Phantomjaw

Phantomjaw is a Decepticon from the Adventure portion of the Aligned continuity family

Woof! Woof! That's the sound of da police!

The elusive Phantomjaw (ファントムジョー Fantomujō), brother to the seditionist Steeljaw, is one of the Decepticons' greatest spies. He uses his police car alternate mode to get the jump on unsuspecting Autobots.

Fiction

Japanese Prime cartoon continuity

Adventure toy bios

Phantomjaw ambushed Strongarm by tricking her into pulling over using his police-thing mode, but she was able to fight him off. TAVVS03 Strongarm vs Phantomjaw

Adventure side story

Phantomjaw attacked Drift and Bumblebee during a training session (the express purpose of which was to get ready to defeat Phantomjaw), but Bumblebee scanned a black car and the Decepticon couldn't see him anymore. He was promptly uppercut into oblivion. Birth! Black Knight Bumblebee

Precursor World

A Warrior of the Seven Lights resembling Phantomjaw was a member of the White Order of the Primus Vanguard. He looked on in their base on the White Planet as Prowl and their commander White Gallant Convoy discussed what to do about the conflict broiling between extradimensional warriors Star Convoy and Super Megatron on the Blue Planet. God Neptune comic 2

Later, he was nearby when Gallant Convoy was warned of the fall of the Blue Order and the threat of the now-supercharged Ultra Megatron Omega by the Vanguard's eponymous supreme leader. God Neptune comic 1

Toys

Adventure

Woof! Woof! That's the sound of the beast!

• Strongarm vs Phantomjaw (Vs set, 2015)

• ID number: TAV VS03
• Release date: June 27, 2015
• Accessories: Claw

Part of the fourth wave of Takara's Adventure product (their version of the Robots in Disguise series), Phantomjaw is a redeco of Warrior Class Steeljaw. He transforms from a werewolf-like robot mode, complete with articulated tail, into an off-road police vehicle. He comes with a Wolverine-like claw weapon that he can either wield or attach to the roof of his vehicle mode.

His scannable insignia is on his vehicle-mode windshield, which becomes his robot-mode chest. In-package, this is covered up by a "dummy sticker" to prevent scanning without purchase. Scanning the real sticker unlocks Phantomjaw in the Adventure checklist app.

Due to a lack of heel-spurs and the uneven surfaces on the soles of his feet (being made up of the vehicle-mode grill and bumper), he has problems standing upright without using his tail as a stabilizing tripod.

He was only available in a two-pack with a Strongarm identical to her normal individual Adventure release.