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	*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at the time.		*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at the time.

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	[[Category:Autobots]]		[[Category:Autobots]]
	[[Category:Generation 2]]		[[Category:Generation 2]]
	[[Category:Things that don't exist]]		[[Category:Things that don't exist]]

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 06:31, 25 October 2024

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	:''Pothole was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''		:''Pothole was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[File:Generation2Pothole.jpg\|right\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|Coming to you live from BotCon 1994!]]		[[File:Generation2Pothole.jpg\|right\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|Coming to you live from BotCon 1994!]]
	*Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master]] [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#~~Generation 2~~\|Ironhide]] with the subgroup "Superfast Wheels" (actually an early working name for the [[Go-Bot (G2)\|Go-Bots]]) during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film (seen at right) documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.		*"Pothole" appeared as a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master]] [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#PowerMaster\|Ironhide]] with the subgroup "Superfast Wheels" (actually an early working name for the [[Go-Bot (G2)\|Go-Bots]]) during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film (seen at right) documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.
	*Aside from Pothole, [[:File:BelzoneCard.jpg\|a packaging mock-up featuring]] a yellow and blue Power Master Ironhide also exists bearing the name "Belzone", while a [[:File:Generation2LightSpeed.jpg\|mock-up]] for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name "Light Speed".		*Aside from Pothole, [[:File:BelzoneCard.jpg\|a packaging mock-up featuring]] a yellow and blue Power Master Ironhide also exists bearing the name "Belzone", while a [[:File:Generation2LightSpeed.jpg\|mock-up]] for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name "Light Speed".
	* In [[2014]], an isolated view of the packaging artwork for Pothole/Belzone/Light Speed/whoever was printed in ''[[Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging]]'' (seen at top of this page).		* In [[2014]], an isolated view of the packaging artwork for Pothole/Belzone/Light Speed/whoever was printed in ''[[Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging]]'' (seen at top of this page).
	*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would ~~strongly~~ indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at ~~this~~ time.		*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at the time.

	[[Category:Autobots]]		[[Category:Autobots]]
	[[Category:Generation 2]]		[[Category:Generation 2]]
	[[Category:Things that don't exist]]		[[Category:Things that don't exist]]

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 21:12, 19 October 2024

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	[[~~Image~~:~~Generation2Pothole~~.jpg\|right\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|~~Coming to you live from BotCon 1994!~~]]		[[File:UnmadePowermasterIronhideRedeco.jpg\|right\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|]]

	:''Pothole was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''		:''Pothole was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

	'''Pothole''' (~~aka~~ '''Belzone''' or '''Light Speed''') was to have been an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], possibly with very fast wheels. Dare we say... ''superfast''?		'''Pothole''' (or possibly '''Belzone''' or '''Light Speed''') was to have been an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], possibly with very fast wheels. Dare we say... ''superfast''?

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===''Animated''===		===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
	[[Rosanna (Animated)\|Rosanna]]'s song "The Iron Baron", a tribute to [[Grandus (Animated)\|Grandus]], described him as "seeking answers, like Belzone in the [[Void]]". {{storylink\|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}		[[Rosanna (Animated)\|Rosanna]]'s song "The Iron Baron", a tribute to [[Grandus (Animated)\|Grandus]], described him as "seeking answers, like Belzone in the [[Void]]". {{storylink\|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}

