Guardminders are Decepticon soldiers.
Super God - Masterforce cartoon[]
The golden Guardminder leader led his dull-colored subordinates in constructing Devil Z's Death Para-Machine by the dark side of the Moon. He greeted BlackZarak when he arrived to utilize the weapon.
When Ginrai's Autobots followed Overlord's Decepticons to the Death Para-Machine, the Guardminder leader ordered his troops to split into two units, with one remaining on the weapon to defend it while he led the another into a direct confrontation with the Autobots. Many Guardminders of both units were destroyed in the ensuing battle and Ginrai managed to use Chōkon Power to destroy the Death Para-Machine. What what remained of his troops, the golden Guardminder retreated with the other Decepticons
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