The Stunticons are aDecepticonsubgroup from theGeneration 1continuity family.

"Roads? Where we're going... we don't need... roads."

TheStunticons are a group of five rebellious Decepticon automobiles thatMegatron can barely control. They are the mortal enemies of theAutobotAerialbots.

The Stunticons consist of:

• The mercilessMotormaster (leader)
• The victory obsessedDrag Strip
• The gloom riddenDead End
• The paranoidBreakdown
• The psychoticWildrider

They can combine to formMenasor.

In some universes:

• The untrustworthyOffroad, who sometimes replaces Wildrider
• The resourcefulBlackjack
• The drone-likeroller car

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

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In envy of the Autobots' vehicular modes,Megatron stole various human vehicles and customized them so he could have his own car team, the Stunticons. Before they were givenlife, he brought them out for a test drive via remote control, forcing them to flip, somersault, fly off the road, drive up cliffs and bash through forests without a scratch. The Stunticons having satisfied Megatron's idea of normalcy, he headed toCybertron to get Cybernetic personalities for them. He asks Vector Sigma to "fill them with hatred for the Autobots and everything they stand for". On activation, they swore loyalty to Megatron... or at least agreed to do what he told them to.

Their first mission was to steal thesuperfuel from the humans. As they smashed up the superfuel facility, the human guards immediately assumed that they were Autobots, since the Decepticons could not possiblytransformintoland vehicles.The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1 Whilst the Autobots were marooned on Cybertron, the Decepticons returned toEarth with the newly awakened Stunticons who began wreaking havoc and damaging the Autobots' good name by attacking the US military base containing the experimental rocket fuel. Eventually, the Autobots returned with the newly builtAerialbots whose combined formSuperion defeated the Stunticon combiner Menasor... with a little help fromOmega Supreme.The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2

Despite this defeat, the Stunticons were the key component in Megatron's elaborate scheme to hold afake charity race from Paris to Istanbul so he could steal US driverAuggie Cahnay's car which would be melted down to house the powerfulPearl of Bahoudin. One by one, the Stunticons disabled the Autobot participants assigned to protect Cahnay, but the downfall of Megatron's plan came when he ordered the Stunticons to stop going after the remaining Autobots. Though they combined into Menasor to fend off the last three Autobots, the giant was eventually defeated by the Autobots and Cahnay.Trans-Europe Express

When Megatron was infected withCosmic Rust after a trip to the lost Autobot colony ofAntilla, the Stunticons were assigned to capture the Autobot scientistPerceptor, who had developed the powerful anti-corrosionCorrostop. After Megatron cured himself and infected the Autobots with the disease, Menasor attacked the Statue of Liberty inNew York City with the ancientLightning Bug heat ray, intent on stopping the Autobots from matter-duplicating more Corrostop from the layer they sprayed on the statue. Superion defeated Menasor and destroyed the Lightning Bug.Cosmic Rust

AfterStarscream was banished for yet another failed coup, he returned with a powerful new Decepticon team called theCombaticons, who were able to outfight Autobot and Decepticon alike. Needing a trump card, Megatron attempted to call on the Stunticons to help, but they refused as the rebellious Decepticons were busy having a demolition derby with various human-owned cars. However, the Stunticons belatedly arrived after the Combaticons' combined form ofBruticus defeatedDevastator and forced Megatron to acknowledge Starscream as the new Decepticon leader. Realizing that Starscream would not stop at Megatron, the Stunticons merged into Menasor and disabled Bruticus in one mighty punch.Starscream's Brigade

Megatron ordered the Stunticons out to steal a series of items, but their actions were quickly noticed by the Autobots, who managed to track down and capture them, culminating with a head-on collision between Motormaster and Optimus Prime that only the Autobot leader was able to drive away from. Optimus and several of his Autobots usedcamouflage paint to disguise themselves as the Stunticons, so that they could infiltrate the Decepticons and learn Megatron's plans for the stolen components. The disguised Autobots flaunted their impersonations in front of the captured Stunticons, infuriating them enough to work up the energy to escape. Upon confronting the fake Stunticons at the site of Megatron's new weapon, the real Stunticons combined into Menasor, only to be shocked when the Autobots pull off the same stunt (thanks to a combination ofWindcharger's andMirage's powers). Theersatz Menasor proved to be no match for the real thing, though, and the masquerade quickly fell apart. When Megatron attempted to use his new weapon on the Autobots, however, it blew up in his face (thanks to a little sabotage fromIronhide), and the Stunticons were forced to flee with the other Decepticons.Masquerade

