Grindor (Classics)

The name or term "Grindor" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Grindor (disambiguation).

Grindor is a Decepticon-allied Mini-Con from the Unicron Trilogy and Generation 1 continuity families.

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Grindor is the apparent leader of the Dirt Digger Team, a band of rowdy roughnecks whose backwoods mannerisms mask their incredible skill as spies. Grindor in particular likes to disguise his true intelligence behind a "lumbering brain-dead brute" act, keeping friend and foe alike off-guard. At all times during an attack, he carefully coordinates his team's efforts through a series of encrypted transmissions. Despite all other aspects of his behavior being a meticulously crafted ruse, Grindor enjoys painfully crushing his victims just as much as he lets on.

Fiction

Classics

Grindor and his fellow Dirt Diggers signed up with Broadside to keep Cybertron Autobot-free and safe for Mini-Cons. His team was modifying the transmitter beacon that was welcoming the Autobots home when they were caught red-handed by Hacksaw of the Dinobots. Grindor jumped him from behind, and a fight ensued. The massive Mini-Con attempted to squeeze the life out of Hacksaw, but one solidly placed knee shook his grip loose. Hacksaw was ultimately defeated by Broadside himself, who had arrived to check up on the Dirt Digger Team. With Hacksaw dead, Broadside decided to pin the murder on the Dirt Diggers, and didn't give them much say in the matter. Grindor and his comrades were forced to go underground as fugitives until Broadside found a way to "clear their names". The New World

Ask Vector Prime

Grindor was one of several Mini-Cons dispatched aboard the Doomsday to the Beast Wars of Aurex 615.03 Epsilon. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/23

Toys

Classics

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• Dirt Digger Team (Mini-Con Team, 2007)

Released in the second wave of Classics Mini-Con three-packs, Grindor transforms into a 1950 Chevrolet Panel truck with oversized "monster truck" tires. As a Mini-Con, he has a pair of "Powerlinx" sockets on the underside of his vehicle mode that allow him to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs.

It's unclear if his wheels are misassembled or not: his official stock photos depict the wheels with the pegs as the rear wheels and the wheels with the corresponding holes as the front wheels. The toy itself has the wheels swapped, which is backed up by his instructions. Either way works, as it does not affect his functionality or transformation in any way whatsoever, and one would never notice if it weren't for the stock photos.

He was only available as part of the Dirt Digger Team, packaged with his teammates Dirt Rocket and Oil Slick.

This sculpt was also used to make Universe Bodyblock, who uses the wheel assembly shown in Grindor's stock photos.

• more information on Grindor at TFU.info

Notes

• Grindor's alternate mode and colors are inspired by the famous monster truck Grave Digger.
• In the official stock photo of his robot mode, his head is folded down. Whoops!
• Grindor's mold was never released in Japan, though a purple test shot was exhibited at Transformers Expo in 2014.