Thermal weaponry

To pack that extra punch, some Transformers wield melee weapons that not only cut, smash or crush, but will singe whatever they choose to turn their weapons upon. Examples of such weaponry include thermal swords, thermal maces, and thermal clubs. Heated weaponry is popular among Cybertronians in many universes, and some of their weapons boast maximum heat emissions that are astoundingly high.

Fiction

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Marvel The Transformers comics

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In Autobot mode Swoop carried a thermal sword that could heat up to 4000 degrees Centigrade. Swoop's Universe profile Weirdwolf also wielded a thermal sword which could slice through a three-inch thick sheet of steel, allowing him to mangle Autobots almost as much as he mangled his sentences. Weirdwolf's Universe profile

Another Time & Place

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Springer used a thermal knife to sever Fangry's hands on Hydrus Four. Another Time & Place

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

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Swoop carried a 4000° Centigrade thermal sword in robot mode. Swoop's More than Meets the Eye profile Waverider's Pretender shell packed a thermal broad-axe. Weirdwolf's More than Meets the Eye profile As a robot Weirdwolf was armed with a thermal sword. Weirdwolf's More than Meets the Eye profile

Animated

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  • All three Dinobots wield thermal weaponry:
    • Grimlock wields a massive, jagged thermal sword with a blade that can emit flames on command.
    • Swoop has a thermal mace to swing around. Just like Grimlock's weapon, Swoop can will the mace's head to burst into flames.
    • Snarl lugs around a thermal club to bop his enemies with. Following the trend set by the other two Dinobots, a large portion of his club catches on fire whenever Snarl wants, stopping short of his hand so that he himself doesn't get hurt.

Toys

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The Transformers

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  • Accessories: thermal sword, 2 missile launchers, 3 missiles
Swoop transforms into a robotic [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Pteranodon|{{#if:||Pteranodon}}]]. Along with his sword, he also comes with two spring-loaded missile launchers.


  • Accessories: Monzo Headmaster unit, photon pistol, tail/thermal sword
Weirdwolf transforms into a mostly yellow robotic wolf. His beast mode tail has a blade on its underside, later serving as a shortsword in robot mode.


  • Accessories: 2-piece Pretender shell, helmet, belt, thermal broad-axe, energy spear gun
Waverider's Pretender shell resembles a human in a dark grey armored space suit, armed with his grey thermal broadaxe and black energy spear gun.


Animated

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Me Grimlock like. But want crown accessory.
  • Grimlock (Voyager, 2008)
    • TakaraTomy ID number: TA-17
    • Accessories: Flaming sword
Part of the third wave of Animated Voyagers, Grimlock transforms into a robotic tyrannosaurus rex. A mechanized switch in the right robot mode wrist interacts with a spring-loaded feature in his fiery sword, revealing pop-out flames when the wrist is tilted. Despite a claim on the packaging that Grimlock's sword can be fitted into his beast mode's mouth to simulate breathing fire, this is sadly not possible.

Recession? What recession? Me Grimlock just Goldman-Sachs executive.
  • Goldfire Grimlock (Voyager)
    • Accessories: Flaming sword
Goldfire Grimlock would have been a redeco of his Voyager toy, sporting a gold and black color scheme, with a few silver parts too. Me, Grimlock, King!
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  • Swoop (Deluxe, 2008)
    • TakaraTomy ID number: TA-19
    • Accessories: Flail
Part of the fourth wave of Animated Deluxes, Swoop transforms into a robotic pteranodon. He comes with a flail weapon which can be stored under his foot in beast mode.
The flail weapon seems to have an abandoned gimmick where pushing in the bottom of the ball would activate pop-out flames. Apparently, it was abandoned after the realization that if a child swallowed the weapon, the flames popping out would make the kid's esophagus worse for wear. However, this gimmick can somewhat be reactivated with a small modification [1], allowing the flames to be partially revealed. A slightly more complex modification can be done to allow the flames to raise to full height when they pop out, resulting in the inner curve of the flames matching the curve of the ball—a look which indicates this is much closer to the original intention.


Oh yeah, I almost forgot! He carries a club made of lava!
  • Snarl (Deluxe, 2008)
    • TakaraTomy ID number: TA-18
    • Accessories: Club
Part of the third wave of Animated Deluxes, Snarl transforms into a robotic Triceratops. His shoulderpads/hind leg hips feature spring-loaded pop out "flames". He comes with a large club which does not store in his beast mode anywhere. Despite its appearance in the promotional photos, the club comes unpainted.


Merchandise

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Transformers Trading Card Game

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  • Thermal Weaponry

As a part of the game's first wave, a battle card was released depicting an instance of thermal weaponry.



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Notes

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Foreign names

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  • Japanese: Tail Sabel (Weirdwolf, テールサーベル Tēru Sāberu)

See also

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