Title:
Skyfall With Top Heavy Action Master
Description:
Skyfall with Top-Heavy (Action Master, 1990)
Accessories: Top-Heavy partner, "Cloudburst cannon"
Skyfall is an Action Master, and as such does not transform (which, given what it says in his toy bio, is more than a little ironic), though his design shows hints of a vehicle mode, likely a Cybertronic jet fighter similar in style to early Pretender robots such as Cloudburst, given the cockpit and vehicle details on his back. He is compatible with any Action Master weapon or vehicle. He came with his rhino-partner Top-Heavy.
Notes
Skyfall’s toy bio contains the rather outrageous line: "Can change into anything from a construction crane to a can opener, then into a weapon in less time than it takes to plug in a phone jack”, implying he has some kind of super-transformational ability—which is, of course, outwardly nonsense, as he is a non-transforming Action Master, even described in the very next line of his bio as a "former jet fighter.” It’s apparent that, given that he’s a weapons engineer, the line is supposed to read: "Can change anything from a construction crane to a can opener into a weapon in less time than it takes to plug in a phone jack”.Skyfall’s colors went through several alterations before production; his catalog photography and Power Plans show him in different red and white colors. With these colors comes an entirely different preproduction name, Fireball.The 1990 boxback mural and Optimus Prime’s Armored Convoy package art feature Skyfall in an even more different color scheme, grey and green. As Kick-Off is also in entirely different colors in those artworks, these appearances probably represent another abandoned color scheme.Skyfall’s design seems to be strongly inspired by the Japanese Gundam robot line, with maybe a little Generation 1 Seeker mixed in.
Accessories: Top-Heavy partner, "Cloudburst cannon"
Skyfall is an Action Master, and as such does not transform (which, given what it says in his toy bio, is more than a little ironic), though his design shows hints of a vehicle mode, likely a Cybertronic jet fighter similar in style to early Pretender robots such as Cloudburst, given the cockpit and vehicle details on his back. He is compatible with any Action Master weapon or vehicle. He came with his rhino-partner Top-Heavy.
Notes
Skyfall’s toy bio contains the rather outrageous line: "Can change into anything from a construction crane to a can opener, then into a weapon in less time than it takes to plug in a phone jack”, implying he has some kind of super-transformational ability—which is, of course, outwardly nonsense, as he is a non-transforming Action Master, even described in the very next line of his bio as a "former jet fighter.” It’s apparent that, given that he’s a weapons engineer, the line is supposed to read: "Can change anything from a construction crane to a can opener into a weapon in less time than it takes to plug in a phone jack”.Skyfall’s colors went through several alterations before production; his catalog photography and Power Plans show him in different red and white colors. With these colors comes an entirely different preproduction name, Fireball.The 1990 boxback mural and Optimus Prime’s Armored Convoy package art feature Skyfall in an even more different color scheme, grey and green. As Kick-Off is also in entirely different colors in those artworks, these appearances probably represent another abandoned color scheme.Skyfall’s design seems to be strongly inspired by the Japanese Gundam robot line, with maybe a little Generation 1 Seeker mixed in.
Theme:
1990
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
1990
Country:
United States
Series:
Action Master
Model Number:
Purple
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2021-10-31 11:48:13
