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AzimuthAcolyte: /* Generation 2 */ Design credits!

2024-10-21T02:11:37Z

Generation 2: Design credits!

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	:{{Bp-d2\|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Hero\|Megatron]]}}		:{{Bp-d2\|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Hero\|Megatron]]}}
	</ul>		</ul>
			{{toydesigner\|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

	:Each Hero toy is armed with a large missile launcher which can fire a rubber-tipped rocket by means of a bellows which you slam your fist down on to produce a puff of air. The launcher is accessible in both modes, and the bellows is attached via a rubber hose that cannot be disconnected. The bellows stores on the figure when not in use, as do the rockets. A similar air-launching system with identical missiles was used by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime\|Laser Optimus Prime]] the following year.		:Each Hero toy is armed with a large missile launcher which can fire a rubber-tipped rocket by means of a bellows which you slam your fist down on to produce a puff of air. The launcher is accessible in both modes, and the bellows is attached via a rubber hose that cannot be disconnected. The bellows stores on the figure when not in use, as do the rockets. A similar air-launching system with identical missiles was used by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime\|Laser Optimus Prime]] the following year.
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	:{{Bp-d2\|[[Archforce#Generation 2\|Archforce]]}}		:{{Bp-d2\|[[Archforce#Generation 2\|Archforce]]}}
	</ul>		</ul>
			{{toydesigner\|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

	:The European releases of the toys are almost identical to their North American counterparts, except that due to their identities being changed, their "OPTIMUS PRIME" and "MEGATRON RULES!" [[sticker]]s were redesigned to have no text at all. Though they do not feature the term "Hero" anywhere on their packaging, they ''are'' referred to as "Hero Autobot" and "Hero Decepticon" on a poster featuring the European ''Generation 2'' line-up that was distributed by Hasbro UK in 1994. Due to them featuring individual EAN barcodes instead of a shared assortment EAN (an unusual occurrence at the time), it would appear they were distributed as solid cases instead of a shared assortment, presumably to ensure the evil tank toy would not be shipped to Germany.		:The European releases of the toys are almost identical to their North American counterparts, except that due to their identities being changed, their "OPTIMUS PRIME" and "MEGATRON RULES!" [[sticker]]s were redesigned to have no text at all. Though they do not feature the term "Hero" anywhere on their packaging, they ''are'' referred to as "Hero Autobot" and "Hero Decepticon" on a poster featuring the European ''Generation 2'' line-up that was distributed by Hasbro UK in 1994. Due to them featuring individual EAN barcodes instead of a shared assortment EAN (an unusual occurrence at the time), it would appear they were distributed as solid cases instead of a shared assortment, presumably to ensure the evil tank toy would not be shipped to Germany.

AzimuthAcolyte: /* Fiction */ This one I know off the dome.

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Fiction: This one I know off the dome.

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	===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===		===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===
	When the [[Swarm (G2)\|Swarm]] consumed Optimus Prime and the [[Matrix of Leadership]] with him, the sacred artifact turned the ravenous Swarm into a force for creation. It immediately stopped devouring the Transformers on [[Earth]] and reconstituted Optimus in a new body which was recognizable as his Hero form, though never called out as such. {{storylink\|A Rage in Heaven!}}		When the [[Swarm (G2)\|Swarm]] consumed Optimus Prime and the [[Matrix of Leadership]] with him, the sacred artifact turned the ravenous Swarm into a force for creation. It immediately stopped devouring the Transformers on [[Earth]] and reconstituted Optimus in a new body which was recognizable as his Hero form, though never called out as such. {{storylink\|A Rage in Heaven!}}

			===TV Magazine ''G-2'' story pages===
			Following the collapse of the first [[Cybertron Alliance]], Optimus Prime and Megatron took back up arms in bodies recognizable as their Hero forms. {{storylink\|Transformers: G-2 (story page)\|''G-2'' story pages}}
			{{--}}

