Aerobolt

Aerobolt is an Autobot-allied Weaponizer Mini-Con from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.

The early bird gets the worm, but in this case gets THE PRIME!

Aerobolt is the leader of the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, whose admiration for Optimus Prime is what deems him worthy of protecting the Autobot leader's chest.

Fiction

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

I'm gonna call you, "Toriyama".

Voice actor: Steve Blum (English), Masato Obara (Japanese), Tamás Bognár (Hungarian), Massimiliano Lotti (Italian), Simon Duprez (French), Werner Böhnke (German), Víctor Hugo Aguilar (Latin-American Spanish)

Aerobolt and his fellow Mini-Cons were captured by the Decepticons in their youth and experimented on. Given the ability to combine with their larger brethren, the Mini-Cons were stored in a laboratory in Darkmount until Starscream stumbled on them. They managed to escape Starscream and fell in with some scavengers so they could escape Cybertron, only to find their new hosts were heading for Earth. They set about trying to work out a way to abandon the scavengers and leave the planet. Mini-Con Madness

Bird's the word.

When Scatterspike returned from a mission empty-handed and blaming Sawtooth, Aerobolt took the Mini-Con aside for a personal report. Though Sawtooth thought they should trust the Autobots, Aerobolt thought otherwise. Strongarm's Big Score

The Mini-Cons accompanied the scavengers to an automated ship to find a relic, and Aerobolt pointedly refused to power up Clawtrap. After the scavengers managed to retrieve the Dark Star Saber, Aerobolt and his companions stole their sub-orbital craft. Detecting a power source capable of getting them offplanet, they invaded the scrapyard looking for it, only to be told it had already been destroyed. Mighty Big Trouble Their craft eventually ran out of fuel, but they ran into the Autobots again — Aerobolt recognized Optimus Prime and finally realized the Autobots could be trusted, though his attempt to link with Optimus was unsuccessful. During an ensuing fight with the scavengers, Aerobolt and his companions were snatched up by Starscream. Mini-Con Madness

Starscream attempted to merge with the Mini-Cons, only for it to fail because Tricerashot was missing. He was eventually able to obtain the last Mini-Con and merge with them all, however Fixit was able to activate a signal and separate Aerobolt. Aerobolt found Optimus and linked with him, providing the Autobot leader with a powerup that let him go up against the super-powered Starscream. Following the successful defeat of Starscream, Aerobolt and his fellow Mini-Cons left Earth on the sub-orbital craft, now modified by Fixit for space travel. Worthy

Games

Power Up for Battle

During a battle, Bumblebee dropped a stasis pod containing Arrowbolt [sic] for Optimus Prime to use as a weapon against Starscream. The Mini-Con provided the Autobot leader with the ability to hover for a short period of time. Power Up for Battle

Toys

Robots in Disguise (2015)

The Laserbeak we never got. Nevermind.
(Hasbro version pictured)

The Laserbeak we deserve.
(TakaraTomy version pictured)

• Power Surge Optimus Prime & Aerobolt (Power Heroes, 2016)
  • Japanese Release Date: 2016-06-25
  • Japanese ID Number: TAV50

Available only with the large Leader-sized Power Surge Optimus Prime figure, Aerobolt transforms from bird-like robot to a handheld shield and can also be configured into chest armor. Attaching Aerobolt to Optimus Prime's chest activates spring loaded robo-bird wings on his back.

Like all Power Surge Mini-Cons, Aerobolt lacks an actual scan badge, but has a fake badge sculpted onto his body.

The Adventure release of Aerobolt features Generation 1 Optimus Prime-inspired red-and-blue plastic colors.

• God Optimus Prime Micron Combination Set (2016-11-26)
  • Japanese ID Number: TAV61

This Optimus Prime is a redeco of the figure above, with a deco closer to the Hasbro and cartoon appearances of this form of Optimus, although with some arbitrary pearlized clear white parts. He also comes with "Super Aerobolt" as well as additional Tricerashot and Dragonblaster Mini-Cons.

Notes

• Optimus Prime and Aerobolt seem to have received an homage in the Power of the Primes line with Nemesis Prime and Giza.
• In 2024 Aerobolt made cameos in the Transformers 40th Anniversary Special Movie and, surprisingly, concept art for Transformers One where production designer Jason Scheier revealed that they had explored including him at one point.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Aerobolt (エアロボルト Earoboruto)