Astro Squad


 * The Astro Squad is a team of Autobot Micro Transformers from the Generation 1 continuity family.



The Micro Transformer Combiner Astro Squad is a self-sufficient deep-space exploration and battle team, the Autobots' first line of defense. They take pride in their capacity for great speed; in fact, it is said that they can travel at the speed of light, and also that they can traverse galaxies in seconds. (We must assume either that one claim is exceedingly modest, or that the other is a massive exaggeration.) Whatever the case, their speed is not always an advantage, as they sometimes overshoot their destinations. Luckily, it's not their only ability: Their cyclonic steel coating is impenetrable to Decepticon photon blasts, plus they can use an anti-gravitational device to nullify tractor beams. Defensive maneuvers are aided by a micro-circuitry array that also assists in exploratory operations.

The six squad members are:


 * Barrage and Heave the radar rover
 * Phaser and Blast Master the Space Shuttle
 * Moonrock and Missile Master the rocket transport

Foreign names

 * Italian: Squadriglia Interstellare