Heavy Load (Universe)

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:''Heavy Load is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Classics (2006)|Classics]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] (via the [[Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 Universe line]]).''

[[Image:HeavyLoadU08-boxart.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hate Potion #9]]

'''Heavy Load''' is a chemist who used to work for the good of all, but centuries of experiments have taken their toll. His cognitive systems were degraded through chemical exposure, leaving him a different bot than he used to be, unrecognizable to his peers. The concoctions that warped him are now his stock-in-trade, as he sells poisons and bombs to Decepticon gangs and tests new creations on [[Autobot]] captives.

He is partnered with the [[Mini-Con]] [[Drill Bit (Universe)|Drill BIt]].

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==Toys==
===Universe (2008)===
[[Image:Heavydutyuniversetoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I didn't know if it was day or night. I started killing everything in sight.]]

*'''Decepticon Heavy Load with Drillbit Mini-Con!''' (Voyager)
**''Accessories:'' Missile, twin-barreled blaster, key

:Heavy Load is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] in yellow, dull green, and black, transforming into a Cybertronic cement mixer, with a drum that actually turns (on a ratcheting joint, though). The top of the mixing assembly flips up to reveal a control panel for Heavy Load's pack-in [[Mini-Con]] [[Drill Bit (Universe)|Drill Bit]] to stand on; pegs fold out that plug into holes in Drillbit's arms for stability. Drill Bit can also connect to the control panel in vehicle mode by plugging his "handle" in the hole on the station and fitting his treads on the platform.

: In robot mode, plugging the Key into the key jack on his drum splits it open and reveals his spring-loaded missile launcher. The "pipe" piece on his left arm is actually removable, and can be repositioned on his arm, or even used as a hand-held "blaster" thanks to its [[Powerlinx]] peg. He also has an alternate "work" robot mode, which basically just pushes his hips up into his torso and raises his shoulders up as well. He comes with a yellow-bordered black Gigantion-style [[Cyber Planet Key]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/TFUHeavyLoad/heavyload.htm More information on Heavy Load at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* The pipe/blaster piece, though shown in official photography on the back bumper of his vehicle mode (as it is on Quickmix), is mounted on his vehicle-mode cab roof's Powerlinx peg inside the package. This is, frankly, awesome.
* Like all other non-''Cybertron''-release toys that use Cyber Key accessories to activate features, his packaging simply calls the piece a "Key".
* Heavy Load's [[insignia]] uses the [[Movie (franchise)|live-action movie]] version, with the four-sided "eyes".
* Despite being a Decepticon construction vehicle partnered with a familiarly green-and-purple Mini-Con, Heavy Load is not a [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]. And despite the absence of the Constructicons' own [[Mixmaster (G1)|cement-mixer chemist]] from their roster in [[Classics (2006)|this franchise]], [[Hasbro]] writer [[Forest Lee]] has said that Heavy Load is not him.
* Heavy Load's green and yellow color scheme and mixing drum/cannon arm bears a certain resemblance to GekiRyuKin, the combined form of FuRyu and RaiRyu from the GaoGaiGar series. Whether this was an intentional homage or just a happy coincidence remains unknown.

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