Who were the Wreckers?
The Wreckers were the Autobots’ crack commando squad while Cybertron was under Decepticon control. They were initially led by a new Furman creation, Impactor, and consisted of Roadbuster, Whirl, Topspin, Twin Twist and another new character, Rack ‘n’ Ruin. The four existing characters weren’t to be featured in any significant way in the US comic, and Whirl and Roadbuster, Deluxe Vehicles based on Takatoku toys from the series ‘Machine Soldier Dorvack’, were then owned by Bandai, and like the Deluxe Insecticons and Jetfire [see here], were avoided. However, Furman just seems to have thought he could get away with it in the UK. They first appeared in the “Target: 2006” storyline, with Impactor and Roadbuster debuting in #78, with the team getting a full introduction in #82. In #84 Springer, Sandstorm and Broadside joined them, with the former taking over the leadership of the team when Impactor died in TF #88. The team were next seen in the ‘Return to Cybertron’ storyline, printed in #98
