Rebel Radio

The Story of The TRANSFORMERS HYPE MAN BLASTER — the Autobot with the loudest personality, the deepest cuts, and maybe the biggest rivalry in the entire franchise. From toy shelves to the cartoon airwaves, and from Marvel’s gritty comics to IDW’s assassination plots, TRANSFORMERS BLASTER has been everything from a party-starting DJ to a hardened resistance leader. But did he ever truly outshine Soundwave, or was he doomed by his possible one-note personality and dated boombox alt mode? Let’s dig into the music wars, the myths, and the many faces of this fan-favorite Autobot....and why Grimlock built a special variable voltage harness just for him?