Greasepit (G2 tow truck)

This article is about the G2 flipchanger. For the G2 Go-Bot, see Greasepit (G2 Go-Bot). For a list of other meanings, see Greasepit (disambiguation).

Greasepit was to have been an Autobot(?) from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

(Preliminary art pictured)

Greasepit never had the chance to respond to emergencies.

Toys

Generation 2

(Unpainted prototype pictured)

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Greasepit (1995?)

• Accessories: Grill/rifle
• Known designers: Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)

Designed for Generation 2 but not seeing release before the line's demise, Greasepit transforms into a Kenworth W900 wrecker truck. The figure is a "flipchanger", meaning most of the transformation sequence is an autotransformation, springing into robot mode by lifting a catch, or rather in this case, the towing hook. The front grill/bumper assembly detaches to form a hand-held blaster.

This mold would see fruition in the Machine Wars line as Hoist and Hubcap, with Hoist in particular largely reusing the plastic coloration from the near-final Greasepit.

Samples of all four prototypes, lacking paint and decals, have surfaced on the secondary market over the years, and TakaraTomy even displayed a set at Transformers Expo in 2014.

Generation 2 mold: Greasepit
Hasbro: Generation 2 Greasepit (canceled) Machine Wars Hoist Hubcap Robots in Disguise (2001) Tow-Line Takara: Car Robots C-017 Wrecker Hook Super Wrecker Hook Robotmasters RM-04 Wrecker Hook

Your bargaining posture is highly dubious. Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Notes

• For decades after the 1997 Machine Wars toyline, the Generation 2 developmental identities of the flipchangers remained unknown, with fans tending to guess based on the alt-mode theme that the tow truck would have also been named Hoist in G2. It was not until May 2024, when a private auction on Facebook revealed never-before-seen preliminary deco sheets from Hasbro, that the mystery was finally resolved.
• It is vaguely possible flipchanger Greasepit and Lightspeed would have been the mysterious Generation 2 listings designated "Solarbots", with Skystriker and Thundercracker as "Solar Jets". However, the flipchangers were seemingly canceled too early on in development to receive labeled packaging, and thus it remains unclear what the "Solar" toys actually were.