Gammatron (Micronauts)
Gammatron is a fictional character from the Micronauts series introduced in 1978.
Micronauts
Development
Gammatron was released by Mego in 1978. He was also released by Airfix.
Advertising for the Trons refereed to them as "The robot clowns."[1]
In 2018 several parts for Gammatron 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.
After Marvel Comics lost the license to Micronauts they never appeared again in the Marvel Universe.
Commercials
Alphatron, Betatron and Gammatron appeared together in a 1979 Mego toy commercial.[2]
Toys
- Mego Micronauts Gammatron (1978)
- A 1:18 scale robot toy by Mego.
- Hasbro Revolution (2017)
- A box set of figures appearing in the Hasbro stories by IDW Publishing comics.
- Includes tiny figurines of classic characters of Acroyear, Baron Karza and Biotron. There is an Antron called Xant, a female Space Glider named Phenelo-Phi, a Time Traveler named Quin-Tillus and new characters using the classic Micronauts names Oberon, Betatron and Gammatron.