The Commandos are a group of Decepticons military vehicles in the Transformers: Robots In Disguise and Transformers: Universe series. The are recolored and remolded from the Combaticons toys. The Combaticons toy packaging art The Combaticons (known as the Combatrons in Japan) are a group of Decepticon military vehicles in the assorted fictional universes of the Transformers. ...

Transformers: Robots in Disguise

Transformers character
Ruination (Baldigus)
Affiliation	Decepticon
Sub-Group	Commandos
Function	Combat Specialist
Alternate Modes	5 smaller robots.
Series	Transformers: Robots in Disguise
English voice actor	Bob Papenbrook

The original Combaticon toys were revived as new characters in the parallel Universe of the 2000 Japanese line, Transformers: Car Robots, recolored, renamed and slightly remolded so that all their weapons could combine together. When Car Robots was exported to the West in 2001 as Transformers: Robots in Disguise, where they were again renamed, and more strangely, also recolored again, yielding toys which now no longer matched their animated counterparts. Various Transformers toys. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Ruination. ... The Decepticons (known as Destrons or on occasion Deathtrons in Japan) are the enemies of the Autobots, and the villains in the fictional universe of the Transformers toyline and related spin-off comics and cartoons. ... This work is copyrighted. ... Robert DeWayne Papenbrook (September 18, 1955 - March 17, 2006) was a voice actor and husband of Debbie Rothstein. ...

The team consists of

• Mega-Octane - The cool calculating leader who commands his four subordinates like a drill sergeant. Known as Dolrailer in Japan, he is a repaint of Onslaught.
• Armorhide - The team's desert warfare specialist, who uses pit traps to capture his enemies. Named Dangar in Japan, he is a repaint of Brawl.
• Movor - Able to achieve planetary orbit under his own power, Movor usually as recon for his comrades. Called Shuttler in Japan, he is a repaint of Blast Off.
• Rollbar - A hand-to-hand combat specialist who loves to fight and prefers arctic environments. Known as Greejeeper in Japan, he is a repaint of Swindle.
• Ro-Tor - The team's reconnaissance specialist. Named Heptor in Japan, he is a repaint of Vortex.

Movor, Rollbar, Ro-Tor, Mega-Octane and Armorhide

The team combines into Ruination (Valdigus in Japan), with each of the four smaller members able to form any limb, rather than assuming the fixed configuration of the animated and comic book incarnations G1 predecessor. Movor and Ro-Tor can form arms to give Ruination flight powers, while Armorhide and Rollbar give extra physical power in the role. Ruination's weapons are a combination of all the team's individual guns, and can level a city with their power. Armorhide is the name of several fictional characters from various Transformers Universes. ... Rollbar is the name given to three fictional characters in the Transformers Universes. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (850x289, 60 KB) Summary Made by user from official DVDs Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (850x289, 60 KB) Summary Made by user from official DVDs Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

These five robots actually began life as Autobots, sent to Earth along with a sixth to lead them in a mission to reactivate the legendary Autobot battle station known as Fortress Maximus. However, their craft malfunctioned and crashed, and the six Autobots were entombed in protoform state, joining Fortress Maximus in slumber until their ship was unearthed by Megatron and his Predacons. Absconding with the Autobot protoforms right under Optimus Prime's nose, Megatron took them to a nearby military base, intending to scan alternate modes for them. Mega-Octane was the first to be reactivated, infused with a portion of Megatron's own spark energy to create the first of a new breed of Transformer that Megatron dubbed the "Decepticons." The other four members of the team followed, and eventually the sixth, Scourge, who took leadership of the team from Mega-Octane with a show of force. Fortress Maximus Fortress Maximus is a fictional character from several of the Transformers series. ... The future Maximal Airazor as a Protoform. ... Megatron (known as Gigatron in Japan) was the merciless leader of the Predacons, including Sky-Byte, Slapper, Nightscream and Gas Skunk, in Transformers: Robots in Disguise. ... The Predacons are one of the many factions in the fictional Transformers Universes. ... Robots in Disguise (Car Robots) RiD Optimus Prime Main article: Optimus Prime In this stand-alone alternate continuity, Optimus Prime - called Fire Convoy in Japan - leads the Autobots in a secret campaign. ... G1 Scourge toy packaging art Scourge is a the name of several fictional characters from the Transformers multiverse. ...

Instead of classic Decepticon symbols seen in other Transformers series, the Commandos wore symbols of Autobots from Transformers: Generation 2, only upside down. HOwever, the toys released in the US had traditional Decepticon symbols.

The Commandos, as they were named (maintaing the team's original name of the Combatrons in Car Robots ), soon demonstrated their skills by blowing up dams across the country, debuting their combining abilities against Rail Racer and later attempting to harness the energies of a volcano on Montrose Island. As part of a string of failed attempts to locate the Autobots' hidden base, Movor was launched into orbit to track Side Burn from space, and the Decepticons then pretended to have reverted to their original Autobot selves in an effort to make the Autobots take them in. Later, Decepticon corruption of the Autobots' global spacebridge led Ruination into conflict with Landfill.

