Lio Convoy (BW)

This article is about the Beast Wars II Maximal. For the Kre-O Autobot, see Lio Convoy (Kre-O).

Lio Convoy is a Maximal from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family. He is sometimes known as Leo Prime.

He's no Leoric.

As he rose through the ranks of the Maximal Space Patrol, Lio Convoy (ライオコンボイ Raio Konboi) and his honest nature, selfless dedication to duty and ability to lead by example quickly caught the attention, and earned the respect, of his superior officers. Now with his own crew of loyal Maximals, Lio Convoy continues to display those qualities in the heat of desperate combat.

While on the surface he appears to be a tough, exacting, career-military sort of robot, any Maximal who has served under him knows that there's a smile behind his face-plate and a gentleness at the core of his spark. Though he yearns for a universe forever at peace, Lio Convoy takes to the battlefield with precision, strength and cunning. He believes that combat, more than anything else, reveals an enemy's true character and it has been through combat that Lio Convoy has made both his bitterest rivals and most enduring friendships.

Though compassionate by nature, Lio Convoy stumbles when it comes to expressing anything outside the perimeters of gruff military rhetoric. This attitude has strained his relationship with his "son", Lio Junior, who wants only to obtain the approval of his "father".

Fiction

Beast Wars II toy catalog

As Lio Convoy advanced through the ranks of the Maximal Space Patrol, his progress was observed by an impressed Optimus Primal. When the time finally came, Primal chose him as his successor for his strength and bravery (though he felt he could be too straight-forward, at times). Lio Convoy happily shook Primal's hand and promised not to let his predecessor down. The next stage of battle advances to the Second War... ...Beast Wars, Transform!

Cartoon continuity

Beast Wars II cartoon

Voice actor: Hozumi Gōda (Japanese), Jung Goo Lee (Korean)

"TRUKK NOT LYON!"

Receiving a mysterious SOS signal from within an asteroid field, Maximal Supreme Commander Convoy investigated alongside his deputy, Apache. Entering the field in small one-man reconnaissance crafts, the pair discovered that the signal was coming from a small planetoid that suddenly began bearing down on them in a collision course. Realising that the whole affair had been a trap laid by the Predacon Emperor Galvatron, Convoy sprang into action and opened fire on the planetoid, which exploded dramatically. The New Forces Arrive! While the blast hurled Apache to safety, however, Convoy took the brunt of the explosion and was cast into the depths of the cosmos, eventually crash landing on the planet Gaea. When he regained consciousness, his body had already been weakened and corroded by the hazardous atmosphere of the planet, and he would surely have died had not a white lion come upon his prone form. The lion carried Convoy to a cave brimming with the power of Angolmois energy, which restored and revitalized Convoy. Convoy then scanned the lion's form for use as a beast mode to protect him from Gaea's atmosphere, and redubbed himself "Lio Convoy".

As coincidence would have it, Galvatron and his Predacons had also come to Gaea to harness its Angolmois energy, and Lio Convoy's unit had followed them, but wound up on the losing end of the battle that resulted. Staying in lion mode the whole time, Lio Convoy bounded onto the scene and freed his troops from the energy web that was paralyzing them, then led them back to the crashed wreck of their ship, the Yukikaze, where he revealed his identity to them (although Apache had already figured it out). Stranded on Gaea, the team dedicated themselves to stopping Galvatron's evil plans for the Angolmois energy. White Lion, Run!

Bighorn's Rage The Lake Trap Galvatron Revived Mystery of the Ancient Ruins The Insect Corps Arrive Friend or Foe? The Insect Robos The Strongest Tag Team? Autorollers Roll Out! Danger! Scissor Boy Galvatron Rampages Predacon General Offensive! The Combined Giant, Tripledacus The Festive Jointrons A Fearsome Combination Plan? Who Is the Leader!? The Black Lio Convoy The Space Pirate Seacons! Who Is the Strongest Warrior!? The Tentacular Scuba Megastorm's Reckoning Showdown in the Sea Face the Setting Sun The Final Battle

Lio Convoy was later reunited with his "son", Lio Junior. While Lio Convoy was first recovering from Predacon attack, the Spirit of Gaea copied his Leadership Matrix and infused it within Lio Junior, resulting in Lio Junior's belief that he was Lio Convoy's offspring. Lio Convoy wasn't very eager to be weighed down by a son, and Lio Junior spent the bulk of the series trying desperately to earn his acceptance. Enter Lio Junior

Continuity migraine.

