Double Punch
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Double Punch is a fictional character in the Transformers series. He first appeared as a toy in 1991, a European exclusive Decepticon Action Master. Two later toys were released, both convention exclusives.
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Transformers: Generation 1
Double Punch is a Decepticon.
IDW Publishing
Double Punch (based on the 1998 Predacon toy) had a full page biography in the IDW Publishing series Beast Wars Sourcebook.[1]
Fun Publications
Double Punch allied himself with Clench and the Generation 2 Decepticons on Earth in the 2010 Botcon comic.[2]
Toys
- Generation 1 Action Master Elite Double Punch (1991)
- An "Action Master Elite" figure released in the UK, named Double Punch, which looked like an Actionmaster-sized version of Black Zarak.[3] The four Action Master Elite figures released in Europe were all originally designed to resemble previous figures from the original toy line, but they later changed them all to being original characters. Double Punch was supposed to be Scorponok.
- Beast Wars Double Punch (1998)
- A redeco of Beast Wars Scorponok, released as a Botcon Japan exclusive. Came with his partner Beeline.[4]
- Timelines Ultra Double Punch (2010)
- A recolor of Energon Scorponok, in the colors of the Generation 1 toy. A Botcon 2010 exclusive. Packaged together with the Autobot Turbomaster and the Decepticon Ravage. Only 1500 sets were produced.
References
- ↑ Simon Furman & Ben Yee (October 3rd, 2007). Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook. IDW Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-1600101595.
- ↑ Greg Sepelak & Trent Troop (w), Robby Musso (p), Robby Musso & Frank Milkovich (i). "Generation 2: Redux" Transformers Timelines v2, 5 (Summer, 2010), Fort Worth, Texas: Fun Publications
- ↑ Alvarez, J.E. (2001). The Unofficial Guide to Japanese and International Transformers. Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. p. 110. ISBN 0764312820.
- ↑ http://www.botcon.com/archive/1998j/bcj98merch.html