Laser Cycle

The Laser Cycles are a cross-factional group from the Generation 1 continuity family.

The Laser Cycles are a pair of turbo-charging, road-ripping robots. Like the technologically-similar Laser Rods, they're more concerned with speed and flash than anything of much substance.

The Laser Cycles are:

• The Autobot Road Rocket
• The Decepticon Road Pig

Fiction

Ask Vector Prime

During the Battle of Sherman Dam in Primax 096.0 Beta, the Laser Cycle Jazz attempted to evacuate the surrounding area, with fellow Laser Cycle Soundwave in pursuit. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06

Toys

• Laser Cycles (1995)
  • Road Pig
  • Road Rocket

The Laser Cycles were among the new molds released toward the end of the Generation 2 toy line. Like the contemporaneous Laser Rods, they feature clear plastic weaponry which illuminates using small red LEDs. Like most of the later Generation 2 figures, they possess a high degree of articulation for their time.

A second wave was planned, featuring redecoes of the first two molds as Jazz and Soundwave. These were never mass produced due to the cancellation of Generation 2.

In an odd reversal of Transformers history in 2000, the Laser Cycles were released in two decoes each by Takara for their Microman line, but with retooled handlebars and no electronics. The Laser Cycle pair were released again within Transformers, all with handlebar retooling intact but electronics restored, first as a 2002 exclusive from the 2001 Robots in Disguise toyline and a 2004-2005 regular release in Robotmasters.

Notes

• On European market packaging, the Laser Cycles were advertised as "Ninjas". Likewise, in all Japanese media, Road Rocket is portrayed as a ninja (though Road Pig, not so much).

Foreign names

• English: Lasercycles [sic] (British, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and German markets)
• Japanese: Laser Bike (レーザーバイク Rēzā Baiku)
• French: Motolasers (France), Motos Laser (Canada)
• Italian: Motolaser