Inferno (G1)/toys
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If there is a red fire truck Transformers toy, odds are it is one of Inferno.
Toys
Generation 1
- Inferno (Autobot Car, 1985)
- Japanese ID number: 10
- Accessories: "Extinguisher Rifle", 2 fists (left & right), 3 missiles,2 shoulder wings
- Inferno transforms into a Japanese Mitsubishi Fuso F-Series FT fire ladder truck. His ladder has three sections to it, allowing it to extend to a really impressive length. Each of his forearms contains a spring-loaded missile launcher, so he can fire his own fists or silver missiles, though the Hasbro versions have these launchers severely weakened for safety reasons. He is usually depicted in media as having a missile/laser/nozzle in place of a hand on his right arm. He is also armed with a small black Extinguisher rifle.
- Inferno's toy has been reissued as part of the Classic Heroes line in 1990, the Generation 2 line in 1993, and The Transformers Collection and the Commemorative Series in 2003. See below for individual entries on these releases.
- This sculpt was redecoed and partially retooled to make Grapple, the e-HOBBY exclusive Collector's Edition RoadHauler and The Headmasters Artfire.
- Inferno with Hydro-Pack (Action Master, 1990)
- Accessories: Hydro-Pack, "Magna-Blast Gun"
- Part of the third assortment of "basic" carded Action Masters, Inferno is a non-transforming action figure with a simplified design, based loosely on his cartoon animation model. Inferno came with a Hydro-Pack that could be attached to his back (with a "hose" that flipped over his shoulder to attach to his handgun, a feature unique among Action Master "partner" accessories), or transformed via spring-loaded mechanism into a large cannon, with a barrel that could be further extended by attaching his handgun to the very end of it. He is compatible with all other Action Master weapons and vehicles.
- Classic Inferno (Classic Heroes, 1990)
- Accessories: "Extinguisher Rifle", 2 fists (left & right), 3 missiles, 2 hose nozzles
- The original Inferno toy was first reissued in Europe in 1990 alongside several other early Transformers, as part of the "Classic Heroes" range.
Generation 2
- Inferno (Autobot Hero, 1993)
- Accessories: "Extinguisher Rifle", water cannon, 2 fists (left & right), 2 shoulder wings
- For Generation 2, Inferno's original toy was re-used with virtually no deco changes, adding only the "Autobot" tampograph. His forearms were retooled to remove the spring-loaded launcher mechanism (the chromed missiles from the original releases were also dropped), his detachable fists were also re-tooled in order for them to fit snuggly in the connecting hole of the forearms and the wing extensions on his shoulders were also slightly retooled. He came with a large red water-shooting cannon that clipped to his ladder. Said cannon rains pain.
The Transformers Collection
- Inferno (2003)
- Japanese ID number: TFC-08
- Accessories: "Extinguisher Rifle", 2 fists (left & right), 3 missiles, 2 shoulder wings
- In 2003, the original Inferno toy was reissued as part of Takara's The Transformers Collection series. This time he featured a tampographed Autobot symbol and blue instead of yellow eyes. These changes carried over to Commemorative Series Inferno (see below), Commemorative Series Autobot Grapple, and Collector's Edition RoadHauler.
Commemorative Series
- Inferno (Commemorative Series V, 2003/2006)
- Accessories: "Extinguisher Rifle", 2 fists (left & right), 3 missiles, 2 shoulder wings
- The same year as the Takara reissue, Hasbro released their own reissue of Inferno as part of the Toys"R"Us exclusive Commemorative Series line in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Unlike the Takara version, the Hasbro version no longer featured launching fists or missiles for safety reasons. This reissue comes with an additional Autobot insignia decal, depicting the more modern long-faced version of the Autobot insignia. According to the instructions, this sticker is supposed to be placed on top of the Autobot insignia sticker that is already on Inferno's chest!
- In 2006, three years after the U.S. release and long after the Commemorative Series had been discontinued by Toys"R"Us in America, Inferno and several other figures were released as Toys"R"Us exclusives in the United Kingdom. Unlike previous UK releases of Commemorative Series figures, the packaging for this batch was no longer multilingual, but in English only. Despite this, the packaging was not identical to the previous U.S. version; it lacked the "Commemorative Series" labels, the "choking hazard" safety warning labels and all trademark ™ and ® markings, and moved the "Ages 5+" recommendation to a new position.
