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Misassembly

2011-10-12T07:31:54Z

184.155.189.185: /* Swapped parts */

[[Image:MegatronUltimateBattle.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Doomed to walk backwards, but oddly has become a much better dancer as a result.]]
'''Misassembly''' is what happens when something goes wrong in the production process and parts of a toy are assembled in a way other than their design intended. It can happen for a variety of reasons, but the result is that many or even ''all'' units of a given production run on a toy will contain some form of incorrect assembly.

The most common form of misassembly is the swapping of two similar parts from left to right, such as feet, forearms, door kibble etc., and/or having parts attached backwards.

Misassembled toys will often appear normal at first glance, having made it through the manufacture and packaging process including [[quality control]], either without anyone noticing or, if they did, without thinking it was a significant enough problem to warrant the trouble of making a mid-run correction. Mistaken assemblies can create problems with [[articulation]] or [[transformation]], such as toys which can essentially transform but have parts that are difficult or impossible to click fully into place.

==Examples of widespread cases==
===Swapped parts===
[[Image:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|thumb|230px|right|WhY mY ELboWs huRt]]
* ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]'s forearms
* ''Universe'' [[Battle in a Box]] two-pack [[Ultra Magnus (Universe Two-Pack)|Ultra Magnus's]] forearms (error carried over onto the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]] [[redeco]] released as a mass-retail Deluxe Class toy for the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' line, then fixed with a [[variant|running change]] version)
* ''Universe'' [[Repugnus (Universe)|Repugnus's]] beast mode foreclaws (the same error is repeated on the [[BotCon 2005]] reuses of the sculpt.)
* ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing's]] upper arms
[[Image:Human Alliance Bumblebee Prototype.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Don't try this at home, kids!]]
* ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]] has his inside legs swapped so that the knee joint faces the wrong way. Furthermore, his shoulders are also misassembled, since there is a molded chevron...in his armpit. The same error is repeated on every subsequent reuse of the sculpt, such as ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Silverbolt (G1)#Universe (2008)|Silverbolt]] and the [[rebranding|rebranded]] ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Silverbolt (ROTF)#toys|Silverbolt]].
* ''Energon'' [[Steamhammer (Energon)|Steamhammer]] and his redeco, ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], have the treads in vehicle mode swapped. As a result, the small tabs on the sides of the treads that are supposed to peg into the holes in the gray flaps on the hips, thereby stabilizing the robot torso, are located on the sides of the head instead. Fortunately, the treads can be easily swapped using a screwdriver.<ref name="ooebi">[http://ooebihara.sakura.ne.jp/toys/TF/Slink/ex01/ex01.htm Ooebi's Hobby Factory gallery of Superlink Buildron]</ref> Hasbro's official [[stock photography|stock photos]] depict the treads correctly assembled, and the [[instructions]] show the tabs in the correct place in robot mode (oddly enough, the instructions imply that the tabs peg in less well than they do in reality).
* ''Cybertron'' [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack's]] rear wheel struts (the same error is repeated on every subsequent reuse of the sculpt except for [[BotCon 2006]]'s [[Rattrap]].)
*''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Mini-Con]] [[Grindor (Classics)|Grindor]] is odd: His official stock photos depict the wheels with the pegs as the rear wheels and the wheels with the corresponding holes as the front wheels. The toy itself has the wheels swapped, which is backed up by his [[instructions]]. His redeco, ''Universe'' [[Bodyblock]], features the wheel assembly from Grindor's stock photos, which contradicts his own instructions (which are recycled from Grindor). Since neither wheel assembly affects his functionality or transformation in any way whatsoever, it's unclear which one is supposed to be the "correct" assembly and which one is the "misassembly".
*''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe 2.0]]'' Mini-Con [[Makeshift (Universe)|Makeshift]]'s legs are swapped on the hips both on the actual toy and in official stock photos compared to his own instructions and the original iteration of the sculpt, ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Oil Slick (Classics)|Oil Slick]]. This results in the crotch section facing the wrong way in robot mode, with his sole [[Powerlinx]] socket facing forward and the sculpted crotch details facing backwards. Not only does this location of the Powerlinx port in robot mode result in [[anatomic euphemism|unfortunate implications]], it also makes the socket inaccessible in vehicle mode. This applies to the [[Kmart]] [[exclusive]] Mini-Con 12-pack release of the toy; at least some samples of the individually packaged version available at discount store chains like Big Lots! were assembled correctly.
* ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe 2.0]]'''s [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Classic_Series|Prowl]]/[[Bluestreak (G1)#Classic_Series|Bluestreak]]/[[Smokescreen (G1)#Universe_.282008.29|Smokescreen]] [[mold]] has most sliding feet assemblies swapped. The balance is far better when the feet are swapped, allowing for a more leveled hood-chest and reducing the depressed look they commonly sport.
* ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Human Alliance]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee's]] legs were supposedly swapped because the extra transformation step (rotating the legs and waist) would have been too difficult for kids to do. Although [[prototype]] photos seen via [[TakaraTomy]] show the legs with the wheels in a more [[show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] setup, the official [[Hasbro]] stock photos and the [[instructions]] show the "misassembly" as the "correct" assembly, thus making this (arguably) an intentional [[design change]] rather than a genuine misassembly.
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===Backwards parts===
* [[Classics (2006)|Classics]] Ultimate Battle [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron's]] feet.

===Nonfunctioning/compromised gimmick===
* The blue lever at the base of [[Transmetal 2]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s dragon-mode neck, which allows his neck to be moved around like a puppet, features a flip-down tab which is supposed to fit into a groove in the neck and lock it in its fully-extended position. The lever is attached backwards, however, and tab cannot meet groove, though this can be easily remedied by unscrewing the lever and reattaching in the proper orientation. This persisted with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]].
* [[Transmetal 2]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s neck posing gimmick is actually disabled from the gearbox being misassembled, reorienting the gears instead of the lever enables a classic dragon flight pose, and a straight arm for firing poses in robot mode.
* [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Cybertron Runamuck]]'s punching gimmick.

===Transformation-inhibiting errors===

==Isolated incidents==
[[Image:BTAltProwlMisassemblies.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Just give me a call and we can swap parts...]]

Aside from these widespread misassemblies, there are also countless instances of isolated incidents where a single specimen of a toy, or at least very ''very'' low quantities, feature assembly errors. Chances are that every toy collector has encountered at least one of these over the years, and trying to compile a list is pretty much pointless considering their sheer ''variety'', as well as their (usually) low quantities.

A toy with an unusually large amount of reported errors, many of them of the really ''odd'' variety, was ''[[Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]: One specimen of the ''Binaltech'' version sported the "Type S" rims of his ''Alternators'' counterpart on both his front wheels (but the correct "Type R" rims on his rear wheels); one specimen of the blue ''Binaltech'' version had the wrong set of fingers on one hand, resulting in an articulated ''pinky finger'' instead of the index finger. The most commonly reported error, however, was of the toy sporting two of the same hand. This error was apparently ''so'' common that it even showed up in ''two different sets of [[stock photography|stock photos]]'' (which also featured two of the same forearms, and one of them even two of the same ''shoulders'')!

Reportedly, some specimens of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Superion (ROTF)|Superion]] also came with a very unusual problem, where one of [[Silverbolt (ROTF)|Silverbolt's]] legs was assembled the wrong way (a widespread error, as noted above), but the other one was assembled ''correctly''.
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==Solutions==
Many cases of misassembly can easily be fixed with the aid of a screwdriver and a modicum of judiciously applied pressure. Most Transformers include many parts that are held together with Phillips-head screws, which can generally be removed quite easily, allowing the misassembled pieces to be reversed, swapped out or otherwise re-aligned. Also, many toys from ''Beast Wars'' onwards feature [[Ball joint|ball joints]] or similar that can usually be popped free and easily reconfigured. Examples include ''Animated'' Blitzwing, whose left-right swapped upper arms can be easily popped out of his shoulders and unscrewed from his forearms and then reassembled.

However, sometimes the assembly process involves adhesives or metal rods, which makes certain parts virtually impossible to separate without serious risk of damaging the toy permanently. Also, toys involving electronic [[Gimmick|gimmicks]] can be particularly tricky to tinker with. All but those confident in their [[customizing]] skills should be wary of attempting such fixes.

Arguably, such fixes mean the toy is no longer in its "original" state, so extreme semanticists might argue that this counts as a form of customizing. But really, do we care?

In cases where individual specimens erroneously come with the wrong parts assembled (such as two of the same hand), there's the additional problem of finding someone who either has the same problem in reverse (i.e. two of the ''other'' hand) or a broken toy with the missing part intact (or at least someone selling a toy [[for parts]]). More often than not, however, you're better off returning the faulty toy to the store and getting a new one.

==Unusual cases==
In some cases, there is an evident problem where something doesn't quite work properly, but the [[stock photography]] and even elements of the [[deco]] would suggest that everything is in order. Although it is difficult to prove without official confirmation, cases like this may be due to a misassembly happening quite early in the design process, after the [[prototype]] phase but before finalising the deco, and thereafter being assumed to be correct at each subsequent stage of production.

[[Image:TitaniumHero UltraMagnus.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Nature... or nurture?]]
An example of this is the [[Titanium Series]] series [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]], whose shoulder-mounted rocket launchers appear to have been been flipped horizontally, as their pegs cause them to attach top-down in robot mode. Although it is ''possible'' that some kind of mirror-flip occurred in the moulding of the launchers, an arguably more likely explanation notes that if the shoulders are simply swapped out they can attach correctly, suggesting instead a case of misassembly. However, the fact that the shoulders feature Autobot-sigil [[Tampograph|tampographs]] that would then be rendered visible only from the back would seem to argue against this, as does the packaging photography of the prototype. Conversely, the instructions depict the "correct" shoulder assembly as distinguished by showing frontwards the moulding detail that is backwards-facing on the toy as released.

Such a case ''could'' be an example of misassembly occurring very early in the process. The decision to "correct" the toy by swapping out the parts may make the accessories attach correctly, but at the cost of hiding some of the deco.

==Misassembly ''is not...''==
[[Image:Ultimate Bumblebee toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I am not an animal! I AM A MECHY BEING!!]]
* Misassembly is not the same thing as toys which are incorrectly transformed in their packaging and/or [[stock photography|promotion photography]], such as "Ultimate" [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Movie Bumblebee]] and his non-collapsed chest.

* Misassembly is not the same thing as a [[design change]], where the way parts were clearly intended to move, align or otherwise function has been altered in a manner which partly or fully compromises its optimal function, such as [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]'s wrists, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|''Animated'' Bumblebee]]'s stingers, or [[Ratchet (Movie)|''Movie'' Ratchet]]'s thumbs. These changes can sometimes appear to be oversights or mistakes, but are in fact often done [[for safety reasons]]. Occasionally these issues are corrected in later re-uses of the mould, such as with ''Animated'' Bumblebee.

* Misassembly is not the same thing as a [[design flaw]], where a toy has been produced with parts that do not function as they were clearly intended, but are not the result of a deliberate design change. Manufacturing errors can result from pieces being manufactured fractionally too small or large, or subtly not quite the right shape, resulting in parts that don't move as intended, such as ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. Sometimes large numbers of units from a production run will have these problems while others from the same run will not, such as with [[Grimlock (Animated)|''Animated'' Grimlock]]'s partially-retracting leg/forearms.

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==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Toys]]

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)

2011-10-12T07:27:52Z

184.155.189.185: /* Human Alliance */

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The '''''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''''' toyline coincides with the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|third]] film in [[Michael Bay]]'s [[live-action film series]]. The line is divided into three brandings: the [[MechTech]] line for Deluxe, Voyager, Leader, Ultimate and [[Human Alliance]] class size toys; the [[Cyberverse]] subline featuring [[Legends Class]] characters, Commander Class (new price point, effectively replacing Scouts) and play sets; and [[Robo Power]], a catch all line for various merchandise including role play.

The figures also come in ''3'' [[transformation (toys)| transformation]] difficulty levels, changed from the original 5 in the [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] and [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] toylines.

==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
====Legion====
'''Wave 1'''
[[Image:DOTM_Cyberverse_Crankcase_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 1 Cyberverse Legion Crankcase]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)#Cyberverse|Barricade]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Cyberverse|Bumblebee]]
*[[Crankcase (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Crankcase]]
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Cyberverse|Sideswipe]]
*[[Skids (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Topspin (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Autobot Topspin]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Crowbar#Cyberverse|Crowbar]]
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Leadfoot]]
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Mudflap]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Cyberverse|Autobot Ratchet]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BoltBumblebee|Bolt Bumblebee]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Flak (TF 2010)|Flak]]
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Roadbuster]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#CyberverseLegion|Starscream]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#LegionStealth|Stealth Bumblebee]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)#CyberverseLegion|Soundwave]]
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'''Future Waves'''
*Evac
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====Commander====
[[Image:DOTM_CyberverseCommander_SentinelPrime_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 1 Cyberverse Commander class Sentinel Prime]]
'''Preview Wave'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#CyberversePreview|Optimus Prime]] ("Limited Edition Preview Pack" with 3D Glasses)

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Cyberverse|Ironhide]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Cyberverse|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#CyberverseCommander|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Sentinel Prime]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Blackout (Movie)#Cyberverse|Blackout]] / [[Scorponok (Movie)#Cyberverse|Scorponok]]
*[[Powerglide (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Powerglide]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Hatchet#Cyberverse|Decepticon Hatchet]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BattleSteel|Battle Steel Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Guzzle (DOTM)|Autobot Guzzle]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Dark Sentinel Prime]]

'''Future Waves'''
*Shockwave
*Warpath
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====Action Set====
'''Wave 1'''
[[Image:DOTM_CyberverseActionSet_Bumblebee_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 1 Cyberverse Action Set Bumblebee with Mobile Battle Bunker]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Bumblebee]] / [[Mobile Battle Bunker]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Starscream]] / [[Orbital Assault Carrier]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Optimus Prime]] / [[Armored Weapons Platform]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Megatron]] / [[Blastwave Weapons Base]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Autobot Ratchet]] / [[Lunar Crawler]]
*[[Shockwave (Movie)#CyberverseActionSet|Shockwave]] / [[Fusion Tank]]

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====Playsets====
[[Image:DOTM Ark playset.jpg|thumb|300px|Cyberverse Autobot Ark with Autobot Roller]]
*[[Ark (DOTM)|Autobot Ark]] with [[Roller (DOTM)|Autobot Roller]]

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===MechTech===
====Deluxe====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 4|Bumblebee]]
*[[Crankcase (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Crankcase]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 3|Autobot Ratchet]]
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Roadbuster]]
*[[Skids (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys 2|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 2|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''
[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_Topspin.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 2 MechTech Deluxe class Autobot Topspin]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)#Deluxe Class toys 3|Barricade]]
*[[Jolt (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys 3|Jolt]]
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Deluxe Class toys 3|Sideswipe]]
*[[Topspin (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Autobot Topspin]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#NitroBee|Nitro Bumblebee]]
*[[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys 3|Mudflap]]
*[[Thundercracker (Movie)#Dark of the Moon|Thundercracker]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#DOTMDeluxeCyberfire|Cyberfire Bumblebee]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#SpecialistRatchet|Specialist Ratchet]]

'''Wave 5'''
*[[Air Raid (Movie)#Dark of the Moon|Air Raid]]
*[[Topspin (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Autobot Armor Topspin]]
*[[Darksteel]]
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Track Battle Roadbuster]]

'''Wave 6'''
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)#Deluxe Class toys|Wheeljack]]
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys 2|Soundwave]]
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'''Future Waves'''
*Evac
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Leadfoot]]
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====Voyager====
[[Image:DOTMMegatron Voyager toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Wave 1 MechTech Voyager Megatron]]
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Ironhide]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Shockwave (Movie)#Voyager Class toys|Shockwave]]
*[[Skyhammer (DOTM)#Voyager Class toys|Skyhammer]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Voyager Class toys|Sentinel Prime]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#DOTMVoyFireburst|Fireburst Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Cannon Force Ironhide]]

====Leader====
[[Image:DOTM-Leader-Class-Ironhide.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 2 MechTech Leader class Ironhide]]
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Bumblebee]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Leader Class toys|Sentinel Prime]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Ironhide]]

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====Ultimate====
[[Image:DOTM_UltimateOptimusPrime_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|MechTech Ultimate Optimus Prime]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#UltimatePrime|Ultimate Optimus Prime]]
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====Human Alliance====
=====Basic=====
'''Wave 1'''
[[Image:DOTM_Icepick_SgtChaos_toy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Wave 1 Human Alliance Basic Sergeant Chaos with Icepick]]
*[[Major Tungsten]] / [[Thunderhead]]
*[[Private Dedcliff]] / [[Sandstorm (DOTM)|Sandstorm]]
*[[Sergeant Chaos]] / [[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]]
*[[Spike Witwicky (DOTM)|Spike Witwicky]] / [[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Major Sparkplug]] / [[Whirl (ROTF)|Autobot Whirl]]
*[[Sergeant Noble]] / [[Tailpipe]] & [[Pinpointer (DOTM)|Pinpointer]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Master Disaster (DOTM)|Master Disaster]] / [[Drag Strip (DOTM)|Decepticon Drag Strip]]
*[[Major Altitude]] / [[Half-Track (DOTM)|Half-Track]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Sergeant Cahnay]] / [[Crosshairs (DOTM)|Crosshairs]]
*[[Sergeant Detour]] / [[Reverb (DOTM)|Reverb]]
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=====Human Alliance=====
[[Image:DOTM_HumanAlliance_Bumblebee_Sam.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 1 Human Alliance Bumblebee]]
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Human Alliance 3|Bumblebee]] / [[Sam Witwicky#Human Alliance 3|Sam Witwicky]]
*[[Skids (ROTF)#Human Alliance 2|Autobot Skids]] / [[Elita-One (Movie)#Human Alliance|Elita-1]] / [[Robert Epps#Human Alliance 2|Tech Sergeant Epps]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Roadbuster]] / [[Sergeant Recon]]

'''Wave 2.5''' ''(Target exclusive)''
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Leadfoot]] / [[Sergeant Detour]] & [[Steeljaw (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Steeljaw]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)#Human Alliance|Soundwave]] / [[Dylan Gould#Human Alliance|Mr. Gould]] & [[Laserbeak (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Laserbeak]]
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===Robo Power===
====Activators====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#DOTMActivators|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#DOTMActivators|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#DOTMActivators|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#DOTMActivators|Megatron]]
*[[Topspin (DOTM)#DOTMActivators|Autobot Topspin]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#DOTMActivators|Ironhide]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ReconActivators|Recon Bumblebee]]

====Bash Bots====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Bash Bots|Bumblebee]] Vs [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Bash Bots|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Bash Bots|Optimus Prime]] Vs [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Bash Bots|Starscream]]

====Go-Bots====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Go-Bots|Bumblebee]]
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Go-Bots|Sideswipe]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Go-Bots|Optimus Prime]]

====Revving Robots====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Revving Robots|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Revving Robots|Optimus Prime]]

====Robo Fighters====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Robo Fighters|Bumblebee]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Robo Fighters|Ironhide]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Robo Fighters|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Robo Fighters|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Robo Fighters|Megatron]]
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)#Robo Fighters|Roadbuster]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#EliteGuard|Elite Guard Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#NightwatchRoboFighters|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]]

===Store exclusives===
====[[Costco]]====
*"Optimus Prime vs. Shockwave" contains:
:*[[Shockwave (Movie)#CyberArmor|Shockwave]] (Voyager Class)
:*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager_Class_toys_4|Optimus Prime]] (Voyager Class)

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====[[Kmart]]====
[[Image:DOTM_AutobotDaredevilSquad_toys.jpg|thumb|300px|Kmart exclusive "Autobot Daredevil Squad" pack]]
*"Autobot Daredevil Squad" contains:
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Daredevil|Bumblebee]] (Deluxe Class)
:*[[Sam Witwicky#Daredevil|Sam Witwicky]] and [[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]] (Human Alliance Basic)

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[[Image:DOTM_FlashFreezeAssault_toys.jpg|thumb|300px|Kmart exclusive "Flash Freeze Assault" pack]]
*"Flash Freeze Assault" contains:
:*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Flash|Sideswipe]] (Human Alliance)
:*[[Sergeant Chaos#Flash|Sergeant Chaos]] and [[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]] (Human Alliance Basic)

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====[[Target]]====
[[Image:DOTM_Cyberverse_Target_BumblebeeVsMegatron.jpg|thumb|300px|Target exclusive Cyberverse "Bumblebee Vs Megatron" pack]]
*"Bumblebee vs Megatron" contains:
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TargetCyberverseVs|Bumblebee]] (Cyberverse Legion - ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Legends Class]] redeco)
:*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#TargetCyberverseVs|Megatron]] (Cyberverse Commander redeco)

*"Leadfoot and Ironhide" contains:
:*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)#TargetCyberverseVs|Leadfoot]] (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
:*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#TargetCyberverseVs|Ironhide]] (Cyberverse Commander redeco)

*"Leadfoot and TwinTwist" contains:
:*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)#Deluxe|Leadfoot]] (MechTech Deluxe Class)
:*[[Twin Twist (DOTM)#Deluxe|Twin Twist]] (MechTech Deluxe Class)
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*[[Arcee (Movie)#Dark_of_the_Moon|Arcee]] (Deluxe class)
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 4|Bumblebee]] (Deluxe Class)
*[[Jazz (Movie)#Dark_of_the_Moon|Autobot Jazz]] (Deluxe Class)
*[[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]] (Deluxe Class)
*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Autobot Ratchet]] (Voyager Class)
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Starscream]] (Voyager Class)
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Leadfoot]] / [[Sergeant Detour]] and [[Steeljaw (DOTM)|Steeljaw]] (Human Alliance)
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====[[Toys"R"Us]]====
'''Mission Earth'''
[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_Scan_Ironhide_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Toys"R"Us exclusive Scan Series Ironhide]]
*The Scan Series (each sold separately)
:*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 2|Ironhide]] (Deluxe Class)
:*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#ScanSeries|Sideswipe]] (Deluxe Class)
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ScanSeries|Bumblebee]] (Deluxe Class)
:*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#ScanSeries|Autobot Ratchet]] (Deluxe Class)

*"Bumblebee / Starscream" 4-pack contains:
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Cybertronian Bumblebee]] (Cyberverse Legion - ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Legends Class [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] redeco)
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Bumblebee]] (Cyberverse Legion - ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class redeco)
:*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Starscream]] (Cyberverse Legion - [[Movie (toyline)|''Transformers'']] Legends Class redeco)
:*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Cybertronian Starscream]] (Cyberverse Legion - [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'']] [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] Legends Class redeco)

*"Cybertronian Warriors Pack" contains:
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]](battle damaged redeco of Cyberverse Action Set Bumblebee)
::* Mobile Battle Bunker (grey redeco)
:*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] (black and copper redeco of Cyberverse Commander Ironhide)
:*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (white with grey trim redeco of Cyberverse Legion Barricade)
:*[[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]] (white with grey trim redeco of Cyberverse Legion Crankcase)

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====[[Walmart]]====
[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_Walmart_Sideswipe_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Walmart exclusive Sideswipe]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#WalmartRace|Bumblebee]] (2007 Deluxe Class Camaro Concept Bumblebee redeco)
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#WalmartRace|Sideswipe]] (Deluxe Class Sidearm Sideswipe redeco)
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#OptimusComettor|Optimus Prime]] (Voyager Class) and [[Comettor (DOTM)|Comettor]] (Deluxe Class)
*"Bumblebee / Soundwave with Rodimus" 3-pack contains:
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeSoundwaveRodimus|Bumblebee]] (Cyberverse Legion - ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class redeco)
:*[[Soundwave (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Soundwave]] (Cyberverse Legion - ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class redeco)
:*[[Rodimus (DOTM)|Rodimus]] (''Universe'' Legends Class [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] redeco)
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 2|Optimus Prime]] (Deluxe Class)
*"Battle in the Moonlight" 3-pack contains:
:*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Battleinthemoonlight|Optimus Prime]] (Cyberverse Action Set redeco)
:*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Battleinthemoonlight|Autobot Ratchet]] (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
:*[[Crankcase (DOTM)#Battleinthemoonlight|Crankcase]] (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
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*"Ultimate Gift Set" 5-pack contains:
:*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Ultimategift|Optimus Prime]] (Cyberverse Commander redeco)
:*[[Powerglide (DOTM)#Ultimategift|Powerglide]] (Cyberverse Commander redeco)
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Ultimategift|Bumblebee]] (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
:*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Ultimategift|Sideswipe]] (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
:*[[Crowbar#Ultimategift|Crowbar]] (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
{{comingsoontoy}}
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Lunarfire|Lunarfire Optimus Prime]] (Deluxe Class redeco)
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*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Track Battle Roadbuster]] (Deluxe Class redeco)
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==Merchandise==
===Speed Stars===
====Beast Machines Series====
*1 of 3: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#BeastMachines|Optimus Prime]]
*2 of 3: [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#BeastMachines|Bumblebee]]
{{stub}}
{{comingsoontoy}}
====Metal Heroes Series====
*1 of 3: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#SpeedDOTMMetal|Optimus Prime]]
{{stub}}
{{comingsoontoy}}
====Night Attack Series====
*2 of 3: [[Crumplezone (DOTM)#SpeedNightAttack|Crumplezone]]
*3 of 3: [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#SpeedNightAttack|Bumblebee]]
{{stub}}
{{comingsoontoy}}
====Stealth Force Series====
*1 of 5: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#SpeedStealth|Optimus Prime]]
*2 of 5: [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#SpeedMiniStealthForce|Bumblebee]]
*3 of 5: [[Topspin (DOTM)#Speed Stars|Autobot Topspin]]
{{stub}}
{{comingsoontoy}}
====Trans Scan Series====
*1 of 3: [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#SpeedMiniTransScan|Bumblebee]]
*2 of 3: [[Mirage (Movie)#Speed Stars|Mirage]]
*3 of 3: [[Crumplezone (DOTM)#TransScan|Crumplezone]]
{{stub}}
{{comingsoontoy}}

