So Cool! Our Ally, Star Saber!

2009-04-04T11:40:39Z

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|prev=The Birth of the Super Lifeforms
|seriesissue=''[[Victory_(manga)|Transformers Victory]]'' Volume 1
|next=Great Turn-Around! Star Saber
}}
'''The Victory War begins as Star Saber and Deathsaurus face-off on Earth!'''

==Summary==
On [[Victory (planet)|Victory]], the [[Autobot|Autobots]] receive an SOS from [[Earth]]: the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] are attacking! The new [[Supreme Commander]], [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] deploys the [[Multiforce]] to battle, ordering the [[Brainmaster|Brainmasters]] to stay behind.

On Earth, the [[Dinoforce]] are laying siege to a city, eventually combining into [[Dinoking]]. Their rampage is cut short when the Multiforce [[combiner]], [[Landcross]], arrives. Declaring his intentions to become the Decepticon's new rival, the two square-off.

With Dinoking indisposed, Star Saber and his [[human]] son, [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] (who is overwhelmed by the beauty of his home planet, which he had forgotten), take on the Decepticon [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Deathsaurus]], and the "Decepticon Boy", [[Solon Kitakaze|Solon]]. The fight is a short one, as one good swipe from Star Saber's Saber Blade is enough to severely wound Deathsaurus.

With the arrival of the individual Multiforce robots and the news that Dinoking has been defeated, Deathsaurus and Solon beat a hasty retreat. Jean believes that some day the Universe will be at peace, leaving Star Saber to declare that the battle for that peace begins today.

==Credits==
*''Script:'' [[Masumi Kaneda]]
*''Art:'' [[Ban Magami]]
*''Originally published in:'' [[TV Magazine]]
*''Publication date:'' April, 1989

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] (2)
* [[Holi]] (3)
* [[Wingwaver]] (4)
* [[Braver]] (5)
* [[Dashtacker]] (6)
* [[Laster]] (7)
* [[Blacker]] (8)
* [[Machtackle]] (9)
* [[Landcross]] (17)
* [[Wing]] (20)
* [[Waver]] (21)
* [[Dash (G1)|Dash]] (22)
* [[Tacker]] (23)
* [[Mach]] (24)
* [[Tackle]] (25)

|c2=
* [[Gōryū]] (10)
* [[Kakuryū]] (11)
* [[Gairyū]] (12)
* [[Yokuryū]] (13)
* [[Rairyū]] (14)
* [[Doryū]] (15)
* [[Dinoking]] (16)
* [[Deathsaurus]] (18)

|c3=
* [[Jean Minakaze]] (1)
* [[Solon Kitakaze]] (19)

}}

==Notes==
*Wow, this has to be the most ''uneventful'' Transformers story ever written.

*Although [[Holi]] appears for one panel on the second page, he does not act as [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]]'s sidekick/playmate in the manga as he did in the [[Victory (cartoon)|cartoon]].

*Jean's reaction to being on [[Earth]] again would indicate that he's been away from his home planet for a very long time.

*[[Ban Magami]]'s design for Jean is very different (and far more feminine) than the one used in the ''Victory'' cartoon.

*Despite the narration referring to [[Solon Kitakaze|Solon]] as "Decepticon Boy", you aren't going to find out his deal until "[[Great Turn-Around! Star Saber]]".

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/trans461.php Victory #1 in English]

[[Category:Victory issues]]

Pipes (G1)

2009-04-04T11:24:41Z

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{{picsneeded|Original toy, Vehicle mode in fiction}}
:''Pipes is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1 Pipes TFU.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Always wintahrize...yah PIPES.]]
'''Pipes''' is an excellent soldier—tough, brave, and very strong—and otherwise worthy of little note, except for his unusual ability and eccentric hobby. When he came to [[Earth]], Pipes became enamored of the [[Human|fleshlings']] primitive and ingenious technology and could not resist taking home cast-off examples when on missions. Eventually, a previously disused area of the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']] became his own personal museum of nose hair trimmers, patent rulers, and other worthless but fascinating ephemera of the throwaway society. He will gladly talk for endless hours about each prized find.

Only [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] can be said really to enjoy an extended tour of Pipes's little museum, but Pipes is a good soldier and a friendly soul, and his comrades generally allow him his little eccentricity.

