Gears (G1)

Gears is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Gears, ironically, hates bright colors.

Gears hates Earth, a lush, green planet practically as unlike his cozy, gray, metallic homeworld as possible. He grumbles and complains about being shipwrecked on it—complains and grumbles to a ridiculous extent, until he becomes a source of amusement, rather than negativity. This is usually his intent—unlike his fellow Mini Vehicle Huffer, Gears has a desire to help his fellow Autobots see good in a bad situation. Still, he does get depressed from time to time.

Gears is strong and tough, not so much in lifting but in endurance, and carrying heavy loads with little effort, be they energon cubes, disabled Autobots, or potatoes for the farmers' market. He is fitted with infrared vision sensors.

In robot mode, Gears can release controlled bursts of compressed air from his feet, launching himself to altitudes over 100,000 feet, and floating back down. In doing so, he must be careful not to lose air pressure before coming close enough to the ground for a safe landing.

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Wish we saw more of the design on the right. Yikes!

Gears was one of Cybertron's great warriors and fought alongside Optimus Prime during Megatron's assault on Iacon, placing shatter bombs on the support struts of the last bridge into the city-state. And There Shall Come...a Leader! Later, he was chosen to join the Ark mission to save Cybertron from an asteroid belt—a mission that saw him stranded on Earth for four million years. Once he woke up in 1984 and was rebuilt as an Earthen truck, he immediately began complaining. The Transformers

Spider-Man's amazing friend.

Gears participated in the battle outside of Buster Witwicky's house and while driving away from the battle scared a cop by yelling at him to get out of his way, leaving the man stunned. Shortly after, Gears teamed up with Spider-Man, using his ability to launch himself upward using compressed air and fly alongside the superhero in an attempt to reach the mountaintop Decepticon fortress. When Gears ran low on power, he began to fall before Spidey caught him in webbing. Although Spider-Man's webbing was extremely strong, the Autobot's weight threatened to break it. Thankfully they had little left to climb, and Spider-Man completed Gears' ascent using the webbing for assistance. After a fight with Ravage, blind-siding Rumble and Frenzy, and knocking out Soundwave, they came face to face with Megatron, who blasted a hole under Gears, causing him (and human Sparkplug Witwicky) to fall from the fortress. Although Spidey was able to rescue Sparkplug, and attempted to catch Gears as he had done before, the added momentum of the fall proved too much strain on the webbing, and Gears crashed to the ground. Gears was quickly patched up enough to tell the Autobots that Megatron had gotten what he wanted (a fuel conversion process) from Sparkplug. Prisoner of War! His complete restoration was seemingly interrupted when, following recriminations, Ratchet needed to drive Sparkplug to the hospital to treat his sudden heart attack. The Last Stand

Nonetheless back on his feet soon afterwards, Gears helped restrain Brawn after his teammate had gone haywire, following him suffering an electrical feedback while repairing the Ark. But the mighty Brawn escaped from his grasp, and began rampaging in a nearby town. Gears and the others quickly caught up to the renegade Autobot, and returned him to his senses with another electrical shock. The Enemy Within! Soon afterwards, the Decepticons launched a full-on siege on the Ark. Gears faced off against Frenzy during the scuffle, until the Ark's computer, Auntie, was awakened by Optimus Prime. Deranged due to a circuit malfunction, Auntie put an end to the clash by magnetizing all combatants onto the Ark's walls. While Gears was so incapacitated, Auntie was deactivated once more thanks to the efforts of Windcharger and Ravage. The Decepticons retreated afterwards, and Gears was happy for the victory, but Optimus warned him they had gained only a brief reprieve, as the Decepticons had sworn to return and take vengeance. Raiders of the Last Ark

Ow ow ow.

During the Decepticons' next assault on the Ark, Shockwave managed to incapacitate nearly all of the Autobots. Gears' deactivated form was strung up from the Ark's ceiling, alongside most of his teammates. The New Order Repeat Performance! By teaming up with the Dinobots, Ratchet managed to retake control of the Ark, and went about putting his comrades back in working order. Subsequently, to make sure all of the Autobots were back in fighting shape, Ratchet had Gears and the others go on a diagnostics run through the open plains. DIS-Integrated Circuits!

When the Autobots overheard Shockwave's plans to dispose of the captured head of their leader, Optimus Prime, Gears accompanied a convoy out to rescue him. Brainstorm! He and the others arrived at a nearby swamp, where the Decepticons had dumped the head, with Optimus's body in tow. However, the head was actually a decoy head, which, when attached to the body, caused it to go on a murderous rampage. Several Decepticons then arrived to help the false Prime batter the Autobots, and Buzzsaw shot Gears right in the face! Prime Time!

Though in time Optimus was restored and retook command of the Autobots, he had been left troubled by his ordeal. At this time, Prowl suggested the Autobots use the Creation Matrix to create a breed of Autobot super warriors, which could swiftly end the war for them. Gears was among the Autobots who argued against this course of action, seeing it as a perversion of the Matrix's purpose. Following an encounter with Ravage, Bumblebee shortly thereafter went missing. Upon detecting his signal returning towards the Ark, Gears ran out to welcome the scout, only to be met with Bumblebee's severed arm; the Decepticons had challenged Optimus Prime to retrieve their prisoner alone. The ensuing rescue only served to snap Prime out of a funk however, and he returned to announce his decision against building the "Ultimate Autobots." Crisis of Command!

Gears joined Cliffjumper and Windcharger in searching for Sludge during the Dinobot Hunt. Their mission was suddenly cut short by the arrival of Soundwave and the Decepticons, who shot the Minibots in the back and took them prisoner. Bumblebee soon rescued his disabled comrades from the captured Ark shuttlecraft. Dinobot Hunt! However, the injuries Gears suffered were grave. Alongside many other Autobots, he was brought to Ratchet's repair bay to be patched up. Due to a lack of supplies, Ratchet only had faint hopes of reviving all of the damaged troops. Rock and Roll-Out!

