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File:Runway Prototype.jpg

2025-06-14T12:48:31Z

MicronMan:

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This shows the alternate molding used on a test shot of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Mini-Con]] [[Runway (Armada)#Armada|Runway]], which features a foldable nosecone.

This was verified by Aaron Archer via Email.[[File:Aaron_Archer_Minicon_Verification.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

File:Aaron Archer Minicon Verification.jpg

2025-06-14T12:45:19Z

MicronMan: This is an Email recieved from Aaron Archer verifying the authenticity of a set of Air Defence Minicon test shots with unused tooling.

This is an Email recieved from Aaron Archer verifying the authenticity of a set of Air Defence Minicon test shots with unused tooling.

File talk:Runway Prototype.jpg

2025-06-14T12:40:13Z

MicronMan: Created page with "Hi, not sure if this is the correct way to do this but this is from my personal collection. I also have an email from Aaron Archer confirming this is a legitimate test shot al..."

Hi, not sure if this is the correct way to do this but this is from my personal collection. I also have an email from Aaron Archer confirming this is a legitimate test shot although he wasn't sure what stage of development it was from. I can upload this as a seperate image if this helps authenticate?

Runway (Armada)

2025-06-13T11:34:08Z

MicronMan: /* Notes */

{{factions|minicon}}
{{disambigr|Runway|the Mini-Con from ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''|Runway (Generations)}}
{{picsneeded}}
:''Runway is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''
[[File:Runway-SuArt.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I love it when a plan comes together.]]

'''Runway''' is the de facto leader of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]], and also the most talkative of the three. Though reluctant to enter battle, he's an incredibly skilled and quick-witted commander. Given a little time, he can come up with some truly bizarrely-genius ploys that look suicidal at first, but really work out. Even though he's the brains and mouth of the Team, Runway trusts his teammates implicitly, and always looks to them before acting.

{{bigquote|Don’t worry— let me explain the plan.|Runway’s [[bio]] quote.}}

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
While demolishing a [[Decepticon]] satellite dish, the Air Defense Mini-Con Team detected a [[Mini-Con]] distress signal and reported it to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. The [[Autobot]] leader ordered them to wait till they had backup, but the impatient Mini-Cons set out on their own, finding the distress signal to be a trap by [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]. Capturing the three, Galvatron forced them to combine into the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Dark Saber]]. The weapon was of little help in battle with Optimus Prime and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], who rescued the Mini-Cons by combining and kicking Galvatron away. Released from captivity, the Mini-Cons were reprimanded by the two Autobots for their disobedience. {{Storylink|Armada Volume 3}}

===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[File:Ruin-Star Saber Minicons.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|The animators took tips from [[:File:Bludgeonstrangleholdoctopunchmodelsheet.jpg|José Delbo]] and [[:File:Transfixatron.jpg|AKOM]] in [[character model]] tracing.]]
Long ago, the panels containing Runway, Jetstorm, and Sonar were discovered by the people of [[Atlantis]]. With the power of the Mini-Cons, they created a mighty empire. But the rest of the world turned on them, leading to Atlantis's downfall. Runway and the other Mini-Cons of the Star Saber trio were hidden away so that no one else might abuse their power. {{storylink|Ruin}}

Runway's Mini-Con storage panel was recovered from a volcanic island by the Autobots. His was the second of three Star Saber panels the Autobots had recovered, with Megatron having already found the third. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] used [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]], his Air Defense Team Mini-Con, to track down the other members of his trio and pinpoint the Autobot base. When they came into the presence of [[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] and Runway, Megatron and Sonar were able to activate the other two and forge the Star Saber for the first time in millennia. Before Megatron could fully [[powerlinx]] with the sword, however, it was knocked from his hand and fell into [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot's]] grasp. Hot Shot had the Star Saber scan his image, and so he became the primary wielder of the most powerful weapon in the galaxy. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

Hot Shot continued to partner with Runway and his comrades, using the Star Saber at every available opportunity. He used them to battle [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] out in some grassy fields. {{storylink|Overmatch}} Next, he brought the Air Defense Team to the big city, and confronted Scavenger again before finally using the Star Saber to cleave through an entire highway, setting the mercenary up for a great big fall. {{storylink|Gale}}

[[File:Conspiracy starscream and airdefteam.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|left|]]
Runway and the others soon changed hands, however, thanks to a carefully orchestrated plot by the turncoat, [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]. After tricking Hot Shot into traveling to the Decepticon base on the moon, Sideways got him to relinquish control of the Star Saber long enough for Starscream to powerlinx with the trio instead, claiming the sword as his own. {{storylink|Credulous}} The Decepticons celebrated a streak of victories after claiming the Star Saber, although Megatron wasn't satisfied until he manipulated Starscream into giving over personal control of the Star Saber to him. {{storylink|Conspiracy}} Megatron used Runway and his comrades in battle at every opportunity, relishing in the power he gained from the Star Saber. Even the mighty sword didn't stop Scavenger and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] from humiliating him in one conflict, though. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

Megatron continued to use his new sword in every battle that followed, so much so that Runway and the others were rarely seen in their separate forms. After he gained the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] as well, Megatron attempted to destroy Optimus Prime once and for all by wielding the Air Defense Team and Race Team in battle at once. He failed, and ended up losing the shield to the Autobots. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

The Star Saber remained Megatron's favorite toy in battle, but the tide had truly turned once the Autobots took possession of the Skyboom Shield. Perhaps considering that methods other than brute force were needed, Megatron summoned the tactician [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] to Earth. Thrust acquired the [[Air Military Mini-Con Team|Air Military Team]], who supplemented Runway and the Air Defense Team as a considerable air force. This marked the first occasion where Megatron allowed others to use the Defense Team since swiping them from Starscream, and utilizing them as individuals instead of just as the sword. Thrust used Runway and the others in a trap for the Autobots at the bottom of a deep ravine, and the Decepticons only lost due to the timely arrival of [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Tactician}}

Thrust and the Decepticon Mini-Con Air Force struck again in another airborne struggle, where Jetfire was confronted by nearly a dozen flying Decepticon and Mini-Con opponents, cut off from his ground-based comrades. Sonar, Runway and Jetstorm kept him distracted until Megatron summoned them to form the Star Saber against the other Autobots. {{storylink|Linkup}} With Thrust's tactical scenarios in full play, Runway and the Air Defense Team continued to alternate between serving in the Decepticon Air Force and as Megatron's personal Star Saber. {{storylink|Desperate}}

After Megatron set his eyes on a new prize, the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], he reluctantly passed off the Star Saber to Starscream as part of a plot to steal the Blaster from the Autobots. Starscream was given the sword to call the Autobots out for combat, but was soon abandoned on the battlefield when Thrust closed the warp field behind him, leaving Starscream alone and stranded in the midst of enemies. He tried to fight Optimus Prime with the Star Saber, but Prime continually refused to strike back, saying his only concern was the protection of the Mini-Cons. This apparently penetrated the processors of Runway and the others, as the Star Saber powered down in Starscream's hands, and he couldn't get the blade to work for him any more against Optimus. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}

Battered and bruised, Starscream eventually made his way back to the Decepticon moon base with Runway and the Air Defense Team in tow. Megatron off-handedly brushed off the fact that they deserted Starscream, and told him to get himself cleaned up. While rejuvenating in an energon bath, Starscream generously invited Runway, Sonar and Jetstorm to join him in the chamber. After Starscream overheard Megatron and Thrust plotting to further mistreat him, he abandoned the Decepticon cause and took the Air Defense Team with him. The Star Saber Mini-Cons reunited with the Autobots when Starscream joined his former enemies in the hopes of gaining revenge against Megatron. In fact, it was the concern that Runway and the others showed for Starscream that helped convince Optimus Prime to accept Starscream into their ranks. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}}

After Starscream failed to revenge himself upon Megatron during a moon raid, he used the Star Saber to take out his fury on some rock formations around the Autobot base. Runway and the other Mini-Cons tried to calm him down, but to no avail. Starscream brought the Star Saber with him on the next mission, to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], but he ignored the search for the Mini-Con because of his obsession with facing Megatron. Runway and his partners had to seek out [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to bring Starscream back in line with the mission. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} When Starscream decided to return to the Decepticons, he brought Runway and the Air Defense Team back with him as well, uniting the three Mini-Con super-weapons under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Crack (episode)|Crack}}

Runway and the Air Defense Team had little time to act as individuals after that, remaining powerlinxed as the Star Saber while the Decepticons used the sword as one-third of the [[Hydra Cannon]], before it was stolen by Sideways and used to provide power to the heart of Unicron. Runway, Sonar and Jetstorm reawakened as individuals with the help of [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]], who had journeyed to Unicron's core with Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and the Earth children to grant the super-weapon Mini-Cons their freedom. {{storylink|Origin}} Runway fled Unicron aboard the Autobot [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] just before the Chaos-Bringer was finally destroyed. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
Runway and his fellow team members, [[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] and [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]], used to live in [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con Village B13]], one of the first to be attacked by the [[Decepticon]]s. After managing to escape imprisonment in [[Decepticon Headquarters (Armada)|Decepticon Headquarters]], they took refuge in the [[Garbage Disposal District]], salvaged [[Exodus (Armada)|an old starship]] and thought up a plan to free their fellow Mini-Cons and leave the planet. To this end, they recruited [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] after finding him injured near Village C52. The mission was a complete success, and the Air Defense Team successfully rescued all the Mini-Cons in the Decepticon base and left for the deep reaches of space. Unfortunately, their ship started malfunctioning shortly after takeoff. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}} {{storylink|Armada Free Comic Book Day}}

The ship crashed on [[Earth]], and its occupants were left deactivated for roughly a million years. When the Air Defense Team woke up, they hid in a meat processing plant in [[Rapid City]] and began to plan for a way to get their war off this planet as well. Most of the planning was left to Runway, though, as Jetstorm and Sonar were incapable of creative thoughts. But it didn't matter in the end, as the Decepticons found them, captured them and forcibly combined them into the powerful [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] used the sword to attack the [[Autobot]] base, but [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] took it from him and begged the Air Defense Team to fight Megatron's control and remember who they were. His pleas got through, and Runway and his teammates separated and fought back against the Decepticons. They still didn't want to join the Autobots, though, and went back into hiding. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}

Some time later, the Air Defense Team was summoned to a [[Mini-Con Ark|strange structure]] in [[Kansas]]. Mindlessly, they flew to the structure and entered it, and it turned out to be a starship designed to bring them to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} They arrived at a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress base]] constructed there by the Mini-Cons, and Runway, Sparkplug and [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] were taken on an extended tour around the base by [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} The three were returned to the other "guests" just before the Decepticons attacked the base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

Following the evacuation of the moonbase, Runway and his teammates disappeared for a while. They returned when a larger threat than the Decepticons showed up in the form of a [[Herald of Unicron]]. Against their better judgment, the Air Defense Team came to Megatron's aid and combined into the Star Saber, allowing him to defeat his [[Galvatron (G1)|powerful opponent]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} Thankfully, Megatron didn't get to keep his hold on the Star Saber, as the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] distracted him and allowed the Air Defense Team to separate and escape. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

The Herald of Unicron was soon followed by [[Unicron]] himself, so all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered to join the fight against him. After returning to Cybertron, Runway joined the rest of the Mini-Cons in channeling their energies through the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and heavily damaging Unicron. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
{{note|In the Panini comics, Runway's name and personality were switched with [[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm's]] (see [[#Notes|Notes]] for more information). This article considers this to be an error, and the events below relate to the Mini-Con with Runway's body rather than the Mini-Con with Runway's name.}}

Runway was among the Mini-Cons who ended up near [[Lincoln (city)|Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]] when their ship crashed, but he disappeared shortly after being reactivated. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} Alongside his teammates, he began performing various heroic deeds around the country, such as diverting a falling satellite from crashing in [[Chicago]]. However, this accident turned out to be bait set by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who was out to capture the team. Runway and Sonar's firepower failed to affect him, but thankfully, they were saved by a team of Autobots. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|Devices and Desires!}}

The Air Defense Team's rescue of Chicago wound up being captured on camera, and images of the three Mini-Cons was broadcast on television. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Blast from the Past!}}

The Air Defense Team wanted to get off Earth, and they decided that the best (if not the nicest) way to do it was to steal a [[human]] spaceship. But when they broke into a [[NASA]] facility, they found soldiers from the [[Extra-Terrestrial Response Division]] waiting for them. Before he could react, Runway was shot and incapacitated by the humans' "scramblers" and taken to [[Area 54]] alongside his teammates. Unlike the others, he didn't wake up automatically, but had to have his auxiliary processor rebooted by Sonar. Meanwhile, Jetstorm found that the ERTD had captured [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|another team]] of Mini-Cons, but the Air Defense Team was forced to flee the complex before they could do anything about it. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|'We Are Not Alone!'}}

A while later, the Air Defense Team was again hunted down by Starscream, who had placed a tracer on Jetstorm during their last meeting. After defeating them in combat, the Decepticon disengaged their personality chips and combined them into the legendary Star Saber, which he promptly used to assault the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]]. However, Starscream didn't know only the will of the Air Defense Team members could keep the Star Saber's power in check, so without their personalities intact, the weapon quickly went out of control. As its power threatened to rip the Earth apart, Optimus Prime showed up and urged Runway and the others to separate our of their own free will. His words reached them, and the planet was saved. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade!}} The Air Defense Team subsequently told the Autobots about the Mini-Cons captured by the ERDT and managed to track them down thanks to [[Amos Hume]]. As they found the Land Military Team, Runway told his comrades to disable the humans' technology with [[pulse disruptor beam]]s. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|Sale of the Century!}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Ar-toy RunwayADT.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Defense Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2002]]/[[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Air Defense Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-02'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: Released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toys, Runway transforms into a Boeing Sonic Cruiser concept jet plane. He also forms the tip to the [[Star Saber (Armada)#Toys|Star Saber]] sword, which can be held by any other Transformer that has [[5 mm post|5 mm fist-holes]]. As a Mini-Con, he has a pair of "[[Powerlinx]]" sockets on the underside of his vehicle mode that allow him to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating special [[gimmick]]s on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug.

: He was only available in a Mini-Con three-pack with his teammates [[Jetstorm (Armada)#Toys|Jetstorm]] and [[Sonar (Armada)#Toys|Sonar]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Runway/runway.htm More information on Runway at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaRunwayMold}}

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[[File:Hot Rod and Air Defense Micron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Hot Rod & Air Defense Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Red Gun & Air Defense'''
:*''ID number'': '''MS-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002

: In Japan, the Air Defense Microns were available both in an individual set and in a multi-pack with [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Rod]] and [[Jolt (Armada)#Toys|Jolt]]. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

: This set explains the team's clear plastic: it was intended to go with Takara Hot Rod's electronic light-up fist, a feature that was dropped from the Hasbro Hot Shot release of the toy for cost reasons. (The Takara version mostly just lights up sword-base, but not the rest of the Star Saber.)

: This set was also released by [[Sonokong]] in Korea, with no changes from the Takara release, other than the packaging. This was also the only way to obtain "Red Gun" (Hot Shot) and the "Air Defense" in Korea.

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[[File:Arm-toy Runway XD.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Defense Micron Exdimensions''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MM-07'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 26]], 2002

: A limited-edition (yet still standard retail) "[[Exdimensions]]" [[redeco]] of the Air Defense Microns was released in Japan. For this version, the team's opaque plastics changed to orange and red, and the paint trim changed to match.

: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Jetter]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XJetter/jetter.htm More information on Exdimensions Jetter at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaRunwayMold}}

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''CD Limited Edition Air Defense Micron''' (CD pack-in, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 1]], 2003

: Cast entirely in blue and clear-blue plastics, this incarnation of the Air Defense Microns is supposed to represent the Star Saber as it appears in the cartoon when combined into the Star Saber, as a glowing blue "energy blade".

: It was only available as a pack-in with the CD single of the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Legends of the Microns'' cartoon's]] [[theme song|ending theme]], "[[Never Ending Road]]", by [[Psychic Lover]].

: The Team's official name has bounced a bit: the name listed above is what it's called on the packaging. Magazine solicitations called it the "Air Defense Micron Clear Blue Edition", while the "Micron Museum" portion of Takara's website called it the "Air Defense Micron Anime Color (CD version)".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDJetter/jetter.htm More information on Anime Color Jetter at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaRunwayMold}}

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Jetter''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Mircon ID number'': '''4'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2003

: Part of the first [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] ''[[Change Micron]]'' assortment, each of the Air Defense Microns were sold in individual boxes, packed with a small bag of fizzy ramune candy.

: The most immediately-noticeable change to these toys is that their transparent plastics have been replaced with opaque white (which certainly makes them a lot more sturdy). However, these toys are also actually a completely new mold-set, with various tiny detail differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMJetter/jetter.htm More information on Change Micron Jetter at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Jetter''' (Micron Booster, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Booster ID number'': '''4'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 7]], 2003

: Part of the first ''[[Micron Booster]]'' set, sold only in individual blind-packed boxes, this version of the Air Defense Microns is almost wholly identical to the normal retail release. The only difference is that this version is cast in slightly-sparkly plastic and uses slightly-sparkly paint. The difference is almost unnoticeable unless you look at the two versions side-by-side.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/MBJetter/jetter.htm More information on Micron Booster Jetter at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaRunwayMold}}

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[[File:Armadatoy AirAssaultRunway.jpg|upright=1.67|right|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Assault Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)}}</ul>

: A "tainted by evil" redeco of the Team released by Hasbro, this version of the trio replaces the transparent plastic with opaque off-white, the other colors turning predominantly black and purple.

: This coloration was altered for the Takara [[Aerial Extermination Mini-Con Team|Air Assault Mini-Con Team]], who are separate characters from the Air Defense Team; this specific mold became [[Jackknife#Toys|Jack]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Runway/runway.htm More information on Air Assault Runway at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaRunwayMold}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
* The Air Defense Team is the only one of the three "legendary Mini-Con weapons" Teams to appear in either of ''Armada''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sequel series.
* Runway and Jetstorm's names are reversed in the original Air Defense Team's instructions. Their names are ''also'' reversed in several licensed ''Armada'' print material, like the coloring and activity books put out by [[Bendon Publishing International, Inc.]], as well as in the DK Readers book "[[Transformers Armada: The Quest|The Quest]]". Finally, it also happened on several occasions in the actual ''Armada'' television show. One of the few places it didn't happen was with the Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics, but with the character's first appearance, the name was misspelled "Runaway". Fortunately, this didn't crop up again.
[[File:Runway_Prototype.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
* Prototypes of Runway feature an extra joint allowing the nosecone to fold up like Jetstorm. This was removed from the final release.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Jetter''' (ジェッター ''Jettā'')
*''Korean:'' '''Jetter''' (제터 ''Jeteo'')

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File:Runway Prototype.jpg

2025-06-13T11:30:53Z

MicronMan: This shows the alternate molding used on a prototype of the Mini-con Runway.

This shows the alternate molding used on a prototype of the Mini-con Runway.

Jolt (Armada)

2025-04-12T11:59:27Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

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{{disambig3|Jolt}}

:''Jolt is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Jolt ut.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Windmills do not work that way!]]
'''Jolt''' is [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s [[Mini-Con]] partner. He's kind of a geek who tries to hammer in the concepts of teamwork and maturity into the young Autobot. In the moments where Hot Shot has managed to be selfless in his act, especially on the battlefield, Jolt has become more than willing to put up with his attitude a good majority of the time. [[Powerlinx]]ed to his partner, Jolt can grant Hot Shot temporary flight with his turbo boosters. These boosters also come in handy when Jolt branches out on his own, granting him incredible speed that makes him one of the more fast Mini-Cons.

He is occasionally partnered to the Autobot [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]].

{{bigquote|There's no 'I' in 'team'.|Jolt's [[bio]] quote}}

==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
An eager Jolt was assigned by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to work with Hot Shot, but the brash hero felt he didn't need a partner. Jolt followed him into battle anyway, and helped Hot Shot out of a pickle with Cyclonus and [[Crumplezone (Armada)|Crumplezone]]. Realizing the value of friendship and teamwork, Hot Shot accepted Jolt as his partner from then on. {{storylink|Armada Volume 1}}

Optimus Prime later contacted Jolt from [[Autobot Headquarters (Armada)|Autobot Headquarters]]. {{Storylink|Armada Volume 2}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
[[File:DWArmada5 JoltLiftorLongarm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|Careful, Liftor! Jolt is sensitive back there!]]
Prior to the war, Jolt used to live in [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con Village C52]]. He helped prepare the [[Filtrek|forceshields]] for when the [[Decepticon]]s would inevitably reach their village, and got nervous listening to [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]]'s stories about [[Mecha-sectioning|what would happen to them]] if they were captured. Then the Decepticons got past the forceshield and captured them. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} Thanks to [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]], Jolt and the others were rescued from the [[Decepticon Headquarters (Armada)|Decepticon base]] and left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in search of a place to live in peace. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}} Unfortunately, [[Exodus (Armada)|their starship]] malfunctioned and crashed on [[Earth]], where the Mini-Cons lay dormant for a million years. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} {{storylink|Armada Free Comic Book Day}}

Jolt took refuge in a [[human]] junkyard alongside several other Mini-Cons, where he had his injuries from the crash treated by [[Liftor]]. After a misadventure where they had to save [[Rollbar (Armada)|Rollbar]] from a trash compactor, they learned that the Decepticons had followed them to Earth and were hunting down Sparkplug. Ignoring the danger, Jolt was the first to rush out and try to save him, and the others soon followed. When they arrived at the scene, the [[Autobot]]s were fighting with the Decepticons, so the Mini-Cons chose to help the [[Bulk]]s out by [[Powerlinx]]ing with them. Jolt picked [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] as his partner and chased the Decepticons away, then agreed to join the Autobots. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}} Later, Jolt and Longarm joined Sparkplug in an attempt to sneak into the Decepticons' base and rescue the Air Defense Team. The plan went awry when [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] found them sneaking about, and Jolt attacked him to little effect. He was punched out of the air by the Decepticon, who proceeded to accidentally bring the ceiling down on everyone. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} The three Mini-Cons spent some time trapped under rubble, but were eventually saved by the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]]. They then returned to the Autobot base to help the Autobots defend it from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], who had combined the Air Defense Team into the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}

[[File:DWArmada13 JoltPowerLink.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|right|Careful, Jolt! Hot Shot is sensitive back there!]]
Like all the other Mini-Cons on Earth (except Liftor and Rollbar), Jolt was summoned to the [[Mini-Con Ark]] and taken to Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} They were imprisoned on a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|moonbase]], where Jolt examined some technology and figured out that it wasn't a human structure. The mystery was quickly revealed when their fellow Mini-Con [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]] showed up and explained that he had brought them all to the moonbase in order for all Mini-Cons to live in peace. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Like Sparkplug, Jolt was not happy with how they had been forcibly summoned to the station and put behind bars for no real reason. He almost came to blows with [[Knock Out (Armada)|Knock Out]], who had nothing against the moonbase, but [[Wreckage (Armada)|Wreckage]] broke them up. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

In the end, the moonbase was destroyed by the Decepticons and its residents fled to the Autobot base on Earth. Most of them didn't want join the Autobots, though, and Jolt watched as [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]] held a speech to them about Mini-Con independence. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} A short while later, Jolt participated in a mission to rescue some dormant Mini-Cons in [[Alaska]]. He located [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]] and [[Ransack (Armada)|Ransack]], who had been defeated by the Decepticons during an earlier rescue attempt, then Powerlinxed with Hot Shot for the battle with [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}} Later, he was part of a team who investigated odd interdimensional activity in [[Big Sur National Park]] following the mysterious disappearance of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} When the Decepticons learned of Prime's disappearance and attacked confused and weakened Autobots, Jolt and Hot Shot were easily dispatched by Megatron. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}}

Like all other Mini-Cons, Jolt returned to Cybertron to defend it from the approaching [[Unicron]]. Presumably, he was among the Mini-Cons at the [[Loop]] who gave their energy to the [[Mini-Con Matrix]], allowing [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] to critically damage Unicron. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}

===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[File:Basebump.jpg|thumb|left]]
Shortly after the Autobots arrived on Earth to heed the Mini-Con signal, a cave opening was uncovered during a battle, exposing several Mini-Con storage panels. Jolt was retrieved from this cave, and Powerlinxed with his new partner, [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]]. {{storylink|Base}}

After Hot Shot got tired playing "Tag" with the kids at the Autobot base, he called in Jolt to tag the little trouble-makers for him. On their next mission, the Autobots traveled to Antarctica in search of another Mini-Con. Hot Shot was growing impatient with Red Alert's slow and measured approach to the search and wanted to take off with Carlos before the rest of the team was ready. Jolt Powerlinxed with his rash partner in order to increase his driving ability on the snow and ice...and to keep Hot Shot out of trouble. Their search eventually turned up a Mini-Con buried in the wall of an ice canyon, but [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] arrived around the same time. Hot Shot fell into a deep gorge, but Jolt's rotors provided enough lift to keep him from smashing on the ice below. As the skirmish continued, Hot Shot was forced to eject Carlos so that he could concentrate on Starscream. As Carlos fell into a nearby canyon, Jolt detached and flew down to catch Carlos on his skis and carry him to safety. He then reunited with Hot Shot to boost his firepower for the fight. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} On another mission, Jolt provided aerial reconnaissance in the forest for Hot Shot and the others, as they tracked down a Mini-Con panel atop a tall tree. {{storylink|Jungle}}

[[File:Carnival-Catching the Catchers.jpg|thumb|right|GET TO DA....very small chopper?]]
When [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] saw the kids and Street Action Team running off to play at the carnival, he roped Jolt and Longarm into joining him in tagging along. They were a big hit among the carnival goers, who thought they were just another attraction. They even got to march in the parade! [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] and [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] got suspicious, though, and started to chase the Mini-Cons through the fair. Jolt finally had enough and transformed, scooping them up in helicopter mode and depositing the nosy twosome atop a giant balloon. {{storylink|Carnival}}

[[File:Carnival-Minicon March.jpg|thumb|left]]
On a mission in the desert, [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] pinned the Autobots down behind an open sand dune. Hot Shot and Jolt Powerlinxed to try and return fire, but they were unable to pop out behind their cover quickly enough to get the drop on their Decepticon attacker. {{storylink|Palace}}

After [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] kidnapped Billy and Fred, the Autobots were reluctantly prepared to turn over Jolt and the other Mini-Cons to Megatron. When the Decepticons broke the deal, however, the Autobots managed to recover both the kids and the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}

During an underwater mission, Jolt's Powerlinxed propellers were used by Hot Shot in lieu of the aqua-thrusters employed by the rest of the team. {{storylink|Ruin}} When the Autobots fought for control of a Mini-Con at an abandoned volcano resort, Jolt teamed up with his fellow Mini-Cons in carrying the fight to the Decepticons, using Prime's combat deck to fight for their freedom. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

After Hot Shot acquired the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], he still relied on his old partner Jolt for the occasional helping hand. While searching for a Mini-Con near the big city, the Autobots were caught in a traffic jam created by Cyclonus. Hot Shot Powerlinxed with Jolt to use his rotors and fly over the blockade. Later on, while in a running battle with [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]], Jolt gave Hot Shot the necessary lift to fly behind the mercenary and get the drop on him. {{storylink|Gale}}

[[File:Conspiracy JoltRepairsHotShot.jpg|thumb]]
Jolt was present when Hot Shot returned from a trap on the moon, having lost the Star Saber to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Credulous}} This turn of events hit the Autobots hard, and Jolt later gave Hot Shot some much needed repair work after a series of losses to the Decepticons thanks to the Star Saber. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}

During the hunt for [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]], Jolt Powerlinxed with Hot Shot to give him enough boost to clear a ravine blasted by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} Later, he and the Street Action Team helped create a miniature obstacle course from Hot Shot and [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] to train on. Jolt went into battle with Hot Shot when the Autobots were forced to confront Megatron after he gained both the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] and the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]]. Unfortunately, the "axel-zooka" was totally ineffective against the Skyboom Shield. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

Jolt appeared in the battle footage [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] reviewed at base after joining the Autobots. {{storylink|Detection}}

After [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] arrived in the midst of a firefight and began raining cannonball laser storms down on the Autobots, Hot Shot and Blurr took to the waves to strike at the Decepticon aircraft carrier from below. Jolt and [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] provided their partners with the proper boost to make it into the water and then unload their firepower at Tidal Wave's unprotected underbelly. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}}

Jolt was present at the team meeting when the Autobots decided what to do with the Mini-Cons who formed the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|Runaway}}

[[File:Remorse JoltSupportsHotShot.jpg|thumb|left]]
After [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] was critically damaged, Jolt partnered with Hot Shot to run out and avenge him when they saw Starscream on the video monitor. As it turned out, the former Decepticon had quit his partners and was on the run from [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]. Starscream came back to the Autobot headquarters and joined them in order to seek his revenge on Megatron for past slights. Despite this, Hot Shot still wished to duel Starscream. Jolt and [[Runway (Armada)|Runway]] of the Air Defense Team caught them brawling and ran off to inform Optimus of the situation. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}} Jolt appeared briefly during the Autobots' raid on the Decepticon moon base, separating from Hot Shot to give him use of Jolt's engine / pulse cannon. {{storylink|Rescue}}

After the death of Optimus Prime, Hot Shot was becoming more and more difficult with his fellow soldiers due to his grief. Finally, [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] couldn't stand any more and warped to a secluded location to teach him a lesson. The loyal Jolt jumped into the warp field to go along with his partner, and provided what little aid he could against Scavenger's impromptu tough love seminar. Ultimately, though, Jolt sided with his fellow Mini-Cons in confronting Hot Shot, forcing him to stop taking his guilt out on himself and the others. {{storylink|Remorse}}
Jolt and the Mini-Cons all chose to willingly follow the Autobots into space aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', fighting alongside them against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Depart}}

Sometime later, Jolt magically appeared over a nameless planet where the Autobots and Decepticons were fighting with [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]]. He and several other Mini-Cons used their combined power to repair the damage the Cybertronians had suffered before vanishing as quickly as they came. {{storylink|Puppet}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
[[File:IntoTheLionsDen JoltElectricShock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|Oh, "Jolt". ''Nowwwww'' we get it.]]
Back on Cybertron, Jolt was among the Mini-Cons who fled for their lives when the Decepticons began capturing their race. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}} After escaping from his home planet, he and several other Mini-Cons ended up near [[Lincoln (city)|Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]] when their ship crashed on [[Earth]]. After awakening, they met [[Rad White]], [[Carlos Lopez]], and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], but refused to get involved with the [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] war again. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} After Rad showed some amazing courage by confronting [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] alone, the Mini-Cons changed their minds and entered the fray to save the human. Jolt attacked Megatron with his electric stun beam, then power-linked with the newly arrived [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], allowing the Autobot to take flight and defeat [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Friends and Foes!}}

The Autobots soon decided that the best way to keep Jolt and the other Mini-Cons safe from the Decepticons was to send them back to Cybertron. However, the Mini-Cons refused, as they preferred stay and fight alongside the Autobots. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} Some time later, Jolt, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] infiltrated the Decepticon base in [[Silver Ridge]], intending to free the Decepticon-owned Mini-Cons. Jolt complained about it all the time, repeatedly pointing out how risky their little adventure was. When they eventually found their fellow Mini-Cons, they turned out to have no intention of escaping, but instead captured the Autobot-allied Mini-Cons for the Decepticons. Jolt defended the group by zapping [[Crumplezone (Armada)|Crumplezone]] and [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]] with electricity, allowing Longarm to save Sparkplug from [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]]'s grasp. After escaping, the three discussed if the Decepticon Mini-Cons were corrupted somehow, but Jolt had a feeling they had always been huge jerks who deserved to be with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|Into the Lions' Den!}}

Jolt later helped helped send a probe to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] to activate any leftover Mini-Cons on the satellite. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}} After pretending to give themselves up to the Decepticons, Jolt and the other Mini-Cons ended up imprisoned on a [[solar barge]] on the way to the Decepticon base on the Moon. They easily broke out, and Jolt helped out by using electrifying darts to take out Cyclonus, who was pulling the barge. He then saved Sparkplug, who had fallen into the void of space, and the Mini-Cons all returned to Earth safely. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}

===''The Balance of Power''===
Jolt was one of the Mini-Cons listed in the Autobots' registry. His picture was shown to [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] when [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] explained to the young Autobot what the Mini-Cons were, and their importance in the battle against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Balance of Power}}
{{note|This comic was written as a tie-in to the [[Transformers (Armada PS2)|''Armada'' video game]], but its details differ from the introduction seen in the game itself. [[#PS2|See below]] for Jolt's role in the game.}}

===Reader's Digest ''Armada'' novels===
During a Decepticon attack on the Autobots' base, one of Megatron's stray shots caused a rock slide. This rock slide unearthed four Mini-Con panels, one of which contained the Mini-Con that would come to be known as "Jolt." Hot Shot was the first to make contact with the panel containing this Mini-Con, and the robot within transformed into a lightning-bolt hood ornament for his new partner. Hot Shot named his new Mini-Con after the electrical energy he bestowed upon him in this configuration. Hot Shot then used Jolt's electrical powers to short out Demolishor when the Decepticons charged the Autobots. Overwhelmed, the Decepticons retreated soon afterwards. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: Race for the Mini-Con Robots|Race for the Mini-Con Robots}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
In a celebration of the Transformers brand, Jolt showed up as one of the Mini-Con representatives for the "Unicron Trilogy" era of the franchise. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts''===
Hot Shot introduced [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] to Jolt by showing his backside to the old 'bot (because that's where Jolt Powerlinx, duh). {{storylink|Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts}}

===Legends World===
"Powerlinx" Jolt was part of [[Rattrap (BW)#Legends comic|Rattrap]]'s or [[Waspinator (BW)#Legends comic|Waspinator]]'s [[Mini-Con]] collection in the [[Legends World]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
A Jolt hailed from [[Aurex 606.0 Kappa]], where he was the partner to [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]]. Jolt fought with Smokescreen, [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], and the [[Emergency Mini-Con Team]] against the Decepticons [[Landslide (Decepticon)|Landslide]], [[Drench (Universe)|Drench]], and [[Wind Sheer (Armada)|Wind Sheer]]. After the Autobots triumphed, Red Alert and [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] were suddenly abducted by [[Unicron]] to fight in the [[Cauldron]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/14}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' (PS2)===
Jolt was one of many [[Mini-Con]]s who crash-landed on Earth when fleeing the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He was trapped inside a Mini-Con-Disc and needed to be saved before the [[Decepticon]]s could find him. Once awakened, he agreed to assist the [[Autobot]]s in their battle against [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and became [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s Mini-Con partner. You can run him over, but due to gameplay-reasons he actually is invincible. Jolt does not talk, but if attached to Hot Shot, he increases his speed in exchange for [[Energon]]. If his special powers are not needed, he follows his counterpart by foot, defending and assisting him with shots from his laser gun. {{storylink|Transformers (Armada PS2)|Transformers}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada Jolt toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Hot Shot''' (Super-Con Class, [[2002]]/[[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Hot Rod''' (ホットロッド)
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MC-03'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Missile, engine-block/blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Yuichiro Hira]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Available only with his larger Autobot partner [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Shot]], Jolt transforms into a red helicopter of an unknown, probably-made-up model. He has a massive engine block/twin-barreled cannon that attaches to his copter-mode underside, and can slide onto his fist in robot mode, though its sheer size in relation to Jolt leaves him a bit unbalanced. Additionally, the gun has a Mini-Con socket on top of it, so it can be used to activate gimmicks on larger toys.

: As a Mini-Con, he has two [[Powerlinx]] sockets that allow him to attach to larger toys through dedicated Mini-Con hardpoints. He can attach to the hardpoint on top of Hot Shot's vehicle-mode spoiler, and fold down his back end to act as a rear-mounted "speed boosting" propeller. Jolt's gun plugs into Hot Shot's hood, releasing a pair of "driving claws" from his front bumper; these function as his feet in robot mode, so activating these is a necessary step in transforming him. Hot Shot can also use the gun as chest armor, or mount it on any other Powerlinx plug thanks to the socket on the gun's top. Sorry, there's no way to have Hot Shot hold the gun in his hand.

: While Hot Shot received a fair few changes for his [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Legend of the Microns'' release, Takara Jolts only change is pins holding the rotor and tail fin section to his body instead of friction pegs.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on Jolt at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Hot Rod and Air Defense Micron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Hot Rod & Air Defense Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Red Gun & Air Defense'''
:*''ID number'': '''MS-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Missile, engine-block/blaster

: [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s "Hot Rod" and Jolt were also released in a box set with the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)#Toys|Air Defense Microns]]. Each item in the set is identical to their individual versions.

: This set was also released by [[Sonokong]] in Korea, with no changes from the Takara release, other than the packaging. This was also the only way to obtain "Red Gun" (Hot Shot) and the "Air Defense" in Korea.

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[[File:Armada Powerlinx Jolt toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Powerlinx Hot Shot with Powerlinx Jolt''' (Super-Con Class, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Hot Rod Super Mode''' (ホットロッドS)
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MC-13'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[September 11]], 2003
:*''Accessories'': Missile, engine-block/blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}

: [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#ArDxPx|Powerlinx Hot Shot]] naturally came with a Powerlinx [[redeco]] of Jolt, now in yellow and black.

: Once again, the Takara "Spark Jolt" is basically identical to the Hasbro release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/PXJolt/jolt.htm More information on Powerlinx Jolt at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Powerlinx Hot Shot with Powerlinx Jolt''' (Super-Con Class, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile, engine-block/blaster

: In November of 2003, US [[Toys"R"Us]] stores had special bonus pack Super-Con (Deluxe) toys, which came with a single bonus Mini-Con attached to the card over their sticker, for less than the price of a normal Super-Con during Toys"R"Us' post-Thanksgiving-day sale. Like [[Cyclonus (Armada)#Powerlinx|Powerlinx Cyclonus]], Powerlinx Hot Shot and Jolt could come with one of the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]] members: [[Dune Runner (Armada)#Toys|Dune Runner]], [[Iceberg#Toys|Iceberg]], or [[Ransack (Armada)#Toys|Ransack]].
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===''Built to Rule!''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Hot Shot''' (Built to Rule!, 2003)}}</ul>

: ''[[Built to Rule!]]'' Jolt is a building-block set that must be assembled in each form then disassembled and rebuilt to "convert" from robot to helicopter and back again. Naturally, he was only available with Hot Shot.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/BTRJolt/jolt.htm More information on ''Built to Rule!'' Jolt at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:UnreleasedUniverseJolt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|OH GOD LONGARM I'M BLIND]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Smokescreen with Jolt vs. Drench with Wind Sheer''' (Battle in a Box, <s>[[2004]]</s>?)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Engine-block/blaster

: [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)#Toys|Smokescreen]] and Jolt were to be part of a ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' "[[Battle in a Box]]" set with [[Drench (Universe)|Drench]]. Though tentatively a [[Target]] store [[exclusive]] (according to [[Hasbro]] representatives at [[OTFCC 2004]]), alas, it was canceled. Jolt traded some of his reds for white, but lost all of his facial paint.
{{canceledtoy}}
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:TFU08-toy Jolt.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb|I don't look like this!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Hot Shot''' (Deluxe Class, [[2008]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': Armada Series
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro), [[Hironori Kobayashi]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: Once again available only with [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Universe (2008)|Hot Shot]], [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'']] Jolt transforms into a small helicopter. He has extra paint applications on his tail section, as well as some parts now cast in black plastic for contrast and visual appeal, such as his propeller and upper arms. He now has one Powerlinx socket instead of the original two.

:Jolt can attach to Hot Shot's vehicle mode by inserting Jolt's arms/engines into slots in the back of Hot Shot's spoiler. However, the connection does not hold very tight. Jolt can also attach to the Powerlinx peg on the Hot Shot's vehicle mode trunk or robot mode shoulder, but this does not activate any features.

:Unfortunately, the propeller and front half of Jolt's helicopter mode hang off of his back, making him extremely back heavy. Combined with his lack of heel spurs, he can't stand up straight without instantly toppling over.

:Jolt's mold was also used to make ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' [[Jolt (Henkei!)#Toys|Jolt]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Cop-Tur (G1)#Toys|Cop-Tur]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on ''Universe'' Jolt at TFU.info]''
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===''Transformers'' (campaign item)===
[[File:AOE-toy Jolt.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Micron Jolt''' (Promotional Micron, [[2014]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[May 17]], 2014

: Micron Jolt is a translucent-red redeco of [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|''Generations'']] [[Blaze Master#Generations|Blazemaster]], transforming into a helicopter of undetermined, probably made-up model that kinda-sorta looks like a Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low. He also has a third blaster-cannon weapon mode with a [[5 mm post|5 mm handle]]; his rotor blade can also be removed and used as a weapon by other figures thanks to the same 5 mm post compatibility.

: He was part of the "Clear Micron Campaign", [[exclusive]] to [[AEON]] stores, free with the purchase of 3000 yen worth of [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|''Lost Age'']] product.

: This mold was also used to make ''Generations'' [[Spinister (G1)#Generations|Spinister]] and [[Shūta Gō#Generations|Shūta Gō]].
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:Legacytoy-Armada-Jolt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Armada Universe Powerlinx Hot Shot / Armada Universe Jolt''' (PulseCon-exclusive multi-pack, [[2023]])}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro),<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBqMyy6HYxE San Diego Comic-Con 2023 Generations panel recording] at the "Memo's collection" YouTube channel</ref> [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8kPFTS6hEM&t=2957s ''Transformers'' panel] with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Takio Ejima]] and [[Thew Adams]] at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2023]].</ref>}}

:Included with "[[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#LegacyPowerlinx|Armada Universe Powerlinx Hot Shot]]", ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' "Armada Universe Jolt" is a cartoon-accurate rendition of the character, transforming into a helicopter in 8 steps.

:Despite being done in a cartoon-accurate orange deco, Jolt notably lacks all of the red accents and the ability to attach to Hot Shot's engine-block piece, which is considered to be a part of his helicopter mode in the cartoon. However he features both a 5mm port and a flip-out 5mm peg on his underside so he can feasibly attach to pretty much anything else, including the rifles included with the set though ironically, not Hot Shot's robot back as there just isn't room for him under the Axelzooka. Like the original 2002 toy and the cartoon, Jolt can attach to the back of Hot Shot's vehicle mode. The instructions indicate that this can only be accomplished with his rotors folded back, as there isn't enough space for his arms. However, in an undocumented feature, in vehicle mode, if you unpeg his forearms from the main body and fold the arms at the elbows until they lightly click into place at a 90-degree angle, then you ''can'' attach Jolt with the rotors facing up, ''and'' this allows for a slightly more secure attachment. Also, he has fold-out heels to let him stand stably for the first time in twenty dang years!

:Like fellow new-mold 2023 Mini-Con (or Micromaster, as Jolt is referred to in the official Hasbro Pulse listing page!) [[Whisper_(SG)#Shattered_Glass_Collection|Whisper]], he features no Mini-Con insignia anywhere on his body.

:Jolt and Powerlinx Hot Shot were officially revealed at the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2023 breakfast PR event.

::*[https://www.instagram.com/p/CxmCoBmM806/ ''Mark Maher's designer commentary on Legacy Evolution Powerlinx Hot Shot and Jolt'']
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==Merchandise==
===''Mega Super Collection Figure''===
[[File:MegaSCFHotRod.jpg|right|100px|thumb]]
*'''Hot Rod''' (2002)

: A small, non-transforming Jolt based on his cartoon model was included with [[Heroes of Cybertron (toyline)|Mega SCF]] Hot Shot.
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===Big Transformers===
[[File:Bigtransformershotrod.jpg|right|100px|thumb]]
*'''Hot Rod''' (2002)

: The [[Kabaya]] "Big Transformers" Hot Shot included a tiny non-transforming vehicle-mode Jolt that can peg onto his shoulder.
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==Notes==
* A CGI-rendered Jolt was one of several Mini-Cons who could be seen emerging from storage panels at the beginning of Armada toy commercials.
* Jolt's cartoon [[character model]] depicts the engine block/blaster weapon that [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] wields to be a part of his helicopter mode, and it only ever detaches from him in the cartoon when [[Powerlinx]]ed with Hot Shot… ''unless'' Hot Shot needs to wield a non-Powerlinxed weapon in a [[robot mode]] battle, but even then, Jolt is usually absent from those scenes entirely.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Jolt''' (ジョルト ''Joruto''), '''Spark Jolt''' (Powerlinx, スパークジョルト ''Supāku Joruto'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Bütyök''' ("Knob"), '''Szikra''' ("Spark")
*''Korean:'' '''Jolt''' (조르트 ''Joreuteu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Kvant''' (Квант, "Quantum")

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Armada Jolt character model.jpg|''Armada'' cartoon robot mode
File:Armada Jolt vehicle model.jpg|''Armada'' cartoon vehicle mode
</gallery>

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Street Action Mini-Con Team

2025-04-07T15:37:22Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

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[[File:Bios card streetaction.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|EXTREEEEEEEEME!]]

