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===''TransTech''=== | ===''TransTech''=== | ||
In an interview with [[Rook (TransTech)|Rook]], [[Stungun (TransTech)|Stungun]] noted that he had been in rooms full of [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatron]] lookalikes, including Albitrons. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/07/29}} | In an interview with [[Rook (TransTech)|Rook]], [[Stungun (TransTech)|Stungun]] noted that he had been in rooms full of [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatron]] lookalikes, including Albitrons. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/07/29}} | ||
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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Beast Wars=== | ===''Beast Wars''=== | ||
[[File:Albitron.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hell in a handbag.]] | [[File:Albitron.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hell in a handbag.]] | ||
:[[Men in Black]], who had previously created the [[Onyx Primal]] exclusive for [[BotCon 1996]], wanted to make two exclusives for their non-licensed Transcon2 convention in 1997. Albitron and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], repaints of the original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] respectively, would have been available singly as well as in a two-pack. | :[[Men in Black]], who had previously created the [[Onyx Primal]] exclusive for [[BotCon 1996]], wanted to make two exclusives for their non-licensed Transcon2 convention in 1997. Albitron and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], repaints of the original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] respectively, would have been available singly as well as in a two-pack. | ||
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:However, Men in Black violated their contract and solicited the toys in two full-page ads before they had gotten approval for them from [[Hasbro]], which led Hasbro to turn down the proposal. Only one (hand-painted) [[Prototype|mock-up]] of the Albitron toy is known to exist. | :However, Men in Black violated their contract and solicited the toys in two full-page ads before they had gotten approval for them from [[Hasbro]], which led Hasbro to turn down the proposal. Only one (hand-painted) [[Prototype|mock-up]] of the Albitron toy is known to exist. | ||
{{canceledtoy}} | {{canceledtoy}} | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 08:08, 10 June 2021
- Albitron is an Autobot from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Albitron is a renegade Autobot.
Fiction
The AllSpark Almanac
The Ulchtar of Aurex 603.0 Kappa broke into Primax 388.0 Gamma Zone's Satellite Penitentiary. There, he retrieved the personality components of the renegade Autobots Screechwing, Spiketail, Nightprowler, Albitron, and Leatherhide. The five formed the Combatibots that could merge to form Toxitron. The AllSpark Almanac II
TransTech
In an interview with Rook, Stungun noted that he had been in rooms full of Megatron lookalikes, including Albitrons. Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/07/29
Toys
Beast Wars

- Men in Black, who had previously created the Onyx Primal exclusive for BotCon 1996, wanted to make two exclusives for their non-licensed Transcon2 convention in 1997. Albitron and Swoop, repaints of the original Beast Wars Megatron and Terrorsaur respectively, would have been available singly as well as in a two-pack.
- However, Men in Black violated their contract and solicited the toys in two full-page ads before they had gotten approval for them from Hasbro, which led Hasbro to turn down the proposal. Only one (hand-painted) mock-up of the Albitron toy is known to exist.




