Destruction Mini-Con Team

This article is about the Mini-Con Team. For the Bruticus Maximus combiner team, seeDestruction Team.

TheDestruction Mini-Con Teamdo not play well with others. Though their destructive capabilities land them in the hands of theDecepticonsmore often than not, they despise allBulks,and are fierce in their goal ofMini-Conindependence. So fierce that they are willing to sacrifice anyone, even their own, for their goal.

They are also sometimes known as theRoad Wrecker Team.

The Destruction Mini-Con Team is composed of...

• Buzzsawthe bucket-wheel excavator.
• Drill Bitthe tunneling machine.
• Dualorthe Gepard anti-aircraft tank.

Contents 1Fiction 1.1Armadacartoon 1.2DreamwaveArmadacomic 1.3PaniniArmadacomic 2Toys 2.1Armada 2.2Energon 3Notes 3.1Foreign names

Fiction

Armadacartoon

The Destruction team acted as a full team for the first time in a plan set up byMegatron.They sent a signal to theEarth-bound Mini-Cons and later helped Megatron lead the Autobots on a chase while teleporting. They fired atOptimus Primeuntil a decided moment and then turned their attack on Megatron, defecting to the Autobot side.Vow

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DreamwaveArmadacomic

Drill Bit and the rest of the Destruction Teamappearedto have been among the many Mini-Cons that were captured, experimented on, and enslaved by theDecepticonsduring the attack onCyber City,and as such didn't get to evacuateCybertronalongside most other Mini-Cons.Armada #2Thankfully, this wasn't really the case, as they were on theescape vesselwhen it crashed onEarth'smoon.Led byDualor,the Mini-Cons on the Moon constructed afortress basewhere they could live in peace, then summoned the Mini-Cons on Earth to join them.Armada #9To deter theAutobotsfrom trying to rescue their friends, they stuffedRad Whiteinto an orbital mine to keep them from attacking the moonbase. While overseeing the defenses during the Decepticons' inevitable assault,Leader-1suddenly attacked them.Armada #10The Destruction Team were knocked unconscious and were helpless to resist whenMegatronshowed up and captured them.Armada #11

The Destruction Team didn't give up so easily, though. By activating a failsafe program, they overloaded the Decepticons with power and saved themselves from being used against their will. This allowed Dualor to strike a deal with Megatron: They'd lend the Decepticons their strength in exchange for some degree of leadership. Megatron accepted and handed them toCyclonus,whom they promptly drove insane with power anyway.Fire & IceMegatron mused that he knew that the Mini-Cons would betray him, then retrieved them alongside the unconscious Cyclonus.Armada #13

The Destruction Team were subsequently punished viaPunishment Cube.Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4They were not among the Decepticon-held Mini-Cons released to join the fight againstUnicron.Megatron was vague on their fate, simply saying that the Decepticons were "better off without them".The End

PaniniArmadacomic

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Toys

Armada

• Destruction Mini-Con Team(Mini-Con 3-pack,2002/2003)

• Takara name:Destruction Micron
• Takara ID number:MM-04
• Takara release date:December 26,2002
• Known designers:Yuichiro Hira(Takara)

The Destruction Mini-Con Team (Buzzsaw,Drill Bit,andDualor) are a trio of tiny vehicles intended to, well, destroy stuff. As Mini-Cons, each one has aPowerlinxsocket that allows them to attach to larger toys with compatible plugs, activating playgimmickson "live" plugs. Each toy also features a gear-wheel system that causes their built-in weapon to "activate" when they roll invehicle mode.They can also be attached to the underside of theArmadaCyclonusmold, interacting with the Decepticon’s gear-wheel rotor system so their action gimmick moves as Cyclonus's rotor-trigger is pulled.

This version of the Team was nominally available as a three-pack, sold in the second wave ofHasbro'sArmadaline, and in the first wave ofTakara'sLegend of the Micronsline. The Hasbro three-pack may have been added to various probably-randomized "Bonus Buy" sets clamshelled with other toys in the line sold through various retailers; we say "may have been" because there were alotof these clamshelled sets but we have not yet confirmed samples with the Destruction Team specifically.

This mold-set was also used to make theMegalo Micronsand theExploration Mini-Con Team.

• Sandstorm & Destruction Micron(Multi-pack, 2002)

• Sonokong name:Sandstorm & Destruction
• ID number:MS-04
• Takara release date:December 26,2002

The Destruction Microns were also included in a multi-pack in Japan withSandstormand his partner Mini-ConCannon.Each toy is identical to their individual Takara releases.

This set was also released bySonokongin Korea, with no changes from the Takara release, other than the packaging. This was also the only way to obtain Sandstorm (Cyclonus) and the "Destructions" in Korea.

