Medix (RB)

This article is about the Aligned Rescue Bot. For the Generation 1 Autobot, see Medix (G1).

Medix the Doc-Bot is an Autobot from the Rescue Bots portion of the Aligned continuity family.

"What exactly are you standing on back there, Sawyer?"

Medix is the Rescue Bots' Doc-Bot, ready to help out Autobots and humans alike when they need medical help.

Sometimes he pals up with Sawyer Storm.

Fiction

Rescue Bots Academy cartoon

Voice actor: Adam Andrianopoulous (English)

Toys

Rescue Bots

I go in a category that's a homophone of my name.

• Medix the Doc-Bot (2012)

Part of the fifth wave of the original Rescue Bots toyline, Medix transforms from ambulance to robot with a press of the flashers on his roof, automatically springing him into robot mode. (Though you'll have to stand him up yourself.) Medix comes packaged with a DVD of the Rescue Bots episode "Under Pressure".

The wave with Medix and Hoist was originally a bit scarce on retail shelves (though it hit Target clearance in some places), and as such the two demanded some hefty prices on the secondary market. However, there must have been a warehouse find or something, as eBay sellers eventually started listing them in large numbers for roughly original retail.

This figure was redecoed and given a new head to create the Amazon-exclusive fire search and rescue vehicle version of Heatwave.

• More information on Medix at TFU.info

The regal flashing lights and royal horns, behold, the great one comes.

• Medix the Doc-Bot (2016)

A brand-new mold in the smaller Playskool Heroes scale, Medix once again transforms into an ambulance in a single "Easy 2 Do Conversion". Robot-to-ambulance conversion is done by pushing his arms in, and ambulance-to-robot by pulling them out - as this typically doesn't fold the legs in all the way, pushing up on the cabin roof can solidify the transformation. In ambulance mode, his back-end roof has a 5mm post-hole, nominally to mount the concurrent Rescue Bots Mini-Con partners in their rescue-tool modes. His fists also have 5mm post-holes, though their lack of posability makes holding the rescue tools... awkward.

He has an entirely new headsculpt that arguably matches the cartoon's general aesthetic better.

• Medix the Doc-Bot (Flip Racer, 2017)

Good luck seeing out of that windshield!

Part of the first wave of individually packed Flip Racers, Medix transforms automatically from ambulance to robot when the vehicle mode is lifted up and placed on its end.

Rescue Bots Academy

• Medix the Doc-Bot (2019)

The first toy of Medix under the Rescue Bots Academy brand, and in his new appearance for the cartoon, is sized similarly to the previous Megabots line. He transforms into a medical emergency car in a couple of "Easy 2 Do Conversion" steps. In bot mode, pressing a switch on his left arm slides out a tool which is in place of his hand. He comes packaged in robot mode, enabling this gimmick to be tried in-store without removing him from the package. He shares engineering and a transformation pattern with the Rescan car version of Bumblebee and Quickshadow.

Notes

Coincidence? I think not!!

• The package art for the first Medix toys shows him paired with Sawyer Storm. This was, of course, before the toyline shifted to better reflect the cartoon.
• His Playskool Heroes packaging art is just a recolored version of his original toy's.
• An ambulance that looks a lot like the original Medix toy's alt-mode appears in the Rescue Bots episode "Family Business".