Pipes's most notable ability, which he is not the most proficient at controlling, is to emit clouds of corrosive gases from his exhaust pipes. This is possible in both modes, but is more useful (except to annoy motorists) in robot mode, where the pipes are on his arms. If he stays at it for at least ten minutes, these noxious gases will eat through a 2" slab of ordinary steel. His own skin is well protected against these gases, but in battle, the coatings may flake off. If he does not notice this (as frequently occurs) he can become vulnerable to his own attack, with unpleasant results.

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Tuyo'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Csőtörő'''
:''Italian name'': '''Roccia'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor'': [[Hal Rayle]] (English); [[Kenyu Horiuchi]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Pipes with widget.jpg|left|160px|thumb|"It'll take two to three weeks if I order the parts today...which I won't."]]
Pipes was present at the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']] when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] came to destroy it. He and his fellow Autobots made a valiant effort to hold off the Decepticon city-robot, but failed, and the ''Ark'' and its volcano were reduced to rubble. When [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie]] arrived with [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]], Pipes installed it, allowing the Autobot giant to transform and defeat Trypticon. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[Image:G1 ForeverIsALongTime Pipes Rodimus Perceptor.jpg|right|170px|thumb|"Yep, here's yer problem. His ears were clogged with toothpaste."]]
Later, he accompanied [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], [[Kup]], and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] on a rescue mission after [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and friends disappeared while looking for a source of chronal energy. They found the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] had constructed a [[time window]] on an asteroid for the purpose of undoing the original Autobot rebellion against the Quintessons on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Perceptor was found alone, suffering serious injuries, and his team missing. Pipes's mechanical skills were put to work as a battlefield medic to try and patch up Perceptor, but Perceptor's incoherent mumblings about theoretical physics didn't do anyone much good. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

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===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|UK-only]] comic stories are in italics.}}
''Pipes graduated from Autobot Military Academy, but nearly lost his friend [[Tailgate]] to a stupid initiation stunt when the hapless cadet accompanied some other Autobots into the Underground to prove his courage. Fearing the worst, Pipes and [[Outback]] went in after him. When they found Tailgate battling a group of techno-[[Mutant (G1)|mutants]], though, Pipes convinced Outback to hang back and let Tailgate prove himself in combat. Tailgate successfully defeated all comers, and the three Autobots returned to the surface.'' {{storylink|Underworld!|Underworld!}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:BlackSunshine Autobot training failures.jpg|left|180px|thumb|]]
When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] pumped out anti-Autobot propaganda to discourage public sentiment for the newly returned ''Ark'' crew, Pipes was among the Autobot civilians seen watching Optimus Prime's "rampage" through San Francisco. {{storylink|Cold War|Cold War}} Later, after the insurrection against Shockwave, Pipes was seen training alongside [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and several other Autobots, under [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s supervision. {{storylink|Black Sunshine|Black Sunshine}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Pipes''' (Mini Vehicle, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-60'''

: Pipes is a blue extensive [[retool]] of the 1984 Autobot [[Mini Vehicle]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]. He is changed quite a lot; his front is Huffer's back and vice-versa, and his cab transforms differently.

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[[Image:Encore Pipes toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]
*'''Bumble & Minibots''' (Multi-pack, 2008)
**''Encore number'': '''10'''

:In 2008, Pipes was reissued in the [[Transformers Encore]] line, bundled with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], [[Tailgate]] and [[Outback]].

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==Trivia==
* Pipes's profile picture in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]] series is very... interesting. Apparently he was originally drawn (likely by [[Pat Lee]]) with no hands, as per the toy, then hands (drawn by [[Don Figueroa]]) were edited onto the picture at a later point. Pipes' right hand comes from [[Big Daddy (G1)|Big Daddy]]'s profile picture, while the left comes from [[Wildfly]]'s.
* Although Pipes is a remolding of [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], the two have simple yet distinctly different transformations. Whereas Huffer simply moves the truck cab up to reveal his head and then flips over the smokestacks for arms, Pipes flips the cab over, repositioning it behind his head instead of shelling it like a hood, and his arms just flip down from their truck position. Amusingly, the tabs that hold the truck cab in place, sticking out of his robot mode chest, are detailed to look like seats.
* In some [[Generation 1 Europe (toyline)|European]] markets and [[IGA|Mexico]], the toy released for Pipes was not a remolded Huffer toy, but rather a straight [[redeco]] of [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (with the same transformation as the latter) affectionately known amongst fans as "Puffer".

==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Pipes/pipes.htm Pipes at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Pipes Pipes's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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