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{{disambig2|the Emergency Team Mini-Con helicopter|the Safeguard Team Mini-Con muscle car|Makeshift (Universe)}}
{{disambig3|Makeshift}}
: ''Makeshift is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''
: ''Makeshift is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''


[[Image:Makeshift-AR-Fleer.jpg|right|300px|thumb|How appropriate the team has both an Osprey and a crash-response truck in it.]]
[[Image:Makeshift-AR-Fleer.jpg|right|300px|thumb|If he says "pull my finger", you'll explode.]]
Like his teammates on the [[Emergency Mini-Con Team]], '''Makeshift''' throws himself wholeheartedly into his search-and-rescue operations. However, unlike his somewhat emotionally-needy ally [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]], Makeshift seems completely selfless in his duty, not even seeking verbal praise for his works. When he's not helping people, he's learning more methods of helping people... be those people mechanical or organic.
Like his teammates on the [[Emergency Mini-Con Team]], '''Makeshift''' throws himself wholeheartedly into his search-and-rescue operations. However, unlike his somewhat emotionally-needy ally [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]], Makeshift seems completely selfless in his duty, not even seeking verbal praise for his works. When he's not helping people, he's learning more methods of helping people... be those people mechanical or organic.


Though he's not much for battle, he's seemingly indispensable on the battlefield, thanks not only to his ability to tend to the injured quickly and competently, but because of his sharp mind and improvisational skills in a tight spot. If Makeshift has a fault, it's that his desire to save seems to extend even to his enemies; he will only fight in self-defense, and even then he'd rather scare attackers away without hurting them.
Though he's not much for battle, he's seemingly indispensable on the battlefield, thanks not only to his ability to tend to the injured quickly and competently, but because of his sharp mind and improvisational skills in a tight spot. If Makeshift has a fault, it's that his desire to save seems to extend even to his enemies; he will only fight in self-defense, and even then he'd rather scare attackers away without hurting them.


In the [[Universe war]], Makeshift (or an alternate-universe version of him) is partnered with the [[Autobot]] [[Whirl (Universe)|Whirl]] and fellow Mini-Con [[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]].
==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
[[Image:DreamwaveArmada18_EmergencyTeam.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Makeshift was one of the many Mini-Cons who gathered on [[Earth]] in preparation for the trip back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and the battle with the chaos-bringer [[Unicron]]. Presumably, he joined [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] at the [[Loop]], where the Mini-Cons channeled their energies through the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and dealt the fatal blow to Unicron. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}
{{-}}
 
===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Aurex 606.0 Kappa]], the Emergency Mini-Con Team successfully aided [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]], and [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] in a battle against the Decepticons [[Landslide (Decepticon)|Landslide]], [[Drench (Universe)|Drench]], and [[Wind Sheer (Armada)|Wind Sheer]]. Afterwards, however, [[Unicron]] suddenly abducted Red Alert and Firebot. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/14}}
{{--}}
 
==Toys==
{{picsneeded|Armada redeco.}}
===''Armada''===
[[File:Armada Makeshift.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Emergency Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MM-20'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[September 11]], 2003
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (Takara)}}
 
: ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Makeshift transforms into a tilt-rotor helicopter similar to an {{w|Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey|Osprey}}. He also has a third "weapon mode" transformation, becoming a double gatling-cannon.
 
: As a Mini-Con, he has a "[[Powerlinx]]" socket on the underside of his vehicle mode that allows him to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating special [[gimmick]]s on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug.
 
: He was normally only available in a three-pack with his teammates [[Firebot (Armada)#Toys|Firebot]] and [[Prowl (Armada)#Toys|Prowl]]. In the [[Hasbro]] line, the Emergency Team were released in the fifth assortment of Mini-Con teams. In Japan, it was part of the eighth wave of ''Legend of the Microns'' product, released in [[Calendar|September]] 2003. Aside from packaging, there are no noteworthy differences between the two releases.
 
