Rustbug hoop

Rustbug hoops are anti-roboinsect devices from theMarvel portionof theGeneration 1 continuity family.

Therustbug hoopis the latest piece of Decepticon weapons technology for handling extremely small flying opponents. It is just a coincidence that it looks like an electrically charged fly swatter. Oh yes.

Fiction

Earthforce

Starscreamwas on monitoring duty atShockwave's base when he spotted a visitation by theInsecticons,spying forMegatronas part of theDecepticon Civil War.After a quick trip to the armoury, Starscream was ready. The Insecticons attacked him, so he pulled out the rustbug hoop and casually swatted them all.Bugged!

Notes

• The rustbug hoop is depicted as being square on the cover of issue #276, but in the story itself, it is round as the name suggests.
• Starscream's dialogue implies that the hoop was designed to deal with a small, possibly insectoid form of Cybertronic wildlife known as arustbug.