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[[Rad (G1)|Rad]]'s [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] partner [[Lionizer (G1)|Lionizer]] transformed into an atom-smasher rifle that broke its targets down at an atomic level and which could combine with Rad's [[particle blaster]] to increase its power. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|Rad's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} | [[Rad (G1)|Rad]]'s [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] partner [[Lionizer (G1)|Lionizer]] transformed into an atom-smasher rifle that broke its targets down at an atomic level and which could combine with Rad's [[particle blaster]] to increase its power. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|Rad's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} | ||
Snaptrap was armed with a turret-mounted '''atom-smasher gun''' that he could also use in [[robot mode]]. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|Snaptrap's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} | |||
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===''The Transformers''=== | ===''The Transformers''=== | ||
[[File:G1Snaptrap toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]] | [[File:G1Snaptrap toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]] | ||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Snaptrap''' (Seacon, [[1988]])}}</ul> | |||
:*''Accessories'': atom-smasher rifle, [[incendiary sword]], half-shell shield/chestplate, 2 footplates, left & right combiner fists, super robot head | |||
:Although ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' [[Snaptrap (G1)#Generation 1|Snaptrap]]'s [[instructions]] label his weapons | :Although ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' [[Snaptrap (G1)#Generation 1|Snaptrap]]'s [[instructions]] label his weapons generically as [[laser]] and [[sword]], his [[packaging]] [[bio]] reveals that they represent a semi-automatic atom-smasher rifle and incendiary sword. In [[Alternate mode|turtle mode]] the rifle can be mounted on the rear half of the shell, or he can hold it in robot mode. | ||
:This [[toy]] was available as part of a [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] [[giftset]] and has been [[redeco]]ed and [[Generation 1 reissues|reissued]]. The [[mold]] was also used to make [[Halfshell#Toys|Halfshell]], though he lacked the rifle accessory. | :This [[toy]] was available as part of a [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] [[giftset]] and has been [[redeco]]ed and [[Generation 1 reissues|reissued]]. The [[mold]] was also used to make [[Halfshell#Toys|Halfshell]], though he lacked the rifle accessory. | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*Snaptrap's [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] ''[[The Transformers Universe|Universe]]'' profile upgrades his weapon to an [[atom | *Snaptrap's [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] ''[[The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|Universe]]'' [[profile]] upgrades his weapon to an [[Atom-smasher cannon|atom smasher cannon]]. | ||
*Conversely, | *Conversely, and oddly given their [[:Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 rifles|established penchant for rifles]], the writers of [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''More than Meets the Eye'' went the other way and genericised Snaptrap's weapon as an atom-smasher gun. | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 rifles]] | [[Category:Generation 1 rifles]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:57, 23 June 2025
Seacon leader Snaptrap has an atom-smasher rifle that is also used by the gestalt Piranacon.
Fiction
[edit]Dreamwave Generation One continuity
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Motormaster wielded an atom-smasher rifle, Motormaster's More than Meets the Eye profile as did Menasor. Menasor's More than Meets the Eye profile
Rad's Targetmaster partner Lionizer transformed into an atom-smasher rifle that broke its targets down at an atomic level and which could combine with Rad's particle blaster to increase its power. Rad's More than Meets the Eye profile
Snaptrap was armed with a turret-mounted atom-smasher gun that he could also use in robot mode. Snaptrap's More than Meets the Eye profile
Toys
[edit]The Transformers
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- Snaptrap (Seacon, 1988)
- Accessories: atom-smasher rifle, incendiary sword, half-shell shield/chestplate, 2 footplates, left & right combiner fists, super robot head
- Although The Transformers Snaptrap's instructions label his weapons generically as laser and sword, his packaging bio reveals that they represent a semi-automatic atom-smasher rifle and incendiary sword. In turtle mode the rifle can be mounted on the rear half of the shell, or he can hold it in robot mode.
- This toy was available as part of a Piranacon giftset and has been redecoed and reissued. The mold was also used to make Halfshell, though he lacked the rifle accessory.
Notes
[edit]- Snaptrap's Marvel Universe profile upgrades his weapon to an atom smasher cannon.
- Conversely, and oddly given their established penchant for rifles, the writers of Dreamwave's More than Meets the Eye went the other way and genericised Snaptrap's weapon as an atom-smasher gun.
