Firefly's new car

[Randy13]

Check out these new vehicles. I think if you examine Firefly's new ride closely, you'll see where his allegiance truly lies...

toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=9&itemid=9728

Anyway--has anyone seen the 2.5" stuff yet? It looks about the same scale as M.A.S.K., which is brilliant, because those were even better than the old Joes for large scale battles. Plus the vehicles can be more accurately scaled, and much more detailed (remember how much cooler the micro machine action fleet Star Wars vehicles were than their 3.75" scale counterparts?).

[spongyblue]

Fireflys ride looks pretty groovy. Do sense some Transcorcher in there, or just coincidence?

[Squishee Slinger]

Looks more like the tumbler/batmobile from Batman Begins to me.

~SS~

[Machineman]

spongyblue said:

Fireflys ride looks pretty groovy. Do sense some Transcorcher in there, or just coincidence?

Transcorcher meets Bladerunner

[spongyblue]

Actually it does lok like the batmobile. It's those 'it looks like it floating and not connected to anything' wheels.

[greyloch]

I could see the Transcorcher/Tumbler resemblances. It's the front wheels as spongyblue said "floating" in the front and the much larger rear wheel assembly.

Although, I half-expect for the pistons holding the front wheels in place to be on a swivel joint that can move to show missles or a rocket launcher or something.

I've always wanted a real car with a rocket launcher to take out on Sunday drives. ;D

[Benjamin]

Hey Guys,
As the lead design on Xevoz, it's been great checking in on this forum from time to time over the years. We really poured ourselves into that brand and had hopes for it to revolutionize the market. We tried our best to give every piece an expandable and multi-purpose shape, but you all still amaze me with the creativity shown in your customs. I had to reply to this thread because I was amazed that someone picked up that I did both the transscorcher and the Cobra Attack Jeep! It was indeed the same core team that went to Singapore and met the Stikfas team, fell in love with the build system while designing the kits for the US market, then developed Xevoz, then tried to recreate Joe. All of us have since left Hasbro and are doing our own thing. Thanks for adopting a toy line that we held so dear!

-Ben

[Squishee Slinger]

Ben can you answer some questions we might about the Xevoz figures that never made it out to the general public?

If not, I can understand...

~SS~

[Benjamin]

Hi SS,

It depends on the type of question, but I might be able to help, what were you curious about? Theres a big difference between the actual designers like us who create the products and the Hasbro reps most people run into, so I probably know anything there's to know about the product, it would just be a matter of confidentiality!

-B

[Quiller-Bee]

Hey, Benjamin-

I don't have any questions for you (at the moment, anyway), but I'd like to thank you and the other designers who helped create such an innovative, creative, and enjoyable line of action figures. In my opinion, Xevoz are easily some of the best toys ever created, and that's no gushing exaggeration on my part. For what it's worth, it's the only line of action figures where I've collected each and every figure released. (Not to mention multiples of each character as well.) Sure, I favor some more than others, but there wasn't a single figure released that I didn't feel was cool enough to own.

It's a shame that Xevoz has come and gone, as I felt that it truly had the potential to revolutioniz the market, just as you'd hoped. It's my belief that the fact that Xevoz wasn't more successful as a brand had nothing to do with the toys themselves, but more likely was attributed to a lack of marketing to fully support the product. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I believe that if Xevoz had been given a greater push, the line would still be going today. Xevoz could have--and should have--taken its place beside Transformers and G.I Joe as one of the most successful lines in action figure history. It certainly could have been the broadest.

Also, kudos on an excellent job recreating G.I. Joe by way of the Sigma Six line. (The first Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow figures are easily the greatest renditions of those two characters in action figure form to date.) Along with Xevoz, the two lines are a testament to the level of creativity, dedication, attention to detail, and sheer talent that you and the remainder of the design team obviously possess.

Meanwhile, since you and the others have since moved on from Hasbro, I'm sure I'm not alone in having an interest in what some of you might be up to now....

Thanks again, and best wishes to you and the others in your future endeavors.

[Benjamin]

Q-B,
Thanks for the kind thoughts! When the line was cancelled, it meant alot that it lived on through the interest and creations of people like you. I've relocated back closer to my family and am taking time to refocus. Other kinds of expression like animation and prop creature designs have been really grabbing my attention lately. Mostly it's been great to have time to just draw things in my free time, play some video games, catch some flicks.
Best Regards,
-B

[shane003]

While never formally marketed in New Zealand they were imported and sold on the ... The car is also sold as Suzuki Forsa and Pontiac Firefly in Canada.

[shane002]

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