Stingracer

Stingracer is a Decepticon Micromaster from the Earthrise portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Go Stingracer, Go Stingracer,
Go Stingracer go!!!

Free riding Decepticon Stingracer hangs around with the equally goonish Runner and Motorhead from the Race Track Patrol.

Fiction

War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material

With Cybertron's fate sealed and the Autobots gone, the Decepticons followed them closely through space aboard the Nemesis in pursuit of the AllSpark. Earthrise webpage^[1] Stingracer, Runner, and Motorhead were dispatched to follow Fireguard, Roadburner, and Windstorm to Micron, where they would sabotage their mission to collect the powerful yet dangerous plasma energy and seize it for themselves.

The Autobots took advantage of the dense population of Micron to hide out until they were ready to take the plasma energy. As Micron was the most secure planet in the universe, the plasma energy generators were protected enough for both sides to struggle to reach them. The Decepticons made contact with the plasma energy first, only to be effectively disintegrated by the unstable energy for their troubles when the generator overloaded. Encounter 2: Micron Micromasters

Toys

War for Cybertron: Earthrise

• Micron Micromasters (Galactic Odyssey Collection, 2021)

• Known designers: AJ Piejko-Brown (packaging)

Part of the Encounter 2 set of the Earthrise Galactic Odyssey Collection, representing Micron, Stingracer is a Decepticon-aligned redeco of Hot Rod Patrol member Trip-Up, and transforms from a robot into a muscle car roughly based on the 1966 Ford Mustang, with an engine blower and side exhaust pipes. They can combine with Windstorm to form a wieldable weapon, but as the duo is from opposing factions this isn't really feasible, at least canonically.

Notably, the product description for Stingracer explicitly states that their vehicle mode is an homage to Kenner's M.A.S.K. vehicles - specifically, the orange hot rod Stinger. Like Windstorm, who is likewise an homage to the M.A.S.K. vehicle Hurricane, Stingracer doesn't feature any faction insignias.

Stingracer is part of a six-pack exclusive to Amazon, bundled with Autobots Fireguard, Roadburner, and Windstorm, and fellow Decepticons Runner and Motorhead. Despite being labeled as "Encounter 2" in the Galactic Odyssey Collection, this was the third set to be officially revealed. The reasons for this delay are unknown.

Notes

• In the original M.A.S.K. franchise, Stinger was piloted by Bruno Sheppard.

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