Astrotrain (Cloud)

Astrotrain is a Decepticon from the Cloud continuity.

Astrotrain (アストロトレイン Asutotorein) is a Decepticon who resides in Cloud World's Underground.

Toys

Classics

...and a rocket and a train and a Transformer and man it's hard work!

• Astrotrain (Deluxe, 2006)
  • Accessories: Rifle

Cloud Astrotrain was repurposed from Classics Astrotrain. Astrotrain, like much of the Classics line, is an extensive update of the original Astrotrain design based heavily upon his cartoon appearances and using modern toy engineering techniques. He still transforms into a NASA space shuttle, though there are two rather obvious locomotive front halves on the sides of the rear hull, and instead of a steam engine, his secondary vehicle mode is a Tsubame 800 bullet train. His robot mode is based heavily upon his Generation 1 cartoon animation model design, and is armed with a large purple laser rifle similar to the original toy's rifle (The side of the rifle has a Mini-Con shaped port on it, if one chooses to do it). However, purple highlights aside, his deco's color scheme is predominantly based on the original Takara toy.

A design fluke that was acknowledged on Hasbro's official Transformers website allows Astrotrain to connect to Cybertron Ultra Class Jetfire or his redecos, Cybertron Sky Shadow or Movie Jetstorm, via his landing gear. (Coincidentally, Jetfire's alternate mode is based on a Ukrainian Antonov An-225 Mriya, which was used to transport the Buran orbiter, the Soviet counterpart of the NASA Space Shuttle, on its back.)

As with most Classics toys, he has a heat-sensitive rubsign.

• More information on Classics Astrotrain at TFU.info