Big Convoy (BW)
- Big Convoy is a Maximal from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
You don't want to give Big Convoy (ビッグコンボイ Biggu Konboi) a hard time. While most Maximal Supreme Commanders are known for their level-headed and friendly natures, Big Convoy breaks the mold by positively wrecking and ruining anyone who gives him lip. A gargantuan bruiser of a warrior, he tramples the opposition in his woolly mammoth beast mode and utterly obliterates them in robot mode with his Big Cannon. He is known throughout the Maximal ranks as "The One-Man Army", a solitary Supreme Commander who can do the work of a whole battalion all on his lonesome.
So of course the Convoy Council felt he would make a perfect training instructor for a batch of new recruits freshly minted from the Maximal Military Academy. While it takes every ounce of restraint Big Convoy can muster not to completely throttle the green little twerps, deep down he kinda-sorta likes them. Or he's getting there, anyway. Vector Sigma has taken a special interest in Big Convoy and often speaks through him via the Energon Matrix in his chest. And with each lesson in warfare he imparts on his new recruits, Big Convoy in turn learns a lesson about friendship and teamwork.
Fiction
Beast Wars Neo cartoon
- Voice actor: Junichi Inoue (Japanese), Jung Goo Lee (Korean)
Big Convoy once operated as a duo with Rockbuster and the two fought Predacons and adventured together. However, their solitary natures eventually drove them apart and both warriors decided to become solo acts in the war against the Predacons. Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron Big Convoy's decision to go it alone brought him into conflict with the Maximal drill instructor Survive, a stern believer in the value of teamwork. They parted on shaky ground, with Survive determined to someday teach Big Convoy how to work in a group. Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor As "the One Man Army" (the nickname he quickly earned), Big Convoy focused his energies on thwarting the machinations of Magmatron, the new leader of the Predacon forces. After a particularly explosive assault on a stronghold, the two became arch-foes.
Hoping to curb Big Convoy's psychotically antisocial behavior, the Convoy Council ordered him to train a crew of unruly new recruits. Big Convoy loathed the assignment at first, but being a loyal soldier, accepted the task. His first mission was to explore Gaia and investigate the disappearance of Lio Convoy. Little did he know, Magmatron and his Predacons were following close behind him. After finding a black box message from Lio Convoy, Big Convoy learned of the Angolmois capsules ejected after the destruction of Nemesis. Big Convoy then headed off with his group of trainees to collect the capsules, battling Magmatron every step of the way. Big Convoy, Move Out
Big Convoy is not one for compassion or sentimental gobbledygook. Because of this bitter attitude, Vector Sigma took it upon itself to dispense words of wisdom and encouragement to the recruits directly through Big Convoy, via his Energon Matrix. Big Convoy hated it at first, but over the course of the adventure, the sense of compassion began to rub off on him, and he started giving words of advice all on his own.Chase the Mysterious Capsule Burning Heart Below Freezing Hang in There, Stampy Mirage of the Sand Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron Duel in the Labyrinth The Black Hole Crisis Sub-Commander Longrack Waa! They Got Eaten Planet of Time Lonely Hydra Break Is a Predacon? Ship's Log Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!? Planet of the Ultimate Weapon Troubled DNAVI Attack! Randy Bump the Physicist Hardhead Is Hardheaded Personal Combat in the Deep Sea!! The Stolen Gung Ho Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor Assemble! New Warriors
Eventually, after the Maximals and Predacons collected all the capsules, they were attacked by the Blentrons, a fearsome trio of nearly invincible Transformers. The Blentrons beat the mortal hell out of him, the Maximals and the Predacons, and took the Angolmois capsules. As it turned out, the Angolmois energy was really the essence of Unicron, and the Blentrons were his creations.Mysterious Beast Warriors!? The Stolen Capsules Pursue the Blentrons! Angry Magmatron Illusion? Lio Convoy
The Blentrons released the Angolomois energy into the corpse of Galvatron, resurrecting Unicron. Big Convoy and the Maximals raced him back to Cybertron but were sidetracked by being sucked into a wormhole. It turned out to be the same wormhole that had sucked in Lio Convoy and his crew after their battle against Nemesis. Lio Convoy told Big Convoy the history of Unicron and helped him escape the wormhole. Unicron Revived!? Unicron's Ambition
The Maximals arrived too late; Unicron had already destroyed the Maximal armada (and Great Convoy with it) and possessed Vector Sigma, turning Cybertron into his new body. Fight! Maximals Big Convoy, the Maximal recruits and Magmatron stood side-by-side to fight the menace. Unicron briefly exited Vector Sigma to swat his opponents. Using their newfound teamwork, the Maximals managed to hold off Unicron while Big Convoy powered up his trademarked "Big Cannon" with his own Energon Matrix. This upgraded his Big Cannon into the "Matrix Buster". Big Convoy unleashed a blast from his Matrix Buster directly into Unicron, seemingly destroying him. End of the Maximals!? The Final Battle
With Unicron evicted from Vector Sigma, Big Convoy and Magmatron chose to put aside their differences. Together, all missing Maximals and Predacons set adrift (especially those from Lio Convoy's time) returned to Cybertron to help rebuild the planet. In the end, Big Convoy, Magmatron and Lio Convoy were seen standing side-by-side beneath Vector Sigma. Graduation Ceremony!!
