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Blaster (G1)

2008-01-24T15:09:40Z

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:''Blaster is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. In Japan he is later rebuilt as '''Twincast'''.''

[[Image:Blaster g1.jpg|thumb|300px|"What it is, big mama? My mama ain't raise no dummies. I dug her rap!"]]

'''Blaster''' loves all [[Earth]] music, especially good, hard, LOUD rock 'n' roll. A powerful fighter who tends to make his presence known, you can find him at the forefront of any situation in which he's involved.

''('''Note''': Blaster's personality varied significantly between the comic and cartoon, see entries below for details.)''

:''Preliminary name'': '''Blastbox'''
:''Italian ''Headmasters'' name'': '''Audiobot''' / '''Digital'''<br>
:''Malay-English dub name'': '''Billy''' / '''Blaster'''<br>
:''Japanese names'': '''Broadcast''' / '''Twincast''' / '''Broadblast'''<br>
:''Hungarian name'': '''Össztűz''' ("All-fire" or "Class firing")<br>
:''Italian original series name'': '''Radiorobot'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Tempo'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
''(Note: Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.)''

[[Image:BlasterUS17.jpg|left|thumb|200px|More than likely, he'll kill you. Yeah, '''you'''. You know who you are.]]

Blaster was a rather grim, brooding, rebellious loner and one of the best kickass fighters the [[Autobot]]s had. He had a bit of a problem with authority and hated Decepticons with a passion due to the death of his former partner [[Scrounge]]. Originally part of [[Perceptor]]'s Autobot resistance cell on Cybertron, he often disagreed with his superior's orders.

Shortly after Scrounge was killed, Blaster took part in an assault on [[Darkmount]], where he engaged and seemingly destroyed the Decepticon commander [[Straxus]], before using the [[Space Bridge]] to flee to Earth. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

Upon arriving on Earth, Blaster was among the Autobots deactivated and disassembled by [[Circuit Breaker]] and [[RAAT]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic}}

He was later released and joined the other Earthbound Autobots at the ''Ark'' shortly before Optimus Prime's death. Blaster was one of the Autobots who voted for [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to be the new Autobot leader, though he soon came to regret this decision. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

Blaster developed a reluctant friendship with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]], whose more naturally upbeat personality provided the Boy Wonder to his Batman. After an encounter with [[Mechanic|the Mechanic]], Blaster and Goldbug went AWOL from Grimlock's command, having grown tired of his aggressive orders and increasing mental instabilities. {{storylink|Mechanical Difficulties!}}

For this disobedience (and their failure to capture the Mechanic), Grimlock branded Blaster and Goldbug traitors and sent the [[Protectobots]] to hunt them down. They eventually captured Blaster, but after he saved their lives from the [[Combaticons]], they realized Grimlock's orders were purely vengeful and let him go. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} {{storylink|Child's Play (comic issue)|Child's Play}}

[[Image:Blasterbeourleaderplease.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"BLASTER, BE OUR LEADER, PLEAAAASE???"]]

Blaster finally returned to the Ark, where his fellow Autobots begged him to take over as leader. However, he was forced to surrender to his former commander when Grimlock threatened the safety of several Earth children. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

Imprisoned by Grimlock, Blaster was strapped to a [[Variable Voltage Harness]] as punishment for his desertion and disobedience. However, when [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and his Autobots arrived and Grimlock challenged him to a duel, Blaster took Fort Max's place. Their duel was interrupted by a Decepticon attack. When Blaster pointed out that their feud had put all Autobots in danger, Grimlock agreed to call their duel a draw and declared a truce with Blaster as they fended off the Decepticons side by side. {{storylink|Totalled!|Totaled!}}

