Maser cannon
Amongst his arsenal of weapons such as ion-pulse rifles, laser lances, disruptor rays, and anti-matter projectors, the formidable Autobot cityformer Metroplex is armed with a pair of powerful maser cannons.
Fiction
[edit]Marvel The Transformers comics
[edit]In robot mode Metroplex had twin high-energy MASER<ref>Microwave Amplification through Stimulated Emission of Radiation</ref> cannons mounted on his left shoulder. The cannons were also available in his Battle Station mode. Metroplex's Universe profile
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
[edit]In all modes Metroplex was armed with an arsenal of devastating weaponry, including MASER<ref>Microwave Amplification through Simulated Emission of Radiation</ref> cannons. Metroplex's More than Meets the Eye profile
TransTech
[edit]Trapped in an alternate dimension by a space bridge accident and being threatened by an angry mob for the apparent assassination of Gutcruncher, Hubcap boasted that he could prove Gutcruncher was killed by Black Shadow with a maser cannon, tricking the Pretender into revealing that he carried photon cannons. As Gutcruncher was indeed killed by a photon charge rather than a maser pulse, Dirge led the Malignus revolutionaries in taking their revenge on the assassin. Gone Too Far
Toys
[edit]The Transformers
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- Metroplex (Autobot City, 1986)
- Accessories: Scamper, Scamper's arms/cannons (x2), Scamper's small laser pistol, Slammer, Slammer's turret, Sixgun's body/tower, Sixgun's chestplate/tower top, 2 red cannons/Sixgun's legs, 2 black cannons/Sixgun's arms, Sixgun's laser pistol, double-barreled cannon, rear tower, shoulder antenna, 2 fists, 2 kneecaps, 3 missiles
- The Transformers Metroplex had two maser cannons mounted on his shoulder, according to his packaging bio.
- This mold was also used to make Metrotitan.