Tripod rifle
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This article is about the gun that turns into a support for a larger weapon. For the Autobot who turns into a support for a larger weapon, see Tripodeca. |
All five of the smaller Seacons are equipped with a tripod rifle in addition to their individual armaments.
Toys
The Transformers
- Nautilator (Seacon, 1988)
- Accessories: triple crusher cannon, left & right lobster-claws, tripod rifle, connector, weapon stand base
- Overbite (Seacon, 1988)
- Accessories: jawbreaker cannon, left & right shark-arms, tripod rifle, connector, weapon stand base
- Seawing (Seacon, 1988)
- Accessories: left & right venom lasers, tripod rifle, connector, weapon stand base
- Skalor (Seacon, 1988)
- Accessories: left & right dual crustation rifles, tripod rifle, connector, weapon stand base
- Tentakil (Seacon, 1988)
- Accessories: left & right slime lasers, tripod rifle, connector, weapon stand base
- To enable their weapon modes to stand independently without Piranacon to hold them, each of the smaller Seacons came with a connector, a weapon stand base, and a tripod rifle to connect the two. Thanks to a small peg at one end, each tripod rifle could be held by the smaller Seacons in robot mode in lieu of—or in addition to—their regular weapons.
- Overbite, Seawing, Skalor, and Tentakil were also available with all of their accessories as part of a Piranacon giftset, while all five were concurrently sold in the Japanese Super-God Masterforce toyline, both separately and as part of a King Poseidon giftset. All five were redecoed and released in 2008 as part of a Transformers Collectors' Club exclusive Piranacon giftset under the Timelines banner, and reissued in 2010 in (more or less) their original colours as part of a Decepticon Piranacon giftset.
- Overbite, Seawing, Skalor, and Tentakil were also redecoed to form part of a God Neptune giftset for Beast Wars II in 1998, though this release omitted their individual accessories, including their tripod rifles.
Notes
- The "tripod" part of its name is something of a misnomer; since a tripod necessarily has three legs, perhaps a better word would be "stick".