Robot Powered Machines

This article is about the Hot Wheels-style cars that included a "Mini-Vehicles" subline. For the Generation 1 small Autobots, see Mini-Vehicle.

"Battle Charger" redirects here. For the auto-transforming duo of G1 Decepticons, see Battlecharger.

Robot Powered Machines, or "R.P.M."s, are a multifaceted line of nonstandard action toys within the Revenge of the Fallen toyline. It includes a few different sublines that accomplish different things, but all of them are biased heavily towards the vehicle mode.

The R.P.M.s line was later replaced by the Speed Stars brand.

Radio Controlled

When you wake up and your legs are gone, you know it was a rough night!

Each Radio Controlled R.P.M. comes with a vehicle and a handheld RC controller with dual joysticks.

• Bumblebee
• Optimus Prime
• Barricade

Battle Chargers

The funny part? This almost looks better than the original Battlechargers.

Each Battle Charger is a superdeformed vehicle that, when pulled back, will dash forward. This will cause the roof of the vehicle to flip up, revealing a robot mode.

Wave 1

• Bumblebee
• Sideswipe

Wave 2

• Optimus Prime
• Stealth Bumblebee

Wave 3

• Cyber Armor Optimus Prime
• Hyper Speed Sideswipe

Wave 4

• Megatron

Mini-Vehicles

Someone ran over Skids! There is a Primus!

Each Mini-Vehicle is a Hot Wheels-styled car with a sculpted image of the robot mode on the bottom of the vehicle. They come in single packs or versus sets, and the packaging has a window in the back so customers can see the robot mode. Also available is a track playset compatible with Mini-Vehicles, featuring Devastator.

Battle Series

• 01 of 08: Bumblebee vs Barricade
• 02 of 08: Autobot Jazz vs Decepticon Brawl
• 03 of 08: Optimus Prime vs Bonecrusher
• 04 of 08: Mudflap vs Autobot Skids
• 05 of 08: Autobot Ratchet (black redeco) vs Megatron
• 06 of 08: Landmine vs Rampage
• 07 of 08: Ironhide (NEST redeco) vs. Starscream
• 08 of 08: Rollbar vs. Sideways

Battle Series 2

• 01 of 06: Sideswipe vs. Wreckloose
• 02 of 06: Nightwatch Bumblebee vs. Patrol Barricade
• 03 of 06: Optimus Prime vs. Bonecrusher
• 04 of 06: Optimus Prime vs Desert Long Haul
• 05 of 06: Jetfire (silver redeco) vs Megatron (metallic purple redeco)
• 06 of 06: Enforcer Ironhide (red redeco) vs Mixmaster (light gray redeco)

Battle Series 2 did not get released through normal retail outlets in the United States, instead showing up for sale first in Canada, Asia and Europe. Later, it would show up in the US though Toys"R"Us Express mall stores and discount chains like Ross and TJ Maxx... though whether that included all of Battle Series 2 or just 01-03 is unknown.

Combat Series

• 01 of 04: Autobot Ratchet
• 02 of 04: Megatron
• 03 of 04: Ironhide
• 04 of 04: Long Haul

Combat Series 2

• 01 of 04: Starscream
• 02 of 04: Mudflap
• 03 of 04: Rollbar
• 04 of 04: Autobot Skids

Combat Series 2 did not get released through normal retail outlets in the United States, instead showing up for sale first in Canada, Asia and Europe. Later, though, it would show up in the US though Toys"R"Us Express mall stores.

Speed Series

• 01 of 04: Sideways
• 02 of 04: Bumblebee (2009 Camaro with standard head)
• 03 of 04: Jolt
• 04 of 04: Sideswipe

Commander Series

• 01 of 04: Optimus Prime
• 02 of 04: Bumblebee (Concept Camaro with battle mask)
• 03 of 04: Barricade
• 04 of 04: Mixmaster

Metal Heroes Series (Die-Cast)

• 01 of 08: Bumblebee
• 02 of 08: Jetfire
• 03 of 08: Optimus Prime
• 04 of 08: Soundwave
• 05 of 08: Highway Patrol Barricade
• 06 of 08: Ironhide
• 07 of 08: Sideswipe

Future waves

• 08 of 08: Lockdown

This series is only known to have been released in Australia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and other Asian countries. Though Lockdown was not released at all, his inclusion in the series was confirmed by a downloadable poster on the official Transformers website of Turkey.