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In the year2005, in the aftermath ofthe battle with Unicron, the Stunticons joined the Decepticon retreat to the planetChaar, where dwindling resources left them on the verge of shutdown.Cyclonus and theSweeps arrived proclaiming that they would bringGalvatron back. Dead End was not particularly optimistic about the situation.Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 WhenGrimlock andRodimus Prime were discovered spying on them, the Stunticons participated in a beat-down of the Autobot intruders, untilSpringer andArcee arrived in a commandeeredScuxxoid ship to rescue them.Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2 Before Cyclonus can return with Galvatron, however, theQuintessons showed up and offered the Decepticons unlimited energon in exchange for destroying Rodimus Prime, who by then was stranded onGoo with only a few other Autobots. Dead End sampled the first batch of energon and found it satisfactory, leading to the other Decepticons to dogpile on the rest of it. Motormaster put the Quintessons' offer up to a vote, and onlyBlitzwing chose not to participate, sensing something familiar about the Quintessons and suspecting they couldn't be trusted.Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3 The attack on Goo was interrupted when Galvatron showed up to reassert himself over the Decepticons, but in the confusion, theJunkions rescued the Autobots.Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4 The Stunticons participated in the joint Decepticon/Quintesson attack on Cybertron, which turned out to be a ruse by the Quintessons in their bid to retake Cybertron.Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5

In2006, the Decepticons attempted to take advantage of civil unrest among the humans in northern Europe to wreak havoc. The Stunticons merged into Menasor to try and take on a one-armed Defensor, but the combiner was dispatched by Rodimus and Ultra Magnus. Later, the Stunticons responded to an alert at Trypticon's perimeter, charging into battle alongside Galvatron - only to be dispatchedagain by Rodimus and Ultra Magnus.The Ultimate Weapon

Later that year, Wildrider and Dead End encountered Rodimus Prime andMarissa Faireborn on a mountain road inJapan, and the two Stunticons proceeded to run Rodimus off the road. When they inspected the crashed Autobot leader, they found theAutobot Matrix of Leadership, and took it back to Chaar as a present for Galvatron. When the Decepticon leader attempted to use the Matrix to boost his power and it failed, he accused Wildrider and Dead End of breaking it, but visions of theAncient Autobots convinced Galvatron to get rid of it. AfterScourge decided to use the Matrix himself, he overpowered Galvatron and Cyclonus, and led the Decepticons, including all Stunticons present, on an assault on Earth. When Hot Rod reclaimed the matrix from Scourge, the assault came to an end.The Burden Hardest to Bear

The Stunticons joined Galvatron in following Bruticus into the loading dock ofDr. Morgan's laboratory, after learning that the body of Optimus Prime was being held there. A group ofHate Plague-infected Autobots led byUltra Magnus quickly infected Bruticus and the Stunticons, though, forcing Galvatron to retreat back to Chaar.The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1 Presumably, the Stunticons were cured when the revived Optimus Prime was able to open the Matrix, though they would not be seen again during or immediately after that crisis.The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2

Japanese cartoon continuity

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Scramble City

The Decepticons discovered that the Autobots were secretly constructing amobile fortress, andMegatron mobilized his forces to attack the Autobots' secret factory. The Stunticons were deployed against theAerialbots after the latter group drove off theConstructicons. As the Stunticons and Aerialbots used Scramble Power to try to optimize the power of their combined forms,Fireflight crashed into his own teammates, leaving an opening onSuperion.Wildrider took advantage by disengaging fromMenasor and taking a position as Superion's leg, which caused the air warrior great pain.Optimus Prime shot Wildrider off, though, allowing Fireflight to recombine with his team. At that point, theCombaticons showed up and combined intoBruticus, turning the tide of the battle in favor of the Decepticons.

Menasor and Bruticus were able to overpower Superion, but found themselves outmatched when theProtectobots showed up and formedDefensor, followed by the newly completed Scramble City fortress, which transformed into therobot mode of Metroplex! The city-bot quickly dispatched Menasor and Bruticus with one shot; however, the victory was short-lived, as the Decepticons then revealed their own city warrior -Trypticon!Scramble City: Mobilization

The Headmasters cartoon

The Stunticons participated in Galvatron's siege on Cybertron. They managed to gain the high ground against theDinobots andThrottlebots, and rained laser fire down on their opponents.Four Warriors Come out of the Sky Later, the Stunticons formed Menasor to fight their Autobot counterparts, but were steamrolled by the might and firepower of the Battleship Maximus. Transporting back to Earth, they attempted to interfere with Hot Rod's quest for the Matrix. They were confronted by the Aerialbots in the desert, but the battle of their combiner forms eventually led them to the Arctic.The Mystery of Planet Master

WhenVector Sigma began perfecting the new super-metalCybertonuron on Cybertron, Galvatron ordered another all-out attack on the planet to seize the metal for the Decepticons before the Autobots could make use of it. The Stunticons journeyed to Cybertron with the strike force, and confronted their old enemies, the Aerialbots. The Aerialbots got the drop on the Stunticons by forming Superion and lashing out before the Stunticons could form Menasor as well.Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1 They were still in a firefight sometime later, asChromedome passed by looking forMindwipe and the DecepticonHeadmasters.Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2 InSan Francisco, the Stunticons assisted Bruticus in using a carnivorous plant to distract the Autobots fromScorponok's plans onZarak. They fought against theTechnobots andComputron.Head On!! Fortress Maximus

Much later, the Stunticons assembled in the desert as their Ninja CommanderSixshot began issuing orders. They assembled as Menasor, and took part in the escalating Decepticon war effort as five separate Autobot outposts were attacked simultaneously at Sixshot's command.The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg

Zone OVA, manga and story pages

Seeking to create aDecepticon Zone to counter theAutobot Zone,Decepticon EmperorViolengiguar gathered together theNine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. The Stunticons were among those summoned, but only in the form of Menasor.Zone Part 1ZoneEnter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!