===Stealth Force===
====Mini Changers====
=====Wave 1=====
[[Image:SpeedStars_StealthForce_MiniChangers_Bumblebee&SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|300px|Speed Stars Stealth Force Mini Changers Bumblebee & Sentinel Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#Mini Changers|Bumblebee]] & [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Mini Changers|Sentinel Prime]]
*[[Crumplezone (DOTM)#Mini Changers|Crumplezone]] Vs. [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Mini Changers|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Mini Changers|Optimus Prime]] Vs. [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Mini Changers|Starscream]]
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Mini Changers|Sideswipe]] Vs. [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Mini Changers|Starscream]]
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Mini Changers|Sideswipe]] & [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Mini Changers|Sentinel Prime]]
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=====Wave 2?=====
*[[Oil Pan#Mini Changers|Oil Pan]] Vs. [[Bulkhead (DOTM)|Bulkhead]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Mini Changers|Sentinel Prime]] & [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Mini Changers|Bumblebee]]
*[[Mirage (Movie)#Mini Changers|Mirage]] Vs. [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Mini Changers|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Mini Changers|Optimus Prime]] Vs. [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Mini Changers|Megatron]]

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====Motorcycles====
*[[High Wire (Speed Stars)|High Wire]]
*[[Knock Out (Speed Stars)|Knock Out]]
*[[Dirt Rocket (DOTM)|Dirt Rocket]]

====Basic====
*[[Barricade (Movie)#Stealth Force|Barricade]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#Basic|Bumblebee]]
*[[Leadfoot (PCC)|Classic Leadfoot]]
*[[Topspin (DOTM)#Stealth Force|Autobot Topspin]]

====Deluxe====
*[[Big Hoss]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Deluxe|Starscream]]

====Stealth Force====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Stealth Force|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#Stealth Force|Bumblebee]]

===Robo Power===
====Roleplay====
*[[Energon Shock Sword]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Roleplay|Optimus Prime]] Cyber Blaster

=====Battle Masks=====
{{stub}}

=====3D Cine-Masks=====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise|Bumblebee]]

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====Costumes====
*Bumblebee
*Optimus Prime

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===Clothing===
;Men
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] L/XL (42-46), XXL (50-52)
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] L/XL (42-46), XXL (50-52)
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] L/XL (42-46), XXL (50-52)
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] L/XL (42-46), XXL (50-52)

;Women
*Optimus Prime Small (4-6), Medium (8-10), Large (12-14)
*Bumblebee Small (4-6), Medium (8-10), Large (12-14)

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===Watches===
*Optimus Prime Cool Changing LCD Watch
*Bumblebee Cool LCD Watch

===Toys and merchandise confirmed for Japan but not for the USA===
====MechTech====
=====Deluxe=====
'''Wave 1'''
[[Image:DOTM_MechTech_Deluxe_AirRaid.jpg|thumb|300px|MechTech Deluxe Class Air Raid]]
*[[Arcee (Movie)#Dark of the Moon|Arcee]]
*[[Air Raid (Movie)#Dark of the Moon|Air Raid]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BBMechTechHolder|Bumblebee]] & MechTech Holder

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Vortex (ROTF)|Decepticon Vortex]]

'''Future Waves'''
*[[Skywarp (ROTF)#Dark of the Moon|Skywarp]]
{{comingsoontoy}}
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=====Voyager=====
[[Image:DOTM_Voyager_OptimusPrime_trailer.jpg|thumb|300px|MechTech Voyager Class Optimus Prime (with trailer)]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#VoyagerTrailer|Optimus Prime]] / MechTech Trailer
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=====Supreme=====
[[Image:DOTM_MechTech_JetwingOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|300px|MechTech Supreme Jetwing Optimus Prime]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Supreme Class toys|Jetwing Optimus Prime]]

Jetwing Optimus Prime was available for early purchase in Japan at the International Tokyo Toy Show 2011 (held at Tokyo Bic Sight) on [[June 18]] to [[June 19|19]], shortly before its wide release in July.

However, this toy was available in [[Australia]] a week before the Tokyo Toy Show.
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====Dual Model Kit====
[[Image:DOTM_DualModelKit_OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|300px|Dual Model Kit Optimus Prime]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Dual Model Kit|Optimus Prime]] (Battle hook accessories are available if ordered through [[Toys"R"Us]] Japan.)
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Dual Model Kit|Bumblebee]]
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====Exclusives====
=====MechTech Weapon Prize Campaign=====
The [[MechTech]] weapon campaign started on [[May 14]] [[2011]], handed out at various Japanese retailers based upon the amount spent purchasing ''Dark of the Moon'' toys. 10,000 units of each weapon were made.
*Tritanium Heat Blade Claw (Gold [[Crankcase (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Crankcase]] MechTech weapon) - Toys"R"Us Japan exclusive, available by spending 3000 yen or more in ''Dark of the Moon'' toys.
*Tritanium Power Saw (Gold [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 3|Autobot Ratchet]] MechTech weapon) - Joshin Kidsland, Bic Camera and Edion Group (Ishimaru, Deo Deo, Eiden and Midori Denka) exclusive, available by spending 3000 yen or more in ''Dark of the Moon'' toys.
*Tritanium Plasma Double Bullet (Gold [[Skids (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys 3|Autobot Skids]] MechTech weapon) - Yamada denki and Yodobashi Camera exclusive, available by spending 3000 yen or more in ''Dark of the Moon'' toys.
*Cybertitanium Power Saw (Silver [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 3|Autobot Ratchet]] MechTech weapon) - Eon exclusive, available with purchase of Voyager class Optimus Prime with trailer.

:*''[http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/event/2011/anniversary_darksidemoon/ More information at tf.takaratomy.co.jp]''
:*''[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/dark-of-the-moon-mechtech-weapons-prize-campaign-new-information-172029/ Translated information from SydneyY at TFW2005.com]''

=====Lawson=====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#LawsonDOTMVoyager|Darkside Optimus Prime]]
Exclusive to the Japanese convenience store chain Lawson, this black redeco of the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2010) toyline]] Voyager class Optimus Prime was made available for pre-order with the pre-purchase of a movie ticket for the Japanese release of ''Dark of the Moon''. The ticket pre-purchase/toy pre-order period began on [[May 1]], [[2011]] and ends on [[July 28]], with the toy expected to become available [[August 9]], shortly after the release of the movie in Japan. The package is priced at 6760 yen (1300 yen for the price of the movie ticket and 5460 yen for the toy).

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*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Lawsonstrap|Optimus Prime metal strap]]
Also available at Lawson, this metal strap is available for pre-order between May 1 and [[June 30]], and is to be mailed out from [[July 14]].

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

===Competition/[[Lucky Draw figure]]s===
====Hasbro====
=====Toys"R"Us=====
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SilverBee|Silver Bumblebee]]
:This is a silver [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] version of MechTech Deluxe Class Bumblebee, presented in a perspex case. These toys were available as the [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] prize for the ''Transformers'' Midnight Madness event at major [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in mainland [[China]], Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Thailand between [[May 13]] and [[May 14]], [[2011]].

:*''[http://www.toysrus.com.hk/transformers3/Promotion.htm More information at toysrus.com.hk]''

====TakaraTomy====
[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_LuckyDraw_TritaniumBumblebee.jpg|thumb|250px|Lucky Draw Tritanium Bumblebee]]
Beginning [[May 14]] and ending [[July 31]] 2011, Japanese consumers who enter two barcode numbers from MechTech character cards (packed with Japanese ''Dark of the Moon'' figures) into the TakaraTomy ''Transformers'' website will be in the running for:
*Prize A: [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TritaniumBee|Tritanium Bumblebee]] (limited to 10)
*Prize B: DVD/BluRay double pack of ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' (limited to 10)
*Prize C: Tritanium blade [[MechTech]] weapon (limited to 100)
*Prize D: Downloadable PC desktop wallpapers, with a different one per month (available to all)

There will be two more Lucky Draw campaigns from August 2011 onwards, and entering all three campaigns will put one in the running for:
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#TritaniumPrime|Tritanium Optimus Prime (with trailer)]] (limited to 100)

:*''[http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/event/2011/mechtech/ More information at tf.takaratomy.co.jp]''
:*''[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/japanese-transformers-40/dark-of-the-moon-lucky-draw-campaign-more-information-171988/ Translated information from SydneyY at TFW2005.com]''
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

=====Circle K Sunkus=====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#JetwingBlack|Jetwing Optimus Prime Black Version]]
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

===Convention exclusives===
====Hasbro====
=====San Diego Comic-Con 2011=====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#SDCCUltimatePrime|Ultimate Optimus Prime]]
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/ Transformers.com]
*[http://toyfair11.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/hasbro-transformers/index.html ASMzine's Toy Fair 2011 gallery of ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' toys]
*[http://toyfair11.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/hasbro-press-kit-images/Transformers/Dark%20of%20the%20Moon/Cyberverse/index.html ASMzine's Toy Fair 2011 gallery of Hasbro press kit images]
*[http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=2558&category=7247 Big Bad Toy Store clothes listing]

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[[Category:Dark of the Moon| Dark of the Moon (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)

2011-10-12T07:26:31Z

184.155.189.185: /* Human Alliance */

{{Nav-dotm}}
The '''''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''''' toyline coincides with the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|third]] film in [[Michael Bay]]'s [[live-action film series]]. The line is divided into three brandings: the [[MechTech]] line for Deluxe, Voyager, Leader, Ultimate and [[Human Alliance]] class size toys; the [[Cyberverse]] subline featuring [[Legends Class]] characters, Commander Class (new price point, effectively replacing Scouts) and play sets; and [[Robo Power]], a catch all line for various merchandise including role play.

The figures also come in ''3'' [[transformation (toys)| transformation]] difficulty levels, changed from the original 5 in the [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] and [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] toylines.

==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
====Legion====
'''Wave 1'''
[[Image:DOTM_Cyberverse_Crankcase_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 1 Cyberverse Legion Crankcase]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)#Cyberverse|Barricade]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Cyberverse|Bumblebee]]
*[[Crankcase (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Crankcase]]
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Cyberverse|Sideswipe]]
*[[Skids (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Topspin (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Autobot Topspin]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Crowbar#Cyberverse|Crowbar]]
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Leadfoot]]
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Mudflap]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Cyberverse|Autobot Ratchet]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BoltBumblebee|Bolt Bumblebee]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Flak (TF 2010)|Flak]]
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Roadbuster]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#CyberverseLegion|Starscream]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#LegionStealth|Stealth Bumblebee]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)#CyberverseLegion|Soundwave]]
{{comingsoontoy}}

'''Future Waves'''
*Evac
{{comingsoontoy}}

====Commander====
[[Image:DOTM_CyberverseCommander_SentinelPrime_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 1 Cyberverse Commander class Sentinel Prime]]
'''Preview Wave'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#CyberversePreview|Optimus Prime]] ("Limited Edition Preview Pack" with 3D Glasses)

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Cyberverse|Ironhide]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Cyberverse|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#CyberverseCommander|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Sentinel Prime]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Blackout (Movie)#Cyberverse|Blackout]] / [[Scorponok (Movie)#Cyberverse|Scorponok]]
*[[Powerglide (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Powerglide]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Hatchet#Cyberverse|Decepticon Hatchet]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BattleSteel|Battle Steel Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Guzzle (DOTM)|Autobot Guzzle]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Dark Sentinel Prime]]

'''Future Waves'''
*Shockwave
*Warpath
{{comingsoontoy}}

====Action Set====
'''Wave 1'''
[[Image:DOTM_CyberverseActionSet_Bumblebee_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 1 Cyberverse Action Set Bumblebee with Mobile Battle Bunker]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Bumblebee]] / [[Mobile Battle Bunker]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Starscream]] / [[Orbital Assault Carrier]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Optimus Prime]] / [[Armored Weapons Platform]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Megatron]] / [[Blastwave Weapons Base]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Autobot Ratchet]] / [[Lunar Crawler]]
*[[Shockwave (Movie)#CyberverseActionSet|Shockwave]] / [[Fusion Tank]]

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====Playsets====
[[Image:DOTM Ark playset.jpg|thumb|300px|Cyberverse Autobot Ark with Autobot Roller]]
*[[Ark (DOTM)|Autobot Ark]] with [[Roller (DOTM)|Autobot Roller]]

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===MechTech===
====Deluxe====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 4|Bumblebee]]
*[[Crankcase (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Crankcase]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 3|Autobot Ratchet]]
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Roadbuster]]
*[[Skids (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys 2|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 2|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''
[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_Topspin.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 2 MechTech Deluxe class Autobot Topspin]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)#Deluxe Class toys 3|Barricade]]
*[[Jolt (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys 3|Jolt]]
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Deluxe Class toys 3|Sideswipe]]
*[[Topspin (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Autobot Topspin]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#NitroBee|Nitro Bumblebee]]
*[[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys 3|Mudflap]]
*[[Thundercracker (Movie)#Dark of the Moon|Thundercracker]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#DOTMDeluxeCyberfire|Cyberfire Bumblebee]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#SpecialistRatchet|Specialist Ratchet]]

'''Wave 5'''
*[[Air Raid (Movie)#Dark of the Moon|Air Raid]]
*[[Topspin (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Autobot Armor Topspin]]
*[[Darksteel]]
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Track Battle Roadbuster]]

'''Wave 6'''
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)#Deluxe Class toys|Wheeljack]]
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys 2|Soundwave]]
{{comingsoontoy}}

'''Future Waves'''
*Evac
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Leadfoot]]
{{comingsoontoy}}
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====Voyager====
[[Image:DOTMMegatron Voyager toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Wave 1 MechTech Voyager Megatron]]
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Ironhide]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Shockwave (Movie)#Voyager Class toys|Shockwave]]
*[[Skyhammer (DOTM)#Voyager Class toys|Skyhammer]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Voyager Class toys|Sentinel Prime]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#DOTMVoyFireburst|Fireburst Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Cannon Force Ironhide]]

====Leader====
[[Image:DOTM-Leader-Class-Ironhide.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 2 MechTech Leader class Ironhide]]
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Bumblebee]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Leader Class toys|Sentinel Prime]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Ironhide]]

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====Ultimate====
[[Image:DOTM_UltimateOptimusPrime_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|MechTech Ultimate Optimus Prime]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#UltimatePrime|Ultimate Optimus Prime]]
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====Human Alliance====
=====Basic=====
'''Wave 1'''
[[Image:DOTM_Icepick_SgtChaos_toy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Wave 1 Human Alliance Basic Sergeant Chaos with Icepick]]
*[[Major Tungsten]] / [[Thunderhead]]
*[[Private Dedcliff]] / [[Sandstorm (DOTM)|Sandstorm]]
*[[Sergeant Chaos]] / [[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]]
*[[Spike Witwicky (DOTM)|Spike Witwicky]] / [[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Major Sparkplug]] / [[Whirl (ROTF)|Autobot Whirl]]
*[[Sergeant Noble]] / [[Tailpipe]] & [[Pinpointer (DOTM)|Pinpointer]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Master Disaster (DOTM)|Master Disaster]] / [[Drag Strip (DOTM)|Decepticon Drag Strip]]
*[[Major Altitude]] / [[Half-Track (DOTM)|Half-Track]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Sergeant Cahnay]] / [[Crosshairs (DOTM)|Crosshairs]]
*[[Sergeant Detour]] / [[Reverb (DOTM)|Reverb]]
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=====Human Alliance=====
[[Image:DOTM_HumanAlliance_Bumblebee_Sam.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 1 Human Alliance Bumblebee]]
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Human Alliance 3|Bumblebee]] / [[Sam Witwicky#Human Alliance 3|Sam Witwicky]]
*[[Skids (ROTF)#Human Alliance 2|Autobot Skids]] / [[Elita-One (Movie)#Human Alliance|Elita-1]] / [[Robert Epps#Human Alliance 2|Tech Sergeant Epps]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Roadbuster]] / [[Sergeant Recon]]

'''Wave 2.5''' (Target exclusive)
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Leadfoot]] / [[Sergeant Detour]] & [[Steeljaw (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Steeljaw]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)#Human Alliance|Soundwave]] / [[Dylan Gould#Human Alliance|Mr. Gould]] & [[Laserbeak (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Laserbeak]]
{{comingsoontoy}}
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===Robo Power===
====Activators====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#DOTMActivators|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#DOTMActivators|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#DOTMActivators|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#DOTMActivators|Megatron]]
*[[Topspin (DOTM)#DOTMActivators|Autobot Topspin]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#DOTMActivators|Ironhide]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ReconActivators|Recon Bumblebee]]

====Bash Bots====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Bash Bots|Bumblebee]] Vs [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Bash Bots|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Bash Bots|Optimus Prime]] Vs [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Bash Bots|Starscream]]

====Go-Bots====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Go-Bots|Bumblebee]]
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Go-Bots|Sideswipe]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Go-Bots|Optimus Prime]]

====Revving Robots====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Revving Robots|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Revving Robots|Optimus Prime]]

====Robo Fighters====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Robo Fighters|Bumblebee]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Robo Fighters|Ironhide]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Robo Fighters|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Robo Fighters|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Robo Fighters|Megatron]]
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)#Robo Fighters|Roadbuster]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#EliteGuard|Elite Guard Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#NightwatchRoboFighters|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]]

===Store exclusives===
====[[Costco]]====
*"Optimus Prime vs. Shockwave" contains:
:*[[Shockwave (Movie)#CyberArmor|Shockwave]] (Voyager Class)
:*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager_Class_toys_4|Optimus Prime]] (Voyager Class)

{{-}}

====[[Kmart]]====
[[Image:DOTM_AutobotDaredevilSquad_toys.jpg|thumb|300px|Kmart exclusive "Autobot Daredevil Squad" pack]]
*"Autobot Daredevil Squad" contains:
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Daredevil|Bumblebee]] (Deluxe Class)
:*[[Sam Witwicky#Daredevil|Sam Witwicky]] and [[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]] (Human Alliance Basic)

{{-}}

[[Image:DOTM_FlashFreezeAssault_toys.jpg|thumb|300px|Kmart exclusive "Flash Freeze Assault" pack]]
*"Flash Freeze Assault" contains:
:*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Flash|Sideswipe]] (Human Alliance)
:*[[Sergeant Chaos#Flash|Sergeant Chaos]] and [[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]] (Human Alliance Basic)

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====[[Target]]====
[[Image:DOTM_Cyberverse_Target_BumblebeeVsMegatron.jpg|thumb|300px|Target exclusive Cyberverse "Bumblebee Vs Megatron" pack]]
*"Bumblebee vs Megatron" contains:
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TargetCyberverseVs|Bumblebee]] (Cyberverse Legion - ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Legends Class]] redeco)
:*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#TargetCyberverseVs|Megatron]] (Cyberverse Commander redeco)

*"Leadfoot and Ironhide" contains:
:*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)#TargetCyberverseVs|Leadfoot]] (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
:*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#TargetCyberverseVs|Ironhide]] (Cyberverse Commander redeco)

*"Leadfoot and TwinTwist" contains:
:*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)#Deluxe|Leadfoot]] (MechTech Deluxe Class)
:*[[Twin Twist (DOTM)#Deluxe|Twin Twist]] (MechTech Deluxe Class)
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*[[Arcee (Movie)#Dark_of_the_Moon|Arcee]] (Deluxe class)
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 4|Bumblebee]] (Deluxe Class)
*[[Jazz (Movie)#Dark_of_the_Moon|Autobot Jazz]] (Deluxe Class)
*[[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]] (Deluxe Class)
*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Autobot Ratchet]] (Voyager Class)
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Starscream]] (Voyager Class)
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Leadfoot]] / [[Sergeant Detour]] and [[Steeljaw (DOTM)|Steeljaw]] (Human Alliance)
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====[[Toys"R"Us]]====
'''Mission Earth'''
[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_Scan_Ironhide_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Toys"R"Us exclusive Scan Series Ironhide]]
*The Scan Series (each sold separately)
:*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 2|Ironhide]] (Deluxe Class)
:*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#ScanSeries|Sideswipe]] (Deluxe Class)
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ScanSeries|Bumblebee]] (Deluxe Class)
:*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#ScanSeries|Autobot Ratchet]] (Deluxe Class)

*"Bumblebee / Starscream" 4-pack contains:
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Cybertronian Bumblebee]] (Cyberverse Legion - ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Legends Class [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] redeco)
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Bumblebee]] (Cyberverse Legion - ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class redeco)
:*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Starscream]] (Cyberverse Legion - [[Movie (toyline)|''Transformers'']] Legends Class redeco)
:*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Cybertronian Starscream]] (Cyberverse Legion - [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'']] [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] Legends Class redeco)

*"Cybertronian Warriors Pack" contains:
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]](battle damaged redeco of Cyberverse Action Set Bumblebee)
::* Mobile Battle Bunker (grey redeco)
:*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] (black and copper redeco of Cyberverse Commander Ironhide)
:*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (white with grey trim redeco of Cyberverse Legion Barricade)
:*[[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]] (white with grey trim redeco of Cyberverse Legion Crankcase)

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====[[Walmart]]====
[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_Walmart_Sideswipe_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Walmart exclusive Sideswipe]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#WalmartRace|Bumblebee]] (2007 Deluxe Class Camaro Concept Bumblebee redeco)
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#WalmartRace|Sideswipe]] (Deluxe Class Sidearm Sideswipe redeco)
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#OptimusComettor|Optimus Prime]] (Voyager Class) and [[Comettor (DOTM)|Comettor]] (Deluxe Class)
*"Bumblebee / Soundwave with Rodimus" 3-pack contains:
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeSoundwaveRodimus|Bumblebee]] (Cyberverse Legion - ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class redeco)
:*[[Soundwave (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Soundwave]] (Cyberverse Legion - ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class redeco)
:*[[Rodimus (DOTM)|Rodimus]] (''Universe'' Legends Class [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] redeco)
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 2|Optimus Prime]] (Deluxe Class)
*"Battle in the Moonlight" 3-pack contains:
:*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Battleinthemoonlight|Optimus Prime]] (Cyberverse Action Set redeco)
:*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Battleinthemoonlight|Autobot Ratchet]] (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
:*[[Crankcase (DOTM)#Battleinthemoonlight|Crankcase]] (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
{{comingsoontoy}}
*"Ultimate Gift Set" 5-pack contains:
:*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Ultimategift|Optimus Prime]] (Cyberverse Commander redeco)
:*[[Powerglide (DOTM)#Ultimategift|Powerglide]] (Cyberverse Commander redeco)
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Ultimategift|Bumblebee]] (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
:*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Ultimategift|Sideswipe]] (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
:*[[Crowbar#Ultimategift|Crowbar]] (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
{{comingsoontoy}}
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Lunarfire|Lunarfire Optimus Prime]] (Deluxe Class redeco)
{{comingsoontoy}}
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Track Battle Roadbuster]] (Deluxe Class redeco)
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==Merchandise==
===Speed Stars===
====Beast Machines Series====
*1 of 3: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#BeastMachines|Optimus Prime]]
*2 of 3: [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#BeastMachines|Bumblebee]]
{{stub}}
{{comingsoontoy}}
====Metal Heroes Series====
*1 of 3: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#SpeedDOTMMetal|Optimus Prime]]
{{stub}}
{{comingsoontoy}}
====Night Attack Series====
*2 of 3: [[Crumplezone (DOTM)#SpeedNightAttack|Crumplezone]]
*3 of 3: [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#SpeedNightAttack|Bumblebee]]
{{stub}}
{{comingsoontoy}}
====Stealth Force Series====
*1 of 5: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#SpeedStealth|Optimus Prime]]
*2 of 5: [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#SpeedMiniStealthForce|Bumblebee]]
*3 of 5: [[Topspin (DOTM)#Speed Stars|Autobot Topspin]]
{{stub}}
{{comingsoontoy}}
====Trans Scan Series====
*1 of 3: [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#SpeedMiniTransScan|Bumblebee]]
*2 of 3: [[Mirage (Movie)#Speed Stars|Mirage]]
*3 of 3: [[Crumplezone (DOTM)#TransScan|Crumplezone]]
{{stub}}
{{comingsoontoy}}

