Hades

Hades is a Mini-Con from the Aligned continuity family.

I'm like a bat outta me.

Hades (ハデス Hadesu) is Megatron's Arms Micron partner. He's huge for a Mini-Con, but the size of his body is nothing compared to the size of his ego.

Fiction

Arms Micron Theater

Voice actor: Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese)

Taking over Arms Micron Theater and calling it Hades Theater, Hades introduced himself to the viewer as "Hades Batstein Kamabach the 666th" and proudly showed off his different modes, claiming that his scythe mode could cut light itself while his prized wings let him exceed the speed of light in bat mode. Due to "various reasons" he could only show his combined mode with Megatron in the form of a drawing, but he was still bristling with pride over how cool his presentation had been. Surgical Transformation!? Imprison the Soldier of Destruction

Toys

Prime

• Megatron Darkness (Voyager, 7-28-2012)
  • ID number: AM-15
  • Micron ID number: M-16
  • Energon Crystals: AP, HP & SP Rock/Titan

Available only with his larger partner Megatron Darkness and fellow Arms Micron Gora, Hades comes as an unassembled, unpainted "kit". He transforms from a translucent-purple, bat-like robot into the "Meteor Scythe" weapon, as well as a winged backpack with blasters on the wings. Yes, wings for Megatron, and he's friggin' huge. He has multiple 5mm posts and holes on his body, allowing him to combine with other Arms Microns to form bigger and more ridiculous Combo Weapons and Super Combo Weapons. On that note, he's the only Arms Micron to have multiple Energon Crystals. With one of each type all in the same color, he is actually a single-Micron Super Combo Weapon!

The handle of the scythe is connected to the rest of the body via a small, translucent clip, and is unable to fully support the rest of the weapon. This means the scythe tends to slowly droop down when left held unsupported at an angle, loosening the clip and giving it some nasty stress marks in the process.

The box-back identifies Hades's Energon Crystals as "Rock" type. However, the "Arms Up Missions" game calls them "Titan".

• Gora II and Hades at Alfes's Toy Blog

• Golden Hades (Micron, 2012)
  • Energon Crystals: AP, HP & SP Rock/Titan

A gold version of Hades was given away as third place in the Arms Up Campaign, limited to 100 pieces. Winners got shipped their prizes at some point in November.

Notes

• "Hades" is pronounced "hah-dess", not "hey-dees" as English speakers would pronounce the name. The former pronunciation is closer to the original Greek and is the standard way of transliterating the name in Japanese.

Hades Combinations

Named combination weapons including Hades:

• Darkness Scythe

Arms Up Modes featuring Hades

• Megatron Darkness Mode