Dauros

This article is about the Japanese Pretender from Masterforce. For his American counterpart, see Skullgrin.

Dauros is a Decepticon Pretender in the Masterforce portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Eat Hot Photons!

Dauros (ダウロス, da-u-ro-su) seems to be the dumb one. He looks up to Gilmer as a sort of sub-allegiance to keep Blood from throwing his weight around.

Packaging name: Dowlos

Fiction

Masterforce cartoon

Voice actor: Daisuke Gori (Japan)

Masterforce manga

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Dauros's tunneling tank-mode is capable of flight if his winged rockets are attached.

Toy

Generation 1

• Dauros (Pretender, 1988)
  • Japanese ID number: D-202
  • Accessories: Sword, 2 x guns (left & right), belt

"Hey baby, wanna make my wheel spin?"

Dauros' inner robot turns into a Cybertronic tank thing, with two built-in cannons in addition to Dauros's own guns that can be attached to the sides. The tank has three wheels on the underside to allow him to roll. Amusingly, the largest wheel ends up on his crotch in robot mode. The built-in cannons can be swung out of his arms easily in this mode, while his side guns can either be attached to his knees or held in his fists. The guns themselves can also be combined into a single double barrel gun, though the large size means it suits his Pretender shell better.

Dauros' Pretender shell is a humanoid monster with a demonic ram's skull. Unusually, the belt actually works like a belt, looping around the shell and fastening together. While this may be more realistic or may look better, it also means one needs to unfasten the belt every time one opens the shell. The shell is armed with a sword and the double gun.

Dauros is identical to Skullgrin.

Trivia

• "Dauros" is undoubtedly a "Rhinox-ization" of tauros, which is Greek for "bull".

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