Sixliner
- Sixliner is a Micromaster-composed super robot from the Return of Convoy portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Along with Grandus and Sky Garry, Sixliner helped search for the corpse of Optimus Prime so that he could be reborn and combat the evil of Dark Nova.
He is the younger brother of Sixtrain.
In an alternate timeline/universe, Sixliner has blended into human society along with the other Micromasters, and fights against the evil Decepticon Micromasters when they threaten cities.
He is made up of six Micromasters:
- Team leader D-Go the diesel engine
- Alan the TGV Express train
- Joe the Super Hitachi train
- Leaf the Tohoku bullet train
- Night the EF66 "Blue" train
- Spark Tokaido 100 line bullet train
Fiction
The Battlestars manga and story pages
Sky Garry, temporary Supreme Commander of the Autobots, enlisted the youthful rookie Sixliner into the Battlestars after watching an impressive battle between him and a horde of energy-plundering Galaman warriors on Earth. The Battlestars Part 2
Aware of the mission of the Battlestars, Decepticon Emperor Dark Nova stole Optimus Prime's body and cloned it as the evil False Convoy. Sixliner was quickly taken hostage by False Convoy, but was saved by a unified attack from Sky Garry and Grandus. The Battlestars Part 3 After False Convoy's defeat, the Battlestars rescued the fallen Supreme Commander's corpse from the Great Novaroid forces on planet Lucifer. Using the power of the Zodiac, they brought Optimus Prime back to life and upgraded him into Star Convoy. The Battlestars Part 4
Sixliner then had the honor of fighting alongside his idol, Star Convoy, in a battle against a horde of Great Novaroid drones. With the help of Star Convoy's Microcarrier, they defeated their enemies. The Battlestars Part 5
Sixliner was the first to go up against the resurrected Super Megatron in a battle at the North Pole. His youth and inexperience made him a poor adversary, though, and Super Megatron swatted him aside with a single blow. Star Convoy quickly arrived to save the day and Sixliner swooned at how impressive the Supreme Commander was, desiring to be just like him some day. The Battlestars special
Sixliner then joined in battle against Dark Nova and the upgraded Ultra Megatron. The Battlestars Part 8 However, he did not join the other Battlestars when they journeyed into Star Giant's stomach and destroyed the enemy. The Battlestars Part 10
Micromaster Collection story
Toys
Return of Convoy
- Sixliner (1991)
- Japanese ID number: C-370
Micromaster Collection
- D-Go (Micromaster, 2002)
- Spark (Micromaster, 2002)
- Alan (Micromaster, 2002)
- Leaf (Micromaster, 2002)
- Joe (Micromaster, 2002)
- Night (Micromaster, 2002)
- In 2002, the entire Sixliner team was re-released as part of the Micromaster Collection, in individual boxes with a number visible to show which mold was inside each box. For this release, all of the decals from the original version were replaced with paint applications. Sixliner could only be assembled by buying all six components individually, he was never offered as a complete set.
