Buzzsaw (G1)
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- Buzzsaw is a Decepticon in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Buzzsaw is an artist -- rather, he likes to make art out of his victims. He approaches his victims with reasoned clarity and sophistication, gutting them with what he believes to be inspirational precision. However, his ego is easily wounded, and he's not adept at improvisation. If one of his "masterpieces" is interrupted and he cannot procede as planned, he would rather retreat to sulk than rethink his approach.
He will kill you.
Italian name: Micro
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Buzzsaw was among Megatron's attack party which attacked the Autobots aboard the Ark, crashing on Earth 4 million years ago. When the Autobots and Decepticons were revived in 1984, Buzzsaw was given the alternate mode of a gold cassette tape. He aided the Decepticons in their building of their new base constructed of parts from Harrison Nuclear Power Plant and joined in their attack on Sparkplug Witwicky's auto repair shop.
Buzzsaw cannon-blasted Omega Supreme. However, he had little time to celebrate what may be the single most lop-sided takedown in Transformers history, as he was destroyed by the Underbase-powered Starscream soon afterwards. So it goes.
Animated continuity
- Voice Actor: Frank Welker (US), x (Japan)
Dreamwave comics continuity
Timelines: Dawn of Future's Past
At the end of the great war most Decepticons granted amnesty simply retired and vanished from public life. So too would have been the fate of Buzzsaw if not for the intervention of the Predacon Divebomb . Divebomb granted Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, and Ravage a new lease on life, rebuilding them into members of the new faction of Predacons.
Predacon Megatron's theft of the Golden Disk was closely watched by Divebomb, who sent Laserbeak and Buzzsaw to ensure Megatron and his rogues reached their destination. Their ship intercepted the Axalon, pummelling it with missiles. Before it could come back for another pass, it was fired upon by the Chromia 10, giving the Axalon enough time to restore enough power to return fire and completely destroy Laserbeak and Buzzsaw's ship, with the pair inside.
Toys
Generation 1
- Soundwave w/ Buzzsaw
- Buzzsaw (VS-Z)
- Came packaged with Skids and Sunstreaker.
- During Headmasters, Buzzsaw was available by himself or with Soundblaster, wearing a new sticker featuring Fortress Maximus's weak spot.
- Japanese ID number: D-106
- Soundblaster w/ Buzzsaw and Ravage (Transformers Collection)
- Japanese ID number: D-106, TFC-18
Timelines
- Laserbeak and Buzzsaw (bagged souvenir set, BotCon 2006)
Trivia
- Though Buzzsaw is portrayed as transforming into a normal audio cassette in the various fictions, his original toy was a microcassette. (Likewise, Soundwave's toy was a microcassette recorder, rather than the "stereo cassette deck" he's stated to be elsewhere.)
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