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Hoist


Autobot

Function: Maintenance

Boxed (Reissue)



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Modes

 

Parts

Fists (L and R)
Heat-Seeking Missile (x2)
Twin Blaster (x2)
Full Spectrum Multi-Sensor
Radar Panels (L and R)

 

Tech Spec

"You have to be rolling before you can be fighting."

"No exceptions!" -- All Autobots must submit to his maintenance schedule... knows they must operate at peak efficiency in battle. Jovial, enjoys job and is good at it -- will find any problem, from engine overhaul to smallest leaky gasket. As tow truck, hauls 40,000 lbs. As robot, very strong -- launches heat-seeking missiles from wrist sockets. Full spectrum multi-sensor behind his head determines an objects' composistion, density, tensile strength, energy properties.

Strength
Intelligence
Speed
Endurance
Rank
Courage
Firepower
Skill
8
6
3
7
4
8
6
9

 

Variations

Head Variation:
The Mexican version of Hoist came with Trailbreaker's (1984) head colored in green.

 

Notes

Availability: This figure was available in 1985. He was later reissued in Europe in 1991, reissued in Japan in 2001, and reissued exclusively in Toys R Us stores in 2003.
Additional Versions of Hoist:
Encore
Hoist
(2008, Japan)
Recolors: This mold was recolored into Encore Hoist (2008, Japan).
Remolds: This figure was remolded from Trailbreaker (1984) and Encore Trailbreaker (2008, Japan)
Name Reuses: The name Hoist was reassigned to Armada Hoist (2003) and Movie Hoist (2009).