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[[File:HasLabBluebolts.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You need that ''BLUUUUUE''bolts! For a ''TRUUUUUE'' jolt!]] | [[File:HasLabBluebolts.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You need that ''BLUUUUUE''bolts! For a ''TRUUUUUE'' jolt!]] | ||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Omega Prime''' (2025)}}</ul> | <ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Omega Prime''' (2025)}}</ul> | ||
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[January 30]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sodl6lRkifQ Hasbro Pulse | Transformers: Legacy RID 2001 Omega Prime HasLab Fanstream | January 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref> | {{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref name = "Pulse">[[January 30]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sodl6lRkifQ Hasbro Pulse | Transformers: Legacy RID 2001 Omega Prime HasLab Fanstream | January 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref> | ||
: | :Bluebolts is a roughly [[Size class|deluxe]]-sized figure transforming into Ultra Magnus' signature weapon. While formally billed as a "[[Battle Master]]," the figure breaks apart into 6 modular components in the style of the long-running [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System|Weaponizers]]/[[Armorizer]] gimmick to power up any figure with compatible [[5 mm post|5 mm ports]]. Bluebolts can be wielded in "weapon pack" mode by Ultra Magnus and Omega Prime in all modes just like the original, in addition to the new feature of stowing away in Ultra Magnus's legs when not in use. | ||
: | :TakaraTomy designer Hisashi Yuki pitched personifying Magnus's weapon at the very first design meeting for Omega Prime, throwing up a rough sketch of a humanoid mode on a napkin.<ref name = "Pulse"/> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 20:21, 30 January 2024
| The name or term "Bluebolt" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Bluebolt (disambiguation). |
- Blue Bolts is an Autobot weapon from the Robots in Disguise continuity family.
Blue Bolts (also Blue-Bolts and Bluebolts) is Ultra Magnus's weapon, which can act as an independent Battle Master sometimes.
Fiction
2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon
Toys
Robots in Disguise (2001)
- God Magnus (2000) / Ultra Magnus (Super Class, 2001)
- Known designers: Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy)
- Black God Magnus (2000)
- God Fire Convoy Special Clear Version (Giftset, 2000)
Universe (2003)
- Ultra Magnus (Super Class, 2003)
Encore
- God Fire Convoy (Multi-pack, 2018)
Cybertron
- Ultra Magnus & Optimus Prime (Multi-pack, 2005)
Legacy
- Omega Prime (2025)
- Known designers: Evan Brooks (Hasbro), Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy)[1]
- Bluebolts is a roughly deluxe-sized figure transforming into Ultra Magnus' signature weapon. While formally billed as a "Battle Master," the figure breaks apart into 6 modular components in the style of the long-running Weaponizers/Armorizer gimmick to power up any figure with compatible 5 mm ports. Bluebolts can be wielded in "weapon pack" mode by Ultra Magnus and Omega Prime in all modes just like the original, in addition to the new feature of stowing away in Ultra Magnus's legs when not in use.
- TakaraTomy designer Hisashi Yuki pitched personifying Magnus's weapon at the very first design meeting for Omega Prime, throwing up a rough sketch of a humanoid mode on a napkin.[1]
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Bluebolt (ブルーボルト Burūboruto)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 January 30, 2024's Hasbro Pulse | Transformers: Legacy RID 2001 Omega Prime HasLab Fanstream | January 2024 on YouTube, with Ben MacCrae and Evan Brooks.
