Wheeljack (Prime)
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| The name or term "Wheeljack" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Wheeljack (disambiguation). |
- Wheeljack is an Autobot from the Aligned continuity family.
Wheeljack is one of the roughest Autobots around. As one of the last surviving Wreckers, he's seen plenty of action, and he's got the snarky one-liners to prove it. If there's anything he likes more than slicing up Decepticons with his swords or inventing new gadgets to blow up Decepticons in different ways, it's hanging with his old buddy, Bulkhead (who calls him Jackie).
Wheeljack doubts Optimus Prime's leadership capabilities, believing he's more of a stuffy old figurehead than a warrior. Wheeljack also chafes under too much supervision, which immediately puts him and the authoritarian Ultra Magnus at odds. That's why he usually takes off shortly after he's arrived. He'd rather be on his own.
| “ | If you're trying to ruin my day, you're gonna have to try harder. | ” |
| —Wheeljack, "Con Job" | ||
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Fiction
The Covenant of Primus
Wheeljack emerged from the Well of All Sparks sometime during or before the Age of Origins. As civilization began to rise on Cybertron, many pockets of settlement were less developed or protected than others. Wheeljack, his buddy Bulkhead, and several others organized themselves as the Wreckers, freelance peacekeeping agents helping to protect the peaceful settlements from bandits, gangs, and other marauders.
Wheeljack presumably remained a member of the Wreckers as Cybertronian society developed. During the Age of Wrath, the Wreckers refused to serve as legitimate law enforcers under the Quintesson regime, preferring to act as lawless vigilantes under their own terms. The Wreckers later joined the popular uprising against the Quintessons and became official peace officers during the Golden Age.
Many of the Wreckers, including Wheeljack, remained behind on Cybertron as the Autobot resistance to the Decepticons after the Ark and Nemesis blasted off in search of the AllSpark. The Covenant of Primus
Aligned novels
Wheeljack was a member of the Wreckers black ops. After the Great Exodus, the Autobots remaining on Cybertron encountered the inventor and engineer wandering outside Crystal City. They took him in, with Alpha Trion theorizing that he had escaped from Shockwave's facilities there. Wheeljack proceeded to equip the resistance with new gadgets and weaponry, but his true loyalty remained to science, rather than the Autobots.
Eventually, Wheeljack, along with Ultra Magnus and Springer approached Alpha Trion to propose re-creating space bridge technology on a personal scale, and using the energies from the space bridge explosion to trace the locations of the vanished Ark and Nemesis. The project proceeded, and the inventor was able to find a way of opening a brief passageway through space-time, utilizing the remaining energies of the Well of All Sparks and the damaged consciousness of Vector Sigma. Wheeljack suggested they send a message of some sort through the gateway to Optimus Prime, but Alpha Trion advocated sending an actual bot. Eventually, the Autobot called Chaindrive was sent, equipped with a device to track the Matrix of Leadership, a piece of the Blades of Time, and a warning for Optimus regarding the Requiem Blaster. Exiles
Shockwave finally made his move against Alpha Trion, arresting the sage from the Hall of Records. With Alpha Trion's neutrality no longer permitted, Ultra Magnus planned a rescue op. Wheeljack joined Magnus's team of Wreckers to infiltrate Iacon, access the Tower of Shockwave, and retrieve Alpha Trion. They were provided support by the recently reactivated Omega Supreme, who would act as a suitable...distraction for their op. Wheeljack was uncomfortable working alongside Jetfire, a former Decepticon who was still untrustworthy in his eyes.
Inside Iacon's walls, Wheeljack and the Wreckers came to Maccadam's Old Oil House, who was secretly working with the Autobot resistance. Maccadam still shared the occasional oil with his Decepticon overlords, gathering intelligence. One of his patrons was an engineer who provided information on the Tower's mag-lev elevator, allowing the Wreckers to access it underground. The Wreckers were nearly accosted by Ratbat and the Decepticon city garrison, but Magnus radioed Omega Supreme who began long-range bombardment of the city, drawing away the Decepticons.
