Menasor (Cybertron)

The name or term "Menasor" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Menasor (disambiguation).

Menasor is a citizen of Gigantion from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna be fooled again!

Menasor is filled with rage. He finds his planet's laws stifling and stupid, and believes his people are destined for greater things than merely building with no seeming goal in mind other than to continue building. On top of that, being one of the younger Gigantions, he feels that he's simply not given the respect he deserves from Metroplex and the others. As such, he's joined up with Megatron and his Decepticons, who have promised much to the disillusioned worker.

Menasor is always accompanied by his Mini-Con partner Heavy Load, who doesn't seem to share Menasor's anger, and sometimes tries to set the rebellious machine straight.

Japanese name: Moledive

Fiction

Cybertron cartoon

Voice Actor: Sam Vincent (English), Yūto Kazama (Japanese)

Menasor was contacted by Megatron when he and the Decepticons first arrived on Gigantion. Intrigued by Megatron's desire to explore the Giant Planet's older and abandoned sectors for the Cyber Planet Key, Menasor allowed himself to be talked into joining Megatron's quest. The Decepticons' goals aligned perfectly with Menasor's own interest in delving into the past of his world, and it was just what he needed to stick it to Metroplex a little. Sure enough, Metroplex allied himself with the Autobots and tried to stop Menasor from breaking open the blockade leading to Gigantion's older sectors. Menasor fought against Override and Evac until Megatron was injured in battle and the Decepticons were forced to retreat. Giant

Fury City

TransTech

In Axiom Nexus, Menasor was working with Dirge and the Malignus hunting down the assassins who killed Gutcruncher. When it was revealed Black Shadow was the culprit, Menasor laid a mighty smackdown on him, crushing the Crossformer into the street. In the melee that followed, Menasor was eventually taken into custody by Cheetor and the Security Administration. Gone Too Far

Toys

Cybertron

• Menasor (Ultra, 2006)
  • Accessories: Giant Planet style Cyber Key

Mech design by the Bonne Family.

Menasor transforms into a Cybertronic (Gigantian?) excavation machine. He has an "assault" vehicle mode that widens the space between his drills and separates the plow halves on his front so his partner Mini-Con Heavy Load can fit in, expanding the blade's width. In robot mode, Menasor's chest panel flips down to reveal a space for Heavy Load to fit in his robot mode. The panel also has a double-barreled flip-down (non-firing) blaster. He also has an alternate "work" robot mode, which widens his stance and reverses the direction of his knees.

Ye'll tak' the high road an' I'll tak yer wallet!

Menasor's drill-arm gimmicks are fully functional in all modes. Placing a Mini-Con on the Powerlinx plug on his right drill unlocks the spring-activated grippers to the side, plus unlocks the drill, which can extend by pushing the Mini-Con forward. The left drill spins through a gear-wheel mechanism on its underside, while plugging a Cyber Planet Key to its Key jack activates electronic lights and sounds. He comes with a silver-bordered Gigantion-style Cyber Planet Key with the Key Code "us4r" tampographed on the back.

The Mini-Con hardpoints on his knees are notable for being awkwardly placed; in his true robot mode, the legs can't be positioned straight down because the pegs bump into each other. This gives the Menasor an unusual bowlegged stance, and additionally adding Mini-Cons to the pegs will prevent him from being able to stand at all, since the added robots would make Menasor actually have to do a split.

In Japan, Menasor was only available through e-Hobby's online ordering service, in Hasbro packaging, in October of 2006... ten months after Galaxy Force stopped in Japan.

• More information on Menasor at TFU.info

Notes

Ka-chonk, ka-chonk.

• Menasor's vehicle mode actually connects together better than shown in the stock photos (the official instructions and show model do not even acknowledge that the connectors exist). The plugs on the backs of his elbows fit into the sockets on his feet; these are supposed to connect together in vehicle mode. They do so fairly well, but must be disconnected for Menasor's Heavy-Load-added assault-vehicle mode. It actually comes packed like this, though there's no mention of it anywhere.

• Like the other Gigantions, Menasor's "work" robot mode is only seen in the Cybertron cartoon as a halfway point in his vehicle-to-robot stock footage transformation sequence.