Afterburner (G2)


 * Afterburner is a Decepticon from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

The tech master of the Skyscorchers, Afterburner likes to think he’s above brute force, preferring to use clever tricks and technology to achieve his goals on his own time. While he is clever and quick-thinking at times, he’s also lazy and very independent, which often gets him into trouble with his superiors.

European name: Snipe 

Generation 2

 * Afterburner (Skyscorcher, 1993/1994)


 * Afterburner transforms into a Lockheed F104G “Starfighter” jet. His undercarriage radar becomes a hand-held non-firing blaster weapon for robot mode.


 * He was originally sold in the European market in 1993 (under the name Snipe) as part of the "transitional" line that used the Generation 2 faction symbols, but lacked the new subline name. He was later released in the US, with no notable changes, as part of the Generation 2 line. He was then later re-released in the European version of Generation 2 in 1994.

Unreleased


Afterburner's mold was one of several intended to be used in the post-G2 Takara Block Town line, as an Autobot. To be redecoed in light blue with black, he was to come with the TFBT-1 Radar Set, a building-block radar tower that could be rebuilt into a battle station of some form. This set ultimately never came to release.

In 2005, a supposed Takara "release" schedule listed the Block Town sets among several other future items coming out. Only the Galaxy Force items on that list saw release, however (and some only as store exclusives to boot).

Since very little information exists on the line's more fictional aspects, it is unknown if this toy was to be the same general character Afterburner, or a new character altogether, thought the whole "Autobot" thing leans heavily towards "new".