At one point, an alien machine that could warp time and space crashed onto Gaea. The Predacons used it to summon the unstoppable mobile fortress, Majin Zarak, and quickly trashed most of the Maximals. Magnaboss (the combined form of Lio Junior, Santon and Skywarp) managed to summon Optimus Primal to their aid with the machine.

Primal and Lio Convoy teamed up to battle Majin Zarak, who turned out to be a sentient robot and not just a battle station. Together, they combined the power of their Energon Matrices to upgrade themselves into Burning Convoy and Flash Lio Convoy.

Ooh, shiny.

With Primal's enhanced strength and Lio Convoy's super speed, they weakened Majin Zarak. They then unleashed the power within their Matrices into a "Double Matrix Blast" which finished off the monster. Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!

Lio Convoy had many more wacky adventures on Gaea, including but not limited to: Evil Clones, Space Pirates, and Feisty Mexican Robot Insects. Eventually, Galvatron summoned Nemesis, an artificial planet, to suck all the Angolmois energy out of Gaea. The Maximals followed the Predacons to Nemesis and Lio Convoy managed to infiltrate Nemesis with the help of Scuba and the Tako Tank. Inside, Lio Convoy faced Galvatron but could not defeat the Predacon Emperor of Destruction, who was now powered by Angolmois energy. Lio Junior soon arrived to rescue his daddy and the pair, with the help of "good" Angolmois energy, merged into the Green Warrior. They did battle with Galvatron and eventually defeated him, sealing the Angolmois energy into capsules and firing them off into space. Galvatron then revealed his big surprise and used his Galva-Matrix to cause Nemesis to explode. Lio Convoy and the rest of the Maximals then fell into a wormhole.Megastorm Reborn The New Weapon, Tako Tank The Artificial Planet Nemesis Gigastorm's Treachery The End of Starscream The Lio Convoy Assassination Plot The Great Angolmois Freezing Tactic Knock Out Nemesis Lio Junior's Revolt!? Emissary of the Fourth Planet The Crisis of Planet Gaea Fly Out! Planet Gaea Assemble, Thirty-Nine Warriors Revenge of the Space Pirates Breaking into Nemesis Legend! The Green Warrior Farewell! Lio Convoy

The Maximal Brainwashing Operation

The Maximal Brainwashing Operation

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

Voice actor: Hozumi Gōda (Japanese), Jung Goo Lee (Korean)

Maximals. Now flavored in mint.

Big Convoy, Move Out After having their Angolmois capsules stolen by the Blendtrons, Big Convoy and his Maximal new recruits were sucked into a wormhole while chasing their enemies. They came across Lio Convoy (whom they all had presumed dead) who explained to them that the Angolmois energy was really the lifeforce of Unicron. Lio Convoy used all his power to free the Maximals from the wormhole, though he remained trapped inside.Illusion? Lio Convoy Lio Convoy eventually escaped from the wormhole and aided Big Convoy, the Maximals and Magmatron in the final battle against Unicron. After Big Convoy blew Unicron away with his Matrix Buster, the Maximals and Predacons formed an alliance of true unity and worked together to restore Cybertron. All of Lio Convoy's Maximal troops who were trapped inside the wormhole with him were eventually released and joined in the restoration of their homeworld. Unicron Revived!? The Final Battle Graduation Ceremony!!

Robotmasters

While Robotmasters is explicitly placed in cartoon continuity, none of the various pieces of actual Robotmasters fiction tells the story of the line in its entirety, and each of them relate certain events in notably different ways. Precisely which of the iterations of the story—covered individually below—should be considered the canon one for the cartoon timeline is unknown.

Cartoon

Voice actor: Masayuki Katō (Japanese)

Fight! The Group of the Strongest Commanders! The Lio Convoy Typhoon Enters

TransTech

Don't cross Leo Prime. He transforms into a lion the size of a fire truck.

