Laserbeak (Armada)

The name or term "Laserbeak" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Laserbeak (disambiguation).

Laserbeak is an Autobot in the Armada portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Mecha-Jersey Devil

Laserbeak is an orange flying thingamajig with three modes—a bird mode, camera mode, and laser gun mode. Never a poster child for bravery or self-confidence, Laserbeak was charged by Optimus Prime with protecting the Autobots' human friends, surprising fellow Autobots with his newfound courage and an intense desire to keep his friends from harm.

Japanese name: Cyberhawk

Swedish name: Lasernäbb

Russian name: Laserbreak

Fiction

Armada cartoon

Laserbeak was a drone-like creation of Red Alert meant to give Rad, Carlos, and Alexis the ability to help the Autobots during battle while staying off the battlefield through spying.

Dreamwave Armada comic

Laserbeak was initially sent out to spy on Megatron's capture of the Air Defense Team on Earth. He fled the scene once Demolishor spotted him. Dreamwave Armada issue 6 When Megatron and the other Decepticons left for the Moon, he discovered that Demolishor was the only Decepticon left in their Silver Ridge base, allowing Hot Shot and Red Alert to infiltrate the base and erase any sensor logs of Optimus Prime's usage of the space bridge back to Cybertron. Dreamwave Armada issue 9 Soon afterwards, he was sent to deliver a message to Scavenger and Smokescreen, informing them to take care of Megatron's launch base by any means necessary. Unfortunately, the response came twenty minutes too late. Fire & Ice

Much later, during Unicron's attack on Cybertron, Laserbeak monitored Megatron blasting off to the Chaos Bringer, providing Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scavenger a chance to follow the Decepticon leader and deliver payback for his crippling of Smokescreen. The End

Transformers Legends anthology

Laserbeak was used as a Cybertronian translator for a series of glyphs that told of an ancient conflict known as the Beast Wars. Fire in the Dark

Toys

Armada

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You can have my bright orange camcorder when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!

• Laserbeak (Roleplay, 2002)
  • Japanese ID number: MC-05

Armada Laserbeak transforms from a Cybertronic bird to a camcorder and a "Laser gun" (really just a camcorder with a handle, but that doesn't stop legislation). In camcorder mode, the flip-out, rotating faux-LCD viewfinder screen has an (intentionally) fuzzy image of Pat Lee's Armada Optimus Prime packaging art. The two grey buttons on the top of his body activate sound effects: the rear most button alternates from an electronic bird screech to a laser sound, while the other button alternates between a camera shutter sound and a video recording sound. The black button is used during transformation to robot mode to release Laserbeak's head from his body.

• More information on Laserbeak at TFU.info

Notes

More Orange! MORE!

• Laserbeak's original prototype at Toy Fair 2002 and art indicate that the colors were originally meant to be in Generation 1 Laserbeak's classic black and red. Due to Laserbeak having a "gun" mode (albeit very abstract), it was changed to orange and blue to get around toy gun laws. This was later reconfirmed by designer Eric Siebenaler in 2008.
• Like Megatron Megabolt, Laserbeak can be used as an alternate head for Fortress/Brave/Grand Maximus. Pretty weird head, but it wasn't the first and it won't be the last.
• Armada Laserbeak's deco was used as the color scheme for the alternate reality version of Generation 1 Laserbeak in the April Fool's prank preview "Shattered Expectations" for the BotCon 2008 comic, "Shattered Glass".