Skyquake (G1)
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- Skyquake is a Decepticon Predator from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Skyquake is the leader of the Predators with a complete and utter hatred for anybody who even barely dips into the side of good. That rage, however, does not blind or control him. In battle, Skyquake is a cold, calculating destroyer, attributes which also even apply to his contempt for the Autobots. When he locks together with the smaller Predators under his command, he magnifies his long-range supersight abilities and enables instant communication with the minds of his underlings.
It's currently unknown what is up with his paint job. Theories range from malfunctioning optical sensors to never seeing his own reflection.
- Alternate European name: Crash
- French-Canadian name: Aéroséisme
Fiction
Toy catalogue comic
During a Decepticon Predator attack on the Autobot base, Skyquake gazed into his Supersight as he was about to join the battle. Suddenly, into his Supersight view looms a menacing shape that strikes terror even into his hardened heart...
Presumably, Thunder Clash and Skyquake fought after this overly dramatic prose. Either him or Wheelie.
IDW comics continuity
Back before the war, Skyquake was part of Clench's inner-circle/gladiatorial team. Once Clench had, how shall we say... departed, he fought alongside Megatron in the Forge. Megatron Origin
Toys
Generation 1
- Skyquake (Large Predator, 1992)
- Accessories: Missile launcher, 14 missiles
- Skyquake transforms into a large bomber jet, its model pretty much made-up but based (loosely) on an SR-71 Blackbird recon plane. His primary gimmick is the "Megavisor", a periscope system that the smaller Predator jets can attach to, showing their slides. Skyquake himself has two built-in slides; in jet mode an image of Rotorstorm can be viewed, while the robot mode picture showing the unmade Autobot Turbomaster Hyperdrive. Each wing also contains a "carpet bombing" gimmick, a rolling drum that drops the Predator-style missiles. This can also be targeted via the Megavisor; by twisting the small tail wings at the back, a mirror swings into a 45 degree angle. When you look through the eyepiece, you can then see directly down relative to the jet, enabling you to see where the bombs will land. He also has a standard Predator hand-held missile launcher, which mounts under his jet mode.
- Skyquake was later redecoed (with neutered gimmicks and no handgun) to make Machine Wars Starscream and Universe King Atlas.
Timelines
- Skyquake (Deluxe, 2009)
- Accessories: Sword, rifle, 2 missiles
- Skyquake is a redeco of Energon Starscream, available exclusively at BotCon 2009. The existence of this figure was first announced by artist Andrew Wildman (who drew the character's profile art) in a blog post on February 23, 2009.... and apparently Wildman jumped the gun a bit, as he soon had to delete the posting.[1]
- Skyquake transforms into a jet fighter loosely based upon the F/A-22 Raptor. The toy features numerous spots of sculpted battle damage. He comes with two very large accessories, a sword and a non-firing blaster, which can combine to form a really larger sword and/or non-firing blaster. In jet mode he has two wing-mounted spring-loaded missile launchers, which can flip up over his robot-mode shoulders.
Trivia
- Skyquake might be the physical model for Operation Combination's unseen Decepticon leader Scrash.
- Interestingly, his first toy was redecoed into a Starscream, while his second was redecoed from a Starscream.
