Divebomb (Prime)

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

Divebomb is an Autobot Predacon from the Aligned continuity family.

It's unclear if he defeated Swoop to get the name.

Rejecting the credo of his fellow Predacons, Divebomb has opted instead to join the Autobots and take up their cause. He now hunts his fellow Predacons with the same zeal with which they hunt others, and though he shares their lust for destruction, at least now it is harnessed in a more productive way.

Toys

Beast Hunters

• Divebomb (Legion, 2013)
  • Series / Number: 3 / 013
  • Accessories: Tornado Bow

Part of the fifth wave of Prime: Beast Hunters Series 3 Cyberverse Legion Class toys, Divebomb is a redeco of Windrazor, and transforms into a bird-like dragon creature. His robot mode hands can hold the included "Tornado Bow" via the latter's multiple 3mm posts, and he and the weapon feature numerous 3mm mounting points. Divebomb can also theoretically transform into an arm mode for the Cyberverse Hun-Gurrr mold to use in its combiner mode, though given he's an Autobot, it would be out of character.

His bow accessory was also used, in varying colors, by Bumblebee, Airachnid, and Predacon Rippersnapper. This toy was redecoed into Go! Barara.

Notes

• The slideshow presentation at the BotCon 2013 panel where Divebomb was revealed noted he is a fan of the New York Yankees.
• The decision for Divebomb to be an Autobot rather than a Predacon was clearly made quite late into production, as his instructions have the same template as the other Cyberverse Predacons, and a Predacon faction symbol is just about visible on the early stock photos (originally released during BotCon 2013, also depicted on the back of the toy's packaging) where the Autobot symbols are on the finalized toy.
• Divebomb's colors are based on the Generation 1 Swoop figure, whereas "Divebomb" was the name Swoop was going by before a Decepticon took it according to the Marvel UK comics. Whether Hasbro actually had any intentions to release the toy as "Swoop" is unclear; however, the name was unavailable at the time of the toy's release due to trademark reasons. In addition, there is already a Swoop character in the Aligned continuity; however, based on past experience, it's unlikely that this would have stopped Hasbro.