	==Toys==		==Toys==

AzimuthAcolyte: /* Toys */ Futzing with spacing

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Toys: Futzing with spacing

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===''Generation 2''===		===''Generation 2''===
	[[File:CombatheroPrime toy.jpg\|upright=1.66\|thumb\|]]		[[File:CombatheroPrime toy.jpg\|upright=1.33\|thumb\|]]
	* '''Heroes''' (North America, 1994)		* '''Heroes''' (North America, 1994)
	<ul class="iconlist">		<ul class="iconlist">
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	{{-}}		{{-}}
	[[File:G2-toy Archforce.jpg\|upright=~~1.66~~\|thumb\|Archecore's silence on Megatron and the ruling thereby is deafening.]]		[[File:G2-toy Archforce.jpg\|upright=2\|thumb\|Archecore's silence on Megatron and the ruling thereby is deafening.]]
	* "'''Heroes'''" (Europe, 1994)		* "'''Heroes'''" (Europe, 1994)
	<ul class="iconlist">		<ul class="iconlist">
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	{{-}}		{{-}}
	[[File:CombatHeroMegatron.jpg\|upright=1.66\|thumb\|]]		[[File:CombatHeroMegatron.jpg\|upright=1.33\|thumb\|]]
	* '''Heroes''' (North America, <s>1995</s>)		* '''Heroes''' (North America, <s>1995</s>)
	<ul class="iconlist">		<ul class="iconlist">
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	:For 1995, Hasbro had intended to release [[variant#Running changes\|running change]] [[redeco]]s of the two figures, colloquially referred to as the "Combat" Heroes by fans due to early advertisements. Those were solicited to numerous retailers, but they ended up joining the ranks of the great many ''Generation 2'' toys to never make it to mass production, only existing as packaged samples.		:For 1995, Hasbro had intended to release [[variant#Running changes\|running change]] [[redeco]]s of the two figures, colloquially referred to as the "Combat" Heroes by fans due to early advertisements. Those were solicited to numerous retailers, but they ended up joining the ranks of the great many ''Generation 2'' toys to never make it to mass production, only existing as packaged samples.
	{{canceledtoy}}		{{canceledtoy}}
			{{--}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

AzimuthAcolyte: /* Generation 2 */ Attempting to untangle this formatting and bring up to modern standards

2024-10-21T00:52:29Z

Generation 2: Attempting to untangle this formatting and bring up to modern standards

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===''Generation 2''===		===''Generation 2''===
			[[File:CombatheroPrime toy.jpg\|upright=1.66\|thumb\|]]
	* '''Heroes''' (North America, 1994)		* '''Heroes''' (North America, 1994)
	** [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#HeroOptimusPrime\|Optimus Prime]]		<ul class="iconlist">
	** [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Hero\|Megatron]]		:{{Bp-a2\|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#HeroOptimusPrime\|Optimus Prime]]}}
			:{{Bp-d2\|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Hero\|Megatron]]}}
			</ul>

	:Each Hero toy is armed with a large missile launcher which can fire a rubber-tipped rocket by means of a bellows which you slam your fist down on to produce a puff of air. The launcher is accessible in both modes, and the bellows is attached via a rubber hose that cannot be disconnected. The bellows stores on the figure when not in use, as do the rockets. A similar air-launching system with identical missiles was used by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime\|Laser Optimus Prime]] the following year.		:Each Hero toy is armed with a large missile launcher which can fire a rubber-tipped rocket by means of a bellows which you slam your fist down on to produce a puff of air. The launcher is accessible in both modes, and the bellows is attached via a rubber hose that cannot be disconnected. The bellows stores on the figure when not in use, as do the rockets. A similar air-launching system with identical missiles was used by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime\|Laser Optimus Prime]] the following year.

	: These sculpts were also used to create the [[KB Toys]]-exclusive the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Destructicon (RID)\|Destructicon]]s and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)\|Robotmasters]]'' [[Reverse Convoy]].		: These sculpts were also used to create the [[KB Toys]]-exclusive the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Destructicon (RID)\|Destructicon]]s and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)\|Robotmasters]]'' [[Reverse Convoy]].

