Topspin
Prior to this, we've been looking at most just Transformers. Sure, we had cars, minicars, jets, etc. but here we had an actual different line-toys that did something besides just change.
Jumpstarters! Vehicles that would flip on their own accord and transform-all by themselves! The catch is the parts need for this can wear down and break, so finding one in good shape nowadays is a bit hard.
Topspin, apparently some kind of hovercraft thing, only had one toy in all of Generation One. His file card paints him as a thrillseeker of sorts, beating the terrain is almost as important as beating Decepticons to him.
The comic paints him in a similar light. He only ever showed up in the UK books and was part of the Wreckers group, a sort of Dirty Dozen/Suicide Squad. This proved apt as Topspin got his head blown off by Megatron in one issue.
He never showed up in the cartoon.
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