R.A.

R.A. is a Mini-Con from the Aligned continuity family.

He'll totally bust you for drinking in the dorm.

R.A. (アルエ Aruei) is Ratchet's Arms Micron partner.

Fiction

Arms Micron Theater

Voice actor: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese)

R.A., O.P., B.2 tried to transform. Perfect Transformation! Enter the Transformers B.2 and R.A. succeeded at transforming into robot mode, but O.P. still struggled. Dark Transformation! Dark Energon Once O.P. managed to make it to robot mode, he, R.A. and B.2 transformed together to form the Star Saber. Rescue Transformation! Fowler in Crisis

At some point, R.A. and B.2 got infected with Dark Energon... which mostly just made them lazy. Arc joked about their sloth, which annoyed them both. Infiltration Transformation! Battleship Nemesis

Toys

Prime

Mack the Me.

• Ratchet (Deluxe, March 21 2012)
  • Set ID number: AM-04
  • Micron ID number: M-04
  • Energon Crystal: HP Pure

Available only with the Japanese release of Ratchet, R.A. transforms into a blade-weapon modeled after Ratchet's scalpel-swords (which were omitted from the Japanese toy). Like all pack-in Arms Microns, he is an unpainted, unassembled "kit" figure.

While he can be combined with other Arms Microns to form any number of outlandish weapons thanks to several 5mm posts and post-holes, he is specifically called out as forming the blade-tip of the Star Saber with O.P. and B.2.

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Hmm. Does he belong to Shadow Man or Morrigan?

• Shadow R.A. (Promotional Micron, 4-28-2012)
  • Energon Crystal: HP Fake Dark

A transparent-black version of R.A. with a red Energon Crystal was made available on April 28 at participating Aeon stores with the purchase of AM-01 Optimus Prime. Just like the pack-in version, Shadow R.A. comes as an unassembled kit.

Notes

• TakaraTomy's stock photos of the original R.A. toy show him mistransformed, with his, well, groin remaining in weapon mode orientation.