TV Magazine comic continuity

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The Stunticons decided to have a little fun and tear up a baseball stadium in Japan. Luckily, the Autobots' plucky young allyKenji was present to radio for assistance. All the combiner teams assembled, and it was Menasor and Bruticus against Superion and Defensor! Defensor was forced to break apart by the combined Decepticon attack, but Superion and Kenji got the idea to shoot out the Decepticons' legs.Groove andBlades took advantage of the empty combiner ports and took over as Menasor's legs, launching him into the ocean.Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5

While posing as Autobots,Onslaught and the Stunticons rampaged through the city streets, smearing the good name of their adversaries. Later,Frenzy andRumble posed as humans to rally people against the Autobots, and Motormaster's brigade staged an attack on the rally to drive the point home. The Autobot fire enginesHot Spot andInferno arrived, however, and used their water hoses to wash off the Decepticons' fake insignia. Enraged, Motormaster planned to combine into Menasor...only to see the other Stunticons were already retreating into the distance.Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7

The Great Transformer War

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Marvel Comics continuity

MarvelThe Transformers comics

Soundwave not included.

Due to his experience with theCreation Matrix,Buster Witwicky experienced a vision of the future, in which the Stunticons andCombaticons battled theAerialbots andProtectobots over the abandonedPullen Power Plant. In order to help make sense of the visions, Buster was temporarily mind-linked toOptimus Prime, but unbeknownst to them,Shockwave andSoundwave were able to monitor them as well, allowing the Decepticons to gain insights into their own future forces!Second Generation!

The Stunticons were brought to life on Earth thanks to acerebro-shell, which theInsecticonBombshell implanted inside Optimus Prime, allowing Megatron to remotely access the power of the Creation Matrix when Prime used it to give life to the Aerialbots. Megatron sent the Stunticons out to menace the human population afterSkids was sighted on television saving a human, in order to increase fear of Transformers among the population. During the ensuing fight, the Stunticons formed Menasor to counter Superion, but the Autobot gestalt was disabled byCircuit Breaker. The Stunticon combiner attempted to take advantage of Circuit Breaker's weakened state after her attack on Superion, buther human teammates, led byWalter Barnett, saved her.Heavy Traffic!

In a fit of hubris, Motormaster suggested to Megatron that the Stunticons could finish off Optimus Prime—and then quickly corrected himself to say they could only after Megatron had worked Prime over. Soundwave convinced Megatron that there was merit to Motormaster's idea of overpowering Optimus with numbers, but Megatron decided to use thePredacons instead of the Stunticons, and had them use Motormaster as target practice as a warm-up! Fortunately for Motormaster, the Predacons opted only to scare him.Prey!

The Stunticons didn't see much action afterward, as both the Autobot and Decepticon factions became embroiled in internal politics. The team was last seen in action together whenRatbat sent Motormaster to lead a Decepticon assault on the Autobot gathering on theMoon, giving theConstructicons a chance to recover the deactivated Decepticons being held in theArk. WhenGrimlock andBlaster joined the battle, they were able to force the Decepticons to retreat.Totaled! Soon after, Drag Strip and Breakdown were among the Decepticons participating in theClub Con resort scam.Club Con!

Earthforce

Back in action on Earth, Drag Strip and his Stunticon partner Dead End began working for a faction of Decepticons led byMegatron. Megatron had created anozone-warping rocket, designed to trap heat in the atmosphere which could be tapped for a new source of energy, even though it would virtually destroy all life on Earth. Their plan was interrupted by two Autobots,Wheeljack andProwl.Starting Over! While Wheeljack kept the Stunticons busy, Prowl leapt onto the rocket itself, his weight knocking it off course and causing it to crash before it reached the apex point in the atmosphere it was meant to travel to. Drag Strip and Dead End raced to the crashsite, hoping to retrieve the atmospheric poisons Megatron had loaded it with. At the fallen rocket, however, they ran intoRunabout andRunamuck, who were interested in securing the equipment for their commander,Shockwave. The four Decepticons began to tussle, little realizing Prowl had already snuck away and neutralized the canisters.Life in the Slow Lane

Several Stunticons were seen at theEnclave between Megatron and Shockwave's troops before the fracas broke out.The Bad Guy's Ball!

A poisonedSoundwave staggered into Wildrider's quarters, and gave him a tape of battle plans to transmit toCybertron. Wildrider assumed that Soundwave had been betrayed by traitors in Megatron's faction of Decepticons, and attempted to send the plans in secret. When Megatron saw him doing so, however, he assumed that the Stunticon was trying to send them to his rival Shockwave, making him the traitor who had betrayed him to Shockwave earlier. With one blast from hisfusion cannon, Megatron promptly killed him. Which was exactly what Soundwave (who had not been poisoned and was, in fact, the traitor) had planned. Harsh.Secrets Shortly thereafter, Motormaster was present withMegatron's troops outsidetheir base when Soundwave and Starscream announced they were taking over.Internal Affairs!

