Blurr (SG)
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- Blurr is an evil Autobot Seeker from the Shattered Glass continuity family.
Before the war, Blurr was an erudite and well-spoken lecturer. Since then, however, he's traded in his tidy look for the musk of a bloodthirsty warrior. This doesn't mean he's any less of an intellectual, however, and Optimus Prime puts Blurr to good use as a data interceptor. Of the utmost importance to him is retrieving stolen images of upcoming Decepticon prototypes, which he uses to gain an advantage over his surprised opponents.
As his name suggests, he's quite fast on both his feet and wheels. This is due to his special ability to steal kinetic energy, as it saps an object's (or, more often, an enemy's) speed, and adds it to his own, if only temporarily. He must, however, time the activation of this ability correctly, depending on the object he's stealing the energy from (like a laser blast), or else he could wind up with major (if not fatal) damage.
His cousin, Crasher, is regrettably on the side of his heroic enemies.[1]
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Fiction
Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity
As Cliffjumper was being "re"introduced to the Autobots in Iacon, Blurr was among the few standing guard around the smelting pool. He laughed with the others when Optimus Prime shot Cliffjumper and ordered him dumped in the Rad Zone.
Later, as Prime was training with hard-light constructs, Blurr gave an update on the construction of the Ark they were constructing to conquer other worlds, and warned that the Decepticons were planning to mount an attack. Prime laughed off this news.
Blurr was seen again when the Decepticons attacked the Ark's launch platform. Shattered Glass
After Wheeljack's creations, the Dinobots, ran amok during a battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Optimus Prime assigned Blurr and all available warriors to recapture the renegade monsters. When attempting to recapture the flying Swoop, Blurr and his fellow Seekers forced Jazz to do their dirty work for them. When Huffer sent out an alert on Grimlock's location, Blurr and Rodimus took off after the prototype Dinobot.
Entering a dank cavern to search for their prey, the Seekers came across some stray energon rods. The incautious Rodimus got himself caught in a corroding force field while trying to retrieve the rods, and Blurr was of half a mind to leave him to his fate. When Rodimus fired some photon bursts at him, though, Blurr took the opportunity to steal the speed from the assault, converting it into enough momentum to launch him through the field and push Rodimus to safety, before the field could trap him as well. The Autobots were then confronted with a rival search team, Cliffjumper and Sideswipe from the Decepticons. While arranging a cease fire, Rodimus and Cliffjumper got caught in a trapdoor, leaving Blurr alone with his former comrade, Sideswipe. Reluctant allies at best, Blurr informed Sideswipe of his suspicions that they were in the lair of the Omega Terminus.
These suspicions were soon confirmed, as the duo fled from a horde of mutants and found themselves in the presence of the Omega Terminus itself. Any plans for stealing its power for himself were quickly waylaid by the Terminus's new guardian: Grimlock, now granted his own ember and vast reserves of intelligence by the machine's power. Grimlock and the Omega Terminus's zombie servitors nearly overran Blurr and the Transformers until Cliffjumper deduced a supply of scraplets would destroy the dead robots. Grimlock was still a formidable threat, however, and knocked most of the combatants over the side of a cliff, leaving them dangling precariously above the abyss below. Blurr tried to exploit a flaw in Grimlock's upgrade, taunting him so that he became angry and reverted to his simpleton dino-mode. His efforts failed, but DID distract Grimlock long enough for Cliffjumper to get into position. One speed-stealing effect and a forward charge by the tiny Autobot later, and Grimlock was hurtling into the abyss himself.
