Airazor (ROTB)

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

Airazor is a Maximal from the Rise of the Beasts portion of the Movie continuity family.

Transformers movies are for the birds!

Airazor is a high-flying Maximal. Wise, compassionate, and selfless, she embodies the Maximals' mission of preserving life across the universe, and is willing to risk her own spark to honor that vow.

“	His sacrifice becomes our oath.	”
—Airazor upon Apelinq's death, Rise of the Beasts

Fiction

Rise of the Beasts film

Voice actor: Michelle Yeoh (English), Takako Honda (Japanese), Frédérique Hoschedé (European French), Nathalie Coupal (Canadian French), Rebeca Manriquez (Latin American Spanish), Arianne Borbach (German), Laura Romano (Italian), Rosa Maria Baroli (Brazilian Portuguese)

That's a bridge we'll burn when we get to it.

Airazor was among the Maximals under the command of Apelinq when Unicron arrived to devour their home and claim the Transwarp Key. She regrouped with Apelinq, Optimus Primal, Cheetor, and Rhinox as Unicron's army invaded, taking out one of the two Predacon Scorponok drones pursing Apelinq with Primal. Apelinq declared he would hold the line against the approaching Scourge and passed command to Primal, ordering the Maximals to flee to the stars to keep the key out of Unicron's clutches. The Maximals were saddened by the sacrifice of their leader, but as they and others fled in a ship, Airazor affirmed that Apelinq's sacrifice, "no matter the cost" would become their oath.

Upon arriving to Earth, the Maximals split the key into two pieces to be kept by two groups for safekeeping, with Primal leading Cheetor and Rhinox to Peru while Airazor and a few others hid elsewhere. Humanity noticed Airazor over the centuries and carved a statue in her likeness, which would hide Airazor's half of the key. In 1994, the statue was unearthed and brought to a museum on Ellis Island in New York City. Elena Wallace quickly determined that the statue was not of any known human civilization and snuck into a lab after work to conduct her own research on it, which led to the statue crumbling to reveal the key fragment and unwittingly summon the Terrorcons. Scourge soon arrived with Battletrap and Nightbird to claim the key fragment, and though they were successful, they decided to flee when Airazor arrived to reinforce the Autobots led by Optimus Prime. In the aftermath of the fight, Airazor gave the Autobots her condolences for the loss of Bumblebee and explained the nature of the Terrorcons to Elena and Noah Díaz, and that Scourge only had half of the key thanks to the Maximals splitting it. Airazor gently asked Elena to lead them to the site of the second key fragment once she realized the young woman had deciphered clues to it.

Every post-apocalyptic gang of survivors has that one guy who hides that they got bitten by a zombie.

The next day, Airazor flew to Peru alongside the Autobots and humans who rode aboard Stratosphere. She helped monitor Noah and Elena's infiltration of the nearby city to get to the second key fragment only for the Terrorcons to attack. As the battle went poorly for the Autobots once again, Airazor used her fire breath to destroy a bridge and forcibly stopped a further duel between Prime and Scourge. However, the Terrorcon leader thought fast and successfully shot Airazor with a bit of Unicron's dark energy, which slowly rotted her body and began to corrupt her. Airazor nonetheless arrived in time to defuse a standoff between the Autobots and her old Maximal comrades, who she was delighted to see again, but grimly reported she was all that was left of her detachment of Maximals. Elena noticed the growing corruption on her wing, but Airazor insisted she would be okay despite the corruption beginning to affect her mind. After the group made camp as a human village allied with Primal, Airazor spoke to him privately. Primal admitted that Prime wasn't who he expected, but Airazor pointed out that they both had lost so much, and that Primal likely would act the same if he had another chance to save their planet from Unicron.

By morning, unfortunately, Airazor finally succumbed to Scourge's corruption and attacked the humans. She kidnapped Elena in order to deliver the last key fragment to Scourge, who then set her after her comrades. Airazor violently engaged Primal, who was able to use his bulk and strength to grab her in a crushing embrace. Though Primal was distressed at what needed to be done, Airazor assured him it was okay and ordered him to do it. Primal reluctantly complied, crushing Airazor to death and finally giving her peace again. As the others arrived, and Elena, Cheetor, and Rhinox grieved the loss of their friend, Primal morosely stood over his friend's corpse, resolutely repeating their oath, "no matter the cost." Airazor would later be avenged when Prime defeated Scourge in battle, and prevented Unicron from claiming another world and with it the Transwarp Key. Rise of the Beasts

Airazor's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the books "Mission at the Museum" and "The Search Is On".