Bom Bom manga continuity
Beast Wars II manga
Long before Lio Convoy and Galvatron's Gaian battles took place, Big the mammoth lived on a cold, primitive world in the 7th Cosmos. When an Angolmois Capsule fell on the planet, it evolved Big and other beasts, who were then led by a Giganotosaurus, and the capsule came to be known as the Divine Stone. The resulting gang turned violent and, when he wasn't around, murdered Big's friends.
When the time-lost Lio Convoy ended up on Big's planet, he came face to face with the dinosaurs, and was saved in the nick of time by Big. After some introductions, Big brought Lio Convoy to the Divine Stone, but they were confronted by the evil creatures. Big was wounded in the battle, but the mammoth managed to push them all into the crevasse containing the stone, which exploded, further evolving the dinosaurs into full-fledged Transformers with robot modes. Lio Convoy was able to take down the mooks, but was easily defeated by the union of the Giganotosaurus with a Quetzalcoatlus and a Elasmosaurus—Magmatron. When the villains made their leave, Lio Convoy recovered and found the mammoth dying in the snow. Regretting his involvement, he used the Energon Matrix to cure the animal. The process evolved Big into the Maximal Big Convoy, but he was left alone and amnesiac in the raging snowstorm. The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!
Beast Wars Neo manga
Big Convoy would join the Maximals, becoming the notorious "One Man Army". During one battle, he disregarded Crow Convoy's orders by rushing into a Predacon space fortress and blowing it up; the resulting shockwave damaged the Maximal Army 7th Fleet. For his insubordination, Great Convoy punished Big Convoy by making him the instructor of five rookie Maximals on the planet Gaia. He took a lackadaisy approach, commanding his students from the Gung Ho, but came to their rescue when they encountered lethal Predacons on the abandoned Galvaburg II. Inside, they found the mysterious Black Ball. When it was brought aboard the Maximals' ship, it suddenly activated the warp engine. The 5 Rookies The Black Ball revealed itself to be capable of speech and told the story of the war between Lio Convoy and Galvatron, and the Maximal commander's name stirred something in Big Convoy.
When the warp dropped the Gung Ho in Luxor's orbit, it was immediately attacked by the Predacon flagship Dinosaur. The Gung Ho crashed into an asteroid, but not before Big Convoy sent his subordinates on escape pods to Luxor. While repairing the Gung Ho with NAVI, Big Convoy investigated Lio Convoy's record, finding nothing that connected them two. When the rookies down on Luxor were attacked by the Predacons Dead End and Sling, Big Convoy leapt to the planet to their rescue, managing to drive them away and prevent the planet's Angolmois Capsule from falling into the enemy's hands. There Are 7 Capsules Their time on the planet was far from over, as the planet's sand was revealed to be actually made up of millimeter-long robots called Sandron, who refused to allow the Maximals to leave the planet with the Capsule and threatened to eat them from the inside out. They attempted to sow confusion by assembling themselves into duplicates of the Maximals, but the Gung Ho was repaired in time to take the Maximals off the planet, and Big Convoy managed to use some deft gunfire to hold back the Sandron before they naturally dissipated thanks to the removal of the Angolmois Capsule from the planet. 100000000000000000 Grains of Sandron!!
