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Motormaster is a Decepticon Stunticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
A man of means by no means.

When Motormaster booms out orders in his hollow, bottomless-deep voice of doom, his Stunticon soldiers listen in very real fear. A cold and brutal tyrant, without an ounce of mercy or care for any lesser being, he considers himself the true "King of the Road." He longs to one day prove his claim by destroying Optimus Prime, though he knows that Megatron might kill Prime first. His fellow Stunticons are too terrified of him to dare disobey his orders.

He can combine with his fellow Stunticons to form Menasor, and the other Stunticons' resentment of Motormaster is part of the reason that Menasor suffers from psychological instabilities.

Motormaster is sometimes known as Motorbreath.

Well, look who's here! The old King of the Road! When I'm finished with ya, you'll be King of the Junkyard!{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Motormaster right before Optimus Prime flattens him"Masquerade"|Motormaster right before Optimus Prime flattens him{{#if:"Masquerade"|, "Masquerade"|}}|}}

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Roger C. Carmel (English), Kōji Totani (Japanese), Edgar Wald (Latin American), Thomas Rau (German, Most of Season 3), Ulf Jürgen Söhmisch (German, Webworld), Christoph Lindert (German, Generation 2 Dub of Starscreams Brigade), Thomas Albus (German, Generation 2 Dub of Masquerade & The Ultimate Weapon)

After a failed attempt to steal experimental rocket fuel from the United States military, Megatron realized that while the Decepticons controlled the skies, the Autobots had supremacy on the ground, and so they needed new ground-based warriors who could out-drive and out-fight the Autobots on their terms. Rumble stole a truck that would become Motormaster from a hard hat-wearing trucker named Possum Brown. The Decepticons journeyed to Cybertron, beat the Key to Vector Sigma out of Alpha Trion's possession and ordered the ancient supercomputer to give life to the Stunticons. The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1 Motormaster immediately pledged his loyalty to Megatron, though his burning desire was to defeat Optimus Prime. Whilst the Autobots were trapped on Cybertron, the Decepticons returned to Earth with the newly awakened Stunticons who began wreaking havoc and damaging the Autobots' good name by attacking the US military base containing the experimental rocket fuel. Eventually, the Autobots returned with the newly built Aerialbots whose combined form Superion defeated the Stunticon combiner Menasor... with a little help from Omega Supreme. The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2

Despite this defeat, the Stunticons were the key component in Megatron's elaborate scheme to hold a fake charity race from Paris to Istanbul so he could steal US driver Auggie Cahnay's car which would be melted down to house the powerful Pearl of Bahoudin. Motormaster personally saw to the disposal of the Autobots' stunt driver, Wheeljack. It was an extended battle between skill and power, but the Stunticon leader eventually caught his prey by crushing him underneath his massive frame. One by one, the Stunticons disabled the Autobot participants assigned to protect Cahnay, but the downfall of Megatron's plan came when he ordered the Stunticons to stop going after the remaining Autobots. Eventually, the Stunticons were defeated when Cahnay rammed his car into Menasor’s face. Trans-Europe Express

When Megatron was infected with Cosmic Rust after a trip to the lost Autobot colony of Antilla, the Stunticons were assigned to capture the Autobot scientist Perceptor, who had developed the powerful anti-corrosion Corrostop. Motormaster ensnared Perceptor with a commandeered ferry’s anchor. After Megatron cured himself and infected the Autobots with the Cosmic Rust, Menasor attacked the Statue of Liberty in New York City with the ancient Lightning Bug heat ray, intent on stopping the Autobots from matter-duplicating more Corrostop from the layer they sprayed on the statue. Superion defeated Menasor and destroyed the Lightning Bug. Cosmic Rust

After Starscream was banished for yet another failed coup, he returned with a powerful new Decepticon team called the Combaticons, who were able to outfight Autobot and Decepticon alike. With Megatron needing a trump card, Soundwave attempted to call on the Stunticons to help, but they refused as they were having a demolition derby with various human-owned cars. However, the Stunticons belatedly arrived after the Combaticons' combined form of Bruticus defeated Devastator and forced Megatron to acknowledge Starscream as the new Decepticon leader. Realizing that Starscream would not stop at Megatron, the Stunticons merged into Menasor and disabled Bruticus in one mighty punch. Starscream's Brigade

If that isn't just deserts, I don't know what is.

