Title:
Dreadwing Vehicle Mode
Description:
Dreadwing (Mega Class, 2004)
Accessories: 4 missiles
Energon Dreadwing is a redeco of Mirage, transforming into a Cybertronic speedboat/hydrofoil. Pressing a button on his deck causes a pair of spring-loaded missile launchers to pop up; this assembly forms a backpack for robot mode that turns them into over-shoulder cannons. The boat’s rear section features another pair of spring-loaded missile launchers, plus fold-down "flight wings”. These form forearm-mounted weapons in robot mode. Due possibly to the plastics used, he is more stable than Mirage, and less apt to pop apart when you bend his joints. In particular, his knees hold together better.
Hasbro’s stock photo shows him primarily in silver, but the final toy is colored very differently, being primarily baby blue instead.
This mold was also used to make BotCon 2009 Banzai-Tron.
Aaron Archer states that the Mirage/Dreadwing design’s alternate mode was inspired by the G.I. Joe Cobra Moray hydrofoil. The general "form” of the robot mode, meanwhile, was inspired by a fan-painted Gundam Archer saw in Hobby Japan magazine, which also served as reference for Dreadwing’s colour scheme
Accessories: 4 missiles
Energon Dreadwing is a redeco of Mirage, transforming into a Cybertronic speedboat/hydrofoil. Pressing a button on his deck causes a pair of spring-loaded missile launchers to pop up; this assembly forms a backpack for robot mode that turns them into over-shoulder cannons. The boat’s rear section features another pair of spring-loaded missile launchers, plus fold-down "flight wings”. These form forearm-mounted weapons in robot mode. Due possibly to the plastics used, he is more stable than Mirage, and less apt to pop apart when you bend his joints. In particular, his knees hold together better.
Hasbro’s stock photo shows him primarily in silver, but the final toy is colored very differently, being primarily baby blue instead.
This mold was also used to make BotCon 2009 Banzai-Tron.
Aaron Archer states that the Mirage/Dreadwing design’s alternate mode was inspired by the G.I. Joe Cobra Moray hydrofoil. The general "form” of the robot mode, meanwhile, was inspired by a fan-painted Gundam Archer saw in Hobby Japan magazine, which also served as reference for Dreadwing’s colour scheme
Theme:
Energon
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2004
Date Added:
2022-11-25 14:36:40
Date Added:
2022-11-25 14:36:40
