Under-3

This article is about the yellow lion head. For the blue lion head, see Lionhead.

Under-3 is a Maximal from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Your vapid, shallow playthings will outlast even your frail and finite frame, achieving an immortality you can never know while remaining forever in a grave of civilization's pointless detritus. Please enjoy Arby's.

Under-3? Yeah, that bot has seen some serious slag, man, stuff that is definitely not appropriate for children. A gruff, bitter survivor of war's horrors, Under-3 even refuses to acknowledge his original name and past life, choosing instead to mutter grimly about how war changes you. Makes you hard. Makes you grow up too fast. Makes you leave the foolishness of youth behind and finally grasp the utter hatred that is the universe and what it inevitably does to you. There is no Under-3. There is only pain.

He is also known as Lionhead or Unit-3. Sometimes he becomes a leg for Magnaboss.

Fiction

Wings Universe

Under-3 was hanging out at the Galadria Space Bridge Outpost in the Delta Prysmos Sector when a pirate ship appeared overhead and dropped a bomb on him and several other passersby. Hoist the Flag

Recordicons

Under-3 and Lionhead had a musical act together. On one occasion they followed Tape-Filled Idiots in the lineup. Recordicons #25

Bot on the Street

Under-3 was asked if he'd like to change his alternate mode, but was happy with his current one. Bot on the Street

Beast Wars: Uprising

In Primax 209.0 Gamma, Lionhead was the headmaster of the Maximal Academy. Ask Vector Prime, 23/5/2015 Lionhead expelled Jawbreaker after the student executed a final prank upon him. Beast Wars: Uprising Jawbreaker profile

Toys

Beast Wars

This is how children learn that happiness is a lie they tell themselves between failures.

• Under-3 (McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 1996)

Part of the first McDonald's Beast Wars promotion, Under-3 was, well, the toy developed for children less than three years of age. Hence his incredibly simple transformation and lack of small parts in any capacity. He transforms into a disembodied lion head.

• More information on Under-3 at TFU.info

Combiner Wars

• Unit-3 (Deluxe Class, 2016)
  • Accessories: gun, double-barreled gun/fist/foot

Unit-3 is a redeco of the Generations Combiner Wars Protectobot Streetwise, and he transforms into an R35 Nissan GTR police car to robot and back! He can form either an arm or a leg for any Combiner Wars Voyager Class toys released as part of the same subline. Unit-3 was released as a souvenir figure for BotCon 2016.

Combiner Wars mold: Dead End

Version 1: Hasbro: Combiner Wars Dead End Dead End (Generation 2) Brake‑Neck Brake‑Neck (Generation 2) TakaraTomy: Unite Warriors UW-02 Dead End UW-02 Wildrider Version 2: Hasbro: Combiner Wars Protectobot Streetwise Prowl Smokescreen Lightsteed Fun Publications: Combiner Wars Unit-3 Bluestreak TakaraTomy: Unite Warriors UW-03 Streetwise UW-05 Prowl Version 3: Hasbro: Combiner Wars Dust Up TakaraTomy: Unite Warriors UW-EX Flowspade

Notes

• "Under-3" may seem like an odd name, but the text "Under-3" was printed on the baggy in the same location as the names of other McDonald's toys such as Beetle, Panther, etc.
• Under-3's Japanese name and brief character write-up come from a Japanese Beast Wars guidebook called the Beast Wars Perfect Book.
• Ben Yee specifically points out that he didn't include the "Lion Head Optimus Primal figure" into the Beast Wars Sourcebook, which is sad but mostly a relief, given he probably wouldn't have been called "Under-3."

Foreign names

• Japanese: Lionhead (ライオンヘッド Raionheddo)