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News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:56 am

Takara will follow up with their Alternity toyline by releasing the line's third seeker, Thundercracker. A repaint using the Skywarp mold, the figure features a metallic blue colorscheme. Amazon.co.jp hooks us up with a product page, and that also means official images. Check them out below!

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News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:08 am

Aren't these still just photoshops of Skywarp?

News Credits: 1 · by **Lord Onixprime** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:14 am

I love this mold. Bought Skywarp at Botcon. Need to get Starscream and Thundercracker now.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:17 am

Tekka wrote:Aren't these still just photoshops of Skywarp?

Yep, have Skywarp as my desktop wallpaper and the poses match.

by **Badassimus Prime** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:20 am

I have a question to those who own this mold: How big is this guy compared to the Classics/Henkei Deluxe figures?

News Credits: 125 · by **Counterpunch** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:55 am

AutobotJazz87 wrote:I have a question to those who own this mold: How big is this guy compared to the Classics/Henkei Deluxe figures?

I don't own one, but I got to handle one at Botcon and to be honest, I found him very detailed and very disappointing.

If you own Alternator Battle Ravage, I think that's a very good comparison. If you're looking for a snazzy Alternity figure, go with Red Convoy or Blue Megatron, both are striking and good figures.

The seeker mold is fiddly and kind of "not-fun". For what that's worth.

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:58 am

Sold.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:23 am

AutobotJazz87 wrote:I have a question to those who own this mold: How big is this guy compared to the Classics/Henkei Deluxe figures?

Alternity are all delux sized.

by **onewaydown** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:26 am

Mykltron wrote:
AutobotJazz87 wrote:I have a question to those who own this mold: How big is this guy compared to the Classics/Henkei Deluxe figures?

Alternity are all delux sized.

I have Skywarp and Generations Thrust on my desk here. The tops of Thrust's air intakes are just over Skywarps chest shield - almost level to Skywarp's eyes/nose. So with Skywarps intakes, he's about an inch taller.

News Credits: 8 · by **Forgotten** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:33 am

AutobotJazz87 wrote:I have a question to those who own this mold: How big is this guy compared to the Classics/Henkei Deluxe figures?

That help any?

by **Badassimus Prime** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:35 am

Counterpunch wrote:
AutobotJazz87 wrote:I have a question to those who own this mold: How big is this guy compared to the Classics/Henkei Deluxe figures?

I don't own one, but I got to handle one at Botcon and to be honest, I found him very detailed and very disappointing.

If you own Alternator Battle Ravage, I think that's a very good comparison. If you're looking for a snazzy Alternity figure, go with Red Convoy or Blue Megatron, both are striking and good figures.

The seeker mold is fiddly and kind of "not-fun". For what that's worth.

Yeah, to be honest I'm not impressed with these representing the Seekers. However, the only reason I wanted to know if they were deluxe size is mainly to see if I could replace the head with Generations Blurr and just call it that

As off topic as this may get, I'm not too happy with Generations Blurr being a repaint of Drift's mold. It's a great mold but I just don't see Blurr in it. I'll have to do more research on this Alternity mold before I purchase it for my kitbash reasons though. Thanks for all of the feedback guys, I really appreciate it!

@Forgotten, Yes it really does. Thank you for providing a comparision pic

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:57 pm

Sort of a no-brainer here. :p

News Credits: 5 · by **Overcracker** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:09 pm

I must admit I'm a Thundercracker whore. Going as far as buying the Cybertron Thundercracker mold which is complete trash.

But these Alternity Orochi cars just don't do it for me. I think I'm going to skip this one. I'll save those 50 bucks to pay for my Piranacon set.

News Credits: 440 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:14 pm

I think it should be pointed out that, in these Alternity bodies, Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker are no longer called "Seekers". In these forms, they are known as the "Questors".

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:51 am

Sabrblade wrote:I think it should be poointed out that, in these Alternity bodies, Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker are no longer called "Seekers". In these forms, they are known as the "Questors".

They were never called Seekers in Japanese fiction to begin with, just generically "Jetron"