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Forest Lee and Dan Khanna( w),Forest Lee( p). Transformers: Cybertron: Balancing Act,vol.1,no.1(April 2007).IDW Publishing.

At over 27 inches tall in robot mode, 30 inches wide in planet mode, and weighing 16 pounds including his stand, War for Cybertron Trilogy Unicron is the biggest Transformers figure to date, overthrowing Titans Return Fortress Maximus. Unicron’s character illustration was sent to us along with Rodimus and the others. I was surprised with his sphere shape at first, then worried about how I should treat the ring of the planet mode… I made a mechanism prototype of about 10cm (3.9 inch) in diameter at first, and made another one after being told it should be much bigger at a presentation. I wish I was made aware of the size and price range (of each The Transformers: The Movie toy), but at that time I went ahead and made them all in the same size just to see how they would look. So the Wheelie I initially made was deluxe size. Koujin Oona (excerpt from Transformers Generations 2011 Volume 2) The original mechanism test by Koujin Oona, as seen in the “Transformers Generations 2011 Volume 2” book. The same Unicron mechansim test on display (alongside a Rodimus Prime prototype, and early prototype iterations of larger Wheelie and Rodimus Prime figures) at the Transformers Expo 2014 The massive planet mode sits on a custom stand (included) to support the approximate weight of 16lb of the Lord of Chaos. Tformers.com (2010-11-25). "First Look at Transformers Prime Screeners Review - * SPOILERS! Ahead* Transformers". Tformers.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15 . Retrieved 2012-02-16.His iconic planet-eating jaws are geared to open so the vicious Planet Eater can devour unassuming worlds. Unlike so many characters, the Transformers villain Unicron didn’t originate as an action figure. Instead, he made his debut in the 1986 animated classic, Transformers: The Movie. Serving as the film’s central antagonist, Unicorn was characterized as a sentient, planet-shaped being. To fulfill his evil plans, Unicron transformed Megatron, the Transformers’ greatest villain, into Galvetron. As Galvetron, Megatron became a puppet of Unicorn, who wound up becoming a common enemy of the Autobots and the Decepticons. Later stories touched on where Unicron came from. He insults pitiful lesser beings through his articulated mouth and grins malevolently with his movable teeth. Cybertron Supreme Class Cybertron Primus comes with Unicron's head. The head is based on Armada Unicron's, with half of the face stripped away to reveal a robotic "skull". To provide the impression of locomotion, tentacles were added to the base of the head. His face bears a greater resemblance to his on-screen appearance in Armada than the Armada toy itself, with no facial hair, a more "wrinkled" look, and thinner, rounder eyes. Meanwhile, his color scheme matches the Cybertron toy, with dark gray horns and a purple crest on his brow.

Beast-War Galba Tron was later reissued in the Korean Car Bot toyline, reassigned as a Destronger and renamed Gigatron Z.

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Transformers fans may be mere humans, inhabiting a miniscule planet hardly worth consuming, but they are some of the most passionate fans out there. That’s why HASLAB, the Hasbro Pulse crowdsourcing platform, is the place to awaken such a massive project. For a time… I considered sparing your wretched bank account. But now, you shall witness… ITS WITHDRAWAL!" Perhaps the earliest known draft of the design that would become Unicron was created by Japanese artist Takehiko Itō of Outlaw Star fame. Itō suggested using redecoes of the spherical Micro Change "Meteor Robo" toys as satellites for "Planet-Robot" in brainstorming sessions. [6]

This toy was the first and only Unicron toy with the trademark Dracula-style "collar" from the original animation model, up until the toy based directly on said animation model created roughly fifteen years later. He is also the first Unicron toy to be placed with the Decepticon faction for the purposes of marketing. Raymond, Charles Nicholas (April 27, 2023). "Who (& What) Is Unicron? Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts' Villain Explained". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on May 2, 2023 . Retrieved May 15, 2023. A second version of the figure was duly prototyped, scaling up some of the original design, and incorporating numerous new molding differences. The planetary rings now echoed the updated model sheets, following the planet’s vertical axis rather than horizontal. The colours were closer to the final model sheets as well, featuring the now-classic blue and yellow aesthetic. Hewing closer to 40 cm’s tall, had Unicron been released it would have been the biggest Transformer of the time (but ultimately would still have lost out to the towering Fortress Maximus the following year). Gone was the microphone moon, replaced instead with a new display stand for the planet mode, and a small blue shield for the robot mode. The shield covered up the yellow chest speaker area in planet mode, while the display stand could transform into a large arm mounted gun in robot mode. The shield/planet speaker cover and gun/planet stand as displayed in Unicron’s Japanese patent application. Stood next to a G1 Hot Rod figure for scale, the second Unicron prototype is displayed here with the gun/stand and shield piece. (2011 Transformers Generations book) In the Transformers: Prime storyline, Unicron (voiced by John Noble) is the source of Dark Energon, a poisonous and corruptive form of Energon with the ability to revive the dead - albeit in a mindless, zombie-like "Terrorcon" state - also known by the name "the blood of Unicron". Unicron is believed to represent the Anti-Spark (most likely a counterpart of the AllSpark). [24] Publication history [ edit ] Fun Publications [ edit ] Unicron is a fictional villain from the Transformers media franchise. Designed by Floro Dery, he was introduced in the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie [4] and has since reappeared in Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon, Transformers: Cybertron, Transformers: Prime, Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising, Transformers: The Last Knight, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, and Atari's 2004 Transformers video game. Unicron is a prodigiously large robot whose scale reaches planetary proportions, and he is also able to transform into a giant planet. Unicron's origin has expanded over the years from simply being a large robot to being a god of chaos who devours realities. He often employs the help of Decepticons in his work, and in some stories is considered part of the origin of the Decepticon forces.

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The gigantic Unicron would be our largest converting Transformers figure ever created, taking the title from our previous record-holder, Fortress Maximus.

Accessories: Damaged face plate, two chin pieces, Autobot shuttle, planet display stand, head display stand Swansburg, John., "When Orson Welles Was a Transformer", Slate, 2007-07-02, Retrieved on 2010-10-09. The toy had a minor running change where a slot and tab were added to the shoulder and wing column, respectively, to keep the rings more firmly in place in planet mode. Early publicity photos and some catalog shots also show that the two nubs on either outside edge of the shoulders were originally full-fledged spikes, dulled down for safety reasons.Debuting in Transformers: The Last Knight, the six horns of Unicron began appearing out of the Earth in response to the approach of Cybertron. Unicron is noted by Quintessa to be another name for Earth, and Optimus Prime recognizes Unicron as Cybertron's ancient enemy. Quintessa plans to drain Unicron's energy to restore the damaged Cybertron, killing life on Earth in the process. Simmons later helps Burton locate an ancient book containing details about Unicron, noting that the center-point of Unicron's horns (during the era when all of the Earth's continents formed Pangaea) is Stonehenge. Megatron and Quintessa begin draining energy from Unicron but are foiled, and later Quintessa (disguised as a human) approaches a scientist studying one of Unicron's horns to warn him not to touch the chaos-bringer and offers a way to kill him. Furman, Simon (2004). Transformers: The Ultimate Guide. DK Publishing Inc. pp.40–51. ISBN 1-4053-0461-8.