What are you talking about? The Hero Mashers figure was the first, last, and only instance of the "Autobot Heatwave" Trademark. The first toy to ever bear the name at all was the Fun Pub SG Decepticon and his toy was just "Heatwave". There has never been another toy to bear the "Autobot Heatwave" name since all other Heatwave toys have been of the Rescue Bot whose on-package names have been "Heatwave the Fire-Bot", "Heatwave the Rescue Dinobot", "Elite Rescue Heatwave" or other such variations but never "Autobot Heatwave".Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:"Autobot Heatwave" is the whole name. It's Trademarked, like how many Jazz, Hound, and Ratchet toys have needed to be named "Autobot Jazz", "Autobot Hound", and "Autobot Ratchet" on their packages.
Compare with the Hero Mashers Rodimus lacking any faction part of his likewise Trademarked name:
Right, but that's what I mean by it being "fluid", it doesn't mean anything, it's purely for convenience. They couldn't even be bothered to add faction symbols to the figures or the boxes. He's only an Autobot because they had a trademark with "Autobot" attached to it. It's not like they were going to trademark "Decepticon Heatwave" just for a figure most people are going to forget.
The "Autobot Heatwave" name was exclusive to the Hero Mashers toy.