Rollbar (Armada)
| The name or term "Rollbar" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Rollbar (disambiguation). |
- Rollbar is an Autobot-allied Mini-Con from the Armada portion of the Unicron Trilogy.
Rollbar never met a second opinion he didn't like; he double-checks his ideas against the nearest available expert whenever possible. Though a competent administrator, he's fairly useless at hands-on work.
Fiction
Toy pack-in comics
Scavenger and Rollbar were assigned the task of constructing a satellite dish that could help find Megatron. In response, Megatron sent the Destruction Mini-Con Team and Starscream to destroy the dish. The Decepticons arrived just as Rollbar was putting the finishingtouches on the dish, and destroyed it. Scavenger then intervened to help the Mini-Con, plowing Starscream into the sea and tying up the Destruction Team. Scavenger was saddened at the destruction of the dish, but Rollbar cheered him up by reminding him that they could build another one. Armada Volume 2
Cartoon continuity
Armada cartoon
Rollbar was among the new Mini-Cons seen under Decepticon control after Starscream first acquired the power of the Star Saber. Conspiracy Scavenger took Rollbar as his personal Mini-Con when he left to join the Autobots, and powerlinxed with Rollbar to use his Dozer Cannon against Cyclonus in his first mission with the new team. Trust
Rollbar was present at the team meeting when the Autobots decided what to do with the Mini-Cons who formed the Requiem Blaster. Runaway
When Scavenger needed to teach Hot Shot a lesson about teamwork and leadership after Optimus Prime's death, he powerlinxed with Rollbar and used their Dozer Cannon to drive home the point. Remorse As the Autobots prepared to launch into space for Cybertron aboard the Axalon, Rollbar was among the many Mini-Cons who boarded for the mission. Depart
Linkage
Rollbar arrived on Earth as a Mini-Con storage panel stored inside Redline's chest. After being activated, he joined Stella Holley and the Super Stunt Team on a mission to the Deccan Plateau in India, where they had tracked the landing of a spaceship. While Rollbar and Flat-Out were checking out the ship, however, the Mini-Cons were attacked by Unicron's servants, the Speed Chaser Team. Linkage Part 3 While Flat-Out joined the battle, Rollbar powerlinked with the owner of the spaceship, Scavenger. Powering up his dozer cannon, Scavenger drove off the Chaser Team. By bonding with Scavenger, however, Rollbar had activated his servility program, and he left with the bulk instead of his friends. Linkage Part 4 Linkage Part 5
Later, Rollbar and High Wire met with Servo atop Mount Astrogate to discuss what the Super Stunt Team had discovered since Rollbar's departure. Linkage Part 8
Dreamwave Armada comic
Rollbar was the leader of Mini-Con village C52, the last Mini-Con settlement the Decepticons attacked before moving on the Autobot Capital of Cyber City.
Receiving advance warning of the Decepticon attack from Leader-1, Rollbar put Incinerator in charge of hastily constructing an energon dome defense and assigned Sparkplug to watch the Northern Quadrant for the expected Decepticon advance. Sparkplug was thrown from his position right into Rollbar, who, with the assistance of Longarm, activated the energon dome.
Rollbar was captured by Cyclonus, who bypassed the energon dome by burrowing under it. He, along with the rest of the residents of Mini-Con village C52 (except Sparkplug), was transported to the Decepticons' secret base for mecha-sectioning. They were subsequently freed by Sparkplug and the Air Defense Team and escaped Cybertron. Armada #1
He later spent time aboard the bridge of the Mini-Con starship while it was floating in space. Armada #3
On Earth Rollbar awoke with Jolt, Longarm and Liftor and was for a time based out of a human junkyard while foraging for technology to repair their radio and contact their fellow Mini-Cons. Rollbar had a misadventure on one such foraging mission, falling asleep inside a car-crusher, not realizing its function.
Monitoring human television channels, Rollbar's group learned Megatron was in pursuit of Sparkplug and the Street Action Mini-Con Team. Rollbar morosely agreed to be persuaded by Jolt, unenthusiastically acknowledging they had to try to rescue them. Rollbar suggested powerlinking with the Autobots, and was subsequently partnered with Scavenger. Armada #5
Rollbar was among the Mini-Cons gathered at the Black Mesa in Arizona before transporting to Cybertron to participate in Over-Run's matrix-ceremony at the Halls of Justice to defeat Unicron. He held hands with Grindor and Longarm when the Mini-Cons united to unleash Matrix energy against Unicron. The End
Panini Armada comic
Rollbar was among the Mini-Cons on board the piece of the Mini-Con ship that crashed on the moon. Millions of years later, he was reactivated by a probe sent by Sparkplug, and soon afterwards met Scavenger and became his partner. Between Two Worlds!
Toys
Armada
- Scavenger with Rollbar (Max-Con, 2003)
- Rollbar came packed-in with his partner Scavenger. He transforms into a beach buggy. In robot mode, Rollbar can be placed in Scavenger's driver's cabin to activate sound features. His Mini-Con port is located on his... crotch.
Energon
- Treadbolt (Mega, 2004)
- A redeco of the Armada Rollbar and a minor retool, coming packed with his new partner Treadbolt. He's now mostly in olive green with a white star on his hood.
- This deco of Rollbar was repurposed as Hound.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Dirt (ダート Dāto)
