Galaman

The Galamen and Great Galamen are Decepticon warrior drones from the Return of Convoy portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

"Watch as my elbow to your head makes you explode out your back!"
"Wait, that doesn't make any seeeeeeeeeeeeeeen--"

The Galaman (ギャラマン Gyaraman) and Great Galaman (グレートギャラマン Gurēto Gyaraman) army are a troop of disposable drone warriors conjured up by Dark Nova to plague the Autobots. The Galamen drones aren't very powerful or smart, but there are a lot of them, and they often wear down their enemies due to their sheer numbers. The "Great" Galamen are slightly more powerful (and shiny) models, though they still bear the same success-rate as the regular variety.

Fiction

The Battlestars comic and story pages

After succeeding Violen Jiger as Decepticon Emperor, Dark Nova unleashed his hordes of Galaman drone warriors to plunder energy from all over the universe. The Battlestars Part 1

The new recruit of the Battlestars, Sixliner, encountered several of them on Earth and quickly dispatched them. The Battlestars Part 2

Upon Galvatron's revival as Super Megatron, the Galaman warriors served as his troopers, helping him take over an Arctic oil rig and turn all the oil into Energon cubes. Meanwhile, out in space, Sky Garry was kept from attending to the problems on Earth by another horde of Galaman warriors. One in particular tried to attack Sky Garry alone, only to be punched through the stomach by his "Mystery Circle Punch". The Galaman was unimpressed...until he looked down and saw a big ole hole in his torso. Back on Earth, Star Convoy arrived and took out the Galaman warriors and Super Megatron as well. The Battlestars

GrrrrrrrREAT Galamen!

Dark Nova then upgraded the Galaman drones into Great Galaman warriors. They accompanied Super Megatron in a space battle against the Battlestars, only to be thoroughly defeated by the Triple Combination Battlestar Attack. The Battlestars Part 7

Notes

• The first Galaman we see, which Sky Garry destroys, had Decepticon symbols on its shoulders. However, the example Sixliner destroys had its Decepticon symbol center on its chest. Presumably, the symbol wasn't chest-mounted on the first one because Sky Garry was punching through its body at the time.