Fallback (SG)

This article is about the evil Autobot. For his heroic counterpart, see Outback (G1). For a list of other meanings, see Fallback (disambiguation).

Fallback is an evil Autobot from the Shattered Glass continuity family.

Fallback is an evil Autobot.

Fiction

Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity

Fallback was one of Side Burn's victims. He was kidnapped and dissected to produce parts for Side Burn's experiments with bio-mechanical Transhumans. His body was eventually found by Rodimus and the Autobots when Side Burn's true purpose was uncovered. Coalescence

Toys

Transformers

• Outback (Mini Vehicle, 1987)

The Mexican version of Generation 1 Outback was repurposed as Shattered Glass Fallback.

In the Mexican Transformers line produced by IGA, Outback was probably released as a straight redeco of Brawn, sold on Outback cards. He was cast in sand with metallic-maroon robot parts, which is pretty close to the Hasbro/Takara Outback colors. Unlike most of the second-series IGA Mini Vehicles, he does not appear to have been sold in a second color scheme (at least, that we know of so far).

We say "probably" because while IGA appears to have done this old-mold-new-colors-sold-as-new-character move with all of the third-year retooled Mini Vehicles, so far Tailgate and Swerve are the only ones that have been confirmed with carded samples. All of the IGA versions of probably-Hubcap, Outback, and Pipes have only been found loose. So it's highly likely, we just don't have the final confirmation yet. Fun!

IGA Transformers also eventually made their way to a variety of European markets, slightly decreasing their rarity.

Notes

• Fallback was not physically described in the story, but Jesse Wittenrich later clarified his design intent on Twitter.
• Generation 1 Outback is one of a few positive characters to be represented by more than one negative character, in this case Shattered Glass Outback and Fallback (plus Fastback).

External links

• TFSquareOne article on "Shattered Glass Fallback"