Transformers Generations 30th Anniversary Leader Class Jetfire Pre-Order up at Amazon

Well that is some good news since HTS still has NOT put up SDCC exclusives yet. I canceled my preorder for (2) from TRU and ordered (2) from Amazon. The entire order was $10.00 cheaper thanks to no tax and free Prime shipping. Thanks for being on the lookout Mooncake.

Im still going to wait until these hit the stores, not buying til i see it in person cause im still not sold on it. $35 id say screw it & take a chance but at $45 no way.

Same here just killed my TRU pre-order. No free 2 day shipping and the extra tax. Saved around $10 as well by going with Amazon and my Prime Membership, only way it can be better is with a TRU 20% coupon and in store purchase.

Deals like this were far sweeter back when Amazon did not charge sales tax.

The free shipping does make it sting less though.

Agreed, thank the States for that one. While they held a legit point as a bargain shopper I dont care lol. Amazon had it nailed down for a while. Still small tax and free shipping trumps most of the other competitors.

So what's all the fuss over $2 difference? I am all for saving money, but $2 isnt worth the hassle of canceling then reordering... i got free shipping on TRU (Ordered my son a Planes backpack w/FREE lunch box )

Dont get me wrong, LOVE Amazon, but I will start dancing when someone has him for $35

That was the only thing I ordered at the time so for me it was a $10 savings.

just the price of the item.
no shipping.
no tax.

best deal

These were sold out on TRU and HTS when I went to order, so I'm happy with this.

And I found some Lego stuff for my kid's birthday at a great discount while I was there ... go Amazon!!!

Yes, i preordered mine as soon as it popped up in my wish list.
Hell of a deal with Prime and no tax; used a few reward dollars to bring it down farther.

reluctantyouth wrote:Well that is some good news since HTS still has NOT put up SDCC exclusives yet. I canceled my preorder for (2) from TRU and ordered (2) from Amazon. The entire order was $10.00 cheaper thanks to no tax and free Prime shipping. Thanks for being on the lookout Mooncake.

Happy to help!

zatara1701 wrote:So what's all the fuss over $2 difference? I am all for saving money, but $2 isnt worth the hassle of canceling then reordering... i got free shipping on TRU (Ordered my son a Planes backpack w/FREE lunch box )

Dont get me wrong, LOVE Amazon, but I will start dancing when someone has him for $35

I totally understand getting the backpack for your kiddo and sticking with TRU, but for how much this figure is I want mine to arrive undamaged. Amazon has a much much better track record in the undamaged department for Transformers than TRU. I, knock on wood, have always received superior packing and shipping through Amazon.

I went ahead and preordered from Amazon. I don't want to have to hunt all over town for it later just to save like $5. If it turns out to be one of those really-hard-to-find figures, I'd kick myself for not preordering when I had the chance.

Just picked up mine from a specialty shop. Nope, the local TRU isn't carrying him unlike Roadbuster.

Yup, the chrome chipping has started even before my opening him (the clear plastic rubber bands that kept his BFG in place was wrapped way too tight)namely on the BFG........a pest but minute issue.

Overall? What the other online reviewers are all spot on! You have got to see him to appreciate the mold/design. If the original henkei (great but limited by the stupid choice of scale and over sized helmet)gave us the 1st taste of a modern JF, this one leaves it biting the dust!

It is not perfect but MAN!!!!!!!! You must own one!

Btw, he ain't made in China anymore but in Vietnam like the recent Japanese Go! exclusives.

Another thing, his character bio seems to reflect his ROTF persona........so wrong!

Well, I have yet to read the IDW TF comics, but IIRC it's more closely based on his IDW incarnation than his cartoon/Marvel self. Also, the bios are usually total bunk anyway. Especially if you're in the UK- Scorn got the description "Has the jaws of a dino" completely neglecting to mention his love of walks along the beach, candlelit dinners and classic oriental poetry!

