Bot a Day: Daily Drawings

The last of the Motorvators is Gripper, team leader who turns into Baja buggy with some serious off-roading tires. Gripper is a redeco of  Blacker, a Brainmaster released in Japan in 1989. Gripper was available exclusively in European markets in 1991. 

Next in the line of Motorvators -- European exclusive re-releases of the previously Japan-exclusive Brainmaster figures -- is Flame. Released in European markets in 1991, Flame turns into a bright yellow Lamborghini Countach, and is a  redeco of Laster , first released in 1989. 

In Europe, the Japanese  Brainmaster  figures of the late 80s were redecoed to become a sub-team called the Motorvators. So here is Lightspeed, who was previously released  as Braver , who turns into a Ferrari F40 sports car. With no accompanying fiction, there's not much describing what the old Brainmaster functionality is supposed to mean, narratively. Lightspeed basically came packed with a smaller drive, an "Energon figure" who turns into the larger robot's face once placed into his chest cavity. Lightspeed was available in European markets in 1991.