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<blockquote data-quote="LBD &quot;Nytetrayn&quot;" data-source="post: 114290" data-attributes="member: 20"><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-p2.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p>If you’ve been around the fandom for a hot minute or two, you might remember the <em>Heroes of Cybertron</em> figure line from the early aughts.</p><p></p><p>You know, these guys:</p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/HOC-toy_MegatronCarded.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/HOC-toy_MegatronCarded.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Image via TFWiki, in case the watermark didn’t tip you off.</p><p></p><p>Well, some stirrings in the community lately have unearthed some details from long ago — the <em>extreme</em> late ’90s! — that reveal the line might have been a little different from what we know.</p><p></p><p>Over in our <a href="https://www.allspark.com/forums/threads/a-trip-down-memory-lane-tf-websites-from-the-past.1339/page-3#post-114149" target="_blank">forums</a>, NovaSaber unearthed an old Hasbro interview from the Philadelphia International ToyExpo ’99, which talked about the then-upcoming line, as well as other things, such as the yet-to-be-revealed <em>Beast Machines</em> and <em>Animorphs</em> lines. Unfortunately, the Internet Archive version of the interview, which was originally hosted on an AOL website, was no longer displaying the images (don’t you just <em>hate</em> that?).</p><p></p><p>However, thanks to some folks from the TFWiki Discord and Sabrblade bringing it to us here, it would seem that the interview was archived to <em>another</em> website, which was then archived on the Internet Archive, <em>with</em> pics intact!</p><p></p><p>With the interest of preserving these for future generations of fans, check ’em out:</p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-p2.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-p2.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 200px" /></a> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-op.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-op.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 200px" /></a> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-mt.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-mt.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 200px" /></a> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-bs.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-bs.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 200px" /></a> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-bb.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-bb.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 200px" /></a> </p><p> </p><p>According to the interview, “If these were to be made they wouldn’t transform at all. They would be more along the lines of the <em>Spawn </em>line but with greater articulation and weapons.”</p><p></p><p><em>Heroes of Cybertron</em> wouldn’t see life in the west until 2002, and even then, they were effectively domesticated imports of Takara’s <em>Super Collection Figure: Transformers</em> line. As a result, it’s hard to say if there was any sort of collaboration involved in bringing these to life, or if Hasbro simply slapped an old label for a concept they had lying around onto a product Takara made that was close enough to the original concept. The toy business, am I right?</p><p></p><p>In another part of the interview, the unnamed Hasbro representative seemed almost prescient when they said “I would love to make a scale model Devastator [about 2 foot high. (he made a hand gesture for the size)] I think it would make a great exclusive.”</p><p></p><p>16 years later, though he wasn’t exclusive and came in six inches shy of the mark, we nevertheless did get a <a href="https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastator_(G1)/toys#Combiner_Wars" target="_blank">Titan Class Devastator</a>.</p><p></p><p>If you’d like to read the full interview for yourself, direct your browser over to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081203133833/http://transformers.winterchill.com/events/interview.html" target="_blank">this link</a>.</p><p></p><p>And if you’d like to talk about this, or share any other ancient <em>Transformers</em> online ephemera, then head over to the “<a href="https://www.allspark.com/forums/threads/a-trip-down-memory-lane-tf-websites-from-the-past.1339/page-3#post-114149" target="_blank">A trip down memory lane TF websites from the past</a>” thread in our forums! We’d love to see what other relics from long ago can be turned up!</p><p></p><p>Not a member? <a href="https://www.allspark.com/forums/register/" target="_blank">Register now!</a> It’s totally free, save for that teeny little fragment of your Spark that helps sustain our existence! If forums aren’t your bag and you’re more of a social media kid, then you can find us on SMOKAT (that’s the Social Media Once Known As Twitter — just you wait, this’ll catch on better than “X” ever will) <a href="https://twitter.com/AllsparkNews" target="_blank">@AllsparkNews</a>. Or you can do your web-slinging Into and Across the Metaverse to find our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theallspark" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/allspark.forum" target="_blank">Facebook Group</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/allspark_com/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a>! Or you can go Beyond the Metaverse, and join us on our Discord, <a href="https://discord.gg/allspark" target="_blank">Discord.gg/allspark</a>, where our operators are standing by to serve <em>you</em>!