Liokaiser

Liokaiser is a Decepticon Combiner from the Victory portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

They call me Kibblefree!

Liokaiser (ライオカイザー Raiokaizā) is the combined form of the Breastforce, an elite combat team consisting of land and air assault vehicles who hail from the Death Zone. He is powerful, cruel, merciless, and — unlike pretty much every other combiner — intelligent to boot. An expert in melee combat, he's fought against Star Saber and Road Caesar on several occasions and promptly beat the stuffing out of them. It's possible the only opponents he can't contend with are Victory Saber and Deathsaurus.

Liokaiser is composed of the Decepticons Leozack, Drillhorn, Guyhawk, Hellbat, Jallguar, and Killbison. Despite their unusually high levels of coordination and ruthlessness, Liokaiser's performance may suffer if the individual minds get distracted.

Fiction

Cartoon continuity

Victory cartoon

Voice actor: Keiichi Nanba (Japanese)

As the war between Autobots and Decepticons intensified on Earth, Deathsaurus began calling in members of the Breastforce to aid him. Although effective on their own, team leader Leozack began making preparations to unleash his team's true potential, leading an attack on Planet Micro to liberate Guyhawk Rescue! Guyhawk and calling in his more trustworthy comrade Deathcobra to replace the scheming Hellbat as part of Liokaiser. Unfortunately, Hellbat arrived bearing news of Deathcobra's death at the hands of Holi — in truth covering his own role in his fellow Decepticon's murder — and the Breastforce would perform their first combination "in some time" to battle Star Saber, who arrived in defense of Holi and his friends.

Liokaiser proved a great challenge for Star Saber, badly damaging and nearly defeating him. Star Saber was only saved by the arrival of God Ginrai, but he too proved no match for Liokaiser on his own. Working together, the injured Autobots managed to seize Liokaiser and hit him until the Breastforce separated and retreated. Unite! Liokaiser

"Right, where's my invisible sandwich?"

Later Hellbat came up with a plan to steal energy from Antarctica which Deathsaurus approved. When the Multiforce Autobots Wing and Mach showed up, the Breastforce decided to engage in some overkill by combining into Liokaiser. The Autobots were outclassed by Liokaiser, but the rest of the Multiforce arrived and they all combined into Landcross. Liokaiser's ability to become invisible allowed him to trounce Landcross and the Multiforce were forced to separate again. Wing and Mach used a multi-gamma string to grab Liokaiser and throw them in the Decepticon's mine shaft but he was able to cling to the mining equipment and escape. The Multiforce combined again but with no more of a plan than the first time, were set upon by the invisible Liokaiser. Star Saber was able to arrive to save Landcross's hide, but Liokaiser claimed that Star Saber had no more right to Earth than the Decepticons. Even Star Saber had trouble against Liokaiser, who unleashed a "Battle Explosion" maneuver, in which he briefly separated so the individual Breastforce could attack. They continued to fight until Liokaiser had Star Saber on the ropes, at which point Galaxy Shuttle jumped in the way of the Decepticon's attack. As Liokaiser was about to finish Star Saber, Deathsaurus stepped in to do the job himself, though Liokaiser believed he himself should have been the one to face the Autobot. He retreated when the drilling device was destroyed. Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle

Later the Decepticons set a trap for the Autobots in the desert, it was going well until Guyhawk's old friend Greatshot showed up and turned the tide. Guyhawk suggested they combine into Liokaiser but they had sustained too much damage from Greatshot to do so and were forced to retreat. Crisis! Ambush in the Desert

Liokaiser appeared again in an attack on an Autobot base in Asia, but it turned out to be a trap to destroy Star Saber. After damaging the V-Star, the Breastforce combined to meet Star Saber in combat. After he broke Liokaiser's Electromagnetic Nunchaku with his sword, Liokaiser led him into a ring of explosive statues before disappearing. Star Saber subsequently fell into a pit, where he was set on by Deathsaurus, and Liokaiser dropped a boulder on him. Before he and Deathsaurus were able to destroy him, God Ginrai came to the rescue again. As Deathsaurus pounded on Ginrai, Star Saber was held by Liokaiser so he was unable to come to his comrade's aid. Star Saber broke free and stabbed Deathsaurus. Though badly injured, the Decepticon leader would have fought on, but Liokaiser begged him to retreat. A Deadly Battle.

