Road Corps

The Road Corps is an Autobot subgroup from the Operation Combination portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

The Road Corps (ロード軍団 Rōdo Gundan) is an elite group of Autobot race cars. Each member has an intense loathing of a counterpart among the Decepticon Jet Corps, making for a very bitter rivalry between the two groups.

The Road Corps consists of:

• Spin Road (leader)
• Checker Road
• Fire Road
• Mach Road

Fiction

Operation Combination story pages

The Road Corps has an extensive and personal history with the Decepticon Jet Corps, with each member having a rival on the other side. The Rivals of the Road Corps and Jet Corps Collide!

After the Decepticon leader, Scrash, sent the Jet Corps and Battle Gaia to plunder Earth of its energy, the Road Corps were the first to try and hold their enemies back. This allowed Spin Road to go toe-to-toe with his hated rival, Dark Jet. The Road Army vs. the Jet Army! New Decepticons Appear!

Despite the Road Corps's best efforts, the Jet Corps and Battle Gaia continued to advance toward Earth. Out of options, Guard City and the Road Corps summoned forth all the Micromaster Combiners scattered across the globe to join in the battle which had finally arrived in Earth's orbit. The Decepticons' Attack on Earth!

Eventually, the Autobots combined into the "Autobot Scrum Combination" which destroyed Battle Gaia and drove the Jet Corps into a retreat. Conclusion

Toys

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers

• Road Corps (1992)

• TF-06 Spin Road vs. Dark Jet

• TF-07 Fire Road vs. Shadow Jet

• TF-08 Checker Road vs. Moon Jet

• TF-09 Mach Road vs. Flare Jet

• Known designers: Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)

The Road Corps were the Japanese releases of the four smaller Turbomaster toys, Flash, Scorch, Hurricane and Boss. All four transform into cars with turbine engines that form spring-loaded missile launchers, and were only available in two-packs with their respective Jet Corps rivals.