Steelbane

Steelbane is a Knight of variable allegiance 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 sworn defender of the Staff of Merlin.

Toys

The Last Knight

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

• Steelbane (Deluxe Class, 2017)
  • Japanese Release Date: 2017-07-15
  • 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 robot clad in medieval armor into a dragon. He is armed with a sword, which can be stored on the figure's back in dragon mode, or on either thigh in robot mode. 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. Additionally, the figure's larger wings are molded in a softer plastic, and are prone to being warped straight out of the package.

He was also retooled into Skullitron.

Oy! Ten thousand years will give you such a crick in the neck!

• Optimus Prime / Steelbane / Bumblebee (Tiny Turbo Changer 3-Pack, 2017)
  • Accessories: "Autobot" weapons sprue (2 swords, flail-axe, left shield-half), "Decepticon" weapons sprue (2 cutlasses, knife, right shield-half)

The Tiny Turbo Changer Steelbane is included in a Target-exclusive three-pack with redecoes of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, part of Target's Reveal the Shield subline. Molded in soft vinyl (and in two different plastic colors, the only Tiny Turbo Changer to have more than one plastic color), Steelbane transforms from a super-deformed robot into a super-deformed mechanical dragon in just a few steps. As part of the subline gimmick, Steelbane's wings feature a red-and-blue pattern with a hidden faction insignia, revealed by using the included transparent red weapon accessories as a filter. For some reason, Steelbane has Decepticon symbols.

Caution needs to be taken when he is first taken out of the package, as there have been multiple reports of his tail being pretty firmly stuck in robot-mode position. It will eventually come loose, but it can feel like the peg will snap before it does.

Foreign names

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