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	[[File:RescueForceHeavyLiftVehicleArt.jpg\|upright=1.66\|thumb\|Wow! With this hand-held arm, I can pick up things like never before!]]		[[File:RescueForceHeavyLiftVehicleArt.jpg\|upright=1.66\|thumb\|Wow! With this hand-held arm, I can pick up things like never before!]]
	'''Rescue Force 1''' is a member of [[Rescue Force]], a team of search-and-rescue Autobots. As a "discovery robot", he has the ability to carry things. He believes all rocks are movable.		'''Rescue Force 1''' is a member of [[Rescue Force]], a team of search-and-rescue Autobots. As a "discovery robot", he has the ability to carry things. He believes all rocks are movable.

	He combines with the rest of the Rescue Force to form [[Big Rescue Force]].		He combines with the rest of the Rescue Force to form [[Big Rescue Force]].
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	* As Rescue Force 1's art is simply a mirrored and retouched version of Killbison's (with a new weapon, of course), his artwork still shows Bisonbreast in its chestplate configuration.		* As Rescue Force 1's art is simply a mirrored and retouched version of Killbison's (with a new weapon, of course), his artwork still shows Bisonbreast in its chestplate configuration.

	==~~references~~==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

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	[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]		[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
	~~[[Category:Generation 2 toy Autobots]]~~

M Sipher: /* The Transformers */

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The Transformers

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	: Released in the eighth year of the [[The Transformers (European toyline)\|European-market ''Transformers'' toyline]] (the final one to use the original faction symbols), this unnamed-on-the-packaging member of the Rescue Force is a [[redeco]] of the [[Breastforce]] member [[Killbison#Toys\|Killbison]], transforming into a KMW Gepard anti-aircraft tank... well, one without guns. He lacks Killbison's partner-beastie [[Bisonbreast#Toys\|Bisonbreast]], but comes with a pair of claw-arm accessories, which replace the cannon-barrels on the tank-mode turret. The connector piece they attach to can be removed and used as a hand-held weapon, with the extra pegs allowing for both alternate mounting options for the claws, and adding the blasters from the [[Rescue Force 2#Toys\|Rescue Force buggy]] to the mix.		: Released in the eighth year of the [[The Transformers (European toyline)\|European-market ''Transformers'' toyline]] (the final one to use the original faction symbols), this unnamed-on-the-packaging member of the Rescue Force is a [[redeco]] of the [[Breastforce]] member [[Killbison#Toys\|Killbison]], transforming into a KMW Gepard anti-aircraft tank... well, one without guns. He lacks Killbison's partner-beastie [[Bisonbreast#Toys\|Bisonbreast]], but comes with a pair of claw-arm accessories, which replace the cannon-barrels on the tank-mode turret. The connector piece they attach to can be removed and used as a hand-held weapon, with the extra pegs allowing for both alternate mounting options for the claws, and adding the blasters from the [[Rescue Force 2#Toys\|Rescue Force buggy]] to the mix.

	: The earlier versions of the tank have a red robot-mode face, but later releases use silver. In addition, the claws were originally molded in silver as well, but later changed to red. The red-faced version ''only'' came with silver weapons, while the silver-faced version could come with either the silver or red claws.		: The earlier versions of the tank have a red robot-mode face, but later releases use silver. In addition, the claws were originally molded in silver as well, but later changed to red. The red-faced version ''only'' came with silver weapons, while the silver-faced version could come with either the silver or red claws (despite what the packaging art shows).

	: Like his fellows, he was sold on a generic "Rescue Force" card that had no [[bio]] information and tiny instructions for all four members of the team on the back.		: Like his fellows, he was sold on a generic "Rescue Force" card that had no [[bio]] information and tiny instructions for all four members of the team on the back.

