Street Action Mini-Con Team
The Street Action Mini-Con Team are a trio of adventurous Mini-Cons and friends with the human kids Rad, Carlos, and Alexis. The humans and Mini-Cons work together with the Autobots to find and save more Mini-Cons from the ambitions of the Decepticons. These three can form the incredibly powerful robot Perceptor, possibly the most powerful warrior of their race.
The Street Action Mini-Con Team is composed of...
- Grindor the skateboard / hovercraft.
- High Wire the bicycle / dirt bike.
- Sureshock the moped / four-wheel ATV.
Fiction
Cartoon continuity
Armada cartoon
The members of the Street Action Team were created by Unicron long ago, to serve as mindless tools to stoke conflict on Cybertron, but High Wire was imparted with sentience by the time-travelling human Rad White.Drift (episode) This sentience spread out through the Mini-Con's shared dimension of the Linkage Linkage (comic), and perhaps for this reason the team seemed to act as the de facto leaders of the Mini-Cons. Or maybe it was just because they could combine into a bigger robot. Who knows. The team were among the Mini-Cons who fled Cybertron on the Exodus, and who entered stasis before the ship crashed. Prehistory When Rad discovered High Wire's Mini-Con storage panel in the year 2010, he drew the Autobots and Decepticons to Earth. First Encounter High Wire would reveal the panels of Sureshock and Grindor, who bonded to the other children, Carlos Lopez and Alexis Thi Dang who would ultimately travel back with Rad, and would accompany them during the Autobot-Decepticon conflict. Metamorphosis (Armada) Drift (episode)
The Street Action Team followed Rad and Carlos to the carnival. Shenanigans ensued. Carnival After Optimus Prime was attacked by Starscream, the team fought back against the Decepticons, eventually causing Cyclonus to lose control and drop a Mini-Con panel. Prehistory The Street Action Team picked up a signal sent from the Destruction Team, who were following Megatron's orders to lead the Autobots into a trap. Vow When the Autobot computer was hacked into by Sideways the team assisted the kids in helping turn it off. High Wire and Grindor attempted to attack Sideways and they were all sucked into the computer, leaving their physical bodies behind. On the run from Sideways in cyberspace they passed directly through Cybertron before returning to physical form. Chase The Street Action Team detected a suspicious robot flying overhead the Autobot base. Linkup and later alerted the kids and Red Alert about a Mini-Con panel. Awakening
And when the threat of Unicron arose, it was ultimately High Wire who somehow manipulated time to bring Rad to the past, creating the time loop that gave the Mini-Cons their freedom. Drift (episode) When the Autobots and Deceptions formed an alliance against the planet eater, the team (in their combined form of Perceptor) acted as the Mini-Cons' representative, adding their hand to Optimus Prime's and Megatron's. Alliance They would see the battle with Unicron to its end, and returned to Earth to say goodbye to the human children. Mortal Combat
Energon cartoon
The Street Action Team continues to follow the Autobots, but this time do nothing really. Cybertron City (episode) And stood together in robot modes all of once while hanging out with the Energon Saber Mini-Con Team. Megatron's Sword
Cybertron cartoon
The Street Action Team were shown behind thirty-something year old versions of their old human friends, who were waving at the Autobots' launch site when they left on their mission to build a galaxy-wide space bridge network. Beginning
Cybertron comic
As Perceptor, the Street Action Team worked with the Mini-Con Council of Sages. Revelations Part 4 Revelations Part 5 Revelations Part 6
Dreamwave Armada continuity
Dreamwave Armada comic
When the Mini-Con's ship Street Action Mini-Con Team ended up in a cave under Lincoln, South Dakota, where they were awakened by the human Rad White, befriending him and his friends and attempting to construct a hovercraft. Armada #3 They scanned a new set of alternate modes and fled from the Decepticons. Armada #4 After the Decepticons were driven off by the Autobots and another group of Mini-Cons, the Street Action Team allied themselves with the Autobots. Armada #5 As the Street Action Team drove around town with their human friends, the Mini-Con Ark's summoning beacon reached them, and they started driving mindlessly towards Kansas. After all the Mini-Cons on Earth were gathered around the Ark, they entered it, and it took off into space. Armada #8 The Mini-Cons were taken to the Moon, where another group of Mini-Cons led by Dualor had constructed a moonbase where their race could live in peace forever. High Wire and his teammates were against this, as they'd much rather live on Earth with Rad, Carlos and Alexis. Armada #9 They awaited help from the Autobots, but were in a way saved by the Decepticons when they attacked the base and deactivated the energy field keeping the Mini-Cons behind bars. All residents of the moonbase subsequently evacuated it. Armada #10
