{"id":17927,"date":"2015-01-03T04:38:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T09:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=17927"},"modified":"2015-01-03T04:54:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T09:54:08","slug":"xevoz-what-is-that-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/xevoz-what-is-that-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Xevoz - what is that... thing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

All the early Xevoz<\/i> toys came with some mysterious accessory that didn't seem to be anything. It was basically just a little handle that served no purpose. Ah, but it did<\/b> serve a purpose, just not one that any of us knew.<\/p>\n

In February of 2004, Hasbro put out a press release hyping Xevoz<\/i>. This press release had a little bit of background info that was never seen anywhere else:<\/p>\n

A compelling story about a small but formidable fighting force known as The Xevolvers - the last hope of a planet plunged into chaos by a powerful technology. Long ago, the Ancients of XEVOZ learned to manipulate their genetic makeup at will with a device called the Evolutionary Accelerator (EV-AC). The EV-AC could change them physically, turning their limbs into tools and weapons of steel, stone, fire and even ice. One of the Ancients - the evil Genok - overthrew the rest and appointed himself ruler. The remaining Ancients formed The Xevolvers to stop Genok and imprison him in a secret impenetrable tomb for eternity. Or so they thought...<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And then, here's a picture from the official Xevoz<\/i> story bible:<\/p>\n

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That's a Xevolver using his Ev-Ac! So basically, the \"mystery handle\" is an accessory that was cut from the backstory at some point, but late enough in the game that the earliest releases still came with one.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>