Liokaiser was used again much later when Leozack was pretending to be Star Saber in a mission to get the Unification plans for the Autobot leader and Victory Leo. Leozack managed to return the plans to the Breastforce, but they were confronted by Victory Leo and Star Saber, who merged into Victory Saber. The Breastforce responded by combining into Liokaiser, but the combiner was easily defeated by Victory Saber. He fled through the ruins, collapsing him behind him and almost got Victory Saber that way, but no dice. A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs

When Deathsaurus raised Atlantis, the Breastforce was sent to keep Star Saber busy. When he and Victory Leo merged, so did the Breastforce, but Liokaiser wasn't much of a match for Victory Saber. As a huge tsunami headed towards them, Liokaiser separated so the Breastforce could board the Thunder Arrow, leaving Victory Saber to face the wave alone. The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves After Deathsaurus's Planet-Destroying Fortress was up and running again, Liokaiser attempted to stop Victory Saber, but only lasted a few seconds before being blasted back into the fortress in one shot. The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress! As the Fortress neared Earth, Liokaiser was sent out to stop Victory Saber from entering it, thought with orders not to kill the Autobot. At one point, Victory Saber separated, with only Victory Leo staying to face Liokaiser, but the combiner had trouble even with just him. After struggling with the Autobot for a time, Liokaiser managed to fling Victory Leo away, only for a burst of fire from Victory Leo to sent him flying into the Fortress's main cannon. Still charging, the cannon drained him of his energy, and Liokaiser's grey body was flung off into space. Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification

Zone catalog

Revived from death by some means and lead by the reborn Dark Emperor Deathsaurus, Liokaiser joined several other powerful Decepticons in an assault on planet Zone. Attempting to steal their Energon Z, the Decepticons proved no match for the Micromasters and were driven away. What became of Liokaiser after this is unknown. Zone Project Story

Victory comic

"Don't make me turn this combiner around!"

Frustrated at not being able to find the Breastforce, Jean Minakaze kicked a piece of junk over a rise, only to hear a noise of pain from Liokaiser, who was hiding behind it. Liokaiser announced that, as Deathsaurus was laid up with some illness, Jean and Star Saber were going to have to face him instead. Jean and Star Saber combined, but were seized by the combiner, only for his component parts to start arguing over which of them would finish the Autobots off. Distracted, Liokaiser was thus unable to prevent the pair wriggling free and ganging up on him. The Breastforce retreated hastily. The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!

Liokaiser, Dinoking and Deathsaurus were finally able to bring down Star Saber in battle, but before they could finish him off, Victory Leo came to the rescue. The two Autobots combined into Victory Saber, but the Decepticons attacked anyway and were blasted by Victory Saber's Flash Victory attack, forcing another retreat. The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory! Deathsaurus and Liokaiser continued to plunder Earth's energy, with the Autobots seemingly powerless to stop them. Liokaiser had Braver and Laster at his mercy when Blacker arrived and the Brainmasters were able to form Road Caesar. Even Solon Kitakaze turned against his former Decepticon comrades. With power lent to them by the Victories, Victory Saber and Road Caesar were able to send the Decepticons packing. Shine! The Five Stars of Victory

Transformers PD Type comic

Facing Victory Saber, Liokaiser was bemused by his foe's speech constantly being interrupted by Victory Leo's head. He's Here! Victory Saber!! Just as Star Saber had Deathsaurus on the ropes, the Decepticon leader brought in Liokaiser. Star Saber attempted unsuccessfully to distract the combiner with some tuna, and ended up having to hide from the two Decepticons. Don't Lose! Star Saber!!

Find the Bright Day! Liokaiser!!

Toys

Victory

Why this has not been reissued yet, we will never know.

• Liocaesar [sic] (Multi-pack, 1989)
  • Japanese ID number: D-335
  • Component members/Accessories: Leozack (Liokaiser head), Drillhorn, Guyhawk, Hellbat, Jallguar (2 missiles), Killbison (2 cannons, combined gun handle)

Released only in Japan, Liokaiser is a unique and highly sought-after combiner. Unlike most other combiners at its time of release, Liokaiser has almost no "combiner kibble", his feet and hands being built into the component robots. Only his combined-mode head is a separate accessory; even his hand-weapon is assembled from Killbison and Jallguar's extra weapons. However, in this form, the individuals' breastplate-animal partners cannot be stored and must be put aside.

Though his components were all sold as individuals, they were also available in a single Liokaiser box set.

Four of the six components to Liokaiser were used to make the European-exclusive Rescue Force. Unless you are in need of an armless combiner whose head is tiny, you should not attempt to combine them.

• More information on Liokaiser at TFU.info

Merchandise

• Transformers Choco Liokaiser (Kabaya kit, 1989)

A tiny non-transforming "candy toy" model kit version of Liokaiser was made available during the original Victory series.

• Transformers Gum Liokaiser (Kabaya kit, 1989)

A transforming "candy toy" model kit version of Liokaiser was made available during the original Victory series. Composed of two normal-sized Kabaya gum kits, this little model kit can pull off the individual robot modes, vehicles modes, combined mode, and even comes with detachable breast plate/guns. The only thing missing is the breast plate's animal transformation.

• Liokaiser (SCF, 2002)

In 2002, a PVC mini-figurine of Liokaiser was released in the seventh SCF series. All of the PVCs in this series were available in both full-color and solid pewter-painted versions, in blind-packed boxes.

Notes

Foreign names

• Russian: Centurion (Центурион)