Gripper (G1)
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| This article is about the Autobot Motorvator. For the Micromaster mini-rig, see Gripper (ROC). |
- Gripper is an Autobot from the toyline portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Leader of the Motorvator assault force, Gripper is a mighty robot characterized by courage and pure strength. He has a penchant for off-roading, as his mega-grip tires and super reinforced vehicular armor are well suited to rough terrain. His dual function Energon figure supplies him with wide-sweep radar and a sonic scanner. He wields a crack calibre laser-blazer broadsword. Which sounds totally awesome.
Fiction
IDW 2005 continuity
- First Appearance: Transformers: Robots in Disguise #27
Gripper was front and center among the Transformers who defended Cybertron from Shockwave's attacking Ammonite army. Black Planet
Gripper later gave a testimony on the D.J.D. during Megatron's trial, having lost a number of close friends within the Decepticons to them. Words Hang in the Air
Toys
Generation 1
- Gripper (Motorvator, 1991)
- Accessories: Energon figure, sword
- Gripper is a redeco of the Brainmaster Blacker, transforming into a Baja buggy. His incredibly simplistic transformation for his size is due to the gimmick in his torso: placing his smaller Energon figure into the open chest cavity then closing the plate pushes the inner core of the small robot up, forming the larger robot's face. The Energon figure can also "pilot" Gripper in vehicle mode.
- Like the other Motorvators, Gripper lacks the Combiner kibble used by Blacker to form Road Caesar (in Gripper's case, the shield/chestplate and blaster/robot face), but can still be combined with the other two to form an incomplete Motorvator combiner.
- Gripper was released in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand in 1991, and was also released in European packaging in Japan, much like the later USA Editions.
Notes
Foreign names
- Italian: Phantom
