Eagle Eye (G1)

This article is about the Generation 1 Autobot Micromaster. For the Generation 1/Generation 2 Decepticon Skyscorcher, see Eagle Eye (G2).

Eagle Eye is an Autobot Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Man, slowly I'm running out of stupid "Grab your purse"-captions...

Eagle Eye lives up to his name when it comes to aerial combat. His exceptional vision, capable of focusing on tiny objects up to 20 miles away, allows him to lock his weapons systems onto any target he can see. Despite his amazing visual acuity, he seems to turn a blind optic to the various interpersonal issues among the Air Patrol, the team under his supervision. They just flat-out don't get along, and Eagle Eye does nothing to try and make them work things out. He barely even gives them orders, for that matter. He's practically the team's commander in title only. He reasons that it ultimately doesn't matter, because despite it all, the Air Patrol is still one of the Autobots' most effective aerial defense forces, and to his way of thinking, that's far more important then everyone getting along.

In Japan, Eagle Eye also leads the "Sky Patrol Team".

Fiction

IDW comics continuity

Eagle Eye was one of the legions of Dead Universe Micromasters who pursued Hardhead and Nightbeat on Gorlam Prime. He survived to confront Hardhead with the Jhiaxus-controlled Nightbeat in the planet's subterranean tunnels, but failed to prevent the Autobot from escaping into the Dead Universe. Spotlight: Hardhead

Toys

Generation 1

Small man's Seeker.

• Air Patrol (Micromaster Patrol, 1990)

Eagle Eye transforms into a Boeing-McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18C Hornet fighter jet. He was only available as part of the Air Patrol set with his teammates Blaze Master, Sky High and Tread Bolt.

• More information on Eagle Eye at TFU.info

Zone

• Sky Patrol Team (Micro Transformer Team, 1990)
  • Japanese ID number: C-352

The Air Patrol was released as part of Takara's Zone series with no notable changes from the Hasbro release.

Notes

Maybe they thought it'd take eagle eyes to notice this..

• Most—if not all—of the toys pictured in the 1990 Hasbro Transformers catalog are unfinished prototypes or mock-ups, and a variety of differences from final product pop up. In Eagle Eye's case, the main difference is that the catalog has him with a red robot mode face rather than the final toy's yellow.

• Eagle Eye's vehicle-mode art in issue #2 of the More Than Meets The Eye profile books is actually Generation 2 Skyscorcher Eagle Eye's jet mode in the Generation 1 character's base colors, with the Skyscorcher's black stripes added. For the trade paperback, this art was heavily edited to better resemble the Micromaster.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Eagle Eye (イーグルアイ Īguru Ai)
• French: Faucon (Canada)
• Italian: Aquila