Payload (Cybertron)

Payload is aDecepticon-alliedMini-Confrom theCybertronportion of theUnicron Trilogy.

Boy, has he got a line for you.

Payload,like his fellowLunar Assault Mini-Con Teammembers, spends his time attacking the normally-sereneExploration Mini-Con Team.Though he is physically one of the strongest Mini-Cons, Payload doesn't like to use his strength in combat; he'd rather outwit an opponent. As such, rather than engage his foe in a one-on-one brawl likeKobushi,Payload battles his "rival"Ascentorwith brains, setting traps in the hopes of one day ensnaring the brilliant Mini-Con.

Fiction

Cybertroncomic

Payload was part of an army of insurgent Mini-Cons that were plotting to destroy a Mini-Con colony on one ofCybertron's moons. He looked on asUnicron,the insurgents' secret ally, turned on them and started killing everyone.Revelations Part 5The Coming Storm: Part 1

Toys

Cybertron

• PayloadvsAscentor(Mini-Con 2-pack, 2005)

Released as part of the second wave ofCybertronMini-Con 2-packs,CybertronPayload is aredecoof theAdventure Mini-Con TeammemberRansack,transforming into a pickup truck of undetermined model with oversized off-road tires and rollbar. He has aworking winch mechanismconnected to a spool and gear system in his torso; the cable, once pulled out, can be retracted by rolling Payload in vehicle mode, or by attaching him to the gear system on the ArmadaCyclonusmold.

Payload was only available in a two-pack with the Exploration Team Mini-ConAscentor.

This mold was also used to makeSuper LinkTorque.

• More information on Payload at TFU.info

Notes

• The Lunar Assault and Exploration Team's mold-sets were swapped before final production; it is unknown if the characterization of Payload was originally supposed to be applied to the toy that would becomeLandslideorAscentor.