Later, the Decepticons learned a human reporter namedIrwin Spoon would be writing an exclusive about the Autobots to upgrade their public image. In order to stop this, they sent Motormaster and the Stunticons out to snatch the human. Using his henchmen as a distraction, Motormaster rammed Prowl from behind and pulled the reporter into his cab to make a getaway.Front Line! It wasn't that easy, however, as the Autobots gave chase. Motormaster ran Prowl off the road again, and surprisedSunstreaker into running into his trailer by disconnecting from it (a surprise to everyone, no doubt). In the end it was his own Stunticons who did Motormaster in, though—Dead End andDrag Strip tried to ramBumblebee andTracks as they were following Motormaster's cab, but the Autobots dodged at the last second and the 'Con cars barreled into their own leader, sending him into a ditch. Bumblebee then ripped off Motormaster's door and rescued the human.

"King of the Road", my central processor.End of the Road!

Marvel UK future timelines

In2003, Motormaster and the Stunticons took on a mission to steal the plans forAutobot City from their courier,Kup. They surrounded the Autobot, and Motormaster had his goons tag-team the old wreck until they got their hands on the data tape. Thinking they were done for the day, the Stunticons got lucky and had a second beatdown when the hotheaded AutobotHot Rod chased after them alone to retrieve the tape. Needless to say, they beat the ball bearings out of him.Ark Duty

Five years later, Motormaster and the Stunticons were present on Cybertron whenCyclonus,Scourge andDeath's Head (under the influence ofUnicron) attempted to takeDecepticon leadership fromShockwave. Combined into Menasor, the Stunticons tried to save their commander but were, alas, too late.The Legacy of Unicron! Later, underSoundwave's command, the Decepticons were engaged in an extended guerrilla war with the Autobots for control of Cybertron. After getting a tip from theQuintessons, Soundwave had Motormaster and his other lieutenants gather the troops for a full-scale attack on the Autobots. The tip turned out to be a trap, however, and Motormaster and the others had to bail out ofAstrotrain in mid-flight to protect themselves from a mass of invaders.Space Pirates!

Transformers Comic-Magazin

Menasor and the other Decepticon combiners battled their Autobot counterparts. Defensor managed to destroy a crucial part of Menasor, defeating him.Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...

DreamwaveGeneration One continuity

At some point in Cybertron's recent history, the Stunticons were deemed psychotic and too dangerous to function in society, and as a result were placed into perpetual stasis lock inside of aprison facility. Later, in an attempt to create a diversion while he set his final plans in motion,Shockwave arranged for the release of the Stunticons. They formed into Menasor and ran amuck for a while, untilUltra Magnus arrived and began insulting them. Unable to reconcile with this, the five Stunticons began to bicker with each other over whose fault it was that they were failing, temporarily stopping Menasor and allowing Ultra Magnus to ram the combiner in the chest, forcing him to separate into his component parts and disabling the Stunticons.Passive Aggression

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

WhenTeletran 3 went out of control and started zapping random Transformers into different points in Earth's timeline, the Stunticons found themselves laying dormant in mid-1930'sChicago... except Breakdown, who kept his consciousness and waited for thevarioushumans sent to retrieve the lost Decepticons. While Motormaster was missing, Breakdown woke three of his comrades and the Stunticons chased the humans and Optimus Prime across the city. Eventually they found Motormaster, and were promptly transported back to present-day Cybertron.G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2

Some time later, the Stunticons were recruited bySerpent O.R., and helped him capture some pesky Autobots and G.I. Joes. Motormaster later attended a Decepticon gathering organized by their new leader, and attacked an Autobot peace ceremony in the form of Menasor.The Art of War #3 After the giant helpedPiranacon andPredaking take downOmega Supreme, he broughtReflector to Optimus Prime. A short while later, Drag Strip was seen among the Decepticon forces preparing to defend their base from a combined Autobot/G.I. Joe assault, while Breakdown completely failed to guard some human prisoners.The Art of War #4 Motormaster helped defend Serpent O.R. from Optimus Prime's fury, but it didn't end well.The Art of War #5

2005 IDW continuity

Motormaster, Dead End and Wildrider were among the Cybertronians who answered the call to joinMegatron inKaon's underground pit-fighting ring, and later participated in the first street battle against Autobot forces.Megatron Origin #3 As the war broke out, Dead End and Drag Strip were seen fighting Autobots as Motormaster attempted to challengeSentinel Prime.Megatron Origin #4

