Red Baron (iGear)

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See also: Powerglide
Red Baron
iGear character
Redbaron-art.jpg
iGear Red Baron art
Created by

iGear
Release number

MW-10
Information
Aliases Glide
Species Transformer
Abilities

Alternate mode

Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

Red Baron is a fictional character and third-party Transformer homage to Generation 1 Powerglide by iGear.

iGear

Red Baron is a third-party Transformer homage to Generation 1 Powerglide by iGear.

Other third-party Transformers that homage Powerglide include Maketoys Bomber and X-Transbots Glider.

Development

Red Baron was designed by Cassy Sark.

In June 2011 iGear released a teaser with the outlines of Dreamwave Productions art of several Autobots. One of them was based on Powerglide.[1]

In January 2012, Dillinger 3D Concept Toy Design posted a poll on its Facebook page to name their Powerglide homages. Red Baron won, with the name Thunderheart coming in second and Force Skim coming in third.[2]

In April 2013 iGear released renders of Busta and Red Baron on their Facebook page.[3]

Reception

The Radio Free Cybertron podcast for April 17th, 2013 covered iGear's teasers of Busta, Red Baron, Rocky and Stinger in the news.[4]

In the Fwooshcast podcast for April 23rd, 2013 the hosts talked about images of Busta, Cogz, Red Baron, Rocky and Stinger.[5]

The moonbase2 podcast for April 24th, 2013 covered Busta and Red Baron in the news.[6]

The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for May 6th, 2013 discussed prototypes of Busta, Red Baron, Rocky and Stinger in the news.[7]

The Fwooshcast podcast for May 12th, 2013 covered prototype images of Busta, Red Baron, Rocky and Stinger in the news.[8]

The moonbase2 podcast for May 14th, 2013 covered prototype images of iGear Busta, Red Barn, Rocky and Stinger in the news.[9]

The Collector Cast podcast for June 16th, 2013 mentioned iGear's Busta, Red Baron, Rocky and Stinger in the news.[10]

Fictional biography

Glide was released from his p-form batch early, and as such he was under-developed. He was originally designated for the RoBot police, but the automated detectors that decide these things found him a little small to be an automatic-trooper.

Raised away from his batch, denied entrance to the academy and mocked by his peers; Glide tried to compensate by talking himself up, never missing a chance to tell people how good he was at, well, pretty much everything. It wasn’t until Glide was given an experimental alt. mode by Medical Specialist – reverse engineered from RoCon technology – that Glide thought things might start to improve. But still, something was missing – the gift of flight further alienated Glide from his comrades – and so, he was happy to follow Faith Leader to Earth when the call came that the enigmatic RoBot leader was still alive. He hopes on Earth he can have a fresh start, maybe find himself and that certain something missing from his life.

Quite A story, huh?
[11]

Toys

  • iGear MW-10 Red Baron (unreleased)
An original third-party Transformer mold by iGear. Turns from robot to jet. Comes with a gun.

Gallery

  • Teaser image for iGear's Mini-Warriors

  • iGear Red Baron prototype in robot mode

  • iGear Red Baron prototype in jet mode

References

  1. ↑ http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/igear-mini-warriors-teaser-image/21878/
  2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dillinger-3D-Concept-Toy-Design/486915904660151
  3. ↑ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/igear-mini-warriors-mw-10-red-baron-and-mw-11-busta-revealed-177265/
  4. ↑ Brian Kilby (April 17th, 2013). "Radio Free Cybertron". http://www.tfradio.net/ (Podcast). TFW2005. http://www.tfradio.net/podcast/2013/4/21/radio-free-cybertron-307.html. 
  5. ↑ Craig (April 23rd, 2013). "Fwooshcast". http://fwooshcast.thefwoosh.com/ (Podcast). The Fwoosh. http://fwooshcast.thefwoosh.com/2013/04/episode-107-april-23-the-denizens-of-ponyville/. 
  6. ↑ Andy (April 24th, 2013). "moonbase2". http://moonbase2.libsyn.com (Podcast). moonbase2. http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/episode-137. 
  7. ↑ blunghole (May 6th, 2013). "Good Morning, Cybertron!". https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Morning-Cybertron/147383341975239 (Podcast). blunghole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkq7Loqr1kM. 
  8. ↑ Craig (May 12th, 2013). "Fwooshcast". http://fwooshcast.thefwoosh.com/ (Podcast). The Fwoosh. http://fwooshcast.thefwoosh.com/2013/05/episode-110-may-12th-shazam/. 
  9. ↑ Andy (May 14th, 2013). "moonbase2". http://moonbase2.libsyn.com (Podcast). moonbase2. http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/episode-242. 
  10. ↑ TJ Duckett (June 16th, 2013). "Collector Cast". http://kumastyledesigns.com (Podcast). Kuma Style Designs. http://kumastyledesigns.com/collector-cast-episode-1-good-to-be-back-aprrox-1-hour-31-minutes/. 
  11. ↑ https://amorsceleratushabendi.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/transforming-freelancing/

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