Jetfire ancient? Since G1, if you follow the the story, he existed at the same time as Starscream.

Hide? Well he got stuck in the Arctic circle in the show and DW. In IDW he was already functional during the Thunderwing saga so I wonder where he hid?

Really? Who does those bios today? Is there no one like a Bob Budiansky to do it right?

Show off time:

All that chrome.
It truly does NOT work at all.

I wonder if I could repaint them without having the whole paint chipping away in the future?

You either sand off all the chrome "K" or wait for the chromeless Tomy version. Painting over it will only lead to more chipping.

fenrir72 wrote:You either sand off all the chrome "K" or wait for the chromeless Tomy version. Painting over it will only lead to more chipping.

Is that a thing? Officially announced and everything? Because having to pay 60$ + taxes in store, might as well throw in another 20 to have a better looking version.

here:

takara-tomy-transformers-legends-thread-t101179s150.php#p1597596

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... 0&page=top

and

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/list/1059/0/1

fenrir72 wrote:here:

Now, that's what I'm talking about. THIS is great looking and make senses for the character.

This is looking pretty great. Loving that jet mode. I don't even mind the chrome (although admittedly chrome is one of my toy fetishes)- it looks a bit nicer than just bare red plastic would.

Got to fiddling around with him. Hat's off to the designer/s whoever they are!

What an added scaling can do wonders. Already history but the previous Jet/Skyfire mold simply got hobbled by the Voyager scale.

Anyway back to the present. I was looking at how the designers flipped the design from the source "Valkyrie" mold.

Kawamori had the jet engines concentrated on the legs, the latest kind off used a flipped out Armoss Legios from Mospeada Genesis Climber design. The outer legs served as the housing while the arms served as the jet engines. but situated on the underbelly (Legios had the arms situated topside).

The almost seamless way the faux chest mounts on the "real" cockpit is just a stroke of genius!

It might be due to cost concerns, the "hollow" parts(fore arms, fist and thighs) could have easily been remedied, kind of distracting.

Again, resurrecting one design that the henkei version had an advantage is that its fist is a separate rotatable part. It would have been even more awesome if the fist could be collapsed in the arm (like the original Bandai Valkyrie).

And the connecting pegs on the cockpit, I'd wish it were made from a more durable material........(maybe die-cast?), it kind of a concern somewhere down the road.

Sorry about the ventilating (the positives btw far outstrips the negatives)

Now the positives............the jet mode is soooooooooooooooo AWESOME! Just needing the reprolable detail upgrades for all the white spaces. Cockpit for the pilots are also detailed (off course not to the level of the SOC Bandai or the Yamato/Arcadia Valkyrie) but it does the work). Overall, it again reminds me of the Armoss Legios merged with the F-14 Tomcat........same enjoyment but at a lesser price.

Surprising aspects:

For age 8 up right? The cockpit has a sharp pointy end. The G1 Seekers have rubberized tips. Were the first release any less sharper?

Spring mounted missile on his gun. It's good, just like the recent Roadbuster. I wonder what brought about this change in toy feature design?

So is this out? All the online stores still have it on pre-order.

Not seen this in stores, but all UK online retailers had them physically in stock at Auto Assembly.

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Got him from an online specialty store.....even reserved, he's like so limited.........maybe because of the demand?

Oh, that nosecone peeking between the legs is not the best look..



After HLJ lowered its price, I crunched the numbers and came to a conclusion that both versions (Hasbro v Takara) will cost me the same after shipping fees, possibly down to the dollar.

So I guess it's down to which version I like better, and how soon I want it (Sep v Dec)? Wish we had some non stock photos of the Takara version.

Kmart Generations Leader Jetfire Pre Order listing w/ Promotional Video

http://www.kmart.com/hasbro-transformer ... 2P?prdNo=1

Cyberpath wrote:Oh, that nosecone peeking between the legs is not the best look..



