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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===''The Headmasters'' cartoon=== | ===Cartoon continuity=== | ||
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon==== | |||
In 2011, Shouki and the Trainbots were operating on Earth. After [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] invaded Cybertron, the robot trains assembled to transport their fellow Autobots to Cybertron along the [[Space Bridge]]. They were attacked along the way by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, but [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] drove them off. On Cybertron, Shouki saved [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] from [[Tantrum]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} | |||
{{charstubfiction}} | {{charstubfiction}} | ||
===''The Headmasters'' comic=== | ====''The Headmasters'' comic==== | ||
[[Image:Shouki.jpg|right|100px|thumb|"So I asked her... 'Want to get hitched in Vegas?'"]] | [[Image:Shouki.jpg|right|100px|thumb|"So I asked her... 'Want to get hitched in Vegas?'"]] | ||
===Dreamwave | ===Dreamwave comics continuity=== | ||
Shōki | Shōki was part of a big crowd of unhappy Cybertronians who made [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] look really stupid when he tried to make a speech assuring them that everything would be okay after the collapse of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s supposedly-benevolent rule. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} | ||
==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
Revision as of 16:35, 31 December 2009
- Shōki is an Autobot Trainbot from the Headmasters portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Shōki (ショウキ) is the Trainbots' leader, and elder brother to Yukikaze. He's among the fastest of the team, especially when he's linked to Yukikaze in train mode. Unfortunately, he's also occasionally brash and irresponsible in his duties.
Fiction
Cartoon continuity
The Headmasters cartoon
In 2011, Shouki and the Trainbots were operating on Earth. After Galvatron invaded Cybertron, the robot trains assembled to transport their fellow Autobots to Cybertron along the Space Bridge. They were attacked along the way by the Constructicons, but Metroplex drove them off. On Cybertron, Shouki saved Daniel Witwicky from Tantrum. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky
The Headmasters comic
Dreamwave comics continuity
Shōki was part of a big crowd of unhappy Cybertronians who made Prowl look really stupid when he tried to make a speech assuring them that everything would be okay after the collapse of Shockwave's supposedly-benevolent rule. Skyfire
Toys
The Headmasters
- Shōki (Trainbot, 1987)
- Japanese ID number: C-126
- Accessories: "Mach laser" pistol, 3 "joint parts" connectors, Raiden breast panel, Raiden waist panel
- Getsuei transforms into a Type 0 Shinkansen bullet train. He also forms the upper torso of the team's combined mode Raiden.
- Raiden (Gift set, 1987)
- The entire Trainbot team was sold both as individuals and in a six-bot Raiden gift-set. All six toys in this set were identical to their individual releases.
Transform Jr
- Raiden (1987)
- An exceedingly simplified version of the entire Trainbot team was made available as part of the Transform Jr series. Each individual has a (stumpy) representation of their larger robot modes, and could combine to form a stumpy Raiden.
Zone
- Shōki (Trainbot, 1990)
- Japanese ID number: C-355
- Accessories: "Mach laser" pistol, 3 "joint parts" connectors, Raiden breast panel, Raiden waist panel
- The Trainbots were re-released during Zone in new packaging, and only as individuals, never in a box set. The toys are identical to their original Headmasters incarnations.
Notes
- Though it is a little tricky to tell the true meaning of Shōki's name since it is "spelled" in phonetic katakana rather than kanji, it most likely comes from a type of Japanese WWII fighter plane of the same name. 'Shōki', loosely translated, means 'Devil-Queller'.
- The Trainbots are all originally Diaclone toys, which came in two different color schemes. However, there are several mold differences between the Diaclone and Transformers versions. Shōki is the most changed of all, though it's by the addition of the "waist plate" accessory for Raiden, which was not present in the Diaclone versions. The Transformers releases also lost the Diaclone pilots (of course) and the little plastic tracks for the trains to ride on.