	===Ask Vector Prime===		===Ask Vector Prime===
	[[Vector Prime]] stated that he was unaware of any Cybertronian named Belzone, and while he was familiar with versions of Pothole and Lightspeed from various realities, none resembled the yellow-and-blue 'bot he was being shown, who he identified as simply an early deco of [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#PowerMaster\|Ironhide]]. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime}}		[[Vector Prime]] stated that he was unaware of any Cybertronian named Belzone, and while he was familiar with versions of Pothole and Lightspeed from various realities, none resembled the yellow-and-blue 'bot he was being shown, who he identified as simply an early deco of [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#PowerMaster\|Ironhide]]. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime\|Ask Vector Prime, 21 September 1995}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master]] [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Generation 2\|Ironhide]] with the subgroup "Superfast Wheels" (actually an early working name for the [[Go-Bot (G2)\|Go-Bots]]) during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.		[[File:Generation2Pothole.jpg\|right\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|Coming to you live from BotCon 1994!]]
			*Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master]] [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Generation 2\|Ironhide]] with the subgroup "Superfast Wheels" (actually an early working name for the [[Go-Bot (G2)\|Go-Bots]]) during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film (seen at right) documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.
	*Aside from Pothole, [[:File:BelzoneCard.jpg\|a packaging mock-up featuring]] a yellow and blue Power Master Ironhide also exists bearing the name "Belzone", while a [[:File:Generation2LightSpeed.jpg\|mock-up]] for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name "Light Speed".		*Aside from Pothole, [[:File:BelzoneCard.jpg\|a packaging mock-up featuring]] a yellow and blue Power Master Ironhide also exists bearing the name "Belzone", while a [[:File:Generation2LightSpeed.jpg\|mock-up]] for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name "Light Speed".
			* In [[2014]], an isolated view of the packaging artwork for Pothole/Belzone/Light Speed/whoever was printed in ''[[Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging]]'' (seen at top of this page).
	*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would strongly indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at this time.		*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would strongly indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at this time.

Broadside at 19:07, 19 October 2024

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	===Ask Vector Prime===		===Ask Vector Prime===
	[[Vector Prime]] stated that he was unaware of any Cybertronian named Belzone, and while he was familiar with versions of Pothole and Lightspeed from various realities, none resembled the yellow-and-blue 'bot he was being shown. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime}}		[[Vector Prime]] stated that he was unaware of any Cybertronian named Belzone, and while he was familiar with versions of Pothole and Lightspeed from various realities, none resembled the yellow-and-blue 'bot he was being shown, who he identified as simply an early deco of [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#PowerMaster\|Ironhide]]. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Broadside at 19:04, 19 October 2024

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	:''Pothole was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''		:''Pothole was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

	'''Pothole''' (aka '''Belzone''') was to have been an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], possibly with very fast wheels. Dare we say... ''superfast''?		'''Pothole''' (aka '''Belzone''' or '''Light Speed''') was to have been an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], possibly with very fast wheels. Dare we say... ''superfast''?

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
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	===Ask Vector Prime===		===Ask Vector Prime===
	[[Vector Prime]] stated that he was familiar with versions of ~~Cybertronians named~~ Pothole from various realities, ~~but~~ was ~~unaware of any named Belzone~~. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime}}		[[Vector Prime]] stated that he was unaware of any Cybertronian named Belzone, and while he was familiar with versions of Pothole and Lightspeed from various realities, none resembled the yellow-and-blue 'bot he was being shown. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Broadside at 18:59, 19 October 2024

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	:''Pothole was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''		:''Pothole was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

	'''Pothole''' was to have been an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], possibly with very fast wheels. Dare we say... ''superfast''?		'''Pothole''' (aka '''Belzone''') was to have been an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], possibly with very fast wheels. Dare we say... ''superfast''?

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
			===''Animated''===
			[[Rosanna (Animated)\|Rosanna]]'s song "The Iron Baron", a tribute to [[Grandus (Animated)\|Grandus]], described him as "seeking answers, like Belzone in the [[Void]]". {{storylink\|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}

	===Ask Vector Prime===		===Ask Vector Prime===
	[[Vector Prime]] stated that he was familiar with versions of Cybertronians named Pothole from various realities. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime}}		[[Vector Prime]] stated that he was familiar with versions of Cybertronians named Pothole from various realities, but was unaware of any named Belzone. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 18:34, 19 October 2024

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master]] [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Generation 2\|Ironhide]] with the subgroup "Superfast Wheels" (actually an early working name for the [[Go-Bot (G2)\|Go-Bots]]) during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.		*Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master]] [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Generation 2\|Ironhide]] with the subgroup "Superfast Wheels" (actually an early working name for the [[Go-Bot (G2)\|Go-Bots]]) during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.
	*Aside from Pothole, a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue Power Master Ironhide also exists bearing the name Belzone, while a [[:File:Generation2LightSpeed.jpg\|mock-up]] for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name Light Speed.		*Aside from Pothole, [[:File:BelzoneCard.jpg\|a packaging mock-up featuring]] a yellow and blue Power Master Ironhide also exists bearing the name "Belzone", while a [[:File:Generation2LightSpeed.jpg\|mock-up]] for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name "Light Speed".
	*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would strongly indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at this time.		*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would strongly indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at this time.

