a new body, Eagle Eye was charged with locating the Decepticon outlaw [[Magnificus (G1)|Magnificus]], so that Scrash could exploit his psychometric powers. He located Magnificus just as the fugitive was in battle with [[Oilmaster]] on the outskirts of  [[Iron Town]], and stepped in to dispatch his quarry's opponent. Eagle Eye then introduced himself as "Hawk" and offered Magnificus the chance to join his faction. Leaving him to ponder the idea, Eagle Eye supplied him with some [[energon]] and a repair kit and went on his way. {{storylink|Badlands (issue)|Badlands}}


====Metrowars====
==Toys==
At some point after Scrash's defeat, Eagle Eye was one of the Decepticons stationed aboard [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] and was part of a Decepticon assault on [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]]. They were forced to retreat when the [[Autobot]]s showed off the power of a reborn [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{Storylink|Metrowars}}
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}{{anchor|Zone}}
[[File:G1-toy EagleEye.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Air Patrol''' (Micromaster Patrol, [[1990]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Sky Patrol Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-352'''


{{-}}
: Released in the seventh (and final) year of Hasbro's US [[The Transformers (toyline)|''Transformers'' toyline]] (sixth and not-final year in European markets), Eagle Eye transforms into a Boeing-McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18C Hornet fighter jet. He is [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammate Sky High, sharing plastic colors.


==Toys==
: He was only available as part of the [[Air Patrol]] set with his teammates [[Blaze Master (G1)#Toys|Blaze Master]], [[Sky High (Micromaster)#Toys|Sky High]] and [[Tread Bolt#Toys|Tread Bolt]].
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy EagleEye.jpg|thumb|300px|Small man's [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]].]]
*'''Air Patrol''' (Micromaster Patrol, [[1990]])


:Eagle Eye transforms into a Boeing-McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18C Hornet fighter jet. He was only available as part of the [[Air Patrol]] set with his teammates [[Blaze Master]], [[Sky High (Micromaster)|Sky High]] and [[Tread Bolt]].
: In Takara's markets, the Team was released as the "Sky Patrol Team", 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. They are physically identical to their Hasbro counterparts.


::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/EagleEye/eagleeye.htm More information on Eagle Eye at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/EagleEye/eagleeye.htm More information on Eagle Eye at TFU.info]''
{{-}}
{{-}}


[[File:G2-toy_EagleEye.jpg|300px|thumb|From a brick with arms to a brick with a jet on top. Amazing.]]
===''Generation 2''===
*'''Hawk''' (Skyscorcher, [[1993]])
[[File:G2-toy_EagleEye.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|From a brick with arms to a brick with a jet on top. Amazing.]]
**''Accessories'': Radar array/rifle
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Hawk''' (Skyscorcher, 1993) / '''Eagle Eye''' (Decepticon Jet, 1993) / '''Hawk''' (Skyscorcher, 1994)}}</ul>
{{note|Generation 1 Hawk/Eagle Eye was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''this'' Eagle Eye in the [[e-HOBBY]] comic "[[Badlands (issue)|Badlands]]".}}
:*''Accessories'': Radar array/rifle
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]]}}
{{note|''Generation 2'' [[Eagle Eye (G2)#Toys|Eagle Eye]] was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as a new body for ''this'' Eagle Eye in the Japanese "G1" continuity.}}


:[[Eagle Eye (G2)|Hawk]] transforms into a Eurofighter Typhoon jet. His under-slung radar system becomes a non-firing handheld gun in robot mode.
:''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' Hawk/Eagle Eye transforms into a Eurofighter Typhoon jet. His under-slung radar system becomes a non-firing handheld gun in robot mode.


:He was originally sold in the European market in 1993 as part of the "transitional" line that used the ''Generation 2'' [[insignia]]s, but lacked the new subline name. He was later released in the United States, with no notable changes beyond a new name, as part of the ''Generation 2'' line. He was then later ''re''-released in the European version of ''Generation 2'' in 1994.
:"Hawk" was originally sold in the European market in 1993 as part of the "transitional" line that used the ''Generation 2'' [[insignia]]s, but lacked the new subline name. "Eagle Eye" was later released in the United States, with no notable changes beyond a new name, as part of the ''Generation 2'' line proper. "Hawk" was then later ''re''-released in the European version of ''Generation 2'' in 1994.


: This toy is [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] with [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]].  
: This toy is [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] with [[Terradive (G2)#Toys|Terradive]].  


