Laser rifle
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The laser rifle is a standard weapon among Transformers. Bots who wield laser rifles include Generation 1 Optimus Prime,[1][2][3] Roadbuster,[4] and Slag[5] and Cybertron Hardtop[4] and Swindle.[4]
One of Spinister's Targetmasters, Hairsplitter, transforms into a twin-barelled lock-target laser rifle.[4] He's so accurate, he can sign his name on a microchip that's two miles away,[2] which is a good skill to have when your boss goes off the deep end.
Hardtop enjoys using his high-precision laser rifle, but his twin brother Swindle would rather club Autobots with his than actually shoot it.
Notes
- Originally, Optimus Prime's weapon was called a laser rifle. However, modern toys refer to his weapon as an ion blaster.
References
- ↑ Both Jazz and Megatron refer to Prime's gun as a laser rifle in "Enter the Nightbird".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Transformers Universe profile.
- ↑ It is also explicitly stated to be a laser rifle in Decepticon Poison.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Toy bio.
- ↑ Slag's The Transformers Universe profile calls his weapon a laser rifle, but his bio calls it an electron blaster.
