Auto Roller


 * ...all you do to transform them is roll them. Thus the name. They auto-transform while rolling. --Posted to alt.toys.transformers by Op Prime, 06-30-1997



Toys
The Autorollers were a small group of Transformer toys that autotransformed from vehicle to robot when pushed forward. Two were released late in the Generation 2 toyline: Dirtbag and Roadblock. Redecoes of both were planned, as "General Optimus Prime" and "Sergeant Hound", but were not released. It would appear that promotion in the Autobot army is hard on the leg articulation.

These two already-released molds, as well as two more Autorollers which had until then remained unused, were released in Japan for the Beast Wars II line. This awesome foursome included Autolauncher, Autojetter, Autostinger, and Autocrusher. Zounds! It seems they all share a common name element with the team name; how tricky. Gabba gabba hey, gabba gabba hey.

Beast Wars II cartoon
Megastorm reformatted the Autorollers from four blank protoforms to boldly go forth and do fun Predacon things like burning trees and shooting up forest creatures. Public urination, however, was reserved for the opposition.

Even before adopting their vehicular forms (culled from ancient planet Gaia records), Megastorm referred to the protoforms as Autorollers.