| AUTO-SCOUT
(DIE-CAST)
PROJECT #331
CLASSIFICATION: REPAINT
MEDIA APPEARANCE: "A PRIME PROBLEM" (G1)
"Auto-scout activated!"
Comments: The auto-scout was a
non-sentient cassette drone designed to function as a remote probe, capable
of analyzing and transmitting the data back to Soundwave. It only made
one appearance (and was subsequently destroyed), but I think Soundwave probably
has more of them. (Why they're called auto-scouts instead of decepti-scouts
completely eludes me. But anyway.)
What's interesting about the auto-scout's design
is that it's actually identical to Ravage
in cassette mode. Whoever designed it (Floro Dery, I'm assuming) must
have used the existing Ravage design as a basis, and came up with a new
transformation scheme based on the details of the tape design. (I think
it would be possible to rebuild a Ravage toy into the auto-scout pretty easily,
actually.) We only see one side of the tape in the episode, so I just
made both sides identical to each other. |
