Pincer

This article is about the appendage/weapons some Transformers have. For the Autobot Pretender, see Pincher.

Not to be confused with claws, which are sharp blades made for slicing of slashing, pincers are either weapons, designed for grabbing, crushing or cutting, or they are a Transformer's "hands."

Fiction

Generation 1

• Unicron's planet mode has a pair of large pincers to grab planets while he eats them.
• Scorponok has giant pincers for hands.
• Octopunch has pincers in crab mode.
• The appropriately-named Pincher has pincers in scorpion mode. In the IDW comics, he has them in robot mode.

Beast Wars

Pincers were popular melee weapons during the Beast Wars.

• Cybershark's beast mode tail converts into a pincer weapon.
• Prowl's tail becomes some sort of strange pincer weapon.
• Powerpinch's beast mode pincer converts into a hand held pinching weapon, or can alternatively mounted in his midsection in robot mode.
• Razorclaw's beast mode pincers convert into his arms in robot mode, his left pincer contains a blaster and the right pincer contains three blades.
• Retrax's beast mode mandibles convert into a pincer weapon in robot mode.
• Transquito's battle mode has a set of large pincers.
• Sea Clamp's pincers contains a pair of blades, for even better crushing/pinching/slashing action!
• The Arachnid's base mode has an attachable pincher, perhaps to be used for construction, or to grab that pesky Razorbeast.
• Megatron's beast mode tail converts into a pincer weapon in robot mode in all of his robot modes throughout the Beast Wars, though they were infrequently used in his fictional appearances. In his first body sporting a Tyrannosaurus's hide, his tail converted in a pincer weapon, though he preferred using his beast mode's mouth to crush and grab his victims. In his Transmetal body, his tail-end pincer is seemingly accessible in any mode, it was only seen being used once while in flight mode, while his hand-held weapon was most frequently used as blaster while in robot mode. His Transmetal 2 body similarly had a tail-end pincer, though it possessed a third "claw," and was portrayed as being used for grappling.
• Air Hammer's shark mouth converts into a pincer weapon and a blaster in robot mode.
• Vice Grip, a repaint of Powerpinch is armed with the same pinching weapon.
• Sky Shadow's rear dragonfly wings convert into an enormous pincer weapon.
• Stinkbomb's tail ends in a claw/pincer/whip weapon
• Ramulus's beast mode horns convert into a massive pincer weapon and Slagmaker Cannon.
• Scorponok, due to his choice of beast mode, sports a pair of pincers in both his original and transmetal body.
• Insecticon's stag beetle alt mode possesses pincers.
• BLackarchnia's original body did not have hands, instead she had large pincers starting from her elbow. She still managed to be able to type on a computer. Her Transmetal 2 body's grappling hook utilized her beast mode mandibles as a pincer weapon.
• Beetle's beast mode possesses a set of organic pincers.
• Double Punch, a redeco of Scorponok also has pincers.
• Although sporting the misnomer of "Terror Claws," Rampage sports of couple of terrifyingly huge pincers due to his beast mode.
• Alongside the other Predacons who transform into stag beetles, Scarem's beast mode has a set of vicious-looking pincers.
• Though he has been described in fiction as possessing hands, Sandstorm, another redeco of Scorponok, is most often depicted with pincers in both robot and beast mode.
• Shokaract, a redeco of Rampage, has a couple of pincers, in both his cybertronian body and beast-era variation.
• Poison Bite, the mutant transformer has a scorpion mode has a couple of organic pincers.

Beast Wars II

• Lio Junior, a redeco of Prowl, is armed with the same weapon.
• Scissor Boy, a redeco of Powerpinch, is armed with the same weapon.
• Powerhug is a redeco of Retrax and has the same pincer weapon.
• Bigmos, a redeco as Transquito and therefore has the same battle mode pincer.
• Galvatron is armed with the "Galva-claw" a pincer weapon formed from his dragon wings.
• Max B is armed with a pincer weapon.

Beast Wars Neo

• Longrack's cybertronian mode and Beast Wars Neo mode are both armed with a large extendable pincer for a right arm.
• Rockbuster is armed with the same pincer weapons as the original toy, Razorclaw.
• Sharp Edge is a retool of Cybershark and conserves the same pincer weapon.
• The Blendtron Drancron is a repaint of the fuzor Skyshadow and is armed with the same pincer weapon.

Beast Machines

• Buzz Saw's new technorganic body sports a large pincer in robot mode.
• Tankor possessed pincers instead of hands, portrayed by his toy as being accessible to his vehicle mode as well. His Tank Drones, share his body template, including his pincers.
• Airraptor's beast mode head, acting as his right hand in robot mode, presumably serves as a pincer and/or blaster.
• T-Wrecks, a redeco of Megatron's original Tyrannosaurus Rex body, also possesses a pincer.

Dinobots

• Sludge's sail becomes a pincer/trap.

2007 Movie

• Payload is armed with a large pincer that emerges from his chest.
• Dropkick is armed with a disproportionally large pincer weapon.
• Salvage is armed with the same pincer weapon as Dropkick, the original toy this character was redecoed from.

Revenge of the Fallen

• Megatron's new body is armed with his Death-lock pincer
• Blowpipe is another repaint of the Dropkick mold and is armed with the same weapon.
• One of Ben Procter's concept art studies for Overload's robot mode is a monstrous—and awesome—four-armed quadruped with claws, pincers and hooks up the ying-yang.
• Hightower's tail is a large pincer.
• Scrapmetal has large pincers instead of hands.
• Scrapper also has large pincers for hands.

Trivia

• The only transformer who has a scorpion beast mode that does not have pincers for hands in robot mode is Quickstrike.
• Although technically, the 2007 movie Scorponok does not have pincers for hands, he has drills.