Vivisector

Vivisector is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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OH bugger.

Vivisector is a Decepticon science officer.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Vivisector was part of Gorelock's battalion that was stationed on Spensifax B when Overlord arrived. Overlord had attacked the emperor of a nearby star system, simply for the challenge of it, but the people were putting up a significant resistance. Gorelock agreed to help. Vivisector estimated that the resulting battle put the technological development of the empire back an estimated 250,000 years. Afterwards, Overlord simply left. Gorelock's prisoner clemency request

Toy

Generation 1

• Black Tracks (2002)
  • Accessories: "Black Beam Gun", 2 missile launchers, missile launcher mount, 4 missiles

Vivisector is a repurposing of the Black Tracks toy offered as part of a contest connected to the release of the Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics manga compilation. 300 Black Tracks figures were awarded through this contest.

The figure was apparently inspired by a rare black redeco of the Diaclone Corvette Stingray mold that was only available in Finland from the R-Kioski store chain there but in limited numbers with only a few originals found from these stores.

• More info on TF Black Tracks and the Finnish Diaclone Black Corvette Stingray at TF-1.com

Masterpiece

• Loud Pedal (06-11-2016)

• Japanese ID number: MP-25B
• Accessories: Gun, flight stand, Raoul minifigure, boombox, rear-view mirrors

Masterpiece Loud Pedal is a redeco and retool of Masterpiece Tracks, featuring a toy-accurate headsculpt. He comes with the gun from the Road Rage release of the mold and a redeco of the Raoul minifigure from the original Tracks release, now in his Auto-Bop color scheme. He was an exclusive to Tokyo Toy Show in 2016.

Notes

• Vivisector is based on the rare, black Diaclone Corvette Stingray sold only in Finnish R-Kioski stores, which inspired the 2002 black Tracks toy.
• "The Toxic Transformer"—which established Vivisector as being based on the black Diaclone Stingray—was released less than a day before the announcement of Masterpiece Loud Pedal. The author had no idea about plans for a Masterpiece version of "black Tracks", so that's quite a coincidence!

Foreign names

• Japanese: Loud Pedal (ラウドペダル Raudo Pedaru)