After HLJ lowered its price, I crunched the numbers and came to a conclusion that both versions (Hasbro v Takara) will cost me the same after shipping fees, possibly down to the dollar.

So I guess it's down to which version I like better, and how soon I want it (Sep v Dec)? Wish we had some non stock photos of the Takara version.

Good looking figure.

Another tip from Seibertron.com user Primeultimus, this time regarding the Generations Leader Jetfire toy - which is available for pre-order at Kmart.com for $44.99, and comes with a new promotional video! Check out the bio below, and head here for the listing and non-embeddable clip. And keep your eyes on this page, as we may have more Jetfire shaped news soon..

Jetfire is ancient and powerful, but he would prefer to stay hidden in the background rather than on the front lines. He is a peaceful robot at heart, preferring the stately, ordered excitement of science to the frenzy of battle. But the reckless ambition of the Decepticons, and the senseless violence of their war sickened him, so he left Cybertron to go into hiding. He slumbered in peace for years. Reawakened by the arrival of the war on Earth, he decided once again to enter the fight – this time on the side of the Autobots, and this time to end it for good, whatever the cost.

Convert, arm and attack with all the Transformers action you can handle! This Jetfire figure is a high-powered Autobot fighter whether he's in robot mode or supercharged jet mode. He'll be a match for any enemy in robot mode, and he’ll fire his arm-mount cannons at his Decepticon foes! When he converts to fast-flying mode, his turbo thrusters will make him too fast for any enemy to escape, and his photon missile launchers will pound them to scrap when he catches them! Keep converting him back and forth so he can handle whatever his foes dish out!

Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro.

Order from K-Mart.com at your own risk. They are less than reliable sending you what you actually ordered. You may end up getting an AOE Leader Optimus or Grimlock instead.

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Order from K-Mart.com at your own risk. They are less than reliable sending you what you actually ordered. You may end up getting an AOE Leader Optimus or Grimlock instead.

3 years ago I had issues ordering stuff for in store pick up. In the last 3 years I have placed over a hundred orders with Kmart and had no issues.

They have been pretty spot on.

You can still preorder on Amazon and not have to worry about getting the wrong figure.

Jetfire will be easy to get from Kmart because he won't be part of the same case assortment as anyone else. The problem with Kmart is that with their ordering system, all Voyager class figures in a product line are the same toy. Their system doesn't differentiate between Voyager Class Optimus Prime and Voyager Class Grimlock. It does, however, differentiate between Voyager Class toys from different lines so Generations Voyagers like Springer, Soundwave, Blaster, Sandstorm, Rhinox, etc won't get mixed up with AOE Voyagers, but they will get mixed up with themselves.

Jetfire, has his own case assortment and will be the first figure in this assortment so he'll be a sure bet.

Attached is a picture of the case that Jetfire comes in.

Here's a teaser pic for all of you

Primeultimus wrote:

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Order from K-Mart.com at your own risk. They are less than reliable sending you what you actually ordered. You may end up getting an AOE Leader Optimus or Grimlock instead.

3 years ago I had issues ordering stuff for in store pick up. In the last 3 years I have placed over a hundred orders with Kmart and had no issues.

They have been pretty spot on.

You've been pretty lucky. A year and a half ago they sent me Prime Knockout when I'd ordered Prime Kup.

The "only figure in its own assortment" thing is the only making it "safe" to order via K-Mart.

Seibertron wrote:Jetfire will be easy to get from Kmart because he won't be part of the same case assortment as anyone else. The problem with Kmart is that with their ordering system, all Voyager class figures in a product line are the same toy. Their system doesn't differentiate between Voyager Class Optimus Prime and Voyager Class Grimlock. It does, however, differentiate between Voyager Class toys from different lines so Generations Voyagers like Springer, Soundwave, Blaster, Sandstorm, Rhinox, etc won't get mixed up with AOE Voyagers, but they will get mixed up with themselves.

Jetfire, has his own case assortment and will be the first figure in this assortment so he'll be a sure bet.

