Sky Lynx (G1)

This article is about the Generation 1 Autobot. For the Cybertron-series Mini-Con, see Sky Lynx (Cybertron).

Sky Lynx is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Twice the bot, twice the ego.

Sky Lynx is the unbelievably talented, unsurpassably skilled, and altogether magnificent robot behind most of the greatest, most adventurous, and most daring moments in all of Autobot history. At least, if you ask Sky Lynx, that is. Not that he isn't a skilled, fast, powerful warrior and an expert flyer, and well deserving of his rank as Lieutenant Commander. He most certainly is all those things, he's just rather a bit too eager to tell you about it. At length. Springer has nicknamed him "Commander Modesty."

Fiction

Animated Continuity

Voice actor: Aron Kincaid (USA), Kōji Totani (Japan)

Sky Lynx made his fantastic debut when he selflessly risked his own life to save three vastly inferior specimens. Shortly after this, his peerless battle prowess was needed to fight off some ruffians. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5

When the Autobots investigated into the destruction of a provincial human law enforcement space station, Sky Lynx deigned to flawlessly transport a doddering old fool, that imbecile and his friends to the filthy planet Goo. During the course of this investigation, Sky Lynx was forced to save his comrades from several inferior opponents, including a pale imitation of himself, a mere hooligan, and those ruffians he encountered earlier on Io. Did they not learn their last painful lesson in humility? Chaos

Later still, during a skirmish on Earth's Moon, superior forces arrived to save the Autobots in the form of Sky Lynx, though the brutish Trypticon dared challenge him. However, before Sky Lynx could deliver what would have likely been a stunning finishing blow, the other vulgars were spirited drawn away from the battle by a voice in the distance. For some reason, his magnificence was included in this motley crew and was even forced to voyage with them to the far reaches of space, a sojurn they surely could not have made themsleves without Sky Lynx's intellect and sense of direction. However, upon landing, some fool had the audacity to call him Primitive! Can you imagine? Call of the Primitives

Sky Lynx's unquestioned skills were called into play yet again when Rodimus Prime required a Quintesson during the Hate Plague crisis. With his customary flair and talent, not to mention amazing speed, Sky Lynx located and retrieved one, who subsequently restored Optimus Prime to life. Jolly good show! The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1

Toys

Generation 1

• Sky Lynx (Motorized Space Shuttle, 1986)

Part panther, part bird, part danger, all applesauce.

Sky Lynx transforms from a space shuttle with under-slung cargo pod into a large beast-like... thing. His shuttle and pod portions can split up; the shuttle grows legs to become a large long-necked flying dinosaur thing, while the cargo pod grows a head and tail to become a "lynx"-like thing. The cargo pod section has a battery-powered motor that rolls him along in cargo mode, and activates a slow, ungainly walking action in lynx/lower-body mode. The shuttle also has an opening "cargo bay", though there is no room to store anything in it. Even though it fails to fully capture his magnificentness, it is still the apex of toy technology.

Unusually for a toy of his size, he has no other accessories packaged with him.

External links

• Sky Lynx at TFU.info

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.