Wing Saber (Energon)
Wing Saber is an Autobot in the Unicron Trilogy. He was originally called Wing Dagger.
Japanese name: Sonic Bomber (Cybertron)
Fiction
Energon Cartoon
Voice Actor: Colin Murdoch (US), (Japan)
Wing Dagger was a mere security guard on Cybertron, but when Shockblast killed his peer, Padlock, he got the chance to become something more. Pursuing Shockblast through the sky amongst the Energon towers, the Decepticon struck one with a beam, causing it to crash down upon Wing Dagger and Tidal Wave. Wing Dagger was destroyed, but his spark was taken to Primus. Primus, with the aid of Rad, restored the warrior. Reformatted into Wing Saber, he joined Optimus' team not only to find Energon, but to avenge the death of his friend. Wing Saber, being reformatted and repowered by Primus himself, understood his task of being Optimus Prime's personal servant. Optimus Prime has reminded Wing Saber that he is not his property, and Wing Saber seems to have had issues finding out who he is. Wing Saber joined Omega Prime and the other Autobots in spark form to confront the massive Galvatron-Unicron being at the end of the Energon series. His current status is as a Cybertron character, having undergone a huge shift in personality.
Cybertron Cartoon
Voice Actor: Sam Vincent (US), (Japan)
Special Attacks Flap Sword, Galaxy Caliber
Wing Saber returned during the search for the Cyber Planet Keys, but with a new rebellious, irreverent edge. Having undergone a fallen out in the brief period between Energon and Cybertron involving the life of a stranded astronaut, Wing Saber took off into space and returned after encountering the Omega Frequency wave after the Speed Planet Key was inserted into the Omega Lock on earth. Wing Saber returned and showed signs of a new defiant attitude towards his former allies, but would quickly find himself part of the team again, which would lead to reviving his ability to combine with Optimus Prime to create their Sonic Wing Mode. Wing Saber would continue to aid the Autobots until the end of the series where he'd depart, and eventually encounter the mighty Starscream, who somehow had been revived.
Note: Sonic Bomber is not the same character as Energon Wing Saber in Galaxy Force.
Toys
Energon
- Wing Saber
- Japanese ID Number: SC-17
Cybertron
- Wing Saber
- Japanese ID Number: GC-22
- The vast majority of the Takara GC-22 Sonic Bomber figures have a misaligned "nose guard" that can obscure the eyes in some cases. This problem was fixed for the Hasbro Wing Saber figure. The Sonic Bomber figure preceded Hasbro's Wing Saber by several months and has a slightly different deco. Differences include silver chromed saber blades and gold chromed chest shield. Minor changes were also made to graphics on the plane, such as an entirely red nosecone as opposed to Sonic Bomber's white, and smaller Autobot insignias on the wings.
- Sonic Convoy w/ Coby Rumble Giftset
- Japanese ID Number: EX-02
- Takara issued a slight Sonic Bomber redeco as a (rushed) Toys 'R' Us exclusive set with transparent Galaxy Convoy and a retool of Rumble. Sonic Bomber received only very minor changes; The saber blades were changed from silver chrome to gold chrome, all red paint was changed to metallic red, the chest shield halves are now red chrome rather than gold. Benefitting from a Hasbro tweak, this version also has a properly aligned "nose guard".
Trivia
Fiction
Energon Wing Saber was originally named Superion Maximus for his western incarnation, but the name was shelved in favor of simply reusing the established Japanese name. The Superion Maximus was reused for the combined form of the Energon Air Team shortly thereafter.
Also of note, Wing Saber's bio on Transformers.com, first appearing under the "Superion Maximus" title, was largely different from anything else, wherein "Wing Saber" was a venerable defender of high ranking Autobots and was the personal carrier of the Autobot high council.
Toys
Energon Wing Saber was designed by noted Japanese fan Hirofumi Ichikawa and incorporates elements of both fan-favorites Predaking and Star Saber.
Hirofumi Ichikawa originally envisioned Wing Saber's personal weapon to be the Energon Saber. This was nixed by the animation production staff, however.
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