Quickswitch
- Quickswitch is an Autobot Six Changer from the Generation 1 continuity family.
"Chaotic" and "unpredictable" are the best words to describe Quickswitch. His rapidly alternating form is echoed by his moods changing just as wildly. Whether you find him happy or sad, angry or upset depends mostly on the occasion you happen to run into him. If you find Quickswitch during a bad mood, the best advice is to simply suffer a moment longer.
He is the son of Sixshot. Sometimes he is partnered with the Titan Master Dynamus.
Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
Quickswitch was in charge of Cybertron's new security system. Optimus Prime had to cut one of his meetings with Tommy Kennedy short to aid Quickswitch with testing out the security system. Season 5: FFOD, Part 2
Marvel The Transformers comics
Quickswitch was supposed to meet an informant at Maccadam's Old Oil House, but ran afoul of a couple of Mecannibals who had come looking for revenge on Dreadwind and Darkwing. It took some showy transforming into each of his modes to stop the beasts. The two drunken ingrates, however, never even noticed. Out to Lunch!
Ladybird Books continuity
Quickswitch was seen flying over the Autobot base on Nebulos. Autobot Hostage
When the Decepticons went to ground on Nebulos, Quickswitch was sent with Quickmix and Scoop to locate them. He was the only one able to cross the Nebulos Triangle's mercury lake due to his hovercraft mode, and he managed to locate the Decepticons' secret underground city. Hearing Decepticons, he knocked over some fuel canisters and bravely fled to the surface. With Scoop and Quickmix's help, he sealed up the only exit with concrete made from Nebulite so the Decepticons remained trapped, and the Nebulos campaign, possibly the war itself, was ended. Decepticons Underground
Kre-O online manga
You know I'm gonna be like you."
During Christmas day, Quickswitch stood guard outside Autobot City. Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!
TransTech
In Axiom Nexus, Quickswitch was a contestant on Cybertron's Got Talent, which his father Sixshot had previously appeared on. Quickswitch was one of the final four competitors, and had a healthy fanbase thanks to hailing from the Primax Cluster. Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/14
Commercial appearances
Quickswitch was Sixshot's "son", burdened with the task of making up for his "father's" mistakes. Though Getaway mistook him for a Decepticon upon first seeing him, Quickswitch displayed his true loyalties by making short work of both Horri-Bull and Snaptrap. Quickswitch commercial
When Optimus Prime returned as a Powermaster, he used Quickswitch in handgun mode against some Decepticon aggressors. Powermaster Optimus Prime commercial
Toys
Generation 1
- Quickswitch (Six Changer, 1988)
- Accessories: Left & right blasters
- Quickswitch is the second "Six Changer" in the series. Besides his basic form as a humanoid robot, he turns into a Cybertronic jet, drill tank, laser pistol, hovercraft and a flying puma. His armament of choice is a pair of (non-firing) photon blasters, which he uses in many of his modes. Despite being relatively well articulated due to his various transformations, all of his modes are kinda blocky. His robot mode suffers from odd proportions, making him look like he's wearing a full diaper.
- The same mold was used in Japan to make Sixknight.
Generations
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me
- A redeco and minor retool of Titans Return Six Shot, Quickswitch is a Leader Class mold as part of the Titans Return subline imprint of Generations. He can transform between six different modes: robot, tank, car, jet, beast, and
upside-down laser gunsubmarine. In promotional CG renders, both his helmet and his face were retooled, but in production, only his Titan Master face was.
- Unlike other Leader Class figures in this line, Quickswitch does not have an (official) base mode. However, his wings have clips on the edges that allow him to connect to other Leader Class figures' base modes when in certain modes; his instructions suggest the tank mode.
- Dynamus and Quickswitch were only available in a box set named "Chaos on Velocitron" that includes Refractor & Laser Prime, Parsec & Autobot Nautica, Fastclash, and a Rodimus Prime Titan Master head. The set was officially announced by Hasbro to be a Toys"R"Us exclusive, and was sold at stores in the United States, Canada, and Hasbro's Asian markets (such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong). Despite this, it later became available via Amazon in the United States (but not in Canada) as well, actually sold by Amazon directly (as compared to a third-party seller).
- This mold was also more extensively modified into Legends Greatshot.
Notes
- Like most manga-original Kreons, Quickswitch is made up of existing Kre-O parts. He wears the ever-popular Hound helmet and the Starscream wing backpack.
Foreign names
- French: Interclic (Canada)
- Mandarin: Biànsèlóng (变色龙, "Chameleon")
