Zauru
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| The name or term "Zaur" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Zaur (disambiguation). |
- Zauru is an Autobot from the Bumblebee portion of the movie continuity family (via Studio Series).
Zauru is the heroic twin of Uruaz.[1]
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Fiction
Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway figure online description
| “ | Cassettes don't actually play music | ” |
| —Disclaimer Weekly | ||
Figures were made out of Zauru and Uriad and released in the Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway set. To avoid confusion, Disclaimer Weekly noted that the cassettes the toys transformed into did not actually play music.[2]
Toys
Studio Series
- Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway (3-pack, 2018)
- Movie: Bumblebee
- ID number: 20
- Accessories: Left & right cannons
- Studio Series Zauru is a redeco of Uruaz, utilizing a recreated mold[3] of Headmasters Zaur, transforming from mini-cassette into an Apatosaurus. Two silver cannons plug into the faux cassette tape holes near his hind legs. In tape mode, he fits into the chest compartment of the original Blaster or Soundwave toys (and their various retooled reincarnations).
- Zauru can also form the legs of an unnamed humanoid combiner robot with Uriad... though it seems more likely he is intended to combine with Uriad's heroic twin Dairu. His cannons become hip-mounted weapons in this form.
- Despite appearing identical to Headmasters Zaur at first glance, there are a large number of tiny differences in the stickers and molding. The most noteworthy change is that his combined-mode feet have engineering errors; his right foot cannot fold all the way down as intended, but that barely matters as neither foot is actually long enough to touch the ground. His tape-mode top also has some raised "bumps" to make the plastic surrounding the pin-hinges more sturdy, which means his tape sticker has to go over bumps the sticker was never designed to go over. And unlike the original Zaur toy, the four black dinosaur legs are made of die-cast, not plastic. Speaking of stickers, he also uses the Vintage G1 style of rubsign, with the full-red symbol and mirror-like silver border.
- He was only available in a 2018 exclusive box set, alongside Uriad and a gold redeco of VW Bumblebee.
Notes
- Zauru (ザウル) is the direct Romanization of Zaur's original Japanese name. That name is in turn wordplay on a Japanese rendition of "dinosaur".