While Blaster and [[Buster Witwicky]]'s girlfriend [[Jessie]] failed to rescue the young boy from the Decepticon's [[Club Con|island resort/base]], they proved instrumental in discovering the upcoming arrival of the legendary Transformers database, the [[Underbase]]. {{storylink|Club Con!}} Like many other Transformers, Blaster was killed fighting the Underbase-powered Starscream, shot dead atop the Brooklyn Bridge in [[New York]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

Blaster was later among the first Autobots resurrected by Grimlock with [[Nucleon]]. He took part in and survived the battle with Unicron. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

Blaster was one of the few Autobots present to survive the initial Decepticon ambush on [[Klo]]. {{Storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}

''In the future of 2008, Blaster was present at Autobot City when the Quintessons attacked. He was deactivated in the battle that followed and his body strung up from the battlements.'' {{storylink|Space Pirates}}

===Animated continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Buster Jones]] (US), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japan)

Blaster was a fun-loving, hip and happening robot. Loud and energetic, he was happy to share his choice of rockin' tunes with anyone, whether they really wanted to hear them or not.

Blaster appeared out of nowhere one day during [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s demonstration of the modifications he'd made to the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to improve their sense of balance and coordination, and to that end, Blaster was requested to play something "nice". For some reason, Blaster had trouble tuning into a station until Grimlock (obviously tired of this scene's padding) blasted fire at Blaster's controls, allowing the Autobot boombox to tune into the local Rock and Big Band Music Fusion station. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Trailbreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sidewipe]] showed their appreciation for the fine selection of elevator music by jerkily dancing around and claiming their audio sensors were being fried. Blaster continued to enthrall Grimlock until [[Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] bumped into their leader and totally freaked him out. {{Storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}}

His loud music often got him into trouble, especially when he jammed emergency frequencies with bad '80s hair metal. Blaster and Cosmos eventually converted a deserted Decepticon headquarters on Earth's moon into an Autobot base, though they were never shown using it. (It's possible the base they built was later used by [[Marissa Faireborn]] of the EDC.)

Blaster had a rivalry with the Decepticon tape deck, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. The two clashed frequently, though they were most often shown to be evenly matched. In 2005, when the Decepticons ransacked [[Autobot City]], Soundwave attempted to jam Blaster's distress signal to Optimus Prime with his Cassette forces. Blaster countered with his own Cassette army, and the itty bitty guys 'rassled.

In 2006, Blaster was stationed most frequently at Autobot City on Earth. However, at one point in Transformer history best left forgotten, he traveled with the Autobots to another planet where he translated opera into English. {{Storylink|Carnage in C Minor}}

====Scramble City OVA====

Blaster was finally gifted with some Cassette forces of his own to counter Soundwave's. [[Steeljaw]] and [[Ramhorn]] took on [[Ratbat]] but couldn't protect the secrets of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]].

====15 Go! Go!====
[[Image:TGGBlaster.jpg|right|thumb|"Don't be cryin'—here's a lion!"]]

As [[Teletraan 15]] lay recuperating from her [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]-inflicted injuries, a voice came from a nearby boombox, remarking that the song in her heart sounded lonely.

Transforming into his towering robot mode, Blaster told 15 that a princess like her deserved a more cheerful song. After listening to her problems, he advised her not to worry about what she ought to do and suggested that she concentrate on doing what she loved best. He told her that as individuals, sentient beings are notes, and that together, they become music.

He handed her a small cassette tape and told her that whenever she was depressed, she should listen to music. She thanked him as he left.

Despite Blaster's good intentions, the tape turned out to be full of depressing music. It also turned out to be [[Steeljaw]].{{Storylink|15 Go! Go!}}

====Kiss Players====

Blaster hand-picked [[Rosanna]] to join his cassette team, feeling that she was the only [[Autobot]] who properly understood his love of music.

