Gunrunner (Transformers)
Gunrunner is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers series.
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Transformers: Generation 1 (1988)
Gunrunner Gunrunner toy Autobot Sub-group Pretender Vehicles Function Squadron Leader Motto "The truth wrapped in a lie is still a lie." Alternate Modes Jet Series Transformers: Generation 1
Groundbreaker is a Pretender Autobot who turns into a jet. He has a Pretender vehicle shell which is an armored all-terrain-vehicle. He is very brave inside his shell, but insecure outside it.
Animated series
Gunrunner's Pretender shellGunrunner didn't appear until after the Transformers animated series ended in the U.S. so he didn't appear in the series. He wasn't released in Japan, so he didn't appear in the Japanese Masterforce series either. His only animated appearance was in the commercial for his toy.
Dreamwave Productions
Gunrunner did not appear in any fiction from Dreamwave Productions, but did get a one page biography in their More Than Meets The Eye series.
IDW Publishing
Gunrunner's first non-speaking cameo was in Stormbringer #1 by IDW Publishing working in the Autobot Orbital Command Hub.
He next appeared in The Transformers Spotlight for Optimus Prime where he was sent in to help recover Omega Supreme after Monstructor was defeated.
Gunrunner was on the Autobot Orbital Command Hub in The Transformers Spotlight for Blaster. He was present when Blaster was recovered and returned to the Autobots.
Gunrunner has not displayed a Pretender shell in any of his appearances in the IDW comics.
Toys
- Generation 1 Pretender Gunrunner (1989)
- A new mold.
Transformers: Generation 1 (1990)
Gunrunner Autobot Sub-group Micromasters Function Tank Base Rank 7 Alternate Modes Car Series Transformers: Generation 1
Gunrunner commands the Landshaker ATV. [2]
Toys
- Generation 1 Micromaster Gunrunner (1990)
- Unrelated to the first Gunrunner, a second character bearing that name was released in 1990 exclusive to Japan by Takara named Gunrunner. This toy is a redeco of the Micromaster Roadhandler who pilots the Landshaker vehicle, which is identical to that of the Hasbro Micromaster vehicle Groundshaker.
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