Roadblock (Energon)

The name or term "Roadblock" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Roadblock (disambiguation).

• Inferno
• Roadblock

Roadblock is an Autobot from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Sure, my crane fires missiles. This is entirely normal.

Roadblock is a gifted architect, having designed numerous Autobot fortresses such as Ocean City. That doesn't mean he can't fight with the best of them, however—particularly in the defense of his own creations.

Toys

Energon

Two guys for the price of one.
(Takara Inferno Volt pictured for now)

• Roadblock (Combat Class, 2004)

• Accessories: Missile, crane arm/launcher
• Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro)

Like Generation 1 Grapple being a crane retool of Generation 1 Inferno, Roadblock is an extensive retool of Energon Inferno, replacing his front bumper, head, stabilizers, and the entire "water cannon" structure with a new crane boom and cab. This assembly retains the spring-loaded missile launching gimmick from Inferno, and can be mounted on either robot mode arm.

As a Combat Class Powerlinx combiner, Roadblock can form the top or bottom half of a super robot with any Deluxe or Mega Class Energon Autobot mold.

This toy can also be used to represent the upgraded version of Energon Inferno, and was sold as such in Japan. This toy also served as the basis of the non-toy Shattered Glass incarnation of Ratchet.

• More information on Roadblock at TFU.info

Notes

• As with Energon Mirage, Landquake, and Beachcomber, Roadblock is part of the apparent disconnect between Hasbro/Takara's toymakers and Takara's marketing department concerning who these toys were. Numerous toys intended to be new characters by the toy teams had been turned into powered-up versions of existing characters when portrayed in the cartoon, which was almost solely under Takara marketing's control; Roadblock was shown to be a rebuilt Inferno when he debuted in the cartoon. Hasbro had intended the toy to be a new character, and either did not have time to change his bio, or else decided to proceed as planned regardless. And so, the Roadblock toy represents both Inferno and a new, separate character.
• Roadblock being an architect is also an homage to Generation 1 Grapple.