Dado (Prime)

This article is about the Prime Arms Micron. For the Masterforce human, see Dado (Masterforce).

Dado is a Decepticon-allied Mini-Con from the Aligned continuity family.

A turtle and a half-shell shield!

Dado (ダド) is an Arms Micron. He is really neat.

Toys

Prime

• Dado 1 / Dado 2 (Micron, 2012)
  • Energon Crystal: AP Shine

Part of the second assortment of Gacha Arms Microns appearing around August of 2012, Dado transforms from a robotic snapping turtle into a shield. He has multiple 5 mm posts and holes as part of the line-wide Arms Micron gimmick, allowing him to be combined with other Microns to make larger and more ridiculous weapons.

Dado comes in two different colorations. Unlike the prior Decepticon Gacha Microns, Dado has two colors of plastic per type... "1" has a yellow shell with grey limbs and head, while "2" has a grey shell with yellow limbs and head. So yeah, two colors of a single-sprue figure with some parts swapping, as some fans have done with Gobu and Zado.

• Dado TC (Gacha Arms Micron, March 2013)
  • ID number: 12
  • Energon Crystal: AP Shine

At the very tail-end of Prime, all twelve Gacha molds were re-released all in one go as a "Special Edition" wave through the capsule machines. The Decepticons were cast in clear-purple "Dark Energon Terrorcon Form!" versions (though they retained their paint operations and Crystal colors).

Notes

• Dado was originally advertised under the working name "Wanigame", which is the Japanese name for the alligator snapping turtle.
• Dado's name is a shortening of the Japanese rendition of "turtle" (タートル tātoru), with both remaining syllables changed to voiced consonants. "Dado" is the Romanized spelling used on the packaging for the Optimus Prime + Gaia Unicron pack.

Dado Combinations

Named combination weapons including Dado:

• Wormhole Whip