Big Convoy confronted Magmatron in a battle, but had no memory of his old rival. Big Convoy defeated Magmatron by blasting him several times with the Big Cannon, the only thing he trusted. Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky
In order to save Break from being sucked out into outer space, he lost the Big Cannon in a battle with the Predacons on the planet Jörmungandr. A Battle Fought Alone
On an amphitheatre near the planet Cybertron, it was revealed that both he and Magmatron were the last Angolmois energy capsule, and thus the Black Ball, revealed to be Unicron, wanted to consume them to recover his energies. When Unicron spoke with him, Big Convoy regained all his lost memories, feeling sorrow and despairing.
He teamed up with Magmatron and rode on him, fighting against Unicron and the Blentrons, but to no avail. Big Convoy was saved by Heinrad, the agent of the Ruler of Time and Space. Heinrad told Big Convoy about the truth of Unicron, the Ruler, and the Universe, asking him to save the Universe. Big Convoy initially refused, stating he didn't care what would the world become because he was always alone. Heirad told Big that he wasn't alone anymore. After Heinrad was forced to leave, Big Convoy found Magmatron was chewed up by Unicron. A dying Magmatron, now reduced to only a head, left his Magma Blade to Big Convoy as a "parting gift" and asked Big Convoy to give him an honorable "warrior's death" with his own sword. Big Convoy killed him with the Magma Blade. Double Cross
Big Convoy and his troops later found themselves within the sanctuary of the Byakurēn, where they found an Angolmois capsule being worshiped as a holy vessel. The Maximals fought off the cult's evil priests before Kuma Kinkin engaged Big Convoy in one-on-one combat. Big Convoy managed to slice off one of Kuma Kinkin's arms in the ensuing battle, and used the missionary's own Bearnium gauntlet to kill him, stabbing him with it through the forehead. The cult vanquished, Big Convoy and his crew took possession of the capsule. Break Through! The Polar Bear Raging Claw Fist!
Big Convoy next led his troops to the aquatic planet Wednesday, where they retrieved the fifth Angolmois capsule after a brief altercation against Rage. To Jellyfish with Love! Cry Out, Stampy Blade
Big Convoy and his crew found the last capsule in the Graviton Prison. Though they were captured by the malfunctioning robot-guards, Big Convoy used his incredible kicking-strength to bust his crew out of their cell. With the capsule in their possession, the Maximals returned to their ship. The prison's guards attempted once more to stop the by pulling down on the Gung-ho, but Big Convoy once more used his powerful legs to save the day, kicking the guards into a nearby black hole. The Great Escape! Graviton Prison!
Now with the Magma Blade in his possession, Big Convoy headed to the planet Cybertron with his crew to battle Unicron, who had latched onto the planet like a parasite and turned it into his new body. Big Convoy tricked Unicron to the clustered planetary system "Georgian", which is like a minefield to Unicron. After Unicron lost all of his limbs, Big Convoy successfully destroyed Unicron's physical form by stabbing his right eye with Magma Blade. However, Unicron's tarry essence emerged from its eye and plastered itself on Big Convoy's body, trying to possess him. Big Convoy took the Matrix out from his chest and unleashed its power, sacrificing himself and successfully destroying Unicron once and for all. In his last moments before dying, Big Convoy saw Lio Convoy come to take him to a place where his soul could rest in peace.
