Over-Run (PCC)

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This article is about . For other uses of "Over-Run", see Over-Run (disambiguation)|The name or term "Over-Run" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Over-Run (disambiguation).}}
Over-Run is a Decepticon Commander from the Power Core Combiners portion of the movie continuity family.
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Over-Run is a menace, plain and simple. It's not that he's stupid. He simply delights in chaotic, unpredictable, and above all destructive actions, never missing an opportunity to make a bad situation even worse. He may have been given command of the Stunticon drones because of the tactical value of these wild rampages to the Decepticons. On the other hand, it might just be because no one else could be found to work with him.

Toys

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Power Core Combiners

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  • Over-Run with Stunticons (Power Core Combiners 5-pack, 2011)
The only new item in the fifth and final wave of Power Core Combiners team sets, Over-Run is a redeco of Leadfoot, transforming into a kinda-sorta-F1-ish race car. His front end features a flip-up Mini-Con Powerlinx plug. In robot mode, his chest-canopy has a flip-down panel that reveals another flip-up Powerlinx plug so he can use a Mini-Con in armor mode. He can also transform into a "power up" mode; a super-robot torso that uses the drone-units from the Power Core Combiners 5-packs as limbs, though the defaults are the Stunticons with which he comes packed. Over-Run's shoulder pads are fragile and should be treated with care, as there is a possibility of them snapping if clipped into place against the upper arms for combiner mode per the instructions.
As the fourth wave of 5-packs only barely hit retail, the fifth was even harder to find. In fact, for the most part, Over-Run was only available through online outlets... at first.


Sledge doesn't see why he has to be roped into all this.
  • Power Core Combiners Special Value Offer (Value Pack, 2011)
Over-Run was also made available as part of a Walmart-exclusive Black Friday "Value Pack", combining a 5-pack team with a Commander 2-pack via packaging tape and a couple of stickers, for the whopping price of ten bucks, merely a third of what the two toys would normally cost.
Over-Run was found with the Sledge/Throttler, Salvage/Bomb-Burst, and Steelshot/Beacon sets attached.


Notes

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Remove a sticker, cause an international incident.
  • Over-Run's race car alternate mode and yellow-and-purple deco mark him as being modeled after Generation 1 Drag Strip; his drones are even named after the group of which Drag Strip was part, the Stunticons.
  • Over-Run was originally solicited with the name [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Spastic|{{#if:||Spastic}}]]. While this name doesn't really have any connotations within the United States, its announcement caused controversy in the wider Transformers fandom due to the fact that, in countries like the United Kingdom and Australia, the word "spastic" is a very derogatory word for people with neurological disorders. The controversy eventually grew to the point that it even spread outside of the fandom to UK tabloid newspapers and even radio and TV comedians. <ref>UK Transformers fans' fury over new character called 'Spastic', Daily Record, November 12, 2010</ref> When questioned, a Hasbro representative admitted to the company being unaware of the offensive connotation of the word in other countries. It was also noted that the toy would not be made available via retail channels in Europe, including the United Kingdom.<ref>Hasbro's statement about the Transformer product named "Spastic", Seibertron.com, November 16, 2010</ref> Nonetheless, Eric Siebenaler confirmed soon after that "Spastic" would indeed be getting a name change; perhaps a consequence of the fact that while Hasbro UK did not sell it themselves, some UK retail chains had imported previous Power Core Combiner assortments directly from Hasbro US, and could unwittingly have done the same with this one (though in the end, they didn't). The toys with "Spastic" printed on their boxes had already been produced, and stickers with the name "Over-Run" were placed over the previous printed name. The only place where the name "Over-Run" is printed is the back of the instruction sheet.
  • Around the same time, Transformers: Reveal the Shield Strafe's online bio described him as "spastic". He soon became merely "twitchy".
  • Over-Run's normal robot mode head is facing backwards in one of his stock photos.

References

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