Lube
- Lube is a Nebulan from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Lube is a by-the-book, no-nonsense... okay, he's a temperamental tightass is what he is. As such, he's usually screaming at his Autobot partner Slapdash... though many times it's from a great distance. Even though Lube provides energy for the Powermaster, the slacking Slapdash often leaves Lube behind before charging off into battle, leaving the Autobot stuck in vehicle mode.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
After the first group of Transformer visitors left Nebulos, Brothers in Armor!! Hi-Q (working at the request of the Council of Peers) radiated the planet's fuel supply so that it was poisonous to robots.
Later, Lube was working in the Hi-Q Industrial Research Complex when Goldbug, Getaway, Joyride, and Slapdash arrived to ask Hi-Q for help rebuilding Optimus Prime. The Autobots were warned that if they used Nebulon fuel they would freeze up and eventually die. Eventually Optimus Prime was rebuilt and Hi-Q decided to become his Powermaster partner in order to save his life and to defend Nebulos against Darkwing and Dreadwind (who were already Powermasters). Lube quickly volunteered to be partnered to Slapdash.
The new Autobot Powermasters defeated Darkwing and Dreadwind. Hi-Test and Throttle were banished from Nebulos, so they took off with their partners.
The Powermaster process altered the circuitry of the Autobots to the point where they could not be separated from their partners. They had to stick together, but, for the sake of Nebulon peace, the Autobots could not remain there. So they all left on the Steelhaven to meet up with the other Autobots, leaving their friend Kari behind. People Power!
In transit to the Moon Optimus Prime filled the Nebulons in on the Autobot/Decepticon war. The Cosmic Carnival
Cold Comfort and Joy! Dreadwing Down!
Toys
Generation 1
- Slapdash with Lube (Autobot Powermaster, 1988)
- Lube is an armored humanoid figure that converts into an engine block. In this form, he can fit into the engine socket of any Powermaster mold (without any added grease), unlocking its transformation from vehicle to robot mode. He was only available with his partner, Slapdash.
- Slapdash & Lube were sold in Japan without changes as the Godmaster Road King. The Lube figure was also redecoed to make the Godmaster Warrior Bullet.
Notes
- A commercial for the Powermasters which included Lube also advertised "People Power!", the Marvel Comics issue in which he was introduced. It is the only time the American character model is animated.
- Were you guys high when you named him? Seriously, living a life where all the other Autobots made fun of his stupid name....
