The Javil (ジャビル Jabiru) is one style of Decepticon Sparkdash drone. They attack in mass numbers, using their "Fire Acid" breath attack to wreak havoc.
Fiction[]
Masterforce cartoon[]
As Ginrai and Road King fought Black Zarak in China, Black Zarak summoned the three Sparkdasher Decepticons to aid him. The Autobots quickly dispatched them. God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?
Masterforce comic[]
When Cancer ran away from the Decepticons (with Browning in tow), Black Zarak came after him, taking a trio of Sparkdashes with him into the city to find and kill the runaway. The three fire-breathing creatures were fairly easily dispatched by the Autobots, but it was Overlord who ultimately beat Black Zarak and rescued Cancer!
Toys[]
Super-God Masterforce[]
- Javil (Sparkdash, 1988)
- Japanese ID number: D-321
- A redeco of the Firecon Sparkstalker, Javil transforms into a fairly organic-looking insect-monster. A friction-motor in his beast-mode belly rolls him forward while shooting "cold" sparks from his maw.
Notes[]
- "Javil" is apparently a Japanglish "pun", a combo of jāku (evil) and, well, either "evil" or "devil".
- Though the toy is colored differently from its Hasbro counterpart, the cartoon uses Sparkstalker's colors. Whoops. (The manga is in black-and-white, and the shading offers no clues.)
- All of the Decepticon Sparkdash molds have indentations on their beast-mode legs seemingly meant for a rubsign. But both Hasbro and Takara stopped using rubsigns after 1987, so the spaces are "filled" with normal faction sigil decals.