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Payload (Cybertron)

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The name or term "Payload" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Payload (disambiguation).
Payload is a Decepticon-allied Mini-Con from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy.
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Boy, has he got a line for you.

Payload, like his fellow Lunar Assault Mini-Con Team members, spends his time attacking the normally-serene Exploration Mini-Con Team. Though he is physically one of the strongest Mini-Cons, Payload doesn't like to use his strength in combat; he'd rather outwit an opponent. As such, rather than engage his foe in a one-on-one brawl like Kobushi, Payload battles his "rival" Ascentor with brains, setting traps in the hopes of one day ensnaring the brilliant Mini-Con.

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Fiction

Cybertron comic

Payload was part of an army of insurgent Mini-Cons that were plotting to destroy a Mini-Con colony on one of Cybertron's moons. He looked on as Unicron, the insurgents' secret ally, turned on them and started killing everyone. Revelations Part 5 The Coming Storm: Part 1

Toys

Cybertron

  • Payload vs Ascentor (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2005)
Released as part of the second wave of Cybertron Mini-Con 2-packs, Cybertron Payload is a redeco of the Adventure Mini-Con Team member Ransack, transforming into a pickup truck of undetermined model with oversized off-road tires and rollbar. He has a working winch mechanism connected to a spool and gear system in his torso; the cable, once pulled out, can be retracted by rolling Payload in vehicle mode, or by attaching him to the gear system on the Armada Cyclonus mold.
Payload was only available in a two-pack with the Exploration Team Mini-Con Ascentor.
This mold was also used to make Super Link Torque.
Transformers: Armada mold: Ransack
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  • Takara:

Notes

  • The Lunar Assault and Exploration Team's mold-sets were swapped before final production; it is unknown if the characterization of Payload was originally supposed to be applied to the toy that would become Landslide or Ascentor.
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