Steelbane

Steelbane is an Autobot-allied Knight of Iacon from The Last Knight portion of the live-action film series continuity family.

"Growls" BANEEEEEE!!!

Steelbane is one of the mythic Knights of Iacon and a sword defender of the Staff of Merlin.

Fiction

The Last Knight film

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Steelbane was in a ship that had crash landed in Chicago. He was discovered by some kids, who were startled by him moving and ran away. When Cade Yeager found him, the knight recognized the significance of the human and passed a talisman onto him. Cade offered to repair the injured knight, but Steelbane refused and instead told him to protect the talisman from "Quin...". He died from his injuries shortly after. The Last Knight

Toys

The Last Knight

Tiny Turbo Changers

• Optimus Prime, Steelbane & Bumblebee (3-pack, 2017)

This 3-pack contains a redecoed Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and the new mold Steelbane.

Premier Edition

"Titanium Megatron hast loose joints? Yond's cute."

• Steelbane (Deluxe, 2017)
  • Japanese Release Date: 7-15-2017
  • Japanese ID Number: TLK-11
  • Accessories: Sword

Released as part of the second wave of The Last Knight Deluxe Class figures, Steelbane transforms from a European knight-esque robot into a dragon. He is also armed with a sword. Due to his transformation scheme, Steelbane's robot mode feet end up sticking out of his tail and his dragon mode neck.

Unfortunately, Steelbane suffers from loose ball joints, which prevent his dragon mode from staying together.

He was also retooled into Skullitron.

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Steelbane (スティールベイン Sutīrubein)
• Mandarin: Gāngwǔtiěqí (Taiwan, 鋼武鐵騎, "Valiant Steel Cavalry")