Bot a Day: Daily Drawings

The combined form of the previous six Railbot Micromasters is Rail Racer, a towering bot if the trains' real world scale is taken into account. Rail Racer had previously been released as Sixliner and Sixtrain in Japan, but the Rail Racer release is his American debut, exclusively at KB Toys stores in 2005.

The last of the six Railbots is Rapid Run, a Series 100 bullet train locomotive. This design had previously been made available in Japan under the name of Leaf and Raise . This incarnation came out in 2005 as a KB Toys exclusive.

Without any on-packaging bio or animated or comic book stories to give any context, it's hard to say why this Railbot is named Swindle. He does not seem to be a version of the classic Combaticon con-artist from G1, so we're left to assume he's some sort of fast-talking Autobot. He turns into an EF66 locomotive, and part of the Railbot team. This figure was available earlier in Japan under the name Night or Convertor. His Universe version came out in 2005 exclusively at KB Toys.

Midnight Express is basically a reissue of Windy, the train Micromaster from the Japanese toyline. Although it's the same design, Midnight Express is male whereas Windy is female. He turns into a 400 Series Shinkansen train and was available at KB Toys stores in 2005. 

The next Railbot is Tankor, a re-use of a name from Beast Machines, and a re-use of a body originally sold in Japan as Alan and Atlan. Tankor turns into an SNCF TGV Sud-Est high speed train and was available exclusively at KB Toys stores in 2005.

Overload is the second of six Railbots released as KB Toys exclusives in 2004 as part of the Transformers Universe line. Using the same body design as the previously released Japanese toys of San D-Go and D-Go , Overload turns into a very old fashioned D51 steam locomotive engine.

Beginning a run of Railbots from Universe, a series of six Micromasters that turn into Japanese trains, released as a KB Toys exclusive in 2005. This design has been released before, and drawn here, in earlier Japanese incarnations, though Railspike marks his North American debut. Earlier iterations include Desire (1992) and Spark (1991). He turns into a Shinkansen 300.