The '''Street Action Mini-Con Team''' are a trio of adventurous [[Mini-Con]]s and friends with the [[human]] kids [[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]. The humans and Mini-Cons work together with the [[Autobot]]s to find and save more Mini-Cons from the ambitions of the [[Decepticon]]s. These three can form the incredibly powerful robot [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]], possibly the most powerful warrior of their race.

The Street Action Mini-Con Team is composed of...
* [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] the skateboard / hovercraft.
* [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] the bicycle / dirt bike.
* [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] the moped / four-wheel ATV.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[File:Street action team.JPG|thumb|Good morning, Angels.]]
The members of the Street Action Team were created by [[Unicron]] long ago, to serve as mindless tools to stoke conflict on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but High Wire was imparted with sentience by the time-travelling human [[Rad White]]. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} This sentience spread out through the Mini-Con's shared dimension of the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]] {{storylink|Linkage (comic)|Linkage}}, and perhaps for this reason the team seemed to act as the ''de facto'' leaders of the Mini-Cons. Or maybe it was just because they could combine into a bigger robot. Who knows.

The team were among the Mini-Cons who fled Cybertron on the [[Exodus (Armada)|Exodus]], and who entered stasis before the ship crashed. {{storylink|Prehistory}} When Rad discovered High Wire's [[Mini-Con storage panel]] in the year 2010, he drew the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

High Wire would reveal the panels of Sureshock and Grindor, who bonded to the other children, [[Carlos Lopez]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang]] who would ultimately travel back with Rad, and would accompany them during the Autobot-Decepticon conflict. {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Armada)|Metamorphosis}} {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

The Street Action Team followed Rad and Carlos to the carnival. Shenanigans ensued. {{storylink|Carnival}}

After [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] was attacked by [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]], the team fought back against the [[Decepticon]]s, eventually causing [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] to lose control and drop a Mini-Con panel. {{storylink|Prehistory}} The Street Action Team picked up a signal sent from the Destruction Team, who were following [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s orders to lead the [[Autobot]]s into a trap. {{storylink|Vow}} When the Autobot computer was hacked into by [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] the team assisted the kids in helping turn it off. High Wire and Grindor attempted to attack Sideways and they were all sucked into the computer, leaving their physical bodies behind. On the run from Sideways in cyberspace they passed directly through [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] before returning to physical form. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}} The Street Action Team detected a [[Jetfire (Armada)|suspicious robot]] flying overhead the Autobot base. {{storylink|Linkup}} and later alerted the kids and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] about a Mini-Con panel. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}}

And when the threat of Unicron arose, it was ultimately High Wire who somehow manipulated time to bring Rad to the past, creating the time loop that gave the Mini-Cons their freedom. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}
When the Autobots and Deceptions formed an alliance against the planet eater, the team (in their combined form of Perceptor) acted as the Mini-Cons' representative, adding their hand to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s and [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s. {{storylink|Alliance}} They would see the battle with Unicron to its end, and returned to Earth to say goodbye to the human children. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}
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====''Energon'' cartoon====
[[File:Street Action Team Energon Saber Team.jpg|thumb|left|This is literally the only time you ever see them all in robot mode.]]
The Street Action Team continued to follow the Autobots. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}} And stood together in robot modes while hanging out with the [[Energon Saber|Energon Saber Mini-Con Team]]. {{storylink|Megatron's Sword}}
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====''Cybertron'' comic====
[[File:RevelationsPart4 CybertronMini-Cons.jpg|thumb]]
As Perceptor, the Street Action Team worked with the [[Mini-Con Council of Sages]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
As Alexis, Carlos, and Rad were waving at the Autobots' launch site when they left on their mission to build a galaxy-wide [[space bridge]] network, they thought of their old Street Action Mini-Con Team friends. {{storylink|Beginning}}
{{note|The Street Action Mini-Con Team does not appear in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of the show.}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
When the [[Exodus (Armada)|Mini-Con's ship]] Street Action Mini-Con Team ended up in a cave under [[Lincoln (city)|Lincoln]], [[South Dakota]], where they were awakened by the human [[Rad White]], befriending him and [[Carlos Lopez|his]] [[Alexis Thi Dang|friends]] and attempting to construct a [[Project Supernova|hovercraft]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} They scanned a new set of [[alternate mode]]s and fled from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}}
After the Decepticons were driven off by the Autobots and another group of Mini-Cons, the Street Action Team allied themselves with the Autobots. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}
As the Street Action Team drove around town with their human friends, the Mini-Con Ark's summoning beacon reached them, and they started driving mindlessly towards Kansas. After all the Mini-Cons on Earth were gathered around the Ark, they entered it, and it took off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} The Mini-Cons were taken to the Moon, where another group of Mini-Cons led by Dualor had constructed a moonbase where their race could live in peace forever. High Wire and his teammates were against this, as they'd much rather live on Earth with Rad, Carlos and Alexis. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} They awaited help from the Autobots, but were in a way saved by the Decepticons when they attacked the base and deactivated the energy field keeping the Mini-Cons behind bars. All residents of the moonbase subsequently evacuated it. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

After returning to Earth, the Street Action Team were seen listening to one of Rook's speeches about Mini-Con independence. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} They successfully infiltrated the base, but were forced to hide from the three Heralds of Unicron who were stomping around inside. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} The team located the null-reality pods, and High Wire watched as Sparkplug, Over-Run and Comettor used them to traverse dimensions and retrieve Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}} Prime returned with news that Unicron was coming to devour their dimension's Cybertron, so all Mini-Cons had to return to their homeworld and fight against him. After saying their goodbyes to Rad, Carlos and Alexis, the Street Action Team joined the other Mini-Cons at the Loop on Cybertron and poured their energies into the Mini-Con Matrix. This allowed Over-Run to fire a massive energy blast at Unicron, crippling him. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}

====''Energon'' comic====
The team spent most of their combined as Perceptor, fighting off [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}}, and working alongside [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] in [[Los Angeles]], {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} where they outsmarted [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]] by exploiting their primitive programming. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}} {{Unreleased energon comic}}
Perceptor remained alongside Jetfire protecting the [[Earth]], {{storylink|Armageddon Part 1}} and alerted Jetfire when Optimus called to moblize the Autobots. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 4}}

===''Cybertron'' toy bios===
After their heroics during the Unicron Battles and beyond, the Street Action Team were considered something akin to rock stars by their fellow Mini-Cons.

===Ask Vector Prime===
The [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]] of [[Aurex 105.15 Gamma]] captured the Street Action Team of [[Aurex 604.24 Gamma]] and corrupted them into serving him in the [[Universe War]] for a time. However, when Sunstorm tried and failed to get revenge on a revenant [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]], the Street Action Team fled in the confusion. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 6/8/2015}}

==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada-Street-Action-Mini-Con-Team.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2002]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Street Action Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Hideaki Yoke]] and [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)}}

: The Street Action Mini-Con Team are a trio of smaller one-person vehicles: [[High Wire (Armada)#Toys|High Wire]] the BMX bicycle, [[Grindor (Armada)#Toys|Grindor]] the rocket-skateboard, and [[Sureshock (Armada)#Toys|Sureshock]] the motor scooter. Each one has a [[Powerlinx]] socket on their vehicle mode that allows them to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating special [[gimmick]]s on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug. The three toys can also combine into the super-robot [[Perceptor (Armada)#Toys|Perceptor]].

: This version of the Team was nominally available as a three-pack, released in the first wave of both [[Hasbro]]'s ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' line and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)#Takara Legends of the Microns toyline|Legend of the Microns]]'', with a pin joint for Perceptor's head being the only change. The Hasbro pack was also included in some clamshelled "Bonus Packs" packed in with other toys at [[Kmart]] (for a price only barely lower than buying the toys individually); the Street Action Team has been found packed with the Super-Cons [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Shot]] and [[Sideways (Armada)#Toys|Sideways]].

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[[File:Micron CD Limited Edition Street Action Team.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''CD Limited Edition Street Action Micron''' (CD pack-in, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 1]], 2003

: These [[redeco]]es of the Street Action Microns have been tweaked to make the three more [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]], typically with more detailed paint operations and generally lighter colors.

: This set was only available with the CD single of the first [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Legends of the Microns'']] [[Japanese themes|theme song]], "[[Transformer: Dream Again]]" by [[Psychic Lover]].

: The team's official name has bounced a bit: the name listed above is what it's called on the packaging. Magazine solicitations called it the "Super Anime Color Edition Street Action Micron", while the "Micron Museum" portion of Takara's website called it the "Street Action Micron Anime Color (CD version)".

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Arcee''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''3'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Bank''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''2'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Wheelie''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''1'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2003

: Part of the first [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] ''[[Change Micron]]'' assortment, each of the Street Action Microns were sold in individual boxes, packed with a small bag of sugar-pellet candy.

: Each one has a few small but significant paint differences from their original releases. But on top of that, these toys are also actually a completely new mold-set, with various tiny detail differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases.

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[[File:2003-streetactionmicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}
:*''ID number'': '''MC-XX'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 19]], 2003

: The [[Exdimensions]] [[redeco]]s of the Street Action Microns were part of the "Magna Convoy DX" set, which also included "[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Convoy Final Battle Coloration]]" (Powerlinx Optimus Prime) and "[[Overload (Armada)|Ultra Magnus Special Clear Version]]". This set was only available at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.

: This deco was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] by [[Ask Vector Prime]] as the [[Urban Protection Team]].
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===''Energon''===
[[File:Energon-Street-Action-Mini-Con-Team-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Perceptor''' (Energon Class, [[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Cliffjumper'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''SC-09'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[February 26]], 2004
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (Takara)}}

: For ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', the Street Action Mini-Con Team were given brand new molds: High Wire is now a dirt bike, Grindor is a hovercraft, and Sureshock is an all-terrain vehicle. They retain the ability to combine into Perceptor.

: There don't appear to be any discernible differences between Hasbro's Perceptor and Takara's Cliffjumper releases. Perceptor's final toy notably differs in design when compared to the cartoon, due to his [[Character model|cartoon model]] being based on an early Takara sketch that featured a completely different design for Sureshock. In this preliminary design, Perceptor's arms would've had all four of Sureshock's wheels located on them.

: These molds were also used to make the ''Energon'' [[Extreme Competition Team]] and [[City Stealth Team]].
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sunstorm with Inferno and Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>

: The ''Armada'' Street Action Mini-Con Team mold set was redecoed for the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|2003 ''Universe'' line]], this time in a distinctly evil theme of black, dark green and blue-gray.

: This version was available only as part of a [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] set, with [[Sunstorm (Universe)#Toys|Sunstorm]] and [[Inferno (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Inferno]].

: All photos on the card show the set in their respective molds' original ''Armada'' color schemes, evidence of an extremely rushed production.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Perceptor''' (Basic Class, [[2005]])}}</ul>

: The ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' Street Action Mini-Con Team is a repack of ''Energon'' Perceptor, with no changes to the contents within.
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===''Cybertron''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Blastcharge vs High Wire''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, [[2006]])}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Backblast vs Sureshock''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Scrap Iron vs Grindor''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)}}</ul>

: The ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' Street Action Mini-Con Team are redecos of the ''Energon'' molds, done in a rather star-spangled stunt-show deco.

: They were only available split up among three different two-packs, each one packed with a member of the [[Deep Space Mini-Con Team#Toys|Deep Space Mini-Con Team]].
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Street Action Micron''' (ストリートアクションマイクロン ''Sutorīto Akushon Maikuron'')
*''French:'' '''Équipe Urbaine des Minimodus''' ("Urban Mini-Con Team")
*''Spanish:'' '''Los Minimodus - Equipo Urbano''' ("The Mini-Cons - Urban Team")

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[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Combiner teams]]
[[Category:Cybertron subgroups]]
[[Category:Energon subgroups]]
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Knock Out (Armada)

2025-04-07T15:34:50Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

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{{disambig3|Knockout}}

:''Knock Out is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:ArmKnockOutCard.jpg|right|250px|thumb|... yeah, we can't think of anything PG. Move along.]]
The talkative '''Knock Out''' operates as the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]]'s voice, though he still takes orders from [[Wreckage (Armada)|Wreckage]] when the heat is on. He's not nearly as soldierly as his commander, though beneath his frequent complaints and mercenary demeanor, he basically just wants to look out for his friends.
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==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[Image:Armada LandMilitary TV.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Six wheels of justice. Knock Out's on the right.]]
After the ''[[Exodus (Armada)|Exodus]]'' crashed on [[Earth]], Knock Out lay dormant until the Decepticons recovered him on an undisclosed mission. Along with the rest of the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] and several other Mini-Cons, he was chosen to help [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] eliminate [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] once and for all. By setting up a series of warp gate passages around the globe, Megatron and the Mini-Cons lured the Autobots into following them, and then scattered the enemy forces between the various warp points, leaving Optimus to face Megatron alone, with only [[Rad White|Rad]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] at his side.

Knock Out and the Land Military Team, interested in peace, had sent a message to the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]] earlier that day, seeking a resolution. Despite their misgivings, they continued to carry out Megatron's plan until Optimus Prime passively submitted himself to their laser fire. Impressed by his actions, Knock Out and the other Mini-Cons turned against Megatron, and returned to the Autobot headquarters with Prime. {{storylink|Vow}}

Knock Out, seemingly stolen back by the Decepticons along with the other Mini-Con defectors, was present in a storage room in the Decepticon base where he was discovered by [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], who had been looking for a Mini-Con partner for himself.<ref>Knock Out's presence in this episode is an addition made to the Japanese ''Legends of the Microns'' version; he replaces [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]], who is in the ''Armada'' version of the shot.</ref> {{storylink|Tactician}} He was later present working a "tune up" for the Decepticons. {{storylink|Runaway}}

Knock Out was found by [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] and the Autobots, working on the [[Hydra Cannon|Decepticon ship]]. He, along with his [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|teammates]] were rescued by the Autobots and taken back into their custody. {{storylink|Rescue}}

After being rescued back by the Autobots, Knock Out and the Mini-Cons all chose to willingly follow the Autobots into space aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', fighting alongside them against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Depart}}
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====''Force of Habit''====
During the [[Unicron Singularity]] crisis, the Land Military Mini-Con Team served aboard the Autobot flagship ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]''. They were called into action during a Decepticon attack on the ship and battled a number of [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] and [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon]]-type [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] alongside [[Riptide (Armada)|Riptide]], [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]], and [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
[[File:TheEnd LandMilitaryTeamAttack.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|]]
Knock Out and the Land Military Team were captured and altered by the Decepticons to be used as weapons of conquest millions of years ago. They escaped aboard the ''[[Exodus (Armada)|Exodus]]'' with most other Mini-Cons, and declared themselves free agents upon reactivating on Earth a million years later. Following a signal from a [[Mini-Con panic-pager]], the Land Militaty Team found [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Rad White|Rad]], and Knock Out demanded to know where they got the pager. The three humans explained that they got it from their Mini-Con friends who were stuck in the [[Silver Ridge|Decepticon base]], and asked the Land Military Team to save them. They initially refused, but came around and helped out, then participated in a battle against the Decepticons while they were at it. They still didn't join the Autobots, though, and drove off when everything was said and done. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}

A while later, the Land Military Team and the rest of the Mini-Cons on Earth were summoned to a starship which took them all to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} They were imprisoned by [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]] on their [[Mini-Con Moonbase|moonbase]], which ''really'' grinded Knock Out's gears. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} The Land Military Team soon realized that living on the moonbase wasn't so bad after all, but not everyone agreed with them. Knock Out got into a fight with [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] for being all snarky about the situation, but it was broken up by [[Wreckage (Armada)|Wreckage]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}} The base was later attacked by the Decepticons, so Knock Out and the others had to evacuate it anyway. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

Following this misadventure, the Land Military Team seemingly stayed with the Autobots. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} They were instrumental in separating [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s grip after he used it to destroy the invading [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

Finally, Knock Out joined with all other active Mini-Cons in returning to Cybertron and activating [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]'s [[Mini-Con Matrix]], incapacitating [[Unicron]] and leading to his destruction. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
After crashing on Earth in the distant past, Knock Out and his teammates were discovered in [[1959]] during the construction of a casino in [[Las Vegas]]. They were recovered by the U.S. government and subsequently converted into remote-control military equipment by the [[Extra-Terrestrial Response Division]]. A few hours after a field test, the three Mini-Cons overrode ERTD's control and drove to the nearby town of [[Stillwater]]. They were soon recaptured, but Wreckage had managed to leave a message to [[Amos Hume]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Blast from the Past!}}

After the ETRD's funding was cut decades later, former technicians [[Quint]] and [[Hathaway]] attempted to auction the Mini-Cons off. The transaction was interrupted by the arrival of an Autobot shuttle carrying the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]] and their [[human]] friends, whom Hume had contacted upon seeing images of the Transformers on television. Knock Out and the others were freed, and presumably joined the Autobots. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|Sale of the Century!}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Knock-Out-Armada.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Knock Out participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who debuted in the "Armada: Episode IV" event and could be recruited after collecting 650 units of Cybermetal, 350 units of Transmetal, 150 exclusive cores, and 50 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Knock out armada toy.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Land Military Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2002]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Land Military Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-03'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Missile
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Mini-Con 3-packs, Knock Out transforms into a six-wheeled APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) with a spring-loaded missile launcher. This launcher becomes a shoulder-mounted artillery piece in robot mode.

: As a Mini-Con, he has a "[[Powerlinx]]" socket on the underside of his vehicle mode that allows him to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating special [[gimmick]]s on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug. The Takara release features slightly darker red plastic and a pin joint for his waist.

: He was only available in the Land Military Mini-Con Team 3-pack, packaged with (and [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] with) [[Bonecrusher (Armada)#Toys|Bonecrusher]] and [[Wreckage (Armada)#Toys|Wreckage]].

: This mold was also used to make ''Armada'' [[Broadside (Armada)#Toys|Broadside]] and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Steamhammer (Cybertron)#Toys|Steamhammer]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Knockout/knockout.htm More information on Knock Out at TFU.info]''{{ArmadaKnockOutMold}}

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[[File:Armadatoy demolishor landmilitaryteam set.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ironhide & Land Military Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MS-03'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Missile

: The Land Military Microns were available in Japan both as an individual team, and in a multi-pack with [[Demolishor (Armada)#Toys|Ironhide]] and [[Blackout (Armada)#Toys|Search]]. All of the toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:2003-landmilitarymicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|He's the middle one on the top row, and the left one on the bottem row.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Land Military Micron Exdimensions''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MM-08'''
:*''Release date'': December 26, 2002
:*''Accessories'': Missile

: A limited-edition (but still normal retail) [[redeco]] of the Land Military Microns was released as part of the [[Exdimensions]] lineup. "Crack" was redecoed in green and blue.

: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Crack (Armada)|Crack]] and the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Crack (BWU)|Crack]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XCrack/crack.htm More information on Exdimensions Crack at TFU.info]''{{ArmadaKnockOutMold}}

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[[File:Arm-toy KnockOutUltimate.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|The Ultimate Plastic Crack.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Crack Ultimate Edition''' (Promotional Micron, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[January 1]], 2003
:*''Accessories'': Missile

: A limited edition redeco of the Land Military Microns was available as [[campaign item|promotional giveaway items]] in Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores: one randomly-selected member of the team was given free with the purchase of any ''Legends of the Microns'' toy in January 2000, and then again on [[March 20]]th with the purchase of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Armada|Convoy Super Mode]]. While numbers for the first release are unknown, 3600 Ultimate Land Military Microns were available for the March campaign.

: They were made available ''again'' on [[May 2]]nd at the Hello Mac store chain, with the purchase of either Convoy Super Mode or [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Armada|Megatron]], only this time you got the complete set of three with a single purchase, limited to ten sets total per store. Apparently, they made a lot.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/TRUCrack/crack.htm More information on Crack Ultimate Edition at TFU.info]''{{ArmadaKnockOutMold}}

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[[File:Armada Broadside toy.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Crack Night Attack Edition''' (Promotional Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[April 24]], 2003
:*''Accessories'': Missile
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}

: Identical to the U.S. release of the [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team]] (in Crack's case, he is identical to Hasbro's [[Broadside (Armada)#Toys|Broadside]]), one random member of team was given free at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores with the purchase of any ''Legends of the Microns'' product during April, limited to 4000 units.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Broadside/broadside.htm More information on Night Attack Crack (or rather, Broadside) at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Crack''' (クラック ''Kurakku'')
*''Korean:'' '''Crack''' (크랙 ''Keulaeg'')
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==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Japanese promotion exclusives]]
[[Category:Toys"R"Us Japan exclusives]]

Land Military Mini-Con Team

2025-04-07T15:33:57Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

{{Factions|minicon|autobot|decepticon}}
:''The Land Military Mini-Con Team is a [[Mini-Con]] team from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Bios card landmilitary.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Only TWO THINGS come from Iacon, boy!!!]]
The '''Land Military Team''' might just be the toughest bunch of roughnecks the [[Mini-Con]]s ever produced. Each one is a top-notch soldier with incredible firepower at their disposal, to say nothing of their wealth of military experience and tactical know-how. Luckily for the [[Autobot]]s, the Land Military Team is mainly interested in freeing their people from [[Decepticon]] tyranny!

The Land Military Mini-Con Team consists of…

*[[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]] the missile truck.
*[[Knock Out (Armada)|Knock Out]] the armored personnel carrier.
*[[Wreckage (Armada)|Wreckage]] the twin-missile tank.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[Image:Armada LandMilitary TV.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Six wheels of justice.]]
The Land Military Team sent a signal to the Mini-Cons on [[Earth]] on the behest of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] to lead the [[Autobot]]s into a trap. The Autobots chased the team and the [[Decepticon]]s, warping around Earth until finally coming to a desert. They fired upon [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], but eventually attacked Megatron and joined up with the Autobots. {{storylink|Vow}}
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{{groupstub|{{storylink|Union}}}}

====''Force of Habit''====
During the [[Unicron Singularity]] crisis, the Land Military Mini-Con Team served aboard the Autobot flagship ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]''. They were called into action during a Decepticon attack on the ship and battled a number of [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]]- and [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon]]-type [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] alongside [[Riptide (Armada)|Riptide]], [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]], and [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Land Military Mini-Con Team Toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|(''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Land Military Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2002]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Land Military Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-03'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Bonecrusher missile, Knock Out missile, 2 Wreckage missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: The Land Military Team was released in the first wave of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' toyline. All three members feature a firing missile launcher gimmick; while [[Knock Out (Armada)#Toys|Knock Out's]] is spring-loaded, [[Bonecrusher (Armada)#Toys|Bonecrusher]] and [[Wreckage (Armada)#Toys|Wreckage]] use pressure-launch mechanisms.

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release, also a first-wave release in the ''Legends of the Microns'' line, features ever-so-slightly darker red plastic than the Hasbro release. The light grey plastic is also more of a blue-grey. Knock Outs waist is also a pin joint instead of friction.

: This mold set was used to make the [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team#Toys|Night Attack Mini-Con Team]] and the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Cybertron)#Toys|''Cybertron'' Air Defense Mini-Con Team]].

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[[File:Armadatoy demolishor landmilitaryteam set.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ironhide & Land Military Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MS-03'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Bomb missile, Crack missile, 2 Shot missiles

: The Land Military Microns were available in Japan both as an individual team, and in a multi-pack with [[Demolishor (Armada)#Toys|Ironhide]] and [[Blackout (Armada)#Toys|Search]]. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:2003-landmilitarymicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Land Military Micron Exdimensions''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MM-08'''
:*''Release date'': December 26, 2002
:*''Accessories'': Bomb missile, Crack missile, 2 Shot missiles

: A limited-edition (but still normal retail) [[redeco]] of the Land Military Microns was released as part of the [[Exdimensions]] lineup.

: This set also doubles as the [[Rapid Deployment Mini-Con Team]].

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[[File:Arm-toy WreckageUltimate.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Shot Ultimate Edition]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Bomb Ultimate Edition''' (Promotional Micron, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Crack Ultimate Edition''' (Promotional Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Shot Ultimate Edition''' (Promotional Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 missiles
:*''Release date'': [[January 1]], 2003

: A limited edition redeco of the Land Military Microns was available as [[campaign item|promotional giveaway items]] in Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores: one randomly-selected member of the team was given free with the purchase of any ''Legends of the Microns'' toy in January 2000, and then again on [[March 20]]th with the purchase of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Armada|Convoy Super Mode]]. While numbers for the first release are unknown, 3600 Ultimate Land Military Microns were available for the March campaign.

: They were made available ''again'' on [[May 2]]nd at the Hello Mac store chain, with the purchase of either Convoy Super Mode or [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Armada|Megatron]], only this time you got the complete set of three with a single purchase, limited to ten sets total per store. Apparently, they made a lot.

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[[File:Armadatoy-NightAttackTeam.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Bomb Night Attack Edition''' (Promotional Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Crack Night Attack Edition''' (Promotional Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Shot Night Attack Edition''' (Promotional Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 missiles
:*''Release date'': [[April 24]], 2003
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}

: Identical to the U.S. release of the [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team#Toys|Night Attack Mini-Con Team]], one random member of Land Military Micron team was given away free at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores with the purchase of any ''Legends of the Microns'' product during April, limited to 4000 units.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Land Military Micron''' (ランドミリタリーマイクロン ''Rando Miritarī Maikuron'')
*''French:'' '''Équipe Militaire de Terre des Minimodus''' ("Land Military Mini-Con Team")
*''Spanish:'' '''Los Minimodus - Equipo Militar Terrestre''' ("The Mini-Cons - Land Military Team")

[[Category:Armada subgroups]]
[[Category:Mini-Con teams]]

Land Military Mini-Con Team

2025-04-07T15:33:37Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

{{Factions|minicon|autobot|decepticon}}
:''The Land Military Mini-Con Team is a [[Mini-Con]] team from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Bios card landmilitary.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Only TWO THINGS come from Iacon, boy!!!]]
The '''Land Military Team''' might just be the toughest bunch of roughnecks the [[Mini-Con]]s ever produced. Each one is a top-notch soldier with incredible firepower at their disposal, to say nothing of their wealth of military experience and tactical know-how. Luckily for the [[Autobot]]s, the Land Military Team is mainly interested in freeing their people from [[Decepticon]] tyranny!

The Land Military Mini-Con Team consists of…

*[[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]] the missile truck.
*[[Knock Out (Armada)|Knock Out]] the armored personnel carrier.
*[[Wreckage (Armada)|Wreckage]] the twin-missile tank.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[Image:Armada LandMilitary TV.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Six wheels of justice.]]
The Land Military Team sent a signal to the Mini-Cons on [[Earth]] on the behest of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] to lead the [[Autobot]]s into a trap. The Autobots chased the team and the [[Decepticon]]s, warping around Earth until finally coming to a desert. They fired upon [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], but eventually attacked Megatron and joined up with the Autobots. {{storylink|Vow}}
{{-}}
{{groupstub|{{storylink|Union}}}}

====''Force of Habit''====
During the [[Unicron Singularity]] crisis, the Land Military Mini-Con Team served aboard the Autobot flagship ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]''. They were called into action during a Decepticon attack on the ship and battled a number of [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]]- and [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon]]-type [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] alongside [[Riptide (Armada)|Riptide]], [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]], and [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Land Military Mini-Con Team Toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|(''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Land Military Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2002]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Land Military Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-03'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Bonecrusher missile, Knock Out missile, 2 Wreckage missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: The Land Military Team was released in the first wave of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' toyline. All three members feature a firing missile launcher gimmick; while [[Knock Out (Armada)#Toys|Knock Out's]] is spring-loaded, [[Bonecrusher (Armada)#Toys|Bonecrusher]] and [[Wreckage (Armada)#Toys|Wreckage]] use pressure-launch mechanisms.

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release, also a first-wave release in the ''Legends of the Microns'' line, features ever-so-slightly darker red plastic than the Hasbro release. The light grey plastic is also more of a blue-grey. Knock-outs waist is also a pin joint instead of friction.

: This mold set was used to make the [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team#Toys|Night Attack Mini-Con Team]] and the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Cybertron)#Toys|''Cybertron'' Air Defense Mini-Con Team]].

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[[File:Armadatoy demolishor landmilitaryteam set.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ironhide & Land Military Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MS-03'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Bomb missile, Crack missile, 2 Shot missiles

: The Land Military Microns were available in Japan both as an individual team, and in a multi-pack with [[Demolishor (Armada)#Toys|Ironhide]] and [[Blackout (Armada)#Toys|Search]]. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:2003-landmilitarymicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Land Military Micron Exdimensions''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MM-08'''
:*''Release date'': December 26, 2002
:*''Accessories'': Bomb missile, Crack missile, 2 Shot missiles

: A limited-edition (but still normal retail) [[redeco]] of the Land Military Microns was released as part of the [[Exdimensions]] lineup.

: This set also doubles as the [[Rapid Deployment Mini-Con Team]].

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[[File:Arm-toy WreckageUltimate.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Shot Ultimate Edition]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Bomb Ultimate Edition''' (Promotional Micron, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Crack Ultimate Edition''' (Promotional Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Shot Ultimate Edition''' (Promotional Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 missiles
:*''Release date'': [[January 1]], 2003

: A limited edition redeco of the Land Military Microns was available as [[campaign item|promotional giveaway items]] in Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores: one randomly-selected member of the team was given free with the purchase of any ''Legends of the Microns'' toy in January 2000, and then again on [[March 20]]th with the purchase of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Armada|Convoy Super Mode]]. While numbers for the first release are unknown, 3600 Ultimate Land Military Microns were available for the March campaign.

: They were made available ''again'' on [[May 2]]nd at the Hello Mac store chain, with the purchase of either Convoy Super Mode or [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Armada|Megatron]], only this time you got the complete set of three with a single purchase, limited to ten sets total per store. Apparently, they made a lot.

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[[File:Armadatoy-NightAttackTeam.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Bomb Night Attack Edition''' (Promotional Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Crack Night Attack Edition''' (Promotional Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Shot Night Attack Edition''' (Promotional Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 missiles
:*''Release date'': [[April 24]], 2003
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}

: Identical to the U.S. release of the [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team#Toys|Night Attack Mini-Con Team]], one random member of Land Military Micron team was given away free at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores with the purchase of any ''Legends of the Microns'' product during April, limited to 4000 units.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Land Military Micron''' (ランドミリタリーマイクロン ''Rando Miritarī Maikuron'')
*''French:'' '''Équipe Militaire de Terre des Minimodus''' ("Land Military Mini-Con Team")
*''Spanish:'' '''Los Minimodus - Equipo Militar Terrestre''' ("The Mini-Cons - Land Military Team")

[[Category:Armada subgroups]]
[[Category:Mini-Con teams]]

Gunbarrel (Armada)

2025-04-07T15:31:58Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

{{picsneeded|fiction, first Universe toy}}
{{disambig3|Gunbarrel}}
{{factions|minicon|unicron|autobot|decepticon}}
:''Gunbarrel is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:MTMTE Gunbarrel1.jpg|right|upright=1.2|thumb|Here he leads with his iron foot.]]
'''Gunbarrel''' leads the [[Air Military Mini-Con Team]] with an iron fist. He's domineering, overbearing, and mean to the core. He's even carved victory notches and his personal motto "Death from above!" into his armor. He's basically a huge hardass, but he's also one that gets undeniable results. His Team is feared and respected on both sides of the conflict, and that's the way Gunbarrel likes it. He also respects the strength and skill of others when he comes across it.

An alternate-universe incarnation of Gunbarrel is partnered with the herald of [[Unicron]], [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]], but shares none of Gunbarrel's personality traits... he hasn't ''got'' a personality anymore. Untold millennia of servility to the dark Transformer have left him—and his fellow Mini-Cons—little more than [[drone]]s, utterly subservient to his master's will.

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[Image:FetchTactician01.jpg|upright=1|left|thumb]]
Gunbarrel and the Air Military Team were hidden away in storage on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], apparently trapped there for a million years unlike their fellow Mini-Cons who had been scattered over the Earth. They were found and recruited by [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] to the Decepticon cause, and incorporated into his battle strategies. Alongside the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]], the Decepticons now possessed a rather large air force for vanquishing the Autobots. After Thrust lured the Autobots into a tight ravine with a false Mini-Con signal, Gunbarrel and his flying partners joined with [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] in strafing the trapped Autobots. They were eventually overcome when [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] fired on the jets, bringing them down. {{storylink|Tactician}}

The Air Military Team and Air Defense Team were used in Thrust's next offensive as well. Gunbarrel and the others used the Autobots' prohibition against firing on Mini-Cons against them, keeping [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] distracted and surrounded in mid-air, cut off from his landbound fellow Autobots and unable to fire back at his attackers. {{storylink|Linkup}}

Gunbarrel and his squad were assembled again to do battle with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Jet Optimus]] alongside [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Dark Fleet armor]]. {{storylink|Desperate}}

On the moon, Gunbarrel and the other Mini-Cons were put to work by Megatron constructing a new space cruiser. When the Autobots lay siege to the Decepticon base, [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] sought out the Mini-Cons and tried to get them to accompany him to freedom. Their servility programming was too strong to overcome at first. After Gunbarrel and the others saw Perceptor valiantly risking his life against Megatron, however, the Mini-Cons shrugged off the chains of their oppression, and fled to the warp gate chamber where the Autobots transported them to safety on Earth. {{storylink|Rescue}}
{{--}}

===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[File:Razorclawrevelations.jpg|thumb|right|]]
One version of Gunbarrel was a slave of the dimension-hopping [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]], and was abducted by Unicron from [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]] along with fellow underling [[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/01}} They fought inside the [[Pit (Universe)|Pit]] during the final stage of the [[Universe War]], apparently as [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]]. Both were destroyed by [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

The version of Gunbarrel allied with Ramjet came with his master and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] during their mission to destroy [[Primus]] using the [[Dead Matrix]]. Their first move was to blast their way into the [[Vector Sigma]] chamber, where they neutralized both the supercomputer and [[Alpha Trion (Energon)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Balancing Act}} Gunbarrel, his fellow Mini-Cons and numerous [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetals]] later listened to Ramjet explain [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]]'s vampiric behavior, then stood beside their master as he met [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]]. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 3}} They all came with Ramjet and Nemesis Prime as they headed for Primus's chamber, but were confronted by [[Vector Prime]]. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 4}} As Ramjet dueled with the ancient Transformer, the Air Military Team powerlinxed with him to increase his strength, minus Gunbarrel {{storylink|Balancing Act, Pt 5}} who tried to escape after his master was banished by Vector Prime, only to be shot down with a [[smartnuke]] by [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada Gunbarrel toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Military Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Air Military Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-11'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[June 12]], 2003
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Gunbarrel transforms into a multi-engined military cargo plane of undetermined model. He also has a third "weapon" mode, a six-barreled (non-firing) cannon.

: As a Mini-Con, he has a "[[Powerlinx]]" socket on the underside of his vehicle mode that allows him to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating special [[gimmick]]s on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug.

: He was normally only available in a three-pack with his teammates [[Terradive (Armada)#Toys|Terradive]] and [[Thunderwing (Armada)#Toys|Thunderwing]]. In the [[Hasbro]] line, the Air Military Mini-Con Team was released in the fourth assortment of Mini-Con teams. In Japan, it was part of the fourth wave of ''Legend of the Microns'' product, released in [[June]] 2003. The Takara release has slightly lighter orange/red paint.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Gunbarrel/gunbarrel.htm More information on Gunbarrel at TFU.info]''
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Thrust & Air Military Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Sniper & Air Military'''
:*''ID number'': '''MS-06'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[June 12]], 2003

: In Japan, the Air Military Microns were also available in a multi-pack with [[Thrust (Armada)#Toys|Thrust]] and his Micron "[[Inferno (Armada)#Toys|Thunder]]". All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

: [[Sonokong]] also released the set in Korea under their ''Eunha Yeongung: Cybertron'' line. All of the toys are identical to their Japanese release, other than packaging. This was also the only way to obtain "Sniper" (Thrust) and the "Air Military" in Korea.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Military Micron Exdimensions''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MM-12'''
:*''Release date'': [[July 17]], 2003

: A limited-edition (yet still standard retail) "[[Exdimensions]]" [[redeco]] of the Air Military Microns was released in Japan. The entire team was redecoed in black, clear-black, and white plastics, plus given a light white paint-wash. Gunbarrel got a little bit of extra-special deco, with his engine intakes outlined in [[Vacuum metallizing|chrome]] silver.

: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Glide (Armada)|Glide]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XGlide/glide.htm More information on Exdimensions Glide at TFU.info]''
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Unicron with Dead End''' (Bonus pack, 2003)}}</ul>

: Late in the US line, [[Walmart]] stores received [[exclusive]] [[Unicron/toys#bonuspack|Unicron]] toys that came with the Air Military Mini-Con Team in a bubble attached to the top of the box. This set was sold for the normal retail price of Unicron… hey, free Mini-Cons!
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ramjet with Thunderclash, Gunbarrel, Thunderwing, and Terradive''' (Ultra Class, [[2004]])}}</ul>

: Available as part of a [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' "Spring Value Pack" with his master [[Ramjet (Universe)#Universe (2003)|Ramjet]], this version of Gunbarrel was redecoed in mostly darker shades of his original colors (despite what the boxback photography showed, see "Notes" below).

: This set also came with redecoes of the Mini-Cons [[Thunderclash (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Thunderclash]], [[Thunderwing (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Thunderwing]], and [[Terradive (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Terradive]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Gunbarrel/gunbarrel.htm More information on Spring Value Pack Gunbarrel at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TFU03-toy Gunbarrel Whirl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Whirl with Gunbarrel & Makeshift''' (Ultra Class, 2004)}}</ul>

: Gunbarrel was also redecoed for the regular-retail ''Universe'' series in tan and white. He was again only available in a multi-pack, this time with with [[Whirl (Universe)#Toys|Whirl]] and [[Makeshift (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Makeshift]], released in the third "official" wave of Ultra Class releases (''Universe'' has a few ".5" half-waves, which ultimately put this pack in the fifth set of Ultra releases, yes it's confusing).

: This deco of Gunbarrel was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Thunderstick]] in "[[Force of Habit]]".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/TFUGunbarrel/gunbarrel.htm More information on ''Universe'' Gunbarrel at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:Uni2003 Gunbarrel unused deco.JPG|right|thumb|120px|]]
* The packaging for the Toys"R"Us ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Ramjet sets shows an Air Military Team in very different colors (at right). Gunbarrel is pictured with a deco extremely similar to the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Skyscorcher]] [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]].
*Gunbarrel's name is a multilingual pun on ''ganbaru'' (頑張る), Japanese for 'hard-working' or 'dedicated'.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1t-HsxvpjM&t=880 The Toy Armada episode 8: Transformers Armada Deep Toy / Character Review part 1]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Glide''' (グライド ''Guraido''), '''Gunbarrel''' (ガンバレル ''Ganbareru'')
*''Korean:'' '''Glide''' (글라이드 ''Geullaideu'')

==References==
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[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Children of Primus]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
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Air Military Mini-Con Team

2025-04-07T15:31:18Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

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[[File:Bios card AIRMILITARY.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|[[Furmanism|Like a vast, predatory bird…]]]]

The '''Air Military Mini-Con Team''' specializes in supporting ground-based units with precision bombing and lightning-fast strategic strikes, rarely leaving anything more than burning craters and wrecked metal in their wake.

An alternate-dimension incarnation of the Air Military Mini-Con Team was trapped in the void between worlds with their master [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]]. These Mini-Cons were little more than mindless slaves to Ramjet's will (and ultimately to the will of [[Unicron]]), though, lacking the developed personalities and souls of their other counterparts.

The Air Military Mini-Con Team is composed of…

*[[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] the cargo plane.
*[[Terradive (Armada)|Terradive]] the "Blackbird"-style stealth jet.
*[[Thunderwing (Armada)|Thunderwing]] the "flying wing" stealth bomber.

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[File:Air military.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.4|It WAS a good idea to store your Mini-Cons in an unguarded exterior closet...]]
The Air Military Team were hidden away in storage on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], apparently trapped there for a million years unlike their fellow Mini-Cons who had been scattered over the Earth. They were found and recruited by [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] to the Decepticon cause, and incorporated into his battle strategies. Alongside the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]], the Decepticons now possessed a rather large air force for vanquishing the Autobots. After Thrust lured the Autobots into a tight ravine with a false Mini-Con signal, the trio joined with [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] in strafing the trapped Autobots. They were eventually overcome when [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] fired on the jets, bringing them down. {{storylink|Tactician}}

The Air Military Team and Air Defense Team were used in Thrust's next offensive as well. Gunbarrel and the others used the Autobots' prohibition against firing on Mini-Cons against them, keeping [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] distracted and surrounded in mid-air, cut off from his landbound fellow Autobots and unable to fire back at his attackers. {{storylink|Linkup}} The Air Military Team were assembled again to do battle with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Jet Optimus]] alongside [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Dark Fleet armor]]. {{storylink|Desperate}}

On the moon, Gunbarrel and Thunderwing were among the Mini-Cons put to work by Megatron constructing a new space cruiser. When the Autobots lay siege to the Decepticon base, [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] sought out the Mini-Cons and tried to get them to accompany him to freedom. Their servility programming was too strong to overcome at first. After Gunbarrel and Thunderwing saw Perceptor valiantly risking his life against Megatron, however, the Mini-Cons shrugged off the chains of their oppression, and fled to the warp gate chamber where the Autobots transported them to safety on Earth. {{storylink|Rescue}}

{{groupstub|{{storylink|Union}}}}
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===''Cybertron'' comic===
The Air Military Team serving Ramjet arrived with their master, [[Thunderclash (Armada)|Thunderclash]], and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] to the Cybertron of [[Aurex 405.0 Epsilon]]. The [[Unicron Singularity]] Crisis had forced the near-complete desertion of the local Cybertron, leaving it ripe for the evil Heralds' plan to resurrect Unicron. {{storylink|Balancing Act}} The Team faithfully assisted as their master fought [[Vector Prime]] as Nemesis Prime proceeded to Primus's spark chamber in order to use the [[Dead Matrix]], {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 3}} {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 4}} {{storylink|Balancing Act, Pt 5}} only for Vector Prime to emerge victorious as he blasted Ramjet through a [[Warp gate|dimension gate]] into the nothingness in between worlds, the Mini-Cons going with their master. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada airmilitaryteam toys.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"You know, we get repainted into girls later on."<br>"Really?"<br>"Yeah, expensive girls, too."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Military Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Air Military Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-11'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[June 12]], 2003
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: The Air Military Mini-Con Team ([[Gunbarrel (Armada)#Toys|Gunbarrel]], [[Terradive (Armada)#Toys|Terradive]], and [[Thunderwing (Armada)#Toys|Thunderwing]]) are a trio of tiny robots who turn into tiny military aircraft. As Mini-Cons, they each have a [[Powerlinx]] port that allows them to connect to toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating [[gimmick]]s on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug. Each one also has a third weapon mode that larger toys can use via Powerlinx attachment.

: This version of the Team was nominally available as a three-pack, sold in fifth assortment of Mini-Con teams in [[Hasbro]]'s ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' line. In Japan, the pack was part of the massive first wave of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)#Takara Legends of the Microns toyline|Legend of the Microns]]'' product. The orange/red paint on the Takara release of Gunbarrel is slightly lighter than the Hasbro version.

: These molds were also used to make the [[Sonic Assault Team#Toys|Sonic Assault Team]], [[Sky Scorcher Mini-Con Team]], [[Sky Attack Mini-Con Team]], and [[Caliber Mini-Con Team]].

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Thrust & Air Military Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Sniper & Air Military'''
:*''ID number'': '''MS-06'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[June 12]], 2003

: In Japan, the Air Military Microns were also available in a multi-pack with [[Thrust (Armada)#Toys|Thrust]] and his Micron "[[Inferno (Armada)#Toys|Thunder]]". All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

: [[Sonokong]] also released the set in Korea under their ''Eunha Yeongung: Cybertron'' line. All of the toys are identical to their Japanese release, other than packaging. This was also the only way to obtain "Sniper" (Thrust) and the "Air Military" in Korea.

