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: ''The crane is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] vehicle from the [[Generation 1]] [[ | : ''The crane is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] vehicle from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
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[[Erector]]'s '''crane''' trailer expands his construction capabilities, allowing him to indulge in his first love, construction. When he must turn his talents to combat, the crane trailer can transform to a battle platform equipped with paired antennae, machine guns and photon cannons. Even in its trailer mode, the crane's armor-piercing hook can serve as a weapon... though Erector would rather it didn't. | [[Erector]]'s '''crane''' trailer expands his construction capabilities, allowing him to indulge in his first love, construction. When he must turn his talents to combat, the crane trailer can transform to a battle platform equipped with paired antennae, machine guns and photon cannons. Even in its trailer mode, the crane's armor-piercing hook can serve as a weapon... though Erector would rather it didn't. | ||
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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Generation 1=== | ===Generation 1=== | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:G1-toy Erector.jpg|right|300px|thumb|De crane! De crane!]] | ||
* '''Erector''' (Micromaster Transport, 1989) | * '''Erector''' (Micromaster Transport, 1989) | ||
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: The crane trailer transforms into a battle station, with flip-out stabilizers, communications antennas, a double-barrel gun that Erector can man (though he can't grasp the handles), and a large cannon formed out of the crane itself. Both the double gun and the main cannon can pivot up and down, and the latter retains its ability to rotate. As the other [[Micromaster Transport|Micromaster Transports]] turn into planes, this base mode makes Erector unique among his sub-group. | : The crane trailer transforms into a battle station, with flip-out stabilizers, communications antennas, a double-barrel gun that Erector can man (though he can't grasp the handles), and a large cannon formed out of the crane itself. Both the double gun and the main cannon can pivot up and down, and the latter retains its ability to rotate. As the other [[Micromaster Transport|Micromaster Transports]] turn into planes, this base mode makes Erector unique among his sub-group. | ||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Erector/erector.htm More information on the crane (via Erector) at TFU.info]'' | |||
===Zone=== | ===Zone=== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* As with most Micromaster accessories, the name "crane" comes from the toy's [[ | * As with most Micromaster accessories, the name "crane" comes from the toy's [[instruction booklet]]. The instructions at various times refer to the trailer and its modes as an "attack crane", a "tank", and a "battle station". | ||
[[Category:Generation 1]] | [[Category:Generation 1]] | ||
[[Category:Micromaster vehicles]] | [[Category:Micromaster vehicles]] | ||
[[Category:Zone]] | [[Category:Zone]] | ||
Revision as of 00:06, 29 June 2009
- The crane is an Autobot Micromaster vehicle from the Generation 1 continuity family.
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Erector's crane trailer expands his construction capabilities, allowing him to indulge in his first love, construction. When he must turn his talents to combat, the crane trailer can transform to a battle platform equipped with paired antennae, machine guns and photon cannons. Even in its trailer mode, the crane's armor-piercing hook can serve as a weapon... though Erector would rather it didn't.
Fiction
Commercial animation
The crane, in its base mode, advanced on an attacking Giant Decepticon Warrior, alongside dozens of Micromasters.
Later, it was seen among the bases and transports sitting in an unfathomably tiny Micromaster city. Micromaster Transports and battle stations commercial
Zone
Toys
Generation 1
- Erector (Micromaster Transport, 1989)
- Erector was sold carded with his crane trailer. The trailer crane rotates, the arm pivots up and down, and it has a flip-out hook that imitates a crane's cable.
- The crane trailer transforms into a battle station, with flip-out stabilizers, communications antennas, a double-barrel gun that Erector can man (though he can't grasp the handles), and a large cannon formed out of the crane itself. Both the double gun and the main cannon can pivot up and down, and the latter retains its ability to rotate. As the other Micromaster Transports turn into planes, this base mode makes Erector unique among his sub-group.
Zone
- Cragun (Micro TF DX, 1990)
- The crane was sold without changes during Zone in Japan.
Trivia
- As with most Micromaster accessories, the name "crane" comes from the toy's instruction booklet. The instructions at various times refer to the trailer and its modes as an "attack crane", a "tank", and a "battle station".