At some point, Lio Convoy aka Leo Prime was gathered in Axiom Nexus by its Optimus Prime, along with a roster of other Optimus Primes and their kin in a group known as the Convoy. A multiversal cataclysm in a universe seeded with Rarified Energon and an invasion by natives from the negative polarity universe had called them into action. Since Matrix bearers and their doppelgangers were usually never allowed into Axiom Nexus, this was a grave threat indeed! Invasion Prologue

His name was on a list of Convoy members given by Cheetor to Andromeda. Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter

Prime toy bios

Following the restoration of Cybertron, Lio Convoy ascended to the rank of Great Convoy, and became a member of the ruling body of Cybertron. After a time, Great Lio Convoy sensed the awakening of Unicron in another dimension, and travelled across the multiverse to this world. Finding that the native Autobots and Decepticons had already dealt with the threat of Unicron, Great Lio Convoy—now using the name "Leo Prime"—elected to stay on this world for a time to ensure that Unicron did not reawaken, refraining from involving himself in the combat between the native Transformers. In the new body he wears in this universe, he is armed with an ancient sword that draws power straight from his Energon Matrix, though apparently unbeknownst to him, it, like the weapons of many other Transformers in this universe, is secretly an Arms Micron named L.P.. Arms Micron Leo Prime bio Using this weapon, Leo Prime carved up the remains of one of Unicron's rock-and-earth avatars to create the Gaia Armor, using the power of his Energon Matrix to sever the avatar's link to Unicron himself, but allowing it to retain the power of Dark Energon. Arms Micron Optimus Prime + Gaia Unicron bio

Bom Bom manga continuity

Beast Wars II comic

Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank! Infiltrate the Mystery Island! Free the Captured Matrix! Make a Surprise Attack on the Super Weapon Base! He gets drunk for drinking too much oil and ends up trashing Apache's room. Recover the Bonds Lost! All Hands, Make a Special Attack on the Evil Planet!

During the final battle with Galvatron on the artificial planet Nemesis, Lio Convoy once again became corrupted by the Angolmois energy that the planet had collected. The energy quickly consumed him, transforming him into Black Lio Convoy, a Predacon. Lio Convoy was able to use his Energon Matrix to channel the true spiritual energy of Gaea through himself, dispelling the evil influences and restoring him to a Maximal. The energy then transformed him into the Green Warrior and he was able to defeat Galvatron once and for all. Win the Battle of Light and Darkness!

After the destruction of the Nemesis, Lio Convoy and the members of his team were scattered across the time and space due to the blast of Angolmois energy. After awaking one night in a blizzard, Lio Convoy found he was alone on an unknown planet.

Lio Convoy then wandered in the snow field alone, wondering where the other members of his team were. He then ran into a gang of rampaging animals, consisting of a Quetzalcoatlus, an Elasmosaurus, a Triceratops, a Stegosaurus, a Dimetrodon and an Ammonite. The gang, led by a Giganotosaurus, attacked other animals. At first, he thought it was a hunt, but it turned out to be a massacre instead. Lio Convoy saved a dear cab and fired Lio Missiles toward the Giganotosaurus. He was surprised to find the missile didn't killed the dinosaur —in fact, the Giganotosaurus was completely unharmed. The Giganotosaurus fought back by firing missiles. When it was about to kill Lio Convoy, he was saved by a mammoth, who gave him and the dear cab a ride and helped them escape.

The mammoth, whose name was "Big", took Lio Convoy to a hot spring to heal his wounds. He then began to tell his story: His is the leader of a group of native wild animals. He told Lio Convoy that the Giganotosaurus's gang was a bunch of rowdies who became more vicious and killed his friends when he was absent after the mysterious "God's Stone" fell on the planet. He felt sorrow because he couldn't protect his friends. Lio Convoy asked Big to take him to the place where the "stone" fell.

Upon arriving at the cliff above the place mentioned by Big, Lio Convoy soon realized the "stone" is in fact an Angolmois energy capsule. He then descended into the valley to take an examination of the capsule. The energy restored his onboard computer and gave him the time-and-space coordinates. Lio Convoy was shocked when he learned he was on a distant planet located in the 7th Cosmos in a time long before he was born.

