Title:
Transformers G1 Whisper Micro Master Air Strike Patrol
Description:
Air Strike Patrol (Micromaster Patrol, 1988)
Whisper transforms into a black Stealth fighter jet loosely based on the apocryphal "F-19” design. He was available only as part of a 4-bot Patrol with his teammates Nightflight, Storm Cloud, and Tailwind. Whisper is gang-molded with Storm Cloud, sharing plastic colors.
Together with the Off Road Patrol and the Race Car Patrol, the Air Strike Patrol was released by Hasbro in late 1988 (basically, a case of "next year product” being released at the end of the old year), in packaging that differed from the "proper” 1989 Micromasters’ redesigned packaging (silver cards and boxes featuring an all-new "Transformers” logo) by retaining a variation of the faction-specific color-coded gradient background on the card and featuring a unique "Micro Transformers” title in a variation of the old, pre-1989 "Transformers” logo. This same basic packaging design was also used for Canada (albeit bilingual English/French) and parts of Europe (bilingual French/Dutch, and Italian-only packaging distributed by GiG). However, a variant of sorts featuring the later 1989 packaging design also exists, and was released (in English-only packaging) in the United Kingdom, where it was sold at Woolworth’s stores.
This toy was sold in Japan without changes as the Autobot Whisper from Zone. It was redecoed to make Groundshaker.
Whisper transforms into a black Stealth fighter jet loosely based on the apocryphal "F-19” design. He was available only as part of a 4-bot Patrol with his teammates Nightflight, Storm Cloud, and Tailwind. Whisper is gang-molded with Storm Cloud, sharing plastic colors.
Together with the Off Road Patrol and the Race Car Patrol, the Air Strike Patrol was released by Hasbro in late 1988 (basically, a case of "next year product” being released at the end of the old year), in packaging that differed from the "proper” 1989 Micromasters’ redesigned packaging (silver cards and boxes featuring an all-new "Transformers” logo) by retaining a variation of the faction-specific color-coded gradient background on the card and featuring a unique "Micro Transformers” title in a variation of the old, pre-1989 "Transformers” logo. This same basic packaging design was also used for Canada (albeit bilingual English/French) and parts of Europe (bilingual French/Dutch, and Italian-only packaging distributed by GiG). However, a variant of sorts featuring the later 1989 packaging design also exists, and was released (in English-only packaging) in the United Kingdom, where it was sold at Woolworth’s stores.
This toy was sold in Japan without changes as the Autobot Whisper from Zone. It was redecoed to make Groundshaker.
Theme:
1989
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
1989
Country:
United States
Series:
G1
Model Number:
Black Plane
Date Added:
2018-06-08 15:37:56
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$59.99
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-02-10
Date Added:
2018-06-08 15:37:56
