Road Ranger (Gobots)
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Road Ranger is a fictional character
from the various Gobots
series and later became part of the Transformers
series. He is a heroic Guardian Gobot who turns into a semi-truck and was introduced in 1984.
Road Ranger appears in "The Third Column" episode #42, where he works in a Guardian weapons facility that was attacked by the Renegades. The attack was turned away by automated defenses.
In episode #58, "It's The Thought That Counts" Cy-Kill
, Cop-Tur
, Crasher
, Geeper-Creeper, Pincher, and Snoop attack the lab, but it is defended by Leader-1
, Baron Von Joy, Blaster, Dozer, Dumper
, Road Ranger, Scooter, Scratch and Turbo
. Although the Guardians are initially winning the battle, an accidental backfire from Baron Von Joy's weapon allows the Renegades to escape.
Road Ranger, is a main character appearing in Fun Publications
fiction Withered Hope, a text and comic based story. Sent to investigate the effect the destroying their universe six Gobots are reformatted to look like an Autobots and Decepticons and sent through the Interfacer to the source of the disturbance - the 22nd level. They accidentally arrive on Transtech
Cybertron
where they are kept against their will in the city of Axiom Nexus. Bug Bite escapes without his allies using an astro beam device. The remaining Gobots run afoul of the Transtech Decepticon General Demolishor
in a criminal investigation but are aided by Airazor, Crystal Widow
and Cheetor
. The Gobots receive upgrades from the shop of Swindle
, Swindle and Swindle and are able to leave the dimension thanks to stolen transit passes they obtain. Once they arrive on Earth of the 22nd level where they find Bug Bite and his new Decepticon allies Weirdwolf and Dreadwind
.
story The Robo Machines. He is a member of the Security Force Robo Machines.
Fictional character
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from the various Gobots
Gobots
Gobots was a line of transforming robot toys produced by Tonka from 1983 to 1987, similar to Transformers. In 1991, the Gobots range was acquired from Tonka Inc. by Hasbro.-History:...
series and later became part of the Transformers
Transformers
A transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling.Transformer may also refer to:* ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, an Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet computer manufacturer by Asus...
series. He is a heroic Guardian Gobot who turns into a semi-truck and was introduced in 1984.
Gobots
Road Ranger is one of the Guardians Go-Bots, he later disguises himself as an Autobot. Road Ranger's alternate mode is that of a semi-truck. He can fly in robot mode and has hand-mounted blasters.Animated series
Road Ranger first appears in "Wolf in the Fold" episode #30 of Challenge of the Gobots.Road Ranger appears in "The Third Column" episode #42, where he works in a Guardian weapons facility that was attacked by the Renegades. The attack was turned away by automated defenses.
In episode #58, "It's The Thought That Counts" Cy-Kill
Cy-Kill
Cy-Kill is the name of several fictional characters from the Gobots, Robo Machines and Transformers toy line and fiction. Introduced as a toy in 1983, he is leader of the Renegade Gobot faction and the main antagonist of the animated series, where he was voiced by Bernard Erhard...
, Cop-Tur
Cop-Tur
Cop-Tur is the name of several fictional characters in the Gobots, Robo Machines and Transformers toy lines, and the subsequent fiction. They transform into futuristic helicopters. They are all based on adaptations of the character Gyro Robo from the Machine Robo toy line...
, Crasher
Crasher
Crasher is the name of several fictional characters in the Gobots toyline, and the subsequent Challenge of the GoBots cartoon and Transformers series...
, Geeper-Creeper, Pincher, and Snoop attack the lab, but it is defended by Leader-1
Leader-1
Leader-1 is the name of several fictional characters from the Go-Bots, Robo Machines and Transformers toy lines in 1983. The original Leader-1 was voiced by Lou Richards in the animated Challenge of the Gobots series...
, Baron Von Joy, Blaster, Dozer, Dumper
Dumper (Gobots)
Dumper is a fictional character in the Gobots toyline, and the subsequent Challenge of the Gobots cartoon. The character is a heroic Guardian transformed into a dump truck.-Gobots:Dumper is friendly and turns into a dump truck...
, Road Ranger, Scooter, Scratch and Turbo
Turbo (Gobots)
Turbo is a fictional character in the Gobots toyline, and the subsequent Challenge of the Gobots cartoon. The character transformed into a concept car. Turbo was among the main trio of heroes of the cartoon series, and appeared in every episode along side Leader-1 and Scooter...
