Razorclaw
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Razorclaw is the name of several characters in the in the Transformers series.
Generation One (1986)
Razorclaw was the name of the leader of the Decepticon sub-group called the Predacons. He turned into a transmetal lion and formed the body of the gestalt warrior Predaking.
He function is Predacon Commander and his motto is "All good things succumb to those who wait." All business. Hates waste in any form... won't burn an extra drop of fuel unless he's certain the results will be worth the effort. Long stretches of inactivity often mistaken for laziness. Explodes into furious, ferocious action when it's time to strike. As a lion, can leap distances as long as a football field. Claws can rip through foot-thick steel. Has twin concussion blasters and sonic sword. Combines with fellow Predacons to form Predaking.
Dreamwave Comics
Razorclaw was one of five powerful Decepticon warlords known as the Predacons. The Predacons disappeared and were eventually found by Megatron on the planet Beast, with their memories and identities lost. Megatron captured them and reformatted them to be able to combine into the gestalt warrior Predaking, planning to use him to return to leadership of the Decepticons (Transformers: Summer Special #1).Defeated by the Autobots on Cybertron, Shockwave. was forced to set up a new secret headquarters in the wastelands of Cybertron, with Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Dirge, Ramjet and Thrust following him. Shockwave completed work on his new warrior, Sixshot. Megatron returned to Cybertron with three clone warriors and the Predacons and was able to defeat Shockwave. Shockwave was kept alive, but restrained. All Shockwave's warriors except Blitzwing, who was destroyed, joined up with Megatron in his plan to invade the Earth (Transformers: Generation One III #9).
Beast Wars
There were two different characters name Razorclaw in the Beast Wars line.Predacon Razorclaw (1997)
The first Razorclaw was a basic sized Predacon who turned into a fiddler crab. Razorclaw appeared in the Primeval Dawn comic book storyline as a Maximal Protoform who was presumably turned into a Predacon soldier by Tarantulas, but then he appeared in the IDW Beast Wars series, where it was revealed Magmatron had turned him into a Predacon.His function is Underwater Attack. Capable of remaining motionless beneath a layer of sand, Razorclaw is one of the best quick attack specialists they've got! When enemies approach his hidden location, his powerful pincer claw shoots up through the surface to capture and impale victims with the claw's protruding cyber-spikes! Radar defeating shell armor allows him to stay cloaked from Maximal sensors. Blaster rifle in secondary in claw fires disrupter particles, temporarily paralyzing his unsuspecting prey.
The toy of Razorclaw was recolored and released with a video tape as a promotional item.
Razorclaw was recolored for the Beast Wars Neo line as the Maximal Rockbuster.
Mutant Razor Claw (2000)
The second Razor Claw (with a space in the name) was a mutant (a Transformer with two beast-like alternate modes, but no robot mode) who turned from a raptor-dinosaur into a wolverine. He appeared in the Transformers: Universe - Wreckers storyline among the mutants who were sent to the Quintessons by the Oracle and then executed by them.
His function is simply Warrior. Razor Claw's loyalty and self-sacrifice is unmatched by any of the mutants. Goes into battle with crusader-like enthusiasm; relishes tearing apart Predacons in both dino mode and wolverine mode. Does not care for Maximals but realizes they are necessary for a total organic existence. Secretly jealous of their ability to convert to robot mode. Tremendous speed in wolverine mode borders on teleportation; negatative ion shield in dinomode makes him impervious to firepower.
(2003)
In the comic and toyline, Unicron selects a Tigerhawk from another dimension as one of his generals.
Motto: "Resistance will not be tolerated - surrender or be destroyed."
Tech Spec: In a universe where the heroic MAXIMAL, TIGERHAWK, succumbed to the Vok influence and destroyed that realities' MEGATRON, UNICRON chose to select his fourth, and final, general. Devoid and compassion, dictated by logic, and possessed by evil, this once noble character uses his Vok-enhanced abilities to pillage neighboring star systems for the glory of his dark master. Possesses elemental powers to summon earthquakes, electrical storms and tsunamis. Has Vok alien-enhanced intelligence and an incredible arsenal of weaponry at his disposal, including ion diminisher that paralyzes enemies. His titanium-reinforced claws in beast mode can tear through multiple layers of an opponent's armor, exposing the circuitry underneath for RAZORCLAW to rip out. Totally fearless and ferocious in battle, RAZORCLAW is one enemy that you don't want to face alone. Has a particularly heated rivalry with OPTIMUS PRIMAL, his one time commander. OPTIMUS PRIMAL epitomizes many virtues that RAZORCLAW detests - compassion, nobility, fairness. Under times of great stress, RAZORCLAW's unique binary-Spark combination of the lost MAXIMALS, TIGATRON and AIRAZOR, is both a hinderance and weakness; confusing this powerhouse as the noble Maximal Sparks strive to re-exert their original personalities.
In the comic story found in issue 8 of the Transformers Collectors Club magazine Cybertron/Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime told the story of the last battle he was in, set in the Transformers: Universe storyline. Alongside 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal they attacked the last of Unicron's forces when Unicron suddenly disappeared, and they barely escaped. Among the Autobot forces were Universe Fireflight, King Atlas, Universe Night Slash Cheetor, Universe Longhorn, Universe Prowl, Universe Repugnus, Rhinox, Universe Side Burn, Sideswipe, Universe Silverbolt, Sunstreaker, Tap-Out, Trailbreaker, Cybertron/Robots in Disguise Ultra Magnus and Universe Whirl. Among the Decepticons were Universe Blackaracknia, Nemesis Strika, Universe Obsidian, Universe Razorclaw, Reptilion and Universe Skywarp.
The Beast Wars Mutant Razorclaw also appeared in the Transformers: Universe Wreckers comic series.
In the first Transformers: Universe comic a character who looked like he could be Beast Wars Razorclaw or Beast Wars Neo Rockbuster appeared among the crowd on Cybertron, but since the crowd was all Maximals, it was probably Rockbuster.
(2005)
Razorclaw is the name of a Mini-Con aligned with the Decepticons in the Transformers: Cybertron toy line. He is a black repaint of Armada Thunderwing and packaged together with Cybertron Steamhammer.
Razorclaw has such a passion for destruction that he prefers strafing ground targets with his powerful machineguns rather than bombing them from high altitutude. Anarchy is his bread and butter; he lives to crush his enemies, drive them before them, and here the lamentations of the survivors. Nothing gives him as much pleasure as destroying a great city and razing its cultural institutions - libraries, museums, schools - for he knows that ignorance is the seed of chaos, and it is in chaos he feels most comfortable.
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