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| {{merge|Blue Bolts (RID)|We now know that "Bluebolt is God Magnus's weapon brought to life" was part of the concept process for the character}}
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| {{disambig3|Bluebolt}}
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| :''Bluebolt is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]].''
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| [[File:EOG1U Bluebolt.jpg|thumb|300px|Blue Bird of Happiness]]
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| With an unfailing faith in the great [[Maximal]] leaders of yore, the "Universal [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System|Weaponizer]]"<ref>[[Dark Amber Leo Prime#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' Dark Amber Leo Prime bio]]</ref> '''Bluebolt''' (ブルーボルト ''Burūboruto'') tries to find hope in the midst of a dying universe.
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| ==Fiction==
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| ===''End of G1 Universe''===
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| With [[G1 World|the universe]] drained of most energy and soon coming to an end, Bluebolt, on orders from [[Primus|Vector Sigma]], went on a long journey to bring the dead body of [[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]] to [[Earth]] where he could be revived with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s [[Angolmois Energy|remnant energy]] in the planet's crust. {{storylink|Dark Amber Leo Prime#Masterpiece|Dark Amber Leo Prime bio}} The resurrection ritual was interrupted by [[Untite]], who summoned an undead [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] to restrain Bluebolt while Untite approached the corpse to eat it. However, the magic circle was already complete and activated, unifying Leo Prime with Unicron's energy to create [[Dark Amber Leo Prime]]. Bluebolt believed this black warrior to be Leo Prime resurrected, but the new being mocked this belief, only being convinced to save the Maximal by the [[Energon Matrix]] within him. After Untite weakened Dark Amber in battle, Bluebolt was willing to be consumed by him and become energy for the next round of the battle, only to be rejected. Dark Amber instead elected to eat part of the planet, recovering and taking down the Seeker. {{Storylink|Dark Amber Leo Prime (First)}} Bluebolt watched on as the "hero" also took care of Untite, but corroborated the hyena's revelation that Earth was soon to explode with them on it. After the stubborn Dark Amber used Unicron's power to restore the planet to a verdant, living one, Bluebolt joined him and the rebuilt Untite in travelling throughout the universe to fix other planets. {{storylink|Dark Amber Leo Prime (Second)}}
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| ==Notes==
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| [[File:End of G1 Bluebolt birdgun.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Bluebolt's scrapped gun mode.<br>Unconvincing until you see [[Blue Bolts (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|the original]].]]
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| *Bluebolt is a [[Redeco#"Virtual" redecoes|virtual redeco]] of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' [[Skywarp (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Maximal Skywarp]], which was in turn a head retool of Deluxe Class [[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Airazor]].
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| *''[[The Transformers: End of G1 Universe|End of G1 Universe]]'' author [[Hayato Sakamoto]] dropped an extensive thread on the comic's development in commemoration of the [[Hasbro Pulse#HasLab|HasLab]] [[Omega Prime#Legacy|Omega Prime]] campaign's success that included quite a bit of information on Bluebolt:
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| **Bluebolt's name, given to Sakamoto by [[TakaraTomy]] along with the "blue ''Kingdom'' Airazor" directive, is a play on [[Silverbolt (Magnaboss)|Silverbolt]], the original mold use of Skywarp's original toy, so as to make an elaborate riff on the old [[Silverstreak#Conceptual history|Bluestreak/Silverstreak conundrum]]. The very earliest concepts for the character would have seen Bluebolt literally be Skywarp in disguise. <ref>{{citesocial|quote=で、ブルーボルトなのですがダークアンバーレオプライムの漫画用にタカトミ側から出されたキャラクターでどうも同型のスカイワープの海外名シルバーボルトの青バージョンって事でついた名前の様でゴッドマグナスの武器とは偶然重なったみたいでした。スカイワープの変装との初期案もありました。|link=https://x.com/hayatoron/status/1766832896369971440|site=Twitter|name=Hayato Sakamoto|year=2024|month=3|day=10}}</ref>
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| **Noting the seemingly coincidental shared name with the [[Blue Bolts (RID)|signature weapon]] of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Car Robots]]'' star [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|God Magnus]], Sakamoto pitched an elaborate origin for the character where the idiosyncratic wad of guns and hinges was retrofitted into an exploratory drone before ultimately being rebuilt into a full-fledged Transformer.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=その没ネームでは折角名前が被ったので万能武器のブルーボルトがロボットモードを手に入れて太陽系第3惑星でビーストボディを手に入れるというシーンを描きました。それに合わせビーストモードでも武器モードを考えました。|link=https://x.com/hayatoron/status/1766837268386550118|site=Twitter|name=Hayato Sakamoto|year=2024|month=3|day=10}}</ref>
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| **This scene was cut, but Sakamoto left himself a backdoor to pick up the plotline in future stories by giving bird Bluebolt the otherwise inexplicable title of "Universal Weaponizer" (万能ウエポナイザー ''Bannō Weponaizā'') in [[Dark Amber Leo Prime]]'s [[Dark Amber Leo Prime#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' bio]], a play on the Blue Bolts cannon's title of "universal weapon" (万能火器 ''bannō kaki'') in God Magnus's [[Ultra Magnus (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|original toy bio]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=物語が進んだら先ほどの設定も使えるんじゃないかと思ってMPダークアンバーレオプライムの説明書にブルーボルトがウエポナイザーという設定が書かれてます。そしたらまさか本当にロボットに変形するとは！いずれビーストのブルーボルトも出して欲しいですね。みんなゴッドファイヤーコンボイ買おう！|link=https://x.com/hayatoron/status/1766838912318935469|site=Twitter|name=Hayato Sakamoto|year=2024|month=3|day=10}}</ref>
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| **He was gobsmacked to see the weapon [[Blue Bolts (RID)#Legacy|re-imagined into an independent robot]] way ahead of his pack-in deeplore plans in a blockbuster HasLab campaign, as a Weaponizer<ref>While billed as a "[[Battle Master]]" in Hasbro markets, the product copy in [https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810944843/ TakaraTomy's listing for the set] explicitly lists Bluebolt as a Weaponizer (ウエポナイザー ''Weponaizā'').</ref> with noticeable shared design cues,<ref>To him, anyway.</ref> no less, which spurred the thread.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=ゴッドファイヤーコンボイのクラウドファンディング達成記念という事で付属武器の新ロボ、ブルーボルトです！予約期限はもうすぐですよーー。今回特に関わってないのですが、ダークアンバーレオプライムの漫画に出てきたブルーボルトの意匠も入ってて僕は買いです！|link=https://x.com/hayatoron/status/1766830976397947209|site=Twitter|name=Hayato Sakamoto|year=2024|month=3|day=10}}</ref>
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| *It bears remarking that Yuki is usually Sakamoto's boss as TakaraTomy's "head of localization" for domestic collector product and both projects would have started cooking around the same time in 2022, leaving open the distinct possibility he played Sakamoto like a damn fiddle through this whole affair.
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| *Bluebolt's gender is left unclear over the course of the character's sole appearance.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:End of G1 Bluebolt model bot.jpg
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| File:End of G1 Bluebolt model bird.jpg
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| </gallery>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Comic-only characters]]
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| [[Category:Maximals]]
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