Twin-Twist
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Twin Twist is the name of a fictional character from the Transformers universes.
[edit] Transformers: Generation 1 (1985)
Transformers character | |
Twin Twist | |
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Affiliation | Autobot |
Sub-Group | Jumpstarters Wreckers |
Function | Demolitions |
Motto | "The thrill is in the journey." |
Alternate Modes | Drill Tank |
Series | Transformers: Generation 1 |
Twin Twist is a Jumpstarter, an Autobot from the second year of the Transformers toy line whose gimmick was a pull back motor and the ability to transform himself.
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.
[edit] Marvel Comics
While Twin Twist only appeared as a single page biography in the U.S. series, he appeared in several issues of the Marvel U.K. comics as a member of The Wreckers.