The name or term Razorclaw refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Razorclaw (disambiguation).
The quick attacker of the Predacons, Razorclaw lies in wait under sand, waiting for unsuspecting prey to come by. Once close enough, Razorclaw strikes at the poor Maximal and crushes him in his claw's loving grip.
After the Beast Wars came to an end, Razorclaw was activated on Earth by the duo of Tarantulus and Ravage, along with other programmed Predacons Spittor and Iguanus. Primeval Dawn Part 2 He was sent into battle with Primal Prime and his Vok-backed warriors, Primeval Dawn Part 3 but probably did not survive the climax -- the other known Maximal and Predacon survivors made their way back to Cybertron, and Razorclaw was nowhere to be seen.
IDW Beast Wars comics[]
Razorclaw was originally one of the Maximal protoforms held in stasis pods aboard the Axalon. However, his fallen pod was remotely reprogrammed as a Predacon by the time-travelling Magmatron and his forces, along with more than a dozen other Maximal protoforms. The Gathering issue 1 He joined Magmatron, Ravage, and the other Predacons in their battle against the traitor Razorbeast and his Maximal compatriots. The Gathering issue 4
2005 IDW Transformers, Comics continuity[]
Razorclaw was one of Onyx Prime's Maximals. When the Maximals invaded Cybertron, he was one of the many warriors who wound up battling Arcee and fell to his death when Arcee disrupted the gravity generator in Nemesis. Unforgivable
2021 Beast Wars comic[]
Come into my parlor, said the spider to the... crab?
The Cybertronian who would become Razorclaw was one of the many Maximal protoforms aboard the Axalon. To eliminate the Maximals and Predacons, Tarantulas and the Vok brought every crashed stasis podthey could find online and reprogrammed the protoforms within into loyal "Children of the Vok". Together, they attacked the crashed Darksyde in an attempt to take out the Maximal-Predacon alliance; when Razorclaw went up against Blackarachnia, the female Predacon easily overpowered him and trapped him in a web cocoon.
Eventually, when the Maximals and Predacons destroyed the Vok themselves, their remaining followers agreed to a truce and left to live peacefully in the wilderness. The End
Toys[]
Beast Wars[]
Razorclaw (Basic, 1997)
Razorclaw transforms into an orange and transparent blue crab. Inside his large claw are three spikes that can be shown by pushing a lever. Inside his other claw is a "blaster rifle".
