Lightformer

The Lightformers are an Autobot subgroup from the Generation 1 continuity family.

The Lightformers are two Autobots who fight using big artillery platforms in either mode. They are:

The Lightformers' evil counterparts are the Decepticon Trakkons.


Fiction

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Marvel The Transformers comics

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The Lightformers appeared exclusively in the UK portion of the Marvel Comics continuity.

Deftwing was one of the Autobots on Earth under Optimus Prime's command. He and Jetfire destroyed a massive set of rocket engines Megatron designed to move Earth out of orbit. Moving Day Planet Earth

2005 IDW continuity

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Ironfist was a Wreckers reservist and weapons engineer, armed with a powerful lightformer cannon of his own making. Last Stand of the Wreckers #1 He participated in the Wreckers mission to Garrus-9 and later perished due to a work accident. Last Stand of the Wreckers #5


Toys

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The Transformers

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Ironfist
Sold individually in the ninth and final year of the original European/Australasian-market Transformers toyline (which used the packaging style and new faction symbols used in Generation 2 despite not being part of Generation 2), the Lightformers' (and Trakkons') primary gimmick is having huge gun platforms, nearly the size of the robots themselves, that can be mounted on the figures in vehicle mode or manned in robot mode. These platforms used a combination of light-piping and gear-driven shutters to simulate two beams of laser fire striking your target if you look through their targeting scopes (even if the toy only has a single gun on one side, as both Lightformers do), while simultaneously making the gun barrel(s) move.

Generation 2

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  • Deftwing (Lightformer, 1994)
  • Ironfist (Lightformer, 1994)
The Lightformers were again available as part of the Generation 2 toyline a year later. The toys themselves were identical to their earlier versions, but were now packaged on Generation 2-themed blister cards instead of in Generation 1 boxes.
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