Springload (RID)
| This article is about the Decepticon from Robots in Disguise. For the Decepticon Kreon, see Springload (Kre-O). |
- Springload is a Decepticon from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.
To say that Springload is unbalanced would be an understatement. The Decepticon Amphiboid is completely consumed by a single goal: to discover the mythical Cybertronian city of Doradus. It's a goal that's resulted in more than a few criminal offences along the way, and eventually earned him a spot aboard the prison ship Alchemor. Now that he's on the loose, he's ready to keep indulging his dangerous obsession.
Fiction
2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon
- Voice actor: John Steven Rocha (English), Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), Luca Ghignone (Italian)
Springload's long search for Doradus resulted in him trashing museum staff and guards alike. He was imprisoned aboard the Alchemor in a stasis pod, and broke free when the ship crashed on Earth. He resumed his search in a South American forest, attempting to interrogate stone carvings in the belief they knew where Doradus was. The Autobots Bumblebee and Strongarm tracked him down, pursuing him into a ruined temple. His acidic skin allowed him to break free of his pursuers and after the pair narrowly escaped a collapsing room, Springload believed they had died and become ghosts. Strongarm impersonated a spirit and told him he was unworthy to find Doradus, confusing Springload enough to allow Bumblebee to trap him in a stone box. Rumble in the Jungle
Springload was later released by Quillfire, whose pod had been damaged in an accident, allowing him to escape. Seeing the Amphiboid's ferocity, the cowardly Quillfire quickly convinced Springload to join him (and provide protection) by claiming he was in touch with the spirits of Doradus. Escaping the scrapyard, the two eventually broke into a nearby human military base and commandeer a giant experimental tank; Quillfire assured his increasingly skeptical partner that the human vehicle would carry them to Doradus.
The tank proved adept at keeping the Decepticons safe, up until the Mini-cons Jetstorm and Slipstream were deployed, slipping into the control room. Springload wound up accidentally kicking Quillfire in the scuffle, who accused his partner of harming "the leader of the revolution". Realizing that his companion had been lying to him all this time, Springload attacked him on purpose for his crime. The Mini-Cons basically got to stand back and let the two Decepticons take themselves and the tank out, with Springload thwapping a control panel with his tongue, electrocuting himself. The Mini-Cons then forced the now-quill-less Quillfire to carry Springload out of the tank, burning Quillfire's hands in the process. Both Decepticons were then put back into functional stasis pods. One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing
Signature Publishing Robots in Disguise comics
Springload cunningly clinged to the side of that casket's lid and when the Autobots opened it to tip him into a stasis cell, he hopped it! The attempt to bring him in was undermined by Sideswipe ignoring orders, despite being unaware of what the Decepticon could do, such as "jump".
Luckily, the latest Crash Cragster film was being filmed nearby and Springload mistook the prop gold for real loot. Sideswipe, realising Springload was not quite in touch with reality, cornered him and then let him 'run away'... right into a studio set's wall, thinking it was outside. The Decepticon was knocked out and easily put in a stasis cell. Look Before You Leap
Toys
- Strongarm Capture Cruiser (2015)
- Set Number: B1549
- Kreons: Strongarm, Springload
- Pieces: 105
- Only available in the "Strongarm Capture Cruiser" set, the Springload Kreon uses the new 2015 style of Kreon hips and torso, with a hollow hip-peg and a central post inside the torso for increased grip... which also makes them incompatible with about four years' worth of Kreons.
- As US retailers almost wholly passed on Kre-O, this set got released in Canada and various European and Asian markets only. In late 2015, TJ Maxx and Marshalls stores in the US started to get the 2015 Kre-O sets, including this one... though this and the "Sideswipe Roadway Rundown" set were seemingly released in smaller numbers than the rest.
- Part of the eighth wave of Robots in Disguise One-Step Changers, Springload transforms from an Amphiboid into sort of deformed pick-up truck that bears almost no resemblence to the pick-up truck in the cartoon. If not for the rollbar struts in back to suggest a pickup bed, it'd be more of a muscle car. His legs dangle freely in robot mode and require the weight of the figure upon them to set them in place.
- The TakaraTomy version of the toy adds a fair amount of paint operations, and changes the scan-badge to work with the Adventure checklist app.
Merchandise
Tiny Titans
- Springload (Tiny Titan, 2015)
- Series: 3
- Number : 11/12
- Part of the third blind-bagged assortment of Tiny Titans, this is a small, soft-plastic figurine of Springload with an oddly-extended head, making him look more like dragon than a frog.
- He comes with a trading card with a scan-badge for the Robots in Disguise mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Springload (スプリングロード Supuringurōdo)
- Mandarin: Tántiàoxiá (弹跳侠, "Springman")