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[[File:2003-airmilitarymicron-xdimension-toys2.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Military Micron Exdimensions''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MM-12'''
:*''Release date'': [[July 17]], 2003

: Released in the fifth wave of ''Legend of the Microns'' as part of the [[Exdimensions]] series, the entire team was [[redeco]]ed in primarily black plastics with some gray-wash, a rare instance of deco layout change in the Exdimensions. Unfortunately, the softer vinyl plastic parts were changed to harder transparent plastics, making them more fragile than the regular release (Terradive's nosecone/claws are particularly prone to breaking). This release was normal retail, but produced in more limited numbers than the normal deco.

: This release of the Air Military Microns was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Nocturnal Assault Mini-Con Team]].

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Unicron with Dead End''' (Bonus pack, 2003)}}</ul>

: Late in the U.S. line, [[Walmart]] stores received [[exclusive]] [[Unicron/toys#bonuspack|Unicron]] toys that came with the Air Military Mini-Con Team in a bubble attached to the top of the box. This set was sold for the normal retail price of Unicron… hey, free Mini-Cons!
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
{{anchor|Universeramjet}}
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ramjet w/ Thunderclash, Gunbarrel, Thunderwing, & Terradive''' (Ultra Class, [[2004]])}}</ul>

: Part of the [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] "Spring Value Pack", the Air Military Mini-Con Team was ''very'' slightly [[redeco]]ed for inclusion with [[Ramjet (Universe)#Toys|Ramjet]].

: The box-back shows a significantly different coloration for the team; why these colors were not used is unknown.

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[[File:TFU03-toy Gunbarrel Whirl.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Whirl-pack-in Gunbarrel.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Fireflight with Firebot and Thunderwing''' (Deluxe Class, 2004)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Stockade & Magna Stampede with Prowl & Terradive''' (Ultra Class, 2004)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Whirl with Makeshift & Gunbarrel''' (Ultra Class, 2004)}}</ul>

: The Air Military Mini-Con Team was redecoed in tan and white for the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|2003 ''Universe'' toyline]], but were split up among three different [[Autobot]] multi-packs.

: [[Thunderwing (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Thunderwing]] came in a Deluxe Class set with [[Fireflight (Universe Deluxe)|Fireflight]]. [[Terradive (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Terradive]] was packed in an Ultra Class set with [[Stockade (Universe 2003)#Toys|Stockade]] and [[Magna Stampede]], and [[Gunbarrel (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Gunbarrel]] came in another Ultra Class set, this one with [[Whirl (Universe)#Toys|Whirl]].
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Air Military Micron''' (エアミリタリーマイクロン ''Ea Miritarī Maikuron'')
*''French:'' '''L'équipe de Forces Aérienne des Minimodus''' ("Air Force Mini-Con Team")
*''Korean:'' '''Air Military''' (에어밀리터리 ''Eeo Milliteori'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Los Minimodus - Equipo de las Fuerzas Aéreas''' ("The Mini-Cons - Air Force Team")

[[Category:Armada subgroups]]
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Sonar (Armada)

2025-04-07T15:29:54Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

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{{disambig3|Sonar}}
:''Sonar is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Sonar-SuArt.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|''Oh'' yeah.]]
'''Sonar''' feels he owes [[Runway (Armada)|Runway]] his life and more, and so, he backs up his "leader" 100%. It's not that Sonar is any less intelligent than Runway or anything. He's just convinced he owes Runway ''that much''. Of course, Runway, being Runway, always turns to Sonar and [[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] for advice and a pair of second opinions, though it seems he might not get the opinions he really needs out of either of them.

Still, Sonar is quick and technically proficient, always good qualities to have.

{{bigquote|Even an ace pilot is only as good as his wingbot.|Sonar’s [[bio]] quote.}}

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==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
While demolishing a [[Decepticon]] satellite dish, the Air Defense Mini-Con Team detected a [[Mini-Con]] distress signal and reported it to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. The [[Autobot]] leader ordered them to wait till they had backup, but the impatient Mini-Cons set out on their own, finding the distress signal to be a trap by [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]. Capturing the three, Galvatron forced them to combine into the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Dark Saber]]. The weapon was of little help in battle with Optimus Prime and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], who rescued the Mini-Cons by combining and kicking Galvatron away. Released from captivity, the Mini-Cons were reprimanded by the two Autobots for their disobedience. {{Storylink|Armada Volume 3}}

===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[File:Ruin-Star Saber Minicons.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|The animators took tips from [[:File:Bludgeonstrangleholdoctopunchmodelsheet.jpg|José Delbo]] and [[:File:Transfixatron.jpg|AKOM]] in [[character model]] tracing.]]
Long ago, the panels containing Jetstorm, Runway, and Sonar were discovered by the people of [[Atlantis]]. With the power of the Mini-Cons, they created a mighty empire. But the rest of the world turned on them, leading to Atlantis's downfall. Sonar's Mini-Con panel was lost in the underwater ruins of the city for millennia before [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] uncovered it. Despite all his efforts, however, the Decepticon leader could not activate the Mini-Con without his two brothers. {{storylink|Ruin}} Once the other two Air Defense Team were recovered (albeit, by the Autobots), Megatron's activation signal finally brought Sonar on-line. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

Using Sonar as a guide, Megatron was able to track down the other members of his trio and pinpoint the Autobot base. When they came into the presence of [[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] and [[Runway (Armada)|Runway]], Megatron and Sonar were able to activate the other two and forge the Star Saber for the first time in millennia. Before Megatron could fully [[powerlinx]] with the sword, however, it was knocked from his hand and fell into [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]]'s grasp. Hot Shot had the Star Saber scan his image, and so he became the primary wielder of the most powerful weapon in the galaxy. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

Hot Shot continued to partner with Sonar and his comrades, using the Star Saber at every available opportunity. He used them to battle [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] out in some grassy fields. {{storylink|Overmatch}} Next, he brought the Air Defense Team to the big city, and confronted Scavenger again before finally using the Star Saber to cleave through an entire highway, setting the mercenary up for a great big fall. {{storylink|Gale}}

Sonar and the others soon exchanged hands, however, thanks to a carefully orchestrated plot by the turncoat, [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]. After tricking Hot Shot into traveling to the Decepticon base on the moon, Sideways got him to relinquish control of the Star Saber long enough for Starscream to powerlinx with the trio instead, claiming the sword as his own. {{storylink|Credulous}} The Decepticons celebrated a streak of victories after claiming the Star Saber, although Megatron wasn't satisfied until he manipulated Starscream into giving over personal control of the Star Saber to him. {{storylink|Conspiracy}} Megatron used Sonar and his comrades in battle at every opportunity, relishing in the power he gained from the Star Saber. Even the mighty sword didn't stop Scavenger and Optimus Prime from humiliating him in one conflict, though. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

Megatron continued to use his new sword in every battle that followed, so much so that Sonar and the others were rarely seen in their separate forms. After he gained the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] as well, Megatron attempted to destroy Optimus Prime once and for all by wielding the Air Defense Team and Race Team in battle at once. He failed, and ended up losing the shield to the Autobots. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

[[File:Conspiracy starscream and airdefteam.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.33]]
The Star Saber remained Megatron's favorite toy in battle, but the tide had truly turned once the Autobots took possession of the Skyboom Shield. Perhaps considering that methods other than brute force were needed, Megatron summoned the tactician [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] to Earth. Thrust acquired the [[Air Military Mini-Con Team|Air Military Team]], who supplemented Sonar and the Air Defense Team as a considerable air force. This marked the first occasion where Megatron allowed others to use the Defense Team since swiping them from Starscream, and utilizing them as individuals instead of just as the sword. Thrust used Sonar and the others in a trap for the Autobots at the bottom of a deep ravine, and the Decepticons only lost due to the timely arrival of [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Tactician}}

Thrust and the Decepticon Mini-Con Air Force struck again in another airborne struggle, where Jetfire was confronted by nearly a dozen flying Decepticon and Mini-Con opponents, cut off from his ground-based comrades. Sonar, Runway and Jetstorm kept him distracted until Megatron summoned them to form the Star Saber against the other Autobots. {{storylink|Linkup}} With Thrust's tactical scenarios in full play, Sonar and the Air Defense Team continued to alternate between serving in the Decepticon Air Force and as Megatron's personal Star Saber. {{storylink|Desperate}}

After Megatron set his eyes on a new prize, the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], he reluctantly passed off the Star Saber to Starscream as part of a plot to steal the Blaster from the Autobots. Starscream was given the sword to call the Autobots out for combat, but was soon abandoned on the battlefield when Thrust closed the warp field behind him, leaving Starscream alone and stranded in the midst of enemies. He tried to fight Optimus Prime with the Star Saber, but Prime continually refused to strike back, saying his only concern was the protection of the Mini-Cons. This apparently penetrated the processors of Sonar and the others, as the Star Saber powered down in Starscream's hands, and he couldn't get the blade to work for him any more against Optimus. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}

[[File:Regeneration minicons hug Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33]]
Battered and bruised, Starscream eventually made his way back to the Decepticon moon base with Sonar and the Air Defense Team in tow. Megatron off-handedly brushed off the fact that they deserted Starscream, and told him to get himself cleaned up. While rejuvenating in an energon bath, Starscream generously invited Runway, Sonar and Jetstorm to join him in the chamber. After Starscream overheard Megatron and Thrust plotting to further mistreat him, he abandoned the Decepticon cause and took the Air Defense Team with him. The Star Saber Mini-Cons reunited with the Autobots when Starscream joined his former enemies in the hopes of gaining revenge against Megatron. In fact, it was the concern that Sonar and the others showed for Starscream that helped convince Optimus Prime to accept Starscream into their ranks. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}}

After Starscream failed to revenge himself upon Megatron during a moon raid, he used the Star Saber to take out his fury on some rock formations around the Autobot base. Sonar and the other Mini-Cons tried to calm him down, but to no avail. Starscream brought the Star Saber with him on the next mission, to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], but he ignored the search for the Mini-Con because of his obsession with facing Megatron. Sonar and his partners had to seek out Jetfire to bring Starscream back in line with the mission. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} When Starscream decided to return to the Decepticons, he brought Sonar and the Air Defense Team back with him as well, uniting the three Mini-Con super-weapons under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Crack (episode)|Crack}}

Sonar and the Air Defense Team had little time to act as individuals after that, remaining powerlinxed as the Star Saber while the Decepticons used the sword as one-third of the [[Hydra Cannon]], before it was stolen by Sideways and used to provide power to the heart of Unicron. Runway, Sonar and Jetstorm reawakened as individuals with the help of [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]], who had journeyed to Unicron's core with Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and the Earth children to grant the super-weapon Mini-Cons their freedom. {{storylink|Origin}} Sonar fled Unicron aboard the Autobot Jetfire just before the Chaos-Bringer was finally destroyed. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
Sonar and his teammates were captured when the [[Decepticon]]s attacked their hometown of [[Mini-Con Sector|Village B13]], but they managed to escape [[Decepticon Headquarters (Armada)|Decepticon Headquarters]]. Taking refuge in the [[Garbage Disposal District]], they salvaged [[Exodus (Armada)|an old starship]] which they planned to use to take all Mini-Cons to freedom. With some help from fellow escapee [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], they broke their fellow Mini-Cons out of the Decepticon base and made their way into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}

While it was a good plan, the old ship malfunctioned and crashed on [[Earth]], where the Mini-Cons lay dormant for a million years. Once a reactivation signal brought them back online, the Air Defense Team took up residence in [[Rapid City]], where Sonar played [[chess]] with [[Runway (Armada)|Runway]] while waiting for the latter to think of a new plan. Before long, they were found by the Decepticons, and Sonar made a run for it while frantically sending out an emergency signal to any other Mini-Cons out there. In the end, he was hunted down by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], taken to the Decepticon base and forcibly combined with his teammates into the powerful [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] used the sword to attack the [[Autobot]] base, but [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] took it from him and begged the Air Defense Team to fight Megatron's control and remember who they were. His pleas got through, and Sonar and his teammates separated and fought back against the Decepticons. They still didn't want to join the Autobots, though, and went back into hiding. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}

Some time later, the Air Defense Team was summoned to a [[Mini-Con Ark|strange structure]] in [[Kansas]]. Mindlessly, they flew to the structure and entered it, and it turned out to be a starship designed to bring them to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} Sonar and [[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] were left imprisoned on [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]'s [[Mini-Con Moonbase|moonbase]] while Runway was taken on a tour around the place. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Shortly after Runway was reunited with them, the Decepticons attacked the moonbase. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

Following the evacuation of the moonbase, Sonar and his teammates disappeared for a while. They returned when a larger threat than the Decepticons showed up in the form of a [[Herald of Unicron]]. Against their better judgment, the Air Defense Team came to Megatron's aid and combined into the Star Saber, allowing him to defeat his [[Galvatron (G1)|powerful opponent]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} Thankfully, Megatron didn't get to keep his hold on the Star Saber, as the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] distracted him and allowed the Air Defense Team to separate and escape. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

The Herald of Unicron was soon followed by [[Unicron]] himself, so all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered to join the fight against him. After returning to Cybertron, Sonar joined the rest of the Mini-Cons in channeling their energies through the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and heavily damaging Unicron. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}
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===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
After awakening on Earth, Sonar and his team began performing various heroic deeds around the [[United States of America]], such as saving climbers. After diverting a falling satellite from crashing in [[Chicago]], they found that it had just been bait set by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] to capture them. The Decepticon grabbed Jetstorm, and Sonar and Runway fired on him to no avail. Thankfully, a group of Autobots arrived to save the team, but they still refused to join the Autobots. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|Devices and Desires!}}

The Air Defense Team's rescue of Chicago wound up being captured on camera, and images of the three Mini-Cons was broadcast on television. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Blast from the Past!}}

Looking to get off Earth, the Air Defense Team regretfully decided that they had to steal [[human]] space technology. Sonar busted into a [[NASA]] facility, only to find several [[Extra-Terrestrial Response Division|ERTD]] soldiers waiting for them. They quickly took out Runway, angering Sonar, but Jetstorm warned him against hurting the humans. Unwilling to fight back, the two remaining Mini-Cons were then incapacitated as well, and the Air Defense Team was moved to [[Area 54]]. Sonar woke up soon enough and rebooted Runway whilst Jetstorm hacked the ERTD's database. After learning that the humans had captured the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] as well, they escaped from Area 54. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|'We Are Not Alone!'}}

Before long, Sonar and the others ran into Starscream again, and were promptly beaten up and captured. The Decepticon disengaged the team's personality chips and combined them into the legendary Star Saber, which he promptly used to assault the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]]. However, Starscream didn't know only the will of the Air Defense Team members could keep the Star Saber's power in check, so without their personalities intact, the weapon quickly went out of control. As its power threatened to rip the Earth apart, Optimus Prime showed up and urged Sonar and the others to separate out of their own free will. His words reached them, and the planet was saved. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade!}} The Air Defense Team subsequently told the Autobots about the Mini-Cons captured by the ERTD and managed to track them down thanks to [[Amos Hume]]. They found that the humans were attempting to auction the Mini-Cons off, so Sonar and the others interrupted by disabling their technology with [[pulse disruptor beam]]s. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|Sale of the Century!}}

==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Arm-toy SonarADT.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Defense Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2002]] / [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Air Defense Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-02'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: Released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toys, Sonar transforms into a {{w|VentureStar}} concept shuttle. He also forms the hilt to the [[Star Saber (Armada)#Toys|Star Saber]] sword, which can be held by any other Transformer that has [[5 mm post|5 mm fist-holes]]. As a Mini-Con, he has a pair of "[[Powerlinx]]" sockets on the underside of his vehicle mode that allow him to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating special [[gimmick]]s on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug. The Takara release features pins for the elbow joints instead of Hasbro's friction joints.

: Unfortunately, the transparant plastic that makes up Sonar's means of connecting to his teammates to form the Star Saber is prone to developing small fractures due to stress as a result of supporting the weapon's weight. Once this happens, the Star Saber will have even more difficulty holding together when combined.

: He was only available in a Mini-Con three-pack with his teammates [[Jetstorm (Armada)#Toys|Jetstorm]] and [[Runway (Armada)#Toys|Runway]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Sonar/sonar.htm More information on Sonar at TFU.info]''{{ArmadaSonarMold}}

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[[File:Hot Rod and Air Defense Micron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Hot Rod & Air Defense Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Red Gun & Air Defense'''
:*''ID number'': '''MS-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002

: In Japan, the Air Defense Microns were available both in an individual set and in a multi-pack with [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Rod]] and [[Jolt (Armada)#Toys|Jolt]]. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

: This set explains the Team's clear plastic: it was intended to go with Takara Hot Rod's electronic light-up fist, a feature that was dropped from the Hasbro Hot Shot release of the toy for cost reasons. (The Takara version mostly just lights up sword-base, but not the rest of the Star Saber.)

: This set was also released by [[Sonokong]] in Korea, with no changes from the Takara release, other than the packaging. This was also the only way to obtain "Red Gun" (Hot Shot) and the "Air Defense" in Korea.

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[[File:Arm-toy Sonar XD.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Form Citrus Saber!!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Defense Micron Exdimensions''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:* ''ID number'': '''MM-07'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 26]], 2002

: A limited-edition (yet still standard retail) "[[Exdimensions]]" [[redeco]] of the Air Defense Microns was released in Japan. For this version, the team's opaque plastics changed to orange and red, and the paint trim changed to match.

: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Shuttler (Armada)|Shuttler]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XShuttler/shuttler.htm More information on Exdimensions Shuttler at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaSonarMold}}

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''CD Limited Edition Air Defense Micron''' (CD pack-in, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 1]], 2003

: Cast entirely in blue and clear-blue plastics, this incarnation of the Air Defense Microns is supposed to represent the Star Saber as it appears in the cartoon when combined into the Star Saber, as a glowing blue "energy blade".

: It was only available as a pack-in with the CD single of the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Legends of the Microns'' cartoon's]] [[theme song|ending theme]], "[[Never Ending Road]]", by [[Psychic Lover]].

: The team's official name has bounced a bit: the name listed above is what it's called on the packaging. Magazine solicitations called it the "Air Defense Micron Clear Blue Edition", while the "Micron Museum" portion of Takara's website called it the "Air Defense Micron Anime Color (CD version)".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDShuttler/shuttler.htm More information on Anime Color Shuttler at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaSonarMold}}

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[[File:Arm-toy Sonar Kabaya.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Shuttler''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''6'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2003

: Part of the first [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] ''[[Change Micron]]'' assortment, each of the Air Defense Microns were sold in individual boxes, packed with a small bag of fizzy ramune candy.

: The most immediately-noticeable change to these toys is that their transparent plastics have been replaced with opaque white, which certainly makes them a lot less prone to cracking, and in Sonar/Shuttler's case, means his legs no longer need extra white paint on them. However, these toys are also actually a completely new mold-set, with various tiny detail/proportion differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMShuttler/shuttler.htm More information on Change Micron Shuttler at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Shuttler''' (Micron Booster, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Booster ID number'': '''5'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 7]], 2003

: Part of the first ''[[Micron Booster]]'' set, sold only in individual blind-packed boxes, this version of the Air Defense Microns is almost wholly identical to the normal retail release. The only difference is that this version is cast in slightly-sparkly plastic and uses slightly-sparkly paint. The difference is almost unnoticeable unless you look at the two versions side-by-side.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/MBShuttler/shuttler.htm More information on Micron Booster Shuttler at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Armadatoy AirAssaultSonar.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Assault Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)}}</ul>

: A "tainted by evil" redeco of the team released by Hasbro, this version of the trio replaces the transparent plastic with opaque off-white, the other colors turning predominantly black and purple.

: This coloration was altered for the Takara version of the [[Aerial Extermination Mini-Con Team|Air Assault Microns]], who are separate characters from the Air Defense Mini-Con Team; this specific mold became [[Maverick (Armada)#Toys|Shade]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Sonar/sonar.htm More information on Air Assault Sonar at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaSonarMold}}
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==Notes==
* A CGI-rendered Sonar was one of several Mini-Cons who could be seen emerging from storage panels at the beginning of Armada toy commercials.
* The Air Defense Team is the only one of the three "legendary Mini-Con weapons" Teams to ''not'' appear in either of ''Armada''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sequel series.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Shuttler''' (シャトラー ''Shatorā'')
*''Korean:'' '''Shuttler''' (셔틀러 ''Syeoteulleo'')

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Jetstorm (Armada)

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{{disambig3|Jetstorm}}
:''Jetstorm is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''
[[File:Jetstorm-SuArt.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Not Runway, apparently.]]

'''Jetstorm''' is bottling up a whole lot of anger and resentment against the [[Decepticon]]s. He hides it all under an air of good-naturedness, and tends to simply follow whatever plans his teammates [[Runway (Armada)|Runway]] and [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] come up with. He's afraid of his own anger, especially since he knows that evil intent can warp the power of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team's]] combined mode, the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], so he tries hard to stay calm and cool. It's better to be thought of as simple-minded than unleash an evil onto the universe for the Decepticons to control, he figures.

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==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
While demolishing a [[Decepticon]] satellite dish, the Air Defense Mini-Con Team detected a [[Mini-Con]] distress signal and reported it to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. The [[Autobot]] leader ordered them to wait till they had backup, but the impatient Mini-Cons set out on their own, finding the distress signal to be a trap by [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]. Capturing the three, Galvatron forced them to combine into the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Dark Saber]]. The weapon was of little help in battle with Optimus Prime and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], who rescued the Mini-Cons by combining and kicking Galvatron away. Released from captivity, the Mini-Cons were reprimanded by the two Autobots for their disobedience. {{Storylink|Armada Volume 3}}

===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[File:Ruin-Star Saber Minicons.jpg|right|upright=1.33|thumb|The animators took tips from [[:File:Bludgeonstrangleholdoctopunchmodelsheet.jpg|José Delbo]] and [[:File:Transfixatron.jpg|AKOM]] in [[character model]] tracing.]]
Long ago, the panels containing Jetstorm, Runway, and Sonar were discovered by the people of [[Atlantis]]. With the power of the Mini-Cons, they created a mighty empire. But the rest of the world turned on them, leading to Atlantis's downfall. Jetstorm and the other Mini-Cons of the Star Saber trio were hidden away so that no one else might abuse their power. {{storylink|Ruin}}

Jetstorm's [[Mini-Con storage panel|Mini-Con panel]] was found embedded in an [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] ice wall by [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. Before he could warp back to the moon, however, the panel was snagged by [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. Back at base, the Autobots caught a brief glimpse of Jetstorm before his storage panel sent him back into a pre-programmed hibernation. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}}

Eventually, the other two Air Defense Team panels were recovered by the Autobots and Decepticons, one apiece. [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] then used [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] to track down the other members of his trio and pinpoint the Autobot base. When they came into the presence of Jetstorm and [[Runway (Armada)|Runway]], Megatron and Sonar were able to activate the other two and forge the Star Saber for the first time in millennia. Before Megatron could fully [[powerlinx]] with the sword, however, it was knocked from his hand and fell into [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]]'s grasp. Hot Shot had the Star Saber scan his image, and so he became the primary wielder of the most powerful weapon in the galaxy. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

Hot Shot continued to partner with Jetstorm and his comrades, using the Star Saber at every available opportunity. He used them to battle Starscream and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] out in some grassy fields. {{storylink|Overmatch}} Next, he brought the Air Defense Team to the big city, and confronted Scavenger again before finally using the Star Saber to cleave through an entire highway, setting the mercenary up for a great big fall. {{storylink|Gale}}

[[File:Conspiracy starscream and airdefteam.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.33]]
Jetstorm and the others soon exchanged hands, however, thanks to a carefully orchestrated plot by the turncoat, [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]. After tricking Hot Shot into traveling to the Decepticon base on the moon, Sideways got him to relinquish control of the Star Saber long enough for Starscream to powerlinx with the trio instead, claiming the sword as his own. {{storylink|Credulous}} The Decepticons celebrated a streak of victories after claiming the Star Saber, although Megatron wasn't satisfied until he manipulated Starscream into giving over personal control of the Star Saber to him. {{storylink|Conspiracy}} Megatron used Jetstorm and his comrades in battle at every opportunity, relishing in the power he gained from the Star Saber. Even the mighty sword didn't stop Scavenger and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] from humiliating him in one conflict, though. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

Megatron continued to use his new sword in every battle that followed, so much so that Jetstorm and the others were rarely seen in their separate forms. After he gained the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] as well, Megatron attempted to destroy Optimus Prime once and for all by wielding the Air Defense Team and Race Team in battle at once. He failed, and ended up losing the shield to the Autobots. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

The Star Saber remained Megatron's favorite toy in battle, but the tide had truly turned once the Autobots took possession of the Skyboom Shield. Perhaps considering that methods other than brute force were needed, Megatron summoned the tactician [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] to Earth. Thrust acquired the [[Air Military Mini-Con Team|Air Military Team]], who supplemented Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team as a considerable air force. This marked the first occasion where Megatron allowed others to use the Defense Team since swiping them from Starscream, and utilizing them as individuals instead of just as the sword. Thrust used Sonar and the others in a trap for the Autobots at the bottom of a deep ravine, and the Decepticons only lost due to the timely arrival of [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Tactician}}

Thrust and the Decepticon Mini-Con Air Force struck again in another airborne struggle, where Jetfire was confronted by nearly a dozen flying Decepticon and Mini-Con opponents, cut off from his ground-based comrades. Sonar, Runway and Jetstorm kept him distracted until Megatron summoned them to form the Star Saber against the other Autobots. {{storylink|Linkup}} With Thrust's tactical scenarios in full play, Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team continued to alternate between serving in the Decepticon Air Force and as Megatron's personal Star Saber. {{storylink|Desperate}}

After Megatron set his eyes on a new prize, the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], he reluctantly passed off the Star Saber to Starscream as part of a plot to steal the Blaster from the Autobots. Starscream was given the sword to call the Autobots out for combat, but was soon abandoned on the battlefield when Thrust closed the warp field behind him, leaving Starscream alone and stranded in the midst of enemies. He tried to fight Optimus Prime with the Star Saber, but Prime continually refused to strike back, saying his only concern was the protection of the Mini-Cons. This apparently penetrated the processors of Jetstorm and the others, as the Star Saber powered down in Starscream's hands, and he couldn't get the blade to work for him any more against Optimus. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}

[[File:Regeneration minicons hug Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.33]]
Battered and bruised, Starscream eventually made his way back to the Decepticon moon base with Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team in tow. Megatron off-handedly brushed off the fact that they deserted Starscream, and told him to get himself cleaned up. While rejuvenating in an energon bath, Starscream generously invited Runway, Sonar and Jetstorm to join him in the chamber. After Starscream overheard Megatron and Thrust plotting to further mistreat him, he abandoned the Decepticon cause and took the Air Defense Team with him. The Star Saber Mini-Cons reunited with the Autobots when Starscream joined his former enemies in the hopes of gaining revenge against Megatron. In fact, it was the concern that Jetstorm and the others showed for Starscream that helped convince Optimus Prime to accept Starscream into their ranks. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}}

After Starscream failed to revenge himself upon Megatron during a moon raid, he used the Star Saber to take out his fury on some rock formations around the Autobot base. Jetstorm and the other Mini-Cons tried to calm him down, but to no avail. Starscream brought the Star Saber with him on the next mission, to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], but he ignored the search for the Mini-Con because of his obsession with facing Megatron. Jetstorm and his partners had to seek out Jetfire to bring Starscream back in line with the mission. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} When Starscream decided to return to the Decepticons, he brought Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team back with him as well, uniting the three Mini-Con super-weapons under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Crack (episode)|Crack}}

Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team had little time to act as individuals after that, remaining powerlinxed as the Star Saber while the Decepticons used the sword as one-third of the [[Hydra Cannon]], before it was stolen by Sideways and used to provide power to the heart of Unicron. Runway, Sonar and Jetstorm reawakened as individuals with the help of [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]], who had journeyed to Unicron's core with Optimus Prime, Galvatron and the Earth children to grant the super-weapon Mini-Cons their freedom. {{storylink|Origin}} Jetstorm fled Unicron aboard the Autobot Jetfire just before the Chaos-Bringer was finally destroyed. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
When the [[Decepticon]]s began hunting down Mini-Cons, Jetstorm lived [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con Village B13]] along with his teammates [[Runway (Armada)|Runway]] and [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]]. The Decepticons eventually attacked B13 and captured them, but they escaped [[Decepticon Headquarters (Armada)|Decepticon Headquarters]] and took refuge in the [[Garbage Disposal District]], where they managed to salvage [[Exodus (Armada)|an old starship]]. The Air Defense Team planned to break their fellow Mini-Cons out of the Decepticon base, then take to the stars in search of freedom. When they found another runaway Mini-Con, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], Jetstorm extracted a Decepticon tracking device from his shoulder. With Sparkplug's help, they successfully then went through with their plan. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}

However, their ship malfunctioned and crashed on [[Earth]], where the Jetstorm and the others lay dormant for a million years. After awakening thanks to a reactivation signal, they hid in [[Rapid City]] whilst <s>thinking up a new plan</s> letting Runway think up a new plan to get them and their brothers into space again. Before long, they were found by the Decepticons, who captured them and forcibly combined them into the powerful [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] used the sword to attack the [[Autobot]] base, but [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] took it from him and begged the Air Defense Team to fight Megatron's control and remember who they were. His pleas got through, and Jetstorm and his teammates separated and fought back against the Decepticons. They still didn't want to join the Autobots, though, and went back into hiding. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}

Some time later, the Air Defense Team was summoned to a [[Mini-Con Ark|strange structure]] in [[Kansas]]. Mindlessly, they flew to the structure and entered it, and it turned out to be a starship designed to bring them to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} Jetstorm and Sonar were left imprisoned on [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]'s [[Mini-Con Moonbase|moonbase]] while Runway was taken on a tour around the place. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Shortly after Runway was reunited with them, the Decepticons attacked the moonbase. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

Following the evacuation of the moonbase, Jetstorm and his teammates disappeared for a while. They returned when a larger threat than the Decepticons showed up in the form of a [[Herald of Unicron]]. Against their better judgment, the Air Defense Team came to Megatron's aid and combined into the Star Saber, allowing him to defeat his [[Galvatron (G1)|powerful opponent]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} Thankfully, Megatron didn't get to keep his hold on the Star Saber, as the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] distracted him and allowed the Air Defense Team to separate and escape. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

The Herald of Unicron was soon followed by [[Unicron]] himself, so all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered to join the fight against him. After returning to Cybertron, Jetstorm joined the rest of the Mini-Cons in channeling their energies through the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and heavily damaging Unicron. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}
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===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
{{note|In the Panini comics, Jetstorm's name and personality were switched with [[Runway (Armada)|Runway]]'s (see [[#Notes|Notes]] for more information). This article considers this to be an error, and the events below relate to the Mini-Con with Jetstorm's body rather the Mini-Con with Jetstorm's name.}}

Jetstorm was among the Mini-Cons who ended up near [[Lincoln (city)|Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]] when their ship crashed, but he disappeared shortly after being reactivated. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} He began leading his team on various heroic deeds around the country, such as diverting a falling satellite from crashing in [[Chicago]]. However, this accident turned out to be bait set by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who was out to capture the team. Jetstorm was quickly grabbed by the Decepticon and urged his teammates to save themselves. He ended being saved by a team of Autobots, and while he denied their invitation to join the Autobots, he didn't notice that Starscream had placed a tracking device on him... {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|Devices and Desires!}}

The Air Defense Team's rescue of Chicago wound up being captured on camera, and images of the three Mini-Cons was broadcast on television. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Blast from the Past!}}

In their quest to get off Earth, the Air Defense Team decided to steal a [[human]] spaceship from [[NASA]]. However, when they broke into a hangar, they found soldiers from the [[Extra-Terrestrial Response Division]] waiting for them. They incapacitated Runway, and Jetstorm only had time to warn Sonar against not hurting the humans before they two were taken down and captured. Jetstorm and the others were taken to [[Area 54]], where he and Sonar quickly woke back up. Curious about the ERTD's apparent knowledge about Mini-Cons, Jetstorm hacked their database and found that they had previously captured the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] as well. However, his hacking triggered an alarm, and the Air Defense Team were forced to escape. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|'We Are Not Alone!'}}

Before the team could plan a way to save the Land Military Team, Starscream followed the tracker on Jetstorm and captured them. He disengaged their personality chips and combined them into the legendary Star Saber, which he promptly used to assault the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]]. However, Starscream didn't know only the will of the Air Defense Team members could keep the Star Saber's power in check, so without their personalities intact, the weapon quickly went out of control. As its power threatened to rip the Earth apart, Optimus Prime showed up and urged Jetstorm and the others to separate our of their own free will. His words reached them, and the planet was saved. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade!}} The Air Defense Team subsequently told the Autobots about the Mini-Cons captured by the ERDT and managed to track them down thanks to [[Amos Hume]]. They found that the humans were attempting to auction them off, so Jetstorm and the others interrupted by disabling their technology with [[pulse disruptor beam]]s. He then suggested that they let the [[Quint|auction owner]] be dealt with by the human military forces converging on the area. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|Sale of the Century!}}
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==Toys==
{{picsneeded|Kabaya, Booster, and "Anime" toys}}
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada-Jetstorm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Defense Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con Team, [[2002]]/[[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Air Defense Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-02'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toys, Jetstorm transforms into a Concorde Super Sonic Transport jet plane. He also forms the middle portion of the [[Star Saber (Armada)#Toys|Star Saber]] sword, which can be held by any other Transformer that has [[5 mm post|5 mm fist-holes]]. As a Mini-Con, he has a "[[Powerlinx]]" socket on the underside of his vehicle mode that allows him to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating special [[gimmick]]s on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug.

: Due to being made of translucent plastic, Jetstorm's elbow housings tend to develop stress fractures over time, which can threaten to crack them into uselessness if too much pressure is applied when transforming him. The Takara version mitigates this somewhat by using a pin instead of a friction joint.

: He was only available in a Mini-Con three-pack with his teammates [[Runway (Armada)#Toys|Runway]] and [[Sonar (Armada)#Toys|Sonar]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Jetstorm/jetstorm.htm More information on Jetstorm at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaJetstormMold}}

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[[File:Hot Rod and Air Defense Micron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Hot Rod & Air Defense Micron''' (Multi-pack, [[December 26]], 2002)}}</ul>
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Red Gun & Air Defense'''
:*''ID number'': '''MS-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002

: In Japan, the Air Defense Microns were available both in an individual set and in a multi-pack with [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Rod]] and [[Jolt (Armada)#Toys|Jolt]]. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

: This set explains the team's clear plastic: it was intended to go with Takara Hot Rod's electronic light-up fist, a feature that was dropped from the Hasbro Hot Shot release of the toy for cost reasons. (The Takara version mostly just lights up sword-base, but not the rest of the Star Saber.)

: This set was also released by [[Sonokong]] in Korea, with no changes from the Takara release, other than the packaging. This was also the only way to obtain "Red Gun" (Hot Shot) and the "Air Defense" in Korea.

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[[File:Arm-toy Jetstorm XD.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Defense Micron Exdimensions''' (Mini-Con Team, 2002)}}</ul>
:* ''ID number'': '''MM-07'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 26]], 2002

: A limited-edition (yet still standard retail) "[[Exdimensions]]" [[redeco]] of the Air Defense Microns was released in Japan. For this version, the team's opaque plastics changed to orange and red, and the paint trim changed to match.

: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Mach (Armada)|Mach]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XMach/mach.htm More information on Exdimensions Mach at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaJetstormMold}}

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''CD Limited Edition Air Defense Micron''' (CD pack-in, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 1]], 2003

: Cast entirely in blue and clear-blue plastics, this incarnation of the Air Defense Microns is supposed to represent the Star Saber as it appears in the cartoon when combined into the Star Saber, as a glowing blue "energy blade".

: It was only available as a pack-in with the CD single of the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Legends of the Microns'' cartoon's]] [[theme song|ending theme]], "[[Never Ending Road]]", by [[Psychic Lover]].

: The Team's official name has bounced a bit: the name listed above is what it's called on the packaging. Magazine solicitations called it the "Air Defense Micron Clear Blue Edition", while the "Micron Museum" portion of Takara's website called it the "Air Defense Micron Anime Color (CD version)".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDMach/mach.htm More information on Anime Color Mach at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaJetstormMold}}

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Mach''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''5'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2003

: Part of the first [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] ''[[Change Micron]]'' assortment, each of the Air Defense Microns were sold in individual boxes, packed with a small bag of fizzy ramune candy.

: The most immediately-noticeable change to these toys is that their transparent plastics have been replaced with opaque white (which certainly makes them a lot more sturdy). However, these toys are also actually a completely new mold-set, with various tiny detail differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMMach/mach.htm More information on Change Micron Mach at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Mach''' (Micron Booster, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Booster ID number'': '''3'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 7]], 2003

: Part of the first ''[[Micron Booster]]'' set, sold only in individual blind-packed boxes, this version of the Air Defense Microns is almost wholly identical to the normal retail release. The only difference is that this version is cast in slightly-sparkly plastic and uses slightly-sparkly paint. The difference is almost unnoticeable unless you look at the two versions side-by-side.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/MBMach/mach.htm More information on Micron Booster Mach at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaJetstormMold}}

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[[File:Armadatoy AirAssaultJetstorm.jpg|upright=1.67|right|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Assault Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)}}</ul>

: A "tainted by evil" redeco of the team was released by Hasbro in the fourth wave of the ''Armada'' line. This version of the trio replaces the transparent plastic with opaque off-white, the other colors turning predominantly black and purple.

: This coloration was altered for the Takara [[Aerial Extermination Mini-Con Team|Air Assault Micron]] set, who are separate characters from the Air Defense Mini-Con Team; this specific mold became [[Skull Buster#Toys|Mad]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Jetstorm/jetstorm.htm More information on Air Assault Jetstorm at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaJetstormMold}}
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==Notes==
* The Air Defense Team is the only one of the three "legendary Mini-Con weapons" Teams to ''not'' appear in either of ''Armada''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sequel series.
* Runway and Jetstorm's names are reversed in the original Air Defense Team's instructions. Their names are ''also'' reversed in several licensed ''Armada'' print material, like the coloring and activity books put out by [[Bendon Publishing International, Inc.]], as well as in the DK Readers book "[[Transformers Armada: The Quest|The Quest]]". This did not occur with the [[Dreamwave Armada continuity|Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics]], however.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Mach''' (マッハ ''Mahha'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Gépvihar''' ("Planestorm")
*''Korean:'' '''Mach''' (마하 ''Maha'')

[[Category:Armada combiners]]
[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Defense specialists]]
[[Category:Mini-Con combiners]]

Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)

2025-04-07T15:27:28Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

{{factions|minicon}}
{{disambig2|the ''Armada'' jet Mini-Con trio who become the Star Saber|the ''Cybertron'' military vehicle Mini-Con trio|Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Cybertron)}}
{{disambig2|the temporarily corrupted-to-evil Air Assault Team|the new-character Unicron minions|Aerial Extermination Mini-Con Team}}
[[File:Bios card airdefense.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You BET we are. Affirmative. Oh yeah.]]

{{picsneeded|toys}}
The '''Air Defense Mini-Con Team''' is easily one of the most important [[Mini-Con]] Teams, as together they form the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], quite possibly the mightiest weapon known to all Transformer-kind. When held by Decepticons, they become the dark, twisted '''Air Assault Mini-Con Team''', forming the '''Dark Saber'''.

Even without their sword-form, the trio are skilled and extremely valuable warriors, with a wealth of technical skill, military planning, and good old-fashioned luck.

The Air Defense/Air Assault Mini-Con Team is composed of

*[[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] the Concorde SST
*[[Runway (Armada)|Runway]] the Boeing Sonic Cruiser
*[[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] the VentureStar shuttle

==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
While demolishing a [[Decepticon]] satellite dish, the Air Defense Mini-Con Team detected a [[Mini-Con]] distress signal and reported it to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. The [[Autobot]] leader ordered them to wait till they had backup, but the impatient Mini-Cons set out on their own, finding the distress signal to be a trap by [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]. Capturing the three, Galvatron forced them to combine into the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Dark Saber]]. The weapon was of little help in battle with Optimus Prime and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], who rescued the Mini-Cons by combining and kicking Galvatron away. Released from captivity, the Mini-Cons were reprimanded by the two Autobots for their disobedience. {{Storylink|Armada Volume 3}}

===''Armada'' cartoon===
{{groupstub|{{storylink|Origin}} {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
{{groupstub}}

==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Air_Defense_Mini-Con_Team Toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Defense Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2002]]/[[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Air Defense Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-02'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: Released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toys, the Air Defense Team of [[Runway (Armada)#Toys|Runway]], [[Jetstorm (Armada)#Toys|Jetstorm]] and [[Sonar (Armada)#Toys|Sonar]] are sold as a trio of high-tech jets. Each one has at least one "[[Powerlinx]]" socket on the underside of their vehicle mode that allows them to attach to toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating special [[gimmick]]s on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug. The Takara release features pinned arms on Jetstorm and Sonar, this is used for all Takara releases of the mould.

: The three can also combine to form the [[Star Saber (Armada)#Toys|Star Saber]] sword, which can be held by any other Transformer that has [[5 mm post|5 mm fist-holes]]. The Team's main body is cast in transparent plastic in order to utilize the light-up-fist gimmicks in Super Mode [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Armada|Optimus Prime]] and the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] releases of [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Shot]].

: This mold-set was used the make the Takara [[Aerial Extermination Mini-Con Team#Toys|Air Assault Micron]], and remolded to make the [[Energon Saber#Toys|Energon Saber Mini-Con Team]], [[Blizzard Intervention Mini-Con Team]], and the [[Sky Terror Mini-Con Team]].

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[[File: Hot Rod and Air Defense Micron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Hot Rod & Air Defense Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Red Gun & Air Defense'''
:*''ID number'': '''MS-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': December 26, 2002

: In Japan, the Air Defense Microns were available both in an individual release and in a multi-pack with [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Rod]] and [[Jolt (Armada)#Toys|Jolt]], released in the first wave of ''Legends of the Microns'' toys. All of the toys were identical to their individual releases.

: This set was also released by [[Sonokong]] in Korea, with no changes from the Takara release, other than the packaging. This was also the only way to obtain "Red Gun" (Hot Shot) and the "Air Defense" in Korea.

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[[File:2003-airdefensemicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Defense Micron Exdimensions''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2002)}}</ul>
:* ''ID number'': '''MM-07'''
:*''Release date'': December 26, 2002

: A limited-edition (yet still standard retail) "[[Exdimensions]]" [[redeco]] of the Air Defense Microns was released in the first wave of ''Legends of the Microns'', alongside their normal-colors counterparts. For this version, the team's opaque plastics changed to orange and red, and the paint trim changed to match.

: This deco was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Zephyr Blade Mini-Con Team]].

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[[File:CD Limited Edition Air Defense Micron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''CD Limited Edition Air Defense Micron''' (CD pack-in, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 1]], 2003

: Cast entirely in blue and clear-blue plastics, this incarnation of the Air Defense Microns is supposed to represent the Star Saber as it appears in the cartoon when combined into the Star Saber, as a glowing blue "energy blade".

: It was only available as a pack-in with the CD single of the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Legends of the Microns'' cartoon's]] [[theme song|ending theme]], "[[Never Ending Road]]", by [[Psychic Lover]].

: The team's official name has bounced a bit: the name listed above is what it's called on the packaging. Magazine solicitations called it the "Air Defense Micron Clear Blue Edition", while the "Micron Museum" portion of Takara's website called it the "Air Defense Micron Anime Color (CD version)".

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Jetter''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Mircon ID number'': '''4'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Mach''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''5'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Shuttler''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''6'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2003

: Part of the first [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] ''[[Change Micron]]'' assortment, each of the Air Defense Microns were sold in individual boxes, packed with a small bag of sugar-pellet candy.

: The most immediately-noticeable change to these toys is that their transparent plastics have been replaced with opaque white (which certainly makes them a lot more sturdy). However, these toys are also actually a completely new mold-set, with various tiny detail differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Mach''' (Micron Booster, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Booster ID number'': '''3'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Jetter''' (Micron Booster, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Booster ID number'': '''4'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Shuttler''' (Micron Booster, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Booster ID number'': '''5'''
:*''Release date'': August 7, 2003

: Part of the first ''[[Micron Booster]]'' set, sold only in individual blind-packed boxes, this version of the Air Defense Microns is almost wholly identical to the normal retail release. The only difference is that this version is cast in slightly-sparkly plastic and uses slightly-sparkly paint. The difference is almost unnoticeable unless you look at the two versions side-by-side.

