Rollbar
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Rollbar is the name given to several different fictional characters in the various Transformers universes
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Battlechargers in which they were pulled back and then set loose along the floor or other flat surface—minus the auto-transformation.
Rollbar's bio described him as a brave, battle hardened veteran. He exists for the sole purpose of showing the Decepticons how tough he is. As leader of the Throttlebot
s, Rollbar often tries to inspire them with his speeches and jokes, usually eliciting only amusement from his more laid-back troops.
, he and the others were not killed, but sent to Earth on a special mission - to kill the Scaplet infected Autobots and Decepticons in order to keep the infection from spreading - otherwise, he would have Earth sterilised of all life. Unwilling to kill their fellow Autobot Blaster
, they nonetheless were sent to Earth, tracking down the infected Goldbug
. Preparing to kill him, they discovered water was effective in killing the creatures. With some unwilling aid from the Decepticons the Scraplets were cured and the Throttlebots joined Blaster and Goldbug (renegades from Grimlock
's leadership) on Earth.
After a brief side-adventure in the UK comics where they battled Soundwave
and the Combaticons
over the destruction of the bodies of Galvatron
and Ultra Magnus
, the group encountered the Combaticons again, being attacked by Vortex
. The group were then attacked by R.A.A.T, the Combaticons and the Protectobot
s, sent by Grimlock to capture Blaster. In the resulting mayhem, Rollbar and the other Throttlebots were taken out by Circuit Breaker
and captured by RAAT. Captured and dissected, the Throttlebots had their brains transferrd to the rtemore control cars of a sympathetic scientist. The RAAT base was then attacked by the Predacons. The Autobots fled, but the Predacons tracked them down, capturing Buster Witwicky
in the process. Rollbar and the others Throttlebots's bodies were later reconstructed only to be destroyed by Underbase-powered Starscream. After that, it is unclear if they were revived again.
Rollbar appeared in the third season of the animated series as leader of the Throttlebots, often working in tandem with Bumblebee
, although he rarely had any major roles.
Rollbar made a brief appearance in the first episode of the Japanese exclusive series Transformers: The Headmasters
. He was one of the reinforcements summoned to defend Vector Sigma
alongside the Dinobots
, but was put to sleep by Mindwipe
's hypnotic attack.
's G1 stories, Rollbar nonetheless received a one-page bio in their More Than Meets the Eye profile series.
An under-developed character; Rollbar is a hand-to-hand combat specialist, he loves to fight and prefers arctic environment.
voice actor play, where he was commanded by Reptilion.
-style livery.
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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...
.
Transformers: Generation 1
Rollbar first appeared in the 1987 range as part of the Autobot Throttlebot team, similar to the DecepticonDecepticon
The Decepticons are usually depicted as the antagonists in the fictional universes of the Transformers stoyline and related comics and cartoons, and the enemies of the Autobots and the University of California Davis Aggies...
Battlechargers in which they were pulled back and then set loose along the floor or other flat surface—minus the auto-transformation.
Rollbar's bio described him as a brave, battle hardened veteran. He exists for the sole purpose of showing the Decepticons how tough he is. As leader of the Throttlebot
Throttlebot
-Transformers: Generation 1:The Throttlebots, a sub-group of the Autobots, consist of six toys that could transform between a car and a robot. As a special gimmick, they feature a pullback motor.right|thumb|Throttlebot Chase toy...
s, Rollbar often tries to inspire them with his speeches and jokes, usually eliciting only amusement from his more laid-back troops.
Marvel Comics
Rollbar had a more prominent role in the accompanying Transformers comic from Marvel. He first appeared in issue 29 of the US comic, where he was in command of the Throttlebots on Cybertron. Captured by RatbatRatbat
Ratbat is the name of several fictional characters who appeared in various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Generation 1:As is the case with many Transformers characters, the various continuities in which Ratbat has appeared have portrayed him widely differently in terms of size, personality,...
, he and the others were not killed, but sent to Earth on a special mission - to kill the Scaplet infected Autobots and Decepticons in order to keep the infection from spreading - otherwise, he would have Earth sterilised of all life. Unwilling to kill their fellow Autobot Blaster
Blaster (Transformers)
Blaster is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers television and comic series based on the popular toy line produced by Takara Tomy and Hasbro. Due to trademark reasons, he is sometimes called Autobot Blaster...
, they nonetheless were sent to Earth, tracking down the infected Goldbug
Bumblebee (Transformers)
Bumblebee is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. In most incarnations, Bumblebee is a small, yellow Autobot with the altmode of a compact car.- Transformers: Generation 1 :...
