Big Convoy
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- Big Convoy is a Maximal from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
You don't want to give Big Convoy (ビッグコンボイ Biggu Konboi) a hard time. While most Maximal Supreme Commanders are known for their level-headed and friendly natures, Big Convoy breaks the mold by positively wrecking and ruining anyone who gives him lip. A gargantuan bruiser of a warrior, he tramples the opposition in his woolly mammoth beast mode and utterly obliterates them in robot mode with his Big Cannon. He is known throughout the Maximal ranks as "The One-Man Army", a solitary Supreme Commander who can do the work of a whole battalion all on his lonesome.
So of course the Great Convoys felt he would make a perfect training instructor for a batch of new recruits freshly minted from the Maximal Military Academy. While it takes every ounce of restraint Big Convoy can muster not to completely throttle the green little twerps, deep down he kinda-sorta likes them. Or he's getting there, anyway. Vector Sigma has taken a special interest in Big Convoy and often speaks through him via the Energon Matrix in his chest. And with each lesson in warfare he imparts to his new recruits, Big Convoy in turn learns a lesson about friendship and teamwork.
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Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Legends comic
Big Junior (ビッグジュニア Biggu Junia) was the son of Blue Big Convoy, a radical estranged from the Great Convoys because of his egalitarian opinions regarding the relationship between Convoys and other Transformers. The two fought at each other's side till one fateful day where they battled a mysterious group who sought out Angolmois Energy. Blue Big Convoy sacrificed himself to destroy the villains and to save Big Junior. The elder mammoth used his last words to teach a weeping Big Junior the true meaning of being a "Convoy" and gave his arm to replace Big Junior's destroyed one. Henceforward, Big Junior was Big Convoy and he became a loner to protect himself from the pain of losing another comrade. Bonus Edition Vol. EX
Beast Wars Neo cartoon
- Voice actor: Junichi Inoue (Japanese), Jung Goo Lee (Korean)
Big Convoy once operated as a duo with Rockbuster and the two fought Predacons and adventured together. However, their solitary natures eventually drove them apart and both warriors decided to become solo acts in the war against the Predacons. Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron Big Convoy's decision to go it alone brought him into conflict with the Maximal drill instructor Survive, a stern believer in the value of teamwork. They parted on shaky ground, with Survive determined to someday teach Big Convoy how to work in a group. Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor As "the One Man Army" (the nickname he quickly earned), Big Convoy focused his energies on thwarting the machinations of Magmatron, the new leader of the Predacon forces. After a particularly explosive assault on a stronghold, the two became arch-foes.
Hoping to curb Big Convoy's psychotically antisocial behavior, the Great Convoys ordered him to train a crew of unruly new recruits. Big Convoy loathed the assignment at first, but being a loyal soldier, accepted the task. His first mission was to explore Gaia and investigate the disappearance of Lio Convoy. Little did he know, Magmatron and his Predacons were following close behind him. After finding a black box message from Lio Convoy, Big Convoy learned of the Angolmois Capsules ejected after the destruction of Nemesis. Big Convoy then headed off with his group of trainees to collect the capsules, battling Magmatron every step of the way. Big Convoy, Move Out
On their journey to recover the Angolmois capsules, Big Convoy and his group of trainees stumbled upon the planet of Godbless. There, he spotted a volcano floating in orbit, and questioned NAVI on whether the planet had any natural satellites or not. When the answer was no, he drove his ship closer, but was met with an apparition of a supposed “God of the Maximals”, in reality an illusion created by Saberback, who told them to stay away from the planet, before shocking the vessel's systems and causing it to crash. When the group officially landed on the surface, Big Convoy ordered Colada and Longrack to scout their surroundings. Later on, when the two Maximals discovered Saberback and a capsule of Angolmois, Convoy came to their defenses and fired his “Big Cannon” on him and the other Predacons, allowing the Maximals to escape with the Angolmois. Before they departed from Godbless, Vector Sigma, speaking through Convoy, told the people of the planet to put in their best efforts on their own before turning to the assistance of a god. Chase the Mysterious Capsule