WhenScorponok usurped Megatron, the Stunticons refused to accept his authority and left forMagmara Nine. It was while robbingStrongbox on this world that they learned fromThundercracker that Megatron had returned, convincing them to return to the Decepticon fold.Primacy #2 The reunited Decepticon army traveled back to Cybertron and enacted an invasion ofIacon, during which the Stunticons attackedOptimus Prime to keep him from interfering with Megatron. This ended poorly, as Motormaster was rammed aside by Prime while the rest of them were blown away byOmega Supreme.Primacy #4

Many years later, the Stunticons were abandoned onEarth following a failed Decepticon invasion. Motormaster, Wildrider and Dead End were all captured and deactivated bySkywatchA Rude Awakening, as was Breakdown sometime later....For All Mankind Drag Strip managed to avoid capture, and joined a crew of Decepticons underSwindle's leadership trying to get off the planet. They allied themselves with a group of Autobots with similar goals, led byHot Rod.New Arrivals, Old Encounters This mixed group later rescued Motormaster, Wildrider and Dead End, as well as others, and the AutobotJetfire concocted a method of reversing the mode-lock imposed on them by Skywatch.A Rude Awakening

The Stunticons participated in the construction of a new space cruiser, while Swindle talked "Rodimus Prime" into agreeing to let them rescue their brother Breakdown, and reunite the team.Seasons in Flight Wildrider and Drag Strip assaultedSpike Witwicky while he was driving around in Breakdown, recovering the last member of their group. Swindle hastily applied stolen combiner technology to the quintet, enabling them to form the terrifying Menasor and help him seek revenge on his old nemesis,Ultra Magnus.Enemies of the System Swindle's mechanical skill didn't equal his greed, however, and the combined Stunticons could not achieve the mental fusion they needed, leaving Menasor awkward and self-contradictory in battle, despite his fearsome power. The Autobots took advantage of the Stunticons' weakness and overwhelmed the new gestalt. All the Stunticons were taken into custody by Skywatch again after the battle.Earthworks

The Stunticons were freed once the Decepticons returned to Earth and attacked the Skywatch facility where they were held.The Demolished Man When the other Decepticons left the planet viaspace bridge to join Megatron on Cybertron, the Stunticons stayed behind to finish off an intrudingBumblebee, only to be defeated and recaptured.The Question They were subsequently brought to a restored Cybertron and imprisoned alongside the other Decepticons.The Autonomy Lesson

Humiliated by his defeat, Wildrider quit the Stunticons. At some point after this, they were joined by Offroad and Blackjack; the latter had been planted in the group by Starscream to serve his own ends. They took up residence in the growing Decepticon ghetto outside of Metroplex. There, they joined in with a group of malcontents and attacked Optimus Prime andWindblade as they made their way through the neighborhood.Ironhide andChromia eventually intervened and managed to get the 'Cons to disperse. Back at their base, they were approached by Swindle; who revealed that he had gotten his hands on the mythicalEnigma of Combination. Using the Enigma, he reubuilt Menasor, allowing the Stunticons to properly merge their minds; Blackjack's notoriously short temper exponentially increased Menasor's aggressiveness. With this done, Swindle and Menasor travelled toCaminus with the express intention to loot the entire planet.First Contact

Things quickly went downhill for the Stunticons: not only was Caminus devoid of any useful materials, but Blackjack's influence meant that Menasor was incapable of listening to reason or retreating. Menasor was summarily trounced by the similarly rebuilt Superion and the Stunticons were disassembled, sent back to Cybertron, and imprisoned.The Sum and Its PartsRattrap freed Swindle from captivity; seeking a distraction, Swindle did the same for the Stunticons, who immediately formed Menasor and went on the warpath.You, Me, and the Universe Although he teamed up with Devastator, Menasor was defeated once again by Superion, Defensor, andOptimus Maximus, and the Stunticons were summarily re-imprisoned.All That Remains

Later, when theMistress of Flame wantedChromia released to Camien custody, she suggested Swindle or Menasor could be handed over instead to face justice for their crimes. Wanting to keep Menasor andBruticus on his side, Starscream opted to release Chromia.Heavy

Bot Shots online bios

The team was founded by Breakdown.Breakdown's bio Dragstrip liked to find ways to compete with the other team members.Dragstrip's bio

Of Masters and Mayhem

Knock Out kept a signed picture of the Stunticons in his glovebox.The Toxic Transformer

WhenThunder Mayhem rampaged across Cybertron, Menasor was part of the counterattack against him only to be slain.Deadly Aim

Games

Transformers Legends

The Decepticons decided they needed land-based forces of their own, stealing and modifying a group of vehicles into the Stunticons. Though the Decepticons took their creations toVector Sigma and had the supercomputer imbue them with life, the Autobots did likewise with the Aerialbots. The Decepticon team, despite merging into Menasor, were eventually defeated.The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1

EvenMegatron had trouble controlling the Stunticons. The team went on a crime spree in the back alleys of human cities until they were tracked down and stopped byProwl and his team.The Thin Blue Line

Transformers: Devastation

AsWheeljack was about to repair theProudstar's damagedPlasma Core, the Stunticons arrived and formed Menasor in an attempt to stop the Autobots.Transformers: Devastation

Transformers Roleplaying Game

The Stunticons were a group of rebellious Decepticons who were constantly posturing against Megatron’s orders.Decepticon Directive

Toys

The Transformers

Learn to count, the Decepticon way!

