Zaur (G1)

The name or term "Zaur" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, seeZaur (disambiguation).

Zaur is anAutobotMini-Cassettefrom theGeneration 1continuity family.

Zaur(ザウルZauru) is an AutobotMini-Cassette,and the most powerful of the four AutobotW Cassettebots,being even stronger in the depths of the ocean. Despite this, he is peaceful and has a fondness for cute squirrels and widdle birdies.

He can combine with his partnerDileto form the humanoid robotLegout.

Contents 1Fiction 1.1Metrowars 1.22005 IDW continuity 1.3TransTech 2Games 2.1Transformers: Earth Wars 3Toy 3.1Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 3.2Studio Series 4Notes

Fiction

Metrowars

Zaur was present as part of Legout atScramble City.Metrowars

2005 IDW continuity

In the era ofZeta Prime,Zaur was seen among the crowd of protesters rallying against theAutobot copwho reportedly killed an unarmedDecepticon agitator.Whether he's part of Legout,alsoseen at the protest, is unclear.To Walk Among the Chosen

TransTech

InAxiom Nexus,there was a broadcast program titledBetter Call Saur.Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/03/31

Games

Transformers: Earth Wars

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Toy

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers

• Zauru[sic](W Cassettebot,1987)

• ID number:C-124
• Accessories:Left and right "Cannon Guns"

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform TransformersZaur is a mini-cassette that transforms into what appears to be a dark blue (nearly black)Apatosaurus.He has a good range of articulation with several points of movement at the neck and tail, as well as hip joints. Two silver "Cannon Guns" plug into the faux cassette tape holes near his hind legs. In tape mode, he fits into the chest compartment of the originalBlasterorSoundwavetoys (and theirretooledreincarnations).

Zaur combines withDileto form the legs ofLegout.His cannons become hip-mounted weapons in this form.

As one of the vanishingly few toys unique to theHeadmasterstoyline and something of a tail-ender within the line, Zaur and the other three "dino-cassettes" command ridiculous sums on the secondary market. Their actualrarityis questionable, though; similar "exclusive holy grails"Stepper,Artfire,Twincast,andSoundblasterwere uncommon, but not vanishingly rare, yet still commanded top dollar due to overseas perception (until they got reissued, at any rate). After some decades of this, their high price status may at last change after their rerelease in theStudio Seriesline—except, perhaps, forMISBcollectors.

Zaur was recreated and reissued asStudio SeriesUruazandZauru.

• W Cassettes toy article at TF-1.com

Studio Series

Main article:Zauru#Toys

Predating the2019Mini-Cassettereissues in theVintage G1toyline,Hasbrorecreated theW Cassettebotmolds that formLegoutand sold them separately in theStudio Seriestoyline inside two multipacks advertising theBumblebeefilm. While these were marketed as a part of thelive-action film series,they are quite clearly intended to be reissues of the original toys and were presumably packed into these sets as the future of theVintage G1line at the time was uncertain.

Notes

• Zauru(ザウル) was a previously standard transliteration for "-saur", obscuring the intention of Zaur's name. "Dile"being a modification of" reptile "implies" Zaur "is the better match rather than" Saur ".
• Zaur's ability to become stronger in water is a reference to the erroneous idea that sauropod dinosaurs were semi-aquatic.