Lio Convoy
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- Lio Convoy is a Maximal from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
As he rose through the ranks of the Maximal Space Patrol, Lio Convoy (ライオコンボイ Raio Konboi, aka Leo Prime) and his honest nature, selfless dedication to duty and ability to lead by example quickly caught the attention, and earned the respect, of his superior officers. Now with his own crew of loyal Maximals, Lio Convoy continues to display those qualities in the heat of desperate combat.
While on the surface he appears to be a tough, exacting, career-military sort of robot, any Maximal who has served under him knows that there's a smile behind his face-plate and a gentleness at the core of his spark. Though he yearns for a universe forever at peace, Lio Convoy takes to the battlefield with precision, strength and cunning. He believes that combat, more than anything else, reveals an enemy's true character and it has been through combat that Lio Convoy has made both his bitterest rivals and most enduring friendships.
Though compassionate by nature, Lio Convoy stumbles when it comes to expressing anything outside the perimeters of gruff military rhetoric. This attitude has strained his relationship with his "son", Lio Junior, who wants only to obtain the approval of his "father".
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As Lio Convoy advanced through the ranks of the Maximal Space Patrol, his progress was observed by an impressed Optimus Primal. When the time finally came, Primal chose him as his successor for his strength and bravery (though he felt he could be too straightforward, at times). Lio Convoy happily shook Primal's hand and promised not to let his predecessor down. Beast Wars II catalog
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Beast Wars II cartoon
- Voice actor: Hozumi Gōda (Japanese), Jung Goo Lee (Korean)
During his training period, the Maximal known as Convoy worked alongside another recruit named Apache. In an extreme conditions test, the instructors told recruits to leave those who fell behind where they lay, and focus on their own success. When Apache dropped from exhaustion, however, Convoy, shared his energy with Apache so that they could both continue on together. Convoy's act of kindness earned him a loyal friend for life. Mystery of the Ancient Ruins
Receiving a mysterious SOS signal from within an asteroid field, Maximal Supreme Commander Convoy investigated alongside his deputy, Apache. Entering the field in small one-man reconnaissance crafts, the pair discovered that the signal was coming from a small planetoid that suddenly began bearing down on them in a collision course. Realising that the whole affair had been a trap laid by the Predacon Emperor Galvatron, Convoy sprang into action and opened fire on the planetoid, which exploded dramatically. The New Forces Arrive! While the blast hurled Apache to safety, however, Convoy took the brunt of the explosion and was cast into the depths of the cosmos, eventually crash landing on the planet Gaia. When he regained consciousness, his body had already been weakened and corroded by the hazardous atmosphere of the planet, and he would surely have died had not a white lion come upon his prone form. The lion carried Convoy to a cave brimming with the power of Angolmois Energy, which restored and revitalized Convoy. Convoy then scanned the lion's form for use as a beast mode to protect him from Gaia's atmosphere, and redubbed himself "Lio Convoy".
As coincidence would have it, Galvatron and his Predacons had also come to Gaia to harness its Angolmois Energy, and Lio Convoy's unit had followed them, but wound up on the losing end of the battle that resulted. Staying in lion mode the whole time, Lio Convoy bounded onto the scene and freed his troops from the energy web that was paralyzing them, then led them back to the crashed wreck of their ship, the Yukikaze, where he revealed his identity to them (although Apache had already figured it out). Stranded on Gaia, the team dedicated themselves to stopping Galvatron's evil plans for the Angolmois Energy. White Lion, Run!
At Lio Convoy's direction, the Maximals searched the area for signs of the Galvaburg II. Once Megastorm was drawn out into the open by Diver, Lio Convoy and Apache arrived to support their team in battle. Lio Convoy told Bighorn to stand down so the team could fight as a unit, but the enraged buffalo could not be restrained. Lio Convoy allowed his trooper to stand alone against Megastorm as he wished, only providing support when Starscream and BB intervened on the fight. Bighorn's Rage
Soon after, Lio Convoy became concerned when Tasmania Kid reported in from patrol that he had found something, but went off on his own without waiting for the team. Convoy led the Maximals to the site of Kid's last transmission, where he, Apache and Bighorn were caught in Starscream's trap. Lio Convoy drew Starscream's attention while Diver and Scuba infiltrated the lake base and disabled the force field containing them. Once all the Maximals escaped the exploding base, Lio Convoy instructed Kid to thank the Tasmanian devil that helped him in his ordeal. The Lake Trap
When Megastorm unleashed a swarm of fortress building robots, the mere six Maximals were outmatched and couldn't keep up with destroying all the drones. Matters didn't improve when Galvatron awoke for the first time since landing on Gaia, freshly empowered by Angolmois Energy. Lio Convoy used his lion-agility to divert Galvatron's drill tank mode up a mountain pass towards the mouth of a volcano, but an unexpected leg sprain ended the game of cat-and-juggernaut. Luckily, Scuba was there to save Lio Convoy by triggering a geyser of water under Galvatron, flipping him over.
The Maximals hoped to rid themselves of Galvatron by burying his prone form in a rockslide, but Galvatron emerged in his third form, an enormous dragon. The dragon chased Lio Convoy and his men into the mouth of the volcano. Unable to stop him directly, Lio Convoy directed the Maximals to shoot out the ledge Galvatron was standing on, in hopes of dropping him into the volcano itself. The Maximals' firepower was not enough, but the ambitious Megastorm saw their plan and covertly fired his cannon as well, sending Galvatron falling into the lava flow. Galvatron Revived
The Maximals detected energy readings coming from the Southern Continent, they took two short-range ships down south as a temporary mobile base of operations. When the readings centered on a set of ancient ruins, Lio Convoy went out to investigate and took Apache with him for support. The two came under fire from Starscream and BB, who carpet-bombed the forest to destroy the Maximals. Apache fell behind again, and Lio Convoy carried him to safety beneath the protection of the ruins. Apache's old sense of inadequacy from their training days had flared up, but Convoy brushed it aside as Apache had inadvertently led them to the secret entrance of the ruins.
With the Insectrons as a new potential threat, Lio Convoy cautioned the Maximals not to make enemies of the Insectrons unnecessarily. As a result, he sent out teams of two to locate the Insectrons, and ordered his men not to fire on them, but engage in dialogue. Kid and Lio Convoy were nearby when Bighorn and Apache were attacked by the Insectrons Bigmos and Tonbot, who had been fed false information on the Maximals by Starscream. They tried to stop the fighting when they arrived, but Starscream and BB opened fire on both parties to avoid any peaceful dialogue. The Maximals warned the Insectrons of the incoming missiles, and threw their own bodies on top of their opponents' delicate insect modes for protection. Confused by the act of self-sacrifice, Bigmos and Tonbot departed without further conflict. The Insect Corps Arrive
Lio Convoy maintained that the Insectrons were potential allies, not enemies. Having been on the receiving end of their missiles, Bighorn couldn't understand Lio Convoy's thinking. As the only Maximal who had personally battled an Insectron, Mantis, Lio Convoy could not explain his reasoning, but the way they fought made it seem as if the Insectrons were not truly evil. Soon after, Bighorn and several Maximals were tricked into another fight with the Insectrons by the Predacons. Lio Convoy, Apache and Scuba saved their friends from an opportunistic Predacon attack after the Maximals were low on energy. Afterwards, Bighorn told Lio Convoy his own impression after fighting Powerhug was the same as Convoy's, and the Insectrons' fighting style was not that of a malevolent group. Friend or Foe? The Insect Robos
Lio Convoy and the Maximals came to the aid of Tasmania Kid, who had discovered a plot by Starscream to undermine the Insectrons with spiked oil. Tensions increased as Galvatron emerged from his slumber, out of control after imbibing on the same oil. Luckily, bonds were forged in the heat of battle as Bigmos and his Insectrons joined forces with Lio Convoy and the Maximals against Galvatron. Bigmos lured Galvatron into position for Lio Convoy to fire a volley of missiles straight down the dragon's throat, ending his threat for the moment. In the aftermath, the Maximals and Insectrons talked out their differences for the first time. Although Bigmos refused to join the fight against the Predacons full-time, preferring to live in peace, Lio Convoy offered his hand in friendship and the feuding between the two groups ceased. The Strongest Tag Team?
Their alliance was tested when Bigmos was forced to honor an old debt to Autostinger of the Predacons, stepping aside while the Autorollers fought the Maximals. Still, he saved Autostinger from a barrage of Lio Convoy's missiles, negating the debt. Lio Convoy and Apache attended a duel between Bigmos and Autostinger, but it was interrupted by Predacon missile fire, leaving issues between the various factions unresolved. Autorollers Roll Out!
When NAVI reported Kid and Scissor Boy were approaching the base with the Autorollers, Lio Convoy correctly deduced their friends had been captured, and were trying to lead the Predacons into an ambush. Lio Convoy and the Maximals intercepted the Autorollers, freeing their friends after a fight with Megastorm and his mercenaries. Danger! Scissor Boy Lio Convoy and the Maximals were later called in by Scuba to join forces with the Autorollers, as Galvatron had gone on a rampage while engorged on Angolmois Energy. Lio Convoy acted as bait to lure Galvatron into position, opening his massive jaws to take in a concentrated spray of Angolmois Energy. They overfed Galvatron with the energy until his bloated form nearly exploded from within, rendering him harmless. Galvatron Rampages
When the Predacons launched a massive offensive on the Southern Continent, Lio Convoy led the Maximals and teamed up with the Insectrons to foil their plans once again. Predacon General Offensive!
The Maximals were soon met by a trio called the Jointrons, who arrived on Gaia's Eastern continent and demonstrated their powerful Tripledacus combination. Thinking they could take on the entire Predacon army by themselves, the Jointrons flew into battle, followed by Bighorn, Diver, and Kid, who were worried the Jointrons would take all the credit for a victory, or possibly get themselves killed. As the dust settled, Apache looked to Lio Convoy for a response, and the commander sighed (deeply) before acknowledging they should follow and keep the younger Maximals out of trouble. Apache and Lio Convoy soon joined Scuba in helping Tripledacus escape the Galvaburg II when he bit off more than he could chew. The Combined Giant, Tripledacus
While Lio Convoy and most of the Maximals were out on patrol, the Jointrons took over one of the base ships and turned off the cloaking field, hoping to lure the Predacons in and defeat them. Lio Convoy spotted the signal flare they launched, and radioed in to hear Apache and Diver were being overwhelmed by the Jointrons' antics. By the time he arrived back at base, however, Lio Convoy saw that the Autorollers had taken the ship hostage by training their missiles on the exterior fuel tanks. Luckily, the Jointrons came outside and distracted the Autorollers with oil, allowing Lio Convoy to take them down without destroying the ship. As the Jointrons held a celebration in their own honor to celebrate capturing some Predacons, however, the enemy escaped and everyone was right back where they started. The Festive Jointrons
While the Maximals were searching for the latest Predacon fortress, the Jointrons were exposed to a bacteria bomb that robbed them of their power. Lio Convoy and the other Maximals saved the Jointrons by posing as the massive Jointron II. They compensated for Kid and Diver's exposure to the bacteria by sharing energy between one another, in a proud display of teamwork. A Fearsome Combination Plan?
The Jointrons caused more chaos when they stole one of the base ships to approach a Predacon fortress from the air. Lio Convoy and the Maximals followed them in the second ship, but were rammed out of the sky by the Jointrons' poor piloting. The Predacons were engaged in an operation to kidnap the Jointrons and study their combination transformation. While the other Maximals worked to recover the kidnapped Jointron brothers, Lio Convoy and Apache made short work of the Autorollers back at the fortress, and the installation was soon destroyed. Who Is the Leader!?
