Kraken

Krakens are Decepticons from the Super-God Masterforce portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

"Oh, no! Tristan, you said the forbidden word!"

Krakens (クラーケン Kurāken) are devoid of sentience, like all the Seacons commanded by Turtler, serving only as mindless mass-produced drone warriors designed to overwhelm their opponents by numbers. Among the legions of Seacons, the Krakens are the fastest swimmers, able to tear through the oceans at over 200 knots, and can fly through the air just as easily.

The Krakens can combine with their fellow Seacons to form King Poseidon.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Super-God Masterforce cartoon

'Ello, beastie.

A swarm of Krakens accompanied Decepticon Pretender Blood when he attacked the chartered aircraft carrying the prize-winning biologist, Professor Blanieux. Autobot Pretenders Metalhawk and Phoenix were also on board and engaged the villains in a dogfight, successfully destroying the Seacons and forcing Blood to flee. Kidnapping!? The Targeted Jumbo Jet A Kraken later attacked the Autobot Headmaster Juniors in America, but was dispatched by Diver, Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules and a huge swarm of the creatures accompanied the Decepticon Pretenders on a mission to disrupt the natural balance of Africa's wildlife. Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!

With the debut of the Seacon commander Turtler on the battlefield, at least one Kraken would usually be present in order to combine with its leader as the left arm of the giant King Poseidon. The Seacon combiner battled Autobot Godmaster Ginrai on an island off the coast of America Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai and in Canada, Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter but they didn't even get the chance to combine during a clash in the French village of Dagneux. Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen

DEATH FROM ABO... Wait what?

Krakens were among the swarms of Seacons that besieged British Motors alongside Hydra and Buster and were destroyed by the Autobot Godmasters, Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot and vast numbers of them attacked Lightfoot in the waters off the coast of Australia when the Autobot investigated the Decepticons' activities in the area. Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts Numerous Krakens later joined in the Decepticons' all-out assault on the Autobot headquarters, tearing their way into the base and destroying it from within. Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes

Subsequently, a Kraken was always handy for the formation of King Poseidon, inside Decepticon Base, God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base in a battle on its roof, The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform in the Grand Canyon, Autobots! Desperate Attack!! and in the Alps, where the Seacons had their final battle with Ginrai, and were once again defeated and destroyed. Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z Whether or not any Krakens remained on Earth following the destruction of Decepticon emperor Devil Z and the departure of most of the Transformers from the planet is unknown. A Battle... and Then...

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Generations Selects Special Comic

In 2020, Kraken lay deactivated after King Poseidon's final defeat at the hands of God Ginrai. Seacons comic 5

Upon traveling to the Precursor World, Turtler rebuilt his supply of Seacon drones using Angolmois Energy. Kraken and Lobclaw drones were deployed during a battle over the Silver Matrix with Optimus Prime, with one of each forming replacement limbs for King Poseidon. Seacons comic 4 Prime struck the King hard enough to make them break apart, and the Seacons dropped down to the Blue Planet. Regrouping in the seas, a full compliment of Seacons displayed their new robot modes before recombining as King Poseidon. Seacons comic 5

King Poseidon later assembled an army of Seacons to battle Ultra Megatron Omega, but it proved fruitless. Super Megatron comic 2

In time, Turtler felt appreciated by the Beast People of the Blue Planet, and assumed the role of their benevolent "king" and protector. He directed his Seacons to defend the beasts when their world was threatened by Primus's machinations. Finale Prelude

Zone cartoon

Years after the Masterforce War, the Seacons, including one Kraken, were recruited by the supernatural new Emperor of Destruction Violengiguar. Although they never appeared in their individual forms, as King Poseidon, they attacked Earth in search of the Zodiac and were destroyed by the new Autobot Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas. Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!

Comic continuity

Super-God Masterforce comic

The only recorded appearance of a Kraken was when the Decepticons attempted to dupe the Autobots with holographic images of legendary Decepticons of years past. Never seen individually, it appeared already joined with its fellow Seacons as King Poseidon for an attack on the Autobots, only to be defeated by the new-born Super Ginrai. Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!

Zone comic and story pages

The Seacons, including a Kraken, were recruited by the supernatural new Emperor of Destruction Violengiguar. Appearing only in their combined form of King Poseidon, the team battled the Autobots on the planet Wall, Zone story page #3 and were later defeated by the new Autobot commander Dai Atlas when they attacked Earth in search of the Zodiac. Zone It is unclear if the Seacons survived their clash with Dai Atlas; they did not reappear, suggesting they may have been destroyed, but Predaking and Trypticon, who were also blasted by Dai Atlas, were both shown to have survived the experience. Zone story page #6

Toys

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• Clerken [sic] (Seacon, 1988)

• ID number: D-314
• Accessories: Left & right "Laser Guns", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base

Released in the fourth year of Takara's Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers line under the Super-God Masterforce banner, Seacon "Clerken" (as his name is misspelled on-package) is identical to the Hasbro-released Seawing, transforming into robotic manta ray-monster. The figure is armed with two winged black laser guns, which can mount under its wings in beast mode.

