Solarbot (individual)

Solarbot is an entity from the Shattered Glass continuity family.

There will be other suns.

Solarbot (ソーラーボット Sōrābotto) is a mysterious emissary from an ancient civilization. Long ago, a divergent race of robotic beings evolved the ability to convert the energy of stars into Energon. For eons, these beings existed in the far reaches of the galaxy within distant suns, but as these suns began to die, Solarbot and his peers have fled their homes. Solarbot, who can take on the form of others in order to interact with them, has returned to the battleground of his primitive cousins, the Transformers.

Fiction

Recordicons

Ravage parked Solarbot next to Steeljaw, so that Steeljaw could get a faster solar charge. Solarbot was not totally appreciative of being used in this way. It's likely Steeljaw wasn't too keen on it, either, as he had realized he had begun to melt from Solarbot's heat. Recordicons #18

Toys

Generation 2

An early proof card of the Generation 2 Go-Bots Firecracker, Gearhead, and Blowout toys features the blurb "FREE* Solarbot Transformer (see back for details)." On the final cards, this same blurb area remains, but now reads "HIGH-SPEED RACING AXLES!"

At this time, no actual "back" of the proof card is known to exist, and what exactly this "Solarbot Transformer" was intended to be is unknown.

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  Solarbot promo on Firecracker card.
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  Solarbot promo on Gearhead card.
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  Leonard Nimoy eating an elephant—no, wait, it's just a Solarbot promo on a Blowout card.

Your bargaining posture is highly dubious. Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Generation 1

• SG Soundwave vs. SG Blaster

Named in homage to the above, Solarbot is a transparent yellow redeco of the Rewind/Eject cassette mould. He includes a sticker of the Battle Beasts "Sunburst" insignia.

This mould was also used to make Flip Sides, Rosanna, and Shattered Glass Rewind.