He was later appointed by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] as the Producer of the [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]] singing group, of which Rosanna became a founding member. {{storylink|Kiss Players (fiction)|Kiss Players}}

====Headmasters cartoon====

Blaster's rivalry with Soundwave increased dramatically by the year 2011. At one point, when [[Hot Rod]] was searching Earth for the [[Matrix]], he was ambushed by Soundwave. Blaster took on Soundwave alone, urging Rodimus to leave without him. Soundwave and Blaster then prepared for their final duel. The result was a tie, sorta—they both died.

Later, all the Autobots were content to leave Blaster as a corpse until [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]] and Blaster's cassette forces whined enough to have their pal resurrected. Rodimus then brought Blaster back online as the yellow and blue repaint '''Twincast'''. Coincidentally, the Decepticons reanimated Soundwave as the black-as-coal Soundblaster. The two arch-enemies then renewed their struggle.

After his revival, he also served as the Autobots' karaoke machine.

===Japanese Generation 2 story pages===
[[Image:BlasterG2.jpg|left|thumb|There's so much I don't understand about this image.]]

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] forged the [[Cybertron Alliance]], Twincast returned to his original form as Blaster for reasons unknown.

''(The artwork by [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] for the single [[story page]] Blaster appeared in features all the characters in their [[Action Master]] bodies, implying Blaster may have become an Action Master as well.)''

===Dreamwave comics===

Blaster and his partner Perceptor were co-leaders of an Autobot faction millions of years ago on Cybertron. While this faction may or may not have existed in the Dark Ages before Ultra Magnus unified the Autobots under his command, they were the only known resistance to Megatron's tyrannical rule during the Age of Internment that followed.

In modern times, Blaster allied himself with Hot Rod and Kup's underground resistance, opposing the new tyrannical rule of Shockwave.

Blaster seems to have a "thing" against tyrannical rules.

At one point, he remarked that he couldn't wait to go to Earth. Ironically, [[Dreamwave]]'s bankruptcy meant he never got to go. Poor Blaster.

===Binaltech Asterisk===
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===IDW Comics===
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Blaster was one of many Autobots stationed aboard the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]], monitoring the conflict across the galaxy. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1}}

Blaster was known as The Voice, a patriotic broadcaster who used his gift with words to rally Autobots whose faith was lacking, or who were in a bad way. He was such a positive influence on the Autobots, it was arranged that he be assassinated. The attempt failed, but Blaster's damaged body was ejected into space. Picked up by a passing trawler, he was delivered home, where it was revealed that he had to have been attacked by an autobot. In an effort to flush the traitor out, Blaster went back on the air. The attempt worked, and his would be killer was revealed--Beachcomber. Soundwave had used Bombshell to implant a cerebros shell, and ordered him to kill Blaster. But, he was able to resist when Blaster used his greatest weapon, his voice. As a damaged Beachcomber was brought in for repairs, Blaster swore he'd find Soundwave, and the last thing he'd ever hear was...The Voice.

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Blaster''' (Autobot, 1985/1986/2006)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''38''', '''TFC-21'''

: Originally a ''[[Microchange]]'' "Radi-Casse Robo" ("radio-cassette", you see), Blaster transforms into a "ghetto blaster" boombox. Pressing the "eject" button pops open his tape door, which can store a single microcassette Transformer.

: Some releases of Blaster still retain the battery-cover back from the ''Microchange'' release (see Trivia).

: Blaster was re-released in 2006 as part of the "[[Transformers Collection]]" "bookbox" series, packaged with [[Steeljaw]].

* '''Twincast''' (Autobot, 1987/2006)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-116'''

: The first Blaster toy was [[redeco]]ed and had its tape-door [[retool]]ed in order to accommodate two cassettes at once. The clear-plastic part of the door was also changed to clear-red, so when certain cassettes were placed inside, the "secret plans" decals on them would reveal the "weak point" of either [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] or [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], much like using the [[tech-specs decoder]]s. He came with Steeljaw, who was given one of these new decals.

: In 2006, Twincast was reissued as an [[e-Hobby]] [[exclusive]], this time packaged with the new character [[Flip Sides]].

