Pretender Vehicle

Pretender Vehicles are Transformers from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Robots who masquerade as vehicles... masquerading as other vehicles. Uh huh.

The Pretender Vehicles take the Pretender concept in a different direction. Instead of pretending to be organic creatures, these Pretenders hide inside assault vehicle shells.

The Pretender Vehicles are:

• The Autobot Gunrunner
• The Decepticon Roadgrabber

They split to reveal a transformable robot then reassemble as a fighting machine.Pretender Vehicle commercial

Commercial appearances

The Pretender Vehicles had a commercial spot, shared with the Pretender Beasts.

Toys

The Transformers

• Pretender Vehicles (1988)

Gunrunner

Roadgrabber

• Known designers: Richard Marcej (packaging)

The largest Pretender offerings in 1988 (thought not by a lot), Pretender Vehicles are robots whose outer shells are vehicles rather than organic creatures. The robots' vehicle modes feature large cannon accessories with reciprocating "pom-pom" action, but that feature can only be activated when the accessories are plugged into the vehicle shells: the rear wheels are part of a gear system that makes the cannons do the ack-ack-ack-ack thing.