Unicron/toys

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Unicron has managed to amass plenty of toys.

Toys

Armada

And the fandom rejoiced (and complained).
  • Unicron with Mini-Con Dead End (Supreme, 2003)
    • Japanese ID number: MX-00
    • Accessories: 6 missiles, giant chest-missile
Unicron from the Armada toyline is an orange and transparent purple Supreme-size toy that transforms into a planet. It features many Mini-Con Powerlinx plugs on the planet's rings, and "chomping" jaws activated by moving the mandibles. The packed-in Mini-Con Dead End in moon-mode plugs into a specially-shaped socket on Unicron's planet form, just above his gaping maw. Powerlinx plugs on his sides activate the triple spring-loaded missile launchers, which end up on his robot mode legs. In robot mode, he has hidden compartments for Mini-Cons in his robot-mode legs and abdomen. One Powerlinx plug on the back of the robot mode activates blinking eye lights and a cannon that bursts from the chest and shoots a missile. A button on the top of the head also activates the blinking eye lights. Pushing his right hand back slightly into the cuff causes it to light up.
In total, the toy can hold up to 27 Mini-Cons in planet mode and 30 in robot mode—34 if you count the two conveniently shaped pegs on the back of his right hand and if a Mini-Con is stored in the compartment on each leg. 24 of the Powerlinx points are situated on his wings/planet ring.
That's a lot of Mini-Cons!
This toy is notable for being the first "modern" Transformers release in the main line at the $50-price point. Due to his success, other releases like Energon Omega Supreme came into being.
The Takara release of Unicron uses a lighter orange, slightly more transparent plastic, and different paint applications than the Hasbro version.
This mold was used to make the Mini-Con doppelganger of Unicron.


Energon

This is worth more to somebody outside of Japan if it was bought inside Japan.
  • Unicron (Supreme, 2004)
    • Accessories: 6 missiles, giant chest-missile
Unicron's Armada toy was redecoed for the Energon toyline, sporting black and transparent orange, with "Energon damage" patterns, representing his shattered and damaged form. All of the gimmicks from the previous version are intact in this one. The color scheme itself is an homage to a Japanese only inflatible store display. That's right, $50 to look like a 20 year old balloon from the other side of the world.
Early shipments of Unicron in Energon packaging shipped with either the orange Armada Unicron or the black Energon Unicron inside, in seemingly equal amounts for a short while. Eventually, the orange version was phased out and black was the only shipping version.



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Unicron will make an unhappy meal of you.
  • Unicron (Fast Food Premium, 2004)
Available in one of two different European-market McDonald's Happy Meal promotions, this Unicron toy is based on Energon Unicron, being primarily black. It is very small, and the transformation consists of simply opening the planet mode to reveal the robot.
When his Energon cube is clicked into position, and his button pressed, his body lights up.



Cybertron

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ZERG RUSH KEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE
  • Unicron (Deluxe, 2006)
    • Accessories: Missile, 4 spines (2 long, 2 short), Planet X Cyber Key
Unicron in the Cybertron line is a Deluxe-class toy that transforms into a futuristic tank. In robot mode he sports a battle-damaged appearance, with his head featuring a skull-like design mimicking the Unicron head that comes with Cybertron Primus. In both tank and robot modes, he features a main cannon with spring-loaded missile launcher, plus plugging a Cyber Planet Key into his back end opens up a port on his front (which bears a striking similarity to his planet maw) that reveals a (non-firing) triple-barreled cannon. His side-spikes in tank mode can be removed to become hand-weapons in robot mode.
He includes a Planet X-style Cyber Planet Key, with the Key Code "dgt3" on the back. He is the first Unicron toy to placed with the Decepticon faction for the purposes of marketing.



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That worked a lot better for Fort Max.
  • Cybertron Primus (Supreme, 2006)
Certain shipments of Cybertron's Cybertron Primus toy had a pack-in Unicron head. The head is based on Armada Unicron's and half of the face stripped away to reveal a robotic "skull". To provide the impression of locomotion, tentacles were added to the base of the head.
The packaging for this variation of Primus was specifically changed with a callout for the Unicron head. This was supposed to originally be the first version of the Primus toy shipped, and only for a limited time, but both versions ended up shipping simultaneously, leading to some hunting to get the packed-in Uniskull.



