Prime Saber's Transformers: Zone Page
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Updates:
For items in the updates, search this page using the corresponding dates.
- 10/11/00:
Added Evan Johns'
pictures
of his Metrotitan, Metrobomb, Metrodash, Metroshot, and Metrotank
with stickers applied.
- 9/29/00:
Added Doug Dlin's English translation of the Japanese specs and information
for
Roadfire
and
Metrotitan.
- 9/27/00:
Added a link to Evan Johns' contribution of pictures for the Dai Atlas
later Brave series rerelease figure
White Dragon.
- 9/17/00:
Corrected the length of Big Powered's superjet mode.
- 9/7/00:
Thanks to Evan Johns for contributing great
pictures
of his Metrotitan, Metrobomb, Metrodash, Metroshot, and Metrotank.
For past updates, click
here.
The Zone series involves some Destrons revived by the main villain
Violenjiger to get the Zodiac energy and defeat the Cybertrons led
by Dai Atlas to stop them.
Links to scans of the
catalogs
can be found at the bottom of the page.
Click on a link here to go directly to an entry, or scroll down:
Dai Atlas, Sonic Bomber, Roadfire,
and Big Powered
Destron generals
Metrotitan
Victory Saber, Galaxy Shuttle, the Micromasters, and
the rest of the Cybertrons
Violenjiger
Dai Atlas, Sonic Bomber, Roadfire,
and Big Powered
Dai Atlas, also called Dai-Atlas and Dai Atlus,
is the main Cybertron character in this series, which unfortunately
consists only of a half-hour OVA (original video animation) episode and
stories in the Japanese publication TV Magazine. That episode was
the last new animated Transformers show until Beast Wars.
A Powered Master, Dai Atlas can transform into a base, jet, drill tank, and a robot.
His legs contain a motor, powered by a pair of AA batteries under each front
orange leg cover, that can move him forward or backward in jet, drill tank,
or robot modes, or move Micromasters along the rubber treads down a ramp in
his base mode.
Dai Atlas can combine with two other Cybertron Powered Masters, Sonic Bomber
and Roadfire, to form a giant jet or base (but not a single robot) called
Big Powered. All of his motorized capabilities still work in this combined
form, making one giant rolling vehicle.
Here (107K, figure, 9/4/98)
is a picture I found of all three of them in various modes and of their
combined base and jet modes.
In order from left to right in the picture are Roadfire,
Dai Atlas, and Sonic Bomber in their robot modes. The order is the same for
their base modes. In the central row with their vehicle modes, Sonic Bomber
is the black jet, Dai Atlas is the mostly white jet/drill tank, and Roadfire
is the red and black artillery unit. Each of them has a Micromaster included.
In the Zone OVA, after Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber had recovered a still functioning
Victory Saber
from an exploding planet, they fought against the
Destron generals,
killing several of them. Victory Saber passed on leadership to Dai Atlas at
the end of the OVA in an auditorium of Micromasters and larger Cybertrons up
on the stage.
Below are my pictures of my Big Powered figures, which I bought from the
previous owner in Singapore and refurbished:
Individual figures
- Dai Atlas, Sonic Bomber, Roadfire, and
their three Micromasters
(31K, figure, 12/18/99).
All are in vehicle modes.
- Left front view of all six in robot mode
(58K, figure, 12/18/99).
Speeder, Dai Atlas' white Micromaster, is atop a battle platform formed from
Dai Atlas' shield topped with a gun. Dai Atlas' blue lower torso flap should
have been closed up, by the way. ^_^;
- Right front view of above
(32K, figure, 12/18/99).
- Left back view of above
(22K, figure, 12/18/99).
- Left front view of Dai Atlas holding his shield
(14K, figure, 12/18/99).
- Closer upper body view of above
(15K, figure, 12/18/99).
- Front view of Dai Atlas' head
(30K, figure, 12/18/99).
His topmost antenna is big. The side antennae are smaller than shown in the
Zone OVA episode so they can fit in between his feet in his vehicle modes.
- Left front view of above
(30K, figure, 12/18/99).
- Left side view
(30K, figure, 12/18/99).
As you can see, Dai Atlas is a 'conehead' like the original Starscream and the
other Decepticon jets. ;)
- Right front view of Dai Atlas' jet mode
(16K, figure, 12/18/99).
- Front view of Sonic Bomber's robot mode
(49K, figure, 12/18/99).
- Close view of Sonic Bomber's head
(28K, figure, 12/18/99).
- Left front view of Roadfire's robot mode
(37K, figure, 12/18/99).
- Close view of Roadfire's head
(31K, figure, 12/18/99).
- The three Micromasters in robot mode
(40K, figure, 12/18/99).
From left to right are Drillbuster (for Roadfire), Speeder (for Dai Atlas),
and Sonic (for Sonic Bomber). All have little included Autobot/Cybertron
stickers.
- Speeder's futuristic car mode
(14K, figure, 12/18/99).
This looks similar to Detour of the Decepticon Sports Car Patrol, but Speeder
has the same width throughout (as opposed to Detour's curve inwards at the doors),
a straighter front bumper, and different etched lines.
