![]() He's actually in pretty good scale with the Legends version of Devastator.We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. Yet his only toys are in the smallest size classes. Given that the real Osprey is 60 feet long, Springer (like most aircraft Transformers) would be rather large if scale was attended to.As of May 2009, there's four of 'em.but the Marines have, like, 150 of 'em.) (Only three Osprey helicopters were part of the United States Air Force inventory at the time of the first film's release, two of them appearing in the film itself. Springer is the third Osprey Transformer in the movieverse, the other two being Incinerator and Ruination."Osprey" also strongly influenced Alex Milne's design for Incinerator (another Osprey Transformer) in IDW Publishing's Alliance comic, as well as toyline Autobot Blazemaster.The decision to drop Springer from the movie must have come somewhat late in the development process-both his toys were released in the first wave of the respective assortments!.Ben Procter-who designed the character then dubbed "Osprey"-clarifies on his online portfolio that Springer would have transported Jetfire to Egypt in an earlier version of the script, only to be dropped once the old man's space bridge ability was written in. According to Hasbro's Saturday panel at BotCon 2009, Springer was to be an on-screen character in Revenge of the Fallen, but was later dropped.I've got better things to do tonight than appear in the actual movie! More information on Springer at TFU.info.It is also the model for the non-toy character Tachikawa Prime. This mold was also used to make Blades from the Kmart- exclusive " War for the Skies" battlepack, as well as the Transformers (2010) Duststorm. The stock photography for this toy is considerably brighter in color, with a bright base green colors and rich forest green, instead of the final version's far more muted palette. In a surprising bit of attention to detail, the port and starboard rotors have opposite "handedness", just like a real aircraft. His twin engines do not pivot upward like a real Osprey, but the propellers themselves can be flipped up to approximate VTOL capability. He has "5PR1N63R" printed on the tops of his wings. Part of the first wave of Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class figures, Springer is an olive drab and dark gray V-22 Osprey helicopter. Known designers: Andrew Scribner (deco artist).However, their mission was betrayed: the Decepticons ambushed the team and Springer was shot out of the sky. Shadow War Thanks to intell gained from that op, the Autobots were able to locate Bludgeon's command hub in Russia and Springer joined the Autobot/NEST strike team there. Springer would back up Bumblebee's deniable stealth unit, quietly picking up its members and the remains of defeated Decepticons so humans would remain unaware. but once they were saved, his team had to let the Decepticons leave to prevent civilian deaths. Rules of EngagementÄuring a Decepticon jailbreak in South Africa, Springer was sent to assist the local Autobots. Springer had expected him to follow orders, so he hadn't! The chopper could only sigh at this. but Jolt just replied that he'd been doing the unexpected. Afterwards, Springer tried to chew out the cadet for disobeying orders. He would've been shot down if Jolt hadn't disobeyed orders and attacked Tankor. ![]() ![]() However, he learnt too late that Tankor was partnered with Dirge and was badly crippled. Knowing Tankor wouldn't expect a direct assault when he had hostages, Springer duly made such an assault, giving the cadets cover to free hostages. ![]()
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