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[RhA]

Question!

I'm on a small G2 binge and I've focused on Cyberjets. A while ago I bought a G2 Strafe on a European (Benelux) card. Strafe is an Autobot, but he is mounted on a Decepticon card, Space Case's back card, to be precise. He's MOSC and the bubble has not been tampered with whatsoever.

I've been looking the jets up on the Wiki, but the page does not mention differences in packaging for US or Euro toys from that era. Any images form google only show me US cards with the blue 'Cyberjets' banner, or the European Decepticon cards (Skyjack, Space Case and Hooligan).

So G2 collectors... Is this common? Are all Cyberjets on Decepticon cards? Do I have a factory error? Any knowledge is welcome. Help!

[Jelze Bunnycat]

That would be odd, but not unfounded. As you may know, the second wave of Cyberjets were planned as Decepticons, but were made into Autobots at the last minute. Too late to change the stickers, and perhaps some other things. Could be a factory error, or maybe even a sample.
If it is legit (under the monicker of "color variant"), I'd be curious to see other packaged samples of a similar nature (Air Raid on Skyjack, Jetfire on Hooligan). I mean, we turned Hero Prime and Megatron into Sureshot and Archforce