Electro-scrambler
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Blaster's weapon of choice is the electro-scrambler. This rifle emits electromagnetic waves that cause all but the most heavily shielded electrical systems to go haywire. Theoretically, it should work the same way on the electrical impulses of a human's nervous system, but that's something Blaster would rather not find out, tempting as it may be.
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Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
The electro-scrambler also makes its wielder kind of a jackass, but that's never mentioned. The Bridge to Nowhere!
The electro-scrambler gets a $10 check in the mail for every namedrop. Mechanical Difficulties!
(The electro-scrambler has an estate worth more than Leona Helmsey's dog.) Crater Critters
The electro-scrambler appreciates assists from the narrator. Used Autobots
The electro-scrambler wants one more for the road. Totaled!
The electro-scrambler returns for an encore. Club Con!
The electro-scrambler, at long last, gets its comeuppance. Dark Star
Japanese cartoon continuity
The electro-scrambler is not confined by language barriers! Full Throttle Scramble Power!
Find Your Fate Junior
Attack of the Insecticons
Blaster was armed with his Electro-scrambler gun on a mission to rescue Sparkplug Witwicky, but didn't think it was powerful enough to take on both Starscream and Bombshell. The weapon was put to good use nonetheless, and the Autobots' human ally was rescued from the Decepticons.
Confusingly, sometimes Mirage referred to his Electro-disrupter as an "Electro-scrambler." Attack of the Insecticons
Toys
Generation 1
- Blaster (Autobot, 1985/1986/2006)
- Japanese ID number: 38, TFC-21
- Accessories: Electro-Scrambler Gun
- Originally a Microchange "Radi-Casse Robo" ("radio-cassette", you see), Blaster transforms into a miniature "ghetto blaster" boombox with a fold-out carrying handle. Blaster and his electro-scrambler were re-released in 2006 as part of "The Transformers Collection" "bookbox" series, packaged with Steeljaw.
- More information on Blaster at TFU.info
- Blaster (Action Master, 1990)
- Available only with the carded Blaster toy, the Flight Pack features flip-out wings connected by gears so they swing forward and back in concert. Pressing the trigger pops out a spring-loaded rifle barrel from the top, which can be extended by adding most Action Master handguns to it. It can be hand-held in cannon mode or back-mounted in jetpack mode by most Action Master figures.
- More information on the Flight Pack at TFU.info
The Headmasters
- Twincast (Autobot, 1987/2006/2012)
- Japanese ID number: C-116
- Accessories: Electro-Scrambler Gun
- The first Blaster toy was redecoed and had its tape door retooled in order to accommodate two cassettes at once. It still came with the electro-scrambler, which is all that really matters. A red electro-scrambler! Hoo-ha!
- In 2006, Twincast was reissued as an e-HOBBY exclusive, packaged with the new character Flip Sides, and again in 2012 as an Encore reissue, packaged with Stripes and Nightstalker.
- More information on Twincast at TFU.info
Universe (2008)
- Autobot Blaster (2010)
- Accessories: Electro-Scrambler Gun
- This San Diego Comic-Con exclusive reissue of Blaster comes with Steeljaw, Ramhorn and Eject. Released as part of the Universe (2008) toyline, the packaging also has a special foil-detailed outer slip case. Electro-scrambler? Yes.
- This set was also made available at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong Fair 2010, and was later released on the Hasbro Toy Shop and then also sold at FanExpo Canada 2010.
Shattered Glass
- Solar Requiem (Evil Blaster) (2013)
- Accessories: Electro-Scrambler Gun
Merchandise
- Blaster (Decoy, 1987)
- Decoy number: 29
- Like all Decoys, the decoy electro-scrambler was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded Throttlebots, Aerialbots, Protectobots and Technobots.
- More information on Decoy Blaster at TFU.info
Attacktix
- Blaster (Booster,
2007)
- The electro-scrambler was likely to have been one of several Transformers Attacktix Booster pieces, using a powerful spring-loaded "blaster" missile launcher attack. Though displayed as part of the Attacktix display at the Star Wars "Celebration IV" convention, it โand all the other pieces revealed at the showโ were ultimately never released.
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Notes
- Sometimes Blaster doesn't come with an electro-scrambler, but stupid weapons like "particle feedback blasters" or "harmonic wave cannons". We hate this.
- Unreleased Attacktix
- Generation 1 weapons