Overkill (Timelines)


 * ''Overkill is a Decepticon in the Classics continuity family.

Serving with an as yet unrevealed Decepticon commander, Overkill's commanding officer was regularily beaten and humiliated by Grimlock. Having no troops that could match the Dinobot Commander's strength and ferocity he was desperate for a plan.

Overkill's recurrent problem of being stuck in cassette mode size as his T-Rex mode had not only become more frequent, it finally became permanent. at this size even the best Decepticon surgeons would not attempt etracting his miniaturized spark, effectively sidelining him from the battlefield.

Overkill's leader saw a revolutionary potential solution to both these problems with one fell swoop. Using data scans captured in battle with Grimlock, the leader's surgeons and engineers created a new body based as close as possible on the Dinobot. Housed in the chest is a special armored housing for Overkill's cassette mode, putting him back on the field of battle llouder and more obnoxious than ever before. Although constructed from Earth alloys the tensile strength isn't quite the level of durability of Grimlock, Overkill's ferocity makes up for it along with the fact that he can take enormous ammounts of damage without flinching. As long as the chest housing remains intact, he feels he's suffered no real harm.

Overkill continues to boast and brag about his abilities on and off the battlefield, but there's no denying the destruction left in his wake. More comfortable in his T-Rex mode, he often will not transform to robot mode unless specifically ordered to do so by his leader.

Fiction
The above information comes from Overkill's bio sheet contained in the Botcon 2007 customization class booklet.

Toys

 * Overkill (BotCon 2007 customization class)
 * This repaint of Classics Grimlock was only available in the customization class at BotCon 2007. Parts were provided, but the individuals taking the class had to assemble and paint the toy.