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[[File:Air Assault Mini-Con Team.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Air Assault Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)}}</ul>

: A "tainted by evil" redeco of the team was released by Hasbro in the fourth wave of the ''Armada'' line. This version of the trio replaces the transparent plastic with opaque off-white, the other colors turning predominantly black and purple. Due to the lack of any light-up hand features in the Decepticon figures it is made to display with, being cast in opaque plastics makes sense for this release.

: This set was also released in ''Unicron Battles'' packaging, which was also released in a clamshelled "Bonus Pack" with the [[Sea Mini-Con Team#Toys|Sea Mini-Con Team]].

: This coloration was slightly altered for the Takara [[Aerial Extermination Mini-Con Team#Legends of the Microns|Air Assault Micron]], who are separate characters from the Air Defense Mini-Con Team.
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==Notes==
* The Air Defense Team is the only one of the three ''Armada'' "legendary weapon" Mini-Con Teams to ''not'' see release in either of the ''Armada'' sequels.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Air Defense Micron''' (エアディフェンスマイクロン ''Ea Difensu Maikuron'')
*''French:'' '''Équipe de Défense Aérienne des Minimodus''' ("Air Defense Mini-Con Team"), '''Équipe d'Attaque Aérienne des Minimodus''' ("Air Attack Mini-Con Team")
*''Korean:'' '''Air Defense''' (에어디펜스 ''Eeo Dipenseu'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Los Minimodus - Equipo de Defense Aérea''' ("The Mini-Cons - Air Defense Team"), '''Los Minimodus - Equipo de Ataque Aéreo''' ("The Mini-Cons - Air Attack Team")

[[Category:Armada subgroups]]
[[Category:Combiner teams]]
[[Category:Mini-Con teams]]

Sky Blast (Armada)

2025-04-07T15:22:22Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

{{factions|minicon|decepticon|autobot}}
{{picsneeded|fiction and repaints.}}
{{disambig3|Skyblast}}
:''Sky Blast is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Skyblast-armada-packageart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Be small and have a big stick for an arm.]]
'''Sky Blast''' is a hothead with hot feet. He's always rushing into battle without a second thought, and sometimes not even a first. This gets on the nerves of his friends on the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], but they know he means well. Still, his battle-cry of "''BLAST OFF!''" can get annoying quickly.
{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
Sky Blast was a Mini-Con whose storage panel lay dormant deep inside the crashed ship that was Autobot headquarters on Earth. When his partner [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] was pinpointed on a deserted island, a signal went out that located Sky Blast and [[Astroscope]] beneath the Autobot base and on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], respectively. The [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]] and the Autobots' pet kids went looking for the Mini-Con in the bowels of the base while most of the Autobots were engaged with the enemy on the island. They found Sky Blast and activated him but, in his petrified state, he fired on the children with his hand-cannon. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}}

[[File:Desperate_–_Sky_Blast_rocket_mode.jpg|275px|thumb|What is this? A rocket for ants?]]
Despite his fearsome firepower, the kids quickly realized Sky Blast was more scared than they were, and [[Rad White|Rad]] tried his best to be comforting to the Mini-Con. The Autobots were having a rough time against the new super-warrior [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], and so Rad, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] took Sky Blast to the battlefield in the hopes that he could do something. The timid Mini-Con was still too unnerved to help, but after both Red Alert and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] were injured trying to protect him, and Rad constantly stood up for Sky Blast's right to choose for himself, Sky Blast made the brave choice and got involved in the fight. He summoned his fellow [[Space Mini-Con Team]] partners, calling up Payload from the ground and calling down Astroscope from the Moon. The three of them linked up into the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] in mid-air for [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], as he plummeted to the ground after a disastrous fight with [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Dark Fleet armor]]. Prime used the Requiem Blaster to carve out a landing spot for himself in the middle of the ocean, and was saved. {{storylink|Desperate}}

Sky Blast and his teammates briefly ran away from the Autobots, because they didn't want to be used for combat. After Optimus Prime rescued them from [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], he promised the Mini-Cons they would only join the battles against the Decepticons if they desired it—no Autobots would force them to fight. Sky Blast got a snazzy cowboy hat out of this escapade! {{storylink|Runaway}}

True to his word, Optimus Prime left Sky Blast and the others back at headquarters when the Autobots were called into battle against the Decepticons, with [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] watching over them. The battle was only a lure for the Requiem Blaster, however - Megatron and Thrust soon doubled back to attack the undermanned Autobot headquarters. Smokescreen fought bravely to defend the Space Mini-Con Team, but Megatron managed to subvert their programming and [[powerlinx]] with the trio, forcing them to form the Requiem Blaster and obliterate their Autobot protector. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}

Sky Blast and the Space Team had little time to act as individuals after that, remaining powerlinxed as the Requiem Blaster as Megatron's personal weapon, and later when the Decepticons used the gun as one-third of the [[Hydra Cannon]], before it was stolen by Thrust and used to provide power to the heart of Unicron. Sky Blast, Payload and Astroscope reawakened as individuals with the help of [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and the Street Action Team, who had journeyed to Unicron's core with Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and the Earth children to grant the super-weapon Mini-Cons their freedom. {{storylink|Origin}} Sky Blast fled Unicron aboard the Autobot [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] just before the Chaos-Bringer was finally destroyed. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
Back in the day, Sky Blast lived in [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con village D10]] alongside the other Space Team members, until one day when the [[Decepticon]]s trashed the village and captured them. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} Along with most other imprisoned Mini-Cons, they eventually escaped and made their way to [[Earth]], where their [[Exodus (Armada)|ship]] crashed on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. For the next million years, Sky Blast and the others built and resided in a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress base]] on the moon under the command of [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]. Him and the Space Team were apparently responsible for the signal that called all the Mini-Cons living on Earth to the moonbase. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Unfortunately, this attracted the Decepticons, who attacked the base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

As Mini-Cons' defenses failed them, Sky Blast packed up his belongings (such as a [[Rubber Ducky|rubber ducky]]) and prepared to take the next escape pod outta there. He was stopped by [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], who needed the Space Team's help to save [[Rad White]], a [[human]] who was stuck in one of the moonbase's orbital mines. The team was hesitant, but were eventually convinced that they couldn't just run away. Sky Blast obtained the recall code for the relevant mine, but it didn't work properly, so he improvised a plan to bring the whole minefield to low lunar orbit. When this was done, Sky Blast headed out in person, using his rocket mode to reach the mine and pull it on board an approaching [[Autobot]] shuttle. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

With nowhere else to go, the former moonbase residents temporarily sided with the Autobots. Sky Blast was seen listening to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]'s speeches about Mini-Con independence. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} A while later, the Space Team oversaw a battle in [[Alaska]], and Sky Blast recognized that the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team|Destruction Team]] had driven [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] berserk by deactivating their [[safety interlock]]s. He was later ordered by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to head into space and shoot down [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s destructive [[Solar Scalpel]] satellite, which he did at the very last second. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}}

Sky Blast was at the [[Autobase]] when the Autobots found an alternate-dimension [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], who passed away after giving them a mysterious warning. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} With their own Optimus Prime missing somewhere in the [[Multiverse]], the Space Team started researching alternate dimensions in an attempt to find him. While Astroscope went on another mission, Sky Blast and Payload stayed at base, where they sent a temporal probe into a [[space bridge]] to scan different realities for Prime. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} While the defending Autobots were taken out one by one in a Decepticon attack, the two Mini-Cons had no choice but to sit tight, keep scanning and hope for the best. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} After 75,890,007 realities, the probe finally found Optimus Prime, and Sky Blast quickly sent his spatial coordinates to Sparkplug, [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] and [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] so that they could retrieve him. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

Some time later, all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered to join the fight against [[Unicron]], including Sky Blast. They traveled to the [[Loop]] on their home planet, where they focused their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and released a blast that crippled Unicron. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
[[File:PaniniArmada9 allthoseinfavour.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
In the early stages of the war, Sky Blast was among the Mini-Cons who supported [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]'s plan to kill [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] by luring him to the [[Autobot]] headquarters and blowing it up. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}}

===''Cybertron'' comic===
A version of Sky Blast hailed from [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]] and was a slave to the dimension-hopping warlord [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]]. When Megazarak's forces were abducted by [[Unicron]], Sky Blast and [[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] came along with him. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/01}} Sky Blast and Gunbarrel apparently became [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] and fought under [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s command in the [[Cauldron]] in the final battle of the [[Universe War]]. Unfortunately, they were killed by [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada-toy SkyBlast.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|Rocket! Yeeah! Satellite of looove!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Space Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-13'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[July 17]], 2003
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Sky Blast transforms into a multi-thruster rocket based (loosely) on the {{w|Vostok (rocket family)|''Vostok''}}.

: He has quite a lot of interactivity with his pack-in teammates. Aside from forming the main chamber of their combined [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)#Toys|Requiem Blaster]] cannon mode, his rocket mode is designed to be carried by [[Payload (Armada)#Toys|Payload]] in his transport-truck mode. And in an undocumented feature, his rocket mode can "dock" with [[:File:Armada-toy Space Mini-Con Team.JPG|Astroscope in space station mode]] thanks to Sky Blast's Powerlinx-style plug near the control cabin, which seemingly exists for no other purpose. Nifty!

: In the [[Hasbro]] line, the Space Team were released in the third assortment of Mini-Con teams; the complete Team was also included "bonus buy" packs in several different store chains, clamshelled together with the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team#Toys|Adventure Team]], [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team#Toys|Night Attack Team]], and [[Race Mini-Con Team#RoadAssault|Road Assault Team]]. In Japan, it was part of the fifth wave of ''Legend of the Microns'' product, released in [[Calendar|July]] 2003. The Takara release lacks the re-entry burn paint on the legs/thrusters.

: This toy doubles as the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW 2005]] character [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]], and this mold was also used to make [[Backblast]]. It was slated for a few other [[redeco]]es that were ultimately not released (see below).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/SkyBlast/skyblast.htm More information on Sky Blast at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Arm-toy SkyBlast XD.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|But, if he's the rocket, and Astroscope the satellite of love, then what the heck is Payload?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Space Micron Exdimensions''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MM-14'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 14]], 2003
:*''Accessories'': Missile

: A limited-edition (but still regular-retail) [[redeco]] of the Space Team was made available in Japan as part of the [[Exdimensions]] series, in the sixth wave of ''Legends of the Microns'' product. The entire Team was redecoed in shades of green and brown... an oddly terrestrial color scheme for a space-based group.

: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Apollo (Armada)|Apollo]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XApollo/apollo.htm More information on Exdimensions Apollo at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Apollo''' (Candy toy, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''5'''
:*''Release date'': August ?? 2003

: Sky Blast was sold as an individual in the second series of [[Kabaya]] "[[Change Micron]]" [[candy toy]]s in Japan, packed with a baggie of fizzy ramune candy, sold primarily in grocery and convenience stores.

: This mold is based on the original, but is in fact an entirely new mold with numerous minor sculpting differences. It's likely this toy is also not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. The most notable differences between the [[Hasbro]]/[[TakaraTomy|Takara]] Sky Blast and the Kabaya version is the latter has darker-blue plastic for the left arm and head, plus lacks the "burn mark" spray-painting on his legs.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMApollo/apollo.htm More information on Change Micron Apollo at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Jetfire w/ Comettor''' (Giga-Con Class, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile

: The Space Team was placed in a bubble attached to the top of normal ''Armada'' [[Jetfire (Armada)#Toys|Jetfire]] packages as a bonus-buy in [[Target]] stores for a limited time in the US.

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[[File:Unreleased Space Team.jpg|thumb|upright=0.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Space Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, <strike>2003</strike>)}}</ul>

: Test-shots of a slightly altered Space Team have popped up from various sources. It's possible this was intended to be a mid-series deco-change for the team, though it looks unfinished at best. The team has ''exactly'' the same [[Paint operation|paint application]] layouts in exactly the same ''colors'' as the original.

: Sky Blast's white and blue plastics changed to black, and that's it.
{{canceledtoy}}
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:TFU03-toy SkyBlast.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Look at that yaw control!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Spacewarp''' (Ultra Class, <s>[[2004]]</s>?)}}</ul>

: ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Spacewarp#Toys|Spacewarp]] was an unproduced redeco of ''Armada'' Ultra-sized [[Jetfire (Armada)#Toys|Jetfire]], slated to come with a redeco of [[Comettor (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Comettor]] and the [[Space Mini-Con Team]]. Judging from ''Universe'' [[Ramjet (Universe)#Toys|Ramjet]] and [[Sunstorm (Universe)#Toys|Sunstorm]] each being packaged with four redecoed Mini-Cons whose names were unchanged, Comettor would presumably have retained his name.

: This set was initially intended as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive but was shelved because no retail chain ultimately ended up wanting to carry it. Spacewarp was among several proposed exclusives that were ultimately put into retail limbo during the waning of the ''Universe'' line.

: Ultimately, the Spacewarp concept was revived in [[2007]] as ''Timelines'' [[Astrotrain (Cybertron)#Toys|Astrotrain]], one of the first exclusives available for purchase from the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]]. By this point, however, the Space Team molds were too worn out and were thusly replaced by a redeco of the [[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team|Giant Planet Team]] as the [[Sabotage Team]].

: In [[2015]], this unused deco became the basis of the separate character [[Jump Drive]].
{{canceledtoy}}
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===''Energon''===
[[File:Energontoy-SpaceTeam.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (Ultra, 2004)}}</ul>

: The Space Team was redecoed and packaged in with ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)#Toys|Ultra Magnus]]. Magnus was originally going to be packed with a new-characters redeco of the [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]] ([[Brakedown (Energon)|Brakedown]], [[Clocker (Energon)|Clocker]] and [[Override (Energon)|Override]], later named the [[Courier Mini-Con Team]]), but were changed towards the last minute. Exactly why the change to the Space Team was made has yet to be determined.

: The toy was a last-minute redeco, along with [[Rapid Run (Energon)#Toys|Rapid Run]] and [[Treadbolt#Toys|Treadbolt]]. As such, their packaging photography had to be completed before properly painted samples could be obtained, so the box-back photos use the original decos; Magnus's box also shows the original Street Speed Team rather than the Space Team.

: Magnus, Rapid Run and Treadbolt were produced in smaller numbers than the rest of the normal retail ''Energon'' line (reportedly only about 10,000 units each) and were only available in the initial shipments of the line. However, Magnus's shipment saw a very limited release, quickly replaced with the second assortment in the U.S., making him hard to come by. Magnus later showed up in much larger numbers in Australia, Canada, and some European markets, and was made available in Japan through [[e-HOBBY]] with the box altered via a black and white sticker, reflecting the Space Team's addition. The back of the European release's box was further corrected, as the Mini-Cons shown were changed along when more languages were added.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Skyblast/skyblast.htm More information on ''Energon'' Sky Blast at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Race Mini-Con Team / Space Mini-Con Team''' (Multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>

: An unaltered version of the Space Team was released as part of an ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]''-series "Mini-Con 6-pack" with the [[Race Mini-Con Team|Road Assault Mini-Con Team]] (yet named the "Race Team" again).

: This set was exclusive to both [[Toys"R"Us]] and [[Walmart]] stores.
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==Notes==
* Sky Blast's persona seems to be based on the [[Fantastic Four]]'s [[Human Torch]], to go with Astroscope being [[Mister Fantastic]] and Payload being the [[Thing]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Apollo''' (アポロ ''Aporo''), '''Sky Blast''' (スカイブラスト ''Sukai Burasuto'')
*''Korean:'' '''Apollo''' (아폴로 ''Apollo'')

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Space Mini-Con Team

2025-04-07T15:21:10Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

{{factions|minicon}}
[[File:Bios card SPACE.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Hey, look. The Earth is blue and there's nothing we can do.]]

The '''Space Mini-Con Team''' is one of the most sought-after groups of [[Mini-Con]]s. Not simply because they are all strong warriors with zero-gravity operational skills, but mainly because the three combine to form the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], one of the legendary Mini-Con weapons whose destructive power maximums have yet to be calculated.

The Space Mini-Con Team is composed of...

*[[Astroscope]] the satellite.
*[[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] the rocket-transport truck.
*[[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]] the rocket.

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
While Mini-Cons in general are reluctant to participate in the war between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s, the Space Team was particularly averse to fighting, acutely aware of the destructive potential of their combined form, the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], and spent quite a bit of time hiding from both sides, not wanting their power abused. {{storylink|Runaway}} Like their fellow Mini-Cons, the Space Team boarded the [[Exodus (Armada)|''Exodus'']] to flee the Great War only for the escape ship to come under attack from the [[Decepticon fleet]], its [[Transwarp Drive]] being damaged and crashing into [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. {{storylink|First Encounter}} The three panels would be separated by a vast distance. While [[Astroscope]]'s panel fell onto the lunar surface, [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]]'s would crash onto a deserted island on the planet below and [[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]]'s would remain in the primary hull, buried deep within a Terran mountain. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} {{storylink|Desperate}}

In the year [[2010]], Payload's dormant panel was found causing it to react with those of his teammates. The Mini-Cons who had aligned with the Autobots, along with their human allies, quickly found Sky Blast's panel, their base having been set up atop the wreck of the primary hull, and reawakened him only for him to run off. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} Once the Autobots and humans had helped Sky Blast tame his fear, he was [[Warp gate|warped]] to Payload's island to try and help [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Inspired by the heroism of the Autobots, Sky Blast sent out a pulse to his comrades who awoke, converging on him with the three combining into the Requiem Blaster, their combined power saving Optimus' life, albeit functioning as a makeshift retrorocket. {{storylink|Desperate}}

[[File:Arm30 nothingtoseehere.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Insert [[Pretender]] joke here.]]

With the deed done however, the Space Team made plans to flee the war once again, settling on a farm outside [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]] with the help of the human children. Their haven was short lived, however, for [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] soon tracked them down only for Optimus Prime to save them where he declared that the Mini-Cons would not be forced to fight if they didn't want to. {{storylink|Runaway}}

While the Autobots were out on a mission, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] tried to befriend the trio only for [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to break into the base and capture the Mini-Cons. Forcing them to combine, he used the Requiem Blaster to gun down the Autobot. {{storylink|Sacrifice}} Back on the moon, Megatron locked the trio into their combined form, granting him full use of the Blaster. When [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]], having been a pawn in the scheme to capture the trio, attacked his leader, Megatron opened fire only to find that the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] could counter the Requiem Blaster. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}} When Starscream defected to the Autobots, he provided them with the intel to attack the Decepticon base. Megatron unleashed the Blaster in battle only for its effects to blocked by the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]]. {{storylink|Rescue}}

Soon enough, Thrust had managed to convince Starscream to defect back to the Decepticons who brought with him the Star Saber and Skyboom Shield. {{storylink|Crack (episode)|Crack}} After the two teams had been mode-locked, the three Mini-Con groups were made the primary power source for the ''[[Hydra Cannon]]''. {{storylink|Threaten}}

When both factions returned to Cybertron, the mode-locked Space Team would find themselves used as Megatron's primary weapon, being used to gun down [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], {{storylink|Puppet}} and later to destroy a flotilla of Autobot ships. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}} Along with the Skyboom Shield and the Star Saber, the Requiem Blaster would be stolen by Thrust, now revealed as a [[Herald of Unicron]], who used them to reawaken the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}} {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

Brought to [[Unicron]]'s core, the three teams reawakened their creator before Optimus Prime and Megatron—now reborn as Galvatron—roused the nine from their slumber. The first act of the Space Team was, quite ironically, to recombine back into the Requiem Blaster so Optimus could inflict catastrophic damage to Unicron's interior. {{storylink|Origin}} When Galvatron then challenged Optimus to a final duel, the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] told everyone to head back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] while he held off his foe. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada-toy Space Mini-Con Team.JPG|thumb|upright=1.6]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Space Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-13'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[July 17]], 2003
:*''Accessories'': Astroscope missile
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: The Space Mini-Con Team ([[Astroscope#Toys|Astroscope]], [[Payload (Armada)#Toys|Payload]], and [[Sky Blast (Armada)#Toys|Skyblast]]) are a trio of tiny robots who turn into tiny space-themed vehicles. As Mini-Cons, they each have a [[Powerlinx]] port that allows them to connect to toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating [[gimmick]]s on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug. The trio also have more inter-team interactivity than the others: aside from being able to combine to form the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)#Toys|Requiem Blaster]] super-weapon to be used by larger toys, Sky Blast's vehicle mode is designed to attach to Payload's carrier mode and dock with Astroscope's station mode in ways mimicking the real vehicles.

: This version of the Team was nominally available as a three-pack, sold in third assortment of Mini-Con teams in [[Hasbro]]'s ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' line, and later also available in ''Unicron Battles'' packaging. This latter release was also clamshelled with other Mini-Con packs as "Bonus Packs" sold by various retailers (whether the price was a genuine bonus or not varied); the Space Team has been found packed with the [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team#Toys|Night Attack Mini-Con Team]]. In Japan, the pack was part of the fifth wave of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)#Takara Legends of the Microns toyline|Legend of the Microns]]'' product. The Takara release features no re-entry burn paint on Apollo's legs/thrusters.

: This mold-set was used to make the [[Deep Space Mini-Con Team]].

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[[File:2003-spacemicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Space Micron Exdimensions''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-14'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[August 14]] 2003
:*''Accessories'': Astroscope missile

: A somewhat more limited-edition -but still regular retail- [[redeco]] of the Space Team was released by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of the [[Exdimensions]] series, in the sixth wave of ''Legend of the Microns'' product. This set uses a primarily green and brown deco, an interestingly ground-based choice for a space-based team.

: This deco was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Cosmic Exploration Team]].

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Apollo''' (Candy toy, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''5'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Mir''' (Candy toy, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''4'''
:*''Accessories'': Missile
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Move''' (Candy toy, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''6'''
:*''Release date'': August ?? 2003

: Each member of the Space Team was sold as an individual in the second series of [[Kabaya]] "[[Change Micron]]" [[candy toy]]s in Japan. These molds are based on the originals, but are in fact entirely new molds with numerous minor sculpting differences (and likely are not [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] as the originals are). On top of that, the light blue plastics are darker on the Kabaya versions, and each toy is missing a few paint applications.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Jetfire with Comettor''' (Bonus Buy, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Astroscope missile

: The Space Team were also included in a "Bonus Buy" bundle, packed in a long bubble and attached to the top of the Giga-Con-class [[Jetfire (Armada)#Toys|Jetfire]] toy packaging. It is currently unknown what retailer(s) offered this set.

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[[File:Unreleased Space Team.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Space Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, <strike>2003</strike>)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Astroscope missile

: Test-shots of a slightly altered Space Team have popped up from various sources, though it looks unfinished at best. While the plastic colors have changed, the Team has ''exactly'' the same [[Paint operation|paint application]] layouts in exactly the same ''colors'' as the original.

: It's possible this was intended to be a mid-series deco-change for the team released in the ''Unicron Battles'', instead of the normal-deco release on said card style that ''did'' make it to retail.
{{canceledtoy}}
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===''Energon''===
[[File:Energontoy-SpaceTeam.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Note that Astroscope is mistransformed in the above photograph; his legs should be folded out as solar panels.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (Ultra-Con, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Astroscope missile

: The Space Mini-Con Team was redecoed and added to the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)#Toys|Ultra Magnus]] set.

: The original [[Hasbro]] packaging does not reflect this, as the Space Team replaced a planned redeco of the [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team#Toys|Street Speed Mini-Con Team]] as the new characters [[Brakedown (Energon)|Brakedown]], [[Clocker (Energon)|Clocker]], and [[Override (Energon)|Override]]. Later releases in Japan covered the relevant portions of the box with a sticker.

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[[File:Race-2-Space.jpg|thumb|upright=0.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Race Mini-Con Team / Space Mini-Con Team''' (Multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Astroscope missile

: An unaltered version of the Space Mini-Con Team was released as part of an ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]''-series "Mini-Con 6-pack" with the [[Race Mini-Con Team|Road Assault Mini-Con Team]] (the latter named as "Race Mini-Con Team" on the package).
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Spacewarp-r.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Spacewarp''' (Ultra Class, <strike>2004</strike>?)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Astroscope missile

: The Space Team was slated to be redecoed as pack-in partners for ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Spacewarp#Toys|Spacewarp]], a toy that was ultimately canceled.

: When the toy was saved from limbo by [[Fun Publications]] and released as [[Astrotrain (Cybertron)#Toys|Astrotrain]], they intended to keep the Mini-Con partners, but were told by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] that the ''Armada''-era Team molds were too worn out to use again. As such, the team was replaced by the [[Sabotage Team]], a redeco of the [[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team#Toys|Giant Planet Mini-Con Team]], when Astrotrain finally saw release.

: In [[2015]], this unproduced deco of the Space Team became the basis of the [[Interstellar Marauders Mini-Con Team]].

{{canceledtoy}}
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Space Micron''' (スペースマイクロン ''Supēsu Maikuron'')
*''French:'' '''Équipe Spatiale des Minimodus''' ("Space Mini-Con Team")
*''Spanish:'' '''Los Minimodus - Equipo Espacial''' ("The Mini-Cons - Space Team")

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Sureshock (Armada)

2024-12-21T10:53:44Z

MicronMan: /* Energon */

{{faction|minicon|autobot|unicron|decepticon}}
{{picsneeded|Everything!}}
{{disambig3|Sureshock}}
:''Sureshock is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Armada Sureshock character model.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Ha HA! Ambiguous.]]

'''Sureshock''' is the thinker of the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]], something that she takes great pride in. She represents individuality in the Mini-Con ranks, and encourages others like her friend [[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis]] to follow suit. Her individualistic outlook can often put her at odds with the much more team oriented [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], but the two usually learn from one another's differences, and grow stronger. Although she believes in breaking the mold, she also doesn't just do it for the sake of it. No, Sureshock believes in gathering your own facts, and making your own decisions independently, rather than going off of things that people have already laid out. She cares deeply for all living things, and will fight hard for their freedom.

If needed, she can combine with her fellow members of the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]] to form the mighty [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]].

{{bigquote|Freedom isn't an option—it's a necessity!|Sureshock's motto}}

==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] contacted Sureshock from [[Autobot Headquarters (Armada)|Autobot Headquarters]]. {{Storylink|Armada Volume 2}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Colin Murdoch]] (English), [[Yukie Maeda]] (Japanese)|[[Vesa Hämes]] (Finnish), [[Christian Jernbro]] (Swedish)}}

[[File:Metamorphosis megatron and kids.jpg|thumb]]
Sureshock was among the earliest Mini-Cons created from [[Unicron]]'s cells. She was present in the distant past when the time-traveling Earth children made contact with High Wire, and awakened the Mini-Cons' capacity for independent thought. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

Millions of years later on Earth, High Wire led [[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] to the derelict [[Exodus (Armada)|Mini-con ship]], and introduced them to Grindor and Sureshock's panels. Alexis put two and two together, and brought Sureshock to life by placing her hand on one of the panels. Carlos copied, and while he acted out a scene from ''E.T.'' with Grindor, Alexis took the time to greet Sureshock ''with actual words''. Later, after Grindor used Carlos's skateboard as his Earth form template, Alexis noticed the trend and took the trouble to present her scooter to Sureshock. At least one of the silly humans was actually polite.

[[File:Basebump.jpg|left|thumb]]

Afterward, the Mini-cons took their pet humans for a spin. Then Megatron popped out from behind a cliff because, to ambush them. He and his Decepticons boxed in the kids with their vehicle modes, but when Optimus collided with him and slowly backed up, it confused the Decepticon long enough for the good guys to escape. {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Armada)|Metamorphosis}} Back at the Autobot base inside the Mini-Con ship, Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons agreed to help the Autobots find the Mini-Cons and keep them out of Decepticon slavery and control. {{storylink|Base}}

When the Autobots received their first Mini-Con activation signal, Sureshock lent her processing power to the search to help narrow down the panel's location. Out in the field, Sureshock and the Street Action Team worked with Optimus Prime in [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]], surveying the area for any signs of storage panels. When the Decepticons arrived to intervene, the Street Action Team displayed their ability to combine for the first time, forming [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. The agile Mini-Con gestalt miraculously overwhelmed both Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] until Optimus Prime could [[Powerlinx]] with his new partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], and unleash a Maximum Blast. {{storylink|Comrade}}

Sureshock and the Street Action Team joined the kids in teaching [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] how to play the game of "Tag" inside the Autobot base. Hot Shot was worn out trying to chase them down until he thought to use [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] to "tag" the kids for him. Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons later accompanied the Autobots to Antarctica to search for a new Mini-Con. They used Prime's trailer as a mobile headquarters from which they coordinated the search. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} Later, Sureshock helped Rad and the kids bring supplies up to the Autobot base. She and the other Mini-Cons then joined the Autobots on a mission to the forest, where a firefight with the Decepticons led to a forest fire. Working with Red Alert, the Mini-Cons converted Optimus Prime's trailer into a fire engine, pumping water from a nearby lake to put out the fires. {{storylink|Jungle}}

[[File:Comrade PrimeMinicons.jpg|thumb]]

Sureshock remained behind at the base with Alexis while Rad and Carlos took High Wire and Grindor to play at the carnival. She probably wanted to go play too, but remained loyal to her partner when Alexis went out to lecture the boy on their immaturity. {{storylink|Carnival}}

Out on a desert mission, Sureshock was trying to get the drop on [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] when she and the rest of the kids and Street Action Team were caught in a sandtrap. They fell into a deep series of catacombs, built by denizens of the [[Sahara]] long ago after they discovered a Mini-Con storage panel in the sand. Sureshock and the others were nearly killed by the various traps and guards protecting the panel underground, and the Mini-Con team had to form Perceptor to protect the kids from harm. {{storylink|Palace}}

When Billy and Fred were kidnapped by Cyclonus, Sureshock and her friends attempted to rescue them, only to be captured themselves by Megatron. They were saved once Fred used Laserbeak to zap Megatron and distract him long enough for the Autobots to save the day. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}} As the search for more Mini-Cons continued, Sureshock and the Street Action Team participated in a mission deep underground in a city's subway tunnels. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} They also confronted Megatron in a sunken underwater city, but the Decepticons succeeded in capturing the dormant Mini-Cons on both occasions. {{storylink|Ruin}}

As Rad began to learn more about the Mini-Cons, he started to question whether they should be forced to fight in a war not of their making. Almost as if in answer to his concerns, Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons took up arms in the next conflict, showing valor and courage on the battlefield that made it clear they were fighting for what they believed in, just like the Autobots and the kids. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

[[File:Overmatch Sureshockdisguise.jpg|left|thumb]]
When the Decepticons stormed the Autobot headquarters, Sureshock helped man the internal defense systems to drive off the invaders. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}} She also bundled up heavily in order to go shoping for groceries with Alexis. Didn't look conspicuous at all, nope. {{storylink|Overmatch}}

Sureshock and the Street Action Team were present for the Autobots' first encounter with [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]. {{storylink|Gale}}

When the boys decided to go on a camping trip with the Autobots, they forgot to tell Alexis. Hurt over being left out, Alexis furiously declared that she never wanted to go anyway. Sureshock remained behind at Autobot base with Alexis, trying to calm her down. When Red Alert and [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] were caught in a mudslide, Sureshock and Alexis coordinated Autobot activities from base, desperately standing by for any good news. Although she was frantic with worry while they were in danger, Alexis didn't forget she was angry at the boys when they got back to base. Sureshock took the boys' side against Alexis, though... probably because she was sick of being called "Grindor" (not to mention a "boy"). {{storylink|Vacation}}

When [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] rescued [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] from the Decepticons' clutches, Sureshock and the Street Action Team were the first Mini-Cons to welcome him to the Autobot base. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} Later, Sureshock's team and Jolt helped create a miniature obstacle course from Hot Shot and Blurr to train on. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

Soon after, Sureshock and the Street Action Team received a transmission from the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] on the moon. It seemed that some of the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons wanted peace, and were seeking an opportunity to come over to the Autobots. With the help of Rad and Fred, they convinced Optimus Prime to give the "enemy" Mini-Cons a chance, and soon the Autobots had a number of new allies. {{storylink|Vow}}

When a computer virus manifestation of Sideways infiltrated the Autobot mainframe, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock helped the kids fight back against the infection. Sideways still had a few tricks up his sleeve, however, and he converted the minds of the Street Action Team and the kids into computerized avatars, sucking them into his digital world. In this unreal landscape, they passed by representations of Cybertron and [[Jetfire (Armada)|other]] [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|figures]], before being chased by a [[Unicron|shadowy planetoid]] back into the real world along a path Red Alert made for them. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}

After the Autobots rescued [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]]'s Mini-Con panel, Sureshock and the Street Action Team were the first to welcome him to the Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Tactician}} On monitor duty, the Street Action Team ID'ed [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] flying in circles over the Autobot base, and reported it to Vice-Commander [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] while Optimus was in repairs. The kids had to translate for Jetfire, though, and he'd never bothered to learn his Mini-Con bleeps from his bloops. {{storylink|Linkup}}

Grindor and Sureshock joined the kids in the cheering section as Jetfire beat [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] in arm-wrestling three out of three times. {{storylink|Detection}} When a Mini-Con signal went off linking the three [[Space Mini-Con Team]] panels, Sureshock and the others reacted when the signal pointed to a panel hidden right inside their own base. They joined the kids in searching out the panel in the damaged sections of the ship. The search party came across [[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]]'s panel, activating the Mini-Con. To everyone's surprise, however, Sky Blast appeared openly hostile. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} It soon became apparent, though, that Sky Blast was merely frightened. He cowered behind Rad when Sureshock and the others formed Perceptor to protect the kids. They eventually coaxed him back out into the main part of the base, and convinced the new Mini-Con to assist the Autobots. {{storylink|Desperate}}

[[File:Mars Firebot.jpg|thumb]]
Alexis was briefly seen riding Sureshock when the kids decided to sneak the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] out of the base. Sureshock didn't accompany them when they ran away, though. {{storylink|Runaway}}

Sureshock was present when Starscream first switched sides to join the Autobots. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}} During the subsequent raid on the Decepticon base, Sureshock and the Street Action Team accompanied the Autobots as Perceptor, and focused on freeing the Mini-Cons while the Autobots engaged the enemy. Perceptor briefly split into his three components when avoiding an attack by Tidal Wave. {{storylink|Rescue}}

After Starscream and Jetfire rescued [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Sureshock was among the Mini-Cons who welcomed the new arrival to the Autobots. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} When Starscream betrayed the Autobots and returned to the Decepticons, the kids were all very upset, especially Alexis. Sureshock did her best to console Alexis after Starscream's departure. {{storylink|Threaten}} As the Decepticons threatened the safety of Earth with their [[Hydra Cannon]], Sureshock and the Street Action Team watched helplessly with the kids as the Autobots tried to counter the threat. {{storylink|Crisis (Armada)|Crisis}}

[[File:Depart.jpg|left|thumb]]
Sureshock and the Mini-Cons all chose to willingly follow the Autobots into space aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', fighting alongside them against the Decepticons. When Hot Shot attempted to leave the kids behind, however, the Street Action Team formed Perceptor and organized a mutiny of the Mini-Con troops. They passively took over the bridge and made it clear by speaking in English for the first time that the humans were coming along...or else. {{storylink|Depart}}

The ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' made its way into space, and soon joined by other Mini-Cons empowered by the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]]. Sureshock and the Street Action Team telepathically explained to the kids that the Mini-Cons were all coming together to fight the great enemy...[[Unicron]]. As they encountered the Decepticon ship, Sureshock helped organized the Mini-Cons on board to man the armaments and fight back against Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Miracle (episode)|Miracle}}

Once they arrived in orbit around Cybertron, Sureshock immediately sensed Unicron's presence. The Mini-Cons all quickly gathered together in space, forming a shield against a deadly black hole Sideways had formed as a "surprise" for the Autobots. As the power of the black hole grew stronger, the Mini-Cons unified in a green ball of energy, neutralizing the threat with a rain of light. Sureshock and the Mini-Cons implored Galvatron and the others to stop fighting, but only succeeded in getting a temporary cessation of hostilities. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}}

[[File:Depart Minicons.jpg|thumb]]

After Thrust stole the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] and [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] for Unicron, High Wire recognized the place where Hot Shot was searching for the traitor. The kids and the Street Action Team made their way underground to join the search party. They got caught in a stand-off between Thrust and Starscream, and the kids were somehow warped through time. When the timeline reset itself, the Street Action Team had a few extra moments to form Perceptor and distract Thrust, saving Starscream. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} This led to a fight with Thrust and Sideways inside the core of Unicron, who stood revealed as Cybertron's moon. {{storylink|Portent}} Later, Sureshock and the others watched on helplessly as Unicron grew more powerful, and Starscream sacrificed himself to bring an alliance between the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Cramp}} As the truce was forged between the two factions, Sureshock and the Street Action Team attended as representatives of the Mini-Cons. They formed Perceptor and joined hands with Optimus Prime and Galvatron to commemorate the occasion. {{storylink|Alliance}}

With the united Transformer armada bringing the fight to Unicron, the war council reached the conclusion that Unicron needed the three super-weapons to power himself. Their best course of action therefore was to penetrate Unicron's defenses and awaken the nine individual Mini-Cons that composed the weapons, separating their will from Unicron. Although Prime and Galvatron infiltrated Unicron to achieve that purpose, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock determined ''they'' would need to be present in order to push the Mini-Cons back to consciousness. The Street Action Team and the kids made their way into Unicron using the hidden warp tunnel below Cybertron's surface. {{storylink|Union}}

In Unicron's heart, Sureshock and the others found Optimus and Galvatron facing off against Sideways. Shockingly, Unicron was able to reassert control over the Mini-Cons, placing them back under his personal domination. Their enslavement was only temporary, however, as the kids were able to reach out to Sureshock and the others, awakening them so that they could awaken the Mini-Cons of the Star Saber, Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster in turn, causing Unicron to grind to a halt. {{storylink|Origin}} As Optimus Prime and Galvatron remained inside Unicron to settle the final score between them, Sureshock and the assorted kids and Mini-Cons escaped aboard Jetfire. After the final destruction of Unicron and Galvatron, the Street Action Team accompanied Hot Shot and Jetfire back to Earth, where they said their final goodbyes to the children. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====''Energon'' cartoon====
[[File:Street Action Team Energon Saber Team.jpg|thumb|left|Sureshock is the short, dark blue four-wheeled blob on the right.]]
Sureshock and her team were among the very few Mini-Cons still around on Earth and Cybertron ten years after the Unicron Battles. They primarily stayed at [[Ocean City]] and were close to [[Kicker Jones]]. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}} Kicker called upon Sureshock's ATV mode when the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s invaded Desert City. With her help, they reached a team of scientist left behind at the facility, and took them through an emergency escape route. {{storylink|Scorpinok (episode)|Scorpinok}}

Sureshock was present when other Mini-Cons visited Ocean City from Mars. {{storylink|Megatron's Sword}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
Following the Powerlinx battles, the Street Action Team came to be regarded as celebrities among the Mini-Con community. Seeking respite from all of the fame that they had cultivated after the Transformers' conflicts on Earth, Sureshock, High Wire, and Grindor answered [[Anti-Blaze]]'s call to fight back against insurgents attacking his colony. As Perceptor, the trio hunted down the last few rebels that remained after the breaking of the [[Sky Terror Mini-Con Team|Sky Terror Team]], and the disappearance of [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] and [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 12|Street Action Team's profile in Club magazine #12}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
As Alexis, Carlos, and Rad were waving at the Autobots' launch site when they left on their mission to build a galaxy-wide [[space bridge]] network, they thought of their old Street Action Mini-Con Team friends. {{storylink|Beginning}}
{{note|Sureshock does not appear in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of the show.}}
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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
Sureshock was among the Mini-Cons who escaped from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] only to crash on Earth. Alongside High Wire, Grindor and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], she lay deactivated in a cave for a million years until [[Rad White]] stumbled into it and accidentally awakened them. After repairing themselves, the Mini-Cons befriended Rad, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], and asked them to be their guides to Earth during their search for the other lost Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} However, as Sureshock and the others were entertaining the kids with a ride on [[Project Supernova]], they suddenly came under attack by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], who had tracked them to Earth. After telling their human friends about the [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] war from which they had escaped, the Mini-Cons scanned new [[alternate mode]]s and led the Decepticons away from populated areas. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} In a nearby canyon, the Street Action Team found a team of Autobots out to put a stop the Decepticons' search for Mini-Cons, and they watched the ensuing battle. After another group of Mini-Cons joined in and helped the [[Bulk]]s drive the Decepticons away, Sureshock and her friends allied themselves with the Autobots. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

The Street Action Team was present when Sparkplug tried to convince [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to let him infiltrate the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} Later, after Sureshock helped scare off [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] as they bullied Rad, the team took the kids on a ride around town. Their fun and games ended when a Mini-Con beacon summoned them to a [[Mini-Con Ark|large monolith]] which turned out to be a starship. Alongside all other Mini-Cons on Earth, the Street Action Team entered the monolith, which rocketed off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} The Mini-Cons were taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where another group of Mini-Cons led by [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]] had constructed a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|moonbase]] where their race could live in peace forever. The Street Action Team were against this, as they'd much rather have lived on Earth with their human friends. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Sureshock began to doubt that the Autobots would come save them, and she wondered aloud if she and her teammates would ever see Rad, Carlos and Alexis again. Fortunately for them, the Decepticons invaded the base shortly afterwards, and everyone inside was forced to evacuate to Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

After returning to the Autobot base on Earth, the Street Action Team were seen listening to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]'s speeches about Mini-Con independence. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} When the Mini-Cons learned that [[Unicron]] was targeting Cybertron, they gathered together in order to return to their homeworld and fight him. Saying their goodbyes to Rad, Carlos and Alexis, the Street Action Team joined the other Mini-Cons at the [[Loop]] on Cybertron and poured their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]]. This allowed [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] to fire a massive energy blast at Unicron, crippling him. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}

====Prevenge====
{{voiceactor|[[Samantha Newark]] (English)}}
When a mysterious trans-dimensional portal appeared before Sureshock, "someone" told her not to go through it, prompting Sureshock to do so in an act of defiance. She found herself in a metallic corridor after stepping through the portal, where she was almost stepped on by another arrival, [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]. The pair got off roughly at first, due to their vastly different visual styles, but made amends quickly. Sureshock then attempted to Powerlinx to Arcee's arm, an act that the larger 'bot found highly inappropriate.

