Pinpointer (G1)

The name or term "Pinpointer" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Pinpointer (disambiguation).

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. 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. He's binary bonded to Crosshairs. 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. 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.

Fiction

Marvel Generation 1 comics

Pinpointer was a biomass recycling engineer on Nebulos. Pinpointer's Universe profile After Galen and his Autobot allies were smeared in the public eye by Lord Zarak, Pinpointer one of a select few Nebulans who didn't buy the Decepticons as their saviors (due in part to his ability to think back several days to when the Decepticons were laying siege to the capital). Adopting a codename and working in secret, Pinpointer and his allies reinvented the bio-mechanical engineering process as a means of rearming the Autobots. Six of the Autobots' top warriors had disarmed themselves as a show of peace to the Nebulans when they first arrived, and were now sorely lacking firepower now that the Decepticons had arrived. The binary bonding allowed Pinpointer to convert into a double-barrelled rocket-propelled grenade launcher, teaming with the Autobot weapons supervisor, Crosshairs. Brothers in Armor!!

When the Autobots abandoned Nebulos to prevent their war from consuming the planet, Pinpointer and the other Targetmasters went with them. On the planet Earth, Pinpointer and the Targetmaster accompanied Fortress Maximus in an assault on the Decepticons' island base. The Desert Island of Space!

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Frank Welker (English), Masaki Aizawa (Japanese), Imo Heite (German, "The Rebirth, Part 1"), Gerd Wiedenhofen (German, "The Rebirth, Part 2" and "The Rebirth, Part 3")

Pinpointer and Duros were out scouting for Hive activity when they spotted a group of Autobots roaming Nebulos. Dismissing Duros's suspicion that they weren't Hive machines, he asserted that they need to get back to their secret base and warn the other resistance fighters. A trap was promptly set up to capture the Autobots. Although the human Spike Witwicky spoke up for his mechanical friends, Pinpointer maintained that it must be some sort of Hive trap. The Rebirth, Part 1

Once the Decepticons mounted an attack, he seemed to change his mind and later was all too happy to become a Targetmaster partner for Crosshairs. When introducing himself to Optimus Prime, he claimed to be a better shot than Spoilsport. The Rebirth, Part 2 Returning with the Autobots to Cybertron, he and his fellow Nebulons helped Spike avert the destruction of the Autobots and bring around a new Golden Age. Later they all returned to Nebulos, promising to destroy the Hive's machines. The Rebirth, Part 3

3H comics

Crosshairs wielded Pinpointer during a battle with an army of Nightbirds. Departure

Dreamwave Generation 1 comics

Pinpointer's pre-Targetmaster role was a police sniper. Crosshairs More than Meets the Eye profile

Toys

Generation 1

• Crosshairs (Targetmaster, 1987)

Available only with his larger partner Crosshairs, pinpointer transforms into a double-barreled rifle. In weapon mode he can either be a hand-held gun or mounted on Crosshairs's roof via 5mm posts.

The toy was also used to represent the Cybertronian Pointech.

• More info on Crosshairs & Pointech at TFU.info

External links

• Crosshairs & Pinpointer's Universe profile at NFTA.net