It soon became apparent that Scourge sought to overthrow Megatron's leadership, and the discovery of Fortress Maximus, buried beneath the Earth's surface accelerated the process as exposure to his energies, and those of the O-Parts - the keys to Maximus's resurrection - awoke memories of Scourge's original mission. His new Decepticon programming turned it on its head, however, as he now wished to command Maximus's power for his own, and soon had the Commandos thinking the same way, conspiring with Mega-Octane to get Cerebros, the power key of Fortress Maximus, under his control. As a series of chases to acquire control of Maximus began, Scourge eventually revealed his treachery by trying to have the giant attack Galvatron (Megatron, in a new form), only for the plan to fail. In retribution, Galvatron again brainwashed the Decepticons, turning them back into his loyal servants, who followed him so completely that they were even willing to take his orders after he attempted to kill them as a belated punishment. With Galvatron's defeat, the Decepticons and Predacons were all taken back to Cybertron for imprisonment.

The Commandos were voiced by Bob Papenbrook/Hari Kaneko (Mega Octane/Dolrailer, Ruination/Valdigus), Neil Kaplan (Ro-Tor), Robert Axelrod/Hidenori Konda (Movor/Shuttler), Michael Lindsay/Riki Kitazawa (Rollbar/GreeJeeper) and Richard Epcar/Takayuki Kondo (Armorhide/Dangar). Robert DeWayne Papenbrook (September 18, 1955 - March 17, 2006) was a voice actor and husband of Debbie Rothstein. ... Neil Kaplan is a voice actor. ... Robert Axelrod Robert Axelrod (born May 29, 1949 in New York, New York) is an actor who has been in several movies and lent his voice to countless television shows including Digimon. ... Michael Lindsay is the name of a voice actor who also goes by the name of Dylan Tully. ... Richard Michael Epcar (born April 29, 1955 in Denver, Colorado) is an American voice actor for many dubbed anime series, including Robotech, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, as well as the Viewtiful Joe anime, and most recently Bobobo... Takayuki Kondo (近藤 孝行 Kondō Takayuki) is a seiyu whose birthday is June 5. ...

An "arctic" redeco version of the Commandos, bearing the same names, was released as a giftset exclusive to Wal*Mart in 2003. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ...

Transformers: Universe

Universe Ruination

A "tiger stripe" repaint of Ruination - presumably intended as an alternate Universe or future version of the characters - was released as part of Transformers: Universe in 2004. This version of Ruination appeared in the 2004 Botcon voice actor play.

2004 Voice actor play plot - Rhinox has built a device to deflect Unicron's attempts to pull victims from other dimensions with his tractor beam. The Autobots deflect two attempts and the victims end up on a frozen planetoid instead of with Unicron. Maximals Rattrap and Silverbolt and the Predacon Waspinator are sent to help the victims, but Reptilion, Sunstorm, Ruination and Perceptor are sent to get them for Unicron. As a side effect of the device Rhinox built, a vortex opens which sucks in an Autobot shuttle from the past piloted by Bumblebee, Tracks and Cosmos. Thrust attacks the Maximal ship, but they are saved by being transported to the Autobot shuttle. The Autobots and Maximals then go to the planet where they save the victims from the Decepticons. On the planet are two groups of Autobots. One is from the Robots in Disguise story, with Landfill (Walmart recolor), Side Burn (Universe recolor) and Prowl (Universe recolor). The other is from another parallel world with Spychanger Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Prowl and Ironhide. They all fight off the Decepticons. The Autobot shuttle is sent back to its own time. Rhinox is the name of several fictional characters from various Transformers Universes. ... Maximals are a group in the Transformers series Beast Wars. ... Rattrap (Rattle in Japan) is the name of a fictional character from the Transformers toyline that appeared in the Beast Wars and Beast Machines series. ... Silverbolt is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers Universes, the first being the leader of the Aerialbots, a sub-group of Autobots. ... The Predacons are one of the many factions in the fictional Transformers Universes. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sunstorm is the name of several fictional characters from the Transformers series. ... Perceptor is the name of two different characters in the Transformers Universes. ... Unicron is a fictional character from the Transformers universe and toyline. ... Vortex created by the passage of an aircraft wing, revealed by coloured smoke A vortex is a spinning, often turbulent, flow (or any spiral motion) with closed streamlines. ... Bumblebee is the name of several characters in the various Transformers toylines. ... Tracks is the name to a single character in the Transformers Universes. ... Cosmos is the Autobots reconnaissance & communications specialist in space. ... Landfill is the name of several characters in the Transformers. ... Side Burn is the name of several characters in the Transformers Universes. ... Ironhide is the name of several characters in the Transformers Universes. ...

Note: A mistake on the back of the box for the Universe Ruination gift set had Armorhide and Rollbar's pictures swapped.

Transformers: Cybertron

Although Ruination did not appear in the Transformers: Cybertron series, an Autobot reused the name Armorhide. Armorhide is the name of several fictional characters from various Transformers Universes. ...