Minerva (Animated)

Minerva is an Autobot from the Animated continuity family.

Having been trained as a medic on Cybertron by Fixit, Minerva was dispatched to Earth for some actual experience in the field under the tutelage of Ratchet. While en route to the Autobot's base in Detroit, however, she went off course and crash-landed in Quebec, Canada. Scanning a Japanese car for an alternate mode, she made contact with its female teenage driver, and learned that despite what was being said on Cybertron, organics weren't so bad after all! This first human friendship has led her to become just as comfortable hanging around human girls as her fellow Earth-bound Autobots are.

Toys

• Minerva (Deluxe, BotCon 2011 customization class)
  • Accessories: Two swords

Minerva is a redeco of Animated Arcee, available only in the customization class at BotCon 2011. During the class, the toy was assembled, painted and stickered by participants. She continues the trend begun with Sideswipe the previous year of actually being cast in new colors of plastic (in this case, red, white and grey instead of magenta, off-white and black), and even comes with two unique new pieces sculpted from resin: a set of ear-antennae matching those in Derrick J. Wyatt's character model for Minerva, and an optional second set that replicate the appearance of the original Minerva's antennae.

Notes

• Minerva's landing in Quebec is a nod to the original Minerva's half-French heritage, while the Japanese car she scans pays homage to the character's Japanese roots. Of course, the girl involved in the whole process hearkens back to the original Minerva actually being a human girl.