Pyro (G1)
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- Pyro is an Autobot Obliterator from the Generation 1 continuity family. He is also known as Spark.
Young Pyro is another in a proud tradition of selfless Autobot heroes. He is invariably on the front lines protecting the weak and helpless, and is so brave and steadfast as to be virtually immovable. He commands a powerful multi-functional battlestation. And he's polite!
Basically, Pyro acts like a wide-eyed Optimus Prime, and he has the looks to match. These similarities are not lost on his peers.
By the sacred spires! A human! Optimus Prime's data was right! They're so delicate and in need of our protection...Last Stand of the Wreckers #1
Fiction
IDW comics continuity
 Plot details for Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1 follow. |
Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1
Toys
Generation 1
- Pyro (Obliterator, 1993)
- Accessories: Rifle, 6 missiles
- Pyro transforms from a Carmichael Cobra airport crash truck into a robot (front half) and a gun emplacement featuring a six-barrel missile launcher which actually fires as one rotates the knob on the back. His sticker sheet notably includes several different windshield decals, each with the word "FIRE" in a different language. In robot mode he has fairly limited articulation as well as an Optimus Prime-looking headsculpt, which was the trend with Autobot leaders at the time.
- He was first released as part of the "transitional" period of Transformers in the European market, bearing the new Generation 2 Autobot symbol.
- Pyro notably suffers from Gold Plastic Syndrome, as his feet, lower arms, wheel rims, missile launcher and his gun are made of this brittle plastic.
Generation 2
- Spark (Obliterator, 1994)
- Accessories: Rifle, 6 missiles
- Pyro was re-released without changes in Generation 2 proper under the name "Spark."