	~~:For 1995, Hasbro had intended to release~~ [[~~variant#Running changes~~\|~~running change]] [[redeco]]~~s of the ~~two figures~~. ~~Those were solicited to numerous retailers, but they ended up joining the ranks of the great many~~ ''~~Generation 2~~'' ~~toys to never make it to mass production~~, ~~only existing as packaged samples.~~		{{-}}
	** [[~~Optimus Prime~~ (G1)~~/toys~~#~~CombatHeroOptimusPrime~~\|~~Optimus Prime~~]] ~~(redeco)~~		[[File:G2-toy Archforce.jpg\|upright=1.66\|thumb\|Archecore's silence on Megatron and the ruling thereby is deafening.]]
	** [[~~Megatron (G1)/toys~~#~~CombatHero~~\|~~Megatron~~]] ~~(redeco)~~		* "'''Heroes'''" (Europe, 1994)
			<ul class="iconlist">
			:{{Bp-a2\|[[Sureshot (G2)#Generation 2\|Sureshot]]}}
			:{{Bp-d2\|[[Archforce#Generation 2\|Archforce]]}}
			</ul>

	* "'''Heroes'''" (Europe, 1994)
	** [[Sureshot (G2)#Generation 2\|Sureshot]]
	** [[Archforce#Generation 2\|Archforce]]
	:The European releases of the toys are almost identical to their North American counterparts, except that due to their identities being changed, their "OPTIMUS PRIME" and "MEGATRON RULES!" [[sticker]]s were redesigned to have no text at all. Though they do not feature the term "Hero" anywhere on their packaging, they ''are'' referred to as "Hero Autobot" and "Hero Decepticon" on a poster featuring the European ''Generation 2'' line-up that was distributed by Hasbro UK in 1994. Due to them featuring individual EAN barcodes instead of a shared assortment EAN (an unusual occurrence at the time), it would appear they were distributed as solid cases instead of a shared assortment, presumably to ensure the evil tank toy would not be shipped to Germany.		:The European releases of the toys are almost identical to their North American counterparts, except that due to their identities being changed, their "OPTIMUS PRIME" and "MEGATRON RULES!" [[sticker]]s were redesigned to have no text at all. Though they do not feature the term "Hero" anywhere on their packaging, they ''are'' referred to as "Hero Autobot" and "Hero Decepticon" on a poster featuring the European ''Generation 2'' line-up that was distributed by Hasbro UK in 1994. Due to them featuring individual EAN barcodes instead of a shared assortment EAN (an unusual occurrence at the time), it would appear they were distributed as solid cases instead of a shared assortment, presumably to ensure the evil tank toy would not be shipped to Germany.

			{{-}}
			[[File:CombatHeroMegatron.jpg\|upright=1.66\|thumb\|]]
			* '''Heroes''' (North America, <s>1995</s>)
			<ul class="iconlist">
			:{{Bp-a2\|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#HeroRecolorOptimusPrime\|Optimus Prime]] (redeco)}}
			:{{Bp-d2\|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#HeroRecolor\|Megatron]] (redeco)}}
			</ul>

			:For 1995, Hasbro had intended to release [[variant#Running changes\|running change]] [[redeco]]s of the two figures, colloquially referred to as the "Combat" Heroes by fans due to early advertisements. Those were solicited to numerous retailers, but they ended up joining the ranks of the great many ''Generation 2'' toys to never make it to mass production, only existing as packaged samples.
			{{canceledtoy}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

