Greasepit (G2 Go-Bot)
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| The name or term "Greasepit" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Greasepit (disambiguation). |
- Greasepit would have been an Autobot from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Greasepit is a bold, showboating thrill-seeker and the brother of Gearhead. He drove around in a truck with a deploying ramp; he loved jumping off this ramp because it made the crowds cheer for him and gave him a chance to try landing on Decepticons and crushing them.
At least, that's what he would have been, if his toy had come out.
Toys
Generation 2
- Go-Bots Racing Rig (1995)
- Greasepit was going to be a redeco of Gearhead, transforming into a Ford Thunderbird NASCAR stock car with through-axle tires, making him largely compatible with "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox" playsets and tracks. He would have been packaged with the Go-Bots Racing Rig vehicle/playset.
- It appears both Greasepit and the Racing Rig never made it to "mass-production-ready" state, as samples of Greasepit himself are just Gearheads painted over. It's quite possible his colors would have further changed (as well as that packaging mock-up art) had he actually been produced.
- This mold (the car, not the unmade giant truck) was also used to make Go-Bots Soundwave, Robots in Disguise W.A.R.S., and the Universe version of Camshaft.
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Notes
- At BotCon 1994, instead of a car in Greasepit's deco, the "Superspeedbot" shown with the Racing Rig was mostly transparent clear plastic. The presenters indicated was intentional, suggesting the idea for the Racing Rig's driver changed at some point between that pre-release showing and cancellation.
- For years—nay, at least a decade—it was unknown whether or not Greasepit had been given a character bio prior to the cancellation of his release. Eventually, internal Hasbro documentation containing his Bio and Tech Specs showed up on eBay, and the mystery was solved.