On another mission from Megatron, Motormaster dispatched his fellow Stunticons to collect several scientific components which the Constructicons needed to finish a new Super Weapon. Motormaster himself stole the world's largest and most perfect ruby from its place in a museum. His path back to base was blocked by Optimus Prime himself, giving Motormaster his long-awaited chance to prove he was the true "King of the Road". After he and Optimus rammed into each head-on at full speed, though, Prime only had a slight headache while Motormaster blew out his tires, crumpled his trailer, broke his windows and shattered his ego. Beaten and bruised, Motormaster and his fellow Stunticons were all towed back to the Ark and held prisoner. Unaware of Megatron's full plans for the components, the Autobots conceived of a scheme to infiltrate the Decepticon camp disguised as the Stunticons, using camouflage paint to alter their appearances. To add insult to injury (well, injuries), Optimus Prime took Motormaster's place among the faux Stunticons. After the Autobots left, though, Breakdown managed to vibrate himself loose from his cage and let Motormaster and the others free as well. They merged to become Menasor and swept aside the meager resistance the Autobots put up at the Ark. Flying to Megatron's hidden construction site as Menasor, the Stunticons confronted their impostors and exposed the Autobots' Trojan Horse play. Still, Prime had arranged a double-cross and had tampered with the ruby's properties, causing Megatron's Super Weapon to explode after only a short use. Menasor fled, and the other Decepticons quickly followed suit. Masquerade

*cue Harvey Birdman theme*

Like most Decepticons, Motormaster was left leaderless and near-powerless after the destruction of Unicron and the disappearance of Galvatron. By 2006, he and the other Decepticons had retreated to a burnt-out hunk of a planet called Chaar, a world of ash in ruin. Certain that the Decepticons could be reborn as a fighting force if only they had a leader, Motormaster contributed nearly the last of his energon for Cyclonus's hunt for Galvatron and collapsed on the spot as a result. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 However, while Cyclonus and the Sweeps were resurrecting Galvatron, the Quintessons arrived on Chaar with an offer of energon in exchange for attacking the Autobots. Motormaster called on a vote to decide if they would follow the aliens, and with Blitzwing being the only negative, the desperate Decepticons put themselves under the command of the Quintessons. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3 When Galvatron returned, though, he first shot Motormaster before ultimately agreeing to go along with the Quintessons anyway. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4

I'm Jerkwad-bot, and I drank all the beer.

This might be why Motormaster felt so strongly about Galvatron's inadequacy as Decepticon leader in later months. Along with Swindle and Laserbeak, he eventually confronted second-in-command Cyclonus and demanded that something be done about Galvatron or else there would be mutiny. It seemed to be an empty boast, however, as Galvatron just kept on being crazy. Webworld

Motormaster and the Stunticons accompanied Galvatron to Europe for a scheme involving the theft of Metroplex's transformation cog. However, they failed to hold off Rodimus Prime and Ultra Magnus while the Witwickys infiltrated Trypticon to steal his cog in retribution. The Ultimate Weapon

Later, Motormaster sieged the lab of Swofford and Morgan with Galvatron, and became one of the first Decepticons infected with the Hate Plague. The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comic

Motormaster and the Stunticons decided to have a little fun and tear up a baseball stadium in Japan. Luckily, the Autobots' plucky young ally Kenji was present to radio for assistance. All the combiner teams assembled, and it was Menasor and Bruticus against Superion and Defensor! Defensor was forced to break apart by the combined Decepticon attack, but Superion and Kenji got the idea to shoot out the Decepticons' legs. Groove and Blades took advantage of the empty combiner ports and took over as Menasor's legs, launching him into the ocean. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5

