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Calcar

2024-09-01T18:15:15Z

Mobesi: /* The Transformers */

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:''Calcar is a [[Decepticon]] [[Trakkon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:G1CalcarBoxArt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Alright. Who capped my chain gun?]]
The Decepticons' battle analyst, '''Calcar''' is a near-unfeeling machine with flawless memory for military history and tactics. And evil.

==Fiction==
===''TransTech''===
Calcar guarded the entrance to [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]]'s meeting of the various gangs in the low levels of [[Axiom Nexus]], checking cards to make sure only those invited were allowed in.

[[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] and [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] blew past him in their escape from the meeting, and he was immediately bowled over by a torrent of rushing coolant from a fluid main that had busted during their escape. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:G2Redux-Scorch+WindbreakerfightSharkticons+Calcar.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Calcar was a member of the Decepticon Syndicate led by [[Clench (G1)|Clench]] in 2010. He was involved in the assault on the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in Switzerland, and drove off the first wave of Autobots who tried to free the hostages and the facility. Standing guard outside, he tried to engage [[Double Punch]] in conversation, but the brute's accent was completely incomprehensible. Calcar appreciated the distraction caused by the Autobots' second wave, if only to give his audio receptors a break. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Calcar prepared a battle analysis report for [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], reviewing [[Snare]] and the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]]s prior to their dispatch to [[Garrus-9]] during the [[Surge (event)|Surge]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers}}

===Story of Binaltech===
Calcar was one of the Decepticons who used the [[Unleasher]]s to drive the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] into an uncontrollable rage. {{storylink|Outlier (comic)|Outlier}}

===''Last Bot Standing''===
Calcar was among the many Decepticons who fought against the Autobots as both sides drained the universe of its resources. {{Storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Calcar.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|A gun so powerful it shoots an extra laser bolt from an imaginary barrel.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Calcar''' (Trakkon, [[1993]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Gun platform
:*''Known designers'': [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)

: Calcar transforms into a pink and gray Sbarro Monster G concept car. Like his fellow [[Trakkon]] [[Fearswoop (G1)#Toys|Fearswoop]] (and the [[Autobot]] [[Lightformer]]s), he comes with an artillery platform that can be mounted on his vehicle mode. The platform has a light-pipe gimmick and gear system that when turned gives the illusion of twin lasers being fired at the target when looked at through the platform’s targeting scope (even though Calcar's gun has only a single gatling-style rotating barrel).

:He was sold only in the European and Australasian markets during the “transitional” time between Generation 1 and ''Generation 2''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Calcar/calcar.htm More information on Calcar at TFU.info]''

===''Generation 2''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Calcar''' (Trakkon, [[1994]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Gun platform

:This release is identical to the first, except sold on a blister card instead of in a box.

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Roadraider'''
*''Dutch:'' '''Roadraider'''

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[[Category:European-original Transformers]]
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Calcar

2024-09-01T18:13:49Z

Mobesi: /* The Transformers */

{{factions|decepticon|decepticong2}}
:''Calcar is a [[Decepticon]] [[Trakkon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:G1CalcarBoxArt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Alright. Who capped my chain gun?]]
The Decepticons' battle analyst, '''Calcar''' is a near-unfeeling machine with flawless memory for military history and tactics. And evil.

==Fiction==
===''TransTech''===
Calcar guarded the entrance to [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]]'s meeting of the various gangs in the low levels of [[Axiom Nexus]], checking cards to make sure only those invited were allowed in.

[[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] and [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] blew past him in their escape from the meeting, and he was immediately bowled over by a torrent of rushing coolant from a fluid main that had busted during their escape. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:G2Redux-Scorch+WindbreakerfightSharkticons+Calcar.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Calcar was a member of the Decepticon Syndicate led by [[Clench (G1)|Clench]] in 2010. He was involved in the assault on the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in Switzerland, and drove off the first wave of Autobots who tried to free the hostages and the facility. Standing guard outside, he tried to engage [[Double Punch]] in conversation, but the brute's accent was completely incomprehensible. Calcar appreciated the distraction caused by the Autobots' second wave, if only to give his audio receptors a break. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Calcar prepared a battle analysis report for [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], reviewing [[Snare]] and the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]]s prior to their dispatch to [[Garrus-9]] during the [[Surge (event)|Surge]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers}}

===Story of Binaltech===
Calcar was one of the Decepticons who used the [[Unleasher]]s to drive the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] into an uncontrollable rage. {{storylink|Outlier (comic)|Outlier}}

===''Last Bot Standing''===
Calcar was among the many Decepticons who fought against the Autobots as both sides drained the universe of its resources. {{Storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Calcar.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|A gun so powerful it shoots an extra laser bolt from an imaginary barrel.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Calcar''' (Trakkon, [[1993]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Gun platform
:*''Known designers'': [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)

: Calcar transforms into a modified pink and gray Sbarro Monster G concept car. Like his fellow [[Trakkon]] [[Fearswoop (G1)#Toys|Fearswoop]] (and the [[Autobot]] [[Lightformer]]s), he comes with an artillery platform that can be mounted on his vehicle mode. The platform has a light-pipe gimmick and gear system that when turned gives the illusion of twin lasers being fired at the target when looked at through the platform’s targeting scope (even though Calcar's gun has only a single gatling-style rotating barrel).

