Drancron

blendtron

Drancron was once a Decepticon, but is now a Blendtron from the Beast Wars Neo portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

The artwork is as muddled as the toy.

Created by Unicron and by his dark power, Drancron (ドランクロン Dorankuron) and the Blendtrons are the next level of Transformer warriors. Like the other Blendtrons, Drancron was engineered to feel no remorse for his actions, no sympathy for others, and absolutely no respect for life. He is a mostly silent warrior who moves swiftly and makes little to no sound. His presence cannot be detected even when he’s standing right behind the enemy. As a servant of Unicron, the destruction of every living being on Cybertron is his single motivating goal.

Sometimes there are lots of him.

Fiction

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

Voice actor: Shinji Uchida (Japanese)

Mysterious Beast Warriors!? The Seized Capsules Chase the Blendtrons! Angry Magmatron Illusion? Lio Convoy Unicron Revived!?

IDW Beast Wars comics

At the end of the Great War, a disillusioned Decepticon lost himself in the dark underground gladiatorial games beneath Cybertron. He sopped his wounds in honorable mortal combat and forgot the military life that had failed him. His signature move was to decapitate his opponents when they lost, earning him the nickname "the Drancutter". Not surprisingly, Unicron saw potential there. He captured Drancron and transformed him with his dark power. Gone now were all thoughts of honor, and in their place, his already great lust for battle was amplified to an immeasurable degree. Drancron now lives only for the kill. And for Unicron. Beast Wars Sourcebook

AH-CHOOOM!

Drancron, with Elephorca and Rartorata, brought Angolmois capsules to Shokaract on the orders of Unicron, priming him as a "vessel". The Ascending #1 The Ascending #2

At Unicron's command, the Blendtrons went to prehistoric Earth, attacking the Maximals and Predacons stranded there. Drancron was apparently killed when Spittor knocked him into his teammate Rartorata's stinger, which caused a violent reaction in the Angolmois powering his body. The explosion wiped him, Rartorata, Spittor, and Lazorbeak out. The Ascending #3 The Ascending #4

Toys

Beast Wars Neo

• Drancron (Deluxe, 1999)
  • Japanese ID number: X-8
  • Accessories: "Clap Missile"

Drancron is a redeco of the Beast Wars Deluxe Fuzor Sky Shadow, transforming into a beast mode that is a combination of lizard and dragonfly parts. He can fire a pressure-launch "Clap Missile" (we don't know either) from his robot mode mouth. This launcher mechanism forms his tail in beast mode, and fires with a pressure-trigger on the beast's back. His right forearm takes the form of an enormous claw known as the "Drancutter" formed by the upper set of beast-mode wings, which flap/snap open and closed when you push a small lever back and forth. They can also be locked in the "open wide" position thanks to a catch in the mechanism.

• More information on Drancron at TFU.info

Notes

• It is often thought that the beast-mode head forms Sky Shadow/Drancron's left hand. However, a set of (immobile) claws are molded into the wrist behind the head, giving them a somewhat more "normal" hand. The Beast Wars Neo model catches this.
• His name is apparently a corruption of Drencrom, a slang term for Adrenochrome used in A Clockwork Orange. Considering the Blendtrons' ultraviolent nature and the drug-like corruptive effects of the Angolmois Energy, this is not entirely inappropriate.