075 Fuse

Fuse is the TDD DJ.

His G1 figure is a rather generic dude in headphones.

Late in G1, X-Concepts threw us some real Tech Deck Duds.  The worst were LA Rock and Fuse.  Honestly, it seems like the designers were running out of ideas.  (Plus, I am sure they were confronted with the limitations of having no arms.)  I mean, how can you really design a DJ who can't even hold a record?  Anyway, by Crew 15, I bet they couldn't wait to put arms on their figures and start fresh with some new ideas. 

Well, in G3, instead of a fresh idea, they decided to throw out two Fuse sculpts that really aren't that different from one another.

For the first, they glued a record into his right hand.  Okay.  For the second, they put a removable record accessory in his left hand.  Woo-hoo.  I mean, yes the sculpts are a bit different, but both are boring as heck.  Fuse is still just a dude in headphones.  And since the second record was not glued in (like the first design), it always gets lost.

In all, Fuse has a gluttony of nine variants.  That's at least eight too many.

Moving on. 

There is no real-life DJ of significance who goes by "DJ Fuse."  However, the DJ for the Digital Underground has been "DJ Fuze" since 1990.

There is also a prolific house DJ who goes by D:Fuse.

Just thought you'd like to know.