:He was sold only in the European and Australasian markets during the “transitional” time between Generation 1 and ''Generation 2''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Calcar/calcar.htm More information on Calcar at TFU.info]''

===''Generation 2''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Calcar''' (Trakkon, [[1994]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Gun platform

:This release is identical to the first, except sold on a blister card instead of in a box.

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Roadraider'''
*''Dutch:'' '''Roadraider'''

[[Category:Earth-born Transformers]]
[[Category:European-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:TransTech Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Calcar

2024-09-01T18:01:57Z

Mobesi: Updated the description of the alt mode for this character.

{{factions|decepticon|decepticong2}}
:''Calcar is a [[Decepticon]] [[Trakkon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:G1CalcarBoxArt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Alright. Who capped my chain gun?]]
The Decepticons' battle analyst, '''Calcar''' is a near-unfeeling machine with flawless memory for military history and tactics. And evil.

==Fiction==
===''TransTech''===
Calcar guarded the entrance to [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]]'s meeting of the various gangs in the low levels of [[Axiom Nexus]], checking cards to make sure only those invited were allowed in.

[[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] and [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] blew past him in their escape from the meeting, and he was immediately bowled over by a torrent of rushing coolant from a fluid main that had busted during their escape. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:G2Redux-Scorch+WindbreakerfightSharkticons+Calcar.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Calcar was a member of the Decepticon Syndicate led by [[Clench (G1)|Clench]] in 2010. He was involved in the assault on the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in Switzerland, and drove off the first wave of Autobots who tried to free the hostages and the facility. Standing guard outside, he tried to engage [[Double Punch]] in conversation, but the brute's accent was completely incomprehensible. Calcar appreciated the distraction caused by the Autobots' second wave, if only to give his audio receptors a break. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Calcar prepared a battle analysis report for [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], reviewing [[Snare]] and the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]]s prior to their dispatch to [[Garrus-9]] during the [[Surge (event)|Surge]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers}}

===Story of Binaltech===
Calcar was one of the Decepticons who used the [[Unleasher]]s to drive the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] into an uncontrollable rage. {{storylink|Outlier (comic)|Outlier}}

===''Last Bot Standing''===
Calcar was among the many Decepticons who fought against the Autobots as both sides drained the universe of its resources. {{Storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Calcar.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|A gun so powerful it shoots an extra laser bolt from an imaginary barrel.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Calcar''' (Trakkon, [[1993]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Gun platform
:*''Known designers'': [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)

: Calcar transforms into a pink and gray modified Sbarro Monster G concept car. Like his fellow [[Trakkon]] [[Fearswoop (G1)#Toys|Fearswoop]] (and the [[Autobot]] [[Lightformer]]s), he comes with an artillery platform that can be mounted on his vehicle mode. The platform has a light-pipe gimmick and gear system that when turned gives the illusion of twin lasers being fired at the target when looked at through the platform’s targeting scope (even though Calcar's gun has only a single gatling-style rotating barrel).

:He was sold only in the European and Australasian markets during the “transitional” time between Generation 1 and ''Generation 2''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Calcar/calcar.htm More information on Calcar at TFU.info]''

===''Generation 2''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Calcar''' (Trakkon, [[1994]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Gun platform

:This release is identical to the first, except sold on a blister card instead of in a box.

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Roadraider'''
*''Dutch:'' '''Roadraider'''

[[Category:Earth-born Transformers]]
[[Category:European-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:TransTech Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Hydradread

2020-11-29T21:21:05Z

Mobesi:

{{factions|decepticong2|decepticon}}
:''Hydradread is a [[Decepticon]] [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtrooper]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:G2-art Hydradread.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|[[Hydra (BWN)|He's]] not here, is he??]]
Whatever is going on in the dark, sticky mind of '''Hydradread''', it always spells an unfortunate, messy end for ''somebody''. Even Decepticons who've been committing atrocities for millions of stellar cycles will admit that this guy here can come up with some really genius-level depravity. [[Rage (G1)|Rage]] can always count on Hydradread as the [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtrooper]]s' scientific advisor to give any attack strategy that extra twist of the knife.

