Title:
Blitzwing
Description:
Blitzwing (Voyager, 2008)
Japanese ID number: TA-13
Accessories: 2 "flame” missiles
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Alex Kubalsky (TakaraTomy)
Blitzwing transforms into a futuristic "Mech-Warrior"-ish tank with two large, spring-loaded anti-aircraft-like guns, and a fighter jet that loosely resembles the Northrop Grumman F-14 Tomcat. His tank-cannons become the jet’s thrusters. The robot mode has three faces, which can be switched around via a knob on the back of the head. Surprisingly against the norm, Blitzwing’s pointy nosecone is molded from rigid plastic. He has a pair of panels on his forearms that are spring-loaded to be able to lie flush in his vehicle modes, yet make his arms wider in robot mode (as they tend to be rather flat without them).
Sadly, his cannons cannot tilt forward over his shoulders when in robot mode. Though promotional photos showed the figure with a gold traditional Decepticon insignia, the final toy used the movie variant in the tampograph.
Blitzwing also has a minor misassembly problem, in that his upper arms are swapped. This is the reason his wings cannot press down flush with the rest of the jet fuselage. This can be fixed by pulling off his arms, unscrewing the one screw visible on either forearm, then separating the upper arms and switching them, which makes for a much-improved jet mode.
The TakaraTomy release of the figure features a metallic paint scheme on most of the paintable parts.
Japanese ID number: TA-13
Accessories: 2 "flame” missiles
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Alex Kubalsky (TakaraTomy)
Blitzwing transforms into a futuristic "Mech-Warrior"-ish tank with two large, spring-loaded anti-aircraft-like guns, and a fighter jet that loosely resembles the Northrop Grumman F-14 Tomcat. His tank-cannons become the jet’s thrusters. The robot mode has three faces, which can be switched around via a knob on the back of the head. Surprisingly against the norm, Blitzwing’s pointy nosecone is molded from rigid plastic. He has a pair of panels on his forearms that are spring-loaded to be able to lie flush in his vehicle modes, yet make his arms wider in robot mode (as they tend to be rather flat without them).
Sadly, his cannons cannot tilt forward over his shoulders when in robot mode. Though promotional photos showed the figure with a gold traditional Decepticon insignia, the final toy used the movie variant in the tampograph.
Blitzwing also has a minor misassembly problem, in that his upper arms are swapped. This is the reason his wings cannot press down flush with the rest of the jet fuselage. This can be fixed by pulling off his arms, unscrewing the one screw visible on either forearm, then separating the upper arms and switching them, which makes for a much-improved jet mode.
The TakaraTomy release of the figure features a metallic paint scheme on most of the paintable parts.
Theme:
Animated
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2008
Country:
United States
Series:
Animated
Date Added:
2023-05-29 07:20:57
