Garboil (G1)
| The name or term "Garboil" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Garboil (disambiguation). |
- Garboil is a Decepticon Mini-Cassette from the Collector's Edition portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Garboil (ガーボイル Gāboiru) is a member of the elite Cobalt Sentries, the "public safety unit" of the Decepticon Secret Police. His primary function is information control; he keeps tabs on everyone. Not just the citizens of worlds under Decepticon control in his endless hunt for rebels, but also on his fellow Decepticons, weeding out potential traitors or potential future Secret Police members. When he's not doing that, he's making sure the right information is being released to the troops or public... even if the "right" information is a carefully crafted pack of lies.
Despite his important position within the Secret Police, he has very little combat capability. His main strength is in his vocoder, which is capable of generating a powerful cacophonic blast with a subsonic override signal, causing confusion and fear in his targets.[1]
Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Legends comic
With Soundwave and the other Decepticon cassettes, Garboil was part of an attack on the Ark to steal the new Transform Super Cog in the late 1980s. Slugslinger's Ambition
Masterpiece toy bios
Garboil attempted to tempt Cordon into joining the Cobalt Sentries. Cordon profile
Lil Formers
Garboil was one of the absurd amount of minions Soundwave ejected out of his chest, all in a row, in preparation for a fight. Lil Formers
Games
Transformers: Frontiers
Transformers Roleplaying Game
Garboil was one of Soundwave’s secondary cassette minions, with a body based on Laserbeak’s original form. In his role as an information officer, he kept tabs on his fellow Decepticons by spreading rumors and lies designed to keep his comrades at one another’s throats. Decepticon Directive
Toys
Collector's Edition
- Cobalt Sentries (2005)
- ID number: 70 (individual), 71 (Cobalt Sentries set)
- Accessories: Left & right "Phonon Maser" cannons/thrusters, cassette case
- Collector's Edition Garboil is a redeco of the Laserbeak/Buzzsaw mold, transforming from a mechanical condor into a microcassette tape that can fit in the chest compartment of the Soundwave or Blaster molds. His blue coloration is based on the pre-Transformers individually-sold Micro Change "Microcassette Robo MC-03 Condor" toy. He also came with a clear-plastic cassette case, like early Takara releases of cassette Transformers.
- His "tape window" shows a readout of the Autobot Fortress Maximus, including a "weak point" that's revealed when Garboil is placed behind a clear-red piece of transparent plastic, particularly the "tape door" chestplate of the Soundblaster toy (which had just gotten re-released as part of The Transformers Collection!). But of course he will also work the various Twincast releases, or any other clear-red plastic such as the old Tech Spec decoders.
- Garboil was only available in an e-HOBBY exclusive "Cobalt Sentries" two-pack with Howlback. The mold was later used to make another e-HOBBY exclusive, Sundor.
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Notes
- "Garboil" is an actual English word, meaning "confusion" or "uproar"... hence his special power.
- Garboil's coloration is based on a pre-Transformers Micro Change "Microcassette Robo" version of the toy, the blue MC-03 Condor. This deco was only available individually in the Micro Change line.
- The Wings Universe incarnation of Laserbeak is described as a Cryo-Condor. This designation may apply to all characters sharing Laserbeak's body-type.
- Artwork provided by Hasbro to retailers to visually merchandise the War for Cybertron: Siege toyline features Garboil on Soundwave's arm.[2] The art was first seen by the public as part of a poster handed out by Hasbro reps at New York Comic Con 2018; given the poster features other Decepticon High Command characters like Soundwave, Megatron, Shockwave, Starscream, Thundercracker, and Laserbeak's partner Ravage, it seems like someone in the art department may have mixed up their bird cassettes.
References
- ↑ Collector's Edition Cobalt Sentries bio
- ↑ Siege Merchandising Toolkit
