Astro-Sinker (Cybertron)

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Astro-Sinker is a Decepticon-allied Mini-Con from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
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Astro-Sinker is one of several Mini-Cons employed by the Decepticon bounty hunter Astrotrain. The middle child of the Sabotage Team, he makes sure his brothers' scams run smoothly—and if that means killing somebody, he's fine with that. Uncomfortably fine with that.<ref>Official Transformers Collectors' Club site members' section, Micro-Sized Online! Mini-Con Profiles, 2007/05/04</ref>

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Astro-Sinker and the Sabotage Team were the loyal agents of Astrotrain, working with him and Starcatcher on a variety of mercenary jobs. They were hired by Cannonball of the starship Kalis' Lament to recover a Force Chip from some Autobots on Sandokan. Starcatcher and Astro-Hook didn't trust Cannonball to keep his end of the bargain, but cheered up when Astrotrain told him they wouldn't be honoring the agreement either.

Astrotrain and the Mini-Cons attempted to enter Sandokan's atmosphere undetected, but the heat from their reentry drew enemy attention...and firepower. The Astro-troops bailed out of Astrotrain, drawing fire and unleashing their own weapons as a counter-offensive. Astro-Sinker's chest-mounted rockets, combined with the other assaults, distracted their attacker long enough for Astrotrain to reach the planet below. The creature, known as Synthos, may have been too powerful for them to handle, and so Astrotrain manipulated the monster into agreeing to a truce.

Astro-Sinker and his comrades took off after the Autobots and their Force Chip, catching up with them at a nearby cave. He fought with the Autobot Swerve until the young warrior knocked him aside. While Astrotrain kept the Autobots engaged outside, the Mini-Cons entered the cave and dispatched the unwary Autobots within, stealing the Force Chip. Returning to Synthos, they attempted to force him to give over the Dark Heart of Sandokan which empowered him, but another battle ensued. The Astro-troops powerlinxed with Astrotrain, but even that and the Force Chip were not enough to enable them to defeat Synthos AND the arriving Autobots. Astrotrain and his men were knocked off-line, and missed the battle's finale when Cannonball and the crew of the Kalis' Lament arrived. The Autobots outsmarted Cannonball and escaped with the Force Chip. Astrotrain, Starcatcher, and the others were only allowed to make minor repairs to themselves before Cannonball booted them off his ship as failures. The Dark Heart of Sandokan

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  • Astrotrain (Multi-pack, 2007)
A redeco of the Giant Planet Mini-Con Team member Deepdive, Astro-Sinker transforms into a submarine of undetermined model. This mold is one of the few Mini-Con molds to have a Powerlinx peg as well as socket.
He was only available as part of the Astrotrain set (which also came with Starcatcher, Astro-Hook, and Astro-Line), the first toy set exclusive to the Fun Publications Official Transformers Collectors' Club.
This toy was later repurposed as Shattered Glass Submarauder, and then again later as Beast Wars: Uprising Astro-Sinker. This mold was redecoed to make Seawave and Diveplane.

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