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:''Alan is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].'' | :''Alan is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
[[ | [[File:Alan-packageart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Come back here, Alan, you wanker!]] | ||
'''Alan''' (アラン ''Aran'') has the ability to control electricity, a skill made even more powerful once he brings out his [[Giga-Techvolt]] twin-cannon. One would expect someone with that power to be loud and, well, energetic... but as his fellow [[Sixliner|Liner Team]] member [[Night]] puts it, Alan tends to "fade into the background." The high-volt warrior is a student of logic, even more so than his leader [[D-Go]], and tends to keep quiet... and to himself. | |||
'''Alan''' (アラン ''Aran'') has the ability to control electricity, a skill made even more powerful once he brings out his [[Giga-Techvolt]] twin-cannon. One would expect someone with that power to be loud and, well, energetic... but as his fellow [[Sixliner|Liner Team]] member [[Night]] puts it, Alan tends to "fade into the background." The high-volt warrior is a student of logic, even | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===''Micromaster''=== | ===''Micromaster''=== | ||
Alan was able to determine that the mysterious energy emitted by an unearthed life-pod near a [[Mount St. Hilary|dormant volcano]] was very similar to tachyon energy. {{storylink| | Alan was part of a crew of Cyberdroids accidentally displaced into 20th century Earth. He and his comrades evolved into Micromaster Combiners, but some of their allies were corrupted into Decepticons at the same time. {{storylink|A New Transformer Legend Begins!!}} | ||
Alan was able to determine that the mysterious energy emitted by an unearthed life-pod near a [[Mount St. Hilary|dormant volcano]] was very similar to tachyon energy. {{storylink|The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!}} | |||
===''The Battlestars'' manga and story pages=== | |||
Years later, Alan and the rest of the Liner Team were recruited by [[Sky Garry (G1)|Sky Garry]] into the ranks of the [[Battlestars]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|Great Six Combination Warrior Sixliner!}} | |||
{{note|None of the Liner Team ever actually show up as individuals, only as components of the combined robot Sixtrain.}} | |||
===''Operation Combination''=== | |||
{{stub|{{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (story page)|''Operation Combination'' story pages}}}} | |||
{{note|None of the Liner Team ever actually show up as individuals, only as components of the combined robot Sixtrain.}} | {{note|None of the Liner Team ever actually show up as individuals, only as components of the combined robot Sixtrain.}} | ||
===Train Wars=== | |||
[[File:All_Trainbots_assemble.jpg|thumb|right|"On your left."|300px]] | |||
Just as [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] seemed lost to the interdimensional incursion of [[the Fallen]], [[Shouki]] and the ragtag band of Transformers left to defend Cybertron were greeted by [[D-Go]] along with [[Desire]] and his old comrade [[Suiken]]. The other [[Trainbot]]s had arrived astride [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], bringing with them the Liner Team and the [[Sixtrain|Train Team]]! With that, on [[Windy (G1)|Windy]]'s count all three teams of train 'bots combined into the [[Trainbot Omni-Car Joint]] to chain the Fallen, giving Shouki and company time to vanquish the cosmic evil by funneling Metroplex's power through Shouki's new "Raiden" cannon mode. {{storylink|Train Wars 2}} | |||
{{-}} | |||
==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Return of Convoy | ===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''=== | ||
[[ | {{anchor|Return of Convoy}} | ||
[[File:ROC-toy Sixliner-Alan.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Readin' the wiki, are ya? F**kin' looks like it an' all, mate.]] | |||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sixliner''' (Micromaster Sixteam, [[1991]])}}</ul> | |||
:*''ID number'': '''C-370''' | |||
: Released in the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1991 (Return of Convoy)|Return of Convoy]]'' part of the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|original Takara ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' toyline]], Alan transforms into an orange and gray {{w|SNCF TGV Sud-Est}} high speed train in its original orange and grey livery. He has a "socket" connector tab in the back of his train mode that allows him to tow any fellow Micromaster train or footplate-weapon with a peg-connector. He also has a peg-hole on the top of his train mode that —in theory— lets him use the Sixtrain/Sixliner legs as the roof-mounted [[Giga-Techvolt]] cannon... but it only works if you wedge it at an angle so it's pointing upwards, or straight backwards. | |||
