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:''Pinpoint is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Power Core Combiners]] series.'' | :''Pinpoint is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Power Core Combiners]] series.'' | ||
[[Image:PCC-toy Pinpoint.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:PCC-toy Pinpoint.jpg|thumb|400px|]] | ||
'''Pinpoint''' provides his [[bulk]] partner [[Leadfoot (PCC)|Leadfoot]] with the extra power he needs to take on the [[Decepticon]]s. | '''Pinpoint''' provides his [[bulk]] partner [[Leadfoot (PCC)|Leadfoot]] with the extra power he needs to take on the [[Decepticon]]s. | ||
==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
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: Part of the second wave of ''Power Core Combiners'' Commander-class toys, Pinpoint was available only with his larger partner Leadfoot. He transforms from a small robot into an engine for Leadfoot's vehicle mode, a blaster-cannon for robot mode, as well as armor for any Commander robot when in their super-robot torso mode. His [[Powerlinx]] socket is hollow so he can peg onto any [[5mm post]]. However, he cannot activate [[Powerlinx]] gimmicks on ''Armada''-era toys. | : Part of the second wave of ''Power Core Combiners'' Commander-class toys, Pinpoint was available only with his larger partner Leadfoot. He transforms from a small robot into an engine for Leadfoot's vehicle mode, a blaster-cannon for robot mode, as well as armor for any Commander robot when in their super-robot torso mode. His [[Powerlinx]] socket is hollow so he can peg onto any [[5mm post]]. However, he cannot activate [[Powerlinx]] gimmicks on ''Armada''-era toys. | ||
: During the period between 26 | : During the period between [[December 26]] [[2010]] and [[January 31]] [[2011]], [[Hasbro]] ran their "[[Supercharge Your Holidays]]" promotion: for every $20 spent on Hasbro-branded product, customers could receive a free, random product from a list provided by Hasbro. Among the items on the list was "Transformers Combiners & [[Speed Stars]] Mini Vehicle". According to [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=75487 this discussion thread on Allspark.com], Leadfoot with Pinpoint was one of the figures distributed. | ||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Mini-Con/Pinpoint/pinpoint.htm More information on Pinpoint at TFU.ino]'' | ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Mini-Con/Pinpoint/pinpoint.htm More information on Pinpoint at TFU.ino]'' | ||
Revision as of 05:45, 15 January 2012
| The name or term "Pinpointer" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Pinpointer (disambiguation). |
- Pinpoint is an Autobot-allied Mini-Con from the Power Core Combiners series.
Pinpoint provides his bulk partner Leadfoot with the extra power he needs to take on the Decepticons.
Toys
Power Core Combiners
- Leadfoot with Pinpoint (Commander, 2010)
- Part of the second wave of Power Core Combiners Commander-class toys, Pinpoint was available only with his larger partner Leadfoot. He transforms from a small robot into an engine for Leadfoot's vehicle mode, a blaster-cannon for robot mode, as well as armor for any Commander robot when in their super-robot torso mode. His Powerlinx socket is hollow so he can peg onto any 5mm post. However, he cannot activate Powerlinx gimmicks on Armada-era toys.
- During the period between December 26 2010 and January 31 2011, Hasbro ran their "Supercharge Your Holidays" promotion: for every $20 spent on Hasbro-branded product, customers could receive a free, random product from a list provided by Hasbro. Among the items on the list was "Transformers Combiners & Speed Stars Mini Vehicle". According to this discussion thread on Allspark.com, Leadfoot with Pinpoint was one of the figures distributed.
- Power Core Combiners Special Value Offer (2011)
- Leadfoot and Pinpoint were also made available as part of a Walmart-exclusive Black Friday "Value Pack", combining a 5-pack team with a Commander 2-pack via packaging tape and a couple of stickers, for the whopping price of ten bucks, merely a third of what the two toys would cost nominally.
- So far, Leadfoot has been found attached to the Grimstone/Dinobots and Steamhammer/Constructions sets.
Notes
- Pinpoint is sculpted to resemble a Generation 1 Powermaster partner figure. He even transforms the same way into engine mode.
- When Artfire's Targetmaster partner appeared in the United comic, he was depicted as a recolor of Pinpoint.
