Deep Cover

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Deep Cover is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Jerry Orbot.

Deep Cover (ディープカバー Dīpu Kabā) is part of the Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program set up between the Autobots and the human police forces. He and his brother Clampdown work with local authorities to stem the tide of human crime. His many years of undercover work have taken their toll on him; though he remains vigilant and a fierce defender of the innocent, he sometimes comes across as very weary, struggling with inner demons.

He has quite the impressive bag of tricks, as he can not only project illusions, but is capable of shrinking himself down to 1/40th his normal size for brief periods of time. These special powers are perfect for the solo infiltration missions that have become his specialty.<ref>Collector's Edition Deep Cover bio card</ref>

Fiction

TransTech

Deep Cover was one of many countless "offworlders" living in Axiom Nexus. Gone Too Far

Wings Universe

During the Machine Wars, Deep Cover fought in defense of the Autobot city-states when Jhiaxus and his clone army invaded the planet. Termination

Toys

Collector's Edition

Shrinking feature not included.
  • Deep Cover (Autobot, March 2003)
    • ID number: 92
    • Accessories: Rifle, missile launcher, 3 missiles
An e-HOBBY exclusive available only in a set with Clampdown, Collector's Edition Deep Cover is a redeco of the original Sideswipe toy, based on the black version of the Diaclone toy New Countach LP500S. Several decals that were factory-applied on the original Diaclone version were replaced by painted tampographs, like his headlamps. As a Japanese-only release, Deep Cover's spring-loaded missile launcher is fully operational; many Transformers released in Western markets had their springs weakened for safety reasons.
Pre-orders for the set closed on January 10, 2003, with the toys shipping out in March.
This mold is also used for Tigertrack and—with added roof lights—Clampdown and Red Alert.
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  • Collector's Edition 04 Lambor
  • Figure Ō: Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 90 Tigertrack

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Version 1 (Sideswipe):

  • Takara: Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 04 Lambor
  • Collector's Edition 04 Lambor
  • Figure Ō: Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 90 Tigertrack

Version 2 (Red Alert):

  • Takara: Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 05 Alert
  • Collector's Edition 05 Alert

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Generations

{{#if:Siege|Siege mold:|}} Sideswipe

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Other:

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  • Hasbro: Shattered Glass Collection Sideswipe
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Cybertronian vehicle mode:

Earth vehicle mode:

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  • Hasbro: Shattered Glass Collection Sideswipe

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Bake 'em away, toys!
  • Deep Cover (Deluxe Class, 2021)
    • ID number: WFC-GS23
    • Accessories: Missile launcher, missile, blaster
A Generations Selects add-on to Kingdom, Deep Cover is a redeco of Siege Sideswipe, transforming from robot to Cybertronian car and back. Deep Cover keeps a similar deco layout to "Covert Clone Sideswipe", but has royal blue plastic in place of Sideswipe's red, as well as police badges placed on his chest and the side of his vehicle mode. Deep Cover has multiple 5 mm ports and 3 mm posts to accommodate the C.O.M.B.A.T. System/F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology weaponry and "Fire Blast" effects, respectively. As with Tigertrack, Deep Cover borrows Sideswipe's (non-firing) missile launcher and missile, and Red Alert's gun, both of which are compatible with the C.O.M.B.A.T. System.
A unique case amongst Generations Selects releases during the War for Cybertron Trilogy era, the toy packaging features Earthrise-style graphics and Kingdom-styled plastic tray-less packaging. The toy is only marked as being part of the War for Cybertron Trilogy, though was announced and released in 2021 alongside Kingdom.
Deep Cover was first listed for sale in mid-January 2021 by online retailer Rogue Toys, before they promptly removed the product's description page (tsk, tsk). The toy was properly revealed by Hasbro Pulse about two and a half weeks later on TransformersTuesday, suggesting that Rogue Toys had suffered a street date slip-up. Interestingly, the announcement stock photography has "VICTORY" written in Ancient Autobot on the background.


He's a member of the boys in blue.
  • Autobot Deep Cover (Deluxe Class, 2021)
    • TakaraTomy ID number: WFC-17
    • TakaraTomy release date: September 25, 2021
    • Accessories: Missile launcher, missile, blaster
Promoting the Kingdom season of the Netflix War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon, "Autobot Deep Cover" is a redeco of the above mold (without Red Alert's blaster) with a paint wash coating to represent battle damage, and the radical difference of switching the black and blue plastic colors around. This is likely a homage to Generation 2 Sideswipe's deco changes, which effectively inverted Sideswipe's red and black parts from his previous toy.
Perhaps unintentionally, the color scheme is somewhat close to one of the generic Sideswipe-type Autobots in the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon, notably one that was missing their arm from Siege episode 3.
This toy, like most Netflix War for Cybertron Trilogy toys, was a Walmart exclusive in the U.S. and Canada. Like the rest of its Deluxe Class wave, Deep Cover was found in Walmart stores in mid-March 2020<ref>War for Cybertron Trilogy Wave 3 found at US retail</ref> before an official unveiling.

Notes

  • Deep Cover's coloration is based on a pre-Transformers Diaclone coloration of the toy. This coloration was originally only available in the "Powered Convoy DX set", which also contained the "Powered Convoy" toy (pre-Ultra Magnus) and an exclusive red redeco of the "F-1 Ligier JS-11" stock car (pre-Mirage).
  • Deep Cover's shrinking ability puts him at about the same height as his Diaclone-mold toy, making him one of the few Transformers to have a true 1:1 scale toy.

References

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