Payload (Movie)
| The name or term "Payload" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Payload (disambiguation). |
- Payloads are mass-produced Autobot/Decepticon units in the Movie continuity family.
Payload units are machines that convert into SWAT-style armored trucks. Both the Autobot and Decepticon armies make use of these drones, which are heavily-armored, brutal melee fighters.
Movie
Movie Prequel Comic
Payload was one of the Decepticons who took part in the Battle of Tyger Pax. He was also with Swindle during an Autobot Interrogation.
Games
Battle For the Allspark online game
Payload units of both sides have a strong defence, good attack, but poor speed. They are differentiated by little more than the make of their noggins; Autobot versions use a facemask-with-visor model, while Decepticons has a lens-head.
Transformers The Game (console)
Payloads show up in the big city to put the hurt on both Autobot and Decepticon alike. Their primary attack is an unstoppable running charge that can send even the likes of Optimus Prime and Megatron reeling. The only way to break them out of this attack is to nail them with a thrown object or melee attack when they briefly pause between charges.
Aside from the aforementioned head differences, Decepticon Payloads are dark blue, while the Autobot versions are silver-white.
Toys
Transformers (2007)
- Payload (Deluxe, 2007)
- Payload transforms into a SWAT-style Armored Truck. He's the Decepticon version.
Merchandise
- Payload (3D Battle Card, 2007)
- In the Transformers 3D Battle Card Game, the Payload is on the Decepticon side. Pieces punched out from two different cards can be assembled to form a SWAT truck or a robot, while a third double-sided card gives its stats and attacks for each mode. He uses the same piece layout as Ratchet, though his lens-head peeking up over the back end of his vehicle mode looks less doofy than Ratchet's does.
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