A woman of very few words, Dia Cinders is Burn Out's human pilot. Since Burn Out's personality is based on her own, the two argue constantly. It oftentimes comes to the point that Dia turns off Burn Out's voice commands in order to be more effective in the field. She is especially good at sharpshooting, possessing pin-point accuracy.
Born in 1982, Dia spent a life knowing nothing but the Diaclone project, which began in the same year and for which she was named. Dia's ambitions eventually came to fruition when she became the mech pilot of Burn Out. BotCon 2015 Burn Out profile card
Dia and Cline wound up in Axiom Nexus, where they passed as Cybertronians thanks to their mech suits, Burn Out and Lift-Ticket. They sought out a highly evolved Waruder nest deep underground. Following the Waruders' signal, they encountered a group of wanted criminals, and fled upon seeing them. Cline and Dia met up with the group once more when they found themselves in the middle of a battle between Waruders and Cybertronians. Revealing that they had been tracking the Waruders hive, the humans joined their new allies in battle. They were shortly thereafter joined by General Optimus Prime and Sergeant Hound, who pooled their efforts towards the fight against the Waruders as well. Sergeant Hound was particularly impressed by Dia/Burn-Out's aiming skills during the battle's course. The Lift-Ticket armor took a severe strike, prompting Cline to exit the mech. Dia/Burn Out defended her now-vulnerable ally as the Waruder invaders kept on swarming them. The battle came to an end when C-81 took the Waruders' leader hostage, and began negotiations with the critter. The Waruders were convinced to migrate to a different Cybertron via an interuniversal gate, bringing the fighting to an end. Dia later conversed with Sergeant Hound, noting that she hated the whole concept of "quantum" when it was revealed that the Waruders had arrived to Axiom Nexus 20,000 years in the past due to quantum instability. Cybertron's Most Wanted
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Riding aboard her AI robot partner, Burnout, Dia competed in the Speedia 500 for the chance to become leader of Velocitron. In the race, the two scaled a steep cliff to create a shortcut for themselves. Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 1 The duo of Dia Burnout would ultimately lose to former champion Override. Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 2
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General Optimus Prime / Sgt. Hound (Deluxe, 2015)
A BotCon 2015 exclusive toy, Dia is a redeco of GenerationsCaliburst in colors homaging the Diaclonepilot figures, transforming from armored humanoid into a triple-barreled gun. In gun mode, she can combine with the various iterations of the Holepunch mold (notably her mission partner Cline) to form a super-rifle, with either one forming the "front" part.
Despite being the "pilot" for Burn Out, she and Cline were actually packaged with Sgt. Hound, who in turn was available only in a 2-pack with General Optimus Prime. This set was an at-the-show "souvenir" set.
This mold was also used to make AdventureTargetmaster, and Combiner WarsSinge and Zputty.
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Artfire (2012)
United Nightstick was repurposed as "Mirror Dia" in "Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 1".
Available only as a mail-away exclusive offered through Transformers Generations 2012 Vol. 1, Nightstick is yet another redeco of UniverseNightstick. He comes with Artfire, a redeco of UniverseInferno/Grapple, and Sparks, a redeco of Power Core CombinersPinpoint.
Masterpiece MP-53+B "Dia Burnout" is a new-head retool and redeco of MP-53 Skids. She transforms into a Honda City Turbo featuring opening front doors, an opening hood with engine detailing underneath, an openable rear trunk that can store her Motocomp drone (once its handlebars are tucked away) or some of her guns, and a basic interior capable of fitting the included "ghost pilot" figurine (a translucent yellow/orange redeco of MP-44's Carly figurine), which can also pilot the aforementioned drone. The new head is based on the original Honda City Turbo Diaclone toy's head, rather than the cartoon model from Skids.
She comes with both the cartoon-based blaster accessories from Skids (the Turbo Cannon and Double Laser Caster) and the toy-based weapons from Reboost(the Pulse Rifle and Concussion Leveler). In robot mode, the weapons can either peg into the top of the forearms like the original Skids toy (with the Pulse Rifle having a flip-out handle she can grip), or on the outer sides of the forearms via dedicated slots. Unfortunately, it is not possible to equip her with all four weapons at once, as the side-mounting clips will interfere with the top-mounted weapons.
Dia Burnout was revealed on August 9, 2022, with pre-orders opening the next day. She began shipping in late March of 2023.
Complete text of the story information included with Masterpiece Dia Burnout
Notes[]
Dia is loosely based on Sasha Kaidonovsky, the female co-pilot of Cherno Alpha from Pacific Rim.
Dia was originally conceived without a surname. The 2023 Masterpiece release of "Dia Burnout" granted her the "Cinders" surname in its bio.