Sureshock was ready to face off against whatever foes and overcome whatever traps were laid out for them within the labyrinth they had been taken to, but Arcee pointed out that all that awaited them was an unprotected door. Stepping though it, they met with six other 'bots who had also been abducted from their home dimensions: [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]. The group's abductor made his presence known, and ordered them to fight to the death. Sureshock flip-flopped on whether or not she wanted to do so, changing her mind constantly to avoid agreeing with anyone. The abductees eventually forced their captor to step into view, though only Snarl recognized the [[Skuxxoid]] for who he was. Sureshock quickly consulted [[TFWiki.Net]] to fill everyone in on what they were dealing with. Unimpressed, Snarl punted the villain over the horizon, leaving the group to figure out how to get home. Sureshock attempted to use her mind to do so, to no avail. The group eventually settled on a solution: to all laugh together, like characters in a cheesy cartoon are prone to do when the episode's over. Surprisingly enough, this worked, and everyone was sent back home. {{storylink|Prevenge}}

====''Energon'' comic====
Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] began assaulting various Earth cities. As [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] prepared to send troops to Earth to deal with this new threat, the Street Action Team showed up and offered to lend a hand. Sureshock explained that they were worried about their old human friends, then combined with her teammates into [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] to get the "size thing" out of the way. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} Under Jetfire's command, the Mini-Cons defended [[Los Angeles]] from thousands of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} The strike team was vastly outnumbered and quickly began to run low on energy, but Sureshock and the others were saved when their old buddy Rad used the [[Energon Volant Accumulator|E.V.A.]] to power them up with [[Energon gas]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
Sureshock was among the Mini-Cons who fled from Cybertron to [[Earth]], where they lay dormant for four million years before waking up and meeting [[Rad White]] and his friends. After introducing herself and her friends, Sureshock explained to the humans how they had come to the planet, but regrettably refused to get involved with the war again by saving [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} They soon realized that running away wouldn't solve anything, though, and Sureshock helped distract [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] long enough for Optimus Prime to recover and call for reinforcements. {{storylink|Friends and Foes!}} The Street Action Team quickly befriended Rad, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], and after some racing around, they followed the humans into the wreckage of their ship in search of its [[locator log]]. Inside, they were attacked by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], who downed Sureshock and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] with a single blast. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}}

In order to learn more about how to behave on Earth, the Street Action Team began following their human friends during their daily life. Sureshock came with Alexis to the [[Cosmoscope Research Center|local observatory]], where she decided to "help" by uploading her information on space into their mainframe. Unfortunately, it was more than the human-made computer could handle, and it promptly crashed. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} The Autobots later attempted to keep Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons safe by sending them back to Cybertron, but the plan failed due to the Mini-Cons' refusal and a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}}

While racing with their human friends, the Street Action Team came under attack from [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. While Alexis and the other humans ran for help, the Mini-Cons kept the Decepticon busy by combining into Perceptor. They almost lost to Starscream's [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], but were saved thanks to the timely intervention of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade}} A while later, Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons surrendered themselves to the Decepticons in order to buy the Autobots some time to prepare for an incoming missile strike. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} While en route to the Decepticon base on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], they easily broke out of their cells, took control of the [[solar barge|prison craft]] and returned to Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}

===Reader's Digest ''Armada'' novels===
After fleeing the Cybertronian civil war, Sureshock found herself slumbering on Earth for eons. She was awakened by Alexis and her friends within a cave, where the children and the Mini-Cons quickly became friends. However, a mechanism within the remains of the Mini-Cons' ship teleported both Autobot and Decepticon combattants on-planet, bringing the Transformers' war to Earth. Sureshock, High Wire and Grindor teamed up with Optimus to thwart Megatron's attempts at capturing the Mini-Cons. Megatron was driven away when Sureshock combined with her friends into Perceptor, and raised an impenetrable shield, making any further attempts to capture them on Megatron's part futile. Having reformatted herself into a high-tech scooter, Sureshock then gave Alexis a ride home back into town, having decided to stay with her new human friend rather than stay behind with Optimus and his Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: The Battle Begins|The Battle Begins}}

Alexis took to riding Sureshock around all the time, since she was way cooler than her old scooter. After school, the kids and their Mini-Cons readied themselves to visit the Autobots when Fred and Billy intercepted them, and questioned their schoolmates as to where they had gotten their new vehicles. Rad was able to quickly cobble together a story that his dad had gotten the next year's models through his "connections." Once they were out of the duo's earshot, Sureshot warned Alexis that they had narrowly avoided a close call. Coming upon the mountainside concealing the Mini-Cons' ship, they found the cave leading within sealed shut by a stone door. Thanks to the wireless connection the Mini-Cons maintained with their vessel, they were able to nonetheless grant themselves access to the Autobots' base. However, they found the base deserted. Using one of the computers, Sureshock tracked Optimus's energy signature to a nearby highway. The group found him with Hot Shot and Red Alert, and the two young Autobots scrutinized the Mini-Cons, having only heard of them in old war stories. After brief introductions, the group heard explosions going off nearby; the Decepticons were attacking the Autobots' base! The children and their Mini-Cons hid in the nearby brush while the Autobots dealt with their enemies. During the battle, a stray shot from Megatron caused an rock slide to tumble down towards the kids and their Mini-Cons. Thankfully, Hot Shot left the battlefront to rescue them, and zipped them away to a safer location, with the Mini-Cons fastening themselves to Hot Shot's vehicle mode. En route, more Mini-Con panels were discovered, and Hot Shot linked up with his new partner, "Jolt," before heading back into the fray. Sureshock and the others stayed behind, finding a new hiding spot to view the battle safely. The Decepticons were eventually driven back, though they unfortunately managed to snatch away a couple of dormant Mini-Cons for themselves before warping off-planet. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: Race for the Mini-Con Robots|Race for the Mini-Con Robots}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Puzzled by the concept of [[Halloween]], the Street Action Mini-Cons got taken trick-or-treating by their human friends. As Alexis was collecting money for {{w|UNICEF}}, Sureshock opted to do the same. Thousands of years later, after the Mini-Cons returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he continued to tell the story of that night and encouraged the young Mini-Cons to trick-or-treat. He also wore an Alexis mask to honour her memory. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}

===Bendon ''Armada'' books===
[[File:RTD-Kidsride.jpg|thumb|A moped versus a skateboard and a bicycle. Isn't that kinda, you know, one-sided?]]
Sureshock was with the kids when they talked Optimus into letting them explore some nearby caves for Mini-Con crystals... and seemingly didn't actually go along with them. {{storylink|Cave Catastrophe}}

Sureshock did, however, participate in a Mini-Con race the kids had that also involved Grindor and High Wire. Unsurprisingly, Megatron used the situation as an excuse to attack them. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}

===Legends World===
Sureshock cheered alongside Grindor and High Wire when [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was chased away by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada-Sureshock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2002]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Street Action Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Hideaki Yoke]] and [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)}}

: Released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toys, Sureshock transforms into a motorized scooter. She can also combine with her teammates to form the legs of [[Perceptor (Armada)#Toys|Perceptor]].

: As a Mini-Con, she has a [[Powerlinx]] socket on the underside of her vehicle mode that allows her to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating special [[gimmick]]s on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug.

: She was only available in a Mini-Con three-pack with her teammates [[Grindor (Armada)#Toys|Grindor]] and [[High Wire (Armada)#Toys|High Wire]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Sureshock/sureshock.htm More information on Sureshock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:LOTM Arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''CD Limited Edition Street Action Micron''' (CD pack-in, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 1]], 2003

: These [[redeco]]es of the Street Action Microns have been tweaked to make the three more [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]]; in Arcee's case, this meant somewhat lighter orange plastic, and a light blue-gray paint on her face and bike seat.

: This set was only available with the CD single of the first [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Legends of the Microns'']] [[Japanese themes|theme song]], "[[Transformer: Dream Again]]" by [[Psychic Lover]].

: The team's official name has bounced a bit: the name listed above is what it's called on the packaging. Magazine solicitations called it the "Super Anime Color Edition Street Action Micron", while the "Micron Museum" portion of Takara's website called it the "Street Action Micron Anime Color (CD version)".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDArcee/arcee.htm More information on Anime Color Arcee at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Arcee''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''3'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2003

: Part of the first [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] ''[[Change Micron]]'' assortment, each of the Street Action Microns were sold in individual boxes, packed with a small bag of sugar-pellet candy.

: The most immediately-noticeable change to "Arcee" is that she lacks the yellow paint on her headlamps and has darker gray for her face and seats. But these toys are also actually a completely new mold-set, with various tiny detail differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMArcee/arcee.htm More information on Change Micron Arcee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:2003-streetactionmicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MC-XX'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 19]], 2003

: The [[Exdimensions]] [[redeco]]s of the Street Action Microns were part of the "Magna Convoy DX" set, which also included "[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Convoy Final Battle Coloration]]" (Powerlinx Optimus Prime) and "[[Overload (Armada)|Ultra Magnus Special Clear Version]]". This set was only available at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores. Arcee was given a color scheme sort of inspired by her [[Arcee (G1)|Generation 1 namesake]], being mostly white with pink and red accents.

: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Arcee (Armada)|Arcee]] (no, another one).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XArcee/arcee.htm More information on Exdimensions Arcee at TFU.info]''
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===''Energon''===
[[File:Energon-Sureshock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Perceptor''' (Energon Class, [[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Cliffjumper'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''SC-09'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[February 26]], 2004
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (Takara)}}

: Released in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' "Energon Class" toys, Sureshock now transforms into an off-road one-man ATV. She can still combine with her pack-in partners [[High Wire (Armada)#Energon|High Wire]] and [[Grindor (Armada)#Energon|Grindor]] to form [[Perceptor (Armada)#Energon|Perceptor]], except this time she forms the torso and arms.

: Takara's "Charge" removes the orange paint apps on the rear mudguards. Sureshock's final toy notably differs in design when compared to the cartoon, due to her [[Character model|cartoon model]] being based on an early Takara sketch that featured a completely different design (see [[#Notes|below]]). In this preliminary design, all of her wheels would've ended up on her arms; the front of the ATV would've ended up on the back of her head, with the handle bars hanging off like horns; and the rear fenders would've formed her feet, rather than her shoulders. This design would've also changed Perceptor's combined form a little bit, as all four wheels would end up on his arms, instead of his torso.

: This mold was also used to make [[Mudbath|Damper]] and [[Throttle (Energon)|Throttle]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Sureshock/sureshock.htm More information on ''Energon'' Sureshock at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Toy Sureshock Universe 2003.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sunstorm with Inferno and Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>

: An evil [[redeco]] of the original ''Armada'' Street Action Mini-Con Team was included in a [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' multi-pack. In this set, Sureshock changed to a predominantly black deco. The team was packed in with [[Sunstorm (Universe)#Toys|Sunstorm]] and [[Inferno (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Inferno]].

: Oddly, all photos on the card show the set in their respective molds' original ''Armada'' color schemes, seemingly due to an ''incredibly'' rushed production.

:This toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' incarnation of [[Sureshock (SG)|Sureshock]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/TFUSureshock/sureshock.htm More information on Sureshock at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Perceptor''' (Basic Class, [[2005]])}}</ul>

: ''Energon'' Perceptor was repackaged in the ''Universe'' toyline, with no changes to the contents within.

: This set was largely sold at drug stores and "discount" chains like Big Lots!, part of the first wave/year of "Basic Class" repacks sold though these outlets.
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cybertron-toy Sureshock.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Backblast vs Sureshock''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, [[2006]])}}</ul>

: Released in the fourth and final wave of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Mini-Con 2-packs, ''Cybertron'' Sureshock is a rather stunt-bike-showy redeco of his<ref>All sources list Sureshock as a female Transformer during ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', however, the bio for the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' toy identifies her as male.</ref> ''Energon'' toy. He can, of course, still combine with both ''Cybertron'' [[High Wire (Armada)#Cybertron|High Wire]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)#Cybertron|Sureshock]] to form ''Cybertron'' [[Perceptor (Armada)#Cybertron|Perceptror]].

: He was only available packaged with the Decepticon-allied [[Backblast#Toys|Backblast]]. This wave of two-packs did not ship widely or for very long, making them difficult to obtain.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/Sureshock/sureshock.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Sureshock at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
*'''Bumble''' (SCF, 2003)
**''Accessories'': SCF stand

: Available in ACT-10 of the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' PVC line (the last "Act" of the line), this small PVC figurine of Perceptor was available in both full-color and an all-pewter-paint version, packed one each per case of twelve figurines.

==Notes==
[[File:Sureshock-Energon-concept-drawing.jpg|thumb]]
* In the English, Italian and French dubs of ''Armada'', Sureshock is often called Grindor and she's often referred to as a male.
* In Sureshock's only [[robot mode]] appearance in ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'', she is the only one of her team to hardly resemble her toy. Although she retains the wider shoulders and the spindly lower half just like her toy, all four of her wheels end up on her arms. This carries over onto the [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] CGI model too. This design appears to have originated from an early Takara concept drawing conceived before the toy (see right). The other two members of her team remained mostly unchanged.
* Sureshock's vehicle mode design forms the basis of [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s [[space scooter]] that debuts in ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|#51]].

===Foreign names===
====''Armada''====
*''Japanese:'' '''Arcee''' (アーシー ''Āshī'')
*''Korean:'' '''Arcee''' (애쉬 ''Aeswi'')
*''Russian:'' '''Shocker'''
*''Hungarian:'' '''Sokkos''' ("Shocked"), '''Sokkoló''' ("Shocker")

====''Energon''====
*''Japanese:'' '''Charge''' (チャージ ''Chāji'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Széllovas''' (second dub, "Windcharger")

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High Wire (Armada)

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:''High Wire is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Armada Highwire art.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Ohh, it's a deep burn! Oh, it's so deep! Oh, I can barely lift my right arm 'cause I did so many.]]
'''High Wire''' is a bike. Motivational, intelligent, yet ego-free, he believes unwaveringly in the power of teamwork, and though he wouldn't admit it, he is great at leadership.

He combines with his fellow [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]] members to form [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. On [[Drift (episode)|at least one occasion]] he has demonstrated a limited ability to manipulate time.

{{bigquote|All together, now!|High Wire's [[bio]] quote.}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Terry Klassen]] (English), [[Akira Tomisaka]] (Japanese)|[[Kustaa Kantelinen]] (Finnish), [[Anders Öjebo]] (Swedish)}}
[[File:First Encounter High Wire.jpg|thumb|left]]
High Wire and the Mini-Cons were created countless millennia ago, spawned from with the cells of Unicron. Outwardly innocent and yet extremely powerful, the Mini-Cons' purpose was to engineer a power struggle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, creating conflict which would feed Unicron. Due to a time loop, however, High Wire encountered three children from 21st century Earth — [[Rad White]] and his friends [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]. Contact with Rad somehow weakened Unicron's conditioning, giving High Wire and the other Mini-Cons the ability to think for themselves. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

A million years ago, a ceasefire was called between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s, during which it was decided to banish the Mini-Cons from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so they would never be used as tools of war again. High Wire was among the Mini-Cons who were placed in stasis inside [[Mini-Con storage panel]]s on board the starship ''[[Exodus (Armada)|Exodus]]'' for the long journey into deep space. Remembering his long-ago contact with Rad White, High Wire aimed the ''Exodus'' towards the planet Earth, where he knew Rad would one day be waiting for him.

However, during the launch of the ''Exodus'', the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] betrayed the ceasefire and attacked, hoping to take all the Mini-Cons for himself. The Autobots managed to hold off the Decepticons long enough for the ''Exodus'' to make it to a warp gate and leave Cybertron behind forever. After drifting through space for countless years, the Mini-Con ship collided with Earth's moon and broke apart, half of it remaining on the moon while the rest crash-landed on the planet's surface.

[[File:Comrade PrimeMinicons.jpg|thumb]]
Thousands of years later, Rad White and his friend Carlos were exploring the caves under the local [[Cosmoscope Research Center|observatory]] when they discovered the remains of the ''Exodus''. Rad was drawn to the glowing, green Mini-Con panel in the darkness, and when he touched it, the systems of the ''Exodus'' reactivated and sent a signal back to Cybertron. Now the Transformers knew what had become of the Mini-Cons. After Rad and Carlos exited the caves and met up with Alexis, they were confronted by Megatron himself. In his fear, Rad stumbled and dropped the Mini-Con panel, which activated and released High Wire. High Wire was shocked to see Megatron and scanned Rad's bicycle to enable the escape for his new friends and liberators. However, Megatron managed to stop them and demanded the humans turn over High Wire. Fortunately for all concerned, the Autobot leader, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], arrived to confront the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

As more Autobots and Decepticons arrived and began grappling with each other, High Wire and the humans fled back into the mountain caves to avoid getting trampled. High Wire led the children deep into the mountain where the Mini-Con ship was buried, and located his two inoperative friends, [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]]. When Carlos and Alexis touched their Mini-Con storage panels, they came to life just like High Wire, and the trio were reunited. Eager to try out the new Earth modes they scanned, the Street Action Team went racing through the countryside with their new human companions, crossing over rivers and straight up mountainsides. Reality soon caught up with them, though, as Megatron and the Decepticons tracked them down. Fortunately, Optimus Prime and his Autobots stepped in again to save the Mini-Cons from entrapment and slavery. {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Armada)|Metamorphosis}}

[[File:Basebump.jpg|thumb|left]]

After the Decepticons were driven off, the collected Autobots, Mini-Cons and humans retreated back into the mountain-ship to get to know one another. High Wire asked Optimus Prime if the Autobots would force the Mini-Cons to fight, but Optimus assured him that only the Decepticons treated Mini-Cons like slaves, and the Autobots would allow them to make their own decisions. Satisfied that their freedom would be respected, High Wire and his fellow Mini-Cons agreed to join forces with the Autobots. As the new alliance was forged, Mini-Con panels began to come on-line all over the globe, ensuring the Autobots would have plenty of work to keep them busy. {{storylink|Base}}

On their first Mini-Con hunt, High Wire and the Street Action Team worked with Optimus Prime in [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]], surveying the area for any signs of storage panels. High Wire tried to get a higher vantage point by standing atop of Prime's foot. When the Decepticons arrived to intervene, the Street Action Team displayed their ability to combine for the first time, forming [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. The agile Mini-Con gestalt miraculously overwhelmed both Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] until Optimus Prime could [[powerlinx]] with his new partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], and unleash a Maximum Blast. {{storylink|Comrade}}

High Wire and the Street Action Team joined the kids in teaching [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] how to play the game of "Tag" inside the Autobot base. Hot Shot was worn out trying to chase them down until he thought to use [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] to "tag" the kids for him. High Wire and the other Mini-Cons later accompanied the Autobots to Antarctica to search for a new Mini-Con. They used Prime's trailer as a mobile headquarters from which they coordinated the search. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} Later, High Wire helped Rad gather supplies for the kids to use while freeloading at the Autobot base. He and the other Mini-Cons then joined the Autobots on a mission to the forest, where a firefight with the Decepticons led to a forest fire. Working with Red Alert, the Mini-Cons converted Optimus Prime's trailer into a fire engine, pumping water from a nearby lake to put out the fires. {{storylink|Jungle}}

One day, High Wire and Grindor went out to a carnival with Rad and Carlos. Hijinx ensued. {{storylink|Carnival}} Out on a desert mission, High Wire was trying to get the drop on [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] when he and the rest of the kids and Street Action Team were caught in a sandtrap. They fell into a deep series of catacombs, built by denizens of the [[Sahara]] long ago after they discovered a Mini-Con storage panel in the sand. High Wire and the others were nearly killed by the various traps and guards protecting the panel underground, and the Mini-Con team had to form Perceptor to protect the kids from harm. {{storylink|Palace}}

When Billy and Fred were kidnapped by Cyclonus, High Wire and his friends attempted to rescue them, only to be captured themselves by Megatron. They were saved once Fred used Laserbeak to zap Megatron and distract him long enough for the Autobots to save the day. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}} As the search for more Mini-Cons continued, High Wire and the Street Action Team participated in a mission deep underground in a city's subway tunnels. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} They also confronted Megatron in a sunken underwater city, but the Decepticons succeeded in capturing the dormant Mini-Cons on both occasions. {{storylink|Ruin}}

As Rad began to learn more about the Mini-Cons, he started to question whether they should be forced to fight in a war not of their making. Almost as if in answer to his concerns, High Wire and the other Mini-Cons took up arms in the next conflict, showing valor and courage on the battlefield that made it clear they were fighting for what they believed in, just like the Autobots and the kids. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

High Wire and the Street Action Team were present for the Autobots' first encounter with [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]. {{storylink|Gale}} Sometime later, High Wire and Grindor went camping with Red Alert, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and the boys. {{storylink|Vacation}} When [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] rescued [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] from the Decepticons' clutches, High Wire and the Street Action Team were the first Mini-Cons to welcome him to the Autobot base. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} Later, High Wire's team and Jolt helped create a miniature obstacle course from Hot Shot and Blurr to train on. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

[[File:Confrontation-Billy's bad landing.jpg|thumb]]
Soon after, High Wire and the Street Action Team received a transmission from the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] on the moon. It seemed that some of the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons wanted peace, and were seeking an opportunity to come over to the Autobots. With the help of Rad and Fred, they convinced Optimus Prime to give the "enemy" Mini-Cons a chance, and soon the Autobots had a number of new allies. {{storylink|Vow}}

When a computer virus manifestation of Sideways infiltrated the Autobot mainframe, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock helped the kids fight back against the infection. Sideways still had a few tricks up his sleeve, however, and he converted the minds of the Street Action Team and the kids into computerized avatars, sucking them into his digital world. In this unreal landscape, they passed by representations of Cybertron and [[Jetfire (Armada)|other]] [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|figures]], before being chased by a [[Unicron|shadowy planetoid]] back into the real world along a path Red Alert made for them. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}

After the Autobots rescued [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]]'s Mini-Con panel, High Wire and the Street Action Team were the first to welcome him to the Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Tactician}} On monitor duty, the Street Action Team ID'ed [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] flying in circles over the Autobot base, and reported it to Vice-Commander [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] while Optimus was in repairs. The kids had to translate for Jetfire, though, and he'd never bothered to learn his Mini-Con bleeps from his bloops. {{storylink|Linkup}}

High Wire appeared in the battle footage [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] reviewed at base after joining the Autobots. {{storylink|Detection}}

When a Mini-Con signal went off linking the three [[Space Mini-Con Team]] panels, High Wire and the others reacted when the signal pointed to a panel hidden right inside their own base. They joined the kids in searching out the panel in the damaged sections of the ship. The search party came across [[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]]'s panel, activating the Mini-Con. To everyone's surprise, however, Sky Blast appeared openly hostile. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} It soon became apparent, though, that Sky Blast was merely frightened. He dove out of the way when High Wire tried to tackle him, and cowered behind Rad when High Wire and the others formed Perceptor to protect the kids. They eventually coaxed him back out into the main part of the base, and convinced the new Mini-Con to assist the Autobots. {{storylink|Desperate}}

High Wire was present when Starscream first switched sides to join the Autobots. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}} During the subsequent raid on the Decepticon base, High Wire and the Street Action Team accompanied the Autobots as Perceptor, and focused on freeing the Mini-Cons while the Autobots engaged the enemy. Perceptor briefly split into his three components when avoiding an attack by Tidal Wave. {{storylink|Rescue}}

After Starscream and Jetfire rescued [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], High Wire was among the Mini-Cons who welcomed the new arrival to the Autobots. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}

As the Decepticons threatened the safety of Earth with their [[Hydra Cannon]], High Wire and the Street Action Team watched helplessly with the kids as the Autobots tried to counter the threat. {{storylink|Crisis (Armada)|Crisis}}

Following the death of Optimus Prime in stopping the Hydra Cannon, the Autobots were preparing to follow the Decepticons into space and prevent them from using the cannon against Cybertron. Although Hot Shot and Red Alert made it clear the kids wouldn't be coming along on such a dangerous mission, High Wire knew it was their destiny to do so. He began speaking to Rad in English, and in his dreams, compelling him to seek his destiny out in space. When the kids declared their intention to join the mission, High Wire and the Street Action Team converted into Perceptor and organized the united Mini-Cons on the side of the kids. With pressure from the Mini-Cons, Hot Shot was forced to allow the humans to accompany them. {{storylink|Depart}}

The ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' made its way into space, and soon joined by other Mini-Cons empowered by the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]]. High Wire and the Street Action Team telepathically explained to the kids that the Mini-Cons were all coming together to fight the great enemy...[[Unicron]]. As they encountered the Decepticon ship, High Wire organized the Mini-Cons on board to man the armaments and fight back against Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Miracle (episode)|Miracle}}

Once they arrived in orbit around Cybertron, High Wire immediately sensed Unicron's presence. The Mini-Cons all quickly gathered together in space, forming a shield against a deadly black hole Sideways had formed as a "surprise" for the Autobots. As the power of the black hole grew stronger, the Mini-Cons unified in a green ball of energy, neutralizing the threat with a rain of light. High Wire and the Mini-Cons implored Galvatron and the others to stop fighting, but only succeeded in getting a temporary cessation of hostilities. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}}

After Thrust stole the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] and [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] from Galvatron, Hot Shot joined forces with the Decepticons [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] and Starscream to hunt him down. When he reported his position in the underground caverns of Cybertron to the ''Axalon'', High Wire recognized it as the place where the Mini-Cons were first created. The kids and their Mini-Cons went down to help with the search, but got caught in a stand-off between Thrust and Starscream. High Wire unleashed his time manipulation power just as Thrust turned the Requiem Blaster on Starscream, sending the kids to the future and the past where the Mini-Cons' creation in the first place. When time reset itself, the Street Action Team had a few extra moments to form Perceptor and distract Thrust, saving Starscream. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

[[File:Portent Alexis charm.jpg|thumb|left]]
The search continued and led to a fight with Thrust and Sideways inside the core of Unicron, who stood revealed as Cybertron's moon. {{storylink|Portent}} Later, High Wire and the others watched on helplessly as Unicron grew more powerful, and Starscream sacrificed himself to bring an alliance between the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Cramp}} As the truce was forged between the two factions, High Wire and the Street Action Team attended as representatives of the Mini-Cons. They formed Perceptor and joined hands with Optimus Prime and Galvatron to commemorate the occasion. {{storylink|Alliance}}

With the united Transformer armada bringing the fight to Unicron, the war council reached the conclusion that Unicron needed the three super-weapons to power himself. Their best course of action therefore was to penetrate Unicron's defenses and awaken the nine individual Mini-Cons that composed the weapons, separating their will from Unicron. Although Prime and Galvatron infiltrated Unicron to achieve that purpose, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock determined ''they'' would need to be present in order to push the Mini-Cons back to consciousness. The Street Action Team and the kids made their way into Unicron using the hidden warp tunnel below Cybertron's surface. {{storylink|Union}}

[[File:Street Action Team.jpg|thumb]]
In Unicron's heart, High Wire and the others found Optimus and Galvatron facing off against Sideways. Shockingly, Unicron was able to reassert control over the Mini-Cons, placing them back under his personal domination. Their enslavement was only temporary, however, as the kids were able to reach out to High Wire and the others, awakening them so that they could awaken the Mini-Cons of the Star Saber, Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster in turn, causing Unicron to grind to a halt. {{storylink|Origin}} As Optimus Prime and Galvatron remained inside Unicron to settle the final score between them, High Wire and the assorted kids and Mini-Cons escaped aboard Jetfire. After the final destruction of Unicron and Galvatron, the Street Action Team accompanied Hot Shot and Jetfire back to Earth, where they said their final goodbyes to the children. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====''Linkage''====
While High Wire was fighting the Decepticons alongside the Autobots, others of his kin had gotten caught up in a struggle against Unicron-allied Mini-Cons. High-Wire and [[Rollbar (Armada)|Rollbar]] met with [[Servo (Armada)|Servo]], [[Falcia]] and [[Twirl (Armada)|Twirl]] outside the Autobots' base at [[Mount Astrogate]], discussing both teams' plans for the immediate future when they finally made contact with one another. Though High Wire was eager to invite his brethren to join up with the Autobots, they had their own mission to attend to. Servo told the High Wire of Redline's plans to find the [[Master Key]] and unlock their people's true potential, plus free them from their bonds to their creator [[Unicron]]. High Wire wished them luck and waved them off as they left to complete this mission. {{storylink|Linkage Part 8}}

====''Energon'' cartoon====
High Wire and his team were among the very few Mini-Cons still around on Earth and Cybertron ten years after the Unicron Battles. They primarily stayed at [[Ocean City]] and were close to [[Kicker Jones]]. Kicker was seen riding High Wire's dirt bike mode when the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] invasion first began on Earth. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

High Wire made an extremely rare appearance in his individual robot mode when other Mini-Cons visited Ocean City from Mars. He also accompanied Kicker and Ironhide to [[Plains City]], where Kicker rode atop his vehicle mode briefly to rejoin the action after checking for civilian stragglers within the facility. {{storylink|Megatron's Sword}}

When Kicker first started getting a vague sense of [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s invisible presence on Ocean City, he took High Wire for a spin around the base to clear his thoughts. {{storylink|Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary}} Later, at [[Jungle City]], Kicker and [[Misha Miramond|Misha]] rode High Wire out to their "special spot" where they used to spend time together as kids. (At least they didn't make out on top of High Wire [[Mikaela Banes|like some]] [[Sam Witwicky|people would]].) {{storylink|Crisis in Jungle City}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
Following the Powerlinx battles, the Street Action Team came to be regarded as celebrities among the Mini-Con community. Seeking respite from all of the fame that they had cultivated after the Transformers' conflicts on Earth, High Wire, Sureshock, and Grindor answered [[Anti-Blaze]]'s call to fight back against insurgents attacking his colony. As Perceptor, the trio hunted down the last few rebels that remained after the breaking of the [[Sky Terror Mini-Con Team|Sky Terror Team]], and the disappearance of [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] and [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 12|Street Action Team's profile in Club magazine #12}}
====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
As Alexis, Carlos, and Rad were waving at the Autobots' launch site when they left on their mission to build a galaxy-wide [[space bridge]] network, they thought of their old Street Action Mini-Con Team friends. {{storylink|Beginning}}
{{note|High Wire does not appear in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of the show.}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
When the [[Exodus (Armada)|Mini-Con ship]] broke up and crashed on Earth a million years in the past, near High Wire ended up in a cave under present-day [[Lincoln (city)|Lincoln]] alongside Grindor, Sureshock and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]]. A fateful day, a human named [[Rad White]] fell into the cave and accidentally awakened the Mini-Cons, who soon befriended him and his companions, [[Carlos Lopez]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]. High Wire and the others built the humans a [[Project Supernova|hovercraft]] and asked them to be their guides as they searched for other Mini-Cons on Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} Unfortunately, their fun and games stopped when they were tracked to Earth by the [[Decepticon]]s, and the Mini-Cons were forced to explain their war-torn past to the kids. High Wire and the others then scanned new [[alternate mode]]s and used them to run from the Decepticons until they ran into the [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} After the Decepticons were driven off by the Autobots and another group of Mini-Cons, the Street Action Team allied themselves with the Autobots. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

High Wire was present when Sparkplug tried to convince [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to let him infiltrate the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} He later rescued Rad from [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] by menacing the bully with a wheelie, so Rad explained to him that not ''every'' dangerous situation requires saving. As the Street Action Team drove around town with their human friends, the [[Mini-Con Ark]]'s summoning beacon reached them, and they started driving mindlessly towards [[Kansas]]. After all the Mini-Cons on Earth were gathered around the Ark, they entered it, and it took off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} The Mini-Cons were taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where another group of Mini-Cons led by [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]] had constructed a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|moonbase]] where their race could live in peace forever. High Wire and his teammates were against this, as they'd much rather live on Earth with Rad, Carlos and Alexis. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} They awaited help from the Autobots, but were in a way saved by the ''Decepticons'' when they attacked the base and deactivated the energy field keeping the Mini-Cons behind bars. All residents of the moonbase subsequently evacuated it. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

After returning to Earth, the Street Action Team were seen listening to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]'s speeches about Mini-Con independence. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} Later, High Wire joined a team of Mini-Cons who traveled to the Decepticons' base at [[Silver Ridge]] in search of [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]'s [[null-reality pod]]s, which were needed to bring back the lost [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} They successfully infiltrated the base, but were forced to hide from the three [[Herald of Unicron|Heralds of Unicron]] who were stomping around inside. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} The team located the null-reality pods, and High Wire watched as Sparkplug, Over-Run and [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] used them to traverse dimensions and retrieve Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}} Prime returned with news that [[Unicron]] was coming to devour their dimension's [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], so all Mini-Cons had to return to their homeworld and fight against him. After saying their goodbyes to Rad, Carlos and Alexis, the Street Action Team joined the other Mini-Cons at the [[Loop]] on Cybertron and poured their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]]. This allowed Over-Run to fire a massive energy blast at Unicron, crippling him. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}

====''Energon'' comic====
Ten years later, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock learned that the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] were assaulting various cities on Earth. Worried about their old human friends, they volunteered to return to Earth and fight this new threat in the form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} They were assigned to [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s team in [[Los Angeles]], where they battled against thousands of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} The team was vastly outnumbered and quickly began to run low on energy, but High Wire and the others were saved when Rad showed up in the [[Energon Volant Accumulator|E.V.A.]] and used it to power them up with [[Energon gas]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
Back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], High Wire was a chemist of sorts, and once developed a nice and clean way of processing waste fuel. Unfortunately, his attempts to save the environment were for naught, as the Decepticons soon "turned the skies black with smoke" anyway. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} He later left his home planet alongside most of the Mini-Con population, and ended up crashing on [[Earth]] and laying dormant for four million years.

High Wire was the first Mini-Con to meet [[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] after they accidentally reactivated the Mini-Cons onboard their crashed ship in a cave. He helped Rad and Carlos out of the cave and tried to explain that he had come in peace, but hadn't picked up much English yet. Fortunately, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] showed up to translate for him. ''Un''fortunately, Megatron was there to capture the Mini-Cons and conquer Earth. High Wire scanned Rad's bike for an [[alternate mode]], then transformed and carried the three kids to safety while Megatron was distracted by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. He met up with the rest of the awakened Mini-Cons, but they refused to help Optimus Prime against Megatron, as them getting involved with the war again would only end badly. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} Rad, disgusted by their cowardice, went off to save Prime by himself. High Wire realized that he couldn't let the human go alone, then raced after Rad, saving him just before Megatron could stomp on him. He ended up being punched by Megatron in the process, but was pulled out of danger by [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]]. {{storylink|Friends and Foes!}}

After the battle, High Wire and the rest of the Mini-Cons joined the Autobots. He spent some time racing with his new human friends, but they were soon sent by Optimus Prime to recover the [[locator log]] from the Mini-Cons' ship. They found it, but came under attack from [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], who quickly took High Wire and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] out with a single blast. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} In order to learn more about life on Earth, High Wire began following Rad around during his daily routines. While watching Rad during a chemistry class at school, he witnessed [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] messing up his experiment. Remembering his own experiments on Cybertron, he pulled the two troublemakers out of the window and avenged Rad by giving them a beating. Rad felt that this would only get him into trouble, and took High Wire to his other friends, who had similar "help gone wrong" experiences with their Mini-Con friends. High Wire was embarrassed, but Rad promised to guide him through proper human behavior. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}}

Some time later, High Wire almost returned to Cybertron when the Autobots decided to keep the Mini-Cons safe by sending them home. In the end, they remained on Earth due to both their refusal to abandon their friends, and a Decepticon attack which destroyed their space bridge. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} The Street Action Team were racing with Rad, Carlos and Alexis again when they came under attack from [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], out to get himself some Mini-Con upgrades. High Wire threw Rad off and told him to get help, then combined with his teammates into Perceptor and did battle with Starscream. After Optimus Prime showed up and saved the day, High Wire high-fived with Rad and explained that they had kept Perceptor a secret as sometimes, the fewer people know about Mini-Cons the better. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade}}

When the Autobots were threatened by Decepticon warheads fired from the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], High Wire and the other Mini-Cons offered to surrender themselves in order to buy the Autobots time to prepare. They were subsequently imprisoned on a [[solar barge]] which was then pulled towards the Moon by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} After breaking out, High Wire and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] activated their [[magno-clamp]]s and walked out on the barge's hull, where they disconnected it from Cyclonus. Sparkplug was knocked into space in the process, but High Wire told [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] to save him, and everyone returned safely to Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}

===Reader's Digest ''Armada'' novels===
After fleeing the Cybertronian civil war, High Wire found himself slumbering on Earth for eons. He was awakened by Rad and his friends within a cave, where the children and the Mini-Cons quickly became friends. However, a mechanism within the remains of the Mini-Cons' ship teleported both Autobot and Decepticon combatants on-planet, bringing the Transformers' war to Earth. Grindor, High Wire and Sureshock teamed up with Optimus to thwart Megatron's attempts at capturing the Mini-Cons. Megatron was driven away when High Wire combined with his friends into Perceptor, and raised an impenetrable shield, making any further attempts to capture them on Megatron's part futile. Having reformatted himself into a high-tech BMX bike, High Wire then gave Rad a ride home back into town, having decided to stay with his new human friend rather than stay behind with Optimus and his Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: The Battle Begins|The Battle Begins}}

Rad took to riding High Wire around all the time, since he was way cooler than his old BMX. After school, the kids and their Mini-Cons readied themselves to visit the Autobots when Fred and Billy intercepted them, and questioned their schoolmates as to where they had gotten their new vehicles. Rad was able to quickly cobble together a story that his dad had gotten the next year's models through his "connections." Coming upon the mountainside concealing the Mini-Cons' ship, they found the cave leading within sealed shut by a stone door. Thanks to the wireless connection the Mini-Cons maintained with their vessel, they were able to nonetheless grant themselves access to the Autobots' base. However, they found the base deserted. Using one of the computers, Sureshock tracked Optimus's energy signature to a nearby highway. The group found him with Hot Shot and Red Alert, and the two young Autobots scrutinized the Mini-Cons, having only heard of them in old war stories. After brief introductions, the group heard explosions going off nearby; the Decepticons were attacking the Autobots' base! The children and their Mini-Cons hid in the nearby brush while the Autobots dealt with their enemies. During the battle, a stray shot from Megatron caused an rock slide to tumble down towards the kids and their Mini-Cons. Thankfully, Hot Shot left the battlefront to rescue them, and zipped them away to a safer location, with the Mini-Cons fastening themselves to Hot Shot's vehicle mode. En route, more Mini-Con panels were discovered, and Hot Shot linked up with his new partner, "Jolt," before heading back into the fray. High Wire and the others stayed behind, finding a new hiding spot to view the battle safely. The Decepticons were eventually driven back, though they unfortunately managed to snatch away a couple of dormant Mini-Cons for themselves before warping off-planet. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: Race for the Mini-Con Robots|Race for the Mini-Con Robots}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
After Alexis, Carlos and Rad failed to adequately explain [[Halloween]], they invited the Mini-Cons along with them while Trick-or-Treating. High Wire was the first to catch on, but was confused by Rad mentioning that if they didn't get candy, they could t.p. the house. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}

===Bendon ''Armada'' books===
High Wire participated in a Mini-Con race the kids had that also involved Sureshock and Grindor. Unsurprisingly, Megatron used the situation as an excuse to attack them. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}

===Toy pack-in comics===
[[File:EV4 Battle.jpg|thumb]]

[[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] rode High Wire in a battle between [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s. {{Storylink|Energon Volume 4}}

===Legends World===
High Wire appeared as an example of a Mini-Con during an explanation on what the little robots were. After the Mini-Con-stealing [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] was chased off, he cheered alongside Grindor and Sureshock. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada-High-Wire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2002]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Street Action Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Hideaki Yoke]] and [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)}}

: Released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toys, High Wire transforms into a tiny BMX bicycle with turning pedals. His [[robot mode]] is adorable. He can also combine with his teammates to form the head and backpack of [[Perceptor (Armada)#Toys|Perceptor]].

: As a Mini-Con, he has a [[Powerlinx]] socket on the side of his bike mode that allows him to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating special [[gimmick]]s on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug.

: He was only available in a Mini-Con three-pack with his teammates [[Grindor (Armada)#Toys|Grindor]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)#Toys|Sureshock]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/HighWire/highwire.htm More information on High Wire at TFU.info]''

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[[File:LOTM Wheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''CD Limited Edition Street Action Micron''' (CD pack-in, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 1]], 2003

: These [[redeco]]s of the Street Action Microns have been tweaked to make the three more [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]]; in Wheelie's case, he has more detailed [[paint operation]]s for his face and his Perceptor head [[kibble]] is a lighter blue.

: This set was only available with the CD single of the first [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Legends of the Microns'']] [[Japanese themes|theme song]], "[[Transformer: Dream Again]]" by [[Psychic Lover]].

: The team's official name has bounced a bit: the name listed above is what it's called on the packaging. Magazine solicitations called it the "Super Anime Color Edition Street Action Micron", while the "Micron Museum" portion of Takara's website called it the "Street Action Micron Anime Color (CD version)".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDWheelie/wheelie.htm More information on Anime Color Wheelie at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Wheelie''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''1'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2003

: Part of the first [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] ''[[Change Micron]]'' assortment, each of the Street Action Microns were sold in individual boxes, packed with a small bag of sugar-pellet candy.

: The most immediately-noticeable change to "Wheelie" is that his face is now painted with a red [[mouthplate]], and lacks visor paint. But these toys are also actually a completely new mold-set, with various tiny detail differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMWheelie/wheelie.htm More information on Change Micron Wheelie at TFU.info]''

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[[File:2003-streetactionmicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MC-XX'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 19]], 2003

: The [[Exdimensions]] [[redeco]]s of the Street Action Microns were part of the "Magna Convoy DX" set, which also included "[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Convoy Final Battle Coloration]]" (Powerlinx Optimus Prime) and "[[Overload (Armada)|Ultra Magnus Special Clear Version]]". This set was only available at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores. Wheelie was given a bright red and black color scheme.

:This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Wheelie (Armada)|Wheelie]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XWheelie/wheelie.htm More information on Exdimensions Wheelie at TFU.info]''
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===''Energon''===
[[File:Energon-High-Wire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Where are my eyes?!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Perceptor''' (Energon Class, [[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Cliffjumper'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''SC-09'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[February 26]], 2004
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (Takara)}}

: Released in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' "Energon Class" toys, High Wire transforms into a dirt bike… that doesn't hold together very well. His robot head can be used as a kickstand in this mode. He can still combine with his pack-in partners [[Grindor (Armada)#Energon|Grindor]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)#Energon|Sureshock]] to form [[Perceptor (Armada)#Energon|Perceptor]], once again forming the head and backpack.

: Stock photos show his visor and suspension are colored red, but the final toy omits these colors, howerver Takara's "Hopper" retains these.

: This mold was also used to make ''Super Link'' [[Breakage|Brake]] and [[Accel]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/HighWire/highwire.htm More information on ''Energon'' High Wire at TFU.info]''

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[[File:En-toy HighWire Deluxe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He will crush the other Mini-Cons under his gargantuan feet!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Energon Kicker with High Wire''' (Combat Class, [[2005]])}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Released in the seventh wave of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Combat Class figures, this version of High Wire is Deluxe-sized take on the design, and is generally more secure in bike mode thanks to parts having the space needed to peg and clip together. Due to his increase in size class, he now has a Spark Crystal with [[energon star]] port on his chest, rather than a Mini-Con [[Powerlinx]] port. His blaster arm features a fold-out fist with a 3 mm hole, smaller than basically all ''Energon'' weapons' handles, but the perfect size to hold the ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]''-scale weapons that would come several years later.

: He comes packed with a ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''-scaled action figure of [[Kicker Jones#HighWire|Kicker]], who can ride his dirt bike mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/HighWire/highwire.htm More information on large ''Energon'' High Wire at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.yojoe.com/archive/actfig/kicker/ Additional information at YoJoe.com]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Toy Highwire Universe 2003.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike.<br>I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like…'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sunstorm with Inferno and Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>

: An evil [[redeco]] of the original ''Armada'' Street Action Mini-Con Team was included in a [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' multi-pack. In this set, High Wire stayed mainly black, but his Perceptor noggin changed to a dark, desaturated green. The team was packed in with [[Sunstorm (Universe)#Toys|Sunstorm]] and [[Inferno (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Inferno]].

: Oddly, all photos on the card show the set in their respective molds' original ''Armada'' color schemes, seemingly due to an ''incredibly'' rushed production.

: This version of High Wire was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' incarnation of [[Highwire]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/TFUHighWire/highwire.htm More information on High Wire at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Perceptor''' (Basic Class, 2005)}}</ul>

: ''Energon'' got repackaged in the ''Universe'' toyline, with no changes to the contents within.

: This set was largely sold at drug stores and "discount" chains like Big Lots!, part of the first wave/year of "Basic Class" repacks sold though these outlets.
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cybertron HighWire toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Blastcharge VS. High Wire''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, [[2006]])}}</ul>

: Released as part of the fourth and final wave of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Mini-Con 2-packs, Cybertron High Wire is a redeco of ''Energon'' High Wire. His vehicle mode's paint scheme is based upon {{w|Evel Knievel}}'s various American flag-themed motorcycles. He retains his ability to combine with [[Sureshock (Armada)#Cybertron|Sureshock]] and [[Grindor (Armada)#Cybertron|Grindor]] to form a patriotically-coloured [[Perceptor (Armada)#Cybertron|Perceptor]].

: His stock photography is mistransformed, with his torso the wrong way around.

