Buffalo MPV Decepticon
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- The Buffalo MPV Decepticons are Decepticons from the Revenge of the Fallen portion of the movie continuity family.
These "Buffalo mine-protected vehicles" are Decepticons and/or Constructicons that transform into tan Buffalo mine-clearing vehicles used by the military.
Yes, he looks like Bonecrusher.
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Fiction
Revenge of the Fallen film
Before Operation: Firestorm, thirteen Decepticon reinforcements from the Nemesis rained down outside the pyramids. One of these was a mine-protected vehicle Decepticon, and during the fight against NEST forces in the Egyptian town it engaged Ironhide and Arcee in a brief firefight. This Decepticon was presumably destroyed during the United States Air Force's airstrike on ground targets. Revenge of the Fallen
Titan Magazines
When questioned who the Buffalo MPV was in Egypt, Ironhide said the Decepticon was a "Bonecrusher imposter". He's not sure quite who the guy is, but believes the two Decepticons look similar because they scanned the same disguise. And if you can't trust Ironhide, who can you trust? #13's Law and Disorder
IDW movie comics
A Cybertronian of the Buffalo MPV body-type was part of The Fallen's early Decepticons. On ancient Earth, he and his brothers were sicced on the turncoat Jetfire. However, they were slaughtered. Tales of the Fallen #3 Tales of the Fallen #4
Toys
Transformers (2007)
- Bonecrusher (Deluxe Class, 2007)
- Takara ID Number: MD-09
- Bonecrusher transforms into a Buffalo mine-protected vehicle, with an articulated "mine-fork" for removing mines or cars or robots or unsuspecting buildings from his path. Although the fork is packaged with its sets of tines opposing one another, they can be rotated into a more appropriate side-by-side vehicle mode configuration, which the instructions fail to call out. He has six rolling wheels in this mode, and two sculpted, non-functional spare wheels.
- His robot mode is, like most of the movie toys, based on pre-final design work, explaining his extremely long extensible arms as seen on some concept art. The mine-fork splits to form a grabber-claw, which can snap onto victims with a geared slider Automorph mechanism. His hips can often detach from the codpiece holding them together.
- He is extremely short compared to many contemporary Deluxes.
- He is named "Bonescrusher" on the Canadian cross-sell. Guess how Bonecrusher feels about that little misspelling.
Notes
- While the "Buffalo MPV Decepticon" is obviously a simple reuse of the Bonecrusher model from the first film (where said character is killed), further fiction can be used in an attempt to link the two. Bonecrusher's toy bios—unrelated to this particular appearance—claim he survived and is alive and well on Earth. The Forged to Fight mobile game lists Bonecrusher as "Revenge of the Fallen Bonecrusher", although this is likely an error.
- Buzzworthy Bumblebee N.E.S.T. Bonecrusher was designed with the Buffalo MPV Decepticon and the 2007 movie Bonecrusher being the same character in mind.[1]
References
- ↑ "Now you may be asking yourself, “Wait, Isn’t this guy a deception? didn’t he die in Movie 1? Before N.E.S.T. was established in Revenge of the Fallen?” You betcha! So why is he showing up as an autobot clad in NEST colors? Because he’s in disguise! At least that’s how this character was justified as we planned him out for this program. While Bonecrusher does get defeated in the highway battle with Optimus Prime in movie 1, his character reappears in the desert battle of Revenge of the Fallen, so in some form of continuity, he is still around during the inception of the NEST program. Bonecrushers vehicle form as a licensed Buffalo Mine Sweeper is a perfect troop transport, so while we were identifying alt modes that might lend them selves to work for this segment, Bonecrusher rose to the top."—Sam Smith, Instagram, 2022/09/23
