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{{disambig2|the yellow lion head|the blue lion head|Lionhead}}
:''Under-3 is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:HoistTheFlag-Under3.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Your vapid, shallow playthings will outlast even your frail and finite frame, achieving an immortality you can never know while remaining forever in a grave of civilization's pointless detritus. Please enjoy Arby's.]]


:''Under-3 is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
'''Under-3'''? ('''Lionhead'''? '''Unit-3'''?) Yeah, that bot has seen some serious slag, man, stuff that is definitely not appropriate for children. A gruff, bitter survivor of war's horrors, Under-3 even refuses to acknowledge his original name and past life, choosing instead to mutter grimly about how war changes you. Makes you hard. Makes you grow up too fast. Makes you leave the foolishness of youth behind and finally grasp the utter hatred that is the universe and what it inevitably does to you. There is no Under-3. There is only pain.  


[[File:HoistTheFlag-Under3.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|With that bomb in the foreground, we finally know what all those Dreamwave poses are reaching for.]]
==Fiction==
'''Under-3''' is a [[Maximal]] Defense Soldier. His eyes, ears, and nose are very good, presumably because he is a giant head. Information gathering is his primary duty.
[[File:Recordicons 25 Lionhead.jpg|thumb]]
===''Wings Universe''===
Under-3 was hanging out at the [[Galadria Space Bridge Outpost]] in the [[Delta Prysmos Sector]] when a [[Tidal Wave (G1)|pirate ship]] appeared overhead and dropped a bomb on him and several other passersby. {{storylink|Hoist the Flag}}


That is one ''creepy'' alternate mode he's got.
===''Recordicons''===
Under-3 and [[Lionhead]] had a musical act together. On one occasion they followed [[Tape-Filled Idiots]] in the lineup. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 25|Recordicons #25}}


==Fiction==
===''Bot on the Street''===
===''Wings Universe''===
Under-3 was asked if he'd like to change his alternate mode, but was happy with his current one. {{storylink|Bot on the Street}}
{{Wingsnote}}
 
Under-3 was hanging out at the [[Galadria Space Bridge Outpost]] in the [[Delta Prysmos Sector]] when a [[Tidal Wave (G1)|pirate ship]] appeared overhead and dropped a bomb on him and several other passersby. {{storylink|Hoist the Flag}}
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
<!--This is NOT the "Lionhead" from Recordicons.-->
In [[Primax 209.0 Gamma]], '''Lionhead''' was the headmaster of the [[Maximal Academy]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/23}} Lionhead expelled [[Jawbreaker (BW)|Jawbreaker]] after the student executed a final prank upon him. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 57|Jawbreaker's profile in Club magazine #57}} In the wake of the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]], he was on the shortlist of "under three" bots being considered to take the deceased [[Lio Junior (BW)|Lio Minor]]'s place on the [[Maximal High Council]], alongside [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. He was eventually selected for the honor. {{storylink|Derailment}}
 
===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[File:DawnofthePredacus-Unit-3.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3|Cry about perceived damage done to your favorite stories about fictional robots as you purchase an extravagant plastic trinket assembled desperately by a half-starved third-world slave. There is no reward awaiting either of you after death. This cruel injustice is all there is and all there ever will be.]]
 
At the very end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the third unit of [[Autobot]] warriors (which included [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]) was completely wiped out on the battlefield... save for one Autobot. Now naming himself '''Unit-3''', since he was all that remained of Unit 3, he returned to the [[Nova Plenum]] to report the deaths of his fellow warriors to the [[Autobot High Council]]. He declined to tell them how it had happened, as he wasn't emotionally ready yet. He was, however, ready to be put back into battle so he could take down as many Decepticons as he could in cold revenge. However, the Council had other plans, preferring to use Unit-3's affinity for information gathering to maybe fill the role Perceptor had left vacant.
 
Shortly thereafter, he became a leg for [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]] as the Autobot combiner fought [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]].
{{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}
 
===2021 IDW ''Beast Wars'' comic===
Under-3 was a [[Maximal]] who worked at the [[Wheeljack Ministry of Science]]. Hardly a warrior, he fled when a group of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] separatists attacked the complex only to be tackled down by [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. Though [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] attempted to spare Under-3, noting the lack of honor in killing a foe who would not fight back, [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] intervened and killed Under-3, leading his comrades to their objective. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}}
 
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==Toys==
==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:Under3.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Megabolt won't return his calls.]]
[[File:Under3.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|This is how children learn that happiness is a lie they tell themselves between failures.]]
*'''Under-3''' (McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 1996)
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Under-3''' (McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 1996)}}</ul>
 
: Part of the first [[McDonald's]] ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions|promotion]], Under-3 was, well, the toy developed for children less than three years of age. Hence his incredibly simple transformation and lack of small parts in any capacity. He transforms into a disembodied lion head.
 
: This toy also serves as the model for the non-toy character [[Lionhead]] and an alternate body for [[Ravage (SG)|''Shattered Glass ''Ravage'']].


