Blast Off is a Decepticon with the role of Space Warrior who is aristocratic and aloof, but also “cruelly efficient” at causing destruction on Earth (according to his Tech Spec).  He  transforms between his robot mode and his space shuttle mode and is one of the five Combaticons that combine to form Bruticus.  In the original Transformers cartoon series Blast Off is designated as the right arm of Bruticus, but as a toy can be used as the left arm or as a leg.

The Generation 1 Blast Off was available individually in 1986 and was also available in the Bruticus gift set in Japan and Italy during the same year.