M Sipher: /* Toys */

2023-11-21T09:15:18Z

Toys

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===''The Transformers''===		===''The Transformers''===
	[[File:RescueTank-toy.jpg\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|"Blooga-blooga-bloo!"]]		[[File:RescueTank-toy.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|"Blooga-blooga-bloo!"]]
	*'''Rescue Force''' (Rescue Force, 1992)		<ul class ="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Rescue Force''' (Rescue Force, 1992)}}</ul>
	**''Accessories'': 2 claw-arms		:*''Accessories'': 2 claw-arms, connector unit

	: ~~Identified only as "Rescue Force"~~ on ~~his package,~~ Rescue Force 1 is a [[redeco]] of the [[Breastforce]] member [[Killbison#Toys\|Killbison]], transforming into a KMW Gepard anti-aircraft tank... well, one without guns. He lacks Killbison's partner-beastie [[Bisonbreast#Toys\|Bisonbreast]], but comes with a pair of claw-arm accessories, which replace the cannon-barrels on the tank-mode turret. (The ~~toy retains the~~ connector piece for ~~them.) He was available only in various European markets at~~ the ~~very end of~~ the ~~Generation 1 series~~.		: Released in the eighth year of the [[The Transformers (European toyline)\|European-market ''Transformers'' toyline]] (the final one to use the original faction symbols), this unnamed-on-the-packaging member of the Rescue Force is a [[redeco]] of the [[Breastforce]] member [[Killbison#Toys\|Killbison]], transforming into a KMW Gepard anti-aircraft tank... well, one without guns. He lacks Killbison's partner-beastie [[Bisonbreast#Toys\|Bisonbreast]], but comes with a pair of claw-arm accessories, which replace the cannon-barrels on the tank-mode turret. The connector piece they attach to can be removed and used as a hand-held weapon, with the extra pegs allowing for both alternate mounting options for the claws, and adding the blasters from the [[Rescue Force 2#Toys\|Rescue Force buggy]] to the mix.

	: The earlier versions of the tank have a red robot-mode face, but later releases use silver. In addition, the claws were originally molded in silver as well, but later changed to red. The red-faced version ''only'' came with silver weapons, while the silver-faced version could come with either the silver or red claws.		: The earlier versions of the tank have a red robot-mode face, but later releases use silver. In addition, the claws were originally molded in silver as well, but later changed to red. The red-faced version ''only'' came with silver weapons, while the silver-faced version could come with either the silver or red claws.

			: Like his fellows, he was sold on a generic "Rescue Force" card that had no [[bio]] information and tiny instructions for all four members of the team on the back.

	::*''[http://tfu.info/1992/Autobot/Killbison/killbison.htm More information on Rescue Force 1 at TFU.info]''		::*''[http://tfu.info/1992/Autobot/Killbison/killbison.htm More information on Rescue Force 1 at TFU.info]''
	~~{{--}}~~

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Roverlord at 17:01, 22 August 2023

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S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 18:04, 25 February 2021

