Power Nozzle

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Power Nozzle is a Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Who's that sucking all the oxygen / Out of the place

Nobody can suck the air out of a room like Power Nozzle (パワーノズル Pawā Nozuru). Dark, nihilistic, deadly-serious and endlessly, eerily calm, he is a slow but steady force of destruction.

Also, he can literally suck the air out of the room. His enhanced lungs and nozzle-shaped mouth allow him to change air pressures within a five-meter area, even creating vacuum conditions that can put air-breathing opponents in a state of oxygen deprivation. And good luck trying to run, as his triple-clawed Nose Arm (ノーズアーム Nōzu Āmu) MVP Weapon can extend a trio of "magic hands" to grab targets and hold them in place. And though he hates Alligatron, he used those talents to help him in his attempt to conquer planet Beast.

Following the war, he returned to his homeland of Tamaraham to rule as its King. This seems to have tempered his destructive nature, though it's certainly not changed his outward behavior in any way. He may not be popular, but he serves his country with a grim determination. He's even managed to turn his subordinate Emperor, the soft-headed and flighty Red Octo, into an efficient worker. The two share a telepathic link, allowing Nozzle to direct Octo in his underwater duties and keep him on task.

Toys

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Transformers: Beastformers

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First name: Getting All Up In Your / Last name: Face
  • Power Nozzle (Beastformer, 1987)
  • ID number: 40
  • Pack: D
  • Accessories: Triple-claw melee weapon (usually)
Part of the second series of Takara's Beastformers toys, Power Nozzle is a red anthropomorphic anteater in orange robotic armor. His left "hand" is a three-clawed deal in an open-digit "scoop" pose. The Battle Emblem on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.
He usually comes with a gold triple-claw weapon marked with the same ID number as on his back. However, Beastformers is notorious for toys coming with someone else's weapon; it's unclear if this was just originally poor QC, but in the sequel series, this semi-random weaponry was actually turned into a "gimmick".
He was only available in the "D Pack" assortment, and came in a green-grid generic "Destron Beastformer" box. He came with a bio card with a painted character image on a jungle backdrop, though there was a chance his bio card would instead be replaced with the rare "Bewitching Serpent Seal" card featuring Cobrander.

Merchandise

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Meiji candy toys

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  • Ramune Beastformers Battle Card (1988)
    • Meiji ID number: 38
A gold-foil "Battle Card" of Power Nozzle, featuring his painted character art from his original bio card, was available in randomly-packed sets of cards that came with ramune-flavored candy tablets, sold by candy/snack company Meiji, during the post-Transformers "RPG" sequel series. The back of the card features a severely truncated bio, with data for the game from the Meiji chocoball SD figures' packaging.
Though this card shows line-art of a super-deformed Power Nozzle toy, no actual toy was ever produced.

Notes

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  • As he was not sold in the post-Transformers sequel series and thus had no bio card, his "RPG"-era bio comes from the Hero Special 4: Beastformers mook. This bio gives him the nickname "Nose" (ノーズ Nōzu).

Foreign names

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  • English: Antic Anteater
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