Half-Track (G1) - Revision history

PBChew18: /* Beast Wars: Uprising */ Lio Convoy -> Lio Convoy (BW) update

2026-03-31T02:37:41Z

Beast Wars: Uprising: Lio Convoy -> Lio Convoy (BW) update

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	===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===		===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
	As a Micromaster, Half-Track was one of the few [[Builder of Cybertron\|Builder]]s who were still mobile by the time of the [[Games (competition)\|Games]] and was guarding the [[Cyclonus Memorial Tower\|Cortex]] alongside [[Barrage (Micromaster)\|Barrage]] when [[Lio Convoy]] came to visit. Knowing he could never get a rise out of the [[Maximal]], he settled for taunting Barrage with the fact that the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacons]] had won the latest Game before scanning Lio Convoy's [[Personal Registration Of Official Function\|PROOF]] and letting him pass. {{storylink\|Broken Windshields}}		As a Micromaster, Half-Track was one of the few [[Builder of Cybertron\|Builder]]s who were still mobile by the time of the [[Games (competition)\|Games]] and was guarding the [[Cyclonus Memorial Tower\|Cortex]] alongside [[Barrage (Micromaster)\|Barrage]] when [[Lio Convoy (BW)\|Lio Convoy]] came to visit. Knowing he could never get a rise out of the [[Maximal]], he settled for taunting Barrage with the fact that the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacons]] had won the latest Game before scanning Lio Convoy's [[Personal Registration Of Official Function\|PROOF]] and letting him pass. {{storylink\|Broken Windshields}}
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M Sipher: /* Toys */

2025-11-18T17:38:03Z

Toys

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	===''The Transformers''===		===''The Transformers''===
	[[File:G1-ROC-toy HalfTrack.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Only with the help of another can he be who he is.]]		[[File:G1-ROC-toy HalfTrack.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Only with the help of another can he be who he is.]]
	*'''Battle Squad''' (Micromaster Combiner Squad, [[1990]])		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1\|'''Battle Squad''' (Micromaster Combiner Squad, [[1990]])}}</ul>

	:Half-Track transforms into a tracked anti-aircraft tank which is intended to be the rear half of ~~a blue~~ anti-aircraft half-track which he forms with his combiner partner [[Meltdown (G1)\|Meltdown]]. He can, of course, be connected by any other [[Micromaster Combiner]].		: Released in the seventh and final year of the [[The Transformers (toyline)\|original ''The Transformers'' toyline]] in the US (sixth and not-final in European markets), Half-Track transforms into a tracked anti-aircraft tank which is intended to be the rear half of an anti-aircraft half-track which he forms with his combiner partner [[Meltdown (G1)#Toys\|Meltdown]]. He can, of course, be connected by any other [[Micromaster Combiner]] to form new weird vehicles.

	:Half-Track was only available in a six-pack with his squad mates Meltdown, [[Direct-Hit]], [[Fireshot]], [[Power Punch]], and [[Vanquish]].		: Half-Track was only available in a six-pack with his squad mates Meltdown, [[Direct-Hit#Toys\|Direct-Hit]], [[Fireshot#Toys\|Fireshot]], [[Power Punch#Toys\|Power Punch]], and [[Vanquish#Toys\|Vanquish]]

	::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Half-Track/half-track.htm More information on Half-Track at TFU.info]''		::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Half-Track/half-track.htm More information on Half-Track at TFU.info]''


	{{anchor\|Return of Convoy}}		{{anchor\|Return of Convoy}}
	*'''Jet Tank W Team''' (Micro Trailer team, [[1991]])		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Jet Tank W Team''' (Micro Trailer team, [[1991]])}}</ul>
	**''ID number'': '''C-369'''		:*''ID number'': '''C-369'''
	**''Accessories'': Micro Trailer #9		:*''Accessories'': Micro Trailer #9

	: Half-Track is physically identical to the [[Hasbro]]-release, transforming into a Gepard anti-aircraft tank. Though Meltdown nominally forms the front half of their combined vehicle mode, Meltdown can combine with any other Micromaster Combiner, Combiner Transport or [[Micro Trailer]] in vehicle mode to form new weird vehicles.		: Takara's ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1991 (Return of Convoy)\|Return of Convoy]]'' release of Half-Track is physically identical to the [[Hasbro]]-release.