One day, Tasmania Kid found a Copy Machine that scanned objects to create three-dimensional duplicates of the subject. Believing the Machine's abilities could help bolster the Maximals' ranks, Kid shined the Machine's ray on Lio Convoy, creating "Copy Convoy". Unfortunately, the machine only created evil copies. Copy Convoy declared himself the original and began to fight Lio Convoy. Lio Convoy initially engaged his copy alone, but soon realized they were so evenly matched the two fighters would battle without victory until they completely ran out of energy. Copy Convoy sent running by the watching Maximals, but soon returned to the Yukikaze and asked the other Maximals to come outside and meet him in peace. The Maximals didn't fully trust the copy, but didn't know how to deal with him since Copy Convoy knew everything Lio Convoy did. Luckily, Lio Convoy saw an advantage in that. Diver had made his own modifications to the defense network surrounding the Yukikaze's waterfall, without consulting Lio Convoy on the details. Lio Convoy sent Diver out to activate the Niagara Base, and Copy Convoy was taken by surprise. He and the Copy Machine were soon destroyed by the Maximals. The Black Lio Convoy
Alerted to a new arrival on Gaia, Lio Convoy and the Maximals traveled to the Sea Continent and discovered a pirate ship from space. The Maximals were soon confronted by Halfshell, captain of the Space Pirate Seacons who intended to plunder the world of Angolmois Energy. Lio Convoy had the idea of flipping the snapping turtle on his back, rendering him helpless, but Halfshell's beast mode was designed to counter that strategy, turning him into the Big Wheel Cutter that rampaged over the hills. Matters only deteriorated further when Halfshell called his crew and formed the colossal God Neptune. Outmatched by the combiner's sheer power, Lio Convoy directed Diver and Scuba to seize control of the deserted pirate ship while the land-based Maximals kept God Neptune busy. The distraction worked, as God Neptune chased after his stolen ship, only to get caught in a detonation of Angolmois Energy rigged by the Maximals before abandoning ship. The Space Pirate Seacons!
Breaking the fourth wall juuuust a little, Lio Convoy and Galvatron called in to Artemis and Moon on the moon when they were wondering who the strongest of the Cybertronians was. Their two armies proved to be surprisingly evenly matched, and even the strength test between Lio Convoy and Galvatron themselves was ruled a tie. Who Is the Strongest Warrior!?
Although he knew the Seacons intended to plunder Gaia's Angolmois Energy, Lio Convoy felt the Seacons were not inherently evil, and could possibly be reasoned with just as the Maximals did with the Insectrons. He ordered his men not to confront or antagonize the Seacons until they knew for sure. And so, by the end of the day, Lio Convoy and Apache arrived as the cavalry to help Bighorn and the others escape from battle with the Seacons and God Neptune, because Lio Convoy's men are spectacularly bad at following orders and staying out of trouble. The Tentacular Scuba
When Megastorm and the Seacons teamed up, each of the Maximals was lured to a separate location by an Angolmois Energy signal transmitter. Since there were only five Seacons, no one was around to greet Lio Convoy when he located his transmitter, except for an easily flummoxed Dirge and Thrust. The comedy duo had been instructed by Megastorm to blow hidden bombs inside each of the transmitters when the Maximals got within range, but Lio Convoy startled them into dropping and damaging the trigger device. Not sensing any threat whatsoever from those two, Lio Convoy calmly examined the transmitter before sauntering over to question the Predacons. They panicked and flew away setting off the bomb in the process and completely failing to kill Lio Convoy. Megastorm's Reckoning
Tasmania Kid alerted Lio Convoy when Bighorn seemingly got a love letter from Scylla, the Seacon. The other Maximals feared Bighorn was being lured into a trap, and they were right—Bighorn and Kid were set adrift on a rock when the Seacons sprang their ambush. Trapped on land, Lio Convoy used his jump jets to launch out over the water where his troops were being assaulted. Unfortunately, he was pulled underwater by Halfshell before he could reach the others. Apache rushed to join his commander, and together they held off Halfshell and Coelagon until Scuba whisked the Maximals to dry land. They were confronted by God Neptune, but fortunately the Insectrons appeared and gave the Maximals the back-up they needed. Showdown in the Sea
After receiving word of more hijinks involving Bighorn, Lio Convoy and Apache rushed to the scene and found a showdown between Tripledacus and God Neptune already in progress. They helped their Jointron comrades flush the Seacons back into the sea. Face the Setting Sun
As the Seacons prepared to leave Gaia, Lio Convoy met with Halfshell and offered to give them the energy they needed to hustle them on their way. Halfshell's pride as a pirate wouldn't let him take charity, though, and so he offered to fight Lio Convoy one-on-one battle to claim the energy if he won. Lio Convoy agreed, if Halfshell and the Seacons turned themselves in to the Maximals authorities if Convoy won. Halfshell accepted these terms, but neglected to spell out exactly who the "one-on-one" bout would be between. Lio Convoy was surprised, but ultimately unconcerned, when Halfshell arrived in "one" body as God Neptune. Lio Convoy told his fellow Maximals to step aside and let him honor the deal. Convoy used his maneuverability to stay ahead of God Neptune during the fight, and even escaped him in the sea when God Neptune tried to move the fight into his preferred element. When it appeared Lio Convoy would be victorious, however, Megastorm burst from his hiding spot and tried to gun down the Maximal commander himself. This ambush set off a chain reaction in the Angolmois Energy on the shores, ending the fight and scattering the competitors. Halfshell and the Seacons grabbed the energy cylinders Lio Convoy brought, and the Seacons soon left Gaia for good. The Final Battle
While investigating the new, unstable reactions of Angolmois Energy on the planet, Lio Convoy, Bighorn and Apache crossed paths with a powerful lion cub. They soon realized he was actually a Maximal in disguise and gave chase. Lio Convoy found the cub conversing peacefully with Diver and Tasmania Kid, but was shocked when the cub raced up to him and called him "mama"! This "Lio Junior" had taken to heart a joke by Tasmania Kid that Lio Convoy must be his parent, leaving Lio Convoy to crush the cub's expectations. Their meeting was interrupted by Galvatron, who had sensed great power of Angolmois Energy within Lio Junior, and wished to snuff it out. Lio Junior joined forces with two new Maximal arrivals named Santon and Skywarp to become the combination warrior, Magnaboss. Enter Lio Junior
Lio Convoy helped Magnaboss defeat Galvatron, driving him off with a serious chest wound. Lio Junior disengaged and proudly presented himself before his "papa", but Lio Convoy insisted that Lio Junior should not call him that. Back at base, Lio Convoy reviewed the data Santon and Skywarp had brought from Maximal HQ about a dangerous artificial planet called Nemesis which Galvatron had called the Gaia. It seemed Nemesis was responsible for upsetting the Angolmois Energy, and it would only get worse from that point on. With that to mull over, Lio Convoy led an official investigation into Lio Junior's origins. Scans revealed that, after first crashing on Gaia, the Angolmois Energy in the Valley of the Lions duplicated Lio Convoy's Energon Matrix, splitting it to create a separate Maximal robot lifeform. Lio Junior proudly displayed that he had an Energon Matrix in his chest just like Lio Convoy, and Convoy couldn't deny he felt a tug connecting his Matrix to the cub's. Still, he refused to acknowledge Lio Junior as his son, causing the lad to run off.
Meanwhile, Megastorm had found a way to augment his own powers with Angolmois Energy, becoming Gigastorm. The newly risen Gigastorm threatened Lio Junior at an volcanic pit of Angolmois Energy, which Lio Convoy sensed through their connection. Convoy raced to Lio Junior's side and saved him from falling into the pit. This one time, he agreed to acknowledge Lio Junior as his son, explaining that a father-child bond could muddy his emotions, something that could not be allowed in a Commander during times of war. Lio Convoy needed to know that Lio Junior would serve as a Maximal warrior, not as his son. Finally understanding his father's reluctance, Lio Junior agreed to fight for his commander Lio Convoy. Together, Lio Convoy directed Lio Junior (as Magnaboss) in a successful skirmish against Gigastorm, and congratulated him on his victory when they were finished. Megastorm Reborn
With Gigastorm's upgrade a very real threat to the Maximals, Lio Convoy orchestrated a coordinated strike on the Predacon. The Maximals lured Gigastorm into a box canyon, where he was surrounded by maximal gunners. They opened fire on the Archduke of Destruction and the ground beneath his feet, causing him to drop up to his neck in the earth. Lio Convoy had chosen that spot due to the veins of natural gas flowing in the area, gas which was now filling the space around Gigastorm. When enough gas had built up, the Maximals fired again, igniting the gas in a horrendous explosion designed to rid Gaia of Gigastorm once and for all. Unfortunately, the Angolmois Energy-empowered Predacon was too strong even for this attack, and shrugged off the explosion. He struggled free with the help of the Combatrons and nearly caught Lio Junior, but Lio Convoy pulled him to safety. The arrival of Ikard and the Tako Tank provided enough of a distraction that Gigastorm and the Predacons were driven off. The New Weapon, Tako Tank
After receiving a garbled SOS signal, Lio Convoy and the Maximals wondered what the Space Pirate Seacons were doing right now. The Artificial Planet Nemesis
Lio Convoy was in conference with the older Maximals when NAVI informed him Lio Junior had rushed off with the others to investigate an evil Angolmois Energy signal. Lio Convoy and the rest arrived to back-up Lio Junior and help then escape the trap Galvatron and the Autorollers had set. Lio Convoy fought Galvatron head on, but their struggle was interrupted by the feud between Galvatron and Gigastorm, bringing an abrupt end to the conflict. Gigastorm's Treachery
After Tasmania Kid was rescued from a runaway Tako Tank, Lio Convoy and the Maximals found themselves in battle with Starscream and BB. The Combatrons exhausted their weapons, only to fall into a pit of Angolmois Energy and arise in new forms called Hellscream and Max-B. These new Predacons proved to be ferocious opponents. The End of Starscream Lio Convoy was next targeted for assassination by Dirge and Thrust, who felt slighted by their fellows' recent upgrades and wanted to improve their standing in the Predacons. More bemused than anything, Lio Convoy dispatched the duo with expected ease. The second strike was more serious, however, for Dirge and Thrust had exposed themselves to Gigastorm's Angolmois Energy to become Dirgegun and Thrustor. Now a significant threat, the former comedy duo had the skill and power to counter all Lio Convoy's traditional attacks. The Maximal commander only survived due to the arrival of Lio Junior, and even then they only waylaid the two Predacons temporarily. The Lio Convoy Assassination Plot
At one point, an alien machine that could warp time and space crashed onto Gaia. While trying to secure the machine, Lio Junior pressed the battle against the Predacons unnecessarily. In the struggle that followed, Tasmania Kid was seriously injured protecting Lio Junior from harm. After the battle, Lio Convoy pulled Lio Junior aside and reprimanded him. He attempted to convey the difference between fighting for peace and fighting for one's self. Lio Junior was focused on his own glory, and that distraction is what got Tasmania Kid injured. Lio Junior could not see the truth in Convoy's words, and felt diminished in the eyes of his fellow soldiers and his... commander. Running off in a huff, Lio Junior was taken by Galvatron, who acquired from him the key necessary to activate the teleport gate.
The Predacons used the gate to summon the unstoppable mobile fortress, Majin Zarak, and quickly trashed most of the Maximals. Lio Convoy fought through the Autorollers and dispatched Gigastorm, but could not reach Galvatron before the Emperor of Destruction unleashed Majin Zarak's bestial robot mode. Its incredible energy attacks scattered the Maximals. On the brink of consciousness, Lio Convoy was contacted by Optimus Primal, champion of the first Beast Wars, who Lio Junior had managed to retrieve from the teleport gate as well. Renewed by the presence of this legendary warrior, Lio Convoy rallied his troops to confront Galvatron and Majin Zarak.
