Powerdive

Powerdive is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Powerdive can detect an Autobot from a hundred miles away, giving him ample opportunity to figure the best approach to take them by surprise and take them apart with his flying rotor blades. A heavily-armed warrior, Powerdive can rain down death on his opponents, or engage them in close combat. Either way, he is a no-nonsense fighter, ready and able to brutally tear through any obstacle.

He is also known as Blade.

Fiction

Marvel Generation 2 comic

Powerdive was one of several new warriors created by the Decepticons after their defeat on Klo. While Bludgeon designed these new warriors and conceived the plan of stealing the Creation Matrix from Optimus Prime, it was Megatron who actually carried out the plot. The Gathering Darkness Powerdive leapt into action alongside his fellow Rotor Force and Laser Rod members on Tykos, moon of E'brutoc, in order to acquire the metal-reinforcing gas known as rheanimum. The Decepticons ripped through the opposition and took the gas for themselves. New Dawn

Despite their new powers, Powerdive and his ilk did little to turn the tide against the G2 Cybertronian Empire, and so Megatron was forced to make an alliance with the Autobots for mutual preservation. Powerdive made several appearances among the unified army, and was present for the final conflict on Earth with Jhiaxus and the Swarm. A Rage in Heaven!

Wings Universe

Powerdive was part of the "second generation" of Transformers created on Earth, and when this generation began fighting amongst themselves just like the previous one, he joined Clench's Decepticon Syndicate. He participated in the attack on the Large Hadron Collider, fighting in the skies alongside Skyjack and some Sharkticons. When the Autobots attacked, Powerdive and Ransack battled against Manta Ray and Leadfoot, and may have developed rotor powers after all four were exposed to forestonite gas. Generation 2: Redux

Toys

Generation 2

Comes with cherry or licorice-flavored rotors.

• Powerdive (Rotor Force, 1994)
  • Accessories: Helicopter rotor, 2 rotor discs

Powerdive transforms into a Boeing-McDonnell-Douglas AH-64 Apache assault helicopter. As a Rotor Force toy, his hand-wound rotor assembly can launch plastic flying discs in vehicle and robot mode; the prop/engine portion becoming a hand-held weapon for robot mode.

He came with two rotor discs, in case you lost one (considering how well they fly, good idea). Early releases of Powerdive and his partner Ransack came with black-plastic rotor discs, but this was changed to red after a short while. The black-rotor version is much more uncommon.

• More information on Powerdive at TFU.info

Generations

• Powerdive (Voyager, 2012)
  • Accessories: 2 chainguns

Generations Powerdive is a redeco of the 2010 Transformers toyline's Highbrow using the pre-tooled alternate head, transforming into a World War II-era fighter resembling a P-38 Lightning. He is armed with two removable non-firing gatling guns on 5mm pegs and propellers on his forearms, which are geared to spin if you press down the engines. Powerdive's battle mask resembles a modern fighter pilot's flight helmet with visor (as well as, coincidentally, the original Powerdive's visor). The visor is made of a clear plastic, allowing one to see Powerdive's eyes when the mask is down, as well as allowing the light-piping to shine through as lowering the mask reveals much more of the clear plastic on the back of his head.

Powerdive was developed for —and originally exclusively released in— mainland Asian markets. Powerdive and (most of) the others were later picked up by ToysЯUs for US release.

Notes

• Transformers Generation 2 #7 and #12 misspell his name as "Powerdrive".