Black Roritchi
- Black Roritchi is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Black Roritchi (ブラックロリッチ Burakku Roritchi) is the companion of the malevolent BlackZarak. He may or may not be an upgraded Fasttrack or the leader of the Guardminders. You pick!
Fiction
Super-God Masterforce cartoon
- Voice actor: Masaharu Satō (Japanese)
The golden Guardminder leader led his dull-colored subordinates in constructing Devil Z's Death Para-Machine by the dark side of the Moon. He greeted BlackZarak when he arrived to utilize the weapon.
When Ginrai's Autobots followed Overlord's Decepticons to the Death Para-Machine, the Guardminder leader ordered his troops to split into two units, with one remaining on the weapon to defend it while he led the another into a direct confrontation with the Autobots. Many Guardminders of both units were destroyed in the ensuing battle and Ginrai managed to use Chōkon Power to destroy the Death Para-Machine. What what remained of his troops, the golden Guardminder retreated with the other Decepticons. Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction
Toys
Super-God Masterforce
- BlackZarak (Headmaster, 1988)
- ID number: D-311
- Accessories: 2 guns
- Available only with BlackZarak, a redeco/retool of Scorponok, Black Roritchi is a redeco of Fasttrack Transforming into a six-wheeled assault buggy, his axles were designed for quick rolling down the main ramp of BlackZarak's city mode. His two guns can be either hand-held or shoulder mounted.
- He's also made ENTIRELY of gold plastic, so, uh, look out.
Generations
- Black Roritchi (Deluxe Class, 2020)
- ID number: WFC-GS22
- Accessories: 2 blasters, dagger/spear-tip
- Generations Selects Black Roritchi is a minor retooling of Earthrise Fasttrack, with a new back-of-the-head piece that loses the outer antenna to bring it closer to the Guardminder leader's character model. Rather than matching the original toy's shade of purple plastic, this time his wheels are color-matched to Earthrise Scorponok's purple plastic.
- Black Roritchi is a Weaponizer-styled figure, transforming via part-forming into a six-wheeled Cybertronian buggy-tank with twin blasters. The dagger accessory can be attached to the back of his head in vehicle mode to form a "seat" that can accommodate either a Titan Master or a Prime Master. Concealed within his chest is an A.I.R. Lock System connection point, which allows them to link up with other toys in the line to form larger fortifications. As on the original toy, his blasters can also peg onto his robot-mode shoulders.
- Being a Weaponizer, Black Roritchi can become armaments for other figures. The instructions include two official configurations: the first is a massive spear meant to be held by the larger Scorponok, inspired by (though not visually based on) Black Zarak's "Tyrant Spear." However, this mode doesn't incorporate Black Roritchi's upper torso piece. The second option configures Black Roritchi into a set of massive over-shoulder cannons meant to attach to smaller figures, with his vehicle cockpit and dagger also combining to form a bladed shield. Both modes are shown in the instructions being used by fellow Selects release Exhaust, which is pretty funny given Roritchi's spear mode is about three times Exhaust's height.
Notes
- Black Roritchi is never explicitly named in the Masterforce cartoon, only being credited as "Guardminder A" (ガードマインダーA). However, as the leader is the unique one amongst the Guardminders, we've elected to cover him here.
- Black Roritchi's design was used in the Masterforce anime for the mass-produced drone Transformers, the Guardminders. Fasttrack's coloration was used for the generic ones, while the leader used Black Roritchi's colors.
- No, we don't know what "Roritchi" means.