Universe (2008)
- Inferno (Voyager, 2009)
- Series: Generation 2 Series
- Accessories: "Water Blast" projectile
- "Generation 2 series" Universe Inferno is the first all-new tooling for the Voyager class price point in the Universe line. Unlike the original toy, Universe Inferno transforms into an American pumper/tanker fire truck, rather than the Generation 1's Japanese Hino ladder engine. In lieu of a ladder, he packs a water cannon with spring-loaded projectile, a call-back to Generation 2 Inferno's working water cannon.
- This version of Inferno transforms into a fictional six-wheeled variant of the 2002–2007 Pierce Contender series of firetrucks. It appears to be a fusion of two different designs from that period. See: Pierce Manufacturing
- The number "401" tampographed onto him is the area code for the state of Rhode Island, home of Hasbro's headquarters.
- This sculpt was also used to make Timelines Autobot Spark, and was retooled to make Transformers (2010) Solar Storm Grappel and Generations Protectobot Hot Spot, and Grappel himself was later redecoed into Transformers (2014) Protectobot Hot Spot. It was then redecoed into United Artfire, using tooling from both the original Inferno version and the newer Grappel version of this sculpt.
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Henkei! Henkei!
- Cybertron Inferno (Voyager, 2009-02-26)
- Japanese ID number: C-15
- Accessories: "Water Blast" projectile
- Henkei! Henkei! Inferno differs from Universe Inferno mainly in the red plastic used: whereas Universe Inferno has a darker shade of red, Henkei Inferno is considerably brighter. The dark brown plastic used for several parts on Universe Inferno has been changed to gray. The black parts on Universe Inferno are now dark blue and the colorless clear plastic used for his eyes is actually molded in clear blue plastic (rather than being painted over clear blue). Major paint application changes include chroming Inferno's water cannon, forearm panels, and the backs of his shoulder panels. Aside from the chrome he also has the addition of yellow highlights to his head, clear-red painted sirens, and the removal of the Rhode Island "401" area code.
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Speed Stars
- Autobot Inferno (Stealth Force Deluxe, 2010)
- Accessories: 2 projectiles
- Speed Stars Inferno is a new non-transformable mold, appearing as a much more traditional looking fire truck than any of his previous toys but retaining the "401" tampograph that his Universe toy had. His packaging also depicts his Universe toy's robot head. At the press of a button, he can deploy his weapons located on top, at the side and the front of his vehicle mode while pulling a tab hides the weapons again.
- Included in the package are two water-burst missiles. However, they can only be stored in and fired from his top-mounted cannon one at a time.
Kre-O
- Inferno (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2012)
- Bag number: ***** 41
- Accessories: Logo brick, wrist-blaster
- Part of the first normal wave of Micro-Changer Kreons, Inferno is a blindpacked-bagged mini-figure, though a stamped ID number can be found on the back of the bag, top-right corner. He comes with extra bits to turn him into something that might be described as a fire engine.
- He uses Sentinel Prime's helmet... which was patterned after the original Inferno in the first place.
- Kreon Class of 1985 (Kreon figure set, 2015)
- Set number: B5152
- Voted: Class Hottie
- Accessories: Scoped pistol
- Kreon Class of '85 Inferno features a deco much more accurate to the original 1985 toy. Like the rest of the set, he uses the updated, almost-totally-retooled 2015 style Kreon body.
- This box set of thirty Kreons was a San Diego Comic-Con 2015 exclusive, with leftovers being sold on Hasbro Toy Shop online after the show.
- Inferno (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)
- Collection: 1
- Accessories: Logo plate, wrist-blaster
- In 2016, Collection 1 was re-released in a whole new production run for discount and drug stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released Kre-O sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Inferno's torso and face tampographs have also been reworked to be slightly more detailed, and the formerly-bare legs now have extra detail tampographing on them. The 1x1 top-clip piece is also slightly different from the original, with a much lower-set clip.
- Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.
Bot Shots
- Inferno (2013)
- Series: 2
- Number: B011
- Fist strength: 186
- Blaster strength: 580
- Sword strength: 848
- Part of the third wave of Bot Shots Series 2 single-packs, Blitz Shot Inferno is a redeco of Series 1 Sentinel Prime, transforming into a firetruck with an automatic, spring-loaded transformation to robot mode triggered when his front bumper is pressed. He has an "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels.