::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/EagleEye/eagleeye.htm  More information on Hawk/Eagle Eye at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/EagleEye/eagleeye.htm  More information on Hawk/Eagle Eye at TFU.info]''
{{-}}
{{-}}
===''Zone''===
*'''Sky Patrol Team''' (Micro Transformer Team, 1990)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-352'''
:The Air Patrol was released as part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Transformers: Zone (toyline)|Zone]]'' series with no notable changes from the [[Hasbro]] release.
===''Generation 2''===
*'''Eagle Eye'''/'''Hawk''' (Skyscorcher, 1993/[[1994]])
**''Accessories'': Radar array/rifle
:Released in the United States in 1993, ''Generation 2'' Eagle Eye is identical to the concurrent European "Generation 1" Hawk toy. Hawk was re-released in the European ''Generation 2'' line the following year.


===''Generations''===
===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-Gears with Eclipse.jpg|thumb|300px]]
[[File:Generations_T30Eclipse.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|And now back to a brick with arms! Truly staggering what 24 years of engineering progress lead up to!]]
*'''Autobot Gears & Eclipse''' (Legends, [[2014]])
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Gears & Eclipse''' (Legends Class, [[2014]])}}</ul>
**''Series / number'': '''02 / #010'''
:*''Series / number'': '''02 / #010'''
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}


:''[[Transformers: Generations| Generations]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends]] "Eclipse" (name likely changed due to [[trademark]] unavailability) is a redeco of ''Generations'' [[Sky High (Micromaster)#Generations|Flanker]], transforming into a drone jet based on the {{w|EADS Barracuda|Barracuda}} and {{w|Alenia Aermacchi Sky-X|Sky-X}} designs with a new wing configuration<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/96686-generations-legends-targetmaster-moulds/?p=2423893 Designer Joe Kyde on "The Allspark" messageboard]</ref>. He also has a third blaster-cannon mode that can be used by any toy that uses the [[5mm post|5mm post/hole system]].
: Part of the seventh wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)|Generations: Thrilling 30]]'' Legends-Class two-packs, "Eclipse" (name likely changed due to [[trademark]] unavailability) is a redeco of ''Generations'' [[Sky High (Micromaster)#Generations|Flanker]], transforming into a drone jet based on the {{w|EADS Barracuda|Barracuda}} and {{w|Alenia Aermacchi Sky-X|Sky-X}} designs with a new wing configuration.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140828195025/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/96686-generations-legends-targetmaster-moulds/?p=2423893 Designer Joe Kyde on "The Allspark" messageboard, 2013/11/10 (via the Internet Archive)]</ref> He also has a third blaster-cannon mode that can be used by any toy that uses the [[5 mm post|5 mm post/hole system]].


:He was only available with his larger partner [[Gears (G1)#Generations|Gears]].
: He was only available packed in with his larger partner [[Gears (G1)#Generations|Gears]].


:This mold was also redecoed to create ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Phaser]], part of [[BotCon 2015]] [[Oilmaster#Timelines|Oilmaster]], and [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|TFSS]] 5.0 [[Quickslinger (G1)#Timelines|Quickslinger]] and [[Hi-Q#Timelines|Hi-Q]].
: This mold was also redecoed to create ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Phaser (G1)#Legends|Phaser]], part of [[BotCon 2015]] [[Oilmaster#Timelines|Oilmaster]], and [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|TFSS]] 5.0 [[Quickslinger (G1)#Generations|Quickslinger]] and [[Hi-Q#Combiner Wars|Hi-Q]].


::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/GenEclipse/eclipse.htm More information on Eclipse at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/GenEclipse/eclipse.htm More information on Eclipse at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
==Notes==
[[File:Eagleeyes.jpg|thumb|300px|Maybe they thought it'd take eagle eyes to notice this..]]
[[File:Eagleeyes.jpg|thumb|300px|Maybe they thought it'd take eagle eyes to notice this..]]
*Most—if not all—of the toys pictured in the 1990 Hasbro ''Transformers'' catalog are unfinished prototypes or mock-ups, and a variety of differences from final product pop up. In Eagle Eye's case, the main difference is that the catalog has him with a red robot mode face rather than the final toy's yellow.
*Most—if not all—of the toys pictured in the 1990 Hasbro ''Transformers'' catalog are unfinished prototypes or mock-ups, and a variety of differences from final product pop up. In Eagle Eye's case, the main difference is that the catalog has him with a red robot mode face rather than the final toy's yellow.
*Eagle Eye's vehicle-mode art in issue #2 of the ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile books is actually ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Skyscorcher]] [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]]'s jet mode in the Generation 1 character's base colors, with the Skyscorcher's black stripes added.  For the trade paperback, this art was heavily edited to better resemble the Micromaster.
*Eagle Eye's vehicle-mode art in issue #2 of the ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile books is actually ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Skyscorcher]] [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]]'s jet mode in the Generation 1 character's base colors, with the Skyscorcher's black stripes added.  For the trade paperback, this art was heavily edited to better resemble the Micromaster.
*A Hasbro computer listing suggests that "Equinox" was also considered as a trademark-friendly name for the ''Thrilling 30'' incarnation of Eagle Eye before they settled on "Eclipse".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160329075047/http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/96540-monzos-mega-hasbro-customer-service-listing-breakdown/ Hasbro customer service listings breakdown by Monzo on the Allspark Forums, 2013/11/01 (via the Internet Archive)]</ref>
*"Eclipse" was also one of the possible names in the [[Fan polls|Fan Built Bot]] poll that produced [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]].


