Twinstrike (Prime)
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- Twinstrike is a Predacon from the Prime portion of the Aligned continuity family.
Shockwave had hoped that giving Twinstrike (aka Sinnertwin) an extra head would result in a higher intelligence stat. Unfortunately, it just doubled the Predacon's violent rage and seething impatience. Though Twinstrike isn't smart or particularly good at anything, he is amazingly courageous and strong, and his Piston Hammer isn't anything to sneeze at, either.
He and several of his fellow Predacons combine to form Abominus.
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Fiction
Full of Fire!
Twinstrike joined five other Predacons in an attack on the Autobots. Unfortunately the Autobots had just built themselves new weapons, which proved to be more than effective against the Predacons. Twinstrike tried to attack Bumblebee by smashing a rock, only to be hit by the Autobot's Eagleshot Bow. The Predacons were beaten into a retreat, and withdrew back to the Nemesis. Full of Fire!
Kre-O cartoon
While at a carnival, Sinnertwin picked up a mallet dropped by Quick Kick. Eying the "ring the bell" strongman game that the Joes had been playing, the four Terrorcons used their combined mode to ace the game, but hit the target so hard that the bell was fired into orbit. Carnival Face Off
Games
Hunt the Beasts online game
Twinstrike was one of several Predacons who broke free of Shockwave's lab, causing the Decepticon scientist to flee. Information on him could be found via the lab's numerous data terminals. Hunt the Beasts
Transformers Prime: Beast Creator
When Shockwave left his technology unattended, you could use it to custom-create your own monstrous Predacon! Twinstrike's CNA was accessible through the cloning machine, resulting in Predacons that shared component parts with him. Beast Creator
Bot Shots Battle Game!
Twinstrike was created by Shockwave. He participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! Bot Shots Battle Game!
Toys
Prime
Cyberverse
- Twinstrike (Cyberverse Legion Class, 2013)
- Series / Number: 3 / 002
- Accessories: "Piston Hammer"
- Known designers: Joe Kyde (Hasbro)
- Part of the first wave of Prime: Beast Hunters Series 3 Cyberverse Legion Class toys, Twinstrike transforms into a twin-headed dragon, and comes with a "Piston Hammer" which can also be used as a cannon. His dragon head hands can hold the weapon via the latter's three 3mm posts, and he and the weapon feature numerous 3mm mounting points.
- His instructions neglect to mention that his feet should be rotated during transformation. Also not called out in the instructions, Twinstrike combines with Cyberverse Hun-Gurrr, Windrazor, Predacon Rippersnapper, and Blight to form Abominus, with Twinstrike forming the left arm.
- The figure suffers from a design flaw; the rotating leg armor does not pull out quite far enough, lacking the clearance to cleanly swivel from lower to upper leg. A little bit of force will get into place, but do it enough, and the pin that holds it in place is likely to pop out.
- His hammer accessory was also used, in varying colors, by Prowl, Blight, and Rot Gut. This toy was redecoed into Go! Garara and The Last Knight Thrash. This toy doubles as the Beast Wars: Uprising character Twinstrike and was also repurposed as Generation 1 Sinnertwin/Twinstrike by Transformers Legends and IDW's Windblade series. It was also repurposed to represent his ancestor in The Covenant of Primus.
- Abominus (Giftset, 2013)
- Accessories: Piston Hammer
- Part of the Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising subline imprint, Abominus is a giftset of Cyberverse Hun-Gurrr, Windrazor, Predacon Rippersnapper, Twinstrike, and Blight, slightly redecoed by way of translucent plastic replacing a main color of each character, as well as translucent purple weapons. In Twinstrike's case, the yellow plastic is now translucent; in addition, the teal plastic has been changed to light blue, but the teal paint operations for the head and the beast front legs remain unchanged, resulting in a jarring mis-matched look. Furthermore, the tampographed Predacon insignia on his chest has been changed from black to purple.
- The back of the packaging mistakenly switches their names, resulting in, among others, Hun-Gurr getting Twinstrike's name, and Twinstrike being called "Predacon Rippersnapper". His stock photography also mistakenly gives him one of the bow weapons rather than his intended hammer.
- This set was a Target exclusive in the United States and Canada, a Tesco exclusive in the United Kingdom, a Carrefour exclusive in France, a Ripley exclusive in Chile and a Toys"R"Us exclusive in Australia much later, in late 2014. The packaging does not identify it as a Cyberverse product.
Beast Hunters
- Twinstrike (Deluxe Class, 2014)
- Accessories: "Piston Hammer"
- Known designers: Andrew Scribner (deco artist)
- Part of the first wave of 2014 Beast Hunters Deluxe Class toys, Twinstrike is functionally an upsized copy of his Cyberverse toy, though with minor detail differences and the replacement of ball joints with more robust universal joints. As such, his parts count, complexity and articulation are all significantly lower than in previous Deluxes. He comes with a newly-designed "Piston Hammer" that he can hold in his robot-mode mouth-hands, or mount on his beast mode legs or tail.
- His stock photography is mistransformed, with his legs having the yellow armor in robot mode (over the shins) and his feet in beast mode (claws-forward) in both modes.
- Due to being released after the Christmas season and before the launching of the Age of Extinction toy line, Twinstrike and the other figures of his wave were skipped by North American retailers, and ultimately only available in Europe and Hong Kong, in European packaging in both instances (an unusual occurrence for Hong Kong).
Kre-O
- Abominus (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2013)
- Set number: A4473
- Accessories: Small pistol
- Known designers: Ed Masiello (Hasbro)
- Kreon "Sinnertwin" (trademark is a wacky thing, kids) comes as part of the Kre-O Abominus Micro-Changer Combiner set, and can be rebuilt from his robot mode into a two-headed dragon-dog thing. He can also contribute his bricks to form Abominus. His helmet was originally used for Knock Out.
- He was only available in the Abominus Micro-Changer Combiner set, alongside Hun-Gurrr, Rippersnapper, and Windrazor.
Bot Shots
- Twinstrike / Skystalker / Bumblebee (Multi-pack, 2013)
- Series: 2
- Number: BP011
- Fist strength: 109
- Blaster strength: 647
- Sword strength: 864
- Part of the third wave of Bot Shots Series 2 three-packs, Flip Shot Twinstrike transforms into a twin-headed dragon thing on wheels. An impact to the front of his beast mode causes him to flip up and autotransform into a robot. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. He comes with Jump Shot Skystalker and Super Bot Bumblebee.
- Twinstrike (2013)
- Series: 2
- Number: B009
- Fist strength: 815
- Blaster strength: 200
- Sword strength: 595
- Part of the third wave of Bot Shots Series 2 single-packs, this is a Generation 1-esque redeco of Twinstrike in yellow and teal, with a purple helmet.
Notes
- CAUTION: DRAGON HEAD HANDS
- According to Hasbro's Beast Hunters marketing book, Twinstrike was Predacon experiment #SW81617.
Foreign names
- Mandarin: Shuāngjī (China, 双击, "Double Click")
