Sonic Bomber (G1)
- Sonic Bomber is an Autobot Powered Master from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Sonic Bomber is the youthful, energetic and happy-go-lucky second in command of the Autobots. He looks up to his Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas with respect and admiration. Though brash and cocky, Sonic Bomber knows when to shut up and do what he's told.
When he is combined with Dai Atlas, they become Sky Powered. However, when he's combined with Dai Atlas and Road Fire, they become the all-powerful Big Powered.
He is paired with his Micromaster partner, aptly named Sonic.
Fiction
Zone comic and story pages
Zone OVA
- Voice actor: Kaneto Shiozawa (Japanese)
Sonic Bomber and Dai Atlas, the pioneers of space known as the Powered Masters, found the injured Victory Saber after the destruction of Feminia and brought him back to planet Zone for repairs. After discussing the nature of the mysterious Zodiac with Dai Atlas and Holi, he went to Earth, where he fought Trypticon in battle.
After the Zodiac was activated, Sonic Bomber and Dai Atlas transformed into "Zone Mode", which enabled them to incinerate Trypticon and King Poseidon. Shortly afterwards, Sonic Bomber served as a flying surfboard for Dai Atlas, which allowed him to kill the escaping Predaking with his massive Z-shaped boomerang. Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!
Dreamwave comics continuity
Sonic Bomber (or someone who looks a lot like him) is part of a big crowd of unhappy Cybertrons who make Prowl look really stupid when he tries to make a speech. Skyfire
Toys
Zone
- Sonic Bomber (1990)
- Japanese ID Number: C-347
- Accessories: Gun
- Sonic Bomber transforms into an aircraft based vaugely upon the SR-71 Blackbird. In vehicle mode, he can combine with Dai Atlas and Road Fire to form Big Powered. He can also form a Micromaster base mode that can connect to other Micromaster bases, including his the ones of his aforementioned buddies.
- Sonic Bomber was released exclusively in Japan for the 1990 wave of Zone toys. He was released again later that year as part of a giftset with Dai Atlas and Road Fire.
- Big Powered (Multi-figure giftset, 1990)
- Japanese ID Number: C-353
- Sonic Bomber was also released in a giftset with Dai Atlas and Road Fire.
Trivia
- The instructions for Sky Garry show that he can combine in base mode with Sonic Bomber.
- The Sonic Bomber toy was later redecoed for Takara's "Brave Express Might Gaine" toyline as "Hiryū", which served as the initial mech of series anti-hero Joe Raibaru. The character model was altered from the toy in various ways, such as more menacing feet and a creepier face, but the toy itself had no remolding. In a seeming nod to the toy's Transformers origins by the Brave staff, the robot was originally dubbed "Sonic" by its creator on the show, but Joe chose to rename it to his liking. Subsequently, elements of Hiryū's animation design were used in the "Mega Sonic 8823" robot from the same series, which was never made as a toy.
- Later still, in "Brave of Gold Goldran", the "Revibaron" robot was essentially a "remolded" Hiryū, with what seemed to be Goryū's jet nosecone-drill and a head based on Red Geist. Revibaron was also not made into a toy... and, somewhat embarrassingly, existed for a meager total of three minutes and twenty seconds.