While Lio Convoy was examining the capsule, Big was wondering what he's doing in the valley before the gang came to the spot and attacked him, claiming for the "God's Stone". Though wounded, Big pushed the gang into the valley after he told Lio Convoy to get out. The impact caused the capsule to explode and the two breathe a sigh of relief. In the pit, the gang evolved in the blast of Angolmois. The gang then rose out of the valley front of Lio Convoy and Big. Their leader, now named "Magmatron", thanked Big for his effort, which had made them stronger than ever before. The gang then transforms, ready to kill Big and Lio Convoy. Lio Convoy immediately transformed and fought the gang. He defeated the henchmen with ease, but Magmatron took him out with one blast.

Some time later, Lio Convoy crawled out of a thick snow layer and learned there was 90 percents of malfunctions within his body. Lio Convoy was sorry he got Big, who was mortally wounded, involved in this incident. Lio Convoy decided to use his Energon Matrix to cure Big. During the treatment, the only thought on his mind was curing Big, hoping he would carry on his will, and feeling concern about his teammates. After the action, the whereabouts of Lio Convoy was unknown. The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!

Beast Wars Neo comic

At a certain point, the Black Ball told Lio Convoy and his teammates' action to Big Convoy and his crew. Big Convoy felt the name "Lio Convoy" sound familiar, but he couldn't remember when he ever knew the name.There Are 7 Capsules

When fixing the Gung Ho on an asteroid near the planet Luxor, Big Convoy asked NAVI for information about Lio Convoy because he felt the name was familiar. NAVI gave Big Convoy the information and he learned that Lio Convoy was a rookie officer. In addition to that, they had never met each other, according to the official records. There Are 7 Capsules

Double Cross During his last breath, Big Convoy saw Lio Convoy come to take him to a place where his soul could rest in peace.Return to Zero

Beast Wars Metals comic

The visage of Lio Convoy appeared alongside those of Big Convoy and Optimus Prime in a poetic montage overlooking the Beast Wars on Energoa. Raise the Curtain for Beast Wars Metals!!

IDW Beast Wars comics

Hey, look, he turns into Liger Zero!

There is a slight otherworldliness about Commander-in-Chief Lio Convoy, a sense that he is operating on a bigger picture and serving a higher power. Upon landing on a planet, he immediately becomes in tune with its natural harmonics and becomes determined to defend that world. He has sheer belief in his pre-ordained cause, backed up by a Matrix that gives him power from the very core of Cybertron. Transformers Comic issue 17

Prior to the end of the Great War and the signing of the Pax Cybertronia, Lio Convoy commanded a crew of Maximals who traveled to the planet Gaea and battled Galvatron and his forces. Beast Wars Sourcebook

Years later, during peace-time, the ever-vigilant Lio Convoy sat on the Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs, but was also a member of a secret black-ops intelligence unit known as the Pack. During a conversation with Razorbeast that was officially off-the-record, he reminded his fellow Maximal that their unit didn't exist and that the Maximal Imperium didn't sanction their operations. He warned Razorbeast that if he was caught while undercover in Magmatron's command, he would be disavowed. The Gathering #1

Unfortunately, Lio Convoy believed that Magmatron was the true enemy, while Megatron was just a loose cannon. (Real good job of threat assessment there.) After Razorbeast's transwarp booster-sent distress message was strengthened by Magmatron, it reached Lio Convoy, who, despite his earlier warning, mobilized the Pack at once to race to Razorbeast's rescue. The Ascending #1

While Razorbeast's Maximals were fighting the Predacons to a standstill (in no small part thanks to the powerhouses Torca and Grimlock), the Pack arrived and looked to turn the tide of battle quickly in the favor of all that is clean and fresh. Lio Convoy himself transformed and confronted Drill Bit and some other Pred thugs, who were unimpressed by his unnervingly LARGE beast mode. Lio Convoy accepted this and whipped out his cannons. THEN they were impressed. When Ravage revealed himself to the Maximals, Lio Convoy and Razorbeast were quick to turn their guns on him, right up until Rartorata showed his ugly mug. The Blendtron injected Razorbeast with a load of Angolmois, turning the Maximal into a raging berserker locked in beast mode. The Ascending #2

RUMBLE! WAS! RED!

