Malignus (G1)

This article is about the Generation 1 faction. For the Animated faction, see Malignus (Animated).

Rah! I'm a mon-stah!

Malignus is the name of an evil faction of Cybertronians. Its known members include:

• Camaro
• Jipe
• Pick-Up
• Turbo

Fiction

TransTech

The Malignus were a group of revolutionaries who were uniting under Gutcruncher to take control of axiom Nexus. When Gutcruncher was shot and killed, the Malingus thought the killers were Hubcap and Jackpot, and formed an angry mob after them. Gone Too Far

Toys

The Malignus faction came from Estrela's Brazilian version of the Generation 1 toyline. The toys were redecos of various Mini-Bots:

• Camaro (redeco of Windcharger)
• Jipe (redeco of Brawn)
• Pick-Up (redeco of Gears)

While Estrela also released Turbo, he was not previously identified as a Malignus.