. Although the Guardians are initially winning the battle, an accidental backfire from Baron Von Joy's weapon allows the Renegades to escape.
Fun Publications
Road Ranger has a cameo in Transcendent which occurred at the same time as Withered Hope. He can be seen standing in line for processing in Axiom Nexus.Road Ranger, is a main character appearing in Fun Publications
Fun Publications
Fun Publications is a publishing company that runs the Transformers Collectors Club and G.I. Joe Collectors Club under licensefrom Hasbro. Besides releasing comics, Fun Publications releases exclusive toys and runs conventions for their clubs....
fiction Withered Hope, a text and comic based story. Sent to investigate the effect the destroying their universe six Gobots are reformatted to look like an Autobots and Decepticons and sent through the Interfacer to the source of the disturbance - the 22nd level. They accidentally arrive on Transtech
Transtech
Transtech is an unreleased line of toys under the Transformers umbrella.-History:After the Beast Machines line ended, Hasbro planned a follow-up series called Transtech. The Transtech concept was a line intended to take Transformers to their most futuristic looking bodies and more plausible designs...
Cybertron
Cybertron
Cybertron is a fictional planet, the homeworld of the Transformers in the various fictional incarnations of the metaseries and toyline by Hasbro. In the Japanese series, the planet is referred to as "Cybertron" pronounced as セイバートロン Seibātoron...
where they are kept against their will in the city of Axiom Nexus. Bug Bite escapes without his allies using an astro beam device. The remaining Gobots run afoul of the Transtech Decepticon General Demolishor
Demolishor
Demolishor is the name of several different fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Armada:Demolishor is one of the earliest created Decepticons of the toyline; and in the storyline, also one of the first to come to Earth from his homeworld - the fictional planet...
in a criminal investigation but are aided by Airazor, Crystal Widow
Crystal Widow
Crystal Widow is a fictional character from the Transformers: Universe toy and comic book line.-Transformers: Universe:Crystal Widow's box describes her as having changed sides in her past, presemably from Predacon or Decepticon to Autobot. She has the ability to heal Transformers using energon...
and Cheetor
Cheetor
Cheetor is several fictional characters from various Transformers universes.- Beast Wars :Cheetor's original tech spec indicated he was a seasoned and confident warrior always in search of battle with the Predacons, seemingly in contrast to his youthful and impulsive portrayal in the original show...
. The Gobots receive upgrades from the shop of Swindle
Swindle (Transformers)
Swindle is the name given to several different fictional characters in the Transformers universes.-Transformers: Generation 1:Swindle originally appeared as a member of a group of five Decepticons known as the Combaticons who were able to combine together to form a larger robot known as Bruticus...
, Swindle and Swindle and are able to leave the dimension thanks to stolen transit passes they obtain. Once they arrive on Earth of the 22nd level where they find Bug Bite and his new Decepticon allies Weirdwolf and Dreadwind
Dreadwind
Dreadwind is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers Transformers series.-Transformers: Generation 1:Dreadwind was a pessimist, constantly taking the "glass is half empty" view . The other Decepticons, bar Darkwing, avoid him, as they know he'll only depress them more...
.
Eagle Comics
Road Ranger appeared under the name Truck in the Eagle ComicsEagle Comics
Eagle Comics was a short lived comic book publishing company that existed to reprint comic stories from the UK's 2000 A.D. magazine for distribution in North America...
story The Robo Machines. He is a member of the Security Force Robo Machines.
Toys
- Gobots Road Ranger (1984)
- Turns into a semi-truck with flatbed.
- Generation 1 Mini-Vehicle Road Ranger (2004)
- Road Ranger is an e-hobbyE-hobbye-Hobby is an online Japanese retailer that is perhaps best known for creating and selling exclusive repaints of Transformers by Takara. One of the reasons that these figures are so coveted is because they are often new or rare characters...
exclusive. He is a redeco of Generation 1 HufferHuffer (Transformers)Huffer is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. All are Autobots who turn into trucks. Huffer was first introduced in 1984, and was voiced by John Stephenson in the animated series The Transformers....
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External links
- http://counter-x.net/gobots/challenge/profiles/guardians/road_ranger.html
- http://counter-x.net/gobots/reviews/series1/road_ranger.html
- http://www.e-hobbymagazine.com/english/museun_en/2194.html
- http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/RoadRanger/roadranger.htm
- http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/RoadRanger/roadranger.htm