HOIST

Function: Maintenance
"Proper maintenance prevents
poor performance."

First Cartoon Appearance: none, in this form
First Comics Appearance: none, in this form

Other Appearances: The Machine Wars version of this toy has not yet appeared in any official facet of the TF universe.  However, graphic artist  Matt Kuphaldt was nice enough to share with us some of his work including Machine Wars characters and other Transformers illustrations.  Also click the link to see the G1 original Hoist character page.