Gears was witness to Optimus, Ratchet, and Prowl suddenly de-materializing within the Ark. Though at the time they had assumed that the Decepticons had somehow managed to slay the trio, the Autobots soon learned otherwise. Optimus and the others had been transported to another dimension as part of a mass displacement effect, triggered by Galvatron traveling to their present from twenty years in the future. A first strike against the time-traveling tyrant and his cronies ended in Jazz's capture, and Gears participated in the subsequent effort to free his fellow Autobot but the future-Decepticons wielded unimaginable power, and Gears was brought low by Scourge. Target: 2006

Gears was repaired in time to help his fellow Autobots gather up what they believed were Optimus Prime's remains; the Autobot leader had apparently been slain in combat against the Predacons. Little did they know that the body they had found was a facsimile construct, planted by Prime to fake his own death. ...The Harder They Die!

Barely snuck into the margins during his own death scene.

Though Gears was left inoperative once more, Ratchet began gathering the necessary parts to fix him and the other severely damaged Autobots. Funeral for a Friend!

He was back on his feet by the time the Ark was launched into the Earth's orbit. At this time, Optimus was gone and Grimlock had taken control of the Autobot forces, though his leadership proved unpopular among the troops. Gears begged the deserter Blaster to usurp the Dinobot alongside the bulk of the Autobot forces. Spacehikers! This led into Gears witnessing a battle between Grimlock and Blaster for Autobot leadership on Earth's moon. While Autobots around him cheered vehemently for either combatant, Gears chose to watch in stoic silence. Totaled!

Gears was among the Autobots who answered Buster Witwicky's distress call from just outside the Decepticons' headquarters in the Arctic. Shortly thereafter, when an Underbase-powered Starscream announced that he would "destroy the cities of New York, Tokyo, and Buenos Aires", Gears was among the allied Autobot/Decepticon teams sent ahead to New York City. As Starscream approached, Goldbug led a team of Autobots which included Gears, and the entire team was destroyed with a "single wave of a market executive's Starscream's hand"! Oops. Dark Star

Gears' torso, head, and right arm were shown in the midst of attempted repairs while Optimus Prime explained the bleak condition of their fallen to Cloudburst and Landmine. Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?

Transformers '84

Gears was among the Autobots preparing to leave Cybertron aboard the Ark. '84 #0 He was thrown by an explosion when the Decepticons boarded the Ark in flight. Secrets & Lies issue 2

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Don Messick (English), Toshiro Ishii (Japanese), Ken Shiroyama (Japanese, "Transport to Oblivion", "Fire in the Sky"), Yao Huang (Chinese), Roberto Alexander (Latin American), Peter Bertram (German, "Transport To Oblivion"), Henry Djanik (European French), Jacques Ferrière (European French, "Fire in the Sky"), Unknown (European French, "The Core"), Georges Atlas (European French, "B.O.T."), Francesco De Santis (Italian, 40th Anniversary Event dub), Nelson Batista (Portuguese), Orlando Prado (Portuguese, "The Core"), Přemysl Přichystal (Czech)

A competition of who complains the most!

Gears was one of the original crew of Autobots on the Ark spaceship when it crash-landed on Earth millions of years ago. When he awoke in 1984, he was reformatted by Teletraan I so that his alternate mode was an Earth-based pickup truck. Not a true combatant by nature, he didn't participate in many of the Autobots' more famous battles against the Decepticons, but he did his part despite his complaints. Gears first saw action on Earth at an off-shore oil rig, fighting one of the Seekers with his partner, Huffer. More than Meets the Eye, Part 1 Gears' infrared sensors were useful in capturing Ravage when the Decepticon was caught trespassing at the Autobot headquarters. By modifying his searchlight wavelength, Gears could illuminate Ravage's heat traces and neutralize the jaguar's ability to hide in shadows. More than Meets the Eye, Part 2 When Prime was injured in an explosion outside the ruby crystal mines of Burma, Gears discarded the complaining facade he often wore, in order to encourage Optimus Prime to push himself into returning to robot mode. He later donned a lab coat to help sell Hound's holographic rocket base idea, although it didn't do much good. In the final battle to stop the launch of the Decepticon space cruiser, Gears and Windcharger were engaged in battling Reflector until Megatron called for a retreat. More than Meets the Eye, Part 3

Gears was part of the Team of Autobots who fought the Decepticons at a hydroelectric dam, though a thrown piece of equipment blew up the Decepticons Energon cache and had to retreat. Roll for It Gears assembled for battle when the Decepticons returned to attack a solar power plant, and chastised Bumblebee for missing roll call. At the plant, Gears and Cliffjumper attempted to stop the Seekers from taking off with the energon cubes, but Starscream knocked them aside with a concussion blast. Later, after Bumblebee led the Autobots to the supposed site of the new space bridge, only to find a deserted cave, Gears offered to electrocute the 'Bee in order to juice up his memory circuits. Transport to Oblivion When Optimus Prime was heavily damaged in battle, Gears returned from patrol with Brawn and Windcharger to check on his condition. None of them, however, was sharp-eyed enough to spot Laserbeak swoop down and land on Brawn's shoulder as they entered the base. Divide and Conquer

After it started snowing, in July, in the middle of the desert, Optimus Prime got suspicious and consulted Teletraan I for a weather report. Gears, who was performing reconnaissance scans on the now-frozen tropical region of the planet, concurred with Teletraan I's conclusions, that Megatron and the Decepticons must somehow be draining heat energy right out of the Earth's core. In the Arctic, as the Autobots prepared to enter the Decepticons' cavernous base of operations, Gears stalled outside the entrance on the sneaking suspicion the Autobots were falling into a trap. Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy—by lingering too long on the ice, the combined weight of Gears, Hound, Ironhide and Ratchet caused the tunnel to collapse beneath them. Gears and his buddies were briefly captured by the Decepticons, but escaped thanks to Hound's holograms. Fire in the Sky

"Hey! Being shot in the face plays havoc with my sinuses."

Gears attended the unveiling of Wheeljack's latest science project, the Dinobots, and managed to stay out of the way after they ran amok. He joined Optimus Prime and the other Autobots on a mission to the Great Falls. Being one of the few Autobots who can fly (usually), Gears took to the air to fight Soundwave face-to-face, but was quickly shot down by the more experienced Decepticon. S.O.S. Dinobots On one mission, Gears travelled to Peru to help the Autobots remove the Crystal of Power from Megatron's control. Fire on the Mountain He was also involved in the dino-design project that created Snarl and Swoop. War of the Dinobots

Following a Decepticon attack on the Ark, Gears was briefly seen cleaning up the deadly fire extinguisher foam which drove them away. The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 In the aftermath of Cybertron's orbit around Earth, Gears worked on the massive repairs necessary to rebuild human society. He also participated in the raid on Doctor Arkeville's laboratory. Countdown to Extinction

Bumblebee and Gears - Powerlinx!!

