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Predator (subgroup)

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{{disambig2|the Decepticon subgroup from the tail-end of G1|the alien bounty hunter|Predator (alien)}}
:''The Predators are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

The '''Predators''' are a Decepticon team, most of whom transform into jets. The group spent 2412 [[units of time|meta-cycles]] in the [[Skomiloch Territories]], during which time they [[reformatting|reformatted]] their bodies to better adapt to the unique environment of that system. Modifications include: Super-dense armor plating, camouflage decos suitable to local geography, and green-hued [[optics|optic]] filters to adapt to the prevailing color spectrum.<ref>[[Last Stand of the Wreckers|Snare's personnel evaluation]]</ref> Their ranks include:

* [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]], the leader and huge jet-thing.
* [[Stalker (G1)|Stalker]], the ICBM launcher tank.
* [[Falcon (G1)|Falcon]], the Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk.
* [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]], the Northrop YF-23 Black Widow II.
* [[Snare]], the Grumman X-29.
* [[Talon]], the McDonnell-Douglas F-15 Eagle.

==Fiction==
===IDW comics continuity===
The Predators, under the command of [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]], are a force almost entirely devoted to aerial dominance. While Skyquake's intimate circle consists of the more 'well-known' Predators, there are many other members of the unit, all of whom have adopted the form of jets.

Skyquake led a force to the [[Skomiloch Territories]] to put down local resistance to the Decepticons' [[solar harvester|solar harvesting]] efforts. After crushing the resistance, Skyquake set up a mini-empire there, ruling the area for 2412 [[units of time|meta-cycles]] while managing to stay on good terms with [[Decepticon High Command]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] himself. While there, they made adaptations to their bodies to suit the unique local environment. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers|Snare's personnel evaluation}}

At the height of the cross-galactic Decepticon uprising, Skyquake and his Predators were charged with securing [[Garrus-9]] as an important element of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s long term plan. [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] had other ideas. Most of the lower ranking Predators who saw Overlord arrive were scared senseless—likely due to his infamous reputation—and their fears were proven true when Overlord casually gunned down their commander following a disagreement. Overlord's sudden arrival allowed the Predators to tip the odds of the ongoing battle even further in their favour, resulting in utter victory for the Decepticons on Garrus-9.

It's possible that, while not strictly part of the official unit, that the Decepticons who were liberated from Garrus-9 also joined the Predators.

Three years later, the Predators remained on the planet under Overlord's command, engaging in mindless slaughter. Some of the Predators, such as [[Snare]], were growing sick of it... but none dared stand up to the sociopath. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}} Eventually, Snare released [[Impactor]] in hopes that he would bring the Autobots to defeat Overlord. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}

When Impactor returned with the [[Wrecker]]s in tow, many Predators lost their lives to [[Ironfist]]'s cerebro-centric bullets. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}} Stalker captured and tortured several of the Autobots and fatally wounded Snare for betraying the Predators, but was in turn killed by [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} After the Wreckers successfully defeated Overlord, the remaining Predators fled from Garrus-9, likely feeling quite relieved. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Predators'''
** [[Falcon (G1)|Falcon]]
** [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]]
** [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]]
** [[Stalker (G1)|Stalker]]
** [[Snare]]
** [[Talon]]

:The Predators were released in 1992, only in European, Australasian and Canadian markets. They were the "headliner" Decepticons, with their leader [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]] apparently being the leader of all the Decepticons at the time.

:Though the Predators shared the missile-launching shtick of their [[Autobot]] counterparts the [[Turbomaster]]s (though the Predator launchers are entirely uniform across all the toys), they also had the [[Megavisor]] [[gimmick]] to unify the team further, allowing the smaller jets to physically link with the larger.

:Due to a combination of factors the Predator launchers are quite delicate. It's best never to load one of the launchers while it is in the hand of a Predator—the post is most likely to just snap right off.

:In some European markets, the Predators were referred to as '''Scope Masters'''.

==Notes==
* The four small Predator jets were released—without changes—in [[Takara]]'s ''[[Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]]'' line as the "[[Jet Corps]]". Also, it is likely that Skyquake is the "model" for the ever-unseen ''Operation Combination'' head badguy [[Scrash (OC)|Scrash]].

