Title:
Powerglide 2nd Robot Mode
Description:
Powerglide (Ultra Class, 2008)
Accessories: Chaingun/missile launcher, "thermal beam” missile
Known designers: Bill Rawley (Hasbro), Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy)
Although now upsized to an Ultra Class toy with electronics, Universe Powerglide still transforms into an A-10 (though the nose looks more like that of its canceled counterpart, the Northrop YA-9, probably for licensing reasons). In order to preserve some semblance of realism in his altmode, however, he is mostly off-white in color, with red trim. His noggin, at least, is still entirely red, and even has an off-center cannon barrel sculpted into it in homage to his original toy, even though here, his head doesn’t become the nosecone.
In vehicle mode, pressing the prominent orange button on the jet’s fuselage triggers three electronic sound effects (an engine ignition, a swooping noise and a barrage of machine-gun fire that persists for as long as you hold down the button, the same ones are used for Universe Silverbolt), accompanied by red LEDs in the turbines and cockpit. During transformation to robot mode, the classic transformation sound effect is triggered as the torso is moved into place; it plays in reverse as he is transformed back to vehicle mode. In robot mode, pressing the orange button triggers the machine-gun sound effect only, with newly-exposed lights illuminating Powerglide’s eyes as well as those seen in jet mode.
In robot mode, Powerglide features a wide range of articulation, and can wield in his hand the thermal missile launcher which mounts under his jet mode nosecone. In what can only be described as one of the most hilarious homages in Transformers history, Powerglide’s chestplate can flip up to reveal the raised image of a heart.
Rather unfortunately, his small feet and top-heaviness make him difficult to pose and stand up.
His instructions omit a useful step: pulling the lower legs down to expose the knees and increase his height.
The Japanese TakaraTomy version of Powerglide was released in American Universe packaging as a USA Edition toy. He is redecoed in mostly red with white detailing, essentially reversing most of the colour layouts, to better match his appearance in the original The Transformers cartoon. He retains the same tampographed unit-markings as the Hasbro version.
This mold was also used to make Universe Stormcloud.
Accessories: Chaingun/missile launcher, "thermal beam” missile
Known designers: Bill Rawley (Hasbro), Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy)
Although now upsized to an Ultra Class toy with electronics, Universe Powerglide still transforms into an A-10 (though the nose looks more like that of its canceled counterpart, the Northrop YA-9, probably for licensing reasons). In order to preserve some semblance of realism in his altmode, however, he is mostly off-white in color, with red trim. His noggin, at least, is still entirely red, and even has an off-center cannon barrel sculpted into it in homage to his original toy, even though here, his head doesn’t become the nosecone.
In vehicle mode, pressing the prominent orange button on the jet’s fuselage triggers three electronic sound effects (an engine ignition, a swooping noise and a barrage of machine-gun fire that persists for as long as you hold down the button, the same ones are used for Universe Silverbolt), accompanied by red LEDs in the turbines and cockpit. During transformation to robot mode, the classic transformation sound effect is triggered as the torso is moved into place; it plays in reverse as he is transformed back to vehicle mode. In robot mode, pressing the orange button triggers the machine-gun sound effect only, with newly-exposed lights illuminating Powerglide’s eyes as well as those seen in jet mode.
In robot mode, Powerglide features a wide range of articulation, and can wield in his hand the thermal missile launcher which mounts under his jet mode nosecone. In what can only be described as one of the most hilarious homages in Transformers history, Powerglide’s chestplate can flip up to reveal the raised image of a heart.
Rather unfortunately, his small feet and top-heaviness make him difficult to pose and stand up.
His instructions omit a useful step: pulling the lower legs down to expose the knees and increase his height.
The Japanese TakaraTomy version of Powerglide was released in American Universe packaging as a USA Edition toy. He is redecoed in mostly red with white detailing, essentially reversing most of the colour layouts, to better match his appearance in the original The Transformers cartoon. He retains the same tampographed unit-markings as the Hasbro version.
This mold was also used to make Universe Stormcloud.
Theme:
Universe 2.0
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2008
Date Added:
2023-01-18 18:26:38
Date Added:
2023-01-18 18:26:38