The Wreckers infiltrated Shockwave's secret lair and recovered Alpha Trion, but the situation was direr than they anticipated. Shockwave had been trying to access Vector Sigma using Alpha Trion's systems, but the Quintessons had secretly tapped into that same circuitry to reactivate the long-dormant Space bridge, beginning a Sharkticon invasion of Cybertron. The Wreckers raced to the Archives, where Alpha Trion intended to detonate the remaining articles of Cybertronian history that the Quintessons could claim. They were interrupted by General Tyrannicon of the Sharkticons, who jammed Alpha Trion's detonator. Fortunately, light-years away, Megatron had claimed the Sharkticon Matrix and therefore ended the Quintesson control over their slaves. Tyrannicon's troopers turned on him and each other, causing the all-but successful invasion to collapse in a matter of minutes. Retribution
Cartoon continuity
Prime cartoon
- Voice actor: James Horan (English), Yūki Tai (Japanese), You Jun (Chinese), Dennis Schmidt-Foß (German), Lorenzo Scattorin (Italian), Ja-hyeong Gu (Korean), Raúl Anaya (Latin American Spanish), Emilio García (Castilian Spanish), Ricardo Sawaya (Brazilian Portuguese), Kimmo Härmä (Finnish), Philippe Allard (French)
Wheeljack was a member of the Wreckers alongside Bulkhead, Con Job Impactor, Roadbuster, Rotorstorm, Seaspray and Pyro. Loose Cannons He took part in an unnamed battle where he and Bulkhead became surrounded by Decepticons and low on Energon. However, Wheeljack threw a grenade into a smelter, causing it to explode and take out the attackers.Con Job Him and Bulkhead also had an altercation on Sandokan. Loose Cannons. However, early on in the war, Bulkhead left the Wreckers to join Team Prime while Wheeljack continued to serve in the Wreckers. Wheeljack took part in the Battle of Darkmount Pass, where he took out a group of Decepticons to get the Wreckers across a smelting pit. Con Job Wheeljack left the Wreckers when Ultra Magnus was assigned as its leader. Chain of Command
Wheeljack was later approached by the Wrecker Kup at Alfes Station, who was hoping to bring him back to the Wreckers. Wheeljack revealed to Kup that he had been scavenging the wreckage of Decepticon heavy-troops and had discovered that they were clad in nano-crystal lattice armor that had been created in his old lab at Ankmor, and convinced Kup to help him infiltrate the lab to retake it from the Decepticons.
After sneaking into Ankmor, the two Autobots discovered the Decepticons Shockwave and Thundercracker in the middle of experimenting on their fellow Decepticons Rumble and Frenzy. The two Autobots discovered that Shockwave was planning to extract the two Minicons' sparks and place them in Laser cores, allowing them to permanently switch between bodies. Wheeljack and Kup attacked, but Thundercracker released Rumble and Frenzy to back them up. However, Wheeljack revealed to the Decepticons that he had previously laid explosives throughout his lab for just such an occasion, forcing the Decepticons to engage in melee, rather than utilizing weapons. After Shockwave managed to disarm the Wreckers, he ordered Rumble and Frenzy to execute the Autobots, but Wheeljack and Kup took the Minicons' abandoned data disc bodies, gambling that the two wouldn't be willing to harm their old bodies. They were correct and began beating the two smaller 'cons with their own bodies, before throwing the bodies out of a window into Ankmor's waste canals. As Rumble and Frenzy pursued their discarded bodies, Shockwave called for a retreat, deciding that he couldn't risk Wheeljack detonating the explosives, and fled with Thundercracker, never realizing that Wheeljack had been bluffing. Unreliable Narratives
When Cybertron went dark, he began traveling the stars alone in the Jackhammer. Eventually, he reached Earth's Solar System and was hailed by the Autobots stationed there, including Bulkhead. As he was coming in to land at the coordinates provided by Optimus Prime, his ship was attacked and shot down by Vehicons. Wheeljack emerged from the Jackhammer and proceeded to trash the Decepticons, but was eventually overwhelmed and taken back to the Nemesis where he was imprisoned. He was amused to find that Starscream was in command of the Decepticons, and almost goaded Starscream into killing him.
