| This article is about the Unicron Trilogy Mini-Con. For the Generation 1 Autobot Micromaster, see Crunch (G1).
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- Crunch is an Autobot-allied Mini-Con from the Super Link portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
One of the many Mini-Cons involved in the search for Energon and the fight against the Decepticons, Crunch (クランチ Kuranchi) is part of the Off-Road Mini-Con Team with Torque and Spoil.[1]
Toys
Super Link
- Crunch (Micron Booster, 2004)
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- Super Link Crunch is a redeco of the Armada Adventure Mini-Con Team member Dune Runner, transforming into a "sand rail" dune buggy with top-mounted artillery cannon. The gear-wheel mechanism in their torso makes the barrel of the cannon move back and forth when their vehicle mode is rolled along, or when hooked up to the gear mechanism of the Armada Cyclonus mold.
- Available only as part of the second Micron Booster assortment in Japan, Crunch came in a "blind-packed" box that prevented the buyer from knowing the contents of the box until it was opened. This assortment was sold primarily though convenience stores.
- This toy was repurposed as the Beast Wars: Uprising incarnation of Crunch. This mold is also used by Armada Ironhide and Kobushi.
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Notes
- Most (non-headliner) Micron Boosters are named similarly to their base mold's original Takara names, usually a synonym or related word. "Crunch" doesn't seem to have a lot of relation to Dune Runner's Japanese name "Spike"... unless you treat them both as verbs, we suppose.
- In February 2026, Greg Sepelak revealed that Low-Road was proposed as a localized name for a Transformers Collectors' Club website bio which never came to fruition.[2]
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