Saberhorn

Saberhorn is a Decepticon from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.

Big bad beetleborg.

Saberhorn used to be a pirate, roaming the spacelanes and plundering cargo vessels. A gentleman swordsbot, he cuts a dashing figure as he uses his swords and swift footwork to make short work of his foes. Also, his alternate mode is a robotic winged rhinoceros beetle, he is a part of the leadership trio of Decepticons on the crashed Alchemor, and can sometimes combine with Bisk to form Saberclaw.

Fiction

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Voice actor: Fred Tatasciore (English), Shigeo Kiyama (Japanese), Tamás Bognár (Hungarian), Paolo Sesana (Italian), Olivier Francart (French), Thomas Kästner (German), Armando Coria (Latin-American Spanish), Tatá Guarnieri (Brazilian Portuguese)

You have me at a disadvantage. I forgot my giant fly swatter.

Saberhorn was a captive aboard the Alchemor when it crashed on Earth, although he wasn't on Fixit's prisoner manifest for reasons unknown. Metal Meltdown Freed during the impact, he took leadership of the civilization of Decepticons, alongside Scorponok and Glowstrike, Decepticon Island (Part 1) and was sent out to obtain thermatanium. He was collecting some from a quarry near Crown City when he encountered Bumblebee, Strongarm, and Grimlock but was able to make off with a collection of ore. He took it to a steel mill to smelt it, and was again found by the Autobots. He seized Russell Clay as a hostage and almost succeeded in melting down Bumblebee, but was forced to flee after Grimlock grabbed him. He returned to the starship wreck where his bosses were unimpressed with his antics. Metal Meltdown

Saberhorn was in attendance after Steeljaw returned to the base with a group of recently freed Alchemor escapees for Glowstrike's consideration, reflecting fondly on Steeljaw's potential. Misdirection

"As you can clearly see, this ghost was freed entirely by chance."

When Steeljaw was talking to his troops about the chain of command, Saberhorn and Glowstrike arrived to have a word with him. Steeljaw assumed that they were onto his betrayal and prepared to annihilate them, but was instead shocked to learn that they were offering him a leadership position. As a display of his power and loyalty, Saberhorn, Glowstrike, and Steeljaw dealt with a suspected terrorist amongst their ranks. Their conversation with Steeljaw ended when they walked into a weapons room and Glowstrike mentioned that there was a pod of Decepticon hunters that they needed help opening. Portals

Saberhorn and Glowstrike didn't take lightly to being summoned by Steeljaw, but they were more than impressed when he opened the weapons container. Saberhorn then asked Steeljaw to hand them over, but instead, Steeljaw turned his new-found weapons on Saberhorn and Glowstrike. During their later confrontation against the Autobots, Saberhorn and Glowstrike bowed to Steeljaw as he claimed the Alchemor to be the first outpost of his new empire. Decepticon Island (Part 1)

Saberhorn accused Steeljaw of stealing the island after he was kindly accepted to be one of their own, but Steeljaw countered by sardonically stating that deceit was part of the Decepticon way. After their skirmish with the Autobots, resulting in Windblade's capture, Glowstrike held Bumblebee's dropped Decepticon Hunter against Steeljaw, but Steeljaw reacted quickly by shooting down both Saberhorn and Glowstrike. Saberhorn was most likely re-frozen after the Autobots detonated a stasis bomb in the ship's ventilation system, along with the other Decepticons, and taken back to Cybertron by Optimus Prime, Windblade, and Ratchet. Decepticon Island (Part 2)

Toys

Robots in Disguise (2015)

Me as a Warrior Class figure? Ha! You wish!

• Saberhorn / Bisk (Crash Combiner, 2018)

Part of the fourth and final wave of the Combiner Force Crash Combiners subline, Saberhorn is a roughly Scout-class sized figure that changes from his Cybertronic rhinoceros beetle into a robot in 7 steps, deviating from the other Crash Combiners' simplified transformations. He can also spread his legs for a more dramatic pose thanks to his combined form's transformation scheme. His individual robot mode only has limited articulation in his shoulders. He also has a little green arrow above the connector on his abdomen indicating where to crash him to combine with other figures. A 5 mm post hole on top of his beast mode can accommodate a compatible accessory or Weaponizer Minicon, though he cannot use it in his individual robot mode.

Saberhorn comes packaged with Bisk and is intended to combine with him to form Saberclaw's lower torso. Connecting them to each other (more like bumping each other's asses) will activate Bisk's automatic transformation, but Saberhorn must be converted manually. He can also combine with any other Crash Combiner figure to form a random Combiner.

This two-pack was a very late addition to the Robots in Disguise line, with a Hasbro product code number in the same region as the wave 1 Prime Masters from Power of the Primes.

Notes

• Saberhorn's character model was modified to make Shadow Raker.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Saberhorn (セイバーホーン Seibāhōn)
• Mandarin: Jiān Jiǎo (尖角, "Sharp Horn")