An opportunity allowed him to kill his guard and break free from his bonds. He scaled to the top of the ship, where Starscream was waiting for Makeshift, who'd taken on Wheeljack's appearance, to open the Autobot GroundBridge. Wheeljack smashed a bunch of Vehicons and assaulted Starscream before escaping through the GroundBridge to the Autobot base. There he confronted Makeshift and the pair duelled with swords until Wheeljack was victorious. Bulkhead tossed Makeshift back through the GroundBridge along with a "present" for the 'cons.
Though the Autobots welcomed Wheeljack, he revealed that he intended to return to space. He invited Bulkhead along, but Bulkhead was too attached to his friends on Earth to leave. Con Job
When Miko was trying to stir Bulkhead's memory after he absorbed the data from the Cybertronian data cylinder she mentioned Wheeljack and showed Bulkhead the picture she took of them together before he left. Sadly, this did not jog Bulkhead's memory. T.M.I.
During his travels, Wheeljack made contact with fellow Wrecker Seaspray only for Dreadwing to destroy Seaspray's ship. Wheeljack chased Dreadwing to Earth where they battled near a gas station, which was destroyed in the conflict as Optimus Prime's team arrived. Filling the other Autobots in, Wheeljack found himself chafing over the need for secrecy. When Dreadwing called him to arrange a meeting, Wheeljack took Bulkhead to try and trap the Decepticon. The encounter instead left Wheeljack buried.
Once Optimus dug him out, he accompanied the Autobot leader to the port where Bulkhead had been taken by Dreadwing and attempted to remove the bomb the Decepticon had placed on his comrade. Eventually, he was forced to concede only Dreadwing could remove the bomb, and he and Optimus played a gambit that forced Dreadwing's hand. Convinced to stay on Earth by the other Autobots, Wheeljack adopted a new alternate mode and drove off to explore the planet. Loose Cannons He also used the time to become quite familiar with the location of key Decepticon Energon mines. Hurt
As the Autobots split up to retrieve the four new Iacon relics, Optimus told Ratchet that he'd need Wheeljack's help for the mission ahead. Remembering his past experiences with the Wrecker, Ratchet was naturally reluctant to go through with the idea, but Optimus reminded the medic that he would need a capable warrior like Wheeljack to watch his back. Triangulation
Ratchet rendezvoused with Wheeljack by the Jackhammer, and they headed out in the ship to find the relic. Wheeljack quickly got on Ratchet's nerve by calling him "doc" and "sunshine" but soon encountered Soundwave. The Wrecker engaged Soundwave in a dogfight using some fancy aerial flight moves, but against the advice of Ratchet, Wheeljack let Soundwave go and attacked Laserbeak. After a lengthy dogfight, Wheeljack shot the Mini-Con down, but the Jackhammer was also disabled. On the ground, Wheeljack found Laserbeak and suggested planting a grenade inside of the Mini-Con to kill Soundwave, but Ratchet had a better idea: A virus which would download the entire Iacon database into their systems.
