Deep Cover
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- Deep Cover is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
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.[1]
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
War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material
During the war for Cybertron, Deep Cover was a Ground Command Infantry Private. War for Cybertron Trilogy toy packaging
Toys
Collector's Edition
- 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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Generations Selects
- Deep Cover (Deluxe Class, 2021)
- Series: War for Cybertron: Earthrise
- ID number: WFC-GS23
- Accessories: Missile launcher, missile, blaster
- A Generations Selects add-on to Earthrise, 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, the toy packaging features Earthrise-style graphics and Kingdom-styled plastic tray-less packaging. Much like previous 2020 Hasbro Selects product, Deep Cover is branded under 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. Oddly, the announcement stock photography has "VICTORY" written in Ancient Autobot in the background.
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War for Cybertron Trilogy
- Deep Cover (Deluxe Class, 2021)
- TakaraTomy ID number: WFC-17
- TakaraTomy release date: September 25, 2021
- Accessories: Missile launcher, missile
- Promoting the Kingdom chapter of the Netflix War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon, Deep Cover is a redeco of the above mold (without Red Alert's blaster) with the radical difference of swapping the black and blue parts of his deco. 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. He is heavily painted: his newly blue parts are actually gray plastic almost completely painted over, and he additionally has extensive silver and black deco representing battle damage.
- 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 2021[2] before an official unveiling by TakaraTomy.
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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.
- The color scheme and layout of his second Generations toy are very similar to one of the generic Sideswipe-type Autobots in the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon, such as one that was being nursed by Red Alert while Shockwave's counter-Alpha Trion Protocols virus swept the Ark in Siege episode 5 (right). It is unknown if this, or any generic with this model, is Deep Cover.
References
- ↑ Collector's Edition Deep Cover bio card
- ↑ War for Cybertron Trilogy Wave 3 found at US retail