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]

Unofficial conventions

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With ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' being such a popular brand with a well-spread-out fan base, numerous '''unofficial conventions''' have sprung up over the years, often featuring many guests who worked on official ''Transformers'' projects.

{{note|Due to this wiki's policy on unofficial material, we do not have full pages for any of these events.}}

==Conventions==
* '''Australian Conventions'''
**Sabretron 2004: November 6th - Ashfield Catholic and Community Centre, Sydney New South Wales, Australia
**OzToyCon 2006: September 23rd - King Street Wharf, Sydney New South Wales, Australia

* '''[http://www.autoassembly.org.uk Auto Assembly]'''
**Auto Assembly 2009: August 15th and 16th - Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, England
**Auto Assembly 2010: August 13th to 15th - Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, England
**Auto Assembly 2011: scheduled for August 12th to 14th - (location: TBA)

* '''[[BotCon 2004]]''' (There was an unofficial [[BotCon]].)
**BotCon 2004 (unofficial): June 19th and 20th - Pasadena, California, USA

* '''[http://www.cyberconexpo.com/ Cybercon Expo]'''
**Cybercon Expo I 2003: April 5th - Holiday Inn, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
**Cybercon Expo Wave 2 2003 : November 1st - Radisson Hotel, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, USA
**Cybercon Expo Act 3 2004: April 10th - Radisson Hotel, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, USA
**Cybercon Expo 2005: July 29th and 30th - New York City, New York, USA

* '''[http://www.ntf-cons.de/ C.O.N.S.]'''
**C.O.N.S. 2009: July 19th - Viersen, Germany

* '''[http://www.freewebs.com/dairylandtransfans/DTFdairycon.html Dairycon]'''
**Dairycon 1.0 2001: November 24th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2.0 2002: September 14th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 3.0 2003: October 18th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 4.0 2004: April 10th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2005: April 9th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2006: April 8th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2007: April 14th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2008: March 29th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2009: April 24th and 25th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2010: April 9th and 10th -Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2011: TBD

* '''[http://www.iaconone.com/ Iacon One]'''
**Iacon One 2006: July 7th and 8th - Grand Wayne Convention Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

* '''[http://www.ntfa.net/ntfa/minicons/index.php NTFA Mini-Con]'''
**NTFA Mini-Con 2007: November 3rd to 5th - Arlöv, Sweden

* '''[http://www.slagacon.com/ Slag-a-con]'''
**Slag-a-con 2010: scheduled for October 9th - Chesterfield, Indiana, USA

* '''[http://www.tfcon.ca/ TFcon]'''
**TransformersCon 2002: November 10th - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
**TransformersCon 2003: June 22nd - Burlington, Ontario, Canada
**TransformersCon 2004: March 12th and 13th - [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
**TransformersCon 2005: March 25th and 26th - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
**TransformersCon 2006: April 28th and 29th - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
**TransformersCon 2007: April 27th and 28th - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
**TFcon 2008: June 20th and 21st - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
**TFcon 2009: April 25th and 26th - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
**TFcon 2010: July 17th and 18th - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

* '''[http://www.tf-conversions.com/ TF-Conversions]''' (Convention was originally called B.O.T.S. before changing names in 2009.)
**B.O.T.S. 2007: ??? - Nieuwegein, Holland
**B.O.T.S. 2008: June 8 - Nieuwegein, Holland
**TF-Conversions 2009: June 14 - Nieuwegein, Holland

* '''[http://homepage2.nifty.com/Q-M1022/ TraFest]'''
**TraFest 2010: scheduled for November 28th - Higashi Betsuin Kaikan, Tachibana, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan

* '''Transcon''' (organized by [[Men in Black]] Productions)
**Transcon II: July 1997 - Chicago, IL, USA
**Transcon III: September 1998 - Toledo, OH, USA
::(Held simultaneously with "Microcon", a ''[[Microman]]'' convention, and "Megocon".)

* '''[http://www.cybph.com/the-philippine-transformers-cybercon/ Transformers Cybercon]'''
**Transformers Cybercon 2007: June 23rd and 24th - Shangri La Mall, Philippines

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Transformers: Generation 2 (European toyline)

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{{nav-G2}}

In 1994, Hasbro UK and Hasbro International followed [[Hasbro]]'s lead and released the Generation 2 line.

