King Atlas

The name or term "King" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see King (disambiguation).

King Atlas is an Autobot who was yanked out of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family into the Universe conflict.

Not in a gay way, but in a manly, Viking kinda way.

King Atlas is a colossal Autobot, once the commander of the army of Combatron, who now fights alongside Optimus Primal against the hordes of Unicron.

Fiction

Force of Habit

King Atlas was the commander of the Transformer army based on the planet Combatron, stationed as part of the efforts to construct a galaxy-wide Space Bridge. Long ago, he inexplicably vanished, and the result was an endless planetary civil war all across Combatron. Force of Habit

Universe

These walls suddenly cannot contain me!

When Trailbreaker and Silverbolt cut the security systems that kept Unicron's prisoners in their cells, King Atlas was part of the swarm of Cybertronians who made their escape. Escape

You're carrying me? Who's carrying you?!

3H's writers noted that King Atlas was going to become a much more prominent character in the Universe comics, leading an "underground railroad" that would free the untold numbers of Cybertronians who had been kidnapped by Unicron. This, of course, never came to be due to the bankruptcy of 3H. However, a look into the end of Universe was shown in a comic published by the next licensee, Fun Publications.

Cybertron comic

As told by Optimus Prime, King Atlas was present at the end of the Universe battles. While Unicron's physical form collapsed, King Atlas carried Trailbreaker and Roulette to safety. Revelations Part 2

Toys

Universe (2003)

The final toy had less black on the engine sections than this promo picture suggests.

• King Atlas (Ultra, 2004)
  • Accessories: 6 missiles

A redeco of the Generation 1 Decepticon Predator Skyquake, King Atlas transforms into a large bomber jet, its model pretty much made-up but based (loosely) on an Blackbird recon plane. Like the other US release of this mold, Machine Wars Starscream, it lacks the original spring-loaded missile launcher hand-weapon due to there being no way in hell it would pass US safety testing. It does retain the "carpet bombing" gimmick in its wings, plus the light-pipe and "periscope" gimmicks.

Notes

• Hasbro Transformers Design Director Aaron Archer said that this figure was deliberately colored to resemble Dai Atlas. Along with the extensive paint washing of his jet-mode parts, he actually ends up looking a fair bit like a Star Wars vehicle.

External links

• King Atlas at TFU.info