Sonic shell cannon

In tortoise mode, Seacon leader Snaptrap is armed with a pair of rapid-fire sonic shell cannons.

Fiction

Marvel The Transformers comics

In tortoise mode Snaptrap carried two audio module-shattering, rapid-fire, retractable sonic shell cannons. Snaptrap's Universe profile

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

In creature mode, Snaptrap was armed with two sonic shell cannons that launched physically destructive, ultra-high decibel shells. Snaptrap's More than Meets the Eye profile

Toys

The Transformers

• Snaptrap (Seacon, 1988)

• Accessories: atom-smasher rifle, incendiary sword, half-shell shield/chestplate, 2 footplates, left & right combiner fists, Piranacon head

The Transformers Snaptrap features two large cannons in his tortoise mode that move back and forth in a "pom-pom" reciprocating motion via a lever on his back, identified as sonic shell cannons in his packaging bio.

This toy was also available in a Piranacon giftset. The mold was also used to make Halfshell.

Timelines

• Piranacon (Multi-pack, 2008)

• Accessories: atom-smasher rifle, sword, half-shell shield/chestplate, 2 footplates, left & right combiner fists, Piranacon head

A redeco of the Generation 1 mold above, Timelines Snap Trap [sic] was armed with upgraded sonic-shell cannons, according to his bio card.

This toy was available exclusively as part of a Transformers Collectors' Club-exclusive giftset.

See also

• Sonic shell