- Bonecrusher is a Maximal from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Buffalo Soldier, dreadlock Rasta!
Stubborn and strong, Bonecrusher loves to battle Predacons. Despite the urging of his commanders, he cannot overcome his urge to violently engage the enemy.
Fiction
Dreamwave Summer Special
In an untold tale from the original Beast Wars, Rattrap was on the run from Dinobot 2 when three unfamiliar Maximals -- Bonecrusher, Optimus Minor and Wolfang -- came to his rescue and pulped the evil clone. They asked Rattrap to keep their existence a secret, for there was something of grave importance other than the Beast Wars that required their attention.
IDW Beast Wars Comics
Bonecrusher was one of the protoforms jettisoned by the Axalon on prehistoric Earth. He was activated and put in chronal phase by Razorbeast at Magmatron's request, but was protected from Magmatron's Predacon shell-program by Razorbeast's viral code. He was one of the first Maximals to hear Razorbeast's signal.
Razorbeast's small group split up to search for Ravage's transwarp cruiser. Razorbeast, Snarl, Bonecrusher, and B'Boom were attacked by Magmatron, who was also looking for the cruiser. They escaped and met up with the other group, who had located the cruiser, and taken its damaged signal amplifier. To find spare parts to fix it, Bonecrusher and a few other Maximals journeyed to the Ark. Bonecrusher returned, bearing spare parts, and Snarl proceeded to fix the amplifier.
As the Maximals prepared to send a signal back to Cybertron, the Predacons attacked. Bonecrusher rushed out to face the enemy, but he was vastly outnumbered. As if on cue, the rest of the wayward Maximals, also protected by Razorbeast's viral code, arrived on scene. In the ensuing battle, Bonecrusher bashed Scavenger in the face. The Maximals win, and wait for a response to their distress call.
Note: The Transformers Summer Special story was originally going to be a prologue for Dreamwave's Beast Wars series. After Dreamwave collapsed, the Beast Wars project was revived by IDW. Curiously, the three new Maximals from Dreamwave's story figured prominently into IDW's first limited series. It's possible the two stories are even in the same continuity with one another, though we'll probably never know.
Toys
Beast Wars
- Bonecrusher (Deluxe, 1997)