Rockblade

Rockblade is a Decepticon-allied Mini-Con from the Generation 1/Beast Wars continuity family.

Stupid bucket head!

Rockblade (ロックブレード) is known as the "wild horse that scrapes the land" (in a sword-sharpeny sort of way). He believes in "Major destruction for the purpose of rebirth!" and so probably has a lot in common with forest fires.

And horses, evidently.

Toys

Generation 1

• Rockblade (Micron Booster, 2007)
  • Booster ID number: 9

Rockblade is a redeco of the Classics Mini-Con Sledge, transforming into a backhoe/payloader. He was only available in the fifth "Micron Booster" assortment in Japan, where each figure came in its own blind-packed, individual box.

This mold was also used to make Universe Backstop and Mighty Bull.

• More information on Rockblade at TFU.info

Trivia

• The Micron Booster Ver.4 assortment uses the "classic" Japanese Transformers logo, ostensibly placing the characters within the Generation 1 continuity family. However, this set also gives Maximal and Predacon sigils to the beast-form Mini-Cons. It would appear then that these characters are from a "transitional" period from Generation 1 to the Beast Era... though chances are TakaraTomy didn't put even that much thought into it. Toys is toys.