Big Convoy led the Maximal recruits to the supposedly warm, paradise-like planet of Solid, to recover an Angolmois capsule. He was shocked, along with the others, to learn that the planet was actually frigid and frozen over. When Longrack attempted to assemble a ground team to explore the surface, Convoy shut him down, claiming that it would be good training for everyone to go. He changed his mind, though, when he realized that Break was the only one adequately equipped for snow exploration. Instead, he and the rest of the recruits remained waiting in the snow, until Break was ready with the capsule. Unfortunately, Sling and Saberback attacked the group, burying them all underneath piles of snow. Thankfully, Colada was able to rescue them, Big Convoy included, with his flame breath. The attack, combined with the horrific weather, was enough to demoralize the team, leaving them unable to rendezvous with Break in their current condition to retrieve the capsule. To this end, Convoy suggested using a slab of ice to slide across the planet's surface and meet with the penguin Maximal, having Longrack break off a piece from a nearby mountain. The plan succeeded, and the group met with Break just in time to fend off Dead End and take the Angolmois for themselves. Later on, when Longrack dressed down Break for seemingly caring more about the locals than the mission at hand, Vector Sigma spoke through Convoy, defending Break and stating that it was the right thing to do. Burning Heart Below Freezing
Big Convoy had the Maximal recruits touch down on Maderan to retrieve the Angolmois capsule located on the planet. When he was alerted through Stampy via signal flare of the Predacon presence on the surface, he took the Gung Ho down to solve the problem. After battling off Magmatron and freeing his recruits from the Predacons' clutches, he took wounded Stampy to the ship's sick bay so that he could recover. After the trainees apologizes to Stampy for poking fun at his cowardice, when he had in reality been the bravest of them all on Maderan, Vector Sigma spoke through Convoy once more, saying that, as a team, everyone had distinct, but important characteristics that made it run like clockwork. Hang in There, Stampy
When Colada and Break began to argue, Big Convoy sent them to the planet Donovan to search for the Angolmois there, and to hopefully stop their bickering. Break later called for help, revealing that he had left Colada to fend for himself in order to teach him a lesson, to the fury of Convoy. Once he beamed down on the planet, he searched for the pair, but was stopped by Dead End, who wished to have a one-on-one duel with the Maximal leader. Convoy shrugged off his attacks, and beat the snot out of the Predacon, rushing to help Break and Colada. By the time he arrived, the two had weakened the Predacons significantly, giving Convoy room to unleash his "Big Cannon" upon them. Once the Angolmois was secured, Vector Sigma spoke through the Maximal leader, talking on the virtues of working as a team. Mirage of the Sand
Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron Duel in the Labyrinth The Black Hole Crisis Sub-Commander Longrack Waa! They Got Eaten Planet of Time Lonely Hydra Break Is a Predacon? Ship's Log Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!? Planet of the Ultimate Weapon Troubled DNAVI Attack! Randy Bump the Physicist Hardhead Is Hardheaded Personal Combat in the Deep Sea!! The Stolen Gung Ho Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor Assemble! New Warriors
Bom Bom comic continuity
Beast Wars II comic
Long before Lio Convoy and Galvatron's Gaian battles took place, Big (ビッグ Biggu) the mammoth lived on a cold, primitive world in the 7th Cosmos. When an Angolmois Capsule fell on the planet, it evolved Big and other beasts, who were then led by a Giganotosaurus, and the capsule came to be known as the Divine Stone. The resulting gang turned violent and, when he wasn't around, murdered Big's friends.
When the time-lost Lio Convoy ended up on Big's planet, he came face to face with the dinosaurs, and was saved in the nick of time by Big. After some introductions, Big brought Lio Convoy to the Divine Stone, but they were confronted by the evil creatures. Big was wounded in the battle, but the mammoth managed to push them all into the crevasse containing the stone, which exploded, further evolving the dinosaurs into full-fledged Transformers with robot modes. Lio Convoy was able to take down the mooks, but was easily defeated by the union of the Giganotosaurus with a Quetzalcoatlus and a Elasmosaurus—Magmatron. When the villains made their leave, Lio Convoy recovered and found the mammoth dying in the snow. Regretting his involvement, Lio Convoy used his Energon Matrix to cure the animal. The process evolved Big into the Maximal Big Convoy, but he was left alone and amnesiac in the raging snowstorm. The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!
