King Atlas
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- King Atlas is a Combatronian Autobot from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family (via the 2003 Universe series).
King Atlas is a colossal Autobot, once the commander of the army of Combatron, who now fights alongside Optimus Primal against the hordes of Unicron.
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Fiction
3H and Fun Publications comics
King Atlas was the commander of the Transformer army based on the planet Combatron, stationed as part of the efforts to construct a galaxy-wide Space Bridge. Long ago, he inexplicably vanished, and the result was an endless planetary civil war all across Combatron. Force of Habit
When Trailbreaker and Silverbolt cut the security systems that kept Unicron's prisoners in their cells, King Atlas was part of the swarm of Cybertronians who made their escape. Escape Following his escape he joined Optimus Primal and the Children of Primus in battling Unicron's minions in what would become known as the Universe War. Homecoming
King Atlas would later team up with Depth Charge to set up an underground network to free Unicron's captives from the Cauldron. Universe Depth Charge profile
At what would be the end of the Universe conflict, Optimus Primal led his Children of Primus against the Minions of Unicron within Unicron himself. Unicron began falling apart beneath them, and so King Atlas and the others were forced to escape. King Atlas grabbed Trailbreaker and Roulette, intending to carry them to safety through a dimensional portal presumably leading back to Primal's technorganic Cybertron. Revelations Part 2
King Atlas and Sentinel Maximus later replaced Rodimus and Magnaboss as Matrix Templars. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/18
Ask Vector Prime
In Aurex 1104.30-JM Zeta, it was Whirl rather than King Atlas who was abducted by Unicron to fight in the Cauldron. Thus, King Atlas survived to the present day to lead his forces in aid of the Autobots during the hunt for the Omega Lock. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/23
Toys
Universe (2003)
- King Atlas (Ultra, 2004)
- Takara release date: May ??, 2004
- Accessories: 6 missiles
- Known designers: Aaron Archer (Hasbro), Marcelo Matere (packaging artist)
- Part of "wave 2.5" of Universe Ultras, King Atlas is a redeco of the Generation 1 Decepticon Predator Skyquake, transforming into a pretty much made-up jet based (loosely) on the Blackbird recon plane. Like the other U.S. release of this mold, Machine Wars Starscream, it lacks the original spring-loaded missile launcher hand-weapon due to there being no way in hell it would pass U.S. safety testing. It does retain the "carpet bombing" gimmick in its wings, plus the light-pipe and "periscope" gimmicks.
- King Atlas received a "USA Edition" release in Takara markets in May 2004 via boutique retailer e-HOBBY. Like most USA Editions, the toy and packaging were unchanged save for a "USA Edition" sticker on the box.
Notes
- Hasbro Transformers Design Director Aaron Archer said that this figure was deliberately colored to resemble Dai Atlas. A bio written for the toy by 3H Productions would have cemented King Atlas as the same character as Dai Atlas (and thus would have made "King Atlas" the English name for Dai Atlas), but said bio was ultimately never published, leaving its canonicity in limbo. Consequently, the lack of any published bio information for the toy led "Force of Habit" to instead establish King Atlas as a distinct Unicron Trilogy character by this wiki's classification, while Dai Atlas later went on to appear in various English-language media using his original name.
- Proposed but unrealized Fun Publications BotCon exclusives included redecoes of Universe Silverbolt into Skyquake/Scrash and Dai Atlas/King Atlas.[1]
- The trademark "King Atlas" was previously used for a Micronauts villain, who was one of Baron Karza's generals.
Foreign names
- Japanese: King Atlas (キングアトラス Kingu Atorasu)