Overair (facility)
| This article is about the building that is sometimes a character. For the Micromaster, see Overair (Micromaster). |
- The Overair is an Autobot installation or Modulator from the Zone portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
"No, the white zone is for loading of passengers and there is no stopping in a RED zone."
The Airport Base (エアポートベース Eapōto Bēsu)—also known as Overair—is a key component of the Zone Base, serving as the complex's spaceport, where owner and operator Overair welcomes visitors to planet Zone from all over the galaxy. Like all the components of the Zone Base, the Airport Base can transform into a defensive battle station, armed with surface-to-air missiles to intercept any intruders into Zone airspace.
Sometimes, the base itself transforms into a sentient Modulator.
Fiction
Zone cartoon, manga, and story pages
Upon the creation of the Zone Base, Overair was put in charge of the Airport Base. Zone Part 4
When the Decepticon Generals invaded Zone, the Airport Base attempted to fend the villains off. It transformed from its airport form into a massive artillery platform and let the Decepticons have it with volley after volley of completely and utterly pointless firepower. No matter how much firing was done, no actual damage was done to the Decepticons, who managed to make off with a sample of Energon Z. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga) Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!
Wings Universe
By the year 2984, the Airport Base was in operation on Cyberion. Hoist the Flag
War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material
After Cybertron fell, the Autobots left travelling through space in pursuit of the AllSpark. Earthrise webpage[1] When Sky Lynx was sucked into a volatile rift, Overair, Ironworks, and the Astro Squad encountered the roving comet carrying a densely populated city known as Botropolis. They set up base and hitched a ride on the moving comet to search the universe for signs of Sky Lynx. Botropolis Rescue Mission marketing material[2]
Toys
Zone
"And Leon is getting laaaaarrrrrger."
- Airport Base (Micromaster Station, 1990)
- ID number: C-342
- Accessories: 2 missiles, ramp
- The Airport Base transforms from a blue, grey and orange airport into a "launch station" armed with two large missiles. The universally-sized ramp packaged with the station allows it to link up to every other Micromaster Station and Micromaster Transport. It is identical to the Decepticon airport released the previous year by Hasbro, which was packaged with the Decepticon Micromaster Airwave, himself identical to Overair.
Generations
- Botropolis Rescue Mission (Galactic Odyssey Collection, 2021)
- Accessories: 2 barrels, blaster base, missile front and back sections
- Released as part of the Encounter 5 set of the Earthrise Galactic Odyssey Collection, Overair is an Autobot-aligned redeco of Airwave. The now-sentient base is named after their Micromaster partner, although Overair was already named in the Siege toyline. Overair keeps a similar deco layout but has a different color scheme from their original toy (since the Zone set was identical to its American counterpart), intended to represent a grounded space station.
- Overair has multiple A.I.R. Lock System connection points allowing for multiple building configurations, both official and fan-made. They transform via part-forming into either an airbase with tiny runways or a gun embankment, similarly to their Zone release, as well as a new treaded aircraft carrier form. Overair'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. Although Overair has swivels just above their elbows, the construction of their forearms makes them almost completely useless, as turning them at any angle other than straight forward, back or to the sides will lock the elbow in place.
- The instructions lack the official armor/weapon configuration, though of course, Overair can still break apart and form said armor/weapons.
- According to the giftset's stock photography, Overair is intended to combine with their pack-in mate Ironworks to form a giant space station not too dissimilar to the Rocket Base, which is enhanced by the addition of Earthrise Doubledealer's two-piece missile, which attaches to Overair.
- Overair is part of an Amazon-exclusive six-pack consisting exclusively of Autobots, bundled with fellow Modulator Ironworks and the Astro Squad Micromasters.
- This mold was also used to make Generations Selects Hot House.
Notes
- The Earthrise incarnation of "Overair" stands out among War for Cybertron Trilogy toys in recycling a name already used to distinguish the small Micromaster "Overair" from the large Modulator "Airwave". By contrast, the Micromaster "Irontread" and the Modulator "Ironworks" were distinguished by different names.
