Sledge (Classics)

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

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

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Sledge is a member of the Demolition Team, a trio who use their engineering skills and raw strength to destroy Autobot installations with ease. He is a prime example of a 'bot built into the wrong body; he is obsessed with detail and meticulous work, but his clumsy frame is good for little else than smashing things. This leads to a lot of pent up rage, which he lets loose whenever he is out on a mission. Nonetheless, his eye for detail is always present, and he will invariably strike at a target's weakest point to bring it down in the most efficient and elegant way possible.

Fiction

Classics

Wideload was one of the innumerable Mini-Cons entrusted by the Last Autobot to restore Cybertron in the Autobots' absence. He began his career on the Autobot-aligned Urban Renewal Team, but soon fell in with the scheming Broadside. Broadside grew paranoid about the Mini-Cons eventual fate once the Bulks would return on-world, and along with Sledge and other followers, conspired to claim Cybertron as a Mini-Con-only planet. To this end, they met at Maccadam's Old Oil House and concocted a plan to assassinate the current Mini-Con leader, Modus Prime.

Sledge was placed as part of a team escorting Modus Prime and Broadside to Altihex’s abandoned Energon refinery. The conspirators then assassinated Modus Prime, covering their tracks with an explosion and using a cobbled-together Bulk carcass to blame the incident onto. Sledge and Wideload then destroyed the body before it could be properly examined, under the pretense that it might contain a contagious "madness-disease." Though the plan was to have Broadside assume command, Hacksaw took charge as Modus's second-in-command. Hacksaw was disposed of as well, but those loyal to him uncovered the full extent of Broadside's conspiracy.

Sledge acted as one of Broadside's body-guards while he made a planet-wide announcement. The broadcast was interrupted by members of Hacksaw’s cabinet, who revealed to the masses Broadside's plot. As the aggressors closed in, Sledge clashed with Nightscream. Ultimately, many more Mini-Cons were swayed to Broadside's way of thinking, and the once peaceful Mini-Cons began fighting among one another. The New World

Ask Vector Prime

In Aurex 615.03 Epsilon, Sledge was one of several Decepticon-aligned Mini-Cons dispatched on board the Doomsday to the Beast Wars of Alpha Q's universe. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/23

Toys

Energon

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• Sledge (Basic, 2005)
  • Team ID number: C1
  • Accessories: Energon claw weapon, energon star

The Energon Sledge toy was repurposed as the Beast Wars: Uprising form of Sledge.

Sledge, identical in mold to his teammate Bonecrusher, transforms into a wheeled front-end loader. He can also form a leg or arm to any Energon-series "Powerlinx Combiner" super robot, though his nominal placement is as the right arm of Constructicon Maximus. He comes with an energon weapon resembling a garden implement or a militarized cricket bat, and a blue "super energon" Decepticon-style energon star.

This mold was used to make Classics Scrapper and Bonecrusher.

• More information on Sledge at TFU.info

Classics

• Demolition Team (Mini-Con Team, 2006)

Part of the first wave of Classics Mini-Cons, Sledge transforms into a backhoe/payloader. He was only available with his teammates Broadside and Wideload.

This mold was also used to make Rockblade, Backstop, Mighty Bull, and Pan-Handler.

• More information on Sledge at TFU.info

Notes

• Sledge, like all of the Classics Mini-Cons, was originally intended to be released in a Cybertron-series Mini-Con two-pack. It is currently unknown what his original name and affiliation was going to be.
• The hand-painted sample pictured on the back of the Demolition Team's card has different paint applications than the actual final product. In Sledge's case, the sample has a painted-yellow driver's compartment, and more red paint on his broad shovel.
• As often happens, Sledge's stock photo was mirrored on his packaging.