Editing The Transformers: Micromaster

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'''''The Transformers: Micromaster''''' (トランスフォーマーマイクロマスター ''Toransufōmā Maikuromasutā'') was a small line of Transformers released by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] which ran from 2002 to 2003. It consisted entirely of [[Generation 1 reissues|reissues]] and [[redeco]]s of molds originally created for ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (toyline)|Victory]]'', ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Return of Convoy (toyline)|Return of Convoy]]'', and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]''.

==Fiction==
The ''Micromaster'' story was told through six short prose excerpts with illustrations by [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)#Transformers: G-2|G-2]] author [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]], included in the [[pack-in material|pack-in fliers]]. It occurs in the early 1980s  of the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], prior to the awakening of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and stars the Autobot and Decepticon Micromasters who would go on to feature in the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]]'' storyline (set some fifty-odd years later).

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|title=''Micromaster'' chapters: |content=
*[[A New Transformer Legend Begins!!|#1]]
*[[Enter the Urban Disaster Relief Specialists!!|#2]]
*[[Enter the Decepticon Sixwing!!|#3]]
*[[Sixbuilder the Ill-Fated Warrior!?|#4]]
*[[Sixtrain! Activate Red Mode!!|#5]]
*[[The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!|#6]]
}}

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==Toys==

Released in six separate waves, each wave comprising an entire team, the ''Micromaster'' toys came in small, "blindpacked" boxes sold in cases of 12 (each case included two copies of each figure). Unlike normal blindpacked toys, buyers were actually able to identify which figures they were purchasing through a small cutaway circle in the box-front, which revealed a small portion of the instruction sheet within, marked with a number between 1-6 (the boxes themselves noted which number corresponded to which figure). The first five waves were reissues of the combining Micromaster teams from the ''Return of Convoy'' and ''Operation Combination'' toylines, while the sixth was a reissue of ''Victory''{{'}}s Multiforce. Each team was redeco'd from the original figures to different extents (some received entirely new color schemes, while others remained the same), but all of them featured new [[tampograph]]s and [[Paint operation|paint application]]s instead of [[sticker]]s.

From the second wave onward, in every case of 12 figures, two figures were available in a rare "chase" coloration, usually representing the team's transformed or powered-up state, as featured in the storyline.

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[[Image:MC-toy Sixliner.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Not [[Raiden]].]]
'''Liner Team''' (May 2002)
*[[Sixliner]]
:'''1 —''' [[D-Go#Micromaster 2|D-Go]] (diesel engine)
:'''2 —''' [[Alan (G1)#Micromaster 2|Alan]] (TGV Express train)
:'''3 —''' [[Spark (G1)#Micromaster 2|Spark]] (Tokaido 100 line bullet train)
:'''4 —''' [[Leaf#Micromaster 2|Leaf]] (Tohoku bullet train)
:'''5 —''' [[Joe (G1)#Micromaster 2|Joe]] (Super Hitachi train)
:'''6 —''' [[Night#Micromaster 2|Night]] (EF66 "Blue" train)

: The combiner [[kibble]] forms three mini-rigs when Sixliner is separated: the [[Giga-Techvolt]] weapon, the [[Gripper (ROC)|Gripper]] probe, and the [[Wingard]] vehicle.

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[[Image:MC-TFU03-toy Sixturbo-Defensor.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Not [[Guard City]].]]
'''Turbo Team''' (September 2002)
*[[Sixturbo]]
:'''1 —''' [[Road Police#Micromaster 2|Road Police]] (Acura NSX police car)
:'''2 —''' [[Glide (G1)#Micromaster 2|Glide]] (motorcycle)
:'''3 —''' [[Circuit (OC)#Micromaster 2|Circuit]] (F-1 race car)
:'''4 —''' [[Neo-Wheel#Micromaster 2|Neo-Wheel]] (Lamborghini Diablo)
:'''5 —''' [[Discharge (G1)#Micromaster 2|Discharge]] (fire truck)
:'''6 —''' [[Sireen#Micromaster 2|Sireen]] (ambulance)

: The combiner kibble forms the [[Falcon Wing]] jet when Sixturbo is separated.

: The chase edition of the Turbo Team cast the characters in solid black plastic, representing their "Reverse Evolution" forms from the second part of the prose storyline. Together, all six members formed "Reverse Evolution Sixturbo".

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[[Image:Sixwing-2002toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Not [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]].]]
'''Wing Team''' (February 2003)
*[[Sixwing]]
:'''1 —''' [[Chain Gun#Micromaster 2|Chain Gun]] (AH-64 Apache helicopter)
:'''2 —''' [[Missile Run#Micromaster 2|Missile Run]] (B-1 bomber plane)
:'''3 —''' [[Raker#Micromaster 2|Raker]] (Space Shuttle)
:'''4 —''' [[Supersonic#Micromaster 2|Supersonic]] (Concorde jet)
:'''5 —''' [[Flanker#Micromaster 2|Flanker]] (Sukhoi Su-27 "Flanker" jet)
:'''6 —''' [[Falcon (OC)#Micromaster 2|Falcon]] (F-16 Fighting Falcon jet)

: The combiner kibble forms the [[Sky Sweeper (OC)|Sky Sweeper]] jet when Sixwing is separated.

