Mudflap (Cybertron)

Mudflap is a Decepticon from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Yes! The French: Smelly Arm-pits And All!

Mudflap has anger issues. A former Autobot and friend to Landmine, being forced to remain hidden on Earth after the evacuation of Cyberton was frustrating for this former famous boxing champion. So frustrating that when he was approached by the Decepticons, he signed up! Only time will tell if Mudflap's heart is really with the Decepticon cause.

To human ears, Mudflap speaks with a French-Canadian accent. Aside from his pugilistic skills, he's an expert in swinging his massive crane-blade, incorporating it into his free-flying limbs fighting technique.

Japanese name: Demolishor

Fiction

Animated continuity

Cybertron

Voice actor: Dale Wilson (English), Taketora (Japanese)

Toys

Cybertron

• Mudflap (Voyager-class, 2005)

Japanese ID number: GD-09

Mudflap transforms into a blue crane truck. The toy has a spring-loaded missile launcher that folds out of the crane truck's cab, activated by a Cyber Planet Key, and a ridiculously colossal energon blade that folds out of the crane with a Key as well. When fully extended, the blade and crane are about three times the height of his body. He comes with a silver-bordered Earth-style Cyber Planet Key; the Hasbro release has the Key Code "v6t7" stamped on the back. There are also a myriad of small paint application differences between the Hasbro and Takara releases of the toy.

A special version of Mudflap was released as a Target stores exclusive, with a pair of free Mini-Cons attached to the box. Mudflap came with the Mini-Cons Tankor and Shockwave.

This mold was going to be redecoed to make Landslide, but was ultimately canceled (for reasons stated below).

Trivia

• Mudflap was the quintessential shelfwarmer of the Cybertron toy line. For whatever reason, he simply did not sell, and eventually ended up at heavy discount in most chains.

• Mudflap's transformation was used as the basis for the non-toy character Signal Lancer's transformation.

• In late October 2005, searching for "Evac" in Amazon.com's toy section returned a bizarre statement to the effect that customers searching for "epic" tended to eventually buy Mudflap. Oddly, this result did not appear if you actually searched for "epic."

• Despite his name, there isn't a mudflap anywhere on him!

External links

• Mudflap at TFU.info

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.