Drone Unit (Movie)
Drones are a type of non-sparked transformer in the live-action film series
Drone Types
Scrapper type
Scrapper is the weakest of the drones, and ironically, the only one with melee weapons. His vehicle mode is a forkilft, and the forks turn into blades, which they use to bash Autobots or Decepticons. The Autobot type is red and has a faceplate and eyes, like all the drones. The Decepticon type is orange with a camera lens. They also have missile launchers built in their arms. They are also the smallest drones, small enough that, in order to kill them, Optimus must lean all the way down. They are slightly shorter than Jazz, and even he has little trouble defeating them.
Swindle type
Slightly taller than Scrapper and shorter than Dropkick, Swindle units transform into sports cars. They like to hang around Tranquility -- in the daytime they stay by themselves and hide in vehicle mode, waiting to ambush Bumblebee. In the middle of the night, they pair up, obviously because Optimus Prime would cut through one of them like sushi. In fact, he cuts through two of them like two pieces of sushi. Their main weapon is their arm-mounted missile blaster, although their usual strategy is to pick up the nearest object (even their allies) and throw it at you. Like all drones, the Autobots have faces, the Decepticons have lenses. The Decepticon drones are crimson red, while the Autobots are bright green.
Dropkick type
Toys
- Swindle (Deluxe, 2007)
- Dropkick (Deluxe, 2007)
- Payload (Deluxe, 2007)
- Dreadwing (Deluxe, 2007)
- Salvage (Deluxe, 2008)
Trivia
- Many of the drones do some stupid things during their existence. If fighting Bumblebee in the power plant, they tend to throw power generators, which proceeds to blow up everything -- including them.
- Some of the drones are references to other people. The Autobot Dropkicks are obviously Salvage, Scrappers kind of get a toy in the Revenge of the Fallen line as Dirt Boss, and the Autobot Dreadwings' blue color is used later in the Revenge of the Fallen Wii/PS2 games on the Autobot long-range warriors, which are essentialy blue Breakaways.