After returning to Earth, the Street Action Team were seen listening to one of Rook's speeches about Mini-Con independence. Fire & Ice They successfully infiltrated the base, but were forced to hide from the three Heralds of Unicron who were stomping around inside. Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4 The team located the null-reality pods, and High Wire watched as Sparkplug, Over-Run and Comettor used them to traverse dimensions and retrieve Optimus Prime. Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4 Prime returned with news that Unicron was coming to devour their dimension's Cybertron, so all Mini-Cons had to return to their homeworld and fight against him. After saying their goodbyes to Rad, Carlos and Alexis, the Street Action Team joined the other Mini-Cons at the Loop on Cybertron and poured their energies into the Mini-Con Matrix. This allowed Over-Run to fire a massive energy blast at Unicron, crippling him. The End
Energon comic
The team spent most of their combined as Perceptor, fighting off Terrorcons Multiplicity, Pt. 2, and working alongside Jetfire in Los Angeles, Multiplicity, Pt. 3 where they outsmarted Insecticons by exploiting their primitive programming. Multiplicity, Pt. 4
Perceptor remained alongside Jetfire protecting the Earth, Armageddon Part 1 and alerted Jetfire when Optimus called to moblize the Autobots. Armageddon Part 4
Cybertron toy bios
After their heroics during the Unicron Battles and beyond, the Street Action Team were considered something akin to rock stars by their fellow Mini-Cons.
Ask Vector Prime
The Sunstorm of Aurex 105.15 Gamma captured the Street Action Team of Aurex 604.24 Gamma and corrupted them into serving him in the Universe War for a time. However, when Sunstorm tried and failed to get revenge on a revenant Galvatron, the Street Action Team fled in the confusion. Ask Vector Prime, 6/8/2015
Toys
Armada
- Street Action Mini-Con Team (Basic, 2002/2003)
- Japanese ID number: MM-01
- The Street Action Team were only available as a three-pack consisting of High Wire the bike, Grindor the rocket-skateboard and Sureshock the scooter. The three toys can combine into the super-robot Perceptor.
- Street Action Micron Anime Color (CD w/ toy, 2003)
- These redecoes of the Street Action Team were available only with the CD single of the first Legends of the Microns theme song, "Transformer: Dream Again" by Psychic Lover. The toys were decoed to be more accurate to their cartoon appearance.
- Arcee (Change Micron, 2003)
- Bank (Change Micron, 2003)
- Wheelie (Change Micron, 2003)
- Part of the first assortment of Kabaya Change Microns, these candy toy versions of the Street Action Team are almost identical to the original toy, but were actually made using all-new molds. They were only available in individual boxes packed with a baggie of sugar-pellets.
- Magna Convoy DX Set (November 11 2003)
- The X-Dimensions redecoes of the Street Action Team were part of the Magna Convoy DX set, which also included the Japanese release of Powerlinx Optimus Prime and a clear redeco of Overload. This set was only available at Japanese Toys"R"Us stores.
- This deco was repurposed by Ask Vector Prime as the Urban Protection Team.
Energon
- Perceptor (Basic, 2004)
- Japanese ID number: SC-09
- For Energon, the Street Action Team were given brand new molds: High Wire is now a dirt bike, while Grindor is a hovercraft and Sureshock is an all-terrain vehicle. They retain the ability to combine into Perceptor.
- These molds were also used to make the Energon Extreme Competition Team and City Stealth Team.
Universe (2003)
- Sunstorm w/ Inferno & Street Action Mini-Con Team (Multi-pack, 2004)
- Available only as a Wal-Mart exclusive, the Universe Street Action Mini-Con Team was a recolor of the Armada Street Action Mini-Con Team. The team consists of High Wire combining with Grindor and Sureshock to form Perceptor.
- Oddly, all photos on the card show the set in their respective molds' original color schemes, with Sunstorm replaced with Thrust and the Mini-Cons in their Armada colors.
- Perceptor (Basic, 2005)
- The Universe Street Action Team is a repack of Energon Perceptor, with no changes to the contents within.
Cybertron
- Blastcharge vs High Wire (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)
- Backblast vs Sureshock (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)
- Scrap Iron vs Grindor (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)
- The Cybertron Street Action Team are redecoes of the Energon molds. They were only available in two-packs with Deep Space Mini-Con Team members.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Street Action Micron (ストリートアクションマイクロン Sutorīto Akushon Maikuron)
- French: Équipe Urbaine des Minimodus ("Urban Mini-Con Team")
- Spanish: Los Minimodus - Equipo Urbano ("The Mini-Cons - Urban Team")
