Ransack (Cybertron)
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Ransack is a Decepticon from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy.
Ransack is the brains of the Decepticon front on Velocitron... but that's not saying very much at all, since Crumplezone is dumb as a bag of hammers and Dirt Boss is so fixated on grinding Override into the dirt he doesn't care about anything else. In fact, Rasack is pretty dumb in his own way, but his gift for motormouthed, sneaky weaseling borders on genius.
He's a coward, a sneak, a luckless loser and small-time chiseler who's had his optics opened to a far greater form of evil and power previously unimagined, yet completely lacks the intelligence to attain it. Sometimes it seems Megatron only tolerates him because his antics keep the Autobots distracted. If he has a good point to him, it's that he and Crumplezone seem to actually be friends, even though Ransack clearly takes advantage of his huge partner's bulk to lend muscle to his schemes, or as cover when said schemes almost invariably end up in the gutter.
Though he would never admit it to even his closest pal Crumplezone, he actually has a crush on Override. It's kind of sad, really.
Japanese name: Gasket
Fiction
Cybertron Cartoon
Voice actor: Louis Chirillo (US), ??? (Japan)
Special Attacks: Gasket Shot
Ransack and Crumplezone were the first Velocitronians appraoched by Megatron, and were quickly cowed into servitude. Under Megatron's command, they sought out clues to the planet's Cyber Planet Key, first terrorizing Brakedown and Clocker, then convincing Dirt Boss to help them win the Planet Cup race. All throughout, they snuck around, trying to manioulate and cheat their way though, eventually abandonning Dirt Boss during the desert portion of the race.
After their failure to capture the Speed Planet's Cyber Planet Key, Ransack and Dirt Boss joined Megatron's forces off-planet attampeting to collect the other Cyber Planet Keys. When Starscream gave Megatron a false map that was in fact a trap, Ransack was trapped within the steel globe for a while with Megatron, Thundercracker and Mudflap.
Toys
Cybertron
- Ransack (Scout class)
- Japanese ID number: GD-05
- Ransack transforms into a Cybertronic motorcycle. By inserting a Cyber Planet Key into the cycle mode's back end, a pair of non-firing guns flip out to form thrusters. This assembly becomes his blaster-weapon in robot mode. He comes with a Velocitron-style Cyber Planet Key; the original Hasbro version of this lacks the silver paint border of other versions.
- Ransack GTS (Scout class)
- Ransack was redecoed for the Primus Unleashed portion of the Cybertron line in a "stealth" paint job in primarily black and yellow. This coloration was made avialable only in the Hasbro line.
- (Note: As of this writing, Ransack GTS has not been released at retail.)
- Gasket Police-Type (Scout class)
- In Japan, a special police-deco version of Ransack was made available as a Toys 'R' Us exclusive on October 7th 2005, with the purchase of 4000 yen (approximately $35 US) worth of Transformers product. (The idea of Ransack as a cop is pretty funny, really.)
All versions of the Ransack and Gasket molds are actually mis-assembled; the rear wheel struts are put on the wrong sides, raising his rear end up higher in cycle mode. The Hasbro version of the mold actually retooled his heel struts to adjust for the rear wheel rubbing against the back end due to this mis-assembly. The development line-art shown on Hasbro's web site by entering Ransack's Cyber Key Code shows the indended assembly. Some fans have made the adjustment themselves, as it is only a metal pin keeping the wheel struts attached to the main body of the cycle.
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