Camshaft (Movie)
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| This article is about the Autobot from the Movie continuity. For the Generation 1 Autobot, see Camshaft (G1). |
- Camshaft is an Autobot from the Movie continuity family.
When you need a planet surveyed, but the conditions are too hostile even for Bumblebee, Camshaft's your bot. He and his team are often the first ones into a dangerous planet. Thanks to his All Spark-enhanced adaptive armor and silent-but-deadly weapons systems, Camshaft is well-equipped to deal with harsh environments and Decepticons alike.
Toys
Transformers (2007)
- Autobot Camshaft (Deluxe, 2008)
- Released as part of the AllSpark Power refresh of the Movie toyline, Camshaft is a Autobot-aligned redeco of Swindle. Camshaft transforms into a Chevrolet Cobalt, coloured silver with a black hood and roof (similarly to Generation 1 Bluestreak's animation model, though this is likely unintentional). As with most of the Movie road vehicle toys, replicates his vehicle mode realistically, even if the sculpt design is slightly genericised and has no official licensing.
- During transformation, his Automorphing gimmick flips out his head/chest section on its own from his upper torso. His torso also features a spring-loaded cannon that extends when a button on his back is pressed, and the cannon structure itself can be extended from the torso to give a more impressive appearance. This cannon gimmick can also be used in car mode, where it looks like a super-turbo-nitro exhaust pipe.
- As is the standard in the Movie toyline, Camshaft features reasonable articulation in robot mode, with ball jointed shoulders, hips and wrists and swivels at the elbows and knees. His head can barely move, but a modification may be done by the owner to increase its range of motion.
- Because Camshaft is a redeco of Swindle, he has the Decepticon camera-lens style head instead of the usual Autobot drone faceplate head.
Trivia
- The body design is based on the Tricked-Out Car body of the Create-A-Bots. The wine-colored robot-mode parts also give it a feel similar to the Autobot Swindle units, of which Camshaft is a redeco.
