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Stuntacon: Allegiance: Decepticon Sub-Group: Stunticon Function: Warrior First Show Appearance: First Comic Appearance: "The first one to cross the finish line lives." additional pic of Dragstrip in car
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Profile: Drag Strip would rather be scrapped than lose. It doesn't matter what the competition is he's involved in- racing, fighting or even just trading insults- Drag Strip always aims to come out on top. Maybe it's because he needs to feel important, maybe-he enjoys humiliating others. It makes no difference; to beat an opponent, he'll pull the nastiest, most underhanded tricks. And he relishes his victories- he makes certain everyone within earshot knows about them. He loves to gloat. His fellow Stunticons feel he's a selfish, egotistical boor and would just as soon not have him around. Even Decepticon leader Megatron finds him insufferable and would sooner smelt him than talk to him. But he knows that as rotten as Drag Strip is for the Decepticons to be around, he's even worse company for the Autobots. And that, in Megatron's opinion, is a character trait to be much admired. |
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Abilities: In car mode, Drag Strip can reach speeds of 250 mph and comes equipped with a plasma energy blaster that shoots an explosive ball of energy a distance of 2000 yards. In robot mode, he uses a gravito-gun that enhances the gravitational field of a localized area so that anyone walking into the area would either be crushed by the increased gravity or have his body ripped apart as the gravity pulls him from different directions. He combines with his fellow Stunticons to form the giant robot, Menasor. Weaknesses: In car mode, Drag Strip is prone to overheating, particularly at high speeds. His cooing system has been known to explode. He also suffers from the ill will of many of his fellow Deceptions, a definite liability in battle when he might require their cooperation. Other Appearances: Dragstrip has not appeared in any other form of the TF Universe besides his G1 appearances. |
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Although none of the Stuntacons have made appearances through the rest of the TF Universe, a key factor in their creation involves an item Beast Machines fans will certainly recognize, the Key to Vector Sigma! Megatron stole the key on Cybertron from Optimus Prime's creator Alpha Trion in order to activate "Vector Sigma" (shown below to the right) & give life to the Stuntacons. According to the explanation from Megatron, "Vector Sigma is the super computer that gave us all (Transformers) life." When activated with the key, Vector Sigma came to life and said to Megatron, "I am Vector Sigma! Before Cybertron was, I WAS! Who awakens me?" This genie-in-a-bottle type of entity has the power to bestow personalities into robots; basically Vector Sigma can create a "Spark." Later in the two part classic G1 episodes "Key to Vector Sigma," Megatron discovers that on earth the Key has the power to turn organic matter into technological, just like in Beast Machines! |
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