: He can also form either arm (or back) to any Six-team combined robot, though his nominal placement is as the right arm of Sixliner. The toy's shoulder-connector socket is approximately [[5 mm post|5 mm wide]], making Alan compatible with lots and lots of other toys and accessories. | |||
: | : He was only available in the complete Sixliner box set, along with this fellow Micromasters [[D-Go#Toys|D-Go]], [[Joe (G1)#Toys|Joe]], [[Leaf#Toys|Leaf]], [[Night#Toys|Night]], and [[Spark (G1)#Toys|Spark]]. | ||
:This mold was later [[redeco]]ed to make [[Atlan]] and ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Tankor ( | :This mold was later [[redeco]]ed to make [[Atlan]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Tankor (Universe)|Tankor]]. | ||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1991/Cybertron/Alan/Alan.htm More information on Alan at TFU.info]'' | ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1991/Cybertron/Alan/Alan.htm More information on Alan at TFU.info]'' | ||
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===Micromaster=== | ===''Micromaster''=== | ||
[[ | [[File:MC-toy Sixliner-Alan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I got amps in my pants.]] | ||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Alan''' (Micromaster, [[2002]])}}</ul> | |||
:*''ID number'': '''2''' | |||
:*''Accessories'': Sixliner legs/"Giga-Techvolt" | |||
: Part of the first ''[[The Transformers: Micromaster]]'' assortment, Alan and his teammates were re-released in Japan in 2002, this time sold in identical individual boxes, identifiable only by the number on their instruction sheets visible through a small hole in the box. | |||
: | : Like the rest of the ''Micromaster'' figures, Alan's deco has been altered with the removal of all sticker detailing, with a modified deco using paint. Alan loses the yellow trapezoids on his shins and the black "headlamps" on his train-nose, but gains new side-windows, extra white stripes on his sides, and an Autobot symbol on his roof/back. Plus the Sixliner legs/"Giga-Techvolt" now has painted-silver thighs, and a lack of hip-plate deco. | ||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/Alan/alan.htm More information on Alan at TFU.info]'' | ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/Alan/alan.htm More information on Alan at TFU.info]'' | ||
::*''[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/8481654a03096b1f?dmode=source&output=gplain Translation of Alan's ''Micromaster'' bio] by [[Doug Dlin]]'' | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* Alan, like all of the six-team Micromasters, had no individual [[bio]] information whatsoever until his ''Micromaster'' release a decade after his original ''Return of Convoy'' release. | * Alan, like all of the six-team Micromasters, had no individual [[bio]] information whatsoever until his ''Micromaster'' release a decade after his original ''Return of Convoy'' release. | ||
* Curiously, Alan (and by extension, his later repaint as [[Atlan]] and [[Tankor (Universe)|Tankor]]) is the only train in the [[Liner Team]] - and, actually, one of the very few trains in ''Transformers'' as a whole! - that is based on non-Japanese rolling stock. | |||
* Although the ''Micromaster'' release assigns Alan the Giga-Techvolt weapon, the original ''Return of Convoy'' Sixliner [[instructions|instruction booklet]] shows him towing the weapon that would later be called the [[Gripper (ROC)|Gripper]]. | |||
[[Category:Micromaster Autobots]] | [[Category:Micromaster Autobots]] | ||
[[Category:Micromaster combiners]] | |||
[[Category:Return of Convoy Autobots]] | [[Category:Return of Convoy Autobots]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:19, 13 June 2025
| The name or term "Alan" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Alan (disambiguation). |
- Alan is an Autobot Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Alan (アラン Aran) has the ability to control electricity, a skill made even more powerful once he brings out his Giga-Techvolt twin-cannon. One would expect someone with that power to be loud and, well, energetic... but as his fellow Liner Team member Night puts it, Alan tends to "fade into the background." The high-volt warrior is a student of logic, even more so than his leader D-Go, and tends to keep quiet... and to himself.
