#Autobot springer upgrade#
#Autobot springer plus#

The “Transformers Generations” voyager class Autobot Springer is the first figure by Hasbro based on the characters in the IDW Publishing comic book universe rather than the franchise’s current trend focusing on the ‘Transformers’ video games, cartoons, and live action movies. “So that’s the plan Wreckers, what could possibly go right?”

#Autobot springer plus#

Springer made his return in “Transformers: Stormbringer,” written by franchise veteran Simon Furman with artwork by Don Figueroa, once again as the leader of “The Wreckers” and the team was still populated by the characters from the UK comic plus or minus a few… When IDW Publishing was granted control of the ‘Transformers’ license, they reintroduced the robots in disguise we already know from Generation One in a new universe while paying many respects to their characters’ origins. As the comics were unencumbered by the censorship of Saturday Morning cartoons, The Wreckers were the bots that took on the most brutal missions with no chance of success… and succeeded by any means necessary and noticeable losses within their ranks. In the franchise’s comic book of the Marvel UK (and recent Regeneration One) universe, Springer was a member of “The Wreckers,” an Autobot Commando unit of hardcore heavy hitters whose actual toys were obscurities that nobody liked (Topspin and Twintwist) recycled from other toy lines (Roadbuster and Whirl), and other bots who never even had figures to begin with (RackN’Ruin and Impactor). In ‘The Transformers’ cartoon series, Springer was the action hero keeping the “Punch” in punch lines with his smug attitude among the do-gooder Autobots under the command of the newly anointed Rodimus Prime. “With a chest big enough to accommodate ten Matrixes and shoulders that would put Metroplex to shame, his entire upper body was a bold visual testament to the power of unchecked width.”

#Autobot springer upgrade#

In absence of a new figure, the Third Party group FansProject created their Springer-inspired Warbot Defender and when Takara started the “Encore” line of reissued Generation One figures, Springer was the subject of a high quality knock-off that was almost unmistakable from the original.Īs part of the “Generations Thrilling 30” collection, Springer has been given the modern day upgrade he deserves and is now possibly one of the best Transformers of this Generation. While the manufacturers honored the fans’ demand for Springer with repaints using molds from the “Transformers Cybertron” and “Revenge of the Fallen” toy lines that shared Springer’s alternate modes, the figures were sold as exclusives for Botcon and other Store/Markets. Springer has been long overdue for an upgrade since the start of the “Classics/Generations” line but Hasbro and Takara have been slow to produce a new figure based on the character.

Unlike the other Triple Changers, Springer had a sleek and spacy vehicle design to coincide with the series’ time skip from ‘modern day’ 1984 to the ‘future’ of 2005.

The Autobot named Springer was a Generation One Triple Changer given the ability to “transform from armored car to helicopter to robot and back!” and one of the first new characters to be introduced in the 1986 animated film of “The Transformers.”