Aerialbot SLINGSHOT
Series - Age of the Primes
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - new
Wave - 1
Released here - April 2025
Approximate Retail Price - $39.95
Approximate Size - 13.5cm (head height); 15cm (total height)
Allegiance - Autobot
Sub-Group - Aerialbot
Alt-mode - White sea Harrier jump jet
Main Features/Gimmicks - becomes gestalt component
Main Colours - white, black, red
Main Accessories - x2 neutron pistols











WYSIWYG; this toy is what you would expect with no real surprises. This is the most cartoon-like G1 Slingshot toy made so far and feels like a Budget Masterpiece. Much like the Deluxe Legacy Drag Strip and Dead End, Slingshot can also split into arm kibble for Superion. This is, of course, emulating Superion's design in the Sunbow cartoon. It does mean that Slingshot doesn't become the entire arm, and he can no longer transform into Superion's leg (losing the Scramble gestalt gimmick from Combiner Wars Quickslinger/Unite Warriors Sling).

Unlike the Stunticons, Slingshot doesn't feel like a massive upgrade from his CW/UW counterpart. In some ways, I still prefer the CW/UW mould. Definitely recommend collecting the Age of the Primes Aerialbots if you want a hyper cartoon-like set of G1 Aerialbots. This feels as good as you can get without going MP level, and honestly, considering the mess that MPG Raiden is, I think that this is the perfect scale for a gestalt. Going Masterpiece may give us superior individual 'bots, but the gestalt mode suffers. These smaller and cheaper figures are also more solid than a Masterpiece, leading to a more solid gestalt. Well, in the case of Superion, Silverbolt is the gestalt. These limb robots are just fillers.