End of the road. This Robot Powered Machines/Speed Stars item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Allspark Series (Die-Cast)

• 01 of 04: Starscream

Future waves

• 02 of 04: Sideswipe
• 03 of 04: Megatron ("Robot Rider" mold)
• 04 of 04: Autobot Drift

Only Starscream is known to have been released of this series, and even then only in the Philippines, Hong Kong, and other Asian countries.

End of the road. This Robot Powered Machines/Speed Stars item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Revealers Series (Die-Cast)

• 01 of 03: Ironhide
• 02 of 03: Bumblebee

Future waves

• 03 of 03: Barricade

Only Ironhide and Bumblebee are known to have been released of this series, and even then only in the Philippines, Hong Kong, and other Asian countries. According to a downloadable poster on the official Transformers website of Turkey, this series was originally called "Outsiders".

End of the road. This Robot Powered Machines/Speed Stars item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

N.E.S.T. Global Alliance Series (Die-Cast)

• 01 of 04: Bumblebee
• 02 of 04: Optimus Prime
• 03 of 04: Ironhide

Future waves

• 04 of 04: Sideswipe ("Robot Rider" mold)

Only Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, and Ironhide are known to have been released of this series, and even then only in the Philippines, Hong Kong, and other Asian countries.

End of the road. This Robot Powered Machines/Speed Stars item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Cyber Hunt Series (Die-Cast)

• 01 of 04: Bumblebee

Future waves

• 02 of 04: Optimus Prime
• 03 of 04: Starscream
• 04 of 04: Barricade

Only Bumblebee is known to have been released of this series, and even then only in the Philippines, Hong Kong, and other Asian countries, as well as Germany.

End of the road. This Robot Powered Machines/Speed Stars item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Stunticon Series (Die-Cast)

• 01 of 03: Bumblebee

Future waves

• 02 of 03: Barricade
• 03 of 03: Lockdown

Only Bumblebee is known to have been released of this series, and even then only in Australia and the Philippines. It's likely that it hit retail across the rest of the Pacific rim, but who knows.

End of the road. This Robot Powered Machines/Speed Stars item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Robot Rider Series (Die-Cast)

• 01 of 03: Sideswipe

Future waves

• 02 of 03: Megatron
• 03 of 03: Bumblebee

Only Sideswipe is known to have been released of this series, and even then only in the Philippines, Hong Kong, and other Asian countries.

End of the road. This Robot Powered Machines/Speed Stars item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Double Siders

• 0? of 03: Bumblebee
• 0? of 03: Autobot Drift
• 0? of 03: TBD

The existence of the RPM version of the "Double Siders" series was revealed by a downloadable poster on the official Transformers website of Turkey. It is the only known series of RPMs to not have any vehicles released at all. In Speed Stars, the third Double Sider was shown to be Wild Rider.

End of the road. This Robot Powered Machines/Speed Stars item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Track Set

This thing will also kick the crap out of your Spychangers and Mini-Cons.

• Devastator Showdown

Includes Autobot Skids Mini-Vehicle

Notes

• Large amounts of Robot Powered Machines product, including Combat Series 2, Battle Series 2, the Metal Heroes Series, the Allspark Series, the Cyber Hunt Series, the Revealers Series, the N.E.S.T. Global Alliance Series, the Robot Rider Series, and the Stunticon Series were either shipped in extremely small quantities or not at all to stores in the United States. Just what did come out where in the world is difficult to determine - owing to the fandom's general apathy for the toyline - but various reports have indicated that at least some of these came out in Asia, Europe, Canada, and Mexico.
• Owing to the above, the early waves of Transformers-themed Speed Stars are made up of tweaked versions of "unreleased" RPMs, though the Speed Stars versions all have greatly reduced paint applications in comparison.
• Robot Powered Machines is pretty obviously meant to share its initials with "revolutions per minute".