During an Autobot Alert(!!!), the Ark's crew all leapt into action at high speed...well, except for Gears. The alarm interrupted his plan to "lube his cables", making the cranky Gears slow to respond to the call of duty. He might have trudged even slower if he knew the entire alert was a ruse by Megatron, designed solely for the purpose of capturing Gears. It seemed that Megatron's newest toy, the Solar Needle, required a specific circuit board in order to be properly completed, and Gears contained just such a circuit board in his chest. A curious side effect of removing the circuit board was that it negated Gears' inclination towards squawking and complaining. He was now a compulsively good-natured people-pleaser, unable to refuse requests by anyone, even Megatron. With the solar needle activated, the Decepticons put Gears to work harvesting energon cubes, filled by the sun's mighty power.

Despite the alterations to his personality, Gears tried to remain true to himself. Even while helping Megatron's energy pilfering, he still managed to toss an insult or two at the Decepticon leader. In a good-natured way, of course. And, after the Autobots arrived to destroy the solar needle and drew the Decepticons' attention, Gears made a break for the control panel to retrieve his circuit board and restore his real personality. He was interrupted by Starscream, who had been looking for an excuse to blast Gears all day, but Bumblebee knocked the Seeker aside before he could eliminate the tiny Autobot. Also, when Megatron hurled Prime out of control into the solar needle's incinerating energy grid, Gears used the holdout blaster in his sleeve to disrupt the grid and save Optimus. Still, once Megatron got the drop on the Autobots, he was able to exploit Gears' new personality glitch to make him repair the solar needle while the Decepticons held his teammates at gunpoint. Megatron gloated too much about the nature of Gears' problem, though, allowing Optimus Prime to circumvent his control over Gears. Tricking Megatron into agreeing to honor his last request "as a condemned mechanism", Prime turned the tables on Megatron by asking Gears for a favor of his own. Gears was all too happy to oblige...and destroy the solar needle for Optimus.

In the uncut version, Gears farts.

With the fight back on, Gears happily got in on the action and tossed Starscream for a loop. The Decepticons abandoned the field of battle, leaving the Autobots behind to clean up the mess caused by their solar needle. As the needle was being dismantled, Prime was ready to return Gears' circuit board to him when Trailbreaker stepped in. Seems the Autobots took a vote, and they would rather not restore Gears' talent for complaining, and whining, and hypochondria, and...well. After a quick joke, though, they did return the circuit board, and Gears showed his gratitude by going "whine, whine, whine" all the way home. Changing Gears

Gears was seen awaiting his turn at the recharging chambers, but did not appear later on rampaging with the other Autobots afflicted by the personality destabilizer device. Attack of the Autobots He attended Wheeljack's demonstration of the Immobilizer. When the Decepticons got their metal mitts on the device, Gears was trapped in mid-transformation by the device's rays. He was restored to normal after Carly fiddled with the controls to reverse its effects. The Immobilizer

Stupid Mother Earth!!!

Like most of the Autobots, Gears was temporarily trapped in vehicle mode after Megatron unleashed his Transfixatron on them during a car rally for charity. Wheeljack came up with an anti-transfixation grenade to reverse the process (even his cures explode!), but that only revived the Autobots in time to deal with Plan B: Devastator. While he isn't in Brawn or Prime's class, Gears is still one strong little Autobot, and demonstrated his strength by ripping out huge chunks of rock to hurl at the massive Decepticon. The Autobot Run Sometime later, Gears helped install detection plates around the Ark as an early warning system against any intruders. Enter the Nightbird He was also briefly seen gawking at the two Optimus Primes who showed up in the dirt. After a sharpshooting contest and car race failed to uncover the imposter, the Autobots rode into battle anyway with both Primes at their side. Gears didn't have much fun in the following melee: first he got sent face-first into the dirt by one of the opening salvos, and was later overmatched in single combat against Thundercracker. He was saved only by the continuation of Megatron and Starscream's cockeyed, overly-elaborate scheme of clones killing clones. A Prime Problem

Gears was on patrol with the team when they suddenly came across an empty riverbed. After a quick mud massage from Jazz's spinning tires, Gears and the others decided to follow the river's trail to see where it had been diverted. What they found was trouble: Constructicons. The Autobots barely escaped battle with Devastator to report on Megatron's activities to Prime. The Core

Gears attended Wheeljack's demonstration of how he had taught Grimlock "finesse". The resulting chaos and destruction was predictable, but memorable. Dinobot Island, Part 1 Despite not being seen in the battle at all, Gears was injured fighting Megatron and the Heart of Cybertron in South America. All the repairs and none of the glory. Boy, he must have been craaaanky...Microbots

Gears and many of his fellow Autobots showed up in Central City for the Autobot Day parade and celebration. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1 The city soon turned on the Autobots, thanks to Megatron's machinations, but they returned to help drive the Decepticons away once the humans were temporarily enslaved. Gears was seen among the horde of Autobots that overwhelmed the Decepticon slave-drivers. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2 He was also one of the Autobots cheering for the Dinobots when they returned from Cybertron with a fresh supply of cybertonium. Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2 Gears was part of the third wave of Autobots to confront the invulnerable Decepticons, but fared no better than his predecessors against their electrum coating. The Golden Lagoon Gears stood by as Chip Chase and Teletraan I tried to locate the Autobots lost aboard the Space Bridge. Child's Play He was also seen applying Corrostop to the Statue of Liberty. Cosmic Rust

When Megatron and the Decepticons attacked the Ark looking for the renegade Decepticons, Gears joined Optimus Prime in fending off their assault. Megatron soon retreated once he realized Prime had no slaggin' idea what he was talking about. Starscream's Brigade

Gears, Ironhide and Bumblebee responded to an S.O.S. from Benjamin Franklin Pierce High School and found themselves chasing B.O.T. around the city. They were beaten to it by Swindle, who needed to get back Brawl's personality component, and Gears later found himself defending Autobot Headquarters from Bruticus. B.O.T.