Primal and Lio Convoy teamed up to battle Majin Zarak, who turned out to be a sentient robot and not just a battle station, fighting on even after they disposed of Galvatron. Together, they combined the power of their Energon Matrices to upgrade themselves into Burning Optimus Primal and Flash Lio Convoy (フラッシュライオコンボイ Furasshu Raio Konboi). With Primal's enhanced strength and Lio Convoy's super speed, they weakened Majin Zarak vulnerable spot, his evil third eye. They then unleashed the power within their Matrices into a "Double Matrix Blaster" which finished off the monster. Lio Convoy congratulated Lio Junior on his valor and thanked Optimus Primal for his help before the legendary warrior returned home through the gate, and the Maximals destroyed the gate behind him. Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!
With the artificial planet Nemesis creeping ever closer to Gaia, its influence on the Angolmois Energy was ever more keenly felt. Lio Convoy enlisted the Insectrons and Jointrons for their help preparing for Nemesis's arrival. Drill Nuts in particular provided his engineering expertise to the Maximal efforts. Lio Convoy and the Maximals tried using freeze devices to cool the unstable Angolmois Energy before it upset the planet's core. The Predacons tried to oppose them, but Lio Convoy and his team turned the freeze beams on Gigastorm, limiting his threat until Tripledacus froze and sealed off the flow of Angolmois Energy with a giant iceberg. The Great Angolmois Freezing Tactic
Lio Convoy's next plan to foil the Predacons involved upgrading an artillery cannon from the Niagara Base and then feeding it with Angolmois Energy to blast Nemesis out of the sky. When Drill Nuts informed Convoy the cannon was ready, NAVI's calculations indicated they must be ready within seventy-two minutes for optimum firing position. Lio Junior begged for the job setting the cannon and, in a private meeting later, Lio Convoy impressed upon Lio Junior how important the mission was before granting his wish. To divert the Predacons, Apache led Tasmania Kid, Diver, and Bighorn in brazenly transporting a decoy cannon to the target site, while Scuba transported another decoy underwater. Their actions delayed the Cyborg Beasts, but Galvatron and Gigastorm caught the Magnaboss team with the real cannon atop the volcano firing position. The cannon overloaded on Lio Junior's pure Angolmois Energy and self-destructed before its beam reached Nemesis. Although Lio Junior was downtrodden afterwards, Lio Convoy came to the cub and told him how proud he was of him that day. Knock Out Nemesis
While discussing the looming approach of Nemesis with Apache and NAVI, Lio Convoy felt a pang in his Energon Matrix telling him that Lio Junior was in trouble. Excusing himself, Lio Convoy raced to his son's side to find Lio Junior alive and seemingly well. When Lio Junior charged and attacked him, however, is was quickly clear that all was NOT well. Lio Junior was infected with the corrupted Angolmois Energy by Galvatron, making him loyal to Predacon ideals. Matters only got worse when Santon and Skywarp tried to reign in Lio Junior by combining with him, but just forged a corrupted Magnaboss instead. As Magnaboss hesitantly prepared to lay his Magna Blade on Lio Convoy, Junior mentally spoke to Convoy through his Energon Matrix. He begged his father to kill him before Santon and Skywarp were forced to harm someone against their will. Instead, Lio Convoy used their connection to siphon the corrupted Angolmois Energy into himself, and then purge the poison from his system. Lio Junior and Magnaboss were returned to normal, and Galvatron's plan foiled. Lio Junior's Revolt!?
A mysterious UFO crashed near the Maximal base, and Lio Convoy investigated with Apache. They found an emissary robot which NAVI could communicate with in its own computer language. The robot came from the planet Mars, activated by the slow approach of Nemesis and its corrupting effect on the Angolmois Energy of Gaia. The robot relayed how its creators abandoned Gaia eons ago in order to avoid corrupting the Angolmois Energy themselves, and set up the emissary as a safeguard to prevent that corruption from ever happening. As the robot claimed it could prevent the Angolmois Energy from being misused, Lio Convoy and Apache shepherded it to the Valley of the Lions, and the mother computer terminal hidden in the ruins underneath it. Fortunes shifted dramatically, however, when Magnaboss brought word from a second android, Moon of the moon, that the emissary intended to prevent misuse of the Angolmois Energy by destroying the entire planet, crashing the moon into Gaia in a cataclysm that would stop anyone from corrupting the Angolmois Energy further! Emissary of the Fourth Planet
Lio Convoy and Apache tried to fight their way to the mother computer and stop the emissary from triggering the termination sequence, but the computer possessed restraining defenses and incredible self-repair capabilities. The Maximals could not approach the computer without being blocked by the defenses, and the defenses quickly regenerated if the Maximals tried to blast through. Still, they deduced that NAVI could shut down the termination sequence if she could enter the console, and so the power of Magnaboss and the other arriving Maximals was added to their firepower in order to overload the self-repair circuits long enough for NAVI to slip through. At first, it didn't seem as if the Maximals had enough power, but a sudden surge of energy destroyed the defenses long enough for NAVI to enter the mother computer and end the termination sequence.
Lio Convoy alone recognized that final burst of power came from Galvatron, who had followed the Maximals into the ancient caves and lent his firepower in support of saving Gaia. Lio Convoy caught up with Galvatron outside and begged an audience. The two old foes discussed their philosophical differences on peace and how it was achieved. Despite their opposing viewpoints, Lio Convoy saw the light of reason in Galvatron's actions, and offered his hand in peace so that Maximal and Predacon alike could end their war and bring peace to the universe together. After a moment's consideration, Galvatron laughed off his nemesis's weakness and opening fire on Lio Convoy. There would be no peace until Galvatron crushed the Maximals once and for all. The Crisis of Planet Gaia
With Gaia momentarily saved, the Maximals still had to deal with the threat of Nemesis. As a final solution, Lio Convoy instructed Drill Nuts and NAVI to finish cannibalizing the Yukikaze to upgrade Santon and Skywarp's ship, allowing the Maximals to leave Gaia and intercept the Nemesis before it reached the planet. It was paramount that the Predacons not intervene with the launch, so Lio Convoy had Kid and the others deliberately reveal the location of their hidden base to the Cyborg Beasts, hoping to draw Predacon attention away from the mountain caves where the launch catapult was under construction. Hellscream discovered the catapult anyway, however, forcing Drill Nuts to encourage Lio Convoy and Apache to launch as soon as possible, even if Kid's unit couldn't return in time. Lio Convoy held out as long as he could, but reluctantly agreed and began the launch. Fortunately, Magnaboss and the rest of the Yukikaze crew returned just in time to join the space mission, and Tripledacus ensured their catapult trajectory was preserved under fire from the Predacons. Fly Out! Planet Gaia
On their way to Nemesis, the Maximals were diverted by the Space Pirate Seacons, now under the control of Galvatron. The Maximal ship was forced down on an asteroid, ruining their intercept course towards Nemesis. Lio Convoy confronted Halfshell and his mates, only to find them as zombie-like soldiers to Galvatron's will. Even when the Seacons were defeated and freed from the mind control, the Maximals were still trapped. Lio Junior raised a plan provided to him by the otherwise invisible Moon to use the moon's gravity to slingshot back on course. Lio Convoy demonstrated great trust in Lio Junior, allowing him to coordinate the signal with Moon and Artemis to fire their engines for the slingshot, otherwise the Maximals would crash into the moon's surface. Lio Junior lived up to Lio Convoy's faith in him, and the Maximals were back on track to confront Nemesis. Revenge of the Space Pirates
The Maximals landed on Nemesis away from their ship, sending it off on auto-pilot to self-destruct, diverting the Predacons temporarily. NAVI guided Lio Convoy and the team to an exhaust port, which she believed would lead down to Nemesis's core. Lio Convoy's plan was to follow the port tunnels to the core of Nemesis and destroy it, taking out the entire artificial planet. All the Maximals volunteered to undertake the mission, but Lio Convoy selected only himself and Scuba to take the risk. Lio Junior balked at being overshadowed, but Lio Convoy had his reasons—as Magnaboss, Lio Junior had the great power and flight capability to protect the entrance to the tunnels from Predacon attack AND ferry the other Maximals off Nemesis to a safe distance before the explosion. Lio Junior reluctantly agreed.
During their search for the core, Lio Convoy and Scuba crossed paths with Galvatron. Lio Convoy sent Scuba on ahead, leaving him to deal with Galvatron. The two old foes again exchanged a debate about the nature of justice. Galvatron believed that justice was whatever he who held the most power said it was, but Lio Convoy believed justice came from the spirit within an individual. Their battle (and debate) came to an end when Galvatron used his Galva-Matrix to make Nemesis begin drawing upon the Angolmois Energy of Gaia. The tunnels flooded with the destructive energy, and Lio Convoy barely protected himself with a shield generated by his Energon Matrix. Knowing the paltry shield wouldn't hold out forever, Galvatron laughed as his enemy was swept away in the flood of energy. Breaking into Nemesis
The Energon Matrix shield could indeed only delay Lio Convoy's demise beneath the Angolmois Energy, it could not prevent it altogether. Lio Convoy's Energon Matrix called out to Lio Junior, who found his father within the tunnels inside the rapidly depleting shield. Lio Convoy told Lio Junior to forget about him and return to lead the others against Galvatron. Lio Junior refused to give up on his father, however, and linked his Energon Matrix shield to Lio Convoy's. This act of heroism not only saved Lio Convoy's life, it merged father and son. Their two Energon Matrices, which had once been one, merged again to create the Legendary Green Lion (伝説の緑のライオン Densetsu no Midori no Raion). Legend! The Green Warrior
With his Matrix Typhoon and Matrix Lion Arrow attacks, the Green Lion utterly defeated Gigastorm and turned back Galvatron's unstoppable Drill Destroyer attack. Meanwhile, Scuba had completed the mission and engineered an explosion that would destroy Nemesis in a matter of minutes. Galvatron refused to accept defeat, and fled back to the Angolmois Energy's core. Lio Convoy followed behind, with his loyal son and fellow defender of justice Lio Junior by his side. The lions found Galvatron in the core, where the Emperor of Destruction began absorbing Angolmois Energy again directly, growing to tremendous size in dragon mode. By agitating the Angolmois Energy, Galvatron ensured that the Nemesis explosion now threatened Gaia as well.
Seeing no other option, Lio Convoy reasoned the Green Lion could create Matrix shields for the Angolmois Energy, countless shields that would isolate and encapsulate the energy so that it would vent more peacefully and blunt the Nemesis explosion. Lio Convoy was concerned about the potential consequences to them, but Lio Junior eagerly pronounced that protecting peace in the universe at any cost to themselves was the Maximals' reason for being. Immensely proud at the lessons Lio Junior had learned, Lio Convoy called him "my son" and accepted the name "Father" as he and Lio Junior merged once more. The Matrix Typhoon dispersed the Angolmois Energy in Nemesis and in Galvatron as well.
Despite losing all his enhanced abilities from the Angolmois Energy, Galvatron refused to surrender. With the energy safely dispersed and Nemesis about to explode, Lio Convoy saw no more reason for battle and plead with Galvatron to stop. Galvatron still contained enough Angolmois Energy in his Galva-Matrix to be a threat, however, and challenged the green Lio Convoy to one last round. Lio Convoy abhorred violence without purpose, but saw Galvatron would not stop without an honorable death by combat. With tears in his optics, the combined green Lio Convoy charged Galvatron, locking his Matrix blades to Galvatron's Scissor blades in a swordsman's stalemate. He then split back into Lio Convoy and Lio Junior, sidestepping the block and surprising Galvatron with a killing stroke with his Lion Claw straight through the Galva-Matrix, shattering it. Galvatron commended him on his blow as the Nemesis broke down all around them.