: Part of the first [[McDonald's]] ''Beast Wars'' [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions|promotion]], Under-3 was, well, the toy developed for children less than three years of age.  Hence his incredibly simple transformation and lack of small parts in any capacity. He transforms into a disembodied lion head.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Lion/lion.htm More information on Under-3 at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Lion/lion.htm More information on Under-3 at TFU.info]''
{{-}}


==Notes==
===''Combiner Wars''===
* "Under-3" may seem like an odd name, but the text "Under-3" was printed on the baggy in the same location as the names of other McDonald's toys such as [[Beetle]], [[Panther]], etc.
[[File:BotCon2016toy-Unit3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Do you know what else kills lions? The relentless persistence of time and the pointless cruelty of life. You'll die the same way."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Unit-3''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Shotgun, double-barreled gun/fist/foot
 
: ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Unit-3 is a [[redeco]] of mass-retail Deluxe Class [[Streetwise (G1)#Combiner Wars|Protectobot Streetwise]], transforming into a modified R35 Nissan GTR police car. He can also form either an arm or a leg for any standard-issue ''Combiner Wars''-style gestalt or into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs, though his "nominal" placement is as the right leg to [[Magnaboss (BW)#Combiner Wars|Magnaboss]].
 
: Unit-3 was released as an at-show souvenir figure for [[BotCon 2016]], limited to 1200 pieces. Remaining stock was later sold at the [https://www.toyarama.com/store/2016-botcon-exclusive-tigatron-unit-3-souvenir-set-w-magnaboss-decal-stickers-3-pcs-p1378.php Transformers Collector's Club] website, with [[Tigatron (BW)#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]] and the Magnaboss sticker sheet.
 
:Ironically, his bag states that he is "not for children '''under 3''' years".


* Under-3's Japanese name and brief character write-up come from a Japanese ''Beast Wars'' guidebook called the ''[[Beast Wars Perfect Book]]''.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Maximal/BCUnit-3/unit-3.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Unit-3 at TFU.info]''
{{CWDeadEndMold}}
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*[[Ben Yee]] specifically points out that he didn't include the "Lion Head Optimus Primal figure" into the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'', which is sad but mostly a relief, given he probably wouldn't have been called "Under-3."
==Notes==
[[File:BotCon2016 Unit-3 CardArt.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*"Under-3" may seem like an odd name, but the text "Under-3" was [https://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/beast-wars/under3/1196/1/ printed on the baggy] in the same location as the names of other McDonald's toys such as [[Beetle]], [[Panther]], etc.
*Under-3 is descended from an initial concept of a toy that transformed from [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s head to his robot mode. Under-3 reached at least near his final design and deco still being identified as "Lion to Optimus Prime Under-3".<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CJC-i7cgfHR/ Hasbro concept presentation for McDonald's collaboration]</ref> The decision to turn the head into a lion's may have been influenced by a planned [[retool]] of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (then known as [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]) into Optimus Prime with a lion alternate mode.
*[[Ben Yee]] specifically points out that he didn't include the "Lion Head Optimus Primal figure" in the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'', which is sad but mostly a relief, given he probably would not have been called "Under-3".
*A preliminary conception of the BotCon 2016 souvenir figure consisted of the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Lio Convoy (BW)#Toys|Lio Convoy]] mold being redecoed as "Undermine" before it was eventually changed into the ''Combiner Wars'' Streetwise mold as "Unit-3".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A preliminary BotCon 2016 souvenir concept for Undermine aka Unit-3 from the BW2 Lio Convoy mold. He was actually dropped from the final proposal, but then the proposal got changed to Combiner Wars and he was added back in using the Streetwise mold.|link=https://twitter.com/NightShiningInc/status/953764151637237766|name=Night Shining|site=Twitter|year=2018|month=01|day=17|(defunct=)}}</ref>


===Foreign names===
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Lionhead''' (ライオンヘッド ''Raionheddo'')
*''Japanese:'' '''Lionhead''' (ライオンヘッド ''Raionheddo'')<ref>''[[Super Lifeform Transformers Beast Wars Perfect Book]]''</ref>
{{--}}
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}


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[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Fast food exclusives]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Council members]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Maximals]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Maximals]]

Latest revision as of 16:28, 20 April 2026

This article is about the yellow lion head. For the blue lion head, see Lionhead.
Under-3 is a Maximal from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Your vapid, shallow playthings will outlast even your frail and finite frame, achieving an immortality you can never know while remaining forever in a grave of civilization's pointless detritus. Please enjoy Arby's.

Under-3? (Lionhead? Unit-3?) Yeah, that bot has seen some serious slag, man, stuff that is definitely not appropriate for children. A gruff, bitter survivor of war's horrors, Under-3 even refuses to acknowledge his original name and past life, choosing instead to mutter grimly about how war changes you. Makes you hard. Makes you grow up too fast. Makes you leave the foolishness of youth behind and finally grasp the utter hatred that is the universe and what it inevitably does to you. There is no Under-3. There is only pain.

