Series - Generations
Sub-line – Thrilling 30
Wave: Wave 2 - 2014
Size/class - Voyager
New/remould/redeco – Redeco of Generations Blitzwing
Released here – Not yet
Approximate Retail Price - $20US
Approximate Size – 20cm
Allegiance – Decepticon
Alt-mode – Decepticon Jet & Autobot Tank
Main Features/Gimmicks – Triple Changer/Dual Alliance
Main Colours – Blue, Purple, Black
Main Accessories – Sword, Gun






Factions:
What I first thought was silly is that they gave him an Autobot sticker to represent his dual-factionism, but it’s on his arse so not really visible in robot mode. Then after transforming him saw where it was in tank mode so now it’s:

G1
Autobot Robot
Decepticon Bird
Neutral Missile Carrier

Generations
Neutral Robot
Decepticon Jet
Autobot Tank



Robot Mode
*Not a lot changed here from Blitzwing which is both good and bad. He still has that problem with the shoulders but most folk have learnt the ‘clip trick’ by now so it should not be too big a deal. He has a new head sculpt which makes him look like his IDW appearance which is good and has gotten rid of the ‘3 faces’ thing Blitzwing had. What I really like is that you can fold Doubledealer’s wings behind him and have the tank turret down, and then do the opposites for Blitzwing. This way they both look that extra bit different and that bit more like their G1 counterparts.


Decepticon Jet mode
*The strongest of the alt-modes in my opinion. Looks very cool. Has a mouth and eye motif on the nosecone as a partial shout-out to the fact the G1 version was a flying creature. Once again you can differentiate him from Blitzwing here by having Doubledealers tank gun on the top of the jet with Blitzwing’s underneath like BW's G1 toy. He sports his Decepticon symbol on the nosecone.


Autobot Tank mode
*Not particularly strong or impressive looking, however still not bad. Ways to customize him here to change his appearance to Blitzwing’s Tank mode are minimal. Sports the Autobot symbol at the front of the tank under the turret.


Transformation
Those shoulders still give me the irrits when turning him from robot to jet. I remember how to do it, then by the next time I have completely forgotten again. Not the most intuitive of toys and for someone new to the mould you may be better watching someone do it on youtube rather than going by the instructions.


Worth getting?
*Not the greatest triple-changer mould in the world, but if you like the character and like G1 homages I think there are enough differences to Blitzwing here (colours, headsculpt, dual faction stickers etc) to warrant buying, as stated you can position their parts in different ways to accentuate that more. Also because he is a less popular character sporting a less than popular mould he can be found a bit cheaper online than most Voyager figures.