Monzo at 03:34, 6 May 2024

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	:~~''Pothole~~..~~. exists. Sort of.''~~		{{factions\|autobotg2}}
			[[Image:Generation2Pothole.jpg\|right\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|Coming to you live from BotCon 1994!]]

	'''Pothole''' was~~... someone. From~~ [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. ~~That's about all~~ we ~~know~~.		:''Pothole was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

			'''Pothole''' was to have been an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], possibly with very fast wheels. Dare we say... ''superfast''?

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	~~[[Image:Generation2Pothole.jpg\|right\|200px\|thumb\|Coming to you live from BotCon 1994!]]~~		*Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master]] [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Generation 2\|Ironhide]] with the subgroup "Superfast Wheels" (actually an early working name for the [[Go-Bot (G2)\|Go-Bots]]) during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.
	*Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.		*Aside from Pothole, a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue Power Master Ironhide also exists bearing the name Belzone, while a [[:File:Generation2LightSpeed.jpg\|mock-up]] for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name Light Speed.
	*Aside from Pothole, a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master~~]] [[~~Ironhide ~~(G1)/toys#Generation 2\|Ironhide]]~~ also exists bearing the name Belzone, while a [[:File:Generation2LightSpeed.jpg\|mock-up]] for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name Light Speed.
	*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would strongly indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at this time.		*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would strongly indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at this time.

	[[Category:~~Transformers~~]]		[[Category:Autobots]]
			[[Category:Generation 2]]
			[[Category:Things that don't exist]]

Nevermore: /* Notes */

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Notes

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	[[Image:Generation2Pothole.jpg\|right\|200px\|thumb\|Coming to you live from BotCon 1994!]]		[[Image:Generation2Pothole.jpg\|right\|200px\|thumb\|Coming to you live from BotCon 1994!]]
	*Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.		*Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.
	*Aside from Pothole, a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master]] [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Generation 2\|Ironhide]] also exists bearing the name Belzone, while a mock-up for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name Light Speed.		*Aside from Pothole, a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master]] [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Generation 2\|Ironhide]] also exists bearing the name Belzone, while a [[:File:Generation2LightSpeed.jpg\|mock-up]] for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name Light Speed.
	*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would strongly indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at this time.		*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would strongly indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at this time.

	[[Category:Transformers]]		[[Category:Transformers]]

Saix: replaced: [[Vector Prime (Cybertron) → [[Vector Prime, * → * (3)

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replaced: [[Vector Prime (Cybertron) → [[Vector Prime, * → * (3)

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===Ask Vector Prime===		===Ask Vector Prime===
	[[~~Vector Prime (Cybertron)\|~~Vector Prime]] stated that he was familiar with versions of Cybertronians named Pothole from various realities. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime}}		[[Vector Prime]] stated that he was familiar with versions of Cybertronians named Pothole from various realities. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[Image:Generation2Pothole.jpg\|right\|200px\|thumb\|Coming to you live from BotCon 1994!]]		[[Image:Generation2Pothole.jpg\|right\|200px\|thumb\|Coming to you live from BotCon 1994!]]
	* Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.		*Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.
	* Aside from Pothole, a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master]] [[~~Ironhide_~~(G1)/toys#~~Generation_2~~\|Ironhide]] also exists bearing the name Belzone, while a mock-up for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name Light Speed.		*Aside from Pothole, a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master]] [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Generation 2\|Ironhide]] also exists bearing the name Belzone, while a mock-up for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name Light Speed.
	* [[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would strongly indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at this time.		*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would strongly indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at this time.

