- Buzz Saw is a Predacon character in theBeast Wars and a Maximal in the Beast Machines portions of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Buzz Saw fights on the Predacon side in the Beast Wars on prehistoric Earth. Using his skills in aerial surveillance, he locates his prey from above, then "stings" with his paralyzing missiles.
He later he got back to Cybertron and was reformated into a Maximal.
Fiction
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 Dirge Gun.
Beast Machines
- Buzzsaw (Basic, 2000)