Titanium Series

"Screw transforming. Watch me convert this 7-10 split."
  • Unicron (3" Robot Master, 2006)
    • Accessories: Decepticon stand
Part of the very first wave of Titanium Series "Robot Masters" figurines, Unicron is a 3-inch tall figurine made partially of die-cast metal, with movable arms. One hand holds what seems to be a moon (or he's going bowling).



Universe (2008)

  • Unicron (Supreme, 2008)
    • Accessories: 6 missiles, giant chest-missile
Universe (2008) Unicron is a Toys R Us-exclusive. He is a straight repack of Armada Unicron, with no changes whatsoever in paint detailing, even retaining the Armada release's product code. As with all Unicron products produced by Hasbro since Cybertron Unicron, he is placed in the Decepticon faction.

Unproduced Unicron toys

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Look out! The CBS logo is on a murderous rampage!
  • Generation 1 Hasbro
An unproduced toy for Unicron was to have been released in Generation 1. It was a blue and yellow robot about one foot tall and was able to transform into a planet. It was to have come with a voice chip, and a "planet microphone" to allow owners to speak through the toy. It also would have had a gun that became a stand for the planet mode and a blue "shield" that unfolded and covered the yellow part of his chest in planet mode. It bears an uncanny physical resemblance to Orson Welles. This toy was only shown on display at BotCon 1996, but was not fully transformed to avoid breaking it. One arm was still extended for the planet mode, while the other had the shoulder halfway down the chest(the picture at right has corrected this with the magic of photoshop). Also, the main body extends in the middle to give Unicron a less ball-shaped body. It was finally shown accurately transformed at BotCon 2009.
Though the prototype had the tallest robot-mode at the time of its planned release, it was ultimately shorter than Fortress Maximus.


  • Generation 1 Takara
Takara was to release a toy similar to Hasbro's attempt, but it was green and yellow, possessing different paint applications and molding. It also was to come with a base that set up a "planetary system" with Unicron and a moon that did... something. So far, this has been shown only through Takara print materials.


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A robot with a hemisphere on his back.
  • Beast Wars Neo
Takara tried again to produce a Unicron toy during Beast Wars Neo (as the character figured prominently to the endings of both the cartoon and manga), only going as far as the resin prototype stage before canceling it. It was said to be around the size of "Optimal Optimus", and had several gimmicks, such as an opening mouth when the horns were squeezed, and a claw and a drill that were stored in the planet "shell" in robot mode. One hardcopy was shown at the Tokyo Toy Fair. Fans attempted to lobby for an unassembled, unpainted, and likely one-color "garage kit" version of the toy, but this never came to be... probably because the cost per unit would have been several hundred dollars.
Interestingly enough, neither the cartoon nor manga version of Neo Unicron looked like the toy.


Merchandise

Hard Hero

  • Unicron (BotCon 2002)
Weighs almost as much as the real thing
It was a huge-ass cold-cast porcelain statue based upon the cartoon design of Unicron.
It was originally a BotCon 2002 exclusive.


Art Asylum

  • Unicron Movie Statue (Diamond Select, 2007)
Oh, I see how this works. You say "Behind you!" and I turn around, and while I'm staring at nothing you run away. Well I'm not falling for it!
This statue of Unicron stands 8 ½” tall and is limited to 1,986 pieces (as in 1986, the year the original Transformers movie was released). It also features a smaller statue of Hot Rod standing upon the centerpiece holding the Matrix aloft. Oddly enough, Hot Rod is in his toy colours.


Robot Heroes

Devourer of very small stones.
  • Optimus Prime vs. Unicron (2007)
Based on a cartoon-ified version of his 'The Transformers: The Movie model, Unicron's entry in the Robot Heroes line comes packed with a Matrix-brandishing Optimus Prime. His articulation consists solely of his shoulder joints.


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