===Foreign names===
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Eagle Eye''' (イーグルアイ ''Īguru Ai'')
*''Japanese:'' '''Eagle Eye''' (イーグルアイ ''Īguru Ai''), '''Hawking''' (ホーキング ''Hōkingu'')
*''French:'' '''Faucon''' (Canada)
*''French:'' '''Faucon''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Aquila'''
*''Italian:'' '''Aquila'''
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The name or term "Eagle Eye" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Eagle Eye (disambiguation).
Eagle Eye is an Autobot Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Man, slowly I'm running out of stupid "Grab your purse"-captions...

Eagle Eye (aka Hawking and Eclipse) lives up to his name when it comes to aerial combat. His exceptional vision, capable of focusing on tiny objects up to 20 miles away, allows him to lock his weapons systems onto any target he can see. Despite his amazing visual acuity, he seems to turn a blind optic to the various interpersonal issues among the Air Patrol, the team under his supervision. They just flat-out don't get along, and Eagle Eye does nothing to try and make them work things out. He barely even gives them orders, for that matter. He's practically the team's commander in title only. He reasons that it ultimately doesn't matter, because despite it all, the Air Patrol is still one of the Autobots' most effective aerial defense forces, and to his way of thinking, that's far more important than everyone getting along.[1]

Fiction

[edit]

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

[edit]
In the Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity, Eagle Eye the Micromaster is the same individual as Eagle Eye the Skyscorcher. See the other Eagle Eye's page for more on his exploits in continuities where he is a separate individual.

Toy bio

[edit]

As a Micromaster, Eagle Eye led the Air Patrol. Toy bio

e-HOBBY comics

[edit]
This is how I Dew.

By the year 2034, Eagle Eye had left the Autobots behind and joined the splinter faction of Decepticons led by the High Regent Scrash, bringing with him the secrets of the Autobots' newly developed Power Core Combination technology. Upgraded into a new body, Eagle Eye was charged with locating the Decepticon outlaw Magnificus, so that Scrash could exploit his psychometric powers. He located Magnificus just as the fugitive was in battle with Oilmaster on the outskirts of Iron Town, and stepped in to dispatch his quarry's opponent. Eagle Eye then introduced himself as "Hawk" (ホーク Hōku) and offered Magnificus the chance to join his faction. Leaving him to ponder the idea, Eagle Eye supplied him with some energon and a repair kit and went on his way. Badlands

Metrowars

[edit]

At some point after Scrash's defeat, Hawking was one of the Decepticons stationed aboard Metrotitan and was part of a Decepticon assault on Scramble City. They were forced to retreat when the Autobots showed off the power of a reborn Metroplex. Metrowars

Legends comic

[edit]

When the Cybertron Alliance fell apart due to the humans murdering Megatron's friend, Hawking answered Megatron's call for war and was soon embroiled in a battle around Metroplex. LG-EX Metroplex

Over time, Decepticon leadership changed hands and Hawking came to serve under Galvatron II. He and the Decepticons attacked the planet Beast to steal its energy resources. They were opposed by the Monsterbots and the local tribes of Beastformers. A ship of refugees from the Legends World tilted the balance of power when they attacked Galvatron's ship Nemesis, splitting his forces as Hawking and the other Decepticons left the battle on the ground to defend the ship. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3 Galvatron's raid was ultimately unsuccessful, and he was soon overthrown by the power of Dark Nova. Hawking and the Decepticons served this new master in attacking his homeworld, the Zone Base on Planet Micro. During the fight, Hawking confronted and mocked his former comrades, Jetmaster, Choppermaster and Airmaster, just before Dark Nova arrived in person in his colossal Unicron Neo configuration. LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One

Dark Nova was defeated as well, however, prompting Hawking to return to a previous affiliation. By 2040, he and Magnificus joined forces to recover the spirit of Scrash from inside the Assaultmaster body he was trapped in. Their efforts to combine Scrash with the Decepticon Skyquake were successful, but they were immediately confronted by Optimus Prime and Megatron, back together in service of the Cybertron Alliance. Epiloge

