Toy Review - TFSS Windsweeper

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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




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.




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.




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

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.