Title:
Jhiaxus Robot Mode
Description:
Jhiaxus (Deluxe, 2014)
Series / Number: 02 / #018
Accessories: 2 guns
Part of the tenth wave of 2012-onwards Generations Deluxe Class toys, Thrilling 30 Jhiaxus is a redeco/retool of Armada Starscream, transforming into a futuristic jet fighter. He features a new head and nosecone-canopy assembly/robot upper torso, sculpted after E. J. Su’s design for the character first seen in Devastation, along with remolded wings and new dual guns in place of the original’s swords. His coloration, however, is based on the Universe toy, due to it being the reference available in Hasbro’s archives. His turbines can each fire a missile in either mode via pressure-launch, and can be positioned in robot mode to either face forward or lay flat on his back. His guns peg into his hands via 5mm post, and can also mount underneath his wings using different, smaller pegs.
On many copies, the figure’s left elbow can’t bend the full 90 degrees.
He comes packaged with a copy of "The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10"
Notes
Jhiaxus’s name is a play on "gee, axe us”, a phrase which expressed writer Simon Furman’s dread of the Generation 2 comic’s cancellation by Marvel.
Generation 2 Jhiaxus’s robot mode design seems to be based loosely on the Seekers. He keeps the air-duct boobs, the cockpit torso, the ear-vents, the wing placement, one shoulder-mounted jet engine (including Starscream’s stickers), and a nosecone on the back of the head.
Among the many, many toy ideas Glen Hallit suggested was a redeco of Go-Bots Aero-Bot as Jhiaxus. It was to be distributed as the Dinner Exclusive at OTFCC 2003, but as with most of Hallit’s toy proposals, it was not produced.
Jhiaxus’s name is apparently very difficult for IDW’s writers to spell. Known variations to date include "Jiaxus”, "Jihaxus”, and "Jihauxus”.
In Universe #2, Jhiaxus is portrayed in his original Generation 2 body, but he is seen in his Robots in Disguise body during a flashback in the following issue. It’s possible that this was either a misunderstanding between two different artists, Jhiaxus morphed into a new body as he left the Cauldron, or there were two Jhiaxuses. In 2015, the Facebook version of Ask Vector Prime chose the latter option, establishing that there was also a Robots in Disguise/Viron Jhiaxus alongside the Generation 2/Primax Jhiaxus in the Cauldron.
Kre-O Jhiaxus is a bit of a hard one to suss out in the comic. He’s wedged into a corner behind Straxus, whose scythe obscures his chest details. But the cockpit is just visible, so mixed with the yellow chest, red Starscream-style helmet, and he’s in a panel that otherwise holds nothing but Decepticon leader-types... yeah.
Series / Number: 02 / #018
Accessories: 2 guns
Part of the tenth wave of 2012-onwards Generations Deluxe Class toys, Thrilling 30 Jhiaxus is a redeco/retool of Armada Starscream, transforming into a futuristic jet fighter. He features a new head and nosecone-canopy assembly/robot upper torso, sculpted after E. J. Su’s design for the character first seen in Devastation, along with remolded wings and new dual guns in place of the original’s swords. His coloration, however, is based on the Universe toy, due to it being the reference available in Hasbro’s archives. His turbines can each fire a missile in either mode via pressure-launch, and can be positioned in robot mode to either face forward or lay flat on his back. His guns peg into his hands via 5mm post, and can also mount underneath his wings using different, smaller pegs.
On many copies, the figure’s left elbow can’t bend the full 90 degrees.
He comes packaged with a copy of "The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10"
Notes
Jhiaxus’s name is a play on "gee, axe us”, a phrase which expressed writer Simon Furman’s dread of the Generation 2 comic’s cancellation by Marvel.
Generation 2 Jhiaxus’s robot mode design seems to be based loosely on the Seekers. He keeps the air-duct boobs, the cockpit torso, the ear-vents, the wing placement, one shoulder-mounted jet engine (including Starscream’s stickers), and a nosecone on the back of the head.
Among the many, many toy ideas Glen Hallit suggested was a redeco of Go-Bots Aero-Bot as Jhiaxus. It was to be distributed as the Dinner Exclusive at OTFCC 2003, but as with most of Hallit’s toy proposals, it was not produced.
Jhiaxus’s name is apparently very difficult for IDW’s writers to spell. Known variations to date include "Jiaxus”, "Jihaxus”, and "Jihauxus”.
In Universe #2, Jhiaxus is portrayed in his original Generation 2 body, but he is seen in his Robots in Disguise body during a flashback in the following issue. It’s possible that this was either a misunderstanding between two different artists, Jhiaxus morphed into a new body as he left the Cauldron, or there were two Jhiaxuses. In 2015, the Facebook version of Ask Vector Prime chose the latter option, establishing that there was also a Robots in Disguise/Viron Jhiaxus alongside the Generation 2/Primax Jhiaxus in the Cauldron.
Kre-O Jhiaxus is a bit of a hard one to suss out in the comic. He’s wedged into a corner behind Straxus, whose scythe obscures his chest details. But the cockpit is just visible, so mixed with the yellow chest, red Starscream-style helmet, and he’s in a panel that otherwise holds nothing but Decepticon leader-types... yeah.
Theme:
Generations
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2014
Date Added:
2023-07-23 11:26:32
Date Added:
2023-07-23 11:26:32
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