Beast Wars Neo comic
Big Convoy would join the Maximals, becoming the notorious "One Man Army". During one battle, he disregarded Crow Convoy's orders by rushing into a Predacon space fortress and blowing it up; the resulting shockwave damaged the Maximal Army 7th Fleet. For his insubordination, Great Convoy punished Big Convoy by making him the instructor of five rookie Maximals on the planet Gaia. He took a lackadaisy approach, commanding his students from the Gung Ho, but came to their rescue when they encountered lethal Predacons on the abandoned Galvaburg II. Inside, they found the mysterious Black Ball. When it was brought aboard the Maximals' ship, it suddenly activated the warp engine. The 5 Rookies The Black Ball revealed itself to be capable of speech and told the story of the war between Lio Convoy and Galvatron, and the Maximal commander's name stirred something in Big Convoy.
When the warp dropped the Gung Ho in Luxor's orbit, it was immediately attacked by the Predacon flagship Dinosaur. The Gung Ho crashed into an asteroid, but not before Big Convoy sent his subordinates on escape pods to Luxor. While repairing the Gung Ho with NAVI, Big Convoy investigated Lio Convoy's record, finding nothing that connected them two. When the rookies down on Luxor were attacked by the Predacons Dead End and Sling, Big Convoy leapt to the planet to their rescue, managing to drive them away and prevent the planet's Angolmois Capsule from falling into the enemy's hands. There Are 7 Capsules Their time on the planet was far from over, as the planet's sand was revealed to be actually made up of millimeter-long robots called Sandron, who refused to allow the Maximals to leave the planet with the Capsule and threatened to eat them from the inside out. They attempted to sow confusion by assembling themselves into duplicates of the Maximals, but the Gung Ho was repaired in time to take the Maximals off the planet, and Big Convoy managed to use some deft gunfire to hold back the Sandron before they naturally dissipated thanks to the removal of the Angolmois Capsule from the planet. 100000000000000000 Grains of Sandron!!
The Maximals next went to Greengard for its Angolmois Capsule. After appointing Stampy the leader of that particular retrieval mission, Big Convoy stayed behind on the Gung Ho, where he awaited the arrival of the Dinosaur. After burying it in an avalanche, Big Convoy came face-to-face with Magmatron himself, who taunted the Maximal about his knowledge of Big Convoy's origins. After a fierce battle, Big Convoy was able to blast away Magmatron with his Big Cannon and picked up his students, who had succeeded at their mission. Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky The next capsule was detected at Colada's homeworld, Jörmungandr. Leaving Longrack to watch over the Gung Ho, Big Convoy joined his other soldiers to the planet, where they ran into Sling, Dead End, and Saberback. Big Convoy entered a duel with Dead End, but it was eventually interrupted by Saberback, who tried to off Big Convoy on the recently arrived Guiledart's orders. A retaliatory blast from Big Convoy disintegrated Guiledart and breached the world's shell, sucking everything out into space. The Predacons were doomed to the void, and Big Convoy was forced to let go of his Big Cannon to save Break's life, losing it forever. A Battle Fought Alone
Big Convoy and his troops later found themselves within the sanctuary of the Byakurēn, where they found an Angolmois Capsule being worshiped as a holy vessel. The Maximals fought off the cult's evil priests before Kuma Kinkin engaged Big Convoy in one-on-one combat. Big Convoy managed to slice off one of Kuma Kinkin's arms in the ensuing battle, and used the missionary's own Bearnium gauntlet to kill him, stabbing him with it through the forehead. The cult vanquished, Big Convoy and his crew took possession of the capsule. Break Through! The Polar Bear Raging Claw Fist! Next, Big Convoy led his troops to the aquatic planet Wednesday, where they retrieved the fifth Angolmois Capsule after a brief altercation against Rage. To Jellyfish with Love! Cry Out, Stampy Blade
The sixth capsule was in the Graviton Prison. Though the Maximals were captured by the malfunctioning robot-guards, Big Convoy used his incredible kicking-strength to bust his crew out of their cell. With the capsule in their possession, the Maximals returned to their ship. The prison's guards attempted once more to stop the by pulling down on the Gung Ho, but Big Convoy once more used his powerful legs to save the day, kicking the guards into a nearby black hole. The Great Escape! Graviton Prison!
