Graysharp

Graysharp is a Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Instinctually stamps out his own chest.

Graysharp (グレイシャープ Gureishāpu) is one of the many Beastformers who joined White Leo's resistance forces as Galvatron's Decepticons began to conquer the formerly-peaceful planet Beast with their army of cold-blooded insurgents. His role in the Autobot-allied Beastformer forces is a land attack warrior. He also holds the rank of King of Petra, in whose eponymous peninsula he was born, over Emperor Grayox.

Fiction

Mini Mayhem!

When Galvatron unleashed Predaking, boasting that the gestalt's combined animal strength was unparalleled, Graysharp and his allies stood united to prove him wrong. Mini Mayhem!

Toys

Transformers: Beastformers

• Graysharp (Beastformer, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 9
  • Accessories: Blade-weapon

Part of the first series of Takara's Beastformers toys, Graysharp is an anthropomorphic black rhinoceros (as in, the species called "black rhinoceros", not a black-colored rhinoceros) with yellow robotic armor. His left arm ends in a spiked mace ball. The rubsign on his chest reveals one of three symbols; Fire, Water or Wood.

He was re-released in the subsequent second and third series; while the toy proper was not changed, the packaging and packed-in bio card was. The Series 1 release comes in a generic red-grid "Cybertron Beastformer" box, with a red-grid bio card with a painted character image on the front, though there was a random chance of his card being replaced by the rare "Holography Mirror" card. Series 2 came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box, with the bio card putting the painted image on a jungle backdrop. Series 3's box was unchanged, but the bio card replaced the painted image with a simpler line-art image, first used in Hasbro's Battle Beasts cast poster. In the green-box releases, depending on the "Pack" he came in, there was a chance of his bio card being replaced with a rare "Secret Photo", "Bewitching Serpent Seal", or "VS Holography Mirror" card.

Beastformers

• Graysharp (Beastformer, 1988)
  • Beast ID number: 9
  • Accessories: "Sharpner" MVP Weapon

Re-released in the Transformers-less Beastformers sequel series, Graysharp was given a straight re-release with new packaging and a new, more filled-out bio card with corrected coloring. This new card also gave his weapon, now branded an "MVP Weapon", the name "Sharpner" (シャープナー Shāpunā).

The initial early releases of this series had the chance for any Beastformer to have the rare Burstsun symbol; we'll probably never know if Graysharp was ever actually one of them. Later in the run, the "mood ring" styled rubsigns were replaced with new rubsigns that revealed full-color Fire/Wood/Water images on black backdrops. (These rubsign variants also happened at the same time in the Hasbro Battle Beast version of the line.)

Notes

• Graysharp is likely to have also been released as a gashapon toy with accompanying white/cream version, but it has not been confirmed.

Foreign names

• English: Rocky Rhino