G1 COSMOS 1985

Cosmos is a sad and lonely character as he spends much of his time in space alone. He handles all the communications.
He has a very echo type voice like Astrotrain.
He never got a Spotlight episode as such. The first episode he appeared in was "Megatrons master plan" Which was when the Autobots are tried as war criminals. There are exiled from earth and Cosmos is flying along side it in UFO mode. Megatron had programmed there ship to fly into the sun but they were rescued by Trailbreakers force field. They were in a bubble of force field and Cosmos was struggling to push it along.
He acted as their spy plane in "Prime target" One of his tasks is to do reconnaissance.
Cosmos appeared in the episode "Blasters Blues" where Blaster was riding inside Cosmos and they went to the Decepticon base on the moon. They were shot down and captured by Astrotrain. Megatron used Blaster to take out earths radio waves. This caused chaos. He said he would return it if earth gave him all there resources. Cosmos was used as a power booster. they did get rescued in the end by Omega Supreme and Optimus.
In another episode Cosmos finds these energy crystals on an alien planet. He reports back to the Autobots but the Decepticons intercept the transmission. Astrotrain shoots him down again. Cosmos crashes on the alien planet inhabited by humanoid alien beings that worship sky gods that look like transformers. When Ramjet and Astrotrain arrive they think that along with Cosmos they are gods. he is in stasis lock so he just stands there. the Autobots come to rescue him and after a battle them get him. The energy crystals are blown up.
In "A quest for survival" Spike and BumbleBee aboard Cosmos go to collect this Cyber Insecticide to kill the Insecticons who are in the process of eating earth. As Cosmos passes this Asteroid he is attacked by the Morophobots. They climb onto him  to the extent when he reaches earth he crashes again. Bumblebee and Spike eject. He is rescued though and the Morphobots removed.
Cosmos appears in the episode " The secret of Omega Supreme" he discovers the Constructicons working on this rogue asteroid. Cosmos reports back and is sent back many times to collect samples and data. he gets fed up going.
He did not appear in the G! movie but he appeared again in series 3 in " Grimlocks New Brain" The Autobots were malfunctioning Cosmos is returning to Cybertron with Skylinxs. They are effected and both crash. They are repaired.
You do not see him again and he is in no other fiction outside of G1
In the comics I think as with the second series with minibots he is involved with the space bridge etc. See Seaspray review for details.

MOTTO: " Reach for the stars, but never leave your friends"

FUNCTION: Reconnaissance and communications

ALTERNATE MODE: Flying saucer

TECHSPEC:

" lonely in outer space..relieves boredom by scaring humans by hovering over their backyards at night or zig-zagging through meteor showers. can achieve Earth orbit, even go to the moon and back with enough fuel. Acts as communications satellite..optical sensors can see a bicycle at 600 miles. has pinpoint accuracy, high powered particle beam. Not well suited to function on ground as robot.

SATS: Strength 2, Intelligence 8, Speed 10, Endurance 6, Rank 6, Courage 7, Firepower 6 Skill 9

Robot mode

Flying saucer

In his spaceship mode  he is similar to Seaspray with very little kibble. You can however see his legs but it is not a problem. he has wheels to roll him around and a red cockpit thing. This does tend to get worn off. They tried to make him look like the UFO seen in America with some of the undercarriage details.
His green , yellow with a red head could be a little better. I think for a UFO they are a bit loud.
Some of the panels on the side don't line up.

The transformation is simple like all minibots.
His robot mode is quite weird. Like Seaspray he does not have legs but a block.
His head can fall down quite a lot.
He has not face but he does have a basic mouth plate. The face is yellow.
His proportions are not great and his arms are low down. The afterburners form his fingers? Could be guns?
His arms are not posable. They fold up a bit.
His has a massive bit of kibble out of his back.
I think the colours work better in this mode.
His hip joints do give way sometimes and he leans forwards. But he is 28 years old!
 I recommend this figure even if he is a little weird. I would not pay more than five pounds for him like the other minibots.

 



Not many people know this but his Space ship mode is based on a real UFO that was sited in the USA in 1951. A Hoax or not?