Obsidian (BM)
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Obsidian is a Vehicon in the Beast Machines portion of the Beast Era.
Obsidian and his consort Strika have fought for Cybertron in countless battles... and won them all. Though he is sophisticated and canny, able to concoct strategies with layers upon layers, his purpose is single-minded. He defends Cybertron.
There is some fine print. Whoever happens to be in charge, whether a benevolent or malevolent force, in his reasoning, is Cybertron. Once power changes hands, so does he. He is loyal only to the planet, not to any moral ideals. As his fellow Vehicon General Thrust has remarked, "If you're loyal to everybody, can you really be loyal to anybody?"
Fiction
Timelines
As part of the denouement of the Descent Into Evil story, Flamewar was held prisoner and interrogated by a group of Autobots and Maximals which included Obsidian. However, it transpired that the questioning was merely a test of suitability by the Predacon insurrectionist Megatron, and the entity appearing to be Obsidian was in fact the Predacon Buzz Saw in disguise.
Beast Machines Cartoon
Voice Actor: Paul Dobson (US), x (Japan)
Universe
An alternate-dimension version of Obsidian who overthrew Megatron and took over Cybertron is featured in the Universe storyline. For further information on that Obsidian, see Obsidian (TFU).
Toys
A Basic-price point toy in the Beast Machines line, Obsidian transforms into a twin-rotor assault helicopter vaguely similar to an Osprey. His cockpit in helicopter mode is multi-jointed to allow it movement to look around, the Vehicons' toy aesthetic being "living vehicles". The cockpit's "eyes" further enhance the effect. The two rotor blades are pressure-launch projectiles.
In 2005 the toy was redecoed and released as part of the Japanese Toys 'R' Us exclusive "Beast Wars Returns" series, the Japanse name for Beast Machines. Having been produced several years after the cartoon was, this version had a deco considerably more show-accurate than the original, but still not quite there, physical differences between the mold and show model regardless.
The same mold is used by Robots in Disguise Obsidian and Universe Obsidian. A hand-painted mock-up of the mold was presented as a proposed Wreckers Rotorbolt as a future BotCon exclusive, but was never produced.
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