Heater

Heater is a Decepticon-allied Nebulan from the Generation 1 continuity family.

You wanna buy some death sticks?

Heater prefers to take the path of least resistance. Legitimate work is too much of a hassle, so he made a living by shilling illegal pleasure pods; when the Nebulan authorities closed in, he escaped the rigors of prison by joining the Decepticons. Subjected to the Targetmaster process, Heater was binary-bonded with Quake and gained the ability to transform into a photon pistol. His laziness and criminal tendencies have not endeared him to Tiptop, Quake's other partner.

Toys

Generation 1

• Quake w/ Tiptop and Heater (Targetmaster, 1988)

Heater, like all the "double" Targetmaster Nebulans, is one of the smallest and least complicated Transformers. Fold the barrel away, and stand him up. His back has a peg-hole that allows him to combine with Heater (or any other Targetmaster or weapon with a 5mm peg) to create a super-weapon. He was only available in a set with Quake and Heater.

No version of this character or mold was released in Japan.

• More information on Heater (with Quake & Tiptop) at TFU.info

Notes

• Neither Tiptop nor Heater make an explicit appearance in the Marvel comic, but Quake's tank mode has extra gun on his toy's Targetmaster hardpoint in issues 75 and 80. In issue 80 the extra gun looks like a simplified Heater design and his main turret might be Tiptop. Whether or not these are genuine appearances of Quake's Targetmasters is unclear.

External links

• Quake, Tiptop, and Heater's Universe profile at NFTA.net