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by **wilcosu35** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:01 am

holy crap, that's fantastic :BOWDOWN:

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:08 am

Is it wrong that I'm kinda tired of G1 Jetfire toys that are balanced half-show/half-toy in the accuracy department and just want a full-blown show-accurate G1 Jetfire toy (that isn't 3rd party-made)?

I mean, if real, this is the closest we've ever gotten to an official show-accurate G1 Jetfire toy, but the show-accuracy of the robot mode is restricted by toy-accurate aspects of the highly toy-accurate jet mode creeping into the robot mode and conflicting with its show-accurate aspects.

I'm sorry if I sound picky, but all I've ever wanted of this character was a toy of the Floro Dery Skyfire deisgn, not another Skyfire/Valkyrie hybrid.

It does look nice, though.

by **Ultra Markus** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:20 am

i dont know about this i like the bot mode and i like the jet mode but i have a hard time trying
to see how they are the same because they look like two different toys
besides we already have a decent looking skyfire/jetfire that was released on the classics line
in a way it looks like a heavy remold of that same one

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:22 am

Yes.
YES
YES
ALL OF MY YES :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:24 am

I hated Jetfire's comic-book/cartoon alternate mode, I always thought it looked like garbage, but did like his robot mode, so this would make me very happy... I was also very fond of the Dreamwave design, where it looked like Jetfire was wearing extra, custom hazardous environment armor, and this sort of reflects that.

by **Evil_the_Nub** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:26 am

I never really liked Classics Jetfire, but that looks awesome.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:28 am

This thing is a beast.

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:29 am

I did a little photoshop work on the jet mode image to "fix" the wing.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:36 am

This is fantastic. 2 years late for Macross' 30th anniversary but still. This is a real classics look.

News Credits: 119 · by **megatronus** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:38 am

Mindmaster wrote:Yes.
YES
YES
ALL OF MY YES

Agreed!

I don't care if this is a supposed compromise - as far as Generations goes, this is the Jetfire!

News Credits: 4 · by **Tsutsukakushi** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:44 am

HasTak hit this one out of the ballpark. It looks breathtaking,pretty & top notch in all modes.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:17 am

Well well well...

Most interesting reveal in a long while.

News Credits: 4 · by **wewyllenium** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:38 am

This image does not seem real. Looks more like a CG rendering.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:54 am

This thing is FANTASTIC!

I may as well give Classics Jetfire to the kid next door. There's no way he'll sell for anything now.

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:46 am

Mkall wrote:This thing is FANTASTIC!

I may as well give Classics Jetfire to the kid next door. There's no way he'll sell for anything now.

You serious? Is it in good condition?

Wants classics Jetfire

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:51 am

SQUEEL.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 3:10 am

so it has the g1 cartoon robot mode but the g1 toy alt mode, a bit odd but looks good.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 3:14 am

mmmm not overly impressed. There's something about it that just isn't right to me, just not sure what it is.

by **Rated X** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 3:28 am

Not digging the jet mode, but the robot mode is perfect. And robot mode is how it will be displayed. And the scale is right, very unusual for hasbro...

by **Shadowstream** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 3:43 am

I'll agree I'm not digging the compromise filled design, though I say that less because it looks bad and more because it seems like the same design mentality that went though with Whirl being a primarily G1 design with some IDW thrown in for fanwankery. It looks fantastic to me, and assuming it's real I may consider it, I just don't like the compromise aspect as it bodes badly for other possible designs...

by **wilcosu35** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:56 am

having looked at the pictures another time, it seems the jet cockpit will not form his chest, since they're completely different

News Credits: 1 · by **Blozor** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:58 am

I would still like to see whether or jot Roadbuster is going to be another repaint before the Fansproject one sells out.

by **frogbat** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 5:06 am

I'm a huge fan of generations jet fire. One of my faves in fact... Just wish they had hidden his hands in alt mode.

So in my mind jet fire has a good representation in this line so if hastak want to concentrate their efforts on this guy it might be better they do an mp version.

The robot mode looks great here - it's not slavish to the cartoon design like the recent 3rd party design is, but I find this one looks better cos he feels a bit updated. As others pointed out, a more cartoon accurate alt mode might be appreciated more... Plus if that is really the same figure, it looks like they're using a faux cockpit for the chest piece?

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 7:03 am

Caelus wrote:I hated Jetfire's comic-book/cartoon alternate mode, I always thought it looked like garbage, but did like his robot mode, so this would make me very happy... I was also very fond of the Dreamwave design, where it looked like Jetfire was wearing extra, custom hazardous environment armor, and this sort of reflects that.

Agreed, it looks a hell of a lot like Don Fig's DW Jetfire, only it still has the wings in bot-mode.
I really, really like this and if it scales well with the MPs, I may very well get it as an MP stand in.