Unlike Antagatron, Protagatron was only released with one paint colour scheme and is found on both cardback versions.īoxed: Blue and gold Antagatron was sold on a blister card inside a large, window box surround featuring re-worked art of the blue and green Antagatron. The metallic silhouette was also poorly designed being completely covered by the toy and was likely redesigned cheaply with the larger, flat yellow silhouette to resolve this issue.
As what is thought to be the first release of Antagatron (green paint version) appears on the metallic design card and the silver paint second version on the flat yellow card it's reasonable to suggest that the metallic version is the first card released and the flat the second. Packaging Versions Two cardback versions were released one with a metallic design in the yellow toy silhouette and one with a larger version of the silhouette in flat yellow. So far the green version has not been sighted on the second version cardback which may support this theory.
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As the TV advertisement features the prototype versions for both Antagatron and Protagatron and in that ad the painted sections are green it's likely the green version was the initial release. In Tracker mode the unit stays in vehicle mode and when set to Attacker it pops up into a wheeled robot form requires two AA / U12 batteries.įigure Versions Antagatron was released with either green or gold painted details. The smaller unit can be set to 'Tracker' or 'Attacker' mode using the black slide switch next to the power gauge on the main robot.
The motor in the robot spins the flywheel in the smaller unit ( charging it with kinetic energy) then when the gauge shows red the button can be pressed all the way down to release the Tracker / Attacker. To use Charger Tron the smaller unit is inserted into the larger robot then you half depress the wide, chromed paddle button. The face sticker closely matches the face of the larger robot and they have no separate names so the latter could be the case.
It was never explained whether the Tracker / Attacker unit was a separate robot or an extension drone of the main larger robot. Released in 1984 by Buddy L the Charger Tron toys consist of a larger charger robot and a smaller Attacker / Tracker unit. NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, use this charger to charge a Traxxas iD equipped LiPo Battery.'Switch on Charger Tron' 'always changing re-arranging' multi-form robot duos from Buddy L.īefore I start, if you've not seen the Charger Tron TV commercial I highly recommend viewing it on YouTube, even if only for the Kraftwerk style song. Traxxas iD chargers are required to properly charge Traxxas iD LiPo Batteries. IMPORTANT NOTE: The charger is not compatible with Traxxas iD equipped LiPo Batteries.
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