Flamethrower (JustIToys)
Flamethrower is a fictional character made by third party Transformer company JustIToys in 2006. He is an homage both the 1985 Transformers Dinobot toy Slag and the Smallest Transforming Transformers toy line. Several limited edition recolors of this toy have been released since then.
Transformers
Flamethrower is a homage to 1985 Transformers Dinobot Slag. According to the statistics given on the back on his box Flamethrower isn't very smart of fast.
While the biography printed with the 2006 TFcon edition of Flamethrower clearly depicts him as the original Slag, fiction from the 2010 TFcon treats Flamethrower as a seperate character from Slag. The biography for the 2006 TFcon Flamethrower depicts events similar to those that occured in the Marvel Comics Transformers stories.
Biography
In order to survive the rigours of combat, a soldier must often adapt to his environment. When the malevolent Shockwave appeared in the Savage Land, five Jurassic warriors were created to put a halt to his destructive actions.
Slag was no genius, but he was aware of Shockwave's power, particularly that of his ionic laser rifle. After a rudimentary geological analysis, Slag clad his synthesized Triceratops serratus exoskeleton in metallic copper, which oxidized into a green shell. One by one, Shockwave hunted them through the Savage Land and each of Slag’s Dinobot brothers fell into pools of bubbling black tar. Brute strength allowed him to throw boulders and raze maple trees, creating obstacles as Shockwave gave chase. It would have been impossible to outrun him if Slag had not been camouflaged by his enhanced armour, thus Slad\g eluded his Decepticon assailant until he managed to mount an attack.
With his commander's crimson energo-sword clutched firmly in hand, and his ferocity heightened by his new resolve, Slag launched an onslaught that would leave most Decepticons with a century worth of nightmares. As Shockwave approached, an enraged Slag exhausted his remaining energon with a superheated ceramic particle firespin of 3000 °C. The earth beneath them broke away, and Shockwave barely survived the blaze by crawling into the temperature-absorbing tarpits. Detecting imminent stasis lock, Slag let himself fall into the tarpit tomb.
Slag always felt he had no need for friends, even less for enemies. But in that one cataclysmic confrontation, he learned the value of his comrades. As the brush was burning, and they sank into the viscous dark liquid, Slag smiled, knowing that he would awake with one less adversary.
Convention comics
Flamethrower appeared in the unlicensed mini-comic released for the 2010 TFcon. In the story Nightbird and Cyclonus are sent to steal the Master Cannons from the Autobots. Cyclonus flies Nightbird to spaceship Maximus where she sneaks past the Autobots Canadian Patroit, R.E.V., Powered Commander, Deep Cover, Proto and Flash. She kills Flamethrower to get the the Master Sword, which she uses to reformat her body to a form based on Valkryie, then escapes.[1]
Toys
- JustIToys Smallest Dinorobots Flamethrower (2006)
- A new mold. Packed with a collectors card, instructions, stickers, a sword, gun and two fists. The box art for Flamethrower includes screen shots of Slag of the Transformers animated series as well as a picture of Flamethrower along side Smallest Transforming Transformers Meister. It also promotes the upcoming release of Commander.
- JustIToys Smallest Dinorobots G2 Flamethrower (2006)
- A recolor of the initial Flamethrower toy in colors matching Slag's G2 green release. Came packaged with an additional sword.
- JustIToys Smallest Dinorobots Dark Retribution Flamethrower (2009)
- Sold in a five-pack with the other four Smallest Dinorobots in a black recolor. Limited to 500 pieces.
- JustIToys Smallest Dinorobots Dark Retribution Flamethrower red (2009)
- Sold in a five-pack with the other four Smallest Dinorobots in a red recolor. Limited to 10 pieces.
- JustIToys Smallest Dinorobots Comic Version Flamethrower (2010)
- Sold in a five-pack with the other four Smallest Dinorobots in a Marvel Comics Dinobot colors. Limited to 300 pieces.
References
- ↑ Daniel Arseneault (w), Alex Milne (p). ' (July 17th, 2010), TFcon
