Chainclaw (PCC)

This article is about the Mini-Con. For the Pretender Beast, see Chainclaw (G1).

Chainclaw is a Decepticon-allied Mini-Con from the Power Core Combiners series.

Chainclaw helps his larger partner Icepick carry out acts of brutal destruction by powering up each of the Decepticon's different battle modes.

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Toys

Power Core Combiners

• Icepick with Chainclaw

Part of the second wave of Power Core Combiners toys, Chainclaw was available only with his larger partner Icepick. Uncharacteristically for the Power Core Combiners line, he features only three modes, instead of the standard four: robot, armor for any Commander robot, and a (non-firing) multi-missile launcher, which serves as the weapon mode for both his partner's robot and vehicle mode, where other Mini-Cons sport a different weapon mode for each. Icepick's packaging and instructions count these as two modes and give separate—but exactly the same—transformation instructions for each. His Powerlinx socket makes him compatible with any toy with a Powerlinx plug. He is one of a growing number of Mini-Con molds to have his own Powerlinx plug as well, enabling you to double-stack Mini-cons or mount any weapon that has a 5mm post-hole.

This mold was also used to make Power Core Combiners Bomb-Burst and United Fracas

Notes

• The back of Icepick's packaging depicts a Chainclaw that is purple instead of aqua.
• In a reverse of the norm, the released Chainclaw has more paint applications than either the packaging or stock photography show: the final toy has silver paint on its arms and around its Powerlinx socket.