ShyAndroid: and and --> and

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and and --> and

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*So it appears that Hasbro's name for this subgroup was in some amount of flux before "Heroes" won out: Several television commercial for the North American toys called them "Combat Optimus Prime" and "Combat Megatron",<ref name="tv">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT-CD2WKZgI "Combat" Optimus Prime & Megatron television commercial 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chgFYCMnWL0 "Combat" Optimus Prime & Megatron television commercial 2]</ref> and an article from ''Go Figure!'' magazine identified the two figures as "Combat Hero Optimus Prime" and "Combat Hero Megatron".<ref name="gofigure">''Go Figure!'' article [http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a207/tec5_5/2010-12-18050712-1.jpg (scan by unknown)]</ref> The final toys simply sported a small "Hero" logo on their packaging.		*So it appears that Hasbro's name for this subgroup was in some amount of flux before "Heroes" won out: Several television commercial for the North American toys called them "Combat Optimus Prime" and "Combat Megatron",<ref name="tv">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT-CD2WKZgI "Combat" Optimus Prime & Megatron television commercial 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chgFYCMnWL0 "Combat" Optimus Prime & Megatron television commercial 2]</ref> and an article from ''Go Figure!'' magazine identified the two figures as "Combat Hero Optimus Prime" and "Combat Hero Megatron".<ref name="gofigure">''Go Figure!'' article [http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a207/tec5_5/2010-12-18050712-1.jpg (scan by unknown)]</ref> The final toys simply sported a small "Hero" logo on their packaging.
	*However, that ''didn't'' mark the end of the "Combat" prefix: Hasbro's [[Toy Fair]] 1995 catalog again identified the (ultimately unreleased) redecos as "Combat Hero Asst.", and a Hasbro representative at Toy Fair 1995 ''also'' referred to them as "Combat Heroes are back, in all-new colors for Optimus Prime and the evil Megatron".<ref name="toyfair1995">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFfW-95fghU Hasbro presentation at Toy Fair 1995.]</ref> Furthermore, the green tags attached to "Hasbro Standard" samples of the unreleased figures ''also'' identified them as "Combat Heroes Asst."… buuut then the packaging itself, which was slightly redesigned from the original 1994 versions (still sporting the same unchanged package art depicting the two characters in their original colors, as well as the same Hasbro product code ~~and~~ and assortment numbers and UPC barcodes, but changed from the "clamshell"-style packaging used for various 1993 and 1994 figures to more tradtional blister cards), saw a minor change to the texts above the (unchanged) UPC barcodes that now added a "Hero" prefix (''without'' "Combat") to the names "Optimus Prime" and "Megatron".<ref name="combat">Samples of the unreleased Optimus Prime and Megatron redecos at Seibertron.com: ([http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/g2/g2-hero-optimus-unreleased-2.jpg link 1], [http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/g2/g2-hero-megatron-unreleased-2.jpg link 2])</ref> So it ''appears'' that Hasbro's marketing department was using the name inconsistently for two years, ignoring the name that ''was printed on the packaging'' in favor of an earlier working name. The [[fandom\|fans]] also often use the terms interchangeably, although knowledge of the aforementioned Toy Fair 1995 catalog during the early days of the online fandom has caused many to (incorrectly) use the term "Combat Heroes" to refer to the unreleased redecos, thereby distinguishing them from their earlier, plain "Heroes" versions that ''did'' see a release.		*However, that ''didn't'' mark the end of the "Combat" prefix: Hasbro's [[Toy Fair]] 1995 catalog again identified the (ultimately unreleased) redecos as "Combat Hero Asst.", and a Hasbro representative at Toy Fair 1995 ''also'' referred to them as "Combat Heroes are back, in all-new colors for Optimus Prime and the evil Megatron".<ref name="toyfair1995">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFfW-95fghU Hasbro presentation at Toy Fair 1995.]</ref> Furthermore, the green tags attached to "Hasbro Standard" samples of the unreleased figures ''also'' identified them as "Combat Heroes Asst."… buuut then the packaging itself, which was slightly redesigned from the original 1994 versions (still sporting the same unchanged package art depicting the two characters in their original colors, as well as the same Hasbro product code and assortment numbers and UPC barcodes, but changed from the "clamshell"-style packaging used for various 1993 and 1994 figures to more tradtional blister cards), saw a minor change to the texts above the (unchanged) UPC barcodes that now added a "Hero" prefix (''without'' "Combat") to the names "Optimus Prime" and "Megatron".<ref name="combat">Samples of the unreleased Optimus Prime and Megatron redecos at Seibertron.com: ([http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/g2/g2-hero-optimus-unreleased-2.jpg link 1], [http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/g2/g2-hero-megatron-unreleased-2.jpg link 2])</ref> So it ''appears'' that Hasbro's marketing department was using the name inconsistently for two years, ignoring the name that ''was printed on the packaging'' in favor of an earlier working name. The [[fandom\|fans]] also often use the terms interchangeably, although knowledge of the aforementioned Toy Fair 1995 catalog during the early days of the online fandom has caused many to (incorrectly) use the term "Combat Heroes" to refer to the unreleased redecos, thereby distinguishing them from their earlier, plain "Heroes" versions that ''did'' see a release.
	*As a direct result of this, Hasbro later re-adopted the "Combat" prefix for redecos of newer Optimus Prime and Megatron toys that [[homage]] the intended decos for these unreleased figures, first for "[[Optimus_Prime (G1)/Generations toys#UltimateGiftSet\|Combat Hero Optimus Prime]]" from the 2012 ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)\|Generations]]'' "Ultimate Gift Set", then later for ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)\|Generations Selects]] [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' "[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#GS01\|Combat Megatron]]".		*As a direct result of this, Hasbro later re-adopted the "Combat" prefix for redecos of newer Optimus Prime and Megatron toys that [[homage]] the intended decos for these unreleased figures, first for "[[Optimus_Prime (G1)/Generations toys#UltimateGiftSet\|Combat Hero Optimus Prime]]" from the 2012 ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)\|Generations]]'' "Ultimate Gift Set", then later for ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)\|Generations Selects]] [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' "[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#GS01\|Combat Megatron]]".

