Thunder Arrow
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- The Thunder Arrow is a Decepticon starship from the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Thunder Arrow (サンダーアロー Sandā Arō) is a mighty vessel indeed. Whether serving as Deathsaurus's mobile base or acting as an interstellar shuttle for Skystalker's ambition, it provides mobility and firepower.
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Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Victory cartoon
Train Wars
Daniel Witwicky infiltrated the Decepticons and stole data on the Thunder Arrow, allowing Shouki to disguise himself as the ship. Train Wars: Shouki & Daniel Chapter Shouki used this disguise to lure Kickback into a trap. Train Wars
Victory comic
Transformers Comic-Magazin
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
The interstellar shuttle ferried Skystalker, Skyhopper, and their unit across the galaxy to various worlds on their interstellar assault mission, including the planet Paradron. Destined for Nothing
Later, it carried them back to Cybertron after the conclusion of the mission. The Gray Race
After contacting their erstwhile Decepticon allies, Skystalker and Skyhopper used the shuttle as a base of operations as they plotted to overthrow Shockwave. Recipe for Hate
Ask Sideways
Sideways said he used to fly with Skystalker as he piloted the Thunder Arrow till he put him down and sold the ship to a Malgus Swindle for some O-Parts. Ask Sideways, 2015/06/29
2019 IDW continuity
A heavy transport owned by the Rise, Skystalker, enthralled by one of Bombshell's cerebro-shells, stole the Thunder Arrow and used it to transport cloning equipment to the Insecticons. Escape Part Three
Commercial appearances
The interstellar shuttle was captured by Jazz and Bumblebee, who hauled it into an Autobot base. Skystalker promptly transformed the base and attacked. Sneaky! Micromaster micro base commercial
Toys
The Transformers
- Accessories: Jet pod, 2 small lasers, 2 large lasers, dual laser, 2 ramps
- Released in the sixth year of Hasbro's US Transformers toyline (fifth year in European markets), the unnamed "interstellar shuttle" is a large space cruiser with a detachable piggybacked "jet pod". Both the shuttle and pod have compartments to seat a Micromaster pilot. The whole shebang unfolds into a large Micromaster base. Modular ramps allow the base mode to connect to other Micromaster bases and vehicles. Aside from becoming the base's recon tower, the jet pod can dock with the white landing pad on the side of the base.
- The main shuttle can often be found missing its right wing, as one of the wing's connectors is mismolded slightly and tends to break. This may have been corrected by the end of the run.
- The instruction sheet suggests that in shuttle mode the large lasers be mounted on the nose, but they are molded to fit a slot on the wings.
- The set includes the Micromaster pilot Skystalker.
- In Japan, the "Thunder Arrow" was only available as a mail-away exclusive in the Zone portion of Takara's Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers toyline (despite its media role being in the previous year's Victory anime). It cost 4 Robot Points and 3000 yen, and your order neeeded to have been postmarked by March 31, 1991. Like many mail-away toys in the original Takara line, it was delivered in the Hasbro-release English-language box, with some Japanese-language stickers attached for legal information. And no, you're not getting Deathsuarus to fit in there by any means.
Notes
- A redeco of the Power Core Combiners Mini-Con Groundspike representing Daniel Witwicky disguised as Skystalker was available as a mail-away through Million Publishing's Transformers Generations 2014 Volume 1 book. It was packaged with a redeco of Classics Deluxe Class Astrotrain as Shouki disguised as the Thunder Arrow.
Foreign names
- Italian: Discovery
