"Mini-Cons (aka Minicons) are a race of small Transformers. Like the Micromasters they resemble, Mini-Cons are roughly human-sized—quite small compared to most Autobots and Decepticons—but while the Micromasters deliberately downsized into smaller bodies to conserve fuel, the naturally diminutive Mini-Cons overflow with energy. Most Mini-Cons possess the ability to impart a portion of this power on larger Cybertronians, granting them extra abilities or greatly increasing their strength through a process known as Powerlinxing."
-Transformers Wiki tfwiki.net