: He was only available in a two-pack with the Decepticon-allied [[Blastcharge (Cybertron)#Toys|Blastcharge]]. This wave of sets did not ship widely or for very long, making the two teams in this wave particularly hard to find.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/HighWire/highwire.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' High Wire at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:Armada High Wire character model.jpg|upright=1|thumb|''Armada'' cartoon robot mode]]
* The ''Energon'' Kicker with High Wire set was not "mech-designed" or engineered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] employees, a rarity for normal-series ''Transformers'' toys.
* Speaking of the Kicker-pack-in High Wire, this is (so far) the only instance of a Mini-Con design getting a considerably larger-scale toy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wheelie''' (ウィーリー ''Wīrī''), '''Hopper''' (''Super Link'', ホッパー ''Hoppā'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Vezeték''' ("Wire")
*''Korean:'' '''Wheelie''' (윌리 ''Willi'')
*''Russian:'' '''Wire'''

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Grindor (Armada)

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{{disambig3|Grindor}}
:''Grindor is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Armada Grindor character model.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Skate Or Die III: Board's Revenge]]

'''Grindor''' is a very creative Mini-Con, which is probably what led him to choose his skateboard alternate mode. He lets his friends like [[Carlos Lopez]], and [[Kicker Jones]] use his skateboard mode to pull off wicked tricks, which he usually enjoys. His true goal, though, is to help the people that he cares about to harness their creative energies, and to make their ideals come true. Some don't take Grindor seriously, but there's just something about him that makes people listen regardless. He definitely isn't the strongest Mini-Con, but his sense of creativity and idealism is something that not many possess.

Although he isn't the most powerful individually, he can combine with his fellow [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]] members to form the powerful [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]].

{{bigquote|If you're not trying something new, you aren't trying.|Grindor's [[bio]] quote.}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Terry Klassen]] (English, [[Uprising (Armada)|"Uprising"]]), [[Brian Dobson]] (English, "[[Union]]"), [[Masataka Nakai]] (Japanese)|[[Jyrki Kovaleff]] (Finnish), [[Johan Wilhelmsson]] (Swedish)}}

[[File:Metamorphcontact.JPG|thumb|left|Hey, look at me; I’m a grinder! No… I’m GRINDOR!]]
Grindor was among the earliest Mini-Cons created from [[Unicron]]'s cells. He was present in the distant past when the time-traveling Earth children made contact with High Wire, and awakened the Mini-Cons' capacity for independent thought. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

Millions of years later, Grindor, along with [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], was discovered inside the crashed Mini-Con ship on Earth by [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and his human friends. He was activated when [[Carlos Lopez]] made contact with his storage panel, apparently creating a link between the two. Despite this, he was initially rather unresponsive to Carlos, but they soon formed a friendship after Grindor scanned Carlos's skateboard as his new alt mode. The kids and Street Action Team were having a wild time playing together when [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and the Decepticons appeared to capture them. Luckily, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots stepped in to protect the smaller robots. {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Armada)|Metamorphosis}}

[[File:Metamorphosis megatron and kids.jpg|thumb]]
At school, Carlos pretended Grindor was an old school thrash board from the 80s when [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] questioned them about their new vehicles. Back at the Autobot base inside the Mini-Con ship, Grindor and the other Mini-Cons agreed to help the Autobots find the Mini-Cons and keep them out of Decepticon slavery and control. {{storylink|Base}}

On their first Mini-Con hunt, Grindor and the Street Action Team worked with Optimus Prime in [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]], surveying the area for any signs of storage panels. When the Decepticons arrived to intervene, the Street Action Team displayed their ability to combine for the first time, forming [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. The agile Mini-Con gestalt miraculously overwhelmed both Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] until Optimus Prime could [[powerlinx]] with his new partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], and unleash a Maximum Blast. {{storylink|Comrade}}

Grindor and the Street Action Team joined the kids in teaching [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] how to play the game of "Tag" inside the Autobot base. Hot Shot was worn out trying to chase them down until he thought to use [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] to "tag" the kids for him. Grindor and the other Mini-Cons later accompanied the Autobots to Antarctica to search for a new Mini-Con. They used Prime's trailer as a mobile headquarters from which they coordinated the search. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} Later, Grindor helped Rad and the kids bring supplies up to the Autobot base. He and the other Mini-Cons then joined the Autobots on a mission to the forest, where a firefight with the Decepticons led to a forest fire. Working with Red Alert, the Mini-Cons converted Optimus Prime's trailer into a fire engine, pumping water from a nearby lake to put out the fires. {{storylink|Jungle}}

[[File:Jungle-Butterfingers.jpg|thumb|left]]

One day, High Wire and Grindor went out to a carnival with Rad and Carlos. Hijinx ensued. {{storylink|Carnival}} Out on a desert mission, Grindor was trying to get the drop on Demolishor when he and the rest of the kids and Street Action Team were caught in a sandtrap. They fell into a deep series of catacombs, built by denizens of the [[Sahara]] long ago after they discovered a Mini-Con storage panel in the sand. Grindor and the others were nearly killed by the various traps and guards protecting the panel underground, and the Mini-Con team had to form Perceptor to protect the kids from harm. {{storylink|Palace}}

When Billy and Fred were kidnapped by Cyclonus, Grindor and his friends attempted to rescue them, only to be captured themselves by Megatron. They were saved once Fred used Laserbeak to zap Megatron and distract him long enough for the Autobots to save the day. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}} As the search for more Mini-Cons continued, Grindor and the Street Action Team participated in a mission deep underground in a city's subway tunnels. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} They also confronted Megatron in a sunken underwater city, but the Decepticons succeeded in capturing the dormant Mini-Cons on both occasions. {{storylink|Ruin}}

As Rad began to learn more about the Mini-Cons, he started to question whether they should be forced to fight in a war not of their making. Almost as if in answer to his concerns, Grindor and the other Mini-Cons took up arms in the next conflict, showing valor and courage on the battlefield that made it clear they were fighting for what they believed in, just like the Autobots and the kids. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

Grindor and the Street Action Team were present for the Autobots' first encounter with [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]. {{storylink|Gale}} Sometime later, Grindor and High Wire went camping with Red Alert, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and the boys. {{storylink|Vacation}} When [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] rescued [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] from the Decepticons' clutches, Grindor and the Street Action Team were the first Mini-Cons to welcome him to the Autobot base. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} Later, Grindor's team and Jolt helped create a miniature obstacle course from Hot Shot and Blurr to train on. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

Soon after, Grindor and the Street Action Team received a transmission from the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] on the moon. It seemed that some of the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons wanted peace, and were seeking an opportunity to come over to the Autobots. With the help of Rad and Fred, they convinced Optimus Prime to give the "enemy" Mini-Cons a chance, and soon the Autobots had a number of new allies. {{storylink|Vow}}

When a computer virus manifestation of Sideways infiltrated the Autobot mainframe, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock helped the kids fight back against the infection. Sideways still had a few tricks up his sleeve, however, and he converted the minds of the Street Action Team and the kids into computerized avatars, sucking them into his digital world. In this unreal landscape, they passed by representations of Cybertron and [[Jetfire (Armada)|other]] [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|figures]], before being chased by a [[Unicron|shadowy planetoid]] back into the real world along a path Red Alert made for them. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}

After the Autobots rescued [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]]'s Mini-Con panel, Grindor and the Street Action Team were the first to welcome him to the Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Tactician}} On monitor duty, the Street Action Team ID'ed [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] flying in circles over the Autobot base, and reported it to Vice-Commander [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] while Optimus was in repairs. The kids had to translate for Jetfire, though, and he'd never bothered to learn his Mini-Con bleeps from his bloops. {{storylink|Linkup}}

Grindor and Sureshock joined the kids in the cheering section as Jetfire beat [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] in arm-wrestling three out of three times. {{storylink|Detection}} When a Mini-Con signal went off linking the three [[Space Mini-Con Team]] panels, Grindor and the others reacted when the signal pointed to a panel hidden right inside their own base. They joined the kids in searching out the panel in the damaged sections of the ship. The search party came across [[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]]'s panel, activating the Mini-Con. To everyone's surprise, however, Sky Blast appeared openly hostile. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} It soon became apparent, though, that Sky Blast was merely frightened. He cowered behind Rad when Grindor and the others formed Perceptor to protect the kids. They eventually coaxed him back out into the main part of the base, and convinced the new Mini-Con to assist the Autobots. {{storylink|Desperate}}

Grindor was present when Starscream first switched sides to join the Autobots. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}} During the subsequent raid on the Decepticon base, Grindor and the Street Action Team accompanied the Autobots as Perceptor, and focused on freeing the Mini-Cons while the Autobots engaged the enemy. Perceptor briefly split into his three components when avoiding an attack by Tidal Wave. {{storylink|Rescue}}

After Starscream and Jetfire rescued [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Grindor was among the Mini-Cons who welcomed the new arrival to the Autobots. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}

As the Decepticons threatened the safety of Earth with their [[Hydra Cannon]], Grindor and the Street Action Team watched helplessly with the kids as the Autobots tried to counter the threat. {{storylink|Crisis (Armada)|Crisis}}

[[File:Depart.jpg|thumb|left]]
Grindor and the Mini-Cons all chose to willingly follow the Autobots into space aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', fighting alongside them against the Decepticons. When Hot Shot attempted to leave the kids behind, however, the Street Action Team formed Perceptor and organized a mutiny of the Mini-Con troops. They passively took over the bridge and made it clear by speaking in English for the first time that the humans were coming along...or else. {{storylink|Depart}}

The ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' made its way into space, and soon joined by other Mini-Cons empowered by the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]]. Grindor and the Street Action Team telepathically explained to the kids that the Mini-Cons were all coming together to fight the great enemy...[[Unicron]]. As they encountered the Decepticon ship, Grindor helped organized the Mini-Cons on board to man the armaments and fight back against Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Miracle (episode)|Miracle}}

Once they arrived in orbit around Cybertron, Grindor immediately sensed Unicron's presence. The Mini-Cons all quickly gathered together in space, forming a shield against a deadly black hole Sideways had formed as a "surprise" for the Autobots. As the power of the black hole grew stronger, the Mini-Cons unified in a green ball of energy, neutralizing the threat with a rain of light. Grindor and the Mini-Cons implored Galvatron and the others to stop fighting, but only succeeded in getting a temporary cessation of hostilities. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}} Grindor, alongside many other Mini-Cons helped defend the ''Axalon'' from Decepticon fire in an attempt for the ship to land on Cybertron's surface. {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}}

After Thrust stole the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] and [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] for Unicron, High Wire recognized the place where Hot Shot was searching for the traitor. The kids and the Street Action Team made their way underground to join the search party. They got caught in a stand-off between Thrust and Starscream, and the kids were somehow warped through time. When the timeline reset itself, the Street Action Team had a few extra moments to form Perceptor and distract Thrust, saving Starscream. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} This led to a fight with Thrust and Sideways inside the core of Unicron, who stood revealed as Cybertron's moon. {{storylink|Portent}} Later, Grindor and the others watched on helplessly as Unicron grew more powerful, and Starscream sacrificed himself to bring an alliance between the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Cramp}} As the truce was forged between the two factions, Grindor and the Street Action Team attended as representatives of the Mini-Cons. They formed Perceptor and joined hands with Optimus Prime and Galvatron to commemorate the occasion. {{storylink|Alliance}}

[[File:Street Action Team.jpg|thumb]]
With the united Transformer armada bringing the fight to Unicron, the war council reached the conclusion that Unicron needed the three super-weapons to power himself. Their best course of action therefore was to penetrate Unicron's defenses and awaken the nine individual Mini-Cons that composed the weapons, separating their will from Unicron. Although Prime and Galvatron infiltrated Unicron to achieve that purpose, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock determined ''they'' would need to be present in order to push the Mini-Cons back to consciousness. The Street Action Team and the kids made their way into Unicron using the hidden warp tunnel below Cybertron's surface. {{storylink|Union}}

In Unicron's heart, Grindor and the others found Optimus and Galvatron facing off against Sideways. Shockingly, Unicron was able to reassert control over the Mini-Cons, placing them back under his personal domination. Their enslavement was only temporary, however, as the kids were able to reach out to Grindor and the others, awakening them so that they could awaken the Mini-Cons of the Star Saber, Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster in turn, causing Unicron to grind to a halt. {{storylink|Origin}} As Optimus Prime and Galvatron remained inside Unicron to settle the final score between them, Grindor and the assorted kids and Mini-Cons escaped aboard Jetfire. After the final destruction of Unicron and Galvatron, the Street Action Team accompanied Hot Shot and Jetfire back to Earth, where they said their final goodbyes to the children. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====''Energon'' cartoon====
[[File:Energon KickerGrindor Ep5.jpg|thumb|left|Forget what we said in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]]. Hoverboards will be a common thing in 2020, not ''2005''!]]
Grindor and his team were among the very few Mini-Cons still around on Earth and Cybertron ten years after the Unicron Battles. They primarily stayed at [[Ocean City]] and were close to [[Kicker Jones]]. Kicker was seen riding Grindor's hoverboard mode, eager to jump into battle, but he quickly left Grindor behind when the chance to ride in a real spaceship like [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] presented itself. {{storylink|Energon Stars}}

Grindor made an extremely rare appearance in his individual [[robot mode]] when other Mini-Cons visited Ocean City from Mars. He then allowed Kicker to ride atop of him during a mission to [[Plains City]], and helped the boy and Ironhide check the facility for any civilian stragglers. {{storylink|Megatron's Sword}}

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Grindor accompanied Kicker on a search for new energon sources in the frozen north. An icey wind storm kicked up while doing a sweep, and the two fell into a ravine. They were unable to boost out of it on their own, which became increasingly worrisome when the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s arrived to snatch the energon. Eventually, [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] managed to lower a pipe to lift both of them to safety. {{storylink|The New Cybertron City}} Grindor continued to serve as Kicker's personal hoverboard as the Autobots defended various mining installations from Terrorcon attacks. {{storylink|Megatron Resurrected}}

After [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] went missing on a search for Alpha Q, Grindor deployed to assist Kicker in tracking him down. {{storylink|Battle Stations}} He showed up again inside Unicron after the Autobots and Alpha Q joined forces, and helped Kicker fly past several Insecticons on his way to talk with their new ally. {{storylink|Each One Fights...}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
Following the Powerlinx battles, the Street Action Team came to be regarded as celebrities among the Mini-Con community. Seeking respite from all of the fame that they had cultivated after the Transformers' conflicts on Earth, Grindor, High Wire, and Sureshock answered [[Anti-Blaze]]'s call to fight back against insurgents attacking his colony. As Perceptor, the trio hunted down the last few rebels that remained after the breaking of the [[Sky Terror Mini-Con Team|Sky Terror Team]], and the disappearance of [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] and [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 12|Street Action Team's profile in Club magazine #12}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
As Alexis, Carlos, and Rad were waving at the Autobots' launch site when they left on their mission to build a galaxy-wide [[space bridge]] network, they thought of their old Street Action Mini-Con Team friends. {{storylink|Beginning}}
{{note|Grindor does not appear in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of the show.}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
Alongside High Wire, Sureshock and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], Grindor lay dormant near present-day [[Lincoln (city)|Lincoln]] for a million years after the crash of the Mini-Con [[Exodus (Armada)|escape vessel]]. One day, [[Rad White]] stumbled upon their wrecked piece of the ship and reactivated them along with all other Mini-Cons on Earth. After repairing themselves, Grindor and the others quickly befriended Rad and his buddies, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], and even built them a [[Project Supernova|hovercraft]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} Unfortunately, not even a day passed before the [[Decepticon]]s tracked the Mini-Cons to Earth, and they had to explain to their human friends that they were involved in a war. The Street Action Team scanned new [[alternate mode]]s and escaped to a canyon, where they ran into a team of [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} Grindor and his friends were briefly captured by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], but eventually the Mini-Cons and Autobots joined forces and chased the Decepticons off. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

Later, the Street Action Team was present when Sparkplug tried to convince [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to let him infiltrate the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} After rescuing Rad from a [[Billy (Armada)|bully]], Grindor and the others were driving around with their friends when the [[Mini-Con Ark]]'s beacon struck. The Street Action Team stopped responding and started driving mindlessly towards the Ark with their passengers still on them. After all the Mini-Cons on Earth were gathered around the Ark, they entered it, and it took off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} Grindor and the other Mini-Cons were taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where another group of Mini-Cons led by [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]] had constructed a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress]] where they could live in peace forever. This saddened Grindor, High Wire and Sureshock, who would rather live on Earth with their human friends. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Fortunately for them, the moonbase had to be evacuated following a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

After returning to Earth, Grindor listened to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]'s pro-Mini-Con independence speeches. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} He wasn't seen again until the Autobots learned that [[Unicron]] was targeting [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], at which point all Mini-Cons gathered in order to fight him. After saying their goodbyes to Rad, Carlos and Alexis, the Street Action Team returned to their home planet and joined the other Mini-Cons in pouring their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]]. This allowed [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] to fire a massive energy blast at Unicron, crippling him. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}

====''Energon'' comic====
Ten years later, Grindor, High Wire and Sureshock learned that the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] were attacking Earth cities. Worried about their old human friends, they volunteered to travel to Earth and fight this new threat in the form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} They were assigned to [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s team in [[Los Angeles]], which they defended against a huge swarm of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} Overwhelmed by the number of Terrorcons, Perceptor and the rest of the team quickly began to run low on energy, but they were saved when Rad showed up in the [[Energon Volant Accumulator|E.V.A.]] and sprayed them with [[Energon gas]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
Back when Cybertron was peaceful, Grindor enjoyed entertaining his friends with extraordinary feats, such as lifting heavy metal boxes. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}}

After escaping from Cybertron, Grindor and several other Mini-Cons crashed on [[Earth]], where they woke up four million years later. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} While they initially refused to get involved with the Autobot-Decepticon war again, the Mini-Cons changed their minds after witnessing [[Rad White]]'s displaying great amounts of courage in order to save [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. Grindor raced into battle and fired on Megatron to little effect, but the distraction allowed Optimus Prime to summon Autobot reinforcements. {{storylink|Friends and Foes!}} After spending some time as [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]]'s racing vehicle, Grindor and his friends on the Street Action Team were sent to recover a [[locator log]] from the wrecked Mini-Con ship. When they found it, they were suddenly attacked by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], who trapped Grindor under some debris. He offered his blaster to Rad, urging him to destroy the locator log before the Decepticon got it, but Rad thought of a plan to take out both the log and Demolishor. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}}

The Street Action Team subsequently began watching their human friends from the shadows in order to learn how to fit in on Earth. As he witnessed Carlos trying to impress his friends with skating tricks, Grindor helped out by using his rocket-powered skateboard mode to let Carlos loop, grind and even fly. Unfortunately, Carlos was not pleased with his "help", as he now had to explain those crazy moves to his friends. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} Some time later, the Autobots tried to send Grindor and the other the Mini-Cons back to Cybertron to keep them safe. The plans fell through as Megatron destroyed their means to reach their homeworld. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} The Street Action Team went back to playing around with their human friends, but were suddenly targeted for capture by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. While the humans went to get help, Grindor combined with his teammates into Perceptor and did battle with the Decepticon. They were nearly defeated by their enemy, who was wielding [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], but Optimus Prime arrived to save the day. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade}}

When the Decepticons planned to wipe the Autobots out with missiles fired from the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], the Mini-Cons offered to surrender themselves in order to buy their friends some time. The Decepticons happily accepted, and Grindor and the others were stuffed aboard a [[solar barge]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} As [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] pulled the barge towards the Moon, the Mini-Cons promptly broke out, beat him up, and returned to Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}

===Reader's Digest ''Armada'' novels===
After fleeing the Cybertronian civil war, Grindor found himself slumbering on Earth for eons. He was awakened by Carlos and his friends within a cave, where the children and the Mini-Cons quickly became friends. However, a mechanism within the remains of the Mini-Cons' ship teleported both Autobot and Decepticon combattants on-planet, bringing the Transformers' war to Earth. Grindor, High Wire and Sureshock teamed up with Optimus to thwart Megatron's attempts at capturing the Mini-Cons. Megatron was driven away when Grindor combined with his friends into Perceptor, and raised an impenetrable shield, making any further attempts to capture them on Megatron's part futile. Having reformatted himself into a high-tech skateboard, Grindor then gave Carlos a ride home back into town, having decided to stay with his new human friend rather than stay behind with Optimus and his Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: The Battle Begins|The Battle Begins}}

Carlos took to riding Grindor around all the time, since he was way cooler than his old skateboard. After school, the kids and their Mini-Cons readied themselves to visit the Autobots when Fred and Billy intercepted them, and questioned their schoolmates as to where they had gotten their new vehicles. Rad was able to quickly cobble together a story that his dad had gotten the next year's models through his "connections." Coming upon the mountainside concealing the Mini-Cons' ship, they found the cave leading within sealed shut by a stone door. Thanks to the wireless connection the Mini-Cons maintained with their vessel, they were able to nonetheless grant themselves access to the Autobots' base. However, they found the base deserted. Using one of the computers, Sureshock tracked Optimus's energy signature to a nearby highway. The group found him with Hot Shot and Red Alert, and the two young Autobots scrutinized the Mini-Cons, having only heard of them in old war stories. After brief introductions, the group heard explosions going off nearby; the Decepticons were attacking the Autobots' base! The children and their Mini-Cons hid in the nearby brush while the Autobots dealt with their enemies. During the battle, a stray shot from Megatron caused an rock slide to tumble down towards the kids and their Mini-Cons. Thankfully, Hot Shot left the battlefront to rescue them, and zipped them away to a safer location, with the Mini-Cons fastening themselves to Hot Shot's vehicle mode. En route, more Mini-Con panels were discovered, and Hot Shot linked up with his new partner, "Jolt," before heading back into the fray. Sureshock and the others stayed behind, finding a new hiding spot to view the battle safely. The Decepticons were eventually driven back, though they unfortunately managed to snatch away a couple of dormant Mini-Cons for themselves before warping off-planet. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: Race for the Mini-Con Robots|Race for the Mini-Con Robots}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
The three Mini-Cons were unable to grasp the explanation which Alexis, Carlos and Rad gave them about [[Halloween]], so the three kids invited them along Trick-or-Treating with them. Grindor was confused when Rad said something about soaping the windows on a house if they didn't give out candy. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}

===Bendon ''Armada'' books===
Grindor was with the kids when they talked Optimus into letting them explore some nearby caves for Mini-Con crystals... and seemingly didn't actually go along with them. {{storylink|Cave Catastrophe}}

Grindor did, however, participate in a mini-con race the kids had that also involved Sureshock and High Wire. Unsurprisingly, Megatron used the situation as an excuse to attack them. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}

===Legends World===
Grindor appeared as an example of a Mini-Con during an explanation on what the little robots were. After the Mini-Con-stealing [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] was chased off, Grindor cheered alongside High Wire and Sureshock. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)}}

==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada-Grindor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2002]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Street Action Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Hideaki Yoke]] and [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)}}

: Released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toys, Grindor transforms into a rocket-powered skateboard. He can also combine with his teammates to form the upper body and arms of [[Perceptor (Armada)#Toys|Perceptor]].

: As a Mini-Con, he has a "[[Powerlinx]]" socket on the underside of his vehicle mode that allows him to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating special [[gimmick]]s on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug. He also has a Powerlinx-style peg on the top of his board mode, which is used in the Perceptor combination, making him a rare instance of a Mini-Con that can [[Powerlinx]] with another Mini-Con.

: He was only available in a Mini-Con three-pack with his teammates [[High Wire (Armada)#Toys|High Wire]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)#Toys|Sureshock]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Grindor/grindor.htm More information on Grindor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:LOTM Bank.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''CD Limited Edition Street Action Micron''' (CD pack-in, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 1]], 2003

: These [[redeco]]s of the Street Action Microns have been tweaked to make the three more [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]]; in Bank's case, he is colored a much lighter shade of blue, and has more detailed [[paint operation]]s on his face (though his visor/eyes are definitely not show-colored).

: This set was only available with the CD single of the first [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Legends of the Microns'']] [[Japanese themes|theme song]], "[[Transformer: Dream Again]]" by [[Psychic Lover]].

: The Team's official name has bounced a bit: the name listed above is what it's called on the packaging. Magazine solicitations called it the "Super Anime Color Edition Street Action Micron", while the "Micron Museum" portion of Takara's website called it the "Street Action Micron Anime Color (CD version)".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDBank/bank.htm More information on Anime Color Bank at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Bank''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''2'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2003

: Part of the first [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] ''[[Change Micron]]'' assortment, each of the Street Action Microns were sold in individual boxes, packed with a small bag of sugar-pellet candy.

: The most immediately-noticeable change to "Bank" is that he lacks the yellow paint on the front of his board. But these toys are also actually a completely new mold-set, with various tiny detail differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMBank/bank.htm More information on Change Micron Bank at TFU.info]''

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[[File:2003-streetactionmicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MC-XX'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 19]], 2003

: The [[Exdimensions]] [[redeco]]s of the Street Action Microns were part of the "Magna Convoy DX" set, which also included "[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Convoy Final Battle Coloration]]" (Powerlinx Optimus Prime) and "[[Overload (Armada)|Ultra Magnus Special Clear Version]]". This set was only available at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores. Bank was given a mainly dark teal, black, and red color scheme.

: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Bank]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XBank/bank.htm More information on Exdimensions Bank at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===''Energon''===
[[File:Energon-Grindor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Perceptor''' (Energon Class, [[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Cliffjumper'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''SC-09'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[February 26]], 2004
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (Takara)}}

: Released in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' "Energon Class" toys, Grindor transforms from a Cybertronic hovercraft into a stubby, funny looking robot. He can still combine with his pack-in partners [[High Wire (Armada)#Energon|High Wire]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)#Energon|Sureshock]] to form [[Perceptor (Armada)#Energon|Perceptor]], except this time he forms the legs.

: Takara's "Runway" uses a much darker red paint instead of Hasbro's orange.

: This mold was also used to make [[Kickflip|Filter]] and [[Screw (Energon)|Screw]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Grindor/grindor.htm More information on ''Energon'' Grindor at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Toy Grindor Universe 2003.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sunstorm with Inferno and Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>

: An evil [[redeco]] of the original ''Armada'' Street Action Mini-Con Team was included in a [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' multi-pack. In this set, Grindor was changed to a dark, desaturated green. The team was packed in with [[Sunstorm (Universe)#Toys|Sunstorm]] and [[Inferno (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Inferno]].

: Oddly, all photos on the card show the set in their respective molds' original ''Armada'' color schemes, seemingly due to an ''incredibly'' rushed production.

: This toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' incarnation of [[Grindor (SG)|Grindor]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/TFUGrindor/grindor.htm More information on Grindor at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Perceptor''' (Basic Class, [[2005]])}}</ul>

: The ''Energon'' Street Action Mini-Con Team got repackaged in the 2003 ''Universe'' toyline, with no changes to the contents within.

: This set was largely sold at drug stores and "discount" chains like Big Lots!, part of the first wave/year of "Basic Class" repacks sold though these outlets.
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cybertron-toy Grindor.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|Caters to a more specific crowd than Tindor.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Scrap Iron VS. Grindor''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, [[2006]])}}</ul>

: Released in the fourth and final wave of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Mini-Con 2-packs, ''Cybertron'' Grindor is a redeco of ''Energon'' Grindor in a primarily-teal paint job. He can, of course, still combine with ''Cybertron'' [[High Wire (Armada)#Cybertron|High Wire]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)#Cybertron|Sureshock]] to form [[Perceptor (Armada)#Cybertron|Perceptor]].

: This time, however, he came packaged with the Decepticon-allied [[Scrap Iron (Cybertron)#Toys|Scrap Iron]]. This wave did not ship widely or for very long, making the two teams in this wave particularly hard to find.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/Grindor/grindor.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Grindor at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* A CGI-rendered Grindor was one of several Mini-Cons who could be seen emerging from storage panels at the beginning of Armada toy commercials.
*In the English dub of ''Armada'', script errors often caused Grindor and Sureshock to be referred to by the other's name.
*In Japan, "Bank" is the only member of the Street Action Microns not named after a Generation 1 character.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bank''' (バンク ''Banku''), '''Runway''' (''Super Link'', ランウェイ ''Ranwei'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Daráló''' ("Grinder")
*''Korean:'' '''Bank''' (뱅크 ''Baengkeu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Zhernov''' (Жернов)

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Perceptor (Armada)

2024-12-21T10:50:30Z

MicronMan: /* Energon */

{{factions|minicon|autobot|unicron|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Perceptor}}
:''Perceptor is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] [[combiner]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Perceptor-Ar-art.jpg|right|upright=1.65|thumb|Rumblebee.]]
'''Perceptor''' is made up of [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]], [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]. Perceptor only uses his combined form when needed and seemingly has greater strength than the sum of his parts. Perceptor seems to lead the [[Mini-Con]]s in some instances, such as shaking hands with Prime and Megatron to show the Mini-Cons are willing to help fight [[Unicron]].

{{bigquote|Seek your true power.|Perceptor's [[bio]] quote.}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|SFX, [[Terry Klassen]] (English), [[Akira Tomisaka]] (Japanese)|[[Kustaa Kantelinen]] (Finnish)}}

[[File:Comrade Perceptor.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
The Street Action Team first combined into Perceptor on Earth upon hearing [[Rad White|Rad]]'s call for help in Big Canyon. Perceptor's blinding speed enabled him to overcome [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] long enough for the Autobots to regroup. {{storylink|Comrade}} The team combined to form Perceptor again to save the kids from a falling boulder in an underground palace. Perceptor and the kids were later saved and carried out of the sand pit by [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]. {{storylink|Palace}}

Perceptor sensed a Mini-Con panel while he and his human friends were searching in an old subway. After punching out a ceiling tile hiding the panel, he was unable to reach it due to his body armor getting in the way. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} In the underwater city, Perceptor was formed again to protect the kids, but was quickly overwhelmed by [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] and [[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]], allowing Megatron gain control of another Mini-Con. {{storylink|Ruin}}

[[File:Alliance Handshake.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Perceptor appeared in the battle footage [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] reviewed at base after joining the Autobots. {{storylink|Detection}}

When the kids awakened [[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]], the Mini-Con lashed out at them. The Street Action Mini-Con Team combined to fight back, but it soon became apparent that Sky Blast was merely frightened, and there was no need for Perceptor to fight.{{storylink|Desperate}}

Perceptor accompanied [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to the Decepticon base, where he and Starscream tried to free Mini-Cons. He ran from Demolishor and was about to be blasted, but was saved by Hot Shot and Laserbeak. He then ran into Tidal Wave, but split up into his component 'bots before being crushed. Perceptor recombined to continue searching for Mini-Cons and came upon a number of them working on a spaceship. He attempted to convince his brethren to stop until Megatron showed up. Perceptor ran again but was chased and caught by the Decepticon leader. The Mini-Cons began to sing, causing a confused Megatron to set Perceptor down. Hot Shot then appeared and attacked Megatron while Perceptor motioned the Mini-Cons away from the battle. {{storylink|Rescue}}

When the Autobots said the kids couldn't come with them to Cybertron, Perceptor combined and emitted a noise that caused the other Mini-Cons to scramble and sit at controls of the spaceship. He then demanded the kids come with them. {{storylink|Depart}}

En route to Cybertron, Perceptor formed on top of the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' to signal the accompanying Mini-Cons. He helped assemble the Mini-Cons for [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], who combined their power with the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] in order to resurrect Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Miracle (episode)|Miracle}} {{storylink|Puppet}} Once on Cybertron, the Street Action Team used a time loop somehow to give themselves enough time to form Perceptor and attack [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], preventing him from shooting Starscream with the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} After transporting to Cybertron's moon, Perceptor saved the kids from a series of tentacles but then had to be saved in turn by Hot Shot and [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|Portent}}

When the Autobots and Decepticons were formally aligning themselves for the fight against Unicron, Perceptor put his hands upon Optimus Prime's and Galvatron's as they were shaking. {{storylink|Alliance}} After Unicron's destruction, Perceptor accompanied the kids, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] back to [[Earth]], where the component Mini-Cons bid farewell to their friends. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====Linkage====
Perceptor and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] appeared as holograms to tell [[Redline]] and his group that they were leaving [[Earth]] for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the Autobots. {{storylink|Linkage Part 12}}

====''Energon'' cartoon====
[[File:Cybertron City Perceptor.jpg|thumb|200px|left|"Working at the carwash."]]
Ten years later, Perceptor and his individual components were based at [[Ocean City]], where their primary duties were washing cars and attending to [[Kicker Jones]]'s transportation needs. At Kicker's command, Perceptor disengaged Hire Wire to serve as his personal dirt bike. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}} He later allowed Kicker to remove Sureshock from his body as well, before the boy left on a mission to [[Desert City]]. {{storylink|Scorpinok (episode)|Scorpinok}}

Perceptor attended Optimus Prime's big meeting for discussing their plans against Unicron, now that Earth's safety was secured behind the [[energon grid]]. {{storylink|Rodimus Friend or Foe?}}

Perceptor was part of the crew of the ''[[Miranda II]]'', {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}} where he stood on the bridge during its voyage. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}} Perceptor was later elsewhere and arrived via warp gate with [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] and the Omnicons to join up with Kicker and the ''Miranda II'' at the mouth of [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]'s rift in space. {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
[[File:Landslidecybcomic.jpg|right|200px|thumb|But [[Monocle|you]] [[Landslide (Mini-Con)|two]] are supposed to be good guys!]]
The Street Action Team quickly grew tired of the fame that they had cultivated throughout their battles among their Mini-Con peers. They often appeared as Perceptor during their public appearances to avoid further discomfort when made to speak to their admirers. Seeking respite from all of this attention, the team answered Anti-Blaze's call to fight back against Mini-Con insurgents attacking his colony. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 12|Street Action Team's profile}}

Perceptor worked alongside the [[Mini-Con Council of Sages]] in the debris field where they made their home after the Powerlinx Battles. Rebels, spurred on by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Unicron]], threatened the peace in the Mini-Con settlements, and so Perceptor's allies reached out to the Autobots for assistance. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} Perceptor fought his way through the Mini-Con rebels, and soon battled Unicron's enforcer [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] as well. {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} After [[Primus]]'s transformation brought an end to hostilities, Perceptor joined [[Sentinel Maximus]] and his comrades in pursuing Unicron through space. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

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===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
[[File:PaniniArmada7-Perceptor.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"...because we have no leg articulation..."]]
When [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] tried to capture the Street Action Team, they surprised their human friends by merging into Perceptor and fighting back. Unfortunately, the larger Transformer was armed with the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Sabre]], and would've beaten Perceptor into a pulp if his weapon hadn't suddenly gone out of control. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade!}}
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===Reader's Digest ''Armada'' novels===
Perceptor's components were the first Mini-Cons awakened on Earth. Their awakening triggered a mechanism within the remains of the Mini-Cons' ship, which teleported both Autobot and Decepticon combatants to Earth. In order to prevent Megatron from harming the children they had recently befriended, and Optimus Prime who was making every effort to keep the Mini-Cons out of Decepticon hands, the Street Action Mini-Con Team combined into Perceptor, and erected an impenetrable force field. Megatron was forced to retreat, and Perceptor transformed back into his component pieces to return with the children to their home town. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: The Battle Begins|The Battle Begins}}

===''Energon'' comic===
[[File:Multiplicity4-Perceptor.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Unicron will, ah, will destroy, uh, space.]]
When the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] began assaulting Earth cities, the Street Action Team volunteered to fight them off, and combined into Perceptor to stand a better chance against the larger enemies. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} The combiner was assigned to [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s team, which was defending [[Los Angeles]] from hordes of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} The outnumbered Autobots soon began running low on energy, and Perceptor was forced to improvise a more effective way to fight. By messing with the Insecticons' primitive neural net, he confused many of the Terrorcons into fighting among themselves, but this only got him so far. By the time [[Rad White]] showed up to power the Autobots up with [[energon gas]], Perceptor had split into his component Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}
{{Unreleased energon comic}}

Later, Perceptor and Jetfire stood guard over Earth as they calculated the time until Unicron reached Cybertron. Jetfire hoped to receive some signal from Optimus Prime, trapped in the belly of the beast, but Perceptor warned him that the changes of Prime's survival under those conditions were slim. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 1}} Perceptor needn't have worried—Optimus persevered inside of Unicron and got out a message warning the Autobots of energon raids on other planets. Perceptor quickly alerted Jetfire when Prime's message came in, giving the Autobots time to mobilize. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 4}}
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===''Mini Mayhem!''===
In a celebration of the Transformers brand, Perceptor showed up as one of the Mini-Con representatives for the "[[Unicron Trilogy]]" era of the franchise. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Universe'' comic===
[[File:Perceptor-Universe-OTFCC_2004-unpublished.jpg|150px|thumb|left]]
Hailing from [[Aurex 604.24 Gamma]], the Street Action Team which constituted Perceptor was enslaved by the [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]] of [[Aurex 105.15 Gamma]] during the [[Universe War]]. After that Sunstorm was killed by a resurrected Galvatron, Perceptor fled. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/06}}

When Unicron attempted to recruit more Transformers for his evil ends, several were deflected to an icy planetoid by a device created by the [[Child of Primus]] scientist, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]. The Chaos-Bringer's agents dispatched Perceptor with his fellow [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minions of Unicron]] [[Reptilion]], Sunstorm, and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] to retrieve the lost recruits before the Children of Primus could. The Children joined forces with the Autobots Unicron had attempted to capture, however, driving off Perceptor and the Minions. {{storylink|Voice Actor Drama}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:ArmadaPerceptorToy.jpg|upright=1|thumb|The only thing that I perceive is that my name doesn't really fit me at all!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2002]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Street Action Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Hideaki Yoke]] (Takara) and [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)}}

: Released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toys, the three members of the Street Action Mini-Con Team combine into the miniature super robot Perceptor. [[Sureshock (Armada)#Toys|Sureshock]] forms the legs, [[Grindor (Armada)#Toys|Grindor]] forms the torso and arms, and [[High Wire (Armada)#Toys|High Wire]] forms the head and backpack.

: He has little 3mm fist holes in each hand, enabling him to hold compatible accessories (like the engine/gun that came with [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Shot]] and [[Jolt (Armada)#Toys|Jolt]])

[[File:Armada_Perceptor_Running_Change.jpg|thumb|Top: Original release, Bottom: Running Change.]]
: There was a running change made to both Grindor and Sureshock due to the flat plate making up one side of the combining port being prone to breakage. An additional rail was added and the associated part on Sureshock was flipped.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Perceptor/perceptor.htm More information on Perceptor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:LOTM Bumble.jpg|thumb|This is what happens when the kid-friendly characters go to a [[Grindor (Armada)|bank]] and get [[Joint energon]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''CD Limited Edition Street Action Micron''' (CD pack-in, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 1]], 2003

: These [[redeco]]s of the Street Action Microns have been tweaked to make the three more [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]]; as far as the combined Bumble mode's changes go, this is mainly through the team's base plastics being much lighter than the originals.

: This set was only available with the CD single of the first [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Legends of the Microns'']] [[Japanese themes|theme song]], "[[Transformer: Dream Again]]" by [[Psychic Lover]].

: The team's official name has bounced a bit: the name listed above is what it's called on the packaging. Magazine solicitations called it the "Super Anime Color Edition Street Action Micron", while the "Micron Museum" portion of Takara's website called it the "Street Action Micron Anime Color (CD version)".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDBumble/bumble.htm More information on Anime Color Bumble at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Arcee''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''3'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Bank''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''2'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Wheelie''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''1'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2003

: Part of the first [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] ''[[Change Micron]]'' assortment, each of the Street Action Microns were sold in individual boxes, packed with a small bag of sugar-pellet candy.

: Each of these toys lack various bits of paint from the originals, and have slight color shade differences. But these toys are also actually a completely new mold-set, with various tiny detail differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases. These ever-so-slight tolerance differences mean the combined "Bumble" mode is a bit harder to put together as the parts need to be forced together a bit more.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMBumble/bumble.htm More information on Change Micron Bumble at TFU.info]''

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[[File:2003-streetactionmicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|In case you couldn't already tell my legs are made from a girl...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MC-XX'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 19]], 2003

: The [[Exdimensions]] [[redeco]]s of the Street Action Microns were part of the "Magna Convoy DX" set, which also included "[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Convoy Final Battle Coloration]]" (Powerlinx Optimus Prime) and "[[Overload (Armada)|Ultra Magnus Special Clear Version]]". This set was only available at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.

: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Bumble]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XBumble/bumble.htm More information on Exdimensions Bumble at TFU.info]''
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===''Energon''===
[[File:Energon-perceptor.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"That's what your Mom said!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Perceptor''' (Energon Class, [[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Cliffjumper'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''SC-09'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[February 26]], 2004
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (Takara)}}

: Released in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' "Energon Class" toys, Perceptor is an all-new mold, the combined form of ''Energon'' [[Sureshock (Armada)#Energon|Sureshock]] (forming the torso and arms), [[Grindor (Armada)#Energon|Grindor]] (forming the legs) and [[High Wire (Armada)#Energon|High Wire]] (forming the head again). He also has the same articulation, apart from the oddly ''backwards'' swiveling elbows. His head ''also'' swivels on a hinge not attached to the main torso. He features two [[Powerlinx]] ports on his arms.

: The Takara Cliffjumper release uses a much darker, more red shade of paint, most noticeable on Grindor. The orange paint apps on Sureshock are also removed. There are additional red paint apps added to High-wire (eyes, shock absorbers). Perceptor's final toy notably differs in design when compared to the cartoon, due to his [[Character model|cartoon model]] being based on an early Takara sketch that featured a completely different design for Sureshock. In this preliminary design, Perceptor's arms would've had all four of Sureshock's wheels located on them.

: This mold-set was also used to make [[Heavy Metal (Energon)|Frenzy/Heavy Metal]] and [[Windcharger (Energon)|Windcharger]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Perceptor/perceptor.htm More information on ''Energon'' Perceptor at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003 Perceptor.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sunstorm with Inferno and Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>

: An evil [[redeco]] of the original ''Armada'' Street Action Mini-Con Team was included in a [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' multi-pack. The team's orange plastic was changed to black, while the dark blue changed to dark green. The black plastic, pale-blue plastic, and paint operations stayed the same, however. The team was packed in with [[Sunstorm (Universe)#Toys|Sunstorm]] and [[Inferno (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Inferno]].

: Oddly, all photos on the card show the set in their respective molds' original ''Armada'' color schemes, seemingly due to an ''incredibly'' rushed production.

: This toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' incarnation of [[Grindor (SG)|Grindor]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/TFUPerceptor/perceptor.htm More information on Perceptor at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Perceptor''' (Basic Class, [[2005]])}}</ul>

: ''Energon'' Perceptor got repackaged in ''Universe'', with no changes to the contents within.

: This set was largely sold at "discount" chains like Big Lots! and drug stores, part of the first wave/year of "Basic Class" repacks sold though these outlets.
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cybertronperceptor.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Blastcharge vs High Wire''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, [[2006]])}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Backblast vs Sureshock''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Scrap Iron vs Grindor''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)}}</ul>

: Perceptor's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' version is a redeco of his ''Energon'' form. This time the team is done up in a bright, eye-catching "stunt show"-style deco.

: He was not made available as a complete set; he could only be assembled by buying all three of the Street Action Mini-Con Team vs [[Deep Space Mini-Con Team]] two-packs. Since this assortment was the fourth and final wave of two-packs, they were somewhat harder to find than the other sets. Neither the Deep Space Mini-Con Team nor the Street Action Mini-Con Team were depicted in their combined form on the back of the packaging, only in the manual.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/Perceptor/perceptor.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Perceptor at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===''Super Collection Figure''===
[[File:SCF Perceptor Armada.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Bumble''' ([[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Act'': '''10'''
:*''Accessories'': Stand

:A 2-inch PVC figurine of Perceptor was made as part of the tenth "Act" of Takara's ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' series. He was available in both full-color and pewter-finish versions, packed one each in every case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] boxes.

: The Act 10 PVCs use a considerably softer plastic than the preceding nine Acts, which can make getting limbs pegged in difficult as the pegs may just squish. This problem can be even worse with the pewter versions, as the pegs may have a layer of paint on them applied before being pushed into the sockets, making them potentially easier to tear out should the pegs get stuck. Shaving the sockets down with a hobby knife can alleviate these problems somewhat.
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==Notes==
* According to [[Aaron Archer]] at [[OTFCC 2004]], he chose to name the ''Armada'' Mini-Con combiner robot "Perceptor" to honor the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] employee who engineered the Street Action Team because that employee was also responsible for engineering the original Generation 1 Perceptor toy. It's ''likely'' this was [[Hideaki Yoke]] given his [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/japanese-transformers-40/interview-with-takara-lead-designer-hideaki-yoke-174597/ favorite Transformer is G1 Perceptor], but Archer did not specify at the time. Noted mecha designer [[Shinji Aramaki]] also worked on the original Perceptor, at the very least coming up with the initial concept, but given that he was long gone from Takara and directing the animated movie ''Appleseed'' in 2004, Archer probably didn't mean him.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumble''' (バンブル ''Banburu''),<ref>This is a reuse of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s Japanese name.</ref> '''Cliffjumper''' (''Super Link'', クリフジャンパー ''Kurifujanpā'')
*''Korean:'' '''Pigeon''' (피전 ''Pijeon'')
*''French:'' '''Perpetrator'''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Armada Perceptor character model.jpg|''Armada'' cartoon robot mode
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Energon Autobots]]
[[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Minions of Unicron]]
[[Category:Universe Mini-Cons]]

Perceptor (Armada)

2024-12-19T09:21:21Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

{{factions|minicon|autobot|unicron|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Perceptor}}
:''Perceptor is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] [[combiner]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Perceptor-Ar-art.jpg|right|upright=1.65|thumb|Rumblebee.]]
'''Perceptor''' is made up of [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]], [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]. Perceptor only uses his combined form when needed and seemingly has greater strength than the sum of his parts. Perceptor seems to lead the [[Mini-Con]]s in some instances, such as shaking hands with Prime and Megatron to show the Mini-Cons are willing to help fight [[Unicron]].

