Tacker

Tacker is an Autobot from the Victory portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

You know, your head actually looks a lot like Roadhandler and Cheetor.

What is your major system flaw, Scraplets?! I'm Autobot officer Tacker (タッカー Takkā) and you are all my servodroids! I am here to train you to be Autobot warriors. I don't think I have ever laid eyes on such a sorry group of mechbots before. Now soundoff like you've got a pair of ball joints! One, Two, Three, Four, I love the Autobot defense corps! We are here to protect these people from the tyranny of the Decepticon Emperors. We are all part of this corps together, we are stronger together than separately. I have spent 40,000 vorns serving in this corps and have been proud to do so. I would be happy to serve as part of Dashtacker with Dash and as a component of Landcross in the Multiforce. But instead I have to train you namby pamby petrorabbits!

Fiction

Victory cartoon

Voice actor: ??? (Japan)

Toys

Victory

• Dashtacker (Multiforce, 1989)
  • ID number: C-317
  • Accessories: Multi-Tacker Gun, Landcross footplate

Dash transforms into a green covered halftrack vehicle. In vehicle mode, he can mount Landcross's footplate on his roof as a double-cannon. He is capable of forming the top or bottom half of a two-Multiforce-member super robot; nominally, he's the bottom half to Dashtacker. For the Mulitforce's "individual" releases, Tacker was only available with his partner, Dash.

• More information on Tacker at TFU.info

• Landcross (Gift set, 1989)
  • ID number: C-319
  • Accessories: Multi-Tacker Gun, Landcross footplate

Tacker was also available as part of the complete Multiforce/Landcross gift set. The toys are identical to their individual releases, though the packaging lacked the bios and Tech Specs for the "individual" members.

Micromaster Collection

• Tacker (DX Micromaster, 2004)
  • Multiforce number: 4
  • Accessories: Multi-Tacker Gun, Landcross footplate

For Micromaster Collection, the Multiforce members were only sold as true individuals, one per box. This release saw the original versions' stickers replaced with paint operations.

• More information on Micromaster Collection Tacker at TFU.info

• Tacker Stealth Mode (DX Micromaster, 2004)
  • Multiforce number: 4
  • Accessories: Multi-Tacker Gun, Landcross footplate

In every case of 12 DX Micromasters, two were black-plastic "Stealth Mode" versions. Since the toys were in boxes that only indicated which of the six molds were in any given box, buyers had no ability to tell which two were the chasers. All six Multiforce members were available in black.

• More information on Stealth Mode Tacker at TFU.info

Notes

• The packaging for Dashtacker gives his name in English as Dashtacer, implying that Tacker himself is named Tacer. This is essentially incompatible with the pronunciation of his name given in katakana, so it must be a typo.