• Stunticons,1986
  • Breakdown
  • Dead End
  • Drag Strip
  • Motormaster
  • Wildrider
    • Japanese ID number:D-50 throughD-54

• Known designers:Kaoru Matsumoto (TakaraTomy)^[1],Mark Watts (packaging artist)

As aScramble City-stylecombiner team, the Stunticons consist of four small "limbs", sold carded at the $5 price point, and a single larger leader toy that forms the combined robot's torso, sold boxed for roughly $12. They were available in 1986 and 1987.

The smaller Stunticons, like their Aerialbot counterparts, share a generaltransformation scheme involving pulling out the back of the vehicle to form legs, and flipping the hood out of the way to reveal the robot head. Dead End and Breakdown share an additional step, requiring rotating their legs at the knees and pushing the legs back in so they aren't incredibly tall and skinny. All four feature shoulder articulation and not much else. Each comes with a small pistol for therobot mode, and ahuge double-barreled cannon which plugs into the back of thevehicle mode.

The four smaller cars are fairly close inscale, but Motormaster throws the whole equation off. He's a tiny truck compared to his teammates, a point which becomes doubly obvious alongside the much-larger truck form of the original Optimus Prime toy, his supposed arch-rival.

All five Stunticons were later available as part of theEuropeanClassics line in 1990.

The Stunticons areslightly less prone to being produced asknockoffs than the other Scramble City teams. Inexplicably, three members of the group (Motormaster, Breakdown and Drag Strip) are frequently packaged by bootleggers with two members of theTechnobots. Drag Strip was named "Brain Man" in at least one such set.

Generation 2

Yowza.

• Redecos of all five Stunticons were planned for release in 1994, but were canceled.Generation 2 Stunticon and Protectobot limbs have surfaced over the years in what appears to be finished packaging. (Motormaster andHot Spot have never appeared in finished packaging, but unpainted prototypes have surfaced.) However, these are still exceedingly rare pieces, and all told it is believed that less than a dozen of each team member were produced, with one exception: Breakdown, who was available in relatively small numbers (about 300 pieces) as aBotCon 1994exclusive. While no plans for a giftset are known, Menasor would have been constructed using these toys.

Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Universe (2003)

• Menasor (Ultra, unreleased)

A redeco ofThunder Clash (or, more accurately, theMachine WarsOptimus Primeretool) was planned as a store exclusive for the2003Universe toy line. Initially it was supposed to be Motormaster, but because thetrademark was not available at the time, it was renamed into "Menasor" before being canceled altogether.

Alternators

• Dead End (Alternators,2004)

A retool ofAlternatorsSide Swipe, originally planned as Sunstreaker, instead given a different deco and released asDead End. He was later redecoed intotwodifferent versions of Sunstreaker anyways, both for Takara'sBinaltech Asterisk line and for Hasbro'sAlternators line.

Classics

• Menasor (Classic Legends,2007)

A redeco ofCybertronLegends of CybertronOptimus Prime released under the2006Classics line was intended to be Motormaster, but the since the trademark was still not available, the figure was again given the name "Menasor", and the super robot's function of "Super Warrior".

Titanium Series

• Menasor (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2007)

For the same reason as theUniverse andClassic Legends figures listed above, a redeco ofTitanium SeriesRodimus Prime was released as "Menasor". In the United States, this figure was exclusively available at theHasbro Toy Shop booth atSan Diego Comic-Con 2007, and later also at the Hasbro Toy Shop website, but was available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets. The official on-packagingbio explicitly declares him a single entity built from the bodies of the individual Stunticons.

Universe (2008)

• Decepticon Drag Strip ("Special Edition" Deluxe,2008)

A redeco ofClassic DeluxeMirage asDrag Strip, released under the2008Universe line. As part of a line-up of "Special Edition" Deluxes, the figure was available at general retail in Australia and Hasbro's Asian markets, but was also sold in the United States through the Hasbro Toy Shop website, and later also showed up at clearance chain Marshalls.

Gentei! Gentei!

• Stuntron Wildrider (Deluxe, 2008)

A redeco ofClassic DeluxeRodimus asWildrider was released in Japan as part ofGentei! Gentei!, the exclusive range ofTakaraTomy'sHenkei! Henkei! line, available at the "Chara Hobby 2008" show.

Timelines

• Generation 2: Redux (BotCon 2010 box set)

A redeco (but sporting an all-new head sculpt) ofUniverse Deluxe ClassSunstreaker/Sideswipe asBreakdown, specifically in the colors of the BotCon 1994 exclusiveGeneration 2 figure, was released as part ofFun Publications'BotCon 2010 exclusive "Generation 2: Redux" box set together withAutobot Spark,Streetstar,Clench andSky-Byte.

