Found this on TF Wiki, hilarious, but true...
"Besides "turning into a realistic handgun," another Generation 1 gimmick we won't be seeing again in the future is the "sparking" action found in the Firecons, Sparkabots, and Monsterbots, after a Barbie doll with a similar action feature reportedly set a child's underwear on fire."
Seriously.
http://mail.hudat.com/~ken/funny/barbie.html
Guess I'll have to build a cigarette lighter into a Gigan toy to have my new Sparkstalker...
Why we won't see sparking "Classics" Firecons/Spar
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They still make sparking toys though, they get around it by encasing the whole thing in translucent plastic. Which would look really weird sticking out of the back of a car. Unless it was exhaust barrels looking like guns - you'd have sparking guns for Bots and swords for Cons, how much would that rule?