CLASSIFICATION: REPAINT
BASE FIGURE: HEROES OF CYBERTRON STARSCREAM (OTFCC REPAINT)
MATERIALS USED: ACRYLIC PAINTS
FIRST APPEARANCE: "DIVIDE AND CONQUER" (G1)

"Everything is going according to my plan.  The Autobots are without their mighty leader, and four of their number have been vanquished on Cybertron."

Preamble: Ugh.  Yellow looks really bad on characters who aren't named Bumblebee or Cheetor or Hot Shot.  It looks particularly bad on a Decepticon, since yellow is  such a bright, cheery color that I don't typically associate with diabolical death machines.  (Yeah, I know some of you are already composing this huge mental tally of all the yellow characters that I haven't mentioned here, and that my argument has somehow been rendered null and void because I've forgotten to account for Sinnertwin or the G2 Constructicons.  You know what?  That's not the point.  Let's move on.)

Anyway, Goldwing here was among the unnamed Decepticons on Cybertron who attempted to bathe a party of visiting Autobots in acid rain.  Like his partners, Blue Moon and Limelight, Goldwing transformed into a Cybertronic jet mode, but his robot mode remains identical in design to Starscream and friends, making the PVC sculpt ideal for repaints into a veritable multitude of generic characters.

 (Random trivia: The animators cheated a bit and photocopied the animation cels so they wouldn't have to draw the same transformation sequence three times over.  That's why the outlines around the characters are so thick in the scene shown below.  The same photocopy process was used in the original 101 Dalmatians film.)

Construction: Originally, I used a fluorescent yellow paint for Goldwing, but that ended up being just slightly too brilliant a look for the character, so I ended up painting over that with basic, straight-out-of-the-bottle yellow.

Comments: Somehow, I think it's ultimately immaterial how effective this guy is at spraying acid rain all over his foes.  One direct look at his paint scheme should be enough to send most enemies running.  Well, unless they've been sufficiently acclimated to looking at Bumblebee, I suppose.

GOLDWING
FUNCTION: TROOP SUPPORT

"Leave the thinking to others and you will never go wrong."

GOLDWING is cowardly, insecure, nervous, and indecisive.  He best functions in a group because he's incapable of making decisions on his own.  In robot and jet mode, sprays scalding hot acid showers in a wide-yield burst...armor is highly heat-resistant.  Possesses immense strength.  Effective warrior with backup, but useless when isolated.  Lack of courage easily exploited.

STR: 9  INT: 2  SPD: 6  END: 9  RNK: 3  CRG: 3  FPW: 8  SKL: 5