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"The Direct Response Espionage & Assault Department (D.R.E.A.D) is a sinister branch of Megatron's Vehicon forces. Consisting of the most skilled and ruthless of his soldiers, each D.R.E.A.D member is an expert in infiltrating enemy bases and conducting assassination missions on high profile targets.
The Spiker blaster is made to be more powerful than the standard Vehicon blaster, at the cost of being more wily and unstable. It fires nano-doped rounds at a high rate of fire, and these devious bullets embed themselves in the targets and consume them from inside out, corrupting circuits and frying synapses. Repairing such wounds is a long, arduous process. Amputation is a more expedient solution."
(Original Shapeways model ID: 864908)
This blaster was to emulate the 'spiky guns' that the Decepticon soldiers were using in Dark of the Moon, but adapted to the aesthetics of the Transformers Prime animated series. Hence, the main chassis was designed with 3 sides and the spikes and talons develop out of the corners. Other elements such as the multiple barrels were added to harken back to the original inspiration.
The Spiker comes with a 5mm peg handle on the bottom and the rear, and a pair of sideways facing 3mm ports at the rear end of the chassis. It measures 74.5mm in length. This model has been successfully printed in SLS Nylon.
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