Legends comic

How come you two get new toys but mine is just a vintage re-release!

Gears watched Megatron depart in the wake of the battle over the Transform Super Cog. Slugslinger's Ambition Like most Autobots, he was annoyed by Twin Twist and Topspin's antics, commenting that the two were hopeless. Jumpstarter Chapter

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comic

Gears was amongst the Autobots who defended Autobot headquarters in Arizona from a Decepticon attack. Although the Autobots won the day, the attack was actually just a distraction so that Soundwave could go do evil in Japan or something unspecified. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2

Full Throttle Scramble Power!

Gears accompanied the massive Autobot reinforcements called in to counter Megatron's nefarious Omega Wave Cannon. Full Throttle Scramble Power!

Wings Universe

To alleviate the Transformers' energy woes, a team of Autobots including Gears was formed to crew the Ark, which soon departed. Battle Lines, Part 6

Cloud

The Gears of "OG001 Spacetime" was caught up in the tussle between the Optimus Prime and Megatron of Cloud World when they came to his spacetime. TFC-A01

Sticker Adventures books

In the aftermath of a battle with the Decepticons, the Autobots found that Decepticon activities had seemingly stopped altogether. Taking advantage of the situation, Optimus went on a trip. Once he had left, Gears found out, to his horror, that the Autobots’ entire fuel supply had been stolen. Gears and the others tried to fend off the Decepticons nonetheless when they attacked once more. Thankfully, Optimus returned just in time with a new shipment of fuel. Re-energized, the Autobots forced the Decepticons to flee once again. Revenge of the Decepticons

Marvel Storybooks continuity

Gears was one of the thirty-five active Autobots stationed on Earth. He participated in the battle against the Decepticons that ensued after Megatron put into motion his plan to take hostage millions of humans to gain the Earth's unconditional surrender. After the Autobots had emerged victorious from the conflict, Gears drove away with the rest of his comrades back to Autobot headquarters. Battle for Earth

Gears was present when the Decepticons sent a communication to Autobot headquarters, informing them that not only was Sunstreaker their captive hostage, but that the rescue party that tried to liberate him had been captured as well. Gears was shaken by the message, and the Autobots questioned their next move. Thankfully, Optimus Prime renewed morale by coming up with a clever plan to trick the Decepticons. The Autobots hid within a false peace-offering, a life-size statue of Devastator. When the Decepticons approached the statue with their guard down, the Autobots burst forth, taking them by surprise. The Autobots were ultimately victorious that day. The Autobots' Secret Weapon

Marvel coloring books

Steve Ditko is noted for his superb use of shading, his handling of facial expressions, and his ability to do cosmic vistas of mystery. Here he was asked to do a line drawing of a truck carrying potatoes.

Gears and Optimus were attacked by Rumble, who used his Earthquake-inducing abilities to bury the two Autobots in a landslide. Though they managed to dig their way out of the rubble, Gears was ws rendered immobile when Soundwave snuck up on him and unplugged a cable inside his back. Gears was brought to Megatron's newly constructed prison and incarcerated within. Thankfully, Bumblebee had evaded capture, and managed to free the rest of his teammates. Upon release, Gears and the other Autobots gave Bumblebee three cheers! Bumblebee to the Rescue!

Gears was one of the many Autobots who stopped the Decepticons from harming Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky. Later, he helped the Autobots in protecting Hoover Dam from the evil robots. The Deadly Fuel Shortage On a rainy day, Gears read a book inside the Ark. A Message From Outer Space Gears was counting how many gasoline barrels the Autobots had in storage when Bumblebee asked if he could help. When Bumblebee admitted he couldn't reach the higher stacks of barrels, Gears dismissed him and grumbled he'd do the job himself. Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission

Gears was hauling a load of potatoes, with plans to sell them for oil and gas money. (Really.) He was tricked by the Decepticons into taking a detour, which led him to their "Autobot Rest Stop"—a car crusher disguised with pillows and a set of curtains. Gears rolled into the Rest Stop and was enjoying himself when Soundwave activated the machine, crushing Gears flat.

Gears was later restored by Ratchet, with no ill effects. The Autobot Smasher!

When the Autobots on Earth received word from Cosmos that the Decepticons were razing a human village to build a fuel plant in its place, they assumed their vehicle forms to sneak upon their enemies as they were working. Once they were in close enough proximity to the Decepticons, the Autobots transformed and launched a surprise attack. Cosmos continued to observe the battlefield from his post in orbit, and warned Gears and Grapple when Ravage and Kickback attempted to flank the Autobots to attack them from behind. Gears restrained Kickback, spoiling the bug's attempt to catch Sludge and Slag off-guard. The Autobots then beat up the rest of the Decepticons, shoved them down a pit, and covered them with quick-drying cement to keep them out of further trouble. The Autobot Spy in the Sky

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Big Looker storybooks continuity

When the Cybertronian civil war had yet to leave the planet, Optimus asked his Autobots to join him in leaving their home world behind and travel out into space. When Bumblebee volunteered to join Optimus, Gears and the rest of the Autobots jumped in as well. After crash-landing on Earth and being offline for about 65 million years, Gears and the rest of the Autobots met Sparkplug and his son Spike. With the Decepticons still not in the know of what forms the Autobots had taken, Gears was one of the troops that Optimus led into the desert in order to ambush their enemies. Though they successfully took by surprise a squadron of Decepticons, the Autobots had not anticipated a second group flying in from the opposite direction. Thanks to a warning from Spike and Sparkplug, the Autobots managed to fend off the Decepticons, and came to accept Earth as their new home. Battle for Cybertron

Ladybird Books continuity

Crazy Estrela colors?

When Optimus Prime hoped to harness the power of lightning as an energy source, Huffer was commissioned to do the design. Huffer requested Gears to assist him with the work, and together the pair worked diligently while trying to out-complain each other. Autobots' Lightning Strike

Gears assisted his fellow Autobots in the construction of their space cruiser. Megatron's Fight for Power

The Battle for Planet Earth

Voice actor: Peter Marinker (English)

Gears was one of a group of Autobots who traveled to South America in search of energy. When they spotted Mount Sheelah, Gears was put to work clearing rocks so they could ascend it for a closer look, though he grumbled almost as much as Huffer while doing so. He helped repel a subsequent Decepticon attack and retreated before the volcano erupted. Terror of Mount Sheelah After a hard day spent making repairs on the Ark he and the other Autobots relaxed by watching television, and were alerted by a news bulletin to the fact that the Decepticons were kidnapping humans. Bumblebee to the Rescue After Starscream pretended to defect and the Autobots tricked him, allowing them to destroy the Decepticon base, Gears wondered if they were going to keep Starscream prisoner indefinitely. Optimus opted to let Starscream go. Espionage!!!!!