==Fiction==
===Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic===
[[File:Stormtroopers-UKG2comic.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Suicide Squad hoooooo!]]
The [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtroopers]] were part of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon's]] forces dispatched on [[Earth]] to basically wreck stuff until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] came to stop them. {{storylink|War Without End (issue)|War Without End}} Hydradread, having apparently found humans too small to be suitable targets, was eagerly anticipating going up against some [[Autobot]]s... but instead, the Stormtroopers found themselves up against [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who had come to take leadership of the Decepticons back from Bludgeon. They attacked, and Hydradread was the first to get blasted by Megatron. {{storylink|War Zone}}
{{-}}

===''TransTech''===
[[File:Saltmanzandothers.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Later arrested for squirting in public.]]
Hydradread was among the inhabitants of the multiversal hub city of [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 4}} Either this Hydradread or another one was presumably one of the founders of [[Hydradread/Highbrow Hybrid Technologies]]. His company's stock skyrocketed after the [[Supreme Multi-Circuit Court]] struck down the [[Vraz-Halogen Act]]. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/09}}
{{--}}

===''Wings Universe''===
Hydradread was a weapons designer and technician working for [[Rage (G1)|Rage]] in the early days of the war. Their "Stormtroopers" were little more than thugs and bandits with delusions of grandeur, but had nonetheless scored a major coup when they captured a transforming base known as the [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]. Their next venture was to recover the fabled "Heart of Darkness" that a dig team recovered from [[Median]].

Hydradread supplied his teammates with pump-action rifles that fired streams of corrosive stasis gel. The pumping was silly, but the end result was still effective. The team secured the Heart and brought it back to the Metrotitan, where Hydradread rushed to install it in the proper frame. The Heart was actually a supernaturally powerful personality component, which Rage eventually hoped to install in the Metrotitan itself. But first, a test. The Mini-Con-sized dragon body dubbed "[[Brimstone (G1 Decepticon)|Brimstone]]" proved remarkably powerful for the Heart on its own once Hydradread was finished. Too powerful, in fact—Brimstone eventually entered meltdown and exploded, taking the Metrotitan with him.

The survival of Rage and Hydradread remains uncertain. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Hydradread Drift 1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0]]
Serving under [[Turmoil]], Hydradread helped [[Drench (G1)|Drench]] restrain [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] when he got too rebellious and attempted to overthrow their leader. However, he was caught off-guard when Turmoil accidentally killed Drench, and the prisoner escaped. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

Years later, Hydradread was among the Decepticons who raided [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s trial in an attempt to free their leader, only to fail when it turned out Megatron had no intention to run. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}}
{{--}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Hydradread and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] once enjoyed the beaches of [[Loneedo]] together. Deluge recalled this pleasant moment many years later, after he'd become an immobile [[Builder of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

==Toys==
===The Transformers===
[[File:G2-toy Hydradread.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Beware the deadly elephant snout gun!]]
*'''Hydradread''' (Stormtrooper, [[1993]])
**''Accessories'': Water cannon
:Hydradread transforms into a modified 1990 Pontiac Sunfire Concept Car. His rear bumper contains a bellows that can be filled with [[water]], [[Water-squirting gimmick|shooting]] it from the nozzle that ends up on his car-mode roof. This assembly becomes a hand-held weapon in robot mode. His hood/chest piece is coated in [[color changing]] paint; when it gets warm, it turns from its normal blueish tint to a pale off-white.

:Hydradread was only available in various European markets during the two-year "transitional" period marking the changeover from [[The Transformers (toyline)|the original toyline]] to ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]''; in the original line's final year (1993), the toys were given redesigned Autobot and Decepticon symbols, but it wasn't until 1994 that "Generation 2" appeared on the packaging.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Hydradread/hydradread.htm More information on Hydradread at TFU.info]''

===Generation 2===
*'''Hydradread''' (Stormtrooper, [[1994]])
**''Accessories:'' Water cannon
:This release is identical to the original, only this time in packaging specifically branded "Generation 2".
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:HydradreadWasHydrodread.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*A piece of internal documentation containing Hydradread's packaging copy once turned up on [[eBay]], evidently from the collection of a former [[Hasbro]] employee. This document shows that Hydradread's name was intended to be ''Hydro''dread; the write-up has the "A" in his name crossed out by hand and replaced with an "O". Evidently this correction never made it through the system, as our boy here made it all the way to production as Hydradread.
* Hydradread gets the front-and-center spot on the 1993 cardback mural, facing off against [[Deluge (G1)|Deluge]]. This seems a pretty random choice, as he's actually got the lowest [[Tech Spec|Rank]] among the Stormtroopers... as does Deluge among the [[Aquaspeeder]]s, for that matter.

===Foreign names===
* ''Japanese:'' '''Hydradread''' (ハイドラドレッド ''Haidoradoreddo'')
*''Dutch:'' '''Hydroshark'''
*''French:'' '''Hydroshark'''
*''Italian:'' '''Idrosqualo''' ("Hydroshark")

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