Countdown (Transformers)

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Countdown is the name of an Autobot Micromaster in the Transformers: Generation 1 series.

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Transformers character
Countdown
Affiliation	Autobot
Sub-Group	Micromasters
Motto	"For a world without evil, you need a universe without evil."
Alternate Modes	Moon Rover
Series	Transformers: Generation 1

The Countdown toy is the largest Micromaster toy ever produced. It consists of three distinct parts: A mobile rocket launching base, a rocket, and the Countdown figure itself, which transforms to a lunar rover. Countdown is the only lunar rover in the entire Generation 1 toyline, although there have been more lunar rovers in later toylines.

The rocket launching base transforms into a complete Micromaster headquarters, capable of hosting about a dozen Micromasters, and the rocket transforms into an outpost base, capable of hosting additional Micromasters. The bases can be connected together by a ramp.

Countdown himself is characterised as adventurous and heroic, travelling the universe to protect the innocent.

Countdown's arch-enemy is the sadistic Decepticon Skystalker, whose space shuttle is the second-largest Micromaster toy ever produced.