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			{{factions\|autobotg2\|decepticong2}}
	{{picsneeded\|Scans of the back-of-the-package solicitations would be ideal.}}		{{picsneeded\|Scans of the back-of-the-package solicitations would be ideal.}}
	{{disambig2\|the ''Generation 2'' subgroup\|the ''Cybertron'' cartoon episode\|Hero (episode)}}		{{disambig2\|the ''Generation 2'' subgroup\|the ''Cybertron'' cartoon episode\|Hero (episode)}}

Fritz: /* Generation 2 */

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Generation 2

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===Generation 2===		===''Generation 2''===
	* '''Heroes''' (North America, 1994)		* '''Heroes''' (North America, 1994)
	** [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#HeroOptimusPrime\|Optimus Prime]]		** [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#HeroOptimusPrime\|Optimus Prime]]

Fiction Alchemist: /* Generation 2 */

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Generation 2

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	** [[Sureshot (G2)#Generation 2\|Sureshot]]		** [[Sureshot (G2)#Generation 2\|Sureshot]]
	** [[Archforce#Generation 2\|Archforce]]		** [[Archforce#Generation 2\|Archforce]]
	:The European releases of the toys are almost identical to their North American counterparts, except that due to their identities being changed, their "OPTIMUS PRIME" and "MEGATRON RULES!" [[sticker]]s were redesigned to have no text at all. Though they do not feature the term "Hero" anywhere on their packaging, they ''are'' referred to as "Hero Autobot" and "Hero Decepticon" on a poster featuring the European ''Generation 2'' line-up that was distributed by Hasbro UK in 1994. Due to them featuring individual EAN barcodes instead of a shared assortment EAN (an unusual ~~occurence~~ at the time), it would appear they were distributed as solid cases instead of a shared assortment, presumably to ensure the evil tank toy would not be shipped to Germany.		:The European releases of the toys are almost identical to their North American counterparts, except that due to their identities being changed, their "OPTIMUS PRIME" and "MEGATRON RULES!" [[sticker]]s were redesigned to have no text at all. Though they do not feature the term "Hero" anywhere on their packaging, they ''are'' referred to as "Hero Autobot" and "Hero Decepticon" on a poster featuring the European ''Generation 2'' line-up that was distributed by Hasbro UK in 1994. Due to them featuring individual EAN barcodes instead of a shared assortment EAN (an unusual occurrence at the time), it would appear they were distributed as solid cases instead of a shared assortment, presumably to ensure the evil tank toy would not be shipped to Germany.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

