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Operation Combination Cybertron Chaingun,
Micromaster Collection Destron Chaingun,
Micromaster Collection Berserker Chain Gun
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Universe Ro-tor Review
Chain Gun's helicopter mode is one of two components of SixWing (the other being the space shuttle Raker) that don't quite fit the Aerialbot homage in this set. Both are flying vehicles which helps them fit a little better than the clash between race & emergency vehicles in the Sixturbo set. You almost feel that perhaps Chain Gun & Raker were part of an abandoned Bruticus/Combaticon Micromaster Six combiner, like Circuit & Neo Wheel are more Menasor/Stunticons than the general Defensor/Protectorbot theme present in SixTurbo.
The gunship mode itself is an Apache helicopter, moulded in dark grey plastic, which is the same model as the western exclusive double Targetmaster Spinister. The 2 bladed rotor is a separate piece that spins.
Transform: Fold the cockpit forward 180 degrees to form the lower and reveal the upper legs. Stand. Straighten the rotor out so it's horizontal. Fold the tail down. Bend the arms up.
Robot mode as the usual block limbed Micromaster with the standard Micromaster articulation of shoulders that rotate and bending but linked hips & knees.
Chain Gun is the part that forms Sixwing's bottom/back: take Chain Gun's robot mode, fold the legs so he's in a sitting position then peg him onto the back of the legs.
If you said Micromaster Helicopter this is what you'd think of so it does the job. As a bonus it has more articulation than the similar vehicle mode Targetmaster Spinister !
Chain Gun was sold in Japan in 1992 as part of Operation Combination's TF-02 Sixwing giftset.
For the Micromaster collection release of Chain Gun he switches sides to become a Destron while becoming a mainly black colour. This version of the toy is packed with the waist & upper legs of the combined SixWing robot. Chain Gun was numbered 1 in the Six Wing Micromaster collection.
Chain Gun's Micromaster Collection Chase version is moulded entirely in white plastic with purple painted Autobot symbols. He comes with the white version of the waist & upper legs for the combined Berserk SixWing robot. Berserk Chain Gun was packed at one every 3 cases (12 toys, 2 sets of six per case) of Sixwing parts replacing a normal Micromaster Collection Chain Gun in the boxes he appeared in.
When Chain Gun was released in 2007 as part of the Universe subline he gained a new red paint scheme. He also gets a new name - Ro-tor - which was used before the Robots in Disguise Combaticon repaints. I thinks it's a pretty poor name and even worse because there's a better one for a Red Autobot Attack Helicopter - Quickstrike. Chain Gun swaps components with Missile Run so that Ro-Tor gets the chest & head of the combined Sixwing robot.
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