Title:
Air Raid
Description:
Air Raid (Cyberjet, 1995)
Accessories: 2 air-to-air heat-seeking missiles
Air Raid’s second Generation 2 appearance was released as part of wave 2 of the Cyberjets assortment, a redeco of Skyjack from wave 1 of the same assortment, whose altenate mode is a F-117A Nighthawk. He features a pressure-launch missile launcher that becomes his right arm in robot mode. His non-loaded missiles can be stored in clips on the undersides of his wings.
This toy was sold in Japan without changes (though it did come with an extra decal sheet) as the separate character Aero Raid. 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, Skyjack was available in Air Raid’s colors but still marketed as Skyjack himself. 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.
Furthermore, this sculpt was also used to make the 2004 Universe version of Air Raid, and Robotmasters Delta Seeker.
Accessories: 2 air-to-air heat-seeking missiles
Air Raid’s second Generation 2 appearance was released as part of wave 2 of the Cyberjets assortment, a redeco of Skyjack from wave 1 of the same assortment, whose altenate mode is a F-117A Nighthawk. He features a pressure-launch missile launcher that becomes his right arm in robot mode. His non-loaded missiles can be stored in clips on the undersides of his wings.
This toy was sold in Japan without changes (though it did come with an extra decal sheet) as the separate character Aero Raid. 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, Skyjack was available in Air Raid’s colors but still marketed as Skyjack himself. 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.
Furthermore, this sculpt was also used to make the 2004 Universe version of Air Raid, and Robotmasters Delta Seeker.
Theme:
Generation 2
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
1995
Country:
United States
Series:
G2
Model Number:
Black Plane
Date Added:
2021-11-17 19:09:53
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2021-11-17 19:09:53
