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:''Pothole... exists. Sort of.''
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[[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.


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Revision as of 03:34, 6 May 2024

Coming to you live from BotCon 1994!
Pothole was to have been an Autobot from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Pothole was to have been an Autobot from Cybertron, possibly with very fast wheels. Dare we say... superfast?

Fiction

Ask Vector Prime

Vector Prime stated that he was familiar with versions of Cybertronians named Pothole from various realities. Ask Vector Prime

Notes

  • Pothole appeared as a packaging mock-up featuring a yellow and blue Power Master Ironhide with the subgroup "Superfast Wheels" (actually an early working name for the Go-Bots) during the Hasbro presentation at BotCon 1994. His existence was captured on an unofficial fan film documenting the 1994 and 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 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.
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