



Title:
Jetfire Robot Mode
Description:
Jetfire (Cyberjet, 1995)
Takara ID number: TRF-16
Accessories: 2 armor-piercing missiles
Jetfire was released in Generation 2 as part of wave 2 of the Cyberjets assortment, a redeco of the Decepticon Hooligan from wave 1 of the same assortment, whose altenate mode is a proposed swing-wing naval variant of the F-22 Raptor. He is armed with a pressure-launched missile fired from his right arm, which also forms a weapon in fighter mode.Apparently, the decision to market the redecos as separate characters was a last-minute change of plans that was only put into use in America and Japan; in Europe, Hasbro supposedly stuck to the original idea for said assortment (here named "Mini-Jets”), with the redecos being sold as running change color variants of their wave 1 mold-mates instead, in unchanged packaging featuring package art in the original deco and the original character’s name. Thus, Hooligan was available in Jetfire’s colors but still marketed as Hooligan himself (which might explain the faction symbols). This practice is only confirmed for the versions available in multilingual French/Dutch/German packaging; thus far, no specimens in English/Spanish/Portuguese packaging or in Italian GiG packaging have surfaced. This would explain why the "Jetfire” release of the figure has Decepticon faction symbol stickers, despite being released as an Autobot. The Japanese release, meanwhile, came with an extra decal sheet, featuring white tiger markings, extra Generation 2 Autobot symbols (presumably to cover the Decepticon ones that were factory-applied), and "battle damage” markings.Furthermore, this sculpt was also used to make Robotmasters R-Blade, Universe Wind Sheer, and BotCon 2005 Ricochet. R-Blade’s expanded bio in the Robotmasters sourcebook specifically mentions Jetfire as the leader of the Autobot Cyberjets, even though no mention of this is made in Jetfire’s Generation 2 bio, in the U.S. or Japan.
Takara ID number: TRF-16
Accessories: 2 armor-piercing missiles
Jetfire was released in Generation 2 as part of wave 2 of the Cyberjets assortment, a redeco of the Decepticon Hooligan from wave 1 of the same assortment, whose altenate mode is a proposed swing-wing naval variant of the F-22 Raptor. He is armed with a pressure-launched missile fired from his right arm, which also forms a weapon in fighter mode.Apparently, the decision to market the redecos as separate characters was a last-minute change of plans that was only put into use in America and Japan; in Europe, Hasbro supposedly stuck to the original idea for said assortment (here named "Mini-Jets”), with the redecos being sold as running change color variants of their wave 1 mold-mates instead, in unchanged packaging featuring package art in the original deco and the original character’s name. Thus, Hooligan was available in Jetfire’s colors but still marketed as Hooligan himself (which might explain the faction symbols). This practice is only confirmed for the versions available in multilingual French/Dutch/German packaging; thus far, no specimens in English/Spanish/Portuguese packaging or in Italian GiG packaging have surfaced. This would explain why the "Jetfire” release of the figure has Decepticon faction symbol stickers, despite being released as an Autobot. The Japanese release, meanwhile, came with an extra decal sheet, featuring white tiger markings, extra Generation 2 Autobot symbols (presumably to cover the Decepticon ones that were factory-applied), and "battle damage” markings.Furthermore, this sculpt was also used to make Robotmasters R-Blade, Universe Wind Sheer, and BotCon 2005 Ricochet. R-Blade’s expanded bio in the Robotmasters sourcebook specifically mentions Jetfire as the leader of the Autobot Cyberjets, even though no mention of this is made in Jetfire’s Generation 2 bio, in the U.S. or Japan.
Theme:
Generation 2
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
1995
Date Added:
2021-11-17 19:06:27