Thermal melter

Shiny.

The Decepticon Dreadwind's weapons of choice are his thermal melters, which he can deploy in both robot and jet mode, as well as when combined with Darkwing to form Dreadwing.

Fiction

Marvel The Transformers comics

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

In jet mode, Dreadwind is armed with thermal melters, air-to-air missiles, rapid-fire machine guns and lasers. Dreadwind's Universe profile

While fighting Autobots on Nebulos, Dreadwind attempted to blast Goldbug with a thermal melter, but missed. People Power!

Acting on orders from Scorponok, Dreadwind and Darkwing raided an Alternate Reality warehouse guarded by Getaway, Slapdash, and Joyride. While Darkwing and Throttle snuck inside the facility, Dreadwind strafed the Autobots with his thermal melters, managing to disable Slapdash and Joyride, though Getaway evaded his blasts and confronted the Decepticon intruders with his plasma-shell shotgun. Prime Bomb!

Toys

Generation 1

• Dreadwind (Powermaster, 1988)
  • Accessories: "Hi-Test" Powermaster engine, left & right thermal melters

Although labelled as generic "lasers" on Dreadwind's instructions, the bio accompanying his Tech Specs identifies his weapons as "thermal melters", alongside the two "air-to-air missiles" molded into the jet mode's wings.