While Ratchet set about implanting the virus into Laserbeak, Wheeljack went after Soundwave, soon locating and attacking the Decepticon. Though he almost got the upper hand, Soundwave hit him with the Resonance Blaster, and Wheeljack barely had time to warn Ratchet before falling unconscious. Despite the damage, Wheeljack refused to return to base for treatment and instead set about fixing his ship. But before Ratchet left, Wheeljack finally acknowledged the doctor by name. Triage
Wheeljack was called into the base when Bulkhead turned up critically injured. While he had full confidence in Ratchet's abilities, he decided to go find the responsible parties. Joined by Miko, he attacked an energon mine to draw out Hardshell. This succeeded, and Wheeljack left Miko in the ship while he faced the Insecticons. Unfortunately, Hardshell was too much for him to handle, but as he was about to be killed, Miko interceded in the fight, blasting Hardshell with the Jackhammer's missiles. After losing the rest of the Insecticon swarm by throwing a box of grenades at them, Wheeljack welcomed Miko to the ranks of the Wreckers. The pair returned to base, though Wheeljack didn't want to see his friend lying comatose and left. Hurt Ratchet held a grudge over Wheeljack's revenge stunt, and when Arcee suggested calling the Wrecker in to cover for Bulkhead, Ratchet objected. When new arrival Smokescreen was integrated into the team, Bulkhead was hurt and said that they should have asked Wheeljack to replace him. New Recruit
After picking up the Omega Lock's immense energy surge, Wheeljack returned to the Autobot base to find it under attack by Decepticon forces. He joined Fowler in attempting to hold the Decepticons off until his ship was eventually shot down by Starscream. Darkest Hour Pulled from the wreckage of the Jackhammer, Wheeljack was taken into the Decepticon citadel and interrogated by Starscream. Darkmount, NV When even a cortical psychic patch failed to yield any information, Starscream planted a tracking device on Wheeljack and ordered his execution. Wheeljack, of course, promptly escaped during the execution and salvaged as much as he could from the wreck of his ship. After joining Bulkhead and Miko, he used the tracking device he'd found to trap a number of Decepticons. Scattered He, Miko and Bulkhead were preparing to destroy an energon mine when they were attacked by a giant metal dragon. Even Wheeljack luring it into the mine before detonating didn't slow it down. Fortunately, the three Wreckers were rescued by Ultra Magnus and soon reunited with most of the rest of the team. Prey
Bulkhead and Wheeljack provided a diversion at the base of Darkmount, lobbing grenades and destroying Decepticons while the other Autobots attacked by other means. The pair were eventually captured by Shockwave, but when Optimus Prime returned and joined the assault, they renewed their attack on the Decepticons. Following the destruction of Darkmount, the Autobots assembled at a human military base. Rebellion
Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus returned to the Autobots' old base to scavenge what they could from the wreckage. He was excited to find the Wreckers' old lobbing ball, but when he lobbed it at Bulkhead without warning, it nearly crushed Miko. After a stern talking-to from Ultra Magnus and an intense staredown between the two of them, Wheeljack stormed off. He was later teamed with Bulkhead and Magnus to respond to a Decepticon sighting in Scotland. Project Predacon Wheeljack took Miko along, concealed in his chest. That fact and his continued refusal to follow protocol continued to rub Ultra Magnus up the wrong way as they infiltrated the Decepticon mine. Finding themselves up against the Predacon once again, Wheeljack attempted to throw a grenade into its mouth, but this backfired and instead brought the cavern down on them. The failure of the mission brought even more tension but Magnus, upon seeing Miko using the Apex Armor to beat the scrap out of the Decepticons, admitted that Wheeljack may have been right to bring her along. At this, Wheeljack opted to leave the team, saying that he wanted to remember the Wreckers as they were at that moment, before "the rust set in." Chain of Command
However, Wheeljack returned to Hangar E, where he was immediately requested to retrieve another Predacon bone with Arcee. Wheeljack grudgingly agreed. When they reached the location of the bone, they were ambushed by Vehicon troopers, but easily dispatched them. While they were searching the area, Arcee took the opportunity to grill Wheeljack on why he liked to act like a loner, citing the fact that if he truly liked being alone, he would not have ground bridged back to base, but would have simply hit the road. Wheeljack admitted that he didn't leave the Wreckers just because of Ultra Magnus, but also because he could not bear to see Bulkhead go soft on him. Arcee convinced him not to push Bulkhead away, because if something were to happen to him, Wheeljack would never forgive himself. After retrieving the Predacon remains, Arcee received a call from Jack, who was afraid that his mother had gotten into trouble while retrieving a Predacon bone. Sure enough, Arcee and Wheeljack found June and Agent Fowler in the clutches of the Decepticon Knock Out. After dealing with some Insecticons sent to aid Knock Out, Wheeljack managed to save June and Fowler. Upon returning to base, Wheeljack went to talk to Bulkhead. Plus One