Big Convoy's spark was later recycled by Heinrad's crew, and he was ultimately resurrected as a normal mammoth on a distant snowy planet similar to his birthplace, with no memory of his time as a Transformer. He returned to how he was before being affected by Angolmois energy. Return to Zero
Beast Wars Metals manga
The visage of Big Convoy appeared alongside those of Lio Convoy and Optimus Prime in a poetic montage overlooking the Beast Wars on Energoa. Beast Wars Metals #1
Dreamwave Armada comic
Blurr, Side Swipe, and Jetfire discovered that the Heralds of Unicron had destabilized the Decepticon space bridge nexus, causing the space bridges to become windows to other dimensions. One of these windows showed Big Convoy, who seemed to be looking right back at Jetfire. Jetfire, thinking he had seen the Optimus Prime he knew, tried to say so, but only stuttered, possibly in shock. Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4
IDW Beast Wars comics
By one account, Big Convoy was known as the "one robot army" and was assigned by the Maximal Elders to the Gung Ho and its crew of Maximal rookies in a time before the Pax Cybertronia. Together, they defeated Magmatron. Beast Wars Sourcebook #1
In another account, Big Convoy had earned himself a place on the Autobot High Council by the tail-end of the Great War. He was away from their base of operation when news came in that both Optimus Prime and Galvatron had fallen in combat, and so attended a meeting via holographic-projection. After rebranding themselves the "Primal Council", the group discussed their intent to broker an armistice with their enemies, in the hopes of ending the war without further bloodshed. To this end, Big Convoy was sent to a front near the Rust Sea Peninsula. Dawn of the Predacus
Big Convoy was part of Cybertron's Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs alongside Heinrad and Magmatron. The Gathering #1 Because of his distinguished service, he was a high-ranking member of the joint committee. Beast Wars Sourcebook #1
On Cybertron, Big Convoy, along with Tasmania Kid, had been investigating recent disturbances and riots occurring with increasing frequency. He found that the riots had been set off by the use of Angolmois delivery capsules—something which he thought he had seen the last of. Though the rulers of the Maximal Imperium sent their aide, Ikard, to bring Big Convoy to them, he refused to come, citing the importance of getting some control in the field. The Ascending #2
Following the trail of the Angolmois incidents, he and his unit were able to locate a monolithic structure jutting from the Cybertronian skyline. Cohrada speculated that the new building was in fact quite ancient, a part of an older era of Cybertron that was thrust up through the substructure. Shokaract emerged from the structure, eager to demonstrate his newfound power. Big Convoy retaliated, transforming into a heavily-armed spider-tank alt mode. Magmatron witnessed that unless the timestream was altered, the Maximal leader would also be killed by Shokaract. Thus, the chronally displaced Predacon chose that moment in time for the transwarp coordinates to give to Ravage. Therefore, the battle was interrupted by the appearance of Lio Convoy's transwarp cruiser, sparing Big Convoy. However, this hope was in vain, as it was soon shot down by Shokaract. The Ascending #3
Big Convoy later met Bump, a "specialist" sent by Lio Convoy. Soon afterwards, Big Convoy and his soldiers encountered the Pack, along with immigrants from Earth, including Ravage. He participated in the plan and battled with Shokaract's forces. After their enemies were defeated, Lio Convoy and Big Convoy hoped that no threat came up while they were focused on rebuilding Cybertron, which had fallen into a sorry state after Shokaract's distribution of Angolmois. Unfortunately, Megatron popped up just in time to dash that hope. The Ascending #4
Kre-O online manga
Big Convoy was at the newly constructed Autobot base, Metroplex, enjoying the big turret at the top of the building. Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!
Legends comic
In the Legends World, Big Convoy was a Transformers nerd who worked as a high school teacher. Bonus Edition Vol. 59 He attended the Transformers Celebration 2014, Legends Bonus Vol. and later was part of the crowd that cheered on the recently arrived Megatron from the G1 World. Lord Megatron Goes to the Legends World
After coming down with Transformers sickness and becoming a robot mammoth who could turn himself into a tank, Big Convoy painted himself black and came across Blitzwing in the midst of a Quintesson invasion of the Legends World. After he offered the beleaguered soldier his services as a strategist, he introduced himself as "Big Fight". His strategy didn't amount to much, merely telling Blitzwing to forge his own destiny, but the Triple Changer was able to relay those ideas to an invading Overcharge, who was actually Blitzwing from the past. After the invasion was ultimately repelled, Big Fight took his leave and Big Convoy was found the next day asleep during class. Bonus Edition Vol. 59
Beast Wars: Uprising
Slammoth was a member of the Cybertronian Navy who served aboard the Gung-Ho, patrolling the Allowed Zone of known space under the watchful eye of the Human Confederacy. Intersectionality
During the Grand Uprising, Slammoth seized control of Gung-Ho from the Builders. He became Supreme Commander of the space vessels controlled by the Resistance as the war went on. In addition to clashing with Builders, Slammoth had several encounters with Razor-Claw, an opportunist Predacon warlord who seized control of Cybertron's three moons, and was initially antagonistic with Lio Convoy's movement.
