Black Lio Convoy

This article is about the evil clone. For the episode in which he appeared, see The Black Lio Convoy.

Black Lio Convoy is an evil clone from the Beast Wars II portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Black repaints have feelings, too.

Black Lio Convoy (ブラックライオコンボイ Burakku Raio Konboi), or Copy Convoy (コピーコンボイ Kopī Konboi), is a duplicate of Lio Convoy born of ancient technology from a forgotten civilization on Gaia. Black Lio Convoy equally matches the original in everything, from attacks to knowledge to strength, except in one thing: humility. Instead of Lio Convoy's respect and honor, Black Lio Convoy simply has arrogance to the point where he insists he is the original and everybody else is just a faker. Paradoxically, Black Lio Convoy desires to replace the true Lio Convoy, and even the rest of the Maximals with copies under his control.

Fiction

Beast Wars II cartoon

Voice actor: Hozumi Gōda (Japanese)

OMG he's so adorably evil!

Discovering that a mysterious device uncovered by the Autorollers could be used to create twisted copies of objects or Transformers, the Predacons planted the device to be discovered by Tasmania Kid. Hoping to boost the Maximal forces with copies, Kid thoughtlessly used it on Lio Convoy, creating a black duplicate of the Maximal leader.

Dubbed "Copy Convoy" by the original, the copy revealed himself to be an aggressive warrior who insisted he was the original and attacked the Maximals. Copy Convoy sent the Maximals packing with his intimate knowledge of the their abilities and then fled into the jungle. To keep track of his movements, NAVI sent a tracking robot. In the meantime, the Predacons Starscream and BB spotted the copy and tried to convince him to join the Predacons. Spotting the tracking robot, Copy Convoy put on a show of rejecting the Predacons, to fool the Maximals into trusting him. Continuing the charade, the copy apologized to the Maximals for his earlier behavior, drawing the Maximals out of the Yukikaze. Once they met, the Copy Convoy stepped aside to reveal the copy machine, which scanned the Maximals and created copies of Bighorn, Tasmania Kid, Apache, and Scuba, all with the express intention of fully replacing the Maximals.

Acid punch technique go!

With the clones and the originals equally matched, the Maximals seemed to be stuck in a stalemate. Fortunately, though Copy Convoy possessed all of Lio Convoy's knowledge, he failed to consider what Lio Convoy didn't know. And that was Diver's actions, for the waterfall Copy Convoy had chosen as his site of ambush was, in fact, the Niagara Base, Diver's concealed outpost. Triggering snares to hold the copies in place, Diver bombarded the other Maximal copies, causing them to fade out of existence. Copy Convoy tried to make one final run for the copy machine, but Tasmania Kid reached the machine first and threw it into the air, allowing Lio Convoy to destroy it. The machine's destruction caused the Copy Convoy to likewise fade away into nothingness. The Black Lio Convoy

Robotmasters

The Decepticons developed a duplicating machine and used it on Lio Convoy, creating Black Lio Convoy.

Toys

Beast Wars

• Black Lio Convoy (Ultra, 1998)
  • Japanese ID number: C-16
  • Accessories: Six missiles, two launchers

A redeco of Lio Convoy, Black Lio Convoy sports the now-familiar black, silver and teal color scheme which was later used for Robots in Disguise Scourge, Armada Nemesis Prime, and many, many other 'evil' Optimus Prime repaints. There is also a variant of this toy that comes with gold claws, which is harder to find than the normal version.

Black Lio Convoy was a Toys"R"Us exclusive and came in a Lio Convoy box with a sticker indicating that it was "Black Lio Convoy". A Lucky Draw version was also released, which featured a number painted in white on his, uh, butt.

• More information on Black Lio Convoy at TFU.info

Robotmasters

I could duplicate that. I just don't feel like it.

• Lio Convoy Limited Black Version (Deluxe, February 2006)
  • Accessories: 2 large cannons, 2 small cannons, handgun

A Dengeki Hobby magazine mail-in exclusive, Lio Convoy was once again redecoed, this time as yet another black repaint, replacing much of his color scheme with (you guessed it), black, silver, grey, and teal. He was packed in special black and white, windowless box emblazoned with a giant Decepticon sigil. A Decepticon logo can also be found under one of his mane flaps, though he still has the Maximal symbol on his chest plate.

The toy didn't come with a story pamphlet like its fellow Robotmasters black redecoes did, instead having its story told in the November issue of Dengeki Hobby Magazine.

Notes

• To this day, none of the toys released for this character are completely accurate. The character model for the show had a black mane with a gray body, whereas the toys have his colors reversed.

See also

• Galva Convoy