Roadbuster (Prime)

The name or term "Roadbuster" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Roadbuster (disambiguation).

Roadbuster is an Autobot from the Aligned continuity family.

Thought I'd try shooting my way out. Mix things up a little.

At first glance, Roadbuster seems a lot like his fellow Wrecker Twintwist. On the battlefield, he is always in the front ranks, leading his comrades into action. No one fights more furiously. Back at base, though, all that aggression goes away. Rather than arguing or roughhousing with the others, Roadbuster retreats into himself, becoming terse and restive. All his energy is redirected into the constant maintenance of his weapons and revision of his combat strategies. War is all Roadbuster knows, and seems to be all he has ever known. It is an open question what would become of him without it.

Fiction

Prime cartoon

Roadbuster died during the war. His death was later brought up by Wheeljack. Loose Cannons

Toys

Generations

• Roadbuster (Deluxe, 2013)
  • Series/number: 01/#017
  • PART 4 OF 5!
  • Accessories:

Roadbuster, released as part of wave 4 of the 2012-onwards Generations Deluxe Class assortment under the Fall of Cybertron banner, is a redeco and retool of Swindle from wave 2. Cast in green, light gray and charcoal gray plastic, with orange and blue paint operations, his alternate mode is an SUV-like Cybertronian Assault Transport vehicle with large wheels. In robot mode, he sports a new head sculpt based on Generation 1 Roadbuster.

Roadbuster comes with Swindle's gun, which can be attached to the roof using the same 5mm post post also used as a handle for holding the weapon in robot mode, as well as a brand new weapon accessory based on the Energon Harvester shotgun from the Fall of Cybertron game. The old weapon can also be attached on top of the new weapon.

In addition to his robot and vehicle modes, Roadbuster can also combine with his fellow Wreckers into Ruination and serve as any of the gestalt robot's four limbs, though his official configuration shown in the instructions and the official Hasbro stock photos is the right arm. The gun he inherited from Swindle can be combined with the other Wreckers' weapons.

Like Swindle, Roadbuster suffers from a design flaw: The small tabs used to attach the robot mode's chest section to the legs in vehicle or gestalt limb mode (using different slots for the tabs) are prone to showing stress marks, and eventually breaking.