While posing as Autobots, Motormaster, Onslaught and the Stunticons rampaged through the city streets, smearing the good name of their adversaries. Later, Frenzy and Rumble posed as humans to rally people against the Autobots, and Motormaster's brigade staged an attack on the rally to drive the point home. The Autobot fire engines Hot Spot and Inferno arrived, however, and used their water hoses to wash off the Decepticons' fake insignia. Enraged, Motormaster planned to combine into Menasor... only to see his men were already retreating into the distance. As members of the Decepticon Trailer Brigade, Motormaster and Onslaught attempted to invent powerlinx modes a few decades early, summoning their "great wheel attack". Hot Spot and Inferno managed to loop the Decepticons around their ladders, hurling the 'Cons right into a finishing blow by Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7

Scramble City cartoon

Motormaster and the Stunticons were summoned by Megatron to put an end to the Scramble City project, and succeed where Starscream had failed. Their first strike was impressive, holding back Optimus Prime and a cadre of Autobots and shooting the Aerialbots out of the skies. When the Aerialbots formed Superion, Motormaster and his teammates followed suit and merged into Menasor. Scramble City: Mobilization

The Great Transformer War comic

When the Decepticons kidnapped Doctor Dalton, the famous scientist, the Autobots tried to raid Trypticon and save him. Motormaster and Onslaught linked up to the Dino-base in their launcher modes, sending their teammates flying at the Autobots at high speeds. Superion was torn limb from limb, and Motormaster then ordered the Stunticons to combine into Menasor to finish them off. The Protectobots managed to hold off the Decepticons long enough for Hot Spot to repair the Aerialbots and Blades to rescue Dalton. The Great Transformer War #1

The Headmasters cartoon

Motormaster and the Stunticons participated in Galvatron's siege on Cybertron. They managed to gain the high ground against the Dinobots and Throttlebots, and rained laser fire down on their opponents. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky Motormaster and his team formed Menasor to fight their Autobot counterparts, but were steamrolled by the might and firepower of the Battleship Maximus. Transporting back to Earth, they attempted to interfere with Hot Rod's quest for the Matrix. Motormaster's team were confronted by the Aerialbots in the desert, but the battle of their combiner forms eventually led them to the Arctic. The Mystery of Planet Master

When Vector Sigma began perfecting the new super-metal Cybertonuron on Cybertron, Galvatron ordered another all-out attack on the planet to seize the metal for the Decepticons before the Autobots could make use of it. Motormaster and the Stunticons journeyed to Cybertron with the strike force, and confronted their old enemies, the Aerialbots. The Aerialbots got the drop on Motormaster's group by forming Superion and lashing out before the Stunticons could form Menasor as well. Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1 In San Francisco, Motormaster and the Stunticons assisted Bruticus in using a carnivorous plant to distract the Autobots from Scorponok's plans on Zarak. They fought against the Technobots and Computron. Head On!! Fortress Maximus

Sometime later, Motormaster and the Stunticons gathered in the desert as their Ninja Commander Sixshot began issuing orders. They assembled as Menasor, and took part in the escalating Decepticon war effort as five separate Autobot outposts were attacked simultaneously at Sixshot's command. The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg Motormaster was also among the Decepticons who assembled to welcome Scorponok as their new Emperor of Terror following Galvatron's fall. I Risk My Life for Earth

Zone OVA, manga and story pages

Seeking to create a Decepticon Zone to counter the Autobot Zone, Decepticon Emperor Violen Jiger gathered together the Nine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Motormaster was among those summoned, but only as a part of Menasor. Zone Part 1 Zone Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!