===Stealth Force===
====Mini Changers====
=====Wave 1=====
[[Image:SpeedStars_StealthForce_MiniChangers_Bumblebee&SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|300px|Speed Stars Stealth Force Mini Changers Bumblebee & Sentinel Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#Mini Changers|Bumblebee]] & [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Mini Changers|Sentinel Prime]]
*[[Crumplezone (DOTM)#Mini Changers|Crumplezone]] Vs. [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Mini Changers|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Mini Changers|Optimus Prime]] Vs. [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Mini Changers|Starscream]]
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Mini Changers|Sideswipe]] Vs. [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Mini Changers|Starscream]]
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)#Mini Changers|Sideswipe]] & [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Mini Changers|Sentinel Prime]]
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=====Wave 2?=====
*[[Oil Pan#Mini Changers|Oil Pan]] Vs. [[Bulkhead (DOTM)|Bulkhead]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Mini Changers|Sentinel Prime]] & [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Mini Changers|Bumblebee]]
*[[Mirage (Movie)#Mini Changers|Mirage]] Vs. [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Mini Changers|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Mini Changers|Optimus Prime]] Vs. [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Mini Changers|Megatron]]

{{comingsoontoy}}

====Motorcycles====
*[[High Wire (Speed Stars)|High Wire]]
*[[Knock Out (Speed Stars)|Knock Out]]
*[[Dirt Rocket (DOTM)|Dirt Rocket]]

====Basic====
*[[Barricade (Movie)#Stealth Force|Barricade]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#Basic|Bumblebee]]
*[[Leadfoot (PCC)|Classic Leadfoot]]
*[[Topspin (DOTM)#Stealth Force|Autobot Topspin]]

====Deluxe====
*[[Big Hoss]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Deluxe|Starscream]]

====Stealth Force====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Stealth Force|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#Stealth Force|Bumblebee]]

===Robo Power===
====Roleplay====
*[[Energon Shock Sword]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Roleplay|Optimus Prime]] Cyber Blaster

=====Battle Masks=====
{{stub}}

=====3D Cine-Masks=====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise|Bumblebee]]

{{comingsoontoy}}

====Costumes====
*Bumblebee
*Optimus Prime

{{comingsoontoy}}

===Clothing===
;Men
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] L/XL (42-46), XXL (50-52)
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] L/XL (42-46), XXL (50-52)
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] L/XL (42-46), XXL (50-52)
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] L/XL (42-46), XXL (50-52)

;Women
*Optimus Prime Small (4-6), Medium (8-10), Large (12-14)
*Bumblebee Small (4-6), Medium (8-10), Large (12-14)

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===Watches===
*Optimus Prime Cool Changing LCD Watch
*Bumblebee Cool LCD Watch

===Toys and merchandise confirmed for Japan but not for the USA===
====MechTech====
=====Deluxe=====
'''Wave 1'''
[[Image:DOTM_MechTech_Deluxe_AirRaid.jpg|thumb|300px|MechTech Deluxe Class Air Raid]]
*[[Arcee (Movie)#Dark of the Moon|Arcee]]
*[[Air Raid (Movie)#Dark of the Moon|Air Raid]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BBMechTechHolder|Bumblebee]] & MechTech Holder

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Vortex (ROTF)|Decepticon Vortex]]

'''Future Waves'''
*[[Skywarp (ROTF)#Dark of the Moon|Skywarp]]
{{comingsoontoy}}
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=====Voyager=====
[[Image:DOTM_Voyager_OptimusPrime_trailer.jpg|thumb|300px|MechTech Voyager Class Optimus Prime (with trailer)]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#VoyagerTrailer|Optimus Prime]] / MechTech Trailer
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=====Supreme=====
[[Image:DOTM_MechTech_JetwingOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|300px|MechTech Supreme Jetwing Optimus Prime]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Supreme Class toys|Jetwing Optimus Prime]]

Jetwing Optimus Prime was available for early purchase in Japan at the International Tokyo Toy Show 2011 (held at Tokyo Bic Sight) on [[June 18]] to [[June 19|19]], shortly before its wide release in July.

However, this toy was available in [[Australia]] a week before the Tokyo Toy Show.
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====Dual Model Kit====
[[Image:DOTM_DualModelKit_OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|300px|Dual Model Kit Optimus Prime]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Dual Model Kit|Optimus Prime]] (Battle hook accessories are available if ordered through [[Toys"R"Us]] Japan.)
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Dual Model Kit|Bumblebee]]
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====Exclusives====
=====MechTech Weapon Prize Campaign=====
The [[MechTech]] weapon campaign started on [[May 14]] [[2011]], handed out at various Japanese retailers based upon the amount spent purchasing ''Dark of the Moon'' toys. 10,000 units of each weapon were made.
*Tritanium Heat Blade Claw (Gold [[Crankcase (DOTM)#Deluxe Class toys|Crankcase]] MechTech weapon) - Toys"R"Us Japan exclusive, available by spending 3000 yen or more in ''Dark of the Moon'' toys.
*Tritanium Power Saw (Gold [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 3|Autobot Ratchet]] MechTech weapon) - Joshin Kidsland, Bic Camera and Edion Group (Ishimaru, Deo Deo, Eiden and Midori Denka) exclusive, available by spending 3000 yen or more in ''Dark of the Moon'' toys.
*Tritanium Plasma Double Bullet (Gold [[Skids (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys 3|Autobot Skids]] MechTech weapon) - Yamada denki and Yodobashi Camera exclusive, available by spending 3000 yen or more in ''Dark of the Moon'' toys.
*Cybertitanium Power Saw (Silver [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 3|Autobot Ratchet]] MechTech weapon) - Eon exclusive, available with purchase of Voyager class Optimus Prime with trailer.

:*''[http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/event/2011/anniversary_darksidemoon/ More information at tf.takaratomy.co.jp]''
:*''[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/dark-of-the-moon-mechtech-weapons-prize-campaign-new-information-172029/ Translated information from SydneyY at TFW2005.com]''

=====Lawson=====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#LawsonDOTMVoyager|Darkside Optimus Prime]]
Exclusive to the Japanese convenience store chain Lawson, this black redeco of the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2010) toyline]] Voyager class Optimus Prime was made available for pre-order with the pre-purchase of a movie ticket for the Japanese release of ''Dark of the Moon''. The ticket pre-purchase/toy pre-order period began on [[May 1]], [[2011]] and ends on [[July 28]], with the toy expected to become available [[August 9]], shortly after the release of the movie in Japan. The package is priced at 6760 yen (1300 yen for the price of the movie ticket and 5460 yen for the toy).

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*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Lawsonstrap|Optimus Prime metal strap]]
Also available at Lawson, this metal strap is available for pre-order between May 1 and [[June 30]], and is to be mailed out from [[July 14]].

{{comingsoontoy}}
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===Competition/[[Lucky Draw figure]]s===
====Hasbro====
=====Toys"R"Us=====
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SilverBee|Silver Bumblebee]]
:This is a silver [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] version of MechTech Deluxe Class Bumblebee, presented in a perspex case. These toys were available as the [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] prize for the ''Transformers'' Midnight Madness event at major [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in mainland [[China]], Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Thailand between [[May 13]] and [[May 14]], [[2011]].

:*''[http://www.toysrus.com.hk/transformers3/Promotion.htm More information at toysrus.com.hk]''

====TakaraTomy====
[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_LuckyDraw_TritaniumBumblebee.jpg|thumb|250px|Lucky Draw Tritanium Bumblebee]]
Beginning [[May 14]] and ending [[July 31]] 2011, Japanese consumers who enter two barcode numbers from MechTech character cards (packed with Japanese ''Dark of the Moon'' figures) into the TakaraTomy ''Transformers'' website will be in the running for:
*Prize A: [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TritaniumBee|Tritanium Bumblebee]] (limited to 10)
*Prize B: DVD/BluRay double pack of ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' (limited to 10)
*Prize C: Tritanium blade [[MechTech]] weapon (limited to 100)
*Prize D: Downloadable PC desktop wallpapers, with a different one per month (available to all)

There will be two more Lucky Draw campaigns from August 2011 onwards, and entering all three campaigns will put one in the running for:
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#TritaniumPrime|Tritanium Optimus Prime (with trailer)]] (limited to 100)

:*''[http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/event/2011/mechtech/ More information at tf.takaratomy.co.jp]''
:*''[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/japanese-transformers-40/dark-of-the-moon-lucky-draw-campaign-more-information-171988/ Translated information from SydneyY at TFW2005.com]''
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

=====Circle K Sunkus=====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#JetwingBlack|Jetwing Optimus Prime Black Version]]
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

===Convention exclusives===
====Hasbro====
=====San Diego Comic-Con 2011=====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#SDCCUltimatePrime|Ultimate Optimus Prime]]
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/ Transformers.com]
*[http://toyfair11.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/hasbro-transformers/index.html ASMzine's Toy Fair 2011 gallery of ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' toys]
*[http://toyfair11.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/hasbro-press-kit-images/Transformers/Dark%20of%20the%20Moon/Cyberverse/index.html ASMzine's Toy Fair 2011 gallery of Hasbro press kit images]
*[http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=2558&category=7247 Big Bad Toy Store clothes listing]

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Misassembly

2011-10-11T08:41:53Z

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[[Image:MegatronUltimateBattle.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Doomed to walk backwards, but oddly has become a much better dancer as a result.]]
'''Misassembly''' is what happens when something goes wrong in the production process and parts of a toy are assembled in a way other than their design intended. It can happen for a variety of reasons, but the result is that many or even ''all'' units of a given production run on a toy will contain some form of incorrect assembly.

The most common form of misassembly is the swapping of two similar parts from left to right, such as feet, forearms, door kibble etc., and/or having parts attached backwards.

Misassembled toys will often appear normal at first glance, having made it through the manufacture and packaging process including [[quality control]], either without anyone noticing or, if they did, without thinking it was a significant enough problem to warrant the trouble of making a mid-run correction. Mistaken assemblies can create problems with [[articulation]] or [[transformation]], such as toys which can essentially transform but have parts that are difficult or impossible to click fully into place.

==Examples of widespread cases==
===Swapped parts===
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* ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]'s forearms
* ''Universe'' [[Battle in a Box]] two-pack [[Ultra Magnus (Universe Two-Pack)|Ultra Magnus's]] forearms (error carried over onto the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]] [[redeco]] released as a mass-retail Deluxe Class toy for the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' line, then fixed with a [[variant|running change]] version)
* ''Universe'' [[Repugnus (Universe)|Repugnus's]] beast mode foreclaws (the same error is repeated on the [[BotCon 2005]] reuses of the sculpt.)
* ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing's]] upper arms
[[Image:Human Alliance Bumblebee Prototype.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Don't try this at home, kids!]]
* ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]] has his inside legs swapped so that the knee joint faces the wrong way. Furthermore, his shoulders are also misassembled, since there is a molded chevron...in his armpit. The same error is repeated on every subsequent reuse of the sculpt, such as ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Silverbolt (G1)#Universe (2008)|Silverbolt]] and the [[rebranding|rebranded]] ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Silverbolt (ROTF)#toys|Silverbolt]].
* ''Energon'' [[Steamhammer (Energon)|Steamhammer]] and his redeco, ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], have the treads in vehicle mode swapped. As a result, the small tabs on the sides of the treads that are supposed to peg into the holes in the gray flaps on the hips, thereby stabilizing the robot torso, are located on the sides of the head instead. Fortunately, the treads can be easily swapped using a screwdriver.<ref name="ooebi">[http://ooebihara.sakura.ne.jp/toys/TF/Slink/ex01/ex01.htm Ooebi's Hobby Factory gallery of Superlink Buildron]</ref> Hasbro's official [[stock photography|stock photos]] depict the treads correctly assembled, and the [[instructions]] show the tabs in the correct place in robot mode (oddly enough, the instructions imply that the tabs peg in less well than they do in reality).
* ''Cybertron'' [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack's]] rear wheel struts (the same error is repeated on every subsequent reuse of the sculpt except for [[BotCon 2006]]'s [[Rattrap]].)
*''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Mini-Con]] [[Grindor (Classics)|Grindor]] is odd: His official stock photos depict the wheels with the pegs as the rear wheels and the wheels with the corresponding holes as the front wheels. The toy itself has the wheels swapped, which is backed up by his [[instructions]]. His redeco, ''Universe'' [[Bodyblock]], features the wheel assembly from Grindor's stock photos, which contradicts his own instructions (which are recycled from Grindor). Since neither wheel assembly affects his functionality or transformation in any way whatsoever, it's unclear which one is supposed to be the "correct" assembly and which one is the "misassembly".
*''Universe'' Mini-Con [[Makeshift (Universe)|Makeshift]]'s legs are swapped on the hips both on the actual toy and in official stock photos compared to his own instructions and the original iteration of the sculpt, ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Oil Slick (Classics)|Oil Slick]]. This results in the crotch section facing the wrong way in robot mode, with his sole [[Powerlinx]] socket facing forward and the sculpted crotch details facing backwards. Not only does this location of the Powerlinx port in robot mode result in [[anatomic euphemism|unfortunate implications]], it also makes the socket inaccessible in vehicle mode. This applies to the [[Kmart]] [[exclusive]] Mini-Con 12-pack release of the toy; at least some samples of the individually packaged version available at discount store chains like Big Lots! were assembled correctly.
* ''Universe 2.0'''s Prowl/Bluestreak/Smokescreen mold has most sliding feet assemblies swapped, the balance is far better when the feet are swapped, allowing a more level hoodchest, reducing the depressed look he commonly sports.
* ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Human Alliance]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee's]] legs were supposedly swapped because the extra transformation step (rotating the legs and waist) would have been too difficult for kids to do. Although [[prototype]] photos seen via [[TakaraTomy]] show the legs with the wheels in a more [[show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] setup, the official [[Hasbro]] stock photos and the [[instructions]] show the "misassembly" as the "correct" assembly, thus making this (arguably) an intentional [[design change]] rather than a genuine misassembly.
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===Backwards parts===
* [[Classics (2006)|Classics]] Ultimate Battle [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron's]] feet.

===Nonfunctioning/compromised gimmick===
* The blue lever at the base of [[Transmetal 2]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s dragon-mode neck, which allows his neck to be moved around like a puppet, features a flip-down tab which is supposed to fit into a groove in the neck and lock it in its fully-extended position. The lever is attached backwards, however, and tab cannot meet groove, though this can be easily remedied by unscrewing the lever and reattaching in the proper orientation. This persisted with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]].
* [[Transmetal 2]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s neck posing gimmick is actually disabled from the gearbox being misassembled, reorienting the gears instead of the lever enables a classic dragon flight pose, and a straight arm for firing poses in robot mode.
* [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Cybertron Runamuck]]'s punching gimmick.

===Transformation-inhibiting errors===

==Isolated incidents==
[[Image:BTAltProwlMisassemblies.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Just give me a call and we can swap parts...]]

Aside from these widespread misassemblies, there are also countless instances of isolated incidents where a single specimen of a toy, or at least very ''very'' low quantities, feature assembly errors. Chances are that every toy collector has encountered at least one of these over the years, and trying to compile a list is pretty much pointless considering their sheer ''variety'', as well as their (usually) low quantities.

A toy with an unusually large amount of reported errors, many of them of the really ''odd'' variety, was ''[[Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]: One specimen of the ''Binaltech'' version sported the "Type S" rims of his ''Alternators'' counterpart on both his front wheels (but the correct "Type R" rims on his rear wheels); one specimen of the blue ''Binaltech'' version had the wrong set of fingers on one hand, resulting in an articulated ''pinky finger'' instead of the index finger. The most commonly reported error, however, was of the toy sporting two of the same hand. This error was apparently ''so'' common that it even showed up in ''two different sets of [[stock photography|stock photos]]'' (which also featured two of the same forearms, and one of them even two of the same ''shoulders'')!

Reportedly, some specimens of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Superion (ROTF)|Superion]] also came with a very unusual problem, where one of [[Silverbolt (ROTF)|Silverbolt's]] legs was assembled the wrong way (a widespread error, as noted above), but the other one was assembled ''correctly''.
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==Solutions==
Many cases of misassembly can easily be fixed with the aid of a screwdriver and a modicum of judiciously applied pressure. Most Transformers include many parts that are held together with Phillips-head screws, which can generally be removed quite easily, allowing the misassembled pieces to be reversed, swapped out or otherwise re-aligned. Also, many toys from ''Beast Wars'' onwards feature [[Ball joint|ball joints]] or similar that can usually be popped free and easily reconfigured. Examples include ''Animated'' Blitzwing, whose left-right swapped upper arms can be easily popped out of his shoulders and unscrewed from his forearms and then reassembled.

However, sometimes the assembly process involves adhesives or metal rods, which makes certain parts virtually impossible to separate without serious risk of damaging the toy permanently. Also, toys involving electronic [[Gimmick|gimmicks]] can be particularly tricky to tinker with. All but those confident in their [[customizing]] skills should be wary of attempting such fixes.

Arguably, such fixes mean the toy is no longer in its "original" state, so extreme semanticists might argue that this counts as a form of customizing. But really, do we care?

In cases where individual specimens erroneously come with the wrong parts assembled (such as two of the same hand), there's the additional problem of finding someone who either has the same problem in reverse (i.e. two of the ''other'' hand) or a broken toy with the missing part intact (or at least someone selling a toy [[for parts]]). More often than not, however, you're better off returning the faulty toy to the store and getting a new one.

==Unusual cases==
In some cases, there is an evident problem where something doesn't quite work properly, but the [[stock photography]] and even elements of the [[deco]] would suggest that everything is in order. Although it is difficult to prove without official confirmation, cases like this may be due to a misassembly happening quite early in the design process, after the [[prototype]] phase but before finalising the deco, and thereafter being assumed to be correct at each subsequent stage of production.

[[Image:TitaniumHero UltraMagnus.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Nature... or nurture?]]
An example of this is the [[Titanium Series]] series [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]], whose shoulder-mounted rocket launchers appear to have been been flipped horizontally, as their pegs cause them to attach top-down in robot mode. Although it is ''possible'' that some kind of mirror-flip occurred in the moulding of the launchers, an arguably more likely explanation notes that if the shoulders are simply swapped out they can attach correctly, suggesting instead a case of misassembly. However, the fact that the shoulders feature Autobot-sigil [[Tampograph|tampographs]] that would then be rendered visible only from the back would seem to argue against this, as does the packaging photography of the prototype. Conversely, the instructions depict the "correct" shoulder assembly as distinguished by showing frontwards the moulding detail that is backwards-facing on the toy as released.

Such a case ''could'' be an example of misassembly occurring very early in the process. The decision to "correct" the toy by swapping out the parts may make the accessories attach correctly, but at the cost of hiding some of the deco.

==Misassembly ''is not...''==
[[Image:Ultimate Bumblebee toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I am not an animal! I AM A MECHY BEING!!]]
* Misassembly is not the same thing as toys which are incorrectly transformed in their packaging and/or [[stock photography|promotion photography]], such as "Ultimate" [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Movie Bumblebee]] and his non-collapsed chest.

* Misassembly is not the same thing as a [[design change]], where the way parts were clearly intended to move, align or otherwise function has been altered in a manner which partly or fully compromises its optimal function, such as [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]'s wrists, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|''Animated'' Bumblebee]]'s stingers, or [[Ratchet (Movie)|''Movie'' Ratchet]]'s thumbs. These changes can sometimes appear to be oversights or mistakes, but are in fact often done [[for safety reasons]]. Occasionally these issues are corrected in later re-uses of the mould, such as with ''Animated'' Bumblebee.

* Misassembly is not the same thing as a [[design flaw]], where a toy has been produced with parts that do not function as they were clearly intended, but are not the result of a deliberate design change. Manufacturing errors can result from pieces being manufactured fractionally too small or large, or subtly not quite the right shape, resulting in parts that don't move as intended, such as ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. Sometimes large numbers of units from a production run will have these problems while others from the same run will not, such as with [[Grimlock (Animated)|''Animated'' Grimlock]]'s partially-retracting leg/forearms.

{{stub|pictures, more concrete examples}}

==Footnotes==
<references/>
[[Category:Toys]]

Misassembly

2011-10-11T08:30:02Z

184.155.189.185: /* Nonfunctioning/compromised gimmick */

[[Image:MegatronUltimateBattle.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Doomed to walk backwards, but oddly has become a much better dancer as a result.]]
'''Misassembly''' is what happens when something goes wrong in the production process and parts of a toy are assembled in a way other than their design intended. It can happen for a variety of reasons, but the result is that many or even ''all'' units of a given production run on a toy will contain some form of incorrect assembly.

The most common form of misassembly is the swapping of two similar parts from left to right, such as feet, forearms, door kibble etc., and/or having parts attached backwards.

Misassembled toys will often appear normal at first glance, having made it through the manufacture and packaging process including [[quality control]], either without anyone noticing or, if they did, without thinking it was a significant enough problem to warrant the trouble of making a mid-run correction. Mistaken assemblies can create problems with [[articulation]] or [[transformation]], such as toys which can essentially transform but have parts that are difficult or impossible to click fully into place.

==Examples of widespread cases==
===Swapped parts===
[[Image:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|thumb|230px|right|WhY mY ELboWs huRt]]
* ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]'s forearms
* ''Universe'' [[Battle in a Box]] two-pack [[Ultra Magnus (Universe Two-Pack)|Ultra Magnus's]] forearms (error carried over onto the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]] [[redeco]] released as a mass-retail Deluxe Class toy for the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' line, then fixed with a [[variant|running change]] version)
* ''Universe'' [[Repugnus (Universe)|Repugnus's]] beast mode foreclaws (the same error is repeated on the [[BotCon 2005]] reuses of the sculpt.)
* ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing's]] upper arms
[[Image:Human Alliance Bumblebee Prototype.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Don't try this at home, kids!]]
* ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]] has his inside legs swapped so that the knee joint faces the wrong way. Furthermore, his shoulders are also misassembled, since there is a molded chevron...in his armpit. The same error is repeated on every subsequent reuse of the sculpt, such as ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Silverbolt (G1)#Universe (2008)|Silverbolt]] and the [[rebranding|rebranded]] ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Silverbolt (ROTF)#toys|Silverbolt]].
* ''Energon'' [[Steamhammer (Energon)|Steamhammer]] and his redeco, ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], have the treads in vehicle mode swapped. As a result, the small tabs on the sides of the treads that are supposed to peg into the holes in the gray flaps on the hips, thereby stabilizing the robot torso, are located on the sides of the head instead. Fortunately, the treads can be easily swapped using a screwdriver.<ref name="ooebi">[http://ooebihara.sakura.ne.jp/toys/TF/Slink/ex01/ex01.htm Ooebi's Hobby Factory gallery of Superlink Buildron]</ref> Hasbro's official [[stock photography|stock photos]] depict the treads correctly assembled, and the [[instructions]] show the tabs in the correct place in robot mode (oddly enough, the instructions imply that the tabs peg in less well than they do in reality).
* ''Cybertron'' [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack's]] rear wheel struts (the same error is repeated on every subsequent reuse of the sculpt except for [[BotCon 2006]]'s [[Rattrap]].)
*''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Mini-Con]] [[Grindor (Classics)|Grindor]] is odd: His official stock photos depict the wheels with the pegs as the rear wheels and the wheels with the corresponding holes as the front wheels. The toy itself has the wheels swapped, which is backed up by his [[instructions]]. His redeco, ''Universe'' [[Bodyblock]], features the wheel assembly from Grindor's stock photos, which contradicts his own instructions (which are recycled from Grindor). Since neither wheel assembly affects his functionality or transformation in any way whatsoever, it's unclear which one is supposed to be the "correct" assembly and which one is the "misassembly".
*''Universe'' Mini-Con [[Makeshift (Universe)|Makeshift]]'s legs are swapped on the hips both on the actual toy and in official stock photos compared to his own instructions and the original iteration of the sculpt, ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Oil Slick (Classics)|Oil Slick]]. This results in the crotch section facing the wrong way in robot mode, with his sole [[Powerlinx]] socket facing forward and the sculpted crotch details facing backwards. Not only does this location of the Powerlinx port in robot mode result in [[anatomic euphemism|unfortunate implications]], it also makes the socket inaccessible in vehicle mode. This applies to the [[Kmart]] [[exclusive]] Mini-Con 12-pack release of the toy; at least some samples of the individually packaged version available at discount store chains like Big Lots! were assembled correctly.
* ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Human Alliance]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee's]] legs were supposedly swapped because the extra transformation step (rotating the legs and waist) would have been too difficult for kids to do. Although [[prototype]] photos seen via [[TakaraTomy]] show the legs with the wheels in a more [[show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] setup, the official [[Hasbro]] stock photos and the [[instructions]] show the "misassembly" as the "correct" assembly, thus making this (arguably) an intentional [[design change]] rather than a genuine misassembly.
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===Backwards parts===
* [[Classics (2006)|Classics]] Ultimate Battle [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron's]] feet.

