Turbo (G1)
| The name or term "Turbo" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Turbo (disambiguation). |
- Turbo is (possibly) an Autobot from the Estrela portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Turbo is a Bat-Robô. He goes vroom, crashes, and then becomes an invincible robot!
Sometimes he sounds like he's from Brooklyn.
Fiction
TransTech
In Axiom Nexus, the offworlder zone for extra-dimensional travellers on TransTech Cybertron, Turbo was a member of the Malignus Revolutionary Army. The Malignus were a band of street toughs and minor criminals, but ultimately amounted to little more than a nuisance to the Security Administration and Freelance Police Legion.
On one occasion, Turbo was playing scraps with Jipe and the boys when two punks came in looking for a bot named Bug Bite. Turbo told them to slag off until the kid named Bad Boy tried to get rough with him. The scrappy little punk blindsided him with a right cross! The two rough-housed for awhile until Turbo was impressed with the kid's chops, and gave the GoBots the info they was looking for. Withered Hope
Toys
Transformers
- Turbo (Bat-Robô, 1985)
- Released only in Brazil by Estrela, Turbo transforms into a Plymouth Superbird. The toy features a friction-driven motor, which, as part of its gimmick, is used to trigger its transformation. After pulling it back, the car drives forward until it hits something with its front bumper, whereupon it springs up into robot mode.
- Turbo was released simultaneously in red/grey and light blue/grey color schemes. It is unknown which, if either, is more difficult to come by.
Notes
- The Turbo mold was not created by Takara (or even Bandai), but by a Japanese company called Fujisho. It was originally sold as "Turboid" in their Powertron (パワートロン) line. Both of the Fujisho Powertron toys were released in North America by the Ertl Company as Pow-R-Trons. It is uncertain which of these two companies Estrela licensed the molds from. In any event, the color schemes Estrela used appear to be unique to Brazil.
- Due to the lack of faction symbols on the toy or packaging, it is not explicit what faction Turbo fights for. However, the toy does use Hasbro's Autobot style packaging, so we're going to default to Autobot (at least, outside of Axiom Nexus; the Bat-Robôs were not sold under the Optimus / Malignus series).