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===The Transformers===		===''The Transformers''===
	[[File:RescueTank-toy.jpg\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|"Blooga-blooga-bloo!"]]		[[File:RescueTank-toy.jpg\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|"Blooga-blooga-bloo!"]]
	*'''Rescue Force''' (Rescue Force, 1992)		*'''Rescue Force''' (Rescue Force, 1992)
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	* Rescue Force 1's packaging gave him no official name, or even an individual identifier of ''any'' sort. Like the concurrently released non-combining versions of the [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]], each member of the Rescue Force used the same cardback design, featuring all four members' art up front and [[instructions]] for all four members on the back. While this is thrifty, it's also ''crowded'', leaving no room whatsoever for anything else. His rather unimaginative name and muddled [[bio]] information come from a sticker book distributed in Europe by [[Kent]] in 1993.		* Rescue Force 1's packaging gave him no official name, or even an individual identifier of ''any'' sort. Like the concurrently released non-combining versions of the [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]], each member of the Rescue Force used the same cardback design, featuring all four members' art up front and [[instructions]] for all four members on the back. While this is thrifty, it's also ''crowded'', leaving no room whatsoever for anything else. His rather unimaginative name and muddled [[bio]] information come from a sticker book distributed in Europe by [[Kent]] in 1993.
	* The original Breastforce molds used to make the Rescue Force are (largely) self-contained [[combiner]]s, able to form a super robot. Rescue Force 1 can still become the right leg to a super robot using any combination of the molds. The toy packaging does not make any mention of this, largely because the Rescue Force team lacks both the two arm-robots and the only separate piece of combiner [[kibble]], the super robot helmet.		* The original Breastforce molds used to make the Rescue Force are (largely) self-contained [[combiner]]s, able to form a super robot. Rescue Force 1 can still become the right leg to a super robot using any combination of the molds. The toy packaging does not make any mention of this, largely because the Rescue Force team lacks both the two arm-robots and the only separate piece of combiner [[kibble]], the super robot helmet.
	* The 1992 European [[catalog]] that includes the Rescue Force (as well as the [[Turbomaster]]s, [[Predator (subgroup)\|Predators]], and the non-combining [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]]) refers to his vehicle form as a "grapple clawed vehicle". Meanwhile, the ''German'' 1992 catalog call it an "excavator" ("Bagger").<ref name="german">[http://imgur.com/a/W9BMP Scans of the German 1992 Transformers catalog]</ref>		* The 1992 European [[catalog]] that includes the Rescue Force (as well as the [[Turbomaster]]s, [[Predator (subgroup)\|Predators]], and the non-combining [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]]) refers to his vehicle form as a "grapple clawed vehicle". Meanwhile, the ''German'' 1992 catalog call it an "excavator" (''Bagger'').<ref name="german">[http://imgur.com/a/W9BMP Scans of the German 1992 Transformers catalog]</ref>
	* As Rescue Force 1's art is simply a mirrored and retouched version of Killbison's (with a new weapon, of course), his artwork still shows Bisonbreast in its chestplate configuration.		* As Rescue Force 1's art is simply a mirrored and retouched version of Killbison's (with a new weapon, of course), his artwork still shows Bisonbreast in its chestplate configuration.

M Sipher: /* Toys */

2019-05-19T00:33:32Z

Toys

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===~~Generation 1~~===		===The Transformers===
	[[File:RescueTank-toy.jpg\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|"Blooga-blooga-bloo!"]]		[[File:RescueTank-toy.jpg\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|"Blooga-blooga-bloo!"]]
	*'''Rescue Force''' (Rescue Force, 1992)		*'''Rescue Force''' (Rescue Force, 1992)
	**''Accessories'': 2 claw-arms		**''Accessories'': 2 claw-arms

	: Identified only as "Rescue Force" on his package, Rescue Force 1 is a [[redeco]] of the [[Breastforce]] member [[Killbison]], transforming into a KMW Gepard anti-aircraft tank... well, one without guns. He lacks Killbison's partner-beastie [[Bisonbreast]], but comes with a pair of claw-arm accessories, which replace the cannon-barrels on the tank-mode turret. (The toy retains the connector piece for them.) He was available only in various European markets at the very end of the Generation 1 series.		: Identified only as "Rescue Force" on his package, Rescue Force 1 is a [[redeco]] of the [[Breastforce]] member [[Killbison#Toys\|Killbison]], transforming into a KMW Gepard anti-aircraft tank... well, one without guns. He lacks Killbison's partner-beastie [[Bisonbreast#Toys\|Bisonbreast]], but comes with a pair of claw-arm accessories, which replace the cannon-barrels on the tank-mode turret. (The toy retains the connector piece for them.) He was available only in various European markets at the very end of the Generation 1 series.

	: The earlier versions of the tank have a red robot-mode face, but later releases use silver. In addition, the claws were originally molded in silver as well, but later changed to red. The red-faced version ''only'' came with silver weapons, while the silver-faced version could come with either the silver or red claws.		: The earlier versions of the tank have a red robot-mode face, but later releases use silver. In addition, the claws were originally molded in silver as well, but later changed to red. The red-faced version ''only'' came with silver weapons, while the silver-faced version could come with either the silver or red claws.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47: /* Notes */