: This mold was also used to make [[Impulsor#Toys|Impulsor]], ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Rotor]], and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Scythe (Cybertron)#Toys|Scythe]], and slightly [[retool]]ed to make ''Galaxy Force'' [[Bulge (Cybertron)|Bulge]].
 
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Makeshift/makeshift.htm More information on Makeshift at TFU.info]''{{ArmadaMakeshiftMold}}


:''Japanese name'': '''Twist'''
{{-}}{{anchor|Exdimensions}}
[[File:Arm-toy Makeshift XD.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Emergency Micron Exdimensions''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MM-21'''
:*''Release date'': September 11, 2003


==Fiction==
: A limited-edition (yet still standard retail) "[[Exdimensions]]" [[redeco]] of the Emergency Team was released in Japan, the sole item in the eleventh and final regular-retail release in the line. This version of the Team features a "Twist" now colored black and orange.
===''Armada'' cartoon===
 
{{charstubfiction}}
: This toy was later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Holepunch (SG)|Holepunch]] and doubles as the separate character [[Twist]].


===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Micron/XDTwist/twist.htm More information on Exdimensions Twist at TFU.info]''
Makeshift is one of the many Mini-Cons who gathered on [[Earth]] in preparation for the trip back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and the battle with the chaos-bringer [[Unicron]]. Presumably, he joined [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] at the [[Loop]], where the Mini-Cons channeled their energies through the [[Matrix]] and dealt the fatal blow to Unicron.


==Toys==
{{-}}{{anchor|HasbroRedeco}}
===Armada===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mc|'''Emergency Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
*'''Emergency Mini-Con Team''' (Basic, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-20'''


: Makeshift transforms into a twin-rotor helicopter similar to an Osprey. He has a third "weapon mode" transformation, becoming a double gatling-cannon. He was only available with his teammates [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] and [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]].
: Part of the seventh and final wave of ''Armada'' Mini-Con three-packs, the Emergency Team was given a [[redeco]] (without a new team name as previous redecoed teams had). Makeshift got himself a snazzy blue-and-red deco.


: Late in the ''Armada'' series, the Team was [[Redeco|redecoed]]. Makeshift got a predominantly blue color scheme in this release, the only one of the set to not have an apparent G1 homage deco. (Though he does kind of dimly resemble [[Rotorbolt (Universe)|Rotorbolt]].)
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/ReMakeshift/makeshift.htm More information on redeco Makeshift at TFU.info]''
{{-}}


: This mold was also used to make [[Bulge]], [[Impulsor]], [[Rotor (Energon)|Rotor]] and [[Scythe]].
===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:TFU03-toy Makeshift.jpg|thumb|300px|I want to ride my Skysickle.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Whirl with Gunbarrel & Makeshift''' (Ultra class, [[2004]])}}</ul>


*'''Emergency Micron X-Dimension''' (Basic, 2003)
: Makeshift was redecoed for the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' series in a scheme similar to Impulsor's, but using darker shades of plastic.
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-21'''


: A low-run regular-retail "[[X-Dimension]]" redeco of the Emergency Team was made available in Japan, in midnight blue and orange. This was the final set of X-Dimension Mini-Cons released.
: He was only available in an Ultra-class set with [[Whirl (Universe)#Universe (2003)|Whirl]] and [[Gunbarrel (Armada)#UniverseWhirl|Gunbarrel]], released in the third "official" wave of Ultra-class releases (''Universe'' has a few ".5" half-waves, which ultimately put this pack in the fifth set of Ultra releases, yes it's confusing).


===Universe===
: This deco of Makeshift was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Skysickle]] in "[[Force of Habit]]".
*'''Autobot Whirl with Makeshift &amp; Gunbarrel''' (Ultra, 2004)


: Makeshift was redecoed for the [[Universe (2003 toyline)|''Universe'' series]], in a scheme very similar to Impulsor, but darker and less saturated. He was only available as part of an Ultra-sized multi-pack along with [[Whirl (Universe)|Whirl]] and [[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Makeshift/makeshift.htm More info on Makeshift at TFU.info]''


==External links==
==Notes==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Makeshift/makeshift.htm Makeshift at TFU.info]
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Twist''' (ツイスト ''Tsuisuto''), '''Makeshift''' (メイクシフト ''Meikushifuto'')


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Latest revision as of 03:26, 16 April 2025

The name or term "Makeshift" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Makeshift (disambiguation).
Makeshift is a Mini-Con from the Armada portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
If he says "pull my finger", you'll explode.

