Magma Blade (BW)

The Magma Blade (マグマブレード Maguma Burēdo) is the personal weapon of Magmatron, the Predacon Emperor of Destruction.

The Dinobot combiner Volcanicus also wields a pair of identically-named swords.

Fiction

Beast Wars Neo manga

After being chewed up and spat out by Unicron, Magmatron's still-living disembodied head gripped the Magma Blade with its teeth and asked Big Convoy to receive the sword as a "parting gift". Magmatron then repented of his wrongdoings and asked Big Convoy to give him an honorable "warrior's death" with his own sword, as Magmatron himself was a true warrior. Big Convoy honored the request and killed Magmatron with the Magma Blade. Double Cross

Later, Big Convoy returned to the planet Cybertron and used the Magma Blade to destroy Unicron's physical body. Return to Zero

Generations Selects Special Comic

Toys

Beast Wars Neo

• Magmatron (Ultra, February 1999)
  • Japanese ID number: D-35
  • Accessories: Magma Blade hilt/launcher, Magma Blade, uh, blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Seasaur missiles

The original Magmatron figure came with the Magma Blade, with the Landsaur's launcher/throat forming the sword-hilt primarily and a devoted missile forming the blade. The hilt can also be converted into a pistol by flipping out an extra handle from the side.

Sonokong also released this figure with no differences other than the packaging in Korean markets.

• More information on Magmatron at TFU.info

• Cosmic Showdown: Big Convoy VS Magmatron (Vs pack, February 1999)
  • Japanese ID number: VS-35
  • Accessories: Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Landsaur missiles

Magmatron was available in Japan both in an individual box, and in a massive "Cosmic Showdown" (大宇宙の対決 dai uchū no taiketsu) two-pack with Big Convoy. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

This vs-pack was also released in new packaging in Korea.

• Gold Magmatron (Ultra, 1999)
  • Accessories: Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Landsaur missiles

This gold vacuum metallized Magmatron was featured as a Lucky Draw giveaway.

• Black Magmatron (Ultra, 1999)
  • Accessories: Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Landsaur missiles

This figure is a black redecoed Magmatron and is a Lucky Draw item.

Beast Machines

• Magmatron (Ultra, 2000)
  • Accessories: Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Seasaur missiles.

Released exclusively through Target stores as part of Hasbro's Beast Machines toyline, Magmatron was imported over in a box that reflected his Japanese origin, with Japanese text and other elements from the Beast Wars Neo packaging added. There are no notable differences between this version of the figure or the original Japanese release.

Generations

Selects

• Volcanicus (Gift set, February 27, 2021)
  • ID number: TT-GS11
  • Accessories: 2 guns, 2 swords, 2 Magma Blades, 2 arm-mounted cannons, twin 'stunner' laser rifle, 2 foot-plates, left & right fists

Generations Selects Volcanicus includes a huge, newly-tooled pair of Magma Blades based on the sword held by Fall of Cybertron Grimlock.

Volcanicus is released as a Takara Tomy Mall exclusive, and it was also made available as a Hasbro Pulse exclusive.

Notes

• Just like its master, the Beast Wars: Uprising incarnation of the Magma Blade is a "virtual redeco" of the Crash Caliber longswords of the revived Diaclone line's Dia-Battles V2 toy.