TheAmazingPoncho: /* Notes */

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Notes

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	*So it appears that Hasbro's name for this subgroup was in some amount of flux before "Heroes" won out: Several television commercial for the North American toys called them "Combat Optimus Prime" and "Combat Megatron",<ref name="tv">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT-CD2WKZgI "Combat" Optimus Prime & Megatron television commercial 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chgFYCMnWL0 "Combat" Optimus Prime & Megatron television commercial 2]</ref> and an article from ''Go Figure!'' magazine identified the two figures as "Combat Hero Optimus Prime" and "Combat Hero Megatron".<ref name="gofigure">''Go Figure!'' article [http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a207/tec5_5/2010-12-18050712-1.jpg (scan by unknown)]</ref> The final toys simply sported a small "Hero" logo on their packaging.		*So it appears that Hasbro's name for this subgroup was in some amount of flux before "Heroes" won out: Several television commercial for the North American toys called them "Combat Optimus Prime" and "Combat Megatron",<ref name="tv">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT-CD2WKZgI "Combat" Optimus Prime & Megatron television commercial 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chgFYCMnWL0 "Combat" Optimus Prime & Megatron television commercial 2]</ref> and an article from ''Go Figure!'' magazine identified the two figures as "Combat Hero Optimus Prime" and "Combat Hero Megatron".<ref name="gofigure">''Go Figure!'' article [http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a207/tec5_5/2010-12-18050712-1.jpg (scan by unknown)]</ref> The final toys simply sported a small "Hero" logo on their packaging.
	*However, that ''didn't'' mark the end of the "Combat" prefix: Hasbro's [[Toy Fair]] 1995 catalog again identified the (ultimately unreleased) redecos as "Combat Hero Asst.", and a Hasbro representative at Toy Fair 1995 ''also'' referred to them as "Combat Heroes are back, in all-new colors for Optimus Prime and the evil Megatron".<ref name="toyfair1995">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFfW-95fghU Hasbro presentation at Toy Fair 1995.]</ref> Furthermore, the green tags attached to "Hasbro Standard" samples of the unreleased figures ''also'' identified them as "Combat Heroes Asst."… buuut then the packaging itself, which was slightly redesigned from the original 1994 versions (still sporting the same unchanged package art depicting the two characters in their original colors, as well as the same Hasbro product code and and assortment numbers and UPC barcodes, but changed from the "clamshell"-style packaging used for various 1993 and 1994 figures to more tradtional blister cards), saw a minor change to the texts above the (unchanged) UPC barcodes that now added a "Hero" prefix (''without'' "Combat") to the names "Optimus Prime" and "Megatron".<ref name="combat">Samples of the unreleased Optimus Prime and Megatron redecos at Seibertron.com: ([http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/g2/g2-hero-optimus-unreleased-2.jpg link 1], [http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/g2/g2-hero-megatron-unreleased-2.jpg link 2])</ref> So it ''appears'' that Hasbro's marketing department was using the name inconsistently for two years, ignoring the name that ''was printed on the packaging'' in favor of an earlier working name. The [[fandom\|fans]] also often use the terms interchangeably, although knowledge of the aforementioned Toy Fair 1995 catalog during the early days of the online fandom has caused many to (incorrectly) use the term "Combat Heroes" to refer to the unreleased redecos, thereby distinguishing them from their earlier, plain "Heroes" versions that ''did'' see a release.		