Ransack (RID Mini-Con)

Ransack is aDecepticon-alliedCycloneMini-Confrom theRobots in Disguiseportion of theAligned continuity family.

Yeah! Come get some, you frickin' wuss!

Ransackis a miniature delinquent. Along withBacktrack,the twoCyclonesdelight in causing mischief as well as show disinterest inbig, threatening bounty huntersand even otherMini-Cons.Now he's working withOverload,and eager to cause more destruction with his master. Sometimes, Ransack works withCrazybolt.

Fiction

2015Robots in Disguiseshorts

Long ago, Ransack attacked a youngSlipstreaminSerenity Yard,stealing from him a ball bearing.The Tragedy of SlipstreamRansack was eventually incarcerated onboard theAlchemorwhen it crash-landed onEarth,and was freed from his stasis pod whenFracturehadhis ownMini-Con companionstear it open. He helped hiscellmatepodmate knock out Fracture before both of them rolled away, giggling maniacally all the while.Knock, Knock!Bumblebeeand his team soon thereafter detected Backtrack and Ransack's signals.The Power of Dibs

Backtrack and Ransack resisted further attempts on Fracture's part to recruit them, knocking the Decepticon into unconsciousness before provoking Airazor and Divebomb into chasing them.Back and ForthTheir pursuers were intercepted by the Autobot Mini-ConsJetstormand Slipstream, who began to squabble with their Decepticon counterparts over which had the best claim to the Cyclones. Ransack and Backtrack quickly lost interest, becoming mesmerized by some nearby rocks. But when Slipstream was knocked into a rock mound they had built, the Cyclones turned their firepower on all four of the other Mini-Cons, forcing them to take cover.A Level Playing FieldWhen the aligned Mini-Cons emerged from their hiding place, they managed to work together long enough to defeat both Backtrack and Ransack. The Cyclones were then taken back to the Autobot base to be put in stasis lock.Two Plus Two Equals More

2015Robots in Disguisecartoon

Voice actor:Steve Blum(English),Hiroaki Okuda(Japanese),Bernhard Völger(German),Marco Benedetti(Italian)

Freed from their stasis pods by a fight withOverload,Ransack and Backtrack spied on the rest of the battle. They tailed the Decepticon who was heading forCrown City,and teamed up with him.Overloaded, Part 1The pair hung out with Overload until Bumblebee convinced them that they had nothing in common with the Decepticon, and they happily started hitting him with pots and pans. Bumblebee was later able to lead them back to the scrapyard.Overloaded, Part 2When Overload escaped the scrapyard after being freed bySteeljaw,Backtrack and Ransack were left behind by their old master.Misdirection

Ransack's stasis pod was later taken back toCybertronbyOptimus Prime,WindbladeandRatchet.Decepticon Island (Part 2)

Games

Transformers: Robots in Disguisemobile game

Toys

Robots in Disguise(2015)

• Ransack(Mini-Con, 2016)

• Accessories:Armor sprue (Helmet, jetpack, left & right blasters, 4 leg-claws)

Part of the fourth wave ofRobots in Disguiseindividually-packaged Mini-Cons, Ransack transforms from cannonball to quadrupedal robot in a few simple steps. He comes with a large armor sprue, containing armor pieces that can attach to him in both modes; he is capable of transforming between his modes, and being used in Cyclone-style launchers, without the need to remove the armor.

As a Cyclone Mini-Con, Ransack's cannonball mode is designed to be used in the launchers of the larger Deployer toysOverloadandCrazybolt.

This wave was largely skipped by larger brick-and-mortar stores in the US, but began to filter out through discount chains like Marshalls and Five Below by the 2016 holiday season.

This mold was also used to makeBacktrack.

• More information on Ransack at TFU.info

• Crazybolt with Micron Ransack(Micron Shooter, 2016)

• Release date:May 28,2016
• ID number:TAV47
• Accessories:Armor sprue (Helmet, jetpack, left & right blasters, 4 leg-claws)

Part of the fifteenth wave ofTakaraTomy'sAdventureline, this more thoroughly-deco'd Ransack was only available packed in withCrazybolt.This version of Ransack is slightlyretooled,as were all the Microns from Wave 14 onward, adding a rather intrusive5 mm postto his back so he can be... used as a hand-held cudgel? Who knows.

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese:Ransack(ランサックRansakku)