(See the notes for more details on the origin of the toy.) Each toy given at the convention was further modified with hand-painted blue stripes on the sides of the hood, and a custom-made Decepticon sigil sticker on the center of the hood. She also uses different wheels than Bumblebee, supposedly those intended for the Double Clutch/ Mirage sculpt. Technically, Nightracer is a literal repaint of the Go-Bots version of Bumblebee, using the same base plastic colors but lacking the gold overcoat paint layer, and featuring silver paint on her face and engine as opposed to Bumblebee's purple face and unpainted black engine. A redeco of the Generation 2 Go-Bot High Beam, Nightracer transforms into a "concept car" with an exposed rear engine that looks exactly like the Speed Blaster car from Mattel's Hot Wheels line that was first released in 1991 under the names "Back Burner" and "Sonic Special". Nightracer was a BotCon 1995 exclusive toy, with a confirmed at-convention run of only 298 pieces. She's still waiting for her insignia to finish downloading. Renegade Rhetoric (2), 9 Toys Generation 2 Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2 Subsequently, Nightracer stuck with Megatron when Nemesis Prime made a play for leadership. Renegade Rhetoric (2), 5 With their ill-gotten supplies, the Decepticons upgraded themselves into the second generation of Go-Bots, improving upon the technology of the GoBots of Strata 22, sending the Autobots on the defensive. There, Nightracer and Crash Test raided a Sumdac Systems to acquire a pallet of Destronium. One of Megatron's Renegade Decepticons, Nightracer followed her leader out of their home reality to a new reality. Nightracer later acquired a new body, and was present for the signing of the Pax Cybertronia at Autobot City. Apparently persuaded, she returned to Earth with the Autobots, where she helped Side Burn debrief Ultra Magnus on what had happened and advocated pardoning the Battlechargers for their kidnapping charges. Side Burn reminded her that she and the other clones were intended by Jhiaxus to rise up above their factions, and noted that by coming with him to join the Autobots, she could fulfill that mission. When sight of the battle below restored Side Burn's memories of the war, Nightracer pleaded for him to stay with her and the other Decepticons. Side Burn caught up with Nightracer on a cliff overlooking the rest of her clone brethren clashing with Pyro's Autobots. As she did so, Side Burn offered to watch her rear, to which she responded that he was a little young for her and raced off. Realizing that one Autobot was unaccounted for, Jhiaxus instructed Nightracer to go look for him. I'm here to befriend Autobots and endorse peace treaties between them and the Decepticons, as Raksha intended.Īfter Pyro and his team of Autobots were captured, Jhiaxus showed him Nightracer and five other clones as an example of his work.
Nightracer's profile in Club magazine #46 She was unveiled along with the rest of the "Second Generation" to Hi-Q. Her knowledge that she was a clone of the original Nightracer gives her serious doubts, often causing her to wonder whether the original Nightracer was faster, a better shot, or stronger. At least, that's what she told herself, since the original Nightracer's aversion to social interaction and bonds still showed through.
The cloned Nightracer firmly believed in Jhiaxus's goals of recreating the Cybertronian Empire. In particular, he chose to include her acerbic personality to see how his other clones, his "Second Generation" of Cybertronians, would react, in order to overcome arising divisions. A Flash Forward, Part 2 Jhiaxus had remembered the myth of Nightracer, and chose to clone her and re-create one of Cybertron's deadliest warriors. In 2012, Jhiaxus had the Battlechargers retrieve several personality components from within Cybertron, one of which was the original Nightracer's. Believe it or not, but I'm the same toy as that guy in front!