Victory Leo Convoy, originally known as Ginrai, is a character that appears in the Transformers: Super-God Masterforce and Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory television series. He fostered Patty Minakaze, who is Jean's elder sister.
History[]
Victory Leo's body was originally a Transtector for the human Godmaster Ginrai, the Transtector was a non-sentient tractor that required combining with Ginrai in his engine mode in order to transform into a humanoid robot controlled by Ginrai which bore a striking resemblance to legendary Cybertron Supreme Command Convoy. Afterwards, the Transtector became sentient and used Ginrai's name, and no longer needed combination with the human Ginrai in order to transform.
After the events of the Masterforce war on Earth, the Transtector formerly bonded to the human Ginrai — now having taken its human partner's name as its own, becoming known as Ginrai itself — joined with the Autobot forces in space, where he became good friends with Star Saber and his adopted human son, Jean Minakaze. Before long, Star Saber was appointed Supreme Commander of the Autobots, while Ginrai became commander of the Defense Force for Space Sector 2. Operating out of a base in the G-Nebula, Ginrai's time was occupied battling the Decepticon forces under Overlord's control, so much so that Star Saber occasionally had to respond to emergencies in Sector 2o, such as a Breastforce attack on planet Micro.
Feeling guilty over taking up Star Saber's time in such a manner, Ginrai was quick to come to his aid when he was lured into a trap on Earth by Decepticon Emperor of Destruction Deathsaurus. Confronting Deathsaurus in battle, Ginrai was struck by a blast from the villain's Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon and badly damaged. Despite the best medical efforts of Perceptor, Wheeljack, and Minerva, Ginrai's body was left useless and immobile. Due to a slip by Perceptor, however, he learned of the existence of a reconstruction process conceived by Star Saber that would allow him to become a power-up for the Autobot leader. Star Saber refused to allow him to submit to the process, revolted at the notion of using his close friend's body in such a way, but Ginrai insisted. With his consent, Perceptor and Wheeljack brought his life functions to an end, and then restored him to Star Saber's specifications as Victory Leo. Fight!! Victory Leo, Ultimate Crisis!! Autobots
An unfortunate side-effect of the process was that it had left Victory Leo's mindset and body unbalanced; immediately after his rebirth, he began to run wild in his lion mode, displaying a more wild, feral nature than Ginrai ever had, leaving Jean dismayed at the apparent loss of the Autobot he had considered his friend. When Jean was trapped in a collapsed building as Victory Leo battled the Breastforce, however, his pleas for help reached Victory Leo, and some measure of balance returned to his mind, leading him to rescue Jean. Awaken! Victory Leo
When Deathsaurus threatened the Earth with orbital missile strikes if the Autobots interfered in the Decepticons' energy-gathering raids, Victory Leo had to be forcibly held back by the Brainmasters to prevent him from attacking their enemies and dooming the planet. Star Saber came to the rescue with a new unification circuit implanted within his body. With this new component, he and Victory Leo could combine their bodies into Victory Saber. In vehicle mode, Victory Saber soared into space at a faster rate than Deathsaurus had predicted, and then in robot mode, destroyed the satellite controlling the missiles for good. Reversal! The Certain-Kill Victory Combination, Jean - Defend the Campus!!, A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs, The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!, The Strongest! Victory Saber, The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves
Despite his proven battle prowess, Victory Leo was still not entirely the being Ginrai had been, retaining a more violent, short-tempered personality which sometimes brought him into conflict with other Autobots, who, in turn, did not trust him as much as they had Ginrai. When Breastforce member Leozack impersonated Star Saber, Victory Leo realized that something was wrong, but none of his teammates believed him. Even when Victory Leo tried to stop Leozack from taking Victory Saber's combination information, the Autobots thought he was a traitor, until the real Star Saber showed up and Leozack was exposed, gaining Victory Leo his comrades' trust. The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!
When Deathsaurus finally succeeded in reactivating his colossal, planet-destroying battle fortress, Victory Leo and Star Saber formed Victory Saber and took to space to try and stop the deadly craft, only to be knocked out by its weapons and crash, unconscious, on its surface. Recovering as it transformed into its "Destroyer Mode," Victory Saber attacked again but was confronted by Breastforce combiner Liokaiser. At the same time, Jean arrived in his mobile mech with information that could destroy the fortress, and Victory Saber separated so that Star Saber could follow him into the fortress. Victory Leo took on Liokaiser and defeated him by hurling him into the fortress's cannon barrel. Jean then succeeded in beginning the fortress's destruction, and Deathsaurus, defeated by Star Saber, set the craft on a collision course with Earth. Forming Victory Saber once again, the two heroes successfully destroyed the fortress and saved the planet. Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification
Manga Fiction[]
Victory[]
Decidedly far removed from the anime, the Victory manga offers no connection between Victory Leo and Ginrai, presenting Victory Leo as having been created by Jean's parents from the element grunium. Just as Star Saber had taken care of Jean, Victory Leo had been occupied in another part of the galaxy taking care of Jean's sister Patty.
Robot Masters[]
Pack-in comics[]
Zone OVA[]
Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!
Online mini-comics[]
Gallery[]
Toys[]
Victory[]
- Victory Leo (1989)
- Japanese ID number: C-327
- Victory Leo transforms into a winged lion. Both modes are dominated by the missile-firing V-Lock Rifle that rises from his back between his wings in alternate mode, or plugs into his hip in robot mode. The toy combines with Star Saber, sold separately, to become Victory Saber, by plugging him into the aft end of his vehicle mode and compressing his legs and chest into a set of extension feet and converting the remainders of his body as a back-mounted pack for robot mode, with his cannons flipping down onto Star Saber's shoulders. Victory Saber can weild Victory Leo's V-Lock Rifle along with Star Saber's own firing weapon. His combination with Star Saber even allows Victory Leo to transform into a 'third' mode as the back end of Victory Saber's vehicle mode on its own to be used as a vehicle mode, thus he is therefore considered a Triple Changer.
- Victory Saber (Giftset, 1989)
- Japanese ID number: C-328
- A combination set between Star Saber and Victory Leo.
Robot Masters[]
- Victory Leo (2004)
- Japanese ID number: RM-16
- A smaller, simplified version of the Victory Leo toy, the Robot Masters version of the figure arms Victory Leo with a new, yellow gun. It has stupid, floppy legs.
- Victory Saber (2004)
- Japanese ID number: RM-17
- Here, Star Saber and Victory Leo both featured a more metallic paint job than their standard releases.
- Victory Saber (eHobby exclusive, 2005)
- An "evil recolor" of the Victory Saber two-pack complete with Decepticon symbols, this black, purple, teal and bronze redeco represents the two heroes in "optical camouflage" paint jobs for use on an undercover mission to investigate Decepticon dealings in the Middle East black market.
Mega SCF[]
- Victory Leo
"Why can't I transform?!"
- A non-transforming action figure of Victory Leo. He came with additional parts and could join with Mega SCF Star Saber to form Victory Saber.
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