Toy Review - TFSS Windsweeper

[BigTransformerTrev]

WINDSWEEPER
Series - Timelines
Sub-line – TFSS 4.0
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - Redeco of CW Sky Dive
Wave - 1 (Fourth figure of the service)
Released here - Nope
Approximate Retail Price - US$50 + Shipping
Approximate Size - 15cm
Allegiance - Decepticon
Alt-mode - Fighter jet
Main Features/Gimmicks - Combiner limb
Main Colours – Red, lavender
Main Accessories – B1-B Double Barreled Laser Cannon, Heat Seeking Missile Launcher/Fist-Foot, Matrix of Mayhem

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Robot Mode,
The wings can fold back but I prefer to leave them out, the silver on the wing missiles really pop and also this configuration makes the figure look a bit more G1-Windsweeper-ish. The head is really good on him and the colours overall work quite well.

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Jet Mode
A shame there wasn’t a deluxe CW mold that was a bit more like his G1 incarnation, they would have had to go with Silverbolt to get something more indicativie. But it’s a pretty cool looking jet and the colour scheme not only is fairly character accurate but makes the colours work a bit better than the original toy did.

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Transformation
You know how to do it – everyone knows how to do it! :rolleyes:

Overall
What is a shame here is the despite all the positives this toy brings, the quality hearkens back to many other TCC toys as in it feels cheaply made – there is that sense with him that he could fall apart any second and indeed the wings on mine come off with a sneeze. But still a good rendition of a very underused G1 character and it will be interesting to see how he fits in with the Mayhem Squad Squad when they are completed.

[griffin]

The great thing about this Subscription set is finally getting new toys of several Gen1 characters, who were fairly prominent in the last half of the UK & US comics... and better still, these CW toys have worked great at capturing their original essence.
Windsweeper, Needlenose and Ruckus have never had a second toy, after almost 30 years... and Spinister had that BotCon 2012 toy... they all fill holes in the Classicverse era of Gen1 characters.

[GoktimusPrime]

Slowly buildin' that Decepticon Mayhem Attack Squad, eh? ;)

[reillyd]

Maybe it's just a QC issue with your one Trev? I had a similar thing happen with my Ghost Starscream from the Grand Galvatron. Wings were so floppy and one kept popping off. I put a little clear nail polish on the wings, tightened it up a little. If you're secure enough in your masculinity to buy some from the supermarket (I wasn't, and got a friend to!) it might help to put a few coats on.

[prjkt]

they all fill holes in the Classicverse era of Gen1 characters.
This here is the main reason I signed up for this set, the combiner factor's just a bonus.

[griffin]

Windsweeper has joined his fellow Mayhemians :p on the 2016 Collector Club shelf....

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