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News Credits: 4 · by **KnightStrike** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 7:29 am

Holy scrap! Just woke up and checked the site, saw this, now having to refrain from dancing! I sold my Henkei Jetfire not long ago because I had decided to make a custom that could actually pose, but this thing is too good to be true! If this is legit I won't be able to pre-order from BBTS fast enough! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 2 · by **spiderbob007** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 8:13 am

That is the Jetfire we are looking for.

Now if Toys R Us, Target and Wal-Mart will dedicate as much space to Transformers as they do My Little Pony; we may actually see Jetfire on the limited shelf space that isn't populated with Dark of the Moon (still) and Beast Hunters.

Still looking for my Swerve and Cosmos, both in the real and cyber world. Anyone got a clue as to what happened there?

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:07 am

it looks pretty good, but I'll stick with the Classics one for now

by **Deathscythetransform** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:28 am

not bad but why would they bother making this guy when they already did anice voyager class in the classics line?

Website · by **STngAR** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:39 am

I like it but the head is all wrong for me.

:MAXIMAL:

by **EagleTron** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:50 am

This Jetfire brong back some very old memories from when I was just a little boy I had a extreme liking for this and I wanted a Inspector Gadget doll figure so so bad. Go go Gadget.

News Credits: 4 · by **ebonyleopard** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:55 am

The replies to this image kind of goes to show why Hasbro generally should NOT listen to fan comments, because they are all over the place from This is the coolest thing ever to Meh, I'll stick with classics. You literally can not please 100% of TF fans even 70% of the time.

That being sad, looking at the robot mode and the jet mode, I'm not seeing how the chest of robot mode remotely matches up with the nosecone of jet mode.

by **EagleTron** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:56 am

Is this a totally new mold or is it that same old mold?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:14 am

EagleTron wrote:Is this a totally new mold or is it that same old mold?

Classics Voyager vs. Generations Leader. It's all new

I'm content with my Classics Jetfire, so I'm skipping it. My family may persuade me however...

by **EagleTron** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:25 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
EagleTron wrote:Is this a totally new mold or is it that same old mold?

Classics Voyager vs. Generations Leader. It's all new

I'm content with my Classics Jetfire, so I'm skipping it. My family may persuade me however...

New mold, good and thanks, then its most likely bought on sight if its no more than 80 $. I passed on roth leader Jetfire but I can't pass on a good leader sized tranformer.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:30 am

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:45 am

Generations Inspector Gadget? Leader Class? Yowzers!

News Credits: 2 · by **Homerjay14522** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:51 am

OMG....IF THIS IS TRUE, IT IS A TOTAL GET!!! And for those saying they want the vehicle mode to look like the tv show, I think they were going looking like the original ripped off Robotech Veritech from the original toys line.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:56 am

Homerjay14522 wrote:OMG....IF THIS IS TRUE, IT IS A TOTAL GET!!! And for those saying they want the vehicle mode to look like the tv show, I think they were going looking like the original ripped off Robotech Veritech from the original toys line.

Definitely! :michaelbay:

by **EagleTron** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:17 am

craggy wrote:Generations Inspector Gadget? Leader Class? Yowzers!

Lol, you silly :lol:

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:51 am

please stop trolling me Eagletron

by **Darkman20xx** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:01 pm

I don't know how anyone who is a fan of Jetfire/Skyfire could not like this. If I'm reading right this is a leader class figure so just the size difference alone should make him an instant buy. Though I like the Classics version in reality it was kind of small. The only thing that could kill this would be it being severely undersized.

Wait....what am I saying? THIS THING IS HORRIBLE, GARBAGE. (Hopefully people will leave enough on the shelves for me to find one.)

by **Darkman20xx** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:14 pm

Hmmmm.......Not to try to prematurely blow anybody's mind but what are the odds that the figure could have the option of having both the Cartoon Accurate on Robotech jet modes? Kind of like the whole Sideswipe/Sunstreaker thing....turn it around this way instead of that way and you have a different figure. The robot mode really has me trying to figure out where that long nosecone would go unless it just hangs off the back like Universe Powerglide. If it has both options it would even make it easier to sneak a repaint out of it pretty easily. One can wish. =P~

by **Wh33l Jck** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:45 pm

I was thinking the same thing...if you had the option of which nose cone you wanted during transformation that would be very cool. I doubt that is the case though.

Those tail fins are sticking out. I hope you can hide those better in robot mode. I wish the underside of the wings would be more smooth like the top side, but it isn't a super big deal I guess...

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:58 pm

The alt-mode Nosecone and cockpit are likely just a shell, you can see the black air vents that are on his bot-mode's torso are the front-facing air vents in jet mode. and if you look at that whole contraption in alt-mode, you can see multiple cracks where the panels come apart.
I believe the whole "top-view" of the jet folds in on itself during transformation and ends up on the back, and will then be hidden away by the booster.

So far the only thing I can notice that makes the bot-mode not show accurate is that the red booster is missing leaving his black jet exhausts behind his head. The booster should cover those up and let the bot-mode be pretty much perfect.

The more I look at the pics, the more I like this, can't wait to see better pics of this, I also can't wait to see the reaction of the Robotech/ Macross fandom to this, the reaction to Classics Jetfire was pretty interesting, but this here is going to be much more interesting, especially coming off of the back of the recent Gi Joe SDCC scandal.

Wait, I just noticed something. Remember the first set of GI Joe TF crossover figures at SDCC? It came with a GI Joe jet done up in Starstcream colours, the year after that MP 11 came out. Last year a similar set, just with a Jetfire Homage, and what do we have now? A brand new Jetfire. Coincidence or sneaky inside easter eggs. I guess coincidence.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:35 pm

This looks absolutely amazing, and I LOVE the Classics mold from 2006 already. I can't wait until I can buy this for my collection! My expectations are now very high for the leader class Megatron figure.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:55 pm

craggy wrote:please stop trolling me Eagletron

Isn't it trolling only if you respond to it? If you think he's being a troll, just ignore him.

As for Jetfire (and it IS JETFIRE, I never liked Skyfire

) if the shots on the 1st page are for real, I'll probably be picking it up. I'm very happy with the Valkyrie I have, I do consider it Jetfire, but it would be nice to have an accurate head, even if the jet mode is not totally on the money. To me the robot mode always counted more.