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**''Japanese ID number'': '''TF-05'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TF-05'''


: The original version of ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]'' Atlan was available only as part of a Sixtrain gift set in Japan. A straight [[redeco]] of [[Alan (G1)|Alan]], he transforms into a TGV-A bullet train engine. He has a "socket" connector tab in the back of his train mode allows him to "pull" any fellow Micromaster train or footplate-weapon with a "peg" connector. He also has a peg-hole on the top of his train mode that in theory lets him use the Sixtrain/[[Sixliner]] legs as a roof-mounted cannon, but it really only fits if you attach it so the knee-clips point backwards (thruster engines, maybe?). He can also form either arm to any Six-team combined robot, though his nominal placement is as the right arm of Sixtrain. The toy's connector socket is approximately [[5 mm post|5 mm wide]], making Atlan compatible with [[Powerlinx]] ports. The original Six-Teams are considered among the more difficult Japanese Generation 1 pieces to find.
: The original version of ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]'' Atlan was available only as part of a Sixtrain gift set in Japan. A straight [[redeco]] of [[Alan (G1)|Alan]], he transforms into a {{w|SNCF TGV Sud-Est}} high speed train in its silver and blue Atlantique livery. He has a "socket" connector tab in the back of his train mode allows him to "pull" any fellow Micromaster train or footplate-weapon with a "peg" connector. He also has a peg-hole on the top of his train mode that in theory lets him use the Sixtrain/[[Sixliner]] legs as a roof-mounted cannon, but it really only fits if you attach it so the knee-clips point backwards (thruster engines, maybe?). He can also form either arm to any Six-team combined robot, though his nominal placement is as the right arm of Sixtrain. The toy's connector socket is approximately [[5 mm post|5 mm wide]], making Atlan compatible with [[Powerlinx]] ports. The original Six-Teams are considered among the more difficult Japanese Generation 1 pieces to find.


::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1992/Cybertron/Atlan/atlan.htm More information on Atlan at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1992/Cybertron/Atlan/atlan.htm More information on Atlan at TFU.info]''

Revision as of 20:48, 25 August 2023

This article is about the Micromaster. For the chunk of rock, see Atlan Island.
Atlan is an Autobot Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Oh, Atlan. I said yeah, yeah, yeah! Got to get back to you.

The Train Team's most proficient fighter, Atlan (アトラン Atoran) can often be found sparring with Iron Lift in long bouts that draw big crowds. His specialty is karate, and he relentlessly trains to keep his skills up and his systems in peak condition. Many believe that Atlan is the reason behind Sixtrain's fearsome punching strength.

Fiction

Micromaster

Atlan and the other Train Team members used their combined "Red Mode" to drive the Decepticon Sixwing from an excavation site at the base of a dormant volcano. When two pieces of Cybertronian metal were unearthed, the team had to re-combine to drive off yet another attack by Siwxing. Sixtrain! Activate Red Mode!! After the construction of Metrobase, he helped the newly arrived Multiforce fight back Sixwing. The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!

Operation Combination

Years later, Atlan and the rest of the Six-team Micromasters joined Guard City and the Road Corps in defending Earth from the forces of the Decepticon High Regent Scrash. Operation Combination

None of the combiner team members ever actually show up as individuals, only as components of the combined robot modes.

Train Wars

"On your left."

The Trainbots were heavily injured fighting the Nine Great Demon Generals in the form of Raiden, leaving them requiring extensive repairs. Blaming himself for their condition, Shouki left the team so that his leadership would never endanger them again. Sixtrain stood watch over Shouki's elective reformatting into a spy shuttlecraft at Metrobase. Shouki & Daniel Chapter

Later, just as Cybertron seemed lost to the interdimensional incursion of the Fallen, Shouki and the ragtag band of Transformers left to defend Cybertron were greeted by Desire along with D-Go and Shouki's old comrade Suiken. The other Trainbots had arrived astride Metroplex, bringing with them the Train Team and the Liner Team! Chiding his brother for being as solemn as ever, Yukikaze reminded Shouki the Trainbots would always have his back. With that, on Windy's count all three teams of train 'bots combined into the Trainbot Omni-Car Joint to chain the Fallen, giving Shouki and company time to vanquish the cosmic evil by funneling Metroplex's power through Shouki's new "Raiden" cannon mode. Train Wars 2

Toys

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers

  • SixTrain (Micromaster Sixteam, 1992)
    • Japanese ID number: TF-05
The original version of Operation Combination Atlan was available only as part of a Sixtrain gift set in Japan. A straight redeco of Alan, he transforms into a SNCF TGV Sud-Est high speed train in its silver and blue Atlantique livery. He has a "socket" connector tab in the back of his train mode allows him to "pull" any fellow Micromaster train or footplate-weapon with a "peg" connector. He also has a peg-hole on the top of his train mode that in theory lets him use the Sixtrain/Sixliner legs as a roof-mounted cannon, but it really only fits if you attach it so the knee-clips point backwards (thruster engines, maybe?). He can also form either arm to any Six-team combined robot, though his nominal placement is as the right arm of Sixtrain. The toy's connector socket is approximately 5 mm wide, making Atlan compatible with Powerlinx ports. The original Six-Teams are considered among the more difficult Japanese Generation 1 pieces to find.


Micromaster

File:MC-toy Sixtrain-Atlan.jpg
  • Atlan (Micromaster, 2003)
    • Micromaster ID number: 2
    • Accessories: Sixtrain upper legs
In 2003, the entire Sixtrain team was re-released as the fifth The Transformers: Micromaster assortment, in individual boxes with a number visible to show which mold was inside each box. For this release, each character was extensively redecoed, plus the decals from the original version were replaced with paint applications.
This toy was sold without changes in the Hasbro 2003 Universe line as Tankor.


File:MC-toy Sixtrain-AtlanRed.jpg
  • Atlan Red Mode (Micromaster, 2003)
    • Micromaster ID number: 2
    • Accessories: Sixtrain upper legs
In every case of twelve Train Team Micromasters, two of them were solid-red-plastic "Red Mode" variations. All six Micromasters (and combiner kibble parts) were available in this manner.

Notes

  • Atlan, like all of the six-team Micromasters, had no individual bio information whatsoever until his Micromaster release a decade after his original Operation Combination release.