There is also a variant of this toy that comes with gold claws, which is harder to find than the normal version.īlack Lio Convoy was a Toys'R'Us exclusive and came in a Lio Convoy box with a sticker indicating that it was 'Black Lio Convoy'. Accessories: 6 'Lio Missiles', 2 launchersĪ redeco of Lio Convoy, Black Lio Convoy sports the now-familiar black, silver and teal color scheme which was later used for Robots in Disguise Scourge, Alternators Nemesis Prime, and many, many other 'evil' Optimus Prime repaints.( Toys'R'Us 'blue claw' version pictured) Once they met, the Copy Convoy stepped aside to reveal the copy machine, which scanned the Maximals and created copies of Bighorn, Tasmania Kid, Apache, and Scuba, all with the express intention of fully replacing the Maximals. Continuing the charade, the copy apologized to the Maximals for his earlier behavior, drawing the Maximals out of the Yukikaze. Spotting the tracking robot, Copy Convoy put on a show of rejecting the Predacons, to fool the Maximals into trusting him. In the meantime, the Predacons Starscream and BB spotted the copy and tried to convince him to join the Predacons.

To keep track of his movements, NAVI sent a tracking robot. Copy Convoy sent the Maximals packing with his intimate knowledge of the their abilities and then fled into the jungle. Hoping to boost the Maximal forces with copies, Kid thoughtlessly used it on Lio Convoy, creating a black duplicate of the Maximal leader.ĭubbed 'Copy Convoy' by the original, the copy revealed himself to be an aggressive warrior who insisted he was the original and attacked the Maximals. Discovering that a mysterious device uncovered by the Autorollers could be used to create twisted copies of objects or Transformers, the Predacons planted the device to be discovered by Tasmania Kid.