Reminding the Pack that they take care of their own and clean up their own messes, Lio Convoy engaged the enemy. Once they had subdued Razorbeast's mutated form with crude vines and stakes, Convoy discovered that his comrade was still within the monstrous beast and fighting a losing battle against the Angolmois that was corrupting his mind. Ravage informed the Maximal commander of the urgency of what Magmatron had showed him, and the Maximals prepared to board Lio Convoy's transwarp cruiser. The cruiser's takeoff was then threatened by the arrival of the other two Blendtrons. Razorbeast broke from his restraints and charged into battle against the servants of Unicron, telling Convoy to escape while he held the line. Setting the transwarp coordinates to the time and place Ravage had received from Magmatron, the cruiser emerged in the midst of Big Convoy's battle with Shokaract. However it was shot down upon the arrival of Shokaract's Heralds. The Ascending #3

Luckily Lio and the rest of The Pack survived the crash and were able to join up with Big Convoy. After briefly explaining the seriousness of the situation to Big Convoy, Lio provided Bump with a sample of Angolmois so he could synthesize an antidote. After a brief spat of posturing by Grimlock and Ravage, Lio took part in a frontal assault on Shokaract to serve as a distraction while Snarl and Prowl enacted the real plan. Once Shokaract decided to call it a day after his heart to heart talk with Magmatron and in the wake of the devastating battle Lio Convoy received the antidote from Bump and started on rebuilding a devastated Cybertron... just in time for Megatron to get back from the Beast Wars and release his transformation virus on the planet. The Ascending #4

Transformers Legends comic

Visiting the Axalon Trading Company to discuss business with Optimus Primal, Lio Convoy found himself charmed by their office lady, Airazor. The Gender Gap Part 2

Later, when he was out drinking sake, he was surprised by a speeding Arcee, who was transporting her nephew Rattrap to work in her car mode. Bonus Edition Vol. 10

Beast Wars: Uprising

The Guardian of Order Lio Convoy, holder of the energon matrix, had his eyes opened by Blackarachnia to the injustice of the caste-based society of Cybertron, where any Maximal or Predacon could be summoned to die in a Game or have rations cut for minor infractions of ridiculous laws. Thus, Lio Convoy sneaked a team of rebels into the 1924th Games at the Dodecahex Arena. While Blackarachnia's team seized control of Override's broadcasting equipment, Lio Convoy assassinated Supersonic, securing the attention of Cybertron. He publicly exposed the Builders' moral corruption, deeming them unworthy of ruling Cybertron and calling for a war for freedom. Thus, the Fourth Cybertronian War, the Great Uprising, began.Broken Windshields

Head Games

Games

Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars

When a super-powerful energon crystal was discovered on Earth, Lio Convoy was one of the several combatants to join the brawl to take possession of it.

Lio Convoy could also partake in various other tasks, such as a mission to break a boulder to reveal an energon crystal hidden within before sundown, using a block in a mission to defend himself against various incoming projectiles, and missions to run across a pit-riddled field, sometimes involving hideously large bacteria he had to fend off.

After defeating his final opponent, Megatron, Lio Convoy decided to seal away the crystal forever, so that it would never fall into the hands of those who would abuse its power towards evil ends. Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars

Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Lio Convoy's fate in those outcomes.

Toys

Beast Wars

In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight

• Lio Convoy (Ultra, 1998)
  • Japanese ID number: C-16
  • Accessories: Six missiles, two launchers

Lio Convoy transforms into an organic white lion articulated at the legs and head. In this mode, one can activate flip-out blades in each foreleg and spring-loaded missile launchers hidden in his mane. The head/mane can also open up and spin around via push-lever gear mechanism as part of a spinning attack gimmick thing. A button on top of his head opens his beast mode jaw. He can only store two of his six missiles in beast mode...and they stick out of his mane, looking a little goofy.

File:LioConvoyMatrix1.jpg

"Pssst! Hey, buddy! Wanna buy a MacGuffin?"

In robot mode, Lio Convoy's chest design and colours closely resemble Generation 1 Optimus Prime, even sporting a non-removable Energon Matrix sculpted into his chest, underneath his left chest panel (which also has a heat-sensitive Maximal rubsign). All of his flip-out beast mode weapons can be used in robot mode, and his missile launchers can be removed and held in either of his hands.

Hasbro offered Lio Convoy as an exclusive on its now-defunct Hasbro Collectors website in 2000.

