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.

Toys

Power Core Combiners

• Icepick with Chainclaw (Commander Class, 2010)

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 official modes, instead of the standard four: robot, armor for any Commander robot, and a (non-firing) Powerlinx-plug-mounted multi-missile launcher, which serves as the weapon mode for both his partner's robot and vehicle modes.

His Powerlinx socket makes him compatible with any toy with a Powerlinx plug, 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

• While the other versions of this mold have a hand-held launcher mode, Icepick's packaging and instructions give separate—but exactly the same—transformation instructions for Chainclaw's "two" weapon modes.
• The back of Icepick's packaging depicts a Chainclaw that is purple instead of aqua. Presumably the change was made so he wouldn't look too similar to his wave-mate Mini-Con Throttler.
• In a reverse of the norm, the released Chainclaw has more paint operations than either the packaging or stock photography show: the final toy has silver paint on its arms and around its Powerlinx socket.