In issue #1, Drift meets a Cybertronian named Wing, who is a member of an "unaligned faction" that lives on world thought uninhabited. Megatron renames Drift "Deadlock", then sends him to lead a small band of his forces. Recruiting warriors to form his army, Megatron discovers Drift, who has skillfully killed several Decepticons after they accidentally kill one of his friends. The 4-part prequel mini-series Transformers: Drift begins with Drift as an unaligned robot living on Cybertron before Megatron's rise to power. He also has a 4-part prequel mini-series titled Transformers: Drift, published in 2010. His alternate Earth mode in the comics is a Nissan Silvia S15 the toy version appears to be a cross between a Silvia, a Honda S2000 and a Mitsubishi FTO.ĭrift is one of the characters featured in IDW Publishing's comic book series The Transformers: Spotlight, first published in 2009. Since then, he has dedicated his life to hunting down Decepticons all over the galaxy. Then one day, he looked back at the horrors he had inflicted upon his foes. Transformers: Generations Deadlock/DriftĬover of The Transformers: Spotlight - Drift by IDW PublishingĬybertronian car, Nissan Silvia S15, Sports carĪccording to his bio, Drift once served Megatron under the name Deadlock and was one of the most-feared warriors on Cybertron. Availabilityĭrift was available as part of the second wave of Age of Extinction/Generations Deluxe Class in 2014.Drift is the name of the Mini-Con Dirt Boss in the Japanese version of Transformers: Armada. Variantsĭrift does not yet have any known production variations. These joints should be handled with extra care. The daggers can store in his car mode under the car’s roof, while the swords can peg into the chassis of the car.ĭrift has several large panels that rotate on thin hinges. The daggers and swords can store on his back by pegging into the car’s roof section and engine section. He can wield a combination of his two gold broadswords or his two gold daggers. His gold face is more humanoid than his other “Movie-verse” predecessors, and features a molded-in goatee. His head is encased in a blue and gold kabuto helmet, and body panels such as his shoulders and thighs are molded to resemble the flattened lamellar armor used by some samurai. In robot mode, Drift is heavily styled to resemble a Japanese samurai warrior. He retains the car’s grille as the center of his chestplate, although the absent hood panel reveals more mechanical-looking details surrounding the grille shell. His doors fold forward over his front wheels, positioned on his shoulders, revealing his arms. The rear of the vehicle forms his legs, with the rear bumper rotating around to form his feet. Like the other Autobot Cars, his roof, windshield, and hood panels fold away on his back, and are largely unincorporated with his robot design. His alternate mode also features the car’s retractable spoiler / airbrake in the extended position, but it is molded in black plastic, instead of the car’s body color.ĭrift’s transformation is relatively simple, but more nuanced than the non-Generations offerings to the AOE line. His plastic wheels have silver-painted rims, and he features translucent blue front and side windows. His licensed alternate mode is badged in the front with a red painted oval where the Bugatti emblem is placed in the grille, and a molded-in “EB” ligature logo in the center of the rear face of the car. Molded in blue, he features a greenish-blue paint decorating his lower body panels, as well as other details such as the distinct horseshoe grille. Descriptionĭrift’s alternate mode is an accurately-styled Bugatti Veyron. Originsĭrift’s name and Japanese samurai motif are homages to Generations Drift, however they bear little physical likeness. Drift was introduced as a deluxe class figure, and transforms into a blue 2013 Bugatti 16.4 Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. Movie - Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) (122)Īs the release of the fourth live-action movie, Transformers Age of Extinction neared, the next waves of the eponymous toy series (which was co-branded as Generations for older collectors) included more of the main characters of the film.
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