Marvel Comics continuity

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

After Optimus Prime stashed the power of the Creation Matrix in his head, Buster Witwicky began having strange visions of combiner robots. Investigating further, Optimus and Buster shared a vision of the "Special Teams" fighting over the abandoned Pullen Power Plant The Special Teams Have Arrived but unbeknownst to them, Shockwave and Soundwave were also listening in, thanks to Shockwave's Matrix-monitoring equipment. Impressed by the vision of the Stunticons and calling them the "ultimate progression" of the combiner process, Shockwave immediately began plans for their construction. Second Generation!

Feeling a bit marginalized...

Motormaster and the Stunticons were given life by the Creation Matrix, at least inadvertently. Bombshell had "bugged" Optimus Prime with a cerebro-shell and, when the Autobot leader unleashed the power of the Matrix to bring the Aerialbots to life, Megatron was able to tap into and divert some of the energy to bring an equal number of his own troops to life. The Stunticons' first mission was to further the Decepticon plans for anti-Autobot propaganda. Recognizing that the Autobot efforts on Earth were stymied as long as the humans could not tell the difference between the two factions, Megatron had taken great efforts to ensure ALL the "giant robots" were hated by the public. When the Autobot Skids selflessly saved a woman trapped by power lines, however, that good publicity threatened his plans. Therefore, Megatron sent Motormaster and the Stunticons out to find Skids. Once they did, the Stunticons drew attention to themselves by demolishing a highway, and then pretended to be "defending" Skids once RAAT forces arrived. Their efforts not only successfully tarnished the Autobot image in the eyes of the humans, but even led to the deactivation and capture of the Aerialbots by RAAT. Heavy Traffic!

Later, Motormaster managed to earn Megatron's ire with his suggestion that the Stunticons could take out Optimus Prime, to which he quickly appended the proviso "once you'd beaten [him] to within an inch of his life". Though Megatron's paranoia had grown to extreme levels by this point, Soundwave persuaded him that Motormaster's "idea" of using weight of numbers against Prime had some merit and Megatron sent for the Predacons. Upon their arrival from Cybertron, the Predacons used Motormaster for target practice, to Megatron's great amusement, though he escaped unharmed. Prey!

Motormaster and his team saw little action after that. Decepticon internal politics caused leadership to change hands several times over the following months, and the Stunticons were ultimately lost in the shuffle. Motormaster was last seen attacking Autobots on the moon. Totaled!

Earthforce

These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See Earthforce for details.

Motormaster appeared to have...conflicting loyalties during the Decepticon faction split on Earth. He was first seen fighting alongside Shockwave and Starscream against the Dinobots. Two Steps Back! However, by the time of the Enclave, he was seen working alongside Megatron, The Bad Guy's Ball! and was later present with Megatron's troops outside their base when Soundwave and Starscream announced they were taking over. Internal Affairs! Later, the Decepticons learned a human reporter named Irwin Spoon would be writing an exclusive about the Autobots to upgrade their public image. In order to stop this, they sent Motormaster and the Stunticons out to snatch the human. Using his henchmen as a distraction, Motormaster rammed Prowl from behind and pulled the reporter into his cab to make a getaway. Front Line! It wasn't that easy, however, as the Autobots gave chase. Motormaster ran Prowl off the road again, and surprised Sunstreaker into running into his trailer by disconnecting from it (a surprise to everyone, no doubt). In the end it was his own Stunticons who did Motormaster in, though—Dead End and Drag Strip tried to ram Bumblebee and Tracks as they were following Motormaster's cab, but the Autobots dodged at the last second and the 'Con cars barreled into their own leader, sending him into a ditch. Bumblebee then ripped off Motormaster's door and rescued the human.

"King of the Road", my central processor. End of the Road!

