Bot a Day: Daily Drawings

The fourth and last of the Autorollers is Autostinger, which is a reuse and redeco of the Generation Two Decepticon, Dirtbag . This incarnation is a Predacon, though he still has the automatic transformation feature that lends the line its prefix. Autostinger turns into an earth mover-style dump truck. He was released in Japan in 1998.

The next Autoroller in the line is Autolauncher, a Predacon who turns into an armored personnel carrier with some artillery turret and radar dish. As an Autoroller, he transforms automatically, and the mechanisms required to do so make the resulting robot rather chunky -- this illustration has taken a few liberties with proportion to make him seem more mobile. Autolauncher was available in Japan in 1998 in their version of the Beast Wars line, and appeared in their exclusive animated series.

The next Autoroller was a design developed for Generation Two that was never released. Autojetter is a Predacon who automatically transforms from a F/A-18 jet to a robot. The Autoroller functionality makes for a very chunky jet. He was available in 1998.

Starting a run of "Autorollers" from the Japanese incarnation of Beast Wars. They aren't beasts, but rather robot-to-vehicles characters that are motorized and automatically transform. Autocrusher, who turns into a heavy duty payloader, was a design previously released in Generation 2, as Roadblock the Decepticon. This incarnation was available in Japan in 1998.

The second of two Autorollers released in 1995, Roadblock is a front-line defense specialist. This lumbering Decepticon turns into a payloader-type construction vehicle. As an Autoroller, he is motorized and can transform automatically. 

Dirtbag is one of two Decepticon Auto Rollers released in 1995. These burly motorized construction vehicles would drive forward and then transform on its own. Dirtbag turns into a earth mover type dump truck.