Although he survived the dungeon, Blurr now had to face the wrath of Optimus Prime for losing Grimlock. Prime was hardly impressed with his excuse, that Grimlock had gone rogue and would've killed him and Rodimus if left unchecked. Fortunately, Blurr never had to learn just how little Optimus valued him next to his favorite killing machine, as Grimlock returned to the Autobots and agreed to serve once more. Dungeons & Dinobots
Blurr was witness to Optimus Prime's rage when he learned about Ricochet's plan to capture Megatron. Later, when Rodimus suggested that they launch the Ark without Optimus Prime, Blurr objected. He was thrown overboard along with the rest of the Optimus loyalists when the Ark launched. Optimus Prime eventually returned and, finding the Ark gone, promised that Blurr had failed for the last time. Do Over
Later, Grimlock used his corpse as a chew toy. Reunification: Part 3
IDW Shattered Glass comic
During the Great War, Blurr was a scout who fell in with the evil Autobots out of the belief that they'd bring order to a chaotic world. Shattered Glass #1 He stood next to Blaster when he joined the Autobot army. Shattered Glass II #2 During the war, he was one of the Autobots who travelled to Earth and took part in the final battle against Megatron and his Decepticons. Shattered Glass #2
After the war ended, Blurr and the other scouts found new work as couriers; in time, the courier job evolved into bodyscrappers, ruthless bounty hunters who rounded up and junked any remaining Decepticons. Blurr considered himself to be one of the best bodyscrappers on the planet, and found steady work as one of Goldbug's hitmen, operating out of Gold City under Ratchet's supervision. As the number of worthy Decepticon stragglers dwindled, however, Blurr began to grow bored with the trade.
After scragging Sixshot out in the Static Zone, Blurr returned to Gold City to collect his payment. To his surprised, Goldbug had put out another hit on Starscream, a Decepticon whom Blurr thought had previously perished. He found Starscream being antagonized by Chromedome and Hardhead. To ensure that he could bring the bounty in alive, Blurr resorted to teaming up with his quarry and take out the other bounty hunters. In an attempt to stall Starscream until he could summon Goldbug and Ratchet, Blurr put on a sympathetic facade by claiming that he'd only joined up with the Autobots out of necessity and only wanted to help Starscream reach where he was going. Though it seemed like the ruse worked, Starscream turned on his would-be benefactor the moment they reached the Chrome Ridge volcano range and revealed that he'd never bought into Blurr's lies. In the ensuing battle, the Decepticon flier was able to turn Blurr's speed against him by tricking him into running straight into a flow of molten metal—though Blurr swore bloody vengeance against Starscream, he was unable to escape the flow and was promptly melted into a statue-like state, killing him. Shattered Glass #1
Later, Slicer drove past his petrified corpse. Shattered Glass II #3
Toys
Timelines
- Convention Souvenir 3-pack (BotCon box set, 2008)
- Accessories: Two launchers, two missiles, key
- Known designers: Marcelo Matere (packaging artist)
- Part of BotCon 2008's exclusive set of figures, Timelines Blurr is a redeco and retool of Cybertron Blurr (itself a retool of Armada Blurr), transforming into a sleek Cybertronian race car. He has a new head sculpt, which is a directly "evil" version of Generation 1 Blurr with an eyepatch. Inserting his Cyber Key into the space under Blurr's spoiler causes the rear side panels of his vehicle mode to flip down into a "flight mode". This mode also makes his twin spring-loaded missile launchers available, which become hand-held weapons in robot mode.
Shattered Glass Collection
- Blurr (Deluxe Class, 2021)
- Accessories: Blaster, spark welding arm
- Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), AJ Piejko-Brown (packaging)
- Released as part of the Shattered Glass Collection subline, Blurr is a redeco and new head retool of Studio Series Blurr, transforming into a blue-and-black Cybertronic hovercar. In addition to his blaster, the figure also includes a welding tool accessory. While the back of his head is cast in translucent plastic to enable the light-piping feature in his eyes, the gimmick is completely neutered by paint applications.
- Unlike the vast majority of Blurr's toys that have included wheels for the figure to move around on in hovercar mode, this one opts for a more accurate, wheel-less design. Unfortunately there have been widespread reports of a recurring fault with the right forearm kibble, which is too loose to align with the forearm when Blurr is standing in robot mode.
- The release of this figure from Hasbro Pulse included the comic Shattered Glass #1, complete with an exclusive variant cover.
- This mold was also used to make Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Blurr.
Notes
- Years later, BotCon would apologize for Shattered Glass Blurr.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ BotCon 2008 Timelines Blurr bio card
- ↑ "You are half right... 99% of BotCon exclusives are made of pure awesome! The other 1%? Sorry again for SG Blurr!"—Botcon, Twitter, 2011/11/30 (archive link)
