Ironfist (G1)
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- Ironfist is an Autobot Lightformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.
For Ironfist, there is no greater work of art than an ingenious piece of weaponry. Others can have their metamorphic rock sculptures of unclothed human males or oil-based images of smiling females, but a tracer cannon that can take out a Decepticon battalion a hic away is (almost) all that Ironfist admires. Unsurprisingly, this Autobot gun nut gets into the thick of a battle, no matter what the terrain, so long as the action is fast and furious. However, Ironfist still finds the time to silently regard the weapons of war.
In datanet circles, Ironfist is known by his username Fisitron. Fisitron is a dedicated Wreckers fanboy and writer of the "Wreckers: Declassified" datalogs, an in-depth chronicle of their many dangerous adventures. They're his heroes. Ironfist hopes his passion for weaponry attracts their attention, but if he were ever to meet them, he'd probably faint from over-excitement.
Sometimes he sounds like he's from Nebulos.
Fiction
IDW comics continuity
While waiting with Pyro, Guzzle, and Rotorstorm to be inducted into the Wreckers from an outpost on the Igue-Moor Fuel Depot, Ironfist thought he'd test-run his new Lightformer cannon. Unfortunately, he blew up one of the Autobots' local reconstruction projects, causing its overseer Dipstick to throw a fit.
Ultra Magnus's ship landed shortly, and Ironfist and the other inductees were greeted by several famous members of the Wreckers. Ironfist was practically beside himself when he identified Kup, but Verity Carlo noted that Kup "changes his oil like everyone else." And while Springer began to brief them, Ironfist fainted.
Eventually Ironfist's systems rebooted, and he immediately tried to downplay his reaction. But after some prodding from Guzzle, Ironfist resigned himself to an explanation. He was also known as "Fisitron," the famous Wreckers historian and fanboy. As Ironfist began rambling, Topspin and Twin Twist were amused to hear that their files were classified. Ironfist was understandably embarrassed and excused himself. Last Stand of the Wreckers #1
 Plot details for Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3 follow. |
Wings of Honor
At the start of the war, Ironfist was a member of the Elite Guard, under the command of Metalhawk. He was a munitions expert with a funny way of speaking. Though he was skilled with explosives, sometimes his work could prove a tiny nuisance.
Metalhawk's team partnered with Thunderclash's team to face a plague of Virulent Clones. Ironfist's explosives were particularly effective against their foes, though his fellow Elite Guardsman Dion was often covered in Insecticon goo as a result. He liked to call Dion "sailor," even though Dion kept reminding him that prior to the war he worked on the docks, not the ships. Ultimately, the Elite Guard was victorious over the Virulent Clones.
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Toys
Generation 1
- Ironfist (Lightformer, 1993)
- Accessories: Gun emplacement
- Ironfist transforms into a AM General M998 Humvee military off-road vehicle. Mounted on his roof is an ENORMOUS repeater cannon turret that can rotate 360° and pivot upwards at its base. This weapon uses a combination of the light-piping and gear-wheel gimmicks so that when you look through the "viewscope" and rapidly push the spring-loaded post at the rear of the turret, the gold cannon will slide back and forth, the grey "ammo" drum on top will rotate while the view from the scope makes it look like twin beams of laser-fire are striking your selected target. The cannon turret has a fold-down stand to become a gun emplacement for Ironfist to man in robot mode.
Generation 2
- Ironfist (Lightformer, 1994)
- Accessories: Gun emplacement
- This release is identical to his 1993 release, but in Generation 2 packaging, and was on a blister card instead of in a box.
Notes
- Ironfist's gun-gimmick simulates twin beams of laser fire striking his target... but the gun only has one barrel. Hmm.
- In a French commercial that featured Ironfist, his voice was pantomimed as a generic 1950s robot monotone. So was Pyro's. It must be a thing. [1]
- Independently, both Fun Publications and IDW chose to use Ironfist in their stories for 2010, mostly because nobody'd ever done anything with him before and nobody'd be likely to! Ha ha ha ha ha whoops. Now the two Ironfists must have a rumble.