===Nonfunctioning/compromised gimmick===
* The blue lever at the base of [[Transmetal 2]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s dragon-mode neck, which allows his neck to be moved around like a puppet, features a flip-down tab which is supposed to fit into a groove in the neck and lock it in its fully-extended position. The lever is attached backwards, however, and tab cannot meet groove, though this can be easily remedied by unscrewing the lever and reattaching in the proper orientation. This persisted with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]].
* [[Transmetal 2]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s neck posing gimmick is actually disabled from the gearbox being misassembled, reorienting the gears instead of the lever enables a classic dragon flight pose, and a straight arm for firing poses in robot mode.
* [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Cybertron Runamuck]]'s punching gimmick.

===Transformation-inhibiting errors===

==Isolated incidents==
[[Image:BTAltProwlMisassemblies.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Just give me a call and we can swap parts...]]

Aside from these widespread misassemblies, there are also countless instances of isolated incidents where a single specimen of a toy, or at least very ''very'' low quantities, feature assembly errors. Chances are that every toy collector has encountered at least one of these over the years, and trying to compile a list is pretty much pointless considering their sheer ''variety'', as well as their (usually) low quantities.

A toy with an unusually large amount of reported errors, many of them of the really ''odd'' variety, was ''[[Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]: One specimen of the ''Binaltech'' version sported the "Type S" rims of his ''Alternators'' counterpart on both his front wheels (but the correct "Type R" rims on his rear wheels); one specimen of the blue ''Binaltech'' version had the wrong set of fingers on one hand, resulting in an articulated ''pinky finger'' instead of the index finger. The most commonly reported error, however, was of the toy sporting two of the same hand. This error was apparently ''so'' common that it even showed up in ''two different sets of [[stock photography|stock photos]]'' (which also featured two of the same forearms, and one of them even two of the same ''shoulders'')!

Reportedly, some specimens of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Superion (ROTF)|Superion]] also came with a very unusual problem, where one of [[Silverbolt (ROTF)|Silverbolt's]] legs was assembled the wrong way (a widespread error, as noted above), but the other one was assembled ''correctly''.
{{-}}

==Solutions==
Many cases of misassembly can easily be fixed with the aid of a screwdriver and a modicum of judiciously applied pressure. Most Transformers include many parts that are held together with Phillips-head screws, which can generally be removed quite easily, allowing the misassembled pieces to be reversed, swapped out or otherwise re-aligned. Also, many toys from ''Beast Wars'' onwards feature [[Ball joint|ball joints]] or similar that can usually be popped free and easily reconfigured. Examples include ''Animated'' Blitzwing, whose left-right swapped upper arms can be easily popped out of his shoulders and unscrewed from his forearms and then reassembled.

However, sometimes the assembly process involves adhesives or metal rods, which makes certain parts virtually impossible to separate without serious risk of damaging the toy permanently. Also, toys involving electronic [[Gimmick|gimmicks]] can be particularly tricky to tinker with. All but those confident in their [[customizing]] skills should be wary of attempting such fixes.

Arguably, such fixes mean the toy is no longer in its "original" state, so extreme semanticists might argue that this counts as a form of customizing. But really, do we care?

In cases where individual specimens erroneously come with the wrong parts assembled (such as two of the same hand), there's the additional problem of finding someone who either has the same problem in reverse (i.e. two of the ''other'' hand) or a broken toy with the missing part intact (or at least someone selling a toy [[for parts]]). More often than not, however, you're better off returning the faulty toy to the store and getting a new one.

==Unusual cases==
In some cases, there is an evident problem where something doesn't quite work properly, but the [[stock photography]] and even elements of the [[deco]] would suggest that everything is in order. Although it is difficult to prove without official confirmation, cases like this may be due to a misassembly happening quite early in the design process, after the [[prototype]] phase but before finalising the deco, and thereafter being assumed to be correct at each subsequent stage of production.

[[Image:TitaniumHero UltraMagnus.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Nature... or nurture?]]
An example of this is the [[Titanium Series]] series [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]], whose shoulder-mounted rocket launchers appear to have been been flipped horizontally, as their pegs cause them to attach top-down in robot mode. Although it is ''possible'' that some kind of mirror-flip occurred in the moulding of the launchers, an arguably more likely explanation notes that if the shoulders are simply swapped out they can attach correctly, suggesting instead a case of misassembly. However, the fact that the shoulders feature Autobot-sigil [[Tampograph|tampographs]] that would then be rendered visible only from the back would seem to argue against this, as does the packaging photography of the prototype. Conversely, the instructions depict the "correct" shoulder assembly as distinguished by showing frontwards the moulding detail that is backwards-facing on the toy as released.

Such a case ''could'' be an example of misassembly occurring very early in the process. The decision to "correct" the toy by swapping out the parts may make the accessories attach correctly, but at the cost of hiding some of the deco.

==Misassembly ''is not...''==
[[Image:Ultimate Bumblebee toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I am not an animal! I AM A MECHY BEING!!]]
* Misassembly is not the same thing as toys which are incorrectly transformed in their packaging and/or [[stock photography|promotion photography]], such as "Ultimate" [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Movie Bumblebee]] and his non-collapsed chest.

* Misassembly is not the same thing as a [[design change]], where the way parts were clearly intended to move, align or otherwise function has been altered in a manner which partly or fully compromises its optimal function, such as [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]'s wrists, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|''Animated'' Bumblebee]]'s stingers, or [[Ratchet (Movie)|''Movie'' Ratchet]]'s thumbs. These changes can sometimes appear to be oversights or mistakes, but are in fact often done [[for safety reasons]]. Occasionally these issues are corrected in later re-uses of the mould, such as with ''Animated'' Bumblebee.

* Misassembly is not the same thing as a [[design flaw]], where a toy has been produced with parts that do not function as they were clearly intended, but are not the result of a deliberate design change. Manufacturing errors can result from pieces being manufactured fractionally too small or large, or subtly not quite the right shape, resulting in parts that don't move as intended, such as ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. Sometimes large numbers of units from a production run will have these problems while others from the same run will not, such as with [[Grimlock (Animated)|''Animated'' Grimlock]]'s partially-retracting leg/forearms.

{{stub|pictures, more concrete examples}}

==Footnotes==
<references/>
[[Category:Toys]]

Unicron

2011-10-04T06:37:11Z

184.155.189.185: /* Prime cartoon */

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[[Image:Unicron-UltimateGuide.jpg|right|350px|thumb|He's been ignoring Galactus' C&D letters.]]

'''Unicron''' is the eternal arch-enemy of his twin brother [[Primus]]. Also known as the [[Lord of Chaos]], the Chaos Bringer, and the Planet Eater, he is dedicated to consuming the [[multiverse]]. His massive form is powered by the consumption of planets, moons, stars, and even the very fabric of existence. Unicron will not be sated until his ultimate goal is attained: to bring an end to the annoying creation boasting independence around him, and find peace by becoming the living center of a [[Void|swirling, infinite torrent of nothingness]] at the end of all things.

To undertake this seemingly overwhelming task, Unicron is able to travel across realities at will, a meandering plague upon existence itself.<ref>Titanium Series 3" Unicron profile</ref><ref>Universe Armada Series Unicron bio</ref> Integrated into his systems are incomprehensible quantum computers which calculate probabilities forward and backwards in time, in perpetuity, giving his processors an ever changing, evolving map of the multiverse.<ref>Profile, [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 10]]</ref> With these abilities at his disposal, Unicron has thus far devoured approximately 22.56% of known universes. <ref>According to the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s' records in "[[Withered Hope]]."</ref>

The only thing that he fears is Primus's essence, contained inside the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. To a being of chaos and uncreation, this font of life is a poison.

Frequently, Unicron will make deals with [[Herald of Unicron|lesser beings]], promising them vast new powers in exchange for their servitude. These minions are [[Thunderwing (G1)|sometimes]] stripped entirely of their free will, but [[Sideways (RID)|others]] follow him willingly. Service to Unicron, however, is a double-edged sword, for it causes insanity and loss of self. And in the end, Unicron's plans ultimately call for their consumption as well.

{{bigquote|Unicron is frightening. Unicron will destroy... will destroy ''space''.|[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]|"[[Uprising]]"}}

==In the beginning==
[[Image:UK150Unicron.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Saay, that shield looks [[Decepticon|familiar]].]]
Before the dawn of time, Order and Chaos existed within an extra-dimensional entity known as [[The One]]. To explore the fledgling universe, he created the astral being known as Unicron, and then subdivided him, creating his twin, Primus. Both brothers were [[Multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]], unique in all realities, but whereas Unicron could only exist in one universe at a time, moving between them at will, Primus existed simultaneously in all realities at once. It is suggested, in fact, that the two brothers embody the basic concepts of reality—good and evil, order and chaos—and that their continued existence is necessary for the stability of the multiverse.

[[Image:Primusoriginal.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"No, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] is ''[[RIBFIR|red]]!''"]]
As Unicron and Primus went about their appointed task, venturing through the cosmos, it became apparent to Primus that Unicron was a corrupt being, and he took it upon himself to stop the threat posed to all of existence by his sibling. In combat, Primus was no match for Unicron. In cunning, however, he proved himself to be his brother's superior when he shifted their battle to the astral plane, and then back to the physical world once more, only to have both their essences manifest within metallic planetoids, leaving them both trapped. It was with this act of sacrifice that Primus hoped to contain Unicron's evil forever. Unfortunately for him, over time, Unicron learned to psionically shape his prison into a giant metallic planet, and Primus followed suit, becoming the mechanical world of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. When Unicron then learned to transform his planetary form even further, into a gigantic robot form, Primus adapted the idea to suit his own ends, creating a group of [[Thirteen original Transformers|thirteen robots]] that possessed the ability to change shape, like Unicron.

The war between Unicron and Primus came to its seeming end during a climactic battle in which one of the Thirteen, Megatronus Prime, who would forever afterwards be known as [[The Fallen]], betrayed Primus and became an acolyte of Unicron. The battle ended when the Fallen and Unicron were sucked into a black hole and disappeared from reality. With Unicron gone for now, Primus entered an eons-long slumber, his self-imposed sleep preventing Unicron from detecting him through the mental link the brothers shared.

===Evolution of the Primus/Unicron myth===
The Primus/Unicron backstory has evolved and been rewritten a good number of times since it first originated in the [[Marvel Comics]] series. The version recounted above is the current iteration, which has slowly solidified across a wide swath of media (beginning around the time of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''). Before the Primus/Unicron mythos reached its present form it went through several distinct versions in the Marvel Generation 1 comics and elsewhere.

====Unicron's story====
The first time the Primus/Unicron backstory appeared was in the UK comic continuity, from Unicron himself, in the story "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]", when he recounted it to [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]]. Per Unicron's telling of events, he was a primal force of evil at the dawn of the universe, who led a legion of [[Dark God]]s against his mortal foe, Primus, Lord of the [[Light God]]s. Events proceeded to play out basically as described above, though the role of the Light and Dark Gods would diminish with each subsequent retelling of the story, until the current version, in which Primus and Unicron are alone, and have a unique origin.

====The Keeper's story====
The second time the story was told was in the United States book by the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]], an ancient mechanoid who guarded Primus's head at the center of Cybertron. This telling is effectively the same as the previous UK story, but mentions that their battle was towards the end of the era of gods, that Primus and Unicron were the last of their respective pantheons, and Primus had to defeat Unicron before he could take his place with the other gods in the "[[Omniversal Matrix]]".

====Primus's story====
The third time the story was told was also in the United States Marvel series, this time by Primus, when he gathered all his children together to prepare for Unicron's coming. It was with this telling that we learned that Unicron predated the [[universe (universe)|current universe]], and had destroyed the [[old realms|previous universe]] which existed before the current one. He had slept peacefully, alone in the [[void]] of un-creation that remained, until fragments of the old universe that he had overlooked reacted, causing the Big Bang and birthing the current universe. The "sentient core" of this new universe recognized the threat that Unicron posed, and so created Primus to counter his evil and be guardian of the new creation.

====Fleer and DK====
The first modern retelling of the origins of Primus and Unicron did not come from Generation 1-oriented media, but from a set of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' trading cards released by Fleer. It was the backstory printed on Unicron's card which introduced the concept of the two being brothers created to explore the new universe by an extra-dimensional entity, here named the "[[Allspark]]".''

This was subsequently expanded on and combined with aspects of the various Marvel Comics stories in ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', published by Dorling Kindersley and written by [[Simon Furman]], who had written all three prior tellings in the first place. Here, the entity Fleer had called the "Allspark" was redubbed "[[The One]]", and the modern iteration of the myth detailed above was firmly established, and went on to form the backbone of subsequent fiction such as ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' and [[Fun Publications]]' ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' comics.

==Generation 1 continuity family==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:PrimalScream-Unicron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Unicron is furious that he's been miscolored again.]]

Eventually, millions of years later, circa the Earth year 1990, a group of Transformers discovered the sleeping form of Primus at Cybertron's core. When a battle erupted, a stray laser blast struck Primus, briefly jolting the god awake and causing him to emit a multiverse-shaking "Primal Scream" that alerted Unicron to Primus's location. Primus himself immediately slipped back into his sleep, but it was too late. {{storylink|Primal Scream}}

[[Image:EyeoftheStorm-possiblefutureUnicron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Um, [[multiversal singularity|forget this]], please.]]

While devouring the planet [[Ghennix]], Unicron took note of three criminals who were attempting to escape their fate. Unicron destroyed their vessel and recreated the three as [[Hook, Line, and Sinker]]. As the distance to Cybertron was vast and he was too large to teleport, he ordered them to retrieve a [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] from a [[Rhythms of Darkness!|possible future]] to serve as his herald. {{storylink|All Fall Down}} Though this Galvatron was angry at being plucked from his victorious timeline, Unicron tortured him until he agreed to be his herald. Still, this Galvatron secretly plotted his eventual treachery. Unicron sent all four of them to attack Cybertron and pave the way for his coming. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

{{note|Unicron declares himself to not be the same entity that this future-Galvatron remembers. The "main timeline" Unicron being a different individual from "alternate future" Unicron is also asserted by Hook, Line, and Sinker. In subsequent years, the retcon establishment of Unicron as a multiversal singularity means that these claims can only be interpreted as lies. Either that, or, uhhh, just ignore them altogether.}}

So close to Cybertron he could ''taste it'', Unicron decided to forgo consumption of the planet [[Jhi]] and hasten on his way to the ultimate confrontation. His herald Galvatron, however, captured Autobot leader [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], forcing him to fully awaken Primus. Suspecting treachery on Galvatron's part, Unicron sent Hook, Line and Sinker to retrieve him from the subterranean tunnels of Cybertron, but Galvatron destroyed them, and Primus was woken from his slumber. Unicron's arch-foe possessed Xaaron's body and summoned Transformers from all across the universe back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of Time!}}

Unicron shut down his higher mental functions and drifted for the remainder of the journey to hide himself from detection by Primus. At this point, a mental command that Unicron had placed in some of Primus's creations was activated, resulting in the formation of a cult of Unicron-worshipers, who gathered to destroy the leader of the united Autobots and Decepticons. These [[Unicron cultist]]s were drawn out when [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] was named commander of Primus's army. The cultists tried to assassinate the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]; they failed, but distracted the Cybertronians long enough for Unicron to sneak up on the planet. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[Image:Edgeofextinction-someonefight.jpg|right|150px|thumb|''He's got the whooooole world, in his feet...'']]

After Unicron dug his fist into the planet and ate the flesh of his mortal enemy, he noted that this was the finest meal he had ever tasted. However, he was somewhat disappointed to find that the gathered Transformers were simply so terrified of him that there was no resistance to his attack. As he devoured [[Brainstorm]] from the tip of his finger, he admitted that despite their lack of showmanship, they were at least delicious.

Unicron's unchecked rampage was soon ensnared by Primus himself, speaking through Emirate Xaaron's body. For a short moment, Unicron was restrained, but when he deduced that this ruse was a big show put on by an insignificant portion of Primus's power, he broke free and destroyed the avatar of Primus, killing both Xaaron and his creator.

Galvatron, who was worried his treachery was going to waste, attacked Unicron, hoping his bravery would stir the Transformers into action. Galvatron was smacked down, but his gambit paid off as the Transformers snapped out of their collective stupor and began a counter-attack against the Chaos-Bringer. Countless Transformers died in this assault, including the Decepticon leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. But Transformers weren't the only ones attacking him. Briefly fazed by the illusion-casting powers of the [[human]] [[Neo-Knights|Neo-Knight]] [[Rapture]], Unicron's systems were attacked by the electrical powers of [[Circuit Breaker]].

[[Image:OntheEdgeofExtinction-toomuch.jpg|left|thumb|300px|For soon you will have life. ''Sweet'' life.]]

After being clocked by the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Unicron received another surprise: the thought-lost Creation Matrix had returned, along with its vessel, [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. Unicron was at first confused, as he'd sensed the Matrix's destruction, but quickly realized that the Matrix had not been destroyed, but had merely been masked by its seduction by evil. And in the realm of evil, Unicron had no equal! Thunderwing was destroyed, but the Matrix fell to the planet's surface.

Fighting the evil within the Matrix, Optimus Prime grabbed the artifact and launched into Unicron's maw, where the Creation Matrix was opened. While being pummeled by the flood of life unleashed by the Matrix, Unicron's body could not maintain structural integrity and exploded. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

[[Image:JudgmentDay-mist.jpg|right|thumb|150px|So, seriously, what was up with this stuff?]]

In an alternate 2005, Unicron's consumption of the planet [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]] was heralded first by strange pink mists<ref>The original script called this an "electronic mist". It sets you on fire and melts you.</ref> that leaked from his planet mode's maw. On route to Cybertron, he encountered an injured Megatron and the bodies of his troops. He offered them new bodies in exchange for hunting down the Matrix. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}} As Galvatron was sent forward, Unicron devoured [[Moonbase One]] and [[Moonbase Two]]. {{storylink|Judgment Day!}} Galvatron returned to Unicron with the Matrix, but he intended to use it to make Unicron his slave. In retaliation, Unicron attacked Cybertron in earnest, as the planet was helpless against his assault. Ultimately, during a battle that took place inside Unicron, Rodimus Prime claimed the Matrix of Leadership from Galvatron and the Planet-Eater was destroyed from within. Only his head survived, and it remained in orbit over Cybertron. {{storylink|The Final Battle!}} {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

{{note|In the UK version of the story, the events of "The Big Broadcast of 2006" were a fabrication invented by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]. Also, the UK printing of the animated film adaptation altered the date from 2005 to 2006 to match ''[[Target: 2006]]''.}}

In another alternate 2005, a dying Megatron was found by Unicron. Unicron refashioned Galvatron into his herald, {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} and through their combined efforts, Unicron succeeded in devouring Cybertron. In the aftermath, he allowed Galvatron and his Decepticons to rule Earth. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
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====Earthforce====
{{earthforcefiction}}
After Grimlock accused Optimus Prime of being too focused on Unicron's imminent arrival, to the detriment of [[Earth]]'s troubles, the Dinobot Commander was allowed to create an [[Earthforce]].'' {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

''However, Prime had his work cut out for him. With an attempted Decepticon alliance ruined beyond all recovery and the Matrix still lost, Optimus had to turn to the original site of the Underbase—as the Underbase was linked to the centre of Cybertron, the Autobots could tap into that centre (and thus Primus himself) as a substitute Matrix.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}
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====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[Image:FallenAngel-Unicron.jpg|left|250px|thumb|And then Rodimus drove up through his entire body to escape through Unicron's other eye.]]
In the parallel timeline of [[Earth-120185]], Unicron did not arrive at Cybertron until the year 2006, consuming the small planet [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]] on his way. As he drew closer to Cybertron, Unicron came upon the damaged bodies of Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and several of his Decepticon followers, who had been jettisoned into space following a major battle at [[Autobot City]] on Earth. Unicron extended Megatron a bargain, offering to rebuild him and his troops into new beings to serve him, and tortured the recalcitrant Decepticon leader into accepting. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}} Now reborn as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Megatron immediately began scheming to destroy his "master", using a [[time-jump mechanism]] to travel back in time to 1986, where he constructed a solar cannon that was powerful enough to destroy Unicron's physical form. Fully aware of his pawn's actions, Unicron took control of the minds of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and had them follow Galvatron back in time to foil his plan. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

After Galvatron returned to 2006, he fought [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] within Unicron, where he was defeated and thrown out into space. He still had remote to the [[time-jump mechanism]] and used it to travel back to 1986 again, where he planned to take over the Decepticons so he'd be ready for Unicron when he arrived 20 years later. {{storylink|Fallen Angel}}

[[Image:LegacyofUnicron-Unicron.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Silly Junkions, you can buy loose Unicrons on eBay for just $20!]]

Only Unicron's head survived the explosion of his body, and it floated off through space to eventually crash-land on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. There, the still-conscious Unicron used mind control to force the native [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] to build him a new body out of the planet. At the beginning of 2008, he pulled [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] into his thrall and used them to re-ignite the stalemated Cybertronian war in order to keep the Autobots distracted from his activities. Amused by Death's Head's repeated attempts at defiance, he told him about his origin, only to find himself now under attack by Rodimus Prime and an Autobot strike-team.

This ''almost'' went wrong, as Rodimus (at Death's Head's suggestion) tried to use the power of the Matrix on the astral plane. Here, however, the Matrix ''strengthened'' Unicron and the monster intended to merge with it for greater power. Ultimately, however, he was defeated by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], who had planted explosives under the head's building site while the Chaos-Bringer was distracted. His head was destroyed, and his mind was sealed within the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

[[Image:WhiteFire-mine.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Rodimus rejects Unicron's endorsement of the coal industry.]]

On New Year's Day 2009, Unicron attempted to turn the Matrix towards evil and merge with it again, the only way he could bear being trapped within it. {{storylink|White Fire}} He reached out from within it and took control of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]'s body, {{storylink|Edge of Impact}} only to be stopped when Kup ripped the talisman out of his chest. Unfortunately, this meant they lost their chance to purify the Matrix and that Unicron would be ready for them next time. {{storylink|White Fire}} In 2010, he repeated the trick and transformed Rodimus's body into a copy of his own before being forced back. In the far future of 2356, Unicron's essence still resides within the Matrix, steadily withering the struggling body of Rodimus. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Orson Welles]] (English, Movie), [[Roger C. Carmel]] (English, TV series), [[Mizuho Suzuki]] (Japanese, Movie), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese, TV series), [[Jean-Claude Michel]] (French, Movie)

[[Image:Unicroncall.jpg|right|thumb|200px|So anyway, in this one continuity I'm built by a monkey. Sorry.]]

Unicron was constructed by the ancient genius known as [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]] at the dawn of the universe. Primacron had hoped that Unicron would scour the galaxy clean of life, leaving a blank slate for him to experiment upon, but naturally, Unicron had no desire to be the servant of another, and turned on Primacron, badly wounding him and his [[Oracle (G1)|assistant]], and setting out into the depths of space. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

{{note|The cartoon's account of Unicron's origin is very much at odds with the current understanding of him as a multiveral singularity. This, of course, is because the cartoons were written long before the Marvel Comic storyline that created the Primus/Unicron myth, and ''much'' longer before the retcon that applied the story to all Transformer continuities. Consequently, the animated universe is easily the one piece of Transformer fiction that is least compatible with this retcon and there has as yet been no attempt in official fiction to re-write Unicron's animated origin to tie in with it.}}

[[Image:TFTM_Unicron_Lithone.jpg|left|250px|thumb|I see you down there!]]

In the year 2005, Unicron made his most famous attack upon Cybertron. While heading towards the planet, he consumed the small world of [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]], making it perfectly clear how great of a threat he was to the entire universe. As he continued on his way, Unicron's powers allowed him to become aware of the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], who handed the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] just before dying, which angered him tremendously. He then came upon the bodies of several wounded and dying Decepticons, who had been dumped into space following a [[Battle of Autobot City|recent battle]] on Earth. He extended a proposition to the Decepticons' leader, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], offering to rebuild his body and those of his troops in exchange for their destruction of the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. Tortured into accepting, Megatron was transformed into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], and his followers became [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and the [[Sweep]]s.

[[Image:TFTM_Unicron_smashes_cybertron.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Unicron smash!]]