For the final capsule, the Black Ball led the Maximals to a floating amphitheatre in proximity of Cybertron, where they encountered the surviving Magmatron, who revealed that the Black Ball had led him there and gave him the Blentrons as troops! As events unfolded, though, the Blentrons turned on Magmatron and fed the collected capsules to the Black Ball, from which the face of Unicron emerged. Unicron explained that the last Angolmois Capsule, the divine stone that fell on an icy planet so long ago, was absorbed into the bodies of Big Convoy and Magmatron, a revelation that broke Big Convoy's amnesia. Breaking down from his recovered memories, Big Convoy crouched in tears till Magmatron implored him to keep fighting, and the two joined forces against the Blentrons. Just as the two were about to swoop into Unicron's maw, Heinrad, in actuality an agent of the Ruler of Time and Space, froze time and explained to Big Convoy the threat of Unicron and the Ruler's plan to destroy the universe to remove the threat. After knocking some sense into the despondent Big Convoy, Heinrad was pulled out of the spacetime continuum for his violation of the dogma of noninterference. Away from Unicron, Big Convoy had to watch as the dark god chomped on Magmatron, spitting out his head and his Magma Blade. After being entrusted the sword, Big Convoy used it to end his rival's life and swore to fight against Unicron, who had absorbed Cybertron to become his new body. Double Cross
With the Magma Blade in hand, Big Convoy had the Gung Ho lure Unicron to the clustered planetary system Georgian, where the Maximal crew had Unicron attack planets, setting off explosions that destroyed his limbs. Limbless, Unicron tried to unleash a Blentron army, but it was of little effect to Big Convoy, who dove in and stabbed his eye with the Magma Blade. However, Unicron's dark essence emerged from its eye and plastered itself on Big Convoy's body to take it over. With no option, Big Convoy took the Matrix from his chest and unleashed its power, destroying himself and Unicron in the process. In his dying moments, Big Convoy saw Lio Convoy come to bring his soul to peace.
At Big Convoy's memorial, his former students, now graduated, paid homage to him when Heinrad appeared and took the four to an wintry planet. There, he revealed that Big Convoy's spark was "recycled" by his organization and the commander was reincarnated as an ordinary mammoth without memory or awareness of what came before. As the Maximals—now Convoys—saluted him, the mammoth walked off into the distance. Return to Zero
Beast Wars Metals comic
The visage of Big Convoy appeared alongside those of Lio Convoy and Optimus Prime in a poetic montage overlooking the Beast Wars on Energoa. Beast Wars Metals #1
Dreamwave Armada comic
Blurr, Side Swipe, and Jetfire discovered that the Heralds of Unicron had destabilized the Decepticon space bridge nexus, causing the space bridges to become windows to other dimensions. One of these windows showed Big Convoy, who seemed to be looking right back at Jetfire. Jetfire, thinking he had seen the Optimus Prime he knew, tried to say so, but only stuttered, possibly in shock. Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4
2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity
By one account, Big Convoy was known as the "one robot army" and was assigned by the Maximal Elders to the Gung Ho and its crew of Maximal rookies in a time before the Pax Cybertronia. Together, they defeated Magmatron. Beast Wars Sourcebook #1
In another account, Big Convoy had earned himself a place on the Autobot High Council by the tail-end of the Great War. He was away from their base of operation when news came in that both Optimus Prime and Galvatron had fallen in combat, and so attended a meeting via holographic-projection. After rebranding themselves the "Primal Council", the group discussed their intent to broker an armistice with their enemies, in the hopes of ending the war without further bloodshed. To this end, Big Convoy was sent to a front near the Rust Sea peninsula. Dawn of the Predacus
Big Convoy was part of Cybertron's Committee for State Affairs alongside Heinrad and Magmatron. The Gathering #1 Because of his distinguished service, he was a high-ranking member of the joint committee. Beast Wars Sourcebook #1
On Cybertron, Big Convoy, along with Tasmania Kid, had been investigating recent disturbances and riots occurring with increasing frequency. He found that the riots had been set off by the use of Angolmois capsules—something which he thought he had seen the last of. Though the rulers of the Maximal Imperium sent their aide, Ikard, to bring Big Convoy to them, he refused to come, citing the importance of getting some control in the field. The Ascending #2
