Title:
Superion 2nd Silverbolt Skydive Fireflight Air Raid Slingshot Aerialbot
Description:
Superion (1986–87, 1990, 1991)
Japanese ID number: C-55
Accessories: Head, left & right fists, left & right feet, ”blast shield” chest plate, ”blast deflector” waist plate, Silverbolt’s ”electrostatic discharger rifle”, ramp, small Aerialbots’ individual guns
Superion is formed out of all five Aerialbot toys, with Silverbolt serving as the central body component, and the four smaller team members as limbs, using additional attachments for Superion’s hands and feet. A helmet covers Silverbolt’s head and a red waist plate attaches onto his chest piece. He carries Silverbolt’s electrostatic discharger rifle, though his own bio describes his weapon as a ”stress fracture cannon”. As a ”Scramble City”-style combiner, Superion’s limbs are fully interchangeable; any of his limb-components, or any members of the other compatible combiner teams, are able to form either an arm or leg for the giant.Due to Silverbolt forming his torso, his design weaknesses are carried over to Superion. Additionally, as Silverbolt has rather thin legs, this leads to Superion having very thin thighs. His height coupled with the weight of his limbs can make Superion lean back, putting stress upon Silverbolt’s weak and flimsy waist hinges.Along with Metroplex, Menasor, Bruticus, and Defensor, Superion was designed for an aborted Diaclone subline that would have been called Jizai Gattai (”Free-Combination”), which was shelved to make way for the Transformers line. Based on the extent to which the combination process detailed in Superion’s patent design[1] differs from the finished toy (to say nothing of the fact that Silverbolt appears as a fighter jet like the other Aerialbots, rather than a passenger plane), it is fair to assume that he was the first ”Scramble City”-style combiner to be designed.In his original release year of 1986, Superion’s five Aerialbot components could be purchased either individually, or in a giftset. The individual Aerialbots were later reissued in Europe as part of the Classics series in 1990, and were offered as mail-in promotional figures in Japan during 1991’s Return of Convoy line.
Japanese ID number: C-55
Accessories: Head, left & right fists, left & right feet, ”blast shield” chest plate, ”blast deflector” waist plate, Silverbolt’s ”electrostatic discharger rifle”, ramp, small Aerialbots’ individual guns
Superion is formed out of all five Aerialbot toys, with Silverbolt serving as the central body component, and the four smaller team members as limbs, using additional attachments for Superion’s hands and feet. A helmet covers Silverbolt’s head and a red waist plate attaches onto his chest piece. He carries Silverbolt’s electrostatic discharger rifle, though his own bio describes his weapon as a ”stress fracture cannon”. As a ”Scramble City”-style combiner, Superion’s limbs are fully interchangeable; any of his limb-components, or any members of the other compatible combiner teams, are able to form either an arm or leg for the giant.Due to Silverbolt forming his torso, his design weaknesses are carried over to Superion. Additionally, as Silverbolt has rather thin legs, this leads to Superion having very thin thighs. His height coupled with the weight of his limbs can make Superion lean back, putting stress upon Silverbolt’s weak and flimsy waist hinges.Along with Metroplex, Menasor, Bruticus, and Defensor, Superion was designed for an aborted Diaclone subline that would have been called Jizai Gattai (”Free-Combination”), which was shelved to make way for the Transformers line. Based on the extent to which the combination process detailed in Superion’s patent design[1] differs from the finished toy (to say nothing of the fact that Silverbolt appears as a fighter jet like the other Aerialbots, rather than a passenger plane), it is fair to assume that he was the first ”Scramble City”-style combiner to be designed.In his original release year of 1986, Superion’s five Aerialbot components could be purchased either individually, or in a giftset. The individual Aerialbots were later reissued in Europe as part of the Classics series in 1990, and were offered as mail-in promotional figures in Japan during 1991’s Return of Convoy line.
Theme:
1985
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
1985
Country:
United States
Series:
G1
Model Number:
White Combiner
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2021-07-04 11:48:34
