Crashbar

Crashbar is an Autobot-allied Junkion Weaponizer from the Legacy portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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The Junkion known as Crashbar may not be as big as his fellow Junkion bikes, but he can prove to be a big challenge to any Decepticon who comes across him. He's also particularly fast... to a fault, considering he'll often crash into lots of things in his path. Thankfully, being a Junkion, damage is temporary to him.^[1]

Crashbar carries two gravity cannons, but also can use his exhaust pipes as clubs or his rear wheel as a sawblade when he'd rather get his hands dirty.

Fiction

Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic

Crashbar was a spectator for the second week of the Speedia 500 on Velocitron. Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3

Toys

Legacy

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• Crashbar (Deluxe Class, 2023)

• TakaraTomy ID number: TL-39
• TakaraTomy release date: September 30, 2023
• Accessories: left & right saddlebags/gravity cannons, left & right exhaust pipes/clubs, back tire/sawblade
• Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy), Marcelo Matere^[2] and Dan Khanna^[3] (concept art), Rebecca Sneeringer (bio)^[4]

Part of the second wave of Deluxes in Legacy: Evolution, Crashbar transforms into a motorcycle. His Evo-Fusion function is analogous to the Weaponizer gimmick from the War for Cybertron Trilogy toylines; his body splits apart to form armor and weapon enhancements for his allies. Unlike previous figures of this nature however, Crashbar does not transform via partsforming. When transforming into motocycle mode, the arms need to snap into the clips in the middle of his shoulders, but don't always do so; it's best to do them one at a time and push down from the front of the arm rather than trying to squeeze them from the sides. Due to the asymmetrical nature of his transformation impacting his right-ankle articulation, he often can't help but stand lop-sided.

Crashbar comes with four different accessories, which can all be integrated into his motorcycle mode. Shown on package but not in his instructions, the rear wheel of his motorcycle mode can be detached and saw blades extended out of it for use as a shield/melee weapon. In an undocumented feature, his tailpipes can be plugged into the small slots on his shoulders by the tabs used to hold them in place in vehicle mode.

His instructions and packaging call out a combined mode using parts from Legacy: Evolution Scraphook, replacing the driver's side hood and rear with the front and back wheels of Crashbar. Alternately, Crashbar has specific tab-recesses on his left side that allows Scraphook's left-front portion to be attached as a sidecar. Axlegrease includes instruction for connecting her front end to the sides of Crashbar in vehicle mode as well. There are tabs on one side and slots on the other of both legs to allow multiple copies of his to connect side by side, which makes them more secure as the front and back end of other Junkion vehicles when paired.

Crashbar was later retooled with a new head into Legacy: United Road Pig.

• Designer commentary on Crashbar from Mark Maher on Instagram

Notes

• Crashbar shares facial hair with his designer, Mark Maher.
• Both Dan Khanna and Marcelo Matere did concept sketches for the toy that would become Crashbar. Khanna's contribution was a drawing of HAZMAT, suggesting it was possible at some point in production this toy could have become him instead.
• Crashbar was also drafted as IDW Junkion matriarch Rum-Maj at one point in development, though this concept was scrapped due to the Evo-Fusion gimmick precluding her transformation scheme.^[5]

Foreign names

• Japanese: Crashbar (クラッシュバー Kurasshubā)

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