Sling (AOE)

Sling is a Mini-Con from the live-action film series and Unicron Trilogy continuity families.

Brimstone after merging with his energon fizzy jellies.

Sling (スリング Suringu) transforms into a paleontologically dubious creature.

Fiction

Ask Vector Prime

In Aurex 1104.30-JH Zeta, Sling was one of the Mini-Cons gathered by Megatron's Predacons during the Beast Wars on prehistoric Earth. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/13

Toys

Transformers (campaign item)

• Dinobot Sling (Promotional Micron, 2014)

• Release date: July 19, 2014

"Dinobot Micron" Sling is a redeco of Classics Nightscream, transforming into a dragon. As a Mini-Con, he has a "Powerlinx" socket on his... uh... dragoon-mode underside... that allows him to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs.

His balljoints are particularly prone to popping apart, particularly during transformation, but they pop back together fairly easily. His knee joints are also particularly loose.

Sling was a Japanese-market campaign item, a free gift with the purchase of 3000 yen worth of Lost Age product at Edion toy counter, Best Denki, Yamada Denki, and Yodobashi Camera stores.

This mold was also used to make Dragoyell and Universe Brimstone.

Notes

• With the other promotional Mini-Cons produced around this time being based on existing characters—particularly, Ivan, Paulie and Thunderlips are based on Dinobots Grimlock, Strafe and Slug respectively, with their names being the Rocky-based toyline codenames for those characters. The name "Sling", however, is drawn from "Slingshot", the pre-production name for Crosshairs.
• The Dinobot Microns' instructions lack any indication of what faction they belong to. Of course, being Dinobots, you can take a pretty safe guess.