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

When Optimus Prime and Megatron vanished in a space bridge during the war on Cybertron, their respective factions were split into several smaller groups. Gears remained in the main Autobot faction, now under the command of Prowl. Fragmentation He was part of a team who scouted out the Praetorus Wharf in search of the Decepticons' new mobile command base. Unfortunately, it was a bit too mobile for them to handle. Devastation Trypticon proceeded to shrug off everything the Autobots threw at it, forcing the Autobots to try and outrun it instead. This too proved ineffectual. Even assistance from the Dynobots helped little against the giant Decepticon. In the end, the Autobots were spared when their target just left in response to other orders it received. Revelation Later, when The Fallen broke into Autobase, Gears was eager to get out there and do something about it. Prowl opted for trying to contain the villain instead, but he turned out to be unstoppable anyway. Confrontation

Gears was part of the Ark's original crew, crash-landing on Earth four million years ago and awakening in 1984. Like all the Transformers of Earth, he was believed dead for many years after the mid-air explosion of the Ark II. In fact, Gears was one of many robots who were salvaged by the mercenary known as Lazarus, who began the time-consuming process of installing remote control programming into his inert Cybertronian captives. Lazarus was doomed to failure, however, for Megatron regained control of his own body shortly after the human reactivated him. With the Decepticons back in action thanks to Megatron, Gears and the other Autobots held captive by Lazarus were left at their mercy. Although a small group of Autobots were free under Optimus Prime's command to combat the Decepticons, most of the 'bots recovered by Lazarus (including Gears) were too badly damaged to be reactivated for that first battle. Prime Directive #3

Gears and the other deactivated Autobots were recovered, though, and were back to full functionality by the time Ultra Magnus and Shockwave arrived from Cybertron, denouncing all Earthbound Transformers as war criminals. New World Order As the Autobot forces split in two, Gears went with Optimus Prime and his contingent back to Cybertron aboard Sky Lynx, peacefully surrendering to Magnus, while another secret team would be left to move freely and uncover the truth behind this turn of events. Despite them being treated as prisoners on the trip home, Gears remained optimistic that the war was finally over, and they could say goodbye to Earth permanently. Brothers' Burden But the Autobots were treated no better on Cybertron. Gears and the rest of his group were locked up in cages, while footage of the Autobots and Decepticons' battles on Earth were broadcast around the planet to turn public opinion against them. Thankfully, there were dissidents in Shockwave's regime, and the Autobots were sprung from their cells. Cold War While Sandstorm took Prime through the Old Slave Trails to see Hot Rod's rebel team, Gears and the others were taken by Broadside to meet with the Autobots rebels Smokescreen was aligned with. En route, Bluestreak tried to have Gears fess up that it had been foolish to trust Shockwave in the first place. Bitter over where events had taken them, Gears replied that Bluestreak should "blow it out of [his] waste regulator!" Passive Aggression Afterwards, Gears participated in the insurrection by Autobot dissidents against the rule of Shockwave. After an Autobot victory, Gears cuffed several Decepticons, and led them away from the battlefield. Revelation

Much to his dismay, Gears was soon put in the position of having to return to Earth. Original Sin With Prime temporarily out of action due to injuries, Prowl had assumed command of the Ark's crew on Cybertron, and made the decision that a new base of operations needed to be constructed on Earth, to fortify Autobot interests there. Gears griped throughout the meeting discussing this, Atonement but eventually agreed to leave his beloved homeworld behind to return to Earth. His mood wasn't much improved by A) having to work with Bluestreak and B) Bluestreak dropping boxes on his feet during the loading of the shuttle. Lost and Found Once they arrived, Gears and the others began work on the construction of Autobot City. The Route of All Evil

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

Cobra Commander finds out about the "Trouble" part of the "Trouble Bubble"

Gears was among the dormant Transformers found by the terrorist organization Cobra and reprogrammed to be under the humans' control. In the process, he and Brawn were rebuilt to transform into Cobra Flight Pods. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4 The two may have participated in an attack on the SPS Research Facility, or it may have just been two regular Flight Pods. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3 When Wheeljack hacked Cobra's computers and undid his comrades' reprogramming, Gears and Brawn hunted down Cobra Commander and blew up the ship he was going to escape from Cobra Island with. However, before the Autobots could capture the commander, they were taken out by Storm Shadow's S.N.A.K.E. mech. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4

Gears didn't give up so easily, however, as he joined several other Autobots and located Cobra Commander and his S.N.A.K.E. guards again. Storm Shadow fought back and killed Trailbreaker, sending Gears and the others into a berserker rage as they ripped his S.N.A.K.E. apart. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5

The Beast Within

After a brutal battle during which The Beast, a monstrous gestalt of unimaginable power, was released, Gears's butchered form lay smoldering in a mass grave of both Autobot and Decepticon corpses. The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences

Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-

Gears stood behind Optimus Prime with his fellow Autobots, ready to fight. Visualize Shot 1

2005 IDW continuity

First appearance: Megatron Origin #3; The Transformers vol. 1 #1 (modern era, mentioned), #16 (depicted)

Gears was constructed cold during the first wave, presumably as part of the Silver Harvest. Twenty Plus One Millions of years ago, Gears was one of several mourners seen at the funeral of Bumper and Fastback, after Megatron killed them. Megatron Origin #3

"There will be only half as much complaining if we leave him behind!"