	: He was only available in a ~~complete set~~ with Meltdown, Fireshot and Vanquish. The set also comes with Micro Trailer #9. Like all ''Return of Convoy'' characters, he was marketed as an Autobot instead of a Decepticon.		: He was only available in a four-pack with the similarly-unchanged Meltdown, Fireshot and Vanquish. The set also comes with [[Micro Trailer#Toys\|Micro Trailer]] #9, an accessory that uses a spring-loaded mechanism to launch Micromasters, and can also be carried by [[Sky Garry (G1)#Toys\|Sky Garry]] or stored within [[Grandus (G1)#Toys\|Grandus]]. It can also be "towed" by any Micromaster Combiner in their half-a-vehicle form. Like all ''Return of Convoy'' characters, he was marketed as an Autobot instead of a Decepticon.
	{{--}}		{{-}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Ashendawn at 19:29, 27 September 2023

2023-09-27T19:29:00Z

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	[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]		[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
			[[Category:Generation 1 toy Decepticons]]
	[[Category:Micromaster combiners]]		[[Category:Micromaster combiners]]
	[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]		[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
	[[Category:Return of Convoy Autobots]]		[[Category:Return of Convoy Autobots]]

Cyberlink420 at 20:13, 25 January 2022

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	[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Decepticons]]		[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Decepticons]]
	~~[[Category:Combiners]]~~
	[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]		[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
	[[Category:~~Micromasters~~]]		[[Category:Micromaster combiners]]
	[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]		[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
	[[Category:Return of Convoy Autobots]]		[[Category:Return of Convoy Autobots]]

Fanofcoolstuff27: /* Toys */

2022-01-14T10:06:58Z

Toys

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	::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Half-Track/half-track.htm More information on Half-Track at TFU.info]''		::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Half-Track/half-track.htm More information on Half-Track at TFU.info]''

	~~===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===~~
	{{anchor\|Return of Convoy}}		{{anchor\|Return of Convoy}}
	*'''Jet Tank W Team''' (Micro Trailer team, [[1991]])		*'''Jet Tank W Team''' (Micro Trailer team, [[1991]])

Cyberlink420 at 23:05, 4 November 2021

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	:Half-Track transforms into a tracked anti-aircraft tank which is intended to be the rear half of a blue anti-aircraft half-track which he forms with his combiner partner [[Meltdown (G1)\|Meltdown]]. He can, of course, be connected by any other [[Micromaster Combiner]].		:Half-Track transforms into a tracked anti-aircraft tank which is intended to be the rear half of a blue anti-aircraft half-track which he forms with his combiner partner [[Meltdown (G1)\|Meltdown]]. He can, of course, be connected by any other [[Micromaster Combiner]].

	:Half-Track was only available in a six-pack with his squad mates Meltdown, [[~~Direct-Hit (G1)\|~~Direct-Hit]], [[Fireshot]], [[~~Power Punch (G1)\|~~Power Punch]], and [[Vanquish]].		:Half-Track was only available in a six-pack with his squad mates Meltdown, [[Direct-Hit]], [[Fireshot]], [[Power Punch]], and [[Vanquish]].

