Quintesson Bailiff

This article is about the Quintesson type from Generation 1. For the Sharkticon Bailiff from Cyberverse, see Biter.

Quintesson Bailiffs are a type of Quintesson from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Guardians of the courtrooms on Quintessa, the Quintesson Bailiffs are one of many types of evil Quintessons.

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

During the time when the Quintessons controlled Cybertron, a Bailiff, Judge and Executioner were watching a gladiatorial match when one of the combatants attacked them. The Quintessons were all later forced to flee the planet after their own creations rose up against them. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4

During the Quintesson court sessions on Quintessa, Bailiffs escorted prisoners from the cells to the courtroom before standing on platforms on either side of the accused. This was demonstrated for Kup and Hot Rod when a pair of Bailiffs dragged Kranix from the neighboring cell. The Bailiffs later fled along with the Judge after Grimlock turned the Sharkticons against their masters. The Transformers: The Movie After Ultra Magnus, Spike Witwicky and Kup were captured, a group of Bailiffs and an Allicon escorted them from the cells along with Judge Deliberata. They were overpowered by their own prisoners, who took Deliberata prisoner and headed for the courtroom. Two more Bailiffs there aimed their weapons at the escapees, however the Judges present solved the problem by sentencing both the prisoners and Deliberata to death. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2

Controverse

Bailiffs guarded Primacron during his trial on Millaath. They were taken aback along with the presiding Judge, Adveraros, when Primacron turned the tables on the Quintessons by taking control of their Sharkticons. Controverse

Generations Selects Special Comic

At least one Bailiff was trapped in a time warp for some time till he finally escaped with his brethren to Dinobot Island, where they fought against the Dinobots before retreating. Volcanicus comic 1 The Bailiff served the Judge at the Mother Computer when the Quintessons worked to seize control of Earth's Angolmois Energy. They provided support for their Terrorcons in the field by sending the Terrorbreaster. Abominus comic 1 After the Judge turned on Spike Witwicky, the human uploaded his mind into Neo Autobot X, who defeated the Bailiff. Abominus comic 2

Toys

War for Cybertron Trilogy

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• Quintesson Pit of Judgement (2020)
  • Accessories: Ax, mace, tail-sword

• Known designers: Ken Christiansen (concept artist), Mario Carreiro and AJ Piejko-Brown (packaging)

The "Quintesson Bailiff" is a retooling of the War for Cybertron: Earthrise Deluxe Class Allicon with a new robot head, robot chest, upper beast head, and shoulders, transforming into a bipedal alligator-like thing. Along with the tail-sword, it comes with two new weapons, a double-bladed ax and a mace, which can connect to form the animation model's staff-thing.

It also comes in a brownish-green deco based on a fan-colored character model previously uploaded to the wiki, which was based on a poor DVD master of the movie that misrepresented the Baliff's color scheme.

Because of how the new shoulders are shaped, the Baliff has more restricted outward arm movement than the Allicon in robot mode.

This toy was only available in the "Quintesson Pit of Judgement" box set, along with redecos of the Quintesson Judge, Sharkticon, and brand-new mini-figures of the Quintesson Prosecutor and Kranix. It was available first for people who attended the Hasbro Fans Expo in Hong Kong and preordered the set. It was later made a Hasbro PulseCon 2020 exclusive in the United States and Canada (except for Quebec), available to Premium members on September 23 2020, then opened up to all members on the 24th, where it sold out, went to pre-orders for more, then sold out of pre-orders within a few short hours despite a (stated) 1-per-customer limit.

Buzzworthy Bumblebee

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• Troop Builder Multipack (4-pack, 2023)
  • Series: Legacy: Evolution
  • Accessories: Axe, mace, tail-sword, Allicon head

One of four figures in the Buzzworthy Bumblebee "Troop Builder Multipack", "Quintesson Trooper" is a redeco of the Earthrise figure in a more cartoon-accurate color scheme. The figure's accessories include redecos of the figure's original weapons, as well as the head of the Earthrise Allicon figure, again redecoed in cartoon-accurate colors. As the name of the set implies, this alternate head is intended to be used on another copy of the figure for the purpose of troop-building.

Quintesson Trooper was included alongside Decepticon Seeker, G2 Universe Cybertronian Trooper, and Animated Universe Autotrooper.

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Rōban (牢番, "jailer"), eihei (衛兵, "guard")