Wing (G1)

This article is about the Victory character. For the IDW 2005 continuity character, see Wing (G1).

Wing is an Autobot from the Victory portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Hi, I'm Wing McClure. You might know me from a dozen Armada episodes or several million Cartoon Network commercials.

Wing (ウイング Uingu) is the leader of the Autobot group known as the Multiforce. This also makes him half of the combiner duo Wingwaver and the head module of Landcross. Wing is practically indistinguishable from Wingwaver by personality except that he is possibly even more gutsy. Wing has shown no hesitation in facing six-to-one odds. Wing is almost always the top half of Wingwaver and gives the duo form his dashing good looks. Where he gets his winning personality might be more of a mystery.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Victory cartoon

Voice actor: Masashi Hironaka (Japanese)

Micromaster

While testing out stealth technology, Wing and the rest of the Multiforce stumbled through a dimensional rift that brought them years into the past. There, Micromasters battled over Mount St. Hillary, where Optimus Prime, Megatron, and their troops slumbered within the Ark. He soon introduced himself to the Autobot Micromasters, but before he could introduce the rest of his team, the Autobots had to head out to meet a Decepticon threat. He combined with Waver to form Wingwaver and helped taking on the Decepticon Sixbuilders. Wing then combined with the rest of the Multiforce into Landcross to send Berserker Sixwing packing. The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!

Ask Vector Prime

The Multiforce followed the normal flow of time to return to their native period, making sure to not interfere with events they knew had to transpire. To this end, they avoided the other Transformers and explored the Skomiloch Territories and clashed with the Predators. Their journey enabled them to be able to stop the Praetorian from using the corrupted Reconfiguration Matrix to rewrite all robotic life in the Vega Sector into loyal Scrapmetal. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/01

Victory manga

The Multiforce was summoned to Earth by Star Saber and battled Dinoking as Landcross. After defeating Dinoking, Landcross separated in order to swarm Deathsaurus with superior numbers. Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!

After having lost a battle to Deathsaurus as Landcross, and being subsequently rescued by Star Saber, Wing helped rescue the animals hurt by the forest fire caused by the Decepticon Emperor. Great Turn-Around! Star Saber

Wing also fought against the Decepticons inside their space base as it was raining down meteors onto the Earth. The war ended peacefully with a truce between both factions. Heroic! The Victory War

Toys

Victory

• Wingwaver (1989)
  • Japanese ID number: C-316
  • Accessories: Gun, Landcross head

Wing transforms into a very chunky fighter jet of unknown, possibly made-up design. He can also transform into either the upper or lower half of a two-robot combiner, though his nominal combination is with his pack-in partner Waver, forming the top half of Wingwaver. He can also also form the upper torso to Landcross. Theoretically he can form any limb of the combiner as well, but he's the only component that has the proper connections to form the combiner's upper torso.

• More information on Wing at TFU.info

• Landcross (1989)
  • Japanese ID number: C-319
  • Accessories: Gun, Landcross head

Wing was also available in a giftset containing the entire Multiforce team. All of the toys in this set are identical to their individual releases.

• More information on Landcross at TFU.info

Micromaster

• Wing (DX Micromaster, 2002)
  • Micromaster ID number: 1
  • Accessories: Gun, Landcross head

Released in the final wave of Micromaster as a "DX Micromaster", this reissue of Wing was sold in a single-bot box. The box has a small hole in the front to show a number printed on the instructions, revealing which toy is inside.

Though this release (mostly) retains his plastic colors (the black joints are now dark gunmetal), his extra deco has changed. He loses the original's waist sticker, instead painting his pectoral plates silver. His face changed from yellow to silver with yellow eyes. His jet exhausts are also painted black, and an Autobot symbol tampograph was added to the left side of his tailfin.

• More information on Micromaster Wing at TFU.info

• Wing Stealth Mode (DX Micromaster, 2002)
  • Micromaster ID number: 1
  • Accessories: Gun, Landcross head

A special "chase" version of Wing was available, in mostly black plastic and minimal paint operations. All six members were available in "stealth mode", but only two out of every twelve toys in a case were black versions, and which two the case had was randomized. And no, you can't peek in through the hole in the box to see if it's a chase or not, as the instructions block it off.

• More information on Stealth Mode Wing at TFU.info

Notes

• Wing's character model frequently showed up as a generic character in the Armada cartoon (where it probably got more screentime than it ever did in Victory). More pertinently, Wing's dramatic run-and-transform sequence seen in "First Encounter" was used extensively in Cartoon Network advertising and featured in the original Toonami "intro" for Armada, inexplicably making him a familiar-if-entirely-unrecognized sight on American television for Armada's duration on TV.