While Galvatron set about reclaiming leadership of the Decepticons, Unicron arrived at Cybertron, and proceeded to consume the planet's two moons. Outraged that Unicron would do this to a planet that he viewed as his, Galvatron found himself the victim of mental torture by his creator, and ordered to Earth to complete the task given him. The ensuing chase finally climaxed in a showdown on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]], where Galvatron seized the Matrix and returned to Unicron, only to reveal that he intended to use the talisman to make Unicron his slave. Amused by his pawn's arrogance, Unicron transformed into his [[Scale|gigantic]] robot mode and ate Galvatron. Unicron then tore into Cybertron, as [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and the rest of the Decepticons on the planet fought back, to little effect. Unicron swallowed many spaceships, and one, which contained the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and his comrades, crashed through Unicron's eye. Hot Rod and Galvatron battled deep inside Unicron, and ultimately, Hot Rod was able to retake the Matrix from the Decepticon. Transformed by its power into [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], he defeated Galvatron and opened the Matrix inside Unicron, destroying his body from within.

Unicron's head was blown clear during his death throes, and became caught in Cybertron's gravity, turning it into a new moon for the planet — a grisly testament to the satellites he had destroyed. {{Storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

[[Image:Unicron head orbit.jpg|180px|left|thumb|Incoming message from the [[Grand Mal|Big, Giant Head]]!]]

In the year 2006, Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps visited Unicron's head, seeking to locate Galvatron, who had been hurled into space at the conclusion of his battle with Rodimus Prime. After accessing the remaining databanks and replaying footage of the final battle, Cyclonus extrapolated Galvatron's trajectory and current location. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

[[Image:GhostMachine Unicron starscream jumpers.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Unicron's glad he got that Triple-A membership.]]

On the planet home to the monster known as [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] proclaimed that Galvatron would be "more famous in history than Unicron" once Galvatron destroyed Cybertron with his newly-built death crystal cannon. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

Later, the ghost of the deceased Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] reactivated Unicron's head in order to make a bargain with him; in exchange for Unicron restoring his body, Starscream would recreate Unicron's. Stealing new optic circuits and a transformation cog for Unicron from [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Starscream was then directed to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron, so that the planet could become his new body. Starscream initially attempted to do this by using Trypticon's body, but Trypticon was deactivated by the Decepticons. Unicron restored Starscream's body so that he could finish the task, but Starscream (somewhat predictably, being Starscream) double-crossed Unicron and refused to complete the necessary connections. Just then, explosives set by the Autobots were detonated, hurling Unicron's head off the planet, beyond its gravity, and out into space. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine}}

Seeking a supply of the dangerous particles known as [[anti-electron]]s, Galvatron and the Decepticons traveled to Unicron's head, only to come under attack from the defenses of the barely-aware giant. Also present was the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], who used components from Unicron's head to create the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] to fight Galvatron's forces. The Technobot [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] disconnected enough of Unicron's internal mechanisms to deactivate his systems. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Kiss Players''/''Teletraan Go! Go!''=====
[[Image:TGGUni1.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha]]
Following his destruction in 2005, Unicron's [[Angolmois|lifeforce]] was scattered across time and space, fragmented and parasitized into Autobot and [[Maximal]] leaders throughout history. In 2007, three of his servants, the [[Sparkbot]]s, sought to recreate their master, and tricked the human singing group, the [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]—[[Marissa Faireborn]], [[Atari Hitotonari]] and [[Shaoshao Li]]—into helping them in their task by telling them that they were gathering the fragments of the so-called "Allspark".

[[Image:TGGUni2.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Oh god ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha]]
[[Primus]] was forced to take action to stop their mission, appearing as a giant golden hand to steal away the energy fragments before the Sparkbots could collect them, but eventually, the evil trio collected enough to accomplish their dire task. Fleeing back in time to [[Earth]]'s prehistoric past, they unleashed the energy and Unicron began to form around them. Following the Sparkbots back to the past, Primus unleashed the full firepower of his mobile battle platform's cannon, sealing Unicron's energy and the Sparkbots deep within the planet. He then created the mighty [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] to serve as a guardian and ensure that the evil being was never again reborn. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players radio drama #51}}

Unfortunately for everyone except Unicron, Brave Maximus would go onto leave the Earth in 2007, leaving the chaos-bringer's life-force unguarded. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players radio drama #39}}
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=====''Beast Wars II'' cartoon=====
At some point in the far future, human beings discovered Unicron's lifeforce within the Earth, and attempted to harness it for their own means. This resulted in the devastation of the planet Earth, reducing it to a ruin, {{storylink|Emissary of the Fourth Planet}} but the fame of this "mysterious energy" that had been called "[[Angolmois]]" was far-reaching, and eventually, tens of thousands of years after the end of the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons, the Predacon leader [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] attempted to harvest it for himself. {{storylink|The New Forces Arrive!}} Using his artificial planet, [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]], he sucked all the Angolmois energy out of the planet and into the craft. However, after the interference of [[Lio Convoy]] and [[Lio Junior]], all the Angolmois energy was sealed into capsules and ejected from Nemesis as it self-destructed. {{storylink|Farewell! Lio Convoy}}

=====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tetsuo Komura]] (Japanese)

[[Image:BWNeo Unicron.JPG|left|180px|thumb|Unicron didn't take kindly to being part of the Macy's Parade.]]
Teams of Maximals and Predacons, led by [[Big Convoy]] and [[Magmatron]] respectively, then raced to collect the Angolmois capsules, as their energy effects were wreaking havoc on planets all over the galaxy. {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}}

They eventually collected all the capsules only to find themselves attacked by the mysterious and freakish [[Blendtron]]s. The Blendtrons, in truth servants of Unicron seeking to engineer his rebirth, proved nearly invincible, and stole the capsules from each team. {{storylink|Mysterious Beast Warriors!?}} They released the Angolmois energy and allowed it to possess Galvatron's dead body, restoring Unicron to life in a new form. {{storylink|Unicron Revived!?}} Unicron absorbed the last remaining ounce of stray Angolmois energy—the Blendtrons themselves—and left to settle his score with Cybertron. [[Great Convoy]] attempted to hold Unicron off with the entire Maximal armada, but Unicron's fiery serpent mode proved too much and he effortlessly destroyed the armada and Great Convoy along with it. Unicron then possessed [[Vector Sigma]], the mother computer of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], effectively possessing the planet, and morphed Cybertron into his new body. {{storylink|End of the Maximals!?}}

Unicron then briefly exited Vector Sigma to deal with the last remaining Cybertronian resistance. {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} Big Convoy, his Maximal new recruits, Lio Convoy and Magmatron all fought side-by-side against Unicron, but all they managed to do was stall him. Big Convoy then powered up his Big Cannon with his own [[Energon Matrix|Matrix]], transforming it into the Matrix Buster. Big Convoy shot Unicron with the weapon, the powerful blast seemingly destroying the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} Unicron's spirit was then evicted from Vector Sigma, returning Cybertron to normal. {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}
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====''Beast Wars'' manga continuity====
=====''Beast Wars II'' manga=====
After his destruction in 2005, Unicron's displaced lifeforce became trapped within the planet Earth, where it was eventually discovered and manipulated by humankind (who were unaware of its origins). This resulted in the devastation of the planet, but the fame of this "mysterious energy" that had been called "[[Angolmois]]" was far-reaching, and eventually, twenty million years after Unicron's destruction, {{storylink|Double Cross}} the Predacon leader [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] travelled to the deserted Earth (now known as [[Gaea]]) and attempted to harvest it for himself.

A Maximal energon survey team was sent to the planet Unicron, but it lost contact with [[Maximal Army Central Headquarters]].<ref>This is possibly a vague hint to the role Unicron would play in the greater ''Beast Wars II''-''Neo'' story, or a [[Easter egg|reference]] inserted by the [[Authorial intent|author]] before Unicron's inclusion as the source of Angolmois was decided upon.</ref> {{storylink|Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank!}}

Galvatron eventually succeeded in sucking-up all the Angolomois energy on Gaea into his artificial planet [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]. {{storylink|All Hands, Make a Special Attack on the Evil Planet!}} The Maximals journeyed to Nemesis to stop him, only for Lio Convoy to become corrupted by the Angolmois energy, turning a Predacon. Lio Convoy was able to channel the true spiritual energy of Gaea through his [[Energon Matrix]], however, and disspell the taint, restoring himself. He then used that same power to destroy Nemesis, the Angolmois, Galvatron and the Predacons. {{storylink|Win the Battle of Light and Darkness!}}

=====''Beast Wars Neo'' manga=====
[[Image:bwn-blackball-manga-01-bigconvoy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Reply hazy, try again"]]

On the planet Gaea, a group of Predacons somehow came into possession of a mysterious spheroid object known as the '''Black Ball'''. The strange artifact was of some importance to the Predacons; it may in fact have told Magmatron that he could rule the galaxy once he had the seven [[Angolmois]] capsules.

[[Image:bwn-unicron-manga-07-unionfleet.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]

When Big Convoy came to rescue five Maximal rookies who were trapped in the ''[[Galvaburg II]]'' on Gaea, the Maximals found the Black Ball and retrieved it.

After the Maximal returned to the ''[[Gung Ho]]'', they attempted to analyze the Black Ball. However, the Black Ball activated the ship's warp engine. {{storylink|The 5 Rookies}} During the warp, the Black Ball began to speak, telling the Maximals about the Angolmois capsules, which originated from the final conflict between [[Lio Convoy]] and [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] on [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]. It also told them that there were seven Angolmois energy capsules scattered across the galaxy in total. The Maximals were warned that they must retrieve all the capsules to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands, or the galaxy would be in extreme danger. The ''Gung Ho'' subsequently arrived at the planet [[Luxor]], where one of the capsules was located. {{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}}

The Black Ball guided Big Convoy's team to various other places where capsules were located.

When Magmatron, who was in a healing chamber in the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'' due to wounds caused by Big Convoy, learned that he lost his troops in the battle on [[Jörmungandr]], the Black Ball suddenly appeared. The Black Ball told Magmatron that it could see he was short-handed and offered Magmatron some "helpers"—the [[Blendtron]]s, who emerged from within the Black Ball. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

The Black Ball told both Big Convoy and Magmatron of the planet where the last capsule was located. Magmatron faced off with Big Convoy there, and ordered the Blendtrons to attack the Maximals. One of the Blendtrons, however, chose to attack Magmatron instead. The action of the Blendtrons baffled both Big Convoy and Magmatron alike. The Black Ball then arrived on the planet's surface.

It was revealed that the Black Ball was actually Unicron himself, or more specifically, his essence, while the Angolmois energy was his life force. Unicron absorbed the six capsules and reformed his head out of the Black Ball. He then revealed that the last capsule was actually both Big Convoy and Magmatron, who were evolved by the power of the Angolmois capsule on their home planet in the [[7th Cosmos]].

Big Convoy teamed up with Magmatron to fight against Unicron, but both failed. Big Convoy was saved by [[Heinrad]], who told him about Unicron's existence and the plan of the [[Ruler of Time and Space]] — to erase the universe and create a new universe without Unicron, the "cancer". After Heinrad was forced to leave due to his interference, Magmatron was chewed up and spat out by Unicron.{{storylink|Double Cross}} Unicron then headed to the planet Cybertron. He latched onto the planet like a parasite and turned it into his new body.

[[Image:bwn-bigconvoy&unicron-manga-07-1.jpg|thumb|200px|]]

Unicron desired to consume Big Convoy, the last half of the capsule, in order to make his right eye fully functional once more. His physical body was destroyed by Big Convoy after a harsh battle with Big Convoy's crew. However, Unicron's essence emerged from his physical remains and plastered itself onto Big Convoy's body, trying to possess him. Big Convoy removed the [[Energon Matrix|Matrix]] from his chest and unleashed its power, sacrificing himself and successfully destroying Unicron once and for all. {{storylink|Return to Zero}}

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===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===
[[Image:GenerationOne0-Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"Say, do you remember that time Leonardo Leonardo tried to open that convenience store across the street?"]]
Unicron's servant, [[The Fallen]], tried to bring about his second coming by breaking the [[Seal of Primus]], but failed. {{storylink|Conflagration}} Unicron sent a wave of drones and heralds into the universe, with the Alpha Drone, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], arriving on Cybertron 3000 years ago, amidst the [[Great Shutdown]], which he ended when he reactivated Shockwave for research purposes. {{storylink|Generation One issue 0|Generation One #0}} Shockwave happily shot him and experimented on him, and through these experiments became interesting in uncovering the secrets to Cybertron's history. This curiosity led him to steal the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and activate [[Vector Sigma]], which sent a beam across space that roused Unicron from his slumber. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Now awake, but not at full power or consciousness, Unicron set out on a course towards [[Earth]](!). The planets he consumed along his way, including the planet [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]], accelerated his rejuvenation quicker than [[Quintesson]] spectators had calculated. Using the raw materials Unicron harvested from Lithone, he created a new batch of drones based on a second body template. Subsequently, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] burst free from his birthing pod. {{storylink|Generation One issue 0|Generation One #0}}

{{note|Unicron was to be part of a plotline in 2005, starting from [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#issue 13|#13]], but even his might was helpless against [[Pat Lee]]'s business skills. The reason for the Quintessons' interest in Unicron was never revealed.}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[Image:BlackHorizon2-Unicron.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Unicron, [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], what's the diff?]]
Here, Unicron enslaved the population of the worlds he ate to maintain his inner works; one race included the [[Beastformer]]s. He is known about in Transformer legend, and is said to have been banished from his homeworld.

Thousands of years ago, when humanity was at a primitive stage, Unicron turned up to devour the Earth. The ancestors of [[Cobra-La]], however, had developed a [[metal-eating spore]] that could potentially kill Unicron. They came to an agreement—they would go into exile, while Unicron would merely eat human civilisation once it had developed to a useful point. Eventually they did, and Unicron began broadcasting announcements of "I Return" as he headed towards Earth. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}

[[Image:Unicron's DDP Brain.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Who needs all those TV monitors, anyway?]]

Unicron reached Earth and transformed so as to consume civilization in robot form. [[Japan]] was devastated and humanity collectively wet itself. But the world was saved by [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] and [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]], who flew into the Chaos-Bringer and doused his organic looking brain with Cobra-La's metal-eating spores. Unicron was killed, the world was saved, and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] went on to explore the dead monster's innards. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}

{{note|Despite being written after the retcon that established Unicron as a multiversal singularity, this story pays little heed to that concept, refraining from touching upon the Primus/Unicron mythology and instead claiming Unicron was banished at the hands of his own race. Of course, this is only what the Cobra-Lavians ''believe'' about Unicron, so there's wiggle room. His strange organic brain, meanwhile, was explained in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', which revealed that this particular body of Unicron's came from the universe of the [[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]], who share that feature. His uncharacteristic willingness to only eat parts of worlds and leave their populations alive to serve him, and his death-by-fungus, however, are harder to explain away.}}

===Beast Era cartoon continuity===
{{note|From most stories of Unicron told in this continuity, it is apparent that he staged an attack upon Cybertron in 2005 as he did in several other timelines, and that his head orbited Cybertron following his destruction as it did in the Generation 1 cartoon.}}

====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Blu Mankuma]] (English), [[Hidetoshi Nakamura]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Possession-Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|250px|This model must have taken them, what, three minutes?]]
When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] appeared on prehistoric [[Earth]] and was questioned by the stranded [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] about how he came to be this way, Starscream "explained" that his body was destroyed by Unicron while serving his master, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. This was, of course, a misrepresentation, and it was revealed later that it was actually Galvatron himself who killed Starscream. {{storylink|Possession}}

When the [[Vok]] spoke with [[Optimus Primal]] in Earth's pre-history, they took the form of Unicron's head, claiming that they scanned his mind and chose Unicron as an "authority figure". {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}}

[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] would later invoke the name of Unicron by referring to [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] as "Unicron's spawn" in a derogatory manner. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}}
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====3H comics====
After the dawn of time, Unicron recruited the [[Quintesson]]s to seek out the location of his nemesis, [[Primus]]. But when the Quintessons discovered Primus, now having taken the form of the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], they decided to delay reporting their findings so they could first exploit Primus to their own ends. After finding the "[[Vector Sigma|singular threat]]" to Unicron and discovering how to subvert it, they used it to create a [[Transformer|race of robotic beings]] which they could sell to other worlds for a price. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

[[Image:Unicrons dark essence.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Even Unicron's crap is evil.]]
After his destruction in 2005, Unicron's essence was sent spiraling through time and space, to crash on prehistoric Earth, prior to the conflict known as the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] which would occur on the planet. It is unclear if this was a deliberate attempt by Unicron to preserve his power or not, but this "[[Dark Essence]]" seemed to lack any real sentience, suggesting that it was merely Unicron's "power", while his spark remained in his intact head in the future.

[[Image:Terminus-Unicron.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Unicron makes his own light saber noises.]]

The Dark Essence was discovered by a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] known as the Hunter, who recognized the dark god's power, and fashioned from the Essence the [[Matrix of Conquest]], a twisted version of the Autobot Matrix of Leadership which he used to conquer and rule over an apocalyptic 32nd Century future, under the name "[[Shokaract]]". Resistance against Shokaract resulted in an attempt by his opponents to travel back and time and destroy the Dark Essence on prehistoric Earth, thereby erasing Shokaract from history, but the villain travelled back in time to stop this effort. [[Point Omega|A massive battle]] between him and Transformers from throughout the multiverse ensued, but eventually, thanks to the efforts of the [[Covenant]], history was altered so that Unicron's essence never arrived on prehistoric Earth, erasing this timeline—and Shokaract—from existence. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}

[[Image:PrimevalDawn2-Unicron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Predicting that Unicron will eventually show up is a pretty safe bet, really.]]

Just after the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] ended on prehistoric Earth, the [[Vok]] assembled a team from the remains of that war to counter [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], Unicron's spawn. [[Primal Prime]], the leader of the Vok's team, had visions of a future apocalypse, involving Unicron, that encompassed every timeline in the [[multiverse]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}} After Tarantulas ripped the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from Primal Prime's torso, he oversaw the construction of a [[transwarp]] portal that would allow him to bring his prize as an offering to Unicron. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

{{note|Though [[3H Productions|3H]] folded before this story could be completed, Tarantulas would of course not be successful, and the Matrix would be returned to its rightful place. (Because, you know, the [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''Universe'' stories]] took place chronologically after it.)}}

One week after the [[Great Reformatting]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] gangster [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]] succeeded in acquiring the [[Divine Light]], one of the Quintessons' discarded attempts to subvert the will of Primus. As Cryotek used it steal Primus's power for himself, [[Sentinel Maximus]] warned him that flaunting Primus's power would catch the attention of Unicron and doom them all. Cryotek laughed at this, since Unicron had been dead since three centuries earlier, and the idea of his resurrection was a fairytale believed only by the naive. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

[[Image:UnicronDeathstarII.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Guys. GUYS. Get that ring in the right place, or he'll never be able to eat.]]
Cryotek was defeated, and one year later Unicron struck once more. His body ruined and trapped between universes, he sought to revitalize himself by abducting Transformers from across the multiverse and pitting them against each other within the [[Cauldron]], a dark dimension contained within his own body, absorbing their [[energon radiation]] and eventually consuming their sparks. He chose to kidnap several Autobots and Maximals from the technorganic Cybertron, but that was also the staging ground from which Primus chose to launch a counterattack. Primus gathered an army from many different universes and put the resurrected [[Optimus Primal]] at its head. {{storylink|Abduction}}

These "[[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]]" raided Unicron to free his captives from their prison cities, battling Unicron's own legion of "[[Minion of Unicron|Minions]]" all the while. [[Universe war|These conflicts]] escalated for months or perhaps longer, their intensity rivaling the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|Great Wars]].<ref>Optimus Primal's bio in the [[Revelations Part 3|Transformers Collectors' Club comic #9]]</ref> This all came to an abrupt end during the final battle, when Unicron simply vanished due somehow to the [[Unicron Singularity]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}
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====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
[[Image:Ascending4-Shokaractsfuture.jpg|left|thumb|300px|FOOLISH, DOOMED CREATURE.]]

Sometime after a series of events similar to those of [[Lio Convoy]] and [[Big Convoy]]'s [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|experiences]] [[Beast Wars Neo: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|on]] [[Gaea]] in another universe, Unicron's heralds, the [[Blendtron]]s, were instructed by the Chaos Bringer's essence to gather the [[Angolmois]] capsules scattered across the galaxy, which contained Unicron's energy. The taint of Angolmois would cause unrest and violence across Cybertron as the planet tore itself apart in renewed savage mindless conflict. At the same time, Unicron's chosen yet unwitting vessel, Shokaract, was fed Angolmois by the Blendtrons, having been convinced that it would grant him the power to be reborn as a god. In one potential timeline, this did indeed happen as Unicron was reborn from Shokaract's corrupted form, and the Chaos Bringer proceeded to consume Cybertron itself. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}}

However, this was averted before it came to pass—thanks to the actions of the in-temporal-limbo [[Magmatron]], who alerted [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and by extension Lio Convoy to Unicron's plan and enlightened Shokaract when the tyrant was temporarily shunted into Magmatron's personal purgatory. Realizing what his ascension actually entailed, Shokaract tore the [[Matrix of Conquest|Anti-Matrix]] from his chest, sacrificing himself and ending Unicron's plan at re-ascension. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
During Megatron's rule of Cybertron, [[Rattrap]] once compared the Predacon's [[Grand Mal|big floating head]] as a "monument to Unicron", implying that the Chaos Bringer's head orbited Cybertron after his defeat. By the time of Megatron's rule, however, it had apparently left the planet's orbit, as it was never seen. {{storylink|Prometheus Unbound}}

===''Universe'' CD-ROM comic===
[[Image:Unicron tfu cdrom.jpg|left|thumb|200px|I'm gonna steal every single Decepticon every single year. Nobody investigate, mmmkay?]]
In an universe where [[Optimus Primal]] led the [[Autobot]]s and [[Reptilion]] led the [[Decepticon]]s, a ship arrived once a year when the Transformers' civil war reached a fever pitch. The ship abducted every Decepticon it could find and promptly left.

These Decepticons were brought to Unicron, who was preparing them for an eventual, ultimate battle for the universe. But unknown to even Unicron, Primus, the sentient core of Cybertron, was amassing an army of Autobots that rivalled Unicron's army of Decepticons. Could Primus meet Unicron's challenge, or was the universe doomed? {{Storylink|Universe CD-ROM}}

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==Unicron Trilogy==
===Toy pack-in comics===
[[Image:Armadaminicomic4-Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Check out my tiny buildings!]]
The Transformers were unaware of Unicron's gradual approach during the climax of their civil war. [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] was defeated and imprisoned, and just when he had escaped, the Planet-Eater suddenly appeared over their planet. Only time would tell if the Transformers could possibly defeat him! {{storylink|Armada Volume 4}}

Apparently, they could, and years later Galvatron was reborn as Megatron deep inside the [[Unicron's core|core]] of the defeated Unicron. {{storylink|Energon Volume 1}} The threat of Unicron still loomed over the [[Transformer]]s. {{Storylink|Energon Volume 2}} {{Storylink|Energon Volume 4}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
[[Image:TheEnd-Unicron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The southern hemisphere is known as the "footsmell" region.]]

The nearly-dead body of [[Optimus Prime (Worlds Collide)|a dying Cybertron's Optimus Prime]] was sent ahead by Unicron to his next target universe, as a "calling card". Additionally, Unicron sent a group of heralds—incarnations of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]—to this second universe to find the Mini-Con Matrix and kill that universe's Optimus Prime and Megatron. The heralds did not realize that their target Optimus Prime had been accidentally transported to the initial, dying Cybertron. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}}

Optimus Prime found one lone survivor, [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]], and begged him to tell him what was going on. Spinister told him that the "heart of darkness, the root of all evil" had ravaged their world. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} When Unicron loomed over them, Spinister surrendered himself to his fate. Spinister soon returned as an avatar for Unicron, who found this Optimus Prime's presence to be an "anomaly". Soon [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] managed to trace Optimus Prime to this dying universe and travel there to rescue him. Using the power of the Mini-Con Matrix, Prime and Jetfire were able to combine into Jet Optimus and fire a powerful shot into the heart of Unicron. Though they were too late to save this Cybertron, they could return home and prepare for Unicron's coming there. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

Optimus Prime called for an alliance with the Decepticons and the Mini-Cons, hoping to unite their forces against the coming Dark god. After warping to Cybertron's surface, Unicron himself arrived, and announced that they would all soon be consumed. During the following battle, Unicron was curious about the Transformers [[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]], [[Cheetor (Armada)|Cheetor]], [[Rhinox (Armada)|Rhinox]] and [[Terrorsaur (Armada)|Terrorsaur]], and abducted them for future purposes. Unicron was ultimately defeated by the Mini-Con Matrix, boosted from the additional power of two universes' Mini-Cons. This universe's [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], having made a bid for Unicron's power, was standing on the surface of the planet-eater when he was destroyed, and his body was also lost, his spark trapped within Unicron's remains. {{storylink|The End}}

====''Energon'' comic====
[[Image:ThisEvilReborn-Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|You never see him transform to robot mode.]]