Following the trail of the Angolmois incidents, he and his unit were able to locate a monolithic structure jutting from the Cybertronian skyline. Cohrada speculated that the new building was in fact quite ancient, a part of an older era of Cybertron that was thrust up through the substructure. Shokaract emerged from the structure, eager to demonstrate his newfound power. Big Convoy retaliated, transforming into a heavily armed spider-tank alt mode. Magmatron witnessed that unless the timestream was altered, the Maximal leader would also be killed by Shokaract. Thus, the chronally displaced Predacon chose that moment in time for the transwarp coordinates to give to Ravage. Therefore, the battle was interrupted by the appearance of Lio Convoy's transwarp cruiser, sparing Big Convoy. However, this hope was in vain, as it was soon shot down by Shokaract. The Ascending #3
Big Convoy later met Bump, a "specialist" sent by Lio Convoy. Soon afterwards, Big Convoy and his soldiers encountered the Pack, along with immigrants from Earth, including Ravage. He participated in the plan and battled with Shokaract's forces. After their enemies were defeated, Lio Convoy and Big Convoy hoped that no threat came up while they were focused on rebuilding Cybertron, which had fallen into a sorry state after Shokaract's distribution of Angolmois. Unfortunately, Megatron popped up just in time to dash that hope. The Ascending #4
Kre-O online comic
Big Convoy was at the newly constructed Autobot base, Metroplex, enjoying the big turret at the top of the building. Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!
Legends World
In the Legends World, Big Convoy was a Transformers nerd who worked as a high school teacher. Bonus Edition Vol. 59 He attended the Transformers Celebration 2014, Legends Bonus Vol. and later was part of the crowd that cheered on the recently arrived Megatron from the G1 World. Lord Megatron Goes to the Legends World
Big Convoy took a job as a teacher at Magmatron's high school, initially scaring his students with his fierce appearance before showing his true self when he ran off to buy Transformers toys. Year 3, Class B Big-sensei He found teaching regular subjects boring and instead began teaching the history of the Transformers brand, First Lesson First and petitioned Magmatron to change the homeroom period to a period dedicated to talking about Transformers. Very Strange Upon catching Colada shaking Stampy down, Big reprimanded him but showed his gentle side by giving his student some "money"... in the form of Cyber Keys. Delinquent Colada During sports day, he presented Break with a Cyber Key medal for his exemplary skating before crushing his students under his weight during the cavalry race. Hot-blooded Break When Longrack began studying Transformers at the cost of neglecting other subjects, Big realized he was leading his students astray and began teaching properly. Preparatory Reviewer Longrack
One day, Big Convoy awoke in the form of a robot mammoth who could turn himself into a tank and was, to his joy, diagnosed with Transformers sickness. DNAVI prescribed him some medicine, but he refused to be cured and threw it away. When I Awoke One Morning... On the way home, he was caught up in a Quintesson invasion and, finding Blitzwing lamenting his uselessness, looked in vain for a football coach who could aid him. Realizing he himself qualified as a kind of coach, he then decided to disguise himself as a Decepticon and help Blitzwing. To Fight with... After he offered the beleaguered soldier his services as a strategist, he introduced himself as "Big Fight" (ビッグファイト Biggu Faito). His strategy didn't amount to much, merely telling Blitzwing to forge his own destiny, but the Triple Changer was able to relay those ideas to an invading Overcharge, who was actually Blitzwing from the past. After the invasion was ultimately repelled, Big Fight took his leave and Big Convoy was found the next day asleep during class. Bonus Edition Vol. 59
When Scorponok's Majin Zarak threatened the Legends World, Rattrap's Encore Big Convoy toy leapt to the rescue and revealed that all Transformers toys in the Legends World were actually living beings. Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two
Nevertheless, the Legends World was destroyed and the regular Big Convoy from that world was forced to evacuate the universe in the Axalon and ended up on Beast. When that planet was attacked by Galvatron II and his Nemesis, Leo Prime forced Transformers sickness onto the Legends World refugees and converted them into forms much like the G1 World's own Beast Warriors. With the other Convoys, Big Convoy destroyed Nemesis's core in a Triple Beast Convoy Matrix Attack. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3
Beast Wars: Uprising
Slammoth was a member of the Cybertronian Navy who served aboard the Gung-Ho, patrolling the Allowed Zone of known space under the watchful eye of the Human Confederacy. Intersectionality
During the Grand Uprising, Slammoth seized control of Gung-Ho from the Builders. He became Supreme Commander of the space vessels controlled by the Resistance as the war went on. In addition to clashing with Builders, Slammoth had several encounters with Razor-Claw, an opportunist Predacon warlord who seized control of Cybertron's three moons, and was initially antagonistic with Lio Convoy's movement.
