At the 2010 SDCC, the big Transformers action figure offered was Blaster a boom box counterpart to Soundwave the mini tape deck. A reproduction from the 80’s, Blaster was a well loved character who had so much play value that he sold very well.

Blaster annoyed his fellow Autobots by pumping out loud rock music and talking like a hip DJ. In Japan he found his end against Soundwave in a fight to the death where both the Autobot and Decepticon “killed” each other. Blaster (whose Japanese name was Broadcast) was rebuilt into Twincast and was blue with red–and quite expensive …

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