Sledge (G1)

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 Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.

You could have a steam train, if you'd just lay down your tracks.

Sledge is a warrior first, and a builder a distant second. While his construction work is professional, his first joy in life is scrapping his enemies. Like his teammate Stonecruncher, he displays a surprising amount of loyalty to the Constructor Squad. Despite his intelligence, he's lacking in imagination, and isn't really a designer by nature, so his teammates usually need to touch-up his work. He's also not good at focusing his attention on more than one thing at a time. His combiner partner is Hammer.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Sledge was an Autobot and a member of Dump Team portion of the Dump Shovel W Team, a group of Micromasters who acted as support for the Battlestars. As their superior officers advanced on the battlefield, the pairs formed positions and strengthened defenses by actions such as creating bases or setting minefield traps. Return of Convoy bio

2019 IDW continuity

Sledge attended an illegal skitter race at Swindle's. Swindle's

Toys

The Transformers

Trust me. I know what I'm doing.

• Constructor Squad (Micromaster Combiner Squad, 1990)

Released in the seventh and final year of the original The Transformers toyline in the US (sixth and not-final in European markets), Sledge transforms into the front half of a Wabco Haulpak 3200B orange dump truck (albeit one with some extra wheels), which is intended to be combined with his partner Hammer to form a complete sledgehammer dump truck. He can, of course, be connected to any other Micromaster Combiner to form new weird vehicles.

Sledge was only available in a six-pack with his squad mates Hammer, Excavator, Grit, Knockout and Stonecruncher.

This mold was also used to make Cement-Head.

• More information on Sledge at TFU.info

• Crane Cannon W Team (Micro Trailer team, 1991)

• ID number: C-368
• Accessories: Micro Trailer #7

Takara's Return of Convoy release of Sledge is physically identical to the Hasbro-release.

He was only available in four-pack with the similarly-unchanged Hammer, Grit and Knockout. The set also comes with Micro Trailer #7, which any toy in the set can "tow" or be stored within. Like all Return of Convoy characters, he was marketed as an Autobot instead of a Decepticon.

Notes

• In Dreamwave's More than Meets the Eye encyclopedia, Sledge is depicted flipped left-to-right. (His combiner pin is on the wrong side.)

Foreign names

• Japanese: Sledge (スレッジ Surejji)
• French: Forgeron (Canada)
• Italian: Vega