Flykick

Flykick is a Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Flykick (フライキック Furaikikku) is the premiere air combatant in White Leo's forces. He's as quick of wit as he is of flight, cracking jokes to keep his allies' mood light. Born on the Bistoram Plateau, he is Emperor of Bistoram, one of 38 countries on the planet Beast. Since White Leo's rank is given as "King of Bistoram", Emperor would appear to be the aristocratic rank below King on Beast. He can attack in mid-air with strength sufficient to shatter stone, and can fly at Mach 3 (um, presumably without dying in the process). His MVP Weapon, the Flying Typhoon, employs powerful vibrations to emit long-range shockwaves.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Headmasters cartoon

Colbert Bird

Voice actor: ? (Japanese)

Flykick was a member of White Leo's rebels, fighting against the Decepticons and their allies, Alligatron and the evil Beastformers. Flykick served as the aerial component of an attack led by Big Serow on the Decepticon Beastformers' stronghold, but the evil Beasts overwhelmed the rebels and they were forced into retreat. Help soon came in the form of the Autobot Transformers, and Flykick was one of many who welcomed them. Shortly, he was in the rebel stronghold stroking his weapon.

Flykick was chosen as part of White Leo's force that set out to rescue the Decepticons' Beastformer slaves. However, they were already rescued and soon joined up with White Leo's forces, just in time to witness the Decepticon Transformers retreating from the planet. Rebellion on Planet Beast

The Headmasters comic

Flykick was part of a force assembled by White Leo to combat the Decepticon Beastformers, a task which they succeeded at. The Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!

Beastformers comic

Flykick and White Leo were approached by an injured Bombsheep, who warned them that the Laser Beasts had invaded his homeland of Sheepnia and were targeting Bistoram next. He went on to fight in the Beastformers' war with the Laser Beasts. Beastformers VS Laser Beasts

Legends comic

Flykick and a group of other Beastformers were fighting their last stand against the Laser Beasts when a team of Autobot reinforcements arrived and helped them win. LG51 Doublecross Prologue

Flykick took part in the final battle between the Beastformers and the Laser Beasts on Beast in 2023. He fought against Blue Eagle in the air. While fighting Skybat, Flykick watched as a portal opened to reveal 2021-based Transformers and their allies fleeing the end of the Legends World. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1

In 2038, the then-peaceful Beast was invaded by Galvatron II's Decepticons. Flykick was part of the joint Beastformer-Laser Beast alliance that fought against the invaders. He was hurt in battle, but was healed by Tigerburn's Medical Aid Laser. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Flykick was in the forefront of battle, tackling one of Megatron's invading Air Warriors when the Decepticons came to Planet Beest to retrieve the Predacons. Welcome to the Jungle

Mini Mayhem!

When Galvatron unleashed Predaking, boasting that the gestalt's combined animal strength was unparalleled, Flykick and his allies stood united to prove him wrong. Mini Mayhem!

Toys

Transformers: Beastformers

• Flykick (Beastformer, 1987)
  • ID number: 4
  • Pack: A, C, E
  • Accessories: Halberd

Part of the first series of Takara's Beastformers toys, Flykick is an anthropomorphic white bird of prey with aqua-blue robotic armor. The Battle Emblem on his stomach reveals one of three symbols when warmed up: Fire, Water or Wood.

The Hasbro Battle Beasts release of the figure can vary in the tone of the paint used on its armor, with some samples having a lighter and more matte aqua (pictured right). There's also a weird weapon variant, with rounded-off points and "supports" inside the gaps in the halberd. It's uncertain if the Takara releases have similar variations.