• Breakdown (Subscription Service Deluxe,2013)

Due to popular demand, a redeco of the BotCon 2010 exclusive figure (retaining its head sculpt) in Breakdown's classicGeneration 1 colors was made available by Fun Publications as part of the first round of theTransformers Collectors' Club'Transformers Figure Subscription Service.

Bot Shots

• Stunticons (Multi-pack, 2013)
  • Numbers: T006-T010

Sold as a five-pack, the Stunticons consist of redecos of existing molds: Motorbreath fromMegatron, Decepticon Dragstrip fromJazz, Brake-Neck fromTopspin, Dead End fromLeadfoot and Breakdown fromRoadbuster.

Generations

Just the typical scale discrepancies you'd expect from a Transformers toy line.

• Ultimate Gift Set (multi-pack, 2012)

A redeco of Legends ClassOptimus Prime from the2010Transformers toy line'sReveal the Shieldsubline imprint,Motorbreath (Motormaster renamed fortrademark reasons) was available as part of a so-called "Ultimate Gift Set" alongsideThundercracker and the woefully out of scale Deluxe Class figuresCombat Hero Optimus Prime andAutobot Jazz, released under theGenerations line.

Like Thundercracker, Motorbreath included a new sword weapon with3mm pegs and was retooled to accommodate said weapon. In the United States, the "Ultimate Gift Set" was a "shared exclusive" between online retailers (such asHasbro Toy Shop,Amazon andBigBadToyStore) and the online storefronts of major "big box" retailers (such asToys"R"Us andWalmart), but was available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets.

• Motorbreath (Legends Class, 2012)

Shortly before the release of the "Ultimate Gift Set", Motorbreath was also made available individually as part of a large line-up of figures designed specifically for Hasbro's Asian markets such as Hong Kong, Singapore or Taiwan, referred to under the ominous term "GDO" (which was later revealed to stand for "Global Development Organization"). Hasbro later made the "GDO" toys available in the United States and Canada asToys"R"Us exclusives.

• Dead End (Scout Class, 2012)

A redeco ofRevenge of the Fallen Scout ClassBrakedown,Dead End was released as part of theGenerations line's "GDO" line-up in the same manner as Motorbreath.

Combiner Wars

With alot of patience, Europeans could eventually purchase five of seven figures at their local retail. In some markets.

• Stunticons (2015)
  • Motormaster (Voyager Class)
  • Decepticon Dragstrip (Deluxe Class)
  • Dead End (Deluxe Class)
  • Breakdown (Deluxe Class)
  • Decepticon Offroad (Deluxe Class)
  • Brake-Neck (Deluxe Class)
  • Decepticon Blackjack (Legends Class)

• Known designers:John Warden (Hasbro)

TheGenerationsCombiner Wars Stunticons are a set of new sculpts (with the exception of Motormaster, who was planned as apretool of theOptimus Prime figure from the same line, which was released first), consisting of a Voyager Class leader/torso and four Deluxe Class limbs, each sold separately. With the exception of Dragstrip, who was released as part of the firstwave of the Deluxe Class assortment alongside three of theAerialbots, most of the Stunticon figures were released as part of the second wave of their respective assortments, with new member Offroad replacing Wildrider. They can, once again, be combined intoMenasor, with Legends Class Blackjack taking the role of Motormaster'sRoller car on Menasor's chest.

Several months later, "Brake-Neck" (Wildrider renamed fortrademark reasons), a redeco of Dead End with a new head sculpt, was released as part of a promotion named "May Mayhem" that, as far as its official United States release was concerned, was (at least in theory) a "shared exclusive" between various online retailers (such as Hasbro Toy Shop, Amazon, BigBadToyStore and Entertainment Earth), the online storefronts of major "big box" retailers (such as Toys"R"Us, Walmart,Target andKmart), and comic book stores that order through Diamond Distributors. It was still available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets, though.

As a part of the first and second wave promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for theAerialbots and Stunticons was given out when purchasing any four Deluxe Class toys from those waves. As such, Menasor was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.^[2] These sticker sheets did not include stickers for Brake-Neck or Blackjack, however.

• Menasor (Collection Pack,2016)

TheCombiner Wars Stunticons were also made available as agiftset, this time sporting theirGeneration 2 decos. Brake-Neck was included instead of Offroad, and Blackjack (who never had aGeneration 2 toy) was given a new, made-up deco.

Well, technically, this set is based onsomebody's digibash based onsomebody's hand-painted recreation of the cancelledGeneration 2 toys, including a badly color-matched purple and silver Breakdown and some other errors. This set replaces Offroad with Brake-Neck, and includes Blackjack. G2 Menasor is available as a box set, and comes with a collector card and a poster ofCombiner Wars G1 Menasor printed on cardstock paper, both presented inside an envelope.

Similar to the "May Mayhem" single release of Brake-Neck, the Superion "Collection Pack" was also a "shared exclusive" between various online retailers and the online storefronts of major "big box" retailers in the United States, but was available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets.

