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| − | :''Skyhammer is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' |
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| + | :''Tow-Line is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.'' |
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| − | [[Image:G1Skyhammer_boxartsm.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Uh, guys? You're crowding me a bit here..."]] |
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| + | '''Tow-Line''' isn't the strongest Autobot, but what he lacks in muscle he makes up in cleverness. He can out-think and generally out-last most opponents, preferring to use his brains to prevent conflicts, skills that have made him one of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime's]] most trusted team members. |
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| − | '''Skyhammer''' is the very model of the ideal Autobot warrior. He's a courageous defender of the weak, a tenacious and clever warrior, and an unflappable optimist. It's too bad he's also an inconsiderate, overbearing jerk. He can't offer advice to anyone without delivering a long lecture in the most condescending tone possible - using himself, of course, as an example to strive towards. He's so grating and unpleasant that his fellow Autobots are reluctant to follow his orders - even when he's right, which he usually is. |
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==Fiction== |
==Fiction== |
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| + | ===Dreamwave ''Energon'' comic continuity=== |
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| − | Skyhammer has chosen not to appear in any fiction, until the perfect medium comes along to capture his magnificence. |
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==Toys== |
==Toys== |
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| − | * '''Skyhammer''' (Ultra Pretender, 1989) |
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| + | *'''Tow-Line''' (Deluxe, 2004) |
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| − | :Skyhammer's inner robot transforms into a Cybertronic car. It can also fit inside the humanoid shell, or sit in the cockpit of the shell's hoverjet form. Both robot and shell fit inside the second shell, a large (non-transforming) Cybertronic jet. |
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| + | : Tow-Line transforms into a large utility van. In robot mode, his lower vehicle portion becomes a mobile battle/repair platform. He can fold his legs back and up over his shoulders (''hello''!) and re-attach to this platform for a "battle mode". In this... ahem, position, Tow-Line can also form the top half of a two-robot "Powerlinx combiner" with any ''Energon'' Deluxe Autobot, and any of them can also use his platform for their own combination. |
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| − | :Catalogues showed Skyhammer as being colored blue-and-red instead of gold-and-red. This presumed change between prototype and actual toy has led to Skyhammer being known to suffer from [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]]. |
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| + | : This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[BotCon 2005]]'s versions of [[Generation 1]] [[Ironhide (G1) #Timelines|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1) #Timelines|Ratchet]]. |
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| + | ==Trivia== |
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| + | * Tow-Line seems to be a melange of [[homage]]s. The obvious one being to Generation 1 Ironhide/Ratchet (which the mold was used make, as noted above), though his head also bears a passing resemblance to [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]. His van mode even has the red stripe pattern. (HOORAY BEER.) |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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| − | * [http://www.tfu.info/ |
+ | * [http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Tow-Line/tow-line.htm Tow-Line at TFU.info] |
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Revision as of 21:05, 13 September 2007
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This article is about the Energon-series Autobot. For the Robots In Disguise Autobot, see Tow-Line (RID).
- Tow-Line is an Autobot from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Tow-Line isn't the strongest Autobot, but what he lacks in muscle he makes up in cleverness. He can out-think and generally out-last most opponents, preferring to use his brains to prevent conflicts, skills that have made him one of Optimus Prime's most trusted team members.
Fiction
Dreamwave Energon comic continuity
Toys
Energon
- Tow-Line (Deluxe, 2004)
- Tow-Line transforms into a large utility van. In robot mode, his lower vehicle portion becomes a mobile battle/repair platform. He can fold his legs back and up over his shoulders (hello!) and re-attach to this platform for a "battle mode". In this... ahem, position, Tow-Line can also form the top half of a two-robot "Powerlinx combiner" with any Energon Deluxe Autobot, and any of them can also use his platform for their own combination.
- This mold was retooled to make BotCon 2005's versions of Generation 1 Ironhide and Ratchet.
Trivia
- Tow-Line seems to be a melange of homages. The obvious one being to Generation 1 Ironhide/Ratchet (which the mold was used make, as noted above), though his head also bears a passing resemblance to Skids. His van mode even has the red stripe pattern. (HOORAY BEER.)
External links
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