Duplaflex

Duplaflex is an Zapbots City from the Generation 1 continuity family.

era: 1990

era: 1990 - This came out well. Proud of this.

era: 1990 - Another good example of the 1988 drawings were just fine and the Battle Station mode got ruined by trying to adhere strictly to perspective.

Description: The first Zapbot City, Duplaflex is one of the largest Zapbots, next to Omega Dupreme and Fortress Misslemax. He provide regular housing and transport for Zapbot and human crews during missions to various planets. With powerful force he has destroyed enemy armies and turned the tide of many battles. He does not interact much outside of robot form. His Liason Scramper provide security and awareness in City mode.

• Quote: "Bravery is the ultimate weapon."
• Transformation: City - Battle Base
• Weapons: 15 Rocket Launchers, Laser Gun, 20 Pop Out Guns, 10 Missle Launchers
• Special Weapons: Laser Rays
• Shields: Good 7 Hours
• Speed: Warp 1-10
• Armor: Heavy 60 Inches
• Communications: Radio, CB, Intercom
• Target/Tracking: Radar, Scanners
• Weakness: Slow which makes him an easy target.
• Transformer Inspiration: Metroplex
• Family: None

Fiction

Ship Crew

• Gaxator - Commander
• Ultra Attack - Commander
• Soundtrack - Communications
• Hot Shot - Navigation
• Sand - Navigation
• Rup - Security
• Iron - Security - although he would sometimes be on Fortress Misslemax as well.
• Bop - Security - later in Reboot
• Repairs - Engineering - moved over temporarily during Robot Trek series.
• Popper - Weapons
• Poppin - Strategist
• Vebox - Data Scientist
• Vision - Strategist

Behind the Scenes

Yep, Duplaflex... hey I was 14, can you blame for a dumb-ass name?

I never understood why Metroplex has only ramp and I was very much a fan of symmetry at the time. So Duplaflex basically got two ramps. I also felt like the cities really needed to be like huge! Remember two that Zapbot fortresses not only had levels that had to accommidate Gesalts (and large robots like Slipstream) but you had human levels interwoven between these. So pictures TNG Enterprise with in-between decks for trolls.

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