Unite Warriors

• Stuntron Combined Soldier Menasor (giftset,August 22,2015)
  • ID number:UW-02
  • English name:Decepticon Stunticons Combiner Menasor

• Known designers:Hisashi Yuki andHisao Nishimoto (TakaraTomy)

TheTakaraTomyUnite Warriors release of theCombiner Wars "Stuntrons" comes as aMenasorgiftset and features Wildrider instead of Offroad from the get-go, but lacks Blackjack, whose sculpt (redecoed intoRunabout) was released as part theAdventure line instead.

Legacy

• Decepticon Dragstrip (Deluxe Class,2022)
• Decepticon Wild Rider (Deluxe Class, 2022)
• Decepticon Motormaster (Commander Class, 2022)
• Dead End (Deluxe Class, 2022)
• Breakdown (Deluxe Class,2023)

• Known designers:Mark Maher (Hasbro),Takio Ejima andShogo Hasui (TakaraTomy),Dan Khanna (concept artist)

TheLegacy Stunticons are the most cartoon-accurate iterations of the characters released to date, and also the the first combiner team released in mainlineGenerations sincePower of the Primes.

• Stunticon Menasor (Giftset, 2023)

• Known designers:Mark Maher (Hasbro)^[3]

Released as a giftset,Stunticon Menasor is formed from five redecos of the aboveLegacy figures, this time based on their original 1986 toy decos. Unfortunately, this toy accurate Menasor lacks the car chest and different head the original G1 Menasoractually had. Bummer.

Menasor's five components were revealed at San Diego Comic Con 2023, and sold in aHasbro Pulse exclusive giftset. Said giftset features a similar layout to the original G1 Menasor boxset, and even includes a bio and tech specs on the back. Neat!

The set itself went up for pre-order on August 1st.

• G2 Universe Shadowstrip (Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Deluxe Class,2022)
• G2 Universe Dead End (Toxitron Collection Deluxe Class,2023)
• G2 Universe Breakdown (Deluxe Class,2025)

• Known designers:Sam Smith (Hasbro; Shadowstrip only)

Thus far, threeGeneration 2-themed redecos of theLegacy Stunticons have been released through different venues:

In 2022, shortly after the regular Deluxe Class Dragstrip had been released, theVelocitron Speedia 500 Collection capsule line-up (which was exclusive toWalmart in the United States and Canada, and to Smyths Toys in the United Kingdom, Ireleand and Germany) contained a redeco of Dragstrip who was officially marketed as a separate character called "G2 Universe Shadowstrip", although designer Sam Smith acknowledged that the toy also works as theGeneration 2 version of Drag Strip.

Then, in 2023, theToxitron Collection capsule line-up (which was also exclusive to Walmart in the United States and Canada) contained aGeneration 2 redeco of Dead End, who was actually marketedas Dead End this time.

Lastly, in 2025, the regular general retailLegacy Deluxe Class assortment contained aGeneration 2 redeco of Breakdown, this first timeever that any version of Breakdown inGeneration 2 colors wasnot released as an exclusive (arguably, theCombiner Wars Menasor Collection Pack was still an "online exclusive").

Time will tell when and how G2 versions of Wild Rider and Motormaster are going to be released.

Merchandise

Transformers Trading Card Game

• Menasor, Menacing Colossus (2019)
  • Breakdown, Paranoid Scout
  • Dead End, Doomed Loner
  • Decepticon Drag Strip, Cutthroat Warrior
  • Motormaster, Stunticon Leader
  • Offroad, All-Terrain Soldier
  • Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners
  • Stars:25

One of the titularcombiners from theTransformers Trading Card Game Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners, Menasor, Menacing Colossus can be formed by playing the Action cardStunticon Enigma while the Character cards for all fiveStunticons are in Bot Mode while on the battlefield and/or the KO area.

Menasor, Menacing Colossus' art is based on theCombiner Wars version of Menasor, withOffroad replacingWildrider. Like the Combiner Wars version of Menasor,Blackjack is depicted as a chestplate despite not being included in the card set.

Transformers Character Card

• Superion & Menasor Set (February 6,2023)
  • ID number:37 & 38

Released as part of the sixth wave of thee-HOBBY exclusiveTransformers Character Card series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art ofSuperion (with his componentsFireflight,Skydive,Silverbolt,Air Raid andSlingshot) andMenasor (withhis componentsDead End,Breakdown,Motormaster,Wildrider andDrag Strip) along withcharacter profiles andtech specs.

• Translation of Menasor's Transformers Character Card

Notes

• Not unlikeMegatron himself, the Stunticons' Generation 1character models were initially designed based on concept artwork for the toys which featured very different heads from the finished figures. These head designs survived to the characters' finished models, through other revisions and redesigns that took the characters' appearance even further away from the toys.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Stuntron (スタントロンSutantoron),Stunticon (スタンティコンSutantikon)
• French:Cascadican (Europe, "Stunticon")
• Hungarian:Sztuntikon
• Mandarin:Fēi Hǔ Duì (飞虎队, "Flying Tiger Gang")
• Portuguese:Acrobaticon (Brazil)
• Russian:Effecticon (ЭффектиконEffektikon)

References