Grimwing (Prime)

This article is about the Prime Predacon. For the Kre-O Predacon, see Grimwing (Kre-O).

Grimwing is a Predacon from the Aligned continuity family.

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Grimwing possesses a steely will that matches that of Predaking himself and strength that is only a step behind. What really sets him apart from the other Predacons though is his inherent sense of honor. It is a trait he shares with his small companion Blackbeak, an odd creature somehow generated in the same experiment that birthed Grimwing himself. Shockwave knows better than to trust either of them, for if there were any Predacons that might find a more natural home among the Autobots, this powerful pair would be the ones.

Fiction

Tales of the Beast Hunters

As Grimwing and Blackbeak made their escape from Shockwave's abandoned cloning facility, they sighted a mysterious robot far below them. Despite Blackbeak's entreaties, Grimwing chose to approach the figure in search of information... Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 15

...only to be greeted by Ultra Magnus taking the offensive himself, swatting the Predacons out of the sky with the Forge of Solus Prime. The results were, for Magnus, unsatisfactory on many levels, as Grimwing and Blackbeak made short work of the Autobot, decrying all modern Cybertronians as savages and setting out to defeat the remaining Predacons on their own. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 16

Toys

Beast Hunters

• Grimwing (Voyager, 2013)
  • Series/Number: 2 / 004
  • Accessories: Blackbeak Grapple Launcher

Part of the third wave of Prime: Beast Hunters Voyager Class toys, Grimwing transforms into a dark gray and green ursagryph covered with an assortment of Cyberglyphics. He comes with the "Blackbeak Grapple Launcher", a strange birdlike creature who can fire the claw missile in his mouth via pressure-launch, with the missile being tied to the launcher with a length of string. Both Blackbeak and his missile can mount/be held by Grimwing via 5mm post, with Grimwing featuring ports on his hands, forearms, and back.

His packaging stock photography depicts his legs as not having been properly extended for robot mode. His instructions include the fifteenth chapter of the Tales of the Beast Hunters series. This mold was also used to make Go! Budōra.

Notes

• According to Hasbro's Beast Hunters marketing book, Grimwing was Predacon experiment #SW39978.