Deftwing
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- Deftwing is anAutobotLightformerfrom theGeneration 1continuity family.
Astute and resourceful,Deftwingcan come up with brilliant defensive strategies while soaring through the skies during battle. While mainly a defensive tactician, he is no slouch on the offensive, either. He believes that every mission must destroy its target, and it's his job to see that outcome into fruition, even if he must do it himself. His vertical takeoff and landing ability allows him to quickly launch into the air, and his visible tracer rounds, coupled with his super-accuracy, ensure he does not waste a shot.[1]
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Fiction
The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual
When the Decepticons attempted to turn Earth into a mobile juggernaut using giant rocket engines, Deftwing and his flying partnerJetfirejoinedOptimus Primeand the others in demolishingScrapper's fiendish invention. OverhearingMegatronsay the rockets would fire in 20 minutes, Deftwing and Jetfire had no choice but to fly down the inside the thruster tubes, looking for something fragile to shoot. They found the engines were drawing power from the plasma of theEarth's core,and disrupted the flow. The resulting explosion helped carry them to safety out of the mouth of the engines as they darted away. As the entire island was caught in the lava swell, Deftwing and Jetfire helped carry all earthbound Autobots to safety.Moving Day Planet Earth
2005 IDW continuity
Deftwing was a crew member on board theLost Lightduring the quest to find the legendaryKnights of Cybertron.WhenFortress MaximustookRungandWhirlhostage in Rung's office, he was part of a security team prepared to take action and bust their way into the room if necessary.InteriorsDeftwing was later killed in action when theLost Lightwas boarded byLegislators.House of Ambus
Toys
The Transformers
- Deftwing(Lightformer,1993)
- Accessories:Artillery platform
- Known designers:Takio Ejima(TakaraTomy),Masakatsu Saito(concept artist)
- Available only in European markets, sold in the ninth year of theEuropeanThe Transformerstoyline, Lightformer Deftwing transforms into a Hawker Siddeley GR.1 Harrier fighter jet. In this mode, his largeLightformerweapon stand is mounted on the aircraft's back, functioning as a booster unit as well as a weapons system, similar to Generation 1Jetfire.This weapon uses a combination of the light-piping and gear-wheel gimmicks so that when you look through the "viewscope" and turn the wheel beneath, as the gatling cannon rotates, the view from the scope makes it look like twin beams of laser-fire are striking your selected target (despite the unit only having one gun). The booster weapons unit has a fold-down stand to become a gun emplacement for Deftwing to man inrobot mode.
Generation 2
- Deftwing(Lightformer,1994)
- Accessories:Artillery platform
- This release is identical to his 1993 release, but inGeneration 2packaging, and was on a blister card instead of in a box.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese:Deftwing(デフトウィングDefutowingu)
- Dutch:Blue Arrow
- French:Blue Arrow
References
- ↑Generation 1 Deftwing packaging bio
