Airwave (facility)

This article is about the building that is sometimes a character. For the small namesake character, see Airwave (Micromaster). For a list of other meanings, see Airwave (disambiguation).

Airwave is a Decepticon Micromaster base from the Generation 1 continuity family.

We have clearance, Clarence.

Welcome to the Airwave—my airport! I, Airwave, hope you enjoy your stay! Just walk through that gate an- what's that you say? Those aren't guns, nope, just, uh... scanners! Nothing to see here, what? You say you can't see? That's certainly not from our control tower! Look buddy, this is just an airbase, nothin' else! Now stop nosing around!

Listen close, this ain't just an airbase, it can also transform into, get this, a BATTLE STATION! With all the guns I could ever want. Between you and me, this is the only thing keeping Megatron from blastin' me into scrap!

Toys

The Transformers

What's our vector, Victor?

• Airwave (Micromaster Station, 1989)
  • Accessories: 2 missiles, ramp

The airport was sold in a small boxed package along with The Transformers Airwave. Its ramps allow it to connect to other Micromaster bases to form larger "cities", and it features an opening garage large enough to hold a vehicle mode Micromaster. In its attack mode, it sports two orange "missile launchers" concealed beneath the ramps. Airwave can ride inside a small bunker formed by the upside-down garage. The airport is unique among the micromaster bases in that it can attach up to four ramps.

The airport was released in Japan the following year, without changes, as the Autobot Overair's Airport Base.

• More information on the Airwave and the airport at TFU.info

Generations

War for Cybertron: Earthrise

"Johnny, what do you make out of this?"
"This? Why, I can make a hat, or a brooch, or a pterodactyl..."

• Decepticon Airwave (Deluxe Modulator, 2020)
  • Hasbro ID number: WFC-E18
  • TakaraTomy ID number: ER EX-12
  • Japanese release date: 2020
  • Accessories: 3-part blaster

Released as part of the second wave of Earthrise Deluxes, Airwave is a "Modulator", transforming via part-forming into either an airbase with tiny runways or a gun embankment, both based on the original Micromaster station. It can also transform into a new aircraft carrier mode. Several of their pieces have A.I.R. Lock System connection points, which allow many different building configurations to link up with other toys in the line to form larger fortifications.

Airwave's parts can also be used to augment other figures as armor and add-on weapons, similar to the Weaponizers of the prior Siege toyline. Unlike those Weaponizers, Airwave's instructions do not specify any particular configurations for this.

Like all Earthrise toys, the inside of the back of Airwave's package includes an exclusive clip-and-save piece of a larger star map. Also in the box is a thin red piece of transparent plastic with which to read the star map. His piece is half of Gigantion but unlabeled; the label is with his Allicon Wavemate.

This mold was redecoed into Generations Selects Hot House.

Notes

• Referred to as an "airport" by the Generation 1 toy's instruction booklet, the base was redubbed an airbase by Dreamwave's More than Meets the Eye profile series.
• As the Earthrise incarnation is a character rather than just a building, the Micromaster was differentiated as Overair for his Siege toy.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Airwave (エアーウェーブ Eāwēbu)