Ten years later, his broken body was still left floating in space after his defeat. Despite his damaged form, his [[Unicron's core|core]] presented huge potentials for power, and so [[Alpha Quintesson]] gathered together a group of Decepticon dissidents under the leadership of [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] and transformed them into "[[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]]". He promised these Terrorcons this power in exchange for their services. Meanwhile, Megatron's consciousness was trapped within this core, and it called out to Optimus Prime to help free him. Alpha Quintesson was secretly working for Unicron himself, and he sent the corrupted forms of Airazor, Cheetor, Rhinox, and Terrorsaur, his "[[Unicron's Four Horsemen|Four Horsemen]]", to Cybertron to distract the Autobots from Unicron's revival. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}}

Optimus Prime, who received Megatron's message, turned to the [[Autobot High Council]] for permission to dedicate an army towards Unicron's return and his intent to consume alleged huge amounts of [[energon]] on Earth, but the Council dismissed these concerns as paranoia. While they did not grant Prime his army, they did permit him to travel to Earth alone. Before Prime could get out of the building, Unicron's Horsemen struck. Prime and the Council realized this was an act of war perpetrated by Unicron, and so Prime's original pleas were finally heard.

As drones continued to repair Unicron, Megatron managed to assert his will on these drones, who fashioned him a new body. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath}}

[[Image:WhatLiesBeneath3-Unicroninterior.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Unicron has a big [[negative universe]] [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] collection.]]

After defeating Scorponok and his Terrorcons on Earth, Optimus Prime stepped through a portal back to Cybertron to assemble a team of reinforcments... but instead on the other end of the portal he found himself within Unicron himself, summoned by Megatron's consciousness. {{storylink|Omni-Potent}} Optimus Prime argued with Megatron, denying that he would ever help his thought-dead foe inhabit his new body. Megatron countered with images of a massive-scale Terrorcon attack on Earth. Alpha Quintesson had used Unicron's power to reconfigure [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] into Mirage, and [[Moscow]], [[Toronto]], and [[Los Angeles]] were under heavy siege. Still, Optimus Prime resisted helping Megatron, even with the promise of teaming up to destroy the remnants of Unicron, as he feared releasing Megatron in his new body would be unleashing an equal evil.

Finally, after images of carnage on Earth overwhelmed him, Optimus Prime caved to Megatron's demands, and Prime began travelling through Unicron under Megatron's direction. After falling in some goo, Prime located the sensor array that was keeping Megatron's consciousness from entering his new body. It worked, and Megatron was free... though Optimus Prime was subsequently located by Unicron's internal defenses. He is last seen having defeated these antibodies, with a bandolier and his hand-held cannon, telling Unicron he was coming for him. {{storylink|Multiplicity}}

{{note|In unreleased issues: Previously, Unicron had destroyed [[Quintessa]], and [[Alpha Quintesson]] was the sole survivor. With the [[Initiator]], Alpha attempted to escape Unicron, only for his ship to be pulled to the planet eater. {{storylink|Doomsday Redux!}} The energon used for Unicron's reactivation came not from Earth, but from [[Nervissa]], a fact Optimus Prime discovered after connecting to Unicron's consciousness. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 1}} Alpha Quintesson sought to destroy Unicron and had a [[seismic-shock warhead]] teleported to Unicron. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 2}} In the later chaos of an alternate-universe [[Quintesson]] invasion of Cybertron, Unicron awoke and began to strike out against the Transformers. Realizing that their planet was open to Unicron's attack, the Quintessons attacked Unicron, to no avail. The Quintessons are destroyed, and the Transformers manage to delay Unicron enough for the warhead to explode, destroying the planet. The shockwaves from Unicron's destruction created a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] from the portal to the alternate-universe Quintessa. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 5}}
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===Cartoon continuity===
Unicron was evidently very active in this universe at various points in time, although the precise chronological order of his activities is unclear.

At some undetermined point in the past of this universe, Unicron was approached by the survivors of [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]], a world that had been destroyed in a war with the inhabitants of the Giant Planet, [[Gigantion]]. In return for the chance to gain revenge on Gigantion, the survivors swore loyalty to Unicron, and "Planet X" became something of a code-phrase that identified those in the service of the planet-eater.

{{note|Liner notes included with the DVD release of ''Galaxy Force'' in [[Japan]] claim that Planet X is actually the body of Unicron from a parallel universe. This would not appear to be compatible with the Western storyline, nor, indeed, with the date later given to the planet's destruction on the [[TakaraTomy]] "[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bible/index.html World of the Transformers]" website.}}

Additionally, Cybertronian legend refers to an attack by Unicron on the planet that was ultimately thwarted by the mighty Autobot warrior, [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}}

====''Armada'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Mark Acheson]] (English), [[Katsumi Chō]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Alliance-Unicronmoon.jpg|right|thumb|200px|That's no moon!]]
Unicron's first attack on Cybertron in the present day was an indirect one, over a million years in the making, begun when he opted to disguise his dormant body as Cybertron's moon. From this secret vantage point, he implanted his own cells within the planet, where they germinated and grew into the small race of robots known as the [[Mini-Con]]s. Unicron hoped to use the Mini-Cons to increase the ferocity of the Autobot/Decepticon war, and feed off of the energies released in the conflict, but an encounter with a group of [[Rad White|time-displaced]] [[Carlos Lopez|human]] [[Alexis Thi Dang|children]] planted the seed of sentience and free will within the Mini-Cons, who ultimately rebelled against their creator and fled Cybertron, crash-landing on the planet Earth. {{storylink|Origin}}
[[Image:Union-Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Don't mind me, just chillin'.]]

When the Mini-Cons were reawakened a million years later in 2010, they were detected by the Autobots and Decepticons, who followed their signal to Earth. {{storylink|First Encounter}} Unicron also picked up the signal, and dispatched his minion [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]], an inhabitant of Planet X who would occasionally serve as an avatar for Unicron's spark, to carry on his work. {{storylink|Gale}} Sideways escalated the conflict by manipulating control of the three Mini-Con weapons, the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom]] shield and the [[Requiem Blaster]], but eventually arranged for all three to be returned to Cybertron, where he stole them and used them to reawaken Unicron.

[[Image:ArmadaUnicron02.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Power Cosmic gives you wrinkles.]]
Shedding his moon disguise and transforming to robot mode, Unicron turned on Cybertron, only to be met with resistance in the form of the united armada of Autobots and Decepticons {{storylink|Alliance}}, and his own Mini-Cons, who had linked together and formed a giant duplicate of his body. {{storylink|Union}} Now at full power, however, it was child's play for Unicron to exert control over his creations, and bring the Mini-Cons under his thumb once more. Again, it was thanks to the Autobots' human allies—the same children who had been sent back in time and given the Mini-Cons free will in the first place—that the Mini-Cons struggled free of Unicron's control, including the three Mini-Con weapons, who broke free and left Unicron's body deactivated. Believing the threat over, [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] then challenged Optimus Prime to their final battle, only for the hatred and ferocity of their fight to awaken Unicron once more. To end the circle of hate that gave Unicron life, Galvatron allowed himself to be consumed by the monster, and in a brilliant flash of light, Unicron apparently ceased to exist. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}
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====''Energon'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[David Kaye]], [[Mark Acheson]] (English), [[Nobutoshi Canna]] (Japanese), [[Fredrik Beckmann]] (Swedish)

[[Image:MegatronRaid Unicronhead.jpg|left|thumb|200px|If I need to steal [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s eyes again, I quit.]]

In truth, however, Unicron had survived, and for the next ten years, continued to consume planets in other regions of space. One such planet was the world known as [[Planet Q]], whose inhabitants fought back by detonating the planet's core in Unicron's face. Badly damaged by the explosion, Unicron fell into a state of dormancy, but the life essence of the planet's ruler—the being who would come to be known as [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]—continued to exist within him, and began a not-entirely-sane plan to use Unicron's powers to recreate everything the Chaos-Bringer had ever destroyed. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}} Recreating the armies of Planet Q as "Terrorcons", Alpha Q had them attack Autobot facilities on Earth and throughout the [[solar system]] to gather the [[energon]] that would be necessary for his plan to work. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

[[Image:Energon Unicron.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Unicron sported [[Neon|awesome]] [[Black repaint|colors]] during ''Energon''.]]

Unbeknownst to Alpha Q, Megatron's corpse and spark remained within Unicron, and he slowly siphoned off some of the gathered Energon, allowing him to be reborn in his own new body. To escape Megatron's fury, Alpha Q jettisoned Unicron's head and escaped in it, while Megatron took over Unicron's body, and continued to gather Energon in order to rebuild Unicron to use as his ultimate weapon. {{storylink|Megatron Resurrected}} As the climax of this plan neared, a joint attack by Alpha Q, the Autobots and their human allies saw all of Earth's Energon channeled into Unicron's head, which Alpha Q then rammed into Unicron's body. {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}} The positively-charged Energon of Earth reacted with the negatively-charged Energon running through Unicron, tearing open a fissure in reality leading to a new area of space where planets Unicron consumed were recreated, and sustained through the Energon radiated from Unicron's head, which had now become a glowing red sun. {{storylink|Open Fire!}} {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}}

[[Image:Unicron eats blizzard.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Unicron should stop eating so many Blizzards.]]
Unicron's body, damaged once more, lay in the dark reaches near the fissure, and the Decepticons began to raid Alpha Q's new planets for the Energon necessary to revive Unicron again. {{storylink|A Heroic Battle}} This time, they succeeded, and Megatron directed Unicron's body to retrieve his head, extinguishing the Energon Sun and killing Alpha Q in the process. But the power of Unicron proved too much for Megatron to control, as Unicron began to take over Megatron's body. {{storylink|The Power of Unicron}} The Autobots made a valiant but futile attempt to stop him, but Unicron decimated them. Just as things seemed hopeless, a surge of power came that allowed Optimus-Supreme to grow to Unicron's size and powered up the other Autobots, {{storylink|Optimus Supreme}} and after a long and hard battle Optimus destroyed Unicron's body. {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}}

[[Image:Energon-Unicrons-Arms.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Geodude geeeeoooo geodude."]]

None of the Transformers were aware, however, that Unicron lived on in two forms: his miniscule Spark, floating in space, and his consciousness, which lay buried in Megatron's mind. With quiet, subconscious nudging, Unicron led Megatron to a massive reservoir of "[[Super Energon]]" beneath Cybertron's surface, {{storylink|Ambition}} which transformed him into Galvatron upon his first exposure. {{storylink|Wishes}} After a series of failed battles, Galvatron proceeded to expose himself to the Super Energon once again, and this time grew to a gigantic height. {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}} Unicron seized control of his body again for a new vessel and set out to rejoin with his Spark, but a Primus-empowered Optimus Supreme engaged him in battle once more, and drew all of Unicron's consciousness out of Galvatron and sealed it within his own Spark. {{storylink|Destructive Power}}

[[Image:EnergonUnicronOrbTheSun.jpg|left|thumb|180px|"How could this puny thing be Unicron?" 
—[[Kicker Jones]]]]
Enraged, Galvatron prepared to destroy Unicron's Spark, but it merged with him, enlarging him again, leading to another battle with Optimus Supreme, this time bolstered by the combined energy of all his troops' Sparks. {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}} Meanwhile, Primus merged with the Super Energon, creating a foundling sun which arrived at the site of the battle. Taking control of his body for a brief moment, Galvatron made the decision to plunge himself into the infant sun to rid himself of Unicron's possession. The super energon mass, having now received Unicron's spark, ignited into a powerful red sun which gave new life to Alpha Q's worlds. {{storylink|The Sun}}
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====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
[[Image:Cyb ep20 unicron chunks.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Ssssh, don't tell ''Galaxy Force'' that I'm here!]]

The bitter [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] was a loner, but his attitude changed when, in deep space, he was trapped underneath some debris near the remains of Unicron and saved by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Honor}}

[[Image:Unicronsingularity.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The cause of—and solution to—all of our continuity problems.]]

Primus's plan to trap Unicron in the heart of a new sun failed when the star collapsed into a massive [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] (sometimes known as the "Unicron Singularity") that threatened the entire multiverse. The collapse of the sun also allowed [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] to escape, [[Armor of Unicron|but not before integrating what remained of Unicron's body into himself]], increasing his power to nightmarish new heights. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}}

In addition to strengthening the Decepticon leader, the Armor of Unicron apparently gave Megatron access to a few of the Chaos Bringer's reality-warping powers, including the ability to unleash a devastating Energon aura {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} {{storylink|Showdown}}, create new Transformer bodies, upgrade and repair fallen Transformers {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}}, and tap into the power of the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} {{storylink|Fury|Fury}} The Decepticon leader's newest plan also held hints of the dark god's old agenda, as he intended to use the Keys to accelerate the black hole's growth and destroy the entire universe (albeit with the intent to remake it in his image afterwards).

Unfortunately for Unicron and Megatron (who again upgraded into Galvatron), the black hole would be sealed away by Primus himself after the Autobots restored his full power. {{storylink|End}} The Armor of Unicron would be overwhelmed and destroyed along with its wearer in a final battle with Optimus Prime, wiping away the last traces of Unicron from the universe. {{storylink|Unfinished}}

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====''Cybertron'' comic====
[[Image:Unicroncybertron.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The Planet-Eater's back, and you're gonna be in trouble.]]
Unicron's heralds [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)|Nemesis Prime]] arrived on Cybertron, intent on unleashing the [[Dead Matrix]] on Primus's vulnerable essence—as the Matrix was the antithesis of Unicron, so too would the Dead Matrix ensure the destruction of Primus, thereby totally destabilizing the multiverse and reducing it to a sea of entropic chaos. For the first time, it would be possible for Unicron to strike at Primus in all realities simultaneously, ending their cosmic feud once and for all. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}}

Ramjet and Nemesis Prime were ultimately stopped by Vector Prime and allies [[Sentinel Maximus]] and [[Omega Prime]], plucked from the midst of the ''Universe'' conflict by the multiverse-warping energies of the black hole. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}} The Dead Matrix, however, was taken by Unicron's servant [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] and cast into the heart of the black hole, freeing Unicron's spark, which entered the planet [[Yst]] and immediately began to sow chaos and disorder. Re-energized by the hatred and violence than ran rampant on Yst, Unicron formed a new, diminutive body for himself, born into the universe when Yst exploded. {{storylink|Revelations Part 3}}

[[Image:Sentinelmaximusunicron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Sorry, did that previous image indicate that Unicron was still huge?]]

During the time that followed, from behind the scenes Unicron orchestrated a civil war between the Mini-Cons stationed on Cybertron's moons. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} When Sentinel Maximus led a team of Autobots to stamp out the escalating conflict, Unicron's involvement was revealed, and he joined the battle himself alongside Soundwave. With no further use for the Mini-Cons, he murdered several of them and tried to capture [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] and [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], whom he had plans for. {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} However, before Unicron could achieve victory, Primus was reawakened, and the dark god fled as Cybertron transformed into its robot mode. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

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==''TransTech''==
Within the [[Primax 984.0 Gamma]] universal stream, the appearance and subsequent destruction of Unicron and the destruction of Primus's [[Xaaron|avatar]], {{Storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} as well as the tainting of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] caused by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], created a great many [[splinter timeline]]s. These events, as well as an earlier, undefined event related to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], resulted in the creation of yet another splinter timeline, [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]]. This universe overwrote a [[Gargent]] universe. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

==Live-action ''Transformers'' movie series==
===Titan Magazines===
{{quote|I'm certain I can speak for all those pledged to the Decepticon cause when I say Unicron spells one thing, and that's trouble with a capital 'running and screaming'.|Barricade|[[Transformers Comic issue 2.6|#6 (Vol.2)]]}}

While the Transformer race appears ignorant of Unicron, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] has knowledge of him and encountered him {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|#12's Star Screams}} in an event where Unicron attempted to devour Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|#19's Star Screams}} We don't know how Starscream witnessed this (did he hop universes?) but it has left him terrified. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|#17's Star Screams}}

In 2009, both [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] would also be aware of Unicron's existence. His sheer might scared him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|#6's Law and Disorder}} They know that [[fandom|you]] want to see Unicron in the third film and it ''sickens'' them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|#13's Law and Disorder}}

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[[Image:Unicron Titan19.JPG|left|200px|thumb|"The psoriasis is barely slowing him down!"]]
[[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] and his Decepticon chums attempted to rebirth Cybertron by sending out a summons that would attract any entity related to the lost [[AllSpark]], and then drawing that entity into Cybertron once it arrived.

As that entity announced itself to be '''"Unicron the Anti-Life!"''', they felt like a right bunch of plonkers. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

Unicron moved swiftly, transforming Cybertron into a scarier looking physical form and causing the planet's surface to becoming hostile to the Transformers on it. Stockade's attempts at communication were met with contempt and a strange attack. The new Unicron then warped into the Sol system, shot down an Autobot shuttle, and went "OM NOM NOM" at the sight of Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}}

The downed Autobots regrouped with Stockade's Decepticons and worked to take away the [[Nucleon]] that was powering Unicron's physical form. They succeeded in this by causing it to blow up and catch fire, which caused Unicron to draw on more Nucleon to recover, which fueled the fire and so on until the source ran out. Unicron disappeared, though whether he was dead or just gone is ambigious. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

Either way, the changes Unicron had made to Cybertron remained. The teleportation equipment he'd created was used by the Autobots to finally end the war. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}
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==Aligned continuity==
===''Exodus'' novel===
Unicron was defeated in his attempt to destroy Cybertron very early in its history, but emanations of his presence remained and were gathered and stored on [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] Station. This substance was a violently addictive poison that could pass on to another bot once its user died, and was dubbed the Sparks of Unicron or [[Dark Energon]]. Ultimately [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] achieved what Unicron did not by contaminating the [[core]] with Dark Energon, forcing the planet to shut down and reboot. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[John Noble]] (English)

{{spoiler|One Shall Rise, Part 1|October 8, 2011}}

[[Image:OneShallRise1-Unicronsilhouette.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Unicron ate the corners of this image. See, 'cuz he's ''evil.'']]

According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Until, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen original Transformers|Thirteen]]. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space.

Over time, matter gravitated towards Unicron's fallen form, eventually forming a planet which found an orbit around a distant star. Prophesies foretold that should a certain planetary alignment occur, gravitational forces would wake Unicron from his slumber. In Optimus Prime's later view, Unicron had likely begun to transcend physical form. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

In his three years in space, Megatron discovered the solidified form of Dark Energon, rumoured to be "the blood of Unicron". A worried [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] referred to Unicron as a legendary "destroyer", and called his blood the "Anti-Spark" as well. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

Some time later, as a planetary alignment foretold in a prophecy from the [[Covenant of Primus]] was drawing near, Megatron began to see visions of the future brought on by the sliver of Dark Energon that dwelt within his body. In one such vision, Megatron glimpsed the shadowed face of Unicron himself, and claimed that it was as if he could hear Unicron's own thoughts. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Airachnid]] were less than convinced, but kept that fact to themselves. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

[[Image:OneShallRise1-Unicronlistens.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Our God Unicron put A whole new spin on "You are what you eat"]]

As storms, earthquakes, and volcanoes erupted simultaneously across Earth, the Autobots began to suspect that Earth itself had Unicron as its core, explaining why Dark Energon was expelling from within. Meanwhile, Megatron sought Unicron's attention at the maw of a volcano. Megatron presented himself as Unicron's herald and servant, an enemy of the Primes, but Unicron dismissed the Decepticon leader. If Megatron had failed to destroy the last of the Primes thus far on his own, Unicron believed Megatron's help was worthless. Similarly, Optimus Prime sought out Unicron elsewhere, traveling to the area which the Autobots believed to be the strongest epicenter of his consciousness. Unicron formed from a cliffside as a stone likeness of his old body near Optimus, while the Autobot leader made a passioned plea to the Chaos Bringer to spare the planets' inhabitants. Unicron denied Optimus's pleas, as he considered the humans "parasites", and he birthed multiple copies of himself from the landscape that surrounded Optimus Prime. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers'' game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Matthew King]] (English)

[[Image:Armadavideogame-Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Unicron takes a shot in the mouth.]]

After the Autobots defeated the Decepticons on [[Earth]] and had secured the majority of the Mini-Cons there, Unicron made his appearance above Cybertron, intent on destroying the planet. Optimus Prime's team of Autobots and the Mini-Cons returned home via a warp gate to see the Chaos Bringer unleash a wave of destruction upon the great cities of their planet. The Mini-Cons joined together to form the [[Matrix Cannon]], the [[Vanguard Booster]] and the [[Nemesis Shield]] for the Autobots to use against Unicron. The Autobots flew into Unicron's maw and blasted their way into his energy core, damaging it enough to send Unicron spiralling out of control and destroying him. {{storylink|Transformers (PS2)|Transformers}}

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==Toys==
{{main|Unicron/toys}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Model-TheEntity.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Flamboyantcron]]

{{bigquote|Since Unicron is a villain and because I was fooling around at that time, I decided to make him look demonic with goatee, horns, bat-like wings and eagle talons for feet. I got the idea of Unicron from the planet Saturn and Satur. Actually, the original name was "Ingestor," but the writer changed it to Unicron when he saw the design, probably because of the "horns."|character designer [[Floro Dery]], [http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/floro-derys-transformers-exhibit-and.html Floro Dery's TransFormers Exhibit And Interview]}}

* Before the Transformers brand even existed, Takara designer [[Hiroyuki Hataike]] drew up a "Planet-Robot" toy for the ''[[Micro Change]]'' line, a design that would eventually inspire Unicron.

* In early preproduction for ''The Transformers: The Movie'', Unicron was referred to as the '''Entity'''. A model sheet from later in the movie's preproduction revealed that, at one point, the ''planet'' Unicron would turn into the ''robot'' '''Ingestor'''. An early rough draft of the film detailed some of the specifics of this; the disembodied voice of Ingestor would have presented itself to Megatron as merely the master and custodian of the planet Unicron, communicating from somewhere within the planet. He would remake the [[Life Spark]] of Megatron and other fallen Decepticons into Galvatron and his troops, and implore them to bring him energon to feed the planet, consumed with straw-slurping and lip-smacking sounds. Only at the draft's climax were Ingestor and Unicron revealed to be one and the same, as the energy the planet had been absorbing was revealed to be required to power the planet's transformation into robot mode. We used "robot" loosely, though; many pieces of organic terminology are used throughout the draft to describe planet and robot forms, such as the planet being covered in what appeared to be grass trees but which were actually the hairs of his humanoid form. At the end of the early rough draft, Unicron is destroyed completely by the Life Spark of Optimus Prime. <ref>[http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/heritaage-auctions-transformers-movie.htmlHeritage Auctions Transformers: The Movie script] @ Disciples of Boltax</ref>

* Character designer [[Floro Dery]] claims his designs for Unicron were very large and complicated. For example, there were three drawings of Unicron's internal organs that were 2'x7' each. Dery also explains that Unicron's television monitor-covered [[Unicron's core|core]] is "like security monitors in a building," and that he must watch these screens manually to know what is going on, rather than the information being diverted directly into him from the screens' source. And finally, the orbiting moon that is seen in the discarded ''Generation 1'' prototype by Takara (see [[Unicron/toys]]) was intended to be "a kind of mini-Unicron, like Mini-Me of Dr. Evil." Floro Dery's kind of eccentric. <ref>Zobovor's [http://web.archive.org/web/20060625115408/http://members.aol.com/tfencyc/interview_dery.html Interview with Floro Dery]</ref>

[[Image:FloroDeryUnicronNotes.jpg|right|thumb|150px|That's no moon. No seriously, ignore that moon.]]

* Floro Dery's production notes as shown on his designs for Unicron (then "The Entity") reveal some very interesting things that don't quite come through in the original film or were dropped:
** The spheres on Unicron's rings are meant to be roughly equivalent in size to ''Earth''.
** The surface of Unicron was originally a dense jungle of metal and mechanical creatures.
** Dery's roundabout reasoning for giving Unicron rings is explained: "Saturn sounds like Satur [presumably meaning ''satyr'']. Satur is synonymous with the Devil. The Entity is a Devil-like planet. This is the reason why I designed the Entity like the planet Saturn."
** A moon is included (as in Takara's G1 toy prototype), but never explained aside from being flashy and conductive.
** All the circular portions on the planet's surface were to flash and reflect different colors to "dazzle the viewers" and eliminate the epileptics in the audience.

[[Image:TFTM-Unicronalternatehead.jpg|right|thumb|150px|He shaved!]]

* An earlier version of Unicron's head showed up during Unicron's transformation scene in ''The Transformers: The Movie''. Originally animated for [[The Transformers: The Movie promo]], this version has no [[facial hair]] and has extra greebles all over his face. It also colored the helmet entirely gray, save an orange mohawk. In [[Transformers: The Animated Movie|IDW's comic book adaptation of the animated film]], [[Don Figueroa]] drew a hybrid between the two designs, combining the facial hair and the orange mohawk.

*The [[Unicron Trilogy]], the series of Transformers franchises that includes ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'', was so named by Hasbro designer [[Aaron Archer]] because of Unicron's importance in each story.

