Turbofire

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Turbofire is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Seen here in a photograph taken just as his bubblegum popped in his face.

Turbofire (aka Hotrider) hasn't exactly got the fastest processor on the block, but he's not about to let that get in the way. Sure, it might take him longer to work out a solution than... well, than a lot of other Autobots, but he's dogged and logical in his own fashion. When he finally makes his decision, it's usually the right one.

Still, in a fast-moving team like the Axelerators, he's better suited to the role of backup, bringing fresh supplies and providing cover fire for the bots on the front line. He does it without complaint; after all, he (eventually) reasons it's a vitally important job that's got to be done, and he's the one to do it!

Fiction

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Dreamwave Generation One continuity

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Turbofire was among a group of Autobots on Cybertron who were rioting at the idea of having to listen to Prowl. Skyfire

2005 IDW continuity

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"Shoot the sky! Maybe it'll fall on them!"

Turbofire was one of several Autobots under the command of Fortress Maximus on the Garrus-9 penal colony. He and the other soldiers failed to stop a Decepticon attack force from liberating the facility's newest inmates. Spotlight: Arcee

Later, Garrus-9 came under attack again and Turbofire again defended it. And then Overlord came to town... Last Stand of the Wreckers #1

Wings Universe

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As a "second generation" of Transformers arose on Earth in the Cyberfactory, Turbofire was one of many Transformers "born" as an official citizen of Earth. While they were created with no faction in mind, he and many other Earth-born Cybertronians became Autobots to oppose their brethren, who had formed the Decepticon Syndicate. At some point during their battles, Turbofire fought Eagle Eye.

Stationed in Autobot City, Turbofire was among the reinforcements called in during the Decepticon attack on the Large Hadron Collider, and he heroically towed Manta Ray to the front lines. He then helped rout the evildoers by blasting some Sharkticons, and he may even have developed forestonite superpowers if he was lucky. Generation 2: Redux

He chatted to Bosch when the latter visited Autobot City as an ambassador. A Flash Forward, Part 2

During Jhiaxus's invasion of Cybertron, Turbofire stood by at the ready as part of a joint team of Autobots and Decepticons, awaiting Obsidian's signal for their time to fight back. Once the signal came, they teleported to Cybertron and started beating on some drones. A Common Foe

Regeneration One

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Turbofire, Windbreaker, and Meanstreak were among the Autobots on Cybertron that responded to the invasion of Bludgeon's Blitz Engines. Destiny, Part Four

Toys

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The Transformers

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Don't worry; you'll see him coming.
  • Hotrider (Axelerator, 1993)
Sold as part of the Axelerator assortment, The Transformers "Hotrider" transforms into a large pickup resembling a fourth generation Chevrolet C/K series truck. His exposed chrome-silver engine block becomes a hand-held weapon in robot mode. The toy is gang-molded with Rapido.
He was initially released in the European market in 1993, during the "transitional" time when the Transformers toys took on the new Generation 2 sigils, but the packaging lacked the "Generation 2" line-name.

Generation 2

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  • Turbofire (Autobot Car, 1993) / Hotrider (Axelerator, 1994)
  • Accessories: Engine-block rifle
Released in the U.S. concurrently with the "Generation 1.5" Hotrider, Generation 2 Turbofire is almost identical to the European toy, save the pink clear-plastic being replaced with smoky-black. Hotrider was re-released in the European Generation 2 line the following year, featuring the same smoky-black plastic as the US release.
This mold was planned for use by Takara as Hotrider, but the Block Town line was scrapped.

Notes

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TurboFRIGHTer.
  • Like all of the toys carried over from the European line for Generation 2, Turbofire got entirely new artwork for his U.S. release, seen at the top of this page. His original artwork, seen at right, has a scary freakin' vent-thing in place of his mouth. Whyyyyy?
  • Unlike most of the toys carried over from the European line for Generation 2, the United States releases of the "Small Cars" kept the mottos and bios of the 1993 European Axelerators mostly unchanged, though the European 1994 Generation 2 releases omitted the bios and only featured the mottos in multiple languages.

Foreign names

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  • Japanese: Hotrider (ホットライダー Hottoraidā)
  • Italian: Astro
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