Toaster
| This article is about the toaster-bot who is Blaster's brother from Generation 1. For the AllSpark-mutated toaster-bot from Revenge of the Fallen, see Ejector. |
- Toaster is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Toaster is the brother of Autobot communications officer Blaster, Bluster, and Karmen. He transforms into a toaster. Duh.
Alarmingly, Toaster's alternate mode doesn't seem to be the size of a normal household toaster at all, and is in fact around ten feet tall. While a questionable disguise, he's so rarely seen, it must be working pretty well for him.
Fiction
Marvel The Transformers comics
Toaster was among the Transformers rebuilt by the Ark when it awoke on Earth in 1984. He was given the alt mode of a human bread-searing machine, colloquially known as a toaster. Cold Comfort and Joy!
Blaster, while hosting the letters page of the UK comic, told an interested letter-writer that he had a brother named Toaster who transformed into a toaster and whom he liked first thing in the morning.[1] It's unclear whether this was always Toaster's name (coincidental alignment among Transformer's pre-existing names and Earthly alternate modes is common) or if he changed his name to reflect his new Earthly alt mode. (See: Goldbug)
Toaster seemed to all but vanish after the Ark's awakening and went unseen for five years. It is possible that his naked power was so awesome and impossible to contain that the Ark simply forced him back into hibernation after realizing the dervish of destruction he could become in his much-feared "giant toaster" alt mode.
In 1989, the time travelling Galvatron, caught in a series of time-loops and re-writes, remembered seeing himself triumph 20-some years earlier while he was Megatron. Toaster was among the vanquished foes at Galvatron's feet in this earlier iteration of the timeline. Toaster used the awesome power of his seldom-seem "giant toaster" form to attack Galvatron, but was defeated. Toaster did not appear in the "new" unfolding of events. Time Wars
Ask Sideways
Sideways claimed to have killed all of Blaster's siblings. Ask Sideways, 2015/07/04
IDW Generation 1 continuity
During Overlord's assault on the Lost Light, Toaster hid in alt mode on the bar counter at Swerve's. No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases
Toys
G.I. Joe and the Transformers
- G.I. Joe featuring Ninja Force and Transformers (2016)
- A primarily purple redeco of the San Diego Comic-Con 2013 exclusive Blaster accessory, Toaster is a non-transforming boombox scaled to interact with G.I. Joe figures. He also comes packaged with three pieces of toast (all tan redecos of the cassettes that came with the aforementioned toy). The packaging refers to him as "Autobot Toaster."
- He was only available as part of a box set that was sold through both the Transformers Collectors' Club store and the G.I. Joe Collectors' Club store, both of them operated by Fun Publications. Other figures and accessories included in the box set were Ninja Force: Scarlett, Cobra Commander, Dr. Sidney Biggles-Jones, Ratbat, Megatron, and Blackcat.
Notes
- Perhaps the most tantalizing thing about Toaster was that it wasn't clear if he's an Autobot or a Decepticon. All of his appearances take place at times when Autobots and Decepticons are together. Blaster's filial affection towards Toaster is limited to right after waking up, possibly squelched later in the day by the reality that they fight on opposite sides. Or because he just wants toast for breakfast as the joke implies. It is also possible that he may have been damaged for an extended period.
- Long before Toaster showed up in "No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases", James Roberts claimed Toaster was a member of the Lost Light's crew in the IDW Generation 1 continuity.[2] When he finally appeared, he had an Autobot insignia.
