Turtler

Turtler is a Decepticon Seacon from the Masterforce portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Pink!?, No wonder why he never transformed in "Masterforce"

Turtler commands the mindless Seacon drones, and can combine with them to form King Poseidon. Despite being a giant turtle, he is decidedly not friend to all children. He's kind of a big dumb lug.

Fiction

Masterforce cartoon

Voice actor: Masato Hirano (Japan)

Toys

Masterforce

• Turtler (Seacon, 1988)

• Japanese ID number: D-312
• Accessories: Blaster, sword, half-shell shield/chestplate, 2 footplates, L & R combiner fists, super robot head

...and to think he was once a cute little Squirtle.

Identical to the Hasbro-release Seacon Snaptrap, Turtler transforms into a robotic tortoise. His back shell features twin reciprocating cannons activated by moving a small lever. His large black rifle can be mounted on the rear half of the shell. All four of his legs are articulated, the beast mode head is articulated at the neck and has an opening jaw. In robot mode he is armed with his rifle and large sword. The rear half of the turtle shell can fitted on his shoulders as a shield.

Since he uses the Scramble City style of combination, he can be used to form the torso of any compatible super robot, though seemingly no matter the limb combination used, the super robot itself would still be "King Poseidon".

This mold was later redecoed as the Beast Wars II Predacon Halfshell, and is slated to be redecoed again for the Fun Publications-exclusive edition of Snaptrap.

• King Poseidon (Gift-set, 1988)

• Japanese ID number: D-318

Unlike the Hasbro Seacon box-set, which excludes Nautilator, the Takara King Poseidon box-set comes with all six members of the team; Turtler, Gulf, Kraken, Lobclaw, Overbite and Tentakil . The individuals are identical to their individually boxed releases.

Trivia

• As with all the other Masterforce Seacons, Turtler is never shown to transform into his robot mode in the cartoon or manga... despite the fact that he's the only one among them who isn't a near-mindless drone. In fact, his box-art might be the only official depiction of his robot mode.

External links

• Turtler (or rather his US counterpart Snaptrap) at TFU.info
  
  
  From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.