Yukikaze (G1)

This article is about the Generation 1 Trainbot. For the Beast Wars II spaceship, see Yukikaze (BWII).

Yukikaze is an Autobot from the Headmasters portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Brrr... I'm not cold!

Yukikaze is the younger brother of the Trainbot leader Shouki. Cold-weather operations is Yuki's gig, and in the snow, there's no stopping him. Naturally, he doesn't like heat at all. So much, in fact, that it severely hampers his ability to work with Kaen, who apparently puts out a lot of it.

Fiction

Headmasters manga

"I can fit a human in by backpack!"

Dreamwave Generation 1 comic continuity

Yukikaze (or someone who looks a lot like him) was part of a big crowd of unhappy Cybertronians who made Prowl look really stupid when he tried to make a speech assuring them that everything would be okay after the collapse of Shockwave's supposedly-benevolent rule. Skyfire

Toys

Headmasters

• Getsuei (Trainbot, 1987)
  • Japanese ID number: C-127
  • Accessories: "Snow laser" pistol, 3 "joint part" connectors, left & right Raiden "leg beam" cannons, 2 "leg beam" connectors

Yukikaze transforms into a Tohoku Joetsu bullet train engine. He also forms the left leg of the team's combined mode Raiden... though he can really form the right leg if you're so inclined.

• Raiden (Gift set, 1987)

The entire Trainbot team was sold both as individuals and in a six-bot Raiden gift-set. All six toys in this set were identical to their individual releases.

• Raiden (TF Jr set, 1987)

An exceedingly simplified version of the entire Trainbot team was made available as part of the Transformer Jr series. Each individual has a (stumpy) representation of their larger robot modes, and could combine to form a stumpy Raiden.

Zone

• Yukikaze (Trainbot, 1990)
  • Japanese ID number: C-356
  • Accessories: "Snow laser" pistol, 3 "joint part" connectors, left & right Raiden "leg beam" cannons, 2 "leg beam" connectors

The Trainbots were re-released during Zone in new packaging, and only as individuals, never in a box set. The toys are identical to their original Headmasters incarnations.

Trivia

• Though it is a little tricky to tell the true meaning of Yukikaze's name since it is "spelled" in phonetic katakana rather than kanji, the most likely translation to English is "Snowbreeze".

• The Trainbots are all originally Diaclone toys, which came in two different color schemes. It's also worth noting that there are several mold differences between the Diaclone and Transformers versions, though Getsuei really doesn't change much at all. The Transformers releases also lost the Dialcone pilots (of course) and the little plastic tracks for the trains to ride on.

External links

• Yukikaze at TFU.info

• Diaclone "Train Robo" at Diaclone.net (Japanese-language site)
  
  
  From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.