	[[Category:Transformers]]		[[Category:Transformers]]

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	[[~~Image~~:~~Generation2Pothole~~.jpg\|right\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|~~Coming to you live from BotCon 1994!~~]]		[[File:UnmadePowermasterIronhideRedeco.jpg\|right\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|]]

	:''Pothole was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''		:''Pothole was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

	'''Pothole''' (~~aka~~ '''Belzone''' or '''Light Speed''') was to have been an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], possibly with very fast wheels. Dare we say... ''superfast''?		'''Pothole''' (or possibly '''Belzone''' or '''Light Speed''') was to have been an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], possibly with very fast wheels. Dare we say... ''superfast''?

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===''Animated''===		===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
	[[Rosanna (Animated)\|Rosanna]]'s song "The Iron Baron", a tribute to [[Grandus (Animated)\|Grandus]], described him as "seeking answers, like Belzone in the [[Void]]". {{storylink\|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}		[[Rosanna (Animated)\|Rosanna]]'s song "The Iron Baron", a tribute to [[Grandus (Animated)\|Grandus]], described him as "seeking answers, like Belzone in the [[Void]]". {{storylink\|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}

	===Ask Vector Prime===		===Ask Vector Prime===
	[[Vector Prime]] stated that he was unaware of any Cybertronian named Belzone, and while he was familiar with versions of Pothole and Lightspeed from various realities, none resembled the yellow-and-blue 'bot he was being shown, who he identified as simply an early deco of [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#PowerMaster\|Ironhide]]. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime}}		[[Vector Prime]] stated that he was unaware of any Cybertronian named Belzone, and while he was familiar with versions of Pothole and Lightspeed from various realities, none resembled the yellow-and-blue 'bot he was being shown, who he identified as simply an early deco of [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#PowerMaster\|Ironhide]]. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime\|Ask Vector Prime, 21 September 1995}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master]] [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Generation 2\|Ironhide]] with the subgroup "Superfast Wheels" (actually an early working name for the [[Go-Bot (G2)\|Go-Bots]]) during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.		[[File:Generation2Pothole.jpg\|right\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|Coming to you live from BotCon 1994!]]
			*Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue [[Power Master]] [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Generation 2\|Ironhide]] with the subgroup "Superfast Wheels" (actually an early working name for the [[Go-Bot (G2)\|Go-Bots]]) during the [[Hasbro]] presentation at [[BotCon 1994]]. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film (seen at right) documenting the 1994 and [[BotCon 1995\|1995]] conventions, where he was rediscovered years later.
	*Aside from Pothole, [[:File:BelzoneCard.jpg\|a packaging mock-up featuring]] a yellow and blue Power Master Ironhide also exists bearing the name "Belzone", while a [[:File:Generation2LightSpeed.jpg\|mock-up]] for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name "Light Speed".		*Aside from Pothole, [[:File:BelzoneCard.jpg\|a packaging mock-up featuring]] a yellow and blue Power Master Ironhide also exists bearing the name "Belzone", while a [[:File:Generation2LightSpeed.jpg\|mock-up]] for a [[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]] featuring the same art has the name "Light Speed".
			* In [[2014]], an isolated view of the packaging artwork for Pothole/Belzone/Light Speed/whoever was printed in ''[[Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging]]'' (seen at top of this page).
	*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would strongly indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at this time.		*[[Ask Vector Prime]] consulted with Hasbro to uncover the mystery behind this figure. Mock packaging such as seen here is created for "sales meetings, hallway displays, and scale mock-ups prior to copy being ready. We have a long hallway that is set like store shelves. It's a sales display. All products are comp [handmade] packages. We swap it out twice a year. We sell to retail partners well in advance of [the] final toys being ready and before final packages are ready. To overcome that we make hundreds of dummy packages. They look right from a distance but copy details are Greeked in often." This would strongly indicate there was never any intention to release a toy named Pothole at this time.