Laser rifle
The laser rifle is a standard weapon among Transformers. Bots who wield laser rifles include Generation 1 Optimus Prime, Roadbuster, and Slag, and Cybertron Hardtop<ref name="toy">Toy bio.</ref> and Swindle.<ref name="toy" />
Hardtop enjoys using his high-precision laser rifle, but his twin brother Swindle would rather club Autobots with his than actually shoot it.
Fiction
[edit]The Transformers cartoon
[edit]When Optimus Prime attempted to reason with the robotic ninja Nightbird, she attacked him with her energy sword and stole his laser rifle, though she left her sword behind. Enter the Nightbird
Marvel The Transformers comics
[edit]Optimus Prime could use his laser rifle to burn a hole in the nosecone of a Decepticon jet fighter at a distance of 30 miles, aided by his outstanding visual acuity. Optimus Prime's Universe profile He retained this laser rifle after undergoing the Powermaster upgrade. Powermaster Optimus Prime's Universe profile In Autobot mode, Slag carried a high-energy laser rifle. Slag's Universe profile Hairsplitter transformed into twin lock-target laser rifles and was so accurate he could etch his name on a microchip positioned two miles away with his laser beams. Spinister's Universe profile
During a battle at Sparkplug Witwicky's garage, Optimus Prime shot Laserbeak with his laser rifle. Power Play! When the Decepticons took control of Prime's body with a phony head, a lot of the Autobots were shot down by his laser rifle. Prime Time!
Find Your Fate Junior
[edit]Decepticon Poison
[edit]During a battle against the Decepticons, Optimus blasted Shockwave with his laser rifle. Decepticon Poison
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
[edit]Outside of his Pretender shell, Birdbrain carried a double-barreled laser rifle. Birdbrain's More than Meets the Eye profile Bombshell carried a laser rifle. Bombshell's More than Meets the Eye profile Chromedome could use his dual laser rifles in both robot and vehicle modes. Chromedome's More than Meets the Eye profile Flywheels wielded a laser rifle with infrared and heat-seeking capabilities. Flywheels's More than Meets the Eye profile As a robot, Ramjet was armed with two high-powered laser rifles. Ramjet's More than Meets the Eye profile Ratchet carried a standard laser rifle, Ratchet's More than Meets the Eye profile as did Rollbar, Rollbar's More than Meets the Eye profile and Searchlight. Searchlight's More than Meets the Eye profile Rumble was armed with two laser rifles. Rumble's More than Meets the Eye profile Sludge used an energo-sword and a laser rifle. Sludge's More than Meets the Eye profile Snarl wielded a missile launcher, energo-blade, and a laser rifle. Snarl's More than Meets the Eye profile Hairsplitter became a laser rifle with a sophisticated targeting mechanism. Spinister's More than Meets the Eye profile In robot mode, Spyglass carried a laser rifle and a flash cannon. Spyglass's More than Meets the Eye profile In both robot modes, Ultra Magnus carried a powerful laser rifle. Ultra Magnus's More than Meets the Eye profile
Toys
[edit]The Transformers
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- Roadbuster (Deluxe Vehicle, 1985)
- Accessories: laser rifle, linear blaster gun, shrapnel missile launcher, 5 missiles, control pack (with 2 handles), power pack, antenna, infrared range finder, large wheel covers (left & right), small wheel covers (left & right)
- The Transformers Roadbuster came with a green weapon resembling a real world M16A1 rifle, identified as a laser rifle in his instructions and packaging bio.
- Spinister (Targetmaster, 1988)
- Accessories: Hairsplitter and Singe Targetmaster partners/guns
- Available only with The Transformers Spinister, Hairsplitter transforms into a twin lock-target laser rifle, according to Spinister's packaging bio.
- Birdbrain (Pretender Monster, 1989)
- Accessories: laser rifle, shell, shell backplate, Monstructor waist
- The Transformers, Pretender Monster Birdbrain came with a lilac laser rifle, according to his instructions and packaging bio.
- This mold was also used to make Rairyu and Birdbrain's laser rifle was redecoed as Rairyu's bronto gun.
Notes
[edit]- Although labelled as a laser blaster in his original toy's instructions, Optimus Prime's weapon was called a laser rifle in his Marvel Uinverse profile and his appearances in the Marvel comic itself. His Dreamwave More than Meets the Eye profile then upgraded this to a laser cannon rifle. However, since the release of Masterpiece toyline's 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime this weapon has been renamed as an ion blaster.
- Roadbuster's unpublished Marvel Universe profile<ref>Roadbuster's unpublished Universe profile on Disciples of Boltax</ref> shows he would have had a laser rifle in that continuity.
- Thrust received a The Transformers: The Movie branded character model which designated his robot mode's weapons as electronic laser rifles.<ref>Transformers: 1986 character binder at the Sunbow/Marvel Archive</ref>