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| name        = Alphatron
| series      = [[Micronauts]]
| image       = [[Image:Alphatron-box.jpg|240px]]
| caption     = Mego Alphatron toy box
| first       = ''Micronauts'' volume 1 number 17 by Marvel Comics
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| species     = Robot
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| lbl1 = Japanese name
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|abilities = * [[Oxygen independence]]
* [[Shapeshifting]]
* [[Superhuman durability]]
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* [[Superhuman strength]]
|affiliation = Psycho-Man (Marvel Comics)<BR>Micronauts (IDW Publishing)
| lbl23 = Alternate mode
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|quote = "''Ready for action! I am... Alphatron.''"
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'''Alphatron''' is a [[fictional character]] from the ''[[Micronauts]]'' series introduced in 1978.

==Micronauts==
Alphatron is a robot from the Micronauts series. Among the Trons he is the yellow one and also the leader. His box calls out "unique grappling arms."

===Development===
Alphatron was released by Mego in 1978. He was also released by Airfix and Gig.

Advertising for the Trons refereed to them as "The robot clowns."<REF>http://www.battlegrip.com/from-the-world-of-the-micronauts/</REF>

In 2018 several parts for Alphatron were released on [[Shapeways]] by [[Mathew Robert Ignash]].

===Comics===
====1979 Marvel Comics====
In the Marvel Comics Micronauts stories the Trons are the minions of Psycho-Man. They first appear in issue 17.

After Marvel Comics lost the license to Micronauts they never appeared again in the Marvel Universe.

====2016 IDW Publishing====
In the IDW Publishing Micronauts stories Alphatron is the enthusiastic Tron who was built by Microtron from spare parts.

===Commercials===
Alphatron, Betatron and Gammatron appeared together in a 1979 Mego toy commercial.<REF>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qRW7qTHAXo</REF>

===Toys===
*'''''Mego Micronauts'' Alphatron''' (1978)
:A 1:18 scale robot toy by Mego.
:Alphatron shares parts with Betatron and Gammatron and was designed using numerous parts from previous figures. 
:His main body came from the Stratastation and was reused in the Monorail City. His antenna is reused from the 1977 Popy DX Voltes V.

*Several [https://cults3d.com/en/search?q=Alphatron parts for Alphatron] are available on [[Cults3d]].

===Gallery===
<gallery>
image:Micronautstoyad-marvel.jpg|Micronauts toy advertisement in Marvel Comics
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
*http://micronauts.wikia.com/wiki/Alphatron
*http://www.innerspaceonline.com/abgtrons.htm
*http://www.shelflife.net/mego-micronauts-series-3/alphatron
*http://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Tron

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