Race Mini-Con Team

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The Race Mini-Con Team are a trio of super-fast speedsters, but their real strength lies in their combined form; the powerful Skyboom shield, possibly the only thing that can stand up to the destructive power of the Star Saber sword or the Requiem Blaster cannon.

When possessed by the Decepticons, their natures are sometimes twisted to evil, turning them into the Road Assault Mini-Con Team.

The Race Mini-Con Team is composed of

• Dirt Boss the Volkswagen Lupo.

• Downshift the LeMans racer.

• Mirage the F-1 racer.

Fiction

Cybertron toy bios

Optimus Prime split up the members of the Road Assault Team in order to make it harder for Megatron to reassemble the Skyboom Shield. Mirage and Dirt Boss were sent with Hot Shot and Red Alert, respectively, to the Speed Planet. Meanwhile, Downshift was abducted by Thundercracker, with whom he formed an uneasy partnership.

One universe's version of Mirage, Dirt Boss, and Downshift fell through a black hole-caused space-time anomaly to another dimension. Downshift and Mirage ended up on the Speed Planet while Dirt Boss landed on Earth.

Toys

Armada

• Race Mini-Con Team (Basic, 2002/2003)
  • Japanese ID number: MM-05

The original Race Mini-Con Team was available in their own three-pack, or packed with Scavenger and Predacon at certain stores.

• Grap & Lift with Race Micron (Multi-pack, 2003)
  • Japanese ID number: MS-02

The Race Team was available in Japan both as an individual team, and in a multi-pack with Smokescreen.

• Race Micron X-Dimensions (Mini-Cons, 2003)
  • Japanese ID number: MM-10

A somewhat more limited-edition -but still regular retaill- redeco of the Race Team was released by Takara as part of the X-Dimensions Microns. This set uses primarily blue and white. This deco was repurposed as the Burning Rubber Mini-Con Team.

• Drift (Micron Booster, 2003)
• Spin (Micron Booster, 2003)
• Indy (Micron Booster, 2003)

The Race Team members were all included in the first Micron Booster set. They are almost identical to their retail versions, only using slightly sparklier plastic and paint.

• Drift (Change Micron, 2003)
• Spin (Change Micron, 2003)
• Indy (Change Micron, 2003)

Another nigh-identical Japanese release, these Race Team members were available separately as "candy toy" produced by Kabaya as part of the Change Micron assortment. These toys actually use all-new molding, though based on the original mold and using the same colors.

• Road Assault Mini-Con Team (Basic, 2003)

A late-series redeco of the Race Team—under a new Team name—was released alongside the Road Wrecker Team. This time, the team was done up in black, red, and white. In Japan, individually-bagged members of this Team were given away randomly with the purchase of Armada Jetfire or Tidal Wave at Ito Yokaido stores in August.

Universe (2003)

• Dirt Boss (Tiny Tin, 2004)

The entire Race Team was made available as individual Tiny Tins releases under the Universe banner. The toys in this release are identical to the original Armada ones.

Energon

• Race Mini-Con Team & Space Mini-Con Team (Multi-Pack, 2004)

An unaltered version of the Road Assault Mini-Con Team (yet named the Race Team again) was released as part of an Energon-series "Mini-Con 6-pack" with the Space Mini-Con Team.

Cybertron

• Red Alert with Dirt Boss (Bonus pack, 2006)
• Landmine with Dirt Boss (Bonus pack, 2006)
• Dirt Boss with Downshift (Bonus pack, 2006)
• Thundercracker with Downshift (Bonus pack, 2006)
• Hot Shot with Mirage (Bonus pack, 2006)
• Override with Mirage (Bonus pack, 2006)

For the Cybertron toyline, the Race Team was redecoed again, this time in red, white, and gray similar to their Road Assault colors. They were available only at Walmart, spread between various Deluxe-sized toys, and came with Tiny Tins carrying cases.

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Race Micron (レースマイクロン Rēsu Maikuron)
• French: Équipe de Course des Minimodus ("Race Mini-Con Team"), Équipe d'Assaut Routier des Minimodus ("Road Assault Mini-Con Team")
• Korean: Race (레이스 Reiseu)
• Spanish: Los Minimodus - Equipo de Carrera ("The Mini-Cons - Race Team"), Los Minimodus - Equipo de Asalto Terrestre ("The Mini-Cons - Ground Assault Team")