Darkwind
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| This article is about the heroic Decepticon. For his evil Powermaster counterpart that sometimes shares his name, see Darkwing (G1). |
- Darkwind is a heroic Decepticon from the Shattered Glass continuity family.
Darkwind is a heroic Decepticon who forms a comedic duo with his equally jovial friend Dreadwind. Don't confuse him with Darkwing.
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Fiction
Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity
The Autobots decided they didn't appreciate the duo's feel-good comedy tours of slapstick gags and their signature "Who's Got the Touch?" routine, so they had Darkwind and his stage partner Dreadwind executed. Totally downer punchline. Around Cybertron #5
Darkwing wasn't happy about being mistaken for Darkwind, and didn't think the comedy brothers were that funny, either. Coalescence
Toys
Robotmasters
- Gigant Bomb (2004)
- ID number: RM14
- Accessories: 12 missiles, "Pulverizer" rifle
Robotmasters Gigant Bomb was officially repurposed as Shattered Glass Darkwing.
- Part of the third wave of Takara's Robotmasters toys, Gigant Bomb is a redeco and light retooling of the Generation 2 Dreadwing toy, transforming into a "flying wing" style stealth bomber, plus he has a third treaded tank mode. In all modes, he has a six-missile gatling cannon that launches the missiles in turn by rotating the rear portion of the cannon. The missiles can also be mounted under his wings, and airdropped by pressing the clear-amber "gems" over each to pressure-launch them out of place.
- These missiles have been further retooled from the previous version of the mold-set, giving them two grooves down their length (the previous version of this missile only had one groove), which correspond with a pair of guiding rails on the sides of his partner Smokesniper's missile launchers. Gigant's launcher has also apparently been internally retooled somehow, as only Gigant's missiles will lock in and fire properly, and his missiles will not work in the prior versions' launchers.
- In jet form, he can combine with Smokesniper's jet mode (sold separately, the first and only time for this mold set!) to make a complete aircraft called "Gigant Sniper".
- Unique to this release is the solitarium weapon "Pulverizer", a hand-held non-firing cannon, which can combine with Smokesniper's unique weapon, the "Radial Pod". Gigant's hands have been slightly retooled to accommodate the Pulverizer's thinner handle (and the handles on all the other solitarium weapons in the line).
Notes
- Darkwind repurposing the Gigant Bomb toy as a body nods to how his normalverse counterpart repurposed the original version of the mold, Dreadwing, in the Marvel Generation 2 comic.
