Flamewar is an exclusive Transformers action figure, from the Hasbro Toy Company, available only at the Transformers Collectors Convention known as Botcon in 2005. She was only offered as a free gift for those who pre-purchased an Iacon Action Figure set and attended the convention. Considered very rare, she is coveted by collectors.

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A public trading of insults in a newsgroup. Sometimes flamewars get so out of hand that there are hundreds of flames in the newsgroup and almost nothing else.