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Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:37 pm**

http://www.toyhobby.jp/commodity_param/ ... 4810376705

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:45 pm**

For those who can't wait for the revival of the Universe/Classics toyline in 2010, Toy Hobby Japan has put an exclusive that will be in the eyes of every toy collector in the next few months. We get Gentei Dark Skyfire, a black and purple repaint of Henkei Skyfire, and is a Decepticon soldier. The figure is available for pre-order on November 12, and is set for release on March 2010. Check out the pictures below.

You can check out Dark Skyfire's product page at Toy Hobby here. For those unable to pre-order off Toy Hobby, sponsors BigBadToyStore and Robotkingdom will likely have preorders up shortly.

Check out Takara's add of Dark Skyfire on their website.

Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for the most informative Transformers news on the net!

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:49 pm**

So....

Nekoman

Counterpunch...

ARE YOU BORED NOW?

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:53 pm**

Holy... crap... that is GORGEOUS!

I'm already putting my contacts to work getting me one.

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:59 pm**

With the blue and white versions of this mold, it's almost like a set of seekers!

I'll be picking this one up!!

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:03 pm**

That look so awesome! I am going to pre-order one...I just hope I can still make it on time.

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:10 pm**

Its cool , but being an exclusive its prolly too rich for my blood. :sad:

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:12 pm**

Very nice, but I don't really need a third of the same figure.

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:16 pm**

nemesis-prime wrote:Its cool , but being an exclusive its prolly too rich for my blood.

If you were able to buy it direct, looks like it's comes out to about $40. Now what the mark-up will be is another story...

Doesn't do much for me, thankfully. The Skywarp colors are cool, but it actually reminds me of an Animated fig for some reason... The "naked" jet looks pretty neat, but the neon purple jetpack is a bit much.

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:29 pm**

I don't... I don't get it, what's so special about it? It's nothing spectacular... certainly nothing worth looking forward to... Someone care to explain to me the draw of this particular repaint? 'Cause I got nothing...

- Sam

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:42 pm**

1) It's not ROTF
2) It's imaginative
3) Arguably best paint job on that mold;

4) Shattered Glass Jetfire?
5) It'll look nice side by side with Dreadwind
6) The mold is sexy to begin with
7) Repaint of the Year?

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:54 pm**

Blurrz wrote:1) It's not ROTF
2) It's imaginative
3) Arguably best paint job on that mold;
4) Shattered Glass Jetfire?
5) It'll look nice side by side with Dreadwind
6) The mold is sexy to begin with
7) Repaint of the Year?

1. Yes.
2. Yes
3. but...it's a bad photoshop job...
4. No, no, noNonononono. Wait, that was off the beat...no no no no no no no.
5.

Wait...
6. Yes
7. probably not...there were some good repaints this year that really stood out from the crap. Besides, he's a 2010 release.
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batsugun dun dun DUN!

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:00 am**

Estimated import price?

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:12 am**

Hello astrotrain! No?

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:14 am**

NuclearConvoy wrote:Estimated import price?

If BBTS were to bring it in, I would suspect the price to be no lower (and probably higher) that 60USD, probably pushing 80

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:49 am**

Ahhh...Jetfire and Skywarp had little baby! And he's sooooo cute!

Blurrz wrote:4) Shattered Glass Jetfire?

Damn it! Why'd you have to say that? I was gonna pass on this, but now I have too. It was hard enough Jetfire is one of my favourite Transformers and the Classics mold being one of my favourite molds, but put on top of that it's Shattered Glass Jetfire! That's all kinds of badass! Think about it. G1 Jetfire is a scientist, he doesn't like to fight. SG Jetfire must be a crazy, super warrior.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:29 am**

New Picture of the Face area added.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:31 am**

That is pretty slick.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:42 am**

I have to agree that this recolor is rather confusing. Yes, it's supposed to be an evil Jetfire, but is that it? Is there something special about that? Is there some kind of homage involved besides... Skywarp?

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:57 am**

Shadowstream wrote:I have to agree that this recolor is rather confusing. Yes, it's supposed to be an evil Jetfire, but is that it? Is there something special about that? Is there some kind of homage involved besides... Skywarp?

It's not Skywarp. Skywarp has silver, and a yellow coloured clear plastic. Just because it's purple doesnt mean its a Skywarp homage. It's more Astrotrain than anything else that I know of. Who knows, but like I said, It's imaginative. Doesn't necessarily have to be a homage.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:26 am**

This is awesome, finally somebody decided to think outside the box and give us something I'm sure nobody would have seen coming. I have to agree with blurzz about that paint job. It looks sweet in black :grin:

. And I do see a lil Astrotrain in there :-?

. Come to think of it it is undeniably an Astro homage as this is not the first time a Jetfire mold has been recolored into Astrotrain.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:39 am**

Blurrz wrote:
Shadowstream wrote:I have to agree that this recolor is rather confusing. Yes, it's supposed to be an evil Jetfire, but is that it? Is there something special about that? Is there some kind of homage involved besides... Skywarp?

It's not Skywarp. Skywarp has silver, and a yellow coloured clear plastic. Just because it's purple doesnt mean its a Skywarp homage. It's more Astrotrain than anything else that I know of. Who knows, but like I said, It's imaginative. Doesn't necessarily have to be a homage.

Given the vast number of homage induced paint jobs, designs, and ect. one would be hard pressed no to find some element that harks back to another TF or hasbro/takara related item(s). As for 'imaginative'? Okay I'll give it that, but it's still not a very embracing kind of 'imaginative' IMO.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:45 am**

Shadowstream wrote:
Blurrz wrote:
Shadowstream wrote:I have to agree that this recolor is rather confusing. Yes, it's supposed to be an evil Jetfire, but is that it? Is there something special about that? Is there some kind of homage involved besides... Skywarp?

It's not Skywarp. Skywarp has silver, and a yellow coloured clear plastic. Just because it's purple doesnt mean its a Skywarp homage. It's more Astrotrain than anything else that I know of. Who knows, but like I said, It's imaginative. Doesn't necessarily have to be a homage.

Given the vast number of homage induced paint jobs, designs, and ect. one would be hard pressed no to find some element that harks back to another TF or hasbro/takara related item(s). As for 'imaginative'? Okay I'll give it that, but it's still not a very embracing kind of 'imaginative' IMO.

At least the Armada mold made since in the Astrotrain colors(minus the train part anyway). Maybe it is SG Skyfire?
Either way It'll still look good on display.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:32 am**

I don't see the Astrotrain homage with the green. It seems like they just picked some good ol' Decepticony colours.

Not a bad looking repaint, and a good mold, but Jetfire and Dreadwind have ticked all the right boxes for this mold already as far as I am concerned.

Still, nice job.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:38 am**

Some good chaps at TFW2005 have translated some of the Japanese:

DARK SKYFIRE

Destron (Decepticon) Scientific Officer
Alt Mode: Super Jet, Battle-Up Mode
Weapon: Missile Launcher, Photon beam, Heat-Seeking Missile, Laser Cannon

He's millions year old, was in the same unit/group as Skyfire and went exploring in space.

In Superjet mode, he can travel around half the Earth in 30minutes.

Preorder deadline: December 11, 2009 (Fri) Noon
Release: Approx March 2010

Note: Final Product may differ from images.

Price: 3,675 Yen/ USD41 / 43CAD

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