Bot a Day: Daily Drawings

The next in the Seacon ranks is Nautilator, underwater excavations specialist. He turns into a mechanical lobster. He was available in 1988. 

From the Seacon forces comes Overbite, who transforms into a legged shark. Overbite is the team undersea terminator, according to his bio. He was available in 1988. His body was redeco'ed in 1998 as part of the Seacon pirate team from Japan, where  he was named Sea Phantom . 

Kicking off a run of the original Seacons with Seawing. The Seacons were a nautical themed group of Decepticons that were originally released in 1988, and then a decade later were redeco'ed as a gang of pirates in the Japanese incarnation of Beast Wars. Here is Seawing, undersea recon specialist, who turns into a robotic manta ray (albeit one with legs). He was reissued in Japan as Terrormander,  who I posted here .

  The next Decepticon Powermaster is Dreadwind, partner to yesterday's Darkwing. The sullen Decepticon air defense specialist turns into a F-16 Falcon jet fighter, with a Powermaster component (Hi-Test, inset) that unlocks the transformation back to robot. Darkwing and Dreadwind have the ability to combine their jet modes into a super-jet named Dreadwing. Both were available in 1988. In Japan, this character was realized as   Buster . 

Starting a brief run of Decepticon Powermasters is Darkwing. Powermasters, you'll recall, have small sidekicks that transform into an engine block that plugs into a vehicle, unlocking its transformation ability. In this case, the Powermaster (inset) is Throttle. Darkwing turns into a Panavia Tornado GR1 fighter jet. He was released in 1988. His toy was released in Japan as a different character,   Hydra , that same year. 

The last of this wave of Decepticon Targetmasters is Spinister, aerial assault specialist. He transforms into an AH-64 Apache helicopter. His Targetmaster partners are Hairsplitter (inset, top) and Singe (inset, bottom). He was available in 1988. 

The next in the line of Decepticon Targetmasters is Quake, ground assault specialist. Quake turns into a Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank, and his Targetmaster partners are Heater (left) and Tiptop (right).