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:*''ID number'': '''TF-08''' | :*''ID number'': '''TF-08''' | ||
:*''Accessories'': "Checker Missile Gun" engine/missile launcher, 3 missiles | :*''Accessories'': "Checker Missile Gun" engine/missile launcher, 3 missiles | ||
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}} | {{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}} | ||
: Released in the eighth and final year of the original Takara ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' line under the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1992 (Operation Combination)|Operation Combination]]'' banner, Checker Road is identical to the Hasbro-release [[Turbomaster]] [[Hurricane#Toys|Hurricane]], transforming into a "[[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Le Mans racer|Le Mans]]"-style racer loosely based on a Porsche 917. His engine in vehicle mode is a spring-loaded missile-launching cannon usable in both vehicle and robot modes. | : Released in the eighth and final year of the original Takara ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' line under the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1992 (Operation Combination)|Operation Combination]]'' banner, Checker Road is identical to the Hasbro-release [[Turbomaster]] [[Hurricane#Toys|Hurricane]], transforming into a "[[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Le Mans racer|Le Mans]]"-style racer loosely based on a Porsche 917. His engine in vehicle mode is a spring-loaded missile-launching cannon usable in both vehicle and robot modes. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:46, 20 October 2024
- Checker Road is an Autobot from the Operation Combination portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Checker Road (チェッカーロード Chekkā Rōdo) uses the power of the stars to boost his energy levels. He hates that Moon Jet, and will follow him anywhere in the hopes of shooting him down.
Fiction
[edit]Operation Combination story pages
[edit]Checker Road and the Road Corps were the first Autobots deployed to stop the approach of Battle Gaia and the Jet Corps. Unfortunately for Checker Road, the Decepticons defeated him and the Road Corps, then moved on to Earth's orbit and the last line of Autobots. The Road Army vs. the Jet Army! New Decepticons Appear!
Toys
[edit]Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
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- Checker Road vs. Moon Jet (Versus pack, 1992)
- ID number: TF-08
- Accessories: "Checker Missile Gun" engine/missile launcher, 3 missiles
- Known designers: Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)
- Released in the eighth and final year of the original Takara Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers line under the Operation Combination banner, Checker Road is identical to the Hasbro-release Turbomaster Hurricane, transforming into a "Le Mans"-style racer loosely based on a Porsche 917. His engine in vehicle mode is a spring-loaded missile-launching cannon usable in both vehicle and robot modes.
- He was only available as part of a two-pack with Moon Jet.
