Drillbuster

Drillbuster is an Autobot Micromaster from the Zone portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Drillbuster can breathe in space! ... wait, he doesn't breathe. Never mind.

Drillbuster (ドリルバスター Dorirubasutā) is the Micromaster partner to the Autobot Road Fire, and helps him fend off the Nine Great Demon Generals.

Fiction

Zone story pages

When the specifications of Big Powered were on display, Drillbuster was shown sitting in the rear of the space cruiser (the portion made of Road Fire parts, of course). Zone Part 10

Toys

Zone

Drill tanks are generally pretty impractical designs, but Drillbuster here wins the award for being the most useless.

• Road Fire (Autobot, 1990)
  • Japanese ID number: C-349

Drillbuster transforms into a Cybertronic drill tank. He was only available with his larger partner Road Fire, whose "base" mode has a ramp mechanism to launch the tiny Transformer. His gray windshield sticker will not stay on unless you glue it down, as the stickers of the later Japanese Transformers toylines were semi-thick paper with weak adhesive, not exactly good for applying to a rounded surface.

• More information on Drillbuster at TFU.info

• Big Powered (Multi-pack, 1990)
  • Japanese ID number: C-353

All three Powered Masters (Sonic Bomber, Dai Atlas and Road Fire) as well as their Micromaster partners were also available in a great big gift set. All of the toys in this set are identical to their individual releases.

Notes

• Drillbuster is unique among the Powered Master Micromaster partners in that he does not transform into a real sports car (or a close-enough approximation).