Razorbeast
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Razorbeast is the name of a fictional character from the Transformers toyline that appeared in the Beast Wars: The Gathering.
| Transformers character | |
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| Razorbeast | |
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| Affiliation | Maximal  |
| Sub-Group | Basic Beast |
| Rank | 5.6 |
| Function | Infantry |
| Alternate Modes | Razorback Boar |
| Series | Beast Wars |
[edit] Beast Wars (1996)
He is a Maximal and takes the beast form of a razorback boar.
[edit] IDW Publishing
Razorbeast appeared as a major character in IDW Publishing's Beast Wars: The Gathering series as a Maximal agent sent undercover as a Predacon working for Magmatron. He was dispatched unofficially by Leo Prime to keep an eye of Magmatron's activities. He discovered Magamatron's plan to go back to prehistoric Earth and create an army from the Axalon's protoforms too late, but was taken along anyway as Magmatron's technical support. Razorbeast couldn't stop the awakening of Magmatron's army - but what he did do was modify the shell program so that some of the protoforms came out as Maximals. Razorbeast then fled, meeting up with some of the other Maximals. Despite doubts about his loyalty from B'Boom and a one-on-one duel with Magmatron's Giganotosaurus mode, Razorbeast's team managed to infiltrate the Ark, hoping to cannabilize enough parts to create a Transwarp signal booster to notify the Maximals on Cybertron.
However, Magmatron's plans then began to accelerate. He captured Megatron as his original mission required, hoping to appease the Tripredacus Council in Cybertron. Realizing that if Magmatron got back to Cybertron nothing would be able to stop him Razorbeast and Optimus Minor headed out to confront him personally, hoping to sabotage his time-travel equipment. However, once there they got an added distraction - Grimlock. As the ancient Dinobot and Magmatron battled, Razorbeast got a hold of Magmatron's chronal phase armband. Razorbeast then goaded Magmatron into attacking him, with the Predacon leader's attacks simply passing through him. Razorbeast then blasted the time-travel equipment, displacing Magmatron to parts unknown. After this, realizing their signal might not have been heard on Cybertron, Razorbeast and his team settled in for the long haul on Earth. According to writer Simon Furman the next series, The Ascending, will follow up on Razorbeast's crew on Earth [1].
[edit] Toys
Razorbeast was redecoed into Beast Wars Second Randy.
