Garboil (G1)

The name or term "Garboil" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Garboil (disambiguation).

Garboil is a Decepticon Mini-Cassette from the Collector's Edition portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

No, not "garble".

Garboil (ガーボイル Gāboiru) is a member of the elite Cobalt Sentries, the "public safety unit" of the Decepticon Secret Police. His primary function is information control; he keeps tabs on everyone. Not just the citizens of worlds under Decepticon control in his endless hunt for rebels, but also on his fellow Decepticons, weeding out potential traitors or potential future Secret Police members. When he's not doing that, he's making sure the right information is being released to the troops or public... even if the "right" information is a carefully crafted pack of lies.

Despite his important position within the Secret Police, he has very little combat capability. His main strength is in his vocoder, which is capable of generating a powerful cacophonic blast with a subsonic override signal, causing confusion and fear in his targets.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Legends comic

With Soundwave and the other Decepticon cassettes, Garboil was part of an attack on the Ark to steal the new Transform Super Cog in the late 1980s. Slugslinger's Ambition

Masterpiece toy bios

Garboil attempted to tempt Cordon into joining the Cobalt Sentries. Cordon profile

Lil Formers

Garboil was one of the absurd amount of minions Soundwave ejected out of his chest, all in a row, in preparation for a fight. Lil Formers

Games

Transformers: Frontiers

Transformers: Frontiers

Toys

Collector's Edition

The Bluebird of ZAPPINESS.

• Cobalt Sentries (2005)
  • ID number: 70, 71 (Cobalt Sentries set)
  • Accessories: Left & right "Phonon Maser" cannons/thrusters, cassette case

A redeco of the Laserbeak/Buzzsaw mold, Garboil transforms from a mechanical condor into a microcassette tape that can fit in the chest compartment of the Soundwave or Blaster molds, derived from Micro Change. His "tape window" shows a readout of the Autobot Fortress Maximus that shows his "weak point" when he is placed behind a clear-red piece of transparent plastic, like the Tech Spec decoders and the "tape door" chestplates of the Soundblaster and Twincast molds. He also came with a clear-plastic cassette case, like early Takara releases of cassette Transformers.

Garboil was only available in an e-HOBBY exclusive two-pack with Howlback. The mold was later used to make another e-HOBBY exclusive, Sundor.

• More information on Garboil at TFU.info

Notes

• "Garboil" is an actual English word, meaning "confusion" or "uproar"... hence his special power.
• Garboil's coloration is based on a pre-Transformers Micro Change "Microcassette Robo" version of the toy, the blue MC-03 Condor. This deco was only available individually in the Micro Change line.
• The Wings Universe incarnation of Laserbeak is described as a Cryo-Condor. This designation may apply to all characters sharing Laserbeak's body-type.