When the explosion finally came, Gaia was safe and Lio Convoy used the last of the Energon Matrix's power to preserve himself and his comrades from the detonation. Weakened from the exertion, Lio Convoy found himself and his comrades adrift in a wormhole created by the explosion. Lost but at peace, Lio Convoy led his soldiers, his friends, and his son towards a light in the distance, the light of the next battle for peace in the universe! Farewell! Lio Convoy
The Maximal Brainwashing Operation
Lio Convoy was aboard the Yukikaze when it was attacked by the duo of Dirge and Thrust. After a short battle, the Predacons were felled by Lio Convoy's missiles, and the shock to the two's systems made them believe they were Maximals.
When Diver and Tasmania Kid eventually showed up after a patrol, seemingly exhausted, Lio Convoy and the other Maximals set out to assist, but were surprised when the two turned out to have been brainwashed into being Predacons! In the ensuing battle, Lio Convoy fought against Galvatron and was about to meet his end when an errant shot from Megastorm impacted both forces. Weakened, Galvatron ordered a retreat and Diver and Tasmania Kid were cured of their brainwashing from the blast's shock. The Maximal Brainwashing Operation
Robotmasters
While on Gaia, Lio Convoy came across the Blastizone, which transported him to the planet's past in 2005, when it was called Earth. The trip left him with a bout of amnesia, which was quickly took advantage of by his discover, the nefarious Beast Megatron. Convinced of the Autobots' evil, Lio Convoy attacked Star Saber and Victory Leo as they were flying overhead. Lio Convoy Storms In The battle was fortunately put to a stop by Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal, and the former used his Matrix of Leadership to connect to Lio Convoy's Energon Matrix to convince him of the goodness of the Autobots. Utilizing all of their powers, the four gathered Supreme Commanders attacked the nearby Decepticons and sent them fleeing. Together, the 4 Great Supreme Commanders
One day, Lio Convoy met with Bound Rogue, who had discovered a Copy Machine that could duplicate things, at the Autobot base. Intrigued by the device's capabilities, Lio Convoy agreed to be the first Autobot template for the machine, but the resulting "Lio Convoy Black Version" turned out to be not as well-tempered as expected... The Secret of Lio Convoy Black Version's Birth!?
When the Autobots took in the fallen Reverse Convoy, Lio Convoy was suspicious of the strange robot and elected to remain behind when Reverse Convoy took a contingent of Autobots to Sherman Dam. Strategic Meeting: The Mysterious New Warrior Lio Convoy's suspicion would prove to be justified, as it turned out to be a trap and Reverse Convoy revealed himself to be actually Rebirth Megatron! Nevertheless, Lio Convoy was able to save his comrades from the Decepticons. The Dark Emperor of Destruction, Reborn
A decisive battle soon took place between the Autobots and the Decepticons, where Lio Convoy battled Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp. The fight raged on for three days and three nights till the Autobots emerged victorious. With solitarium, Lio Convoy and the other time-displaced warriors were able to return to their native eras. And Then
Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic
Lio Convoy was a spectator for the second week of the Speedia 500 on Velocitron. There, he decided to join an impromptu third iteration of the race. Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3
Generations Selects Special Comic
In the Precursor World, Star Convoy did battle with King Poseidon. Through the power of the Silver Matrix, he connected with the future Supreme Commanders he had met during the solitarium conflict, Lio Convoy, Star Saber, and Beast Convoy. With their strength feeding his own, Star Convoy healed his wounds and was revitalized. Seacons comic 5
Upon the emergence of Megatron Omega on Earth in 2050, the time-displaced Lio Convoy, following the orders of the Vector Sigma of the future, arrived in the midst of battle. With the assistance of the Angolmois Energy-born Selectors, Lio Convoy attained his Legendary Green Lion form and used the righteous Angolmois Energy of the Matrix to counteract the evil Angolmois Energy within Megatron Omega. Destroying the rampaging Decepticon's body and purifying his spark, Lio Convoy sent Megatron on his way back to the Precursor World where he would turn the tides on his past self, Gold Megatron.
After humans and Selectors evacuated the planet, Lio Convoy roamed it as a green lion, creating the very legend that his past self would fulfil in the far future. Finale
Beast Wars Neo cartoon
- Voice actor: Hozumi Gōda (Japanese), Jeong-gu Lee (Korean)
In the wormhole created from the destruction of Nemesis, Lio Convoy would get lost in a "loophole" which went "beyond time and space", ending up on the Decepticon planet Dinosaur in the distant past, just in time to see it partially consumed by Unicron. Illusion? Lio Convoy
In Lio Convoy's native time, his disappearance prompted Vector Sigma and the Great Convoys to send Big Convoy and his trainees to Gaia to find clues as to what happened to the lost Supreme Commander. They found a black box left behind by the previous Maximals that contained a recording of Lio Convoy explaining his conflict with Galvatron and the result of it being the scattering of Angolmois Capsules across space. Implored by his fellow Supreme Commander, Big Convoy decreed that his unit's mission was to gather the Angolmois Capsules for the safety of the universe. Big Convoy, Move Out
While seeking out the Blentrons' base of operations, Big Convoy's unit stumbled upon a wormhole left behind by them and traversed through it to find the ravaged planet, Dinosaur. On the surface, they met a seemingly aggressive opponent who turned out to be Lio Convoy, to the amazement of the star-struck rookies. Lio Convoy explained how he came to be on the planet and emphasized the threat of Unicron, and how the Angolmois Energy was in actuality the energy drawn out of him and then sealed in Gaia. Realizing the Blentrons were trying to revive Unicron, Lio Convoy combined what little power he had in his Energon Matrix with Big Convoy's to attain the form of the Legendary Green Lion and used the light of his Matrix to show the newest generation the correct path to the Blentrons. Illusion? Lio Convoy
The still green Lio Convoy made it back to Cybertron as Big Convoy and his troops were fighting the revived Unicron, who was using Galvatron's image for his energy form. Picking up the defeated Magmatron's Magma Blade, Lio Convoy imparted some encouraging words to the other Maximals, telling them to combine their spirits with Big Convoy's Energon Matrix so that he could use the Matrix Buster on Unicron. Stalling with some swordplay, Lio Convoy stabbed Unicron in the chest, allowing Big Convoy to fire the Matrix Buster and annihilate Unicron. The Final Battle In the aftermath, Lio Convoy returned to his normal colors and was thanked for his assistance by Big Convoy, to which the humble Lio Convoy stated that it was truly the heroic spirits of everyone who won the day. Vector Sigma quickly repaired itself from Unicron's earlier attempted possession and promoted Lio Convoy to the rank of Great Convoy, an honor which he gladly accepted. He was soon involved in the Big Convoy Unit's graduation ceremony and the Maximal-Predacon truce to rebuild Cybertron. Graduation Ceremony!!
Timelines
As a high-ranking member of the Convoy Council, Lio Convoy traveled from Primax 498.1 Alpha and passed through Gargent 984.08 Alpha, Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/14 where, as the "Beast Sage", he helped forestall that universe's Cataclysm. However, while his technology gave that universe's natives more time, it was only temporary. Sunrise Lio Convoy eventually ended up in Nexus 208.0 Epsilon. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/14 In Axiom Nexus, he was gathered by the local Optimus Prime, along with a roster of other Optimus Primes and their kin in a group known as the Convoy. A multiversal cataclysm in a universe seeded with Rarified Energon and an invasion by natives from a negative polarity universe had called them into action. Since Matrix bearers and their doppelgangers were usually never allowed into Axiom Nexus, this was a grave threat indeed! Invasion Prologue
His name was on a list of Convoy members given by Commander Cheetor to Andromeda. The list noted that his home universal stream was Primax 498.1 Alpha and that Lio Convoy also used the moniker "Leo Prime". Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/21 Leo Prime was present at a meeting of the Convoy after the turmoil caused by the Waruder invasion of Axiom Nexus. Cybertron's Most Wanted
Leo Prime would eventually go on to travel to a universal stream in the Uniend Cluster. He generated much confusion as he joined the local Autobots to defeat their Unicron with more ease than they were intended to have. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/14
Prime and Masterpiece toy bios
Following the restoration of Cybertron, Lio Convoy ascended to the rank of Great Convoy, and became a member of the ruling body of Cybertron. Much more time later, the era of the Great Convoys came to an end and were subsequently replaced by the Prime Leaders. Great Lio Convoy, now having changed his appearance, went with the name "Leo Prime". Masterpiece Dark Amber Leo Prime After a time, Great Lio Convoy sensed the awakening of Unicron in another dimension, and travelled across the multiverse to this world. Finding that the native Autobots and Decepticons had already dealt with the threat of Unicron, Leo Prime elected to stay on this world for a time to ensure that Unicron did not reawaken, refraining from involving himself in the combat between the native Transformers. In the body he wore in this universe, he was armed with an ancient sword that drew power straight from his Energon Matrix, though apparently unbeknownst to him, it, like the weapons of many other Transformers in this universe, was secretly an Arms Micron named L.P.. Arms Micron Leo Prime bio Using this weapon, Leo Prime carved up the remains of one of Unicron's rock-and-earth avatars to create the Gaia Armor, using the power of his Energon Matrix to sever the avatar's link to Unicron himself, but allowing it to retain the power of Dark Energon. Arms Micron Optimus Prime + Gaia Unicron bio
Legends comic
Leo Prime's interuniversal journey brought him to the Legends World, one he was particularly fond of as its inhabitants had been encouraging the Maximals from afar during their battles on Gaia. He repaid them by defending their world from the Zamojin, but ended up defeated by Katsu Don, who reverted him to his original body by absorbing his "Beast Power" and sent him crashing into the home of his local counterpart, Lio Convoy. After he'd explained his circumstances, Katsu Don attacked again and Leo Prime saw the similarities between himself and Lio Convoy when the latter put himself in harm's way to protect the Legends version of Lio Junior. He induced a beast transformation in Lio Convoy, turning him into a giant robotic lion, then adopted a Headmaster body that let him combine with Convoy and draw upon his Beast Power to defeat Katsu Don. He then remained in the Legends World in anticipation of further Zamojin attacks, living with Lio Convoy and his son. Bonus Edition Vol. 41
Some time later, Leo Prime could feel that the return of the Zamojin was imminent. Late Xmas Present Chapter Indeed, Katsu Don reappeared and attacked the Legends World with Windblade, so Leo Prime confronted him alongside Perceptor. Bonus Edition Vol. 65 While espousing his belief that Transformers would achieve peace upon becoming one with organic life, Grand envisioned a future inhabited by Lio Convoy, Big Convoy and Optimus Primal. Bonus Edition Grand Maximus
When Majin Zarak attacked the Legends World, Leo Prime recognized his old foe and attempted to battle it alongside Lio Convoy and Optimus Primal. Upon being defeated, he realized that since he was fated to destroy Zarak in the future, the beast was effectively invincible in this era or else a time paradox would occur. Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One Fortunately Alpha Trion hit upon the idea to defeat Majin Zarak without killing it by banishing it to another dimension. Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two Following the destruction of the Legends World, Leo Prime evacuated alongside many of its natives to his home dimension, ending up on the planet Beast in 2038. The planet was then attacked by none other than Nemesis, confusing Leo Prime until he realized the ship wasn't built by his era's Galvatron to begin with, but had been the brainchild of another Galvatron from this era. By using his power to induce beast transformation, he temporarily turned all the Legends natives into proper Transformers, allowing them to attack and take down Nemesis. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3
When the Legends World was restored, Lio Convoy and Lio Junior returned to their home, where they saw Leo Prime off as he left their universe. Epiloge
End of G1 Universe
As the G1 World neared its end, Leo Prime perished and his body was brought to Earth, where Bluebolt hoped to resurrect him using the remnant energy from Unicron within the planet's crust. Bluebolt was interrupted in the process by Untite, who sought to consume the corpse. However, his appetite was foiled as Unicron's energy merged with Leo Prime's body to create an amalgam being—Dark Amber Leo Prime. Dark Amber Leo Prime (First)
Bom Bom comic continuity
Beast Wars II comic
When the rainy season rolled around, most of the Maximal troops used the foul weather as an excuse not to go out on their regular patrol, and be insubordinate towards sub-commander Apache. Lio Convoy was none-the-wiser to the situation however, as all of the troops snapped to attention whenever he came by. Their slacking off came to an end when Diver reported that the Predacons were heading their way aboard an enormous tank. Lio Convoy led the counter-offensive, and upon his approach was troubled, as he sensed a power-source of Angolmois Energy within the juggernaut. Lio Convoy led Tasmania Kid into an attempted infiltration of the enemy vehicle, with the Insectrons Bigmos and Tonbot helping them out in getting airborne to bypass its defenses. But Bigmos's failed to fly quickly enough to avoid Lio Convoy getting hit by a blast, and Tasmania Kid was forced to proceed alone. Thankfully, a secondary plan of bombing the tank's vulnerable underside as successful, and the dreadnought was soon sinking into a nearby river. Lio Convoy returned to the front lines and entered the tank to confront Megastorm, whom he bested in combat. In the process, Megastorm was made to accidentally trigger the tank's self-destruct mechanism. Following the tank's spectacular detonation, the overcast skies began to clear, signaling an end to the rainy season. Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank!