{{bigquote|Seek your true power.|Perceptor's [[bio]] quote.}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|SFX, [[Terry Klassen]] (English), [[Akira Tomisaka]] (Japanese)|[[Kustaa Kantelinen]] (Finnish)}}

[[File:Comrade Perceptor.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
The Street Action Team first combined into Perceptor on Earth upon hearing [[Rad White|Rad]]'s call for help in Big Canyon. Perceptor's blinding speed enabled him to overcome [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] long enough for the Autobots to regroup. {{storylink|Comrade}} The team combined to form Perceptor again to save the kids from a falling boulder in an underground palace. Perceptor and the kids were later saved and carried out of the sand pit by [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]. {{storylink|Palace}}

Perceptor sensed a Mini-Con panel while he and his human friends were searching in an old subway. After punching out a ceiling tile hiding the panel, he was unable to reach it due to his body armor getting in the way. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} In the underwater city, Perceptor was formed again to protect the kids, but was quickly overwhelmed by [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] and [[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]], allowing Megatron gain control of another Mini-Con. {{storylink|Ruin}}

[[File:Alliance Handshake.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Perceptor appeared in the battle footage [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] reviewed at base after joining the Autobots. {{storylink|Detection}}

When the kids awakened [[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]], the Mini-Con lashed out at them. The Street Action Mini-Con Team combined to fight back, but it soon became apparent that Sky Blast was merely frightened, and there was no need for Perceptor to fight.{{storylink|Desperate}}

Perceptor accompanied [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to the Decepticon base, where he and Starscream tried to free Mini-Cons. He ran from Demolishor and was about to be blasted, but was saved by Hot Shot and Laserbeak. He then ran into Tidal Wave, but split up into his component 'bots before being crushed. Perceptor recombined to continue searching for Mini-Cons and came upon a number of them working on a spaceship. He attempted to convince his brethren to stop until Megatron showed up. Perceptor ran again but was chased and caught by the Decepticon leader. The Mini-Cons began to sing, causing a confused Megatron to set Perceptor down. Hot Shot then appeared and attacked Megatron while Perceptor motioned the Mini-Cons away from the battle. {{storylink|Rescue}}

When the Autobots said the kids couldn't come with them to Cybertron, Perceptor combined and emitted a noise that caused the other Mini-Cons to scramble and sit at controls of the spaceship. He then demanded the kids come with them. {{storylink|Depart}}

En route to Cybertron, Perceptor formed on top of the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' to signal the accompanying Mini-Cons. He helped assemble the Mini-Cons for [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], who combined their power with the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] in order to resurrect Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Miracle (episode)|Miracle}} {{storylink|Puppet}} Once on Cybertron, the Street Action Team used a time loop somehow to give themselves enough time to form Perceptor and attack [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], preventing him from shooting Starscream with the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} After transporting to Cybertron's moon, Perceptor saved the kids from a series of tentacles but then had to be saved in turn by Hot Shot and [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|Portent}}

When the Autobots and Decepticons were formally aligning themselves for the fight against Unicron, Perceptor put his hands upon Optimus Prime's and Galvatron's as they were shaking. {{storylink|Alliance}} After Unicron's destruction, Perceptor accompanied the kids, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] back to [[Earth]], where the component Mini-Cons bid farewell to their friends. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====Linkage====
Perceptor and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] appeared as holograms to tell [[Redline]] and his group that they were leaving [[Earth]] for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the Autobots. {{storylink|Linkage Part 12}}

====''Energon'' cartoon====
[[File:Cybertron City Perceptor.jpg|thumb|200px|left|"Working at the carwash."]]
Ten years later, Perceptor and his individual components were based at [[Ocean City]], where their primary duties were washing cars and attending to [[Kicker Jones]]'s transportation needs. At Kicker's command, Perceptor disengaged Hire Wire to serve as his personal dirt bike. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}} He later allowed Kicker to remove Sureshock from his body as well, before the boy left on a mission to [[Desert City]]. {{storylink|Scorpinok (episode)|Scorpinok}}

Perceptor attended Optimus Prime's big meeting for discussing their plans against Unicron, now that Earth's safety was secured behind the [[energon grid]]. {{storylink|Rodimus Friend or Foe?}}

Perceptor was part of the crew of the ''[[Miranda II]]'', {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}} where he stood on the bridge during its voyage. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}} Perceptor was later elsewhere and arrived via warp gate with [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] and the Omnicons to join up with Kicker and the ''Miranda II'' at the mouth of [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]'s rift in space. {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
[[File:Landslidecybcomic.jpg|right|200px|thumb|But [[Monocle|you]] [[Landslide (Mini-Con)|two]] are supposed to be good guys!]]
The Street Action Team quickly grew tired of the fame that they had cultivated throughout their battles among their Mini-Con peers. They often appeared as Perceptor during their public appearances to avoid further discomfort when made to speak to their admirers. Seeking respite from all of this attention, the team answered Anti-Blaze's call to fight back against Mini-Con insurgents attacking his colony. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 12|Street Action Team's profile}}

Perceptor worked alongside the [[Mini-Con Council of Sages]] in the debris field where they made their home after the Powerlinx Battles. Rebels, spurred on by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Unicron]], threatened the peace in the Mini-Con settlements, and so Perceptor's allies reached out to the Autobots for assistance. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} Perceptor fought his way through the Mini-Con rebels, and soon battled Unicron's enforcer [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] as well. {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} After [[Primus]]'s transformation brought an end to hostilities, Perceptor joined [[Sentinel Maximus]] and his comrades in pursuing Unicron through space. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

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===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
[[File:PaniniArmada7-Perceptor.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"...because we have no leg articulation..."]]
When [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] tried to capture the Street Action Team, they surprised their human friends by merging into Perceptor and fighting back. Unfortunately, the larger Transformer was armed with the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Sabre]], and would've beaten Perceptor into a pulp if his weapon hadn't suddenly gone out of control. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade!}}
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===Reader's Digest ''Armada'' novels===
Perceptor's components were the first Mini-Cons awakened on Earth. Their awakening triggered a mechanism within the remains of the Mini-Cons' ship, which teleported both Autobot and Decepticon combatants to Earth. In order to prevent Megatron from harming the children they had recently befriended, and Optimus Prime who was making every effort to keep the Mini-Cons out of Decepticon hands, the Street Action Mini-Con Team combined into Perceptor, and erected an impenetrable force field. Megatron was forced to retreat, and Perceptor transformed back into his component pieces to return with the children to their home town. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: The Battle Begins|The Battle Begins}}

===''Energon'' comic===
[[File:Multiplicity4-Perceptor.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Unicron will, ah, will destroy, uh, space.]]
When the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] began assaulting Earth cities, the Street Action Team volunteered to fight them off, and combined into Perceptor to stand a better chance against the larger enemies. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} The combiner was assigned to [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s team, which was defending [[Los Angeles]] from hordes of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} The outnumbered Autobots soon began running low on energy, and Perceptor was forced to improvise a more effective way to fight. By messing with the Insecticons' primitive neural net, he confused many of the Terrorcons into fighting among themselves, but this only got him so far. By the time [[Rad White]] showed up to power the Autobots up with [[energon gas]], Perceptor had split into his component Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}
{{Unreleased energon comic}}

Later, Perceptor and Jetfire stood guard over Earth as they calculated the time until Unicron reached Cybertron. Jetfire hoped to receive some signal from Optimus Prime, trapped in the belly of the beast, but Perceptor warned him that the changes of Prime's survival under those conditions were slim. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 1}} Perceptor needn't have worried—Optimus persevered inside of Unicron and got out a message warning the Autobots of energon raids on other planets. Perceptor quickly alerted Jetfire when Prime's message came in, giving the Autobots time to mobilize. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 4}}
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===''Mini Mayhem!''===
In a celebration of the Transformers brand, Perceptor showed up as one of the Mini-Con representatives for the "[[Unicron Trilogy]]" era of the franchise. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Universe'' comic===
[[File:Perceptor-Universe-OTFCC_2004-unpublished.jpg|150px|thumb|left]]
Hailing from [[Aurex 604.24 Gamma]], the Street Action Team which constituted Perceptor was enslaved by the [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]] of [[Aurex 105.15 Gamma]] during the [[Universe War]]. After that Sunstorm was killed by a resurrected Galvatron, Perceptor fled. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/06}}

When Unicron attempted to recruit more Transformers for his evil ends, several were deflected to an icy planetoid by a device created by the [[Child of Primus]] scientist, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]. The Chaos-Bringer's agents dispatched Perceptor with his fellow [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minions of Unicron]] [[Reptilion]], Sunstorm, and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] to retrieve the lost recruits before the Children of Primus could. The Children joined forces with the Autobots Unicron had attempted to capture, however, driving off Perceptor and the Minions. {{storylink|Voice Actor Drama}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:ArmadaPerceptorToy.jpg|upright=1|thumb|The only thing that I perceive is that my name doesn't really fit me at all!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, [[2002]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Street Action Micron'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Hideaki Yoke]] (Takara) and [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)}}

: Released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toys, the three members of the Street Action Mini-Con Team combine into the miniature super robot Perceptor. [[Sureshock (Armada)#Toys|Sureshock]] forms the legs, [[Grindor (Armada)#Toys|Grindor]] forms the torso and arms, and [[High Wire (Armada)#Toys|High Wire]] forms the head and backpack.

: He has little 3mm fist holes in each hand, enabling him to hold compatible accessories (like the engine/gun that came with [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Shot]] and [[Jolt (Armada)#Toys|Jolt]])

[[File:Armada_Perceptor_Running_Change.jpg|thumb|Top: Original release, Bottom: Running Change.]]
: There was a running change made to both Grindor and Sureshock due to the flat plate making up one side of the combining port being prone to breakage. An additional rail was added and the associated part on Sureshock was flipped.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Perceptor/perceptor.htm More information on Perceptor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:LOTM Bumble.jpg|thumb|This is what happens when the kid-friendly characters go to a [[Grindor (Armada)|bank]] and get [[Joint energon]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''CD Limited Edition Street Action Micron''' (CD pack-in, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 1]], 2003

: These [[redeco]]s of the Street Action Microns have been tweaked to make the three more [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]]; as far as the combined Bumble mode's changes go, this is mainly through the team's base plastics being much lighter than the originals.

: This set was only available with the CD single of the first [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Legends of the Microns'']] [[Japanese themes|theme song]], "[[Transformer: Dream Again]]" by [[Psychic Lover]].

: The team's official name has bounced a bit: the name listed above is what it's called on the packaging. Magazine solicitations called it the "Super Anime Color Edition Street Action Micron", while the "Micron Museum" portion of Takara's website called it the "Street Action Micron Anime Color (CD version)".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDBumble/bumble.htm More information on Anime Color Bumble at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Arcee''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''3'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Bank''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''2'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Wheelie''' (Change Micron, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Change Micron ID number'': '''1'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2003

: Part of the first [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] ''[[Change Micron]]'' assortment, each of the Street Action Microns were sold in individual boxes, packed with a small bag of sugar-pellet candy.

: Each of these toys lack various bits of paint from the originals, and have slight color shade differences. But these toys are also actually a completely new mold-set, with various tiny detail differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases. These ever-so-slight tolerance differences mean the combined "Bumble" mode is a bit harder to put together as the parts need to be forced together a bit more.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMBumble/bumble.htm More information on Change Micron Bumble at TFU.info]''

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[[File:2003-streetactionmicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|In case you couldn't already tell my legs are made from a girl...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MC-XX'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 19]], 2003

: The [[Exdimensions]] [[redeco]]s of the Street Action Microns were part of the "Magna Convoy DX" set, which also included "[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Convoy Final Battle Coloration]]" (Powerlinx Optimus Prime) and "[[Overload (Armada)|Ultra Magnus Special Clear Version]]". This set was only available at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.

: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Bumble]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XBumble/bumble.htm More information on Exdimensions Bumble at TFU.info]''
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===''Energon''===
[[File:Energon-perceptor.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"That's what your Mom said!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Perceptor''' (Energon Class, [[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Cliffjumper'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''SC-09'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[February 26]], 2004
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (Takara)}}

: Released in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' "Energon Class" toys, Perceptor is an all-new mold, the combined form of ''Energon'' [[Sureshock (Armada)#Energon|Sureshock]] (forming the torso and arms), [[Grindor (Armada)#Energon|Grindor]] (forming the legs) and [[High Wire (Armada)#Energon|High Wire]] (forming the head again). He also has the same articulation, apart from the oddly ''backwards'' swiveling elbows. His head ''also'' swivels on a hinge not attached to the main torso. He features two [[Powerlinx]] ports on his arms.

: There don't appear to be any discernible differences between Hasbro's Perceptor and Takara's Cliffjumper releases. Perceptor's final toy notably differs in design when compared to the cartoon, due to his [[Character model|cartoon model]] being based on an early Takara sketch that featured a completely different design for Sureshock. In this preliminary design, Perceptor's arms would've had all four of Sureshock's wheels located on them.

: This mold-set was also used to make [[Heavy Metal (Energon)|Frenzy/Heavy Metal]] and [[Windcharger (Energon)|Windcharger]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Perceptor/perceptor.htm More information on ''Energon'' Perceptor at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003 Perceptor.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sunstorm with Inferno and Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>

: An evil [[redeco]] of the original ''Armada'' Street Action Mini-Con Team was included in a [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' multi-pack. The team's orange plastic was changed to black, while the dark blue changed to dark green. The black plastic, pale-blue plastic, and paint operations stayed the same, however. The team was packed in with [[Sunstorm (Universe)#Toys|Sunstorm]] and [[Inferno (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Inferno]].

: Oddly, all photos on the card show the set in their respective molds' original ''Armada'' color schemes, seemingly due to an ''incredibly'' rushed production.

: This toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' incarnation of [[Grindor (SG)|Grindor]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/TFUPerceptor/perceptor.htm More information on Perceptor at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Perceptor''' (Basic Class, [[2005]])}}</ul>

: ''Energon'' Perceptor got repackaged in ''Universe'', with no changes to the contents within.

: This set was largely sold at "discount" chains like Big Lots! and drug stores, part of the first wave/year of "Basic Class" repacks sold though these outlets.
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cybertronperceptor.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Blastcharge vs High Wire''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, [[2006]])}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Backblast vs Sureshock''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Scrap Iron vs Grindor''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)}}</ul>

: Perceptor's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' version is a redeco of his ''Energon'' form. This time the team is done up in a bright, eye-catching "stunt show"-style deco.

: He was not made available as a complete set; he could only be assembled by buying all three of the Street Action Mini-Con Team vs [[Deep Space Mini-Con Team]] two-packs. Since this assortment was the fourth and final wave of two-packs, they were somewhat harder to find than the other sets. Neither the Deep Space Mini-Con Team nor the Street Action Mini-Con Team were depicted in their combined form on the back of the packaging, only in the manual.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/Perceptor/perceptor.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Perceptor at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===''Super Collection Figure''===
[[File:SCF Perceptor Armada.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Bumble''' ([[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Act'': '''10'''
:*''Accessories'': Stand

:A 2-inch PVC figurine of Perceptor was made as part of the tenth "Act" of Takara's ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' series. He was available in both full-color and pewter-finish versions, packed one each in every case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] boxes.

: The Act 10 PVCs use a considerably softer plastic than the preceding nine Acts, which can make getting limbs pegged in difficult as the pegs may just squish. This problem can be even worse with the pewter versions, as the pegs may have a layer of paint on them applied before being pushed into the sockets, making them potentially easier to tear out should the pegs get stuck. Shaving the sockets down with a hobby knife can alleviate these problems somewhat.
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==Notes==
* According to [[Aaron Archer]] at [[OTFCC 2004]], he chose to name the ''Armada'' Mini-Con combiner robot "Perceptor" to honor the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] employee who engineered the Street Action Team because that employee was also responsible for engineering the original Generation 1 Perceptor toy. It's ''likely'' this was [[Hideaki Yoke]] given his [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/japanese-transformers-40/interview-with-takara-lead-designer-hideaki-yoke-174597/ favorite Transformer is G1 Perceptor], but Archer did not specify at the time. Noted mecha designer [[Shinji Aramaki]] also worked on the original Perceptor, at the very least coming up with the initial concept, but given that he was long gone from Takara and directing the animated movie ''Appleseed'' in 2004, Archer probably didn't mean him.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumble''' (バンブル ''Banburu''),<ref>This is a reuse of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s Japanese name.</ref> '''Cliffjumper''' (''Super Link'', クリフジャンパー ''Kurifujanpā'')
*''Korean:'' '''Pigeon''' (피전 ''Pijeon'')
*''French:'' '''Perpetrator'''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Armada Perceptor character model.jpg|''Armada'' cartoon robot mode
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Energon Autobots]]
[[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Minions of Unicron]]
[[Category:Universe Mini-Cons]]

File:Armada Perceptor Running Change.jpg

2024-12-19T09:16:29Z

MicronMan: Comparing the original release of Armada Perceptor with the changes made to strengthen the port.

Comparing the original release of Armada Perceptor with the changes made to strengthen the port.

Rollbar (Armada)

2024-01-29T12:36:54Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

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{{disambig3|Rollbar}}
:''Rollbar is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]].''

[[File:Armada Rollbar character model.jpg|thumb|300px]]

'''Rollbar''' never met a second opinion he didn't like; he double-checks his ideas against the nearest available expert whenever possible. Physically powerful, and mentally hardened, he also loves to challenge himself to things that others would often find absurd, or impossible. Working with his partner [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] is one of those challenges. Some may have seen his decision to partner with such a cranky, moody bot as insane, or even stupid, but to him it's just another challenge for him to overcome. Though a competent administrator with impressive stature, he's fairly useless at hands-on work.

==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
Scavenger and Rollbar were assigned the task of constructing a satellite dish that could help find [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. In response, Megatron sent the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] to destroy the dish. The Decepticons arrived just as Rollbar was putting the finishing touches on the dish, and destroyed it. Scavenger then intervened to help the Mini-Con, plowing Starscream into the sea and tying up the Destruction Team. Scavenger was saddened at the destruction of the dish, but Rollbar cheered him up by reminding him that they could build another one. {{Storylink|Armada Volume 2}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Linkage''====
[[File:Linkage3 Rollbar.jpg|left|thumb|Hard to talk, ehhh]]

Rollbar arrived on Earth as a [[Mini-Con storage panel]] stored inside [[Redline]]'s chest. After being activated, he joined [[Stella Holley]] and the [[Super Stunt Team]] on a mission to the [[Deccan Plateau]] in [[India]], where they had tracked the landing of a [[Scavenger's ship|spaceship]]. While Rollbar and [[Flat-Out (Armada)|Flat-Out]] were checking out the ship, however, the Mini-Cons were attacked by Unicron's servants, the [[Speed Chaser Team]]. {{storylink|Linkage Part 3}} While Flat-Out joined the battle, Rollbar [[Powerlinx]]ed with the owner of the spaceship, [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]]. Powering up his dozer cannon, Scavenger drove off the Chaser Team. By bonding with Scavenger, however, Rollbar had activated his [[Servility Program]], and he left with the [[Bulk]] instead of his friends. {{storylink|Linkage Part 4}} {{storylink|Linkage Part 5}}

Later, Rollbar and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] met with [[Servo (Armada)|Servo]] atop [[Mount Astrogate]] to discuss what the Super Stunt Team had discovered since Rollbar's departure. {{storylink|Linkage Part 8}}

====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[File:Rollbar-cartoon.jpg|thumb]]
Rollbar was among the new Mini-Cons seen under Decepticon control after [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] first acquired the power of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Conspiracy}} Scavenger took Rollbar as his personal Mini-Con when he left to join the Autobots, and Powerlinxed with Rollbar to use his Dozer Cannon against [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] in his first mission with the new team. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

Rollbar was present at the team meeting when the Autobots decided what to do with the Mini-Cons who formed the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|Runaway}}

When Scavenger needed to teach [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] a lesson about teamwork and leadership after [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s death, he Powerlinxed with Rollbar and used their Dozer Cannon to drive home the point. {{storylink|Remorse}} As the Autobots prepared to launch into space for Cybertron aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', Rollbar was among the many Mini-Cons who boarded for the mission. {{storylink|Depart}} Rollbar later showed up very briefly Powerlinxed with Scavenger during the battle with the Decepticons on Cybertron. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
Rollbar was the leader of [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con village C52]], the last Mini-Con settlement the Decepticons attacked before moving on the Autobot Capital of [[Cyber City]].

Receiving advance warning of the Decepticon attack from [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]], Rollbar put [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] in charge of hastily constructing an [[Filtrek|energon dome]] defense and assigned [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] to watch the Northern Quadrant for the expected Decepticon advance. Sparkplug was thrown from his position right into Rollbar, who, with the assistance of [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], activated the energon dome.

Rollbar was captured by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], who bypassed the energon dome by burrowing under it. He, along with the rest of the residents of Mini-Con village C52 (except Sparkplug), was transported to the [[Decepticon Headquarters (Armada)|Decepticons' secret base]] for [[mecha-sectioning]]. They were subsequently freed by Sparkplug and the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]] and escaped Cybertron. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}}

He later spent time aboard the bridge of the Mini-Con starship while it was floating in space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}}

On Earth Rollbar awoke with [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]], [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] and [[Liftor]] and was for a time based out of a human junkyard while foraging for technology to repair their radio and contact their fellow Mini-Cons. Rollbar had a misadventure on one such foraging mission, falling asleep inside a car-crusher, not realizing its function.

Monitoring human television channels, Rollbar's group learned Megatron was in pursuit of Sparkplug and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]]. Rollbar morosely agreed to be persuaded by Jolt, unenthusiastically acknowledging they had to try to rescue them. Rollbar suggested Powerlinxing with the Autobots, and was subsequently partnered with [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

Rollbar was among the Mini-Cons gathered at the Black Mesa in Arizona before transporting to Cybertron to participate in [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]'s matrix-ceremony at [[Cyber City|the Halls of Justice]] to defeat Unicron. He held hands with [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] and [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] when the Mini-Cons united to unleash [[Mini-Con Matrix|Matrix]] energy against Unicron. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
Rollbar was among the Mini-Cons on board the piece of the [[Exodus (Armada)|Mini-Con ship]] that crashed on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. Millions of years later, he was reactivated by a probe sent by [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], and soon afterwards met Scavenger and became his partner. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}}

==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada-toy Rollbar.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|A Rollbar toy that [[Rollbar (G1)|actually]] [[Rollbar (RID)|has]] rollbars!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Scavenger with Rollbar''' (Max-Con Class, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Devastor'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''MC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[April 24]], 2003
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro)|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara), [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Available only with the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Scavenger (Armada)#Toys|Scavenger]] toy, Rollbar transforms into a beach buggy of undetermined, probably-made-up model. As a Mini-Con, he has a "[[Powerlinx]]" socket on his vehicle-mode underside which allows him to attach to any toy with a "Powerlinx" style [[5 mm post]]; some toys have special Powerlinx posts that activate/unlock gimmicks when a Mini-Con is attached.

: In [[robot mode]], Rollbar can be placed in Scavenger's driver's cabin to activate electronic sound features.

:There is a retooled version of Rollbar featuring a minicon symbol on one leg, matching the Energon redeco. Assumedly this was a running change released late in the Armada line.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Rollbar/rollbar.htm More information on Rollbar at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===''Energon''===
[[File:Energon Treadbolt toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Treadbolt''' (Mega Class, 2004)}}</ul>

: For ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'', Rollbar returned as [[redeco]] and a minor [[retool]] of his original mold, coming packed with his new partner [[Treadbolt#Toys|Treadbolt]]. He's now mostly in olive green with a white star on his hood, and now has a molded Mini-Con symbol on his right shin.

: As an "eleventh hour" addition to the early ''Energon'' line, this set was reportedly produced in smaller numbers than most of the rest of the line. The back of the packaging even shows the toys in their original ''Armada'' colors.

: This deco of Rollbar was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as ''Energon'' [[Hound (Energon)|Hound]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Rollbar/rollbar.htm More information on ''Energon'' Rollbar at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dirt''' (ダート ''Dāto'')

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Armada Rollbar vehicle model.jpg|''Armada'' cartoon vehicle mode
</gallery>

[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]

Rollbar (Armada)

2024-01-29T12:36:14Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

{{factions|minicon|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Rollbar}}
:''Rollbar is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]].''

[[File:Armada Rollbar character model.jpg|thumb|300px]]

'''Rollbar''' never met a second opinion he didn't like; he double-checks his ideas against the nearest available expert whenever possible. Physically powerful, and mentally hardened, he also loves to challenge himself to things that others would often find absurd, or impossible. Working with his partner [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] is one of those challenges. Some may have seen his decision to partner with such a cranky, moody bot as insane, or even stupid, but to him it's just another challenge for him to overcome. Though a competent administrator with impressive stature, he's fairly useless at hands-on work.

==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
Scavenger and Rollbar were assigned the task of constructing a satellite dish that could help find [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. In response, Megatron sent the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] to destroy the dish. The Decepticons arrived just as Rollbar was putting the finishing touches on the dish, and destroyed it. Scavenger then intervened to help the Mini-Con, plowing Starscream into the sea and tying up the Destruction Team. Scavenger was saddened at the destruction of the dish, but Rollbar cheered him up by reminding him that they could build another one. {{Storylink|Armada Volume 2}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Linkage''====
[[File:Linkage3 Rollbar.jpg|left|thumb|Hard to talk, ehhh]]

Rollbar arrived on Earth as a [[Mini-Con storage panel]] stored inside [[Redline]]'s chest. After being activated, he joined [[Stella Holley]] and the [[Super Stunt Team]] on a mission to the [[Deccan Plateau]] in [[India]], where they had tracked the landing of a [[Scavenger's ship|spaceship]]. While Rollbar and [[Flat-Out (Armada)|Flat-Out]] were checking out the ship, however, the Mini-Cons were attacked by Unicron's servants, the [[Speed Chaser Team]]. {{storylink|Linkage Part 3}} While Flat-Out joined the battle, Rollbar [[Powerlinx]]ed with the owner of the spaceship, [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]]. Powering up his dozer cannon, Scavenger drove off the Chaser Team. By bonding with Scavenger, however, Rollbar had activated his [[Servility Program]], and he left with the [[Bulk]] instead of his friends. {{storylink|Linkage Part 4}} {{storylink|Linkage Part 5}}

Later, Rollbar and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] met with [[Servo (Armada)|Servo]] atop [[Mount Astrogate]] to discuss what the Super Stunt Team had discovered since Rollbar's departure. {{storylink|Linkage Part 8}}

====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[File:Rollbar-cartoon.jpg|thumb]]
Rollbar was among the new Mini-Cons seen under Decepticon control after [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] first acquired the power of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Conspiracy}} Scavenger took Rollbar as his personal Mini-Con when he left to join the Autobots, and Powerlinxed with Rollbar to use his Dozer Cannon against [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] in his first mission with the new team. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

Rollbar was present at the team meeting when the Autobots decided what to do with the Mini-Cons who formed the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|Runaway}}

When Scavenger needed to teach [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] a lesson about teamwork and leadership after [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s death, he Powerlinxed with Rollbar and used their Dozer Cannon to drive home the point. {{storylink|Remorse}} As the Autobots prepared to launch into space for Cybertron aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', Rollbar was among the many Mini-Cons who boarded for the mission. {{storylink|Depart}} Rollbar later showed up very briefly Powerlinxed with Scavenger during the battle with the Decepticons on Cybertron. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
Rollbar was the leader of [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con village C52]], the last Mini-Con settlement the Decepticons attacked before moving on the Autobot Capital of [[Cyber City]].

Receiving advance warning of the Decepticon attack from [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]], Rollbar put [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] in charge of hastily constructing an [[Filtrek|energon dome]] defense and assigned [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] to watch the Northern Quadrant for the expected Decepticon advance. Sparkplug was thrown from his position right into Rollbar, who, with the assistance of [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], activated the energon dome.

Rollbar was captured by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], who bypassed the energon dome by burrowing under it. He, along with the rest of the residents of Mini-Con village C52 (except Sparkplug), was transported to the [[Decepticon Headquarters (Armada)|Decepticons' secret base]] for [[mecha-sectioning]]. They were subsequently freed by Sparkplug and the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]] and escaped Cybertron. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}}

He later spent time aboard the bridge of the Mini-Con starship while it was floating in space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}}

On Earth Rollbar awoke with [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]], [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] and [[Liftor]] and was for a time based out of a human junkyard while foraging for technology to repair their radio and contact their fellow Mini-Cons. Rollbar had a misadventure on one such foraging mission, falling asleep inside a car-crusher, not realizing its function.

Monitoring human television channels, Rollbar's group learned Megatron was in pursuit of Sparkplug and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]]. Rollbar morosely agreed to be persuaded by Jolt, unenthusiastically acknowledging they had to try to rescue them. Rollbar suggested Powerlinxing with the Autobots, and was subsequently partnered with [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

Rollbar was among the Mini-Cons gathered at the Black Mesa in Arizona before transporting to Cybertron to participate in [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]'s matrix-ceremony at [[Cyber City|the Halls of Justice]] to defeat Unicron. He held hands with [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] and [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] when the Mini-Cons united to unleash [[Mini-Con Matrix|Matrix]] energy against Unicron. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
Rollbar was among the Mini-Cons on board the piece of the [[Exodus (Armada)|Mini-Con ship]] that crashed on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. Millions of years later, he was reactivated by a probe sent by [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], and soon afterwards met Scavenger and became his partner. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}}

==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada-toy Rollbar.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|A Rollbar toy that [[Rollbar (G1)|actually]] [[Rollbar (RID)|has]] rollbars!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Scavenger with Rollbar''' (Max-Con Class, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Devastor'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''MC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[April 24]], 2003
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro)|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara), [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Available only with the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Scavenger (Armada)#Toys|Scavenger]] toy, Rollbar transforms into a beach buggy of undetermined, probably-made-up model. As a Mini-Con, he has a "[[Powerlinx]]" socket on his vehicle-mode underside which allows him to attach to any toy with a "Powerlinx" style [[5 mm post]]; some toys have special Powerlinx posts that activate/unlock gimmicks when a Mini-Con is attached.

: In [[robot mode]], Rollbar can be placed in Scavenger's driver's cabin to activate electronic sound features.

There is a retooled version of Rollbar featuring a minicon symbol on one leg, matching the Energon redeco. Assumedly this was a running change released late in the Armada line.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Rollbar/rollbar.htm More information on Rollbar at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===''Energon''===
[[File:Energon Treadbolt toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Treadbolt''' (Mega Class, 2004)}}</ul>

: For ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'', Rollbar returned as [[redeco]] and a minor [[retool]] of his original mold, coming packed with his new partner [[Treadbolt#Toys|Treadbolt]]. He's now mostly in olive green with a white star on his hood, and now has a molded Mini-Con symbol on his right shin.

: As an "eleventh hour" addition to the early ''Energon'' line, this set was reportedly produced in smaller numbers than most of the rest of the line. The back of the packaging even shows the toys in their original ''Armada'' colors.

: This deco of Rollbar was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as ''Energon'' [[Hound (Energon)|Hound]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Rollbar/rollbar.htm More information on ''Energon'' Rollbar at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dirt''' (ダート ''Dāto'')

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Armada Rollbar vehicle model.jpg|''Armada'' cartoon vehicle mode
</gallery>

[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]

Kingbolt (Armada)

2021-10-08T11:25:17Z

MicronMan: /* Legends of the Microns */

{{faction|minicon}}
{{picsneeded|toy}}
{{disambig2|the Unicron Trilogy Mini-Con|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Micromaster|Kingbolt (BWU)}}
:''Kingbolt is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Legends of the Microns]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]].''

[[Image:Kingbolt.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLL2XwhmAgw Have at thee!]]]

His speech pattern may be that of a corny-sounding old-fashioned knight, but make no mistake, '''Kingbolt''' (キングボルト ''Kinguboruto'') lives up to the old-fashioned knight stereotype. Courageous, courteous and unwavering in his resolve, he fights valiantly for the freedom of the Mini-Con race. His feats of heroics have earned him a very high rank, plus the respect and admiration of his people.

Leader of the [[Hazard Team]], Kingbolt launches into battle without fear. If any foes manage to get past the hail of firepower he can put out, the tiny knight's impressive skill at melee combat will give them a battle they won't soon forget.

{{TOCclear}}
==Fiction==
===''Linkage''===
[[Image:KingboltGun.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Say hallo to my leetle friend!]]
Kingbolt was among the many Mini-Cons whose [[Mini-Con storage panel|storage panels]] were scattered across the globe when the ''[[Exodus (Armada)|Exodus]]'' went down. He was summoned from his panel by his teammates [[Impulsor]] and [[Quench]] after they were freed from their panels by [[Stella Holley]]. With a mighty flying kick, Kingbolt freed the captured [[Twirl (Armada)|Twirl]] from the monster [[Ravenus]], but held off on destroying him with his cannon mode when Twirl revealed the creature was in fact a horribly mutated [[Autobot]]. {{storylink|Linkage Part 11}} The Mini-Cons joined forces and used the new powers unlocked within them from the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]] dimension to revert Ravenus to his non-mutated, heroic self.

After the battle, Kingbolt spoke to the gathered Mini-Cons on Earth and encouraged them to join with the Autobots and return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to face their creator, [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Linkage Part 12}} The Hazard Team [[Powerlinx]]ed to the powerful [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] during the battle. It is unknown how they fared in the battle, but it is assumed they survived and continued to be a strong presence in Mini-Con politics. {{storylink|Linkage Part 13}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Legends of the Microns''===
*'''Kingbolt''' (Mini-Con, [[2004]]-[[February 25|02-25]])

: Kingbolt was available only with volume 11 of the ''Legends of the Microns'' DVD series, made available on [[February 25]], 2004. He is a redeco of the ''Armada'' [[Prowl (Armada)#Armada|Prowl]] toy, transforming into both a Cybertronic police car and a pistol that can be held by most larger [[Unicron Trilogy]] toys. Like most Mini-Cons, he has a Powerlinx socket that lets him attach to any Transformer toy with a compatible plug.

: This toy doubles as the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Kingbolt (BWU)|Kingbolt]], and this mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Groove (Energon)|Groove]] and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Quasar]] and [[Checkpoint (Cybertron)|Checkpoint]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Micron/Kingbolt/kingbolt.htm More information on Kingbolt at TFU.info]''{{ArmadaProwlMold}}

*''' 'Special Color' Kingbolt''' (Mini-Con, [[2004]])

[[Image:'Special Colour' Kingbolt Comparison.jpg|right|thumb|200px|'Special Colour' Kingbolt (Right) With Kingbolt (Left)]]
:Avalable as a runner up prize in the Legends Of The Microns Year Book Lucky Draw, 'Special Color' Kingbolt was limited to 333 copies.

==Notes==
[[Image:ExKaiserCarMode.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Also known as "FormerKaiser".]]
*Kingbolt's coloration and character are heavily inspired by the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] [[Brave (franchise)|Brave]] series toys, most notably Exkaiser. In addition, the use of his cannon mode, held by a "spectral" gunman in the [[Linkage (comic)|Linkage mini-comic]] is a lift of the final "Big Magnum" attack from the live-action SF series ''{{w|Uchuu Keiji Shaider|Space Sheriff Shaider}}''.

[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Knights]]

Kingbolt (Armada)

2021-10-08T11:20:59Z

MicronMan: /* Legends of the Microns */

{{faction|minicon}}
{{picsneeded|toy}}
{{disambig2|the Unicron Trilogy Mini-Con|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Micromaster|Kingbolt (BWU)}}
:''Kingbolt is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Legends of the Microns]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]].''

[[Image:Kingbolt.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLL2XwhmAgw Have at thee!]]]

His speech pattern may be that of a corny-sounding old-fashioned knight, but make no mistake, '''Kingbolt''' (キングボルト ''Kinguboruto'') lives up to the old-fashioned knight stereotype. Courageous, courteous and unwavering in his resolve, he fights valiantly for the freedom of the Mini-Con race. His feats of heroics have earned him a very high rank, plus the respect and admiration of his people.

Leader of the [[Hazard Team]], Kingbolt launches into battle without fear. If any foes manage to get past the hail of firepower he can put out, the tiny knight's impressive skill at melee combat will give them a battle they won't soon forget.

{{TOCclear}}
==Fiction==
===''Linkage''===
[[Image:KingboltGun.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Say hallo to my leetle friend!]]
Kingbolt was among the many Mini-Cons whose [[Mini-Con storage panel|storage panels]] were scattered across the globe when the ''[[Exodus (Armada)|Exodus]]'' went down. He was summoned from his panel by his teammates [[Impulsor]] and [[Quench]] after they were freed from their panels by [[Stella Holley]]. With a mighty flying kick, Kingbolt freed the captured [[Twirl (Armada)|Twirl]] from the monster [[Ravenus]], but held off on destroying him with his cannon mode when Twirl revealed the creature was in fact a horribly mutated [[Autobot]]. {{storylink|Linkage Part 11}} The Mini-Cons joined forces and used the new powers unlocked within them from the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]] dimension to revert Ravenus to his non-mutated, heroic self.

After the battle, Kingbolt spoke to the gathered Mini-Cons on Earth and encouraged them to join with the Autobots and return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to face their creator, [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Linkage Part 12}} The Hazard Team [[Powerlinx]]ed to the powerful [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] during the battle. It is unknown how they fared in the battle, but it is assumed they survived and continued to be a strong presence in Mini-Con politics. {{storylink|Linkage Part 13}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Legends of the Microns''===
*'''Kingbolt''' (Mini-Con, [[2004]]-[[February 25|02-25]])

: Kingbolt was available only with volume 11 of the ''Legends of the Microns'' DVD series, made available on [[February 25]], 2004. He is a redeco of the ''Armada'' [[Prowl (Armada)#Armada|Prowl]] toy, transforming into both a Cybertronic police car and a pistol that can be held by most larger [[Unicron Trilogy]] toys. Like most Mini-Cons, he has a Powerlinx socket that lets him attach to any Transformer toy with a compatible plug.

: This toy doubles as the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Kingbolt (BWU)|Kingbolt]], and this mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Groove (Energon)|Groove]] and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Quasar]] and [[Checkpoint (Cybertron)|Checkpoint]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Micron/Kingbolt/kingbolt.htm More information on Kingbolt at TFU.info]''{{ArmadaProwlMold}}

*''' 'Special Color' Kingbolt''' (Mini-Con, [[2004]]-

[[Image:'Special Colour' Kingbolt Comparison.jpg|right|thumb|200px|'Special Colour' Kingbolt (Right) With Kingbolt (Left)]]
:Avalable as a runner up prize in the Legends Of The Microns Year Book Lucky Draw, 'Special Color' Kingbolt was limited to 333 copies.

==Notes==
[[Image:ExKaiserCarMode.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Also known as "FormerKaiser".]]
*Kingbolt's coloration and character are heavily inspired by the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] [[Brave (franchise)|Brave]] series toys, most notably Exkaiser. In addition, the use of his cannon mode, held by a "spectral" gunman in the [[Linkage (comic)|Linkage mini-comic]] is a lift of the final "Big Magnum" attack from the live-action SF series ''{{w|Uchuu Keiji Shaider|Space Sheriff Shaider}}''.

[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Knights]]

File:'Special Colour' Kingbolt Comparison.jpg

2021-10-08T11:19:39Z

MicronMan: MicronMan moved page File:20200908 181042.jpg to File:'Special Colour' Kingbolt Comparison.jpg: Forgot to change title

The Lucky Draw Special Kingbolt (Right) compared with the standard DVD release version.

File:'Special Colour' Kingbolt Comparison.jpg

2021-10-08T11:18:26Z

MicronMan: The Lucky Draw Special Kingbolt (Right) compared with the standard DVD release version.

The Lucky Draw Special Kingbolt (Right) compared with the standard DVD release version.

Space Mini-Con Team

2021-02-25T17:52:24Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

{{factions|minicon}}
[[File:Bios card SPACE.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Hey, look. The Earth is blue and there's nothing we can do.]]

The '''Space Mini-Con Team''' is one of the most sought-after groups of [[Mini-Con]]s. Not simply because they are all strong warriors with zero-gravity operational skills, but mainly because the three combine to form the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], one of the legendary Mini-Con weapons whose destructive power maximums have yet to be calculated.

The Space Mini-Con Team is composed of...

*[[Astroscope]] the satellite.
*[[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] the rocket-transport truck.
*[[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]] the rocket.

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
While Mini-Cons in general are reluctant to participate in the war between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s, the Space Team was particularly averse to fighting, acutely aware of the destructive potential of their combined form, the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], and spent quite a bit of time hiding from both sides, not wanting their power abused. {{storylink|Runaway}} Like their fellow Mini-Cons, the Space Team boarded the [[Exodus (Armada)|''Exodus'']] to flee the Great War only for the escape ship to come under attack from the [[Decepticon fleet]], its [[transwarp]] being damaged and crashing into [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. {{storylink|First Encounter}} The three panels would be separated by a vast distance. While [[Astroscope]]'s panel fell onto the lunar surface, [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]]'s would crash onto a deserted island on the planet below and [[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]]'s would remain in the primary hull, buried deep within a Terran mountain. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} {{storylink|Desperate}}

In the year [[2010]], Payload's dormant panel was found causing it to react with those of his teammates. The Mini-Cons who had aligned with the Autobots, along with their human allies, quickly found Sky Blast's panel, their base having been set up atop the wreck of the primary hull, and reawakened him only for him to run off. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} Once the Autobots and humans had helped Sky Blast tame his fear, he was [[Warp drive|warped]] to Payload's island to try and help [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Inspired by the heroism of the Autobots, Sky Blast sent out a pulse to his comrades who awoke, converging on him with the three combining into the Requiem Blaster, their combined power saving Optimus' life, albeit functioning as a makeshift retrorocket. {{storylink|Desperate}}

[[File:Arm30 nothingtoseehere.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Insert [[Pretender]] joke here.]]

With the deed done however, the Space Team made plans to flee the war once again, settling on a farm outside [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]] with the help of the human children. Their haven was short lived, however, for [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] soon tracked them down only for Optimus Prime to save them where he declared that the Mini-Cons would not be forced to fight if they didn't want to. {{storylink|Runaway}}

While the Autobots were out on a mission, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] tried to befriend the trio only for [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to break into the base and capture the Mini-Cons. Forcing them to combine, he used the Requiem Blaster to gun down the Autobot. {{storylink|Sacrifice}} Back on the moon, Megatron locked the trio into their combined form, granting him full use of the Blaster. When [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]], having been a pawn in the scheme to capture the trio, attacked his leader, Megatron opened fire only to find that the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] could counter the Requiem Blaster. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}} When Starscream defected to the Autobots, he provided them with the intel to attack the Decepticon base. Megatron unleashed the Blaster in battle only for its effects to blocked by the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]]. {{storylink|Rescue}}

Soon enough, Thrust had managed to convince Starscream to defect back to the Decepticons who brought with him the Star Saber and Skyboom Shield. {{storylink|Crack (episode)|Crack}} After the two teams had been mode-locked, the three Mini-Con groups were made the primary power source for the ''[[Hydra Cannon]]''. {{storylink|Threaten}}

When both factions returned to Cybertron, the mode-locked Space Team would find themselves used as Megatron's primary weapon, being used to gun down [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], {{storylink|Puppet}} and later to destroy a flotilla of Autobot ships. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}} Along with the Skyboom Shield and the Star Saber, the Requiem Blaster would be stolen by Thrust, now revealed as a [[Herald of Unicron]], who used them to reawaken the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}} {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

Brought to [[Unicron]]'s core, the three teams reawakened their creator before Optimus Prime and Megatron—now reborn as Galvatron—roused the nine from their slumber. The first act of the Space Team was, quite ironically, to recombine back into the Requiem Blaster so Optimus could inflict catastrophic damage to Unicron's interior. {{storylink|Origin}} When Galvatron then challenged Optimus to a final duel, the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] told everyone to head back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] while he held off his foe. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}
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==Toys==
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada-toy Space Mini-Con Team.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Space Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Cons, 2003)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-13'''

:The Space Team was first released as a three-pack in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' line. The three toys can combine into the Requiem Blaster, which can be held by most Transformers that use 5mm peg-holes, or can be attached via [[Powerlinx]] plugs. The Takara release features slightly darker red plastic than the Hasbro release.

