Roadbuster (G1)
- Roadbuster is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Roadbuster is a powerful and charismatic fighter, usually armed to the teeth, he's an inspiration to other Autobots in combat and a natural leader on any battlefield. Outside of combat though, his natural ease and surety fail him. He simply doesn't know how to handle life out of combat. He becomes the quietest of the Autobots, grows withdrawn and depressed, and is easily bored. He counters this by spending most of his free time between battles either planning for the next one or "demolishing" any random Decepticons he can find. Some Autobots worry about what will become of the heroic and well-loved Roadbuster they know if the war ever ends. Combat truly is his life and without it, he'd might just fade away...
Roadbuster is a member of the elite Wreckers unit in, well, every continuity he's ever appeared in.
- French-Canadian name: Cahot
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Roadbuster was a rather hardened soldier, deliberately feeding false information to an Autobot who had turned informant for the Decepticons, and stood by in the shadows while Shrapnel tortured the Autobot for the info and then executed him. He also contributed to the important scene in Maccadam's Old Oil House. Roadbuster meets his fate in the Time Wars, when the Decepticon Pathblaster weapon explodes in his hands, shortly after spoiling Galvatron's beautiful little face.
Dreamwave Comics continuity
During Shockwave's rule of Cybertron, Roadbuster was a member of the new Wreckers, a small unit of Autobots dedicated to keeping the peace wherever (and however) necessary. When Starscream released the Stunticons from their imprisonment in Cybertron's detention banks, the Wreckers were sent in to deal with the escapees. Unfortunately, both Roadbuster and Whirl were killed before Ultra Magnus brought the Stunticon combined form, Menasor, down.
IDW Comics continuity
He shot stuff.
A lot of stuff.
Toys
Generation 1
- Roadbuster ( Deluxe Autobot 1986)
- Roadbuster transforms into an orange and green cybertronic jeep armed with a large cannon. Unusually for a Transformer, he is fully loaded with many different weapons, (non-firing) ammunition for them and equipment. In robot mode he is armed with a green rifle resembling an M16 and a shoulder-mounted cannon.
Trivia
- Both Deluxe Autobots were licensed from Takatoku by Hasbro for inclusion in the 1985 line, and hence were not included in the Japanese line, the Cartoon, or the US Marvel Comics. Roadbuster was originally "Mugen Calibur" from the Dorvack toyline.
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