During the final battle with Galvatron on the artificial planet Nemesis, Lio Convoy once again became corrupted by the Angolmois Energy that the planet had collected. The energy quickly consumed him, transforming him into Black Lio Convoy, a Predacon. Lio Convoy was able to use his Energon Matrix to channel the true spiritual energy of Gaia through himself, dispelling the evil influences and restoring him to a Maximal. The energy then transformed him into the Green Warrior and he was able to defeat Galvatron once and for all. Win the Battle of Light and Darkness!
After the destruction of Nemesis, Lio Convoy and the members of his team were scattered across the time and space due to the blast of Angolmois Energy. After awaking one night in a blizzard, Lio Convoy found he was alone on an unknown planet.
Lio Convoy then wandered in the snow field alone, wondering where the other members of his team were. He then ran into a gang of rampaging animals, consisting of a Quetzalcoatlus, an Elasmosaurus, a Triceratops, a Stegosaurus, a Dimetrodon and an Ammonite. The gang, led by a Giganotosaurus, attacked other animals. At first, he thought it was a hunt, but it turned out to be a massacre instead. Lio Convoy saved a dear cab and fired Lio Missiles toward the Giganotosaurus. He was surprised to find the missile didn't killed the dinosaur —in fact, the Giganotosaurus was completely unharmed. The Giganotosaurus fought back by firing missiles. When it was about to kill Lio Convoy, he was saved by a mammoth, who gave him and the dear cab a ride and helped them escape.
The mammoth, whose name was "Big", took Lio Convoy to a hot spring to heal his wounds. He then began to tell his story: His is the leader of a group of native wild animals. He told Lio Convoy that the Giganotosaurus's gang was a bunch of rowdies who became more vicious and killed his friends when he was absent after the mysterious "God's Stone" fell on the planet. He felt sorrow because he couldn't protect his friends. Lio Convoy asked Big to take him to the place where the "stone" fell.
Upon arriving at the cliff above the place mentioned by Big, Lio Convoy soon realized the "stone" is in fact an Angolmois Capsule. He then descended into the valley to take an examination of the capsule. The energy restored his onboard computer and gave him the time-and-space coordinates. Lio Convoy was shocked when he learned he was on a distant planet located in the 7th Cosmos in a time long before he was born.
While Lio Convoy was examining the capsule, Big was wondering what he's doing in the valley before the gang came to the spot and attacked him, claiming for the "God's Stone". Though wounded, Big pushed the gang into the valley after he told Lio Convoy to get out. The impact caused the capsule to explode and the two breathed a sigh of relief. In the pit, the gang evolved in the blast of Angolmois Energy. The gang then rose out of the valley front of Lio Convoy and Big. Their leader, now named "Magmatron", thanked Big for his effort, which had made them stronger than ever before. The gang then transformed, ready to kill Big and Lio Convoy. Lio Convoy immediately transformed and fought the gang. He defeated the henchmen with ease, but Magmatron took him out with one blast.
Some time later, Lio Convoy crawled out of a thick snow layer and learned there was 90 percents of malfunctions within his body. Lio Convoy was sorry he got Big, who was mortally wounded, involved in this incident. Lio Convoy decided to use his Energon Matrix to cure Big. During the treatment, the only thought on his mind was curing Big, hoping he would carry on his will, and feeling concern about his teammates. After the action, the whereabouts of Lio Convoy was unknown. The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!
Beast Wars Neo comic
At a certain point, the Black Ball told Lio Convoy and his teammates' action to Big Convoy and his crew. Big Convoy felt the name "Lio Convoy" sound familiar, but he couldn't remember when he ever knew the name. There Are 7 Capsules
When fixing the Gung Ho on an asteroid near the planet Luxor, Big Convoy asked NAVI for information about Lio Convoy because he felt the name was familiar. NAVI gave Big Convoy the information and he learned that Lio Convoy was a rookie officer. In addition to that, they had never met each other, according to the official records. There Are 7 Capsules
Double Cross During his last breath, Big Convoy saw Lio Convoy come to take him to a place where his soul could rest in peace. Return to Zero
Beast Wars Metals comic
The visage of Lio Convoy appeared alongside those of Big Convoy and Optimus Prime in a poetic montage overlooking the Beast Wars on Energoa. Beast Wars Metals #1
Robotmasters cartoon
- Voice actor: Masayuki Katō (Japanese)
As Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal, and Star Saber made a vow to protect Earth's solitarium from the Decepticons, Lio Convoy watched silently from afar. Fight! The Group of the Strongest Commanders!
When Beast Megatron launched an attack on a human city, Lio Convoy aided Optimus Prime in blasting the Predacon, but otherwise remained out of sight. It wasn't until later in the battle that he introduced himself, as he delivered a powerful kick onto the Predacon leader. As the battle raged, Lio Convoy helped his fellow heroic Cybertronians in battling Rebirth Megatron, who had joined the battle under the guise of "Reverse Convoy" to catch his foes unawares. Lio Convoy added his own strength to Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal's “Double Convoy Tornado” to overpower a similar tornado-style attack from the Megatrons. The "Lio Typhoon Arrow" sent the villains into a retreat. Though Lio Convoy and his allies won the battle, the war raged on... Lio Convoy Storms In
Robotmasters 3D diorama manga
When the mysterious Reverse Convoy appeared promising vital information with Starscream chasing to prevent him from revealing said information, Lio Convoy and the other chased off Starscream. However, when Reverse Convoy was welcomed into the Autobots, Lio Convoy found the preceding events a little too convenient. Robotmasters Vol. 9 His suspicions would prove correct when Reverse Convoy trapped some of the Autobots and sapped them of their energy. Lio Convoy came to their rescue and the Autobots' forces were bolstered by the arrival of an Optimus Prime from another universe. Uniting all of the power of five Autobot leaders, they were able to blow away the Decepticons in a Big Bang Cannon attack. Robotmasters Vol. 11
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
Suspicious of Magmatron even in peacetime, Lio Convoy sent Razorbeast undercover into his Predacon unit to sabotage his plans, despite not knowing exactly what Magmatron was scheming. Shell Game #1
2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity
There is a slight otherworldliness about Commander-in-Chief Lio Convoy, a sense that he is operating on a bigger picture and serving a higher power. Upon landing on a planet, he immediately becomes in tune with its natural harmonics and becomes determined to defend that world. He has sheer belief in his pre-ordained cause, backed up by a Matrix that gives him power from the very core of Cybertron. Beast Wars Sourcebook #2
By the tail-end of the Great War, Lio Convoy had earned himself a place on the Autobot High Council. 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, Lio Convoy was sent out to the Eastern Iacon front of the conflict. Dawn of the Predacus Prior to the signing of the Pax Cybertronia, Lio Convoy commanded a crew of Maximals who traveled to the planet Gaea and battled Galvatron and his forces. Beast Wars Sourcebook #2
Years later, during peace-time, the ever-vigilant Lio Convoy sat on the Committee for State Affairs, but was also a member of a secret black-ops intelligence unit known as the Pack. During a conversation with Razorbeast that was officially off-the-record, he reminded his fellow Maximal that their unit didn't exist and that the Maximal Imperium didn't sanction their operations. He warned Razorbeast that if he was caught while undercover in Magmatron's command, he would be disavowed. The Gathering #1
Unfortunately, Lio Convoy believed that Magmatron was the true enemy, while Megatron was just a loose cannon. (Real good job of threat assessment there.) After Razorbeast's transwarp booster-sent distress message was strengthened by Magmatron, it reached Lio Convoy, who, despite his earlier warning, mobilized the Pack at once to race to Razorbeast's rescue. The Ascending #1
While Razorbeast's Maximals were fighting the Predacons to a standstill (in no small part thanks to the powerhouses Torca and Grimlock), the Pack arrived and looked to turn the tide of battle quickly in the favor of all that is clean and fresh. Lio Convoy himself transformed and confronted Drill Bit and some other Pred thugs, who were unimpressed by his unnervingly LARGE beast mode. Lio Convoy accepted this and whipped out his cannons. THEN they were impressed. When Ravage revealed himself to the Maximals, Lio Convoy and Razorbeast were quick to turn their guns on him, right up until Rartorata showed his ugly mug. The Blendtron injected Razorbeast with a load of Angolmois, turning the Maximal into a raging berserker locked in beast mode. The Ascending #2
Reminding the Pack that they take care of their own and clean up their own messes, Lio Convoy engaged the enemy. Once they had subdued Razorbeast's mutated form with crude vines and stakes, Convoy discovered that his comrade was still within the monstrous beast and fighting a losing battle against the Angolmois that was corrupting his mind. Ravage informed the Maximal commander of the urgency of what Magmatron had showed him, and the Maximals prepared to board Lio Convoy's transwarp cruiser. The cruiser's takeoff was then threatened by the arrival of the other two Blendtrons. Razorbeast broke from his restraints and charged into battle against the servants of Unicron, telling Convoy to escape while he held the line. Setting the transwarp coordinates to the time and place Ravage had received from Magmatron, the cruiser emerged in the midst of Big Convoy's battle with Shokaract. However it was shot down upon the arrival of Shokaract's Heralds. The Ascending #3
Luckily Lio and the rest of The Pack survived the crash and were able to join up with Big Convoy. After briefly explaining the seriousness of the situation to Big Convoy, Lio provided Bump with a sample of Angolmois so he could synthesize an antidote. After a brief spat of posturing by Grimlock and Ravage, Lio took part in a frontal assault on Shokaract to serve as a distraction while Snarl and Prowl enacted the real plan. Once Shokaract decided to call it a day after his heart to heart talk with Magmatron and in the wake of the devastating battle Lio Convoy received the antidote from Bump and started on rebuilding a devastated Cybertron... just in time for Megatron to get back from the Beast Wars and release his transformation virus on the planet. The Ascending #4
Universe toy bio
Leo Prime was a career soldier, commander of the elite Maximal black ops unit the Pack. He and his comrades traveled to wherever trouble was thickest, working undercover to foil Predacon plots. Universe Leo Prime toy bio
Kre-O online comic
Lio Convoy was at the newly constructed Autobot base, Metroplex. Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight! Later on, he was at Megatron's Hanami party having a drink from Heinrad. Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!