*'''Blaster w/ Flight Pack''' (Action Master, 1990)

: A non-transforming action figure, [[Action Master]] Blaster (not to be confused with the "Action Master Blasters" price-point) is compatible with any other Action Master vehicle or accessory. His design is based largely on his cartoon model, with elements from the toy added (like his visor). He came with the "[[Flight Pack]]" accessory, which converts from a winged jetpack to a massive "electro-scrambler" cannon.

===Binaltech Asterisk===
*'''Broadblast meets Lumina''' (Binaltech, 2005)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''BTA03'''

: A redeco of ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], "Broadblast" transforms into a 1:24 scale Toyota bB, aka the Scion xB. He has working doors, hood, and trunk, plus his engine becomes a non-firing weapon. He also comes with an extra decal sheet, which includes signs for "TBN" which ''possibly'' stands for "Transformers Broadcast Network" or some such; there is Japanese text on the labels as well, but it's really tiny and hard to make out.

: He came with a PVC-plastic figurine of the [[human]] newsgirl [[Lumina Hoshi]].

===Attacktix===
*'''Blaster'''
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===Merchandise===

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==Trivia==
* The [[Pre-Transformer|pre-''Transformers'']] version of Blaster was actually a functioning AM radio. The ''[[Microchange]]'' release of the toy came with a microcassette-sized radio that plugged in to Radi-Casse Robo, which had internal wiring that allowed the radio to play through the speakers in its legs. The big hole in his Electro-Scrambler rifle is an earphone storage space, while the cord can be wrapped around the gun and the plug connects to the hole in the gun's stock. Despite popular belief, the compartment in the back of some Blaster toys was not a remnant of a battery compartment, but was actually storage for one of the transforming microcassettes, since a plug kept them from fitting in the cassette door. The battery compartment was actually in one of his legs.

* According to [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] on a [[Letters Page (Marvel UK)|Letters Page]], Blaster's visor is retractable. He uses it to shield his especially delicate optical sensors from sunlight.

* The packaging for Twincast's e-Hobby reissue was the same generic [[Decepticon]]-scheme box used to package [[Magnificus]]. However, since Flip Sides is technically a Decepticon, it...sorta works.

* According to Blaster himself on the UK letters page, he has two siblings: [[Toaster (G1)|Toaster]] and [[Karmen]].

* According to the G1 [[Production Bible]], Blaster's preliminary name was '''Blastbox'''.

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Blaster/blaster.htm Blaster on TFU.info]

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[[Category: Headmasters characters]]
[[Category: Kiss Players characters]]
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Spotlight: Galvatron

2008-01-24T14:55:32Z

78.16.34.56:

[[Image:Spotlight galvatron milne.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The first non-Megatron Galvatron....who ruins it by using the most Megatron weapon ever.]]
{{comicnav | Spotlight (comics)| 8 | seriesname=''The Transformers: Spotlight''| prev=Spotlight: Kup | next=Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

'''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]]<br>
'''Art:''' [[Guido Guidi]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Chris Mowry]]<br>
'''Colors:''' [[Eric Burns]]<br>
'''Editors:''' [[Dan Taylor]]<br>

* ''Major characters (in order of appearance):'' [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Leadfoot]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Skram]], [[Warpath]], [[Road Rocket]], [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]
* ''Originally published: July 5, 2007''
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==Synopsis==
In the [[Benzuli System]], a group of aliens is monitoring an anomaly that threatens the nearby system. Suddenly, their sensors detect something emerging from the anomaly, despite the fact that nothing can possibly survive in it. The something is Galvatron, who assaults their ship directly; they turn their comet-destroying weapons on him, shutting him down. They drag his body into their ship for study, but he suddenly comes back online and proceeds to slaughter the crew and destroy the ship. Galvatron speaks of being the harbinger of unlife, and doing the bidding of an unnamed dark master. Though Galvatron is his herald for the time being, he is not content to remain so. With his secondary objective{{m-}}the destruction of the probe ship{{m-}}complete, Galvatron continues to [[Cybertron]] for his primary objective.