Marvel UK future timelines

In 2003, Motormaster and the Stunticons took on a mission to steal the plans for Autobot City from their courier, Kup. They surrounded the Autobot, and Motormaster had his goons tag-team the old wreck until they got their hands on the data tape. Thinking they were done for the day, the Stunticons got lucky and had a second beatdown when the hotheaded Autobot Hot Rod chased after them alone to retrieve the tape. Needless to say, they beat the ball bearings out of him. Ark Duty

Five years later, Motormaster and the Stunticons were present on Cybertron when Cyclonus, Scourge and Death's Head (under the influence of Unicron) attempted to take Decepticon leadership from Shockwave. Combined into Menasor, the Stunticons tried to save their commander but were, alas, too late. The Legacy of Unicron! Later, under Soundwave's command, the Decepticons were engaged in an extended guerrilla war with the Autobots for control of Cybertron. After getting a tip from the Quintessons, Soundwave had Motormaster and his other lieutenants gather the troops for a full-scale attack on the Autobots. The tip turned out to be a trap, however, and Motormaster and the others had to bail out of Astrotrain in mid-flight to protect themselves from a mass of invaders. Space Pirates!

Dreamwave comics continuity

During the start of the war, Motormaster served as Starscream's enforcer. The War Within #4 When Starscream took control of the Decepticons after he (supposedly) killed Megatron and Optimus Prime, Motormaster assisted Starscream's attempts to have Scrapper mechaform Iacon... by letting Starscream threaten Scrapper with being mechaformed by Motormaster himself. The War Within #5 During the subsequent Autobot assault on the base, Motormaster was on the verge of killing Ironhide and Kup, when Grimlock rammed into him at full speed, sending Motormaster flying into a far-off wall. Grimlock one, Motormaster zero. The War Within #6 During the Dark Ages, he joined up with Starscream's Predacons, helping him steal raw energon, only to have Grimlock and the Lightning Strike Coalition steal the energon. Grimlock: two, Motormaster: zero. Fragmentation On the eve of the Age of Internment, Motormaster was tasked with sniping Ultra Magnus. He failed, hitting Grimlock instead, though he ended up surviving. Grimlock: three, Motormaster: zero. The Age of Wrath

At some point in Cybertron's recent history, the Stunticons were deemed psychotic and too dangerous to function in society, and as a result were placed into perpetual stasis lock inside of a prison facility. Later, in an attempt to create a diversion while he set his final plans in motion, Shockwave arranged for the release of the Stunticons. Cold War They formed into Menasor and ran amok in Iacon for a while, until Ultra Magnus arrived and began to attack Menasor by insulting the Stunticons individually. Unable to reconcile with this, the five Stunticons began to bicker with each other over whose fault it was that they were failing, temporarily halting Menasor's destruction. At that point, Ultra Magnus is quoted to have said: "'King of the Road' eh? We'll see about that," just before ramming the combiner in the chest while in vehicle mode, forcing Menasor to separate into his component parts and disabling the Stunticons.

Ultra Magnus's attack was significant in that he essentially made a fearless suicide run straight into Menasor, echoing Optimus Prime's head-on collision with Motormaster in the animated continuity. Not only did Magnus succeed in disabling Menasor, but in particular, he damaged Motormaster severely. Magnus's attack showed that Motormaster was bested by an Autobot who considered himself—and was considered by others—to be a lesser version of Optimus Prime. It's likely that the Decepticon's ego will never recover. Passive Aggression

Devil's Due G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers comics

E. J. Su gives us a brief glimpse of things to come from him.

When the Stunticons were transported into 1930s Chicago by a malfunctioning Teletran 3, a group of human criminals found them dormant in their car modes and started using them. Planning to rob a bank, they filled Motormaster with dynamite, only to find themselves in a firefight between the other Stunticons and the G.I. Joes sent from the future to retrieve the Transformers. The Baroness detonated the dynamite inside Motormaster and stuck a disruption unit on him, reactivating him (albeit with a headache) and sending the whole group back to present-day Cybertron. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2

Some time later, Motormaster attended a meeting arranged by Serpent O.R., who was gathering Decepticons for his army. As Menasor, he and the other Stunticons then attacked an Autobot peace ceremony. The Art of War #3 Following the battle, Motormaster and Hun-Grrr delivered the captive Optimus Prime to Serpent O.R., The Art of War #4 but Prime soon got loose from his chains and attacked the Decepticon leader, so Motormaster and several other subgroup leaders came to his aid. While Prime fought back bravely, taking out several Decepticons, Motormaster and Razorclaw eventually beat him to a pulp and allowed Serpent O.R. to steal the Matrix. Unfortunately, Cobra Commander chose that moment to take control of Serpent O.R.'s body and use it to attack the two Decepticons, apparently killing them. The Art of War #5

IDW comics continuity

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Sentinel Prime goes Indiana Jones on Motormaster.

