Toy Review - HFTD Jetblade

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Toy Review - Jetblade

Series - Transformers
Sub-line - Hunt for the Decepticons
Size - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - redeco
Wave - 1
Released here - June 2010
Approximate Retail Price - $25-30
Approximate Size - 15cm
Allegiance - Decepticon
Alt-mode - Fighter Jet
Main Features/Gimmicks - Mech Alive
Main Colours - White, dark blue, light blue
Main Accessories - 2 missiles, launchers

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/tftoys/hftd11.jpg

[Decepticon]

Not a fan of that fake cockpit. Looks ok though. I will buy it

[SharkyMcShark]

I saw this in person the other day - the colours look much more appealing in hand than in the photos.

Am considering picking it up despite already having Dirge, based on the strength of the mold.

[GoktimusPrime]

yeah, a dealer was selling this at Sydney SupaNova on the weekend.


Am considering picking it up despite already having Dirge, based on the strength of the mold.
While I do like the Dirge mould, I don't like it enough to want a repaint. It is a good mould though. :)

[SkyWarp91]

IMO i think if you already have Dirge, then you can give this one a skip.
I think this toy mold isn't as impressive as the seeker jet molds from Classics/Universe.

[Sutton]

I grabbed one and did what Hasbro should have done - repainted it into Ramjet. Looks really good in those colours.

[Seraphim Prime]

I grabbed one and did what Hasbro should have done - repainted it into Ramjet. Looks really good in those colours.

But movie Ramjet has already been shown to be a Starscream repaint (atleast in IDW canon/toy canon). Hence why we won't get a Ramjet repaint.

[GoktimusPrime]

Cos that totally stopped them giving us two different Transformers called Jolt (or arguably Dead End) in the movieverse! :p

[Seraphim Prime]

Cos that totally stopped them giving us two different Transformers called Jolt (or arguably Dead End) in the movieverse! :p

Well played, sir!

Although I think Jolt had kinda been intended to be Classics-verse, in the same way that Big Daddy, Crasher/Fracture, Crankcase, Getaway were more like Classics toys, but forced into the movie line due to retailers wishes. And what will happen with any "Generations" toy that isn't Deluxe sized, like the G1 Legends figures, Sea Spray, Windcharger, Sandstorm, etc.

Although Jolt, Fracture, Divebomb, Crankcase, etc were then all put into movie canon by IDW...

I just know that when I think movie Ramjet, I think white Starscream. And, having set the precedent that the Coneheads need not look the same (Dirge & Thrust) I don't see a reason for the newest repaint to be Ramjet just because he's Black & White. Overall Hasbro's been doing a fairly good job of making sure we don't have multiple different versions of a character in the line (Evac, Dead End, Bludgeon, and Jolt excluded...)

[Sutton]

Next up for the 'twice in the same toy line' trick is Classics Dirge, who already got a figure in the 'Roadbuster/Dirge' two pack.

[SharkyMcShark]

I picked it up on a whim - as I said colours are much better in person.

The rubber nosecone tip is a much softer rubber than Dirge.

[SamLoi888]

I got this. Great alt mode. Solid as. Bot modes average and I don't like the head at all. Weapons are a bit too Playskool.

[Autocon]

good mold. i would buy!

[snaketales]

This failed the kid test at my place. Altho it was my eight-year-old son's choice for a birthday present he had stopped playing with it because of the fiddly transformation. Transforming the wings into the legs really did him in.
So I traded him my Armorhide for Jetblade, the transformation of which he was able to grasp pretty quickly.
So I wouldn't recommend this one for young kids.. say, under 10?

Kids still buy Transformers, right? It's not just us grown-ups?? :D

[Tallestblue]

Wait...Transformers are for kids!? Is this a new thing?

[Autocon]

my cousin gets all excited but he cant transform any of them lol then he looses interest