Nosecone (G1)
- Nosecone is an Autobot Technobot in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Nosecone's natural slowness of thought and action is often taken for laziness, but this is a misperception. Nosecone is a perfectionist, valuing precision over speed, and will take whatever time is needed to complete his objective as completely and competently as possible. His results speak for themselves -- he's not the quickest bot on the block, but he'll do the job right.
He can combine with the other Technobots to form Computron.
Fiction
Animated continuity
Voice actor: David Workman (US), ? (Japan)
Nosecone was the first of the Technobots to be created by the temporarily super-intelligent Grimlock. He was built using parts from within Unicron's head, specifically for the purpose of tunelling through the reinforced walls within the chaos-bringer. Less than a week later, he and the other Technobots were sent to Earth to learn how to interact with humans, where they encountered the unscrupulous trader Dirk Manus and his allies, the Quintessons and Terrorcons.
Marvel Comics continuity
Nosecone was part of Fortress Maximus' group of Autobots on Cybertron.[1] When Fortress Maximus decided to leave the war and head to Nebulos, Nosecone and the other Technobots agreed to follow him on his quest for peace. However, the Decepticons followed the Autobots to Nebulos and brought the war with them.[2] In the Nebulos resort city of Splendora, Nosecone and the Technobots fought Abominus as the combined Computron.[3] Though Abominus (and its component Terrorcons were defeated, Splendora lay in ruins. The Autobots and Decepticons ultimately left Nebulos for Earth.[4]
After Starscream was empowered by his short exposure to the Underbase, he obliterated all of the Technobots, including Nosecone, in Buenos Aires.[5]
IDW comics continuity
Nosecone and the other Technobots crew the Autobot vessel Calabi-Yau, under the command of Jetfire.[6] After landing on Cybertron, Scattershot, Lightspeed and Strafe accompany Jetfire on a reconaissance mission and are captured by Bludgeon's group of Decepticons. Nosecone and Afterburner, having taken the Calabi-Yau back into orbit, are fired on by missles, barely get off an SOS, and crash-land back on Cybertron after escaping the doomed ship in an emergency pod. If the toxic environment of the planet weren't enough, they are attacked almost immediately by Centurion droids. [7] With Afterburner knocked out, Nosecone survives just long enough to see the Wreckers charge in to the rescue. He's evaced by Whirl to a safer location and then revived by Topspin. The clearly still-hurting Nosecone wants to accompany the Wreckers as they invade Bludgeon's base to rescue the others but is told by Topspin to "leave it to the professionals".
Toys
Generation 1
- Nosecone (1987)
- Japanese ID number: C-87
Trivia
- Every household in America has at least one Nosecone toy somewhere. Check your couch cushions.
- Along with Afterburner, Nosecone appears in the Chinese knock-off "Smallest Transforming Transformers" Stunticon giftsets, replacing Dead End and Wildrider... for some reason.
Footnotes
- ↑ Ring of Hate, Headmasters #1
- ↑ Broken Glass, Headmasters #2
- ↑ Love and Steel, Headmasters #3
- ↑ Brothers in Armor, Headmasters #4
- ↑ Dark Star (Underbase, Part 4), Marvel US#50
- ↑ Stormbringer, Part 1
- ↑ Stormbringer, Part 2
