Tyrannitron

Tyrannitron is an Autobot Action Master partner from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Tyrannitron may be small, but he fits right into the general Dinobot theme: angry, snarling, barely-controlled fury in the form of a prehistoric metal monster. Sure, he can convert into a huge shrapnel rifle, but that means his partner Snarl is doing the actual destruction. Tyrannitron would much rather be ripping into the Decepticons tooth and nail on his own, thank you very much.

The Action Master partner robots were given the "Targetmaster" classification retroactively by Dreamwave's More Than Meets The Eye profile series. Even though Tyrannitron did not actually appear in this series, every other "non-accessory" did and was classified as a Targetmaster, so...

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

Classics

Tyrannitron was part of Ultra Magnus's crew on the Graviton. Apparently, he ate things he was not supposed to. Huffer was given the task of watching him, since he wanted to stay on the ship while Snarl was accompanying the crew in stopping Bug Bite. No one else had the time to look for Tyrannitron. Games of Deception

The Classics story takes place in a post-Marvel Generation 1 comics universe where neither Marvel UK nor Generation 2 happened.

Toys

Generation 1

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• Snarl w/ Tyrannitron (Action Master, 1990)

Tyrannitron is a mechanical dino-critter (he actually rather resembles Hojoni) with a simple spring-loaded transformation into a cannon mode that can be held by any Action Master figure. In this mode, he can attach any normal Action Master rifle to the end of his cannon to form a super weapon; in dino-mode he also has a peg-hole to mount any Action Master rifle on his back. He was available only with Snarl.

• More information on Tyrannitron (with Snarl) at TFU.info