	::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Half-Track/half-track.htm More information on Half-Track at TFU.info]''		::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Half-Track/half-track.htm More information on Half-Track at TFU.info]''

Saix at 21:21, 4 November 2021

2021-11-04T21:21:51Z

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	Unlike most other [[Micromaster Combiner]]s, Half-Track can move around under his own power in [[Alternate mode\|vehicle mode]] without having to hook up with a front-end Micromaster. This is probably for the best, as his nominal [[combiner]] partner on the Battle Squad is [[Meltdown (G1)\|Meltdown]], a destructive berserker who'd much rather be fighting up close and personal than picking off airborne targets from afar.<ref>''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|More than Meets the Eye]]'' #3</ref>		Unlike most other [[Micromaster Combiner]]s, Half-Track can move around under his own power in [[Alternate mode\|vehicle mode]] without having to hook up with a front-end Micromaster. This is probably for the best, as his nominal [[combiner]] partner on the Battle Squad is [[Meltdown (G1)\|Meltdown]], a destructive berserker who'd much rather be fighting up close and personal than picking off airborne targets from afar.<ref>''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|More than Meets the Eye]]'' #3</ref>

	{{~~TOCclear~~}}		==Fiction==
			===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
			Half-Track was an Autobot and member of the Tank Team portion of the [[Jet Tank W Team]]. Both pairs were fast in their respective battlefields and had a special gunpowder that they could use to destroy anything in their pincher attacks between land and air. {{storylink\|#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers\|Return of Convoy bio}}

	==~~Fiction~~==		===''Regeneration One''===
	[[File:Battle patrol soundwave counterpoint.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Finally, my chance to shine—dammit, move your hand, Soundwave!]]		[[File:Battle patrol soundwave counterpoint.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Finally, my chance to shine—dammit, move your hand, Soundwave!]]
	~~===''Regeneration One''===~~
	Half-Track was a member of [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Soundwave]]'s group of Neo-Decepticons at [[Fort Scyk]] in [[Polyhex]]. {{storylink\|Counterpoint}}		Half-Track was a member of [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Soundwave]]'s group of Neo-Decepticons at [[Fort Scyk]] in [[Polyhex]]. {{storylink\|Counterpoint}}

	===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===		===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
	As a Micromaster, Half-Track was one of the few [[Builder of Cybertron\|Builder]]s who were still mobile by the time of the [[Games (competition)\|Games]] and was guarding the [[Cyclonus Memorial Tower\|Cortex]] alongside [[Barrage (Micromaster)\|Barrage]] when [[Lio Convoy]] came to visit. Knowing he could never get a rise out of the [[Maximal]], he settled for taunting Barrage with the fact that the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacons]] had won the latest Game before scanning Lio Convoy's [[Personal Registration Of Official Function\|PROOF]] and letting him pass. {{storylink\|Broken Windshields}}		As a Micromaster, Half-Track was one of the few [[Builder of Cybertron\|Builder]]s who were still mobile by the time of the [[Games (competition)\|Games]] and was guarding the [[Cyclonus Memorial Tower\|Cortex]] alongside [[Barrage (Micromaster)\|Barrage]] when [[Lio Convoy]] came to visit. Knowing he could never get a rise out of the [[Maximal]], he settled for taunting Barrage with the fact that the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacons]] had won the latest Game before scanning Lio Convoy's [[Personal Registration Of Official Function\|PROOF]] and letting him pass. {{storylink\|Broken Windshields}}
	{{-}}		{{--}}

	==Toys==		==Toys==

Cyberlink420 at 21:18, 4 November 2021

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	{{~~disambig3~~\|Half-Track}}		{{disambig2\|the Decepticon Micromaster\|the Autobot buggy\|Half-Track (DOTM)}}
	:''Half-Track is a [[Decepticon]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. ''		:''Half-Track is a [[Decepticon]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. ''
	[[File:HalftrackBoxart.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|He's about to throw himself on this dangerous exploding captBOOM!]]		[[File:HalftrackBoxart.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|He's about to throw himself on this dangerous exploding captBOOM!]]
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	:Half-Track transforms into a tracked anti-aircraft tank which is intended to be the rear half of a blue anti-aircraft half-track which he forms with his combiner partner [[Meltdown (G1)\|Meltdown]]. He can, of course, be connected by any other [[Micromaster Combiner]].		:Half-Track transforms into a tracked anti-aircraft tank which is intended to be the rear half of a blue anti-aircraft half-track which he forms with his combiner partner [[Meltdown (G1)\|Meltdown]]. He can, of course, be connected by any other [[Micromaster Combiner]].