At some point after a widespread Decepticon attack, Gears made it to Earth, where he was captured by Skywatch, along with Windcharger and later, Prowl. ...For All Mankind He was eventually released once Skywatch realized their misgivings in regards to the Autobots. After a Decepticon attack on their base, Gears and the other Autobots tried to flee and regroup at Omega Supreme, but were attacked by armed civilians with a grudge against the Transformers. Gears was injured and had to be carried inside Ultra Magnus's trailer. Before they could reach safety, the Autobots were attacked again, this time by Megatron. Woken Furies

The Decepticon leader scattered the Autobots with extreme firepower, then left them beaten and bruised on a school playground inside Albuquerque city limits. Gears and his comrades were held hostage by two humans carrying Megatron-based handguns, unable to fight back or defend themselves without risking human lives. The dilemma was ultimately taken out of their hands by Jazz, whose special ops training kicked in and led to him blasting one of the humans. Burning Chrome Full Fathom Five

Like most Autobots, Gears left Earth a few months later, intending to return to Cybertron. On board Omega Supreme's rocket mode, he gathered with a few others who sought to witness a conversation between Optimus Prime and Megatron. Chaos Theory Part 1 Once the Autobots arrived at Cybertron, they battled Galvatron's Sweep army. Numbers

He's the red and blue guy who's basically Swerve.

After the Chaos War ended, Gears joined Rodimus and the crew of the Lost Light in their search for the Knights of Cybertron. Hangers On He was one of the crew members invited to Rewind's first story session meant to cure Rung An Intimate Beheading and later watched ships land in Shuttle Bay 3. Patternism When Overlord was let loose on the ship, Gears rushed into action only to be beaten down. Under Cold Blue Stars After recovering, he and many others gathered on the observation deck to witness the discovery of a mysterious portal just hanging in space. The Fecund Moon Gears battled the Legislators alongside Hound and Huffer when they suddenly teleported on board. House of Ambus After the Legislators were defeated, he was one of a group of Autobots who helped repair Swerve's. No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases When the Lost Light finally returned to Cybertron, Gears participated in the celebrations. The Becoming

Gears continued to serve aboard the Lost Light as it searched for the Knights of Cybertron, and was present on the Rodpod when the quantum duplicates of the ship and its crew began to cancel out. Twenty Plus One

Gears and many other members of the Lost Light crew were present when Rodimus gave his speech about Thunderclash's pre-wake. The Sensuous Frame

Gears was willingly complicit in Getaway's mutiny against the Lost Light's command team. Filling in the Blanks He was seen socializing with Siren (...perhaps unwillingly) at "Visages" once the search was underway again under Getaway. Full Circle When Cyberutopia turned out to be a hoax, Getaway sold out his crew to the Grand Architect and Scorponok, turning them into Sparkeaters. Gears was subjected to concussive medicine by First Aid, apparently clearing him of the Sparkeater virus. Lūstrāre Gears later attended the Lost Light farewell party. How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2

Hearts of Steel

Gears and his fellow Autobots battled the Decepticons in Earth's distant past, until an ice age came around and forced them to go underground and wait it out. Hearts of Steel #1 They eventually woke up in the mid-19th century, and learned that the Decepticons were up and going as well. Hearts of Steel #2 In order to pursue the Astrotrain, Gears took on the form of what appeared to be a coal car and linked up with his friends to form an Autobot train. During the chase, much of the train was trapped when the Decepticons collapsed a tunnel on it, although Gears made it out safe and sound. He was hammered by Decepticon fire as he helped clear away rubble, but survived and went back to sleep underground after the Decepticons were defeated. Hearts of Steel #4

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

During the final showdown between the Autobot/Joe and Decepticon/Cobra alliances, Metroplex punched into Trypticon's chest and unleashed several soldier into the Decepticon base's interior, Gears among them. Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12

2019 IDW continuity

• First Appearance: Transformers #2

Gears was forged in the years leading up to the Great War and worked with his mentor Wheeljack on the Tether, the great space elevator that linked Cybertron to the Winged Moon. While most other newly forged Cybertronians found their calling and went their own ways a little more than two kilocycles after their creation, Gears chose to stay with his mentor longer than was usual—more than ten thousand cycles. The Change In Your Nature Part Five Overenthusiastic, and more than a little accident-prone, Gears would frequently lose his footing on the Tether and drift off into space, necessitating frequent rescues from Chief of Space Security Cosmos. Open Comms The Change In Your Nature Part Five During one workshift on the Tether, Gears spent some time helping another new Cybertronian, Rubble, understand the basics of engineering alongside Wheeljack. The World In Your Eyes Part Two At the end of Rubble's second trial shift, one of Gears' coworkers sprayed him with a hose. The World In Your Eyes Part Five

Wheeljack brought Gears with him when he and his engineering team investigated the Winged Moon for signs of sabotage, and discovered that a member of The Rise had planted an energon siphon on the moon with the intent of redirecting it to their former headquarters underneath the Memorial Crater outside of Iacon. Gears unsuccessful attempted to dismantle the device; the resulting explosion knocked him into space again and necessitated another impromptu rescue from Wheeljack. When the rogue Titan Vigilem attacked the Tether, Gears fled with the other workers into the deepest parts of the Winged Moon, where they remained even after Vigilem severed the Tether itself. The Change In Your Nature Part Five

I am effectively the 23 year old guy still living in his parent's basement

Ripped free from its orbit, the Winged Moon's new trajectory put it on a direct path towarsd Cybertron's sun; while most of the other workers evacuated the moon, Gears stayed behind with his mentor and a small team of engineers to see if they could save the moon within seven cycles before it plummeted into the sun. After first attempting to overpressurize the moon's energon reserves, then unsuccessfully trying to manually reactivate the moon's rotational jets, the team had to take shelter as the moon drifted through the Croaton cloud, then discovered and interrogated Enemy, the culprit responsible for sabotaging the moon in the first place. Finally, however, the team hit upon a last-ditch solution to manually detonate the moon's wings, giving them enough delta-vee to push them out onto a wider orbit—while Cosmos carried out the actual demolitions work, Wheeljack taught Gears how to manually keep the moon's panels correctly aligned and later laid into Huffer when he suggested that Wheeljack was too nice to his mentee. The plan went off without a hitch, and the team celebrated their victory... only for a Slipstream and her team of Decepticons to invade the moon at that moment. Wheeljack: Orbital Decay

While Wheeljack went to get help, Gears and the other stayed behind on the moon and did what they could to make the central control room inaccessible to the invaders, including rigging the corridors with booby-traps and other annoyances. The team successfully kept the Decepticons out long enough for Novastar and her Autobots to rescue them, and the engineers made the desperate decision to keep the Winged Moon and its energon stores out of Decepticon hands by creating a miniature singularity that destroyed most of the moon's energon reserves. With the moon now all but lost, Gears and the other engineers returned to Cybertron aboard Sky Lynx. Moon

