Power Nozzle

Power Nozzle is a Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Nobody can suck the air out of a room like Power Nozzle (パワーノズル Pawā Nozuru). Dark, nihilistic, deadly-serious and endlessly, eerily calm, he is a slow but steady force of destruction.

Also, he can literally suck the air out of the room. His enhanced lungs and nozzle-shaped mouth allow him to change air pressures within a five-meter area, even creating vacuum conditions that can put air-breathing opponents in a state of oxygen deprivation. And good luck trying to run, as his triple-clawed Nose Arm (ノーズアーム Nōzu Āmu) weapon can extend a trio of "magic hands" to grab targets and hold them in place. And though he hates Alligatron, he used those talents to help him in his attempt to conquer planet Beast.

Following the war, he returned to his homeland of Tamaraham to rule as its King. This seems to have tempered his destructive nature, though it's certainly not changed his outward behavior in any way. He may not be popular, but he serves his country with a grim determination. He's even managed to turn his subordinate Emperor, the soft-headed and flighty Red Octo, into an efficient worker. The two share a telepathic link, allowing Nozzle to direct Octo in his underwater duties and keep him on task.

Toys

Transformers: Beastformers

• Power Nozzle (Beastformer, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 40
  • Accessories: Triple-claw melee weapon

Part of the second series of Takara's Beastformers toys, Power Nozzle is a red anthropomorphic anteater in orange robotic armor. His left "hand" is a three-clawed deal in an open-digit "scoop" pose. The rubsign on his chest reveals one of three symbols; Fire, Water or Wood.

He came in a green-grid generic "Destron Beastformer" box, with a bio card with a painted character image on a jungle backdrop. Re-released in Series 3, the box was unchanged, but the bio card replaced the painted image with a simpler line-art image, first used in Hasbro's Battle Beasts cast poster. In both Series, depending on the "Pack" he came in, there was a chance of his bio card being replaced with a rare "Secret Photo", "Bewitching Serpent Seal", or "VS Holography Mirror" card.

Beastformers

• Power Nozzle (Beastformer, 1988)
  • Beast ID number: 29
  • Accessories: "Nose Arm" MVP Weapon

Re-released in the Transformers-less Beastformers sequel series, Power Nozzle was given a straight re-release with new packaging and a new, more filled-out bio card with corrected coloring. This new card also gave his weapon, now branded an "MVP Weapon", the name "Nose Arm" (ノーズアーム Nōzu Āmu).

He was sold in two similar-but-different styles of boxes. One wholly-generic version, sold in large display boxes like the Transformers releases, advertised the chance for the included bio card to instead be a rare holofoil card of White Leo with a "Burstsun" rubsign in a baggie taped to the back, so you could apply it to the Beastformer of your choice. The more common version has a slightly different box with a peg-hole in the top flap, and has a sticker on the bottom with his name and role on it.

Late in the run, the "mood ring" styled rubsigns were replaced with new rubsigns that revealed full-color Fire/Wood/Water images on black backdrops. (These rubsign variants also happened at the same time in the Hasbro Battle Beast version of the line.)

Notes

• His 1988 bio card gives him the nickname "Nose" (ノーズ Nōzu).

Foreign names

• English: Antic Anteater