When the war ended and the Vehicon Apocalypse was routed, Slammoth took part in the negotiations at Dragon's Bane Cathedral in Hyperious to establish a new government. Once the Cybertronian Parliament was hammered into shape, Slammoth became one of the three chosen representatives of the Resistance. Derailment
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Toys
Beast Wars
- Big Convoy (ビッグコンボイ, 1999)
- Takara ID number: C-35
- Takara release date: 1999 February
- Sonokong name: Mammolike
- Sonokong ID number: C-05
- Accessories; "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, 2 "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix"
- Known designers: Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)
- Part of the second wave of Beast Wars Neo products in Takara's Beast Wars toyline, Big Convoy transforms into an organic mammoth. His beast mode has a rubber trunk which can be controlled by pushing a lever on the top of his head to somewhat simulate his "Mammoth Dynamite" attack. In addition, the tusks can be moved by pulling back either of his ears.
- In robot mode, Big Convoy is absolutely chock-full of weapons and gimmicks:
- The spring-loaded "Big Cannon" (formed out of the beast's head, back, and tail) can fire two missiles from two barrels in succession with a rotating dial. It is held in his hands via 5 mm post and can be stored on his back.
- His shoulder armor can be swung up to reveal sculpted, non-firing missile pods.
- He has flip-out "Mammoth Tonfa" melee weapons in both forearms.
- The two beast panels on the sides of his legs feature two spring-loaded missile launchers that fire his anchor-shaped "Mammoth Haken" projectiles (similar to the original Beast Wars Ultra Class Megatron toy); the missiles can also be loosely held as melee weapons.
- His chest panel flips down, revealing the first-ever removable Matrix toy accessory, vacuum-metalized gold with a transparent red center. This accessory can be held by any figure with standard 5 mm fist holes.
- Big Convoy technically has a third mode, known as "Mammoth Tank", which is basically just his beast mode with the Big Cannon folded out and his Mammoth Haken launchers deployed. Yay.
- This toy is somewhat infamous for being a shellformer, as practically all of his beast mode components are shells that fit around the compressed robot to form this mode. Much of his kibble can be detached from the main figure to form the majority of his beast mode on its own.
- Sonokong released Big Convoy as "Mammolike" in the Korean Beast-War Neo toyline. This release features no changes to the toy itself, with the only differences being the packaging and bio cards.
- Big Convoy was redecoed as Black Big Convoy, then redecoed and slightly retooled into Nemesis Prime.
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- Dai Uchū no Taiketsu: Big Convoy VS Magmatron (大宇宙の対決 ビッグコンボイVSマグマトロン, 1999)
- Takara ID number: VS-35
- Takara release date: 1999 February
- Sonokong ID number: DX-05
- Accessories: "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, two "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix"
- Big Convoy was also available in the "Cosmic Showdown" "versus" pack with his chief adversary, Magmatron, also released in the second wave of Neo product. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.
- This vs-pack was also released in Korea by Sonokong. Much like the single release of "Mammolike", both toys are identical to the Takara releases, the only differences being the packaging and bio cards.
- Kinpika Big Convoy VS Magmatron (VS pack, 1999)
- ID number: C-35
- Accessories: "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, two "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix"
- This gold vacuum metallized Big Convoy was featured as a Lucky Draw giveaway, paired with a similarly gold version of Magmatron, limited to a whopping ten sets.
- Unfortunately, the dates and rules of the contest are currently undocumented.
- Blue Big Convoy (1999)
- ID number: C-35
- Accessories: "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, two "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix"
- A redeco of Big Convoy in shades of blue, this figure is a Lucky Draw item. Again, unfortunately, the specifics of the contest are currently undocumented.
- The Legends-original character Blue Big Convoy is an homage to this release.
