Guardminder

Guardminders are Decepticons from the Super-God Masterforce portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Guardminders (ガードマインダー Gādomaindā) do not mind guards, nor do they guard minds, but they're dab hands at taking care of gigantic Decepticon space cannons. The Guardminder legions all share an identical body-frame; the standard Guardminder is grey in color, while their leader is distinguished by the golden hue of his armor.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Super-God Masterforce cartoon

Voice actor: Masaharu Satō (Japanese, leader), Hirohiko Kakegawa (Japanese, generic)

World's Deadliest Yoga Class

Following the failure of his most recent plan for world conquest, the Decepticon emperor Devil Z stepped up his plans to phase two, summoning an army of Guardminders from the Decepticon forces operating in space. The Guardminders were put work constructing the atmosphere-destroying Death Para-Machine in the shadow of the Moon, and although they ran a little behind schedule, the cannon was soon ready for BlackZarak to fire. The Decepticon Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors joined BlackZarak and the Guardminders in space to observe the firing of the weapon, but they were pursued by the Autobots, who attempted to destroy the Death-Para Machine. The Guardminders leapt to the weapon's defence, concentrating their fire on the Autobot Godmasters and Grand Maximus, and successfully kept the heroes away from it long enough for BlackZarak to unleash a blast of its deadly energy upon the Earth. The horrified Ginrai pressed his attack on the machine, dodging a volley of Guardminder fire and ploughing through the cannon with his God Fire Guts attack. As the Death Para-Machine exploded, the Guardminders and their leader joined the other Decepticons in retreating. Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?

Legends comic

Guardminders were used to by Scorponok enslave Beastformers and have them build a new BlackZarak body. Bonus Edition Grand Maximus

2005 IDW continuity

When Megatron commissioned a search for the Titan Metroplex, a crew of Decepticons were assembled under Bludgeon's command aboard the Empirion. The bridge crew consisted of multiple Guardminders. The Hunting Party

Beast Wars: Uprising

Stiletto wondered if a bunker of Overcharges had once housed other Terrorbot models such as Guardminders. Burning Bridges

Toys

Generation 1

• Scorponok (Headmaster, 1987)
  • Japanese ID number: D-93
  • Accessories: 2 guns

The Guardminders were repurposed from Fasttrack.

Available only with the large Headmaster Decepticon Scorponok, Fasttrack transforms into a six-wheeled assault buggy. His axles were designed for quick rolling down the main ramp of Scorponok's city mode. His two guns can be either hand-held or shoulder mounted.

• More information on Fasttrack (via Scorponok) at TFU.info

Super-God Masterforce

• BlackZarak (Headmaster, 1988)
  • Japanese ID number: D-311
  • Accessories: 2 guns

The Guardminder leader was repurposed from Black Roritchi.

Available only with BlackZarak, a redeco/retool of Scorponok, Black Roritchi is a redeco of Fasttrack. He's made ENTIRELY of gold plastic, so, uh, look out.

• More information on Black Roritchi (via BlackZarak) at TFU.info

Notes

Foreign names

• English: Fasttrack (Shout! Factory sub)