This mold was used to make Black Lio Convoy.

• More information on Lio Convoy at TFU.info

• Black Lio Convoy (Ultra, 1998)
  • Japanese ID number: C-16
  • Accessories: Six missiles, two launchers

A redeco of Lio Convoy, Black Lio Convoy sports the now-familiar black, silver and teal color scheme which was later used for Robots in Disguise Scourge, Armada Nemesis Prime and many, many other 'evil' Optimus Prime repaints. There is also a variant of this toy that comes with gold claws, which is harder to find than the normal version.

Black Lio Convoy was a Toys"R"Us exclusive and came in a Lio Convoy box with a sticker indicating that it was "Black Lio Convoy". A Lucky Draw version was also released, which featured a number painted in white on his, uh, butt.

This toy is also used to represent the separate character of Black Lio Convoy.

Blinged out and sparkly. Who are these toys marketed to again?

• Flash Lio Convoy (Ultra, 1998)
  • Japanese ID number: C-16
  • Accessories: Six missiles, two launchers

The first redeco of Lio Convoy in his "Flash" color scheme, which replaces most of his secondary colors with metal-flake gold and silver.

He was released alongside Burning Convoy to promote the Beast Wars Special film.

• More information on Flash Lio Convoy at TFU.info

• Galvatron Color Lio Convoy (Ultra, 1998)
  • Japanese ID number: C-16
  • Accessories: Six missiles, two launchers

A Lucky Draw exclusive limited to only 50 units, Galvatron Color Lio Convoy is a Galvatron-themed recolor of Lio Convoy. This rare toy represents the Bom Bom manga story wherein Lio Convoy's spark was tainted by Angolmois energy.

This toy was only made available as a prize offered through the December 1998 issue of Comic Bom Bom.

• More information (and a photo gallery) on Galvatron Color Lio Convoy at luckydrawtransformers.com

Robotmasters

I'm adorable!

• Lio Convoy (Deluxe, 2005)
  • Japanese ID number: RM-22

Robotmasters Lio Convoy is a scaled-down, simplified, all-new, Deluxe-sized Lio Convoy. Though he retains most of the original Lio Convoy's articulation, he lacks the spring-loaded gimmicks such as his spinning mane and missile launchers, and is of lower sculpted detail.

Instead of spring-loaded weapons, Lio Convoy comes with a whopping five non-firing blasters. His beast mode mane has peg-holes to attach four of the weapons, simulating his bigger toy's attack beast mode. The smaller handgun has several mounting points on it for adding the other guns, resulting in a superweapon.

This mold was also used to make the Robotmasters version of Black Lio Convoy.

• More information on Robotmasters Lio Convoy at TFU.info

I'm unobtainable!

• Lio Convoy + DVD (Deluxe, 2005)
  • Japanese ID number: RM-23
  • Accessories: 2 large cannons, 2 small cannons, handgun

This more limited-edition (yet still normal retail) redeco of Lio Convoy features a shiny metallic paint deco for his red parts. He also comes with a DVD with the third part of the short Robotmasters CGI-animated storyline.

• More information on Robotmasters Lio Convoy + DVD at TFU.info

Classics

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This toy has caused untold years of war.

• Leo Prime (Legends, 2007)
• Leo Prime (Legends, "Cybertron Collection", 2008)

An unusual addition to the Classics line, Leo Prime is a redeco of the Cybertron-series Legends of Cybertron Leobreaker toy, transforming into a robotic lion (well, liger, really). He was originally part of the first wave of Classics Legends, then later re-released in a wave with—even more unusually—the Cybertron-series characters Hot Shot, Optimus Prime and Soundwave, all of whom (Leo Prime included) had the words "Cybertron Collection" added to the standard Classics package design.

This mold was also used to make 2008's Universe Razorclaw.

• More information on Classics Leo Prime at TFU.info

Universe (2008)

In the same zoo as Primal Prime.

