Hurricane

Hurricane is an Autobot Turbomaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.

"Here I am, rock you like a me!"

Hurricane is the Turbomasters' Defense Tactics Specialist. He's responsible for formulating their defensive strategies, and uses his intense attention to detail, and his near-clairvoyant forward-thinking, to plan for any eventuality.

French/Belgian name: Tempest

Fiction

Dreamwave comics continuity

After the conquest of Cybertron by Megatron and the Aerospace Extermination Squadron, Hurricane and the rest of the Turbomasters evaded capture and participated in the Autobot underground resistance. Perceptor assigned the Turbomasters to monitor the Think Tank, a project designed to locate the missing Optimus Prime. When Perceptor left them alone, however, the Turbomasters partook in a game of tear'n'chase. Flash evaded his pursuing team-mates, but accidentally drove into the Think Tank, sending him somewhere very far from home... The Age of Wrath issue 3

Due to Dreamwave's plunge into bankruptcy, this story was never finished.

Toys

Generation 1

• Hurricane (Turbomaster, 1992)
  • Accessories: Missile launcher, 3 missiles

Hurricane transforms into a "Le Mans"-style racer. His engine in vehicle mode is a spring-loaded missile-launching cannon usable in both vehicle and robot modes.

The figure was also released in Japan as the character Checker Road.

External links

• Hurricane at TFU.info