Skyhammer (G1)

Skyhammer is anAutobotfrom theGeneration 1continuity family.

"Uh, guys? You're crowding me a bit here..."

Skyhammeris 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.

Fiction

Transformers Comic-Magazin

Skyhammer saw action during the arrival of a bizarre, unexplained, cross-time/space portal. He attempted to secure it from the Decepticons but found himself mobbed by theAir Strike Patrol,and was sent flying back a million years in time to theAndromeda Nebula!The Transformers' Grand Hour: Headmaster of the Dimensions

Shockingly, when he resurfaced, he was reported to be aDecepticonUltra Pretender! What happened in the intervening million years?Transformers in Action: "By their Blasters you shall know them...!"

Classics

That's right, I'm referred to as "Skyhammer's pilot" in this story. Thanks a lot!

In2012,Skyhammer was stationed with several other Pretenders inJapanwithin... himself under the leadership ofMetalhawk.He was present one day whenRadreported from theIronworksbase inOregonabout a foiled attack byGigatronand his Decepticons. Soon thereafter, due to the actions of an evilUltra Magnusfromanother dimension,a rift of space time opened over Earth, causing catastrophes worldwide. Skyhammer assisted his peers in evacuating a city block by beaming up hundreds of humans inside himself.Invasion

Shortly after their Earth survived the catastrophe by transporting into the negative polarity universe, it also started to come alive. Calling itself "Gaea",the Earth mysteriously transported the entire human population to another Earth in another universe. For reasons unknown, Skyhammer and his Pretender companions were displaced with them.The Future Buried...

Skyhammer and his allies set out to uncover the mysteries of their new Earth; while all the cities and animals on this planet were the same as their old one, no humans appeared to have called this world home prior to their arrival. Skyhammer was stationed inGermanyto seek out leads there.Assembly

Regeneration One

Twenty-odd years after the end of hostilities between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Skyhammer fell victim toScorponok'sGene Key.Natural Selection, Part Three

Skyhammer later joinedBlades,Dogfight,Doubleheader,Cloudraker,Crossblades,Jetfire,and theAerialbotsin taking to the sky and opening fire on theWarworldwhen the Decepticons attacked.Destiny, Part FourDestiny, Part Five

Commercial appearances

DEATH FROM ABOVE!

Above the rocky plains of an unknown battlefield, Skyhammer pursued the ruffianRoadblock.Flying above in his outer Pretender shell, he strafed the Decepticon, who emerged from his own outer shell and returned fire.Mega and Ultra Pretenders commercial

Games

Transformers Legends

Skyhammer was assigned toPipes's team, guarding some researchers at a coastal town when they were attacked byOverbiteandNautilator.The B-Team Part Deux

Toys

The Transformers

These feet weresonot builtfor walkin'.

• Skyhammer(Ultra Pretender,1989)

• Accessories:wing laser, 2 missiles
• Known designers:Masakatsu Saito(concept artist)

As anUltra Pretender,The TransformersSkyhammer's toy includes a transforming inner robot, a transforming humanoid inner shell, and a non-transforming "flying fortress" outer shell. The inner robot transforms into a Cybertronic car. Like most Pretender robots, it is fairly simplistic. The car's top-mounted gun becomes the robot's hand-held weapon. The humanoid inner shell transforms to a hoverjet/landspeeder. In human mode, the shell can enclose the inner robot; in vehicle form, the robot can sit in its open cockpit to act as a pilot. In human form, the shell has a flip-down visor. Both robot and inner shell fit inside the second shell, a large Cybertronic flying fortress. The inner robot can man the turret emplacement on the dorsal area of the flying fortress, while the large double cannons on the bow can pivot in a wide arc.

Catalogsshowed Skyhammer as being colored blue-and-red instead of gold-and-red. This presumed change betweenprototypeand actualtoyhas led to Skyhammer being known to suffer badly fromGold Plastic Syndrome—the inner robot body and feet, inner shell feet and guns, and the entire bottom half of the outer shell are all susceptible.

Amusingly, Skyhammer is lying on his back when he is stored in his humanoid shell, and the shell is also lying on its back when it is stored inside the flying fortress shell.

No version of this mold or character was released in Japan.

• More information on Skyhammer at TFU.info

Notes

Foreign names

• French:Enclume(France, "Anvil" ),Aérochoc(Canada, "Aerial Impact" )