Checkpoint (Cybertron)

Checkpoint is a Mini-Con Triple Changer from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

"Get down, everybody!"

Checkpoint is a very, very dangerous robot. Thankfully, he's one of the good guys; an agent for the Mini-Con Council of Sages and personal attendant to Anti-Blaze. The holographic projectors on his head assembly allow him to disguise himself easily, or even become invisible for short periods. His uncanny ability to "read" others through little more than a few minutes' observation -or even just a few lines of conversation- makes him an excellent spy and information specialist. While he can defend himself with built-in anti-neutrino blasters, he's not much of a fighter, instead relying on guile (or his teammate Scythe) to get through dangerous situations.

Fiction

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Checkpoint and his allies once worked for six stellar cycles to construct an evacuation fleet, which would allow the Mini-Cons to flee to the distant S-K System. The entire plan was ruined when Thrust destroyed all of it in less than an hour.

Afterwards, Checkpoint became renowned for his fight against the insurgent Mini-Cons. Anti-Blaze, Scythe & Checkpoint's profile in Club magazine #11 He rose to the fore as an information specialist for the Mini-Cons operating from the small Cybertronians' primary colony in the massive debris field between Cybertron's moons. After the outbreak of the Unicron Singularity, the colony was attacked by the Decepticon Landquake and a cadre of rebels. Revelations Part 4 The threat of the insurgence was soon eclipsed by the arrival of Unicron himself. Revelations Part 5 Checkpoint and his allies fought alongside a rag-tag team of Autobots until Cybertron transformed itself into Primus's robot mode. Faced with his ancient adversary, Unicron chose to flee instead of fight.

After the Unicron Singularity was ultimately closed, the Mini-Cons and Optimus Prime entered into negotiations for a peaceful co-existence between humans and mutants Bulks and Mini-Cons. Revelations Part 6

Toys

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"Everyone back to the base, pardner!"

• Sunstorm vs. Checkpoint (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)

Released as part of the third wave of Cybertron Mini-Con 2-packs, Cybertron Checkpoint is a redeco of the Armada Emergency Mini-Con Team Prowl, transforming into a Cybertronic police car. He also has a third weapon mode: a pistol that can be held by any toy with a 5 mm grip.

He was available only in a two-pack with Sunstorm. The set's packaging labels him as a Triple Changer.

This mold was also used to make Groove, Kingbolt, and Quasar.

• More information on Checkpoint at TFU.info