At [[Thunderhead Pass]] on Cybertron, Sideswipe gripes to Leadfoot about how much he hates his posting, and marches off to make a transmission to [[Earth]] to see about getting reassigned. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] answers and tells Sideswipe that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] is currently away on personal business. Sideswipe tells Ratchet to ask Prime if he's considered his relocation. Sideswipe feels that guarding Thunderhead Pass is a dead-end job and he should be on Earth helping to find [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. His transmission is cut short, however, when Hound arrives and demands him to sign off. [[Verity Carlo]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] were listening over Ratchet's shoulder, and tell him that Sideswipe's right: they're not doing anything to find Sunstreaker or [[Hunter O'Nion|Hunter]], and that it may already be too late. They walk away telling Ratchet that they've failed their friends through their inaction.

Back on Cybertron, Hound reprimands Sideswipe for his transmission. He had ordered a total block on all unauthorized outgoing transmissions, and reminds Sideswipe that he's the one in charge. Sideswipe tells him that he's in charge of nothing: while the area might have been important a while ago when Thunderwing was active, with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and his team having packed up and left the area's essentially a dead zone. He tells Hound that he's in the mood to bust heads and can't think of a better place to do it than Earth. Hound gives him a formal warning and assigns him to sentry duty. Sideswipe marches off to do it, but grumbles that he's still going to do everything he can to get reassigned.

Meanwhile, Galvatron reminisces about the past. Before the chaos of Thunderwing and the war, before the factions, Galvatron was a crew member on the first ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. Though the citizens were told that it was about exploration and opening trade routes, the truth was that they had discovered a mysterious anomaly: a door to somewhere else, some dark parallel universe, and they were going to examine it. Galvatron had been chosen for the mission due to his willingness to recklessly throw himself in the unknown, but none of the other crew realized just how far he was willing to go...

At Thunderhead Pass, Leadfoot hears a sound, but barely has time to say anything before Galvatron kills him with his bare hands. Sideswipe hears the disturbance and attacks Galvatron, and gets blasted for his troubles. Hound, Skram, Road Rocket, and Warpath also hear the fighting and show up, and Hound orders them to take Galvatron alive for questioning. As they pummel him with weapons fire, Sideswipe recovers, sets his gun to maximum power, and shoots Galvatron in the face, blowing off half of his head. Hound immediately starts yelling at Sideswipe that a corpse can't tell them anything, with Sideswipe naturally defending his actions. Skram interrupts, though, and tells them that Galvatron isn't dead. In response, Galvatron stands up, transforms, and blasts them all... But to incapacitate, not kill. Galvatron considers it a small rebellion against his master, a reminder that his destiny is his own. He says that the others aboard the Ark are all dead, killed by his hands. The moment they entered the [[Dead Universe]], it claimed them all.

Hound recovers and immediately starts sending out an emergency distress signal. But Skram bursts in with terrible news: Thunderwing is gone! Elsewhere, Galvatron stands beside Thunderwing, and states that his primary objective is achieved.

== Errors ==
* TBD

== Items of note ==
* A Transformer resembling the [[Marvel Comics]] continuity Thunderwing can be seen on the bridge of the first ''Ark'' alongside Galvatron. It is unclear whether this is the same character as the [[IDW continuity]] Thunderwing, or just a tip of the hat to the original comics.
* The issue includes several pages of sketches (most in color) by [[Guido Guidi]].

===Covers (4)===
* '''Cover A:''' Galvatron grimacing by [[Guido Guidi]] and [[Eric Burns]] (colors)
* '''Cover B:''' Galvatron fights off horde by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]] (colors)
* '''Cover RI-A:''' Uncolored cover A
* '''Cover RI-B:''' Uncolored cover B

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