Compressed air rifle
Thrust is armed with a pair of powerful compressed air rifles while Dead End carries a very similar compressor-air gun.
Fiction
[edit]Marvel The Transformers comics
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Dead End was armed with a compressor-air gun, which could let out a blast of air packing a 40,000 psi punch, enough to splinter a grove of oak trees. Dead End's Universe profile Thrust carried two concussion bomb missile launchers and two compressed air rifles, each of which could shoot a hole in ¼ inch-thick steel plate from a distance of 1200 yards. Thrust's Universe profile
When facing off against RAAT, Dead End used his compressed air gun to blow away their electric snow. Heavy Traffic!
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
[edit]In robot mode, Dead End carried a handheld compressed air rifle capable of delivering 40,000 psi of pressure. Dead End's More than Meets the Eye profile As a robot Thrust wielded two compressed air rifles which could punch a hole through steel at a distance of 1,200 yards. Thrust's More than Meets the Eye profile
Toys
[edit]The Transformers
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- Accessories: compressor-air gun, plasma-energy blaster, connector
- The Transformers Dead End came with a small black weapon, identified as an compressor-air gun in his instructions and packaging bio.
- This toy was also available as a Menasor giftset and was reissued in 1990 as part of the European/Australian Classics line.
- Bumblebee with Heli-pack (Action Master, 1990)
- Accessories: Heli-pack, astral exploder rifle
- Action Master Bumblebee came with a yellow weapon, identified as an astral exploder rifle in his instructions, which combines with Heli-pack to form a large air rifle with spring-loaded deploying barrel. It is also cross-compatible with any other Action Master figure, vehicle or accessory.
Notes
[edit]- Thrust's compressed air rifles are not mentioned in his toy's packaging bio, where he is armed with automatic missile launchers. To confuse matters further, Thrust also received a The Transformers: The Movie branded character model that designated his robot mode weapons as electronic laser rifles.<ref>Transformers: 1986 character binder at the Sunbow/Marvel Archive</ref>
- Dead End's weapon's name went through something of an evolution as seen above: his toy's instructions and bio, his unreleased Generation 2 toy's bio, and his Marvel Universe profile all called it a compressor-air gun; the Marvel comic itself called it a compressed air gun; and his Dreamwave More than Meets the Eye profile called it a compressed air rifle.
- Like Wildrider and Breakdown, Dead End's More than Meets the Eye profile replaces the vehicle-mounted plasma-energy blaster from his toy with a larger version of his robot mode weapon—in this case, a double-barreled compressed air cannon.