Day 32: Silverbolt (Universe)

With Alternators out of the way, the next phase of drawings will be based on Transformers Universe, a toyline that ran from 2003 to 2005ish consisting of redeco'ed re-releases of previously released toys. In some cases, the reissued toys are meant to be the same characters; in a few cases, the redeco'ed designs were assigned new names and identities.

First up is Silverbolt, who turns into a winged wolf. He was originally released in 1998 under the same name as a Maximal Fuzor in Beast Wars. Now repainted to have blue fur, yellow scaling and black feathers, he is an Autobot.

Day 79: Superion (Universe)

The combined form of the Universe Micromaster Aerialbots is Superion, an amalgamation of six robots plus their pack-in accessories that serve as connectors, head, and extremities of the gestalt warrior. While in Japan, the original source of the design ( Sixwing , 1992) was available in a collected set, this combiner needed to be purchased one bot at a time in the 2007 Universe release.

Day 251: Mad

The last of the Air Assault Micron Team trio is Mad, who turns into a Concorde SST. A design that's been used several times already -- see Jetstorm , Scattor , Thrust , Mach , and Quantum -- this version has some of its plastic parts in a translucent finish, giving it a high tech feel. Mad was available in Japan in 2003. He was later rechristened "Skull Buster" in Fan Club-generated lore.

Day 26: Nemesis Prime (Alternators)

Nemesis Prime, an evil twin to Optimus Prime first introduced in the Armada line, gets the Alternators treatment, allowing a reuse of the Dodge Ram SRT-10 design. In the North American market, this toy was only available at the Hasbro Toy Shop and at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2006.

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