Caliburn



Caliburn is a Decepticon Micromaster from the Universe series.

Caliburn hails from an alternate Cybertron, one where the Autobots are all but extinct. He is a personal attendant of Megazarak, gleefully tagging along, picking off anything that survives Megazarak's onslaught.

He peppers his acts of destruction and cruelty with quips and gallows humor; he enjoys twisting the knife before delivering the killing blow. He relishes the death and destruction, and follows Megazarak's commands happily. Megazaak tolerates Caliburn's gab since the tiny terror's "lightning blaster" mode has incredible power, unleashing blasts of 60-kilovolt bursts of electricity.

(Note: Caliburn went through many fictional changes before the final version. He was originally going to be a Nebulan Targetmaster, and had among his pre-production names "Vanquish" and "Destructicon".)

Universe Comic (OTFCC 2004 Program)
Caliburn accompanied Megazarak deep into the heart of Cybertron, in search of the Matrix, which had been hidden by the last Matrix-bearer. Megazarak sought the Oracle, which he believed would tell him where the Matrix was hidden. Caliburn used his lightning blaster mode to dissipate the null-shield that was the final barrier to the Oracle's chamber, tended by Ultra Trion.

Toy
Caliburn is a redeco of the Mini-Con Leader-1. He was available only with Megazarak, one of the exclusives toys from OTFCC 2004. Aside from his standard armored buggy mode, he has multiple "gun" configurations that allow him to be mounted on Powerlinx plugs or held in the hands of most Unicron Trilogy toys.

This mold is also used by Clench, and is the basis for the similar new mold Mini-Con Drill Bit.