Fiction

[edit]

Wings Universe

[edit]

Under-3 was hanging out at the Galadria Space Bridge Outpost in the Delta Prysmos Sector when a pirate ship appeared overhead and dropped a bomb on him and several other passersby. Hoist the Flag

Recordicons

[edit]

Under-3 and Lionhead had a musical act together. On one occasion they followed Tape-Filled Idiots in the lineup. Recordicons #25

Bot on the Street

[edit]

Under-3 was asked if he'd like to change his alternate mode, but was happy with his current one. Bot on the Street

Beast Wars: Uprising

[edit]

In Primax 209.0 Gamma, Lionhead was the headmaster of the Maximal Academy. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/23 Lionhead expelled Jawbreaker after the student executed a final prank upon him. Jawbreaker's profile in Club magazine #57 In the wake of the Vehicon Apocalypse, he was on the shortlist of "under three" bots being considered to take the deceased Lio Minor's place on the Maximal High Council, alongside Cheetor. He was eventually selected for the honor. Derailment

2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity

[edit]
Cry about perceived damage done to your favorite stories about fictional robots as you purchase an extravagant plastic trinket assembled desperately by a half-starved third-world slave. There is no reward awaiting either of you after death. This cruel injustice is all there is and all there ever will be.

At the very end of the Great War, the third unit of Autobot warriors (which included Perceptor) was completely wiped out on the battlefield... save for one Autobot. Now naming himself Unit-3, since he was all that remained of Unit 3, he returned to the Nova Plenum to report the deaths of his fellow warriors to the Autobot High Council. He declined to tell them how it had happened, as he wasn't emotionally ready yet. He was, however, ready to be put back into battle so he could take down as many Decepticons as he could in cold revenge. However, the Council had other plans, preferring to use Unit-3's affinity for information gathering to maybe fill the role Perceptor had left vacant.

Shortly thereafter, he became a leg for Magnaboss as the Autobot combiner fought Predaking. Dawn of the Predacus

2021 IDW Beast Wars comic

[edit]

Under-3 was a Maximal who worked at the Wheeljack Ministry of Science. Hardly a warrior, he fled when a group of Predacon separatists attacked the complex only to be tackled down by Terrorsaur. Though Dinobot attempted to spare Under-3, noting the lack of honor in killing a foe who would not fight back, Scorponok intervened and killed Under-3, leading his comrades to their objective. Savage Landing Part 1

Toys

[edit]

Beast Wars

[edit]
This is how children learn that happiness is a lie they tell themselves between failures.
  • Under-3 (McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 1996)
Part of the first McDonald's Beast Wars promotion, Under-3 was, well, the toy developed for children less than three years of age. Hence his incredibly simple transformation and lack of small parts in any capacity. He transforms into a disembodied lion head.
This toy also serves as the model for the non-toy character Lionhead and an alternate body for Shattered Glass Ravage.


Combiner Wars

[edit]
"Do you know what else kills lions? The relentless persistence of time and the pointless cruelty of life. You'll die the same way."
  • Unit-3 (Deluxe Class, 2016)
  • Accessories: Shotgun, double-barreled gun/fist/foot
Combiner Wars Unit-3 is a redeco of mass-retail Deluxe Class Protectobot Streetwise, transforming into a modified R35 Nissan GTR police car. He can also form either an arm or a leg for any standard-issue Combiner Wars-style gestalt or into one of Legends Godbomber's legs, though his "nominal" placement is as the right leg to Magnaboss.
Unit-3 was released as an at-show souvenir figure for BotCon 2016, limited to 1200 pieces. Remaining stock was later sold at the Transformers Collector's Club website, with Tigatron and the Magnaboss sticker sheet.
Ironically, his bag states that he is "not for children under 3 years".
Combiner Wars mold: Dead End

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  • TakaraTomy: Unite Warriors UW-EX Flowspade

Notes

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  • "Under-3" may seem like an odd name, but the text "Under-3" was printed on the baggy in the same location as the names of other McDonald's toys such as Beetle, Panther, etc.
  • Under-3 is descended from an initial concept of a toy that transformed from Optimus Prime's head to his robot mode. Under-3 reached at least near his final design and deco still being identified as "Lion to Optimus Prime Under-3".[1] The decision to turn the head into a lion's may have been influenced by a planned retool of Cheetor (then known as Prowl) into Optimus Prime with a lion alternate mode.
  • Ben Yee specifically points out that he didn't include the "Lion Head Optimus Primal figure" in the Beast Wars Sourcebook, which is sad but mostly a relief, given he probably would not have been called "Under-3".
  • A preliminary conception of the BotCon 2016 souvenir figure consisted of the Beast Wars II Lio Convoy mold being redecoed as "Undermine" before it was eventually changed into the Combiner Wars Streetwise mold as "Unit-3".[2]

Foreign names

[edit]
  • Japanese: Lionhead (ライオンヘッド Raionheddo)[3]

References

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  1. ↑ Hasbro concept presentation for McDonald's collaboration
  2. ↑ "A preliminary BotCon 2016 souvenir concept for Undermine aka Unit-3 from the BW2 Lio Convoy mold. He was actually dropped from the final proposal, but then the proposal got changed to Combiner Wars and he was added back in using the Streetwise mold."—Night Shining, Twitter, 2018/01/17
  3. ↑ Super Lifeform Transformers Beast Wars Perfect Book
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