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:''Heavytread is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] (via the [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)| | :''Heavytread is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] (via the [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Thrilling 30]] toyline).'' | ||
[[File:HeavytreadGenerations-Legends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]] | |||
[[File:HeavytreadGenerations-Legends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]] | |||
'''Heavytread'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> small size makes him an incredibly maneuverable tank on the battlefield, giving him both firepower and the speed and agility to make him a hard target to hit. As a member of the [[Mini-Con Assault Team]], he can combine with [[Windshear]] and [[Runway (Generations)|Runway]] into [[Centuritron]]. | '''Heavytread'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> small size makes him an incredibly maneuverable tank on the battlefield, giving him both firepower and the speed and agility to make him a hard target to hit. As a member of the [[Mini-Con Assault Team]], he can combine with [[Windshear]] and [[Runway (Generations)|Runway]] into [[Centuritron]]. | ||
Heavytread's nature varies. Incarnations of him include Mini-Cons and [[Ammonite]]s. | Heavytread's nature varies. Incarnations of him include Mini-Cons and [[Ammonite]]s. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''=== | ===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''=== | ||
[[File:BattleTacticsHeavytread.jpg|thumb | [[File:BattleTacticsHeavytread.jpg|thumb]] | ||
Heavytread participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character who could be recruited by collecting 120 units of Cybermetal, and 56 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}} | Heavytread participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character who could be recruited by collecting 120 units of Cybermetal, and 56 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}} | ||
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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Generations=== | ===''Generations''=== | ||
[[File:Generationstoy-Heavytread.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Form feet and legs!]] | [[File:Generationstoy-Heavytread.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Form feet and legs!]] | ||
*'''Mini-Con Assault Team''' (Mini-Con, 2014) | *'''Mini-Con Assault Team''' (Mini-Con, 2014) | ||
**''Series/Number:'' '''02 / #013''' | **''Series/Number:'' '''02 / #013''' | ||
**''Accessories'': Tank turret/Cannon | **''Accessories'': Tank turret/Cannon | ||
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}} | |||
:Part of the eighth wave of ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Heavytread transforms from a green-and-black tank into a squat robot who can mount his massive turret on either of his arms via [[5 mm post| | :Part of the eighth wave of ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Heavytread transforms from a green-and-black tank into a squat robot who can mount his massive turret on either of his arms via [[5 mm post|5 mm post]]. He comes with Runway and Windshear, and all three can combine into the mighty Centuritron, with his weapon helping to form the combined robot's combined weapon. Heavytread's turret can be wielded like a bazooka (if you do not remove it during the vehicle-to-robot transformation) or a rifle (the intended configuration). | ||
:The | :Tampographed on his side in tank mode is the alphanumeric marking "TVCB1D6", which in turn stands for "TUCBIDG", which in turn is an abbreviation for "The UC Band is Damn Good", the slogan of the {{W|University of Cincinnati Bearcat Bands}}, making this the second reference to the {{W|Cincinnati Bearcats}} after ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Hightail (Cybertron)|Hightail]]. | ||
:He also comes with a copy of "[[Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4]]". | |||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Mini-Con/Heavytread/heavytread.htm More information on Heavytread at TFU.info]'' | ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Mini-Con/Heavytread/heavytread.htm More information on Heavytread at TFU.info]'' | ||
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===''Generations'' (Japan)=== | |||
[[File:Generationstoy-TakaraTomy-Heavytread.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|<big>'''''CHANGE: GETTER 3/POSEIDON/GAI/KHAN!!!'''''</big>]] | |||
*'''Mini-Con Assault Team''' ([[March 23]], [[2014]]) | |||
**''ID number:'' '''TG32''' | |||
**''Accessories'': Tank turret/Cannon | |||
:The [[TakaraTomy]] version of Heavytread, part of the fourteenth wave of Japanese [[Transformers: Generations (Japan)|''Generations'']] toys, is noticeably shinier, casting his plastics in darker, metallic shades, and featuring additional silver [[Paint operation|paint details]] on his arms and legs, among other deco changes. His [[stock photography]] erroneously depicts him being cast in the same glossy, non-metallic plastic as the Hasbro version. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
===Foreign names=== | ===Foreign names=== | ||
*''Japanese:'' '''Heavytread''' (へビートレッド ''Hebītoreddo'') | *''Japanese:'' '''Heavytread''' (へビートレッド ''Hebītoreddo'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:41, 9 August 2025
| The name or term "Heavytread" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Heavytread (disambiguation). |
- Heavytread is a Mini-Con from the Generation 1 continuity family (via the Thrilling 30 toyline).

Heavytread's small size makes him an incredibly maneuverable tank on the battlefield, giving him both firepower and the speed and agility to make him a hard target to hit. As a member of the Mini-Con Assault Team, he can combine with Windshear and Runway into Centuritron.
Heavytread's nature varies. Incarnations of him include Mini-Cons and Ammonites.
Fiction
[edit]2005 IDW continuity
[edit]As Shockwave explained his role in the Dark Cybertron prophecy to Galvatron, a swarm of seventy billion Ammonites descended upon Cybertron, with Centuritron front-and-center among the throng of invaders. The Becoming
Games
[edit]Transformers Legends
[edit]Orion Pax arrived on the Minicons' planet during his investigations into an anomaly associated with the Dead Universe, resulting in the Assault Team taking up arms and joining the battles surrounding an ancient prophecy concerning Cybertron. Dark Cybertron
Transformers: Battle Tactics
[edit]
Heavytread participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character who could be recruited by collecting 120 units of Cybermetal, and 56 units of Transmetal. Transformers: Battle Tactics
Toys
[edit]Generations
[edit]
- Mini-Con Assault Team (Mini-Con, 2014)
- Series/Number: 02 / #013
- Accessories: Tank turret/Cannon
- Known designers: Joe Kyde (Hasbro)
- Part of the eighth wave of Generations Deluxe Class toys, Thrilling 30 Heavytread transforms from a green-and-black tank into a squat robot who can mount his massive turret on either of his arms via 5 mm post. He comes with Runway and Windshear, and all three can combine into the mighty Centuritron, with his weapon helping to form the combined robot's combined weapon. Heavytread's turret can be wielded like a bazooka (if you do not remove it during the vehicle-to-robot transformation) or a rifle (the intended configuration).
- Tampographed on his side in tank mode is the alphanumeric marking "TVCB1D6", which in turn stands for "TUCBIDG", which in turn is an abbreviation for "The UC Band is Damn Good", the slogan of the University of Cincinnati Bearcat Bands, making this the second reference to the Cincinnati Bearcats after Cybertron Hightail.
- He also comes with a copy of "Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4".
Generations (Japan)
[edit]
- The TakaraTomy version of Heavytread, part of the fourteenth wave of Japanese Generations toys, is noticeably shinier, casting his plastics in darker, metallic shades, and featuring additional silver paint details on his arms and legs, among other deco changes. His stock photography erroneously depicts him being cast in the same glossy, non-metallic plastic as the Hasbro version.
Notes
[edit]Foreign names
[edit]- Japanese: Heavytread (へビートレッド Hebītoreddo)