He was re-released in the subesquent second and third series; while the toy proper was not changed, the packaging and packed-in bio card was. The Series 1 release comes in a generic red-grid "Cybertron Beastformer" box, with a red-grid bio card with a painted character image on the front, though there was a random chance of his card being replaced by the rare "Holography Mirror" card. Series 2 came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box, with the bio card putting the painted image on a jungle backdrop; sold in the "Pack C" box, his bio card could have been replaced with the rare "Secret Photo" card. The series 3 release is mostly identical to series 2, changing only the "Pack" designation, plus this time his bio card could instead be replaced by the rare "VS Holography Mirror" card.

• Red Phoenix (Fortress, 1987)
  • Accessories: Halberd

Flykick was also available packed in with the Red Phoenix Fortress. He is unchanged from his individual release, coming with the series-2 style bio card.

Beastformers

• Flykick (Beastformer, 1988)
  • ID number: 4
  • Pack: G
  • Accessories: "Flying Typhoon" MVP Weapon

Re-released in the Transformers-less Beastformers sequel series, Flykick was given a straight re-release with new packaging and a new, more filled-out bio card using comic-style line-art rather than a painted portrait. This new card also gave his weapon, now branded an "MVP Weapon", the name "Flying Typhoon" (フライングタイフン Furaingu Taifun).

He was sold in two similar-but-different styles of boxes. One wholly-generic version, sold in large display boxes like the Transformers releases, advertised the chance for the included bio card to instead be a rare holofoil card of White Leo with a "Burstsun" rubsign in a baggie taped to the back, so you could apply it to the Beastformer of your choice. The more common version has a slightly different box with a peg-hole in the top flap, and has a sticker on the bottom with his name and role on it.

Late in the run, the "mood ring" styled rubsigns were replaced with new rubsigns that revealed full-color Fire/Wood/Water images on black backdrops. (These rubsign variants also happened at the same time in the Hasbro Battle Beast version of the line.)

• Flykick (Gahsapon Beastformer, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 4
  • Accessories: Weapon

Many of the first-series Beastformers were also sold in gashapon capsule machines, Flykick included. This version is identical to the regularly-released boxed version, including the randomized rubsign, except the gashapons appear to have randomized weapons (or just crummy quality control).

There is also a rare all-white/cream version of Flykick; these rare versions can vary in how white they actually are, and it's uncertain if that's how they started or if some have simply yellowed with age. These white versions tend to be very expensive on the secondary market.

• Red Phoenix (Fortress, 1988)
  • Accessories: "Flying Typhoon" MVP Weapon

The Red Phoenix Fortress was re-released in the "RPG" line, unchanged from its original release save for packagaing. It once again came with an unchanged Flykick, though this time he came with his new "RPG" bio card.

The Red Phoenix appears to have been released in lower numbers in this line than the other two Fortresses, possibly due to it having been available just the prior year.

Merchandise

Meiji candy toys

• Flykick (Gashapon/candy-toy Beastformer, 1988)
  • Meiji ID number: 2
  • Accessories: "Tomahorse" MVP Weapon

A small, super-deformed, articulation-free version of Flykick was sold both as a gashapon capsule prize by Takara, and as a candy toy with "chocoballs" through the candy/snack company Meiji.

This stumpy lil fellow could be found in red, blue or green plastic, representing the Fire, Water and Wood elements (even though he still had a rubsign). All of the Meji Beastformers comes with a different Beastformer's weapon attached to their left shoulder by a snippable sprue, common for inexpensive toys of that nature. Flykick came with Bluehorse's "Tomahorse" attached to his left shoulder. It is currently unknown which Meiji Beastformer has Flykick's weapon.

• Ramune Beastformers Battle Card (1988)
  • Meiji ID number: 13

A gold-foil "Battle Card" of Flykick, featuring the painted character art from his original Transformers: Beastformers bio card, was available in randomly-packed sets of cards that came with ramune-flavored candy tablets. The back of the card features a severely truncated bio, with data for the game from the Meiji chocoball SD figures' packaging.

Notes

• The Hasbro release of "Colonel Bird" was similarly (eventually) available with both styles of rubsign.

Foreign names

• English: Colonel Bird