Sky Reign
- Sky Reign is an Autobot Combiner from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Sky Reign has an awesome name. He is the combined form of Sky Lynx and four other Autobots (or Decepticons) as limbs, who have been known to include:
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Fiction
2005 IDW continuity
Sky Reign was created during a disastrous Autobot raid on Galvatron's underwater base. In a display of power, Galvatron used his planet-sized Enigma of Combination to force Autobots and Decepticons into combining and sicced the resulting Sky Reign on Superion. It's Beginning To And Back Again With the aid of the Seeker clone combiners, Sky Reign got the upper hand on Superion, but Superion took control of the Earth-Enigma and disabled it, causing Sky Reign to separate. As Above...So Below
Unite Warriors
Sky Lynx, Wheeljack, Hound, Trailbreaker, and Ratchet were granted the ability to combine into Sky Reign when Vector Sigma reformatted their bodies so that they could rebuild and defend Cybertron. They formed the combiner to battle Grand Galvatron when he attacked Cybertron, with Sky Reign wielding Sky Lynx's beastly strength, Wheeljack's many and varied weapons, Hound's holograms, Trailbreaker's force fields, and the ability to regenerate from damage using Ratchet's medical unit. Sky Reign Chapter While he held his own against Grand Galvatron, Sky Reign was caught unawares and separated into his components when Megaempress blasted him with her fusion railgun. Moonheart then amputated their combiner joints, rendering them unable to recombine. Megatronia Chapter Vector Sigma later restored the joints so that Sky Reign could participate in the great combiner battle with Unicron. Assuming his quadrupedal Beast Mode, Sky Reign attempted to carry Optimus Maximus to Unicron, only to be blown out of the sky by the chaos-bringer's eye beams. Ruination Chapter, Part Two
Toys
Generations
- Sky Lynx (Voyager Class, 2016)
- Hound (Deluxe Class, 2016)
- Smokescreen (Deluxe Class, 2016)
- Trailbreaker (Deluxe Class, 2016)
- Wheeljack (Deluxe Class, 2016)
- Protectobot Groove (Deluxe CLass, 2016)
- Sky Reign is a combiner made up of four Deluxe Class figures (Hound, Smokescreen, Trailbreaker, Wheeljack) as limbs, a Voyager Class figure (Sky Lynx) as the torso, all as part of the Combiner Wars subline. As with the other Combiners in the line, each Deluxe toy can become an arm or a leg, and comes with weapons that can become hands or feet.
- The Hasbro release of Deluxe Groove markets him as an additional limb of Sky Reign, replacing Smokescreen.
Unite Warriors
- Lynxmaster (Multi-pack, October 29, 2016)
- Japanese ID Number: UW-EX
- Accessories: Weapons/Combiner Extremities (3 normal for Hound, Wheeljack & Ratchet, 1 clawed for Trailbreaker's), 2 Axes, Knife-sword, Clamp weapon, two sword-rifles
- Takara's Unite Warriors iteration of Combiner Wars Sky Reign is sold in a gift set including all five Autobots (with Ratchet replacing Smokescreen). He has numerous changes in deco to better match their component's appearances in the Generation 1 cartoon.
- Lynxmaster was released as a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive, with the preorders opened at Thursday, 9 June afternoon until Thursday, 30 June. It shipped in late October.
Notes
- The infobox from the extended bio on the back of the comic book included with the Deluxe Class Trailbreaker figure in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia states his group affiliation as "Lynx King", presumably an early working name. By contrast, the infoboxes from the comics included with the Deluxe Smokescreen, Wheeljack, and Hound figures correctly state the affiliation as "Sky Reign".)
- Early sample packaging photography for the Legends Class Wreck-Gar figure pointed him out as part of this set, but, since there's no way to actually combine him with Sky Reign, the final product does not mention this.
- When Sky Reign appeared in the IDW comics, only the torso from the actual Hasbro toy could be used: Wheeljack was on Cybertron, Hound and Smokescreen were on the Lost Light, and poor Trailbreaker was dead!
- Additionally, most characters in the IDW configuration don't have compatible toys. Sunstreaker was the only member of this crew with a compatible Deluxe-sized figure.
- The developers of Transformers: Earth Wars have stated that they want to add Sky Reign.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Lynxmaster (リンクスマスター Rinkusumasutā)
