Firecon
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- The Firecons are a Decepticon subgroup from the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Firecons are a trio of three fire-breathing monsters, the Decepticon counterparts to the Autobot Sparkabots. The trio consists of:
- Cindersaur, a violent moron
- Flamefeather, an even more violent moron
- Sparkstalker, a criminal genius stuck with keeping them in line.
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Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
The Firecons were sent to Earth to attempt to persuade Galvatron to form an alliance with the Decepticons on Cybertron. On Earth, they engaged in battle with the Sparkabots (referred to here as the Sparkler Mini-Bots), who had been sent to Earth by Springer to keep watch on Galvatron. Their battle was interrupted by Galvatron himself, who rejected the Firecons' offer. Enemy Action!
The Firecons returned to Cybertron afterward, where they forged an alliance with the alien Zabra to run illegal deathmatches in the old Jekka Amphitheatre. When Zabra was defeated by Ultra Magnus and the Sparkabots, the Firecons presumably returned to the Decepticons. Deadly Games!
The Firecons acted as jailers for the Decepticons on Cybertron. They took great glee in putting down an Autobot attempt at rebellion, before sending three Autobots off across the space bridge to be used as test fodder. Ca$h and Car-nage!
The Firecons were sent to Earth by Decepticon High Command to incinerate every copy of the "anti-Decepticon" propaganda Transformers Annual 1989 not under Autobot protection. Transformers Annual 1989
With the mysterious deaths of three Decepticons, Sparkstalker and Cindersaur, along with the Triggercons Ruckus and Windsweeper, were sent to kill three Autobots for each Decepticon believed to have been slaughtered by them. During the attack, Sparkstalker got the best of Grimlock, knocking him down, while Cindersaur stood behind, waiting his turn. All were unaware of the real killers that stood behind them, watching. Demons!
The Firecons were still with the main Decepticon force after the epic battle with Unicron. During the invasion of Klo, Sparkstalker was reported to have been accidentally incinerated by Cindersaur. The Last Autobot?
Transformers Comic-Magazin
Wings Universe
Cindersaur and the Firecons were among the first generation Decepticons sent back to Earth by Galvatron once he heard of the new faction of Decepticons that had formed there. Cindersaur joined up with Clench and the Decepticon Syndicate along with several others first gen warriors like Breakdown, Double Punch, and Slicer. In Switzerland, Clench and his Predacon general Sky-Byte were testing a new mutagen energon known as forestonite. After hearing of the potentially disastrous side-effects, This turned Flamefeather and the Syndicate into a brilliant canary yellow color scheme and Sparkstalker into red and purple and possibly stronger. Clench convinced the simple-minded Cindersaur to eat a canister of forestonite. Despite it not being meant to be taken orally (nom nom nom), Cindersaur survived the *urp*digestion and mutated into a massive tyrannosaur crackling with new-found energy. He tested his newly upgraded fire-breath against the Autobots until Rapido guided some shark-missiles into the hapless Firecon. Clench and his forces were defeated and the Firecons were captured by Autobot forces and Flamefeather was last seen leashed by Motormouth. Generation 2: Redux
Clench presented the three Firecons to Jhiaxus as a "bonus incentive". A Flash Forward, Part 2
2005 IDW continuity
The Firecons possessed natural, fire-generating abilities that brought them together as a group. During the war, they battled both the Wreckers and the Dinobots on Varas Extrinsecus and Varas Centralus. Decepticon military science also reverse-engineered their abilities to create reproducible infernus bullets. Punishment
After the Surge, Cindersaur was one of the Decepticons left abandoned on Earth, and was captured by Bumblebee's Autobots in connection with Skywatch. The Hanging Sword He returned to Cybertron following the Chaos event, and was among the Decepticon rioters when Megatron's return instigated an uprising on Bumblebee-controlled Iacon. City on Fire
Cindersaur later reunited with Sparkstalker and Flamefeather, and the Firecons became both suspects and victims during Sandstorm's serial killing of former Autobot and Decepticon war criminals. They were cleared of charges once Optimus Prime and the authorities realized the Firecons were logically the last Cybertronians who would actually be caught using infernus bullets. Punishment
Since then, the Firecons established a life for themselves in the Decepticon ghettos outside Metroplex. After Menasor rampaged over the colony world, Caminus, Sparkstalker joined other Decepticons in volunteering for relief efforts to clean up after the mess. His altruism earned him an admirer in the Camien Cityspeaker named Lightbright. The Possible Light The two of them became a regular couple, Windblade vol. 2 issue 4 and Sparkstalker eventually proposed to Lightbright. Choose Me
Despite this, Sparkstalker and the Firecons were still caught up in the new Decepticon fervor stirred by Galvatron and his local advocates, Needlenose and Brawl. The Transgressors
Toys
The Transformers
- Firecons (1988)
- Known designers: Takashi Kunihiro (TakaraTomy)
- Sold carded for $3 each (on average), the Firecons are extremely simple toys. Like their Autobot counterparts, the toys feature a friction-motor that causes "cold" sparks to shoot from a section of the toy's alternate mode (the mouth, in the case of the Firecons) as well as propelling the toy forward on smooth surfaces.
- This set of molds was used to make the Decepticon Sparkdash drones from Super-God Masterforce.
Generation 2
- Sparkabots (1994)
- Flamefeather
- Sparkstalker
- Released as European market exclusives, the Generation 2 Firecons were now named "Sparkabots" on the packaging and were redecoed in brightly-colored, transparent plastic. They also had redrawn card artwork which featured the characters in exactly the same pose as on their original toy packaging, but in a much simpler style. The characters' functions were also changed for this release: Sparkstalker was now a saboteur and Flamefeather was now a raid-planner. Each toy also had a new motto but lacked tech specs and profile.
Timelines
- A redeco of Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Megatron, this convention exclusive version of Cindersaur was intended to complete the Firecon set from Generation 2 and accordingly has purple and green robot parts and a third translucent color.
Bot Shots
- Cindersaur / Optimus Prime / Jazz (Multi-pack, 2013)
- Series: 2
- Number: BP007
- Fist strength: 384
- Blaster strength: 853
- Sword strength: 383
- Part of the second wave of Bot Shots Series 2 three-packs, Jump Shot Cindersaur is modeled on Prime Skystalker. He transforms into a beaky-looking reptile thing on wheels, with a predominantly purple and yellow color scheme. An impact to the front of his beast mode causes him to spring up and autotransform into a robot armed with a pistol. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels.
- He comes in a three pack with Jump Shot Optimus Prime and Super Bot Jazz. This mold was redecoed twice into Bots Shots Skystalker, and was going to be redecoed into into Buzzclaw and Rom the Space Knight, but those releases were canceled.
- The second wave of Series 2 three-packs didn't reach mass retail in the United States, only showing up in discount stores like Ross.
Power of the Primes
- Cindersaur (Legends Class, 2018)
- Japanese ID number: PP-39
- Part of the third wave of Power of the Primes Legends Class toys, Cindersaur is a retool of Dinobot Slash, and can transform into a rough, robotic approximation of a Velociraptor. The toy's beast mode jaw can open and close, and a Prime Master can fit inside the compartment on the beast mode back once it is opened. In both modes, Cindersaur is fairly small for a Legends Class figure.
- Some versions of the toy's pack-in card have the prefix "Dinobot" attached to Cindersaur's name, presumably a leftover from Slash. Additionally, the card for "Alpha Trion Cindersaur" refers to the character with the pronoun "her", but the card for "Micronus Cindersaur" uses the pronoun "his."
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Firecon (ファイヤーコン Faiyākon)
