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:''Road Fire is an [[Autobot]] [[Powered Master]] from the [[Zone (franchise)|Zone]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | :''Road Fire is an [[Autobot]] [[Powered Master]] from the [[Zone (franchise)|Zone]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
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'''Road Fire''' (ロードファイヤー ''Rōdo Faiyā'') is usually what one would call a "gentle giant". Despite his enormous size, strength and skill, he remains friendly and good-natured to all around him. Until the fighting starts. Once battle breaks out, so does a much more hardened Road Fire, willing to go all-out to defeat any enemy and fight to the bitter end. | '''Road Fire''' (ロードファイヤー ''Rōdo Faiyā'') is usually what one would call a "gentle giant". Despite his enormous size, strength and skill, he remains friendly and good-natured to all around him. Until the fighting starts. Once battle breaks out, so does a much more hardened Road Fire, willing to go all-out to defeat any enemy and fight to the bitter end. | ||
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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===''Zone'' story pages=== | ===''Zone'' story pages=== | ||
[[Image:Roadfire1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|YOUR HEAD ASPLODE]] | |||
When [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] attacked the Lunar Zone Base on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]] with his Freeze Beam Gun, Road Fire appeared from nowhere and used his "Fire Kick" to negate the freezing effect and turn back the Decepticon warrior. Road Fire was then gleefully met by [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] and [[Sonic Bomber]]. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 9}} | When [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] attacked the Lunar Zone Base on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]] with his Freeze Beam Gun, Road Fire appeared from nowhere and used his "Fire Kick" to negate the freezing effect and turn back the Decepticon warrior. Road Fire was then gleefully met by [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] and [[Sonic Bomber]]. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 9}} | ||
[[Violen Jiger]] later attacked the Earth in person | When [[Violen Jiger]] later attacked the Earth in person, Road Fire and the other [[Powered Master]]s proved unable to stop him from absconding with both the [[Zodiac]] and the [[Galaxy Rocket]] (with [[Cain]], [[Akira Serikawa|Akira]], [[Emusa]] and [[Moonradar (Zone)|Moonradar]] inside). Road Fire then combined with his fellow Powered Masters into [[Big Powered]] and gave chase. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 10}} They pursued Violen Jiger back to his base, the [[Tenth Planet]], where the villain split apart into his three separate forms, Vion, Lenja and Igern, for a final confrontation on the planet's surface. Road Fire was able to take down Lenja, while Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber destroyed the other two. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 11}} | ||
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Violen Jiger was not through yet, however, revealing his final form: a hideous phoenix-like monster. Road Fire and the Powered Masters combined into Big Powered and, with the Zodiac multiplying their strength by thirty, destroyed Violen Jiger for good with the "Powered Rainbow Attack". The Zodiac then reformatted the formerly desolate Tenth Planet into a lush and beautiful world where [[human]]s and robots could live in harmony. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 12}} | Violen Jiger was not through yet, however, revealing his final form: a hideous phoenix-like monster. Road Fire and the Powered Masters combined into Big Powered and, with the Zodiac multiplying their strength by thirty, destroyed Violen Jiger for good with the "Powered Rainbow Attack". The Zodiac then reformatted the formerly desolate Tenth Planet into a lush and beautiful world where [[human]]s and robots could live in harmony. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 12}} | ||
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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Zone=== | ===Zone=== | ||
[[Image:Roadfire toy.jpg|right| | [[Image:Roadfire toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|You'll never own me.]] | ||
* '''Road Fire''' (Powered Master, 1990) | * '''Road Fire''' (Powered Master, 1990) | ||
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-349''' | **''Japanese ID number'': '''C-349''' | ||
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::*''[http://tfu.info/1990/Cybertron/RoadFire/roadfire.htm More information on Road Fire at TFU.info]'' | ::*''[http://tfu.info/1990/Cybertron/RoadFire/roadfire.htm More information on Road Fire at TFU.info]'' | ||
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*'''Big Powered''' (Multi-pack, 1990) | *'''Big Powered''' (Multi-pack, 1990) | ||
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-353''' | **''Japanese ID number'': '''C-353''' | ||
: All three Powered Masters were also available in a huge multi-pack. | : All three Powered Masters were also available in a huge multi-pack. It goes for beaucoup bucks. | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* Road Fire was seemingly a late addition to the line; the first image of him in the ''Zone'' catalogue is actually concept art that was significantly different from the final product. Since he was the last toy of ''Zone'', a line put out at a time when interest in ''Transformers'' was severely waning in Japan, Road Fire is considerably harder to come across than [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] or [[Sonic Bomber]], and commands a fair bit more on the secondary market than those two. | * Road Fire was seemingly a late addition to the line; the first image of him in the ''Zone'' catalogue is actually concept art that was significantly different from the final product. Since he was the last toy of ''Zone'', a line put out at a time when interest in ''Transformers'' was severely waning in Japan, Road Fire is considerably harder to come across than [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] or [[Sonic Bomber]], and commands a fair bit more on the secondary market than those two. | ||
[[Category:Combiners]] | [[Category:Combiners]] | ||
Revision as of 11:29, 24 June 2011
- Road Fire is an Autobot Powered Master from the Zone portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Road Fire (ロードファイヤー Rōdo Faiyā) is usually what one would call a "gentle giant". Despite his enormous size, strength and skill, he remains friendly and good-natured to all around him. Until the fighting starts. Once battle breaks out, so does a much more hardened Road Fire, willing to go all-out to defeat any enemy and fight to the bitter end.
