Photon blaster
Joyride's recklessness means he's bound to get into a bunch of trouble. Luckily, he wields a photon blaster that he can use to fight his way out of it.
Fiction
[edit]Marvel The Transformers comics
[edit]Joyride could use the photon blaster in both robot and vehicle modes. It had the ability to lock the molecular structure of any metallic target its beam touched, resulting in the freezing of any moving mechanism it hit. Joyride's Universe profile
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
[edit]Quickswitch was armed with two photon blasters in all six modes. Quickswitch's More than Meets the Eye profile Glitch was armed with a stun gun and a photon blaster, both of which could be detached and used by Rollout. Rollout's More than Meets the Eye profile Skyhammer's inner robot transformed into a ground vehicle armed with a photon blaster, which he could also use as a robot. Skyhammer's More than Meets the Eye profile
Toys
[edit]The Transformers
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- Joyride (Powermaster, 1988)
- Accessories: photon blaster, Hotwire Powermaster engine
- The Transformers Joyride's white double barreled rifle, which plugs into a peg hole on the roof, is referred to as a photon blaster in his packaging bio, though called a generic laser in his instructions.
- This mold was also used to make Ranger's napalm blaster.
- Splashdown (Pretender, 1988)
- Accessories: Helmet, belt, electro-sword, harpoon gun, photon blaster, shield
- Splashdown came with a red photon blaster, as identified in his packaging bio.
- Quickswitch (Six Changer, 1988)
- Accessories: left & right photon blasters
- Quickswitch came with two red photon blasters, as identified in his packaging bio.
Notes
[edit]- In the UK 1986 Transformers Annual story "To a Power Unknown!", Starscream referred to Jazz's photon rifle as a photon blaster.