Quickstrike (BM)

Quickstrike is aMaximalfrom theBeast Machinesportion of theGeneration 1continuity family.

Puhhl! You is un wurr-wilf!

Quickstrikekinda creeps the other Maximals out. There's no question that he's devoted to the cause, using his smarts and stealth skills to maximum effect against theVehicons... but he almost always works alone in the shadows. The only other Maximal he's willing to work with on a mission isBlackarachnia,and frankly, they don't evenlikeeach other.

Despite his "silent hunter" schtick, Quickstrike loves music.

Fiction

3H comics

No one pushes Quickstrike (bottom right corner) around! Except maybe the giant car guy.

Quickstrike took part in the battle against theQuintessonforces one week after the reformatting ofCybertroninto atechnorganicworld.Cheetorsaved his butt.Wreckers: Finale Part II

A year later, Quickstrike was part of the crowd who gathered to welcome a group ofAutobotsback to Cybertron.Rookshoved him out of the way in order to get at the front of the crowd.Abduction

Wings Universe

Quickstrike joinedPrimal Prime'sWreckers.Apelinq's personal logs, 2014/06/18

2005 IDW continuity

Quickstrike was one ofOnyx Prime'sMaximals.After his master invadedCybertronand felledMetrotitan,Quickstrike was sent out of theNemesisunderLiege Maximo's command to root out theTitan's companions.The Hallowing

Toys

Beast Machines

• Quickstrike(Basic,2000)

• Known designers:Yuichiro Hira(TakaraTomy)

Part of the second wave ofBeast MachinesBasics, Quickstrike transforms into a technorganic wolf, and features an opening jaw. Inrobot mode,his left arm hides a translucent spring-loaded blade that deploys when a button on the arm is pressed. The robot mode also has an undocumented feature: the tail-blade extending from the back of his head is on a limited swivel joint and has his eyes molded into the front, which means moving the tail back and forth moves his eyes in a side-to-side sneaky-scanning manner.

Hisspark crystalis hidden inside his torso in both modes, mainly visible only during transformation.

• More information on Quickstrike at TFU.info

• Obsidian/Quickstrike(2-pack, 2000)

Quickstrike was also available in a two-pack with theVehiconObsidian.Both toys are actually on their original individual cards, but packed within a thick cardboard backing with "Beast Machines 2 Pack" printed on it.

Among other outlets, these were sold at the now-defunct toy chain ToyCo, which was similar toKB Toysand appeared in several of the "Mills" family of shopping centers, like Arizona Mills or Ontario Mills, in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Notes

• Quickstrike had the pre-release name ofWolfgang.^[1]

References