Fallback (SG)

This article is about the evil Autobot. For his heroic counterpart, see Outback (G1). For a list of other meanings, see Fallback (disambiguation).

Fallback is an evil Autobot from the Shattered Glass continuity family.

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Fallback is an evil Autobot.

Fiction

Shattered Glass

Fallback was one of Side Burn's victims. He was kidnapped and dissected to product parts for Side Burn's experiments with bio-mechanical Transhumans. His body was eventually found by Rodimus and the Autobots when Side Burn's true purpose was uncovered. Coalescence

Toys

Generation 1

• Brawn (Mini-Vehicle, 1984/1985/1986)

The Mexican deco of Brawn was repurposed as Shattered Glass Fallback.

Brawn was part of the original assortment of Autobot Mini Vehicles released in 1984. The mold was originally developed for the Microman Microchange, a line meant to depict robots who transformed into toy cars, which is why Brawn's car proportions are a bit exaggerated. He transforms into a (somewhat altered) Toyota Land Cruiser, although the front grille is based on a Willy's Jeep (or possibly a Suzuki LJ80), with a non-removable spare tire on the roof.

There are a couple different variations of the toy. The initial versions have the faceplate and upper corners of the helmet as a part of the back vehicle piece, poking through holes in the robot part, while later runs have the faceplate as part of the robot-part facade. Both versions can be found in the 1984 pre-rubsign releases of the toy, while only the "full face front" version is available in the 1985 be-rubsigned release. There are also multiple copyright notice configurations on the back end of the vehicle mode if you care about that kind of thing. Interestingly, an indent for a rub mark was tooled into the roof after the initial releases, but instead they put the rub mark on the side door.

There are a fair few redecoes of Brawn from south of the border. In Brazil, a version in gold with sand-colored robot parts was released. Peru got a light tan Jeep with dark turquoise robot parts, a light-blue painted helmet and no chrome. Mexico got another sand-colored Jeep in 1986, but with maroon robot parts.

The Brawn mold was later used to create the Malignus Jipe and Outback.

• Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Brawn at Transformerland.com
• More information on G1 Brawn at TFU.info

Notes

• Fallback was not physically described in the story, but Jesse Wittenrich later clarified his design intent on Twitter.