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 He becomes the quietest of the Autobots, grows withdrawn and depressed, and is easily bored.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
(Events from the UK-only comics are in italics.)
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
Before the war Roadbuster fulfilled his violent desires by being a member of the Kaon security services. Though while he attended mission briefings he seemed mysteriously absent from funerals and actual battles. Maybe he as actually an overly emotional pascifist back then. Megatron Origin
Roadbuster seems to have been the heavy weapons specialist of the special ops team "The Wreckers" as he carried more armament then rest of the team combined. He carried more armament then an entire Decepticon Assault Group.
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 gun. In robot mode he can hold the jeep's gun, and also has another rifle resembling an M16, and a shoulder-mounted missile launcher. He also wears a large backpack that has a very tall antenna and two articulated handlebars slung beneath his arms. Oh, and mustn't forget the snap-on armor plating that hides the jeep's tires. For a toy of his size class Roadbuster has an enormous number of accessories, of which the rangefinder for the jeep's gun may well be the smallest ever produced for any Transformer. Finding a loose complete Roadbuster can be very challenging--are you sure all the spare missiles are there? Better count again!
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.
- Any similarities between Roadbuster and a certain Master Chief are purely coincidental. Also, at no time must anyone refer to Roadbuster's alt mode as a "Warthog". I'm just sayin', is all. Master Chief is an obvious Beta Ray Bill ripoff, anyway.
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