Apparently hailing from the city-state of Altihex, Motormaster took up the open invitation to Kaon's discontented populace and journeyed to the secret bloodsport arena to join Megatron in his insurrection against the Senate's control. He was seen in the presence of the Stunticons, suggesting they had already formed a team bond prior to the first major uprising. Megatron Origin #3 During the opening battle of the war with Security Services in Kaon, Motormaster continued with his (apparent) goal of being run down by every Autobot leader who turns into a truck when he leapt in the way of Sentinel Prime and was flattened by the no-nonsense commander. That 'Con just doesn't know when to quit, does he? Megatron Origin #4

In the modern era, Motormaster ended up on Earth, only to be captured by the human organization Skywatch along with two of his subordinates, Dead End and Wildrider. The Stunticons' deactivated bodies were later retrieved by Hot Rod, who was leading a group of Autobots and Decepticons brought together by the same goal: getting off Earth. A Rude Awakening Motormaster was brought back online, and joined the other Stunticons in the construction of a starship. However, their ranks were still missing Breakdown, and Motormaster and Dead End had an inkling as to where he was. Via Swindle, they convinced Hot Rod (now "Rodimus Prime") to let them retrieve their final comrade, but before they could start searching, Motormaster noticed an intruder approaching. He suspected it could be humans, but Swindle confirmed that it was actually Ultra Magnus. Seasons in Flight

The Stunticons eventually found Breakdown, and got rid of his driver when Motormaster threatened to ram him head-on. The missing Stunticon was loaded into Motormaster's trailer and brought back to the building site of the starship, where the Stunticons revealed that Swindle had modified them into combiners! Motormaster combined with his subordinates into Menasor, whom Swindle ordered to kill Ultra Magnus. Enemies of the System During the subsequent battle, Swindle's lack of experience in adapting the combiner technology proved to be Menasor's downfall. The other Stunticons began arguing with each other, pulling on Motormaster as Menasor was damaged, and refused to protect him when Optimus Prime ordered an attack on the combiner's torso. After Menasor fell to pieces, the component Stunticons were arrested by Skywatch. Earthworks

Months later, the Skywatch facility where the Stunticons were held came under attack from Soundwave and other Decepticons who had returned from space. Motormaster and his men were freed, and quickly joined in the destruction of the base. Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man After traveling to a Decepticon base where Megatron had reestablished command of the Decepticons, Motormaster watched as a fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron began. He was presumably caught in the explosion when Optimus dropped a satellite on the base. Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine

Much later, Motormaster returned to Cybertron, where he was part of an angry Decepticon crowd who demanded answers from the Autobots for Ratbat's death. Stick Together

Games

The Transformers (PS2)

Motormaster is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.