2017-12-13T21:06:37Z

Notes

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	* Rescue Force 1's packaging gave him no official name, or even an individual identifier of ''any'' sort. Like the concurrently released non-combining versions of the [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]], each member of the Rescue Force used the same cardback design, featuring all four members' art up front and [[instructions]] for all four members on the back. While this is thrifty, it's also ''crowded'', leaving no room whatsoever for anything else. His rather unimaginative name and muddled [[bio]] information come from a sticker book distributed in Europe by [[Kent]] in 1993.		* Rescue Force 1's packaging gave him no official name, or even an individual identifier of ''any'' sort. Like the concurrently released non-combining versions of the [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]], each member of the Rescue Force used the same cardback design, featuring all four members' art up front and [[instructions]] for all four members on the back. While this is thrifty, it's also ''crowded'', leaving no room whatsoever for anything else. His rather unimaginative name and muddled [[bio]] information come from a sticker book distributed in Europe by [[Kent]] in 1993.
	* The original Breastforce molds used to make the Rescue Force are (largely) self-contained [[combiner]]s, able to form a super robot. Rescue Force 1 can still become the right leg to a super robot using any combination of the molds. The toy packaging does not make any mention of this, largely because the Rescue Force team lacks both the two arm-robots and the only separate piece of combiner [[kibble]], the super robot helmet.		* The original Breastforce molds used to make the Rescue Force are (largely) self-contained [[combiner]]s, able to form a super robot. Rescue Force 1 can still become the right leg to a super robot using any combination of the molds. The toy packaging does not make any mention of this, largely because the Rescue Force team lacks both the two arm-robots and the only separate piece of combiner [[kibble]], the super robot helmet.
	* The 1992 European [[catalog]] that includes the Rescue Force (as well as the [[Turbomaster]]s, [[Predator (subgroup)\|Predators]] and the non-combining [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]]) refers to his vehicle form as a "grapple clawed vehicle". Meanwhile, the ''German'' 1992 catalog call it an "excavator" ("Bagger").<ref name="german">[http://imgur.com/a/W9BMP Scans of the German 1992 Transformers catalog]</ref>		* The 1992 European [[catalog]] that includes the Rescue Force (as well as the [[Turbomaster]]s, [[Predator (subgroup)\|Predators]], and the non-combining [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]]) refers to his vehicle form as a "grapple clawed vehicle". Meanwhile, the ''German'' 1992 catalog call it an "excavator" ("Bagger").<ref name="german">[http://imgur.com/a/W9BMP Scans of the German 1992 Transformers catalog]</ref>
	* As Rescue Force 1's art is simply a mirrored and retouched version of Killbison's (with a new weapon, of course), his artwork still shows Bisonbreast in its chestplate configuration.		* As Rescue Force 1's art is simply a mirrored and retouched version of Killbison's (with a new weapon, of course), his artwork still shows Bisonbreast in its chestplate configuration.

MCRG: /* Notes */ Minor clarification.

2017-05-10T18:34:10Z

Notes: Minor clarification.

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	* The original Breastforce molds used to make the Rescue Force are (largely) self-contained [[combiner]]s, able to form a super robot. Rescue Force 1 can still become the right leg to a super robot using any combination of the molds. The toy packaging does not make any mention of this, largely because the Rescue Force team lacks both the two arm-robots and the only separate piece of combiner [[kibble]], the super robot helmet.		* The original Breastforce molds used to make the Rescue Force are (largely) self-contained [[combiner]]s, able to form a super robot. Rescue Force 1 can still become the right leg to a super robot using any combination of the molds. The toy packaging does not make any mention of this, largely because the Rescue Force team lacks both the two arm-robots and the only separate piece of combiner [[kibble]], the super robot helmet.
	* The 1992 European [[catalog]] that includes the Rescue Force (as well as the [[Turbomaster]]s, [[Predator (subgroup)\|Predators]] and the non-combining [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]]) refers to his vehicle form as a "grapple clawed vehicle". Meanwhile, the ''German'' 1992 catalog call it an "excavator" ("Bagger").<ref name="german">[http://imgur.com/a/W9BMP Scans of the German 1992 Transformers catalog]</ref>		* The 1992 European [[catalog]] that includes the Rescue Force (as well as the [[Turbomaster]]s, [[Predator (subgroup)\|Predators]] and the non-combining [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]]) refers to his vehicle form as a "grapple clawed vehicle". Meanwhile, the ''German'' 1992 catalog call it an "excavator" ("Bagger").<ref name="german">[http://imgur.com/a/W9BMP Scans of the German 1992 Transformers catalog]</ref>
	* As Rescue Force 1's art is simply a retouched version of Killbison's (with a new weapon, of course), his artwork still shows Bisonbreast in its chestplate configuration.		* As Rescue Force 1's art is simply a mirrored and retouched version of Killbison's (with a new weapon, of course), his artwork still shows Bisonbreast in its chestplate configuration.

