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*'''Autobot Springer''' (Legends Class, 2009) | *'''Autobot Springer''' (Legends Class, 2009) | ||
:Springer is an olive drab and dark gray V-22 Osprey. He has 5PR1N63R printed on the tops of his wings. His twin engines do not pivot upward like a real Osprey, but the propellers themselves can be rotated to approximate VTOL. He has one degree of freedom each at the wrist, elbow, shoulder, and ankle, but his hips are ball-jointed. In a surprising bit of attention to detail, the port and starboard rotors have opposite "handedness", just like a real aircraft. | :Springer is an olive drab and dark gray V-22 Osprey. He has 5PR1N63R printed on the tops of his wings. His twin engines do not pivot upward like a real Osprey, but the propellers themselves can be rotated to approximate VTOL. He has one degree of freedom each at the wrist, elbow, shoulder, and ankle, but his hips are ball-jointed. In a surprising bit of attention to detail, the port and starboard rotors have opposite "handedness", just like a real aircraft. He is destined to be redecoed as Incinerator. | ||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/Springer/springer.htm More information on Springer at TFU.info]'' | ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/Springer/springer.htm More information on Springer at TFU.info]'' | ||
Revision as of 17:32, 28 August 2009
| The name or term "Springer" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Springer (disambiguation). |
- Springer is an Autobot from the Revenge of the Fallen franchise in the live-action film continuity family.
In a fight Springer has formidable brute force he can rely on, which is good, since he is not one of the more skillful bots. Even so, he is smart, but has only rose to be a middle of the Autobot ranks.
Toys
Revenge of the Fallen
Legends Class Toys
- Autobot Springer (Legends Class, 2009)
- Springer is an olive drab and dark gray V-22 Osprey. He has 5PR1N63R printed on the tops of his wings. His twin engines do not pivot upward like a real Osprey, but the propellers themselves can be rotated to approximate VTOL. He has one degree of freedom each at the wrist, elbow, shoulder, and ankle, but his hips are ball-jointed. In a surprising bit of attention to detail, the port and starboard rotors have opposite "handedness", just like a real aircraft. He is destined to be redecoed as Incinerator.
Merchandise
Robot Heroes
- Autobot Springer and Starscream (2009)
- Springer is part of the first wave of Revenge of the Fallen Robot Heroes figures and is packaged versus Starscream. He has articulation at both shoulders.
Notes
- According to Hasbro's Saturday panel at BotCon 2009, Springer was to be an on-screen character in Revenge of the Fallen, but was later dropped.
- Springer is the third Osprey Transformer in the movieverse, the other two being Incinerator and Ruination. (Only three Osprey helicopters were part of the United States Air Force inventory at the time of the first film's release, two of them appearing in the film itself. As of May 2009, there's four of 'em...but the Marines have, like, 150 of 'em.)
- Given that the real Osprey is 60ft long, Springer (like most aircraft Transformers) would be rather large if scale was attended to. He's actually in pretty good scale with the Legends version of Devastator. Yet his only toys are in the smallest size classes.
