Dirt Boss (Cybertron)
| This article is about the Velocitron Decepticon monster truck. For the Mini-Con van, see Dirt Boss (Armada). |
- Dirt Boss ins a Decepticon from the planet Velocitron in the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Dirt Boss hails from Velocitron's "bayou" sector, and boy, is he angry. On the racetrack he's outright psychotic, using his oversized tires to eat up ground and crush down anyone who gets in his way. He especially seems to have a major hate-on for Velocitron's current ruler Override, though why is unknown.
Whatever it was that started this obsession, it's got him so mad he can actually be manipulated by Ransack and Crumplezone of all beings. Yikes.
- Japanese name: Inch-Up
Fiction
Cybertron animated series
Cybertron exclusive toy bio
When a space-time anomaly sent an alternate-universe incarnation of the Mini-Con Downshift to Velocitron, Dirt Boss managed to capture him and used his added power to pillage cities along Velocitron's equator. This, naturally, drew the attention of Override, who brought along her new Mini-Con partner Mirage -who hailed form the same alternate universe as Downshift- in order to free the captive Mini-Con and stop Dirt Boss' rampage.
Toys
Cybertron
- Dirt Boss (Deluxe, 2005)
- Japanese ID number: GD-06
- Dirt Boss transforms into a Cybertronic (Velocitronian?) pickup truck with oversized tires. Plugging a Cyber Planet Key into his tailgate causes his wheel assembly to push down, giving him a little extra height in truck mode. Wow. In robot mode, this swings a pair of non-firing pipe "blasters" over his shoulders. the Hasbro and Takara versions have slightly different paint applications, though really the most noteworthy one is that the Hasbro version gives him a Decepticon sigil.
- He comes with a silver-bordered Velocitron-style Key; the Hasbro version has the Key Code "d3h7" stamped on its back.
- Dirt Boss with Downshift (Tiny Tins multi-pack, 2006)
- Part of a run of Wal-Mart exclusive sets, Dirt Boss was also sold in a larger box that came with a special redeco of the Race Mini-Con Team member Downshift, plus a special Tiny Tins carrying tin for the Mini-Con. Dirt Boss himself was unaltered from his normal release.
Attacktix
- Starter Set (Mutli-pack, 2006)
- Attacktix ID number: TF20
- Available only in the first Transformers Attacktix Starter Set (along with Overhaul and Skyblast in bot robot and jet modes), Dirt Boss is a 30-point "Warrior" that uses a back-mounted missile launcher that fires a special two-pronged projectile. His Special Power "Recruit" lets you put any Decepticon piece in-play from your Back-Ups.
- A special version of this Starter Set was made available as a Wal*Mart exclusive; the original four pieces were the same, but the extended cardback had a fifth piece attached, a special white redeco of the Decepticlone piece.
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