Pipeline is an Autobot Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Pipes on the line.

Pipeline is defensive, both emotionally and in his battle strategies. A shy, retiring sort, Pipeline hates inflicting harm of any kind. Unfortunately, this also means he doesn't like interacting with others, in case they might cause him harm, or suggesting plans on the possibility they might get someone hurt. The wild antics of his combiner partner, Gusher, have begun to force him out of his shell, to the extent that Pipeline's even started getting angry.^[1]

Toys

The Transformers

• Tanker Truck (Micromaster Combiner Transport, 1990)

• Accessories: 2-part "Tanker Truck" Transport, left & right cannons, left & right shields/ramps

Released in the seventh and final year of the original The Transformers toyline in the US (sixth and not-final in Europe), Pipeline is a redeco of the Micromaster Combiner Grit, transforming into the front half of an orange backhoe truck. He is intended to be combined with his partner Gusher to form a complete backhoe truck. As a Micromaster Combiner, he can of course connect with any other Micromaster Combiner or Combiner Transport to make a new vehicle.

He was only available in a set with Gusher and the Tanker Truck Transport.

• More information on Pipeline at TFU.info

Notes

• In Dreamwave's More than Meets the Eye encyclopedia, Pipeline is depicted flipped left-to-right. (His combiner pin is on the wrong side.)

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