Kickback (LB)

The name or term "Kickback" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Kickback (disambiguation).

Kickback is a Laser Beast from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Kickback (キックバック Kikkubakku) is a grasshopper Laser Beast who acts as part of the aviation unit. Kickback is known as an extremely hard worker, giving his best at any task set before him. His antennae can detect the enemy's hiding places and his ability to strike from a low altitude has earned him the moniker of "Kamikaze Grasshopper Villain" from the Beastformers.

Kickback's Arm Hop Laser blows away the enemy up to 500 meters with a gust of wind.

Fiction

Beastformers comic

Tigerburn ordered his aerial troops, including Kickback, to attack the nation of Rabbihos while it was weakened. He was later seen among the Laser Beast troops who fought in the great war with the Beastformers. Beastformers VS Laser Beasts

Legends comic

Kickback participated in the final battle between Beastformers and Laser Beasts on Beast in 2023. He watched as White Leo took away Tigerburn's stolen gems. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1

Toys

Beastformers

• Kickback (Laser Beast, 1988)
  • ID number: 108
  • Accessories: "Arm Hop Laser" MVP Weapon (usually)

Part of the second —and rarer— assortment of Takara's Beastformers individually-boxed Laser Beasts, Kickback is an anthropomorphic grasshopper in high-tech blue armor. He has a transparent orb in his torso, revealing the elemental power of Fire, Water, or Wood when you look through it into a light source.

Nominally, he comes with the grasshopper-themed "Arm Hop Laser" blaster. However, there is also a chance he could come with the weapon from one of the other 11 Laser Beasts in his shipping case; matching the Beasts with their same-numbered weapons was part of the "role-playing game" attached to the line, encouraging kids to buy more of the toys.

This toy was never released in Hasbro's Battle Beasts line, not even in the limited capacity most "Shadow Warriors" were. As such, it commands a high price on the secondary market.

Notes

• It is currently unknown what his Hasbro Battle Beasts name was going to be.