:The entire team was completely re-cast as new molds as part of the second wave of [[Kabaya]]'s [[Change Micron]] series, individually-available versions of the Team.

:This mold-set was used to make the [[Deep Space Mini-Con Team]].

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[[File:2003-spacemicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*'''Space Micron Exdimensions''' (Mini-Cons, 2003)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-14'''
:A somewhat more limited-edition -but still regular retail- [[redeco]] of the Space Team was released by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of the [[Exdimensions]] series. This set uses a primarily green and brown deco, an interestingly ground-based choice for a space-based team.

:This deco was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Cosmic Exploration Team]].
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===''Energon''===
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Ultra-Con, 2004)

:The Space Mini-Con Team was redecoed and added to the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] set. The original [[Hasbro]] packaging does not reflect this, as the Space Team replaced a planned redeco of the [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]] as the new characters [[Brakedown (Energon)|Brakedown]], [[Clocker (Energon)|Clocker]], and [[Override (Energon)|Override]]. Later releases in Japan covered the relevant portions of the box with a sticker.

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[[File:Race-2-Space.jpg|thumb|upright=0.95]]
*'''Race Mini-Con Team & Space Mini-Con Team''' (Multi-Pack, 2004)

: An unaltered version of the Space Mini-Con Team was released as part of an ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]''-series "Mini-Con 6-pack" with the [[Race Mini-Con Team|Road Assault Mini-Con Team]] (the latter named as "Race Mini-Con Team" on the package).

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===Unreleased===
[[File:Unreleased Space Team.jpg|thumb|upright=0.95]]

* Test-shots of a slightly altered Space Team have popped up from various sources. It's possible this was intended to be a mid-series deco-change for the team, though it looks unfinished at best. The team has ''exactly'' the same [[Paint operation|paint application]] layouts in exactly the same ''colors'' as the original.

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[[File:Spacewarp-r.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
* The Space Team was also slated to be redecoed as pack-in partners for ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Spacewarp]]. When the toy was saved from limbo by [[Fun Publications]], they intended to keep the Mini-Con partners, but were told by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] that the ''Armada''-era Team molds were too worn out to use again. As such, the team was replaced by a redeco of the [[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team]] when "Astrotrain" finally saw release. This deco of the Space Team eventually became the basis of the [[Interstellar Marauders Mini-Con Team]].
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Space Micron''' (スペースマイクロン ''Supēsu Maikuron'')
*''French:'' '''Équipe Spatiale des Minimodus''' ("Space Mini-Con Team")
*''Spanish:'' '''Los Minimodus - Equipo Espacial''' ("The Mini-Cons - Space Team")

[[Category:Armada subgroups]]
[[Category:Combiner teams]]
[[Category:Energon subgroups]]
[[Category:Mini-Con teams]]

Land Military Mini-Con Team

2021-02-25T17:51:00Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

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:''The Land Military Mini-Con Team is a [[Mini-Con]] team from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Bios card landmilitary.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Only TWO THINGS come from Iacon, boy!!!]]
The '''Land Military Team''' might just be the toughest bunch of roughnecks the [[Mini-Con]]s ever produced. Each one is a top-notch soldier with incredible firepower at their disposal, to say nothing of their wealth of military experience and tactical know-how. Luckily for the [[Autobot]]s, the Land Military Team is mainly interested in freeing their people from [[Decepticon]] tyranny!

The Land Military Mini-Con Team consists of...

*[[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]] the missile truck.
*[[Knock Out (Armada)|Knock Out]] the armored personnel carrier.
*[[Wreckage (Armada)|Wreckage]] the twin-missile tank.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[Image:Armada LandMilitary TV.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Six wheels of justice.]]
The Land Military Team sent a signal to the Mini-Cons on [[Earth]] on the behest of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] to lead the [[Autobot]]s into a trap. The Autobots chased the team and the [[Decepticon]]s, warping around Earth until finally coming to a desert. They fired upon [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], but eventually attacked Megatron and joined up with the Autobots. {{storylink|Vow}}
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====''Force of Habit''====
During the [[Unicron Singularity]] crisis, the Land Military Mini-Con Team served aboard the Autobot flagship ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]''. They were called into action during a Decepticon attack on the ship and battled a number of [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]]- and [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon]]-type [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] alongside [[Riptide (Armada)|Riptide]], [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]], and [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

==Toys==
===''Armada''===
*'''Land Military Team''' (Basic, 2002/2003)
** ''Takara ID number:'' '''MM-03'''

: The Land Military Team was released in the first wave of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' toyline. All 3 members featured firing Missile Launchers. The Takara release features slightly darker red plastic than the Hasbro.

: This mold set was used to make the [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team]] and the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Air Defense Mini-Con Team]].

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*'''Ironhide & Search with Land Military Microns''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
**''Takara ID number'': '''MS-03'''

: The Land Military Team were available in Japan both as an individual team and in a multi-pack with [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]].

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[[Image:2003-landmilitarymicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*'''Land Military Micron Exdimensions''' (Basic, 2003)
**''Takara ID number'': '''MM-08'''
: Only released in Japan, the [[Exdimensions]] version was a limited-edition (but still normal retail) [[redeco]] of the Land Military Team. This deco was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Rapid Deployment Mini-Con Team]].

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[[File:Armadatoy-NightAttackTeam.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*'''Land Military Micron Night Attack Edition''' (Basic, 2003)
**Bomb Night Attack Edition
**Crack Night Attack Edition
**Shot Night Attack Edition

: Identical to the U.S. release of the [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team]], each member of the team was given away at random for free at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores with the purchase of any ''Legends of the Microns'' product during April.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Land Military Micron''' (ランドミリタリーマイクロン ''Rando Miritarī Maikuron'')
*''French:'' '''Équipe Militaire de Terre des Minimodus''' ("Land Military Mini-Con Team")
*''Spanish:'' '''Los Minimodus - Equipo Militar Terrestre''' ("The Mini-Cons - Land Military Team")

[[Category:Armada subgroups]]
[[Category:Mini-Con teams]]

Longarm (Armada)

2020-10-28T17:42:33Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

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:''Longarm is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Longarm-ArmGame.jpg|right|242px|thumb|He fights crime... in a future time!]]
'''Longarm''' was saved from near-death by [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], and was modified in the life-saving process. His previous memories are gone, but he is still a well and friendly Mini-Con. Longarm acts as Red Alert's second brain, making him a wiz at analyzing and diagnosing technical problems, which the Autobot medic can then fix without ever having seen them.

After [[the Unicron Battles]], Longarm teamed up with the Autobot [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]]. Why? Nobody knows.

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[File:Basebump.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3]]
Longarm was one of the first Mini-Cons awakened on Earth. His storage panel was uncovered in a landslide as the Autobots battled the Decepticons. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] took Longarm on as his personal Mini-Con, using him to charge up his rifle during the fight. Along with [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]], Longarm served with the Autobots from the very beginning of their Mini-Con hunt. {{storylink|Base}} Longarm was often seen accompanying Red Alert on his routine maintenance chores around the Autobot base. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} He helped with the installation of a trans-accelerator... whatever that is. Longarm wasn't all about work, though — when [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and Jolt ran off to the carnival to play, Longarm went with them for the thrill. {{storylink|Carnival}}

After [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] kidnapped [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]], the Autobots were reluctantly prepared to turn over Longarm and the other Mini-Cons to [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. When the Decepticons broke the deal, however, the Autobots managed to recover both the kids and the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}} Longarm was [[animation error|briefly seen]] when the Decepticons deployed their Mini-Cons to search subway tunnels for another of their kind. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} He also assisted the Autobots on a mission to a volcanic island, manning Prime's combat deck in defense of his friends. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

Longarm was seen helping Red Alert's self-repair work after a series of losses when the Decepticons acquired the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Conspiracy}} Later on, he went along on a camping trip with Red Alert, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and the boys. He used his crane arm for the boys to dive off of into the river. {{storylink|Vacation}}

Longarm was present at the team meeting when the Autobots decided what to do with the Mini-Cons who formed the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|Runaway}}

After [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s death, Longarm was one of a group of Mini-Cons who confronted the angst-ridden [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], forcing the young 'bot to come to terms with the loss of his leader. {{storylink|Remorse}} As the Autobots prepared to launch into space for Cybertron aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', Longarm was among the many Mini-Cons who boarded for the mission. {{storylink|Depart}}

When a spatial disturbance claimed [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and Red Alert, they landed on an unnamed planet, threatened by Megatron, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] as well as a mysterious black copy of Optimus known as [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]]. As Nemesis Prime gained the upper hand over all the Transformers, Longarm arrived in a ball of light, flanked by the Mini-Con partners of the Autobots and Decepticons alike who were present. They incapacitated Nemesis Prime with a massive bolt of energy before Longarm addressed the Transformers, making him the third known Mini-Con to speak English, after [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]. He told the Autobots and Decepticons that the fighting must end, and combined his energies with his fellow Mini-Cons to heal the Cybertronians' wounds and upgrade their armor. {{storylink|Puppet}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was at peace, Longarm resided [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con village C52]]. At one point, he helped build satellites in village B13, and befriended a Mini-Con there (likely a member of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]]). His friend was captured when the [[Decepticon]]s began kidnapping Mini-Cons, but escaped and told Longarm about the [[mecha-sectioning]] of Mini-Cons that went on in the [[Decepticon Headquarters (Armada)|Decepticons' base]]. As Longarm helped prepare the defenses for his own village, he shared his friend's story with [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]]. However, despite the village's [[Filtrek|forceshield]], the Decepticons made it inside and Longarm was captured by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} A short while later, he was freed by [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and the Air Defense Team, and left Cybertron along with the other Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}

However, their [[Exodus (Armada)|escape vessel]] malfunctioned and crashed into [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]], and the section with Longarm in it was broken off and crashed on Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} After laying dormant for a million years, Longarm was reactivated alongside several other Mini-Cons, and they made themselves a makeshift base in a [[human]] junkyard. After an incident involving [[Rollbar (Armada)|Rollbar]] and a trash compactor, Longarm got a [[television]] working and learned that the Decepticons had arrived on Earth and were hunting down Sparkplug and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]]. As the team headed out to rescue their fellow Mini-Cons, they found [[Autobot]]s on the scene and decided to help out by increasing the strength of the [[bulk]]s. Longarm powerlinked with [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], and the Decepticons were soon driven off. In the aftermath, Longarm agreed to work with the Autobots only if he and his fellow Mini-Cons were treated as their equals, which [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] naturally complied with. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

When the Air Defense Team was captured by the Decepticons, Longarm, Jolt, and Sparkplug went to rescue them, against Optimus Prime's orders. Shortly after arriving at the enemy base, they were forced to fight off [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} After getting caught in rubble after the ceiling collapsed, Longarm started cutting his pals out with a [[laser welder]], to little success. Fortunately, the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] showed up to help out. They quickly made their way to a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, and powerlinked with their respective partners. In the end, the Decepticons retreated and the Air Defense Team was won back. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}} After trying to calm a frustred Sparkplug down, Longarm was suddenly compelled to travel to a [[Mini-Con Ark|strange structure]] in [[Kansas]], and so were all the other Mini-Cons on the planet. When they entered the structure, it revealed its true nature as a spaceship. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} Longarm and the others were taken to Earth's moon, where they found that the other passengers on the Mini-Con ship had constructed a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress]] where all Mini-Cons could live in peace. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}}

The Decepticons wouldn't give up so easily, however, and attacked the fortress. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}} As the base was overrun, Longarm boarded an escape pod and went back to Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}} When it turned out that another pod had ended up buried under ice in [[Alaska]], Longarm traveled there and boosted the power of Red Alert's [[sonic cannon]] so that it could be used to cut through the ice. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}} As he and the others returned to base after the mission, they found a strange, different [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] waiting for them. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} Longarm and Red Alert then traveled to [[Big Sur National Park]] to retrieve [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]'s [[null-reality pod]]s, only to find them missing. The duo later tried to defend [[Autobase]] from a Decepticon attack, but were taken out by a couple of missiles courtesy of Starscream. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}}

Longarm was among the Mini-Cons who gathered in [[Arizona]] to take a [[space bridge]] back to Cybertron and face the looming threat of [[Unicron]]. After returning to their home planet, the Mini-Cons combined their energies with that of the [[Mini-Con Matrix]], which produced a blast of energy powerful enough to defeat the Planet Eater. {{storylink|The End}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
Back on Cybertron, Longarm enjoyed watching [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] perform "extraordinary feats", such as lifting heavy metal crates. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} He was among the Mini-Cons who escaped from the planet and lay dormant after their ship crashed near present-day [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} He and the others were awakened by [[Rad White]], [[Carlos Lopez]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], but refused to get involved with the [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] war again. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} After witnessing the courage Rad displayed to save [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], they changed their minds and allied themselves with the Autobots. After towing the injured [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] out of danger, Longarm power-linked with [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], granting him the power needed to defeat [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Friends and Foes!}}

The Autobots decided to send Longarm and the others back to Cybertron to keep them out of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s hands, but they refused and stayed on Earth to aid the Autobots. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} A while later, Longarm went with [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] to the Decepticon base in [[Silver Ridge]], where they planned to rescue the Decepticon-held Mini-Cons. Unfortunately, they didn't ''want'' to be rescued, and tried to capture Sparkplug for the Decepticons instead. Longarm managed to save him with his crane hook, then made his way outta there. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|Into the Lions' Den!}} He later helped monitor a Mini-Con probe sent to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], to awaken his brethren still lying dormant on the satellite. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}}

When the Autobots learned that the Decepticons were planning to nuke them from the Moon, the Mini-Cons gave them some extra time for countermeasures by pretending to surrender themselves to the enemy. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} They were stowed aboard a [[solar barge]] and pulled towards the Moon by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], but Longarm simply kicked his way out of his cell. He had needed something to vent his recent frustration on. After Sparkplug, Jolt and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] took care of Cyclonus, the Mini-Cons returned to Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}

===The Balance of Power===
Longarm was one of the Mini-Cons listed in the Autobots' registry. His picture was shown to [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] when [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] explained to the young Autobot what the Mini-Cons were, and their importance in the battle against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Balance of Power}}
{{note|This comic was written as a tie-in to the [[Transformers (PS2)|''Armada'' video game]], but its details differ from the introduction seen in the game itself. [[#PS2|See below]] for Longarm's role in the game.}}

===Reader's Digest ''Armada'' novels===
During a Decepticon attack on the Autobots' base, one of Megatron's stray shots caused a rock slide. This rock slide unearthed four Mini-Con panels, one of which contained the Mini-Con that would come to be known as "Longarm." The panel reacted to Red Alert's presence, and the robot within awoke to bond with the Autobot mentally. The Mini-Con then transformed into an additional arm for Red Alert, prompting him to give his new partner his moniker. Longarm’s new configuration boasted enough raw strength to easily lift Hot Shot off the ground by itself! Red Alert made good use of Longarm's strength to overpower Demolishor and toss him at Megatron. Overwhelmed, the Decepticons retreated soon afterwards. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: Race for the Mini-Con Robots|Race for the Mini-Con Robots}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
A Longarm hailed from [[Aurex 606.0 Kappa]]. He fought with his bulk partner [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]], [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]], and the [[Emergency Mini-Con Team]] against the Decepticons [[Landslide (Decepticon)|Landslide]], [[Drench (Universe)|Drench]], and [[Wind Sheer (Armada)|Wind Sheer]] during the quest for Cybertron. After the Autobots emerged victorious, [[Unicron]] suddenly plucked Red Alert to fight in the [[Cauldron]]. The Chaos-Bringer would have plucked Longarm as well if [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] hadn't shoved his friend out of the way and took his place. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' (PS2)===
Longarm was one of many [[Mini-Con]]s who crashlanded on Earth when fleeing the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He was trapped inside a Mini-Con-Disc and needed to be saved before the [[Decepticon]]s could find him. Once awakened, he agreed to assist the [[Autobot]]s in their battle against [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and became [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]'s Mini-Con partner. You can run him over, but due to gameplay-reasons he actually is invincible. Longarm does not talk, but if attached to Red Alert, he increases his speed in exchange for [[Energon]]. If his special powers are not needed, he follows his counterpart by foot, defending and assisting him with shots from his laser gun. There is not much of a story to him. {{storylink|Transformers (PS2)|Transformers}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[File:Arm-toy Longarm.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Red Alert with Longarm''' (Max-Con, 2002/2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MC-02'''

: Packaged with the larger Autobot Red Alert, Longarm transforms into a hook-crane truck of undetermined model. His crane is on a swivel-joint, though it's not very useful in robot mode.

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version of "Hook" adds silver [[paint operation]]s to his truck-mode windscreen. He also features [[Retool|retooling]] on the crane arm allowing the joints to be pinned.

: This mold was also used to make [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|live-action movie]] [[Longarm (Movie Mini-Con)|Longarm]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Longarm/longarm.htm More information on Longarm at TFU.info]''

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*'''Powerlinx Red Alert with Powerlinx Longarm''' (Max-Con, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MC-12'''

: For his [[Powerlinx]] upgrade, Longarm retained his mainly black coloration in [[alternate mode]], but the blue and tan were changed to gray and orange. He was only available with the Powerlinx version of Red Alert.

: Just like the prior release, the Takara version of "Spark Hook" adds silver [[paint operation]]s to his truck-mode windscreen. He also features a darker shade of orange plastic and the same retooling as "Hook".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/PXLongarm/longarm.htm More information on Powerlinx Longarm at TFU.info]''

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*'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2003)

: Longarm was inexplicably included in the [[Kmart]]-[[exclusive]] "Battle for the Matrix" multi-pack, ''without'' his larger [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] partner Red Alert. The set was released on [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] and also included [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]] with [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] with [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]], and the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]]. Longarm is identical to his original release.

===Built to Rule!===
*'''Red Alert with Longarm''' (Built to Rule!, 2003)

:''[[Built to Rule!]]'' Longarm is a building-block toy that can be reconfigured from robot to crane, although neither mode is particularly accurate. Naturally, you can also build something else out of him, but not much. He's just a Mini-Con, after all, so he doesn't have many blocks. He is limited to black and blue blocks and features none of his tan or red details. Longarm was only available with ''Built to Rule!'' Red Alert.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/BTRLongarm/longarm.htm More information on ''Built to Rule!'' Longarm at TFU.info]''

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===Energon===
*'''Prowl with Longarm & Starscream with Zapmaster''' (Multi-pack, 2004)

: A redeco of Longarm was included with ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]], a Red Alert redeco available only at Sam's Club wholesale shopping club outlets. Longarm is still mainly black, but his torso is white and his legs and crane are blue. He was only available in a multi-pack with Red Alert, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], and [[Zapmaster (Armada)|Zapmaster]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Longarm/longarm.htm More information on ''Energon'' Longarm at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hook''' (フック ''Fukku''), '''Spark Hook''' (Powerlinx, スパークフック ''Supāku Fukku'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Hosszúkar'''
*''Korean:'' '''Hook''' (후크 ''Hukeu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Dlinnostvol''' (Длинноствол, "Long-gun")

[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
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Longarm (Armada)

2020-10-28T17:42:02Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

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{{disambig3|Longarm}}
:''Longarm is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Longarm-ArmGame.jpg|right|242px|thumb|He fights crime... in a future time!]]
'''Longarm''' was saved from near-death by [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], and was modified in the life-saving process. His previous memories are gone, but he is still a well and friendly Mini-Con. Longarm acts as Red Alert's second brain, making him a wiz at analyzing and diagnosing technical problems, which the Autobot medic can then fix without ever having seen them.

After [[the Unicron Battles]], Longarm teamed up with the Autobot [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]]. Why? Nobody knows.

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
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Longarm was one of the first Mini-Cons awakened on Earth. His storage panel was uncovered in a landslide as the Autobots battled the Decepticons. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] took Longarm on as his personal Mini-Con, using him to charge up his rifle during the fight. Along with [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]], Longarm served with the Autobots from the very beginning of their Mini-Con hunt. {{storylink|Base}} Longarm was often seen accompanying Red Alert on his routine maintenance chores around the Autobot base. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} He helped with the installation of a trans-accelerator... whatever that is. Longarm wasn't all about work, though — when [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and Jolt ran off to the carnival to play, Longarm went with them for the thrill. {{storylink|Carnival}}

After [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] kidnapped [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]], the Autobots were reluctantly prepared to turn over Longarm and the other Mini-Cons to [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. When the Decepticons broke the deal, however, the Autobots managed to recover both the kids and the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}} Longarm was [[animation error|briefly seen]] when the Decepticons deployed their Mini-Cons to search subway tunnels for another of their kind. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} He also assisted the Autobots on a mission to a volcanic island, manning Prime's combat deck in defense of his friends. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

Longarm was seen helping Red Alert's self-repair work after a series of losses when the Decepticons acquired the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Conspiracy}} Later on, he went along on a camping trip with Red Alert, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and the boys. He used his crane arm for the boys to dive off of into the river. {{storylink|Vacation}}

Longarm was present at the team meeting when the Autobots decided what to do with the Mini-Cons who formed the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|Runaway}}

After [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s death, Longarm was one of a group of Mini-Cons who confronted the angst-ridden [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], forcing the young 'bot to come to terms with the loss of his leader. {{storylink|Remorse}} As the Autobots prepared to launch into space for Cybertron aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', Longarm was among the many Mini-Cons who boarded for the mission. {{storylink|Depart}}

When a spatial disturbance claimed [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and Red Alert, they landed on an unnamed planet, threatened by Megatron, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] as well as a mysterious black copy of Optimus known as [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]]. As Nemesis Prime gained the upper hand over all the Transformers, Longarm arrived in a ball of light, flanked by the Mini-Con partners of the Autobots and Decepticons alike who were present. They incapacitated Nemesis Prime with a massive bolt of energy before Longarm addressed the Transformers, making him the third known Mini-Con to speak English, after [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]. He told the Autobots and Decepticons that the fighting must end, and combined his energies with his fellow Mini-Cons to heal the Cybertronians' wounds and upgrade their armor. {{storylink|Puppet}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was at peace, Longarm resided [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con village C52]]. At one point, he helped build satellites in village B13, and befriended a Mini-Con there (likely a member of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]]). His friend was captured when the [[Decepticon]]s began kidnapping Mini-Cons, but escaped and told Longarm about the [[mecha-sectioning]] of Mini-Cons that went on in the [[Decepticon Headquarters (Armada)|Decepticons' base]]. As Longarm helped prepare the defenses for his own village, he shared his friend's story with [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]]. However, despite the village's [[Filtrek|forceshield]], the Decepticons made it inside and Longarm was captured by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} A short while later, he was freed by [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and the Air Defense Team, and left Cybertron along with the other Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}

However, their [[Exodus (Armada)|escape vessel]] malfunctioned and crashed into [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]], and the section with Longarm in it was broken off and crashed on Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} After laying dormant for a million years, Longarm was reactivated alongside several other Mini-Cons, and they made themselves a makeshift base in a [[human]] junkyard. After an incident involving [[Rollbar (Armada)|Rollbar]] and a trash compactor, Longarm got a [[television]] working and learned that the Decepticons had arrived on Earth and were hunting down Sparkplug and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]]. As the team headed out to rescue their fellow Mini-Cons, they found [[Autobot]]s on the scene and decided to help out by increasing the strength of the [[bulk]]s. Longarm powerlinked with [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], and the Decepticons were soon driven off. In the aftermath, Longarm agreed to work with the Autobots only if he and his fellow Mini-Cons were treated as their equals, which [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] naturally complied with. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

When the Air Defense Team was captured by the Decepticons, Longarm, Jolt, and Sparkplug went to rescue them, against Optimus Prime's orders. Shortly after arriving at the enemy base, they were forced to fight off [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} After getting caught in rubble after the ceiling collapsed, Longarm started cutting his pals out with a [[laser welder]], to little success. Fortunately, the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] showed up to help out. They quickly made their way to a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, and powerlinked with their respective partners. In the end, the Decepticons retreated and the Air Defense Team was won back. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}} After trying to calm a frustred Sparkplug down, Longarm was suddenly compelled to travel to a [[Mini-Con Ark|strange structure]] in [[Kansas]], and so were all the other Mini-Cons on the planet. When they entered the structure, it revealed its true nature as a spaceship. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} Longarm and the others were taken to Earth's moon, where they found that the other passengers on the Mini-Con ship had constructed a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress]] where all Mini-Cons could live in peace. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}}

The Decepticons wouldn't give up so easily, however, and attacked the fortress. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}} As the base was overrun, Longarm boarded an escape pod and went back to Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}} When it turned out that another pod had ended up buried under ice in [[Alaska]], Longarm traveled there and boosted the power of Red Alert's [[sonic cannon]] so that it could be used to cut through the ice. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}} As he and the others returned to base after the mission, they found a strange, different [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] waiting for them. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} Longarm and Red Alert then traveled to [[Big Sur National Park]] to retrieve [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]'s [[null-reality pod]]s, only to find them missing. The duo later tried to defend [[Autobase]] from a Decepticon attack, but were taken out by a couple of missiles courtesy of Starscream. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}}

Longarm was among the Mini-Cons who gathered in [[Arizona]] to take a [[space bridge]] back to Cybertron and face the looming threat of [[Unicron]]. After returning to their home planet, the Mini-Cons combined their energies with that of the [[Mini-Con Matrix]], which produced a blast of energy powerful enough to defeat the Planet Eater. {{storylink|The End}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
Back on Cybertron, Longarm enjoyed watching [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] perform "extraordinary feats", such as lifting heavy metal crates. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} He was among the Mini-Cons who escaped from the planet and lay dormant after their ship crashed near present-day [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} He and the others were awakened by [[Rad White]], [[Carlos Lopez]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], but refused to get involved with the [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] war again. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} After witnessing the courage Rad displayed to save [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], they changed their minds and allied themselves with the Autobots. After towing the injured [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] out of danger, Longarm power-linked with [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], granting him the power needed to defeat [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Friends and Foes!}}

The Autobots decided to send Longarm and the others back to Cybertron to keep them out of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s hands, but they refused and stayed on Earth to aid the Autobots. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} A while later, Longarm went with [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] to the Decepticon base in [[Silver Ridge]], where they planned to rescue the Decepticon-held Mini-Cons. Unfortunately, they didn't ''want'' to be rescued, and tried to capture Sparkplug for the Decepticons instead. Longarm managed to save him with his crane hook, then made his way outta there. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|Into the Lions' Den!}} He later helped monitor a Mini-Con probe sent to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], to awaken his brethren still lying dormant on the satellite. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}}

When the Autobots learned that the Decepticons were planning to nuke them from the Moon, the Mini-Cons gave them some extra time for countermeasures by pretending to surrender themselves to the enemy. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} They were stowed aboard a [[solar barge]] and pulled towards the Moon by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], but Longarm simply kicked his way out of his cell. He had needed something to vent his recent frustration on. After Sparkplug, Jolt and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] took care of Cyclonus, the Mini-Cons returned to Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}

===The Balance of Power===
Longarm was one of the Mini-Cons listed in the Autobots' registry. His picture was shown to [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] when [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] explained to the young Autobot what the Mini-Cons were, and their importance in the battle against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Balance of Power}}
{{note|This comic was written as a tie-in to the [[Transformers (PS2)|''Armada'' video game]], but its details differ from the introduction seen in the game itself. [[#PS2|See below]] for Longarm's role in the game.}}

===Reader's Digest ''Armada'' novels===
During a Decepticon attack on the Autobots' base, one of Megatron's stray shots caused a rock slide. This rock slide unearthed four Mini-Con panels, one of which contained the Mini-Con that would come to be known as "Longarm." The panel reacted to Red Alert's presence, and the robot within awoke to bond with the Autobot mentally. The Mini-Con then transformed into an additional arm for Red Alert, prompting him to give his new partner his moniker. Longarm’s new configuration boasted enough raw strength to easily lift Hot Shot off the ground by itself! Red Alert made good use of Longarm's strength to overpower Demolishor and toss him at Megatron. Overwhelmed, the Decepticons retreated soon afterwards. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: Race for the Mini-Con Robots|Race for the Mini-Con Robots}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
A Longarm hailed from [[Aurex 606.0 Kappa]]. He fought with his bulk partner [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]], [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]], and the [[Emergency Mini-Con Team]] against the Decepticons [[Landslide (Decepticon)|Landslide]], [[Drench (Universe)|Drench]], and [[Wind Sheer (Armada)|Wind Sheer]] during the quest for Cybertron. After the Autobots emerged victorious, [[Unicron]] suddenly plucked Red Alert to fight in the [[Cauldron]]. The Chaos-Bringer would have plucked Longarm as well if [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] hadn't shoved his friend out of the way and took his place. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' (PS2)===
Longarm was one of many [[Mini-Con]]s who crashlanded on Earth when fleeing the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He was trapped inside a Mini-Con-Disc and needed to be saved before the [[Decepticon]]s could find him. Once awakened, he agreed to assist the [[Autobot]]s in their battle against [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and became [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]'s Mini-Con partner. You can run him over, but due to gameplay-reasons he actually is invincible. Longarm does not talk, but if attached to Red Alert, he increases his speed in exchange for [[Energon]]. If his special powers are not needed, he follows his counterpart by foot, defending and assisting him with shots from his laser gun. There is not much of a story to him. {{storylink|Transformers (PS2)|Transformers}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
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*'''Red Alert with Longarm''' (Max-Con, 2002/2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MC-02'''

: Packaged with the larger Autobot Red Alert, Longarm transforms into a hook-crane truck of undetermined model. His crane is on a swivel-joint, though it's not very useful in robot mode.

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version of "Hook" adds silver [[paint operation]]s to his truck-mode windscreen. He also features [[retooling|Retool]] on the crane arm allowing the joints to be pinned.

: This mold was also used to make [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|live-action movie]] [[Longarm (Movie Mini-Con)|Longarm]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Longarm/longarm.htm More information on Longarm at TFU.info]''

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*'''Powerlinx Red Alert with Powerlinx Longarm''' (Max-Con, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MC-12'''

: For his [[Powerlinx]] upgrade, Longarm retained his mainly black coloration in [[alternate mode]], but the blue and tan were changed to gray and orange. He was only available with the Powerlinx version of Red Alert.

: Just like the prior release, the Takara version of "Spark Hook" adds silver [[paint operation]]s to his truck-mode windscreen. He also features a darker shade of orange plastic and the same retooling as "Hook".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/PXLongarm/longarm.htm More information on Powerlinx Longarm at TFU.info]''

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*'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2003)

: Longarm was inexplicably included in the [[Kmart]]-[[exclusive]] "Battle for the Matrix" multi-pack, ''without'' his larger [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] partner Red Alert. The set was released on [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] and also included [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]] with [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] with [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]], and the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]]. Longarm is identical to his original release.

===Built to Rule!===
*'''Red Alert with Longarm''' (Built to Rule!, 2003)

:''[[Built to Rule!]]'' Longarm is a building-block toy that can be reconfigured from robot to crane, although neither mode is particularly accurate. Naturally, you can also build something else out of him, but not much. He's just a Mini-Con, after all, so he doesn't have many blocks. He is limited to black and blue blocks and features none of his tan or red details. Longarm was only available with ''Built to Rule!'' Red Alert.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/BTRLongarm/longarm.htm More information on ''Built to Rule!'' Longarm at TFU.info]''

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===Energon===
*'''Prowl with Longarm & Starscream with Zapmaster''' (Multi-pack, 2004)

: A redeco of Longarm was included with ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]], a Red Alert redeco available only at Sam's Club wholesale shopping club outlets. Longarm is still mainly black, but his torso is white and his legs and crane are blue. He was only available in a multi-pack with Red Alert, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], and [[Zapmaster (Armada)|Zapmaster]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Longarm/longarm.htm More information on ''Energon'' Longarm at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hook''' (フック ''Fukku''), '''Spark Hook''' (Powerlinx, スパークフック ''Supāku Fukku'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Hosszúkar'''
*''Korean:'' '''Hook''' (후크 ''Hukeu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Dlinnostvol''' (Длинноствол, "Long-gun")

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Sky Blast (Armada)

2020-10-28T17:35:30Z

MicronMan: /* Armada */

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:''Sky Blast is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Skyblast-armada-packageart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Be small and have a big stick for an arm.]]
'''Sky Blast''' is a hothead with hot feet. He's always rushing into battle without a second thought, and sometimes not even a first. This gets on the nerves of his friends on the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], but they know he means well. Still, his battle-cry of "''BLAST OFF!''" can get annoying quickly.

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
Sky Blast was a Mini-Con whose storage panel lay dormant deep inside the crashed ship that was Autobot headquarters on Earth. When his partner [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] was pinpointed on a deserted island, a signal went out that located Sky Blast and [[Astroscope]] beneath the Autobot base and on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], respectively. The [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]] and the Autobots' pet kids went looking for the Mini-Con in the bowels of the base while most of the Autobots were engaged with the enemy on the island. They found Sky Blast and activated him but, in his petrified state, he fired on the children with his hand-cannon. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}}

Despite his fearsome firepower, the kids quickly realized Sky Blast was more scared than they were, and [[Rad White|Rad]] tried his best to be comforting to the Mini-Con. The Autobots were having a rough time against the new super-warrior [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], and so Rad, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] took Sky Blast to the battlefield in the hopes that he could do something. The timid Mini-Con was still too unnerved to help, but after both Red Alert and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] were injured trying to protect him, and Rad constantly stood up for Sky Blast's right to choose for himself, Sky Blast made the brave choice and got involved in the fight. He summoned his fellow [[Space Mini-Con Team]] partners, calling up Payload from the ground and calling down Astroscope from the Moon. The three of them linked up into the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] in mid-air for [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], as he plummeted to the ground after a disastrous fight with [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Dark Fleet armor]]. Prime used the Requiem Blaster to carve out a landing spot for himself in the middle of the ocean, and was saved. {{storylink|Desperate}}

Sky Blast and his teammates briefly ran away from the Autobots, because they didn't want to be used for combat. After Optimus Prime rescued them from [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], he promised the Mini-Cons they would only join the battles against the Decepticons if they desired it—no Autobots would force them to fight. Sky Blast got a snazzy cowboy hat out of this escapade! {{storylink|Runaway}}

True to his word, Optimus Prime left Sky Blast and the others back at headquarters when the Autobots were called into battle against the Decepticons, with [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] watching over them. The battle was only a lure for the Requiem Blaster, however - Megatron and Thrust soon doubled back to attack the undermanned Autobot headquarters. Smokescreen fought bravely to defend the Space Mini-Con Team, but Megatron managed to subvert their programming and [[powerlinx]] with the trio, forcing them to form the Requiem Blaster and obliterate their Autobot protector. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}

Sky Blast and the Space Team had little time to act as individuals after that, remaining powerlinxed as the Requiem Blaster as Megatron's personal weapon, and later when the Decepticons used the gun as one-third of the [[Hydra Cannon]], before it was stolen by Thrust and used to provide power to the heart of Unicron. Sky Blast, Payload and Astroscope reawakened as individuals with the help of [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and the Street Action Team, who had journeyed to Unicron's core with Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and the Earth children to grant the super-weapon Mini-Cons their freedom. {{storylink|Origin}} Sky Blast fled Unicron aboard the Autobot [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] just before the Chaos-Bringer was finally destroyed. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
Back in the day, Sky Blast lived in [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con village D10]] alongside the other Space Team members, until one day when the [[Decepticon]]s trashed the village and captured them. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} Along with most other imprisoned Mini-Cons, they eventually escaped and made their way to [[Earth]], where their [[Exodus (Armada)|ship]] crashed on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. For the next million years, Sky Blast and the others built and resided in a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress base]] on the moon under the command of [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]. Him and the Space Team were apparently responsible for the signal that called all the Mini-Cons living on Earth to the moonbase. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Unfortunately, this attracted the Decepticons, who attacked the base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

As Mini-Cons' defenses failed them, Sky Blast packed up his belongings (such as a [[Rubber Ducky|rubber ducky]]) and prepared to take the next escape pod outta there. He was stopped by [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], who needed the Space Team's help to save [[Rad White]], a [[human]] who was stuck in one of the moonbase's orbital mines. The team was hesitant, but were eventually convinced that they couldn't just run away. Sky Blast obtained the recall code for the relevant mine, but it didn't work properly, so he improvised a plan to bring the whole minefield to low lunar orbit. When this was done, Sky Blast headed out in person, using his rocket mode to reach the mine and pull it on board an approaching [[Autobot]] shuttle. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

With nowhere else to go, the former moonbase residents temporarily sided with the Autobots. Sky Blast was seen listening to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]'s speeches about Mini-Con independence. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} A while later, the Space Team oversaw a battle in [[Alaska]], and Sky Blast recognized that the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team|Destruction Team]] had driven [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] berserk by deactivating their [[safety interlock]]s. He was later ordered by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to head into space and shoot down [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s destructive [[Solar Scalpel]] satellite, which he did at the very last second. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}}

Sky Blast was at the [[Autobase]] when the Autobots found an alternate-dimension [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], who passed away after giving them a mysterious warning. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} With their own Optimus Prime missing somewhere in the [[Multiverse]], the Space Team started researching alternate dimensions in an attempt to find him. While Astroscope went on another mission, Sky Blast and Payload stayed at base, where they sent a temporal probe into a [[space bridge]] to scan different realities for Prime. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} While the defending Autobots were taken out one by one in a Decepticon attack, the two Mini-Cons had no choice but to sit tight, keep scanning and hope for the best. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} After 75,890,007 realities, the probe finally found Optimus Prime, and Sky Blast quickly sent his spatial coordinates to Sparkplug, [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] and [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] so that they could retrieve him. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

Some time later, all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered to join the fight against [[Unicron]], including Sky Blast. They traveled to the [[Loop]] on their home planet, where they focused their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and released a blast that crippled Unicron. {{storylink|The End}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
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In the early stages of the war, Sky Blast was among the Mini-Cons who supported [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]'s plan to kill [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] by luring him to the [[Autobot]] headquarters and blowing it up. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}}
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===''Cybertron'' comic===
A version of Sky Blast hailed from [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]] and was a slave to the dimension-hopping warlord [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]]. When Megazarak's forces were abducted by [[Unicron]], Sky Blast and [[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] came along with him. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/01}} Sky Blast and Gunbarrel apparently became [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] and fought under [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s command in the [[Cauldron]] in the final battle of the [[Universe War]]. Unfortunately, they were killed by [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[File:Armada-toy SkyBlast.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Rocket! Yeeah! Satellite of looove!]]
*'''Space Mini-Con Team''' (Basic, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MM-13'''

: Sky Blast transforms into a multi-thruster rocket based on the Vostok Rocket. He is designed to be carried on his teammate [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]]'s truck-mode. He also forms the main chamber of the combined [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] weapon. He was only available in the Space Team set with [[Astroscope]] and Payload. The Takara release of Sky Blast lacks the burn paint on his legs/boosters.

: The Space Team was put in "clamshell" packaging with other Mini-Con teams as "bonus buy" packs in several different store chains, including the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]], [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team]], and [[Race Mini-Con Team|Road Assault Mini-Con Team]].

: This toy doubles as the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW 2005]] character [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]], and this mold was also used to make [[Backblast]]. It was slated for a few other [[redeco]]es that were ultimately not released (see below).

: The figure to the right is mistransformed. The left red robot shoulder needs to be swivelled up.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/SkyBlast/skyblast.htm More information on Sky Blast at TFU.info]''

[[File:2003-spacemicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|But, if he's the rocket, and Astroscope the satellite of love, then what the heck is Payload?]]
*'''Space Micron X-Dimensions''' (Basic, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MM-14'''

: For their Japanese [[X-Dimensions Micron|X-Dimensions]] release, the entire Space Team was redecoed in shades of green and brown... an oddly terrestrial color scheme for a space-based group.

: This toy also doubles as the separate character [[Apollo]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XApollo/apollo.htm More information on X-Dimensions Apollo at TFU.info]''
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*'''Apollo''' (Candy toy, 2003)
**''Change Micron ID number'':

: Sky Blast was sold as an individual in the second series of [[Kabaya]] "[[Change Micron]]" [[candy toy]]s in Japan. This mold is based on the original, but is in fact an entirely new mold with numerous minor sculpting differences. It's likely this toy is also not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. The most notable differences between the [[Hasbro]]/[[TakaraTomy|Takara]] Sky Blast and the Kabaya version is the latter has darker-blue plastic for the left arm and head, plus lacks the "burn mark" spray-painting on his legs.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMApollo/apollo.htm More information on Change Micron Apollo at TFU.info]''

*'''Jetfire w/ Comettor''' (Ultracon, 2003)

: The Space Team was placed in a bubble attached to the top of normal ''Armada'' [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] packages as a bonus-buy in Target stores for a limited time in the US.

===Energon===
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Ultra, 2004)

: The Space Team was redecoed and packaged in with ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]]. Magnus was originally going to be packed with a new-characters redeco of the [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]] ([[Brakedown (Energon)|Brakedown]], [[Clocker (Energon)|Clocker]] and [[Override (Energon)|Override]], later named the [[Courier Mini-Con Team]]), but were changed towards the last minute. Exactly why the change to the Space Team was made has yet to be determined.

: The toy was a last-minute redeco, along with [[Rapid Run (Energon)|Rapid Run]] and [[Treadbolt]]. As such, their packaging photography had to be completed before properly painted samples could be obtained, so the box-back photos use the original decos; Magnus's box also shows the original Street Speed Team rather than the Space Team.

: Magnus, Rapid Run and Treadbolt were produced in smaller numbers than the rest of the normal retail ''Energon'' line (reportedly only about 10,000 units each) and were only available in the initial shipments of the line. However, Magnus's shipment saw a very limited release, quickly replaced with the second assortment in the U.S., making him hard to come by. Magnus later showed up in much larger numbers in Australia, Canada, and some European markets, and was made available in Japan through [[e-HOBBY]] with the box altered via a black and white sticker, reflecting the Space Team's addition. The back of the European release's box was further corrected, as the Mini-Cons shown were changed along when more languages were added.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Skyblast/skyblast.htm More information on ''Energon'' Sky Blast at TFU.info]''

*'''Road Assault Mini-Con Team & Space Mini-Con Team''' (Multi-pack, 2004)

: The Space Team was part of a Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] ''Energon''-series six-pack, in their original ''Armada'' deco. They came with the "Road Assault" version of the Race Team.

===Unreleased===
[[File:TFU03-toy SkyBlast.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't eat the brown acid!]]
* Test-shots of a slightly altered Space Team have popped up from various sources. It's possible this was intended to be a mid-series deco-change for the team, though it looks unfinished at best. The team has ''exactly'' the same [[Paint operation|paint application]] layouts in exactly the same ''colors'' as the original. Sky Blast's white and blue plastics changed to black, and that's it.
* The Space Team was also slated to be redecoed as pack-in partners for ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Spacewarp]]. When the toy was saved from limbo by [[Fun Publications]], they intended to keep the Mini-Con partners, but were told by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] that the ''Armada''-era Team molds were too worn out to use again. As such, the team was replaced by a redeco of the [[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team]] when "Astrotrain" finally saw release.
** This deco of Sky Blast became the basis of the character [[Jump Drive]].
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==Notes==
* Sky Blast's persona seems to be based on the [[Fantastic Four]]'s [[Human Torch]], to go with Astroscope being [[Mister Fantastic]] and Payload being the [[Thing]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Apollo''' (アポロ ''Aporo''), '''Sky Blast''' (スカイブラスト ''Sukai Burasuto'')

==External links==
* [http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act281/ Gallery of the unreleased ''Armada'' Space Team at TFkenkon]
* [http://www.blackgears.com/gallery/micro2.html Gallery of the unreleased Spacewarp team at Black Gears]

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