Galvatron (Kre-O)

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

Galvatron is a Decepticon from the brick-built world of Kre-O.

You gotta wonder how all that insanity is kept in such a tiny body.

Galvatron is the most evil, most fearsome, and most awesome thing to ever fall out of UniKREON's big fat mouth. Nothing will stand in the way of his supreme conquest of everything! Nothing but a few soon-to-be-disintegrated traitors.

Fiction

Kre-O cartoon

Spinister, Galvatron, and Scorponok were sent by Megatron to rob the Autobot City Bank. In heavy disguise, they went in and got the drop on the bank tellers, only for Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Wheeljack to turn up. The Decepticons called in Devastator, who ripped the roof off the bank and disposed of the three Autobots, allowing the robbers to raid the vault of energon. Quest for Energon, Part 1

Later Galvatron operated the machine to help make Megatron a grilled cheese sandwich, but failed to spot Wheeljack and Cliffjumper sneaking onto the work site. When the interlopers were spotted, Galvatron and the other Kreons surrounded them, but they were merely a diversion. Moments later, the Decepticons were pelted with molten cheese and tied up in a net. Quest for Energon, Part 2

A bunch of Vehicons were helping build the Galvatron Factory Battle set when Optimus came stomping in on the scene atop of Grimlock. The Decepticon Kreons scrambled in terror, and Galvatron wound up losing an arm when a Vehicon grabbed hold of it as he was being drawn into Grimlock's mouth. Kre-O Dino Force commercial

Kre-O online comic

Megatron's ambition was to use Earth's bricks to build a planet-sized Galvatron-like body for himself. Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!

Knock Out invented a helmet that would upgrade Megatron to make him stronger, when he put it on his head, he was transformed into Galvatron. Galvatron went a destructive rampage causing Cyclonus to call the Autobots to stop him. In the end, the Autobots took his helmet off and he changed back into Megatron. But to Breakdown's horror, Knock Out starting creating more helmets for Megatron to try on. Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!?

Toys

Kre-O

Normally, it looks like a Kreon posed in a way that very vaguely resembles a cannon, but if you squint you can- Oh, forget it! Who am I kidding?

• Galvatron (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2012)
  • Kit number: A1008
  • Bag number: 21451 8
  • Accessories: Arm cannon

Part of a six-figure preview wave of Micro-Changer Kreons, Galvatron is a blindpacked bagged mini-figure. He comes with extra parts which help him form a crude artillery cannon form. He has a purple redeco of Sentinel Prime's helmet, an orange redeco of Megatron's fusion cannon and his body armor comes from Battleship US soldiers Kreons.

• More information on Galvatron at TFU.info

• Galavatron [sic] (Custom Kreon, 2014)
  • Set number: A7316
  • Pieces: 42
  • Accessories: Rack, arm-cannon, drill-cannon, blade, club, large rifle, missile-backpack, small wing-pack, spare hand

Part of the second assortment of Custom Kreons, Galvatron comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his many many extra pieces. The plastics of his torso, arms and legs have a metal-flake sheen, and his similarly-shiny tampographs are far more detailed than the original Kreon. His "normal" helmet and blade are chromed, plus he comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso and legs. He also has a pair of extra arms (originally from the Kre-O Battleship aliens), plus a buildable combination drill/gatling cannon, a club (that can also accommodate the blade), a large rifle, a dual-missile backpack, and the Wheeljack-style wing-pack.

His name is misspelled in his packaging. Oops.

Though widely solicited, this wave of Custom Kreons ultimately never saw release outside of the Hasbro Toy Shop online store and Chinese-market distribution circles.

Age of Extinction

All of the Age of Extinction Kre-O sets were exclusive to ToysЯUs in the US... though some did eventually filter to closeout stores in mid-2015.

Where is the Kraggle!?

• Galvatron Factory Battle (Kre-O set, 2014)
  • Set number: A6952
  • Pieces: 388
  • Kreons: Bumblebee, KSI Worker (lab worker), KSI Worker (security), Dr. Littleman, Optimus Prime, Vehicon

The centerpiece of the "Galvatron Factory Battle" set, Galvatron is rendered as a large buildable super-robot, a sort of mega-Kreon, with a new hip piece using larger balljoints. He does not seem to be based on... anything. Certainly not something that would become a vehicle.

He's designed to fit on a large movable working slab in the factory playset.

And these arm-cannon things. They're neat sure, but did I lift them off of Ironhide's corpse at some point?

• Grimlock Unleashed (Kre-O set, 2014)
  • Set number: A8600
  • Pieces: 333
  • Kreons: Bumblebee, Galvatron, Grimlock, Lockdown, Optimus Prime
  • Accessories: 2 clip-on arm cannons

The first "normal" Kreon of Galvatron available, this one was only available in the "Grimlock Unleashed" set.

This set popped up at ToysЯUs a few short weeks after the initial product without any advance warning... and retailed for a mere $25, despite the size of the set.

• More information on Grimlock Unleashed Galvatron at TFU.info

Why are drills my primary weapon, again? Did I use drills in the movie?

• Galvatron (Custom Kreon, 2014)
  • Set number: A9230
  • Pieces: 30
  • Accessories: Rack, pistol, 2 clip-on drills, treaded backpack

Part of the second wave of Age of Extinction Custom Kreons, Galvatron comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his many many extra pieces. His "normal" helmet and two drills (attached to clip-on turbines/cannons) are chromed, plus he comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso and legs. He also has a pair of extra arms (originally from the Kre-O Battleship aliens) and a spare hand, plus buildable tread-backpack, and a pistol (originally a Klingon disruptor from Kre-O Star Trek).

You might have noticed the disparity between this set's "custom" possibilities and the above Custom Kreon's. Yeah. Losing nearly a dozen pieces will do that. This trend of less pieces per wave continued throughout the Custom Kreon series.

Yes, someone bought the movie just for the Kreons. We know. We know.

• Transformers Kre-O + Movie Gift Pack (2014)
  • Accessories: 2 clip-on turbine/cannons

This Toys"R"Us exclusive Blu-Ray + DVD release of Age of Extinction includes a unique Galvatron Kreon, though at first glance you probably wouldn't realize that it's different from the "Grimlock Unleashed" version (see above). This version changes up which body parts use metal-flake medium-gray plastic and which use the metallic silver plastic (including his hands), has an even darker gray helmet, and completely new tampographs all around, possibly more movie-model-accurate? It's kind of hard to tell.

This set also included a similarly "just different enough to make you mad" Optimus Prime Kreon.