. Preparing to kill him, they discovered water was effective in killing the creatures. With some unwilling aid from the Decepticons the Scraplets were cured and the Throttlebots joined Blaster and Goldbug (renegades from Grimlock
Grimlock
Grimlock is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes. He is usually portrayed as a tough leader who turns into a mechanical dinosaur...
's leadership) on Earth.
After a brief side-adventure in the UK comics where they battled Soundwave
Soundwave (Transformers)
Soundwave is the name of several characters in the various series Transformers series. His most famous disguise is that of a microcassette recorder and has an iconic voice done by a vocoder.-Transformers: Generation 1:...
and the Combaticons
Combaticons
The Combaticons are a group of Decepticon military vehicles in the assorted fictional universes of the Transformers.- Transformers: Generation 1 :...
over the destruction of the bodies of Galvatron
Galvatron
Galvatron is the name of several fictional Transformers, most often the recreated version of Megatron, the Decepticon leader. He was voiced by Leonard Nimoy in the 1986 Transformers movie, and then by Frank Welker in season 3 and 4 of the animated television series. Since then, other Transformers...
and Ultra Magnus
Ultra Magnus
Ultra Magnus is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers storylines.-Transformers: Generation 1:The greatest Transformer of them all. A commander could want no finer a soldier than Ultra Magnus...
, the group encountered the Combaticons again, being attacked by Vortex
Vortex (Transformers)
-Transformers: Generation 1:Vortex is the most out-and-out sadistic of the Combaticons, and functions as their interrogator. A favorite tactic of his is to trap Autobots in the huge wind funnels he creates in helicopter mode until they tell him what he wants to know. He combines with fellow...
. The group were then attacked by R.A.A.T, the Combaticons and the Protectobot
Protectobot
The Protectobots are a fictional emergency, search and rescue team of five Autobots in the Transformers toyline. They transform into civilian service and emergency vehicles and combine to form the combiner Defensor...
s, sent by Grimlock to capture Blaster. In the resulting mayhem, Rollbar and the other Throttlebots were taken out by Circuit Breaker
Circuit Breaker (Transformers)
Circuit Breaker is a fictional comic book character in the 1980s Marvel Comics Transformers series.-Fictional character biography:After being severely injured in a raid for Earth oil by the Decepticon Shockwave, computer genius Josie Beller was left paralyzed in both legs and one arm...
and captured by RAAT. Captured and dissected, the Throttlebots had their brains transferrd to the rtemore control cars of a sympathetic scientist. The RAAT base was then attacked by the Predacons. The Autobots fled, but the Predacons tracked them down, capturing Buster Witwicky
Witwicky family
The Witwicky family members are fictional characters from the Transformers universes, and are the closest human allies of the Autobots.-Archibald Witwicky:...
in the process. Rollbar and the others Throttlebots's bodies were later reconstructed only to be destroyed by Underbase-powered Starscream. After that, it is unclear if they were revived again.
Animated series
The Throttlebots are among the troops commanded by Rodimus Prime in their attempt to rescue the body of Optimus Prime from the lab of Doctor Mark Morgan. They are infected with the hate plague.Rollbar appeared in the third season of the animated series as leader of the Throttlebots, often working in tandem with Bumblebee
Bumblebee (Transformers)
Bumblebee is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. In most incarnations, Bumblebee is a small, yellow Autobot with the altmode of a compact car.- Transformers: Generation 1 :...
, although he rarely had any major roles.
Rollbar made a brief appearance in the first episode of the Japanese exclusive series Transformers: The Headmasters
Transformers: The Headmasters
is a Japanese anime television series.-Development:Inititally, Takara, the Japanese producers of the Transformers toyline, imported the American Transformers cartoon series from 1985 to 1986...
. He was one of the reinforcements summoned to defend Vector Sigma
Vector Sigma
In the fictional universe of the first Transformers animated series, Vector Sigma is the "mega-computer" that gives sentience to non-sentient robots, and is used by the Quintessons to endow their robotic creations with the true life that eventually leads to their rebellion...
alongside the Dinobots
Dinobots
Dinobots is the name of several teams of characters in the fictional Transformers Universe. The groups are made up of several robots, each of whose transformed mode is that of a dinosaur or similar prehistoric animal. They are called Dinotrons in the Japanese version; and ' in the Japanese dub of...
, but was put to sleep by Mindwipe
Mindwipe (Transformers)
Mindwipe is the name of two fictional characters in the Transformers toy line and fictional series by Hasbro. Both are Decepticons.-Transformers: Generation 1:Mindwipe is a Decepticon Headmaster who transforms into a bat....