Perhaps hoping to win over Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack recalibrated the engines on Magnus's ship. When the team went on a mission to secure some energon, Wheeljack and Magnus discovered Shockwave's cloning operation in an abandoned mine. They blew it up, only to discover that the sole existing Predacon had become intelligent and was now after them. The pair fought Predaking at length but lost despite their efforts. They were only saved by the intervention of Optimus, who took them back to base for repairs. Evolution
When the Decepticons started stealing technology, Wheeljack was part of a team which was called out to a location but arrived too late to prevent the Vehicons escaping with the tech. They were able to capture Soundwave though. Wheeljack persuaded Ratchet to let Ultra Magnus come along on their next mission to the Solaris particle collider. The team entered the Antarctic base to encounter heavy resistance from a group of Vehicons. Minus One With the aid of one of Wheeljack's grenades, they caught up with Shockwave, only for the Decepticon to be whisked away by Predaking. Returning to base, the Autobots found that Ratchet had been abducted by Soundwave, however, Wheeljack and Raf used a piece of Laserbeak to construct a small aerial drone which they hoped would lead them to the Decepticon warship. Persuasion
They launched the probe and monitored it and Optimus's progress from the base. Though the probe was destroyed, Ratchet was able to send them the coordinates to the Decepticon warship, and Wheeljack and the others geared up in preparation to assault the Nemesis. Synthesis The three Wreckers were ordered to take the bridge, however, no sooner did they reach their target than Soundwave bridged them to another part of the ship. By the time they reached the bridge again, it had already been captured by Jack and Miko. With the warship until their control, the Autobots flew it to Cybertron and used the Omega Lock to restore their homeworld. After Optimus's obligatory speech, Wheeljack and the others shared a mutual salute with Fowler before returning home. Deadlock
Following a ceremony to promote Bumblebee to Warrior, Wheeljack accompanied Optimus Prime as a pilot in a search for the AllSpark. They tracked it down to Theta Scorpii where Optimus was able to retrieve it, and Wheeljack set course back to Cybertron. They arrived to find Unicron had returned and was attempting to use an army of undead Predacons to destroy Cybertron's core. The ship was shot down, though Wheeljack survived and was helped from the wreck by Bulkhead. Following Unicron's defeat, he was present as Optimus sacrificed himself to restore the AllSpark to Cybertron. Predacons Rising
Eaglemoss Prime comic
Little, Brown, and Company books
Titan Prime comic
2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon
After Cybertron's rebirth, a statue of Wheeljack was constructed in his honor. Pilot (Part 1) However, when a new High Council came into power, Wheeljack was blacklisted for being a supporter of Optimus Prime. Enemy of My Enemy
Bumblebee later recounted to his unit the story of how Wheeljack was used by Makeshift to gain entry into their base. History Lessons
Tales of the Beast Hunters
Wheeljack was contacted by Bumblebee, who had located a potential cache of weapons in the asteroid belt. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 1 The pair soon blasted off in the Jackhammer Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 2 and despite Wheeljack's skepticism, found the derelict starship in question. As they were about to start loading up with weapon crates, they were soon faced with Megatron and Predaking. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 4 Wheeljack was able to get a distress call off, resulting in Optimus Prime coming to their aid via GroundBridge. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 5 Prime was able to hold the enemy off long enough for Wheeljack and Bumblebee to make off with a number of crates. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 6
Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe
Pursuing the AllSpark after it had been launched into space, Wheeljack was one of the many Autobots that found their way to Earth. There, he participated in a great battle within a human settlement against the Decepticons. He was towed to safety by Hoist during the battle as the two factions duked it out. The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe
Precursor World
A Warrior of the Seven Lights resembling a blue Wheeljack was a member of the Blue Order of the Primus Vanguard. He and his comrades followed their commander Blue Big Convoy into battle when a duel between dimension-tossed future warriors Ultra Megatron and Star Convoy threatened the Blue Planet and its people. Super Megatron comic 2
Games
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Transformers Universe
Concept art for Wheeljack was produced for his planned appearance in Jagex's Transformers Universe.
Unfortunately, due to the game's very early death, he didn't make it much further, as far as we can tell.