Gears joined up with a refugee convoy made up of organic aliens and neutral Cybertronians, and reunited with his mentor, who had helped organize the exodus from Iacon, soon after they arrived at the city of Darkmount. Escape Part Three Later, Hound tried to keep him entertained by showing him some of the flora and fauna they'd recovered from Iacon's destroyed A'ovan habitat, but Gears eventually ran off to see if he could help Hoist repair Leviathan. Escape Part Four When a swarm of Insecticon clones invaded the city, Wheeljack and Gears used some jury-rigged alien technology to rescue a fallen Leviathan from the monsters, but over-energized their weapons and collapsed from fuel depletion. The pair awoke just in time to see an exploding Ark-class ship take out the majority of the swarm. Escape Part Five

Gears remained at Darkmount, helping to defend against the frequent Insecticlone raids. The Landscape of Fear Eventually, he joined the rest of the Autobots aboard the last Ark as they left Cybertron behind. Fate of Cybertron

Transformers vs. The Terminator

In a post-apocalyptic 2029 where Skynet waged war against the Decepticons, Gears's shattered remains lay in a ruined Los Angeles overpass alongside many other Cybertronian casualties. Enemy of My Enemy Part One

Games

Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons

Gears, along with several other Autobots, was abducted and held captive by the Decepticons. Optimus Prime undertook a rescue operation to free his friends from Megatron's clutches, entering the Decepticons' labyrinthine base in order to do so. Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game

Transformers Legends

Bumblebee recruited Gears to join the Bee Team, a secret strike force. The Bee Team Silverstreak, Cliffjumper, and Gears were sent to South America where the Decepticons were attempting to build a cannon to harness the energy of the Crystal of Power. Even joined by Jetfire, the Autobots were unable to prevent the cannon's completion, but later destroyed it and capped the shaft on which the crystal had stood. Fire on the Mountain After Cosmic Rust was inflicted on the Autobots, Gears and Beachcomber managed to sneak past the Decepticons and get a sample of corrostop from the Statue of Liberty. Cosmic Rust

Transformers: Battle Tactics

I'm just a starter character that everyone soon forgets. grumble.

Gears participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Common character that could be recruited for 8 units of Cybermetal. Transformers: Battle Tactics

Toys

The Transformers

"Grumble... I suppose they want me to supply my own penny..."
(Rubsign variant not pictured)

• Gears (Mini Vehicle, 1984/1985)

• Known designers: Masaki Maruyama (TakaraTomy)

Gears was part of the first assortment of The Transformers Autobot Mini Vehicles released in 1984, transforming into a red and blue pickup truck of indeterminable model (though some details resemble an old Dodge Power Wagon or Kaiser Jeep M715), with some likewise indeterminable stuff in the truck bed.

In 1984, Gears and the other Mini Vehicles came packaged in vehicle mode. In 1985, they were switched to come in robot mode, a change preceded by the addition of a picture of their vehicle modes to the front of their cards. The same year, the Autobot insignia on Gears's hood was replaced with a heat-activated rubsign placed on his roof, plus the re-released first-year Mini-Vehicles came packaged with Mini-spies: Gears (and Brawn) always came with a yellow one.

For reasons unknown, Gears was the only Mini Vehicle not made available as part of Takara's original retail line in any capacity (while Cosmos and Warpath were not available at normal retail, both were offered as mail-away toys).

The mold was first released in 1983 as part of Takara's Micro Change line with a slightly darker blue coloration as the "Micro Robot 04 4WD Off-Road," but evidence exists to suggest it was originally designed by defunct American toy company Knickerbocker for the cancelled toyline, Mysterians.

This mold was used to make the Malignus Pick-Up, the Autobot Small Foot and was retooled to make Swerve (except in Mexico, where Swerve was a straight redeco of Gears).

• Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Gears at Transformerland.com
• More information on G1 Gears at TFU.info

• Pick-Up (Robocar, 1985)

Released by Estrela in Brazil, "Pick-Up" was available in two different colorations: the original toy's blue-and-red, or orange-and-lighter-orange. This release lacks the Autobot symbols, instead having a variation of the original Micro Change groin-sticker in robot mode. This sticker is of considerably cheaper quality, and is rarely left on loose samples.

Whether or not he is the same character as either the Bat-Robô Pick-Up or the Malignus Pick-Up is unknown.

• Gears (Mini Vehicle, 1986)

Manufactured by Argentine company Lynsa but sold in Peru, these releases of Gears lacked paint, stickers or chrome. Yes, plural releases. So far, three different colorations have been confirmed: the original blue-and-red, dark-blue-and-yellow, and orange-and-yellow. It is claimed that there may be six different versions of Peruvian Gears all told, with the three others being unique to that market, but no-one has been able to find and confirm the others so far.

The Transformers Collection

• Minibots Team (Multi-pack, 2004)

• Set ID number: 12
• Individual ID number: 85

Gears was finally put out at Japanese retail in 2004, as part of The Transformers Collection "Minibots Team" set. This version is slightly different from the original Hasbro releases, in that his truck mode has both the Autobot sigil sticker on his hood and the rubsign sticker on top of his roof.

This set also includes a retooled Bumble, Adams, Drag, Powerglide, and Warpath.

This set was later redecoed to make the e-HOBBY exclusive G1 GoBots team.

• More information on The Transformers Collection Gears at TFU.info

Generations

"Swerve used to be my retool... grumble."

• Autobot Gears & Autobot Eclipse (Legends, 2014)

• Series / Number: 02 / #010
• Known designers: Andrew Scribner (deco artist)

Generations Legends Class Gears is a retool of Generations Thrilling 30 Swerve with a new head based on his fictional appearances rather than his original faceless toy. He transforms into a modernized 4-wheel-drive pickup truck of a made-up model and comes with Eclipse, who transforms into either a jet or a weapon for Gears to wield via its 5mm handle.

Gears and Eclipse's Hasbro product number, A6686, was originally occupied by a 'Brawn & Mudslinger' pack, leading Amazon to erroneously list them under those names.^[1]

The original version of this mold was redecoed and given a shell to make BotCon 2015 Oilmaster. It also served as the basis of the non-toy Shattered Glass incarnation of Swerve.

