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Scaleface wrote:An actual F-15 is 1944 centimeters long, or 63.8 feet. I poked around the web and found this toy is 13 inches long. That's a scale of about 1/59 scale! Of course Starscream was usually depicted as standing merely about 30 feet tall in the TV series.

The 'bot mode is 1/24 scale. Mass shifting lives on.

I really like the look of Skywarp so far. Already a much better colour scheme than MP Starscream.

It looks to me like the designer that did Starscream choose the washed out dark teal and Skywarps weathered charcoal so the jets have realistic real world paint schemes.

My bet is that Thundercracker will be in a dull upper grey, lower blue scheme like a modern navy aircraft would have(not that the F15 is one of those).

Hasbro needs to start selling this mold at a cheaper price and in anime colours and they'll clean up - I'd buy all three(or all six if they're up for some conehead retool shenanigans).

I'm not touching this mold 'till that happens.

Tom_Servo wrote:What's with all the little white spots on him?

I agree. I don't like the white spots.

I am sure that they will include purple stickers to jazz him up. I just hope the stickers are not the clear type because they will be very noticeable on black.

i'm sure the noticable lack of purple doesn't last long when you transform him. he's gotta have purple paint applications in his robot mode.

Can't wait for Thundercracker to finish out the set. Be kinda cool though if they could rework the mold for the coneheads too.

Knowing Hasbro these days Starscream will be a general release, Skywarp a store exclusive packaged with a white redeco of Masterpiece Optimus Prime, and Thundercracker will be a convention exclusive made in limited numbers and sold out before the day it goes on sale at the convention! Not that that has happened before!

Hotrod wrote::? I can not believe that Takara is going to make the same mistake twice by not going with Anime colors.

Yahtzee! Another no go for me. People are freaking frothing at the mouth for toon accurate versions. So why the Hell are they doing this instead?!

Come on Hasbro. Lately you seem to be pretty on the ball with things. Lets see some actual good paint schemes compared to your Japanese partner.

THAT is NOT Skywarp!!!!

Just wait until Hasbro releases a show accurate one like starscream

Ahhhhh... take that Star Scream!!! atleast in Bot mode, I MAKE THE GRADE...

Bouncy X wrote:what the hell? it looks unfinished...like some ugly grey metal, as if it hasnt been painted yet..and whats with the "rivets" on the wings? wow...not saying this to be an ass here, those of you who like it, thats cool but yeah...wow..i think its ugly to the max..lol

Noisemaze wrote:THAT is NOT Skywarp!!!!

Y'know some warm watter and a lil' Summer's Eve should
clear up those chronic cases of vaginal sand.

Stormrider wrote:

Tom_Servo wrote:What's with all the little white spots on him?

I agree. I don't like the white spots.

I am sure that they will include purple stickers to jazz him up. I just hope the stickers are not the clear type because they will be very noticeable on black.

I believe those white spots are "No Step" stickers to give it a realistic scheme. Unfortunetly the sticker material is rectangle and sticks out on darker colors.

Doctor Paragon wrote:

Bouncy X wrote:what the hell? it looks unfinished...like some ugly grey metal, as if it hasnt been painted yet..and whats with the "rivets" on the wings? wow...not saying this to be an ass here, those of you who like it, thats cool but yeah...wow..i think its ugly to the max..lol

Noisemaze wrote:THAT is NOT Skywarp!!!!

Y'know some warm watter and a lil' Summer's Eve should
clear up those chronic cases of vaginal sand.

Wow you accomplished so much.

Skywarp looks about right for jet mode. The original jet mode didn't have much purple aside from the tail fins.

At the least you can just paint his tailfins purple and add some reprolabels and have an old toy accurate jet:
http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Skywarp/vehiclemode.jpg

And hasbro bringing this over? They wouldn't even release all the jets at $10 retail in the classics line. I'm not going to hold my breath to get them to bring over MP seekers other than starscream.

I'll still wait for better bot mode pics to decide whether I'll get this figure, but it looks pretty good so far.

That is sex.

TheMuffin wrote:

Hotrod wrote::? I can not believe that Takara is going to make the same mistake twice by not going with Anime colors.

Yahtzee! Another no go for me. People are freaking frothing at the mouth for toon accurate versions. So why the Hell are they doing this instead?!

Come on Hasbro. Lately you seem to be pretty on the ball with things. Lets see some actual good paint schemes compared to your Japanese partner.

American fans are "freaking frothing at the mouth" for cartoon accurate versions. That's what Hasbro is doing since, well, it's selling in America.

Many Japanese fans want the realistic color scheme. That's what TakaraTomy is doing since, well, it's selling in Japan.

See the difference?

Basketball Jones wrote:Now, if only the grimacing face was improved...

Good news--that scan has text that says a new mold of the face is being made for it.

Color me underwhelmed.

tacogrande wrote:... Skywarp looks about right for jet mode. The original jet mode didn't have much purple aside from the tail fins...

There is purple and silver on the wings of the original figure too, which is what this one needs.

Aside from the back wings which I already mentioned, the only thing it's missing is the silver stickers. I'm sure reprolabels will make some custom stickers for this MP.

I'm a toon accurate person myself, but there's a point where it's close enough. So far this isn't anywhere close to the wackiness that was MP Starscream.

And in defense of toon people like myself, the MP line set itself up as toon accurate with MP Prime, then switched over to a sort of alternators type line. Screamer was disappointing, but so far skywarp doesn't look nearly as bad.

Actually, I dig it, man!
I see it as a what-could-have-been look for Skywarp if he was in the film as well as classically designed.

tacogrande wrote:And in defense of toon people like myself, the MP line set itself up as toon accurate with MP Prime, then switched over to a sort of alternators type line. Screamer was disappointing, but so far skywarp doesn't look nearly as bad.

Part of the reason for the change is the critique Takara received from its customer base on MP-1 Convoy's unrealistic alt mode. For its customer base, cartoon "accuracy" has to be more balanced with realism. We're seeing the result in the last two molds. Of course, Takara overcorrected (or miscorrected) in MP-2 Starscream, and both molds still have their share of unrealistic points (MP-5 Megatron's size), but the designs of the last two molds were directly affected by the feedback on the first one.

As much as I would have liked a cartoon accurate Starscream I love the fact that he looks totally at home as a regular model jet.

Ditto. For me, toon accuracy is way overrated, and while I don't need my vehicle modes to be 100% accurate to the real thing, it's certainly nice when they're close. I'd certainly be okay if they put purple on the jet mode, but I doubt anyone's ever seen a real F15 with purple decor. This is far more realistic, and as long as there's purple on the 'bot mode to echo his 'real' self, I don't see what everyone's griping about.

Unfortunately, I'm really liking it...

There is something wrong with the world when JAPAN starts messing up the paint schemes and Hasbro has to fix it!?!

The planets must be out of alignment or something.