Zarak Shield

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It's big. Big and pinchy.

The Zarak Shield (ザラックシールド Zarakku Shīrudo) is the ultimate weapon of Decepticon Headmaster leader Scorponok, created specifically to counter the power of Fortress Maximus's Master Sword.

Fiction

The Headmasters cartoon

With his weak spot having been exposed, forcing him to retreat from Earth, I Risk My Life for Earth Scorponok returned to planet Master in order to exploit its super-science to create a weapon to protect him. While burrowing beneath the surface of the planet, his Transtector's sensors detected the ore necessary to create the super-durable G-Metal, but even this on its own would not be enough to stand up to the Master Sword. He proceeded to have Sixshot capture one of the scientists who had worked on the sword's construction, Jack, and torture him for information, but when that failed, he kidnapped Wheelie and ransomed him off for the sword's secrets. The Master Sword Is in Danger!! With this information now in his hands, Scorponok was able to create the Zarak Shield, The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide which proved powerful enough to deflect the Master Sword when they first met in combat. Operation: Destroy the Decepticons

Returning to Earth, Scorponok set in motion a plan to destroy the planet, culminating in a massive battle at the North Pole. There, he was defeated and the Zarak Shield destroyed by Fortress Maximus, who was super-charged with the combined energy of the Autobot army. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)

Prior to constructing the Zarak Shield, Scorponok is seen with a shield identical to it mounted on his arm. Presumably, he simply created the Zarak Shield in the image of this earlier model.

TransTech

The Zarak Shield was somehow snatched out of its home universe before its destruction and converted into a desk by the artist Bricolo and purchased by Ego, a collector of multiversal artifacts. I, Lowtech

Toys

The Transformers

• Scorponok (Headmaster leader, 1987)

The arm-shield included with the original Scorponok toy is not explicitly the Zarak Shield, but we can pretend.

War for Cybertron: Earthrise

• Scorponok (Titan, 2020)

Can you tell which part of the photo used a different camera? I bet you CAN'T!

The arm-shield included with Earthrise Titan Scorponok is explicitly the Zarak Shield, no fooling! It uses parts of Scorponok's legs for extra defense.

Merchandise

As with the original toy, none of the arm shields below are identified as the Zarak Shield. Either they represent the Zarak Shield or something visually identical to it.

Super Collection Figure

• Alpha Trion (2002)
• Cyclonus (2002)
• Dai Atlas (2002)
• Fortress (2002)
• Meister (2002)
• Star Convoy (2002)
  • Act: 8

MegaZarak was the "Build-A-Figure" from the eighth wave of Takara's line of Super Collection Figure PVC figurines, available in eight out of every ten cases. He was divided into six parts, each one packaged with one of the silver metallic "pewter" versions of the other six figurines in the line. There was both a regular full-color figure to collect (available in six out of every ten cases) as well as a rarer variant version, this time in metallic silver (available in four out of every ten cases). His left arm was packaged with Dai Atlas.

• More information on Super Collection Figure MegaZarak at TFU.info
• More information on pewter MegaZarak at TFU.info

Gigantic Action

• Scorponok (2014)
  • Accessories: Rifle, shield, visor, four cannons

Produced by Japanese toy company Sentinel as part of the Transformers 30th anniversary celebrations, Transformers Gigantic Action MegaZarak/Scorponok is a huge non-transforming action figure based on the character's appearance in The Headmasters but with details drawn from the original toy. It stands at close to 23" tall (58 cm), finally allowing Scorponok to rival the size of the original Fortress Maximus toy.

Jada Toys

• Transformers Series 2 18-pack (4 cm Die Cast Figure Multipack, 2022)

Released by Jada Toys, Nano Metalfigs Scorponok is an incredibly small die-cast figurine molded doing an action pose. He has a little base attached to his feet for balancing reasons.

He comes in an impressive multipack with seventeen other figurines.