Sabrblade wrote:John Warden
confirms that SS86 Jazz's #14 was a deliberate combination of the G1 toy's #4 and the G2 toy's #1:
Hi All! We mixed up the numbers of G2 (1) and G1 (4) to keep it fresh in the alternate universe of War For Cybertron. That way customisers could choose which number they preferred. Jazz has always been a favorite of mine, glad people are excited by this figure.
Note that he also specifies it was done for the WFC Trilogy when Jazz was released as a Studio Series figure instead.
Okay... I get that is THE official answer... Still, kinda sounds like BS...
This Jazz (which yeah, funny ended up in SS86) is the G1 version...
SO... Someone wanting to “customize” this has to go through a whole lot to make this a G2 version, not just somehow make omitting the ‘4’ look decent...
IF this is truly legit & this was the plan from the start, then it’s one of those times I have to ask, “why?”... Meaning imo this was a highly questionable decision from the get go.
Yeah, it’s possible, but seems a little bit of a stretch that a decision like that would be based on the huge market of people who would buy this with the intent of drastically changing it through customizing.