Legends World
Visiting the Axalon Trading Company to discuss business with Optimus Primal, the Lio Convoy of the Legends World found himself charmed by their office lady, Airazor. The Gender Gap Part 2
Later, when he was out drinking sake, he was surprised by a speeding Arcee, who was transporting her nephew Rattrap to work in her car mode. Bonus Edition Vol. 10 A gambler and a drunk, Lio Convoy lived in poverty and wasn't too eager to buy Lio Junior the Transformers toys he wanted. He tried to distract his son by making funny faces and calling it "transforming", to no avail. At another point, he gambled away his son's school lunch money at the races and was left despondent and full of regrets until Junior cheered him up. Lio Dad
One day, Leo Prime fell from the sky into the home of the Lios, who mistook him for a toy until he introduced himself and explained that the Zamojin were targeting their world. When Katsu Don tracked down Leo Prime and hurt Junior, Lio Convoy was enraged and threw a rock at the Zamojin, impressing Leo Prime who helped him access his inherent Transformer memories and turn into a lion/starship Transformer. Lio Convoy used his new body to battle Katsu Don and combine with Leo Prime, forming the body of Prime's new Headmaster form. After Katsu Don was driven away, Lio Convoy repurposed his starship mode as a new home for him and Junior. Bonus Edition Vol. 41 When Akihabara was rebuilt, his "house" mode was seen to be located in a wooded area just outside the town. Targetmaster Chapter Prologue He congratulated Junior after he'd gotten a new toy as a Christmas present. Late Xmas Present Chapter
When Scorponok summoned Majin Zarak to the Legends World, Leo Prime called in Lio Convoy and Optimus Primal to assist him in battle with the titan, but, as Majin Zarak was fated to be defeated by Leo Prime in its future, it could not be destroyed sans a time paradox. Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One Fortunately, Alpha Trion hit upon the idea to defeat Majin Zarak without killing it by banishing it to another dimension. Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two Following the destruction of the Legends World, Lio Convoy evacuated alongside many of his peers to Lio Convoy's home universe, ending up on the planet Beast in 2038. The planet was then attacked by Nemesis, which Leo Prime responded to by empowering Legends World refugees into becoming full-blown Transformers and Lio Convoy aided in taking own Nemesis as Leo Prime's body. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3
When the Legends World was restored, Lio Convoy and Lio Junior returned to their home, where they saw Leo Prime off as he left the universe. Epiloge
Beast Wars: Uprising
The Guardian of Order Lio Convoy, holder of the energon matrix, was once in the employ of the Builders, the decrepit and selfish Autobots and Decepticons that had survived the Great War. Using his Solipsistic Staff, he would ensure that the gladiatorial matches pitting the oppressed Maximals and Predacons against one another would always turn out as his mentor, Eject, intended them to. This allowed the status quo to remain in place, with the Builders securely ruling over the younger Cybertronians. Though Lio Convoy had resentments about his lot in life, he was otherwise steadfast in his loyalty towards The Administrator of the Games. After a chance encounter with Blackarachnia, Lio Convoy had his eyes opened to the injustice of the caste-based society of Cybertron, where any Maximal or Predacon could be summoned to die in a Game or have rations cut for minor infractions of ridiculous laws. After a cathartic venture where he stood up to a couple of corrupt MCSF officers, Lio Convoy joined Blackarachnia and the resistance fighting to tear down Cybertron's tyrannical power structure. Now ready to leave his old life behind, Lio Convoy snuck a team of rebels into the 1924th Games at the Dodecahex Arena. While Blackarachnia's team seized control of Override's broadcasting equipment, Lio Convoy assassinated Supersonic, securing the attention of Cybertron. He publicly exposed the Builders' moral corruption, deeming them unworthy of ruling Cybertron and calling for a war for freedom. Thus, the Fourth Cybertronian War, the Grand Uprising, began. Broken Windshields
Broadcast footage of Lio Convoy's war declaration was seen shortly thereafter by the crewmembers of the Spooky Action at a Distance and the Dinosaur. Intersectionality
Dubbed "Supreme Commander" of the Resistance by (mainly Predacon members of) his newfound followers, Lio Convoy began coordinating a variety of attacks on Builder-held territories. One particular target of interest was Fortress Maximus, the massive Builder was also served as a prison for several high-value dissidents. However, the first raid was a disaster when Fortress Maximus used his telepathy to influence the team. The second raid failed as well, as the team was aware of Max's abilities and therefore were easily pushed into paranoia by the Builder. They ended up destroying themselves, each convinced the others were under the influence of Fortress Maximus.
For the third raid, Lio Convoy authorized an unpleasant but necessary action. Only mission-critical members were informed of Fortress Maximus's powers. A former champion of the Games, Buzzclaw, was specifically recruited for the mission but left in the dark. Buzzclaw's psychological profile painted him as an obvious target for Maximus's manipulations, leaving the team with only one member to watch out for. Furthermore, psy-tech was developed that not only sensed when Buzzclaw was turned, it also carried a neural-spike that killed the unfortunate Predacon, but also sent a feedback pulse back to Fortress Maximus through their connection, allowing the team to eliminate the Builder and complete their mission. Head Games
While overseeing several campaigns, Lio Convoy was informed by B'Boom that Bighorn had died trying to take the Melpomene Bridge. B'Boom wanted to authorize an air strike to take revenge on the MCSF members responsible, Lio Convoy refused, reminding his comrade that they were fighting a war, not seeking revenge, and resources were better served elsewhere. Still, he took B'Boom aside and they shared stories about Bighorn in memorial of their fallen friend. Burning Bridges
As the war went on, the Beast Upgrade hit Cybertron. Lio took on the form of a cybercat, reforging his Solipsistic Staff into a sword. Somewhere during this time, he devised Operation: Amputation, a last-ditch strategy involving wiring troops up with K-Bombs. What he didn't tell the four volunteers was that he had remote control over the bombs. Six years in, the newly formed Independent Predacus States demanded Lio have Preditron killed, and he agreed for the sake of their alliance. After all, that was what the Resistance had sprung him from Fortress Maximus for. He still felt bad about it, though. Safe Spaces Derailment Elsewhere across Cybertron, various warlords were carving out their own territory. Lio made a note to deal with them after everything was over, but the Resistance was making great gains.
Then the news came out about strange "Vehicons" spreading over Cybertron, violently reformatting their victims into more drones. Lio Convoy realized it was the Builder's last-ditch attempt to stop them, and it was working. His first act was to try Operation: Amputation, over the objections of his war council, but even the K-Bombs were unable to stem the tide. Lio Convoy ordered all reserve forces to Petrohex, then watched as they fell to the Vehicons within .20 cycles. Bump and Psycho-Orb filled him in on just how many Cybertronians stood in the Vehicon's path; if they were all converted, their numbers would overwhelm the Resistance with ease. With surrender out of the question, Lio Convoy put out the order: the Resistance would march on Iacon that night.
Before leaving, Lio reached out to the Maximal Nation and the Independent Predacus States, asking for assistance. As the assault on Iacon began, Lio Convoy spearheaded the battle for the Yuss Batteries, one of the last lines of defense before Iacon. Lio was part of the group who stormed Fort Qalt. Utilizing a secret tunnel inside the fort, Lio Convoy, Break, and Quillfire managed to get the drop on the fort's commander, Goldbug, only to find he and Break were locked out and the Builder refused to give up the codes. Break sacrificed his life to gain them, Lio informed Scylla that the guns would be unable to target the Builder fleet.
Once the battle was over, the Builders' efforts meant taking a ship to Iacon was out of the question. The Resistance would have to walk in, all seventy-five thousand of them. Before setting out, Lio gave a rousing speech to the troops, congratulating them for doing the impossible and assuring them of their victory. Two and a half megacycles into their march on Iacon, everyone was getting a bit concerned about the total absence of anyone trying to stop them. Lio Convoy figured if he had been in charge, he'd be fighting a rearguard action, and came to the conclusion that Hot Rod had been told to do just that... and not done it.
By the time the Resistance had arrived at Iacon and scouted the area, the massed Vehicon armies were practically on their doorstep. Surrounding the High Pavilion, Lio declined to order shelling, not knowing whether that would call off the hordes or not. As his commanders went in, Lio lead the fight against the Vehicons outside, until the Assembly Bunker rose into the sky in front of him. Pissed by the display of arrogance, Lio swore to make them pay. With assistance from Grimwing, he reached their platform and demanded their surrender, slicing off Ratbat's wing when the councilor mouthed off. His terms for surrender were cut short when the Assembly revealed the architect behind the Vehicons: a dark clone of Lio Convoy who called himself "Galva Convoy". Lio and his forces were surrounded by Vehicons... who betrayed their benefactors and began converting the Assembly instead. On Blackarachnia's suggestion, Lio fled.
Desperate, thanks to his big plan going belly-up, Lio came to a grim conclusion: The Vehicons had to be stopped by whatever means necessary, and if that meant he had to use the last K-bomb left to crack the entire planet like an egg, so be it. As he was arming Ro-tor, he was met by Eject and Riker aboard Black-Out, who had come to him to offer a truce. Lio wasn't happy to see his old mentor, but Eject revealed where Galva Convoy had holed up - in the Grand Mal, and Lio's sword, which would hide him from the sparkless Vehicons, was their way in. They had a chance, though Lio promised to square things with Eject later.
On approach to the Grand Mal, Black-Out was shot down by a glancing blow, but managed to crash through the fortress' eye. Lio was unharmed, but to his distress found Eject fatally wounded, Eject offered him some last words of encouragement before expiring; as Black-Out exploded, Lio and his Maximals made their way inside, fighting through the drones as they went until they reached the bridge, where Galva Convoy awaited. Surprisingly, Galva Convoy was happy to see his "brother", maintaining that he was merely doing Cybertron a favor by removing the evils of "free will"... and that he had merely taken the ruthlessness of the Resistance to its logical extreme. Despite Blackarachnia's attempt to shoot him, she was subdued while Galva attacked Lio, who was too drained from days of activity to properly fight back. Lio began to wonder whether his duplicate had a point, and ruminated over all the dubious decisions he'd made over the years. Galva Convoy was just following his example. So, Lio decided to change strategy.
He pretended to be convinced by Galva's words, that he wanted to help him strip Cybertron of its sparks, as he focused his spark so it would match that of his duplicate. He told Galva to bring in a drone and assimilate Blackarachnia, and when he did, Lio jumped in front of them, taking the virus for himself. A panicked Galva leapt in to try and stop the process, allowing Lio to infect him thanks to their matching sparks. Lio blacked out, though not before he saw Blackarachnia raise her gun and fire.
Fortunately, the cyber venom in her gun prevented the virus from taking Lio. He was unconscious for the next several cycles, missing the end of the apocalypse, as medics did what they could to save his life, spending a decacycle rebuilding him "from the ground up", in Blackarachnia's words. On awakening, his oldest friend filled him in on the aftermath. Wrenching himself free of his recharge slab, he told her to get on the horn to everyone she could, Maximal, Predacon, Builder or Neutral, and get them to arrange a summit before the chance passed them by. Over the next eight cycles he passed in and out of consciousness, but Blackarachnia and B'Boom managed what he asked.
With several more cycles of arguing and politicking, the Cybertronian Parliament was created, with a design that would make any one faction achieving a supermajority difficult. Watching their discussion, albeit via the means of an exo-walker since he hadn't fully recovered, Lio felt confident he'd made the right choice. When their first decision was to declare the war over, and that day dubbed Unity Day, Lio felt a surge of hope before leaving them to their work. Two solar cycles later, Lio Convoy left Cybertron, deciding that he was too polarizing a figure to stay behind. The only witness to his departure was Blackarachnia, to whom he pondered over trying to bridge the gulf between Cybertron and Earth. Derailment
A decade after the events of the Vehicon Apocalypse, Lio Convoy reappeared during a Vok-induced crisis on Metascan Omega. The Inexorable March
He did eventually return to Cybertron in some way, having some involvement in the Second Vehicon Apocalypse.