*However, that ''didn't'' mark the end of the "Combat" prefix: Hasbro's [[Toy Fair]] 1995 catalog again identified the (ultimately unreleased) redecos as "Combat Hero Asst.", and a Hasbro representative at Toy Fair 1995 ''also'' referred to them as "Combat Heroes are back, in all-new colors for Optimus Prime and the evil Megatron".<ref name="toyfair1995">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFfW-95fghU Hasbro presentation at Toy Fair 1995.]</ref> Furthermore, the green tags attached to "Hasbro Standard" samples of the unreleased figures ''also'' identified them as "Combat Heroes Asst."… buuut then the packaging itself, which was slightly redesigned from the original 1994 versions (still sporting the same unchanged package art depicting the two characters in their original colors, as well as the same Hasbro product code and and assortment numbers and UPC barcodes, but changed from the "clamshell"-style packaging used for various 1993 and 1994 figures to more tradtional blister cards), saw a minor change to the texts above the (unchanged) UPC barcodes that now added a "Hero" prefix (''without'' "Combat") to the names "Optimus Prime" and "Megatron".<ref name="combat">Samples of the unreleased Optimus Prime and Megatron redecos at Seibertron.com: ([http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/g2/g2-hero-optimus-unreleased-2.jpg link 1], [http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/g2/g2-hero-megatron-unreleased-2.jpg link 2])</ref> So it ''appears'' that Hasbro's marketing department was using the name inconsistently for two years, ignoring the name that ''was printed on the packaging'' in favor of an earlier working name. The [[fandom\|fans]] also often use the terms interchangeably, although knowledge of the aforementioned Toy Fair 1995 catalog during the early days of the online fandom has caused many to (incorrectly) use the term "Combat Heroes" to refer to the unreleased redecos, thereby distinguishing them from their earlier, plain "Heroes" versions that ''did'' see a release.
	*As a direct result of this, Hasbro later re-adopted the "Combat" prefix for redecos of newer Optimus Prime and Megatron toys that [[homage]] the intended decos for these unreleased figures, first for "[[~~Optimus Prime~~ (G1)/toys#UltimateGiftSet\|Combat Hero Optimus Prime]]" from the 2012 ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)\|Generations]]'' "Ultimate Gift Set", then later for ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)\|Generations Selects]] [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' "[[Megatron (G1)/toys#GS01\|Combat Megatron]]".		*As a direct result of this, Hasbro later re-adopted the "Combat" prefix for redecos of newer Optimus Prime and Megatron toys that [[homage]] the intended decos for these unreleased figures, first for "[[Optimus_Prime (G1)/Generations toys#UltimateGiftSet\|Combat Hero Optimus Prime]]" from the 2012 ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)\|Generations]]'' "Ultimate Gift Set", then later for ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)\|Generations Selects]] [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' "[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#GS01\|Combat Megatron]]".

