Grindor (Armada)

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

Grindor is a Mini-Con from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Skate Or Die III: Board's Revenge

During the era of the Unicron Battles, Grindor was the Mini-Con partner to Carlos Lopez, allowing him to shred in style. Wicked!

They seem to have eventually drifted apart, as Grindor spent much of his time around Kicker Jones in later years.

He combines with his fellow Street Action Mini-Con Team members to form Perceptor.

Japanese name: Bank (Armada), Runway (Energon)

Russian name: Жернов (Armada)

Fiction

Cartoon continuity

Armada

Grindor has often been mistakenly called Sureshock, as well as Leader-1, many, many times.

Energon

Evidently the Earth Federation Mars Space Station does not allow its crewmembers to own hoverboards, so ownership of Grindor has been transferred to Kicker Jones. He was fat that time.

Panini Armada comics

Back when Cybertron was peaceful, Grindor enjoyed entertaining his friends with extraordinary feats, such as lifting heavy metal boxes. Just a Memory!

After escaping from Cybertron, Grindor and several other Mini-Cons crashed on Earth, where they woke up four million years later. First Encounter! While they initially refused to get involved with the Autobot-Decepticon war again, the Mini-Cons changed their minds after witnessing Rad White's displaying great amounts of courage in order to save Optimus Prime. Grindor raced into battle and fired on Megatron to little effect, but the distraction allowed Optimus Prime to summon Autobot reinforcements. Friends and Foes! After spending some time as Carlos's racing vehicle, Grindor and his friends on the Street Action Team were sent to recover a locator log from the wrecked Mini-Con ship. When they found it, they were suddenly attacked by Demolishor, who trapped Grindor under some debris. He offered his blaster to Rad, urging him to destroy the locator log before the Decepticon got it, but Rad thought of a plan to take out both the log and Demolishor. Deep Trouble!

The Street Action Team subsequently began watching their human friends from the shadows in order to learn how to fit in on Earth. As he witnessed Carlos trying to impress his friends with skating tricks, Grindor helped out by using his rocket-powered skateboard mode to let Carlos loop, grind and even fly. Unfortunately, Carlos was not pleased with his "help", as he now had to explain those crazy moves to his friends. Just a Memory! Some time later, the Autobots tried to send Grindor and the other the Mini-Cons back to Cybertron to keep them safe, but the plans fell through. No Way Back! The Street Action Team went back to playing around with their human friends, but were suddenly targeted for capture by Starscream. While the humans went to get help, Grindor combined with his teammates into Perceptor and did battle with the Decepticon. They were nearly defeated by their enemy, who was wielding Star Saber, but Optimus Prime arrived to save the day. The Two-Edged Blade

When the Decepticons planned to wipe the Autobots out with missiles fired from the Moon, the Mini-Cons offered to surrender themselves in order to buy their friends some time. The Decepticons happily accepted, and Grindor and the others were stuffed aboard a solar barge. Earthshaker! As Cyclonus pulled the barge towards the Moon, the Mini-Cons promptly broke out, beat him up, and returned to Earth. Lost in Space!

Legends anthology

The three Mini-Cons were unable to grasp the explanation which Alexis, Carlos and Rad gave them about Halloween, so the three kids invited them along Trick-or-Treating with them. Grindor was confused when Rad said something about soaping the windows on a house if they didn't give out candy. Something Robotic This Way Comes

Toys

Armada

• Street Action Mini-Con Team (Mini-Con Team, 2002)
  • Japanese ID number: MM-01

Grindor transforms into a rocket-powered skateboard. He was available as a three pack with team mates High Wire and Sureshock, and can combine into Perceptor, with Grindor forming the chest. Due to the combining process, Grindor has a Mini-Con plug on his back, making him a rare instance of a Mini-Con that can Powerlinx with another Mini-Con. Kinky.

This mold was also used to make Universe Grindor.

• More information on Grindor at TFU.info

• Street Action Micron Anime Color (CD w/ toy, 2003)

These redecoes of the Street Action Team was available only with the CD single of the first Micron Legend theme song, "Transformer: Dream Again" by Psychic Lover. The toys were decoed to be more cartoon-accurate; in Grindor's case, he is colored a different shade of blue and has a more detailed paint operations on his face.

• More information on Anime Color Bank at TFU.info

• Bank (Change Micron, 2003)

Part of the first assortment of Kabaya Change Microns, this candy toy version of Grindor is almost identical to the original toy, but was actually made using an all-new mold. He came in an individual box, packed with a baggie of sugar-pellets.

• More information on Change Micron Bank at TFU.info

• Magna Convoy DX Set (2003)

An X-Dimension redeco of the Street Action Mini-Con Team was packaged only with the Toys "R" Us Japan exclusive Magna Convoy DX toy. Grindor was given a mainly dark teal, black and red color scheme.

• More information on X-Dimension Bank at TFU.info

Energon

• Perceptor (Basic, 2004)
  • Japanese ID number: SC-09

Energon Grindor is a new mold, transforming from a hovercraft into a stubby, funny looking robot. He can combine with his pack-in partners High Wire and Sureshock to form Energon Perceptor, except this time he forms the legs.

This mold was also used to make Filter and Screw in the same toyline.

• More information on Energon Grindor at TFU.info

Universe (2003)

• Perceptor (Basic, 2005)

The Universe Street Action Team is a repack of Energon Perceptor, with no changes to the contents within.

Cybertron

• Scrap Iron vs Grindor (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)

Cybertron Grindor is a redeco of Energon Grindor in teal paint job. He can combine with both Cybertron High Wire and Sureshock to form Cybertron Perceptor. He came packaged with Scrap Iron.

• More information on Cybertron Grindor at TFU.info

Triva

• In Japan Bank(Grindor) is the only member of the Street Action team not named after a G1 Character.