Skidmark (Cybertron)

Skidmark is a Decepticon-allied Mini-Con from the Unicron Trilogy.

Look ma', no hands!

Skidmark is one of the many Mini-Cons caught up in the events caused by the Unicron Singularity.

Fiction

Force of Habit

Skidmark was a denizen of Combatron, the Apocalypse Planet, ravaged by eternal war between endless factions. Incidentally, he became partnered with a warrior from another war altogether when a crew of Cybertronian Decepticons found his Mini-Con panel in a long-abandoned weapons cache. Skidmark was activated and powerlinxed with the Decepticon named Runamuck. They engaged a similarly-visiting team of Autobots, and Skidmark and Runamuck chased down a Velocitronian recruit named Blurr. Skidmark boarded the Autobot in mid-race and blasted him till he stopped moving.

Unfortunately, the Autobots soon got the upper hand and left the Decepticons stranded on Combattron without transport. To pass the time, Hardtop passed around his comic book collection, although he asked Heavy Barrel to turn the pages for Skidmark to avoid...well, skidmarks on his comics. Force of Habit

Toys

Cybertron

• Gauge (Micron Booster, 2005)
  • Booster ID number: 3

Gauge is a redeco of the Mini-Con Nightbeat, transforming into a motorcycle of indeterminable and probably made up model. Available only as part of the fourth Micron Booster assortment in Japan, Gauge came in a "blind-packed" box that prevented the buyer from knowing the contents of the box until it was opened.

This mold is also used by Universe Nightbeat and the Search and Destroy Robot.

• More information on Gauge at TFU.info

Notes

• Many fans placed Gauge as the Mini-Con partner of the Decepticon Runamuck, as Gauge's mold is the partner to the original mold used to make Runamuck. However, the packaging for the assortment Gauge was available in did not give any of the Mini-Cons a faction affiliation, leaving the whole matter of who he worked with in the air. "Force of Habit" ultimately made the two canonically partners, as well as gave "Skidmark" his new name (unfortunate though it is).

Foreign names

• Japanese: Gauge (ゲージ Gēji)