Swerve (Universe)
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- Swerve is an Autobot from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family (via the 2003 Universe series).
Swerve is one of the many Cybertronians caught up in the multiversal war between the forces of Primus and Unicron. He is partnered with the Mini-Con Roadhandler.
Fiction
Universe comic
In Aurex 203.26 Zeta, Swerve and Roadhandler were battling Oil Slick, Ransack, and Refute when Unicron abducted them to be his Minions. Swerve resisted the influence of Unicron for a time, but eventually he succumbed to the bloodthirst brought on by the Unicron virus. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/04
Swerve was one of the many Cybertronians breaking out of the Cauldron's prison cells. Escape
Toys
Universe (2003)
- Swerve with Roadhandler (Deluxe, 2004)
- Accessories: 2 launchers, 2 missiles
- A redeco of the Armada Blurr mold, Swerve transforms into a sleek Cybertronic racecar. In vehicle mode, inserting his pack-in partner Roadhandler under his spoiler activates his "flight mode", flipping down his rear side panels into hover-wings. He also comes with two Mini-Con Powerlinx-activated spring-loaded missile launchers.
- This mold was retooled to make Cybertron Blurr and retooled again to make the BotCon 2008-exclusive Shattered Glass Blurr.
Notes
- Swerve began life as a planned Powerlinx version of Armada Blurr.[1][2] In fact, Hasbro reached out to Ben Yee in March of 2003 to ask fans for input on what a potential Powerlinx version of Blurr should look like.[3] Yee ran a poll on his website that "Hasbro [would] seriously take ... into consideration", with options including "G1 oriented color scheme (such as Wheeljack's)", "gold and black color scheme", "translucent colors", and "rally colors with logo labels/stickers".[4] Naturally, the "G1" option won overwhelmingly... which, considering the eventual red and black color scheme of Universe Swerve and the Blurr mold's flight mode, suggests the toy was developed as an homage to Overdrive before it befell the same trademark problems that affected Alternators Windcharger (who also started out as Overdrive).
Foreign names
- Japanese: Swerve (スワーブ Suwābu)
References
- ↑ "With Armada selling well we are still making Blurr so we pushed out the PL version till late next year. I hope to find a home in the TF:Universe line for it."—Aaron Archer, TFW2005, 2003/08/19
- ↑ "I don't know if Blurr ever came out in that red [Powerlinx] deco."—Aaron Archer, The Toy Armada, "Toy Armada Friday Night LIVE - Armada BLURR and more!", 2023/03/17
- ↑ 3/17/03: Hasbro needs your opinion! Hasbro is currently considering creating a new deco for Armada Blurr in the spirit of the upcoming Cyclonus and Hot Shot redecos. I have set up this poll on the bwtf.com bulletin boards for voting and discussion. Make your voice heard! http://web.archive.org/web/20030330072858/http://www.bwtf.com/
- ↑ Hasbro is currently considering doing a redeco of Armada Blurr in the spirit of the Hot Shot and Cyclonus redecos shown at last week's Hasbro event. Vote for one of the choices above or post your own idea for a color scheme. Hasbro will seriously take this into consideration, so vote now and make your voice heard! Poll on BWTF.com message boards
