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Sparkride (G1)

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This article is about the Generation 1 Autobot. For the Animated Autobot, see Sparkride (Animated).
Sparkride is an Autobot from the Operation Combination portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
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This toy is so boring that it does not deserve a witty caption.

Sparkride (スパークライド Supākuraido) is a member of the Guard City team, the main force in the war against the invading Decepticon forces led by Scrash.

Contents

Fiction

Operation Combination story pages

Sparkride served as a limb for Guard City. Big Pinch, Autobots! The Decepticons' Attack on Earth! Conclusion

Metrowars

As part of Guard City, Sparkride performed repairs on Scramble City in the wake of a Decepticon attack. Metrowars

Toys

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers

  • Guard City (Multi-pack, 1992)
  • ID number: TF-04
  • Accessories: Pistol, left & right cannons
Released in the Operation Combination portion of the original Takara, Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers toyline, Sparkride is (barely) a redeco of the original Groove, transforming into a Honda Goldwing GL1200 police motorcycle. The figure is almost identical to Groove, save for different decals. Since Sparkride uses the Scramble City-style of combination, they can form the limb of any super robot combination, though their nominal placement is as the right leg of Guard City.
Sparkride was only available as a part of the complete Guard City box set, along with Fire Chief, Fly-Up, Safety, and Streetstar. As one of the very last releases of the Japanese Transformers line, at a time when pretty much everyone had stopped buying Transformers, even a loose set of the team can demand prices over a thousand dollars.

Notes

  • None of the Guard City components were given individual bios. This was actually very common by this point in the Takara Transformers line, which was loaded up with multi-packs (mainly of Micromasters) where the singular on-package bio would cover the entire team, and there was very little fiction to even attempt to highlight anyone beyond "hey cool robot that fights good".
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