Firecon

The Firecons are a Decepticon subgroup from the Generation 1 continuity family.

From left to right: Sparkstalker, Flamefeather and Cindersaur

The Firecons are a trio of three fire-breathing monsters, the Decepticon counterparts to the Autobot Sparkabots. The trio consists of:

• Cindersaur, a violent moron
• Flamefeather, an even more violent moron
• Sparkstalker, a criminal genius stuck with keeping them in line.

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

The mother-in-law decided to bring her sisters along for a visit.

The Firecons were sent to Earth to attempt to persuade Galvatron to form an alliance with the Decepticons on Cybertron. On Earth, they engaged in battle with the Sparkabots (referred to here as the Sparkler Mini-Bots), who had been sent to Earth by Springer to keep watch on Galvatron. Their battle was interrupted by Galvatron himself, who rejected the Firecons' offer. Enemy Action!

The Firecons returned to Cybertron afterward, where they forged an alliance with the alien Zabra to run illegal deathmatches in the old Jekka Amphitheatre. When Zabra was defeated by Ultra Magnus and the Sparkabots, the Firecons presumably returned to the Decepticons. Deadly Games!

The psycho, the idiot, and the nerd.

The Firecons acted as jailers for the Decepticons on Cybertron. They took great glee in putting down an Autobot attempt at rebellion, before sending three Autobots off across the space bridge to be used as test fodder. Ca$h and Car-nage!

With the mysterious deaths of three Decepticons, Sparkstalker and Cindersaur, along with the Triggercons Ruckus and Windsweeper, were sent to kill three Autobots for each Decepticon believed to have been slaughtered by them. During the attack, Sparkstalker got the best of Grimlock, knocking him down, while Cindersaur stood behind, waiting his turn. All were unaware of the real killers that stood behind them, watching. Demons!

The Firecons were still with the main Decepticon force after the epic battle with Unicron. During the invasion of Klo, Sparkstalker was reported to have been accidentally incinerated by Cindersaur. The Last Autobot?

Toys

Generation 1

• Firecons (1988)
  • Cindersaur
  • Flamefeather
  • Sparkstalker

Sold carded for $3 each (on average), the Firecons are extremely simple toys. Like their Autobot counterparts, the toys feature a friction-motor that causes "cold" sparks to shoot from a section of the toy's alternate mode (the mouth, in the case of the Firecons) as well as propelling the toy forward on smooth surfaces.

This set of molds was used to make the Decepticon Sparkdash drones from Super-God Masterforce.

Generation 2

Released as European market exclusive in 1994, the Generation 2 Firecons consisted of Sparkstalker and Flamefeather, redecoed in brightly-colored, transparent plastic.

Now named Sparkabots on the packaging, the Generation 2 Firecons also had redrawn card artwork which featured the characters in the exact same pose as on their original toy packaging but in a much simpler style. The characters' functions were also changed for this release: Sparkstalker was now a saboteur and Flamefeather was now a raid-planner. Each toy also had a new motto but lacked tech specs and profile.