Windrazor (Prime)

Windrazor is aPredaconfrom thePrime portionof theAligned continuity family.

Devoid of empathy, the obedientWindrazorseeks only the destruction of others. A persistent,flight-capable Predacon, his high proficiency with ranged weapons makes closing in a daunting task for his enemies, while his sharp wings and impressive strength make short work of any unfortunateAutobotwho could get close.

He and several of his fellow Predacons combine to formAbominus.

Fiction

Kre-Ocartoon

The quartet were at a carnival when they saw theJoesplaying a "ring the bell" strongman game. Obtaining the mallet, the team used their combined mode to ace the game, but hit the target so hard that the bell was fired into orbit.Carnival Face Off

Games

Hunt the Beastsonline game

Windrazor was one of several Predacons who broke free of Shockwave's lab, causing the Decepticon scientist to flee. Information on him could be found via the lab's numerous data terminals, and a video of him being subjected to Shockwave's experiments could be uncovered. As the experiment proceeds, Shockwave records the proceeding, narrating into his experiment log that he is inserting a spark into the Predacon's body.Hunt the Beasts

Transformers Prime: Beast Creator

When Shockwave left his technology unattended,youcould use it to custom-create your own monstrous Predacon! Windrazor's CNA was accessible through the cloning machine, resulting in Predacons that shared component parts with him.Beast Creator

Toys

Prime

Cyberverse

I am also silver. Yup, that's right, Silver and Gold

• Windrazor(Cyberverse Legion Class, 2013)
  • Series / Number:3 / 008
  • Accessories:Tornado Bow

• Known designers:Joe Kyde(Hasbro)

Part of the third wave ofPrime: Beast HuntersSeries 3CyberverseLegion Class toys, Windrazor transforms into a bird-like dragon creature, and comes with a "Tornado Bow". He can hold the weapon via the latter's three3mm posts,and he and the weapon feature numerous 3mm mounting points.

Though not called out in theinstructions,Windrazor combines withCyberverseTwinstrike,Hun-Gurrr,Predacon Rippersnapper,andBlightto formAbominus,with Windrazor forming the right arm.

His bow accessory was also used, in varying colors, byBumblebee,Airachnid,and Predacon Rippersnapper. This toy wasredecoedintoPrimeDivebomb,Go!Barara,Transformers(2014)Strafe,andThe Last KnightRupture.This toy was alsorepurposedas G1Cutthroatin IDW'sWindbladeseries.

• More information on Windrazor at TFU.info

• Abominus(Giftset, 2013)
  • Accessories:Tornado Bow

Part of theBeast Hunters: Predacons Risingsubline imprint,Abominusis agiftsetofCyberverseHun-Gurrr,Windrazor,Predacon Rippersnapper,Twinstrike,andBlight,slightly redecoed by way of translucent plastic replacing a main color of each character, as well as translucent purple weapons. In Windrazor's case, the light yellow plastic is now translucent; in addition, the green plastic has been changed to a light teal shade, and thetampographedPredacon insignia on his right shoulder has been changed from yellow with black outlines to purple without outlines.

The back of thepackagingmistakenly switches their names, resulting in, among others, Windrazor getting Hun-Gurrr's name, and Rippersnapper getting Windrazor's.

This set was aTargetexclusivein theUnited StatesandCanada,aTescoexclusive in theUnited Kingdom,a Carrefour exclusive in France, a Ripley exclusive in Chile, and aToys "R" Usexclusive in Australia much later, in late 2014. The packaging does not identify it as a Cyberverse product.

• More information onPredacons RisingWindrazor at TFU.info

Beast Hunters

This toy is already absurdly rare, and then there's an even rarer variant. Good luck findingthatone.

• Windrazor(Deluxe Class, 2014)
  • Accessories:Dragontooth Mace

• Known designers:Andrew Scribner(deco artist)

Part of the first wave of 2014Beast HuntersDeluxe Class toys, Windrazor is functionally an upsized copy of hisCyberversetoy, though with minor detail differences and the replacement of ball joints with more robust universal joints. As such, his parts count, complexity, and articulation are all significantly lower than in previous Deluxes. He includes the "Dragontooth Mace" which he can store on his beast mode legs or under his wings when not in use.

Due to being released after the Christmas season andbefore the launchingof theAge of Extinctiontoy line,Windrazor and the other figures of hiswavewere ultimately only available in Europe and Hong Kong, inEuropean packagingin both instances (an unusual occurrence for Hong Kong).

Avarianthas been found in Germany, Norway, and the Netherlands (all three countries also got the original version),^[1][2][3]which changes nearly all colors, possibly in order to distinguish him better from hisverysimilarly coloredwave-mateTwinstrike,with the figure looking very similar (but not identical) to the wallpaper of Windrazor unlocked by playing the "Hunt the Beasts"online game (currently used as the main image of this article): Most notably, the cream yellow plastic used for the head, neck, shoulders and feet gets replaced by gray plastic. Furthermore, the cream yellow plastic used for the forearms and wings is changed to gold, the plastic used for the torso and legs gets changed to a darker shade of green, and the plastic used for the upper arms, tail and weapon, as well as thepaint operationsfor the wings and forehead, get changed from a dark metallic purple to a brighter, flat purple. The only colors that are unchanged are the gold paint operations for therobot modeface, the beak and the claws and the red paint operations for the eyes in both modes. The variant appears to be less common than the original version, since there are four known production date codes for the original but only one for the variant.^[4]

• More information on Deluxe Windrazor at TFU.info

Kre-O

• Abominus(Micro-Changer Combiner, 2013)
  • Set number:A4473
  • Accessories:Blade

• Known designers:Ed Masiello(Hasbro)

Windrazor inKreonform can be rebuilt from his robot mode into a flying bird-lizard thing. He can also contribute his bricks to formAbominus.His helmet was originally used forMegatron.

He was only available in the AbominusMicro-ChangerCombiner set, alongsideHun-Gurrr,Rippersnapper,andSinnertwin.

• More information on Windrazor at TFU.info

Notes

• Windrazor is, of course, an homage toGeneration 1Cutthroat(with a modifiedtrademark-friendly name). Should he look out forBuzzsaw?^[5]

References