The Transformers

Toys

Generation 1

"Nemesis Prime? Nemesis Prime? Frag Nemesis Prime!"
  • Motormaster (Stunticon, 1986)
    • Team ID number: S5
    • Japanese ID number: D-50
    • Accessories: ionizer sword, cyclone rifle, roller car/Menasor's chestpiece, Menasor's head, Menasor's hands, Menasor's feet, blast deflector
Motormaster transforms into a black Kenworth K100 Aerodyne sleeper truck pulling a long, dark-silver trailer. Unlike many Transformers truck toys, his trailer is permanently attached to the cab. Motormaster can assume a base/repair bay mode which can connect to the Decepticon city Trypticon, a feature only documented in Trypticon's instructions. (He can also connect to Metroplex, but this is undocumented for obvious reasons.) His small "roller car" gains relevance in this mode, as it is scaled for the base-mode's ramp. The Japanese release includes a launcher mechanism to propel the car, much like Optimus Prime's Combat Deck propels Roller. (As with Silverbolt, Motormaster's various knock-offs include the launcher.)
In robot mode, he is armed with a long, purple "cyclone" rifle and a large, silver, vacuum-metalized ionizer sword. He also forms the central body of Menasor, with the roller car becoming his chest piece and Menasor's mask covering his face. Menasor's hands and feet were included in Motormaster's box.
Motormaster and the other Stunticons were later released in the European/Australian-exclusive "Classics" series.


  • Menasor (Giftset, 1986)
    • Japanese ID number: D-55
Motormaster was also available as part of the Menasor giftset.

Generation 2

  • Motormaster (Stunticon)
    • Team ID number: S1
I'm still all man.
The Stunticons and Protectobots were planned to be released as part of the Generation 2 line, but were ultimately canceled (though Breakdown saw "release" as the BotCon 1994 exclusive). The smaller limb-robots all have had packaged samples appear, but no packaged samples of Motormaster or Hot Spot are known to exist, and the two leaders are the hardest of their sets to come across nowadays. Recent samples have appeared on eBay, however.
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Universe (2003)

This is like a diametrically opposite kind of distasteful from Thunder Clash.
  • Menasor (Ultra, unreleased)
A redeco of Thunder Clash as Motormaster (called "Menasor" because of trademark issues) was planned as a store exclusive for Universe, but was ultimately canceled.
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Generations

Even in tiny size, he's a big 'ol jerk.
  • Motorbreath (Legends class, 2012)
    • Accessories: ionizer sword
Renamed “Motorbreath” for trademark issues. This figure is a remold/redeco of the 2010 Transformers line Legends Class Optimus Prime toy. He features 3mm holes in his hands and on his truck mode, and includes a compatible sword.
Motorbreath was an Asian market exclusive, but Toys"R"Us picked up his case mates (as well as most of the other Asian-exclusive Generations toys) as part of a massive group of toys for the 2012 United States holiday season.
This mold was redecoed as Optimus Prime (complete with sword) as part of a group of Legends Class toys for the US discount chain Dollar General.


  • Ultimate Gift Set (2012)
    • Accessories: ionizer sword
This release of Motorbreath comes packed with Legends class Thundercracker, Deluxe class Combat Hero Optimus Prime and Autobot Jazz.
The Ultimate Gift Set is an online retailer exclusive in the United States, but is available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets.


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Notes

  • Though the Generation 1 toy clearly is a single-trailer rig, the panel seams were often misinterpreted by artists as being a division between two trailers. Thus Motormaster is sometimes portrayed as a double-trailer rig, even though the "front trailer" doesn't have any rear wheels.
  • In the 2006/2007 Classics line, a redeco of Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime was intended to be Motormaster, but again, the name could not be obtained. The toy was given the name "Menasor" and the super robot's function of "Super Warrior", effectively making him Menasor, not Motormaster.
  • Motormaster has three different pieces of box art. The art on his Japanese packaging has him transformed correctly, while the art on his individual Hasbro release shows him mistransformed, with his upper legs out to the side instead of down. In what is presumably an attempt to fix this, the art on the Hasbro gift set uses the lower legs from the Takara art, but this leaves Motormaster's upper legs mistransformed.
  • Motormaster's transformation makes Optimus Prime's disappearing trailer that much more mysterious...

Foreign names

  • Japanese: Motormaster (モーターマスター Mōtāmasutā)
  • French: Pilot-As (Canada)
  • Hungarian: Gépmester ("Machine-master")
  • Italian: Barracuda
  • Mandarin: Mǎ-dá Dá-shr (Taiwan, 馬達大師, "Motor Master"), Qiche Dashi (China, 汽车大师, "Auto Master")
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