Razorbeast


 * Razorbeast is a Maximal in the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.



Razorbeast is a stubborn infantry fighter with great strength and tenacity befitting a warthog. He will keep struggling and fighting ferociously against all odds no matter how hopeless the situation. His self-reliant, self-sufficient nature and fierce refusal to give up has made him a prime choice for important but dangerous solo missions. Razorbeast respects the chain of command and would never disobey an order from above.

IDW Beast Wars comics
Razorbeast was an undercover agent embedded by Leo Prime in Magmatron's organization to discover, and if possible to foil, the general's plans. He traveled back in time to prehistoric Earth with Magmatron and his crew to retrieve the rogue Megatron. However this was just a front to the true plan, to challenge the Maximals for control of Cybertron. Magmatron needed an army, and prehistoric Earth was littered with the stasis pods that had been abandoned by the Axalon. Magmatron had Razorbeast awaken these protoforms as Predacons, however, Razorbeast inserted a virus into the protoform-awakening software which allowed some of them to retain their Maximal allegiance.

In the end, Razorbeast was successful in thwarting Magmatron's plans, but had no means of returning to his present-day Cybertron.

Beast Wars

 * Razorbeast (Basic, 1996)


 * Part of the very first wave of Beast Wars product, Razorbeast transforms from a red warthog to robot mode with a spring-loaded one-step transforming action. His mane becomes a dual barreled (non-firing) handgun.  The original releases came on a "rocky bubble" card, but this later changed to the "smooth bubble" style.


 * This mold was also used for Beast Wars Neo's Randy.


 * Razorbeast (MicroVerse, 1997)


 * This tiny, non-transforming Razorbeast was available with a tiny, non-transforming alligator Megatron and the Arachnid MicroVerse playset. There are two variants of this piece; one has bright yellow legs, the other bright green.

Trivia

 * The card-art for Razorbeast shows him with two handguns. It's possible that an early design of the toy was intended to split the mane in half.


 * Razorbeast's Cybertronic form in the IDW comics shows signs of a possible motorcycle mode.


 * Razorbeast appeared alongside Ignuanus on an episode of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air. Apparently Will Smith had been looking for Razorbeast since October.