Hoist (Movie)
| The name or term "Hoist" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Hoist (disambiguation). |
- Hoist is an Autobot from the Transformers portion of the live-action film series continuity family.
Hoist may seem like just another nice and friendly guy, but any Decepticon who deems him an easy target will live to regret it. Hoist's been trained by some of the greatest warriors in the entire galaxy, and is considered a valuable asset to the Autobot cause.
Fiction
Toy bios
Mixmaster decided one day that he'd use Hoist as a guinea pig for his new toxin: the Autobot is rugged enough to prove it, and valuable enough that his death would hurt the Autobots. Hoist, however, proved stronger than the Decepticon had expected, and a back road brawl broke out!
Titan Revenge of the Fallen comic
Ironhide and his team are taking out all the remaining Decepticons on Earth, including... er, Hoist? Spare Parts!
Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe
Pursuing the AllSpark after it had been launched into space, Hoist was one of the many Autobots that found their way to Earth. There, he participated in a great battle within a human settlement against the Decepticons. He towed Wheeljack to safety as the battle raged around them. The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe
Games
Transformers: The Game (PSP)
- Voice actor: Mark Ryan
Hoist arrived on Earth some time after Optimus Prime and his team, apparently at the same time as Wheeljack and Sideswipe. He accompanied the other Autobots on their mission to Hoover Dam, and was seen escaping the complex when the Decepticons attacked. Transformers The Game (PSP)
Toys
Revenge of the Fallen
- Back Road Brawl (Multi-pack, 2009)
- Accessories: Missile
- A Toys"R"Us-exclusive, Generation 1-themed redeco of the 2007 Movie toyline's Longarm, Hoist transforms into a Ford F-350 tow truck, capable of towing another toy thanks to his hook-arm. This arm becomes a hand-held spring-loaded missile launcher in robot mode that is affixed to his right hand via a screw. There is a single, nigh-insignificant automorph feature; the emergency lights on top of the gun/tow rig are geared to fold simultaneously.
- The gun is not meant to be removable, but is easily unscrewed. The loose gun won't fit on the right hand without the screw, but will peg into the left hand via the connection used to hold the gun/crane steady in vehicle mode. The figure is still capable of full transformation and the loose crane fits tightly in vehicle mode. It is however difficult to transform him while keeping the loose gun attached to his left hand.
- Hoist is only available in the Toys"R"Us "Back Road Brawl" figure two pack with a Generation 1-themed redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Mixmaster.
Notes
- When artist Ken Christiansen turned in the "tow truck drone" design for the Transformers video game, he gave it a green colour scheme in subtle homage to Generation 1 Hoist. Toy designer Alex Kubalsky did not receive this reference from Activision in time, but independently drew from Hoist's G1 design for the transformation and robot mode, which is why the toy's head doesn't match either of the two drone heads the Longarm drone has in the game. Hoist appears in the PSP game, as a green-and-orange recolored version of the drone, and that redeco was eventually released in the Revenge of the Fallen toyline, finally fulfilling the original design intent.[1]
- While Hoist himself does not appear in either version of the Nintendo DS game, a blatant nod to him is one of the many unlockable vehicle forms for Create-A-Bot in the Transformers: Autobots version. While the form (called "Maintenance") is not entirely like his vehicle mode, being a palette-swapped version of Longarm, it has a very similar paint job and the robot mode is almost dead on.
- Hoist's cameo as a Decepticon in "Spare Parts!" is likely to be a mistake.
Reference
- ↑ "At this point, on my side, I just heard they wanted a tow truck. There was no talk of making it the tow truck that drags Bumblebee around, it was just another vehicle to create a character for. That being said, I originally turned him in with a green paint job, figuring why not? Old fans will at least get the connection...but Hasbro was reluctant to go farther, because at the time, all of this was so new to everyone, games, toys, movie, they kind of wanted to save all the characters for the Bay-verse*...so instead of going all out with yellow cues, and hazard stripes, I just turned in a green one. It's awesome to read that on the other side of the world, that Alex, the toy designer, was pushing for the same thing."—Ken Christiansen on Blogspot, 2022/08/17
