Action Master Elite


 * Action Masters are a subgroup in the Generation 1 continuity family.

Action Master Elites are Action Masters, the group of Transformers who are unable to transform, who are able to transform. There's something not quite right about any of that...

The Action Master Elites were released only in Europe in 1991, at a time when the US toyline had ended (temporarily as it turns out). Each toy had a built in button that when pressed in vehicle mode performed motion on the toy. Three of the four released bear strong resemblance to previous Transformers, however only one of these three had actually been released in Europe previously.

There has been very little fiction featuring any of the Action Master Elites, so how they retained or regained their transforming ability is unknown, although an unnamed robot resembling Windmill is the captain of the Sojourner's Passage in the Transformers Universe comic series.

The four were as follows:

Autobots

 * Omega Spreem. Changing into a Cybertronian tank the robot's design, though not his colours, bears strong resemblance to Omega Supreme. However the original Omega Supreme toy was not released in Europe...
 * Windmill. The one truly original design who transforms into a high-impact, counterstrike helicopter.

Decepticons

 * Double Punch. Changing into a scorpion both his design and colour scheme most strongly resemble BlackZarak, the upgrade (and retooling) of Scorponok in the Japanese Super-God Masterforce. Yet BlackZarak was never available in Europe and the Action Master Elites were not released in Japan...
 * Turbo Master. Transforms into Cybertronian dual-propeller helicopter. His robot mode bears a resemblance to Bruticus, for once a toy (well set of toys) who was released in Europe.