's hypnotic attack.
Dreamwave Productions
Like many other Transformers who did not appear in DreamwaveDreamwave Productions
Dreamwave Productions was a Canadian art design studio and comic book publisher founded in 1996 and is best known for their multiple Transformers comic book series...
's G1 stories, Rollbar nonetheless received a one-page bio in their More Than Meets the Eye profile series.
Toys
- Generation 1 Rollbar (1987)
- He was a simple Transformer with no articulation at all. Rollbar had scenery reflected in his windshield. The Throttlebots were among the first Transformers released in 1987 and featured pull-back motors that worked in both car and robot modes.
- Alternators Rollbar (2006)
- A direct recolor of Alternators SwindleSwindle (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...
. Although his original toy was green, HoundHound (Transformers)Hound is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. He is sometimes referred to as Autobot Hound for trademark purposes.-Transformers: Generation 1:...
was already released as a green Jeep Wrangler, and it was therefore decided to release him with an orange deco in order to avoid releasing figures that are too similar. Compared to Swindle, Rollbar lacks the black detail paint on the vehicle's doors and grille. As a robot, his arms are fully painted, while the head is the same color as Swindle's. The deviation from his original coloring and limited modifications from the Swindle figure means that Rollbar's most accurate attribute to his original G1 figure is his vehicle mode being that of a Jeep.
Transformers: Robots in Disguise
Rollbar is the name given to the Japanese Car Robots Greenjeeper; a repaint of the G1 Combaticon Swindle. He forms the right leg of the team's combined form, the gestalt Ruination. He first appears in standard army camouflage then in 2003 he is repainted into arctic camouflage as a Wal*Mart exclusive. This color scheme does not appear outside America and is not shown in the TV series.An under-developed character; Rollbar is a hand-to-hand combat specialist, he loves to fight and prefers arctic environment.
Animated series
Rollbar's first appearance in the TV series was in episode #14 "The Decepticons". As with his fellow Decepticons, Rollbar was created when Megatron found six Autobot protoforms and used his own energy to corrupt them.3H Enterprises
His only appearance in the official storyline of Transformers: Universe was as a member of the Ruination combiner team in the 2004 BotConBotCon
BotCon, briefly known as "The Official Transformers Collectors' Convention" , is an annual convention for Transformers fans and collectors. BotCon has been held annually since 1994...
voice actor play, where he was commanded by Reptilion.
Toys
- Car Robots Greenjeeper
- With Ruinations official height being given as 15 meters (49.2 feet) tall, and the toy measuring 25 centimeters tall, the toy would have a scale of about 1/60. This would mean Mega-Octane would stand 11.4 meters (37.4 feet) tall, while the other Commandos would stand about 4.8 meters (15.7 feet) tall.
- Robots in Disguise Rollbar (2001)
- A redeco of Greenjeeper.
- Robots in Disguise Rollbar Redeco
- The Commandos were packaged together in a uniform "urban camo" redeco.
- Universe Rollbar (2004)
- A recolor of the Robots in Disguise Rollbar was released in Wal*Mart stores as part of a Ruination gift-set. He is painted in desert camo.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Rollbar is an Autobot who works best when following orders. He is afraid of leadership, but a good advisor for other leaders, as he has a good mind for tactics. He is very strong and tough, but prefers not to fight, even though he can match Decepticons much larger than himself. He transforms into a delivery van with Red BullRed Bull
Red Bull is an energy drink sold by the Austrian Red Bull GmbH, created in 1987 by the Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz. In terms of market share, Red Bull is the most popular energy drink in the world, with 3 billion cans sold each year. Dietrich Mateschitz was inspired by an already...
-style livery.
Titan Magazines
Rollbar was sent on a training mission with several other Autobots where they encountered the Decepticon Dead End. He later was trained by the veteran Autobot Springer and was sent on a mission against the Decepticon TankorTankor
Tankor is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Generation 1:This version of Tankor, initially called Octane, is the Decepticons' fueler, in charge of storing and distributing fuel among Decepticons with vehicle modes. He is characterized as...
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Toys
- Revenge of the Fallen Scout Rollbar (2009)
- Pictures of Rollbar first appeared on the internet in December 2008.
- Transformers The Ravage Infiltration Scout Rollbar (2010)
- A TargetTarget CorporationTarget Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...
exclusive gift set featuring Deluxe Autobot Flak, Scout Rollbar (a gray urban camouflage redeco of Dune Runner) and a silver/black redeco of Legends Ravage, along with three N.E.S.T. soldier figurines.