When the war ended and the Vehicon Apocalypse was routed, Slammoth took part in the negotiations at Dragon's Bane Cathedral in Hyperious to establish a new government. Once the Cybertronian Parliament was hammered into shape, Slammoth became one of the three chosen representatives of the Resistance. Derailment
Toys
Beast Wars Neo
- Big Convoy (Ultra, 1999)
- Japanese ID number: C-35
- Accessories: Big Cannon, two missiles, two Mammoth Haken missiles, Energon Matrix
- Beast Wars Neo Big Convoy transforms into a mammoth, and is somewhat infamous for being a shellformer, as practically all of his beast mode components are shells that fit around the compressed robot to form this mode. Much of his kibble can be detached from the main figure to form the majority of his beast mode on its own. His beast mode has no leg articulation, but has a rubber trunk which can be controlled by pushing a lever on the top of his head. In addition, the tusks can be moved by pulling back either of his ears. Big Convoy technically has a third mode, known as "Mammoth Tank", in which his Big Cannon is folded out.
- In robot mode, Big Convoy stands slightly shorter than the Beast Wars Ultra Class Lio Convoy and Optimus Primal toys, but makes up for it by being absolutely chock-full of weapons and gimmicks:
- The spring-loaded Big Cannon, formed out of the beast's head, back, and tail, can fire two missiles from two barrels in succession with a rotating dial. It is held in his hands via 5mm post and can be stored on his back, though doing so may cause some stability problems owing to its weight.
- His shoulders can be swung up to reveal sculpted, non-firing missile pods.
- He has flip-out tonfa melee weapons in his forearms.
- The two beast panels on the sides of his legs feature two spring-loaded missile launchers that fire his anchor-shaped Mammoth Haken projectiles, (similar to the original Beast Wars Ultra Class Megatron toy) and the missiles can be loosely held as melee weapons.
- His chest panel flips down, revealing the first-ever removable Matrix toy accessory, vacuum-metalized gold with a transparent red center. This accessory can be held by any figure with standard 5mm fist holes.
- This mold was also redecoed into Black Big Convoy, Universe Nemesis Prime, and Timelines Ultra Mammoth.
- Duel of the Universe: Big Convoy VS Magmatron (Vs pack, 1999)
- Japanese ID number: VS-35
- Accessories: Big Cannon, two missiles, two Mammoth Haken missiles, Energon Matrix
- As with most Japanese Transformers of the time, Big Convoy was also available in a Versus pack with his chief adversary, Magmatron. Both toys were unchanged from their regular releases.
- Gold Big Convoy (Ultra, 1999)
- Accessories: Big Cannon, two missiles, two Mammoth Haken missiles, Energon Matrix
- This gold vacuum metallized Big Convoy was featured as a Lucky Draw giveaway.
- Blue Big Convoy (Ultra, 1999)
- Accessories: Big Cannon, two missiles, two Mammoth Haken missiles, Energon Matrix
- A redeco of Big Convoy in blue, this figure is a Lucky Draw item.
- This toy was repurposed as the Primus Vanguard leader.
Legends
- ID number: LG59
- Available with the Legends Blitzwing figure, Big Fight is a redeco of Titans Return Shuffler's accessory. The Headmaster form of Blitzwing can ride Big Fight in robot mode. Big Fight can also transform into a 5 mm gun for larger Titans Return or any Legends Headmaster figures to wield.
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Notes
- Takara's 2007 Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline says that Beast Wars Neo took place thousands of years after Beast Wars. In IDW's continuity, events similar to Beast Wars Neo happened in the past, and Big Convoy is still alive at the same time as Optimus Primal.
- Like most comic-only Kreons, Kre-O Big Convoy is made up of existing Kre-O parts. He uses the Optimus Prime helmet, the bazooka gun (in reference to the Big Cannon), and some kind of spiky pieces attached to a backpack.
Foreign names
- Korean: Mammolike (맘모라이크 Mammoraikeu)
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