Toys
Prime
Cyberverse
- Star Hammer with Wheeljack (Cyberverse Vehicle, 2012)
- Part of the first wave of Series 2 Cyberverse Vehicles, this smaller, simplified version of Wheeljack transforms into his in-show race car mode. He comes with two translucent blue swords, which he can hold using 3mm ports in his hands. These swords are also capable of storing on his vehicle mode's roof, although the downward-curving orientation shown in the stock photo at right is not actually possible due to a change as to where the pegs are located.
- This version of Wheeljack was only available with the Star Hammer[sic], in which he can be seated in the opening cockpit. In the Star Hammer's battle platform mode, Wheeljack can man one of three battle stations using flip-down handlebars (which also allow other Cyberverse figures to man them).
- In Japan, the set was released under the name "Spaceship Star Hammer", but there are no notable physical differences from the Hasbro release.
- Hyperspeed Wheeljack (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
- Series/number: 2 / 010
- Accessories: "Gravimetric blaster"
- Known designers: Joe Kyde (Hasbro)
- Part of the third wave of Cyberverse Legion Class toys, this version of Wheeljack is a single-carded release of the figure previously available with the Star Hammer vehicle, redecoed as an homage to the Diaclone pre-Transformers retool of the Generation 1 Wheeljack toy that would later inspire Exhaust.
- He comes with a "gravimetric blaster" which, in varying colors, was also used by Cyberverse Bumblebee, Arcee, Evac, Autobot Tailgate, the redeco of Bumblebee that comes with the Bumblebee Battle Suit and Transformers (2014) Protectobot Groove.
- Autobot Set (Multi-pack, 2012)
- ID number: EZ-SP1
- Release date: November 24, 2012
- Accessories: 2 swords
- Wheeljack was also available in a TakaraTomy EZ Collection six-pack of figures. This version of the toy is largely similar to his original Star Hammer release, but is now cast in a pearl-white plastic.
- This set also includes similarly-lightly-altered versions of Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Optimus Prime, Arcee, and Ratchet.
Robots in Disguise
- Wheeljack (Deluxe, 2012)
- Series/number: 1 / 003
- Takara ID number: AM-23
- Takara release date: October 27, 2012
- Accessories: 2 swords, Arms Micron "Wuji" (TakaraTomy only)
- Part of the first wave of Hasbro's Prime: Robots in Disguise Deluxe Class toys, Wheeljack transforms into a combination of the 2005 Lancia Fenomenon Stratos Concept and the 2011 Lancia New Stratos Concept. He comes with two swords which can stow underneath the vehicle, or attach under the front bumper to create an attack mode. In robot mode, Wheeljack can either hold the swords, stow them on his shoulders (both via 5 mm post), or they can be inserted into slots near his wings. Surprisingly, there are no Autobot insignias on Wheeljack whatsoever.
- In wave six of the Prime toyline, Wheeljack was put into new packaging, which came with a DVD featuring the Prime episode, "Loose Cannons".
- The TakaraTomy version of Wheeljack, part of the seventh wave of the Japanese Prime toyline, has some significant differences from the Hasbro release. The most obvious is that a great many of his paint operations -including all of his racing stripes- have been dropped in favor of customer-applied foil stickers from a separate sheet, plus he has been retooled with extra 5 mm posts and holes on his spoiler and hood/legs, respectively. Less obvious is a number of small changes in plastic colors: he has a warmer shade of white plastic, his warm light-gray plastics are darker and cooler, his cool-gray plastics are lighter and warmer, his wings, knee spikes, and swords are cast in a much softer plastic.
- Yes, swords. Where most of Takara's Prime releases dropped the Hasbro accessories in favor of an Arms Micron kit, Takara's Wheeljack retains his original twin sword accessories, albeit unpainted. He still comes with an Arms Micron partner though: Wuji transforms from a humanoid robot into... a rather bulky weapon that vaguely sort-of resembles Wheeljack's normal sword, if you squint.
- This mold was redecoed and retooled into Dead End, Wildrider, and Chromedome, while his pair of swords were reused for Legends Convobat.
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- Wheeljack (Deluxe, 2012)
- Number: 002
- Accessories: Two battle swords
- Known designers: Andrew Franks (deco artist)
- Prime: Dark Energon Wheeljack is a BigBadToyStore-exclusive redeco of Deluxe Class Wheeljack, and is cast in translucent-blue, gray, and black plastics with copper and red accents, as an homage to Slicer.
