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Air Raid Target Scout Review




Vehicle Mode:
Pretty sweet-looking Marine-style jet if you ask me. Looks like he’s ready to roam the jungle and battle the intercepting Dreadwing. Not sure why he has jungle-camo if he can’t even fly low enough. Alt mode is filled with lots of jungle green (obviously), some black on the cockpit/pixels, some yellowish brown pixels, gray on his cannons/thrusters/vents, and some red accents on each wing. There are two Autobot emblems; one on each wing as well as a new Sector-7 logo smack dabbed in the middle of his alt mode. A well deserved A for vehicle mode.









Robot Mode:
More gray than expected. His arms, legs, and feet are comprised with gray as well as his robot mode face. Red eyes on an Autobot is definitely strange. But it looks very intimidating. His robot mode head reminds me of Megatron for some odd reason.

Moving on. There is mostly forest green on the shell of his robot mode head, arm-wings, chest, and lower legs. Once again, there are two Autobot emblems visible on his arm-wings as well as the Sector-7 logo on his lower abdomen. Not as attractive-looking as the alt mode. This mode receives a B- from me.









Transformation:
It has the same transformation as the Energon and Movie Skyblast.

Automorph:
Energon characters have Automorph?! I know it’s true though. It’s very simple. But to work his automorph technology, just turn the knob-like thing on the upper part of the jet after you have moved all the pieces out of the way. The face then turns inward for robot mode while the cockpit is folded off in the back.

Weapons:
He comes with an Energon sword and an Energon crystal that snaps into his chest. Both repainted black. Nothing new I know. Wonder why they still included it? O well more weapons.



Overall:
This is a pretty nice figure. The digital camouflage is very nice. It’s not the best but it could be a lot worse. I, personally, like it. I like Air Raid from G2 but this figure just personifies him as an actual movie character. Instead of calling him Skyblast 2, Hasbro decided to make him a whole different character (which is better). I know it’s just a redeco Energon/Movie Skyblast figure but the camo made it look all that better. This little guy earns an 8.5/10 for me. I definitely recommend him if you’re a completist. Even if you’re not, give the guy a chance anyway if you don’t like him that is. Recommended!!

[Tigertrack]

Nice job with the review.

Looks like they are making up for Skyblast never having a repaint during the Energon, or Cybertron lines.

I love the newly repainted melee weapons. It's almost worth getting these repaints just for those, but Skyblast is a good mold.

Found at retail or bought in advance for a little extra $?

[Metal]

How do you tell movie scouts from other? That packaging looks just like the other scouts I've bought that I thought were movie stuff, like Arcee and Signal Flare.

[Tigertrack]

How do you tell movie scouts from other? That packaging looks just like the other scouts I've bought that I thought were movie stuff, like Arcee and Signal Flare.

Those are considered movie scouts. They are repaints of scout class figures from before for Target related to the movie by bio, and or paint details (sector seven symbol, etc.).

[Sportimus Prime]

Movie Scouts are also in shorter boxes than the Deluxe figures. I had this guy in my hands a couple days ago. I should have gotten him. Maybe next time. Great review!

[skywarp-2]

Awsome review kudos!!!

[Tigertrack]

Movie Scouts are also in shorter boxes than the Deluxe figures. I had this guy in my hands a couple days ago. I should have gotten him. Maybe next time. Great review!

Wait, did you see this one, or the other paint scheme of it? Skyblast is out right now, but we have yet to hear of Air Raid being available at retail yet.

[Slumble B]

How many exclusives does Target have? Are any of them really good?

If they are, I might have to go to Target instead of Walmart next week. Both stores are in opposite directions so I can only choose one.

LMK
SB

[Hotrod]

Thanks for sharing! Front paged and credited!

[D-340]

Damn. I was originally not gonna get any non movie characters, especially the basics. But this and the first Skyblast repaint are on my to get list now.

[Kalon]

Automorph:
Energon characters have Automorph?! I know it’s true though. It’s very simple. But to work his automorph technology, just turn the knob-like thing on the upper part of the jet after you have moved all the pieces out of the way. The face then turns inward for robot mode while the cockpit is folded off in the back.

that isn't automorph... that part of the original mold, its part of the transformation.

[Sideshow Sideswipe]

bah - I hate repaints.

[Ramrider]

Looks pretty nice; I actually think this is my favourite version of the mould so far. Can anyone else make out the bio? The box-back's too low-res; I can just about read the first couple of sentences, but it's straining my eyes to get much more.

[Phenotype]

Movie Scouts are also in shorter boxes than the Deluxe figures. I had this guy in my hands a couple days ago. I should have gotten him. Maybe next time. Great review!

Wait, did you see this one, or the other paint scheme of it? Skyblast is out right now, but we have yet to hear of Air Raid being available at retail yet.

No, he's out. I spotted him the other day at a Target in Columbus, OH.

[Wheeljack35]

Another stupid Energon repaint

[Liege Evilmus]

I think Air Raid and HardTop will be the only Target bascis that I'll get.

I didn't realy like the Arcee mold and have a ton of them. SignalFlare is another pass. Clocker and ArmorHide do nothing for me.

I like StrongArm, but just can't see spending the money again.

I have both Cybertron variants of HardTop, but really, I just want the S7 key.

[Zeds]

Love this figures and the digital camo look. Will pick it up on eBay as there are no Targets in CANADA.

[i_amtrunks]

Certainly one of the better Movie repaints, and top review!

[Slumble B]

Can anyone give me a quick rundown of all the Target exlcusives and their alt mode please?

SB