Nightcruz (Energon)

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Nightcruz is a Decepticon-aligned Mini-Con from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
'Mellow, easygoing.' Yeeeaaah.

Nightcruz is the type of bot who doesn't stick out in a crowd. An easygoing bot, he prefers it this way, as it makes working for Rapid Run as a spy a heck of a lot easier. All he has to do is go up to his target while taking in the scene, and analyze information that is of interest. Once he is done, he can go back to Rapid Run, turn into his head configuration, and download the information into Rapid's head. Then Nightscream can turn into his head mode, and once he analyzes for risks, they can go formulate their plan for minimum risk, and maximum profit!<ref>Micro-Sized Mini-Con Profile Feature, Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #14</ref>.

Toys

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Energon

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Yes, I'm wearing a giant head on my chest. That is perfectly normal.
  • Rapid Run (Combat Class, 2004)
A redeco of the Armada Mini-Con Crosswise, Nightcruz transforms into a robot head that fits into the shoulders of Rapid Run. By pushing Nightcruz's arms into the holes in Rapid Run's shoulders, they reveal a Decepticon sigil under his clear-plastic chestplate.
Nightcruz also forms the lower half of Nightcreeper with Nightscream.

Notes

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I'm an Autocon.
  • Although Nightcruz allows Rapid Run to reveal himself as a Decepticon when serving as his head, the toy packaging identifies Nightcruz as an Autobot-aligned Mini-Con. Considering the whole eleventh-hour nature of the Rapid Run toy, it's hard to say which version represents Hasbro's intent.
  • Just like Rapid Run himself, Nightscream and Nightcruz are also not depicted in their toys' actual decos on Rapid Run's cardback. Instead, the stock photos depicting early prototypes of Rook and Crosswise that were previously used for Armada Sideways's own cardback were recycled for Rapid Run, with "Nightcruz" even retaining the red paint operations on his shins from the initial production run of Hasbro's version of Crosswise.
  • Along the same lines, the name "Nightcruz" was likely selected simply because Hasbro already had that name trademarked thanks to the Robots in Disguise toy of the same name.


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