Safeguard (Cybertron)

This article is about the Cybertron-series Mini-Con. For the Armada video-game Mini-Con, see Safeguard (Armada).

Safeguard is a Mini-Con from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Adorably deadly.

Safeguard is Vector Prime's faithful Mini-Con parter. He travels with him through time and space, and aids him in his multiversal tasks. Not only is he an expert in data gethering and translation, but he's also an utterly fearless warrior, and will face down opponents many times his size without hesitation.

Sometimes, he carries tiny swords.

Japanese name: Roots

Fiction

Animated continuity

Cybertron

Voice actor: SFX

Safeguard was originally from Gigantion the Giant Planet, but was trapped in a shuttlepod with the Recon Mini-Con Team that blasted off and floated aimlessly through space. The lost Mini-Cons were accidentally discovered by Vector Prime, who took them with him on his travels.

Toys

Cybertron

• Vector Prime w/ Safeguard (Voyager, 2005)

Japanese ID number: GC-03

The pack-in Mini-Con partner to Vector Prime, Safeguard transforms into a Cybertronic (Gigantian?) starfighter with a gunbarrel nosecone.

The Takara version of the set, released first, uses an off-white base plastic. The later Hasbro release changed this color to a brighter white.

• Roots (Change Micron, 2005)

Change Micron ID number: 4

Part of the only Kabaya "Change Micron" candy toy assortment in Galaxy Force, this version of Safeguard is actually a new sculpt based on the pack-in version. The most notable difference in the Change Micron version is that the nosecone is cast in the same off-white plastic as his body, rather than cast in burgundy/brown (due to being gang-molded with Vector Prime) and painted to match the body as the original versions were.

• Starscream vs Vector Prime w/ Safeguard (Multi-pack, 2005)

Safeguard also came in a Toys "R" Us exclusive set along with Vector Prime (duh) and a new-deco version of the Voyager-class Starscream mold. This version of Safeguard (and Vector) is identical to the normal Hasbro release.

• Galaxy Force Vector Prime w/ Safeguard (Voyager, 2006)

Just as Vector Prime was redecoed, so too was Safeguard, changing to a predominantly-bronze color scheme.

Attacktix

• Vector Prime (Booster, 2006)

A rather oddly-proportioned version of Safeguard in starfighter mode makes an appearance as the missile launcher on the Vector Prime Attacktix piece.

External links

• Safeguard at TFU.info

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.