Title:
Signal Flair
Description:
Signal Flare (Energon Class, 2004)
Takara ID number: SC-12
Takara release date: March 25, 2004
Accessories: "Monage Flap” radar dish, 2 "Twin Antenna” shields, Autobot energon chip
Known designers: Aaron Archer (Hasbro)
Released in the third wave of Hasbro Energon "Energon Class” toys (Basics, basically), Signal Flare transforms into a Cybertronian half-track MASER tank. In both modes, moving the MASER cannon-arm in any way causes the end of the arm to slowly rotate around.
He comes with several clear-plastic "energon” parts that attach to his MASER arm: a radar dish assembly with a free-spinning portion, and two "shields” that attach to the sides of the cannon-base. These parts all combine together to form the Ultimate Energon Weapon "Energy Cutter” (only named in the Takara release). One of the shields has a Mini-Con-style Powerlinx port, letting it activate Armada-mold Powerlinx gimmicks. He also has an Autobot-style energon chip that can attach the the spark crystal of most Energon-series toys.
The Takara Super Link version of Signal Flare changes almost every plastic color, but stays within the same general theme. The light blue and tan plastics are both much paler shades, and all of Hasbro Signal’s medium-blue plastic has been replaced with dark brown, the only plastic color they share. He also has a more red-tinged "energon” plastic than the Hasbro version’s watermelon-y color, which better matches the other Takara Omnicons’s energon parts (and the Hasbro redeco of Signal Flare, Offshoot). His paint applications have also undergone a number of changes, including fully painting his treads brown rather than just dirt-washing them, using a matching lighter tan on his knees, using a darker blue paint and extending said blue to the sides of his toes, and dropping the silver on his left arm except within the negative spaces of the Autobot symbol.
This mold is also used by his brother Offshoot, and the live-action-movie-series Signal Flare. The Signal Flare/Offshoot body design is used as the model for the Attacktix Omnicon.
His energon weapon was also redecoed by itself: an orange version packed in with Takara’s Hot Shot F (aka Energon Hot Shot), and a bright yellow version released as a promotional giveaway at multiple Japanese stores.
Takara ID number: SC-12
Takara release date: March 25, 2004
Accessories: "Monage Flap” radar dish, 2 "Twin Antenna” shields, Autobot energon chip
Known designers: Aaron Archer (Hasbro)
Released in the third wave of Hasbro Energon "Energon Class” toys (Basics, basically), Signal Flare transforms into a Cybertronian half-track MASER tank. In both modes, moving the MASER cannon-arm in any way causes the end of the arm to slowly rotate around.
He comes with several clear-plastic "energon” parts that attach to his MASER arm: a radar dish assembly with a free-spinning portion, and two "shields” that attach to the sides of the cannon-base. These parts all combine together to form the Ultimate Energon Weapon "Energy Cutter” (only named in the Takara release). One of the shields has a Mini-Con-style Powerlinx port, letting it activate Armada-mold Powerlinx gimmicks. He also has an Autobot-style energon chip that can attach the the spark crystal of most Energon-series toys.
The Takara Super Link version of Signal Flare changes almost every plastic color, but stays within the same general theme. The light blue and tan plastics are both much paler shades, and all of Hasbro Signal’s medium-blue plastic has been replaced with dark brown, the only plastic color they share. He also has a more red-tinged "energon” plastic than the Hasbro version’s watermelon-y color, which better matches the other Takara Omnicons’s energon parts (and the Hasbro redeco of Signal Flare, Offshoot). His paint applications have also undergone a number of changes, including fully painting his treads brown rather than just dirt-washing them, using a matching lighter tan on his knees, using a darker blue paint and extending said blue to the sides of his toes, and dropping the silver on his left arm except within the negative spaces of the Autobot symbol.
This mold is also used by his brother Offshoot, and the live-action-movie-series Signal Flare. The Signal Flare/Offshoot body design is used as the model for the Attacktix Omnicon.
His energon weapon was also redecoed by itself: an orange version packed in with Takara’s Hot Shot F (aka Energon Hot Shot), and a bright yellow version released as a promotional giveaway at multiple Japanese stores.
Theme:
Energon
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2004
Date Added:
2022-10-06 19:19:18
Date Added:
2022-10-06 19:19:18
