Blitzwing
The other Triple Changer. Still a pretty neat idea, in that he goes from robot to a MiG-25 jet to a Type-74 Assault Tank. Lousy articulation but with a sword and rifle he look pretty at least.
The file card paints a fearsome figure. A tank that can arrive at Mach 2? The only downside is he doesn't seem to care what he blows up. Even among the other Decepticons, he's a jerk. Sort of a Buzz Sawyer of robots, in other words.
For the comic, a different yet similar story I'm afraid. Showed up #29, died in #50 and did darn little. He showed up enough to showcase the new toy and back to the background for him. What few fights he got into tended to end with him being cut down, rather literally in a few cases. Got the impression the writers didn't care for him.
Voiced by Ed Gilbert in the cartoon, he managed to do a bit more. Still a thug, he got at least episode to focus on him, plus he survived the movie. His storyline ends on an odd note too. Season three saw him draw down on Galvatron, making clear the fight was over. Galvatron then banishes him and somehow that takes as we never see him again. Odd that somehow Blitzwing would suddenly decide that walking away would be the better option or maybe to show how bad the fight was?
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