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* '''Astro Squad''' (Micromaster Combiner Squad, 1990) | * '''Astro Squad''' (Micromaster Combiner Squad, 1990) | ||
Blast Master transforms into the back half of a black and white space shuttle. | Blast Master transforms into the back half of a black and white space shuttle. | ||
==Trivia== | |||
* Normally, the word "blast" is rendered in katakana as ブラスト, bu-ra-su-to - like in [[Strongarm (Energon)|Blastarm]] or [[Blaster|Broadblast]]. However, the katakana used in Blast Master's Japanese name is most decidedly ブレスト, bu-re-su-to - which is usually used to render the English words "breast" or "blessed". It appears that this is not an ''uncommon'' misspelling, so it is uncertain as to whether Takara were ''intentionally'' trying to give Blast Master the name "Breast Master"/"Blessed Master". However, it is somewhat notable that this same spelling was used to render the first part of [[Blast Off]]'s name, an unrelated shuttle character released years prior. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 04:07, 10 October 2007
- Blast Master is an Autobot Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Blast Master loves receiving orders. He's eager to load up on equipment. He's enthusiastic about blasting off into space. He's delighted to engage in battle. He's quite likely to screw up, thanks to all this reckless enthusiasm.[1]
His combiner partner on the Astro Squad is Phaser.
Fiction
None known.
Toys
Generation 1
- Astro Squad (Micromaster Combiner Squad, 1990)
Blast Master transforms into the back half of a black and white space shuttle.
Trivia
- Normally, the word "blast" is rendered in katakana as ブラスト, bu-ra-su-to - like in Blastarm or Broadblast. However, the katakana used in Blast Master's Japanese name is most decidedly ブレスト, bu-re-su-to - which is usually used to render the English words "breast" or "blessed". It appears that this is not an uncommon misspelling, so it is uncertain as to whether Takara were intentionally trying to give Blast Master the name "Breast Master"/"Blessed Master". However, it is somewhat notable that this same spelling was used to render the first part of Blast Off's name, an unrelated shuttle character released years prior.
External links
Footnotes