Some ten thousand years later, history remembered him for walking away from Cybertron rather than becoming a tyrant, though the details became blurred by the intervening years. The bulk of historians wrote that the great Lio Convoy was certainly not aware of all those horrible things like the G-Virus! Some academics took a far less than charitable view of his activities, both rightfully noting he knew and approved of monstrous deeds along with blaming him for activities he wasn't responsible for and taking a negative view of most of his choices. One notable historian, Pontiff General Rampage, would write that Lio Convoy was a truly horrible thing who created zealots and sent them to their deaths, like those poor "Protoform Ex" agents.
There were persistent rumors that, following the Unification War, Lio Convoy became part Vehicon, adopting a jet mode in addition to his more familiar cybercat beast mode. He also may have become binary bonded to the Titan Master Moon, sometimes known as "Mecha Usagi", but no records existed to prove it. Lio Convoy: Unity Through Tyranny
Transformers Go! Go!
Games
Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars
When the super-powerful Energon Quartz was discovered on Gaia, Lio Convoy was one of the several combatants to join the brawl to take possession of it.
Lio Convoy could also partake in various other tasks, such as a mission to break a boulder to reveal an energon crystal hidden within before sundown, using a block in a mission to defend himself against various incoming projectiles, and missions to run across a pit-riddled field, sometimes involving hideously large bacteria he had to fend off.
After defeating his final opponent, Megatron, Lio Convoy decided to seal away the Quartz forever, so that it would never fall into the hands of those who would abuse its power towards evil ends. Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars
Move list
| Robot Mode | Beast Mode | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lio Shot | ↓→B | Lio Tornado | ↓←B |
| Lio Tooth | ↓←B | Lio Cannon | →↓→B |
| Lio Tempest | →↓→B | Lio Threw | ←↓→B |
| Lio Typhoon | ←↓→B | Sky Cannon | ↓←B (in air) |
| Soul Impulse (super) | ↓→↓← B | Planet Burst (super) | ↓→↓← B |
| Morphing Raid (desperation) | ↓←↓→ A | Morphing Raid (desperation) | ↓←↓→ A |
Transformers: Battle Tactics
Lio Convoy participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who was available in the July Daily Campaign and could be recruited by collecting 20 Alpha cores, 20 Beta cores, 20 Omega cores, and 10 cores of this character. Transformers: Battle Tactics
Transformers: Earth Wars
Leo Prime left the Pack and traveled to Earth to deal with the situation involving Tarantulas. Leo Prime arrival Airazor was surprised to see the Maximal commander on the planet. Leo Prime took notice that there was only three Maximals when he was expecting four. Airazor explained that Rattrap had gone solo. Leo Prime suggested that they go after Rattrap as they were already committed. Tigerhawk then informed Leo Prime that there was also a wildcard, as Blackarachnia was with the Decepticons and was wanting payback against Tarantulas for rusting her hands off. Leo Prime thought this could be useful and said their priority was to cut off all access to Cosmic Rust. Once the Maximals arrived, Blackarachnia had webbed up Tarantulas' Cosmic Rust Blaster. Tarantulas then activated the reservoir gates. Leo Prime commanded Tigerhawk to target the upper reaches of the cavern to stop the Cosmic Rust. Blackarachnia then stopped them as the roof was already coming down with molten rock, caused by Inferno. Leo Prime commanded all Maximals to get to safety. Rust & Fire Leo Prime considered leaving the planet to rejoin the Pack but was convinced by the earthbound Maximals that he needed to stay and serve as field commander while Optimal Optimus was busy. Leo Prime dialogue
Toys
Beast Wars
- Lio Convoy (ライオコンボイ, 1998)
- Sonokong name: Lion Convoy
- ID number: C-16
- Release date: 1998 April 23
- Accessories: 6 "Lio Missiles", 2 launchers
- Known designers: Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)
- The only item in the second wave of Beast Wars II products in the Japanese Beast Wars toyline, Lio Convoy is an Ultra-sized figure that transforms into an organic white lion articulated at the legs and head. Like most Convoy or Optimus Prime-type figures, Lio Convoy is loaded with weapons and gimmicks.
- In beast mode, his forelegs have flip-out double-bladed "Lion Claws", which spring out when pinched together. Lio Convoy also features spring-loaded missile launchers that are hidden inside his mane. The bottom two are flipped out by lifting the bottom flap of his mane and pushing a gray trigger on either side. The top two launchers are flipped out by pushing down on the top panel of his mane. He can only store four of the six "Lio Missiles" in beast mode, but they end up sticking straight out of his mane and look very awkward. An additional gimmick requires you to unfold his four mane panels and to push on the big red peg protruding from the top to create his "Lion Typhoon" attack. The last gimmick in this mode is a button atop his head that can be pressed to open his mouth, revealing his teeth.
- In robot mode, all of Lio Convoy's aforementioned gimmicks can still be utilized. His flip-out Lion Claws now act as under-slung forearm blades; his Lion Typhoon ends up on his right shoulder; his two bottom Lio Missile launchers flip-out on his forearms; his top two Lio Missile launchers flip out on his right shoulder and can also be removed to be used as hand-held weapons. Additional cartoon-only weaponry which can be replicated somewhat, with some good old imagination are the "Radar Disruption Shot" (an attack made to confuse heat-seeking missiles by firing a beam from his beast mode mouth), the "Lio Beam" (which only requires you to flip out his top launchers and leave the Lio Missiles out) and due to his tail not being able to retract like in the cartoon, it's always in a permanent "Lio Byūto" attack pose.
- Lio Convoy also features a pair of molded in thrusters on his back and the left side of his chest contains his non-removable "Energon Matrix". The inside of the door to the Matrix chamber also features his Maximal rubsign, though this proves rather pointless as the outside of the door features a sliver-chromed Maximal insignia anyway.
- Sonokong also released this figure in their Beast-War toyline as "Lion Convoy". Aside from the difference in packaging, the Korean release of the figure is identical to the Takara releases. In place of the bio cards of the Takara releases, Lion Convoy comes with two "Jan-ken-pon" cards. One has an image reflecting the one on the box, with scissors and the number three die roll, and the other with paper and the number four die roll, with a grass plane background.
- Hasbro also offered Lio Convoy (the Takara version) as an exclusive on its now-defunct Hasbro Collectors website in 2000.
- This mold was also used to make Black Lio Convoy.
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- Shijō Saidai no Taiketsu: Lio Convoy VS Galvatron (史上最大の対決 ライオコンボイVSガルバトロン, VS pack, 1998)
- Lio Convoy was also available in the "History's Greatest Showdown" two-pack with his arch-enemy Galvatron.
- Both toys are identical to their individual releases.
- Gold Lio Convoy (1998)
- ID number: C-16
- Accessories: 6 "Lio Missiles", 2 launchers
- Released exclusively through a Comic Bom Bom Lucky Draw contest in August 1998, Lio Convoy was released in two different variants of gold; the first wave was released in a matte gold plastic, while the second wave was released in gold chrome. In total, there were 10 Gold Lio Convoys made.
- Flash Lio Convoy (フラッシュライオコンボイ, 1998)
- ID number: C-16
- Accessories: 6 "Lio Missiles", 2 launchers
- The first redeco of Lio Convoy in his "Flash" color scheme, which replaces most of his secondary colors with metal-flake gold and silver.
- He was released alongside Burning Convoy to promote the Beast Wars Special film.
- Lio Convoy Galvatron Color (ライオコンボイガルバトロンカラー, 1998)
- ID number: C-16
- Accessories: 6 "Lio Missiles", 2 launchers
- A Comic Bom Bom Lucky Draw exclusive limited to only 50 units, Galvatron Color Lio Convoy is a Galvatron-themed recolor of Lio Convoy. This rare toy represents Lio as he appeared in the Bom Bom manga story when his spark was tainted by Angolmois Energy.
- This toy was only made available as a prize offered through the December 1998 issue of Comic Bom Bom.
- Telemaga Special Cybertron 6-piece Set (Multi-pack, 1999)
- Accessories: 6 "Lio Missiles", 2 launchers
- A black, red and yellow redeco of Lio Convoy was part of a six-piece set of unique redecoes of the main Cybertron cast of Beast Wars II, the grand prize in the "New Beast Warriors Contest" in the February 1999 issue of TV Magazine. The details of this contest are currently unknown.
Robotmasters
- Lio Convoy (ライオコンボイ, 2005)
- Part of the sixth wave of Takara's Robotmasters toys, Lio Convoy is functionally a scaled-down version of the original figure. Though he retains most of the original Lio Convoy's articulation, he lacks the spring-loaded gimmicks such as his spinning mane and missile launchers, and is of lower sculpted detail.
- Instead of spring-loaded weapons, Lio Convoy comes with a whopping five non-firing blasters. His beast mode mane has peg-holes to attach four of the weapons, simulating his bigger toy's attack beast mode. The smaller handgun has several mounting points on it for adding the other guns, resulting in a superweapon.
- This mold was also used to make the Robotmasters version of Black Lio Convoy.
- Lio Convoy + DVD (ライオコンボイ+DVD, 2005)
- Released alongside the normal Robotmasters Lio Convoy, this more limited-edition (yet still normal retail) redeco of Lio Convoy features a shiny metallic paint deco for his red parts.
- He also comes with a DVD with the second part of the short Robotmasters CGI-animated storyline.
Classics
- Leo Prime (Legends Class, 2007)
- Leo Prime (Legends Class "Cybertron Collection", 2008)
- Known designers: Joe Kyde (deco artist)
- Classics Leo Prime is a redeco of the Cybertron-series Legends of Cybertron Leobreaker toy, transforming into a robotic lion (well, liger, really). He was originally part of the first wave of Classics Legends, then later re-released in a wave with—even more unusually—the Cybertron-series characters Hot Shot, Optimus Prime, and Soundwave, all of whom (Leo Prime included) had the words "Cybertron Collection" added to the standard Classics package design.
- Leo Prime is the only figure released under the Classics toyline based on a Beast Era character.
- This mold was also used to make Universe (2008) Razorclaw.
Universe (2008)
- Leo Prime (Voyager Class, 2009)
- Series: Beast Wars Series
- Accessories: Tail/"Jungle whip," Key
- Known designers: Andrew Scribner (deco artist)
- A retool of Cybertron Leobreaker with a new head and redecoed in blue and red, Leo Prime transforms into a mechanical lion. Unlike previous releases of this mold, the electronics were removed and the battery cover is riveted closed. Each forelimb/arm has a Cyber-Key-released spring-loaded "snap-out robo-shredder claw," and his tail becomes a blade-whip for robot mode. As a redeco of Leobreaker, he can still transform into a "Savage Claw Mode", becoming a massive clawed arm that can attach to the Leader-class Cybertron Optimus Prime and Megatron toys, usable on either side of their torsos. He comes with a silver-bordered blue Jungle Planet-type Cyber Key. His packaging designates him a Maximal despite the Autobot symbol on his chest.
- The new coloration for the character probably stems from an abortive BotCon attempt to redeco the original Lio Convoy toy in the colors of 2007 movie Optimus Prime, with the latter's flames conceptually transferred to the lion mane.[1]
- The original version of this mold was also used to create Nemesis Breaker and retooled to make BotCon 2009 Razorclaw.
