Eldedroid

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Eldedroids are Autobot drone warriors from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Now Daniel can have his revenge for all the times you made fun of him.

Emerging as an outgrowth of Transtector technology revisited during the development of Power Core Combination, Eldedroids (エルデドロイド Erudedoroido) are mass-produced drone warriors cast in the image of Optimus Prime, designed by Wheeljack and Ga'mede to take down opponents psychologically as well as physically.

Reproducing not only Prime's appearance but his energy-absorbing black body coating, the twenty-one Eldedroids are essentially mindless units controlled by an outside consciousness. The majority of them are under the command of Flip Sides, but at least one has been programmed with its own artificial intelligence, based on the brain patterns of Daniel Witwicky.

Fiction

Japanese cartoon continuity

United EX

In 2035, the idea of sparkless Transformer bodies—originally explored by the Transformers of planet Master as part of their Transtector program—was revisited by the Autobots and humanity as part of their joint development of Power Core Combination technology. Among the creations of the project was "Assaultmaster", the brainchild of Wheeljack: a new body capable of interfacing with Power Core drones which would serve as a spare frame that Optimus Prime himself could transfer his spark into, rather than have to undergo a total body upgrade like the other participants in the program. When the Decepticons began stealing the technology, however, Assaultmaster was put to a different use: using an interface exoskeleton, the Autobot's human ally Clouder—already well versed in the finer points of controlling a Transformer after his time as a Godmaster—took control of the drone and piloted it into battle along a team of four Assault Drones. While exploring the cave believed to be their enemies' base, however, he lost control of Assaultmaster to the mysterious bodliess Decepticon High Regent Scrash, who desired to use the body as his own. Clouder set Assaultmaster's internal Immobilizer unit to overload, rather than let the body fall into Scrash's hands. Hope for the Next Generation

E-Hobby pack-in comics

Years later, when the Decepticons fell under the command of Galvatron and began staging more and more aggressive energy raids, the need for more warriors prompted Wheeljack to revisit the idea of sparkless duplicates of Optimus Prime. With help from Ga'mede, he mass produced twenty-one "Eldedroids", this time replicating Prime's famous appearance, decked out in the black, grey and teal of Assaultmaster.<ref>Masterpiece Convoy Black Ver. on-package bio</ref>

When a series of human shipping vessels were sunk by mysterious biomechanical raiders, the Autobots suspected Decepticon involvement and traced the movement of the beasts back to an undersea Decepticon headquarters. A team including the Eldedroid controlled by Dan was dispatched to the base, where the psychological effect of the Eldedroid's appearance was in full effect, terrifying Hook and Bonecrusher and allowing Dan to take them down quickly. Interrogating the two Decepticons, the Autobots discovered that the Decepticons had created the sea monsters, but that the creatures had turned on them and trapped them inside the base.

Venturing further into the base, Dan discovered the whole operation was being overseen by none other than Megatron, who had recently been deposed as leader of the Decepticons by Galvatron. With his opponent unarmed, Dan chose to face Megatron in hand-to-hand combat, as he believed that shooting an unarmed enemy was not "Prime's way". Megatron proceeded to mop the floor with Dan's Eldedroid, though Dan felt no pain through his mechanical body. Dan put on his best Optimus Prime impression, though Megatron immediately saw through the ruse and realized it was not his eternal foe with whom he was actually duking it out. No longer amused, Megatron informed Dan that he'd be leaving responsibility for dealing with the base and the monsters in the Autobots' hands, at which point one of the giant creatures burst into the room. MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.

The creature managed to string Dan's Eldedroid up by its tentacles and began draining the life from him. Sideswipe, Warpath and Cliffjumper found him, but remarked that he was almost dead. MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver.

Toys

Masterpiece

A redeco of 20th Anniversary/Masterpiece Optimus Prime, "Convoy Black Version" sports the traditional black, grey, teal and red "Nemesis Prime" color scheme, despite not actually being an evil character. The toy is exceptionally poseable, partially constructed from die-cast metal, features rubber tires and vacuum-metalized plastic, and is heavily detailed, with sliding pistons in its joints and working, spring-loaded suspension in vehicle mode. The figure also contains multiple non-intrusive gimmicks, such as a moving mouthplate, flip-up communications panels on the forearms, and an opening Matrix chamber in the chest that lights up with a red LED and contains a removable, purple vacuum-metalized Matrix of Leadership, which can also be pulled open to reveal the red crystal at its center.
Other accessories are his traditional ion blaster, a transparent red energon-axe that plugs into either wrist when the toy's fist is retracted, a non-transforming gun-mode Megatron weapon with removable stock, silencer and scope accessories, and a fold-up cardboard trailer to "complete" the figure's vehicle mode.
Like all the Japanese versions of this mold, Convoy Black features different images on his communicators than all other releases. In his case he features Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime.
The version of this figure released through e-HOBBY included an exclusive comic by Naoto Sakai and Hidetsugu Yoshioka, while non-e-Hobby releases came with a metal nameplate inside a black velvet pouch.

United EX

  • Assaultmaster Prime Mode (11-17-2012)
    • ID number: EX-07
    • Accessories: Sentinel Drone, Guardian Drone, Alpha Drone, Zeta Drone
Assaultmaster is a redeco of the Power Core Combiners Huffer toy, transforming into a long-nosed truck. He can also assume a "Prime Mode" where he becomes the torso of a super robot, capable of using any auto-transforming Power Core Combiner drone-machine molds for limbs.
He comes with the Assault Drones, redecos of the Power Core Combiners Destron drones, which were in turn redecoes of a selection of drones from the Combaticons and Aerialbots. Each one has a square socket for a Power Core Combiner connection; when attached via the blue plugs on a Commander figure, the drones automatically transform into a super-robot limb, and snap back to vehicle mode when disconnected. Despite the universal connector, each drone can only form one limb type (but can be swapped from left to right):
  • Sentinel Drone (missile carrier) — Arm (Assaultmaster's right)
  • Guardian Drone (spy plane) — Arm (Assaultmaster's left)
  • Alpha Drone (attack helicopter) — Leg (Assaultmaster's right)
  • Zeta Drone (armored car) — Leg (Assaultmaster's left)
In keeping with Assaultmaster's role as a spare body for Optimus Prime, the drones are all named after other Primes: Sentinel Prime, Guardian Prime, Alpha Prime and Zeta Prime.

References

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