Blowpipe (G1)

Blowpipe is a Decepticon _targetmaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Look, whatever you do, just don't say anything about his hat. Or his name.

The conniving brother-in-law of Lord Zarak, Blowpipe managed the political campaign that brought him and kept him in power. While a smooth political operator with endless connections, Blowpipe lacks the physical presence and style of a leader, causing him to resent his brother-in-law for taking all the glory when he did all the "real" work.

Treating combat like he would a political campaign, Blowpipe plots and plans things in advance, leaving nothing to chance, which puts him at odds with his binary bonded partner Triggerhappy, whose idea of combat tactics is to wave his gun around randomly as fast as he can and shoot really, really fast.

Fiction

Marvel The Transformers comics

Blowpipe was brother-in-law to Lord Zarak, presumably Llyra's maternal uncle. Always cast in Zarak's shadow, he spent his career as a political manager for Zarak. Although Blowpipe's machinations won Zarak the prominence he coveted in the Council of Peers, it was ultimately Zarak's own charisma which was given credit for his rise to fame, leaving Blowpipe envious and unheralded. He remained a part of Zarak's political machine and, when Zarak joined forces with Scorponok and the Decepticons, Blowpipe underwent the _targetmaster process and binary bonded to Triggerhappy. This did little to raise his personal profile on Nebulos, however, as Zarak ordered the Decepticons to abandon Nebulos mere hours after the Decepticon _targetmasters had their first field mission, battling against a group of Autobot escapees in the streets of Koraja. Brothers in Armor!!

Blowpipe remained at Triggerhappy's side throughout the Decepticons' stay on Earth. He was remarkably silent when Triggerhappy and Mindwipe decided to desert Zarak and the Decepticons. Eye of the Storm

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: John Moschitta (English), Akimitsu Takase (Japanese), Gerd Wiedenhofen (German), Michel Barbey (European French)

One of the Nebulan Hive, Blowpipe was bio-engineered into a weapon by the _targetmaster process. When he transformed and jumped into Triggerhappy's hand, he punned on his name by stating he wanted to BLOW the rebels away. Triggerhappy responded by cackling that the Autobots were as good as melted slag. This happy duo turned their glee on the Autobots, and successfully stole the key to the Plasma Energy Chamber. The Rebirth, Part 2

Despite their happy working arrangement, Blowpipe still turned on Triggerhappy when Zarak commanded it. He and the other _targetmaster partners demonstrated the ability to float, aim, and potentially shoot on their own when they got into an argument with their Decepticon partners. The Rebirth, Part 3

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Headmasters cartoon

Blowpipe and his five friends were refugees, having fled their home planet of Master when Scorponok and the Decepticons began an all-out siege on the world. They were being chased through space in their starship by the Decepticons when they came across the Battleship Maximus. Fortress gave them safe haven aboard his starship, and the Master citizens attempted to show their gratitude by removing the deadly plasma energy bombs Fortress was trying to dispose of. Their efforts came too late, however, as the plasma energy bombs exploded aboard their ship in space, bathing everyone nearby with energy. Miraculous Warriors, _targetmasters (Part 1)

Although they survived the explosion, for Blowpipe and two of his fellow refugees, the ending was not a happy one. The plasma energy somehow fused each of them to a different one of the Decepticon trio who had been attacking them, creating _targetmasters. Blowpipe was now the eternal partner of Triggerhappy and became a member of the Decepticon army at his side. As a Decepticon, Blowpipe was forced to join in the invasion of his own planet. Miraculous Warriors, _targetmasters (Part 2)

In a battle for the data of the Master Sword, Blowpipe bonded with Triggerhappy to fight the Autobots. The Master Sword Is in Danger!! Blowpipe again joined his partner when the Autobot _targetmasters landed on Master to investigate the possible presence of the Decepticons. The two forces battled each other, and the Decepticons were able to wash the Autobots away in a surge of water from an elevated lake. The Decepticon _targetmasters returned to the other Decepticons to report of their triumph over the Autobot _targetmasters. When the Autobot Headmasters sneaked into the Decepticon's hidden cavern base, the _targetmasters were there to greet them. A battle ensued that the Autobot _targetmasters joined, but the Decepticons eventually retreated. The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide

Caliburst, Blowpipe, and Aimless were later assigned to watch out for any intruders, and they spotted the Autobot _targetmasters. They went off to report their presence to the other Decepticons and joined their larger partners in attacking the Autobots. During battle, the Decepticons were distracted by an aircraft sent by the natives of Master, allowing the Autobots to escape. Nevertheless, the Decepticons were soon sicced on a Master city, killing the natives. The natives fought back with aircraft, and their combined efforts with the Autobots forced the lesser Decepticons to flee into Scorponok's transtector. After a showdown between the Zarak Shield and the Master Sword, the Decepticons left Master for Earth. Operation: Destroy the Decepticons

Blowpipe played part in the decisive battle with the Autobots at the North Pole. When the Final Formation put an end to Scorponok's machinations on Earth, the Decepticons retreated into space. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)

