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:''The Attack Cruiser is an Action Master vehicle from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].'' | :''The Attack Cruiser is an [[Autobot]] Action Master vehicle from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].'' | ||
[[File:Sprocket (vehicle).jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blurring the line between attacking and cruising.]] | [[File:Sprocket (vehicle).jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blurring the line between attacking and cruising.]] | ||
The '''Attack Cruiser''' is an [[Action Master]] vehicle. | The '''Attack Cruiser''' is an [[Action Master]] vehicle. The weapon systems were rebuilt by [[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]], its primary driver. As an all-terrain car, it boasts an impressive arsenal including two photon rifles, magnetic rockets able to immobilize metallic targets, and defensive bumper energy shields. When it converts to its vector-thrust hovercopter mode, it's armed with twin front-mounted plasma-pulse machine guns. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
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[[File:Wheeljack turbo racer and sprocket attack cruiser.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Sprocket emerged from the caves of Fraggle Rock to find that time had passed differently in the depths.]] | [[File:Wheeljack turbo racer and sprocket attack cruiser.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Sprocket emerged from the caves of Fraggle Rock to find that time had passed differently in the depths.]] | ||
The Attack Cruiser showed up briefly next to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack's]] [[Turbo Racer]]. | The Attack Cruiser showed up briefly next to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack's]] [[Turbo Racer]]. They emerged from a tunnel in time to get strafed by [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]]'s [[Stratotronic Jet]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Gutcruncher|Action Master vehicles commercial}} | ||
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: The Attack Cruiser is a car that can transform into an attack helicopter. It was sold with Sprocket. | : The Attack Cruiser is a car that can transform into an attack helicopter. It was sold with Sprocket. | ||
: Despite being a helicopter, it is not the [[Attack Copter]]. | : Despite being a helicopter, it is not the [[Attack Copter]]. That's something else entirely! | ||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Sprocket/sprocket.htm More information on the Attack Cruiser at TFU.info]'' | ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Sprocket/sprocket.htm More information on the Attack Cruiser at TFU.info]'' | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* The box for the Attack Cruiser shows its front gun with separate grey pieces for its "barrels". These look to pull out and extend from the body of the gun, | * The box for the Attack Cruiser shows its front gun with separate grey pieces for its "barrels". These look to pull out and extend from the body of the gun, or conceivably even fire like missiles. On the finished toy they are not separate but molded as a solid part of the main gun. | ||
[[Category:Action Master vehicles]] | [[Category:Action Master vehicles]] | ||
Revision as of 02:59, 26 May 2017
- The Attack Cruiser is an Autobot Action Master vehicle from the Generation 1 continuity family.
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The Attack Cruiser is an Action Master vehicle. The weapon systems were rebuilt by Sprocket, its primary driver. As an all-terrain car, it boasts an impressive arsenal including two photon rifles, magnetic rockets able to immobilize metallic targets, and defensive bumper energy shields. When it converts to its vector-thrust hovercopter mode, it's armed with twin front-mounted plasma-pulse machine guns.
Fiction
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
The Attack Cruiser featured in the biography for Sprocket in the More than Meets the Eye profiles series.
Commercial appearances
The Attack Cruiser showed up briefly next to Wheeljack's Turbo Racer. They emerged from a tunnel in time to get strafed by Gutcruncher's Stratotronic Jet. Action Master vehicles commercial
Toys
Generation 1
- Sprocket (Action Master Autobot Vehicle, 1990)
- The Attack Cruiser is a car that can transform into an attack helicopter. It was sold with Sprocket.
- Despite being a helicopter, it is not the Attack Copter. That's something else entirely!
Notes
- The box for the Attack Cruiser shows its front gun with separate grey pieces for its "barrels". These look to pull out and extend from the body of the gun, or conceivably even fire like missiles. On the finished toy they are not separate but molded as a solid part of the main gun.
