So making him the robot mode of Teletraan-1 is a kinda cool concept. The original Mainframe was a non-transforming G1 Action Master character whose bio described him as ‘a walking talking computer terminal’ rather than a regular Transformer. It also comes with some very well-known accessories, such as Sky Spy which was the probe used by The Ark and controlled by Teletraan back in the G1 cartoon, and the Golden Disks that make up a hefty portion of the plot in the Beast Wars and Kingdom cartoons. Perceptor goes to look up Femmebot pics, totally unaware that Teletraan is now Mainframe in disguise Makes for a lot of play value with your Deluxe-class Autobot figures. Transformation to the Teletraan-1 computer is basically folding out of panels to make a hollow display, but it looks the business and is infinitely cool. The figure starts off life as the bridge of The Ark (with a BIG cube of kibble underneath) but can be removed in both modes. Like The Ark, Teletraan has shown up in various media over the years but as a computer rather than a character. Teletraan-1 – the famous computer of The Ark, who was consulted episode after episode in the first two seasons of the G1 cartoon. ‘Us giant Spaceship bots got ta stick together!’ He scales very nicely with Titan-Class Omega Supreme, and one could imagine in fiction that in size they would be on par with each other. Since there are some located on each forearm it would have been great to be able to rotate them so as to blast his enemies instead of his own elbow joint. Some detractors from the robot mode are the once-again plain orange and grey colour scheme and the fact the gun ports can’t rotate. However this is a very nice looking Titan-class toy with good articulation, though no individually articulated fingers and the ratchet joints in the shoulders and arms really grind. Don’t get me wrong, the robot/transformation gimmick is cool, and it has been explained in the Kingdom Cartoon, but it still seems odd. I must admit I would have much preferred the Ark to be able to open up and become an interactive play set, much like the DOTM Ark, than turn into a robot. However these minor detractions aside, this is truly the ship we all know and love. It certainly would have helped to break up the orange to have the windows in the observation tower at the back painted blue and for there to be more colour on the internal bridge. Also disappointing is the lack of paint apps on the ship. It is covered in gun ports but sadly none of these are able to rotate. You are able to open up the front to put the tiny Optimus Prime that comes with the figure onto the bridge, which you can then see by looking through the front window. The Ark comes with different play features such as an opening loading ramp and fold down landing gear. The details on it are beautiful, if somewhat plain due to the overriding orange colour scheme. It’s very big and bulky as befits a ship that is meant to be able to carry 300 Autobots across the galaxy. It’s the legendary ship that first transported the Autobots from Cybertron to Earth. Perhaps the most recognisable ship in all of Transformers lore, The Ark has been in everything from multiple different comics to multiple different cartoon series to video games. And they’ve gotten their first transforming toy in a big way! So let’s look at, from the Kingdom line, the Titan-Class Autobot Ark with Teletraan-1. Well today we are looking at character/s, who while certainly not obscure, has never really been characters. Characters such as Greenlight and Lifeline who were non-speaking background femmebot characters from single episodes, Zetar & Chromar who were mail-away figures from 1984 that never showed up in any media, and even characters like Scrounge who appeared in a single comic 30 years previously only to die. As the years progress, we are getting more and more obscure characters from Generation 1 turn up in the Transformers Generations toyline.
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