He can combine with Dai Atlas to form Land Powered or with Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber to form Big Powered.
Fiction
Zone story pages
When Metrotitan attacked the Lunar Zone Base on Earth's moon with his Freeze Beam Gun, Road Fire appeared from nowhere and used his "Fire Kick" to negate the freezing effect and turn back the Decepticon warrior. Road Fire was then gleefully met by Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber. Zone Part 9
When Violen Jiger later attacked the Earth in person, Road Fire and the other Powered Masters proved unable to stop him from absconding with both the Zodiac and the Galaxy Rocket (with Cain, Akira, Emusa and Moonradar inside). Road Fire then combined with his fellow Powered Masters into Big Powered and gave chase. Zone Part 10 They pursued Violen Jiger back to his base, the Tenth Planet, where the villain split apart into his three separate forms, Vion, Lenja and Igern, for a final confrontation on the planet's surface. Road Fire was able to take down Lenja, while Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber destroyed the other two. Zone Part 11
Violen Jiger was not through yet, however, revealing his final form: a hideous phoenix-like monster. Road Fire and the Powered Masters combined into Big Powered and, with the Zodiac multiplying their strength by thirty, destroyed Violen Jiger for good with the "Powered Rainbow Attack". The Zodiac then reformatted the formerly desolate Tenth Planet into a lush and beautiful world where humans and robots could live in harmony. Zone Part 12
Wings of Honor
Roadfire was the leader of the Elite Guard Recon Team, and had to put up with Delta-Seeker trying to get transferred to the Stealth Team instead. He and his team were assigned to try and track down leads on the missing Combaticons. A Team Effort Roadfire was part of the Elite Guard forces defending headquarters against Bruticus, and fell before the Combiner's onslaught. The Coming Storm: Part 6
Toys
Zone
- Road Fire (Powered Master, 1990)
- Japanese ID number: C-349
- Accessories: "Burst cannon", container/launcher
- Road Fire transforms into a Cybertronic tank. His front-end "container" is a launching mechanism for Micromasters, opening wide on a spring then pushing them out via spring-loaded ramp. He has a partial auto-transform, a geared pressure-release mechanism that moves his thrusters/legs up to form his third "tower" mode, and from there it's a quick conversion to robot. He can combine with fellow Powered Masters Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber as a triple-base, or as the rear section of the Big Powered super-vehicle. He is also compatible with Micromaster base-ramps.
- He came with his Micromaster partner Drillbuster.
- Big Powered (Multi-pack, 1990)
- Japanese ID number: C-353
- All three Powered Masters were also available in a huge multi-pack. It goes for beaucoup bucks.
Notes
- Road Fire was seemingly a late addition to the line; the first image of him in the Zone catalogue is actually concept art that was significantly different from the final product. Since he was the last toy of Zone, a line put out at a time when interest in Transformers was severely waning in Japan, Road Fire is considerably harder to come across than Dai Atlas or Sonic Bomber, and commands a fair bit more on the secondary market than those two.
