Twin-Twist

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Twin Twist is the name of a fictional character from the Transformers universes.

[edit] Transformers: Generation 1 (1985)

Transformers character
Twin Twist
Affiliation Autobot
Sub-Group Jumpstarters
Wreckers
Function Demolitions
Motto "The thrill is in the journey."
Alternate Modes Drill Tank
Series Transformers: Generation 1

Twin Twist is a Jumpstarter, an Autobot from the second year of the Transformers toy line whose gimmick was a pull back motor and the ability to transform himself.

Nothing feels better to him than sinking his drills into a slab of steel. Loves the scrap metal results of his destructive fury and showing off... will attack anything: enemy Decepticon or harmless lamppost. Optimus Prime worries about his uncontrollable nature. Goes 200mph... has two 6000rpm diamond-tipped drills... twin ion impulse blaster shoots explosive 100lb TNT shells. Goes from vehicle to robot in .4 seconds.

[edit] Marvel Comics

While Twin Twist only appeared as a single page biography in the U.S. series, he appeared in several issues of the Marvel U.K. comics as a member of The Wreckers.