Blurr (Armada)
| The name or term "Blurr" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Blurr (disambiguation). |
- Blurr is an Autobot from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Blurr is a serious minded, yet highly competitive warrior. His skill and dedication have made him an expert marksman, serving as a sniper in Optimus Prime's unit. Once a champion racer, Blurr now trains up and coming racers in the intircacies of the sport. His gruff personality can be off-putting to his students and fellow soldiers, but he is tough on them only because he expects the very best from himself and those around him.
His Mini-Con partner is Incinerator.
- Japanese Micron Densetsu name: Silverbolt
Fiction
Animated continuity
Armada
- Voice actor: Brian Drummond (US) Isshin Chiba (Japan)
Blurr was an Autobot officer holding the rank of lieutenant, a veteran of the campaigns on the wartorn planet Duke. While serving on Cybertron, Blurr encountered a young Autobot named Side Swipe, who had somehow fallen prey to a trap which left him hanging from a rope. To his chagrin, saving the younger soldier led to Side Swipe idolizing Blurr, to the point of following the seasoned soldier to Earth when Blurr transferred to Optimus Prime's command. Past, Part 1
Blurr is described as a racer with a gruff serious personality. He doesn't like small talk and prefers to keep himself busy working. Blurr has a dislike for the children and especially Side Swipe. Blurr relates most to Scavenger, as the two are very similar, and he maintains a friendly rivalry with Hot Shot/
Cybertron
- Voice actor: ? (English), ? (Japanese)
Appearing only in vehicle mode, and usually with several redecos of himself, Blurr is one of the many Autobot refugees hiding on Earth. He and his redecoed pals later appear on Velicotron, with no mention of them having been on Earth or Cybertron previously. Blurr is never referred to by name, and no mention is made of his past adventures.
At some point he adds a spoiler.
Black Sea of Sandokan
Dreamwave comics continuity
Blurr was a member of Jetfire's squad on Cybertron, along with Rhinox, Dropshot, Sideswipe and Overload. He makes his first appearance in Issue 10 on one of Jetfire's screens when Optimus Prime visits Autobase:Cybertron. In Issue 17 he was given the task of blowing up the Nexus by Jetfire, but he was unable to do so as the destruct sequence could only be activiated manually. While fighting the Unicron herald Bludgeon, Blurr's gun and fingers were cut off by the Pretender.
OTFCC magazine
Superdeformers
Toys
Armada
- Blurr with Incinerator (Super-Con, 2002/2003)
- Japanese ID number: MC-08
- Blurr transforms into a sleek Cybertronic race car. In this mode, plugging his packed-in Mini-Con partner Incinerator into the space under Blurr's spoiler causes the rear side panels of Blurr's car mode to flip down into a "flight mode". This mode also makes his twin Powerlinx-activated spring-loaded missile launchers available, which become hand-held weapons in robot mode.
- The Japanese release of Blurr has several significant color differences, most notably the lack of "dirt-wash" on his car mode, clear-red canopy rather than clear-yellow, plus his head has an entirely different set of paint applications.
- In November of 2003, US Toys "R" Us stores had special bonus pack Max-Con (Deluxe) toys, which came with a single bonus Mini-Con attached to the card over their sticker, for less than the price as a normal Max-Con during Toys "R" Us' post-Thanksgiving-day sale. Like Sideways, Blurr could come with one of the Destruction Mini-Con Team members: Buzzsaw, Drill Bit, or Dualor.
- Silverbolt w/ Turbo and Street Speed Microns (multi-pack, 2003)
- Japanese ID number: MS-05
- In Japan, Blurr was available both separately and in a multi-pack with the Street Speed Mini-Con Team.
Cybertron
- Blurr (2005)
- Japanese ID number: GS-01
- A retool of Armada Blurr, Cybertron Blurr transforms into a sleek Cybertronic Ferrai F50 like race car. As he comes with no Mini-Con, inserting his Cyber Planet Key into the space under Blurr's spoiler causes the rear side panels of Blurr's car mode to flip down into a "flight mode". This mode also makes his twin spring-loaded missile launchers available, which become hand-held weapons in robot mode. These missile launchers have been similarly retooled to remove the Powerlinx gimmick, replaced with traditional firing tabs. Blurr also features a new head, based heavily upon Generation 1 Blurr.
Trivia
- Cybertron Blurr has two separate Hasbro-written profiles, both of which contradict his appearance on the show. The bio published on Hasbro's Transformers website [1]indicates Blurr is the Armada character, who has stayed behind on Cybertron to protect it from the Decepticon assault in the face of the Unicron Singularity's appearance. The bio on the toy package [2] describes him as a former racing champion who trains new racers, makes no mention of his past in Armada, and can easily be intepreted as describing a native Velocitronian. Both bios describe him with his gruff Armada personality.
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