Like his teammates on the Emergency Mini-Con Team, Makeshift throws himself wholeheartedly into his search-and-rescue operations. However, unlike his somewhat emotionally-needy ally Prowl, Makeshift seems completely selfless in his duty, not even seeking verbal praise for his works. When he's not helping people, he's learning more methods of helping people... be those people mechanical or organic.

Though he's not much for battle, he's seemingly indispensable on the battlefield, thanks not only to his ability to tend to the injured quickly and competently, but because of his sharp mind and improvisational skills in a tight spot. If Makeshift has a fault, it's that his desire to save seems to extend even to his enemies; he will only fight in self-defense, and even then he'd rather scare attackers away without hurting them.

Fiction

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Dreamwave Armada comic

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Makeshift was one of the many Mini-Cons who gathered on Earth in preparation for the trip back to Cybertron and the battle with the chaos-bringer Unicron. Presumably, he joined Over-Run at the Loop, where the Mini-Cons channeled their energies through the Mini-Con Matrix and dealt the fatal blow to Unicron. The End

Ask Vector Prime

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In Aurex 606.0 Kappa, the Emergency Mini-Con Team successfully aided Red Alert, Longarm, Smokescreen, and Jolt in a battle against the Decepticons Landslide, Drench, and Wind Sheer. Afterwards, however, Unicron suddenly abducted Red Alert and Firebot. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/14

Toys

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Let's see what you can see...

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Specifics: Armada redeco.

Armada

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  • Emergency Mini-Con Team (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)
Armada Makeshift transforms into a tilt-rotor helicopter similar to an Osprey. He also has a third "weapon mode" transformation, becoming a double gatling-cannon.
As a Mini-Con, he has a "Powerlinx" socket on the underside of his vehicle mode that allows him to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating special gimmicks on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug.
He was normally only available in a three-pack with his teammates Firebot and Prowl. In the Hasbro line, the Emergency Team were released in the fifth assortment of Mini-Con teams. In Japan, it was part of the eighth wave of Legend of the Microns product, released in September 2003. Aside from packaging, there are no noteworthy differences between the two releases.
This mold was also used to make Impulsor, Energon Rotor, and Cybertron Scythe, and slightly retooled to make Galaxy Force Bulge.
Transformers: Armada mold: Makeshift
  • Hasbro:
  • Takara:
  • JIVE Ltd.:


  • Emergency Micron Exdimensions (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)
  • ID number: MM-21
  • Release date: September 11, 2003
A limited-edition (yet still standard retail) "Exdimensions" redeco of the Emergency Team was released in Japan, the sole item in the eleventh and final regular-retail release in the line. This version of the Team features a "Twist" now colored black and orange.
This toy was later repurposed as Shattered Glass Holepunch and doubles as the separate character Twist.


  • Emergency Mini-Con Team (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2003)
Part of the seventh and final wave of Armada Mini-Con three-packs, the Emergency Team was given a redeco (without a new team name as previous redecoed teams had). Makeshift got himself a snazzy blue-and-red deco.


Universe (2003)

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I want to ride my Skysickle.
  • Autobot Whirl with Gunbarrel & Makeshift (Ultra class, 2004)
Makeshift was redecoed for the Universe series in a scheme similar to Impulsor's, but using darker shades of plastic.
He was only available in an Ultra-class set with Whirl and Gunbarrel, released in the third "official" wave of Ultra-class releases (Universe has a few ".5" half-waves, which ultimately put this pack in the fifth set of Ultra releases, yes it's confusing).
This deco of Makeshift was repurposed as Skysickle in "Force of Habit".

Notes

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Foreign names

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  • Japanese: Twist (ツイスト Tsuisuto), Makeshift (メイクシフト Meikushifuto)
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