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	*So it appears that Hasbro's name for this subgroup was in some amount of flux before "Heroes" won out: Several television commercial for the North American toys called them "Combat Optimus Prime" and "Combat Megatron",<ref name="tv">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT-CD2WKZgI "Combat" Optimus Prime & Megatron television commercial 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chgFYCMnWL0 "Combat" Optimus Prime & Megatron television commercial 2]</ref> and an article from ''Go Figure!'' magazine identified the two figures as "Combat Hero Optimus Prime" and "Combat Hero Megatron".<ref name="gofigure">''Go Figure!'' article [http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a207/tec5_5/2010-12-18050712-1.jpg (scan by unknown)]</ref> The final toys simply sported a small "Hero" logo on their packaging.		*So it appears that Hasbro's name for this subgroup was in some amount of flux before "Heroes" won out: Several television commercial for the North American toys called them "Combat Optimus Prime" and "Combat Megatron",<ref name="tv">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT-CD2WKZgI "Combat" Optimus Prime & Megatron television commercial 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chgFYCMnWL0 "Combat" Optimus Prime & Megatron television commercial 2]</ref> and an article from ''Go Figure!'' magazine identified the two figures as "Combat Hero Optimus Prime" and "Combat Hero Megatron".<ref name="gofigure">''Go Figure!'' article [http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a207/tec5_5/2010-12-18050712-1.jpg (scan by unknown)]</ref> The final toys simply sported a small "Hero" logo on their packaging.
	*However, that ''didn't'' mark the end of the "Combat" prefix: Hasbro's [[Toy Fair]] 1995 catalog again identified the (ultimately unreleased) redecos as "Combat Hero Asst.", and a Hasbro representative at Toy Fair 1995 ''also'' referred to them as "Combat Heroes are back, in all-new colors for Optimus Prime and the evil Megatron".<ref name="toyfair1995">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFfW-95fghU Hasbro presentation at Toy Fair 1995.]</ref> Furthermore, the green tags attached to "Hasbro Standard" samples of the unreleased figures ''also'' identified them as "Combat Heroes Asst."… buuut then the packaging itself, which was slightly redesigned from the original 1994 versions (still sporting the same unchanged package art depicting the two characters in their original colors, as well as the same Hasbro product code and and assortment numbers and UPC barcodes, but changed from the "clamshell"-style packaging used for various 1993 and 1994 figures to more tradtional blister cards), saw a minor change to the texts above the (unchanged) UPC barcodes that now added a "Hero" prefix (''without'' "Combat") to the names "Optimus Prime" and "Megatron".<ref name="combat">Samples of the unreleased Optimus Prime and Megatron redecos at Seibertron.com: ([http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/g2/g2-hero-optimus-unreleased-2.jpg link 1], [http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/g2/g2-hero-megatron-unreleased-2.jpg link 2])</ref> So it ''appears'' that Hasbro's marketing department was using the name inconsistently for two years, ignoring the name that ''was printed on the packaging'' in favor of an earlier working name. The [[fandom\|fans]] also often use the terms interchangeably, although knowledge of the aforementioned Toy Fair 1995 catalog during the early days of the online fandom has caused many to (incorrectly) use the term "Combat Heroes" to refer to the unreleased redecos, thereby distinguishing them from their earlier, plain "Heroes" versions that ''did'' see a release.		*However, that ''didn't'' mark the end of the "Combat" prefix: Hasbro's [[Toy Fair]] 1995 catalog again identified the (ultimately unreleased) redecos as "Combat Hero Asst.", and a Hasbro representative at Toy Fair 1995 ''also'' referred to them as "Combat Heroes are back, in all-new colors for Optimus Prime and the evil Megatron".<ref name="toyfair1995">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFfW-95fghU Hasbro presentation at Toy Fair 1995.]</ref> Furthermore, the green tags attached to "Hasbro Standard" samples of the unreleased figures ''also'' identified them as "Combat Heroes Asst."… buuut then the packaging itself, which was slightly redesigned from the original 1994 versions (still sporting the same unchanged package art depicting the two characters in their original colors, as well as the same Hasbro product code and and assortment numbers and UPC barcodes, but changed from the "clamshell"-style packaging used for various 1993 and 1994 figures to more tradtional blister cards), saw a minor change to the texts above the (unchanged) UPC barcodes that now added a "Hero" prefix (''without'' "Combat") to the names "Optimus Prime" and "Megatron".<ref name="combat">Samples of the unreleased Optimus Prime and Megatron redecos at Seibertron.com: ([http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/g2/g2-hero-optimus-unreleased-2.jpg link 1], [http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/g2/g2-hero-megatron-unreleased-2.jpg link 2])</ref> So it ''appears'' that Hasbro's marketing department was using the name inconsistently for two years, ignoring the name that ''was printed on the packaging'' in favor of an earlier working name. The [[fandom\|fans]] also often use the terms interchangeably, although knowledge of the aforementioned Toy Fair 1995 catalog during the early days of the online fandom has caused many to (incorrectly) use the term "Combat Heroes" to refer to the unreleased redecos, thereby distinguishing them from their earlier, plain "Heroes" versions that ''did'' see a release.
	*As a direct result of this, Hasbro later re-adopted the "Combat" prefix for redecos of newer Optimus Prime and Megatron toys that [[homage]] the intended decos for these unreleased figures, first for "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#UltimateGiftSet\|Combat Hero Optimus Prime]]" from the 2012 ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)\|Generations]]'' "Ultimate Gift Set", then later for ''[[~~Transformers:~~ Generations#Selects (~~2019-~~)\|Generations Selects]] [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' "[[Megatron (G1)/toys#GS01\|Combat Megatron]]".		*As a direct result of this, Hasbro later re-adopted the "Combat" prefix for redecos of newer Optimus Prime and Megatron toys that [[homage]] the intended decos for these unreleased figures, first for "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#UltimateGiftSet\|Combat Hero Optimus Prime]]" from the 2012 ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)\|Generations]]'' "Ultimate Gift Set", then later for ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)\|Generations Selects]] [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' "[[Megatron (G1)/toys#GS01\|Combat Megatron]]".

	==References==		==References==

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