Were Eject and Rewind always pieces of poop?

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Originally Posted by Sky Shadow

And the Starscream/Thundercracker/Skywarp/Sunstorm mould hasn't had wings that sit flush against the fuselage in decades.

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They sat flush to begin with?

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Yes - my original Thundercracker from the 80s had shorter wing pegs, which meant the wings actually touched the fuselage rather than having the odd gap the mould has had since then.

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Originally Posted by Krayt

They sat flush to begin with?

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I remember the gap as well.

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Originally Posted by jaydisc

+1

I remember the gap as well.

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Maybe I was just lucky with my Thundercracker - I assumed it was universal. What do other people's original '84/'85 Starscreams, Thundercrackers and Skywarps have? Slightly shorter wing pegs that enable the wings to go all the way in, or the more common longer ones that leave a gap between the wings and the fuselage?

mine all have gaps like Dave Letterman's front teeth. ;p

Ah ha! Well, it took a few months (mainly because I forgot about it until right now) but I've finally found evidence that some Seekers have wings that sit flush against the canopy. It's in the 'Main wings' section of Fred's Variants Page - short pegs allegedly came first and then quickly evolved into the long pegs the wings have today.

http://www.geocities.com/futuristgroup/vjet.html

http://www.geocities.com/futuristgroup/twingsolid.jpg

Mine are flush, after some quick work with a mini file. It's pretty easily to do :)

Well, save for Sunstorm, Ghost Starscream and my two sealed seekers (obviously).

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Originally Posted by Sky Shadow

Ah ha! Well, it took a few months (mainly because I forgot about it until right now) but I've finally found evidence that some Seekers have wings that sit flush against the canopy. It's in the 'Main wings' section of Fred's Variants Page - short pegs allegedly came first and then quickly evolved into the long pegs the wings have today.

http://www.geocities.com/futuristgroup/vjet.html

http://www.geocities.com/futuristgroup/twingsolid.jpg

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My original childhood thundercraker had the short pegs. When I got a junker to replace his chest, it came with the long pegs. I have a set of each of the wings. I can post a pic if you want.

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Originally Posted by TF76

My original childhood thundercraker had the short pegs. When I got a junker to replace his chest, it came with the long pegs. I have a set of each of the wings. I can post a pic if you want.

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My first Thundercracker did too - you don't need to post a pic unless you want to, I just wanted to prove that I wasn't delusional and I'm satisfied that I've done that.

(Well, not delusional in this case, anyway.) :D

I don't think eject and rewind were that crummy. Remember, they were 80's toys!

If you thought they were bad...man you should avoid broadside lol

playing with eject and rewind is still better than playing with poop :D