Lugnut (TF 2010)
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| The name or term "Lugnut" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Lugnut (disambiguation). |
- Lugnut is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family (via the 2010 Transformers toyline).
Lugnut isn't the most brilliant tactical mind Cybertron has ever seen. In a faction full of brilliant scientists, cunning schemers and devious warlords, Lugnut's processing capacity doesn't rank anywhere near the top. Rather, Lugnut possesses a quality that's exceedingly rare in Decepticons: loyalty. Unswerving, unthinking, blind loyalty to the glorious Megatron and the Decepticon leader's vision for Cybertron. Couple this with an armament that makes the charging behemoth an unstoppable force on the battlefield, and it isn't hard to see why Megatron finds no fault with Lugnut's brutish methodology. In particular, the explosive point-singularity in Lugnut's immense fists put fear into many an Autobot.
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Fiction
United
At some undetermined point in time, Lugnut stood in close proximity to Frenzy and Scourge. A New Battle!
A nano-virus that afflicted most Autobots save the Targetmasters and the Headmasters required Ricochet to lead a team to Nebulos for an anti-virus. However, the nano-virus was merely a ploy by the Decepticons to draw out the Targetmasters and Headmasters to abduct their Nebulan partners, so when the Autobots arrived on Nebulos, Lugnut and several other Decepticons were waiting for them! Once their leader, Straxus, was singled out and defeated, Lugnut saw the writing on the wall and advocated for a retreat. The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos
Rodimus vs. Cyclonus
Lugnut was one of the many Decepticons at the Battle of Autobot City. He was shot in the head by Warpath, but it seemed to cause only minimal damage. Rodimus vs. Cyclonus
2005 IDW continuity
- First appearance: Autocracy #10
At the dawn of the Great War, Lugnut served Megatron's growing insurgency. He stood guard one day as Megatron welcomed a visitor, Hot Rod. Rise
After the end of the war, Lugnut joined Deathsaurus's breakaway army and got a whole new body. With the rest of the crew, he would fight alongside the Decepticon Justice Division in cornering the Autobot Megatron. The Sun in Flight During the battle with the Autobots, Lugnut was attacked by Brainstorm, who broke his wrist in a misguided attempt at punching out the massive Decepticon. Before Lugnut could strike back, he was tackled out of the way by Rodimus. Rage, Rage
TransTech
On the day of the Waruder invasion of Cybertron, Lugnut was one of countless Offworlders who inhabited Axiom Nexus's Under City. Cybertron's Most Wanted
Ask Vector Prime
Vector Prime noted that Lugnut's body type and identity was shared across Tyran, Primax, and Uniend streams. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29
2019 IDW continuity
During the Age of Expansion, Lugnut fought in the gladiatorial arena, being defeated in a match by Megatron. The Change In Your Nature Part Three Judging by an old poster, he faced Apeface in the Iacon Arena at some point. Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's At a different point, Lugnut posed in a group photo with many Cybertronians, including Blast Off. Open Comms
In the modern day, Lugnut had become a member of The Rise. He was confirmed among those entrenched under the memorial crater before that base was discovered. The Change In Your Nature Part One Lugnut was part of a crowd of Decepticons who watched Termagax denounce them (and Megatron in particular) for twisting her ideals. Awakenings He was recruited into Strika's Heavies just before a Decepticon attack on the Pyramid. Titans
Lugnut and the Heavies assembled for Strika along with the rest of the Decepticon army as they prepared to siege Crystal City. A Dust of Crystals When the Titan Lodestar and the Combiner Computron arrived, Strika tried to maintain order in the ranks. However, even her Heavies were unable to defeat the new Combiner. The Landscape of Fear Lugnut was later seen at the battle of Darkmount, where the entire Decepticon army's firepower finally brought down Computron for good. Fate of Cybertron
Games
Transformers: Earth Wars
Lugnut is Megatron's most loyal servant, and would most definitely die for his master!
With Megatron still severely damaged, Lugnut hoped to turn the tides of the war by repairing Megatron before Optimus could. Lugnut did not, however, count on the Rust Renegades showing up with Elita-One. The Rust Renegades engaged Motormaster and the Stunticons on the ground, while Lugnut engaged Elita-One in the air, hoping to bring her down with him. Doomed Together
- Class: Special
- Lowest Star Rating: 2 star
- Ability: Punch of Kill Everything: Fly to your target and strike the ground, dealing heavy damage to nearby buildings/enemies and disabling them.
Lugnut at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki
Transformers Roleplaying Game
Lugnut was a loyal Decepticon. Decepticon Directive
Toys
Transformers (2010)
- Lugnut (Voyager Class, 2011)
- Accessories: Missile
- Known designers: Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy)
- Part of the fourth wave of Transformers Voyager Class toys (the first wave of the Reveal the Shield subline imprint), Lugnut transforms into a jet bomber whose design is a loose amalgamation of elements from World War II propeller bombers, particularly the B-25 Mitchell, as well as the B-24 Liberator and B-17 Flying Fortress. He sports a shark-tooth deco on the cabin, similar to Animated Atomic Lugnut. He also has a rubsign on his left wing-tip, and the "LU-6" and "NU-7" codes on his wings and tail-fin are references to his name.
- He has five eyes and an opening mouth, all of which receive light-piping, while his fingers and cockpit cannons are articulated. There are a whopping 21 clip-joint rungs spread across his shoulders, legs, forearms, wingtips, and tail.
- Both fists are spring-loaded extending sections, allowing him to perform the Punch of Kill Everything. This feature is present in vehicle mode, wherein activating the extension reveals a battery of (sculpted) missiles. His tail section has a spring-loaded missile launcher that can swing down in vehicle mode, or become an over-the-shoulder launcher in robot mode.
- The toy was later reused as the Aligned version of Lugnut.
United
- Decepticon Lugnut (January 29, 2011)
- ID number: UN-14
- Accessories: Missile
- Released in Japan as part of the second wave of United toys, TakaraTomy's "Decepticon Lugnut" is a redeco of Reveal the Shield Voyager Class Lugnut, being primarily dark green, with metallic purple paint on his head, tampographed Decepticon insignias on his wings and chest, an additional Decepticon logo being tampographed on the chest, and with the rubsign and alphanumerical codes being removed.
- This version of Lugnut has spring-loaded fists that are excessively prone to jamming. The peg on the sliding hand section to which the long spring within the arm connects is too thin, meaning the spring dislodges randomly. This is easily fixable by unscrewing the arm, then squeezing the spring with pliers until it is secure on the peg... if the spring didn't end up bent and cause a lot more problems because of the jam, that is.
- The stock photography to the left depicts Lugnut having large swaths of metallic purple paint that were mostly not present on the final product, with only the metallic paint on his aforementioned head being retained.
Notes
- Lugnut is a Generation 1 transplant of Animated Lugnut. His appearance in the 2019 IDW continuity is heavily influenced by his namesake's appearance in the Animated cartoon.
- Lugnut's Hasbro instructions depict him sporting an alternate head that was stated at BotCon 2010 to have been designed without any specific character in mind. Thus far, that head sculpt has never been used for an officially released toy.
- Spotlight: Trailcutter features a generic Titan Hunters homaging Animated Lugnut. However, the "Lugnut" Titan Hunter seems to be a separate individual from the Decepticon mentioned above.
- Even though this page mostly refers to Lugnut as being from Generation 1, he is technically also from the movie series due to the Ask Vector Prime entry.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Lugnut (ラグナッツ Ragunattsu)
- Mandarin: Luōmǔ (罗姆)