Attached is a picture of the case that Jetfire comes in.

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You are safe since the box just contains one figure? Good then.

fenrir72 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Jetfire will be easy to get from Kmart because he won't be part of the same case assortment as anyone else. The problem with Kmart is that with their ordering system, all Voyager class figures in a product line are the same toy. Their system doesn't differentiate between Voyager Class Optimus Prime and Voyager Class Grimlock. It does, however, differentiate between Voyager Class toys from different lines so Generations Voyagers like Springer, Soundwave, Blaster, Sandstorm, Rhinox, etc won't get mixed up with AOE Voyagers, but they will get mixed up with themselves.

Jetfire, has his own case assortment and will be the first figure in this assortment so he'll be a sure bet.

Attached is a picture of the case that Jetfire comes in.

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You are safe since the box just contains one figure? Good then.

Meaning multiples of one figure? Then yes. Jetfire is shipped in a so-called "solid case", meaning no other figure is part of the same wave.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Meaning multiples of one figure? Then yes. Jetfire is shipped in a so-called "solid case", meaning no other figure is part of the same wave.

I was hoping for a few leader class Bumblebees in that case to spice things up. Like 3 to 1. :/

Seibertron wrote:Here's a teaser pic for all of you

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-Kanrabat- wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Meaning multiples of one figure? Then yes. Jetfire is shipped in a so-called "solid case", meaning no other figure is part of the same wave.

I was hoping for a few leader class Bumblebees in that case to spice things up. Like 3 to 1. :/

Oh good gravy, the last thing we need is more bees.

Optimum Supreme wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Meaning multiples of one figure? Then yes. Jetfire is shipped in a so-called "solid case", meaning no other figure is part of the same wave.

I was hoping for a few leader class Bumblebees in that case to spice things up. Like 3 to 1. :/

Oh good gravy, the last thing we need is more bees.

Haha

The Seibertron.com gallery is up ...

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... re/3395/1/

News post will be posted after I post the gallery for the Cybertron Con Jetfire from last year.

My opinion hasn't changed on this figure, even with the impressive gallery. I don't totally hate it, but I won't get it unless it's clearanced or I find it cheap online. The Macross mold is much better, and even the Classics version is superior compared to the Generations figure.

Rodimus Prime wrote:My opinion hasn't changed on this figure, even with the impressive gallery. I don't totally hate it, but I won't get it unless it's clearanced or I find it cheap online. The Macross mold is much better, and even the Classics version is superior compared to the Generations figure.

The original toy is an amazing toy. But the Classics figure is extremely inferior to the new Generations toy. I was never a fan of the Classics Jetfire toy between its oversized helmet and difficulty with posing its upper legs in a position that doesn't look awkward. The new toy, while it has some flaws, is far superior to the Classics version.

Heyoooo..

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ire/31172/

Rodimus Prime wrote:My opinion hasn't changed on this figure, even with the impressive gallery. I don't totally hate it, but I won't get it unless it's clearanced or I find it cheap online. The Macross mold is much better, and even the Classics version is superior compared to the Generations figure.

Kimosabe, you have to actually get a hold of it, transform it first before you judge. You won't be sorry RP. Really! Of course Tomy/Hasbro had to do some modifications with the transform sequence............it floors the henkei version but as stated in my post it's a mix between the Kawamori Valkyrie's transform sequence and the Mospeada Armos type. Fully transformed, the fuselage is almost seamless.

If I have a complaint, it's that we can't collapse the fist into the arm like the original Macross design. In the henkei, it's like Jetfire just flips his arms down (still to it's sides)while this version, the arms are folded into the mid fuselage.

Get it while you can........satisfaction guaranteed!

When in jet form, I go woosh woosh pretending to be him when I engage in fantasy play

fenrir72 wrote:When in jet form, I go woosh woosh pretending to be him when I engage in fantasy play

Hee hee ... you just made me LOL.