Buzzclaw (BW)
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- Buzzclaw is a Predacon from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Buzzclaw is a savage, powerful Fuzor warrior, focused and stoically confident on the battlefield, immensely arrogant, condescending and boastful of it. Or so he seems. Few would guess that underneath that deadly, proud, snide exterior he is actually a horribly insecure wreck of a robot. Beneath the protective persona of lies he's wrapped himself in, Buzzclaw is full of crippling self-doubt and paranoia. He's convinced that everyone else is judging him at all times and finding him wanting. He tends to work alone and isolate himself from his comrades as another layer of protection against this feared rejection.
Fiction
IDW Beast Wars comics
"It was actually someone else's vomit."
Buzzclaw was among the protoforms remotely reprogrammed into Predacons by Magmatron. He was assigned to join Iguanus, Lazorbeak, Sky Shadow, and Jetstorm in hunting Razorbeast's Maximals. The Gathering #2 When Sky Shadow discovered the fugitive Maximals, Buzzclaw was among the Predacons who participated in the battle that ensued, where he tangled with Noctorro. After Magmatron was defeated, Buzzclaw presumably retreated with the rest of his comrades. The Gathering #4
The battles continued, though, and Buzzclaw later joined the other flying Predacon insects in another assault on the Maximal camp. The Ascending #1 During the battle, he fought with Prowl in midair. The Ascending #2 When the Blendtrons attacked both sides, Buzzclaw was apparently killed fighting Rartorata. His claws were all that was identifiable when he (and a completely unidentifiable soldier) were disintegrated by Rartorata's Angolmois vomit. The Ascending #4
Yuck.
Toys
Beast Wars
- Buzzclaw (Basic Fuzor, 1998)
- Accessories: Claw-pack, tail/shield
- Buzzclaw is a green, orange, and pink lizard-mantis Fuzor (his color scheme oddly being reminiscent of the Generation 2 toy of Sparkstalker). His beast-mode foreclaws and wing-assembly can either be left mounted on his back in robot mode (though its mass makes him rather back-heavy), or be detached and used as a hand-held melee weapon (though its mass then makes him rather front-heavy.) His tail can be mounted on his arm as a shield.
- Buzzclaw was later redecoed to make Universe Repugnus and Timelines Buzzclaw, Dirge, and the Virulent Clones. The original toy remains the only mold-use thus far to have the jaw assembled correctly.
Notes
- Buzzclaw's toy bio states that he uses "ion discs." This, together with the mantis link and likewise shared function, suggest that he is perhaps Manterror reborn as a Fuzor. Either way, Manterror and Buzzclaw appear side-by-side in the IDW comics.
