Blaze
- Blaze is an Autobot from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Blaze is an oddity in the Autobot ranks; a hit man. He's a perfectionist who is always out to better his last job. An engineer back on Cybertron, he's found a new lease on life by targetting and blowing up Decepticon installations. He loves this job.
Fiction
Marvel UK Generation 2 comics
Blaze (as seen in the image above) is shown facing off against Jolt in a gatefold poster from the first issue. But that's it. And his colors were even backwards. Gee.
Marvel UK Generation 2 Annual
- (Note: In this story, Blaze has not only Sizzle's coloration but his entire robot mode. His vehicle mode is still his own, albeit in Sizzle's colors.)
In an apparently alternate continuity in which Generation 1 never happened, Blaze accompanied Jazz and Optimus Prime to the Brazilian rainforest to investigate a Transformer energy signature. The source of the readings turned out to be two terrifying robot dinosaurs!. The Decepticons took advantage of the Autobots surprise, leaving Blaze the last Autobot standing; he tried to take Megatron down himself, but was swatted aside. Fortunately, the creatures revealed themselves to be the Autobots Grimlock and Snarl, awakened for the first time since the age of the dinosaurs. The two Dinobots quickly drove off the attacking Decepticons, saving Blaze and his helpless friends. When Grimlock decided that he and Snarl would stay behind and search for their fellow Dinobots, Blaze chastized him for not joining the fight against the Decepticons.
Toys
Generation 2
- Blaze (Sparkabot, 1993)
- A redeco of the Sparkabot Fizzle, Blaze transforms into an offroad Baja buggy. By pushing him forward in car mode, "cold" sparks shoot from his back end thanks to a friction-motor that also propels him forward.
- Blaze's card art shows his Sparkabot partner Sizzle, while Sizzle's card depicts Blaze. It is therefore arguable which G2 Sparkabot is which, though it can be reasonably assumed that the redeco of G1 Sizzle is still Sizzle. The switch led to all sorts of trouble, as the G2 Sparkabots have never appeared in fiction in their proper colors.
- This mold was also used to make Wildspark. The toy was available only in the European market.
Trivia
- Sizzle and Fizzle's colors were switched throughout the UK G1 comics, but only in robot mode. For his G2 toy, his robot mode colors actually reflected his UK coloration -- so naturally the UK G2 comics switched his entire robot mode model with his fellow Sparkabot Blaze, retaining the proper vehicle mode but in Blaze's colors.
