Toy review - The Last Knight voyager Nitro

[Magnus]

Thanks for the info, Gok. I've updated the main review and opening details accordingly.

It's a little odd that Hasbro/Takara didn't try to make the toy a plane that approximated the Gripen. I could see that the toy's body looked like a stylised F-16, but I had to do some searches to try and figure out what the front of the plane was inspired by.

I haven't done it on mine, but apparently the problem tabs you pointed out can be loosened with a screwdriver so the leg goes in and out more easily.

Michael Bay was the one who told us this, at the UK premiere screening... noting that it was something he wanted to do, but ran out of time (or money, or something).

Is there a source for this? I was trying to find one so I could cite it for the review. It just seemed to be a thing that everyone was saying.

[griffin]

Is there a source for this? I was trying to find one so I could cite it for the review. It just seemed to be a thing that everyone was saying.

That live Q&A they did the day after the UK premiere... in case the direct links in the second post of this topic no longer work.

[UltraMarginal]

The jet mode is a Saab JAS 39 Gripen, only without the canards.

The Gripen doesn't have rear horizontal stabilisers either. and the intakes aren't represented on the toy. There are quite a lot of little differences.

One of the many podcasts I listen to had an interview with John Warden (I think), where he discussed not basing the design off any specific jet but more that he based it off more of a GI-Joe Aesthetic. I have no idea how successful he was with that. I'd suggest that any similarity to real world aircraft would be a coincidence due to the older GI-Joe aircraft being based off real world jets.

EDIT: wow when I typed this the previous 10 odd posts hadn't shown up. I guess now I'm just repeating Seraphim Prime

[Seraphim Prime]

EDIT: wow when I typed this the previous 10 odd posts hadn't shown up. I guess now I'm just repeating Seraphim Prime

Something about great minds and fools...

[UltraMarginal]

Something about great minds and fools...

Great Minds! Great minds! Never let people think otherwise fool!

[Deonasis]

Every since we saw Nitro's alt mode i've wanted this guy to try and paint it.. https://m.youtube.com/user/idaemon (spoilers: this is just a link to model painting not a link to Nitro painting).

[GoktimusPrime]

Meh, to me it's an approximated Gripen.
AFAIK the screen model is a Gripen

[Seraphim Prime]

The jet mode is a Saab JAS 39 Gripen, only without the canards.

Thanks for the info, Gok. I've updated the main review and opening details accordingly.

It's a little odd that Hasbro/Takara didn't try to make the toy a plane that approximated the Gripen. I could see that the toy's body looked like a stylised F-16, but I had to do some searches to try and figure out what the front of the plane was inspired by.

John Warden has said that it wasn't directly inspired by any particular jet plane, but was a unique design similar to what he used to do within the GI Joe brand. Any similarity to real jets are purely coincidental.

This might interest you - Nitro transforms into an Saab JAS 39 Gripen, and "gripen" is Swedish for "the griffin."

This is still a cool fact though!

[SharkyMcShark]

I'm annoyed that this isn't getting a local release.

The figure looks great, and I do love a complex transformation.

[Paulbot]

I'm annoyed that this isn't getting a local release.

It's started appearing in Target stores