Roadgrabber
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- Roadgrabber is aDecepticonfrom theGeneration 1 continuity family.
IfTransformerswerehumans,Roadgrabberwould be that creepy kid who likes pulling the wings off flies. There's nothing he likes better than to open fire on a group ofAutobotsand watch them die slowly and horribly. Nothing horrifies him more than suffering injury or deathhimself,though, so he'll do all this from the safety of hisPretendershell. He'll only leave it to watch his victims die up-close—and even then, only when they're in too much agony to fight back.
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Fiction
Transformers Comic-Magazin
Roadgrabber and Gunrunner encountered each other at a dimensional bridge, and fell through it back in time to theAndromeda Galaxy.Headmaster of the Dimensions
2005 IDW continuity
- First Appearance:Transformers: Stormbringer #2
I've already had your kind
This is your payback, RoadGrabber!
Roadgrabber and his armored assault chariot served underTurmoil's command for the Decepticons. He was present when their second-in-command,Deadlock,attempted an ill-fated coup.Drift #1
Sometime later, as part of a Decepticoninfiltration unitonNebulos,Roadgrabber witnessed the second coming ofThunderwing.Stormbringer #2As the rampaging Pretender devastated the planet, Roadgrabber accompanied his teammates in a token gesture to fight the monster. Despite pummeling Thunderwing with their combined firepower, the Decepticons were powerless to stop him. In the course of the battle, Thunderwing hit Roadgrabber withRuckus's corpse, sending him crashing through a building.Stormbringer #3
Wings Universe
Roadgrabber was a thug who joined a small band of Decepticon rebels inQuarexduring the early years of the war. A master of highway demolition, he employed a transforming exo-vehicle to smash through walls and barricades for his commander,Rageof theStormtroopers.During a raid onMedian,however, he was outmatched by the strategies ofOnslaughtand theElite Guard.Tricked into attacking a blatantly weak part of the city's defenses, Roadgrabber tumbled into a pre-planned pit after breaching the outer barrier. He was buried further byStrikaafter a few well-placed laser blasts.Flames of Yesterday
Dug out of the rubble byTake-Off,Roadgrabber joinedGutcruncher's crew. While looking for a ship so they could go investigate an asteroid, Take-Off took Roadgrabber along as on a previous attempt, Take-Off had blabbed too much. The pair succeeded in hiring theDarklon,but soon after they leftCybertron,the Decepticons tracked Autobot signatures to the hold and discovered they'd fallen into an Elite Guard trap. While running through the corridors of the ship, Roadgrabber managed to enrageChargerto the point where his teammate almost throttled him to death. Roadgrabber and the rest of the gang were promptlystasis cuffedand thrown in the brig while the ship flew to the asteroid.
The Decepticons promptly escaped and got the upper hand, capturing most of the Autobots. They went to investigate the source of the readings they'd obtained, though Roadgrabber was sent back to the ship so that Gutcruncher could take a look for himself. Back on theDarklon,Roadgrabber captured the last of the Autobots, however when the others returned from investigating the crystal monolith,Sprocketoverpowered Roadgrabber and the rest of the gang were likewise subdued. The four Decepticons were taken back to Cybertron as Elite Guard prisoners.A Team Effort
2019 IDW continuity
Roadgrabber was a member ofSecurity OperationsonVelocitron,but also an undercover agent ofMayhem.He was on duty forKnock Out's inauguration and helped apprehendMinervaafter she was framed for an assassination attempt on the newFirst Senator.Tread & Circuits Part 4
Commercial appearances
Gunrunner was on the move inside hisPretender Vehicle,but Roadgrabber was on his tail! Gunrunner popped out of his vehicle, transformed into jet mode, and swooped around for an attack. Roadgrabber ejected himself from his vehicle and manned its chariot form to return fire.Pretender Beasts and Pretender Vehicles commercial
Toys
The Transformers
- Roadgrabber(Pretender Vehicle,1988)
- Accessories:rifle, left & right pom-pom actionfreeze lasers/flamethrower cannons
- One of the twoPretender Vehiclesreleased in the fifth year of theoriginalTransformerstoyline,Roadgrabber transforms into a Cybertronic jet, using his vehicle shell's cannons as wings. He is designed to fold up and pack into his larger vehicle shell.
- The shell's rear wheels are geared to activate the cannons' reciprocating "pom-pom" action when they are plugged into rectangular slots over the rear wheel hubs. The shell can also convert into a shielded "chariot" artillery piece that Roadgrabber can operate standing up, though in this configuration the reciprocating cannons end up in "dead" slots so they don't go rat-a-tat-tat anymore.
- In the UK, Roadgrabber was availableexclusivelythrough Woolworths. No version of this mold or character was released in Japan.
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Foreign names
- Japanese:Roadgrabber(ロードグラバーRōdogurabā)
- French:Adhéro(France),Conductas(Canada)