Legends
- Blitzwing (ブリッツウイング, 2018)
- ID number: LG59
- Release date: 2018 January 27
- Packed in with the TakaraTomy Legends Voyager-sized Blitzwing figure, "Big Fight" is a redeco of Titans Return Shuffler's accessory. The Headmaster form of Blitzwing can ride Big Fight in robot mode. Big Fight can also transform into a cannon for larger Titans Return or any Legends Headmaster figures to wield via 5 mm post.
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Encore
- Big Convoy (ビッグコンボイ, 2019)
- Release date: 2019 January 26
- Accessories: "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, 2 "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix"
- The second-to-last release in TakaraTomy's Encore reissue series, this release of Big Convoy has been extensively redecoed to be more anime-accurate. The most notable changes include his paint and plastic being much more matte overall, flat white replacing the pearlescent white and silver, his beast mode pelt being a darker brown, his gold parts swapped to yellow, and his beast eyes now white with pupils.
- This release of Big Convoy displays considerably well with the Masterpiece Lio Convoy and anime-colored Optimus Primal toys. With all three figures being roughly the same height, it is highly accurate to the respective cartoon scales.
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And welcome to the Jammoth
- Big Convoy (Matrix Buster Ver.) (ビッグコンボイ (マトリクスバスターVer.), 2020)
- Release date: 2020 February 28
- Accessories: "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, 2 "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix", "Matrix Buster", "NAVI" figure, 2 leg attachments
- The actual final release in the Encore line, this re-re-release of Big Convoy has no deco changes from the original Beast Wars Neo version, but does have a lot of new parts added to it.
- The centerpiece is the massive "Matrix Buster" cannon accessory (as used in the penultimate episode of the Neo anime), which can store the retooled Energon Matrix with collapsible handles, and has two flexible tubes that plug into his waist-piece. Completing the cartoon-based configuration are two small turbine-like parts that extend his hip-mounted mammoth legs by plugging in between the legs and the removable feet, exploiting a facet of the toy's construction that was not considered a play "feature" prior.
- Finally, this set also includes a small NAVI figurine. Yay!
- This figure was also released in Australia as a EB Games/Zing exclusive.
Merchandise
Beast Wars Real Figure Kit
- Big Convoy (1999)
- Accessories: Stand
- A non-transforming PVC prize figure kit of Big Convoy. It comes packaged with the unassembled figure and a stand. The stand has two attachment points for other Real Figure Kit stands to connect.
Beast Change Kit
Flame Toys
Furai Model
- Big Convoy (20??)
Prototype Sketches of a Furai Model Big Convoy were revealed alongside Kuro Kara Kuri Rodimus Prime, Furai Model Lio Convoy, and Furai Model Optimus Primal in 2019. So far,all of them except Big Convoy have been released.
- Known designers: Akira Amemiya (concept artist)
Notes
- Concept art by Big Convoy's toy designer Hisashi Yuki lists his preliminary name as Mammoth Convoy.[1]
- Like most comic-only Kreons, Kre-O Big Convoy is made up of existing Kre-O parts. He uses the Optimus Prime helmet, the bazooka gun (in reference to the Big Cannon), and some kind of spiky pieces attached to a backpack.
- Big Convoy was a candidate in TakaraTomy's Masterpiece Fan's Choice poll, which asked fans to determine which Autobot/Maximal leader from the franchise's then-30 year history should receive a new toy in the prestigious Masterpiece line. Big placed eighth, with 2.1% of the vote.
- "Slammoth", Big Convoy's name in Beast Wars: Uprising, originated as one of three possible names for the character eventually known as Victorion in the Fan Built Combiner poll.
Foreign names
- Korean: Mammolike (맘모라이크 Mammoraikeu)
References
- ↑ "珍しく日付が入っている絵が残っていて、まさに丁度２０年前に、ほぼ方向性が決まって来ていた様だ。今度の復刻版の発売が楽しみ♪"—Hisashi Yuki, Twitter, 2018/08/13
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- Convoys
- Encore
- Generation 1 Autobots
- Go! Go! Maximals
- Japanese-original Transformers
- Kre-O Autobots
- Kreons
- Legends Decepticons
- Legends Maximals
- Legends World natives
- Matrix bearers
- Maximal leaders
- Resistance
- Teachers
- Transformers with three modes
- Unicron-related characters