Toys

Studio Series

• Airazor (Deluxe Class, 2023)
  • Movie: Rise of the Beasts
  • Hasbro ID number: 97
  • TakaraTomy ID number: SS-107
  • Accessories: 2 photon blasters, "Peruvian Jungle Discovery" backdrop

• Known designers: Evan Brooks (Hasbro), Yūya Ōnishi (TakaraTomy)

Released as part of the nineteenth wave of Studio Series Deluxe Class figures, Airazor transforms into a mechanical peregrine falcon in twenty-three steps, sharing the transformation engineering of the prior Kingdom Airazor toy. As such, she includes two "photon blasters" which can be handheld or mount on her forearms via 5 mm ports; these parts store there in beast mode as well because this toy is missing the hip ports Kingdom Airazor used for storage.

Airazor's official robot mode stock picture is mistransformed, with the robot feet not being turned around. This error is also carried over to the way she is packaged in box. The box pictures also feature a much darker brown toy contrary to the lighter champagne gold colored final product. The box depictions also omit the silver Maximal symbol on her right forearm.

Hasbro revealed the figure on January 17, 2023.

Buzzworthy Bumblebee

Just needs some stilettoes to complete the look.

• Bumblebee / Airazor / Autobot Mirage (Jungle Mission 3-pack, 2023)
  • Accessories: 2 swords

• Known designers: Shogo Hasui (TakaraTomy)

Included as part of the second Target-exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee "Jungle Mission 3-pack", this Airazor is another Deluxe Class iteration of the character. While she converts into a mechanical peregrine falcon just as before, this time her transformation scheme is completely different, with the bulk of her wings becoming her robot-mode legs. She includes two small swords for her robot mode to wield.

This set also includes Bumblebee and Mirage.

Rise of the Beasts

• Airazor (Deluxe Class, 2023)
  • TakaraTomy name: Deluxe Class Airazor
  • TakaraTomy ID number: BD-03
  • TakaraTomy release date: May 27, 2023
  • Accessories: 2 swords

• Known designers: Shogo Hasui (TakaraTomy)

The Airazor from the Buzzworthy Bumblebee Jungle Mission 3-pack was also available individually at general retail under Rise of the Beasts packaging. It was first sighted at UK retail.

• Airazor (Beast Battle Masters, 2023)

Part of the third wave of Beast Battle Masters, Airazor is a 3-inch figure that transforms from bird to blaster. Like other Beast Battle Masters, she features a 5 mm post on her blaster mode that allows it to be held by other figures. The barrel of her blaster mode is also a 5 mm hole, making her compatible with numerous "blast effect" parts.

This figure was first found in Thailand, prior to any official acknowledgement by Hasbro.

Merchandise

Figural Bag Clip

• Airazor (2023)

Released by Monogram, this 2.5" 3D foam bag clip takes the form of a chibi Rise of the Beasts Airazor in falcon mode.

It was available only as part of a mystery blind bag collection.

Kross Studio

Probably the highest-end piece Airazor will ever get.

• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Collector Set (2023)

To celebrate the release of Rise of the Beasts, watchmaking manufacturer Kross Studio partnered with Hasbro to make a 10-piece limited edition tourbillon watch designed with many elements taken from the film and its visual identity, such as green highlights, the Maximal insignia, Cybertronix symbols and Incan-inspired engravings.

The watch comes enclosed inside a perfectly sculpted replica of the Airazor artifact as seen in the film, intentionally replicating the resting place of the first half of the Transwarp Key to be found. The replica features a pressure mechanism on its head that opens and closes its "wings" to reveal the watch bathed in a green LED light.

• More information on the Kross Studio Collector Set at kross-studio.ch

Pop!

• Airazor (2023)
  • ID number: 1379

Released as part of a Rise of the Beasts-themed batch of the Pop! Movies segment and as a San Diego Comic-Con 2023 exclusive, Funko's Pop! Airazor is a super deformed vinyl figure of the character flying in falcon mode supported by a translucent stand.

Notes

We thought the feathered look was more an '80s thing.

• Airazor's design evidently changed after her merchandise was ready for production, as none of the toys developed for Rise of the Beasts feature the movie's alternate mode design, which is a lot more feathery than the toys' smoother, metallic form.
• Airazor spends all of her screen time in Rise of the Beasts in her alternate mode, never transforming to robot mode.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Airazor (エアレイザー Eareizā)
• Mandarin: Fēi Jiàn (飞箭, "Flying Arrow"), Shényīng (神鷹, "Condor")