• Leo Prime (Voyager, 2009)
  • Series: Beast Wars Series
  • Accessories: Tail/"Jungle whip," Key

A retool of Cybertron Leobreaker with a new head and redecoed in blue and red, Leo Prime transforms into a mechanical lion. Unlike previous releases of this mold, the electronics were removed and the battery cover is riveted closed. Each forelimb/arm has a Cyber-Key-released spring-loaded "snap-out robo-shredder claw," and his tail becomes a blade-whip for robot mode. He can still transform into a "Savage Claw Mode", becoming a massive clawed arm that can attach to the Leader-class Cybertron Optimus Prime and Megatron toys, usable on either side of their torsos. He comes with a silver-bordered blue Jungle Planet-type Cyber Key. His packaging designates him a Maximal despite the Autobot symbol on his chest.

The original version of this mold was also used to create Nemesis Breaker and retooled to make BotCon 2009 Razorclaw.

• More information on Universe Leo Prime at TFU.info

He hangs out with Walmart's red Universe Powerglide.

• Leo Prime (Voyager, 2009, Target exclusive)
  • Series: Beast Wars Series
  • Accessories: Tail/"Jungle whip," Key

A Target-exclusive redeco was produced of the first Universe Leo Prime in colors that homage Lio Convoy's original color scheme. Though he was in Universe packaging, his cross sells were for the Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Class toys Stratosphere, Grindor, and Long Haul. Leo Prime's bio and call-outs remain the same.

• More information on "Target" Leo Prime at TFU.info

Prime

• Leo Prime (Voyager, 12-15-2012)
  • ID number: AM-28
  • Accessories: Beast-leg/blade, "L.P." Arms Micron

Part of the tenth wave of the TakaraTomy Prime toyline, Leo Prime is a redeco of Thundertron, transforming into a mechanical lion. His right robot mode foot can detach to reveal a bladed "peg-leg", with the original foot converting into a claw-weapon. Leo Prime comes with his Arms Micron partner, L.P., who transforms into a sword.

Oddly enough, in the catalogue that comes with Leo Prime, he is called サンダートロン, or Thundertron.

This mold was also used to make Go Prime and BotCon 2014 Knight Alpha Trizer.

Legend Commander Collection

• Lio Convoy (2014)
  • ID number: LC-03
  • Accessories: 2 "Gold Fangs", 2 "Laser Tonfa", "Lio Shot"

Part of the Legend Commander Collection sold at Transformers Expo, Lio Convoy is a redeco of Robotmasters Lio Convoy. Remaining stock was sold through TakaraTomy Mall.

Timelines

• Lio Convoy (Deluxe, 2015)
  • Accessories: blaster, axe

The Transformers Collectors' Club member incentive figure of 2015, Lio Convoy is a retool of Thrilling 30 Orion Pax, transforming into a truck. He comes with a blaster and axe, both of which can peg onto 5mm ports on his hands and vehicle rear sides.

Lio Convoy was redecoed into Nova Prime.

Notes

Concept art

• In IDW Publishing's Beast Wars: The Ascending, Lio Convoy's beast mode, like Grimlock's, is huge compared to the real thing.
• Lio's beast mode is probably based on the main character of the classic manga, Jungle Emperor Leo, better known to the English speaking world as Kimba the White Lion.
• The fact that his Legends-class toy was repackaged into the "Cybertron Collection" could be interpreted to mean the character has some connection to the Unicron Trilogy. Odd as it is, there is a minor precedent: The Unicron Trilogy character Jetfire has adopted a disguise based on a Decepticon hero who somehow took part in the Beast Wars.
• The toy catalogue featured as the first piece of fiction in this article was essentially fandom gospel for many years when it came to understanding the relationship between Beast Wars and Beast Wars II, and everyone operated under the assumption that the characters of both series were contemporaries who then went off time-travelling to visit past and future Earth, respectively. But this scenario is nowhere else to be found in Japanese fiction: in cartoon continuity, the Beast Wars II characters live in the future thousands of years after the Beast Wars characters' home-time, and employ no time-travel in getting to Gaea. English-speaking fans didn't know this until it was loudly and explicitly stated by a timeline published in 2007; as such, IDW's 2006 comic Beast Wars: The Gathering took the setting from the catalogue as its starting point and presented Lio Convoy and the other Beast Wars II (and Neo!) characters as hailing from the same time period as the Beast Wars characters.

Foreign names

• Korean: Lion Convoy (라이온콘보이 Raion Konboi)

External links

• Lio Convoy at TFU.info