Title:
Starscream First Edition Robot Mode Toys"R"Us
Description:
Starscream (Deluxe Class, 2011)
Number: 003
Japanese release date: 2011-12-28
Accessories: 2 missile pods, stand (Hasbro only)
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Shogo Hasui (TakaraTomy)
Part of the first wave of Prime: First Edition Deluxe Class toys, Starscream transforms from a jet resembling a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon into a skinny robot and back! He comes with two missile pod accessories that can either attach onto tabs on the underside of his wings, or onto the rear wings on his arms in robot mode. Additionally, he has a 5mm peg hole that goes through each arm, both of which become the sides of his jet mode tail. Since the tail stabilizers fold into the sides of the tail to become the arms, the hole isn’t very deep in robot mode unless you leave these fins folded out.
Undocumented in either of his Hasbro and TakaraTomy instructions, Starscream has a couple of features that help make him slightly more show-accurate: he has a deployable winglet on the back of each of his legs, and his large wing kibble can tilt slightly upward.
Some units have the head aerial deformed in-package due to being made of soft plastic. This is due to friction preventing it from hinging back. The aerial is supposed to fold back along the head for transformation, but can be tough enough to get in place due to simply flexing instead of changing position. His knee spikes also tend to deform.
As with all Hasbro-release "First Edition” toys, a cardboard stand is included. The Takara release omits the stand in order to fit the toy into the bubble in robot mode.
This mold was retooled/redecoed to make TakaraTomy Prime Skywarp and Thundercracker, and was differently retooled to make Timelines Slipstream.
Starscream was an Air Commander of the Energon Seekers, Cybertron’s finest air warriors. His dream was to recover the Matrix of Leadership and become the Prime that would return the Transformers to the Golden Age, and he saw opportunity with the rebel upstart Megatron. A patient and polite schemer, Starscream used to wish Megatron would drop the heroic anti-caste charade and be more honest about his lust for power.
These days, he alternatively wishes Megatron would stop being obsessed with his lust for power and chafes under having to work for such a madman. While he serves as Megatron’s right-hand man, he constantly looks for a way to become the commander himself and Megatron knows it: Starscream’s extremely volatile personality means he is not adept at hiding his true intent. Fortunately for Megatron, Starscream is prone to panic, cowardice and bombastic gestures, meaning that it’d take exceptional circumstances for Starscream to actually manage to get behind him to shove the knife in.
He may be a scientist, but we’re not quite sure.
Number: 003
Japanese release date: 2011-12-28
Accessories: 2 missile pods, stand (Hasbro only)
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Shogo Hasui (TakaraTomy)
Part of the first wave of Prime: First Edition Deluxe Class toys, Starscream transforms from a jet resembling a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon into a skinny robot and back! He comes with two missile pod accessories that can either attach onto tabs on the underside of his wings, or onto the rear wings on his arms in robot mode. Additionally, he has a 5mm peg hole that goes through each arm, both of which become the sides of his jet mode tail. Since the tail stabilizers fold into the sides of the tail to become the arms, the hole isn’t very deep in robot mode unless you leave these fins folded out.
Undocumented in either of his Hasbro and TakaraTomy instructions, Starscream has a couple of features that help make him slightly more show-accurate: he has a deployable winglet on the back of each of his legs, and his large wing kibble can tilt slightly upward.
Some units have the head aerial deformed in-package due to being made of soft plastic. This is due to friction preventing it from hinging back. The aerial is supposed to fold back along the head for transformation, but can be tough enough to get in place due to simply flexing instead of changing position. His knee spikes also tend to deform.
As with all Hasbro-release "First Edition” toys, a cardboard stand is included. The Takara release omits the stand in order to fit the toy into the bubble in robot mode.
This mold was retooled/redecoed to make TakaraTomy Prime Skywarp and Thundercracker, and was differently retooled to make Timelines Slipstream.
Starscream was an Air Commander of the Energon Seekers, Cybertron’s finest air warriors. His dream was to recover the Matrix of Leadership and become the Prime that would return the Transformers to the Golden Age, and he saw opportunity with the rebel upstart Megatron. A patient and polite schemer, Starscream used to wish Megatron would drop the heroic anti-caste charade and be more honest about his lust for power.
These days, he alternatively wishes Megatron would stop being obsessed with his lust for power and chafes under having to work for such a madman. While he serves as Megatron’s right-hand man, he constantly looks for a way to become the commander himself and Megatron knows it: Starscream’s extremely volatile personality means he is not adept at hiding his true intent. Fortunately for Megatron, Starscream is prone to panic, cowardice and bombastic gestures, meaning that it’d take exceptional circumstances for Starscream to actually manage to get behind him to shove the knife in.
He may be a scientist, but we’re not quite sure.
Theme:
Prime First Edition
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2011
Date Added:
2023-01-22 21:09:48
Date Added:
2023-01-22 21:09:48
