Powerglide (RID)

Powerglide is an Autobot from the Adventure portion of the Aligned continuity family.

Powerglide (パワーグライド Pawāguraido) is an Autobot plane who reports to Ultra Magnus. As one of the few airborne Autobots, his role is to destabilize Decepticon positions through high-altitude carpet bombings in preparation for the main assault from his grounded allies. An affectionate 'bot, he once fell in love with a human woman, causing a heart symbol to light up inside his chest.^[1]

Fiction

Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe

Powerglide was one of the many Autobots who found their way to Earth while pursuing the AllSpark after it had been launched into space. There, he participated in a great battle within a human settlement against the Decepticons. The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe

Rescue Bots Academy cartoon

Powerglide was featured on a card in the Heroes of Cybertron trading card series which Wedge owned. Battle of the Bots

Toys

Adventure

• Powerglide (Legends Class, 2015)

• ID number: TAV19
• Release date: June 27, 2015

Part of the fourth wave of Takara's Adventure product (their version of the Robots in Disguise series), Powerglide is a redeco and slight retool of Combiner Wars Legends Class Powerglide, transforming into a jet resembling an A-10 Thunderbolt II. His chest now features a slight circular indentation to accommodate his faction sticker, and he boasts white plastic compared to the American release's light beige.

His scannable Autobot insignia is featured on his robot mode chest (although he has two regular Autobot insignias on his wings). Scanning this with the Transformers Chronicle mobile app unlocks the toy to the app's collection list.

Undocumented in the instructions, Adventure Powerglide can transform into a weapon, which can be wielded by any toys with 5 mm fist-holes. Unfortunately, his weight makes it very difficult for many figures to hold him upright in a firing pose.

The mold was later retooled into Viper and Adventure Dogfight.

Notes

• The love story mentioned in Powerglide's profile is a reference to "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide", in which the same thing happened to the Generation 1 Powerglide.

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