Vroom (G1)
| This article is about the Generation 1 Pretender Autobot. For the Animated Autobot, see Vroom (Animated). |
- Vroom is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Insane risks are what give Vroom a reason to live, it seems. There's nothing that sparks his circuits like just barely out-running the expanding fireball of a Decepticon installation he just blew to smithereens. He made his name in the Asphalt Wars of Cybertron, and since that day has been pushing his endurance (and luck) with more and more dangerous missions. Sure, with his skill, he could probably achieve them with a lot less threat of injury or death... but where's the fun in that?
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Transformers Comic-Magazin
Template:TransformersComicMagazin Vroom was present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on New York. After he suggested the Autobots needed to lure the Decepticons out of the city, Optimus Prime rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the Rocky Mountains. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings. New York — A City Sinking in Terror
Classics
In 2012, Vroom was stationed with several other Pretenders in Japan within Skyhammer under the leadership of Metalhawk. He was present one day when Rad reported from the Ironworks base in Oregon about a foiled attack by Gigatron and his Decepticons. Soon thereafter, due to the actions of an evil Ultra Magnus from another dimension, a rift of space time opened over Earth, causing catastrophes worldwide. Vroom assisted his peers in evacuating a devastated city block. Invasion
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Vroom was stationed at the penal colony Garrus-9, under the overall command of Fortress Maximus. Though he fought on the frontlines firing two guns at the same time, he and his fellow soldiers failed to repel a raid by Banzai-Tron's strike team, the Combaticons. Spotlight: Arcee
Commercial appearances
Vroom was seen running alongside Crossblades on a rocky field of battle. Both of their robot forms then burst out of their Pretender shells; shells and robots both transformed and charged, with Vroom re-combining with his shell's vehicle mode. Mega and Ultra Pretenders commercial
Toys
Generation 1
- Vroom (Mega Pretender, 1989)
- Accessories: Magnetic Repeller Rifle, Illusionizer, small wheel, sidecar/base
- As a Mega Pretender, Vroom comes with a fair amount of stuff. Opening up his armored-human Pretender shell reveals the stored core robot, who turns into a Cybertronic dragster. The humanoid shell can also be transformed into a Cybertronic motorcycle. Both vehicle modes can then be combined (repositioning a few of the accessories), giving the larger shell-cycle a dragster sidecar.
