Forth

Forth is a Decepticon Mini-Con from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family. He is also, confusingly enough, known as Back.

Nobody seems able to agree on what Forth's name is. You could probably say that they go back and forth on it.

Toys

Robots in Disguise

• Decepticon Forth or Decepticon Back (Mini-Con, 2015)

Forth/"Back" was released as part of wave 3 of the Robots in Disguise toy line's general retail Mini-Con assortment. He is a "Cyclone"-type Mini-Con that transforms from a four-legged creature with stubby arms into a spherical object that can be launched by Mini-Con Deployers Overload or Crazybolt. He also includes various accessory pieces that are still on their plastic sprue (which is shaped like a Decepticon insignia) inside the packaging. The accessories can be attached to the figure to form a set of armor.

This figure was redecoed into Decepticon Back (who doesn't have an alternate name).

Notes

• Prior to the toy's release, there has been quite a bit of confusion regarding Forth's name. As a matter of fact, it would appear that Hasbro had initially intended for the figure to be named "Decepticon Back", and made the decision to change its name to "Decepticon Forth" at the last possible minute—so late, in fact, that the name "Decepticon Back" still appeared on the packaging of the figure when released in Hong Kong. The name "Back" also appears in official Hasbro solicitations, stock photos of the toy in packaging and even in the Robots in Disguise mobile game. Conversely, the name "Decepticon Forth" currently only appears on the packaging of the figure when purchased from North American online retailers. Confusingly, Hasbro would soon afterwards release a redeco of the figure actually sporting the name "Decepticon Back" on its packaging when purchased at North American retail. For the sake of convenience, we consider "Back" and "Forth" as two separate characters, and treat all instances of the name "Back" for the "Forth" character as errors.
• To make matters even more confusing, some online retailers initially solicted the figure under the names "Decepticon Backfire" or "Kickback".