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LBD "Nytetrayn", post: 114290, member: 20"] [CENTER][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-p2.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1[/IMG][/CENTER] If you’ve been around the fandom for a hot minute or two, you might remember the [I]Heroes of Cybertron[/I] figure line from the early aughts. You know, these guys: [CENTER][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/HOC-toy_MegatronCarded.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/HOC-toy_MegatronCarded.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER] Image via TFWiki, in case the watermark didn’t tip you off. Well, some stirrings in the community lately have unearthed some details from long ago — the [I]extreme[/I] late ’90s! — that reveal the line might have been a little different from what we know. Over in our [URL='https://www.allspark.com/forums/threads/a-trip-down-memory-lane-tf-websites-from-the-past.1339/page-3#post-114149']forums[/URL], NovaSaber unearthed an old Hasbro interview from the Philadelphia International ToyExpo ’99, which talked about the then-upcoming line, as well as other things, such as the yet-to-be-revealed [I]Beast Machines[/I] and [I]Animorphs[/I] lines. Unfortunately, the Internet Archive version of the interview, which was originally hosted on an AOL website, was no longer displaying the images (don’t you just [I]hate[/I] that?). However, thanks to some folks from the TFWiki Discord and Sabrblade bringing it to us here, it would seem that the interview was archived to [I]another[/I] website, which was then archived on the Internet Archive, [I]with[/I] pics intact! With the interest of preserving these for future generations of fans, check ’em out: [CENTER][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-p2.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG width="200px"]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-p2.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-op.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG width="200px"]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-op.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-mt.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG width="200px"]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-mt.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-bs.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG width="200px"]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-bs.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-bb.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG width="200px"]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clas-bb.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL] [/CENTER] According to the interview, “If these were to be made they wouldn’t transform at all. They would be more along the lines of the [I]Spawn [/I]line but with greater articulation and weapons.” [I]Heroes of Cybertron[/I] wouldn’t see life in the west until 2002, and even then, they were effectively domesticated imports of Takara’s [I]Super Collection Figure: Transformers[/I] line. As a result, it’s hard to say if there was any sort of collaboration involved in bringing these to life, or if Hasbro simply slapped an old label for a concept they had lying around onto a product Takara made that was close enough to the original concept. The toy business, am I right? In another part of the interview, the unnamed Hasbro representative seemed almost prescient when they said “I would love to make a scale model Devastator [about 2 foot high. (he made a hand gesture for the size)] I think it would make a great exclusive.” 16 years later, though he wasn’t exclusive and came in six inches shy of the mark, we nevertheless did get a [URL='https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastator_(G1)/toys#Combiner_Wars']Titan Class Devastator[/URL]. If you’d like to read the full interview for yourself, direct your browser over to [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20081203133833/http://transformers.winterchill.com/events/interview.html']this link[/URL]. And if you’d like to talk about this, or share any other ancient [I]Transformers[/I] online ephemera, then head over to the “[URL='https://www.allspark.com/forums/threads/a-trip-down-memory-lane-tf-websites-from-the-past.1339/page-3#post-114149']A trip down memory lane TF websites from the past[/URL]” thread in our forums! We’d love to see what other relics from long ago can be turned up! Not a member? [URL='https://www.allspark.com/forums/register/']Register now![/URL] It’s totally free, save for that teeny little fragment of your Spark that helps sustain our existence! If forums aren’t your bag and you’re more of a social media kid, then you can find us on SMOKAT (that’s the Social Media Once Known As Twitter — just you wait, this’ll catch on better than “X” ever will) [URL='https://twitter.com/AllsparkNews']@AllsparkNews[/URL]. Or you can do your web-slinging Into and Across the Metaverse to find our [URL='https://www.facebook.com/theallspark']Facebook page[/URL], [URL='https://www.facebook.com/groups/allspark.forum']Facebook Group[/URL], and [URL='https://www.instagram.com/allspark_com/?hl=en']Instagram[/URL]! Or you can go Beyond the Metaverse, and join us on our Discord, [URL='https://discord.gg/allspark']Discord.gg/allspark[/URL], where our operators are standing by to serve [I]you[/I]! [/QUOTE]
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