Firecons

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The Firecons are a group of three fictional Decepticons in the Transformers toyline. The Firecons have extremely simple transformations and no accessories, but their unique gimmick is that they shoot sparks from their mouths when moved across a flat surface.

The Firecons consist of:

Cindersaur- a vicious, possibly insane Decepticon whose only love is setting things on fire, usually for the sheer joy of it. His job is to sow terror and confusion, and he is very good at it - to the extent that he often needs to follow his own trail of destruction back to his allies.
Flamefeather-Flamefeather is an utter psychopath, prone to flying into unprovoked rages and attacking everything around him, be they Autobot or Decepticon. Only sheer luck has kept Flamefeather from being destroyed as he willingly wades into the heaviest fighting.
Sparkstalker-The brains of the group, if he could be called that, Sparkstalker's monstrous exterior hides a surprising amount of intelligence, allowing him to crack Autobot codes with ease. In sharp contrast to his allies' tendency to run straight in without thinking, Sparkstalker plans things to the smallest detail. Sadly for him, the other Decepticons don't take him seriously due to his monster alternate mode, using him to cause fear amongst the Autobots.

1 Marvel Comics
2 Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
3 Japanese Firecons (1988)
4 Transformers: Generation 2 (1994)
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[edit] Marvel Comics

The Firecons first appeared in the Marvel UK comics, sent by the Decepticon leaders on Cybertron to form an alliance with the future Decepticon leader Galvatron. Finding the Sparkabots, the two teams battled, only to be interrupted by Galvatron himself. The Firecons delivered their proposal - and Galvatron just laughed in their faces. They appeared in the US comics as part of a scheme by Scorponok to acquire Autobots for one of his schemes, capturing the Sparkabots and sending them to Earth. They did not appear again, but were briefly mentioned near the end of the series by Bludgeon as one of the few casualties during the assault on Klo, with Sparkstalker having accidentally been incinerated by Flamefeather.

[edit] Transformers: Super-God Masterforce

The Firecons only animated appearance was in the eleventh episode of the Japanese Transformers series "Masterforce".

[edit] Japanese Firecons (1988)

Cindersaur was repainted dark green and gray and was named Guzzle; not to be confused with the Sparkabot of the same name. His function was Fire Assault. Javil was repainted from Sparkstalker in red and white. His function is Fire Destruction. There is very little known about these two.

[edit] Transformers: Generation 2 (1994)

Only two of the Firecons survived through Generation One to appear in Generation 2 - Flamefeather and Sparkstalker. Flamefeather has become a Raid Planner and his motto is now ""There is always a twist I can give to a plan to really confuse the opposition." Sparkstalker was now a saboteur. These two appeared briefly in the UK Generation 2 comic, where they joined with Bludgeon in attacking London and were taken out by the Dinobots.