The guns also snap together to form the double-barrel of Kraken's third mode, an artillery emplacement that mounts on top of a stand formed from three individual components. The central piece of this stand, the "Tripod Rifle", can also be wielded as a weapon by robot-mode Kraken.

Kraken can also transform into either an arm or leg compatible with any "Scramble City"-style combiner, though his nominal placement is as the left arm to King Poseidon; thanks to Poseidon's unique fists, Kraken's artillery mode can also be used as a hand-held weapon by the Seacon super robot.

• More information on Kraken (well, Seawing) at TFU.info

• Kingposeidon [sic] (Gift set, 1988)

• ID number: D-318
• Accessories: Left & right "Laser Guns", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base

Kraken was sold both as an individual, and in a large King Posiedon box set. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

Unlike the Hasbro Seacon box-set, which excludes Nautilator, the King Poseidon set comes with all six members of the team: Turtler, Gulf, |Kraken, Lobclaw, Overbite, and Tentakil.

Generations Selects

Release the Kraken...in the U.S. please.

• Seacons Kraken (Deluxe, 2020)

• Release date: February 29, 2020
• Hasbro ID number: TT-GS02
• Accessories: 2 pistols, cleaver, combiner hand/gun mode handle, hand gap filler/gun, laser blaster.

A TakaraTomy-initiated addition to the Generations Selects series, "Seacons Kraken" is an extensive retooling of Power of the Primes Deluxe Class Terrorcon Cutthroat (itself an extensive retool of Deluxe Class Dinobot Swoop), transforming from a robotic manta ray-monster to a robot.

Just as with his original toy, he is able to form any limb for any Combiner Wars-style super robot, with his nominal place as the left arm to King Poseidon, plus he also retains his artillery mode, which can again be used as a hand-held cannon by compatible combiners. Like the other Generations Selects Seacons, KRaken has newly-tooled combiner hands with individually-posable fingers, which also form the base of the Targetmaster-style gun mode, with the handle being a Combiner Wars styled port that plugs in to the hand provided in this set. The hand can be plugged into the back of the tail in beast mode, or as the back of the feet in the combined mode, whilst Turtler's feet components are at the front. He also has a new weird multi-bladed scyther/cleaver thing, which combines with the other Seacons' melee weapons to form King Poseidon's oversized trident-sword.

Kraken was released as a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive in Japan, as part of the second of three mini-waves of Seacons alongside Lobclaw. The Seacons were also available via Hasbro Pulse in the U.S. and Canada.

This mold was later redecoed to make Terrormander.

Merchandise

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• King Poseidon Set B (1988)
  • Accessories: Blaster

Released as part of the series 10 lineup of Kabaya candy kits, Kraken was available in as set along with fellow Seacons Gulf, Lobclaw, and Tentakil. Despite being a snap-together model kit, it is functionally a downsized version of the larger toy, retaining the combining functions. Since the kit is gang molded with the other Seacons, some of the plastic colors are a bit off. Common among Kabaya kits, he relies on stickers for added detail.

Kraken can become an arm, leg, or cannon for King Poseidon.

• Kraken (2015)
  • Accessories: Blasters, King Poseidon fist

Part of the tenth wave of Kabaya's standard snap together kits, Kraken can transform from monstrous legged manta ray to robot, though you need to partsform his robot legs to do so. He can combine with the concurrently released Seacons to create King Poseidon.

Kraken and the other Seacons are compatible with the Gaia Scramble combiner limbs released a few years prior.

Notes

Either turned into stone by Medusa's glare or killed by undead pirates.

• None of the Masterforce Seacons were ever depicted in robot mode in the cartoon or manga. Until the Generations Selects manga in 2020, the toy's package art is the only known "fictional" depiction of a Kraken in robot mode.
• Kraken is, of course, also the name for the mythological, octopus-like creature of Scandinavian origin. Very early on, it was also described as crab-like or with whale-like traits, so what the heck, now we've got a manta ray edition.

Foreign names

• English: Seawing (Shout! Factory sub)
• Mandarin: Hǎi Mó Yì (China, 海魔翼, "Sea Devil Wing")