2005 IDW continuity

[edit]

Eagle Eye was one of the legions of Dead Universe Micromasters who pursued Hardhead and Nightbeat on Gorlam Prime. He survived to confront Hardhead with the Jhiaxus-controlled Nightbeat in the planet's subterranean tunnels, but failed to prevent the Autobot from escaping into the Dead Universe. Spotlight: Hardhead

Beast Wars: Uprising

[edit]

Eagle Eye was assigned to the Micromaster 58th Division during the Grand Uprising. His lackluster leadership of the Air Patrol led to some shoddy reports on troop movements near the Sonic Canyons. The Maximal National Army used force field projectors to make their own way across the canyons from Plurex to Tetrahex. Eagle Eye gave the order to fall back from the canyons. Derailment

Toys

[edit]

The Transformers

[edit]

  • Air Patrol (Micromaster Patrol, 1990)
  • Takara name: Sky Patrol Team
  • Takara ID number: C-352
Released in the seventh (and final) year of Hasbro's US Transformers toyline (sixth and not-final year in European markets), Eagle Eye transforms into a Boeing-McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18C Hornet fighter jet. He is gang-molded with his teammate Sky High, sharing plastic colors.
He was only available as part of the Air Patrol set with his teammates Blaze Master, Sky High and Tread Bolt.
In Takara's markets, the Team was released as the "Sky Patrol Team", released in the Zone portion of Takara's Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers toyline. They are physically identical to their Hasbro counterparts.


Generation 2

[edit]
From a brick with arms to a brick with a jet on top. Amazing.
  • Hawk (Skyscorcher, 1993) / Eagle Eye (Decepticon Jet, 1993) / Hawk (Skyscorcher, 1994)
  • Accessories: Radar array/rifle
  • Known designers: Takio Ejima
Generation 2 Eagle Eye was repurposed as a new body for this Eagle Eye in the Japanese "G1" continuity.
Generation 2 Hawk/Eagle Eye transforms into a Eurofighter Typhoon jet. His under-slung radar system becomes a non-firing handheld gun in robot mode.
"Hawk" was originally sold in the European market in 1993 as part of the "transitional" line that used the Generation 2 insignias, but lacked the new subline name. "Eagle Eye" was later released in the United States, with no notable changes beyond a new name, as part of the Generation 2 line proper. "Hawk" was then later re-released in the European version of Generation 2 in 1994.
This toy is gang-molded with Terradive.


Generations

[edit]
And now back to a brick with arms! Truly staggering what 24 years of engineering progress lead up to!
  • Autobot Gears & Eclipse (Legends Class, 2014)
Part of the seventh wave of Generations: Thrilling 30 Legends-Class two-packs, "Eclipse" (name likely changed due to trademark unavailability) is a redeco of Generations Flanker, transforming into a drone jet based on the Barracuda and Sky-X designs with a new wing configuration.[2] He also has a third blaster-cannon mode that can be used by any toy that uses the 5 mm post/hole system.
He was only available packed in with his larger partner Gears.
This mold was also redecoed to create Legends Phaser, part of BotCon 2015 Oilmaster, and TFSS 5.0 Quickslinger and Hi-Q.


Notes

[edit]
Maybe they thought it'd take eagle eyes to notice this..
  • Most—if not all—of the toys pictured in the 1990 Hasbro Transformers catalog are unfinished prototypes or mock-ups, and a variety of differences from final product pop up. In Eagle Eye's case, the main difference is that the catalog has him with a red robot mode face rather than the final toy's yellow.
  • Eagle Eye's vehicle-mode art in issue #2 of the More than Meets the Eye profile books is actually Generation 2 Skyscorcher Eagle Eye's jet mode in the Generation 1 character's base colors, with the Skyscorcher's black stripes added. For the trade paperback, this art was heavily edited to better resemble the Micromaster.
  • A Hasbro computer listing suggests that "Equinox" was also considered as a trademark-friendly name for the Thrilling 30 incarnation of Eagle Eye before they settled on "Eclipse".[3]
  • "Eclipse" was also one of the possible names in the Fan Built Bot poll that produced Windblade.

Foreign names

[edit]
  • Japanese: Eagle Eye (イーグルアイ Īguru Ai), Hawking (ホーキング Hōkingu)
  • French: Faucon (Canada)
  • Italian: Aquila

References

[edit]
  1. ↑ More than Meets the Eye #2
  2. ↑ Designer Joe Kyde on "The Allspark" messageboard, 2013/11/10 (via the Internet Archive)
  3. ↑ Hasbro customer service listings breakdown by Monzo on the Allspark Forums, 2013/11/01 (via the Internet Archive)
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