Railspike
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Railspike is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes
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train. Railspike is the grizzled leader of the Team Bullet Train. He is courageous and polite, and his intelligence makes him akin to any battlefield situation. He tends to act as a peacekeeper when tempers get out of hand. Despite his apparent age, Railspike is still able to take on his enemies with incredible efficiency and skill. Railspike transforms to a 500 Series Shinkansen
Nozomi
bullet train engine. He is equipped with rocket launchers in his shoulders, and is capable of generating ultrasonic waves, powerful enough to take down his targets in one hit. He also fires Reflector Mines which can send an opponents attack right back at them. He forms the upper body, arms and head of Rail Racer.
Team Bullet Train return in episode #6 "The Secret of the Ruins" where they are called into Metro City to stop a Predacon attack.
Team Bullet Train are featured in the episode #8 "Secret Weapon: D-5" where they help protect a classic train (with Koji aboard) from a Predacon attack.
He last appears in episode #38, "The Final Battle Part 2."
Although he did not receive any biography in his U.S. release, the following is a translation of his Japanese biography: "The train team leader. Has an uncrushably strong will and righteous spirit. Despite losing his memories from before he evolved into a Micromaster, he was chosen as leader owing to his high popularity among his team-mates. With a greater hatred for evil than anyone else on the team, he appears to be grasping for both the lost memories of his past and the key to activating his red mode.
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According to the story with Sixtrain Red Mode, the Sixtrain turns red and becomes more powerful when empowered by a piece of the Maxtix.
Transformers universes
is an entertainment franchise. It began with the Hasbro Transformers toy line, centered on two factions of warring alien robots which are called the Autobots and the Decepticons...
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Transformers: Robots in Disguise
Railspike is an AutobotAutobot
Autobot, a faction of sentient robots from the planet Cybertron, are usually the main protagonists in the fictional universe of the Transformers, a collection of various toys, graphic novels, paperback books, cartoons and movies first introduced in 1984. In all but one Transformer story, the...
train. Railspike is the grizzled leader of the Team Bullet Train. He is courageous and polite, and his intelligence makes him akin to any battlefield situation. He tends to act as a peacekeeper when tempers get out of hand. Despite his apparent age, Railspike is still able to take on his enemies with incredible efficiency and skill. Railspike transforms to a 500 Series Shinkansen
500 Series Shinkansen
The is a Shinkansen high-speed train type operated by West Japan Railway Company on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and Sanyō Shinkansen lines in Japan. They were designed to be capable of although they currently operate at a maximum of in service...
Nozomi
Nozomi (Shinkansen)
is the fastest train service running on the Tōkaidō/Sanyō Shinkansen in Japan. The service stops at only the largest stations, and along the stretch between Shin-Osaka and Hakata, Nozomi services using N700 series equipment reach speeds of...
bullet train engine. He is equipped with rocket launchers in his shoulders, and is capable of generating ultrasonic waves, powerful enough to take down his targets in one hit. He also fires Reflector Mines which can send an opponents attack right back at them. He forms the upper body, arms and head of Rail Racer.
Animated series
Team Bullet Train first appears in episode #3, "Bullet Train to the Rescue." In this episode Team Bullet Train is called in the help the Autobots save the Linear RFG from a Predacon attack.Team Bullet Train return in episode #6 "The Secret of the Ruins" where they are called into Metro City to stop a Predacon attack.
Team Bullet Train are featured in the episode #8 "Secret Weapon: D-5" where they help protect a classic train (with Koji aboard) from a Predacon attack.
He last appears in episode #38, "The Final Battle Part 2."
Toys
- Car Robots J-Five (2000)
- Bundled with J-Seven and J-Four in the JRX gift set.
- Robots in Disguise Mega Railspike (2001)
- According to show notes Rail Racer stands 15 meters tall. This makes the 24 centimeter toy about 1:63 scale. With this scale Rail Spike should stand 9.77 meters (32 feet) tall. The Hasbro version of the toy had opaque windows and added an Autobot symbol.
Transformers: Universe
Railspike is an Autobot Micromaster train. He combines with his fellow Railbots to form Rail Racer (Sixtrain in Japan).Although he did not receive any biography in his U.S. release, the following is a translation of his Japanese biography: "The train team leader. Has an uncrushably strong will and righteous spirit. Despite losing his memories from before he evolved into a Micromaster, he was chosen as leader owing to his high popularity among his team-mates. With a greater hatred for evil than anyone else on the team, he appears to be grasping for both the lost memories of his past and the key to activating his red mode.
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According to the story with Sixtrain Red Mode, the Sixtrain turns red and becomes more powerful when empowered by a piece of the Maxtix.
Toys
- Generation 1 Micromaster Desire (1992)
- A remold of the Micromaster Autobot Spark.
- Generation 1 Micromaster Desire reissue (2003)
- This toy was later reissued.
- Generation 1 Micromaster Desire Red Mode (2003)
- A solid red redeco of Desire.
- Universe Micromaster Railspike (2005)
- He is a re-release of the Takara exclusive Generation 1 Micromaster Desire. He comes with the chest for Rail Racer. Initially sold as a Kaybee store exclusive in the U.S.
- The Micromaster Railbots were released in Cybertron packaging in European countries, as they didn't have the Transformers: Universe line.