Mace (weapon)

This article is about the melee weapon. For the human from Star Wars, see Mace Windu.

It's basically his fist on a chain.

Transformers sometimes use maces for melee weapons. A mace with the head connected to the handle by a cord or chain is typically called a flail.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon

• Megatron deployed an Energon mace once, as he battled Optimus atop a dam. More than Meets the Eye, Part 1

Victory

• Deszaras weilds a flail.

Beast Wars

Many Beast Era characters had hand to hand weapons in addition to any guns (for example, the transmetal characters were initially designed with hand to hand weapons ONLY!). These varied quite a bit but did include several maces and flails.

• Optimus Primal's Ultra Class gorilla toy possessed a (totally metal) skull-shaped flail that could be stored in his left arm. Said weapon was not used for his cartoon appearances. When he was later upgraded to a Transmetal, he possessed two maces, accessible in both robot mode and flight mode and depicted as capable of deflecting laser blasts), which converted into a dual-cannon harness in robot mode. Said body's toy could also use these maces as ammo for his hand-held firearm.

• Rhinox's chainguns of doom seemed to have been originally conceived as twin flails on a rotating mechanical handle.

• One of Armordillo's beast mode feet converts into an arm-mounted flail in robot mode.

• Transmetal 2 Spittor's beast mode tongue converts into a mace in robot mode.

• Transmetal 2 Iguanus's missile becomes a mace in robot mode.

Beast Wars Neo

• As a redeco of Armordillo, Bump also wields a flail.

• Due to his beast mode being an Euoplocephalus, Bazooka has an organic mace attached to the end of his tail in beast mode. In robot mode his tail's pounding attack gimmick is weak but still present.

Armada

• Slapper is a redeco of Bazooka and therefore has all of the original mold's weapons.

Universe

• A redeco of Iguanus, Reptilion also has a mace (or walking stick) in robot mode.

Energon

• The Battle Ravage drones possessed a flail, which turned into it's beast mode's tail.

Robot Masters

• As another redeco of Armordillo, Psycho-Orb wields a flail as well.

• Wrecker Hook's Boost Hammer is a flail made of Solitarium.

2007 Movie

• This Megatron has a retractable mace in his right arm. He first deploys it to smash the equipment in his containment hangar out of the way. When a puny fleshling refuses to hand over the cube, Megatron demonstrates the foolishness of this response by using his mace to smash the concrete statue the human was holding onto for dear life. Transformers In the console game, Megatron can use his mace to send enemies flying (PS2 controls: hold L2 + Square). In the Decepticon campaign's final cinematic moments, he uses his mace to kill Optimus Prime. Transformers The Game

Transformers Animated

In Transformers Animated, most Autobots were designed to have "non-weapon" weapons, which left several Autobots with maces, flails or clubs.

• Bulkhead's main weapons, wrecking balls stored in his hands, are used as flails in the series.

• Although never appearing in the show, Prowl's toy is armed with a flail-like traffic light weapon.

• Swoop carries a flaming mace.

• Snarl's weapon is a big flaming cheeto club, which is essentially a primitive mace.
• Ultra Magnus' signature weapon is the Magnus Hammer, a lightning-controlling war hammer.

• Lugnut's weapon, made out of his plane mode tail section, is described as a "power mace" on his toy packaging.

Revenge of the Fallen

• Kickback's hand turns into a mace, which can be extended into a flail.
• Scrapper's left hand can be turned into a flail. It's basically his fist on a chain.