*[[Roberto Orci]] was interested in having Unicron in the then untitled ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers 3]]''.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/ask-roberto-orci-roundup-january-14---mythology-money-shots-jolt-military-and-bringing-chaos-166603/]</ref>

* Unicron has the ability to create [[tainted world]]s, but none have yet been discovered.

* The animated film and the following season of the cartoon are extraordinarily consistent about Unicron never actually moving his mouth while speaking, suggesting his voice may be ''broadcast'' as opposed to physically produced.
**Armada similarly features a lack of mouth movement, how ever he DOES move it while speaking once.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Unicron''' (ユニクロン ''Yunikuron'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Unikron''', '''Unikornisz''' ("Unicorn")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Unicron''' (Taiwan, 尤尼克隆, ''Yóu Ní Kè Lúng''), '''Yǚ-zhòu Dà-dì''' (China, 宇宙大帝, "Emperor of the Universe")

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Unicron/Unicron/unicron.htm Unicron on TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Unicron Unicron's Universe profile at NFTA.net]
*[http://www.transformersontheshelf.com/UnicronPage Unicron (toy) History]
*[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/pages/transformers-reviews/gallery/766/micron+legend/Green+Unicron+%28Lucky+Draw%29.html Photo gallery and review of Green Lucky Draw Unicron]
*[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-gallery/merchandise/25/merchandise/Unicron+Japanese+Store+Display.html Inflatable Unicron store display gallery]

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Tailgate (Prime)

2011-08-24T03:37:22Z

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{{disambig3|Tailgate}}
{{faction|autobot}}
:''Tailgate is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Predatory-partner.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Arcee should keep away from [[Mini Vehicle]]s.]]
'''Tailgate''' once worked alongside [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]]. Now he's dead. Apparently, this isn't especially uncommon.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Josh Keaton]] (English)

Tailgate was a member of [[Delta Team]] during an unnamed battle. He failed to take out a sniper, forcing Arcee to enter hand-to-hand combat. As the two discussed where to rendezvous, Arcee was captured by [[Airachnid]]. Later, Tailgate was also captured and brought before the two of them. Airachnid threatened to kill Tailgate if she was not told the co-ordinates of an impending attack. After Arcee claimed she did not know them, Airachnid made good on that threat.

When Airachnid and Arcee later encountered each other on Earth, Airachnid would often torment her foe by bringing up what happened to Tailgate. {{storylink|Predatory}} {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} {{storylink|Partners}}

==Notes==
* Tailgate uses the same model as [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]].
* Tailgate was voiced by [[Josh Keaton]] the voice for [[Jack Darby]] too, maybe [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] is a little too attached.

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[[Category:Prime Autobots]]

Partners (Prime)

2011-07-30T10:32:57Z

184.155.189.185: /* Transformers references */

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|prev=Rock Bottom
|next=
|image=Partners-ScreamPrisoner.jpg
|caption="What do you mean, Frenzy isn't red?!"
|title="Partners"
|airdate=[[July 23]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Mike Johnson]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''The team is surprised to learn that Starscream wants to become an Autobot.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Partners1_Airachnid_Megs.jpg|250px|thumb|left|"Airachnid, fetch me my [[Rubber Ducky|rubber ducky!]]"]]
Aboard the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] confesses his sins before [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] and claims to have made peace with his position as second-in-command. He goes to the bridge where [[Airachnid]] is telling [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] about one of his indiscretions, a failure to disclose the location of the crash site of the ''[[Harbinger]]'', a Decepticon transport ship that crashed on Earth while containing an experimental weapon. Megatron orders him to lead Airachnid to the crash site to retrieve the weapon.

[[Image:Partners2_Arcee_talk_to_rock.jpg‎|250px|thumb|right|It's like talking to Soundwave.]]
[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] stands at [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]'s graveside and talks to her old partner, promising to find the Decepticon responsible for his death.

Starscream and Airachnid reach the ''Harbinger'' crash site, but Airachnid is deliberately cagey about what the weapon is they're looking for. She's impressed by the fact that Starscream was the one who terminated Cliffjumper, but reveals she knows about the fact that Megatron was planning to terminate him at the [[Stripped energon mine|energon mine]]. They burrow their way down to the buried wreck, and Airachnid accesses the ship computer to find the location of the cargo. Starscream warns that the signal might alert the Autobots.

Indeed, at that moment [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] alerts [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus]] that the base sensors have detected an ancient Decepticon signal.

Airachnid finds that corridor to the weapon ends in a stone wall. The ship broke in half before crashing, and the weapon is in the other half of the ship. Starscream won't tell her where the other half is, so she binds him in a web, and threatens him until he blabs. She leaves him there with the suggestion that she ''might'' come back, but runs into the Autobots in a corridor. Forced to double back, she drills her way through the ground, and is followed by Arcee, much to Optimus's concern. On the surface, Airachnid swiftly gets the better of Arcee, but Prime's arrival forces Airachnid to retreat in 'copter mode. Optimus reminds Arcee that trying to seek revenge for [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]'s death isn't a good idea. [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] resurface with Starscream as a captive, and they're all surprised when the Decepticon says he wants to switch sides. Optimus, Arcee, and Bulkhead have a brief discussion and decide to take Starscream along, for now.
[[Image:Partners3_Starscream_Airachnid.jpg‎‎|250px|thumb|left|And the fangirls go wild.]]

Airachnid finds the other half of the ''Harbinger'' and pulls the experimental weapon, a staff, from its container.

The Autobots arrive at the stone arch. Optimus believes they should seriously consider letting Starscream join the team because allowing the Decepticons redemption will be important to establishing peace. He leaves Arcee guarding Starscream, and takes Bumblebee and Bulkhead to find the ship. As Prime's team approaches the ''Harbinger'', Airachnid begins opening fire with the staff, a weapon named the [[Immobilizer]], and freezes Bulkhead in place.

Starscream tries to convince Arcee that he's safe to let go, but inadvertently lets Arcee know that he was the one who killed Cliffjumper. He frantically attempts to convince her that is was a mercy killing, but Arcee doesn't buy it. She throws down the key to the cuffs so he can free himself and make it a fair fight, but he tricks her into getting close enough that he can wound her with his claws.

Optimus and Bumblebee take cover behind a rock, but Airachnid burrows underground, coming up behind them and zapping Prime. Bumblebee starts exchanging fire with the Decepticon.

As Arcee and Starscream fight, Starscream taunts her by asking if Tailgate was weak like Cliffjumper.

Airachnid gloats over her new trophies, but the dust kicked up by Airachnid's weapon strikes on a nearby rock gives Bumblebee an idea. He blasts the rock face some more, kicking up a thick cloud of dust. Airachnid sweeps the cloud with the Immobilizer, and when the cloud clears, Bumblebee stands motionless. While Airachnid goes back to talking to Prime, Bumblebee sneaks up behind her and sucker punches her. As the Immobilizer is thrown into the air, Bumblebee shoots it and it shatters. Airachnid flees under fire from Bumblebee.

Starscream gets the upper hand in his fight against Arcee, kicking her around brutally. As he moves in to finish her off, she reveals she's been playing possum, and delivers a series of blows that brings him down. Arcee has her blades at Starscream's throat, ready to kill him, when she realizes that they're being watched by Bumblebee. She lets Starscream limp away and collapses.
[[Image:Partners4_Arcee_Starscream_fight.jpg‎|250px|thumb|right|"You can trust this face, can't you?"]]

Back on the ''Nemesis'', Megatron is not happy at all with Airachnid, not because she failed to retrieve the Immobilizer, but because she left Starscream in the hands of the Autobots.

At the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]], Ratchet has repaired the Immobilizer and used it to unfreeze Optimus and Bulkhead. Arcee has also been repaired, but blames herself for chasing away Starscream.

Elsewhere, Starscream bashes his clamp bonds against a rock wall, shattering them. He realizes that he is now an independent, beholden to no one.

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*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (9)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (10)
*[[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]] (11, flashback)
*[[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] (12, flashback)

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*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (2)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (3)
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Airachnid]] (5)

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==Quotes==
"I have been a fool. Made mistakes. Monumental ones. I now realize I was never destined to be leader, or even an equal partner. And, I am at peace with that. I have gained a clear understanding of my place in the universe. Of who I am. Of who I was always meant to be. STARSCREAM: second in command, humble servant to Lord Megatron. Thank you for listening, Soundwave."
:—'''Starscream''' speaks before Soundwave. Like talking to a brick wall.

"Hey partner, heck of a view you got up here. If there's even a small chance your spark is out there listening, well, we could really use you, Cliff. Seems like everyday another Decepticon arrives on the scene. We're outnumbered and outgunned. Yeah, I know what you'd say, 'Sounds like a fair fight,' and if that's the world we live in, so be it. I just want you to know, I haven't given up. I'm going to find the Con who took you from us."
:—'''Arcee''' visiting Cliffjumper's grave, and foreshadowing all at the same time. Multi-tasking.

"Oh you would do well to respect me, Airachnid. Before I joined Megatron, I was Air Commander of a squadron of Energon Seekers." 
"On Cybertron, and how many eons ago was that?"
:—'''Starscream''' tries to be hot, and gets burned by '''Airachnid'''

"Freeze!"
:—'''Airachnid''', a bug with a pun.

"Airachnid... what I wouldn't do to get my hands around her wretched throat." 
"So we can agree on one thing." 
"Oh, you have no idea. She showed up one day and the next thing you know, she's acting like she runs the place. She whispered lies into Megatron's ear, maneuvered to remove me of my rightful place." 
"Well... she terminated my partner." 
"What?! She's taking credit for scrapping him now too?! That was my doing!" 
"What? You weren't there." 
"Uh, of course I wasn't. I don't know what I was thinking." 
"Who are you talking about?" 
"No one. Who are you talking about?" 
"Tailgate." 
"Who's Tailgate?"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Arcee''' compare their stories on Airachnid only for Starscream to let it slip about Cliffjumper. Poor screamer, you know it goes only downhill from here.

"You left Starscream with the Autobots?! Do you have any notion of the consequences of your blunder?!" 
"But, my lordship! It was Starscream's incompetence that cost us the Immobilizer!" 
"I don't care about some trinket! My second-in-command is a prisoner of the enemy! Which means all Decepticon intelligence could be at the fingertips of the Autobots!"
:—'''Megatron''' rages while '''Airachnid''' watches her chances of being his new BFF vanish.

"It is the external wounds which heal the quickest." 
"I thought settling scores would allow me to move on... instead I chased away our hope of winning this war anytime soon." 
"Wisdom cannot be granted, Arcee. It must be earned, sometimes at a cost."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Arcee''' on being the better 'bot.

"I have been a fool. Made mistakes. Monumental ones. But I have gained a clear understanding of my place in the universe. Of who I am. Starscream: aligned with no side; servant, to no one."
:—'''Starscream''' goes rogue on us. [[Starscream (G1)|What]] [[Starscream_(Armada)|a]] [[Starscream (Animated)|shock]].

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
* For most of his scenes prior, Bumblebee's optics had their center blue piece. Just after Starscream frees himself, Bumblebee is missing this piece again. This has been a common occurrence through the show.
* When Airachnid freezes Prime, his battle mask is drawn back. Next scene, he has it out again.
* When begging for mercy as Arcee pins him to the ground, Starscream's eyes (save for the pupils) are completely red (well, actually, just a bit pinkish, even). It does make him look even more scared, though. Until his next scene, when they're still like that.

===Continuity errors===

===Continuity notes===
*Airachnid rejoined the Decepticons after the events of "[[Metal Attraction]]". Good thing that magnetism wore off.
*Starscream recalls how he did away with Cliffjumper in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]". And gloats about it too.
*Arcee confirms Megatron's attempt to kill Starscream from "[[Rock Bottom]]".
*Tailgate's death is brought up. His death was originally shown via flashback in "[[Predatory]]".
*Optimus has replaced the [[trailer]] blown up by [[MECH]] in "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]" with an identical looking one.

===Transformers references===
*Starscream claims his previous rank used to be the "[[Air Commander]]" of [[energon (fuel)|Energon]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. "Energon Seeker" is the [[Scientist (WFC)|Scientist]] chassis used by Starscream in the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'' game.
*The [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]] is a weapon previously used by Decepticons, as well as the name for the [[The Immobilizer|episode]] it is featured in. Sadly, unlike the original Immobilizer, it was not invented by [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]].
*Bulkhead sarcastically refers to "lobbing with [[The Fallen]]". Lobbing was the game he played with Wheeljack during the latter's brief visit to Earth.

===Foreign dubbing===

===Real-world references===
*In another example of Starscream using human expressions, after listing his grievances with the Decepticons, he offers to "rat them out".
*"Be still, my beating [[Spark]]" is a variation of the human phrase "Be still, my beating heart", which is most often recited after seeing one's romantic interest.

===Trivia===
*This episode was dedicated to Captain H. L. "Larry" Cullen, [[Peter Cullen]]'s older brother, who served as a United States Marine in Vietnam and was the primary inspiration for Optimus Prime's voice. He died aged 70 on [[March 25]], 2011, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on July 21, two days before the episode's broadcast.<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/can-montreal/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=152438186 ''Montreal Gazette'' obituary for H. L. "Larry" Cullen.]</ref>
*This is the first episode to not feature, or even include, humans.
*This is the first time in this series—and one of very few instances in the entire history of the franchise—when a character's thoughts are heard out-loud.
*This episode also deals with something that is often not addressed throughout the franchise: Starscream, for all his weaknesses and flaws throughout his various incarnations, is a very important part of the Decepticon war machine. Megatron is more furious at Starscream's (believed) capture than he is at the loss of a powerful weapon like the Immobilizer (which he dismisses as 'some trinket').
*Ratchet gains yet another Decepticon weapon to study in this episode. Maybe he'll bring one into battle sometime soon?

==Home video releases==

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Laserbeak (DOTM)

2011-07-25T10:29:36Z

184.155.189.185: /* Notes */

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:''Laserbeak is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]] portion of the [[live-action film series|live-action]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:DOTM Laserbeak videogame.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Spy. Assassin. Invisible tea enthusiast.]]

An example of [[:Category:Cybertronic wildlife|Cybertronian wildlife]] re-engineered to serve [[Transformer]]s, '''Laserbeak''' serves the Decepticons primarily as a scout and spy for [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]. But that doesn't mean he isn't capable of other tasks, such as hunting down targets for capture, be they [[human]] or [[Autobot]].<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm#/characters/laserbeak Vector Sigma database at Hasbro.com]</ref>
Perhaps the most useful of his abilities is to transform into almost any type of alt-mode, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|even those who aren't alt-modes]].

==Fiction==
===''Convergence''===
Laserbeak crewed the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' with Soundwave and his other minions. He informed Soundwave the energy reading they detected was growing stronger and more distinct as they approached: it was the [[AllSpark]]. When [[Ark (DOTM)|another ship]] crashed into the ''Nemesis'', Laserbeak bit [[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]]'s leg, preventing her from falling into space as the bridge decompressed. Laserbeak then searched their records for the ship's identity, but found nothing, though he noticed the ship appeared damaged.

Soundwave parked the ''Nemesis'' on a dead ringed world, and took his crew aboard the ''[[Longshot (DOTM)|Longshot]]'' to follow the ship via the [[space bridge|wormhole]] it left behind. As they emerged in the far future, they witnessed the ship crash on to the [[moon (moon)|moon]] below, orbiting the [[Earth|planet]] containing the AllSpark's energon signature. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}}

The [[human|lifeforms]] of the native planet soon explored the ship, which contained [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. Laserbeak was sent to ''persuade'' the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] scientist Dr. [[Voskhod]] to pull the plug on their manned mission in [[1972]]. In [[1979]], Soundwave and Laserbeak met with their American contact [[Gould]] — whose creative accounting prevented further trips to the moon — for the last time, as well as Gould's son [[Dylan Gould|Dylan]]. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Keith Szarabajka]] (English), [[Ernesto Lezama]] (Latin American-Spanish dub)

{{spoiler|Dark of the Moon (film)|July 29, 2011}}

With the [[Star Harvester]] destroyed, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] sought to revive Sentinel. Voskhod's nephew [[Alexi Voskhod|Alexi]] led [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[NEST]] to [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]], where they would find an Ark fuel cell. Laserbeak watched, silently intimidating Voskhod when he was about to say too much about their mission. [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and the [[Driller]] appeared to distract NEST while Laserbeak killed Voskhod as he tried to drive away in his white limo.

Laserbeak arrived in [[Africa]], shooting up a vulture as he descended to perch on Soundwave's hand. He reported to Megatron of the success of the Chernobyl mission, which led Optimus to retrieve Sentinel from the moon. He was then ordered to kill all of the Decepticons's human collaborators. During one of his attacks, he shape-shifted into a small pink version of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], and met a little girl, who presumably mistook him as the friendly robot. When her parents came in, Laserbeak transformed into his normal self and killed her father.

Laserbeak's "favourite" contact [[Jerry Wang]] was next, and he passed on articles pertaining to the assassinations and cover-ups to fellow employee [[Sam Witwicky]]. Laserbeak confronted Wang at his office, demanding to know what he told Witwicky. Wang feigned despair and was able to surprise the sadistic Decepticon with two guns, but Laserbeak quickly disarmed him with his tail and "suicided" Wang by swinging him out the window, sending him falling to his death. Laserbeak then chased Sam, but he managed to escape.

When Sam was sent by [[Robert Epps]] to coerce the traitor and Decepticon supporter [[Dylan Gould]] into releasing [[Carly Spencer]], Laserbeak transformed out of his television mode and grabbed Sam with his talons and threw him out of the window, where Sam was saved by Bumblebee and his newly acquired [[Orbital Assault Carrier]]. Laserbeak struggled with Sam on top of the fighter after Carly escaped, where Sam managed to hold Laserbeak's head in front of one of the fighter's guns and had Bumblebee fire, decapitating and killing Laserbeak. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==Commercial appearances==
Laserbeak, in disguise as an office copy machine, got upset when he jammed because the office workers failed to use the good paper. He transformed and shot the place up until a woman went and got Double A paper. He then went back to making copies. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon|Double A transforming paper}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game''===
====Xbox 360/PS3====

Laserbeak played a vital role during Soundwave's mission to a former [[Sector Seven]] data archive. While Soundwave was able to fight his way to the base, he was unable to break in and so launched Laserbeak to infiltrate it instead.

Armed with a machine gun, the small but vicious Decepticon could not last long in an all-out firefight with the Autobots inside, so it had to rely on stealth. Using its abilities to take the form of holographic items and fixtures within the base, Laserbeak was able to ambush and slay numerous Autobots as it sought a way to allow Soundwave entry.

Throughout the course of this operation, Laserbeak encountered numerous defense drones, autoturrets and Autobots. It also learned that the base, while still containing useful data, was now used as a workshop by the Autobot scientist [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]]. Worse, Wheeljack was working with human scientists to develop [[MechTech]] weaponry.

Realising the threat, Soundwave now changed objectives from data retrieval to outright destruction. As the base was built in a volcano in order to take advantage of geothermal energy, he had Laserbeak damage several of the seismic dampeners that prevented the volcano from erupting. Laserbeak also managed to hack the gates, finally allowing Soundwave to enter the base personally and complete both objectives.

As the base was consumed in flames, Laserbeak flew overhead before landing on its master's arm, screeching in victory. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)}}

==Toys==
===Dark of the Moon===
====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:DOTM_MechTechDeluxe_Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Furmanism|It's like some sort of vast... wait, that's what it is.]]]]
*'''Laserbeak''' (MechTech Deluxe, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DD07'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Cybertronian Cannon A, Cybertronian Cannon B

:''[[Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Laserbeak transforms from a VTOL aircraft (similar to the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] Sigma 6'' Dragonhawk vehicle) to a Cybertronian bird/dragon thing. There are a total of eight MechTech weapon holes, from the top and bottom of both wings, to the bottom of both feet, as well as above and below the cockpit in vehicle mode.

:The two weapons included have Gatling-style barrels, with one gun being static while the other has a MechTech swapping feature. Pulling the lever on the latter will make the barrel repeatedly spin around to eventually reveal a second, different cannon barrel. The static gun can plug into the back of the MechTech gun to create a giant cannon. Both guns also include a [[C joint]] bar on top.

:The beast mode's mouth can open, and the heels are actually 5mm pegs. Along with the peg-holes on the soles of his feet, this allows the toy to perch on the arm of any toy with the compatible holes or pegs. The cockpit/helmet of the vehicle mode has a stylized bird head painted on both sides.

:The instructions show a different head than the final toy, with a more realistic looking bird head. Some of the paint applications shown on the packaging, including the ones on the weapons, were left off on the actual toy.
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====Human Alliance====
*'''Soundwave / Mr. Gould''' with '''Laserbeak''' (Human Alliance, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:''
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==Notes==
*Laserbeak was in an early draft of ''[[The Reign of Starscream]]'', but was dropped at Hasbro's request.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/members/mowry-73165.html#vmessage167559]</ref>
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Previous]] [[Ravage (ROTF)|beast-like robots]] didn't talk because the production team thought it would be "weird". Apparently, they changed their minds when it came Laserbeak's turn.
*Alternate modes that Laserbeak has been known to assume include a hover jet, a computer, a photocopier, a plasma television screen, and a child sized, fuchsia Bumblebee.
*[http://www.warrenmanser.com/WarrenManser.com/PORTFOLIO_M/Pages/TRANSFORMERS_3.html#17 According to some concept art], he was supposed to transform from what looks like an electronic plush penguin to a penguin/condor/dragon-hybrid robot with VTOL wings. The robot mode is both ridiculous and freaky.
*Surprisingly, his Vector Sigma database claims he has no vehicle modes, despite also having a picture of him in vehicle mode. Someone clearly didn't pay attention to [[Dark of the Moon (toyline)|the]] [[Dark of the Moon (film)|merchandise]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category: Cybertronic wildlife]]
[[Category: Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]
[[Category: Human Alliance]]
[[Category: Scouts]]
[[Category: Spies]]

Ironhide (Movie)/toys

2011-07-25T10:27:03Z

184.155.189.185: /* Voyager Class toys */

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'''[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]''' has enough toys to afford several new cannons.

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Legends Ironhide DesertBlackout.jpg|right|300px|thumb|''Don't miss'', Blackout, or Ironhide will wave his fist angrily while you fly out of range!]]
*'''Ironhide Vs. Desert Blackout''' (Legends "Allspark Battles" two-pack, 2008)

: An all-new Ironhide tooling that packs considerable accuracy into his small, simple design. Unlike the Voyager class toy, Legends Ironhide stores his cannons in the truck's bed. He comes with a desert scheme redeco of Legends class [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]].

: Amusingly, this version of Ironhide is one of only two American toy releases that has full-length exhaust stacks. Also, there are many complaints about the fists sticking out of the back of the truck and the weird truck proportions.

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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Voyager Ironhide toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Guiltaur]] called, he wants his weapon back.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MA-09'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right cannons, 4 missiles

:Ironhide transforms into a modified black 2006 [[wikipedia:GMC Topkick|GMC Topkick]] 4500 four-wheel drive pickup truck. Although Hasbro's official stock photos and early packaged [[Prototype|samples]] featured two real-life accurate full length exhaust smokestacks behind the rear cabin, they have been slightly shortened for [[For safety reasons|safety]] and durability reasons for the actual release of the toy. Otherwise, however, the vehicle mode is very accurate to the real prop truck... well, aside from the fact that Ironhide's massive missile launchers are quite visible underneath the vehicle. Despite rumors to the contrary, TakaraTomy's Japanese release of the toy features the same shortened smokestacks as the Hasbro version.

:Ironhide features an [[Automorph]] gimmick in his legs during transformation: As the user swings down his feet, all of the panels that make up his legs automatically shift and fold into place. This gimmick does not affect Ironhide's articulation. Confusingly, the instructions omit the exact positioning of the roof panels and rear window on his back, though they can fold into a compact design for maximum articulation.

:In robot mode,his arm-mounted cannons are inactive while mounted on both arms. However, detaching the left arm cannon and combining it with the right arm creates a '''huge''' functional missile launcher that is almost as big as Ironhide himself. The missile-launching mechanism itself isn't the typical spring-loaded button design, instead relying on a pressure-launch system to fire the missiles from the four barrels.

:The peg that holds his windshield is prone to cracking, which makes it become loose, and might even result in breakage.
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[[Image:Movie Voyager Offroad Ironhide.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ironhide in full-fledged colour!]]
*'''Offroad Ironhide''' (Voyager Class, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right cannons, 4 missiles

:Released as part of the "Allspark Power" refresh of the Movie toyline, Offroad Ironhide is a fairly extensive redeco of Voyager class Ironhide in colors reminiscent of the ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]] [[Motormouth]]. As he's now made of several colors of plastic, he's no longer the most monochromatic toy in the 2007 ''Movie'' line.