- Leo Prime (Voyager Class, 2009)
- Series: Beast Wars Series
- Accessories: Tail/"Jungle whip," Key
- A Target-exclusive redeco was produced of the first Universe Leo Prime in colors that homage Lio Convoy's original color scheme. Though he was in Universe packaging, his cross sells were for the Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Class toys Stratosphere, Grindor, and Long Haul. Leo Prime's bio and call-outs remain the same.
- This release was exclusive to Target stores in the United States.
Prime
- Leo Prime (レオプライム, 2012)
- ID number: AM-28
- Release date: 2012 December 15
- Accessories: Foot/blade
- Part of the tenth wave of the TakaraTomy Prime toyline, Leo Prime is a redeco of Voyager Class Thundertron, transforming into a mechanical lion. His right robot mode foot can detach to reveal a bladed "peg-leg", with the original foot converting into a claw-weapon. Leo Prime comes with his Arms Micron partner, L.P., who transforms into a sword.
- In an erroneous holdover, the catalogue that comes with Leo Prime labels the figure "Thundertron" (サンダートロン Sandātoron).
- This mold was also used to make Go Prime and BotCon 2014 Knight Alpha Trizer.
Legend Commander Collection
- Lio Convoy (ライオコンボイ, 2014)
- ID number: LC-03
- Accessories: 2 "Gold Fangs", 2 "Laser Tonfa", "Lio Shot"
- Part of the Legend Commander Collection sold at Transformers Expo, Lio Convoy is a redeco of Robotmasters Lio Convoy. Remaining stock was sold through TakaraTomy Mall.
Timelines
so please cut me some slack for now.
Surely there will be a tomorrow, aah, after today.
- Lio Convoy (TCC incentive figure, 2015)
- Accessories: blaster, axe
- The Transformers Collectors' Club member incentive figure of 2015, Timelines Lio Convoy is a retool of Thrilling 30 Deluxe Class Orion Pax, transforming into a truck. He comes with a blaster and axe, both of which can peg onto 5 mm ports on his hands and vehicle rear sides. Although not depicted on the instructions, the blaster can also peg into the hole on the larger blade of the Energon Axe.
- Some units have two left fists.
- Lio Convoy was redecoed into Nova Prime and Galva Convoy.
Legends
- Leo Prime (レオプライム, 2017)
- ID number: LG41
- Release date: 2017 February 25
- Accessories: Ancient Sword, Headmaster, Leo Missile gun, small gun
- Legends Leo Prime is a redeco of Titans Return Voyager Class Alpha Trion using Infinitus's head, and he transforms from a robot to "ancient leo" to "space carrier". He is armed with an "Ancient Sword" (named the "Solipsistic Sword" in Beast Wars: Uprising), a "Leo Missile" gun ("Typhoon Arrow" in Uprising) that his Headmaster can ride in spaceship mode, and a smaller handgun that, like Infinitus, was previously included with Sentinel Prime. As with Hasbro's Titans Return Voyager figures, pressing in his chest crystal is meant to make his head adornments, the "Great Horn", spring up to "bulk up" his head, but the switch is much weaker than Alpha Trion's and is incapable of holding the horns down for longer than a second or so.
- Hasbro:
- Titans Return Autobot Infinitus
- Darkmoon
Autobot Infinitus (Titan Force)- TakaraTomy:
- Legends LG40 Astrotrain
- LG41 Leo Prime
- e-HOBBY:
- Legends LG-EX Convobat
- Lio Convoy (Beast Wars) (ライオコンボイ (ビーストウォーズ), 2020)
- ID number: MP-48
- Release date: 2020 February 29
- Accessories: "Cybertron Buster", 4 "Lio Missiles", 2 "Lio Beams", "Holder Parts"
- Masterpiece "Lio Convoy (Beast Wars)" transforms from white lion to robot and is intended to replicate his animated appearance. He is designed to scale with other Beast Wars-based Masterpiece figures. Incidentally, he also scales with the Ultra-sized Beast Wars Neo Big Convoy.
- This toy replicates many features of the original toy, like an opening chest hatch with sculpted Matrix inside, deployable arm blades and cannons, and missiles which can be inserted into his cannons, but have no launching mechanisms. He includes his Cybertron Buster gun from the anime, as well as opening hatches on his calves which reveal articulated jet boosters. To really go the extra mile for show-accuracy, it has two slightly distinct lion heads, to better depict how in robot mode the lion head goes from furry to smooth and angular.
- Lio Convoy was planned to come with a poseable Artemis figure, but this was omitted from the final product.
- Lio Convoy was a candidate in TakaraTomy's Masterpiece Fan's Choice poll in 2013, which asked fans to determine which Autobot/Maximal leader from the franchise's then-30 year history should receive a new Masterpiece toy. He placed ninth out of eleven candidates, with only 2% of the vote, and yet here we are seven years later! Sucks to be Ginrai.
- Lio Convoy was released as an EB Games exclusive in Canada. Lio Convoy was later repainted into Dark Amber Leo Prime.
- Maximal Leo Prime (Voyager Class, 2023)
- TakaraTomy name: Leo Prime (レオプライム)
- TakaraTomy ID number: TL-25
- TakaraTomy release date: 2023 March 25
- Accessories: 4 missile blasters
- Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Shuhei Umezu (TakaraTomy)[2]
- Part of the first wave of Voyagers in Legacy: Evolution, "Maximal Leo Prime" transforms from an anime-accurate version of his robot mode (with the bottom set of abs unpainted) to a realistic white & gold lion. His left pectoral can open, revealing a chamber with a non-removable Energon Matrix that is Fire Blast effect-compatible. The Evo-Fusion gimmick consists of his lion's mane being able to flip out, revealing blasters (based on his "Lio Missiles"), and his front paws can reveal flip-out claws (based on his "Lion Claws"). The shorter blasters can store in the mane or be handheld, while the longer blasters can either peg on to the sides of the mane, the flip out panels on the forearms, or store inside the panel on Lio Convoy's back. While stored in Lio Convoy's back in robot mode, the blasters can double as the thrusters he used in the Beast Wars II cartoon, complete with Fire Blast effect parts if one so chooses. Placing the smaller blasters in the 5 mm ports on the sides of his robot legs can also give him leg thrusters like in the cartoon too. Completely undocumented in the instructions, the two longer blasters can remain stored in his back panel in beast mode.
- Contrary to what Hasbro designer Mark Maher stated on his personal Instagram (link below), Leo Prime doesn't actually have the ability to perform his "Lion Typhoon" attack, as there are no rotating parts in the lion's mane, though utilizing all of the flip-out panels on the mane, one can somewhat attempt a semi-accurate, static portrayal of it. That being said, it appears Mark Maher was actually referring to Lio Convoy/Leo Prime's "Lio Missile" attack (the attack mode with all of the blasters flipped out of the mane), not the "Lion Typhoon" attack proper.
- This figure was revealed during Hasbro Pulse Con 2022. Though scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2023, its wave arrived at Hong Kong retail in early December 2022. He was later redecoed into Nemesis Leo Prime.
- Some copies do not have undersized Energon Matrix pegs, resulting in some blast effects not fitting snugly or even at all. This appears to be due to only the flat end of the peg being painted blue, while the sides are left bare gray.
- Lio Convoy (ライオコンボイ, 2025)
- Release date: 2025 February 22
- Accessories: 2 guns
- 40th Selection Lio Convoy is a redeco and extensive retool on the Legacy Voyager above, featuring a more anime-accurate lion head and mane, allowing him to properly recreate his signature "Lion Typhoon" attack, as well as longer extendable "Lion Claws". In terms of deco, the yellow has been replaced with toy-accurate gold paint, and the bottom two "abs" of the "six pack" in his robot abdomen are now properly painted instead of left bare.
- His packaging is designed to homage the original toy's box.
- Beast Collection Special 10 (PVC set, 1998)
- Two clear-blue super-deformed PVCs of Lio Convoy were included as part of a ten-piece set of PVCs. He comes in both robot mode and lion mode; the lion mode has his four mane-cannons deployed, with his entire mane/head as a separate piece that slots onto the body.
- This set was also marked as a "Clear Version Special Set", but it's unknown if there an opaque set was ever released.
- This set also includes PVCs of Galvatron in both robot and dragon modes, Apache, Bighorn, Scuba, Tasmania Kid, Megastorm, and Starscream.
- Lio Convoy (candy toy, 1997)
- A snap together model kit of Lio Convoy was available as part of Kabaya's Beast Wars Gum, sculpted from purple and gold plastic. He could transform from robot to beast mode by being broken down into its component parts, then rebuilt into a new mode. It came with a stick of gum.
- Lio Convoy (candy toy, 1997)
- Kabaya's Beast Fighters Lio Convoy was a small, super deformed PVC model which was hollow inside, designed to be used as a finger-puppet. It was available in a blindpack with fizzy "Ramune" candy.
- Leo Prime (May 2022)
- Leo Prime (May 2023)
- The concept of the leader of the heroic faction transforming into a lion may have its genesis in a planned retool of Cheetor (then known as Prowl) into Optimus Prime with a lion alternate mode.
- Lio Convoy's beast mode is probably based on the main character of the classic manga, Jungle Emperor Leo, better known to the English speaking world as Kimba the White Lion.
- Lio Convoy, like a ton of other Kre-O comic characters, uses existing Kre-O pieces. As such, he uses the Optimus Prime helmet, the Razorclaw lion head and mane (though they are rather smaller than normal), and a form of backpack piece to hold it on Lio Convoy's right-hand shoulder.
- Japanese: Lio Convoy (ライオコンボイ Raio Konboi), Leo Prime (レオプライム Reo Puraimu)
- Korean: Lion Convoy (라이온콘보이 Raion Konboi)
- Mandarin: Bái Shī Qíngtiānzhù (白狮擎天柱, "White Lion Optimus Prime")
- ↑ "Although I wasn't a large part of the planning, I still glimpsed behind the curtain. 2009 was... a hodgepodge. A lot of cooks, one kitchen. And eventually the Wingsverse came out of the oven. (Which was still a bit of a mash up, given its two separate timeframes)"—Jesse Wittenrich, Twitter, 2019/08/08
"During the hodgepodge-iest moments of the planning for the exclusives, one concept included the original Lio Convoy mold decoed up as 2007 Movie Optimus Prime. The idea was pitched by a then @Hasbro employee so it was given a high priority."—Jesse Wittenrich, Twitter, 2019/08/08
"Although no mock-up - physical or digital - was created and no characterization explored, the idea of the Optimus-colored Lio Convoy dug its claws in long enough for a tool check. Sadly, this was when it was first reported that the BWII Lio Convoy tool had gone missing!"—Jesse Wittenrich, Twitter, 2019/08/08
"And so the BotCon 2009 set dropped the Lio Convoy idea and we ended up getting Razorclaw from Cybertron Leobreaker instead. Once a robot lion has been on the table, you need to do a robot lion! 🤣"—Jesse Wittenrich, Twitter, 2019/08/08
"The same year though, in what is by all hunches not a coincidence, @Hasbro released Universe Leo Prime... the Leobreaker mold in Optimus Prime colors, Prime-like head-sculpt, and an English-centric name change for Lio Convoy that first appeared on a 2007 "Classics" repaint."—Jesse Wittenrich, Twitter, 2019/08/08
"The Optimus color version is not quite Movie Optimus - I've always assumed that the specific callout to that Optimus due to someone wanting to recreate the truck's flame details inside the lion's mane - but the inspiration can be interpreted."—Jesse Wittenrich, Twitter, 2019/08/08
"This figure ended up as the only exploration of a red and blue Lio Convoy/Leo Prime. At the time of its release, it was met with mixed reactions."—Jesse Wittenrich, Twitter, 2019/08/08 - ↑ Transformers Panel at Hasbro Pulse Con 2022 Day 1 on the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel.
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