- Sonic's Porsche car mode
(15K, figure, 12/18/99).
The blue windows are included stickers.
- Drillbuster's tank mode
(19K, figure, 12/18/99).
Superjet mode
Note: The topmost double-barrel orange gun seen in the first three pictures
actually does not belong to this set. The gun isn't the same as the
one in the other pictures.
- Right front view
(23K, figure, 12/18/99).
- Above front view
(23K, figure, 12/18/99).
Contains some details especially on the black Sonic Bomber portion.
The orange side cannons can be rotated back into the jet itself for
a more streamlined look if desired.
- Front view
(17K, figure, 12/18/99).
No one should get in the way of this jet. ;)
- Left front above view
(18K, figure, 12/18/99).
- Right side view
(16K, figure, 12/18/99).
Here you can see how the three members fit together. Roadfire slides in backwards,
has his front part removed and attached to his upraised red legs, has Dai Atlas'
wings attached to his sides and Dai Atlas' fin to his top. Dai Atlas' black
and grey drill nosecone comes off so Sonic Bomber can fit onto him.
- Aerial view
(107K, figure, 12/18/99).
At about 19 inches (about 48 cm) long from nosecone to the black edge of the wings,
Big Powered is one really big powered jet, just an inch longer than Victory
Saber's own superjet mode. ^_^
Superbase mode
- Left front view
(50K, figure, 12/18/99).
Looking up from the Sonic Bomber end, you can see the orange ramp leading up to
Dai Atlas. That ramp is held in place by rotating the legs/towers around it.
Another orange ramp from Dai Atlas can be seen going out to Roadfire, held in
place by a pair of white sidings on Roadfire's shoulders. Speeder, Dai Atlas'
white Micromaster, is manning the orange double-barreled gun atop a blue circular
platform, which spins around and around when the battery-powered motor is turned
on, making it look like Speeder is blitzing the area. ^_^
- Right front view
(40K, figure, 12/18/99).
Here you can see the orange part (beneath the big blue gun) from which a
Micromaster can be launched.
- Right back view
(51K, figure, 12/18/99).
Probably my clearest picture. You can see all the ramps, including the little
orange ones used to hold Micromasters until you want to lift the ramps to send
them down onto the motorized rubber treads and down the blue ramps. Dai Atlas'
wings serve as ramps too, so they have the bent shape as seen.
- Left back view
(20K, figure, 12/18/99).
Dai Atlas' blue sides hold up the rear end, as do his arms. If you can,
see Dai Atlas' face on the underside below the nosecone/tower tip.
- Above front view
(17K, figure, 12/18/99).
Below is an English translation of Roadfire's specs card and his tech specs
bar graph card, respectively, by Doug Dlin
([email protected]):
ROAD FIRE Powered Master
Function: Defense Officer
Transformation: Tank, Base
Abilities: A Powered Master like Dai-Atlas, his strength in land
battles is surpassed only by his leader's. Can combine
with Dai-Atlas and transform into Land Powered mode. Blows
away his enemies with his Burst Cannon.
Weapon(s): Burst Cannon
Str Int Spd End Rnk Crg Frp Skl
10 9 9 10 9 10 10 10
White Dragon:
Also known as Goryu, which is Japanese for Rolling Dragon, the Korean
renamed and recolored rerelease of Dai Atlas is a villain in the
1993 Brave series called Brave Express Might Gaine.
To see pictures of him contributed by Evan Johns, go
here.
Destron generals
In this series the only major opponents are the nine Destron gestalts and giants,
who are trying to find an energy item called the Zodiac for
Violenjiger.
The ones seen from left to right in the picture above from the Zone OVA are
Menasor, Abominus, Devastar (Devastator), Dinosaurer (Trypticon), Overlord,
and King Poseidon (Piranacon). Others not seen in this picture are Bruticus,
Predaking, and Black Zarak, but all of them can be seen at
JTF Online.
Overlord, Black Zarak, and King Poseidon were from the
Masterforce series.
Everyone else was last seen in the
Headmasters series.
Overlord, last seen in a major role in the
Masterforce series
and in a short flashback in the Victory series, led them in the beginning of the
Zone OVA when they attacked a planet which has giant trees in their search for
the Zodiac. The destruction of the planet severely injured the Cybertron leader
Victory Saber.
After bringing him back for repairs,
Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber went off after the Destrons.
Some of them were obliterated in the Zone OVA. Devastator was engulfed in lava
while fighting with Dai Atlas underground (which ironically returned the
Constructicons to caves from which the original Megatron had their Earth
bodies built). Dinosaurer (Trypticon) and King Poseidon (Piranacon) were
obliterated by massive firepower by both Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber in their
base modes after taking away the Zodiac from Dinosaurer and becoming energized by it.
The retreating Predaking was sliced in half lengthwise by Dai Atlas using his
Z-shaped wing/sword while riding on Sonic Bomber. (Curiously, when Predaking's head
was sliced open, it revealed a biological brain.)