• More information on Generations Gears at TFU.info

Kre-O

"I'm still going to end up amidst a debris field of building blocks anyway."

• Autobot Gears (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)

• Collection: Age of Extinction Collection 2
• Accessories: Logo brick, blaster

Part of the sixth regular assortment of blind-bagged Kre-O Micro-Changers, Gears can be rebuilt into a teeny pickup truck. He sports Mirage's helmet.

Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, this series does not have any sort identification code for the bags' actual contents, meaning you'd best be good at the feel-though-the-bag method.

This assortment was originally slated to be a Toys"R"Us exclusive, but US stores dropped the line before its release. It was still available in Canada, Australia and Chinese/Asian markets. In 2015, the Collection appeared in US Dollar Tree stores, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop. They didn't last long.

"And I'm still going to be trapped in a display case, never to be free."

• Kreon Class of 1984 (Kreon figure set, 2014)

• Set number: B0090
• Voted: Class Grouch
• Accessories: Double-barreled pistol

This version of Gears has more extensive tampographs than his prior version, including a masked-and-visored face, and silver paint on his helmet.

He was only available in a pack of 30 Kreons dubbed "Class of 1984", exclusive to San Diego Comic-Con 2014. Remaining stock was to be sold at Hasbro Toy Shop online, but there was no remaining stock after the show.

• More information on Class of 1984 Gears at TFU.info

Vintage G1

"Second again... grumble"

• Gears ("Legion Class" reissue, 2019)

Part of the second wave "Legion Class" figures in the Vintage G1 line, Gears is a reissue of his Generation 1 figure. Like his prior The Transformers Collection release, he has both a rubsign and a normal foil Autobot insignia sticker in vehicle mode. The rubsign is an all-new type used on all of the Vintage G1 toys; the insignia only turns red rather than the mood-ring multicolor of older rubsigns, plus the silver border is mirror-level reflective. This version also has production information tampographed onto his inner right foot.

Like all Vintage G1 figures, Gears was exclusive to Walmart in the United States and Canada.

Legacy

"Took how many years for Hasbro to remember me? Grumble..."

• G1 Universe Autobot Gears (Deluxe Class, 2024)

• TakaraTomy ID number: TL-75
• Accessories: Blaster
• Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Shogo Hasui (TakaraTomy)^[2]

Released in the second wave of Legacy: United Deluxe Class toys, "G1 Universe Autobot Gears" is an animation-accurate version of the character, turning into a pick-up truck in 12 steps. His only accessory is a blaster pistol.

As an homage to "Changing Gears", his chest can be opened to reveal inner machinery. Gears' entire chest plate is detached from his body in the packaging, included inside alongside the blaster—a move likely done to prevent theft from the exposed, plastic-free packaging.

The back of his head also features a large molded "M"—a subtle homage to Mysterians, the toyline from which Gears' original toy originated.

This figure was officially revealed by EB Games Australia, and later spotted at retail in Singapore, without any prior announcement by Hasbro.

This mold was also used to make Generations Selects Go-Bots Guardians Small Foot.

• Designer commentary on Legacy Gears from Mark Maher on Instagram

Transformers Retro

"They wheel me out again instead of the Swerve we all know is coming? Typical, I tell you..."

• Autobot Gears (Deluxe Class, 2025)

• Accessories: blaster

Unusually for the Transformers Retro line, Gears is not a reissue of his original toy, but a retool of his Legacy figure in G1-toy accurate colours, with a new face to match! He is now packaged on a cardback.

The figure went up for pre-order on the Walmart website on October 10, 2024, for release in March 2025.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

Merchandise

McDonald's

• Gears (St. Louis McDonald's promotion, 1985)

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Transformers Trading Card Game

• Autobot Gears, Transport & Reconnaissance (2020)
  • Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack
  • Rarity: CT
  • Card Number: T02/T46
  • Stars: 7

Autobot Gears, Transport & Reconnaissance is one of forty-six double-sided character cards released as part of Wave 5 of the Transformers Trading Card Game, Titan Masters Attack.

The card's artwork is based on the Generations Legends-class Gears toy, with line-art by Sara Pitre-Durocher and colors by Alex Tarca for both modes.

This card's set was originally set for an April 2020 release, however due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the release was pushed back to May 29, 2020.

Notes

I sign on to a major movie, and all I get is a lousy cameo appearance?!

• Early bio material gives his (unused) nicknames as Ox and Sourball.^[3]
• In his first Marvel Comics appearance, Gears sported a more humanoid character model that looked less like his toy than his final animation model. He would also use this model in the UK annual story "And There Shall Come...a Leader!", while Sideswipe was inexplicably drawn with this model in the earlier UK story "The Enemy Within!".
• The dialogue script for The Transformers: The Movie reveals that Gears was supposed to appear in the film during the Battle of Autobot City, speaking a single line in horrified reaction to the formation of Devastator ("We're finished! Aaaaahh!"). He was cut from the finished feature, but actor Don Messick recorded the line and remains listed in the film's credits as Gears (but not, oddly enough, as Scavenger, who does speak). A 'bot with Gears's color scheme appears on Moonbase One, but is probably not supposed to be him.
  • The script provides no context for Gears's scream, so it might be intended to imply that Devastator proceeded to kill him in some fashion. This would fit with the earliest draft of the film, which also saw Gears killed off, albeit in a different way: blown to pieces in a carpet-bombing run by Cyclonus during Galvatron's attack on the city.^[4]
• Gears appeared in a concept poster for War for Cybertron: Kingdom, suggesting a new toy of him was considered for inclusion in the toyline, but such toy never materialized. Years later, Gears would ultimately receive a new Generations-styled toy in the Legacy: United line.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Gears (ギアーズ Giāzu)
• Czech: Převodovka
• French: Rollo (Canada)
• Hungarian: Fuvaros ("Hauler")
• Italian: Mulo
• Mandarin: Biànsùxiāng (变速箱, "Transmission")
• Portuguese: Mecano (Portugal comics), Engrenagem (Brazil comics), Pick-Up (Brazil toys)
• Russian: Privod (Привод, "Drive")
• South American: Pick-Up

References