Title:
Thrust With Inferno 2nd Robot Mode
Description:
Thrust with Inferno (Super-Con, 2003)
Takara ID number: MD-05
Takara release date: June 12, 2003
Accessories: 2 missiles
Released in the fourth wave of Armada Super-Cons, Thrust transforms into a modified F-35 Lightning II fighter jet. In jet mode, he has a pressure-launch missile launcher under each wing, and a rear-mounted bay specially shaped to store his Mini-Con partner Inferno in truck mode. In robot mode, Inferno’s missile launcher can be removed and attached to the inside of Thrust’s forearms. Thrust’s own launchers were originally intended to be removable (they have molded-on pegs that would allow them to attach to his arms), but this feature was cut from the finished toy, and they remain stuck on his robot-mode legs, unable to reorient in a useful direction.Thrust’s central "Powerlinx” gimmick is an "assault” robot mode that involves turning his torso around 180 degrees and extending his winged backpack. Attaching a Mini-Con to the Powerlinx plug on his chest and pumping it up and down whirls Thrust’s wings like a spinning blade... though the fact that his launchers cannot be removed makes it awkward to use at best. Strangely, the two pegs on the sides of his cockpit/butt-flap and the holes on the insides of his knees can be connected in robot mode. It is unknown if this was intended as part of the above gimmick, but it does make him a bit more stable to hold when using the spinning gimmick.Unusually for this line, there are no notable differences between the Hasbro and Takara versions of Thrust.This mold was also used to make Universe Sunstorm, and served as the basis of the non-toy Beast Wars: Uprising characters Lidar and Sitrep.
Takara ID number: MD-05
Takara release date: June 12, 2003
Accessories: 2 missiles
Released in the fourth wave of Armada Super-Cons, Thrust transforms into a modified F-35 Lightning II fighter jet. In jet mode, he has a pressure-launch missile launcher under each wing, and a rear-mounted bay specially shaped to store his Mini-Con partner Inferno in truck mode. In robot mode, Inferno’s missile launcher can be removed and attached to the inside of Thrust’s forearms. Thrust’s own launchers were originally intended to be removable (they have molded-on pegs that would allow them to attach to his arms), but this feature was cut from the finished toy, and they remain stuck on his robot-mode legs, unable to reorient in a useful direction.Thrust’s central "Powerlinx” gimmick is an "assault” robot mode that involves turning his torso around 180 degrees and extending his winged backpack. Attaching a Mini-Con to the Powerlinx plug on his chest and pumping it up and down whirls Thrust’s wings like a spinning blade... though the fact that his launchers cannot be removed makes it awkward to use at best. Strangely, the two pegs on the sides of his cockpit/butt-flap and the holes on the insides of his knees can be connected in robot mode. It is unknown if this was intended as part of the above gimmick, but it does make him a bit more stable to hold when using the spinning gimmick.Unusually for this line, there are no notable differences between the Hasbro and Takara versions of Thrust.This mold was also used to make Universe Sunstorm, and served as the basis of the non-toy Beast Wars: Uprising characters Lidar and Sitrep.
Theme:
Armada
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2003
Date Added:
2022-08-27 17:46:49
Date Added:
2022-08-27 17:46:49