==1994==
This year's releases started the trend of the European toys having shortened on-package [[bio]]s, as some specs only had the figure's name, function and motto. Most of the releases of the new mold and early G1 recolor toys had different quotes. Also, instead of getting the US version of the Small Autobot Cars, Color Changers, and Small Jets, Europe, Australia and New Zealand got a re-release of the 1993 G1 line repackaged in G2 packaging, complete with shortened bios.

===[[Obliterator]]s===
'''[[Autobot]]s'''
* [[Pyro|Spark]]

'''[[Decepticon]]s'''
* [[Clench (G1)|Colossus]]

===[[Axelerator]]s===
'''Autobots'''
* [[Hotrider]] (a.k.a. Turbofire)
* [[Rapido]]
* [[Skram]]
* [[Zap]] (a.k.a. Windbreaker)

===[[Skyscorcher]]s===
'''Decepticons'''
* [[Hawk (G1)|Hawk]] (a.k.a. Eagle Eye)
* [[Snipe]] (a.k.a. Afterburner)
* [[Terradive (G1)|Terradive]]
* [[Tornado (Skyscorcher)|Tornado]] (a.k.a. Windrazor)

===[[Aquaspeeder]]s===
'''Autobots'''
* [[Aquafend]]
* [[Deluge (G1)|Deluge]]
* [[Jetstorm (G1)|Jetstorm]]
* [[Speedstream]]

===[[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtroopers]]===
'''Decepticons'''
* [[Aquablast]]
* [[Drench (G1)|Drench]]
* [[Hydradread]]
* [[Rage]]

===[[Lightformer]]s===
'''Autobots'''
* [[Deftwing]]
* [[Ironfist]]

===[[Trakkon]]s===
'''Decepticons'''
* [[Calcar]]
* [[Fearswoop (G1)|Fearswoop]]

===[[Sparkabot]]s===
'''Autobots'''
* [[Blaze]]
* [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]]

'''Decepticons'''
* [[Flamefeather]]
* [[Sparkstalker]]

===Heroics===
'''Autobots'''
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]

===Dinobots===
'''Autobots'''
*[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]] (grey deco only)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (grey deco only)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (grey deco only)

===[[Skyraider]]s===
'''Decepticons'''
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]]

===[[Rotor Force|Rotorbots]]===
'''Autobots'''
* [[Leadfoot (G2)|Hot Foot]]
* [[Manta Ray (G2)|Piranha]]

'''Decepticons'''
* [[Powerdive|Blade]]
* [[Ransack (G2)|Blitz]]

===[[Laser Rod|Illuminators]]===
'''Autobots'''
* [[Electro]]
* [[Volt]]

'''Decepticons'''
* [[Sizzle (G2)|Fireball]]
* [[Jolt (G2)|Hotrod]]

===Heroes===
Identical to the US Heroes, except the "Optimus Prime" and "Megatron Rules" text was removed from the chest stickers.

'''Autobot'''
* [[Sureshot (G2)|Sureshot]]

'''Decepticon'''
* [[Archforce]]

===Others===
'''Autobot'''
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]

'''Decepticons'''
* [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] with [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]]

==1995==
===[[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]]s===
'''Autobots'''
* [[Blowout]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]]
* [[Double Clutch (G2)|Double Clutch]]
* [[Firecracker]]
* [[Gearhead]]
* [[High Beam]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
* [[Motormouth]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]

'''Decepticons'''
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]

===[[Cyberjet|Mini-Jet]]s===
'''Decepticons'''
* [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]]
* [[Skyjack]]
* [[Space Case]]

===[[Power Master]]s===
These were only released in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The Australia and New Zealand releases were in US packaging, complete with Hasbro's Rhode Island address.

'''Autobots'''
* [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
* [[Meanstreak]]

'''Decepticons'''
* [[Bulletbike (G2)|Bulletbike]]
* [[Staxx]]

===[[Laser Cycle]]s===
'''Autobot'''
* [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]]

'''Decepticon'''
* [[Road Pig (G2)|Road Pig]]

===[[Auto Roller]]s===
'''Decepticons'''
* [[Dirtbag]]
* [[Roadblock (G2)|Roadblock]]

===Others===
'''Autobot'''
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] (Laser)

[[Category:Generation 2| Generation 2 Europe (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toys]]