Legends comic

Years prior to becoming a _targetmaster, Blowpipe was one of six Master warriors who were kidnapped by Scorponok and exposed to plasma energy, removing their ability to speak. When Scorponok returned to Master in 2011 and tried to recapture them and continue his experiments, the six of them fled the planet. Mutant _targetmaster Birth Chapter

In 2021, Blowpipe and the Decepticon _targetmasters were battling their Autobot counterparts in space when Scorponok detonated a black hole, creating a plasma energy shockwave that caused the _targetmaster partners to vanish. _targetmaster Chapter Prologue When they were located in the void of space, the six had been supercharged with plasma energy and gathered together into a clump of guns. The Decepticon _targetmasters attempted to transport them into the Legends World using Alpha Trion, but the combined plasma energy was too dangerous and Trion instead scattered them across the dimension. Mutant _targetmaster Birth Chapter Furthermore, the combination of plasma energy with the Legends World's unique energies mutated the _targetmasters, granting them new powers. Bonus Edition Vol. 45

Blowpipe was discovered underground by Scourge and the Sweeps, _targetmaster Chapter Prologue who found that he now had the ability to fire electro-clone beams and used him to create a Sharkticon army. Bonus Edition Vol. 44 After they were stopped by Hot Rod and Shaoshao Li, Scourge fled with Blowpipe and used him to create clones of himself to back him up. When confronted again, he used Blowpipe to create several evil Hot Rod clones, but Hot Rod and Shaoshao defeated them all and captured the _targetmaster. Bonus Edition Vol. 45 He was broken out of police custody by Kickback, who used him to create clones of himself until he was defeated and the _targetmaster recovered. Bonus Edition Vol. 47 Blowpipe could not be contained any longer, however, as he began emitting plasma energy that erased any inorganic materials near him. To put a stop to the destruction, the police contacted Triggerhappy, whose _targetmaster origins made him immune to plasma energy and allowed him to capture his old partner. Triggerhappy then tried to fire Blowpipe and discovered that his clone beams could recreate everything he'd destroyed. Bonus Edition Vol. 49

Triggerhappy used Blowpipe's clone beams to increase the mass of Repugnus's mech suit to the size where Broadside could use it. Bonus Edition Vol. 53 Blowpipe was then stolen by Scourge and the Sweeps and used to clone Sweep No. 7. Late Xmas Present Chapter He was stolen once more by Slugslinger, who combined him with Aimless and Caliburst into the powerful Plasma Energy Chamber gun, though they were separated by Shaoshao, Sue Faireborn and White Lune, who defeated Slugslinger. Bonus Edition Vol. 55

The Headmasters comic

Blowpipe and the Decepticon _targetmasters attempted to disrupt the Autobots' efforts to put out a blazing fire on Earth. The Autobots' split focus left them vulnerable, until the Battleship Maximus extinguished the entire fire in one sweep. Ricochet and Artfire then turned their full attention on Blowpipe and his allies, driving them from the scene. The Headmasters #7

Toy pack-in material

When the Decepticons got wind of the fact that Optimus Prime had become amnesiac and was wandering lost around Cybertron's Hemisphere of Darkness, Triggerhappy and Blowpipe formed a team with Mindwipe and Vorath called Seek and Terminate Optimus Prime and set out to find Prime before the Autobots could. As the Autobot leader's memory was completely shot, there was the risk that he would accept the Decepticons as friends if they found him first. Optimus Prime Is Back

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Blowpipe was Zarak's half-brother who organized his illegitimate election. More than Meets the Eye Triggerhappy profile

Titans Return packaging material

When bonded with another 'bot, Blowpipe's Titan Master powers gave them the power of a compression cannon, hitting their foes with armour-crushing force. Titans Return Triggerhappy and Blowpipe toy bio

War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material

During the war for Cybertron, Blowpipe was a Air Force Weapons Raider. Siege toy packaging

Commercial appearances

• When the Transformers' war resumed its course on Nebulon, Blowpipe accompanied Triggerhappy into battle alongside his fellow Decepticon _targetmasters. As they fought against their Autobot counterparts, Fortress Maximus and Scorponok grappled in the distance. Headmaster comic book commercial
• Blowpipe aided Triggerhappy in gunning down Sureshot in the middle of a mechanical city. When the Autobot transformed, Triggerhappy did the same and both used their guns to fire at one another until they were in grappling range. Both of the larger combatants' guns then transformed and grappled with one another as well. _targetmasters commercial

Games

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Toys

The Transformers

• Triggerhappy (_targetmaster, 1987)

• Takara ID number: D-88
• Accessories: Cannon-pack

Released in the fourth year of Hasbro's US The Transformers toyline (third year in Europe and in Takara's Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers line), _targetmaster Blowpipe transforms into a "Compressed Air Cannon" with single large and smaller secondary barrel. Blowpipe's transformation, like Caliburst's, is slightly more involved than many _targetmasters weapons; his gun barrel is a separate piece that plugs into his back, and once his legs are folded up the barrel has to be snapped into place where the legs were, the resulting weapon longer than many of the other first year _targetmasters.

