Cyclonus (Armada)


 * Cyclonus is a Decepticon from the Unicron Trilogy series. He took the name Snow Cat after recieving a new body.



Cyclonus is one wild and craaaaaaazy guy. Seriously, he's the guy in the group that even the other Cons think is a little unbalanced. His usual battle tactic is to rush straight in with every piece of artillery he has blazing, all while laughing maniacally. Other times, he yodels while rushing straight in with every piece of artillery he has blazing.

He loves combat, and isn't particularly picky about which side he's on, so long as he gets to shoot things. He's not especially bright, but Megatron knows the value of a soldier largely without fear.

Snow Cat went completely bonkers following the destruction of Unicron (it wasn't a long trip), and without Megatron to guide him, wandered the streets of Kaon a raving loon during the planet's evacuation.

Japanese name: Sandstorm (Armada), Snowstorm (Energon, Snow Cat body)

Armada
Voice actor: Don Brown (US) Isshin Chiba (Japan)

Cyclonus is a wild soldier under Megatron's command. He is closely partnered with his comrade Demolishor, with whom he sometimes shares a love/hate relationship. He is known for having a maniacal personality and will often fire at targets frantically, risking damage to his own teammates. He has a quirky and sarcastic personality, often leading to harsh punishment by his commander. Cyclonus served Megatron throughout the Unicron Battles, and was a key player in the united Armada against the chaos-bringer. His alternate form is a helicopter, and he often took pleasure in tormenting the three kids under Optimus Prime's protection. He joined the Autobot unit after the demise of Megatron, though with reservations.

Energon
Voice actor: Don Brown (US) Isshin Chiba (Japan)

Cyclonus returned as the guardian of Cybertron City based on the moon. Although he served his role dutifully, he was yearning for the days of combat. Not long after the attacks on Mars and Asteroid City, the moon would also be attacked, a battle through which Cyclonus would hold up a small resistance before he was presumed destroyed. As Demolishor prepared for more Terrorcon assaults on Earth, Cyclonus surfaced, having tucked tail and ran, abandoning Cybertron City on the moon to be looted of its Energon. Cyclonus assisted Demolishor and the Autobots until Tidal Wave showed up wielding Megatron's Sword, a blade forged by Alpha Quintesson from the Spark of Megatron. Believing that it was proof of Megatron, Cyclonus abandoned the Autobots and Demolishor, joining Alpha Quintesson's forces.

Cyclonus would once again serve Megatron when the commander was revived within Unicron for some time, before sustaining damages from an Autobot assault while retreating. Having failed to topple the Energon towers, Cyclonus returned injured to his commander, begging for repairs. In a rage, Megatron bound Cyclonus to the wall using Unicron's internal tentacles as punishment. Cyclonus was then fused with Unicron's essense in a painful manner and upgraded into Snowcat, who then took up yodeling, and skiing. During the Powerlinx Battles Snowcat and Demolisher had to deal with a gigantic Insecticon, who was mutated by the Super Energon.

Snowcat was thought destroyed in Energon but (his Universe bio reveals) he infact survived on Cybertron during the Unicron Singularity evacuation...

Energon
Cyclonus appears once, in a cameo on the first page of issue 19. It is never stated in the comic whether or not Cyclonus was turned into Snow Cat by Unicron or if they're seperate characters entirely. And with Dreamwave's bankruptcy, we may never know what they intended. If Snow Cat was indeed a reformatted Cyclonus, then it is likely that he was taken during the horsemen's attack on Cybertron during issue 21.

Snow Cat's appearance was brief: he captured the Omnicons in a small town in the Yukon and rigged them to a machine that would extract their energon to feed Unicron and then reprogram them as Terrorcons. However, the Omnicons learned the value of teamwork, broke free, and totally kicked his ass.

Armada

 * Cyclonus with Mini-Con Crumplezone (Deluxe, 2002/2003)
 * Japanese ID number: MD-04


 * Sandstorm w/ Cannon and Destruction Mini-Con Team (Multi-pack, 2003)
 * Japanese ID number: MS-04


 * Powerlinx Cyclonus with Mini-Con Crumplezone (Deluxe, 2003)


 * In November of 2003, US Toys "R" Us stores had special bonus pack Max-Con (Deluxe) toys, which came with a single bonus Mini-Con attached to the card over their sticker, for less than the price as a normal Max-Con during Toys "R" Us' post-Thanksgiving-day sale. Like Powerlinx Hot Shot, Powerlinx Cyclonus  could come with one of the Adventure Mini-Con Team members: Dune Runner, Iceberg or Ransack.


 * Cyclonus (Happy Meal toy, 2003)

Energon

 * Cyclonus with Mini-Con Crumplezone (Deluxe, 2004)
 * Japanese ID number: SD-03


 * Snow Cat (Deluxe, 2004)
 * Japanese ID number: SD-10


 * (Note: The Snow Cat toy was designed to resemble a G.I. Joe vehicle of the same name.) 1

Universe

 * Snow Cat (Deluxe, 2005)


 * The Energon Snow Cat mold was redecoed and released as an exclusive to Kay-Bee stores in 2005 along with a redeco of Energon Downshift. However, at the time Kay-Bee was undergoing financial troubles, closing numerous stores across the United States, and it appears that the two toys did not make it to a great many of the stores that remained open. Many did make their way to Toy Liquidator outlets, a sub-company within Kay-Bee.


 * (Note: Snow Cat's Universe bio sets him off-camera during the events of Cybertron rather within the pre-existing Universe storyline. This is likely due to the Universe'' storyline giving way to and folding into the Fanclub Cybertron comic which is set largely on this abandoned Cybertron.)