Run-Over (Armada)

This article is about theArmadaMini-Con. For theBeast Wars: UprisingMicromaster, seeRun-Over (BWU).

Run-Over is aUnicron-alliedMini-Confrom theUnicron Trilogy continuity family.

Run-Overis one of the personal attendants ofNemesis Prime.Like Nemesis, he appears to be little more than a near-mindless clone (using the Mini-ConOver-Runas a template), whose sole purpose is to destroy. Though weaker than Nemesis, he shares many of the same abilities, including the ability to assumetrans-phase modeto repair damage or teleport.^[1]

Contents 1Fiction 1.1Linkage 1.2DreamwaveArmadacomic 2Toys 2.1Armada 3Notes 3.1Foreign names 4References

Fiction

Linkage

Run-Over was used in rifle mode by Nemesis Prime during one of his planet-destroying missions.Linkage Part 11

DreamwaveArmadacomic

Run-Over existed as a semi-autonomous piece of Nemesis Prime created at the same time as his larger component byUnicronon a barren world. He was perhaps created because ofOver-Run's significance to Unicron, but this is only an assumption. When Nemesis Prime was destroyed by the Transformers, there was no sign of Run-Over; he may have reformed, allowing the possibility of Nemesis Prime himself returning.More than Meets the Eye: Armada #3

Toys

Armada

• Nemesis Prime with Run-Over(Super-Con, 2003)

• Takara name:Scourge
• Known designers:Joe Kyde(deco artist, Takara only)

Aredecoof the Mini-ConOver-Run,ArmadaRun-Over transforms into a Cybertronic spacefighter. As a Mini-Con, he has a "Powerlinx"socket on his vehicle-mode underside which allows him to attach to any toy with a" Powerlinx "style5 mm post;some toys have special Powerlinx posts that activate/unlock gimmicks when a Mini-Con is attached. He also has a third transformation, forming a rifle that can be held by any toy that uses 5 mm ports to mount accessories.

He was only available with his larger partner Nemesis Prime, released in the eighth and final wave ofArmadaSuper-Cons.

In Japan, Nemesis Prime and Run-Over were only available as a mail-away item fromTV Magazine(limited to 5000 pieces) under the namesScourge(a nod toHasbro'sRobots in DisguiseScourge) andSweep(a nod to the Generation 1Sweeps,theoriginal Scourge's minions).

As he isgang-moldedwith Nemesis/Scourge, Sweep in now cast is a flat light gray plastic rather than Over-Run's tan (but still distinct from Over-Run's pearlescent silver base plastic). He also keeps Over-Run's wing stripes (though now in purple),paint operationswhich the Hasbro Run-Over lost.

The Hasbro version of this toy doubles as theBeast Wars: UprisingcharacterRun-Over.

• More information on Run-Over at TFU.info

Notes

• Run-Over's Japanese name "Sweep" is a reference to theSweeps,the minions ofGeneration 1Scourge... because Nemesis Prime was named "Scourge" in Japan, after the American name forBlack Convoy,the evilblack Prime redecofrom the 2001Robots in Disguisefranchise. And that, my friends, is the definition of confusing.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Sweep(スウィープSuwīpu)

References