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Undo revision 807833 by Brian McInnis (Talk) So, basically all you did was change motorcycle to cycle, Yeahhh, no, |
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'''Cycle Drones''' are the spearhead of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Vehicon forces. These deadly [[Spark|sparkless]] drones chase down fugitive [[Maximal|Maximals]] with their astonishing speed and maneuverability, and finish them with their lethal pulse weapons. While their computerized brains are simple, [[Vehicon general|their general]] [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] leads them quite ably. A Cycle Drone's main strength is in numbers; swarming around their targets and confusing them with pulse fire. They use this advantage well, always travelling in large phalanaxes across Cybertron. | '''Motorcycle Drones''' (also known as '''Cycle Drones''') are the spearhead of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Vehicon forces. These deadly [[Spark|sparkless]] drones chase down fugitive [[Maximal|Maximals]] with their astonishing speed and maneuverability, and finish them off with their lethal pulse weapons. While their computerized brains are simple, [[Vehicon general|their general]] [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] leads them quite ably. A Cycle Drone's main strength is in numbers; swarming around their targets and confusing them with pulse fire. They use this advantage well, always travelling in large phalanaxes across Cybertron. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===''Beast Machines'' cartoon=== | ===''Beast Machines'' cartoon=== | ||
Motorcycle Drones were used by Megatron in his conquest of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They were the second type of Vehicons encountered by [[Optimus Primal]]'s Maximals, when a squad of drones chased them into the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] chamber and were defeated by the Maximals' new [[technorganic]] forms. The drones were granted a leader shortly thereafter when Megatron bestowed [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]'s spark upon a Motorcycle Drone, creating Thrust. Thrust and his drones continued to bedevil the Maximals, most notably when a group of Motorcycle Drones equipped with [[Spark extractor|spark extractors]] felled all of the Maximals save for Primal immediately prior to Cybertron's reformatting. | |||
The drones were sometimes depicted as the same size as Thrust, and sometimes significantly shorter. | The drones were sometimes depicted as the same size as Thrust, and sometimes significantly shorter. | ||
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*'''Motorcycle Drone''' (Basic, 2001) | *'''Motorcycle Drone''' (Basic, 2001) | ||
:The | :The Motorcycle Drone was released in the last wave of the ''Beast Machines'' toyline, as part of the [[Battle for the Spark]] subline. It transforms into a maroon and silver Cybertronic motorcycle, and has both bipedal and wheeled robot modes (the latter of which was featured on the show). It features a missile launcher in the left tailpipe/right arm, activated by pressing on the spark crystal. It hews more closely to the animation model than the Thrust toy released the year before, which may be why it was [[redeco]]ed as Thrust for release in the Japanese ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)#2005 (Beast Wars Returns)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' line several years later. | ||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Vehicon/MotorcycleDrone/motorcycledrone.htm More information on Motorcycle Drone at TFU.info]'' | ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Vehicon/MotorcycleDrone/motorcycledrone.htm More information on Motorcycle Drone at TFU.info]'' | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*In the Japanese dub of the series, the | *In the Japanese dub of the series, the cycle drones would express their mindless nature by constantly chanting "Always work hard, work hard!" (ばりばりばりばりよろしく!, ''baribari-baribari yoroshiku!'') for every second they were on screen. This became so irritating that even the characters within the show would comment on how obnoxious it was. | ||
===Foreign names=== | ===Foreign names=== | ||
Revision as of 04:26, 6 June 2013
- Motorcycle Drones are Vehicons from the Beast Machines portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Motorcycle Drones (also known as Cycle Drones) are the spearhead of Megatron's Vehicon forces. These deadly sparkless drones chase down fugitive Maximals with their astonishing speed and maneuverability, and finish them off with their lethal pulse weapons. While their computerized brains are simple, their general Thrust leads them quite ably. A Cycle Drone's main strength is in numbers; swarming around their targets and confusing them with pulse fire. They use this advantage well, always travelling in large phalanaxes across Cybertron.
Fiction
Beast Machines cartoon
Motorcycle Drones were used by Megatron in his conquest of Cybertron. They were the second type of Vehicons encountered by Optimus Primal's Maximals, when a squad of drones chased them into the Oracle chamber and were defeated by the Maximals' new technorganic forms. The drones were granted a leader shortly thereafter when Megatron bestowed Waspinator's spark upon a Motorcycle Drone, creating Thrust. Thrust and his drones continued to bedevil the Maximals, most notably when a group of Motorcycle Drones equipped with spark extractors felled all of the Maximals save for Primal immediately prior to Cybertron's reformatting.
The drones were sometimes depicted as the same size as Thrust, and sometimes significantly shorter.
Toys
Beast Machines
- Motorcycle Drone (Basic, 2001)
- The Motorcycle Drone was released in the last wave of the Beast Machines toyline, as part of the Battle for the Spark subline. It transforms into a maroon and silver Cybertronic motorcycle, and has both bipedal and wheeled robot modes (the latter of which was featured on the show). It features a missile launcher in the left tailpipe/right arm, activated by pressing on the spark crystal. It hews more closely to the animation model than the Thrust toy released the year before, which may be why it was redecoed as Thrust for release in the Japanese Beast Wars Returns line several years later.
Notes
- In the Japanese dub of the series, the cycle drones would express their mindless nature by constantly chanting "Always work hard, work hard!" (ばりばりばりばりよろしく!, baribari-baribari yoroshiku!) for every second they were on screen. This became so irritating that even the characters within the show would comment on how obnoxious it was.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Motorcycle Drone (モーターサイクルドローン Mōtāsaikuru Dorōn)
