Tigerbreast

Tigerbreast is a Decepticon Breast Animal from the Victory portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

You've got a tiger by the tail! Hoooooold oooon, Tigerbreast! Tigerbreast!

Tigerbreast (タイガーブレスト Taigāburesuto, aka Tigerchest) is one of the Breast Animal partners of Deathsaurus. He is completely faithful to Deathsaurus, and is often seen crouching beside Deathsaurus's throne, like Eaglebreast. He transforms into a bow weapon for his master.

Fiction

Victory comic

Tigerbreast served as Solon's steed when the boy accompanied Deathsaurus into the field. The Decepticons had planned to use a forest fire as a source of energy, but soon found themselves spied upon by Jan Minakaze. Solon had Tigerbreast spring towards the boy so that he could capture him and bring him before the Decepticon Emperor. However, Autobot reinforcements then came charging in, and forced the Decepticons to retreat. Great Reversal! Star Saber

Tigerbreast was napping at Deathsaurus's feet when the Decepticon leader learned that Leozack had disobeyed orders and headed for Earth on his own. Leozack's Rampage!

After Jan was kidnapped by Yokuryu and brought before Deathsaurus, Tigerbreast unsuccessfully attempted to intimidate the boy. Tigerbreast was then sent tumbling away when Star Saber burst into Deathsaurus's throne room to rescue Jan. Danger, Jan! Hurry, Star Saber!

He once more served as Solon's steed after the boy was badly burnt during a fight between Kingsaurus and Victory Saber. Tigerbreast traversed the gulf of space to return Solon to Earth. Victory Saber Is Strong! There, Blacker caught up to the pair and snatched Solon off Tigerbreast's back. Blacker convinced Solon to join the fight against the Decepticons, which Solon announced to his now former-leader after Tigerbreast brought him to where the Decepticons were currently facing off against the Autobots. Shine, Five Stars of Victory

Tigerbreast trotted alongside a badly damaged Deathsaurus as the Decepticon emperor revealed to the Autobots that his forces had been collecting energy from Earth to sustain their families. The war between the two factions ended shortly thereafter in a peaceful truce. The Grand Victory War

2005 IDW continuity

Tigerbreast accompanied Deathsaurus when his forces were pinned down on the planet Frayus, and he took part in the three-way skirmish between the forces of the Galactic Council and the Black Block Consortia. Journey's End

Toys

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers

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That's neat, that's neat, that's neat, that's neat. Really love your tiger breast.

• Deszaras (Breastforce, 1989)
  • ID number: D-336

• Known designers: Kōjin Ōno (TakaraTomy)

Deszaras comes packaged with his Breast Animal partners, Tigerbreast and Eaglebreast, which transform from creatures into hand-held weapons for Deszaras, and a pair of breastplates which lock into a spring-loaded socket on the toy's body to form elaborate torso armor for the Deszaras's robot mode. Eaglebreast is inserted first, then Tigerbreast fits on top, concealing it; the figures can also be attached while Deszaras is in beast mode, which leaves them on his creature mode's back.

• More information on Tigerbreast at TFU.info

HasLab

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Oh please, you haven't met the real Tiger King.
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• Deathsaurus (2023)
  • Series: Victory / Legacy

• Known designers: Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy)

The third Transformers figure produced through Hasbro's crowdfunding platform HasLab, the enormous, immaculately cartoon accurate "Decepticon Deathsaurus" is naturally packed with his erstwhile "Micromasters," "Tigerchest" and "Eaglechest."

Like Victory Saber, Deathsaurus costs $179.99 USD and requires 11,000 "backers" to go into production. The crowdfunding began on October 27, 2022, and runs through December 12 with an expected shipping date of Fall 2023.

Merchandise

Transformers Gum

• War for Cybertron Optimus Prime (2012)

Tigerbreast was released by Kabaya as a snap-together kit, and can assume the modes of the original toy. He has no articulation in beast mode, but can be held in the hand of Deathsaurus in gun mode. He can also combine with Deathsaurus by affixing to his chest. Unlike Deathsaurus or Eaglebreast, Tigerbreast does not require any partforming to change modes.

Though he is designed to interact with the Deathsaurus figure, Tigerbreast came packaged with War for Cybertron Optimus Prime.

Notes

• When the original Deathsaurus mold was redecoed into the non-living "Red Geist" mech for Takara's The Brave of Legend Da-Garn toyline, Tigerbreast was the only one of his partners to be included as well. In the accompanying show, Tigerbreast's weapon mode was reinterpreted as a jet mode.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Tigerchest (タイガーチェスト Taigāchesuto)