Wingblade
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Transformers

Wingblade is an Autobot who turns into an A-10 jet. According to Hasbro toy designers his colors are inspired by the A-10 jets which appeared in the beginning of the film.

IDW Publishing

Wingblade appears in Transformers: Defiance by IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing, also known as Idea + Design Works, LLC and IDW, is an American publisher of comic books and comic strip collections. The company was founded in 1999 and has been awarded the title "Publisher of the Year Under 5% Market Share" for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 by Diamond Comic...

. In issue #2 Wingblade sides with Optimus Prime against Megatron's orders to counter-attack their invaders.

Wingblade is among the Autobot forces who witness the launching of the Decepticon ship Nemesis.

In Transformers: The Reign of Starscream #4 Arcee
Arcee
Arcee is the name of a fictional character in the Transformers franchise. She is a female Autobot, usually pink in color. Being the most famous of the Female Transformers, she has two primary forms...

 returns to Cybertron from Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...

 by hiding in the landing gear of Starscream's ship. Once on the planet she is discovered by Dreadwing
Dreadwing
Dreadwing is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Generation 1:“Dreadwing” is the name of the combined form of the two Decepticon Powermasters, Dreadwind and Darkwing, released separately in 1988.The two Decepticons had very distinct...

 and Payload
Payload (Transformers)
Payload is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Armada:Payload is the muscle of the Space Mini-Con Team, but people often forget that he's considerably smarter than most other robots out there. He doesn't really let this get to him, however...

 drones, who she deactivates. Returning to an Autobot training facility she discovers Clocker, who takes her to Crosshairs. Crosshairs is planning an attack to free the Autobots at Simfur. They make their attempt aid of Wingblade, Skyblast, Breakaway and Strongarm
Strongarm (Transformers)
Strongarm is the name of four fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. All four are Autobots.-Transformers: Energon:Strongarm is the name of one of the Autobot Omnicons...

. Wingblade appears among the Autobots opposing the forces Starscream on issue #5.

Note - The appearance of Wingblade is modified in the IDW Publishing stories so that his head more resembles movie style's alien-bug-thingie style than the movie toy and he has a Cybertronian jet alternate mode.

Toys

  • Transformers Ultra Wingblade (2008)
He is a redeco of Cybertron Wing Saber
Wing Saber
Wing Saber is the name of a fictional character in the Transformers series. He is an Autobot who becomes a jet and can combine with Optimus Prime.-Transformers: Energon:...

. He is a Toys-R-Us store exclusive.
Because he is a redeco of Cybertron Wing Saber he can combine with Cybertron Leader-class Optimus Prime's toy and its redecos. His green color scheme unintentionally makes him into a Springer
Springer (Transformers)
Springer is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. For trademark reasons, many toys of the character are named Autobot Springer.-Transformers: Generation 1:...

homage.
A real A10 has a wing span of 1753 centimeters, while this toy has a wingspan of 25.5 centimeters, making this toy have a scale of about 1/69. With the toy robot mode standing 22.5 centimeters tall, the actual robot mode of this character would stand about 1547 centmeters (50 feet 9 inches) tall.
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