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Japan Toy Hobby Exclusive - Gentei Dark Skyfire

Posted by Blurrz Nov 11, 2009 at 9:46pm CST 23,770 views
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.

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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.

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Comment by Blurrz Nov 11, 2009
So....

Nekoman

Counterpunch...

ARE YOU BORED NOW?
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Comment by Mkall Nov 11, 2009
Holy... crap... that is GORGEOUS!

I'm already putting my contacts to work getting me one.
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Comment by rpetras Nov 11, 2009
With the blue and white versions of this mold, it's almost like a set of seekers!

I'll be picking this one up!!
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Comment by youngmiki13 Nov 11, 2009
That look so awesome! I am going to pre-order one...I just hope I can still make it on time.
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Comment by nemesis-prime Nov 11, 2009
Its cool , but being an exclusive its prolly too rich for my blood. :sad:
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Comment by Talous Nov 11, 2009
Very nice, but I don't really need a third of the same figure.
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Comment by Kibble Nov 11, 2009
nemesis-prime wrote:Its cool , but being an exclusive its prolly too rich for my blood. :sad:


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.
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Comment by Samsonator Nov 11, 2009
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
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Comment by Blurrz Nov 11, 2009
1) It's not ROTF
2) It's imaginative
3) Arguably best paint job on that mold;
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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?
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Comment by Counterpunch Nov 11, 2009
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!
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Comment by NuclearConvoy Nov 11, 2009
Estimated import price?
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Comment by Mach Nov 11, 2009
Hello astrotrain! No?
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Comment by Mkall Nov 11, 2009
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
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Comment by UltraPrimal Nov 11, 2009
Ahhh...Jetfire and Skywarp had little baby! And he's sooooo cute! :x

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.
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Comment by Blurrz Nov 12, 2009
New Picture of the Face area added.
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Comment by goshjosh95 Nov 12, 2009
That is pretty slick.
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Comment by Shadowstream Nov 12, 2009
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?
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Comment by Blurrz Nov 12, 2009
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.
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Comment by Deszaras1979 Nov 12, 2009
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.
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Comment by Shadowstream Nov 12, 2009
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.
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