Road Corps

The Road Corps are an Autobot subgroup from the Operation Combination portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

The Road Corps (ロード軍団 Road Gundan) are an elite group of Autobot race cars. Each member has an intense loathing of a counterpart among the Decepticon Jet Corps, making for a very bitter rivalry between the two groups.

The Road Corps consists of:

• Spin Road (leader)
• Fire Road
• Checker Road
• Mach Road

Fiction

Operation Combination story pages

The Road Corps have an extensive and personal history with the Decepticon Jet Corps, with each member having a rival on the other side. The Rivals of the Road Corps and Jet Corps Collide!

After the Decepticon leader, Scrash sent the Jet Corps and Battle Gaia to plunder Earth of its energy, the Road Corps were the first to try and hold their enemies back. This allowed Spin Road to go toe-to-toe with his hated rival, Dark Jet. The Road Army vs. the Jet Army! New Decepticons Appear!

Despite the Road Corps's best efforts, the Jet Corps and Battle Gaia continued to advance toward Earth. Out of options, Guard City and the Road Corps summoned forth all the Micromaster Combiners scattered across the globe to join in the battle which had finally arrived in Earth's orbit. The Decepticons' Attack on Earth!

Eventually, the Autobots combined into the "Autobot Scrum Combination" which destroyed Battlegaia and drove the Jet Corps into a retreat. Conclusion

Toys

Operation Combination

• Road Corps (1992)
  • TF-06 Spin Road vs. Dark Jet
  • TF-07 Fire Road vs. Shadow Jet
  • TF-08 Checker Road vs. Moon Jet
  • TF-09 Mach Road vs. Flare Jet

The Road Corps were the Japanese releases of the four smaller Turbomaster toys, Flash, Scorch, Hurricane and Boss. All four transform into cars with turbine engines that form spring-loaded missile launchers, and were only available in two-packs with their respective Jet Corps rivals.