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[[Image:Movie Ironhide PremiumVoyager toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The skies leaked powder on me.]]
*'''Ironhide''' ("Premium Series" Voyager Class, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right cannons, 4 missiles

:Premium Ironhide is a redeco of the previous released Voyager class Ironhide, painted in a gloss black finish, silver trim on his smokestacks, Road Armor winch and side turn signal detailing, but with them are several inaccurate deco additions including silver detailing to the rims, frosted windows, silver paint on the roof ridges and a large Autobot sigil tampographed onto the hood.

:In robot mode Ironhide is considerably more accurate with gold and gunmetal detailing colors which were missing from the first Voyager release. His large cannons are now molded in mostly black plastic, then painted metallic teal with gold detailing.
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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Movie FAB Ironhide.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Pop goes the Autobot.]]
*'''Cannon Blast Ironhide''' (Fast Action Battler, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' 1 missile

:Part of the [[Fast Action Battlers]] line, "Cannon Blast" Ironhide is a simpler version of the larger toy, geared more towards the younger set who might find the big toy too complicated to transform. He still transforms into the customized GMC Topkick. He features a spring-loaded missile launcher in his left cannon. But, thanks to the simpler transformation, the hood and wheels trap his arms below the wheel. He can't punch or aim his cannon at all, and the elbows have no articulation but swiveling that knocks the arm off his body.

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[[Image:Movie FAB PulseCannon Ironhide.jpg|right|300px|thumb|It's a squirrel-squashin', deer-smackin', drivin' machine!]]
*'''Pulse Cannon Ironhide''' (Fast Action Battler, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 1 missiles

:A redeco of the Fast Action Battler Ironhide, this version sports a silver and blue color scheme that is both a reversal of the "Offroad" Ironhide Voyager figure... and seemingly an [[homage]] to the [[:Image:G2Gobot_Ironhide.jpg|''Generation 2'' Go-Bots version]] of his ''[[Generation 1]]'' [[Ironhide (G1)|counterpart]], a redeco of Motormouth (see above). Funky!

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====Cyber Slammers====
[[Image:Movie CyberSlammers Ironhide.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Slam" This!]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Cyber Slammer, 2008)

:Cyber Slammers Ironhide is an amazingly cute GMC Topkick that transforms into an amazingly cute trigger happy weapons specialist. 'Slam' his robot mode down into car mode and he rolls along, slowly transforming back up into robot mode. Like most Cyber Slammers, Ironhide manages to cram most of his vehicle mode's major details into a compact, super-deformed version of that mode. Interestingly enough, this is the only pre-Revenge of the Fallen merchandise to feature Ironhide's scarred right eye.

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====Titanium Series====
[[Image:Movie TitaniumRM Ironhide.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Dances to every Bon Jovi song...ever.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (3-inch Robot Masters, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Movie Autobot sigil display stand

:''[[Titanium Series]]'' Ironhide is a small, 3-inch-tall [[die-cast]] metal mini-statue of Ironhide's robot mode. He has swivel points at the shoulders and head, and comes with a clear plastic movie-style Autobot sigil stand.

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===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF-toy IronhideEnforcer.jpg|thumb|300px|Right colors, wrong <s>bot</s> toy.]]
*'''Enforcer Ironhide''' (Legends, 2009)

:Enforcer Ironhide is a [[redeco]] of 2008's [[Legends Class|Legends class]] [[Ironhide (Movie)#Legends Class toys|Ironhide]] in a more [[Ironhide (G1)|Generation 1-looking red]] colour scheme. As with all wave three Legends figures, the photo on the back of the figure's packaging shows a mistransformed robot mode, where his chest is not aligned properly.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/LegIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Enforcer Ironhide at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:ROTF-toy_IronhideSS.jpg|thumb|300px|Colours suck!]]
*'''Straightaway Shootout''' (Legends multi-pack, 2009)

:A redeco of 2008 Legends Ironhide featuring his regular colors, but using different color layouts and [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. He was only available in the [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] "[[Straightaway Shootout]]" 5-pack together with [[Mudflap (ROTF)#Straightaway|Mudflap]], [[Swerve (Movie)#Straightaway|Swerve]], [[Runamuck (ROTF)|Runamuck]] and [[Sparkcrusher]].

:In [[Canada]], the set was released as a Zellers exclusive.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/TargetLegIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Straightaway Shootout Ironhide at TFU.info]''
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF Voyager Ironhide.jpg|right|300px|thumb|No matter which mode he's in, Ironhide still outguns you.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher cannon, energy cannon, projectile

: ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Voyager class Ironhide is a retool of the toy from the 2007 ''Transformers'' movie line. The original arm cannons have been replaced by new, more accurate (and less [[Gimmick|gimmicky]]) cannons that can be connected together and mounted on top of Ironhide's truck bed cover. The truck bed cover and arm mountings for this Ironhide's cannons are unchanged from the 2007 movie line voyagers. So any voyager Ironhide can carry and use both the original and new weapons. The large cannon features screwdriving firing action in which the barrel section twists forward before firing the missile. The small cannon can retract its barrel and has a 5mm hole on its underside that allows it to plug into the peg on the large cannon like a scope if so desired. Since the weapons can connect to each other, the figure (and all other uses of this mold) can hold these and the combined 2007 cannons at once. All four cannons can fit on his truck mode as well, the old ones underneath and the new ones on top. Ironhide's head has been replaced with a more accurate, asymmetrical head. Ironhide also features a new grey colour scheme with some red pin stripes and a [[NEST]] logo on each of his doors.

: According to the box pictures and instructions, the small cannon is misassembled. The gray sliding shaft is actually reversed from the direction it is supposed to be facing. This doesn't affect anything, but can be easily fixed by loosening the screws on the black outer section, sliding out the shaft, then turning it around and putting it back in.

: A packaging variant determines whether the missile is loaded or unloaded in the box.

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[[Image:ROTFtoy-JungleAttackIronhideVoyager.jpg|right|thumb|300px|John Rambot.]]
*'''Recon Ironhide''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-26'''
**''Accessories:'' Assault rifle, minigun, knife, bullbar/crossbow, projectile

:Recon Ironhide is an extensive retool, replacing his doors with military Humvee-style armoured door panels, adding a roof/truck bed-mounted lighting rig/weapons rack and replacing his Road Armor fender with a massive bullbar that can be removed and converted into a spring-loaded crossbow weapon. Ironhide's traditional arm-mounted weapons have been replaced with the aforementioned crossbow, a smaller version of his arm mounted cannon, an assault rifle, a minigun, and two combat knives. In one of the first intentional uses of the [[C joint]] system (if not ''the'' first), either knife can be attached to the front of the rifle as a bayonet, and the rifle and mini gun can be clipped to the sides of his arm mounted weapons (the guns and knives can also be attached to the front of his arm cannon). The two rifles and knives can also be attached to his backpack rails in robot mode. Think he's armed enough yet? Additionally, this retool of Ironhide includes a new headsculpt featuring his battle mask.

:In an unfortunate change, all of Ironhide's (newly-tooled) windows are now cast in opaque plastic, compared to the translucent plastic seen on previous versions of this toy.

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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Ironhide ROTF FAB toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Again, so near, yet so far.]]
*'''Cannon Force Ironhide''' (Fast Action Battler, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 1 missile

:Cannon Force Ironhide is a redeco of 2007's Cannon Blast Ironhide figure. His colourscheme matches the mostly-red deco seen on the Legends class Enforcer Ironhide toy.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/FABIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Cannon Force Ironhide at TFU.info]''

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====Robot Replicas====
[[Image:ROTF RobotReplicas Ironhide.jpg|right|150px|thumb|]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Robot Replica, 2009)

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====Titanium Series====
*'''Offroad Ironhide vs. Deep Desert Brawl''' (3-inch Robot Masters multi-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Movie Autobot sigil display stand

:This [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive set features an unchanged version of 2007's ''Titanium Series'' Ironhide (despite package claims to the contrary) and a [[redeco]]ed [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]].
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===Transformers (2010)===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:DesertDecimationIronhide.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Desert Decimation''' (Legends multi-pack, 2010)

:A redeco of 2008 Legends Ironhide featuring metallic sand deco. He was only available in the [[market six]]-[[exclusive]] "[[Desert Decimation]]" 4-pack together with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]], and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]].

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:Transformers2010DeluxeIronhide.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AA-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Weapon pod

:A new-sculpt Deluxe-sized figure of Ironhide, with an almost ridiculously [[show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] (and surprisingly stable) robot mode. His smokestacks are of the long variety, and his head is the second (after Voyager Recon Ironhide) to be sculpted in "battle mask" mode. The toy comes with a transforming weapon accessory, his missile turret from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game]]. Sadly, this goes at the expense of a movie-accurate cannon for the left arm. The turret can stay attached to his arm when transforming back to his vehicle mode, thanks to a hard to notice joint on the other arm's cannon flipping open to allow more room, ensuring no chance of losing this accessory. In an undocumented feature, the turret can also attach to the back of Ironhide's vehicle mode by slotting two of its legs into two small holes on the truck bed, the third leg can them be positioned forward and slot into a groove on the back of the cab. This can be quite difficult however if (in another undocumented feature) you do not fully extend the turret's legs which are attached to a black piece which allows all 3 legs to fold down further than just pulling each one out individually; this allows for a greater range of movement and allows the turret to be aimed upwards. Interestingly, his hands can hold 5mm weapons, which means he can use Recon Ironhide's or Mechtech weapons.

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:The [[TakaraTomy]] ''Autobot Alliance'' release of this figure features a significant colouring change: Where Hasbro's release cast much of Ironhide's legs, feet, hands, shoulders and some joints in a bright gunmetal colour, TakaraTomy's uses dark grey plastic.
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====Voyager Class toys====
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*'''The Fury Of Bonecrusher''' (multi-pack, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' Assault rifle, minigun, knife, bullbar/crossbow, projectile

:This [[Walmart]]-exclusive two-pack contains a redeco of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Recon Ironhide in blue with sand details painted on his vehicle mode and bits of Allspark blue on his cannons. He is packaged with a redeco of Deluxe-class [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] from the first movie and, as part of the "[[Hunt for the Decepticons]]" promotion, a "Most Wanted" collector's card featuring the Decepticon.

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====Activators====
[[Image:TF2010-toy Activators Ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|300px|D'awww, and he's got a cute ickle smile!]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Activator, 2010)

:[[Activators]] Ironhide is a smaller toy with cutesified proportions and a simplified transformation. Like all Activators, he features [[autotransformation]] from vehicle to robot, activated by pressing a button on his roof.
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===Dark of the Moon===
====Cyberverse====
[[Image:DOTM_CyberverseCommande_Ironhide_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|About time.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2011)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''004'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV06'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 Cannons

:''[[Cyberverse]]'' Commander Ironhide is a brand new mold. He comes with two cannons that can attach to the sides or top of his Topkick mode. One of his cannons has a [[C joint]], allowing it to attach to the bed cover, and both cannons can combine into a larger weapon. In robot mode, he can attach his guns on the sides of his arms, his back, or hold them in his hands. One cannon features a free spinning barrel.

:Unfortunately, his arms don’t swing out far enough in robot mode, limiting his pose ability somewhat.

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[[Image:Ironhide_Target_Cyberverse.jpg|thumb|300px|"Wait. Am I Ironhide or Kup?"]]
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*'''Leadfoot and Ironhide''' (Cyberverse 2-pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' 2 Cannons

: This [[Target]]-exclusive Ironhide is a redeco of the Cyberverse Commander figure. He is now dark blue and has [[cyberglyphics]] on the hood and doors of his vehicle mode. He comes in a two-pack with a redecoed [[Leadfoot_(DOTM)|Leadfoot]].

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_Scan_Ironhide_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Sorry Ironhide, we're going to have to take away your gun...]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Deluxe, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Weapon pod

:This redeco of Deluxe class Ironhide is [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]]' Mission Earth: The Scan Series, to represent him [[Trans-scan|trans-scanning]] his vehicle mode. As such, the rear half of his vehicle mode is cast in translucent clear plastic.

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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:DOTM_Voyager_Ironhide_toy.JPG|thumb|300px|...so we can give you this ''bigger'' gun!]]
*'''Ironhide''' (MechTech Voyager, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DA04'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Booster/Particle Cannon

:''[[Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Voyager class Ironhide is an all-new mold that is smaller, but more accurate, than previous Voyager class Ironhide toys. He comes with a large [[MechTech]] "Booster" that converts into a "Particle Cannon" by extending and spinning its barrels when the back is pressed. Twisting the knob at the back of the weapon when it is fully extended will lock it into place. The Booster/Particle Cannon (or any other MechTech weapon) can be attached to Ironhide via [[5mm post]] MechTech ports on either side and on top of Ironhide's vehicle mode, as well as being held in his fists or mounted under his forearms via MechTech ports in robot mode. Additionally, the Booster/Particle Cannon itself features a Mechtech port on its housing. The cannons and weapons included with the previous Voyager class Ironhide toys can also be used with this figure.

:He also has an [[Automorph]] gimmick on his vehicle front end/chest, wherein pushing it automatically deforms both halves of the front end into his chest, and pulling it reforms it back to the vehicle front end.

:The Japanese release comes packed with a character card and an accompanying transparent plastic card of his MechTech weapon for the MechTech Wars online game.

*'''Cannon Force Ironhide''' (MechTech Voyager, 2011)
The G1 redeco.
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====Leader Class toys====
[[Image:DOTM-Leader-Class-Ironhide.jpg|thumb|300px|Oh for god's sake, it's where you left it, 'hide.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Mechtech Leader, 2011)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''DA16'''
**''Accessories:'' Knife, leg-mounted removable spring-loaded cannon, one projectile

:This version of Ironhide is his first [[Size class|Leader Class]] toy and features all sorts of weaponry and other [[gimmick]]s.

:His main gimmick is his chest-mounted Cybertronian Blitz Cannon, which is activated when either the license plate panel (used as a lever) on his abdomen is flipped and pushed down (similarly to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys 2|the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Leader class Optimus Prime toy]]), or when a tall gray piece on the back-right of his head is pressed down. Two flaps on his abdomen open up, and a back-lit spinning cannon is deployed, lighting up his eyes as well as playing a rapid-fire shooting sound until the button is released, in which the cannon retracts back into his innards and a winding/powering-down sound is played.

:Ironhide's other lights and sounds gimmick is related to his head: when either the button on his chest or the lever on the back of his head are used, his [[mouthplate]] moves down, his eyes flash green and says the following the phrases, "Ironhide, here" and "Weapons ready". He also features cannons mounted on his arms/roof that pop out and deploy when each respective smokestack is pulled, and can be used in either vehicle or robot mode. There is also a small button behind the cabin that emits a (rather vague) sound of the vehicle driving and firing its cannons/ramming through obstacles when it is pressed. If the button is held down further, additional driving and engine revving sounds are emitted.

:Lastly, Ironhide has two weapons hidden in each of his legs. Opening the side of his left leg reveals and props up a removable knife, whereas opening his right leg deploys a detachable spring-loaded cannon, either of which he can wield.

:Some units have the spring pushed and compressed too far back into the launcher, preventing the projectile from even shooting out. This ''can'' be fixed, but pulling and stretching the small spring further out while it is in the launcher may be rather difficult. Other quality control issues include the two haves of his hood halves that will frequently detach from the ball joints they are mounted on during transformation.

:Despite being advertised as a MechTech figure, Leader class Ironhide's gimmicks are almost entirely unrelated to the interchangeable, spring-loaded MechTech weapons seen on most of the other ''Dark of the Moon'' MechTech toys. Besides his fists, the only two 5mm post/MechTech ports on Ironhide are the ones on the hood halves above his shoulders, which can only be accessed in robot mode.

:His box mentions "Automatic conversion sounds", yet no such sound plays during transformation. Additionally, he is mis-transformed in his stock photography, as his vehicle front-end chest is not connected to his [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|faux-bumper]] grille, nor are the wheels angled into his chest.

:The Japanese release comes packed with a character card and an accompanying transparent plastic card of his arm cannons for the MechTech Wars online game, even though his arm cannons aren't actually MechTech weapons in the sense that they are removable weapons that can be given to other characters.
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====Robo Power====
=====Robo Fighters=====
*'''Ironhide''' (2011)

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=====Activators=====
[[Image:DOTM_Activators_Ironhide.jpg|thumb|300px|gwwwwrrrr im a solja]]
*'''Ironhide''' (2011)

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==Merchandise==
====Lunchables====
* '''Ironhide''' ("Pocket Transformers" toy prize, 2007)

: A fold-out "pseudo-figure" of Ironhide "transforms" from a flat, blue plateform decorated with the Autobot symbol and the word "Transformers" to a robot by folding out. Ironhide is represented by stickers decorated with artwork of the character on the top, bottom, and two fold out "arms". His name is also spelled out, across his feet in this mode.

: This mold was also used to creatre the lunchables figure for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. A similar mold was used to creature the Lunchables figure for [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], though with the Decepticon symbol sculpted in instead of the Autobot one. Each itiration of this mold was made with a different color of plastic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/LunchIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Lunchables Ironhide at TFU.info]''
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====Burger King====
*'''Ironhide''' (2007)

:Ironhide represented in his GMC Topkick alternate mode. Pulling him back will wind up his wheels, letting him go will let him go and pop out two missle launchers (non-functionable) and an Autobot insignia from his bed.
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===''Transformers'' 3D Battle-Card Game===
[[Image:3DBattleCard_Ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Primary Weakness: Gusts of wind.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (3D Battle Card, 2007)
**''Card number:''

: A 41-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], Ironhide "transforms" into a grey pickup truck of indeterminate make. He uses the same parts layout as [[Dropkick]] and [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]. He is equipped with a Radial Launcher and Chem Cannon.
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===Transformers (2007)===
====Transformers Movie Danglers====
[[Image:Movie Ironhide dangler.jpg|right|171px|thumb|]]
*'''Ironhide''' (2007)

:Released by [[Tomy Yujin]] in November 2007<ref>[http://www.gachausa.com/products/transformers.asp Tomy Yujin ''Transformers'' page]</ref> as part of the [[Danglers Collection]], this toy is a weird plastic [[Super deformed]] version of Ironhide that pops out his vehicle mode when you squeeze him. This little figurine has a little strap on it so that it can be put on cell phones or portable gaming devices.

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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Rhboneiron.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ironhide is cute as he blows everything into slag.]]
*'''Ironhide vs. Bonecrusher''' (Robot Heroes 2-pack, 2007)

:Part of the ''[[Robot Heroes]]'' line, this incarnation of Ironhide is an adorable soft-plastic PVC figurine in a chunky, "super-deformed" style. He has swivel points at the shoulders and neck. He came in a two-pack with the Decepticon [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]].

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[[Image:Rhironhidedispensor.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Transformers 2: Electric Boogaloo.]]
*'''Ironhide and Dispensor''' (Robot Heroes 2-pack, 2008)

:Part of the ''Robot Heroes'' line, this incarnation of Ironhide is an adorable soft-plastic PVC figurine in a chunky, "super-deformed" style in his "somersaulting" pose from the Mission City battle. He came in a two-pack with [[Dispensor]].

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[[Image:Robotheroesironhidemixmaster.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Well, he's back on his feet!]]
*'''Ironhide and Mixmaster''' (2009)
:Part of the second wave of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' portion of the ''Robot Heroes'' line, Ironhide is a redeco of his first ''Robot Heroes'' figure in gunmetal and tan. He comes packaged with [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]].
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[[Image:Robotheroesmegatronfallenprimejetfireironhide.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Whoa, who ordered the extra-large The Fallen?]]
*'''Battle for the Fallen''' (box set, 2009)
:This ''Robot Heroes'' box set of figures comes with [[The Fallen]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (tank mode), [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] combined, and Ironhide (truck mode). Ironhide proooobably has no articulation.

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===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Missile Mania Board Game====
*'''Ironhide'''
: Ironhide is one of eight characters featured in the [[Missile Mania]] board game, represented by a small standee adorned with artwork of the character.
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====RPMs - Robot Powered Machines====
[[Image:ROTF-toy_RPM_Ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"I'm going to the party dressed as me!"]]
*'''Ironhide''' (2009)
**''Series:'' '''Combat Series'''
**''Number:'' '''03 of 04'''

:''[[Robot Powered Machines]]'' Ironhide is a small, non-transforming GMC Topkick 4500 with his robot mode sculpted on the truck's underside.

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[[Image:ROTF-toy_RPM_Ironhide_vs_Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Starscream hides under another an F-22 to avoid Ironhide.]]
*'''Ironhide VS Starscream''' (2009)
**''Series:'' '''Battle Series'''
**''Number:'' '''07 of 08'''

:A [[NEST]]-based redeco of the single-pack Ironhide, coloring part of the truck silver and the windows green. This version was only available in a two-pack with [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].

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*'''Enforcer Ironhide VS Mixmaster''' (2010)
**''Series:'' '''Battle Series 2'''
**''Number:'' '''06 of 06'''

:Redecos of Ironhide and Mixmaster, with Ironhide's deco based on his [[Legends Class]] "Enforcer Ironhide" toy. Unreleased in the United States, this two-pack has been found in stores in Asia and Europe.
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====Figure Collection====
[[Image:ROTF-Merchandise Figure Collection Ironhide.jpg|right|150px|thumb]]
*'''Ironhide''' (2010)
**''Accessories:'' Stand
:The [[Figure Collection]] edition of Ironhide appears to be modeled on his [[#Fast_Action_Battlers|Fast Action Battlers]] toy, though with very spindly arms.

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===Speed Stars===
[[Image:SpeedStars_Revealers_Ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Ironhide''' (2010)
**''Series:'' '''Revealers'''
**''Number:'' '''01 of 03'''

:''[[Speed Stars]]'' "Revealers" Ironhide is sculpted with various robot-mode parts protruding from his car mode, as if he's in mid-transformation. This toy was given away free as part of a Daily Mirror promotion in the UK.

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[[Image:SpeedStars_MetalHeroes_Ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|300px|G1 Ironhide didn't like Movie Ironhide getting all the toys, but nobody expected him to turn to vehicular homicide!]]
*'''Ironhide''' (2010)
**''Series:'' '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number:'' '''06 of 08'''

:Speed Stars "Metal Heroes" Ironhide is a redeco of RPM's "Metal Heroes" Ironhide based on the red Ironhide redeco from RPM's Battle Series 2, though it features fewer paint details than the RPM version. It is made of [[die-cast]].

:During the period between 26 December 2010 and 31 January 2011, Hasbro ran their "Supercharge Your Holidays" promotion: for every $20 spent on Hasbro-branded product, customers could receive a free, random product from a list provided by Hasbro. Among the items on the list were "Transformers Combiners and Speed Star Mini-Vehicle" and "Transformers Activator and Speed Star Mini-Vehicle." According to [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=75487 this discussion thread on Allspark.com], Speed Stars Metal Heroes Ironhide was one of the figures distributed.

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[[Image:SpeedStars_BattleSeries_IronhideMixmaster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Enforcer Ironhide VS Mixmaster''' (2010?)
**''Series:'' '''Battle Series 2'''
**''Number:'' '''06 of 06'''

:As RPM's Battle Series 2 was carried over into ''Speed Stars'', this is another release of the red Ironhide. Again, it features less paint than the original release.

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[[Image:SpeedStars_NEST_Ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Hey guys, if we colour me like this, we don't need Jolt at ''all''! Alright!"]]
*'''Ironhide''' (2010?)
**''Series:'' '''N.E.S.T. Global Alliance'''
**''Number:'' '''03 of 03'''

:NEST Ironhide is a redeco of the RPM mold in blue with silver patterns on his doors and a [[NEST]] insignia on his hood.

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====McDonald's====
*'''Ironhide''' (Happy Meal, 2010)

:Part of the 2010 [[McDonald's]] Revenge of the Fallen promotion, Ironhide does not transform but features a "punching/firing" mechanism instead, a switch on his back rocks his arms forwards and backwards in an alternating motion. Ironhide features blue [[light-piping]], an unexpected feature for a fast food promotional toy, but does not feature any form articulation. He was only available during week 5 of the promotion, and came with an instruction sheet that doubles as an ad for [[McWorld]], featuring an exclusive code for the website.

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==Bigger toys==
[[Image:Movie MonroeTopkickIronhideEdition.jpg|right|300px|thumb|What do you mean there are no cannons?]]
*'''GMC TopKick 4500 Ironhide Edition''' (2007)

:As reported at [http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=121589 Edmunds], [http://www.monroetruck.com/index.asp Monroe Truck Equipment], in association with Hasbro, released a GMC TopKick 4500 Ironhide special edition featuring most of the modifications made to the Ironhide vehicle props used in the movie, with the only difference being that the truck will retain its stock orange running lights (the movie used blue) and the large stock sideview mirrors.

:Sadly, installing a grumpy trigger-happy alien robot and deadly high-tech weaponry into the works is not part of the included modifications. Production on the GMC Topkick truck ceased when General Motors exited the medium-duty truck market in 2009.
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==Footnotes==
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[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:Movie Autobots]]
[[Category:NEST]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]
[[Category:Titanium Series]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Autobots]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]