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[[File:WFC-Siege-Smashdown-Card-Art.jpg|thumb|400px|Impactor ''wishes'' he looked this good!]] | [[File:WFC-Siege-Smashdown-Card-Art.jpg|thumb|400px|Impactor ''wishes'' he looked this good!]] | ||
'''Smashdown''', the mascot of the [[Wrecker]]s,<ref>Hasbro presentation at New York [[Toy Fair 2019]]</ref> transforms into hammer mode to...well, "smash down". Smashdown is exactly what you'd expect from someone with his alternate mode. He's very loud, he's very proud of his ability to hit things real real hard, and he leaves a trail of destruction behind him. Smashdown doesn't know the meaning of the word "subtle" and would probably punch you if you tried to explain it to him. Most Autobots feel the need to cover their audio receptors and leave his presence in fairly short order, but for the Wreckers his ability to always be a bull in any china shop suits them just fine.<ref>''Earth Wars'' Smashdown bio</ref> | '''Smashdown''', the mascot of the [[Wrecker]]s,<ref>Hasbro presentation at New York [[Toy Fair 2019]]</ref> transforms into hammer mode to...well, "smash down". Smashdown is exactly what you'd expect from someone with his alternate mode. He's very loud, he's very proud of his ability to hit things real real hard, and he leaves a trail of destruction behind him. | ||
Smashdown doesn't know the meaning of the word "subtle" and would probably punch you if you tried to explain it to him. Most Autobots feel the need to cover their audio receptors and leave his presence in fairly short order, but for the Wreckers his ability to always be a bull in any china shop suits them just fine.<ref>''Earth Wars'' Smashdown bio</ref> | |||
Sometimes, he is a mass-produced body-type of [[Selector]]s. | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===''Generations Selects Special Comic''=== | ===''Generations Selects Special Comic''=== | ||
[[File:Volcanicuscomic1-Smashdown.jpg|left|thumb|300px| Super! Smashdown! MELEEEEEE!!!]] | [[File:Volcanicuscomic1-Smashdown.jpg|left|thumb|300px| Super! Smashdown! MELEEEEEE!!!]] | ||
A type of [[Selector]] created by [[human]]s with the power of [[Angolmois Energy]], Smashdowns were used as tools in the evacuation of more Angolmois Energy. However, the Selectors didn't care for their position in life and sought to rebel against humanity with the help of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon]]s. {{Storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}} With their assistance, the Smashdowns and other Selectors began their rebellion in [[Neo Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}} | |||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* Smashdown's gender was unclear | * Smashdown's gender was unclear until his character bio in an October 2020 update to the ''Earth Wars'' mobile game provided a solid answer.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TFU_INFO/status/1316391647278755841 Press release tweet by @TFU_INFO, 14 October 2020]</ref> Prior to that, the character was referred to as male by [[Hasbro]] representatives at New York [[Toy Fair 2019]]. | ||
**However, Smashdown was referred to as female by a member of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] crew in a YouTube interview. | |||
===Foreign names=== | ===Foreign names=== | ||
Revision as of 17:47, 19 January 2021
- Smashdown is an Autobot Battle Master from the Siege portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Smashdown, the mascot of the Wreckers,[1] transforms into hammer mode to...well, "smash down". Smashdown is exactly what you'd expect from someone with his alternate mode. He's very loud, he's very proud of his ability to hit things real real hard, and he leaves a trail of destruction behind him.
Smashdown doesn't know the meaning of the word "subtle" and would probably punch you if you tried to explain it to him. Most Autobots feel the need to cover their audio receptors and leave his presence in fairly short order, but for the Wreckers his ability to always be a bull in any china shop suits them just fine.[2]
Sometimes, he is a mass-produced body-type of Selectors.
Fiction
Generations Selects Special Comic
A type of Selector created by humans with the power of Angolmois Energy, Smashdowns were used as tools in the evacuation of more Angolmois Energy. However, the Selectors didn't care for their position in life and sought to rebel against humanity with the help of Megatron's Decepticons. Volcanicus comic 1 With their assistance, the Smashdowns and other Selectors began their rebellion in Neo Scramble City. Volcanicus comic 2
Games
Transformers: Earth Wars
Toys
Generations
War for Cybertron: Siege
- Smashdown (Battle Master, 2019)
- ID number: WFC-S31
- Japanese ID number: SG-29
- Japanese release date: September 30, 2019
- Accessories: Hammer handle, "Fire Blast" impact effect
- Part of the third wave of Siege Battle Masters, Smashdown transforms from a robot mode inspired by the mythical Minotaur into the "Airquake Hammerclaw" weapon. In an undocumented feature, the hammer handle can be slotted into the inside of the left forearm (under his "main" arm) to give his a blaster rifle. Otherwise, the handle either sits unused... or stays awkwardly sticking out of his robot-mode butt as a very long tail.
- Smashdown comes with a "Fire Blast" effect part, which can be attached to the "face" of the hammer mode, to simulate smashing against objects. This effect can also be attached in reverse to small pegs on other figures in the line.
War for Cybertron: Earthrise
- Smashdown (Battle Master, 2020)
- Accessories: Hammer handle, "Fire Blast" impact effect
- Smashdown was later re-released in the first wave of Earthrise, one of a handful of Siege toys used to "bridge" the two lines. Because of this, he is, alongside Rung, the only Earthrise Battle Master not to transform into a shield. The two releases are identical outside of packaging.
- Like all Earthrise toys, the cardboard back of the Earthrise version of Smashdown's package includes an exclusive cut-out collectible piece of a larger star map. Unlike most larger toy size classes, this piece does not include a named location. Sadly, if you already bought Smashdown in Siege but you want to collect the whole Earthrise star map, you'll have to buy another one, or at least the package.
Merchandise
Transformers Trading Card Game
- Private Smashdown, Ground Command-Artillery (2019)
- Wave 3P: War for Cybertron: Siege I
- Rarity: RT
- Card Number: P3/2019
- Stars: 5
- Private Smashdown, Ground Command-Artillery was released as an in-store play promo for the Transformers Trading Card Game's Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I release. As a Battle Master, when Smashdown is KOd, the card is played on the Airquake Hammerclaw side as an Upgrade - Weapon onto another character. The art on the robot mode side reuses Smashdown's stock art.
Notes
- Smashdown's gender was unclear until his character bio in an October 2020 update to the Earth Wars mobile game provided a solid answer.[3] Prior to that, the character was referred to as male by Hasbro representatives at New York Toy Fair 2019.
- However, Smashdown was referred to as female by a member of the Transformers Trading Card Game crew in a YouTube interview.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Smashdown (スマッシュダウン Sumasshudaun)
References
- ↑ Hasbro presentation at New York Toy Fair 2019
- ↑ Earth Wars Smashdown bio
- ↑ Press release tweet by @TFU_INFO, 14 October 2020