	==references==		==references==

Foffy the Sheep at 12:41, 25 December 2015

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===''Transformers Comic-Magazin''===		===''Transformers Comic-Magazin''===
	Rescue Force 1 and the rest of his team went to save [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Goldbug]] and several [[Targetmaster]]s after they were captured by the [[Decepticon]]s. Their efforts proved unnecessary, however, as the captives managed to escape on their own. {{storylink\|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 19\|Transformers in Action: Shockwave's Galactic Secret}}		Rescue Force 1 and the rest of his team went to save [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Goldbug]] and several [[Targetmaster (technology)\|Targetmasters]] after they were captured by the [[Decepticon]]s. Their efforts proved unnecessary, however, as the captives managed to escape on their own. {{storylink\|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 19\|Transformers in Action: Shockwave's Galactic Secret}}

	==Toys==		==Toys==

Nevermore: /* Notes */

2014-11-25T09:43:08Z

Notes

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	* Rescue Force 1's packaging gave him no official name, or even an individual identifier of ''any'' sort. Like the concurrently released non-combining versions of the [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]], each member of the Rescue Force used the same cardback design, featuring all four members' art up front and [[instructions]] for all four members on the back. While this is thrifty, it's also ''crowded'', leaving no room whatsoever for anything else. His rather unimaginative name and muddled [[bio]] information come from a sticker book distributed in Europe by [[Kent]] in 1993.		* Rescue Force 1's packaging gave him no official name, or even an individual identifier of ''any'' sort. Like the concurrently released non-combining versions of the [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]], each member of the Rescue Force used the same cardback design, featuring all four members' art up front and [[instructions]] for all four members on the back. While this is thrifty, it's also ''crowded'', leaving no room whatsoever for anything else. His rather unimaginative name and muddled [[bio]] information come from a sticker book distributed in Europe by [[Kent]] in 1993.
	* The original Breastforce molds used to make the Rescue Force are (largely) self-contained [[combiner]]s, able to form a super robot. Rescue Force 1 can still become the right leg to a super robot using any combination of the molds. The toy packaging does not make any mention of this, largely because the Rescue Force team lacks both the two arm-robots and the only separate piece of combiner [[kibble]], the super robot helmet.		* The original Breastforce molds used to make the Rescue Force are (largely) self-contained [[combiner]]s, able to form a super robot. Rescue Force 1 can still become the right leg to a super robot using any combination of the molds. The toy packaging does not make any mention of this, largely because the Rescue Force team lacks both the two arm-robots and the only separate piece of combiner [[kibble]], the super robot helmet.
	* The 1992 European [[catalog]] that includes the Rescue Force (as well as the [[Turbomaster]]s, [[Predator (subgroup)\|Predators]] and the non-combining [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]]) refers to his vehicle form as a "grapple clawed vehicle".		* The 1992 European [[catalog]] that includes the Rescue Force (as well as the [[Turbomaster]]s, [[Predator (subgroup)\|Predators]] and the non-combining [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]]) refers to his vehicle form as a "grapple clawed vehicle". Meanwhile, the ''German'' 1992 catalog call it an "excavator" ("Bagger").<ref name="german">[http://imgur.com/a/W9BMP Scans of the German 1992 Transformers catalog]</ref>
	* As Rescue Force 1's art is simply a retouched version of Killbison's (with a new weapon, of course), his artwork still shows Bisonbreast in its chestplate configuration.		* As Rescue Force 1's art is simply a retouched version of Killbison's (with a new weapon, of course), his artwork still shows Bisonbreast in its chestplate configuration.

			==references==
			{{reflist}}

	[[Category:Combiners]]		[[Category:Combiners]]
	[[Category:European-original Transformers]]		[[Category:European-original Transformers]]
	[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]		[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]