Tankor Drone

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Made in the exact image of their master, Tankor Drones (タンカードローン Tankā Dorōn) make up a formidable background troop.

Fiction

Legends World

Tankor Drones accompanied Tankor as he wreaked '80s-themed havoc in Tokyo, but didn't do much other than sit in the background and go "dana". Together with their leader, they were then blown sky high by Rattrap. LG03 Tankor They returned to stand behind Tankor when he introduced himself to Thrust and Jetstorm. I'm Tankor, dana!

After Tankor returned to being Rhinox, the Tankor Drones were salvaged by the JSDF. Major Clouder deployed a number of the drones to defend Tokyo against Trypticon, Decepticon Civil War but their firepower failed to even scratch the giant. LG43 Trypticon Clouder equipped Tankor Drones with robotic insecticide to combat Kickback's clone army, but chose not to deploy them after learning that some of the clones were innocent citizens. Once Kickback himself was neutralized, the drones instead carried infected citizens to Ratchet to be cured. LG47 Kickback Ultra Magnus borrowed some Tankor Drones to command when he set out to arrest Sixshot and Star Saber. LG50 Sixshot A couple of drones defended Mayor Megatron when Starscream attacked but he smashed them using Octane's tanker mode. LG57 Octane

Toys

Legends

• Tankor (2014)

• ID number: LG03
• Release date: November 29, 2014
• Accessories: Missile

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Legends Tankor is a redeco of Generations Deluxe Class Tankor, a more animation-accurate mold that transforms into his usual Cybertronian tank. In both robot mode and tank mode, he has a firing missile that is launched when the cannon barrel is pulled back. He is very similar to the Generations Tankor, with some slight changes in hues and more silver paint, and his Vehicon symbol in on his shoulder armor rather than his right pectoral.

He comes with a leaflet featuring a character profile, tech specs, and LG03 Tankor of the Legends manga.

Notes

• Evidently, the lack of a proper Tank Drone toy for Legends forced the repurpose of Tankor himself as his accompanying drones, along with the differing name to reflect their identical look (as opposed to Tank Drones using a different color scheme to Tankor's).
• In the Japanese dub of Beast Machines, the Tank Drones use the vocal tic of Tankor (which is in turn from Rhinox in the Beast Wars dub), chanting "DANA" (ダナ) at all times. The Tankor Drones continue that trend.