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[[Image:Hotshot fireblaster.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You may sacrifice two Mountains rather than pay Fireblast's mana cost]] | [[Image:Hotshot fireblaster.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You may sacrifice two Mountains rather than pay Fireblast's mana cost.]] | ||
'''Fireblast''' is a term which around 2001 came to replace the term "firepower" as a [[Tech Spec]] rating. Many fans speculated that the reason for the change was to avoid the potentially inappropriate-for-children connotation the word 'firepower' had with guns; as it turns out, what really happened was that someone had [[trademark]]ed "firepower" already, forcing Hasbro to replace the term with something else. "Fireblast" is a neologism and an example of the [[blastification]] trend within Transformers. | '''Fireblast''' is a term which around 2001 came to replace the term "firepower" as a [[Tech Spec]] rating. Many fans speculated that the reason for the change was to avoid the potentially inappropriate-for-children connotation the word 'firepower' had with guns; as it turns out, what really happened was that someone had [[trademark]]ed "firepower" already, forcing Hasbro to replace the term with something else. "Fireblast" is a neologism and an example of the [[blastification]] trend within Transformers. | ||
Revision as of 00:12, 23 December 2010
Fireblast is a term which around 2001 came to replace the term "firepower" as a Tech Spec rating. Many fans speculated that the reason for the change was to avoid the potentially inappropriate-for-children connotation the word 'firepower' had with guns; as it turns out, what really happened was that someone had trademarked "firepower" already, forcing Hasbro to replace the term with something else. "Fireblast" is a neologism and an example of the blastification trend within Transformers.
The Autobot Hot Shot carries a "fireblaster" weapon in Robots in Disguise. This refers to a specific type of weapon and is not compatible with the "catchall" use of the word Fireblast as described above.
His fireblaster shoots pink bursts of energy much like the weapons in the Generation 1 cartoon did.