- Though he was packaged on an individual card, he was initially sold as part of a set with the Dark Energon versions of Bumblebee, Starscream, and Knock Out. He was eventually made available on his own, and the Dark Energon Series toys were eventually made available in Singapore as mass-retail releases.
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Beast Hunters
- Wheeljack (Deluxe, 2013)
- Series / Number: 2 / 004
- Accessories: "Falcon Spear", disc
- Known designers: Andrew Scribner (deco artist)
- Part of the first wave of Prime: Beast Hunters Deluxe Class toys, Wheeljack is a redeco and extensive retooling of Robots in Disguise Wheeljack, transforming into a spiky, heavily modified 2011 Lancia New Stratos. He features a scaly, spiky dragon "spine" on his vehicle rear/robot back, and his wings are now larger and more elaborate. The two peg-holes on his rear sides have been removed, and he gains a peg-hole on his roof. The special tabs at the front of the vehicle, used to mount the swords he no longer has, are still present and functional.
- He now comes with the "Falcon Spear", a large pole-arm he can wield with both hands. The spearhead is sculpted to resemble a dragon's head, and can launch a disc via pressure launch when in spear mode. The spear can fold up and store on his back/roof, and the disc can be pulled open for some reason.
- The windshield pieces on his arms are extremely fragile, so one should use caution when transforming him.
- His instructions include the fourth chapter of the Tales of the Beast Hunters series.
- This mold, with Prime Dead End's head, was also used as the basis of Geckobot's body in Beast Wars: Uprising.
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Go!
- Hunter Wheeljack (Deluxe, 2013)
- Release date: April 27, 2013
- ID number: G16
- Accessories: "Capture Ring" spear, disc
- Part of the first (huge) wave of TakaraTomy's Transformers Go! toyline, "Hunter Wheeljack" is a redeco of the "Beast Hunters" Deluxe Class Wheeljack toy above, though his changes are a lot less drastic than what most toys went through when being deco'd for Go!. The red plastic in his spear and wings is now gold, the spear-shaft is now black, and his plastic lacks the swirly, mixed-color "marbled" effect of the Hasbro release.
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Merchandise
Thrilling 30
- Wheeljack (Collectible Figurine, 2014)
- Series / Number: 2 / #23
- Accessories: Collector's base
- A super-deformed Wheeljack was released among the blindpacked Thrilling 30 Collectible Figurines by Goldie Marketing. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.
- Collectible Figurines (5-pack, 2014)
- Series: 2
- Accessories: 5 collector's bases
- The same Wheeljack figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside Bumblebee, Shockwave, Soundwave and an Insecticon.
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Notes
- At BotCon 2011, it was stated Wheeljack is meant to be a mechanic as with other incarnations, but it was never quite explicitly mentioned in-series.[1] On the other hand, he seems to do his own repair work on both the Jackhammer and himself, and he's gotta get those explosives somewhere....
- If one does the math, after Ratchet returned to base in "Triage", Bulkhead came through a few seconds later. When Arcee, Bumblebee, and the kids return from New York, Ratchet is just reviving him. A short while after Optimus returns, Arcee has contacted Wheeljack and Agent Fowler has yet to leave. Wheeljack arrives shortly after Fowler and Miko leave. So it's a possibility that Wheeljack repaired the Jackhammer in a timeframe anywhere between 3 hours and 20 minutes. How's that for a mechanic?
- The Japanese dub of Prime gives Wheeljack a traditional samurai speech pattern to go with his swords.
- A proposed Fun Publications BotCon exclusive was a redeco of Prime Wheeljack into the Generation 1 Turbomaster Boss. The Wheeljack mold was also almost used for BotCon 2014 Pirate Cannonball.[2]
Foreign names
- Japanese: Wheeljack (ホイルジャック Hoirujakku)
- Mandarin: Qiānjīndǐng (China, 千斤顶, "Wheeljack" or "Hoisting Jack")
