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<div id="title-factionicons" style="float: right; display: none;"><div style="position: relative;">[[Autobot|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/f/fe/Symbol_autobot_reg.png/30px-Symbol_autobot_reg.png" width="30" height="30" border="0"/>]]</div></div>
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:''Pinpointer is an [[Autobot|Autobot]]-allied [[Nebulos|Nebulan]] from the [[Generation 1|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''
:''Pinpointer is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Nebulos|Nebulan]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''


[[Image:Pinpointer mtmte.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A rare image of him NOT running beside Crosshairs]]
[[Image:Pinpointer mtmte.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A rare image of him NOT running beside Crosshairs]]
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==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
===Marvel Comics continuity===
<div style="width: 90%; margin: 0 auto .2em auto; background-color:#efefef; border: 2px solid #eeeeee; padding: 2px; text-align: left;">'''Note:''' ''Events from the [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|UK-only]] comic stories are in italics.''</div>
{{note|Events from the [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|UK-only]] comic stories are in italics.}}
Pinpointer was a biomass recycling engineer on [[Nebulos|Nebulos]].<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4" title="">[5]</a></sup>
Pinpointer was a biomass recycling engineer on [[Nebulos]].<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4" title="">[5]</a></sup>




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===Cartoon continuity===
===Cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
====Generation 1 cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]]


He was a freedom fighter.  {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1|The Rebirth, Part 1}}
He was a freedom fighter.  {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1|The Rebirth, Part 1}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Pinpointer's pre-[[Targetmaster|Targetmaster]] role was a police sniper.
Pinpointer's pre-[[Targetmaster]] role was a police sniper.




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:Pinpointer can transform into a gun and be stored on Crosshairs in vehicle mode, or hand-held in robot mode. He was only available with his bigger partner.
:Pinpointer can transform into a gun and be stored on Crosshairs in vehicle mode, or hand-held in robot mode. He was only available with his bigger partner.


: This mold was sold in Japan without changes as [[Pointech|Pointech]].
: This mold was sold in Japan without changes as [[Pointech]].


::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Crosshairs/crosshairs.htm More info on Crosshairs & Pinpointer at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Crosshairs/crosshairs.htm More info on Crosshairs & Pinpointer at TFU.info]''

Revision as of 11:32, 27 March 2009

Pinpointer is an Autobot-allied Nebulan from the Generation 1 continuity family.
A rare image of him NOT running beside Crosshairs

Pinpointer is a Nebulan of few words.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup> He's binary bonded to Crosshairs.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a></sup>

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

Pinpointer was a biomass recycling engineer on Nebulos.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4" title="">[5]</a></sup>


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No, really. HE WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFORMERS.
No, really. HE WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFORMERS.

<span style="font-size:125%;font-weight:900;">I want to tell you about the Transformers!</span><hr /> This character article is a stub and is missing information on their fictional appearances. You can help Transformers Wiki by expanding it.


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Cartoon continuity

Generation 1 cartoon

Voice actor: Frank Welker

He was a freedom fighter. The Rebirth, Part 1


Dreamwave comics continuity

Pinpointer's pre-Targetmaster role was a police sniper.



Toys

Generation 1

File:Pinpointer-toy.jpg
  • Crosshairs with Pinpointer (Targetmaster, 1987)
Pinpointer can transform into a gun and be stored on Crosshairs in vehicle mode, or hand-held in robot mode. He was only available with his bigger partner.
This mold was sold in Japan without changes as Pointech.




Footnotes

<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0"><a href="#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> Pinpointer is focused on avoiding waste in all things, be it natural resources, movement or even the amount of words used in a conversation. To say he's very businesslike and efficient itself would be a waste of words, when simply calling him rude would suffice for most. <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> Whenever he does speak, he sounds like Fred from Scooby Doo.

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2" title="">↑</a> Crosshairs is similarly obsessed with avoiding waste with regards to combat and ammunition, so he understands where Pinpointer is coming from. They get on fairly well. <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3" title="">↑</a> Pinpointer transforms into a dual rocket-propelled grenade launcher who can lock on a target in less than .0003 seconds, but usually trusts Crosshairs to tell him when to shoot. <li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4" title="">↑</a> Crosshairs' Marvel Transformers Universe profile from Marvel US issue #48</ol>