ALLEGIANCE: AUTOBOT
FUNCTION: DEMOLITIONS
FIRST APPEARANCE: -
"War is wherever I want it to be."
Profile: Nothing is more exhilarating to Twin Twist than the feeling of sinking his drills into a slag of unblemished carbon-steel. Like a child in a wading pool, he splashes among the shards of useless metal that result from his destructive fury. And his habit of showing off his talents to almost any target, whether an enemy Decepticon or a harmless lamp post, causes extreme concern for Autobot Leader Optimus Prime. Optimus realizes that the wrecking of property belonging to innocent Earthlings can only hurt the Autobot cause. Twin Twist's wild, uncontrollable nature is a big plus in battle, but many of his fellow Autobots think he's more trouble than he's worth.
Abilities: Nearly as mobile as his brother Topspin, Twin Twist can go up to 200 mph using his four wheels and his two tractor modules in vehicle mode. He'll usually follow Topspin's initial assault on a target with his own: he uses his two diamond-tipped drills, which can go as fast as 6000 rpm, to penetrate virtually any fortification up to three yards thick. He carries a semi-automatic cannon-rifle that fires explosive shells, each with the energy equivalent of 100 pounds of TNT. He can transform from vehicle to robot mode in .4 seconds, but can only use his drills in vehicle mode.
Weaknesses: His reckless nature often gets him into trouble, and has even led Optimus to consider making him inoperative. He is at a relative disadvantage in robot mode without the use of his drills.
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Nothing feels better to him than sinking his drills into a slab of steel. Loves the scrap metal results of his destructive fury and showing off... will attack anything: enemy Decepticon or harmless lamppost. Optimus Prime worries about his uncontrollable nature. Goes 200mph... has two 6000rpm diamond-tipped drills... twin ion impulse blaster shoots explosive 100lb TNT shells. Goes from vehicle to robot in .4 seconds. | |||||||
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Strength |
Intelligence |
Speed |
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8 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
**I bought a couple of Twin Twist off of eBay in my effort to complete my Jumpstarters, despite the fact he has the complication factor of a brick.
As anyone who has shopped on Ebay for Transformers knows, Jumpstarters can not be given away on the site. So I bought two, one to have as an original, and one that I am giving the same treatment as Topspin, and taking him apart, cleaning him up, and placing new reprolabels on him. It will be complete with his box, even though it was a bit worn, instructions and weapon, the Semi-Automatic Cannon-Rifle. As stated before, I did buy a set of labels from Repro-labels, and took apart the best one and cleaned it so that I could make it look nice again. Unfortunately, I bought the labels before they offered them precut, and I have been reluctant to break out the cutting tools and ruin the sheet. I need to do that soon though.**
