Artfire

Artfire is an Autobot in the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Artfire is a Targetmaster sniper. That's about all we know about him right now.

His Targetmaster companion is Nightstick.

Fiction

The Headmasters manga

Along with fellow Targetmaster Ricochet, Artfire joined Chromedome and Daniel in attending to a fire in a large metropolitan area. Artfire and Nightstick aided those trapped in buildings while Ricochet and Nightstick used his fire hose to quench the flames.

Slugslinger, Misfire and Triggerhappy, the culprits of the blaze, soon arrive and make more trouble. The Autobots defeat the Decepticons and all is well.

Toys

The Headmasters

• Artfire (Tragetmaster, 1987)

Japanese ID number: C-108

Artfire is a retool of Inferno, transforming into a Mitsubishi Fuso fire engine. His ladder and robot-mode fists were given new tooling to allow him to use any Targetmaster gun. He came with his Targetmaster partner Nightstick, and did not come with any of Inferno's other weapons (the rifle or missiles), just the removable fists and head-"wings".

This base mold is also used by Grapple and Load Hauler.

Trivia

• No explanation is given as to how Artfire became bonded with their Targetmaster buddies, as he certainly weren't present when the Targetmaster process happened in the animated series.

• According to Aaron Archer, Artfire is on the "short list" of potential reissue candidates should the Commemorative Series return.
  
  
  From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.