Fiction
[edit]Micromaster
[edit]Alan was part of a crew of Cyberdroids accidentally displaced into 20th century Earth. He and his comrades evolved into Micromaster Combiners, but some of their allies were corrupted into Decepticons at the same time. A New Transformer Legend Begins!!
Alan was able to determine that the mysterious energy emitted by an unearthed life-pod near a dormant volcano was very similar to tachyon energy. The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!
The Battlestars manga and story pages
[edit]Years later, Alan and the rest of the Liner Team were recruited by Sky Garry into the ranks of the Battlestars. Great Six Combination Warrior Sixliner!
None of the Liner Team ever actually show up as individuals, only as components of the combined robot Sixtrain.
Operation Combination
[edit]
None of the Liner Team ever actually show up as individuals, only as components of the combined robot Sixtrain.
Train Wars
[edit]
Just as Cybertron seemed lost to the interdimensional incursion of the Fallen, Shouki and the ragtag band of Transformers left to defend Cybertron were greeted by D-Go along with Desire and his old comrade Suiken. The other Trainbots had arrived astride Metroplex, bringing with them the Liner Team and the Train Team! With that, on Windy's count all three teams of train 'bots combined into the Trainbot Omni-Car Joint to chain the Fallen, giving Shouki and company time to vanquish the cosmic evil by funneling Metroplex's power through Shouki's new "Raiden" cannon mode. Train Wars 2
Toys
[edit]Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
[edit]
- Sixliner (Micromaster Sixteam, 1991)
- ID number: C-370
- Released in the Return of Convoy part of the original Takara Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers toyline, Alan transforms into an orange and gray SNCF TGV Sud-Est high speed train in its original orange and grey livery. He has a "socket" connector tab in the back of his train mode that allows him to tow any fellow Micromaster train or footplate-weapon with a peg-connector. He also has a peg-hole on the top of his train mode that —in theory— lets him use the Sixtrain/Sixliner legs as the roof-mounted Giga-Techvolt cannon... but it only works if you wedge it at an angle so it's pointing upwards, or straight backwards.
- He can also form either arm (or back) to any Six-team combined robot, though his nominal placement is as the right arm of Sixliner. The toy's shoulder-connector socket is approximately 5 mm wide, making Alan compatible with lots and lots of other toys and accessories.
- He was only available in the complete Sixliner box set, along with this fellow Micromasters D-Go, Joe, Leaf, Night, and Spark.
Micromaster
[edit]
- Alan (Micromaster, 2002)
- ID number: 2
- Accessories: Sixliner legs/"Giga-Techvolt"
- Part of the first The Transformers: Micromaster assortment, Alan and his teammates were re-released in Japan in 2002, this time sold in identical individual boxes, identifiable only by the number on their instruction sheets visible through a small hole in the box.
- Like the rest of the Micromaster figures, Alan's deco has been altered with the removal of all sticker detailing, with a modified deco using paint. Alan loses the yellow trapezoids on his shins and the black "headlamps" on his train-nose, but gains new side-windows, extra white stripes on his sides, and an Autobot symbol on his roof/back. Plus the Sixliner legs/"Giga-Techvolt" now has painted-silver thighs, and a lack of hip-plate deco.
Notes
[edit]- Alan, like all of the six-team Micromasters, had no individual bio information whatsoever until his Micromaster release a decade after his original Return of Convoy release.
- Curiously, Alan (and by extension, his later repaint as Atlan and Tankor) is the only train in the Liner Team - and, actually, one of the very few trains in Transformers as a whole! - that is based on non-Japanese rolling stock.
- Although the Micromaster release assigns Alan the Giga-Techvolt weapon, the original Return of Convoy Sixliner instruction booklet shows him towing the weapon that would later be called the Gripper.
