Diac

Diac is an Autobot Titan Master from the Titans Return of the Generation 1 continuity family.

"Give me your fa...I mean, head."

Titan Master partner to Optimus Prime, Diac forms the head of the Autobot leader, granting him the ability to teleport.^[1]

Fiction

Beast Wars: Uprising

A member of the ruling Optimus triumvirate on the colony world of Rebirth, Diac and his compatriots Apex and Hi-Q happily reaped the fruits of the vast and crumbling oligarchy that spanned their planet. Any attempts to speak out against their authority were swiftly dealt with; when an increasingly vocal faction made their displeasure known, the Optimus branded their political rivals the "Malignus" and drove them underground. It was all sunshine and roses for the Optimus... until a guy named Galvatron came knocking, bringing the Decepticons along with him and finding a ready-made group of angry rebels just itching to overthrow their oppressors.

Now a "Triple-Threat Master", the quartet of Galvatron, Nucleon, Clench, and Doomshot stormed Rebirth's capital of Astrotopia. A Brush With Infamy–Prologue Diac was crushed by Galvatron, and the other two members of the Optimus imprisoned.

During the Vehicon Apocalypse, Galvatron recalled the state of Optimus's head, though he was peeved when Krunix corrected his recollection and told him he'd killed Diac, and Apex had been the one who'd been the Once and Future Prime's partner. Derailment

Toys

Titans Return

• Diac & Optimus Prime (Voyager Class, 2016)

• Known designers: John Warden (Hasbro)

Available with Titans Return Optimus Prime, Diac can transform from a small robot into a head compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger Titans Return figure.

Although digital renders showed that Diac has a blue head and unpainted legs, the final product has his head painted silver and his legs blue.

This toy was repurposed as Black Convoy's protoform soldiers in "Bonus Edition Vol. EX". Diac was redecoed into Refractor and the head stage of Legends Black Convoy and retooled into Murk.

Notes

• Diac, as his name implies, is based on the pilot figures from the Diaclone toyline.

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