Udan

Udan is a Beastformer from the Beastformers portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Udan (ウーダン Ūdan) is one of the Autobot Beastformers fighting a war on the planet Beast. He was born near the border of Nupal. His role in the Autobot Beastformer forces is Staff Officer. He also holds the rank of Emperor of Iriano, under King Dog Hunter.

Fiction

Legends comic

Udan took part in the final battle between the Beastformers and the Laser Beasts on Beast in 2023. He was stationed at Wood Beetle's base mode. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1

In 2038, the then-peaceful Beast was invaded by Galvatron II's Decepticons. Udan was part of the joint Beastformer-Laser Beast alliance that fought against the invaders. He worked alongside Grotusque and Doublecross at one point. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3

Toys

Transformers: Beastformers

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• Udan (Beastformer, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 76
  • Accessories: Spear

Part of the third series of Takara's Beastformers toys, Udan is an anthropomorphic orangutan in green robotic armor. His left arms ends in a robotic shovel-ish deal. The rubsign on his chest reveals one of three symbols; Fire, Water or Wood.

He came in a green-grid generic "Destron Beastformer" box, with a bio card with a line-art character image first used in Hasbro's Battle Beasts cast poster (rather than the painted images of the prior two series). Depending on the "Pack" he came in, there was a chance of his bio card being replaced with a rare "Secret Photo", "Bewitching Serpent Seal", or "VS Holography Mirror" card.

Beastformers

• Udan (Beastformer, 1988)
  • Beast ID number: 76
  • Accessories: "Jungle Spear" MVP Weapon

Re-released in the Transformers-less Beastformers sequel series, Udan was given a straight re-release with new packaging and a new, more filled-out bio card with corrected coloring. This new card also gave his weapon, now branded an "MVP Weapon", the name "Jungle Spear" (ジャングルスピア Janguru Supia).

The initial early releases of this series had the chance for any Beastformer to have the rare Burstsun symbol; we'll probably never know if Udan was ever actually one of them. Later in the run, the "mood ring" styled rubsigns were replaced with new rubsigns that revealed full-color Fire/Wood/Water images on black backdrops. (These rubsign variants also happened at the same time in the Hasbro Battle Beast version of the line.)

Notes

Foreign names

• English: Ossified Orangutan