- Buzz Saw is a Predacon character in the Beast Wars and a Maximal in the Beast Machines portions of the Generation 1 continuity family. His name is also parsed as Buzzsaw.
Buzz Saw is a figure of mystery, feared and resepected on both sides in the Beast Wars. He is seldom even glimpsed as he flies at extreme altitudes to gather vital recon information or to rain unexpected death down on the Maximals far bellow. Little do any of them realize that he is, in actuallity, a complete and utter coward, and his long range tactics stem entirely from the fact that he is terrified of coming into direct contact with the enemy. On the occasions where he must appear on an actual battlefield he does his best to remain at the back of the lines, hidding as best he is able behind dozens of other attacking Predacons. Socially he's a bit of a gossip and rather prone to bragging, wanting everyone to know what a great job he did on his last mission.
Buzz Saw is equiped with boosters that make him capable of escaping planetary orbit and flying free in space.
At some point after the Beast Wars he returns to Cybertron and joins the Maximals in their fight against Megatron's Vehicons.
(Note: The identification of Beast Machines Maximal Buzz Saw as the same character as the Beast Wars wasp stems from the fact that he was originally planned as a Predacon, until Hasbro decided more than two factions in the toyline would be confusing to kids. His bio still reflects this and talks about his conversion to the Maximals. Thus, as a Predacon wasp named Buzz Saw with the function aerial recon he would certain have been the same bot. Hasbro has apparently confirmed this identification.)
Pre-release name (Beast Machines): Mudobber and Sting
Fiction
Timelines: Intimidation Game script reading
The Tripredacus agent Flamewar was held prisoner and interrogated by a group of Autobots and Maximals. However, this was actually a ruse perpetrated by Scourge and a group of Megatron followers, among them Buzz Saw (disguised as Obsidian).
IDW Beast Wars comics
Buzz Saw was one of the protoforms on Earth reprogrammed into Predacons by Magmatron. He was sent to search for Razorbeast and his team of Maximals from the air by the recently revived Ravage. When Sky Shadow discovered the Maximals lair, Buzz Saw was among the Predacons who participated in the battle that ensued. After being beaten by the Maximals and their newly arrived reinforcements, Buzz Saw presumably retreated along with the other Predacons. The Gathering
Beast Machines toy bio
Buzzsaw was saved from Megatron's virus by Rattrap, and has now become a part of the Maximal band fighting Megatron's rule over Cybertron.
Toys
Beast Wars
- Buzz Saw (Deluxe, 1996)
- A redeco of the original Waspinator mold, Buzz Saw transforms from a yellow jacket to a robot. The missile-launching gun stores in the beast-mode abdomen. Missiles for the gun store in the insect wings.
- This mold was also used to make Fox Kids Waspinator, Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Waspinator, and retooled into Dirgegun.
Beast Machines
- Buzzsaw (Basic, 2000)
Trivia
Buzz Saw's comic appearance show him with his normal head when in robot mode. This is most likely to make him look different from Waspinator, who is usually depicted with his mutant head.