: The chase edition of the Wing Team render the team in solid white plastic with purple Autobot symbols, representing the "Berserker" form as seen in the third part of the prose storyline. Together, all six members formed "Berserker Sixwing".

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[[Image:MC-toy Sixbuilder.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Not {{w|Bob the Builder}}.]]
'''Build Team''' (March 2003)
*[[Sixbuilder]] / [[Decepticon Sixbuilder]]
:'''1 —''' [[Crush-Bull#Micromaster 2|Crush-Bull]] / [[Bonecrusher (Micromaster)#Toys|Bonecrusher]] (bulldozer)
:'''2 —''' [[Digger#Micromaster 2|Digger]] / [[Scavenger (Micromaster)#Toys|Scavenger]] (power shovel)
:'''3 —''' [[Iron Lift#Micromaster 2|Iron Lift]] / [[Gren#Toys|Gren]] (hook-crane)
:'''4 —''' [[Gran Arm#Micromaster 2|Gran Arm]] / [[Scrapper (Micromaster)#Toys|Scrapper]] (payloader)
:'''5 —''' [[Treader#Micromaster 2|Treader]] / [[Long Haul (Micromaster)#Toys|Long Haul]] (dump truck)
:'''6 —''' [[Mixing#Micromaster 2|Mixing]] / [[Mixmaster (Micromaster)#Toys|Mixmaster]] (cement mixer)

: The combiner kibble forms the [[Beat Jet]] when Sixbuilder is separated.

: The Build Team's chase variant is the exception to the rule, representing not an altered version of the team, but different characters: the team's Decepticon counterparts, who are colored in the familiar purple-and-green hues of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. Only "Mixmaster" is named in the fourth part of the storyline; the other names listed here are conjectural (yet pretty obvious).

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[[Image:MC-toy Sixtrain.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Not [[Sixliner]].]]
'''Train Team''' ([[July 24]], 2003)
*[[Sixtrain]]
:'''1 —''' [[Desire#Micromaster 2|Desire]] (Tokaido "Nozomi" bullet train)
:'''2 —''' [[Atlan#Micromaster 2|Atlan]] (TGV-A Express train)
:'''3 —''' [[Raise#Micromaster 2|Raise]] ("Asagiri" Special Express train)
:'''4 —''' [[San D-Go#Micromaster 2|San D-Go]] (diesel engine)
:'''5 —''' [[Windy (G1)#Micromaster 2|Windy]] (Yamagata "Tsubasa" bullet train)
:'''6 —''' [[Converter#Micromaster 2|Converter]] (freight engine)

: The combiner [[kibble]] forms three mini-rigs when Sixliner is separated, but unlike Sixliner's mini-rigs, these three have gone unnamed.

: The chase edition of the Train Team depicts the six Autobots in solid red, representing their unimaginatively-named "Red Mode" from the fifth part of the storyline. As you might imagine, together, they form "Sixtrain Red Mode".

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'''Multiforce''' ([[December 25]], 2003)
*[[Landcross (G1)|Landcross]]
:'''1 —''' [[Wing (G1)#Micromaster 2|Wing]] (jet)
:'''2 —''' [[Waver#Micromaster 2|Waver]] (hydrofoil)
:'''3 —''' [[Dash (G1)#Micromaster 2|Dash]] (sports car)
:'''4 —''' [[Tacker#Micromaster 2|Tacker]] (half-track)
:'''5 —''' [[Mach (G1)#Micromaster 2|Mach]] (Space Shuttle)
:'''6 —''' [[Tackle#Micromaster 2|Tackle]] (camper truck)

: The Multiforce are the anomalous members of the ''Micromaster'' toyline, as the characters are ''not actually Micromasters'', and are instead branded as "DX Micromasters" on-package. Their variant edition casts them in solid black plastic, in the "stealth mode" featured in the final chapter of the prose storyline. Together, they form "Landcross Stealth Mode".

==External links==
*Archive of ''Micromaster'' translations by [[Doug Dlin]]:
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>Wave 1 - Liner Team</u>
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/d26f3338bed22f55?dmode=source&amp;output=gplain Story Chapter 1]
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/8481654a03096b1f?dmode=source&amp;output=gplain Liner Team bios]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>Wave 2 - Turbo Team</u>
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/2001f3051e73a9cf?output=gplain Story Chapter 2]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>Wave 3 - Wing Team</u>
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/e394bba2fefd305c?dmode=source&amp;output=gplain Story Chapter 3]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>Wave 4 - Build Team</u>
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/6554582797a977db?dmode=source&amp;output=gplain Story Chapter 4]
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/11fd9b8f69430ec1?dmode=source&output=gplain Build Team bios]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>Wave 5 - Train Team</u>
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/4548343d1af197f5?dmode=source&amp;output=gplain Story Chapter 5]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>Wave 6 - Multiforce</u>
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/8defe7ad3d3cac8d?dmode=source&amp;output=gplain Story Chapter 6]
|}
*[http://cosmicrust.com/takara-micromaster-reissues-translated-story-and-bios/ Complete "omnibus" of Dlin's ''Micromaster'' translations] at Cosmic Rust

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