Masterpiece
- Inferno (2016-11-26)
- ID number: MP-33
- Accessories: Four faces, two heads, chromed hand blaster, white hand blaster, chrome-grilled chest, two gray-grilled chests, sticker sheet, water spray, fire hose, blaster and two communication radar dishes, die-cast Optimus Prime figure (Asian preorder only)
- Masterpiece Inferno represents his cartoon model very well—right down to his disappearing ladder in robot mode—while still maintaining the Masterpiece level of detail. He comes with two heads, one based on the animation character model and one based on the original toy (both of which featured in the Generation 1 cartoon–see Inferno (G1)#Notes for details) and four swappable faces: default and angry which only fit into the toy head, and default and smiling which fit onto the animation character model head (these can also be fitted into the toy head but leave gaps). He also comes with three chest pieces: one based on his original toy with a detailed, chromed grill and standard Autobot symbol; one with the simplified, non-chromed grill and symbol designs from the cartoon; and one with clear supports attached to it so that Inferno can recreate the scene from "Auto Berserk" of him carrying Red Alert in his arms. He also comes with the robotic hose Lord Chumley attacked him with in the episode "Prime Target", as well as two removable, forearm-mounted communicators, which appeared in the same episode. His wrist-barrel/blaster is hidden behind his right hand and comes in both chromed and unchromed form, to match whichever chestpiece you have attached, and he includes a gushing water-spray effect piece that can plug into either barrel, his fire truck mode's ladder, head mounted nozzle or robotic hose. He also includes a selection of optional stickers, including standard and cartoon-accurate Autobot logos, and four "fire department" stickers, bearing a similar appearance to the symbol seen on MP-14 Red Alert. In early displays, the sticker sheet which indicates his role as "Cybertron Search & Rescue" had the word "search" misspelled. This error was corrected in the public release.
- If preordered in Asian countries outside of Japan, he also comes with a non-transforming die-cast Optimus Prime minifigure.
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Generations
- Inferno (Voyager Class, 2018)
- Accessories: Two rifles, Prime Armor/combiner feet, Autobot Enigma
- Released as part of the third wave of Power of the Primes Voyager Class figures, Inferno is a retool of Combiner Wars Hot Spot, and he transforms from a firetruck resembling a modified Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 to a robot. Inferno can form the torso of an unnamed combiner using any selection of Combiner Wars or Power of the Primes Deluxe Class figures as limbs. He also includes Prime Armor that can hold a Prime Master and can turn into feet for said unnamed combiner. Like all the other Voyager Class figures, Inferno includes an Enigma of Combination (dubbed the Autobot Enigma), based on a Prime Master, which can attach to Inferno via the previously mentioned Prime Armor or the combined mode chest. noticeable differences include the fact that his stock photography show that he has a new chest plate and the shoulders for the onslaught version of the mold, while the actual toy simply uses redecoed versions of hot spot's. he includes black versions of hun gurrr's prime armor, though you'll have to be creative when mounting the autobot enigma on his combined mode chest, or mounting the combiner feet on his arms.
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Merchandise
Transformers Gum
- Inferno (1985)
- Accessories: "Extinguisher Rifle", 2 fists (left & right)
- Essentially a downsized version of the original Inferno toy, the Transformers Gum kit is sculpted from black, red, and white plastic, features stickers rather than paint applications for details, and came with a stick of gum.
Decoy
- Cybertron Hero Collection 9 (multi-pack, 1986)
- Inferno (1987)
- Decoy number: 14
- The figurine was later brought over to Hasbro markets as part of the Decoy promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded Throttlebots, Aerialbots, Protectobots, and Technobots.
3D Battle-Card Game
- Inferno (2007)
- A 36-point "rare" character in the 3D Battle-Card Game's "Energon Wars" expansion, Inferno "transforms" into a red fire truck. He uses the same parts layout as Movie Bonecrusher, Movie Longarm, and "Classic Bonecrusher", albeit with some parts moved around to make him more fire truck-like.
Transformers Gum
- Inferno (2011)
- Released in the fourth wave of the revived Transformers Gum series in 2011, this transforming model kit of Inferno is made from red and black plastic, with stickers for detail. It's based on the Henkei Inferno toy. He comes with the base (and accompanying stickers) of the trailer for Rodimus Prime.
Notes
- An early variant of the Diaclone predecessor of the original Transformers Inferno figure had an actual Mitsubishi company logo and the name "FUSO" sculpted on the front end of his cab section, whereas later versions lacked those details just like the later Transformers version did.[1]
- Inferno's original toy, slightly modified, was knocked off and used as the title giant robot in the Korean animated film Phoenix King (피닉스킹). Phoenix King was dubbed (horribly) and released in America by Digiview Entertainment as Defenders of Space, generally selling for the bargain price of $1.00. Scenes of "Inferno" from this movie were also incorporated into another bargain film distributed by Digiview Entertainment, Space Thunder Kids.
References
- ↑ Diaclone Grapple and Inferno at Fred's Workshop.
