Arms Micron

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The Arms Microns are a Mini-Con subgroup from the Aligned continuity family.

The Arms Microns (アームズマイクロン Āmuzu Maikuron) were once ordinary weapons. However, a bizarre interaction with Earth's energon mutated them, giving the weapons the spark of life and the ability to transform![1]

This new breed of Mini-Con assists the larger Transformers in the battlefield, combining their powers to form amazing new weapons.

Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Prime cartoon

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Toys

Prime

The Arms Microns were only released in Japan. Due to the... interesting variety of Arms Microns, they will be tackled here as groups.

Promotional campaign Arms Microns

The first Arms Microns made available were released as giveaway exclusives, usually with the purchase of larger toys. All of these Microns are redecos of prior toys.

Vector Oracle
  • Aimless, Blowpipe and Peaceman were the first batch released, redecoes of three Power Core Combiners Mini-Cons, available exclusively on December 28 of 2011 at various Japanese stores with the purchase of 3000 yen's worth of Prime "First Edition" toys (see individual pages for store availability).
  • Autobot Firebolt Clear Yellow Ver. was a World Hobby Fair exclusive, given away to kids on January 15 2012. He was later also given away at TakaraTomy's booth at the Next Generation World Hobby Fair Summer '12, a bonus with the early purchase of the first three toys in the AMW series (see below).
  • Vector Oracle was available at ToysЯUs on February 25 2012 with the purchase of 3000 yen's worth of Darkside Moon toys.
  • Autobot Firebolt, a redeco of the prior Firebolt, was made available as a preorder bonus for Prime AM-01 Optimus Prime through numerous online outlets, with an ordering window from March 1st through March 30th 2012.
  • Pinpointer was another ToysЯUs exclusive, this time given away with the purchase of 4000 yen's worth of Prime toys on March 31 2012, the day the Prime toys hit the shelves.
  • Shadow C.L., Shadow R.A., Shadow Gora, and Shadow Balo are transparent-black, stickerless versions of the four pack-in Microns (see below), made available in April 28 2012 at different stores (see individual pages for store availability).
  • Shining B.2, a clear-yellow version of the pack-in B.2 (see below) was given away to kids at the Tokyo Toy Show on June 16 and 17 of 2012... and then again several times after that through several different promotions.
  • Shining O.P., a clear-blue version of O.P. (see below) was given away to contestants in the "Arms Up Challenge" at the Next Generation World Hobby Fair Summer '12, taking place on Saturday, June 30 of 2012.
  • Golden O.P. came with Golden Optimus Prime, first prize in the Arms Up Campaign contest, limited to 20 pieces.
  • Golden Hades was awarded in the same contest, only he was third prize and limited to 100 pieces.
  • The Hellflame Arms Micron versions of Gul, Jida, Noji, and Zamu, clear-red versions of four Decepticon Microns, were made available at different stores on July 28.
  • A red version of Optimus Prime Blaster was available as a pack-in premium with the September 2012 issue of TV Boy Magazine.
  • The Rainbow Shield campaign let you assemble the titular weapon, composed of Shining R.A. in four different colors (red, green, purple and yellow), each one free with purchases at four stores on September 29.


Pack-in Arms Microns

The Arms Microns are the primary gimmick of the Japanese Prime toyline. All Deluxe-and-up releases come with their own Arms Micron, which replaces the accessories from the Hasbro versions (when applicable). Most of the toys have been retooled to add more 5mm post-holes for the Microns to attach to. Each Micron transforms into a weapon, typically modeled after the character's in-show weapon (with exceptions for non-show and repeat characters), and feature numerous 5mm posts and holes, allowing you to combine them together to create larger and more ridiculous weapons. (See "Arms Up" below for more information on combined Arms Micron weapons.)

However, each Micron comes out of the package as an unpainted, unassembled series of parts on plastic runners like a model kit, requiring stickers for detailing. Whether you consider this a good or a bad thing depends on how much work you like putting into your toys.

The Autobot Microns all transform from weapons to humanoid robots. Their names are one-or-two-syllable contractions of their larger partner's names. The Decepticon Microns, however, all transform from weapons to one-eyed animalistic robots, with names based on their animal-form, again crunched to two(ish) syllables, with some slight changes to consonants.

Released toys
Upcoming releases
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

There are a few gaps in the numbering. It seems likely that the new-character AMW Microns (see below) are meant to fill those three-wide gaps; Gabu, Baru and Dai at M-18, 19 and 20 (respectively), and Pral, Sais and Jayz at M-23, 24 and 25 (respectively).


Gacha Arms Microns

A completely new set of molds were created for a set of Arms Microns distributed mainly through Gacha-branded "capsule toy" machines. Oddly, they contain a mix of Micron versions of larger show characters (for lack of information or a better explanation, this wiki is treating them as new characters) and entirely-new bestial Decepticon Microns.

Vol.1

Wave 1 began appearing in early June of 2012. The toys were also later made available in individual boxes through the Arms Micron Gum series (released on August 20 of 2012), though at a slight markup.


Vol.2

Wave 2 appeared in late August of 2012.


Vol.3
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.


AMW Series

The Arms Micron Weapon Series (aka "AMW series") is a secondary line of individually-packaged Arms Microns sold without any larger companion figure. These vary between entirely new molds and redecoes of partner Microns. They're still unassembled, unpainted kits requiring stickers for deco. They come in identical clear-plastic bags with adhesive flaps, with the assembly instructions printed on the cardboard backer inside.

Released toys
Upcoming toys
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

"Arms Up"

The main gimmick of the Arms Microns is their combination ability, both with larger toys and each other.

Simply attaching an Arms Micron to a larger toy produces an Arms Up Mode. Every AM-series larger robot has at least one specifically-named Arms Up Mode, depicted on their packaging back, utilizing multiple Arms Microns.

Energon Crystals

Every Arms Micron (well, every one that was specifically designed for the Prime toyline, at least) has a socket made for a clear-plastic "Energon Crystal", laid over a small foil sticker showing the Micron's allegiance. They come in a broad variety of colors, and in three different shapes:

Color Type AP (Attack Points, hexagon) HP (Hit Points, trapezoid) SP (Speed Points, circle)
Light Blue Pure O.P. R.A. B.2
Bright Salmon Fast C.L. B.H. Arc
Clear Natural Zamu Gora Igu
Amber Mad Balo Gra
Bright Green Power Ida Jida Noji
Purple Dark Gul Gora II Zori
Red Fake Dark Shadow Balo, Shadow C.L. Shadow Gora, Shadow R.A.
Orange Hard Bumblebee Sword Bulkhead Knuckle Optimus Prime Blaster
Yellow Shine Dado Gob Zad
Frosted Clear Rock/Titan Hades Hades Hades
Yellow-orange Electro Baru Gabu Dai
Aqua-Green Gōsei ("Synthesis") Hellflame Zamu Hellflame Jida Hellflame Noji
Green Ion Hellflame Gul Terrorcon Zori
Smoke Magne Sou
Blue Positro Jayz Sais Pral
Burgundy Cure Arcee Blade
Dark Green Poison Megatron Cannon
White Ice Bogu
Pink Shield Iro
  1. ↑ Figure-Ō magazine, March 2012
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