Metrotitan
Metrotitan serves as the Destron base in the Zone series. He is the only
major Destron figure released for the series, with the Micromaster Race Track
Patrol members as the only other Destrons. He is a recolor of the original
Autobot figure Metroplex. He comes with the Micromaster Metrobomb, an orange
car Transformer who is a recolor of Skystalker's car, along with recolors of
Metroplex's original partners. Metrodash is a red version of the black car
and robot Scamper, Metrotank is a blue version of the white tank and tower
Slammer, and Metroshot is a recolor of Six-Gun.
Here (36K, figure, 11/24/98)
is a picture I found of the partners along with Metrotitan in his base,
battlestation, and robot modes from the back of his box. The front of his
box is
here. (26K, figure, 8/10/99).
Evan Johns
([email protected])
snapped some digital camera pictures of his Metrotitan figure and
all of his partners. Thanks to him for contributing them, here are
those pictures in their 1024x768 size (note: not all stickers are
applied):
- Battlestation mode,
upper front view
(225K, figure, 9/7/00).
To the right are Metrodash, Metrobomb, and Metrotank.
- Metrobomb and Metrodash
(112K, figure, 9/7/00).
- Metrotitan's lackeys
(186K, figure, 9/7/00).
All are in robot modes except for Metrotank, who doesn't have one.
From left to right in the back are Metrodash, Metroshot, and Metrotank.
Metrobomb is in front, his black color replacing the purple color
on the Skystalker car.
- Base/city mode,
upper front view
(296K, figure, 9/7/00).
Its blue color and yellow city lights are similar to Brave Maximus'
from the later Car Robots series.
- Robot mode, front view
(179K, figure, 9/7/00).
- Close view of his
upper body and head
(117K, figure, 9/7/00).
Yes, he is definitely a Destron/Decepticon. :)
Evan Johns
([email protected])
snapped some more pictures with the missing stickers applied at last:
LATEST
- Upper part of base/city mode
(179K, figure, 10/11/00).
- Upper front view of base/city mode
(187K, figure, 10/11/00).
- Vehicle modes of Metrotitan
and his three lackeys
(172K, figure, 10/11/00).
Each lackey has a Decepticon/Destron sticker.
- Upper view of the above
vehicle modes
(118K, figure, 10/11/00).
- Lackeys' robot modes
(115K, figure, 10/11/00).
- Lackeys' vehicle modes
(68K, figure, 10/11/00).
- Front view of Metrotitan's robot mode
(101K, figure, 10/11/00).
- Upper body of Metrotitan's robot mode
(168K, figure, 10/11/00).
The following is an English translation of Metrotitan's specs card
and his tech specs bar graph card, respectively,
by Doug Dlin
([email protected]):
METROTITAN Decepticon
Function: Destron Commander
Transformation: Large Fortress Base, Mobile Fortress
Abilities: Even with only Metrobomb and the three other Destrons
working directly under him, he is more than a match for the
entire Cybertron team. As might be expected, his power is
incalculable.
Weapon(s): Massively powerful weapons of destruction all over his
body.
Str Int Spd End Rnk Crg Frp Skl
10 9 8 10 10 10 10 7
Victory Saber, Galaxy Shuttle, the Micromasters, and
the rest of the Cybertrons
Last seen in the Victory series, Victory Saber and Galaxy Shuttle arrived to
find the
Destron generals
destroying a planet and evacuated the inhabitants, including Akira and his pet bunny
Emusa. However, Victory Saber didn't get away from the planet like Galaxy Shuttle
did with the inhabitants before it exploded, leaving the Micromaster
Rescue Patrol Team aboard Galaxy Shuttle in tears.
Luckily he was recovered, still functional, by
Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber.
He transferred leadership of the Cybertrons to Dai Atlas at the end of the Zone OVA.
Violenjiger
Violenjiger (or whatever variation on this spelling there is) is the leader of the
Destron generals
in this series, while Overlord is their commander.
Violenjiger is actually formed from three beings which are robotic
insects in nature, though his three faces switching at one point in the
Zone OVA is very reminiscent of what the tentacled five-face Quintessons
used to do. Unlike the Quintessons, though, Violenjiger is definitely sinister.
In the OVA itself he ordered the Destrons to seek out the Zodiac energy crystal,
but that was thwarted when Dai Atlas took it from the Destrons.
In the continuation of the OVA story in TV Magazine,
when he himself was first defeated by the three Cybertrons
Dai Atlas, Sonic Bomber, and Roadfire,
Violenjiger returned as a phoenix formed from the dead Destrons' spirits,
but was destroyed by Big Powered, the combination of the three Cybertrons,
in the end.
Here are some pictures of Violenjiger from the series:
CATALOGS:
Where to go from here:
For some web sites which focus on the original Japanese Transformers, click
here
to access them.
Email:
Dai Atlas, also called Dai-Atlas and Dai Atlus,
is the main Cybertron character in this series, which unfortunately
consists only of a half-hour OVA (original video animation) episode and
stories in the Japanese publication TV Magazine. That episode was
the last new animated Transformers show until Beast Wars.