• Destruction Micron Exdimensions(Mini-Con 3-pack, 2002)

• ID number:MM-09
• Release date:December 26,2002

A somewhat more limited-edition—but still regular retail—redecoof the Destruction Microns was released byTakaraas part of theExdimensionsseries. This version of the team was decoed in primarily orange with varying shades of desaturated blue.

The packaging is nearly identical to the original Takara three-pack, showing the team in their original colors in both art and photography; the team name is now in silver foil and marked with "Exdimensions" (エクスディメンションズEkusudimenshonzu) underneath.

This deco wasrepurposedas theHeavy Machinery Mini-Con Team.

• Crush Undergrove Edition(Promotional Micron,2003)

• Duster Undergrove Edition(Promotional Micron, 2003)

• Wheel Undergrove Edition(Promotional Micron, 2003)

• Release date:January 1,2003

Exclusiveto Ito Yokaido stores in Japan, one member of the "Undergrove Edition" Destruction Microns were given at random as apromotional giveawayto customers who boughtMC-01 Convoy Super Modethroughout January (until they ran out of them), though reportedly, some stores gave one away with anyLegends of the Micronspurchase. This iteration of the team was cast in various earth tones.

"Undergrove Edition" was not on the instructions packed in with the toys; the name was ultimately revealed in the "Micron Museum" portion of Takara'sLegends of the Micronswebsite onJuly 18ththat year.

• Crush White Micron(Promotional Micron, 2003)

• Duster White Micron(Promotional Micron, 2003)

• Wheel White Micron(Promotional Micron, 2003)

• Release date:April 26,2003

As part of the "Golden Week" holiday, Japanese "TF Station"affiliate stores gave out solid-white versions of the Destruction Microns at a limit of one per customer.

In some stores, these pieces were given out with the intent of being used in "paint your own" in-store events.

• Crush Space Galaxy Edition(Micron pack-in, 2003)

• Duster Space Galaxy Edition(Micron pack-in, 2003)

• Wheel Space Galaxy Edition(Micron pack-in, 2003)

• Release date:May 1,2003

In May,JUSCOstores in Japan got in special versions ofConvoy Super Modethat contained one member of the "Space Galaxy Edition" Destruction Microns per box… but the bonus Microns wereblind-packedinsidethe boxes.

Yes, you read that correctly. Blind-packed inside the most expensive toy in the line (at the time).

As such, this version of the team is among the most expensive of the promotional Microns on the secondary market.

• Road Wrecker Mini-Con Team(Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)

Released in the sixth wave ofArmadaMini-Con three-packs, a green-and-gray redeco of the Destruction Mini-Con Team was put out under a new team name, but as the same individual characters.

This set was released under theUnicron Battlesbranding, hyping up the release of the giantUnicrontoy.

• Predacon with Side Burn and Skid-Z(Bonus Buy pack, 2003)

The entire team, in their original colors, was included in a "Bonus Buy" set, in a small bubble added to the top of the normalPredaconbox, sold for the price of Predacon alone.

It is currently unknown what retailer this set was sold through.

• Blurr with Incinerator and Bonus Mini-Con(Bonus pack, 2003)

• Sideways with Rook & Crosswise and Bonus Mini-Con(Bonus pack, 2003)

• Release date:November 28,2003

In November of 2003, USToys "R" Usstores had special bonus pack Super-Con (Deluxe) toys, which came with a single bonus Mini-Con attached to the card over their sticker, forlessthan the price as a normal Super-Con during Toys "R" Us'spost-Thanksgiving-daysale. Each of the original-color Destruction Mini-Con Team members could come packaged with eitherBlurrorSideways.

Energon

• Road Wrecker Mini-Con Team & Night Attack Mini-Con Team(Mini-Con 6-pack,2004)

A re-release of the Road Wrecker Mini-Con Team was included as part of anEnergon"Mini-Con 6-pack" with theNight Attack Mini-Con Team.

This pack was a shared exclusive to both Toys "R" Us andWalmartstores in the US.

Notes

• A team of miscolored Mini-Cons based on the Destruction Team in the first two issues ofDreamwave'sArmadacomic is apparentlynotthe real Destruction Team; this trio was left behind on Cybertron when everyone else escaped, and never seen again.

• Simon Furmanhas said in theletters pageof "Multiplicity, Pt. 3"that it can be assumed thatMegatronstrapped the Destruction Team to a rocket and fired them into the sun, in regards to their ambiguous fate in theArmadacomic.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Destruction Micron(デストラクションマイクロンDesutorakushon Maikuron)
• French:Équipe de Destruction des Minimodus( "Destruction Mini-Con Team" ),Équipe de Démolition Routière des Minimodus( "Road Demolition Mini-Con Team" )
• Spanish:Los Minimodus - Equipo de Destrucción( "The Mini-Cons - Destruction Team" ),Los Minimodus - Equipo Demoledor Terrestre( "The Mini-Cons - Ground Demolishing Team" )