Optimus - Freightliner COE

 

This truck is from '85...  :tfhuh

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That's what I'm asking for Rodr-Evil.  I'm asking for the specifics of what the eighties characters alt modes were.

Optimus - Freightliner COE

 

This truck is from '85...  :tfhuh

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That's what I'm asking for Rodr-Evil.  I'm asking for the specifics of what the eighties characters alt modes were.

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actually I believe it's a late-seventies COE truck.

Optimus - Freightliner COE

 

This truck is from '85...  :tfhuh

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That's what I'm asking for Rodr-Evil.  I'm asking for the specifics of what the eighties characters alt modes were.

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actually I believe it's a late-seventies COE truck.

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:pfx

I copied down the following into an excel file some time ago from somewhere I can't remember, think it was some old Tf forum.

 

Autobots

Optimus Prime Freightliner COE Dual-Axle Tractor Truck with Grey trailer

Bluestreak Datsun 280ZX

Hound Army Mitsubishi J59 jeep

Ironhide Toyota Previa (Nissan Onebox) van Toyota Previa (Nissan Onebox) van

Jazz Porsche 935 Turbo

Mirage F-1 Ligier JS25 (or JS11) Formula 1 racer

Prowl Datsun 280ZX (police cruiser)

Ratchet Toyota Previa (or Nissan Onebox) van/ambulance

Sideswipe Lamborghini Countach LP500S

Sunstreaker Lamborghini Countach LP500S ("Super Tuning", exposed rear engine)

Trailbreaker Datsun P/U (or Toyota 4WD Hilux)

Wheeljack White Lancia Stratos Turbo racing car

Grapple crane

Hoist Toyota 4WD Wrecker tow-truck

Inferno fire engine

Red alert Lamborghini Countach LP500S (Fire Escort)

Skids Honda City Van

Smokescreen Datsun 280ZX

Tracks Corvette Stingray

Brawn Land Rover Defender 4 x 4

Bumblebee Volkswagen Beetle

Cliffjumper Toyota (or Porsche 924 Turbo)

Gears 4WD off-road truck

Huffer tractor cab

Windcharger Trans Am

Beachcomber dune buggy

Cosmos UFO

Powerglide A-10 Thunderbolt II airplane

Seaspray hovercraft

Warpath Sheridan tank

Hubcap Toyota (Porsche 924 Turbo)

Outback Brown 4 x 4

Pipes Blue trailer cab

Swerve Red/White truck

Tailgate modified Trans Am

Sky Lynx Space Shuttle (bird) with Blue cargo carrier (lynx)

Aerialbots

Air Raid F-15 Eagle

Skydive F-16 Fighting Falcon

Slingshot Sea Harrier FRS.Mk 2 jet

Fireflight F-4 Phantom II

Silverbolt SST jet

Protectobots

Blades Super Huey helicopter

First Aid ambulance

Groove Honda Goldwing motorcycle

Streetwise Nissan 300 ZX (Police Car)

Hot Spot Blue fire engine

 

Camshaft Mazda Savannah RX-7

Downshift Toyota Celica XX

Overdrive Ferrari BB

Punch/Counterpunch Dark Blue Pontiac Fierro

Hosehead fire engine

Nightbeat Porsche 930 Turbo

Siren fire cruiser

 

Decepticons

Megatron Walther P-38

Skywarp Black F-15

Starscream Grey F-15

Thundercracker Blue F-15

Constructicons

Bonecrusher bulldozer

Hook crane crane

Mixmaster cement mixer

Long Haul dump truck

Scavenger digger

Scrapper payloader

Triplechangers

Astrotrain shuttle/train

Blitzwing MiG-25 jet/Mitsubishi Type 74 Main Battle Tank

Octane tanker/jumbo jet

 

Runabout Trans Am

Runamuck Trans Am

Combaticons

Blast Off Space Shuttle

Brawl Leopard 1 tank

Swindle Brown Jeep

Vortex Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk (or GKN Westland Super Sea Lynx Mk88A) helicopter

Onslaught Green flatbed truck w/cannon

(Vortex was depicted as a Sea Lynx helicopter in the cartoon and the comic. However, the toy isn't a Sea Lynx...)

Stunticons

Breakdown Lamborghini Countach LP500S

Dead End Porsche 928

Drag Strip F-1 Tyrell P-34 Indy car

Wildrider Ferrari 308GTB

Motormaster tractor trailer

 

Needlenose Dassault Mirage 2000 jet

Quake Leopard 2 tank

Spinister Apache helicopter

I dont think that trailbreaker was a toyota, but more on the lines of a Bronco 1 but "customed" in the back. And Cliffjumper would today be possibly considered a jetta. Still a volkswagon like bumblebee. Dont forget Powerglide as a A-10 Thunderbolt.

Yeah, but they don't make them anymore because of problems with the vehicle's turning axis being directly under the driver/passenger compartment. Also, riding in them was very uncomfortable, as the wheels were directly under the compartment, and this also made repairs and general maintenance a royal pain. That's why most new trucks are stardard ("long-nose.").

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Not quite, atleast, that's not the case here in Europe, where most trucks still have the COE-design. Not because we're so backwater in truck-design, but for economical reasons. The COE-design is compacter, and doesn't need as much material as the "Long-nose" design. Plus, because they are shorter, they are more manouvrable, and take up less parking-space. There are probably a million more reasons for COE over ....whatever the official name of "Long Nose" is, but the fact remains, there are hardly any long-nose trucks here in Europe.

http://www.transformersontheshelf.com/PreT...formerList.html

 

My list from the Diaclone and Microman lines. It lists all the true car names and whatnot