Blast Off (FOC)
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- Blast Off is a Decepticon Combaticon from the Fall of Cybertron portion of the Aligned continuity family.
Blast Off may seem disgusted by those who cannot escape the atmosphere and reach the orbit on their own ability, but it's really a front to hide the loneliness when he's up there. He is also a bit of a speed demon, and is a bit reckless about it. Combining with the other Combaticons, they can form Bruticus.
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Fiction
IDW Aligned comics
During the final days of the evacuation of Cybertron, Blast Off led a Decepticon team in an attack on the ground troops supporting the Autobot evacuation ships. It might have gone well if these troops hadn't included the Dinobots, but they did and thus Blast Off ended up with Grimlock's sword through his chest. Rage of the Dinobots #1
The Covenant of Primus
The Combaticons remained behind on Cybertron after the launch of the Ark and the Nemesis. Blast Off and his comrades fought against the Wreckers to help Shockwave maintain control of Cybertron. The Covenant of Primus
Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe
Blast Off and the rest of the Combaticons had the ability to merge into the mighty Bruticus! It is not known whether they followed Megatron to Earth in his quest for the Allspark or if they remained behind on Cybertron, as they had yet to have been seen adopting an Earth vehicle mode. The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe
Games
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)
- Voice actor: Keith Silverstein (English)
When the Autobots came into possession of a large amount of energon, Starscream tasked the Combaticons with diverting the transport by destroying a bridge. Vortex and Blast Off were sent to clear a short cut to allow Brawl to take a drop ship through. Blast Off went through first, drawing out Autobot mines for Vortex to destroy. Once they got through the ruins, the Autobots closed some huge shutters, so Blast Off went ahead, leaving Vortex behind to fight all the Autobots by himself. Once the bridge was down and Swindle brought the transport to a halt, the Combaticons combined into Bruticus and smashed through the rest of its defenses. Unfortunately, the damage they did resulted in the transport crashing. Starscream was not very pleased at all and had them all arrested.
Blast Off and the Combaticons were later freed once Megatron was resurrected and retook his leadership. They were aboard the Nemesis as it pursued the Ark and Blast Off took part in the assault on the Autobot ship's engines as part of Bruticus. The giant took out many Autobots before he was taken down by the combined efforts of Jazz and the Aerialbots before floating free of the Ark. Fall of Cybertron
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
Console
- Voice actor: Keith Silverstein (English)
When Shockwave successfully recovered the Dark Spark from the Autobots and then went missing, the Combaticons were sent to find him. Vortex found him first, along with a new recruit. Swindle was given the job of escorting Shockwave to safety at Kaon while the other Combaticons ran interference. Unfortunately, the Autobots launched a full-scale assault on the Gates of Kaon that included artillery. Blast Off offered to take the Dark Spark and fly it in, but Shockwave pointed out that if he were to drop the Dark Spark, it would do tremendous damage to Kaon. Agreeing with this assessment, Onslaught took charge of the defense.
During the battle, Swindle called on Blast Off for air support on three occasions, but on the first was rebuffed because Blast Off was afraid of damaging his chrome. Swindle destroyed the artillery that was preventing Blast Off's approach and again requested air support, but Blast Off took offense to his tone and demanded that the request be made politely, as he "destroys Autobots by choice, not command." He changed his tune once Shockwave ordered an immediate air strike, and successfully cleared a path. Seeing a Titan barring their way, Swindle once again called on Blast Off, even referring to him as 'favorite brother of mine', but Blast Off was still several nanokliks away. He and Vortex rejoined the other Combaticons just as the Autobots began a full push that included several Titans, but the Combaticons quickly combined into Bruticus and laid waste to their forces. Rise of the Dark Spark
3DS
Transformers: Battle Tactics
Blast Off (FoC) participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who first appeared in the "Bruticus' Chaos" event, and could be recruited by collecting 650 units of Cybermetal, 350 units of Transmetal, 150 exclusive cores, and 50 cores of this character. Transformers: Battle Tactics
Toys
Generations
- Decepticon Bruticus (Multi-pack, 2012)
- Accessories: 2 hand-held blasters/tailfins
- Known designers: Lenny Panzica (Hasbro)
- The first version of Generations: Fall of Cybertron Blast Off released was made available as part of a Hasbro Toy Shop exclusive "Decepticon Bruticus" giftset that contains all five Combaticons in (more or less) game-accurate colors. Like most Hasbro Toy Shop exclusive toys, it was initially sold at the store's booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2012 and made available at the store's website a few days later.
- Blast Off's alternate mode is a Cybertronian "rocket plane". Unlike the largely gray game model, however, Blast Off's main color is a caramel shade. His comes with two pistols which peg/are pegged via 5 mm post onto his hands and forearms, and can peg onto both sides of the alternate mode's rear section to provide Blast Off with tailfins.
- Blast Off can also combine with his fellow Combaticons into Bruticus and serve as any of the gestalt robot's four limbs, though his official configuration shown in the instructions is the right arm. Blast Off's arm mode is much longer than the arm modes of the other components, and is unfortunately unable to assume the Flamethrower formation seen in the game, leading to a number of fan-created modes. Many of these fan-created modes are not advised however, as they often put a great deal of stress on Blast Off's joints. He is also noticeably unstable as a leg, although adding his blasters to the bottom portion of the mode can help to increase his stability. His blasters can be combined with the other Combaticons' weapons to form Bruticus's Sonic Cannon.
- This mold was redecoed into Generation 2 Blast Off and retooled into Fall of Cybertron Topspin.
- Blast Off (Deluxe, 2012)
- A redeco of Blast Off from the Decepticon Bruticus gift set was available individually alongside his fellow Combaticons as part of the second wave of the Fall of Cybertron-themed 2012-onwards Deluxe Class Generations assortment. These versions of the Combaticons replace the game-accurate, Generation 1-inspired decos with more "flashy" colors apparently homaging the color scheme of Bruticus Maximus. Blast Off replaces the primarily tan colors and purple details of the giftset release with a mainly purple body and yellow detailing, and features new yellow paint operations on his blaster.
Platinum Edition
- Grimlock vs Decepticon Bruticus (Multi-pack, 2013)
- Accessories: 2 hand-held blasters/tailfins
- Platinum Edition "Decepticon Bruticus" is a seemingly-identical re-release of his San Diego Comic-Con 2012 toy. As such, Blast Off is seemingly unchanged. He and the other Combaticons come with a redeco of Fall of Cybertron Grimlock.
Notes
- Blast Off's armor set and individual parts are available in the Multiplayer Havoc DLC pack for Fall of Cybertron. His parts are labeled as "Wingman".
Foreign names
- Japanese: Blast Off (ブラストオフ Burasuto Ofu)
- Russian: Vzryv (Взрыв, "Explosion")
- Mandarin: Bào Zhà (爆炸 "Explosion")
