High Beam (G2)

High Beam is an Autobot, and later Maximal, from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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High Beam is a tracker who always means business. He never backs down from a challenge or shirks his responsibilities. Although his fellow Autobots tend to think of him as more of a thinker than a fighter, he'll eagerly engage in a firefight if he feels it is his duty to do so. This sense of duty is what drives him on his mission to find and destroy Decepticons. High Beam is more than ready to "get busy" with his latest targets, those feisty Combaticons.

Italian name: Puma

Fiction

The Theft of the Golden Disk

High Beam was shot by a Predacon with energy ray along with Switchblade. Theft of the Golden Disk

Timelines: Dawn of Future's Past

High Beam is a member of the Maximal Command Security Force, a group of highly-trained individuals who uphold the Pax Cybertronia on Maximal-controlled Cybertron. He is very surprised to see that his teammate Getout modeled himself after a lesser known Autobot named Skram whom High Beam had known personally. Dawn of Future's Past

Toys

Generation 2

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Unable to see past his massive chestplate, High Beam almost shoots himself in the engine.

• High Beam (Go-Bot, 1995)
  • Accessories: Rifle

Part of the first wave of Go-Bots, High Beam transforms into a "concept car" with exposed rear engine. At 1:64 scale and using through-axle wheels for speedy rolling on smooth surfaces, High Beam is compatible with many "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox"-brand playsets and tracks.

The same mold was redecoed in Generation 2 for the Go-Bots version of Bumblebee, as well as for the BotCon 1995 exclusive toy, Nightracer. It was later used for the Robots in Disguise Spy Changer Crosswise.

• More information on High Beam at TFU.info

Notes

• High Beam's card-art mistakenly gives him Gearhead's rifle.
• As with the rest of Security Force, High Beam's Maximal body is based on Cybertron Clocker.