Roadblock (RID)

Roadblock is aDecepticonfrom theAdventureportion of theAligned continuity family.

Say goodbye to your kneecaps, chucklehead!

Roadblock(ロードブロックRōdoburokku) is a powerful Decepticon fighter who typically teams up withGreejeeberon missions, but why they do so is anyone's guess. The pair really don't work well together, as Roadblock is slow both physically and mentally, which quickly gets on Greejeeber's nerves.

He's backed up by his tiny partnerTargetmaster,though frankly those two don't get along either, Roadblock seeing the diminutive blaster-bot as a lesser life-form.

Toys

Adventure

Does not convert into aright leg.

• Roadblock(2015)

• Release date:March 21,2015
• ID number:TAV 07
• Accessories:"Targetmaster" partner

Part of the initial wave of Takara'sAdventureproduct (their version of theRobots in Disguiseseries), Roadblock is aredecoofGenerationsDeluxe ClassAutobot ScoopinConstructiconcolors, transforming into a payloader. He comes with his partner,Targetmaster,who transforms into his gun. Targetmaster can be hand-held or mounted on any of the5 mm holeson Roadblock's armor.

Although the original Scoop sculpt came with two Targetmaster partners, Roadblock only has one. Although both the original version of Targetmaster (Caliburst) and Scoop featured parts cast in yellow plastic, they are not thesamecolor and thus not from the same sprue (hence why they are different plastic colors between Roadblock and Targetmaster), and therefore, why one figure was redecoed and not the other (Holepunch) remains a mystery.

His scannableinsigniais on the top of his scoop bucket. Scanning the sticker unlocks Roadblock in the Transformers Chronicle checklist app. In-package, his badge was able to be scanned, but this was restricted by a dummy sticker.

This sculpt got its other Targetmaster partner back when it was retooled intoBotCon 2015Sgt. Hound.

Notes

• Roadblock's package art and stock photos depict him with his nose in green, so as to more closely match theAlignedcartoon aesthetic of 'helmet noses', but the final figure paints it silver like the rest of his face.
• He's a redeco of Scoop inConstructiconcolors.Foreshadowing?