Blaster (G1)
- Blaster is an Autobot in Generation 1. In Japanese continuity he is later rebuilt as Twincast.
Blaster loves all Earth music, especially good, hard, LOUD Rock'n'Roll. A powerful fighter who tends to make his presence known, you can find him at the forefront of any situation he's involved in.
(Note: Blaster's personality varied signifigantly between the comic and cartoon, see entries below for details.)
Japanese name: Broadcast/Twincast/Broadblast
Italian name: Radiorobot (as Blaster), Digital (as Twincast)
Malay-English dub name: Billy (as Blaster), Blaster (as Twincast)
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
War is dirty, violent, and mean. I don't want your company or your friendship, just your help in blasting those Decepticon rust-buckets into hot, burning slag.
Blaster in the Marvel Comics was a rather grim, brooding, rebelious loner and one of the best, kick-@$$ fighters the Autobots had. He had a bit of a problem with authority and hated Decepticons with a passion due to the death of his former partner Scrounge. He developed a bit of a rivalry with Grimlock whose orders he disliked and a reluctant friendship with Goldbug whose more naturally upbeat personality provided the Boy-Wonder to his Batman.
Animated continuity
Voice Actor: Buster Jones (US), Keiichi Nanba (Japan)
Relax dude, chill a sec and enjoy the happenin' sounds of this premium Cybertronian sound system! Rock out!
Blaster in the cartoon was a fun-loving, hip and happening robot. Loud and energetic, and happy to share his choice of rockin' tunes with anyone, whether they really wanted to hear them or not.
His loud music often got himinto trouble, especially when he jammed emergency frequencies with bad 80's hair metal. Blaster and Cosmos eventually converted a deserted Decepticon headquarters on Earth's moon into an Autobot base, they were never shown to use it (it's possible the base they built was later used by Marissa Faireborn of the EDC).
Blaster had a rivalry with Decepticon tapedeck, Soundwave. The two clashed frequently, though they were most often shown to be evenly matched. In 2005, when the Decepticons ransacked Autobot City, Soundwave attempted to jam Blaster's distress signal to Optimus Prime with his Cassette forces. Blaster countered with his own Cassette army, and the itty bitty guys 'rassled.
In 2006, Blaster was stationed most frequently at Autobot City on Earth. However, at one point in Transformer history best left forgotten, he journed with the Autobots to another planet where he translated opera into English.
Scramble City OVA
Blaster was finally gifted with some Cassette forces of his own to counter Soundwave's. Steeljaw and Ramhorn took on Ratbat but couldn't protect the secrets of Metroplex.
Headmasters cartoon
Blaster's rivalry with Soundwave increased dramatically by the year 2011. At one point, when Hot Rod was searching Earth for the Matrix, he was ambushed by Soundwave. Blaster took Soundwave on alone, urging Hot Rod to leave without him. Soundwave and Blaster then prepared for their final duel. The result was a tie, sorta. They both died.
Later, all the Autobots were content to leave Blaster as a corpse until Daniel and Blaster's Cassete forces whined enough to have their pal resurrected. Rodimus then brought Blaster back online as the yellow and blue repaint, Twincast. Coincidentilly, the Decepticons reanimated Soundwave as the black-as-coal Soundblaster. THe two arch enemies then renewed their struggle.
Japanese G2 story pages
Apparently, by the Generation 2 era of the Transformers, Twincast returned to his original Blaster form. He can be seen behind Optimus Prime and Megatron in the first Japanese G2 story page (Prime and Megatron having forged the Cybertron Alliance).
Interestingly-enough, despite Japanese G2 taking place in the animated continuity, Blaster appears in his Marvel Comics design. Wacky.
Dreamwave comics
Toys
Generation 1
- Blaster (Autobot, 1985/2006)
- Japanese ID number: 38, TFC-21
- Twincast (Autobot, 1987/2006)
- Japanese ID number: C-116
- Blaster w/ Flight Pack (Action Master, 1990)
Binaltech Asterisk
- Broadblast meets Lumina (Binaltech, 2005)
Trivia/Oddities
- According to Grimlock on a Letters Page, Blaster's visor is retractable, he uses it to shield his especially delicate optical sensors from sunlight.
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