Just like the Constructicons, Hasbro made a similar 'ill' judgement when it comes to the Universe Aerialbots.
They are clearly intended to represent G1 characters and they succeeded with Slingshot (Yes! Slingshot), Air Raid and to a lesser extend Silverbolt. However they completly screwed up Fireflight and Skydive by giving them colors that do not represent their G1 colors. Unfortunately unlike the Classics Constructicons, there is not much here to work with as the colors chosen for these two figures are completly out of place as far as representing the G1 Aerialbot characters.
Despite this major handicap, I tried my best to work with what I had:
Aerialbots Robot mode (Slingshot and Air Raid are fine but the colors of the other two hardly represent their G1 looks in robot mode because both Skydive and Fireflight have dominant reds but best I could do.
Aerialbots Jet mode (Here you can see a more true to G1 color scheme on the odd two but still far from perfect - Slingshot and Air Raid remain pretty good in their default colors)
Superion: (Not much change here in overall look - Need those upgrades)
I could improve Fireflight and Air Raid by using parts from Energon Skyshadow (the original release colors) which thanks to the man by the same name I will be able to do
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