	:Half-Track was only available in a six-pack with his squad mates Meltdown, [[Direct-Hit (G1)\|Direct-Hit]], [[~~Fireshot (G1)\|~~Fireshot]], [[Power Punch (G1)\|Power Punch]], and [[~~Vanquish (G1)\|~~Vanquish]].		:Half-Track was only available in a six-pack with his squad mates Meltdown, [[Direct-Hit (G1)\|Direct-Hit]], [[Fireshot]], [[Power Punch (G1)\|Power Punch]], and [[Vanquish]].

	:~~This toy was sold without changes in Japan as the [[Autobot]] [~~[Half-Track (~~ROC~~)\|Half-Track]].		::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Half-Track/half-track.htm More information on Half-Track at TFU.info]''

			===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
			{{anchor\|Return of Convoy}}
			*'''Jet Tank W Team''' (Micro Trailer team, [[1991]])
			**''ID number'': '''C-369'''
			**''Accessories'': Micro Trailer #9

			: Half-Track is physically identical to the [[Hasbro]]-release, transforming into a Gepard anti-aircraft tank. Though Meltdown nominally forms the front half of their combined vehicle mode, Meltdown can combine with any other Micromaster Combiner, Combiner Transport or [[Micro Trailer]] in vehicle mode to form new weird vehicles.

	::*''~~[http://www.tfu.info/1990/~~Decepticon~~/Half-Track/half-track.htm More information on Half-Track at TFU~~.~~info]''~~		: He was only available in a complete set with Meltdown, Fireshot and Vanquish. The set also comes with Micro Trailer #9. Like all ''Return of Convoy'' characters, he was marketed as an Autobot instead of a Decepticon.
	{{--}}		{{--}}

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	===Foreign names===		===Foreign names===
			*''Japanese:'' '''Half-Track''' (ハーフトラック ''Hāfu Torakku'')
	*''French:'' '''Demi-Roue''' (Canada)		*''French:'' '''Demi-Roue''' (Canada)
	*''Italian:'' '''Explorer'''		*''Italian:'' '''Explorer'''
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	[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]		[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
			[[Category:Return of Convoy Autobots]]

Fritz: /* Generation 1 */

2021-10-02T18:13:23Z

Generation 1

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===~~Generation 1~~===		===''The Transformers''===
	[[File:G1-ROC-toy HalfTrack.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Only with the help of another can he be who he is.]]		[[File:G1-ROC-toy HalfTrack.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Only with the help of another can he be who he is.]]
	*'''Battle Squad''' (Micromaster Combiner Squad, [[1990]])		*'''Battle Squad''' (Micromaster Combiner Squad, [[1990]])

Jackpot: /* Notes */ Added note about the term "half-track" & changed caption accordingly

2021-03-20T16:38:14Z

Notes: Added note about the term "half-track" & changed caption accordingly

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===Generation 1===		===Generation 1===
	[[File:G1-ROC-toy HalfTrack.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|~~If I'm Half-Track, shouldn't my combiner partner have~~ the ~~other half~~ of ~~the tracks?~~]]		[[File:G1-ROC-toy HalfTrack.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Only with the help of another can he be who he is.]]
	*'''Battle Squad''' (Micromaster Combiner Squad, [[1990]])		*'''Battle Squad''' (Micromaster Combiner Squad, [[1990]])

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Meltdown and Half-Track are unique among the Micromaster Combiner molds in that as individuals, they actually transform into fully-functional separate vehicles rather than half of a vehicle.		*Meltdown and Half-Track are unique among the Micromaster Combiner molds in that as individuals, they actually transform into fully-functional separate vehicles rather than half of a vehicle.
			*A {{w\|half-track}} is a vehicle with tracks in the rear and wheels or skis in the front. So technically Half-Track's combined form with Meltdown (or basically any other Micromaster Combiner) is in fact a half-track. But on his own, he's just a tank.

	===Foreign names===		===Foreign names===