Sold only with his larger partner Triggerhappy, Blowpipe can be placed in either of Triggerhappy's hands or on top of his vehicle mode thanks to the use of 5 mm posts and holes; as his backpack uses the same sized peg, it can also be used as a hand-held blaster on its own.

• More information on Blowpipe at TFU.info

Transformers (campaign item)

Watch me do a backflip. Almost there. Hang on I got it... I don't got it.

• Blowpipe (Arms Micron, 2011)

• Release date: December 28, 2011

Blowpipe is a redeco of Power Core Combiners Groundspike, transforming into a double-bladed claw-weapon that can be held by any figure with a 5 mm post-hole in their hand.

Though his instructions do not mention this, he can also change into a wide-blade "mine plow" and an armored breastplate for other figures to wear, modes given to the original version of this mold.

He was only available as part of TakaraTomy's Prime "Arms Micron Present Campaign", given away free with the purchase of 3000 yen's worth of Prime "First Edition" toys at Yamada Denki, Yodobashi Camera, Edion Group, Ishimaru, Deodeo, Eiden, and Midori stores on December 28, 2011.

This mold was also used to make United EX Wheezel and Generations Daniel Witwicky.

Titans Return

"I'm about to do to you what Limp Bizkit did to music in the late 90s."

• Blowpipe & Triggerhappy (Deluxe Class, 2016)

• Known designers: John Warden (Hasbro)

Sold in the third wave of Titans Return Deluxes, Blowpipe in now a Titan Master, transforming into Triggerhappy's cartoon/comic-accurate head, and is compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger Titans Return figure. In robot mode, he can pilot/plug into any of the Titan Master class vehicles/beasts, and pilot-able Legends-class figures.

He was only available with his large partner Triggerhappy.

This mold was retooled to make Aimless, Caliburst, and Professor Go, changing only the robot-face "backpacks" each time.

Legends

• _targetmaster Triggerharpy (_targetmaster Triggerhappy) (Deluxe, 2017)

• Relase date: October 28, 2017
• ID number: LG49

Sold in the twenty-second wave of TakaraTomy's Legends toyline, Blowpipe is a new mold that transforms from robot into a gun roughly based on his original toy. Unlike the original, his blaster-barrel backpack is permanently attached to his back.

He was only available with his larger partner _targetmaster Triggerharpy, and replaces the twin guns that came with the Hasbro Titans Return release of the Decepticon (see above).

War for Cybertron: Siege

• Blowpipe (Battle Master, 2019)

• Hasbro ID number: WFC-S3
• TakaraTomy ID number: SG-08
• TakaraTomy release date: March 30, 2019
• Accessories: Cannon, 2 "Fire Blast effects"

Part of the first wave of Siege Battle Masters, Blowpipe is a new mold specifically based on the above Legends toy, transforming from robot to "Dual-Impact Shatterblast Compression Cannon" and back. The actual gun barrel piece can detach from his back, revealing a 3 mm peg, and connect to his arm like a cannon, though its size makes him very likely to topple over.

As a part of the C.O.M.B.A.T. System, he includes a "Fire Blast" effect piece that can be used to simulate his blaster mode firing, and can slot onto the various hardpoints found on other figures and weaponry from the same subline to simulate blaster fire or explosions. The outer peg of the effect part can also attach to 5 mm ports. Unlike other blast effect parts, it can be separated into two pieces: one that attaches to other 3 mm hardpoints and one that fits 5 mm pegs.

Though designated for a first quarter 2019 release, Blowpipe's wave reached U.S. store shelves in November 2018.

Merchandise

Transformers Trading Card Game

• Raider Blowpipe, Air Force-Weapons/Dual-Impact Shatterblast Cannon (2019)
  • Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I
  • Rarity: UT
  • Card Number: T26/T48
  • Stars: 5

Raider Blowpipe, Air Force-Weapons is one of forty-eight double-sided character cards available in Wave 3 of the Transformers Trading Card Game, War for Cybertron: Siege I. As a Battle Master, Raider Blowpipe, Air Force-Weapons begins the game in Bot Mode. Instead of being sent to the KO Area once his Health drops to zero, the card is flipped to the Upgrade side, becoming the Dual-Impact Shatterblast Cannon, and equipped in the Weapons slot of another character on the player's side of the battlefield . In order to represent Aimless' size as a Battle Master, the card is the size of a battle card, about half the size of a normal character card.

The artwork for Bot Mode is reused from the Siege Blowpipe toy's packaging art. The Dual-Impact Shatterblast Cannon received original artwork.

Notes

• For reasons unknown, Triggerhappy's package art and Blowpipe's animation model have the Nebulan's colors reversed from the toy.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Blowpipe (ブロウパイプ, ブローパイプ Burōpaipu)
• Russian: Vzryvnoj (Взрывной, "Explosive")